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Make no mistake: cutting the cord is about compromise. Giving up the endless channels and convenience of a cable or satellite subscription isn't painless, but the upside is you will save a good chunk of money.
Simple.TV ($150) is an over-the-air DVR for those with a high tolerance for compromise. It embodies a unique concept, recording over-the-air TV signals, then streaming them to compatible devices (including iPads, laptops, and Roku-connected TVs) both inside and outside your home network -- there's no direct HDMI or other video output on the box itself. In reality, there are a lot of caveats: it's single-tuner only, there's no built-in Wi-Fi, image quality is no more than adequate, it's less responsive than a standard DVR, you need to supply your own hard drive and antenna, and most of the good features require the $5-per-month Premier subscription.
That's quite a lot stacking up against Simple.TV, but the killer feature is really its cost. The next best alternative for cord-cutters is the TiVo Premiere, which has total ownership cost of $330 with a one-year subscription or $650 with a lifetime subscription; Simple.TV's total cost of ownership is $200 with a one-year subscription and $300 with a lifetime subscription. There's no doubt TiVo is better, but it's not hard to see why Simple.TV's pricing would appeal to buyers already looking to spend less on TV.
Simple.TV has quite a few limitations, but it's just good enough to be worth considering for early adopters, especially at its budget price.
The hardware: A simple white box
There's not much to the Simple.TV hardware. It's an unassuming white box with rounded corners that's smaller than a cable box, but much bigger than an Apple TV. The casing is made of plastic and the whole box weighs nearly nothing, feeling empty when you pick it up. There's a relatively large light on the front that glows blue when the box is on and red when it's recording.
Around back are Simple.TV's ports: antenna input and output, a USB port, two Ethernet ports, and the power adapter port. The antenna output lets the over-the-air signal pass through directly to your TV or another device, while the second Ethernet port allows you to connect another device to your home network. The USB port is for connecting a hard drive. The included power adapter has slim "wall wart" design; with a box this size, a built-in power supply would have been nice.
Bring your own hard drive, antenna, Roku
If Simple.TV's price seems too good to be true, that's partially because it is. While the Simple.TV box itself only costs $150, you need to provide some additional hardware to get it up and running. At the very least, Simple.TV requires an external hard drive and an antenna.
I already had a spare hard drive to dedicate to Simple.TV, but if you don't, budget another $80 for a 500GB external hard drive that doesn't need an external power supply, like this one. Similarly, an inexpensive
If you plan on watching Simple.TV on your living-room TV, you'll probably also want a Roku box. You can also get Simple.TV on your TV using AirPlay with an iPad and Apple TV, but at the moment only Roku provides the true "lean-back" experience you'd get with a traditional DVR. The bottom line is that you may have to budget an additional $180 for the Simple.TV experience, depending on what gear you already have.
Setup is, fittingly, simple. That's a major accomplishment for a product that could easily skew geeky. Hook everything up, fire up a browser, and it walks you through the process. An over-the-air channel scan took about 10 minutes and picked up 70 channels. Even more impressively, the software automatically hid not-terribly-useful subchannels and other less popular channels that you probably don't want to wade through.
Simple.TV's main purpose is to let you watch and record over-the-air TV pretty much anywhere. It works with free over-the-air TV signals using an antenna, as well as unencrypted basic cable (Clear QAM) -- although unencrypted cable won't be around for long. I did all my testing using over-the-air TV and all the standard caveats about over-the-air TV apply: only a few channels are broadcast over the air (basically major networks like CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, and PBS) and which channels you actually get is very dependent on your local reception. The bottom line is you can't get a lot of the content available on cable, like ESPN, AMC, Comedy Central, HBO, and Showtime.
The Simple.TV box sits on your home network (connected via Ethernet), diligently recording and storing your content. It can serve recorded content and live TV to devices on your home network (like a Roku box, iPad, or browser), as well as devices outside your network, enabling Slingbox-like placeshifting. Simple.TV claims it can stream to five devices at once, but a lot of that depends on the robustness of your home network.
In the living room, you'll most likely want to stream to a Roku box, which offers up the closest to the traditional DVR experience. The other option for living-room watching is using an iPad and AirPlay to stream to an Apple TV. (You could also use an iPhone, but the resolution is significantly limited.) It's a great setup, especially navigating your content using the iPad, but it's more strain on your local network since video needs to be streamed from Simple.TV to your iPad, then again to the Apple TV.
Storage space is determined by the size the hard drive you connect. I connected a 320GB hard drive, which can store about 140 hours of programming.
Limitations: Single tuner, no Wi-Fi
Simple.TV's two biggest limitations are its single-tuner functionality and the lack of built-in Wi-Fi.
Being single-tuner means that Simple.TV can access only one live TV show at a time. If you're recording a program, you can't watch another live TV show at the same time and vice versa. (You can, however, watch or record a show while playing back a recorded show.) Conflicts are certainly less of an issue since there's not as much to watch on over-the-air TV compared with cable/satellite, but the more people in your household who rely on Simple.TV, the more likely you'll miss being able to record two (or more) shows that air at the same time.
While it's easy to see why Simple.TV chose to require a wired Ethernet connection for the stablest performance, it really limits your setup options. Ideally, you'd be able to place the Simple.TV box close to an Ethernet hookup and your antenna location, but I bet many people will need to make either a long Ethernet run or a long antenna cable run. The lack of Wi-Fi is a hassle, especially now that excellent dual-band routers are more affordable.
Subscription options: Expect to pay for Premier
Simple.TV works without a monthly subscription, but all of its best features require a Premier subscription. Simple.TV breaks it down pretty clearly in chart form on its Web site.
If you opt for the free Basic subscription, you're more or less getting a glorified VCR. I wasn't able to directly test the Basic tier using my reviewer's account, but photos provided by Simple.TV make it clear that if you want to do anything more than watch live TV and schedule recordings for "Thursday at 8 p.m. on Fox", you need to step up to the Premium service. Aside from better DVR features like season pass recordings and better guide data, you also gain the Slingbox-like ability to access your DVR from outside your home network. If I were relying on Simple.TV as my main TV source, there's no doubt I'd go for the Premier monthly subscription.


