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Larry Laneer
The Nerd
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through March 5
Pollard Theatre
120 W. Harrison, Guthrie
The Nerd
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through March 5
Pollard Theatre
120 W. Harrison, Guthrie
Just remember: Be careful what you wish for. Parental guidance suggested.
8 Best Smart-Aleck and/ or Logic-Challenged Responses We Received in This Year's Best of OKC Nominations:
1. Best place to have lunch: "gopworms"
2. Best sushi: "cattlemans" (lambfries pictured)
3. Best vegetarian or healthy menu options: "yuck"
4. Best meal under 10 bucks: "lowes"
5. Best place for a cheap date: "The back seat of my car"
6. Best dance club: "buffalo wings"
7. Best place to take out-of-towners: "motel 8"
8. Best place to have cosmetic procedures performed: "You're way too fucking RICH!!, don't do it its evil"
1. "Keep your shades on while you eat, and you won't see the meat juice spurting out onto your clothes as you attempt to pack this wondrous burger into your mouth."
2. "No more squeezing on tomatoes or thumping melons!"
3. "'Have your own testicle festival and pair a couple …' she said. … Pull on your eatin' pants and get out there."
4. "The owners have it hanging, otherwise the servers would be playing it all the time."
5. "Sausage comes in every shape, size and flavor."
6. "All right, so you worked hard and took off that holiday weight. Good! That means that you can chomp on some nuts."
7. "After a couple of bites your breathing gets labored."
8. "A woman at the table next to us was shrieking with delight every few minutes."
9. "(It) slaps that sucker in between a 12-inch bun."
"They are yet undecided on whether a 'special sauce' will be offered
but hope to satisfy people with their particular desires."
11. "They're whipping out wieners in Bricktown … 5 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. every Thursday through Sunday."
1. "This happening, especially on weekends and also during Sparks America Bike Week when multitudes of unknowing out of town visitors are fleeced by gun and badge, of their monetary possessions that you dare not question their treatment of these passerby travelers stopped in this small town or a 'Mayberry' RFD, shaky handed 'Barney' type will readily pull his gun and demand, that you move on down the road."
2. "I could not believe it, there she was in shorts and a tight blouse, wanting me to wash and lube her car ($2.50)."
3. "Now that the GOVERNMENT has more or less forced HIGH DEFINITION
television on anyone who wants a television set, I want to know why we
still see murders, weather and sports (and rapes) on our televisions."
4. "And if you let 200 more white male homosexual men raise another two black male children in about 50 years the BLACK RACE should be almost gone. FROM A BLACK WOMAN AND I KNOW YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS OR DID YOU? AND THAT IS THE WHOLE PLAN."
5. "I don't have a clue who that radio sports unenthusiast was — or what AM channel/station I was listening to."
6. "People will come to Okla. so they can 'hunt humans.' Every NUTCASE in Oklahoma will be out on the streets and in the stores WITH A GUN! ARE YOU NUTS??"
"Simply put 'Chung Li' was the head of the world's largest and
wealthiest criminal network. The MSM also knew all about him. Did you
ever hear the name 'Chung Li' other than from yours truly?"
8. "you might as well have made the subhead 'Welcome to Sodom & Gomorrah!' (which ALSO would've steered the 'good' readers away from the article)."
1. "It's a fucking experience." —Dustin Kuykendall, Left Foot Sally
2. "Some kid comes up to you after the show and asks and you're like, 'I have no fucking clue.'" —Josh James, Evergreen Terrace
3. "It's because I grew up making no fucking money at all in rock 'n' roll." —Eddie Money (pictured, handsomely)
4. "We would hide our vehicle, because they always wanted to fuck your vehicle up when they were pissed at you."—Merle Allin, The Murder Junkies
5. "It's stuff that I was worried to put into Black Moth ... I thought it might be too fucked-up."—Tom Fec, Black Moth Super Rainbow
6. "I can do punk, I can do flamenco, I can do mambo, anything I fucking want to do, anything that is ridiculous that pops into my head, and that's the beauty of The Meatmen."—Tesco Vee, The Meatmen
7. "But then tattoos got really popular, and you have people coming up to you in grocery stores — little old ladies saying, 'I love your devil head. What does it say? Fuck?'" —Mike Riggs, Scum of the Earth
8. "Nobody who went to a Mötley Crüe show would say their concerts weren't just big fucking parties." —Riley Hahn, Soul Crisis
"It ain't some shit where I got a catchy-ass beat and all you like is
the beat and the hook, and you don't give a fuck about what I'm talking
about." —Freddie Gibbs
10. "I was trying to write another song that everyone loved ... and it was just the most awful fucking shit you could ever write." —Michael Benjamin Lerner, Telekinesis
11. "My hands were up over my head and I blurted out, 'Whoa, that's fucking ridiculous.'"—Carolyn Wonderland
12. "That's my old shit now. That's fucked up." —Ben Folds
1. Fukola Cola
2. Rat Bastard
3. Avery Bug Barf
4. Squamscot Maple Cream
5. Avery Dog Drool
6. Blenheim Not As Hot
7. Freaky Dog Grrrape
8. Avery Kitty Piddle
9. Foxon Park Diet Gassosa
10. Rejuvenizer from the Scary People
11. Avery Monster Mucus
12. Love Potion No. 69 Pink
1. Alfredo's Mexican Cafe, $92.40
2. On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, $75.70
1. "Going to bed soon, anything I need to know?" Aug. 8
2. "wakeup call requested for 4:30AM to fly back home to #OKC tomorrow, anything i need to know?" Aug. 8
3. "going to #Canada soon, anything I need to know?" Aug. 6
4. "going to bed soon, anything i need to know?" July 20
5. "going to bed soon, anything i need to know?" July 18
6. "going to bed soon, anything i need to know?" July 17
7. "going to bed soon, anything i need to know?" July 16
8. "going to bed soon, anything i need to know?" July 15
9. "going to bed soon, anything @texconway needs to know?" July 14
10. "going to bed soon, anything i need to know?" July 11
1. Arctic Monkeys, "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
2. Kyle Andrews, "Lazer Tag with Imaginary Friends"
3. Broncho, "Can't Get Past the Lips"
4. Gang Gang Dance, "Adult Goth"
5. Morrissey, "Action Is My Middle Name"
6. Peter Murphy, "I Spit Roses"
7. The Vaccines, "Post Break-Up Sex"
8. The Real Tuesday Weld, "(I Always Kill) The Things I Love"
9. Stepdad, "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails"
10. Make Out, "I Don't Want Anybody That Wants Me"
11. Teddybears featuring The Flaming Lips, "Crystal Meth Christian"
"Ragtime," Lyric Theatre
"Bye Bye Birdie," Lyric Academy
"Through the Cracked Mirror," The Stage Door in Yukon


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By BILL ARCHER
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
RICHLANDS, Va. —
A Tazewell County man was arrested without incident Wednesday night after detectives with the Richlands, Va., Police Department received information related to a substantial bomb threat to the Richlands area public schools.
