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The video game publisher says its chief executive, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. Andy Griffith, who died last year, was not included in the obituary reel at the Oscars, but a Cleveland TV station celebrated him on Thursday night.• Trio lead World Endurance Championship heading to Le Mans• Audi cars Nos 1, 2 and 3 come first, second and thirdThat Audi are fond of numbers seems indisputable. Indeed as the dominant force in endurance racing for over a decade, it is that most singular and most superior of digits, No1 – the win – that has become synonymous with the team.Students of numerology then, may read ominous signs into their comprehensive victory here at the Spa 6 Hours on Saturday, where not only did the marque take a 1-2-3 podium lockout but did so with their cars in the order: No1, No2, No3. Yet even disregarding the more ethereal conclusions, as portents go this  one was pretty empirical, one might say, even, by the numbers.As the second round of the World Endurance Championship this race at Spa is a standalone challenge but also represents the final competitive outing before the season's highlight, the Le Mans 24 hours in June. It is the final shakedown for Le Mans setups and as the last chance for drivers to take bragging rights and confidence into the big race at La Sarthe.The win then, for the No1 Audi R18 of André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler, may equally intrigue the number crunchers as much as anyone studying the form guide. They were steered to the flag by the race engineer Leena Gade, who has seen this trio  of drivers to victory at Le Mans for the past two years.With this win she and they, had the best possible preparation for bidding to become only the second squad ever to take a back-to-back hat-trick in the 24, Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen having done so, in an Audi of course – the class of its generation, R8, between 2000 and 2002.Here at Spa, the win was achieved through adversity as well, something else that will not be lost on rivals as the 24 looms. Having started from the front row of the grid, Lotterer, in the cockpit for the first stint, lost position going wide at La Source and was forced to fight back against both sister cars and this year's iteration of the Toyota TS030 making its season debut.Yet more was to come as the No1 car sustained  a slow puncture during a safety car period that necessitated an early pit stop, putting it out of sync and a minute behind the lead – at that point contested by Allan McNish, Tom fat burning furnace review Loïc Duval (who won the first WEC round at Silverstone),  in the No2 R18 and the new No7 Toyota of Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima and Alex Wurz, running in Le Mans spec.Disappointing practice times had led to concern over the raw speed of the 2013 TS030 but in race pace it proved a match for its rivals that augurs well for a tough battle at the 24. Reliability may be the focus for the Japanese squad before then, however, as although the 2012 Toyota of Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Stéphane Sarrazin did finish in fourth it was well off the pace and a lap down.The No7 had to retire in the fourth hour after its hybrid system failed causing the brakes to overheat. The team will be pleased the new car can match the Audis but will be looking to ensure at least a finish in the 24 after not making the flag last year.Lotterer and his co-drivers were putting in quick lap after quick lap and with a set up that offered more during the second stint of used rubber than the No2 Minces, Kristensen and Duval car, reeled them in and went past. By the end they had a 1min 5sec lead over the No2 and 1:54 on the No3 Audi of Marc Gene, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis, who were running a "long-tail' low downforce spec R18 in preparation for the 24."What a race!" Lotterer said. "I didn't have a good start but quickly managed to gain an advantage, but  then we lost it again due to the safety car period and the puncture. After that, it was only full throttle for us. Marcel and Benoît drove brilliantly. We recovered the loss. It was one of the nicest victories because it was a hard-fought one."The win puts the double Le Mans-winning trio one point ahead of the McNish partnership in the drivers' world championship going into Le Mans. "The car was pretty fast in qualifying and in the race. Unfortunately, for our driver squad, the result was a bit disappointing," said McNish. "We weren't as quick as we'd been at Silverstone, so we've got to analyse where we lost time." Which  means looking at the numbers again, something his team appears to revel in on every level.The Rebellion Racing Lola of Nick Heidfeld, Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost took the leading LMP1 privateer spot; Pecom's Nicolas Minassian, LuÃs Pérez Companc and Pierre Kaffer won in LMP2 and the AF Corse Ferrari of Gianmaria Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella triumphed in a hard-fought battle with Aston Martin in GTE Pro.World Endurance ChampionshipMotor sportGiles Richardsguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | google sniper review this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds After many years living in Georgetown and Columbia Heights, Lynda Couvillion and Michael Seidman were certified city dwellers, accustomed to close-in living. The French are apt to keep religious beliefs private, so you won’t find recipes for chopped liver or advertisements for kosher wine in the mainstream media. Coaches of men’s college basketball go crazy on the sidelines. The toughest question for any world-class golfer is to pick his favorite course in the world. It turned out to be easy for Nick Faldo once he set some parameters. MEXICO CITY -- There was a brassy mariachi band, which he would have liked, and the players serenaded his coffin, draped in a gay rights banner and the Mexican flag, in the grand rotunda of the Fine Arts Palace on Sunday. Several students from the School of Architecture + Planning were members of winning teams this year in a series of competitions awarding grants for startup enterprises, mostly aimed at addressing challenges in the developing world. Go here for a look at their brilliant ideas A THEME OF Vincent C. Gray's successful mayoral campaign last year was his questioning of his opponent's integrity. Exhibit A in his argument that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) ran a suspect administration was the awarding of contracts for park and recreation projects to firms with ties to the mayor.... Federal officials are investigating allegations that business partners of Microsoft, one of the world’s richest companies, bribed