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I should check this out...if there is one thing I have learned here on the forum over the years, if Joe R likes it...I probably will.


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The Pacific Pinball Museum and NCWCA presents: KaPow! Heroic Women
KaPow! Heroic Women, is a group art show presented by the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA).
Heroic Women are those understand "Me Too"; they are steadfast friends, mothers, sisters, famous and unknown women of the past whose lives speak to us, living artists, fantasy figures, and living, working, women. We are in a historical moment where our society is once again examining the role and treatment of women. KaPow! shows the energies of women through their own eyes.
KaPow! Heroic Women is an expression of today's artists working within the chaos and complexity of current events and women owned movements.
Opening: Thursday, February 15, 2018 from 5-9pm
Where: The Pacific Pinball Museum, 1510 Webster St., Alameda, CA
Exhibition Dates: February 15 through Sunday April 29, 2018
Admission: Viewing is free with admission to the museum.
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Jurors: Leisel Whitlock, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair
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As Gov. James Douglas addresses the task of replacing Secretary of Agriculture Steve Kerr the future of farmers throughout the state may hang in the balance. It's not that one person will make or break the farm community, but that the direction state policy proceeds during the next few years could either set the path for new growth on Vermont farms or continue the rapid demise of dairy farms Vermont has seen for the past 50 years.
The demise, as most everyone knows, has cut the number of farms in the state by a third in the past decade — from 2,265 in 1993 to 1,459 in 2003. It's not a new trend. The number of dairy farms in Vermont in 1983 was 3,216; in 1973 it was 3,852; in 1963, there were 7,127, and in 1953, there were 10,637. On average about 8 percent to 10 percent of our dairy farms have been going out of business each year.
The recent cause of farm losses is also without question: The price of milk generally doesn't meet the cost of production. Vermont, however, can't control the price of milk; so dairy farmers throughout the Green Mountain State have been relying on a hope and a prayer — year after year — that milk prices will exceed costs on a cycle that's long enough to erase their prior losses. Since the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact was squashed by President George W. Bush and Congress, however, Vermont's dairy farmers have been on the short end of that cycle — and now, six years later, many of them are barely hanging on.
Douglas knows this. And he knows that the decision of who to bring in as the new secretary of agriculture will set the state's agriculture policy for the next few years.
It's a big decision — one that affects thousands of farm families (non-dairy as well as dairy), the state's agricultural heritage, and the rural vistas that make Vermont such a treasure.
It's also a decision that demands a thoughtful, inclusive and thorough consideration of the potential candidates, not a rushed, behind-the-scenes appointment that speaks more of political favoritism than far-reaching policy.
As important as setting policy for Vermont's farmers will be the new secretary's ability to appease a sometimes fractious farm community. With the split between organic and traditional farming still igniting sparks on various issues, the new secretary will have to be as skilled in diplomacy as he is in political dodge-ball to effectively navigate the struggle between a Democratic Legislature and a Republican governor.
What's clear in today's agricultural economy in Vermont is that the current direction is failing dairy farmers, and it isn't doing much for non-dairy farmers either. The time is right to lead in a new direction. Douglas' choice of a candidate will determine just how bold Mr. Douglas dares to be when the last marble is on the line. Or will he opt for a more cautious route and watch as farmers dwindle in numbers by keeping to the same milquetoast policies that have failed in the past.
Whichever route Douglas takes, we would hope he outlines a selection process that encourages the best and brightest to apply. We would also hope the public, or at least the farm community, has a chance to learn who the candidates are and weigh in with their thoughts, support and concerns before the selection is made. How refreshing, if potentially awkward, it would be to see an open process in this appointment in which the broader community had a substantive role to play.
That, in itself, would be a bold move by the governor.
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The 'Bikini Teacher' who was fired from her job at a South Florida high school last spring will hit newsstands on Christmas Eve in a 14-page spread for Hustler magazine.
Olivia Sprauer, whose professional modeling name is Victoria James, made the decision to shoot the revealing pictorial after insisting this past May that she wouldn't do Hustler. "I don't do spread-eagle shots, so I don't think Hustler is going to work out," she told the Huffington Post.
Sprauer had been teaching freshman English at Florida's Martin County High School, until the school's principal was informed that she also modeled on the side under the pseudonym Victoria James. She was fired, but then went public with the news—which turned out to be a huge boost to her modeling career. She started increasing her rates and even received offers from lingerie companies and publications like Hustler. Initially, she turned down the notoriously hardcore rag in the hopes that Playboy would come calling.
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We've got a weak spot for beautiful handmade ceramics and pottery. They catch our eye with beautiful materials, glazes, colors and textures, and we love that every artist has their own style, whether it be modern, traditional or eclectic. A high-quality piece can be not only functional and decorative, but also a cherished heirloom. The following are some of our favorite artists who produce lovely ceramics that stand the test of time and wow us with new handmade designs.
1 Pigeon Toe Ceramics Modern, clean and colorful porcelain lighting, planters, bird feeders, and tabletop and servingware. Read More: Lisa Jones of Pigeon Toe Ceramics & Homewares
2 Heath Ceramics: A decades old home classic, the incredibly high-quality mid-century style pieces feature dinnerware, tile, home accessories and even house numbers. Read More: Heath Ceramics: Handcrafted Tile and Tableware and A Visit to Heath Ceramics.
3 Perch: Clean, modern, colorful and fun handmade and non-toxic ceramics including lighting, planters, tabletop and servingware, and other adorable home accessories. Read More: Lighting By Perch!
4 SODA By Amy: Dreamlike, soft colored and children-inspired porcelain pieces including cups, mugs, charms and jewelry.
5 Paloma's Nest: Best known for their Ring Bearer Bowls, Paloma's Nest has expanded their line of delicate text imprinted ceramics to include other heirloom gifts and keepsakes such as plates, ornaments, frames, and cufflinks.
6 Up in the Air Somewhere: Gorgeous hand-built ceramic and papier-mâché vessels inspired by the clean, minimal lines found in industrial architecture.
7 Esther Pottery: Colorful and sculptural planters featuring irregular forms and striped glazing, meant to complement the unique forms of cacti and succulents.