Frankie Edward Smith, 52, of Richlands was arrested late Wednesday on two counts of threatening to bomb or burn a public building, according to a press release issued by Richlands Police Lt. R.W. Brown. Police are not releasing information as to how the threats were received.
The Virginia State Police also participated in the arrest.
For more information on the arrest, see Friday's edition of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.

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" Brand: Avon / Type: Fragrance / Concentration: Eau de Toilette "
* Prices may differ from that shownMore Offers
I had always seen this Perfume for sale in the Avon books. I never bothered about it as I tended to judge the appearance of this without smelling it and I thought it looked like an old person's kind of scent. Then again I may have came to this conclusion after my gran said she liked this scent so perhaps that is where that idea came into my head. I tended to buy her this to put in with her Christmas and I only discovered a bottle of this around June time this year when I was tidying though a lot of bags which had been stacked in 1 of my spare rooms. I had meant to give it to her the previous year but no doubt misplaced it and instead of tucking it away safe for this year I thought I would use it.
The bottle and box this comes in is quite simple. The box is slim and just a gold-y colour with the lettering on the front. The bottle is just a simple slim glass bottle. The glass is thick enough and clear glass with a simple lid on the top. I know I keep advising that this is simple but it is! To look at this it looks pretty cheap but it is cheap enough.
This comes in a 50ml bottle. I have seen this for sale for £4 and £5 most times. I can't think of how much this costs on the right price from Avon but I am going to assume that this is around the £11 mark.
So how does this smell? Well the notes in here according to the website are Patchouli, Cedar, Rose, Bergamot, Amber, Iris, Musk and Vanilla. So mostly heavier scents in here with a little sweetness from the Vanilla. I can't say that I can smell the Vanilla to be fair and it is more the Musky scent I can smell. It is a strong scent and only 2 squirts is enough I would say. I was surprised at how long the scent lasted as it lingered a little fainter for a good few hours. Buying it on an offer price I wouldn't mind to reapply anyway.
After the 1st go of this I decided I wasn't a fan. It is too much a strong, heavy scent and I think a scent that is more suited to more mature ladies in my opion (this is only my opinion remember!) but my gran loves this and I think she perhaps fits the age group fine.
Not for me i'm afraid but at least Gran got another bottle :)
Timeless is a fragrance by Avon. It was launched way back in 1974 and is still one of their most popular fragrances so 'Timeless' perhaps was the right name.
It is an eau de toilette spray and it comes in a 50ml bottle.
~ The bottle ~
The bottle is very tall and thin. It is almost a cylinder shape which pulls in slightly near the bottom of the bottle. It also has a flat edge at the front of the bottle and there is a clear sticker with 'Timeless' written on it's side.
The lid of the bottle is about an inch tall and is a silver cylinder shape which nicely sits over the the spray button.
~ Scent ~
The scent is very strong.
The top notes are aldehydes, gardenia, peach, bergamot and lemon.
The middle notes are iris, patchouli, jasmine, cedar and rose.
The base notes are Tonka bean, amber, opoponax, musk and vanilla.
I think it is a warming scent. It is a rather old-fashioned, mature fragrance. I remember once in high school about 10 years ago, I gave this perfume to a friend as a birthday gift and months later during a disagreement she said in a far less polite way, "That perfume you got me for my birthday smelled like urine and went in the bin". Not one for a teenager then!
It is heavy and floral although I find it does settle down to a slightly more subtle powdery scent. I think it is more of a scent I would expect to find on a more mature woman due to it's heaviness and strength.
It is described by Avon as a classic, elegant, unforgettable scent, which I would agree with.
I have been impressed at how long this scent lasts, still detectable after a full day at work.
I don't wear the scent very often as it is a bit strong for my liking and prefer a lighter, fresher scent, but I don't dislike this perfume and I will still wear it occasionally.
~ Price and availability ~
Timeless was a fragrance I received as a gift (but would never dream of saying something as ungrateful as my friend said to me no matter how bad a fall out I'd had). Upon looking up the price I have found that this is available for £9.00 for 50ml, but you can buy two Avon perfumes for £13.00 so this is probably worth doing.
Avon also often do half price offers on their fragrances so I would be reluctant to pay full price.
It is available online at avonshop.co.uk or you can order it from your local Avon representative.
~ Overall ~
Overall I like this fragrance. It has a warming floral scent which is very strong, but it lasts all day. To be honest, I don't really like the tall thin bottle - I am not keen on the DKNY tall thin bottles either favouring chunky little bottles, which in my opinion look better on the dressing table.
I don't think I would buy this fragrance again, but wouldn't turn my nose up at it if I received it again as a gift.
===Why I Bought This===
This fragrance has been sold by Avon in the UK for over 38 years so it must be very popular or it would have been discontinued ages ago.
I can remember this fragrance from way back in the 1970s when we could also buy it in funny little pots of cream perfume. Most of the old Avon fragrances have long since disappeared and I believe this is one of the longest running fragrances Avon now sells, if not the oldest.
===The Brand===
Avon is a long established direct selling network which used to sell just door-to-door but you can order directly from their website these days if you do not have a local representative handy.
Avon has 18 different brochures issued throughout the year - or their stock can be viewed online.
===The Product===
Fragrantica.com state - 'Timeless by Avon is a Chypre Floral fragrance for women. Timeless was launched in 1974. Top notes are aldehydes, gardenia, peach, bergamot and lemon; middle notes are iris, patchouli, jasmine, cedar and rose; base notes are tonka bean, amber, opoponax, musk and vanilla'.
50 mls of eau de toilette.
Comes in a tall slim box which is in white with shades of brown and yellowy orange.
Made in Poland and contains 60.2% alcohol denat.
The bottle is very tall, slim, smooth and curvy.
The glass bottle is clear and the perfume itself is a bright ambery gold.
There is one small flat piece on the side of the bottle where a transparent sticker is placed with the name 'TIMELESS'.
The spray bottle has a silver coloured straight sided cap over the spray nozzle.
£9 each or two for £13.
