Hello everyone, good evening and welcome. Im the director of the Creative Writing Program and we are so happy to welcome our friend for over 15 years weve been honored to host the awards ceremony in this auditorium ended this year from the Creative Writing Program the finalists in the series of interviews can you hear me . Okay. On our blog and on the website and book critics. Org. We will be doing these over a twoweek period and its one that couldnt have been done without the interviewers and editors and publicists. Thank you also to the Board Members. And a huge thank you to the rest of the board. I wonder if we can give a round of applause to the board . [applause] they may mention this also, but it is entirely volunteer. The whole enterprise is a volunteer job, and it is preaching to the choir but we need to remember to call congresspeople and senators after they approved the elimination. [applause] we can also mention other things we might like to have happen. We would like to kee
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Virtualreality headset. Talkan iribe stopped by to about it all, and his major donation to a virtualreality lab. It has been full speed ahead for self driving cars. Tesla is expected to unveil an auto drive feature later this week. Mercedes to honda have also been testing out the technology. We look and how long will be before self driving cars actually hit the car market. First, to our lead. Ofis taking a page out ebays book, and splitting into two separate companies. Pioneer, whoalley has been heard in the downturn in the pc business and some bad acquisitions, says the move will allow it to better adapt to changing technologies and generate more shareholder value. , who just three years ago said a split wasnt in the companys best interest, will become ceo of Hp Enterprise , which is focused on corporate hardware, software, and services. Dion willcome become ceo of hp anchor. Ink. Will land at 55,000 55,000. Corey, are they Better Together or separate . Divorce makes you sad. This is