MUSIC programming for the weekend - Terra Argentina

The following is a list of musical performances taking place in Buenos Aires this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Friday 14th - hookers, songs, in house of the culture-FNA (2831 Elizalde Rufino), at 20.30. Free entrance.

-Set Victor Lavallén, tango, los 36 Billares (Av. may 1265), at 21.30.

-Monica Abraham, songs, in Salta and rest (Salta 755), at 21.30.

= Saturday 15 Marathon desgenerada: the killed a police motorized, DJ INca and Utopias, in world youth of Tecnópolis (General Paz, between Balbín and constituent), from 14. Free entrance.

-Lorraine Lords, songs on the national home of the bicentennial (Riobamba 985), at 19. Free entrance.

-Juvenile Orchestra of Radio Nacional, address: Bracha Waldman and Hannibal Dominguez, amphitheatre Eva Perón from the Park Centennial. Leopoldo Marechal and Lillo, at 19. Free entrance.

-Jose Araujo and Fernanda Morello, duo for cello and piano, classical, in house of the culture-FNA (2831 Elizalde Rufino), at 20.30. Free entrance.

-Acoustic Tonolec, songs, eight musicians on stage.

Guests: Ana Prada, in CAFF (Sánchez de Bustamante 764), at 21.30.

-Chagra black with Taquetepa, folklore, in Salta and rest (Salta 755), at 21.30.

-Sol Pereyra, songs at Ultra Bar (San Martín 678), at 21.

-Lala and touch touch, songs for boys in NoAvestruz (Humboldt 1857), at 17.

-José Ángel Trelles, tango in los 36 Billares (Av. may 1265), at 21.30.

-Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro, tango, in CAFF (Bustamante 764), at 22.

= Sunday 16 desgenerada Marathon: Valley of the dolls, the Coming soon and look and his fabulous Orchestra Juguete, rock, world young of Tecnópolis (General Paz, between Balbín and constituent), from 14. Free entrance.

-Diego Frenkel, songs, in house national of the bicentennial (Riobamba 985), at 18. Free entrance.

-Student Orchestra of Buenos Aires, address: William Zalcman in amphitheatre Eva Perón from the Park Centennial. Leopoldo Marechal and Lillo, at 19. Free entrance.

-Dancing Mood, reggae, with the participation of Carroll Thompson, Vorterix (Federico Lacroze 3455) at 21.

KVHS radio equipment overheats, knocks programming off the air - San Jose Mercury News

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CONCORD -- Just when things were starting to look up for the student-run KVHS radio station on the Clayton Valley Charter High campus, the studio equipment overheated, knocking it off the air.

"The hard drive fried," said Melissa Wilson, who taught radio at Clayton Valley High for nearly 15 years before the school converted to a charter this fall. "We can't get the very old software to reload."

KVHS has been broadcasting from the school for more than 40 years. The station was in danger of being silenced for good until the Mt. Diablo School board voted last month to let the new charter high school run the program until next June.

Wilson and her husband Tom, who taught the KVHS class for two decades from 1978 to 1998, have been working furiously since last Wednesday to get the programming back on the air to meet Federal Communications Commission requirements. If it's off the air for more than 10 days, Melissa Wilson said she'll have to write to the FCC.

But she's determined not to let that happen. Despite recently getting a new job hosting a radio program at KJOY in Stockton, she has been looking for new computer equipment to replace the hard drive that broke down when temperatures in the school studio reached more than 100 degrees.

She has also been working part-time overseeing automated programming to comply with FCC regulations and, although Tom is now the Brentwood school district's technology coordinator, he's pitching in Advertisementto help.

"My husband is one of the best in the business," Melissa Wilson said Wednesday. So, by tomorrow, we'll be back on the air with something, even if it means a limited play list that runs a station identification."

Meanwhile, the charter is trying to attract enough students and a teacher with a radio credential to teach a Regional Occupational Program class through the Contra Costa County Office of Education.