===My Opinion===
Avon state - 'a classic elegant, unforgettable scent. A forever fragrance of classic florals enriched with luxurious notes of amber and musk'.
This aroma definitely says'Avon' to me as it brings back so many memories of perfume from the 70s, Back then Avon did not have such a wide range of fragrances so we tended to know them all quite well - both because we used them, because we bought them as gifts, or other people bought them for us.
As this fragrance has been going for so long I had not actually used it for many years. I tended to think of it now as being a bit old fashioned and not really one for me any more.
however I am retrying all their fragrances so thought I would give this one a try anyway - though i did not really expect to want to wear it much.
However I was pleasantly surprised with this perfume. The aroma was very much as I remembered it but I actually quite liked it now once again - and did not feel it was old fashioned or more aimed for the older generation.
It certainly has a distinctive aroma which, because I know it so well, is funnily enough harder to describe. It has a reasonably strong smell which lasts for a good few hours. I would say the main notes of this perfume would be floral with a powdery note and probably the musk gives it a deeper quality - but it does not actually smell too musky in my opinion.
Light enough to wear throughout the day and it could even be worn at night-time, though personally I think I would confine it to daytime myself.
The price is quite reasonable but is even better when on offer, often for almost half price.
Worth a try if you have never used it before, and Avon do have a money-back guarantee so you can easily return it if the fragrance is not for you.
===Star Rating===
5 stars - this has definitely stood the test of time.
===Would I Recommend?===


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Alright, since nobody posts here, Ive got a quandry Ive been mulling over for the last few days and I thought Id get some feedback from you guys.
Im thinking about building my box out of 1/2 wood rather than the standard 3/4.
The reason for this is Im extremely limited in space and its gonna be super tough with my limited carpentry skills to come up with anything more than .35 with 3/4" wood. If I were to go with 1/2 I could get up to .5 which would be awesome and it would be a lot easier to find a sub that would fit my needs.
Im going to go with a 10" and Im gonna be giving it 350-400 watts so I dont think flex would be a problem with that moderate of wattage.
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By Rob McDaniel
Staff Writer
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Laurel County Bar Association President and local attorney Conrad A. Cessna was arrested Friday night on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Authorities say Cessna, 31, of London, was arrested after Laurel County dispatch received a call from an off duty Kentucky State Police Trooper in reference to a hit and run the trooper had witnessed in the parking lot of Shiloh's Roadhouse.
The trooper told dispatchers he was following the vehicle east on the Hal Rogers Parkway. Soon after receiving the call, London Police Officer Rick Cloyd located and stopped the vehicle, a 2011 Dodge Charger, at the intersection of Ky. 472 and 4th Street.
At the time of the stop, Cloyd detected an odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle and initiated a field sobriety test.
According to reports, Cessna failed the horizontal gaze sobriety test administered by Cloyd and had a .158 blood alcohol level when tested.
Cessna was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, aggravated, first offense; license to be in possession and failure to provide an insurance card.
Cessna was booked in the Laurel County Detention Center at 9:30 p.m. Friday night and was released early Saturday morning on a $1,000 surety bond.
Cessna is scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 24, at 9:30 a.m. in Laurel District Court.
"I deeply regret my actions which led to this incident," Cessna said in a statement to The Sentinel-Echo. "I understand that driving under the influence of alcohol is a very serious matter. I can assure you that I will never put myself in this situation again, and will learn from this experience."


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Pretty much im a noob and have a pretty basic or close to no knowledge about this stuff but here's how it went down
Ive bought a pair of Rti A9's along with a Denon AVR 2113 receiver
And after some research....
I know youre supposed to be matching the impedance of the speakers and receiver and ive done that (i think) but my question is, If the speakers are 500W and the receiver is producing 95 WPC, am i not using the speakers as efficiently as i could or to their fullest potiental??? ALSO, the most powerful receivers seem to provide 150WPC so if my speakers were 500 watts or above would i need an additional amp??? Is there a mathematical relationship that im missing somewhere???
Im using this setup as a stereo setup for now, just to listen to music for the most part, but looking to upgrade into a surround system in the future
If someone can just give me a short technical breifing that'd be awfully nice. Also, any other opinions/suggestions are welcome
I know this thread might cause a lot of facepalms but in spite of googling my brain away i couldnt figure it out so thanks in advance!!!


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With a "smart" start, the girls of "Operation S.M.A.RT" could be on the fast track to careers in math and science.
"Like sometimes when I dream, I pretend I'm a scientist," said Vena Hall-Clavadetscher, a student in the program.
And she's not the only young girl with dreams of becoming a scientist. It's in large part to Girls INC.'s Operation S.M.A.R.T., a program designed to encourage young girls to become interested in math and science.
"Because they are surrounded by other girls they're not intimidated by 'oh it's a guy thing' or 'it's a boy thing', they're girls. They're just hanging out with the girls," said Jessica True, Operation S.M.A.R.T. teacher.
And it's that group observation that encourages the girls to be hands on.
"I had something that looked like a giant goat head from Pierre. And I looked up close to it and it looked like a giant baby beak," said Hall-Clavadetscher.
Operation S.M.A.R.T. is not your typical science class taught out of a textbook. Rather these girls are getting real life lessons about issues pertaining to the Black Hills and beyond.
"This summer when the fires were going on we focused on fire maps. And we talked about all the fires that are going on. There's just a lot of flexibility that I have and that we can do about the current events issues that are going on around the girls," said True.
And growing up in a society where kids know how to use an iPod by the first day of Kindergarten, it's important to show these girls that math and science can be fun too.
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Why I'm excited about Khan Academy Computer Science
While it's not going to revolutionize education (or even computer science education), the Khan Academy's new Computer Science program marks a great step forward for the Academy by making the lessons open-ended and tinker-ready. Critics take note: Khan Academy is on the move.
Last week, KA's "resident Javascript expert" John Resig announced a new addition to their curriculum, a Computer Science section that features an unusual interface merging a recorded screencast with an interactive programming environment. Even if you've already read John's post, you should try a programming tutorial to better understand the experience. Like all Khan Academy lessons, you begin by pressing the play button, and then you watch and listen to explanations of new concepts and a few worked examples. But since most explanations and worked examples about programming can take the form of computer code (rather than free-hand drawings), there is really no reason for the visuals to be locked up inside a high-bandwidth pixelated video. With some technical magic, you can have the code "playback" happen directly in the webpage, no flashy youtubes necessary. Once you break the code out of the confines of a video, all sorts of new possibilities open up. John and team demonstrate a few: their codecasts are viewer-editable, code changes are auto-evaluated, everything is forkable and shareable. Why does this matter? It lets students effortlessly switch between instruction and experimentation, encouraging tinkering as a mechanism for learning. In the Khan Academy system of template-generated, machine-graded practice problems, this open-ended messiness is a breath of fresh air. Yes, the side-by-side editor may look a lot like Codecademy, but there's more to it than that: the experience is equal parts Codecademy, Khan Academy, and Studio Sketchpad.