8 Dalhaus: Chromatic vases, dishes, teapots, and other objects from slip-cast, wheel-thrown, or hand-built clay that are glazed by hand using custom color mixes.
9 Rae Dunn: White stoneware including vases, planters and plates, often accented with wood grain textures and typographic imprints.
10 Mudpuppy: Probably most well known for their handing upside down pots, Mudpuppy also makes other eclectic stoneware creations including skulls, baby head vase, wind chimes, ornaments and other decorative accessories.
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First-Year Experience Off to a Good Start, Nov. 5, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., November 5, 2001 -- The newly established First-Year Experience at New Mexico Tech is off to a good start in its inaugural semester at the university, offering its various services, programming, and learning opportunities to all members of the freshman class.
Although it's not yet an official requirement for freshman students at Tech, more than 230 students have opted to make the First-Year program part of their overall academic experience.
The First-Year Experience program is offered through New Mexico Tech's Advising Resource Center (ARC), as a means to assist these "students in transition" to fully realize their academic and personal goals.
Students participating in the program meet on a weekly basis and are grouped together by declared majors to address many of the issues affecting today's college student.
Among the topics discussed by each of the 11 groups are proper preparation for classes, different learning styles, effective note taking and textbook reading, time and stress management, academic integrity, and effective test taking.
"The groups are led by peer facilitators," explains Elaine Debrine-Howell, director of ARC. "Peer facilitators typically are upperclassmen who are successful in their studies and have demonstrated leadership abilities."
Studies have shown that peer education is extremely effective, and college students are more apt to listen to advice delivered by their peers, Debrine-Howell says.
"I think they actually hear it better when someone who has been through it and is close to their own age is saying it," she says.
Peer facilitators get to personally know how the first-years are doing in their introductory classes, and as such, can often recommend to certain students that they seek academic counseling and tutoring before they get bogged down in their studies.
"Our First-Year Experience program is very dependent on peer facilitators," relates Tony Ortiz, program coordinator of ARC. "They're a very good group--many are the same ones who always do everything around campus--and they essentially run the program by themselves. . . . Our peer facilitators are Carolyn Munk, Lisa Edwards, Mindy Gilbert, Aaron Lund, Aaron Prager, Mary Irwin, Becky Redden, Diane Meier, Levi Chavez, Israel Vaughn, and Nikki Beauchamp."
However, the First-Year Experience is not strictly an academic program: many of the enrolled students also enjoy social events which are interspersed throughout the semester, such as friendly competitions in volleyball and kickball, movies, and barbecues. The facilitators currently are planning a variety of social events for the spring semester.
"So far, we have found there are several levels of participation in this program," explains Debrine-Howell, "ranging from students who form their own independent study groups to those who stay in contact mostly through e-mail.
"Essentially, what we've done is present them with all the choices," Debrine-Howell continues. "We want them to have
ownership over their own decision-making processes; and, we're hoping they'll be motivated enough to make adaptive choices for themselves. . . . It's all up to them--the ultimate decision is theirs, but we want to facilitate positive decision-making as much as we can."
Although New Mexico Tech's First-Year Experience is still in its inception, the program actually evolved from the university's Group Opportunities for Activities and Learning (GOAL) program, which began in 1996.
The programs are similar in the sense that they are both attempts to keep more Tech freshmen coming back to school for their sophomore year.
However, in contrast to the large number of First-Year Experience students, GOAL participants typically numbered between 60 and 70 students each semester.
"This newer version of our first-year program is made available to all freshmen, regardless of whether they live on- or off-campus. GOAL students were grouped together in the same sections of introductory classes and lived next to each other in the same residence hall, but we have our First-Year Experience students interspersed throughout the residence halls and even
throughout town," Debrine-Howell points out.
"One of the things we learned from the GOAL program and we now use to our advantage in First-Year Experience is that freshman students actually prefer to interact with upperclassmen, and stand to benefit from the vision and experiences slightly older students can bring into these mutually beneficial relationships," she adds. "As a result, they often form learning communities on their own as well."
Since it is a new program at New Mexico Tech, it's probably going to take at least four or five years to accurately assess whether First-Year Experience is effectively accomplishing what it's set up to do, Debrine-Howell says.
"Although we have measurable objectives such as increased academic participation, the students themselves may not be able to effectively assess the impact of the program until they move further along in their academic and personal development," she relates.
In the meanwhile, Debrine-Howell is expecting, as are most Tech administrators, that First-Year Experience will have a marked effect on improving retention rates for its students in transition during that critical freshman to sophomore year.
"We're hoping to see the retention rate improve to 80 percent from fall semester to fall semester for these students," she says. "Currently, it's at about 72 percent. . . . And, we're hoping to use many of the strategies which prove successful for the development of a transition program for our transfer students."


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If the two-party system is ever going to be seriously challenged, this is the moment. The GOP, the stall-tactic party, is reeling. The Democratic administration is struggling to turn around the economy. And across the country, creative, engaged folks are increasingly feeling politically homeless. More Americans consider themselves independents (39%) than Democrats (33%) or Republicans (22%) -- and the gap is widening.[Read the full article here]
Who will fill that void? Sarah Palin is rumored to be mulling the idea of starting a third party, pulling together social and fiscal conservatives alienated from the GOP. The Blue Dog Democrats, turned off by President Barack Obama's spending, could reach across the aisle to moderate Republicans and try to attract independents. But the best third-party contender already exists. The Libertarians, like so many independents and disaffected Democrats and Republicans, are fiscal conservatives and social liberals -- and no one has yet built a lasting coalition out of this growing force.
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How High-Profile CEOs Could Revitalize the Libertarian Party
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Well, finally a post that gives one hope!ReplyDelete
If Libertarians believe in their ideas then they need to break away from Republicans and the conservative malcontent crowd that pimps for Sarah Palin and the Fox News crowd.
Never a better time than NOW! I know I would be very supportive of a fiscally conservative, isolationistic, socially liberal (or at least stay out of the social issues altogether) and a party based upon the fundamental belief in the individual over special interests.
That also pretty much covers 70% of Americans too!
