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Thursday, March 7, 2013
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Lynn-sanity as journeyman Briton excels in U.S.
(Reuters) - European Tour prankster David Lynn is having a whale of a time sharing banter with the fans in the United States this year as he showed when finishing joint fourth at the Honda Classic in Florida last week.
The journeyman Briton, who has only one tournament victory to his name in 18 years as a professional, gained an exemption to the 2013 PGA Tour with a shock second-place finish behind Rory McIlroy at the U.S. PGA Championship in August.
Lynn picked up $865,000 by far his biggest payday, for his display at golf's fourth major and then drove away with a cheque for $226,200 after ending up six strokes behind Honda winner American Michael Thompson at Palm Beach Gardens on Sunday.
"I'm really enjoying the crowds out here. They're a bit more interactive with the players, they like to have a chat and I like that side of things," Lynn told Reuters in a telephone interview as he prepared for this week's WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami.
"Last week there were four middle-aged women watching me on the practice green. We were all talking for about an hour and we had a great time," added the 39-year-old Englishman.
"They watched me all week in the tournament and at the end of it they said it was the best golf-watching week they had ever had. They said they had got to know me a little bit and were talking about coming to watch me in Miami too.
"One of them was screaming over every shot I played."
Lynn, who describes himself on his Twitter account as a prankster who will probably never grow up, has been having lots of fun with the American galleries this year.
"People generally like to call out to you when you are walking down the fairway," said the world number 50.
"Some have been calling me 'Lynn-sanity'. If you acknowledge people here, give them an autograph and stuff, they like to interact with you.
"It's different to Europe where that sort of thing doesn't seem to happen. I just like being myself with the crowds over here, have a bit of a laugh and a joke with them and give them a bit of attention."
SPECIAL MOMENT
Lynn fulfilled an ambition last week when he played alongside Tiger Woods in Saturday's Honda Classic third round and even managed to outscore the 14-times major winner, carding a 68 against the American's level-par 70.
"It was a special moment to play with a legend," said Lynn. "I was surprised how well I took to it, how calm I was and how much I thoroughly enjoyed the round.
"I had a bit of banter with him as well. He was asking me who my football team was. I asked him if he followed the English Premier League but he said, 'No, not really'.
"I said, 'I suppose you're more into that rounders game you play over here'. I always take the mickey out of people out here by referring to baseball as rounders.
"He didn't know what I was on about... I think he was nervous playing with me," joked Lynn.
The Englishman has a penchant for planking - lying face down in an unusual location with both hands alongside the body - and has tweeted pictures of himself performing the activity on top of a television and also with his head in a washing machine.
"I like to do a bit of daft stuff now and again and stick it on Twitter," said Lynn. "You've got a lot of spare time on your hands as a professional golfer."
The 2004 Dutch Open champion then put his serious hat back on, saying he was keen to make the most of his unexpected golfing opportunities in the U.S.
"I know I'm a rookie out here but I've proved I can play so it's just a case of cracking on like I've done in Europe all these years and grinding out the results week-in, week-out," said Lynn.
"I'm playing at the U.S. Masters next month for the first time and that's going to be another special week. I believe I belong in this company, absolutely."
(Editing by Ken Ferris)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lynn-sanity-journeyman-briton-excels-u-195309429--golf.html
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Monday, March 4, 2013
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Romney: Heart told him he'd win, until he saw Fla.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.
The GOP nominee tells "Fox News Sunday" that he knew his campaign was in trouble when exit polls suggested a close race in Florida. Romney thought he'd win the state solidly.
Obama ended up taking Florida and won the election by a wide margin in the electoral vote.
Romney says there was "a slow recognition" at that time that President Barack Obama would win ? and the race soon was over when Obama carried Ohio.
Romney says the loss hit hard and was emotional. Ann Romney says she cried.
The former Massachusetts governor acknowledges mistakes in the campaign and flaws in his candidacy.
But he jokes that he did better in his second run for the White House than he did the first time around ? when he lost the 2008 nomination to Arizona Sen. John McCain.
He says he won't get a third crack at it.
Romney says his campaign didn't do a good job connecting with minority voters, and that Republicans must do a better job in appealing to African-Americans and Hispanics.
He says his campaign underestimated the appeal of Obama's new health care law to low-income voters.
But he knows that because he lost the race, it's hard to tell the GOP to listen now to what he has to say about how to improve the party's message.
The Romneys are living in Southern California now and he's kept a low profile since the election. He says "you move on" from the disappointment and that "I don't spend my life looking back."
Ann Romney says that after the election she was approached by TV's "Dancing with the Stars," but declined to join the cast.
She says she'll be turning 64 soon and "I'm not really as flexible as I should be."
The interview was taped Thursday and aired Sunday.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romney-heart-told-him-hed-win-until-saw-142249219--election.html
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Tanks, aircraft interact for virtual Army training
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) ? More than a dozen troops carefully maneuver through overgrown shrubs, firing laser-tag rifles at the enemy as they advance on a compound in the New Mexico desert. Fifty miles away in West Texas, other soldiers in helicopter and tank simulators provide air and ground support for the virtual training exercise.