foreign officials to help enhance sales of the company’s software, according to people familiar with the probe. Read full article >> The Syrian government blamed Israel for the airstrikes on Sunday, which sent fiery mushroom-shape clouds over Damascus. Many residents said the attack was  the worst in more than two years of fighting. Greenwood Gardens, a 28-acre park in Short Hills, N.J., with statuary, Arts and Crafts follies and a Colonial Revival manor house, reopens on Sunday after a long restoration. Dr. Wright defied racial barriers in a profession long dominated by white men and helped found the American Society of Clinical Oncology. This past summer, the African Robotics Network (AFRON) challenged roboticists around the world to design a new class of robot, one that could be easily integrated into classrooms around the world. SEG, a robot designed by Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Director Daniela Rus’ Distributed Robotics Lab, took third prize in the traditional (roaming) category of the competition.SEG, an origami-inspired Segway robot, is a small robot made of polyester. The robot roams on two large wheels, and is able to avoid obstacles and collisions thanks to an onboard sensing and navigation system. What is perhaps forex growth bot review about SEG, though, is that the robot was printed on a sheet of polyester and takes less than one day and $15 to produce.SEG is one of the first robots designed under Rus’ new project aimed at reinventing how robots are designed and produced. Funded by a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the project aims to develop a desktop technology that would make it possible for the average person to design, customize and print a specialized robot in a matter of hours.“This research envisions a whole new way of thinking about the design and manufacturing of robots,†Rus says. “We believe that it has the potential to transform manufacturing and to one day enable one robot per child in schools.â€With SEG and other printable robots the Distributed Robotics Lab is currently designing, researchers are  hopeful that by breaking down the barriers that have traditionally made robots inaccessible to the general public, they will help to usher in a new era of robotic usage. In order to create more affordable and accessible robots, the group has been working on redesigning the production process for building robots to rely more on accessible tools.“The basic principle behind our work with printable robots is accessibility; we want everyone to have access to robots. The three main problems blocking the general population from  accessing robots are the cost, the time it takes to develop a robot, and the difficulty associated with making and controlling robots,†says Cagdas Onal, a postdoctoral associate in Rus’ lab. “These robots we are making are inexpensive, they can be produced in hours as opposed  to months, and they are easy to deal with.â€While a conventional robot can typically take weeks to assemble, and thousands of dollars to design and program, SEG was printed on a sheet of polyester using a laser cutter, which is used to etch creases into the material. Once printed the surface is folded, following the pre-determined creases, into the desired shape, which in the case of SEG is a small platform connected by two large wheels. Even the circuit board, which contains all of the sensing  and basic programming necessary for the machine to navigate, is printed using a conventional printer to further reduce costs.According to Onal, the robot can be assembled in well under 24 hours, making it an especially applicable tool for teaching young children about robotics. Onal and his colleagues envision sending robotic kits to classrooms around the world so that students could print, assemble and then program their own robots. In fact, the team is already planning to send printable robot kits to classrooms in Africa in the near future.“This is a great starting point to teach kids basic programming micro niche finder review Onal says. “They will be able to see the results of their labor in a concrete fashion, and will be able to learn and experiment with the robot in a hands-on manner.†Photos of unfamiliar dishes are delivered with the menus at Sigiri Sri Lankan Cuisine, but the aromas say everything. ABU DHABI, United  Arab Emirates — The Obama administration said Thursday that the Syrian government has likely used chemical weapons on a small scale against rebel forces, but it stopped short of threatening military action against President Bashar al-Assad. Read full article >> The 100th Tour de France features six high mountain stages including four mountaintop finishes. William Fotheringham talks you through Ax 3 Domaines, the Col du Peyresourde, Mont Ventoux, the Col de la Madeleine, Alpe-d'Huez and Annecy-SemnozWilliam Fotheringham • 'He's a player that I like very much,' says manager• Manchester United striker out for month with hamstring tearJosé Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, has refused to rule out a move for Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, describing him as a "fast and direct" footballer who he likes very much.Mourinho, talking in Bangkok after Chelsea had arrived for their pre-season tour, tried to play down discussion about whether the unsettled Rooney would move from Old Trafford to Stamford Bridge this summer."It's a funny, tricky question from an ethical point of view as I can't talk about players from other teams," Mourinho said."But it is not my character to speak with hypocrisy, I always tell what I see. He's a player that I like very much. Being fast and direct I like him very much, but he's a Manchester United player."Rooney flew home from United's own tour, which  also started in Bangkok, after a scan revealed a hamstring tear on Thursday.Wayne RooneyJosé MourinhoManchester UnitedChelseaTransfer windowJamie Jacksonguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Now, those numbers are still very low, the newspaper reports, with just .22 hospitalizations for every 1,000 deliveries, but, still, the numbers have experts concerned. After a year in the United States, Chen Guangcheng finds himself enmeshed in controversies over partisan politics. The mission of the Vet Hunters Project is to track down  homeless veterans and offer aid. Food lover and lifelong overeater Dayna Macy wrote her memoir "Ravenous" to heal her relationship with food. In a year-long journey, Macy travels the country to learn about the food industry and, in turn, herself. In an  effort to break the hold that her favorite foods have on her, she learns how ... Walter Saabel and Philipp Hochmair star in “The Shine of Day,†directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer |
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