Don't shoot for the moon but rather pick up senate and house seats....but if you tie your wagon to the republicans then you end up being no different...ask Rand Paul.
Doesn't it? Makes me think it's really possible if the LP plays it smart.ReplyDelete


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Flick Picks: Denzel Washington as a Baddie, Rachel McAdams in 'The Vow'
In our weekly video feature 'Flick Picks,' The Daily Beast's Ramin Setoodeh and Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers debate the new movies opening at a theater near you. See which films get a 'Yes,' 'No' or 'Maybe' from our critics. This week's lineup: How could Rachel McAdams forget Channing Tatum in The Vow? And, Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson as corrupt characters in, respectively, Safe House and Rampart.
'Safe House'
Denzel Washington stars as a CIA spy wanted for turning rogue. Ryan Reynolds (coming off a pair of summer flops) is the inexperienced Cape Town operative who tries to bring him in. Washington is at his best when he plays bad (see Training Day), but this movie turns to mush when we learn the truth about his sinister villain.
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Rachel McAdams plays Paige, a woman who gets amnesia after a car accident and forgets that she's married to Leo (Channing Tatum). This romantic dramedy might sound like a Lifetime movie, but it's far worse.
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In abatement 2015, Apple alien its Account app as allotment of iOS 9. It formed out to a lot of iPhone and iPad users and according to Apple, about 40 actor of them use it.
This publishing belvedere aims to accompany alone account and agreeable to iOS users while accumulation the antecedent cast attending with the glassy Apple design. Obviously, the monetization engine is Apple's own iAd, so far activated mostly by iOS app developers for app monetization.
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Venezuela says near $1bn debt to Panama fraudulent
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's foreign minister says 90 percent of his government's $1 billion debt to Panama is fraudulent and criminal charges are likely to result.
Elias Jaua says the government paid businessmen dollars for the imports and the goods never arrived. So Panama isn't owed 90 percent of the debt.
Jaua's comments broadcast Sunday on the Televen television station on Sunday come after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke relations with Panama last week over its call for the Organization of American States to discuss a crackdown on protests in Venezuela. He also froze economic transactions.
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It�s really a question about respect. I love going to the movies, always have. There�s the large screen, big sound, it�s dark, quiet, with comfortable seats. At this place alone I don�t seem to mind paying $21 for two small diet drinks, a small bag of popcorn and my personal favorite, a bag of licorice.
Of course, this is already after paying $15 for two tickets to get in. The matin�e price is $7.50 per ticket. I don�t go after 6 p.m. and pay full-price. Going to the movies, as you can see, is a real experience for me.
What I don�t like at the movies are those who rest their feet up on the seats in front of them, talk during the movie, throw their trash on the floor and use their cellphones. Would they do that at home? Would their mother allow them to put their feet on furniture, talk to someone else when she is talking to them, or throw drink and food wrappers on her clean kitchen floor?
I used to think it was just young people who did this, but I find all ages participate in this behavior. For me, it�s a question of respect. I don�t think you are showing respect to the theater owner, the people sitting near you, or to God by participating in this type of behavior.
When people sitting by me exhibit this behavior, I usually respond with a glare in their direction. My wife tells me to stop it, that it�s not effective. It wasn�t until I wrote this article that I remember my Dad used to glare at my brother and me when we were kids doing something wrong. That glare always made us stop. I thought everyone understood what the glare meant. When you got the glare, you are doing something wrong, stop that behavior now.
I�m pretty confident there is nowhere in the Bible that address this particular topic. The Bible does address the attitude of respect for one another. In Romans 12:10, we find, �Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.�
How we regard God, others, and ourselves has a whole lot to do with what is important in our lives. Maybe this is more of my problem than others. Or, I make it more my problem.
Respecting everyone means believers should be especially conscious that God has created all people in His image, regardless of whether they believe in Christ. We are to demonstrate our love to the world. The apostle John wrote of this principle a number of times.
Quoting Jesus, he writes, �A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another� (John 13:34-35; 15:12; 1 John 3:23).
Christians are to be a people of order and discipline, of righteousness and justice. We are to be dynamic examples of love and peace so that others may want to be like us. Part of living as examples of Christlikeness to the watching world is the respect we show to others.
So I promise, or at least I�ll try, the next time I go to the movies, not to let your loud conversation, the mess you make when you leave, and your feet on the furniture bother me.
I won�t glare at you. Let�s all enjoy the movie.
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Summer Group Exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery
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The Joshua Liner Gallery in New York has a cool group exhibition currently showing now through September 2, 2010 that features the work of a diverse group of 23 international artists. You'll see work from Cleon Peterson, David Kassan, Dennis McNett, Evan Hecox, Ian Francis, James Roper, Jeremy Fish, Jessica Joslin, Kris Kuksi, Mac, Mi Ju, Mike Davis, Oliver Vernon, Pema Rinzin, Pete Watts, Ryan Bradley, Ryan McLennan, Shawn Barber, SWOON, Tat Ito, Tiffany Bozic, Tomokazu Matsuyama and Tony Curanaj. I've chosen 4 images to share to give you a sample of the works on display, but don't just settle for pictures, go see this exhibit for yourself.
The Summer Group Exhibition at the Joshua Liner Gallery runs until September 2, 2010 and is located at 528 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor.
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Originally, this was one of the harder vicious dungeons for a number of reasons.
First, the actual monsters in the dungeon are NASTY! The two hardest monsters in the game are both here... Animated Armours and Illusions. One just never dies, and the other punishes you beyond repair. Thus making most of these level 5-6+ unkillable. Most are forced to IMAWALL them, or very thoroughly WEYTWUT to make up for the massive amount of lost experience. Then, you come to the boss. Not much weaker health/damage than many bosses with debilitating effects, but instead of punishing you with debilitating effects, he has 50 levels of death protection. Thus forcing you to save the already pushed to the limit resources just to have a seemingly endless endurance fight with him. Much harder than super meat man because Whupaz has no effect, or possibly even a negative effect if your damage is high enough. With no illusion stone, many areas can often be blocked off by high level illusions, in addition, you have no big bonus to help jump levels. 50% magic resist allows you to tank warlocks to make up lost experience, but the vicious dungeon doesn't have this.