An Army supervisor watches it all unfold on a computer screen at a Fort Bliss command center. The real mission, however, comes next: a thorough, high-tech review of the soldiers' tactics.
The exercise is part of a new Army virtual program that records every aspect of training missions so soldiers can use video game-like replay to study how effectively the ground and air forces interacted. The system ? a major upgrade over previous platforms that didn't fully integrate tank and helicopter communications ? will be installed at posts across the U.S. and abroad.
The Integrated Training Environment is designed to cut costs, sharpen soldiers' ability to interact with various units and allow the military to more quickly train the growing ranks of troops returning from deployment. However, it's not intended to do away with live training altogether but rather, to better prepare soldiers for real-life training exercises.
"(Training gives soldiers) muscle memory through repetition ... so when we are in Iran, Syria, Africa, it's going to kick in," said Sgt. 1st Class Donald Jones, who operated a tank simulator during the exercise.
Officials say the push for more practical training operations comes at a critical time. The Pentagon's budget faced cuts as high as 13 percent in some of its accounts after Congress couldn't reach a deal to avert automatic, across-the-board spending cuts.
Mike Casey, spokesman for the Army's Combined Arms Center-Training program, said it wasn't immediately clear what impact the across-the-board cuts that took effect Friday would have on the program.
Inside the command center, dozens of computers run the simulations that can replay the entire exercise on a giant screen. The live, virtual and computer-generated forces come together seamlessly, much like the replays from video games that allow the user to rotate the images to view the mission from any angle.
By the time the drill is over, the infantry team had fired hundreds of rounds, cleared several buildings and called for artillery support, all of it recorded by ITE. Commanders can see in the replay how ground troops battled through computer-generated artillery fire while tanks battled each other a few miles away.
Some soldiers complimented the new equipment required for the system, including the lighter laser-sensors on their helmets.
"The older models were like having a TV screen in the back of my head," said Pfc. Victor Colon while his unit was debriefed by their sergeant after the drill.
Jones and his three-person crew inspected the tank simulators the day before the recent training mission, shutting the doors to the beige van-sized boxes and finding a realistic interior. Monitors show digital images of other tanks, helicopters and computer-generated enemies participating in the exercise.
A couple of miles away, helicopter pilots tested their simulators inside two trailers parked side by side. The cockpits replicate every aspect of normal helicopter controls and, for the first time, give pilots a chance to interact with tanks that aren't pre-programmed.
Each simulator is tuned into the infantry unit of 15 soldiers trying to take over the compound in Oro Grande, N.M. These soldiers wear laser-tag vests and laser-equipped rifles to keep track of who killed who and GPS-like devices that show their location to helicopter pilots and the officers directing the exercise.
The system, which currently is employed at Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas, will be expanded by 2017 to 18 locations, including one in South Korea sometime this year. Eventually, the Army expects to be able to link units halfway across the world.
Some Army posts have attempted to create interactive training systems but they were not fully developed and one-time-only exercises, said Lt. Col. Shane Cipolla, who is in charge of deploying the virtual platform. Many commanders stressed the need to develop a better system for ground and air forces to train together, he said.
"This is a good tool for it," said Cipolla, standing a short distance from the troops storming the compound.
Cipolla acknowledged the spending cuts were considered as the Army pushed for an upgraded training platform that could handle more soldiers at a fraction of the cost needed to train with real helicopters and tanks. The program costs about $8 million per year in research and development, but it presents significant savings each time the Army opts for simulated missions.
While the Army pays about $6,400 a day to run a center with 28 tank simulators that can be linked to the new system, the cost of operating 28 Abrams tanks would be $196,000 a day. In 2011 the Army paid about $19 million for 14,000 hours of simulated helicopter and weapons training ? a price the Army estimates would have been $281 million if done with live equipment.
Jones says he understands the cost savings and acknowledges some virtual interaction with a helicopter could have helped during his deployment to Afghanistan. Still, he prefers the real thing.
"There are two things I love," he said with a chuckle. "One is my wife, the other is a tank."
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The top 8 products from Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress remains the world?s biggest dedicated mobile technology event, and this year?s show saw more than 70,000 people converge in Barcelona to find out what?s next in smartphones, tablets and more. From upstart operating systems and the world?s thinnest slate to a whole new way to make your own apps, these are the eight best mobile products from Mobile World Congress 2013:
Best smartphone: LG Optimus G Pro
These days, high-end features like a quad-core processor and 1080p screen are just table stakes in the Android superphone game. That?s why with the Optimus G Pro, LG focused on delivering uniquely compelling software that makes work more efficient and play more fun.
With LG?s updated QSlide technology, users can run important apps in small windows on the 5.5-inch full HD screen, allowing them to multitask in a way never before available on a phone. Dual Recording, which allows you to capture video using both the front HD camera and back 13-MP shooter at the same time, takes family video to a whole new level. Then there's QTranslate, which provides real-time offline translation of words viewed through the camera lens. Add in a whopping 3,140mAh battery and you have an Android phone ready to take on the world.