The Mt. Diablo school district, which owns KVHS, agreed to allow the charter to operate the station until June, after charter teachers, students and radio alumni expressed an interest in keeping it going.

KQED also put out feelers to see if the district might want to sell KVHS, with the hope of improving reception for its FM radio station in Contra Costa County. But it has backed off until the district decides whether it wants to sell.

About 15 students initially signed up for the class. After the board's decision, charter teacher Neil McChesney said he was confident he could attract more students and a teacher with the appropriate credential in radio instruction.

Although the county normally requires 25 students to fund a class, spokeswoman Peggy Marshburn said it might be willing to consider a smaller number. But it cannot waive the credentialed teacher requirement, she said.

"We are continuing to work with the charter school on getting a class started," she said. "Everybody is working as hard as they can to put it together, but it just hasn't happened yet."

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More information about KVHS 90.5 FM radio is available at www.kvhs.com.
For more details about efforts to keep the station going, go to the On Assignment blog at www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment.


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Programming notes - NBCNews.com (blog)

*** Tuesday's "The Daily Rundown" (live from Charlotte): Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (D), and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on the official opening of the convention and expectations for tonight’s speakers… NBC’s Kristen Welker with a preview of the first lady’s moment in the spotlight tonight… NBC’s Craig Melvin with a look at how the 2012 outlook for African American voters in North Carolina compares to 2008… Latest campaign news and analysis with Politico’s Jonathan Martin, AP’s Liz Sidoti, Priorities USA Action’s Bill Burton and former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR).

*** Tuesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), TheGrio.com’s Perry Bacon, Roll Call’s Shira Toeplitz, former Santorum senior campaign adviser John Brabender, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, and Democratic pollster and author Stan Greenberg.

*** Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks with Wisconsin Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and author of “The Obamas” Jodi Kantor. Power Panelists include Democratic Strategist Kiki McClean,  Politics and Public Policy President Michelle Bernard and Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer.

*** Tuesday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include U.S. News & World Report Publisher Mort Zuckerman, New York Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren, Politico’s Maggie Haberman, the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, and former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker. 

*** Tuesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: Anchoring from Charlotte, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), former NH Gov. John Sununu, Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza and Karen Tumulty and Politico’s Jonathan Martin.

*** Tuesday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Dem strategist Chris Kofinis, GOP strategist Hogan Gidley, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the Daily Beasts’ Allison Samuels, Michael Smerconish, and the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut.

Cambridge University launches free Raspberry Pi programming ... - Computerworld New Zealand

The University of Cambridge has launched a free online course offering guidance on how to write an operating system for the Raspberry Pi computer
The University of Cambridge has launched a free online course for aspiring programmers, offering guidance on how to write an operating system for the Raspberry Pi computer.

The course, aptly named "Baking Pi - Operating Systems Development," introduces pupils to the basics of assembly language programming and OS building. It consists of a series of 12 lessons, each of which includes a combination of theory and practical exercise.

Created by Alex Chadwick and the University of Cambridge Computer Lab, the course first explains exactly what assembly language is, and what an operating system is, before teaching pupils how to enable and manipulate one of the board's LED lights and build a USB driver.

Subsequent lessons involve some graphics theory, and instruction on how to generate lines, text and random numbers. Eventually pupils will be able to manipulate text to display computed values, and build their own command line interface.

The course is aimed at people aged 16 and upwards. It is not intended for those without any programming knowledge, but is designed to be accessible to those who are new to assembly language.

"This is as much a course on bare-metal programming as it is on OS building," wrote Liz Upton, communication officer for the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in a blog post.

"It's not easy, and it's not meant to be; we expect you to find this course challenging - and you should find you come out of it with a great deal of skill and knowledge that you didn't have before."

The University of Cambridge course outline adds that, although the lessons are generally focused on creating very specific things, there is plenty of room for pupils to play with what they learn.