I have to admit, part of the reason that I'm excited about this new platform is that I could have penned a near-replica of John's announcement to describe my own recent work on Studio Sketchpad. In 2010, I began building this website based on a similar concept of tinkering, using code that generates interactive graphics as a fun way to learn to program. There are many such sites around today (and Sketchpad certainly wasn't the first), each of which has a different specialty: OpenProcessing is portfolio-oriented, Scratch is drag-and-drop simple, Kodu and PlayMyCode are game-oriented, AppJet was webapp-oriented, Codea is iPad-classy, JSBin is developer-functional, Mozilla Thimble is webmaker-targeted, Programr, TryRuby, jsdo.it, wonderfl, sketchpatch, and the list goes on. Earlier this year, I organized a panel discussion at the Digital Media and Learning conference solely to compare notes with some of the other people building these tools: Building four communities for learning, tinkering, and remixing with code.
Sketchpad's sketchcasting is technically inferior to Khan Academy's interactive code tutorials, but sketchcasting does have three great things going for it that I'd love to see the Khan Academy incorporate in the future:
- Anyone can record a sketchcast. Open the normal code editor, press "record", and talk as you code. You'll get a unique URL to share with others.
- Sketchcasting is collaborative. Groups of people can code together while recording a sketchcast, and groups of people can code together while experimenting with forked versions of existing sketchcasts.
- All viewer comments and Q&A are automatically time-coded. While I've argued for and hand-built time-anchored Q&A learning tools in the past, I got it here for free as a part of the excellent Soundcloud audio player. Thanks, Soundcloud!
Hats off to Sal, John, and team at Khan Academy. It's great to see this new approach of weaving together instruction with open-ended experimentation. True, it's not true scaffolding that fades, but modding/tweaking/remixing are arguably a new form of structured support: letting learners choose their starting point and their own goal. This is a common thread in learn-to-code community websites: Finding and tweaking existing work acts as a great entry point for later creating original work. I'm excited to see Khan Academy enable this sort of structured experimentation. I look forward to hearing status updates from Sal, John, and team in upcoming months and, if all goes well, hope to see more open-ended messiness make its way into other parts of Khan Academy.


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OL George Brown commits to Florida with what we thought was a live baby gator (Video)Graham Watson at Dr. Saturday2 days ago
Over the years, we've seen high school football players use a lot of different gimmicks to announce their collegiate choice, but offensive lineman George Brown set the bar high for any future announcements.
As Brown, a four-star 2015 prospect from Winton Woods High School in Cincinnati, sat behind a table with Alabama, Florida and Kentucky hats lined up, he stood up in front of the crowd and revealed his choice — by holding up what we thought was a live baby alligator.
Upon further review, it's actually illegal to possess an alligator in the state of Ohio, so Brown held up a dwarf caiman furnished by Cool Critters Outreach.
#Rivals250 OL George Brown announces his commitment to Florida by pulling out a live baby Gator https://t.co/ebzwCNBRpL
Jim Mora doesn't want people to stereotype QB Brett Hundley because he's blackGraham Watson at Dr. Saturday2 days ago
UCLA coach Jim Mora is worried about Brett Hundley's future.
Oh, he's sure his star quarterback will be a first-round NFL draft pick — and maybe could have been one had he left after last season — but he's worried about the way Hundley will be perceived at the next level.
"People have a tendency at times to see an African-American quarterback and say, 'Oh, he's a runner.' I hate that stereotype and I always have," said Mora. "I coached Michael Vick and my belief [is] that we stereotype those guys started with him. I don't want that to happen with Brett, and I'm going to make sure that it doesn't, because it shouldn't.
"The guy's a passer."
To be clear, Mora considers Hundley a dual-threat quarterback. Last season, Hundley threw for 3,071 yards and rushed for 748, but Mora said Hundley is a pass-first quarterback, who has the ability to run the ball well.
Hundley acknowledges the stereotype of being a "running quarterback" and that just because he can run, doesn't mean that's always going to be his first option.
Charlie Strong would like to see Texas and Texas A&M renew rivalry
Charlie Strong has spoken his mind in the months since he's taken over at Texas, and during an interview on Wednesday, Strong made it known exactly how he feels about rekindling the rivalry against Texas A&M.
"You would like to see it happen," Strong told ESPN.com. "At some point it needs to happen. We need to play them."
Wait, what?
Since Texas A&M left the Big 12 a few years ago to join the SEC exactly no one with any pull at either Texas or Texas A&M has been keen on mending the bridge between the two schools, at least in a regular season game. In fact, in April, Texas athletic director Steve Patterson all but double-bolted that door by saying Texas would need a "compelling business or branding reason" to play the Aggies.
Washington QB Cyler Miles suspended for season opener against Hawaii
Washington coach Chris Petersen has added to the punishment for quarterback Cyler Miles — a one-game suspension.
Miles will miss the season opener against Hawaii, according to the Seattle Times.
Miles missed spring practice after being linked to two post-Super Bowl assaults on the Washington campus on Feb. 2. Although Miles wasn't charged in either incident, he did serve a three-month suspension for the Huskies.
One of the incidents involved former Washington receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow, who said he was "backing up his quarterback" when he knocked down a woman during a post-Super Bowl bonfire. The woman briefly lost consciousness.
After the bonfire, Stringfellow and Miles, according to court documents, got out of a car and chased and assaulted a Seahawks fan. Miles was wearing Denver Broncos attire. According to the Seattle Times, prosecutors did not pursue the case because of insufficient evidence.
USC briefly fools Twitter followers with picture of white and silver helmet (Photo)
Welcome to our Dr. Saturday feature titled "Random offseason tweet of the day." With real games still weeks away, coaches and players will be tweeting about non-football-related things as the season approaches. In this space, we'll try to find the funniest and goofiest tweets of the day. If you see something, don't hesitate to send it to us.
USC, which has one of the most iconic color schemes and images in college football, decided to play a little joke on its Twitter followers Wednesday, and post a picture of what it claimed to be a new helmet.