There were only a few classes that could even beat this dungeon. These are: Monk and sorcerer for sure, and possibly wizard, paladin, bloodmage, and transmuter (haven't tried after his nerf).
Now, the new vicious dungeon adds Blah Blah to the mess. 120 damage, 40% lifesteal, Blink, and as much health as super meat man. Let's just say that even if you had enough resources to take down the indomitable, (highly unlikely on most runs), Blah Blah just walks over to you and laughs.
Either I'm missing something critical here, or this dungeon is by far more vicious than many due to limited resources, its unique endurance strategy, and the monsters that populate it. Anyone have some suggestions? I'd like to unlock the vampire on his new kingdom specifically built for him, but I've hit this *minor* roadblock.


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By Sekou Smith, NBA.com
VIDEO: Kobe Bryant addressing the media during All-Star Weekend
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Kobe Bryant's 2013-14 season looks to be finished after just six games. All that's left is the word from either Kobe or the Los Angeles Lakers, according to a report from Bleacher Report columnist Kevin Ding that broke late last night.
ESPN.com's Chris Broussard confirmed what Ding first reported, saying that Bryant is indeed finished for the 2013-14 season:
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant will miss the remainder of the season, a league source confirmed to ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard.
Bryant has been sidelined since Dec. 17 with a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau in the knee. He also missed the Lakers' first 19 games while recovering from a torn Achilles in his left leg suffered last season.
The five-time NBA champion had called his recovery "a slow process" during a news conference held in New Orleans during All-Star Weekend last month.
Bryant was examined by team physician Dr. Steve Lombardo on Feb. 21, and it was determined the 18-year veteran would be sidelined another three weeks before being re-evaluated because of continued pain, swelling and soreness in the knee.
This is yet another blow in a season full of them for Lakers fans, who have been reeling since last summer when Dwight Howard bolted from the scene via free agency for Houston. Bryant missing the remainder of the Lakers' season, though, is just the latest dagger:
The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to declare Bryant out for the rest of the 2013-14 season later this week, according to team sources. Bryant is not accompanying the team on its trip to Oklahoma City and San Antonio, staying back to be reexamined by team doctor Steve Lombardo. And considering where Bryant's level of discomfort remains with the fractured lateral tibial plateau in his left knee, barring an unforeseen change, the team will finalize the decision that Bryant will not play again this season.
After his highly anticipated recovery from his torn left Achilles tendon suffered 11 months ago, Bryant played just six games before hurting his knee Dec. 17. He was encouraged by his performance in that final game, a victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, unaware at the time that what he thought was a hyperextended knee was much more significant.
Although the Lakers' original estimate was that Bryant would miss approximately six weeks, he is now expected to miss the final 17 weeks of the season. He said at the All-Star break he was frustrated by the slow recovery with his knee and noted, "It's not the mind that wears down, it's the body."
Bryant will still be expected to anchor the Lakers next season, when he will be 36. He signed a two-year, $48.5 million extension in November to remain the NBA's highest-paid player and continue through the 2015-16 season, at which time he will consider retirement.
Although he has expressed hope the Lakers will reload this summer via free agency, indications are the team will piece together a roster around him again with an eye toward saving its salary-cap space for a rich 2015 free-agent class.
Despite Bryant's limited availability, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said last month that no one should question Bryant's ability to play "at a high level" next season.
Some of us have been calling for Bryant, as well as Steve Nash, to punt the remainder of this injury-plagued season for a while now. There's nothing that can be salvaged from the wreckage of the tire fire that has gone on since last summer. Not even a few late-season appearances from one of the most beloved Lakers of all time.
When the trade deadline came and went last month and Pau Gasol was still a part of the team, it was clear that the Lakers were waving the white flag on this season and preparing for the future with a healthy Bryant as the centerpiece.
The timing of this pending announcement comes during the same week former Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who joined forces with Bryant for five of his 11 titles as a coach, is set to be announced as the basketball operations chief (the title is reportedly still being negotiated) of the New York Knicks.
The Lakers chose Mike D'Antoni as their coach last season over a third round of Jackson, who has chosen not to return in that capacity this time around.
Bryant apparently won't come back in any capacity this season, either. All that's left is the official announcement, which could come before the end of the week.


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Here Comes the Holodeck
Nov 19, 2010 5:00 AM PT
As if scripted for a "Star Trek" episode, news of a real-life, real-time hologram instantly projected images of holodecks in many a sci-fi fan's head, only to be dashed and challenged and revived again. The action opened with an announcement that a technological breakthrough by researchers at The University of Arizona produces a true hologram -- one that can be viewed from any angle and without 3D glasses. Finally an image not projected CNN style, via bluescreen, but definitely, physically produced at a summoner's request. But wait, say the researchers.
"It's not exactly like the holodeck, since the people were floating in air without any support screen in the 'Star Trek' movie," explained Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, Ph.D., an assistant research professor in the College of Optical Sciences at The University of Arizona and lead author of the research paper published in Nature.
"The same for the iconic 'Star Wars' Princess Leia. Photons that stop in thin air to reproduce an image are as much science fiction as time travel and faster-than-light speed," Blanche told TechNewsWorld.
OK, so the science is not of the R2-D2 or holodeck-ilk, it's still pretty mind-blowing.
"The hologram shows multiple perspectives, so when you move around, you can see different aspects of the object like in real life -- something 2D would never be able to do," said Blanche. "And, if we succeed to demonstrate videorate, a two-way system will allow eye contact with the audience."
Cool stuff, this moving, interactive hologram that can look at you while you look at it! But yeah, a screen will be there too.
"Holograms need a support -- a screen to look at. It is like a window where you see the image when you look through," explained Blanche. "The exception is that the image can be projected in front of the 'window' in the case of the hologram."
Holo Duels
Not so fast, says a voice over the din of cheering crowds.
"Recent work published by a University of Arizona research laboratory is interesting, but their approach possesses fundamental limitations for true real-time holographic display that have been already been overcome elsewhere, including here at Zebra Imaging," Michael A. Klug, CTO of Zebra Imaging, told TechNewsWorld.