"Perhaps, after reading the lesson on functions, you imagine a better style of assembly code. Perhaps after the lessons on graphics you imagine a 3D operating system [...] If you have an idea, try it! Computer Science is still a young subject, and so there is plenty left to discover!"

Since going on sale in February, Raspberry Pi has helped to drive a new wave of enthusiasm for computer programming. With a motherboard no bigger than a credit card, Raspberry Pi is extremely cheap, but is capable of running basic word processing and Internet applications.

The computer has basic input, display and networking ports, and can run Linux flavours including Fedora, Debian and ArchLinux.

It has been touted by some as an inexpensive way to replace home theatre PCs or low-power Windows desktops for basic Internet and productivity applications. However, the primary aim of the nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation is to promote programming among students.

How FPGAs, multicore CPUs, and graphical programming are ... - Embedded.com

Editor’s Note: In this Product How-to article, Sanjay Challa of National Instruments provides an overview of how the combination of FPGAs, multicore CPUs and graphical programming environments such as the company’s LabView are changing the nature of embedded systems design.

Embedded systems consist of hardware and software components designed to perform a specific function, and often have real-time and/or reliability constraints which go far beyond everyday computing.

To meet these demands on a hardware level, traditional embedded systems generally incorporate microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), and/or field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). With regards to software, different languages or tools are traditionally required to program or configure each hardware element. As a result, traditional embedded design teams require members with a diverse multitude of proficiencies in hardware and software design capable of integrating the hardware and software in typical embedded systems.

With the explosion of embedded devices in the past few decades, many improvements have been made in both the hardware components and software tools. However, despite the innovation and growth of both software tools and hardware components, traditional embedded system design approaches have evolved little if at all and are increasingly proving to be a hurdle. Given the increasingly rapid growth of new standards and protocols as well as growing pressure on design teams to deliver to market more quickly, embedded system design is due for a disruptive change in paradigm.

To better understand the need for a revolution in embedded system design, it’s useful to consider the current process and tools. Based on a recent study of the embedded space by UBM Electronics in conjunction with EE Times and Embedded System Design, there are clearly established roles and processes in embedded system design.

To begin, an embedded system design team is on average composed of 13.5 members, in which 62% are devoted to software resources while the rest are focused on hardware development. This pattern in embedded design team structure and function has been constant over the last half decade.

Looking deeper into embedded projects, 43% are focused on developing something brand new while the remaining 57% are upgrades to existing embedded systems. The primary reasons for an upgrade are for the addition/incorporation of new or different software features and a new or different processor. On average, projects take 12 months to complete and in 2011, a staggering 57% of projects finished late or were cancelled. Furthermore, design teams reported reusing 87% of existing code, which encompasses code developed in house, acquired from open-source work, and/or purchased. These trends in embedded projects have also been extremely consistent year to year for the past half decade.

Beyond the traditional embedded design team and project, it’s also useful to note the typical design process. Once the system architecture is defined based on the specifications for the embedded system, hardware and software design teams generally begin their work separately. The hardware engineers develop the hardware architecture, synthesis, and physical design of the system.

The software engineers work to develop application software, compilers, and in some cases the operating system. As the hardware and software teams complete their work, there is an integration effort in which software drivers are developed to hardware interfaces. This integration effort is an iterative process, often resulting in updates to software drivers and/or hardware interface synthesis.

Given the current state of embedded system design, there is a clear need for change to sustain continued innovation while maintaining quick delivery of products to the marketplace. This need is underscored by the fact that the majority of respondents to the UBM/EE Times survey reported that their job function involves contributing to firmware or hardware and software integration.

With the accelerating growth of advances in hardware technologies and software tools, the challenge posed by integration is set to rise. This challenge, if unaddressed, will result in more expensive end products and can prevent experimentation, growth, and delivery of more innovative designs to the marketplace.