USC unveiled new helmets for the 2014 season at #pac12fb. Check them out here! pic.twitter.com/fu06gbx7Zg
Of course, the Trojans foiled the joke before it could even get started by hashtagging the picture "#kidding," though it did get some good initial responses.
USC actually wasn't the only team to have a strange silver on white helmet, the Pac-12 did them for each team as part of the league's media days this week.
Washington State QB Connor Halliday wants to limit interceptions to 'one or two' a game
Even though Washington State coach Mike Leach has had some of the best quarterbacks — statistically — they're not always considered the nation's best quarterbacks or even the best quarterbacks in their particular league.
Leach thinks Connor Halliday can change that.
Last season, Halliday threw an astonishing 714 passes for 4,597 yards and 34 touchdowns while leading the Cougars to their first bowl game since 2003.
"He's a very talented guy, and he's steadily improved and with a young supporting cast ended up fourth in the country in passing," Leach said during Pac-12 media day on Wednesday. "So clearly he's one of the best quarterbacks in the entire nation like the debates and media faces. You might be rooting for your guy, and I don't care what you think, he's better than your guy is."
Halliday ranked third nationally in passing yards and Washington State was fourth in the country with 368 passing yards per game. Halliday had just two games where he attempted fewer than 41 passes and he threw the ball 89 times — completing 65.2 percent — against Oregon, which broke an FBS record.
USC coach Steve Sarkisian regrets the way he left Washington
Very few coaching changes go smoothly.
As both the coach and the institution are trying to hide their true intentions, feelings get hurt, relationships get damaged and there are regrets, oh so many regrets.
Steve Sarkisian isn't immune to this.
During Pac-12 media days on Wednesday, Sarkisian said his biggest regret in leaving Washington for USC was doing a radio interview the morning he left and denying to the host that he was switching schools.
"You know, it's unfortunate. I did that Monday morning radio show with Mitch (Levy) every Monday morning after a game. And honestly, in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have done that interview that morning," Sarkisian said. "But I had committed to the interview. And I did the interview. There was nothing done, I hadn't accepted the job at USC yet. Hindsight's 20/20 in those moments. I probably should have stayed out of interviews and stayed away from cameras. But I did it. I tried to handle it to the best of my ability.
Arizona's Rich Rodriguez still fired up about the failed pace-of-play rule change
Earlier this summer, when Arkansas coach Bret Bielema and Alabama coach Nick Saban were on a crusade to enact a 10-second rule that would essentially slow down hurry-up offenses, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez became annoyed.
He made remarks knocking the rule, sent out snide tweets and even helped his video department produce an incredibly witty video based off the movie "Speed."
See, Rodriguez is the coach of one of the fastest offenses in college football at 83.23 plays per game, which ranked seventh in the country. And during Pac-12 media day on Wednesday, he continued to take jabs at those who wanted to slow him down.
"Oh, hell, it's all personal agenda," Rodriguez said when asked about the attempted rule change. "Why try to defend it when you can just change the rules? I don't blame them. I would do it too. I don't want to have to teach our guys how to substitute fast, let's just change the rules. That's all it is."
Texas CB Quandre Diggs calls out teammates: 'I want to weed guys out'
When coach Charlie Strong said he wanted to put the "T" back in Texas that "T" stood for different things, but to senior cornerback Quandre Diggs that "T" meant toughness.
Not the toughness that is inherently involved with playing football, but the toughness that comes with overcoming some of the struggles Texas has recently experienced.
Diggs told reporters during Big 12 media day on Tuesday that he felt like many of his Texas teammates had been coddled and that they didn't have the commitment that they needed to make Texas successful.
"I told Coach Strong that I just feel like we had guys on the team that just didn't love football the way they should. That's something that I've always sensed since I've been here: We had guys that just didn't love football," Diggs said. "If you don't love football, you don't need to be a part of this university or a part of this team. That's just something I feel greatly and strong about.
Bob Stoops takes issue with Nick Saban calling the Sugar Bowl a 'consolation game'
Bob Stoops hasn't been shy about taking on the SEC in the media, so when he heard Alabama coach Nick Saban tried to downgrade the Sooners' 45-31 win against the Tide in the Sugar Bowl last season, Stoops fired back.
During an appearance on ESPN on Tuesday, Saban said it was difficult "getting [his team] to try to play a consolation game."
Alabama was No. 1 in the national rankings before it was upset by Auburn during the final week of the regular season. The loss bumped the Tide from the SEC title game and ultimately the national championship game.
When asked about Saban's comments during Big 12 media days on Tuesday, Stoops made it clear he wasn't buying the excuse.
"We've played for quite a few national championships and when we don't play for one it never seems to be the mantra but anyway you can make all the excuses you want or not," he said. "The bottom line is, it is what it is.
"And they sure looked good that first series, I'll tell you that."
Stoops didn't stop there. He continued to rail against Saban during his interviews with ESPN on Wednesday.


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MacArthur Maze
|MacArthur Maze
|MacArthur Interchange
Distribution Structure
MacArthur Maze as seen from the Berkeley Hills
|West Oakland, California
|37°49′38″N 122°17′28″W / 37.8271°N 122.2911°WCoordinates: 37°49′38″N 122°17′28″W / 37.8271°N 122.2911°W
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The MacArthur Maze[1][2][3] (or simply the Maze, also called the Distribution Structure[4]) is a large freeway interchange located near the eastern end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland, California. Its principal function is to split Bay Bridge traffic into three freeways—the Eastshore (I-80/I-580), MacArthur (I-580) and Nimitz (I-880)[5]—although it also incorporates other important transitions.
Because of how San Francisco Bay Area traffic is funneled across the few bridges spanning the bay, and the central location of the Maze, it is a major hub for both east–west and north–south traffic in the Bay Area.
The Maze is a major corridor for commuters living in the East Bay and working in San Francisco. It is next to both the Port of Oakland—the fourth busiest container port in the United States—[6] and downtown Oakland. Two major interstate freeways from beyond the Bay Area, I-80 and I-5 (via either I-80 or I-580) connect to the Maze.
Freeways connected[edit]
- The Bay Bridge - Interstate 80 from the Maze heads west across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco, where it joins U.S. 101.
- The Eastshore Freeway - The Interstate 80/Interstate 580 concurrency from the Maze heads north through Berkeley and western Contra Costa County. Just north of the Berkeley-Albany border, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the Maze, the concurrency splits, with Interstate 80 heading north, then northeast towards Sacramento and Interstate 580 heading northwest towards the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and eventually to Marin County, where it joins U.S. 101.