More:LG Optimus G Pro Pairs 1080p Screen with Powerful Multitasking Features (VIDEO)
Best budget smartphone: Nokia Lumia 520
With the Lumia 520, Nokia has proved its dedication to bringing high-end features to lower price points, making the Windows Phone 8 experience available to an entirely new set of users worldwide. The 520 sports a 5-MP camera that supports Nokia's fun lens apps and offers super-sensitive touch technology for controlling the display even when you're wearing gloves. The phone cuts a few corners compared to the powerful Lumia 920, with a screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and no LTE support, but these compromises bring the price down to just 139 EUR, or around $180 USD unsubsidized. Overall, the Lumia 520 looks like a fantastic deal.
More:Nokia Debuts Lumia 520 Entry-Level Smartphone and Three Other Budget Options (VIDEO)
Best large tablet: Sony Xperia Tablet Z
At just 0.3 inches thick, Sony?s Xperia Tablet Z may be the ?world?s thinnest tablet,? but that isn?t the only reason it takes home the prize for Best Large Tablet of Mobile World Congress 2013. This 10-incher packs a gorgeous 1920 x 1080-pixel display with a 20 percent greater color gamut than Apple?s iPad, thanks to Sony?s Bravia Engine technology. And with a powerful quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, the Xperia Z has enough muscle to take on the toughest tasks.
Oh, and did we mention the whole thing goes underwater? That?s right, the Xperia Z can take a dip in up to 6 inches of water for 30 minutes. Rounding out this tablet?s top-tier features are an integrated IR blaster and Sony?s SideView app, which allows you to see what?s on TV and change the channel.
More:Sony Xperia Tablet Z is World?s Thinnest Tablet, Goes Underwater (VIDEO)
Best small tablet: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
If Goldilocks were shopping for a tablet, she?d say the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is just right. Samsung?s powerful new quad-core tablet was modeled after a notepad, making it ideal for taking notes in meetings using the built-in S Pen. The Galaxy Note 8 also packs a host of compelling software features, from Samsung?s Dual View multi-window feature to Idea Sketch, which provides clip art images based on words you scribble on screen. Other highlights include Smart Remote for controlling your TV and a Reading Mode that automatically adjusts the display for enjoying e-books.
More:Samsung Galaxy Note 8: The Pen Tablet You?ve Been Waiting For (VIDEO)
Best car tech: AT&T and GM 4G LTE
AT&T and General Motors want your next car to provide a truly connected experience. The two companies announced a new partnership at Mobile World Congress 2013 that will see GM?s 2015 model year vehicles equipped with AT&T's 4G LTE modems. With all that bandwidth, you can stream video to your car?s rear seat displays and keep the kids from asking "are we there yet?" every five minutes.
GM is also considering installing cameras at all four exterior corners of select vehicles, which users will then be able to access via the Web in order to get a live look at their cars from a mobile app. The system can also determine when your car has been hit and send you an alert.
More:AT&T 4G LTE Brings Live TV, Apps, and More to GM Vehicles
Best mobile software: AppMachine
These days everyone wants a mobile application, but software development can be a lengthy and complicated process. AppMachine is an online software platform that takes the pain and high learning curve out of creating applications for Android and iOS. Users can enter a website, social media page or RSS feed and populate an app in seconds. You can customize your app?s appearance using one of the included themes or more advanced settings. The company will even submit your application to the Apple App Store or Google Play, usually a long and tedious process, allowing you to create and sell your app in hours rather than weeks or months.
More: AppMachine Helps Anyone Create Native iPhone and Android Apps (VIDEO)
Best innovation: Firefox OS
We?ve had high hopes for Mozilla?s HTML 5-powered Firefox OS for quite awhile, and when it finally made its big debut here at Mobile World Congress 2013, it didn?t disappoint. Mozilla designed the attractive operating open system to break down the barriers between apps and Web pages and between developers and users. Unlike other platforms that rely exclusively on walled garden app stores to distribute software, Firefox OS will allow software publishers to sell their wares directly to consumers while also providing a vibrant market for app discovery.
To Mozilla, local apps and remote Web pages deserve equal treatment. So Firefox OS? most unique feature is a dynamic search function that scours websites and HTML 5 apps at the same time. If you want information on your favorite musician, the search engine will show a screen with background wallpaper of that artist and icons representing both Web pages and apps with ticket info, biographies and songs. So far, we?ve only seen the Firefox OS running on entry-level smartphones, but it should be coming to mid-range and high-end handsets soon.
More:Firefox OS Breaks Barrier Between Web and Apps (VIDEO)
Best accessory: Samsung HomeSync
We?ve seen network-attached storage drives and we?ve seen set-top boxes, but we?ve never seen anything quite like the Samsung HomeSync, a home media center that runs a full version of Android 4.1 Jellybean while providing 1TB of storage for sharing media across all of your devices.
Using a Bluetooth input device or a Samsung smartphone as your keyboard/mouse, you can play demanding games, watch movies or run any app from Google Play on the device?s 1.7-GHz, dual-core processor. Fire up the AllShare app on your phone or tablet and use it to browse photos, videos or songs from the HomeSync?s massive hard drive.
More: Samsung HomeSync 1TB Media Center Doubles as Android Station (VIDEO]
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