KidsRuby Teaches Kids Programming - socalTech.com

How early is too early to teach your kids a programming language? Never too early, apparently. A Los Angeles software developer has created a Ruby-based programming software package--Kidsruby--which allows children to learn how to develops software in the Ruby programming language. The free software--which runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux--provides a visual tool which lets kids learn all about programming. The firm released an international version of its software today, supporting not just English, but also Japanese, French, and Spanish. The open source, free software was developed by The Hybrid Group, located in Los Angeles; The Hybrid Group is also behind project management tool Kanbanpad and project update software Clutch.

CNBC CHECKERBOARD PROGRAMMING FOR THE WEEK OF ... - CNBC.com (blog)

(ALL TIMES ARE IN ET)

Monday, 9/17/2012:

8:00 PM ULTIMATE FACTORIES #4 - UPS

9:00 PM HEALTH CARE HUSTLE

10:00 PM AMERICAN GREED 47 - THE ART OF THE STEAL | FOLSOM FELON

12:00 AM HEALTH CARE HUSTLE

1:00 AM AMERICAN GREED 47 - THE ART OF THE STEAL | FOLSOM FELON

Tuesday, 9/18/2012:

8:00 PM THE COSTCO CRAZE: INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE GIANT

9:00 PM 60 MINUTES ON CNBC #28 - THE BUSINESS OF CHARITY

10:00 PM AMERICAN GREED 48 - HEDGE FUND IMPOSTER

12:00 AM 60 MINUTES ON CNBC #28 - THE BUSINESS OF CHARITY

1:00 AM AMERICAN GREED 48 - HEDGE FUND IMPOSTER

Wednesday, 9/19/2012:

8:00 PM TRASH INC: THE SECRET LIFE OF GARBAGE

9:00 PM AMERICAN GREED: THE FUGITIVES #6 - THE 'PRISON' ESCAPE // LIVING THE AMERICAN SCHEME

10:00 PM AMERICAN GREED 49 - THE WIZARD OF SARASOTA

12:00 AM AMERICAN GREED: THE FUGITIVES #6 - THE 'PRISON' ESCAPE // LIVING THE AMERICAN SCHEME

1:00 AM AMERICAN GREED 49 - THE WIZARD OF SARASOTA

Thursday, 9/20/2012:

8:00 PM APOCALYPSE 2012

9:00 PM CRIME INC. #12 - ART FOR THE TAKING

10:00 PM AMERICAN GREED 50 - NOSE NO BOUNDS

12:00 AM CRIME INC. #12 - ART FOR THE TAKING

1:00 AM AMERICAN GREED 50 - NOSE NO BOUNDS

Friday, 9/21/2012:

8:00 PM TARGET: INSIDE THE BULLSEYE

9:00 PM ULTIMATE FACTORIES #6 - BUDWEISER

10:00 PM AMERICAN GREED 51 - NAKED GREED: CELEBRITY SCAM ARTIST

12:00 AM ULTIMATE FACTORIES #6 - BUDWEISER

1:00 AM AMERICAN GREED 51 - NAKED GREED: CELEBRITY SCAM ARTIST

About CNBC:

With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC World and CNBC HD+, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 395 million homes worldwide, including more than 100 million households in the United States and Canada. CNBC also provides daily business updates to 400 million households across China. The network's 16 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 4:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC.com and CNBC Mobile Web (mobile.cnbc.com) offer real-time stock quotes, charts, analysis and video.

Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/cnbc/

Programming notes - NBCNews.com (blog)

*** Tuesday's "The Daily Rundown" (live from Charlotte): Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (D), and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on the official opening of the convention and expectations for tonight’s speakers… NBC’s Kristen Welker with a preview of the first lady’s moment in the spotlight tonight… NBC’s Craig Melvin with a look at how the 2012 outlook for African American voters in North Carolina compares to 2008… Latest campaign news and analysis with Politico’s Jonathan Martin, AP’s Liz Sidoti, Priorities USA Action’s Bill Burton and former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR).

*** Tuesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), TheGrio.com’s Perry Bacon, Roll Call’s Shira Toeplitz, former Santorum senior campaign adviser John Brabender, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, and Democratic pollster and author Stan Greenberg.

*** Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks with Wisconsin Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and author of “The Obamas” Jodi Kantor. Power Panelists include Democratic Strategist Kiki McClean,  Politics and Public Policy President Michelle Bernard and Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer.

*** Tuesday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include U.S. News & World Report Publisher Mort Zuckerman, New York Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren, Politico’s Maggie Haberman, the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, and former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker. 

*** Tuesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: Anchoring from Charlotte, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), former NH Gov. John Sununu, Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza and Karen Tumulty and Politico’s Jonathan Martin.

*** Tuesday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Dem strategist Chris Kofinis, GOP strategist Hogan Gidley, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the Daily Beasts’ Allison Samuels, Michael Smerconish, and the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut.

WWE: Fracturing Programming into 2 Unique Universes Is the Next ... - Bleacher Report

In-fighting between fans over the 'PG' status of WWE television has been the dominant subject for nearly five years, and that debate appears to have no end in sight.

Evaluating the overall quality of the wrestling—and whether the product would be notably improved if aimed at a different demographic—is something of a futile endeavor, as there are too many potential pros and cons that effect either side's argument.

Nothing is ever gained, and more bad feeling is spread among the two sides.

The basic reasoning behind the WWE's business decision to produce PG material is that it encompasses the family market, who can be sold more merchandise than other consumer groups, and these family groups guarantee high attendance in smaller towns.

Attention from children also pushes up advertising revenue, and that helps the bottom line at the end of the year. Social media activity and Monday Night Raw's additional third hour have already shown signs of improving the company's finances further, as long as WWE maintains a high enough weekly rating.

In fact, the success of the WWE since changing at Raw 1,000 has gotten the attention of the business world, as Bloomberg Businessweek reported that the ROTH capital markets improved WWE stock status "from neutral to buy." The article also indicates the non-WrestleMania pay-per-view sales were up for the first time in four years.

The combined effects have improved WWE shares back to their average three-year levels, after a record slump in August.      

Yet it is becoming increasingly clear that the WWE is now losing out on the 18-35 market, and the knock-on effects of losing the more income-accessible individuals could be concerning in such tough economic times.

WWE already catering for younger fans Overall family budgets are being squeezed from all sides by fuel and food costs while easy credit is much harder to find. This means that trips to the wrestling arena will be dropped in favor of cheaper pursuits, which is when the WWE needs the less financially inhibited fans to step in.

This group of 18-35 has fallen from 50 percent in 2005 to now 41 percent, with the overall viewership contracting over that time period. Effectively this means that the group that WWE rely on to maintain their support against financial restrictions has fallen by nearly 12 percent.

The slump in share prices over the longer term would suggest that this lost safety net is more important than the increased sales of the more fickle family market.

Therefore, the split in opinion over how WWE television is presented is matched by the finances behind the scenes.

Uniting these two elements into a combined entity appears to be out of the question, as the excitement and complexity demanded by an adult audience alienates the family while the child-appeasing portions are undermined by older fans.

Outside influences such as Linda McMahon's senate campaign and the BA Star campaign also hinder any chances of combining adult and children entertainment.

This leads to the logical conclusion that the WWE needs to split its programming officially. Two separate groups could then be created with clearly demarcated audiences, with each having storylines and characters relevant to the viewers which could be relied on to not cross over with the other "universe."

Such a move would be revolutionary to the WWE and, initially, it would be cost prohibitive. There would be some alienation of fans as well, as their favorite stars may end up on the other side of the divide, but these are acceptable costs for the long-term security and potential benefits.

The immediate advantage is the WWE could keep both markets and even tailor more specifically to the needs of those watching. Certainly the BA Star program could be better integrated into a family show, with bullying behavior punished accordingly.