- The MacArthur Freeway - Interstate 580 from the Maze heads southeast through Oakland. About a mile southeast is an interchange with State Route 24/Interstate 980, a major corridor for commuters living in Contra Costa County. I-580 continues southeast along the foot of the hills (and nearly atop the trace of the Hayward Fault) to Castro Valley, where the route turns east and becomes the Castro Valley Freeway (continuing through the Livermore Valley, over Altamont Pass and eventually ending up near Tracy where it joins with Interstate 5).
- The Nimitz Freeway - Interstate 880 from the Maze heads south and southeast through Oakland along the Oakland Estuary, past the Oakland International Airport, and O.co Coliseum, then through southern Alameda County and eventually to San Jose, where it turns into Highway 17 and heads to Santa Cruz where it ends.
The Maze started as part of the construction of the Bay Bridge in the 1930s. It was technically named the "Distribution Structure", but owing to its size and complexity, was given the name "Maze" by the media and public.[7] The first maze was simple: westbound traffic from 38th St (later MacArthur Blvd) merged with northbound traffic from Cypress St and crossed above the Southern Pacific tracks, then split into ramps north to the Eastshore Highway (US 40) and west to the Bay Bridge. A parallel set of ramps handled eastward/southward traffic. Aerial view looking SE Traffic flows thus had only a few hundred feet to weave through each other until c. 1955, when the Maze was enlarged to prepare for the four freeways that converged there a few years later. Another round of extensive re-engineering followed the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, including the addition of diamond lane ramps and a huge girder flyover connecting the relocated northbound Nimitz with the northbound Eastshore Freeway (which is technically I-80 eastbound and I-580 westbound). The original 1936 ramps were removed during this 1990s construction.
The extended nickname "MacArthur" Maze originated sometime after the construction of the MacArthur Freeway in the late 1950s, named after MacArthur Boulevard, the original US Route 50 through Oakland that the freeway bypassed, which is named General Douglas MacArthur.
Film footage of the early Maze can be seen in the 1941 movie Shadow of the Thin Man, as Nick and Nora Charles drive off the Bay Bridge on their way to Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
Effects of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake[edit]
During the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake, which measured 7.1 Mw, the double-decked Cypress Street Viaduct on I-880 between I-80 and the 14th Street exit collapsed, crushing cars and killing 42 people. Traffic on the MacArthur Maze headed towards I-880 was re-routed to I-580 and I-980, and ramps at both ends of the viaduct leading to the former Cypress Structure were signed for local traffic access to Cypress Street.
The Cypress Street Viaduct was demolished soon after the earthquake, but a replacement freeway was not substantially completed until July 1997, due to lawsuits by environmentalists and local residents. The final connection to the Maze, known as the East Bay Viaduct, was not opened until 1998 (though a separate connection running northwest to the Bay Bridge along the alignment of the old Grand Avenue Viaduct was built in 1995). The replacement sections of the Nimitz Freeway dispensed with the double-deck design. It was constructed near the Union Pacific railway tracks around the outskirts of West Oakland, rather than bisecting that neighborhood as the old Cypress Viaduct did. Cypress Street, which ran in the shadows on either side of the old double-decked structure, is now a landscaped parkway along its entire length, and has been renamed as Mandela Parkway. In 2007, Mandela Parkway was linked at its northern end with the western end of Yerba Buena Avenue, creating a through route into Emeryville.
2007 I-580 East Connector collapse[edit]
At 3:42 am on the morning of Sunday, April 29, 2007, a tank truck carrying 8,600 gallons (32,500 liters) of unleaded gasoline overturned on the connector from Interstate 80 west (from Berkeley) to Interstate 880 south.[8]Wikimapia The intense heat from the subsequent fuel spill and fire weakened the steel structure of the roadway above, which served as the connecting ramp from Interstate 80 east (from San Francisco) to Interstate 580 east (to Oakland), collapsing approximately 168 feet (50 m)[9] of it onto the lower connector. The truck driver involved suffered second degree burns on his hands but was nonetheless able to walk 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to a gas station, where he found a taxi and was given a ride to Oakland Kaiser Medical Center.[10] No other vehicles or persons were reported to be involved in the accident.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) initially reported that they suspected that the tanker had been speeding and bounced off a guard rail, leading to the overturn.[11] The driver was found to have a clean record the preceding decade; drug or alcohol use was determined not to be a factor in the accident.[12]
|Wikinews has related news: Tanker truck fire causes collapse on Oakland Freeway
The collapse of this bridge cut off the return route from San Francisco for many East Bay commuters (primarily those whose destinations are Walnut Creek and southeastern Oakland). To help ease the expected traffic snarl, Caltrans set up temporary detours within the days following the incident, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) added additional capacity to lines serving areas that had been impacted by the incident, and on Monday April 30, all public transportation in the Bay Area was free, with the estimated cost of $2.5 million paid out of state funds. News commentators have pointed out the similarities to the disruption caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake 18 years earlier. While there was some serious congestion on the detour routes,[13] the expected traffic jams and long delays did not fully materialize.[14] This was possibly due to commuters switching to alternate transit options, indicated by BART posting record ridership numbers during that time.[14]
Caltrans spokespersons estimated immediately after the accident that it would take weeks to clear the debris from the scene and months to rebuild the affected sections. Initial cost projections for rebuilding the I-580 connector alone reached $10 million. However, due to the urgency to reopen such a vital highway link the project was expedited,[15] and most demolition work and debris removal was completed by the Tuesday following the accident.[11] For a historic comparison, Caltrans did successfully replace a single damaged upper deck panel of the Bay Bridge (after the Loma Prieta earthquake) and the collapsed portion of the I-10 Santa Monica Freeway in Los Angeles (after the Northridge earthquake) in roughly one month by expediting its internal approval process and offering an incentive program for the contractors.
On May 7, 2007, the I-880 connector reopened at 4:30 am to traffic. Substantial work was done to retrofit the strength of the structure, which had sunk 9 inches (230 mm) due to the collapse of the I-580 connector onto the I-880 connector.[16]
A contractor with a proven track record of rebuilding damaged freeways (most notably the Santa Monica Freeway after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake) well ahead of schedule, C. C. Myers, Inc., submitted a winning bid of $876,075 to repair the damage to the I-580 connector. The bid was estimated to cover only one-third of the cost of the work, but the firm counted on making up the shortfall with an incentive of $200,000 per day if the work was completed before June 27, 2007.[17]
On the evening of Thursday, May 24, the I-580 connector re-opened, just before the busy Memorial Day weekend. The deadline to finish the project was beaten by over a month, with the contractor earning the $5 million bonus for early completion.[18] The entire reconstruction project was completed only 26 days after the original accident.
