Welcome to the Cybertown year of 2096 (2008 for you Earthsiders)
Vol 10 Issue 12, June 21st, 2096
Issue 12
From The Desktop
deb44, CVN Weekly Editor
Summer has arrived! Let's what June will bring us!
The Days are Growing Shorter
Just what you wanted to hear, we are certain. Friday or Saturday was the summer soltice, the longest day of the year, depending on your location. In the US at 7:59 PM EDT Summer arrived. For a well wriiten desription and brief history See: ( http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369545,00.html ) There were Summer Solstice celebrations like this one at stonehenge: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25290019
Now the days slowly will begin to darken earlier until once again we jump off the daylight savings time bandwagon in most areas of the US and even much of the world too. Of course there are many locations where it has been ignored or abandoned as well. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_around_the_world#Africa
It's all about time :) Across the world there are time zones. Recently we have been seeing UT replacing GMT, although they are the same. Here is the explanation, and it all comes down to .9 of one second. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
Our searching led to a fun page on "Glossary of GPS and Navigation Terms" http://www.waypoint.org/gps1-glos.html
which offers the following insights:
"UT or UT1: Universal time or GMT (Grenwich Mean TIme) See GMT. It is different from UTC ( difference can be almost 1 second). UT1 is the electronically distributed version. See also UTC for differences
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time. There are 7 Universal Times (all within 1 second of each other), and UTC is the "coordinated version of 'Universal Time'", hence the word order of Coordinated Universal Time. The abbreviation UTC is a language-independent international abbreviation, it is neither English nor French. It means both 'Coordinated Universal Time' and 'Temps Universel Coordonné'. This is a time scale based on atomic clocks, by definition cesium clocks.UTC is the time basis for GPS. See also UT."
"Rated 7.0 (good) Space Invaders Extreme" (PSP & DS (rated 7.5))
"Release Date: Jun 17, 2008
Space Invaders Extreme features classic alien-shooting action with all new graphical design, soundtrack, and power-ups." but you can read the entire review at gamespot.
Next week There are many more releases including:
"Hellboy: Science of Evil (X360, PS3, PSP)
Release Date: Jun 24, 2008
Hellboy is a brawler based on the comic, which lets players unleash Hellboy's superhuman abilities as they smash their way through hordes of enemies and also team up with a friend in cooperative play."
And there are lots more! Take a look: Gamespot
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Events
What interesting events do we this week? Let's find out!
June 22: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM IRs Twisted Hangman
June 23: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Mall Meltdown - LE Requested
June 24: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM IRs Traveling Tea Time Tarot in CTs Places {Sunset Beach} - LE Requested 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM SciFI Bingo
June 25: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Adventure Fact or Not 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM E! Colony BYOI Auction
June 26: 275:00 PM - 6:30 PM Adventure Game Show Retro 287:00 PM - 9:00 PM Places Twist @ the Clubs Plaza - LE Requested
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