Practical holographic teleconferencing, television and telemedicine require updates at more than 15 frames per second, scalability to various sizes, full-parallax to enhance realism and eliminate viewing discomfort, and a wide angle of view to accommodate multiple users, Klug pointed out.
"A high-efficiency, dynamic, electronic 3D display with no moving parts is the basis of a more practical approach, and is embodied in Zebra's ZScape Motion Holographic Display technology," he said.
"Zebra demonstrated full-parallax holographic motion displays to audiences at the USGIF GEOINT 2008 Conference and a real-time 'holographic telepresence' application on the display at the 2009 GEOINT conference," notes Mark Lucente, director of motion display products for Zebra Imaging, in its official response to the University of Arizona's announcement. "Earlier this year we publicly announced an agreement to integrate the Zscape Motion Display product into specific customer applications."
What? You mean there's more hologram technology already lying around? Good. Bring on the holodecks!
Dueling Screens
So, OK, no holodecks yet, physics being the grand restrainer that it is. So what hologram technologies do we have to choose from today?
The University of Arizona's screen is made out of a photorefractive material capable of refreshing holograms every two seconds, making it "the first to achieve a speed that can be described as quasi-real-time" according to Blanche. The prototype device uses a 10-inch screen, but the group is already successfully testing a 17-inch screen. Currently, the image is in one color but the group has already demonstrated multicolor display devices.
The image is recorded using multiple regular cameras recording the object or person from different perspectives. That information is then encoded onto a fast-pulsed laser beam which interferes with another "reference" beam. The resulting interference pattern is written into the photorefractive polymer. An image is thus created and stored. Each laser pulse records an individual "hogel" in the polymer. A hogel (short for holographic pixel) is the three-dimensional version of a pixel, the basic units that make up the picture.
This means you can use regular cameras on the projection end but you need a fast Internet connection and a 3D display laser system on the receiving end so the "viewers" -- be they members of a board meeting, gamers or doctors trying to virtually treat you -- can see your speaking, moving 3D image. Oh, and you can use it in industrial environs too, since the recording setup is insensitive to vibration, noise and temperature.
The work is a result of a collaboration between the UA and Nitto Denko Technical, which provided the polymer sample and media preparation.
Zebra Imaging's holographic motion display is a self-contained system that links to 3D application software and computer workstations via an Ethernet connection, which presumably means it can be used online or on a LAN. It supports industry standard 3D graphics APIs such as OpenGL. This means it allows images on your computer monitor to pop off the screen into instant 3D, interactive holograms. The technology was developed with help from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2007.
Besides the underlying science, what's the difference between the two?
"At Zebra, holographic video is well beyond the laboratory stage," said Lucente.
Reality in Screen-Based Holograms
If holodecks and Princess Leia-grams are out, then what can we do with holograms?
"Analysis is more accurate and certain when holography is utilized; entertainment is more compelling when the content shares space with the viewer; and communication, especially of complex structures or volumetric medical data, is more rapid and complete in holographic 3D," said Zebra Imaging's Klug.
With a holographic representation of the meeting participants, he added, "the barriers associated with traditional media -- such as scale, screen window-limits, body language and eye-contact, and voice and motion delays -- will be eliminated, allowing for more rapid conveyance of information in a more natural, intuitive way."
A holographic display may convey additional perspectives -- literally and figuratively -- that can more efficiently convey the whole message surrounding the content or message, suggested Klug.
Holography's multiple uses include everything from teleconferencing, television and telemedicine to gaming, said Blanche.
The technology may even be life-saving.
"Medical instruments like scanners, tomography and MRI, already gather images in 3D but they are displayed in 2D on conventional screens," Blanche explained. "Now the image can be replayed in 3D so the surgeon -- who can be far away -- can look at the image from different angles to find the best way to practice the intervention on the patient. Physicians no longer need to look at slices of the organ and reconstruct a mental representation of it, as a complete image can be reproduced directly in 3D."
Gamers see plenty potential for a non-holodeck hologram set-up.
"What we find most interesting about introducing 3D holograms to video games come in the form of screen real estate and advanced user interface/experiences," Wes Keltner, cofounder of Gun, told TechNewsWorld.
"And we feel the most important thing is that it should make the game BETTER and not be a 'just because we can' type of approach," Ronnie Hobbs, the other cofounder of Gun, told TechNewsWorld.
Maps, heads-up-displays and inventory screens have always snapped gamers out of the game's intended experience, contend Keltner and Hobbs, who see a lot of potential for deeper, more realistic games with the introduction of 3D holograms.
For one thing, stories could be told without the clumsy graphical overlays that plague most games. The 3D hologram could actually be the "menu" interface for the entire game.
"The current formula -- launch game, see menu, push start -- seems archaic. It would be interesting to place a game in the machine and you're immediately thrown into the action, and the 3D hologram is the menu. That makes a lot of sense to us," said Keltner.
"When I go to the movie theater, pay my $10 bucks and plop down in the soda-stained chair, I don't have to interface with menus," noted Hobbs. "Why should I have to with games?"
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Micro Focus has released a new suite of change management tools in the shape of Borland StarTeam in its version 12.0 release. The release attempts to bring greater "interoperability" into application lifecycle management (ALM) tools and asset types across software development teams. By ALM interoperability, what Micro Focus really means is bringing cross-tool visibility to developers to reduce inefficient collaboration practices.
Borland StarTeam has always provided management support for a wide range of ALM asset types including:
- version controlled files
- customizable change requests
- tasks
- requirements
- threaded discussions
The new suite extends the types of ALM assets that an organization can place under management, giving it access to a larger (and potentially) much more valuable repository. The inclusion of the new Borland Connector adds ALM tool interoperability to the product, making it possible for a more diverse group of ALM practitioners to directly participate and contribute to the developer's work scope.
Micro Focus says that Borland StarTeam 12.0 automatically connects developers and their code to any other change management artifact, enabling teams to participate in the flow of software delivery to end users. By making it easier to extend the types of software assets that can be managed, StarTeam enables organizations to better shape their ALM environment according to their unique development tool landscape and methodology needs.