A state projection concluded that the connector collapse had cost $90 million, based on a $6 million per day economic impact estimate. This includes a $491,000 loss in toll revenue for the Oakland Bay Bridge.[19]
On May 25, 2007, the CHP revoked the license for transporting hazardous materials from Sabek Transportation, the owner of the tank truck, after an investigation found 36 violations of its operations and equipment.[20]
- ^ "Caltrans plans I-80-580 lane closures for MacArthur maze work". Contra Costa Times. 2013-07-12.
- ^ "Maze Collapse News". Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area). Retrieved 2014-01-31. "The 580 connector ramp at the MacArthur Maze reopened Thursday evening"
- ^ "Tanker fire destroys part of MacArthur Maze / 2 freeways closed near Bay Bridge". SFGate.com. 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Emeryville Comes of Age – 1930s to 1960s". City of Emeryville. Retrieved 2014-02-01. "These roads diverged east of the bridge in a massive tangle of ramps and overpasses just south of the Emeryville border officially called the 'Distribution Structure', but more commonly known as the 'Maze'. After MacArthur Boulevard was built to carry U.S. 50 across Oakland, it became known as the MacArthur Maze"
- ^ Mara, Janis (2009-12-24). "MacArthur Maze a testament to Bay Area vision, resilience". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 2014-01-31. "It's the infamous MacArthur Maze, the freeway interchange near the eastern end of the Bay Bridge where Interstate highways 80, 580 and 880 converge"
- ^ Port of Oakland Website
- ^ Newspaper archive
- ^ AA Roads. Photo of I-880 southbound connector under the I-80E to I-580E ramp Interstate-Guide.com (November 26, 2004, retrieved on May 6, 2007)
- ^ Caltrans [1], retrieved on May 8, 2007
- ^ Bulwa, Demian (April 30, 2007). "THE MAZE MELTDOWN DRIVER: Despite 2nd-degree burns, he walked 1½ miles, hailed cab to hospital". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ a b Bulwa, Demian; Peter Fimrite (April 29, 2007). "Tanker fire destroys part of MacArthur Maze: 2 freeways closed near Bay Bridge". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ Bulwa, Demian (April 30, 2007). "Tanker driver in 580 collapse has long criminal record". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ Johnson, Jason (2007-05-03). "Detours clog streets and rattle neighbors". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ a b Hoge, Patrick; Erin McCormick (2007-05-03). "Expected freeway traffic horrors don't develop". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Cabanatuan, Michael; Paul Feist (May 4, 2007). "State plans to fix I-580 by June 29". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ Del Vecchio, Rick; Diana Walsh (May 7, 2007). "One MacArthur freeway connector reopens". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Squatriglia, Chuck (May 13, 2007). "A gutsy guy's big gamble on the maze". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Cabanatuan, Michael (May 24, 2007). "I-580 connector reopens". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ Connector Collapse Reduces Income from Bridge Tolls
- ^ Yi, Matthew (May 25, 2007). "CHP revokes hazmat license of trucking firm involved in Maze inferno". The San Francisco Chronicle.
External links[edit]
- Traffic Camera (Windows Media format) looking north of the MacArthur Maze on I-80East/580West (right) just over the I-880 interconnect (center) (left is I-80West/580East) - from Caltrans Live Traffic Cameras
- Roadway to Bay Bridge collapses after tanker explosion With photographs of 2007 collapse, SFGATE
- Construction Photos of the Bay Bridge, including the Distribution Structure
- CC Myers project page
- 1989 in the United States
- 1989 road accidents
- 2007 in the United States
- 2007 road accidents
- Fires in California
- Road accidents in the United States
- Road interchanges in California
- Roads in Alameda County, California
- Buildings and structures in Oakland, California
- Transportation in Oakland, California
- San Francisco Bay Area freeways
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Corsicana —
Kathryn Frances Nix Rea, 85, passed away in her home in McAllen on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. She was born in Willow, Ark. to Willie and Joel Nix. She graduated from high school in Taylor, Ark. and also graduated with an associate degree in Home Economics from Southern State University in Magnolia, Ark. She was known as a devoted wife, homemaker, and mother.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years Glenn Rea. They were longtime members of Calvary Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son, Roger Glenn Rea, 55, of McAllen; her daughter, Peggy Rea Polinard, 61, of Mission; and her grandson, Joshua Latour Polinard, 30, of Edinburg. She is also survived by her sister, Vivian A. Davis and brother -in-law, Billy K. Davis of Crossett, Ark.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at Corley Funeral Home.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. at Dresden Cemetery with Rev. B.F. Risinger Jr. officiating.
Memorials may be made to Children International at P.O. Box 219055, Kansas City, MO 64121 (acct# 3534078 at www.children.org) or Palm Valley Animal Center at 2501 W. Trenton Rd., Edinburg, TX. 78539 (www.pvaconline.com).
An online guestbook is available at www.corleyfuneralhome.com by selecting the Kathryn Rea obituary.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home, Corsicana.


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The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) remains silent on new Marcellus Shale drilling regulations for the Delaware River watershed as commission members from New York work on completing their regulatory update, according to a State Impact report.
In the meantime, pipeline construction in Pennsylvania is booming. Smaller lines from wellheads, as well as large interstate lines, will go below rivers and streams. Activists who want the DRBC to ban gas drilling also want the commission to start weighing in on pipelines near waterways which feed the Delaware.
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On Wednesday, at its fourth meeting since that canceled vote, none of the five members - representing Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, and the federal government - on the Delaware River Basin Commission offered comment on the matter, according to a Philly.com report.
Despite low prices and a new tax on the industry, natural gas production in Pennsylvania has doubled in the past year.
Drillers operating in Pennsylvania's expansive Marcellus shale gas field extracted 895 billion cubic feet of gas during the first six months of 2012, according to figures released by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
That's up from about 435 billion cubic feet during the same period in 2011, according to DEP.
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An Akron software developer has created a smartphone app that he hopes will revolutionize the way shoppers use coupons.
It has taken 11 years for Jim Wilson of Insight Market Data to bring his idea to fruition. He hopes to continue to build upon it for improvements and with more capital investments.