The WWE keeps Raw and SmackDown spiritually apart to double house shows, so this would not cost extra and attendances would hopefully improve as more people embrace their version of the product.

Progression between the two universes ought to be a natural development for younger fans as they age, which could allow the WWE to better maintain youth interest. The continuation of interest should rebuild the key 18-35 demographic and guard against the expansion of MMA.

Additional bonuses could also come around from such a move. Raw talent that is commercially viable could be trained up on the family show, as mistakes made there would be forgiven far more easily than they would be now.

Wrestlers whose gimmicks have flopped could be given a whole new lease of life by making the step into the other "universe." The same move could be used for those who have found their gimmicks going stale or underutilized.

Obviously some fans will still watch both versions of the product, and the viewers will need to be accepting in the idea that wrestlers can be reborn as someone new when they cross the divide, but both of these elements co-existed in the past when WWE and WCW were at war.

It would be a huge move that a currently cautious WWE is unlikely to pull, but it doesn't stop it from being the most logical—and potentially the best—move for the WWE's long-term future.

(RRW) Athletics: Programming Note - Watch RUNNING HD for ... - RunnersWeb

Posted: September 3, 2012  :

(RRW) Athletics: Programming Note - Watch RUNNING HD for September on YES Network

From David Monti
© 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved.

The YES Network is now in 15 million homes. Every episode of RUNNNG HD, in addition to the YES Network itself is available nationally on DirecTV, AT&T U-Verse and Verizon FiOS. Additional availability: Blue Ridge Cable- Pennsylvania; Bright House Network & Hotwire-Florida; Mediacom-Iowa; Metrocast-Maryland & Virginia; Time Warner Cable-North & South Carolina.

Running HD is produced by RRW sponsor Salmini Films.

Highlights of the September 2012 episode can be seen at: Youtube.com. Airtimes:Sept 1, Sat, 6:00am / Sept 15, Sat, 6:00amSept 2, Sun, 6:30am / Sept 15, Sat, 12:30pmSept 4, Tues, 1:30am / Sept 16, Sun, 6:30amSept 5, Wed, 7:00pm YES National / Sept 17, Mon, 6:30amSept 6, Thurs, noon / Sept 18, Tues, 1:30amSept 8, Sat, 6:00am / Sept 20, Thurs, 8:00amSept 8, Sat, 12:30pm / Sept 22, Sat, 6:00amSept 8, Sat, 7:30pm YES National / Sept 22, Sat, 12:30pmSept 9, Sun, 6:30am / Sept 23, Sun, 6:30amSept 9, Sun, 1:30pm YES National / Sept 23, Sun, 1:00pm YES NationalSept 10, Mon, 12:30pm Sept 11, Tues, 1:30am

Highlights of the September Show Are: "The Great American Road Race" shoots out from Woods Hole on the Cape for seven miles along Martha's Vineyard Sound. At the New Balance Falmouth Road Race no pretenders in the lead pack. With the classic finish under the colors. Falmouth has a long history of top Wheelchair Racing, including the Wheelchair Mile the night before the road race. Don't miss the break. Tina Lundgren flies along and with every step and every event raises funds for her favorite charity, Ronald McDonald House New York. For the House and Tina, there is no finish line. It's a home run trot for thousands in the Damon Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium to support cancer research. No errors or passed balls today, everyone's an MVP. Top NYC metro area runners flaunt favoites in New York Road Runners Team Championships. A little bitty second here or there could move your team to the top step of the podium. A RUNNING HD Fantastic Finish. Winning moves that get you the gold. The 2004 City-Pier-City Loop from the Netherlands. A world class elite field races the half-marathon and the leader has the finish line in sight…race over??? Not necessarily. Falmouth Road Race weekend packs in a full spectrum of elite racing, including the famous Falmouth Miles, and in the men's race, strategy is as important as leg speed. Uptown to the Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run, a showcase event for New York Road Runners Youth and Community Services "Run for the Future" program which helps young women new to running get healthy and save for college. No holding them back now. If you are on world best pace you take no prisoners in the Falmouth Mile for Women. The bell tolls for thee. For information on RUNNING HD contact Ambrose Salmini (onlyonrunning27@gmail.com).