"With this new release of StarTeam, customers now have constant management visibility across their ALM infrastructure," said Archie Roboostoff, Borland portfolio director. "Whether it's open source coexistence or a need to support a more agile environment, StarTeam is the single source of truth (with real-time updates happening across any combination of ALM systems and tools) that links everything together and delivers true distributed team collaboration."
Key benefits and features of StarTeam 12.0:
- Extendable ALM assets: StarTeam 12.0 help teams take control of their SCCM infrastructure by allowing users to extend the definition of which ALM assets can be managed.
- Consolidated Visibility: With Tasktop Sync, organizations can now view all artifacts, custom or otherwise, from third-party tools, bringing them into the same unified presentation as native StarTeam artifacts.
- Development Efficiency: With Tasktop Dev, developers are able to stay in their IDE where they are most productive, but still participate in the processes and workflows that management needs.
- ALM Synchronization: StarTeam is supported by the industry-standard Eclipse Mylyn ALM interoperability framework, which provides real-time synchronization, configurable automatic conflict resolution, and support for more than two dozen ALM tools' tracking and reporting facilities.


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In a mass e-mail to current advertising customers, Yahoo! Search Marketing has announced an update to the policies regarding the use of trademarked terms in Yahoo! Search advertising. The change, which will take effect on March 1, consists of removing the following section of the current terms:
3. Competitive Comparison Site: The advertiser's site offers detailed comparative information about the trademark owner's products or services in comparison to the competitive products and services offered or promoted on the advertiser's site, it clearly identifies on the landing page the competitive products offered on the site, AND ALL of the following are true:
- The comparative information is detailed, spanning multiple dimensions (for example, price, features, ingredients, third-party rankings, ratings or awards, etc.) and clearly helps consumers to make an informed decision about the product or service, AND
- The listing title includes the word "Compare" and makes clear to the consumer that the listing comes from the advertiser, not the trademark owner, for example, by saying "Compare Us to [Trademark Term]" or "Compare Our Prices To [Trademark Owner]'s", AND
- The advertiser's listing title and description identify the advertiser and disclose the nature of the qualifying comparative content the consumer will find on the advertiser's site.
In short, Yahoo! currently allows, say, Nvidia to buy ads linked to trademarked terms like Radeon or ATI, as long as the ad text and the site it links to makes it clear that you'll end up looking at a competing product, and not at ATI's cards. That won't be allowed any longer, and companies that have gotten used to riding the coattails of a competitor's popularity may need to find other ways of promoting themselves. This should not affect comparison shopping sites like Pricegrabber or Pricewatch, nor should review sites like Epinions feel the burn. Those kinds of services are covered by the preceding two clauses in the trademark policy, and those terms are not changing this time.
You might wonder whether Google ads are any more lenient on trademark issues than the revised Yahoo! policy. Google's position is that it's really up to trademark owners to try to settle disputes on their own, but the search giant will step in and take action on complaints with a limited amount of research into the issues:
When we receive a complaint from a trademark owner, we will only investigate whether the advertisements at issue are using terms corresponding to the trademarked term in the advertisement's content. If they are, we will require the advertiser to remove the trademarked term from the content of the ad and prevent the advertiser from using the trademarked term in ad content in the future. Please note that we will not disable keywords in response to a trademark complaint.
That's the policy for trademarks registered in the U.S. and Canada. For the rest of the world, Google will also disable keywords that are found to be in breach of trademarks. For North Americans, this is a somewhat more permissive stance than Yahoo!'s, in that you can buy ads that trigger off of trademarked keywords all day long, but it's also more restrictive in that Google makes no exceptions to the rules about trademarked ad content in some cases, like Yahoo! does. You could say that Yahoo! is moving closer to the Google policies with the announced move.
So why is Yahoo! removing this allowance, and why now? Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch thinks that the aim is to attract more of the big, corporate advertisers, and keeping them happy by giving their brands more protection. That certainly rings more true than Yahoo!'s own assurance that it's about delivering "quality user experiences when users search on terms that are trademarks," and as a consumer, I'm feeling a bit shortchanged here. If I'm searching Yahoo! for "Xbox 360," I expect to see Microsoft's site close to the top of the regular search results. If I had been living in a bunker for the last few years, I might appreciate seeing a PS3 or Revolution ad somewhere, so I can go make up my own mind about what I like. It's not a problem for those of us savvy enough to refine or extend our searches a bit, but Grandma Moses might not be so lucky. And so the quest to lock us all into what we already have gotten used to continues.


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Adobe clutches chance to bury Steve Jobs 'hog' insult
Apple in shock lifeline to Flash on Mac
After calling Flash a "CPU hog," Steve Jobs has given Adobe the chance to live down this now famous insult. And Adobe is taking it.
Steve Jobs also called Flash "buggy" and littered with security holes. And he summarily banned it from both the iPhone and the iPad - even when it's translated into Jobsian machine code. But with the latest update to the Mac OS X version known as Snow Leopard, the Jobsian cult has added an API that allows third parties to hardware-accelerate H.264 video on the Mac, and Adobe tells The Reg it's already working to tap that API.
A company spokesman says that Mac hardware acceleration will arrive with an incarnation of the Flash Player due "shortly after" version 10.1, which is now on its second release candidate.
The 10.6.3 Snow Leopard update arrived on March 29, but the world is just now waking up to the fact that it includes a new Video Decode Acceleration Framework. This C programming interface provides low-level access to the H.264 decoding capabilities of certain GPUs, including the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M, and GeForce GT 330M. "It is intended for use by advanced developers who specifically need hardware accelerated decode of video frames," Apple says in a technical note.
Previously, if they wanted video hardware acceleration on the Mac, developers had no choice but to use the API for Apple's own QuickTime.
According to Gawker, Steve Jobs labeled Flash a "CPU hog" while pitching the iPad to The Wall Street Journal. But unlike Apple's own H.264-happy HTML5 setup, Flash never had access to the Mac GPU. As some ad hoc tests showed last month, Flash video is no more of a CPU drain than H.264 HTML5 when it's on a level playing field.
Adobe has added Windows hardware acceleration with its imminent Flash Player 10.1. "It's inaccurate to conclude that Flash is inherently inefficient," said the Streaming Learning Center's Jan Ozer, who ran the tests. "Rather, Flash is efficient on platforms where it can access hardware acceleration and less efficient where it can't."
In any event, Flash is still very much alive on the Mac, despite Apple completely killing it on the iPhone and the iPad. After Apple added new language to its iPhone OS SDK that barred developers from accessing its APIs with applications originally written in ways Steve Jobs doesn't approve, an Adobe evangelist told the company to "Go screw itself." And it eventually halted development of its iPhone packager, a means of, yes, translating Flash script for use on the Jesus Phone.
Steve Jobs has also called Adobe's Flash developers "lazy." And just this week, one of his minions officially called it "closed and proprietary." But we can only assume that once Adobe does Mac hardware acceleration, Jobs will have no choice but to back away from the "CPU hog" bit - at least on video. Flash will continue to rely on the CPU for everything else, so there's still room for that Jobsian insult.
Or perhaps all will lead to a brand new slight. "GPU hog," anyone? ®


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LONDON (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic made a first round clash against a potentially tricky customer look like routine hitting practice, with Germany's Florian Mayer the unwilling victim in a 6-3 7-5 6-4 defeat at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
The top seed and 2011 champion has unparalleled reserves of grit and mind-boggling physical capabilities, but his Wimbledon campaign began with the Serb playing percentages and applying enough gentle pressure to move into the second round.
The world number one rolled into the grounds of the All England Club just minutes before he was due on court and his relaxed demeanor remained largely unruffled for the one hour and 56 minutes he was in action.
The pair had met in last year's quarter-final and, although Djokovic also won that encounter in straight sets, he saw enough to be on his guard against an upset this time around.
Following fifth seed Rafa Nadal's shock exit on Monday, a whiff of mutiny was in the air among the tour's lesser lights and the Serb was not taking any chances.
"Knowing his quality, knowing that we played in the quarter-final last year obviously gave me enough reason to not underestimate him and respect the fact that I need to be 100 percent focused from the start and try to have the control of the match," Djokovic told reporters.
"And that's what I did. I played well in the important moments.
Djokovic was back in action for the first time since losing a semi-final epic against Nadal at the French Open and looked sharp on the lush grass.
His returns frequently found their intended targets, hitting the lines, driving Mayer deeper and moving him to and fro on court and further out of his psychological comfort zone.
Djokovic was able to up the tempo with weapons missing from the German's arsenal, while his familiar ability to stay in points to the bitter end frequently paid dividends.
After breaking Mayer in his opening service game and cruising through the first set, the Serb sought to turn the screw at the start of the second.
In a rare moment of resilience, the German, ranked 34 in the world, survived six break points in the third game to keep his nose in front.
Any lingering hopes of causing an upset, however, were wiped away when he was broken in the 11th game, with Djokovic striking the decisive blow with a scorching backhand winner at the end of a tiring rally in which Mayer had missed an easy overhead.
After serving out the second set Djokovic broke in the first game of the third then turned off the afterburners to cruise home.
His next opponent will be an American in the form of either qualifier Bobby Reynolds or wildcard Steve Johnson, but Djokovic will be taking nothing for granted.
"The sport is evolving, like everything in life," he added.
"Everybody is getting better, getting more professional. At the opening stages of grand slams, there are a lot of quality players who have nothing to lose really coming on the Centre Court or Court One, playing in front of 10,000 or more people.
"Against one of the top players, you know, what can you really lose? You're going to play your best tennis."
Reporting by Toby Davis; editing by Ken Ferris


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For many, lost in the drama of the final hole struggles of Jim Furyk was the incredible up-and-down from Keegan Bradley from that buried lie in the bunker. The putt was obviously the highlight, but let's not lose sight of his ability to get in position for that putt - something that many amateurs struggle with every round.
If you encounter the dreaded 'buried lie in a bunker', remember rule 1. "Get out of the bunker." This is not the time to get occupied with how close you can get it to the hole. Don't get cute with the shot. Find the area of the green that provides the greatest room for run out and hit to that spot.
Fortunately, the shot is not that hard once you accept that guideline.
For a shot like Keegan's, keep the clubface square or even close it (depending on how buried the lie is). This is different than how you approach most bunker shots, but this will allow the club to dig more into the sand. When the lie is buried, the golfer needs to dig more into the sand to effectively move enough sand to get the ball out. Stronger golfers who swing faster will not have to close the face as much to dig through the sand. But most golfers, myself included, with slower swing speeds may wish to close the face more to help them dig more. Be sure to take the sand, the sand, as always, is your friend in greenside bunkers and you want to use it.
Also, practice this! How many times have we been told not to touch the sand with the club when in a bunker? Many! Ignore that when you go to a practice bunker. Take practice swings in the bunker, yes, grounding your club, feeling what it is like to use the bounce vs. the leading edge! Take a few swings hitting the back side of the sole (bounce), a few swings hitting with the leading edge, and a few swings with the clubface even more shut. Monitor how much sand the club takes with each shot selection. How are we expected to know what it feels like if we've never given ourselves the opportunity to isolate the feeling?! Try different options, see what you can come up with. There are very few "correct" answers in golf; instead there are a lot of options that work well depending on the situation. Your experimentation and practice time in the bunker will make all the difference out on the course.
So many golfers make bunkers the most difficult part of the game, but they really do not need to be. And with a little practice and time spent trying new techniques, it can become a strength rather than a weakness. I hope this tip helps with your game!
Sara Dickson is a PGA Certified/LPGA Golf Professional at Sleepy Hollow CC (Scarborough, NY) and Stonebridge CC (Naples, FL).
Sara was most recently nominated as one of Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers and is a contributing female instructor staff writer for New England Golf Monthly Magazine.
Sara studied Business Administration with a concentration in PGA Golf Management and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Methodist University (Fayetteville, NC) in 2009. Originally from Rhode Island, Sara completed four internships at locations including Newport Country Club (RI) and the Pinehurst Resort Golf Academy (NC). While at Methodist, Sara was a CoSIDA ESPN Magazine All-Academic American member of the NCAA National Championship Women's Golf Team.