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GREE and IPSJ holds programming contest for young engineers - e27

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This contest aims to revamp the entire software industry by motivating young software engineers to face new challenges in the name of science. For this contest, engineers worldwide, aged 25 and below, are eligible to apply. Interested applicants should know that they will be tested on their game engineering skills against each other and remaining teams get the chance to showcase their skills at a global level.  Involving multiple matches, each subset will be played by four teams (each consisting of three to five members). Every team will expand its territories using its own agents which are a samurai and a dog in the game.

Contest Overview

Entry qualifications: Age 25 and under (born on or later than January 1, 1987)

Registration:

Sign up at the website of SamurAI Coding.Participate in the SamurAI Coding competition via “My page”, and create a team.Number of members per team: Three to FiveNote: (Partial) funding for travel to Tokyo is available for up to three members of teams reaching the World Finals.

Key Dates:

11 September, 2012 – Briefing session at Nanyang Polytechnic (3.00pm – 5.00pm)

12 -27 September, 2012 – Deadline for submission of AI program for qualifications

1 – 3 October, 2012 – Qualifying results released on website

About Information Processing Society of Japan

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Programming the Human Mind - GreaterKashmir.com

Human beings are born with an empty mind just like a new computer system with just hardware and no software. On buying a new computer we buy operating system software and different application software to make our computer capable of doing what it is supposed to do, that is computing. If we observe same is the case with newly born human being, their empty mind, CPU of human body, is programmed by the society a human being lives in. The main programmers of human mind are the parents; they contribute a major part in programing a child?s mind. Parents help us in making our mind capable of grasping and understanding the things we have to in the society. Can we imagine a computer to operate, even blink its screen, without a programme. The answer is no. If a human being is only provided food and placed in isolation, he will be blank. Another main programmer of our minds is our society. We adapt our minds with respect to society so that we can live the way our society expects us to live.
We are done with the resemblance of a computer and a human mind. But has computer any emotions; no it has none, and can?t ever have. The mind Almighty gifted us with has created the computer, can computer create anything except computing, no it cannot.
We were supposed to programme ourselves with the world?s best operating system, the divine guidance. Allah gifted us with such a precious and incomparable way of life, on which we seldom act upon. Instead we choose the corrupt operating system of our society, which definitely will lead us to destruction. We have become dead like other non-living computers which only know how to compute but cannot differentiate between wrong and right.
Allah has gifted us with a unique brain which no other living being possesses. The brain Almighty gifted us with, if applied the way Almighty has wished us, can play a huge role in the betterment of humanity. We know how few people in this world with proper application of mind made large contributions towards humanity. Some great people, who even after decades of their death are still the torch bearers of the present world, the reason being not they were chosen ones but they applied their mind the way they were supposed to do, the way of Allah. We all know how our great scholars contributed towards Islam. It would have been difficult to interpret and understand Islam for a common mind if there would not have been these Islamic jurists who though born with an ordinary mind but applied it in the proper way, the Allah?s way. If the people of current world will live the way our scholars did, this world will become a better place to live in.

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Cool way to learn programming — CoderDojo club starting in Salinas - Monterey County Herald

CoderDojo doesn't necessarily roll off the tongue. Neither do HTML, CSS or even JavaScript.

But by the time students earn their black badge, they'll be fluent in them all.

An international idea spreading faster than a cute kitty video has arrived at Salinas, where a CoderDojo is set to hold its first meeting Saturday.

Like a martial arts studio, a CoderDojo is a place where people come to learn and challenge each other in a respectful manner.

They also learn to code.

Like in CoderDojos all over the world, the Salinas one will be open to children ages 8 to 17 who want to learn programming language — how to make web pages and apps, how to produce content.

"The most challenging part is to have the time and patience and the curriculum to teach children as young as 8 years old," said Ricardo Garcia, one of the CoderDojo's organizers.

"It's an opportunity for everyone to come together and learn together. It's not a class, but a club. We can share our insights with each other and ultimately help the youngsters."

James Whelton, a tech whiz kid, is said to have founded the CoderDojos in Ireland. His computer club earned the attention of Australian entrepreneur Bill Liao, and together they launched the nonprofit CoderDojo.com. The first club was launched last year, and now there are about 120 CoderDojos in the world, including 25 in the United States and 42 in Ireland.

Just like in a martial arts club,

people who participate earn badges and, later, belts. The main organizers are called "champions."

Appropriate to its target audience, the clubs' first and foremost goal is to be cool.

CoderDojo already has a major success story, saidthe Irish Press: Harry Moran, a 12-year-old from Cork County in Ireland, was certified as the world's youngest app developer for the game he developed, "PizzaBot."

Garland Thompson, program manager at the Salinas Public Library, believes Salinas is a natural place for a CoderDojo because of its proximity to Silicon Valley.

"They'll need 100,000 to 150,000 computer engineers over the next five years," Thompson said. "We have a very young population ... and we have a lot of very talented young people who don't have as many educational opportunities in the area as they should. This is an opportunity to tap into the need for education technology, to allow kids to be not only consumers but creators."

As part of the concept of CoderDojos, students also go on field trips and invite speakers from major technology firms. Five local coders will be taken to the Los Angeles CoderDojo, which meets about every month at Google.

"We've gotten a great response from the community," said Shara Karasic, online community marketer and organizer of the Los Angeles Dojo, which launched in June. "We have a limit because of Google, but the last event had 70 people, including parents who come with children under 13."

Salinas' CoderDojo, a partnership with the city and Hartnell College, will meet at the college's Alisal Campus beginning Saturday.

"We'd like to see as many kids as possible. Wouldn't it be great if we had more kids than we thought we can handle?" Garland said. "We're discussing setting more than one CoderDojo, quite possibly in other parts of the city."

Claudia Meléndez Salinas can be reached at 753-6755 or cmelendez@montereyherald.com.

If you go

·What:CoderDojo

·When:First class is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday

·Where:Hartnell College's Alisal campus, Room C205, 1752 E. Alisal St., Salinas

·Information:To learn more about CoderDojos, see coderdojo.com

Foreign programming costs hit TVNZ dividend - New Zealand Herald

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State-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand paid a smaller-than-expected dividend to the Government as more-expensive foreign programming eroded the company's underlying earnings.

The broadcaster paid a dividend of $11.3 million in the 12 months ended June 30, down from $13.8 million last year and smaller than the $12.8 million forecast in its statement of corporate intent. Underlying earnings shrank 12 per cent to $27.9 million, slightly ahead of the $24 million forecast.

Net profit surged to $14.2 million from $2.1 million after the impact of the ill-fated TiVo venture washed through the broadcaster's books, just ahead of the $14.1 million forecast in the statement of intent.

"Increases in the cost of television programming, particularly overseas programming, were the primary driver of lower underlying earnings," the company said in a statement.

The broadcaster's operating revenue grew 1 per cent in the year to $381.8 million, with a 3 per cent lift in advertising sales to $313.7 million.

The company increased its TV advertising share to 62.2 per cent from 61.6 per cent, nabbing 92 per cent of total growth in the period, it said.

TVNZ's more-expensive overseas programming comes as the kiwi dollar's strength increases local buyers' purchasing power and at the same time as rival MediaWorks NZ winds down its reliance on CBS Broadcasting in favour of New Zealand-made content.

The broadcaster took a $5.7 million impairment charge on the cost of switching off the analogue transmission network.

- BusinessDesk

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