The Ringside Shopper, a free app available for iPhones and Android phones, allows shoppers to scan the barcode of a product. If a coupon is available for that item, it would be customized and appear on the smartphone. Additionally, customized coupons from competing brands in that same category, such as chips, also would appear to try to entice the shopper to buy that product instead.
The Ringside Shopper name refers to the fact "we're giving you a front-row seat for manufacturers to fight over you," Wilson said. While there are several companies offering mobile coupons, Wilson said, "No one is doing anything like this."
It's a bit like swimming upstream in a world accustomed to clipped newspaper coupons, mobile coupons and grocery store loyalty cards.
"But it's coming," he said.
"I filed the patent for this in 2002, and it was issued in 2009," said Wilson, who came up with the idea when his ex-wife was looking for diaper coupons for their daughter, who is now 14.
"I thought. 'Wouldn't it be cool to stand in the store and scan for coupons?' " Wilson said. "I've been waiting for technology to catch up and waiting around for smartphones to show up.
"It makes it much more fun for the shopper. It's like a scratch-off lottery ticket," he said.
For now, the app is being piloted at an independently owned IGA store in LaGrange, about an hour's drive from Akron in Lorain County. Wilson said he worked with the cash-register vendor for several IGA stores and chose LaGrange for his launch. He has interest from other stores and hopes to expand.
The big break, of course, would be if Ringside Shopper can punch its way into larger grocery chains or national big-box retailers. For now, finances limit Wilson. He has landed a few investors and is using his own funds to offer the coupons at the IGA store during his pilot.
The Lorain County Community Innovation Fund supported the company early on with some grant money and helped conduct a trial of the prototype system.
Wilson said the app will let manufacturers know how brand-loyal a shopper is versus price-sensitive. Or, possibly more important, at what price point or discount savings a shopper is willing to break their loyalty to try a competitor.
With paper coupons, manufacturers are just "throwing them out to the whole countryside. They don't know who is using them. This [app] gives them a chance to target" specific shoppers, Wilson said.
While Ringside Shopper's benefit to consumers is to yield savings on the purchase, the data that Wilson's company will collect from what people buy is the potentially lucrative part for him.
"This is like a real-time survey of which item you picked up and decided to buy. You put your money where your mouth is," he said. "This is shopper behavior at a granular level of data that no one has. I will know to a nickel what your favorite product is and [at] what price you are willing to buy it.
"You can't find data on what it will cost to get people to buy your product," he said.
Wilson said he's very sensitive about the coveted data he's looking to collect and people's need for privacy. The only demographic data Wilson asks in his app are a person's year of birth, ZIP code, gender and level of education completed.
Depending on what's purchased, Wilson said he can make some conclusions.
"If you buy diapers, you've got a kid," he said.
Similarly, Wilson said, he's not interested in his app bothering people while they are shopping.
"It will not badger you as you go along the aisle," he said, referring to technology that can send messages to your smartphone when you pass certain items.
Eventually, Wilson would like to design the app to help shoppers create a list of things they buy regularly and automatically populate the list with the coupons available.
Wilson hopes to make money on the app by charging manufacturers a small percentage of the value of the coupons, as well as selling the data collected. He has spoken to a few local manufacturers of regional brands, who have shown some interest.
"I've got a chicken-and-egg challenge. Shoppers won't use it if manufacturers aren't offering coupons, and manufacturers won't offer coupons if there are no customers," he said.
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For now, Wilson said he's targeting the smaller mom-and-pop stores because they are excited to have something to differentiate themselves from their big-box competitors.
Shoppers, especially ones with kids, are using the app, said Erika Stanley, store manager at the LaGrange IGA.
"People either love it or they are scared of it," she said. The store has three loaner smartphones for people who don't have one to use, and Stanley also has walked around with some shoppers, including senior citizens, helping them learn how to use the app.
"The nice thing is there's not a lot to it," Wilson said.
Once the phone scans the barcode, a coupon good for 120 minutes (which gives a sense of urgency) is stored in the phone. When the shopper gets to the register and scans another barcode, the register automatically takes the savings off the phone.
"To be fair, [the LaGrange IGA] may not be the best store to test this in because of demographics, but if we can use it here, we can do it anywhere," Wilson said.
When asked about the Ringside Shopper and the concept, Jim Trout, Acme Fresh Market's executive vice president, said: "Everybody is seeking the best way to approach a consumer. Acme is doing the same thing. I think this gentleman has figured a method he wants to use."
Wilson's challenge will be to get the manufacturer support, Trout said.
"His challenge will be how does he solicit the manufacturers to buy into his program? It's innovative, but there's certainly other applications out there that will accomplish that," Trout said.
Acme is evaluating two software applications that will increase the store's mobile marketing to its customers, he said.
"Ringside is very simple for shoppers to use," said Pamela Grimm, chair of the Marketing and Entrepreneurship program at Kent State University, which is helping Wilson with data mining and analytics support. "It captures incredibly precise information about shopper behavior and their individual preferences, all while maintaining the shopper's anonymity."
Wilson also received systems work for the app from Cleveland's Lean Dog Software Studio.
Still, he acknowledges his app isn't for everyone.
"It's totally up to the shopper. You are letting the manufacturer know, 'I am open to this conversation.' "
Wilson, a computer programmer by trade, is hoping he can stay in his native Ohio and find investors for his idea.
"If this thing could be a fraction of what I think it could be, why not here?
"This is a very big idea," he said. "If we get investors, I think this could be huge with the way it changes the game."
Betty Lin-Fisher can be reached at 330-996-3724 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/blinfisher and see all her stories at www.ohio.com/betty.


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The Secret Is Out!Madeleine Wickham is Sophie Kinsella, and The Gatecrasher is just as delicious as her internationally bestselling Shopaholic series. Everything's coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats. Beautiful and utterly irresistible, her success at crashing funerals to find wealthy men is remarkable. Fleur wastes no time in seducing her latest conquest, the handsome and rich widower Richard Favour. His children are caught up in a whirlwind as their father's new girlfriend descends on the family estate. Fleur is not one to wear her heart on her Chanel sleeves, but she soon finds herself embracing Richard and his family. But just as Fleur contemplates jumping off the gold-digger train for good, a long-buried secret from her past threatens to destroy her new family.Take a wild and marvelous ride with The Gatecrasher, whose clever, chic, and sassy style will leave you desperately wanting more wonderful Wickham!
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Google mapping out 400,000 graves at Arlington Cemetery to create virtual walking tour. News4's Angie Goff has a look at the fascinating cameras they're using to get the job done.
Honoring servicemembers is going high tech this Veterans Day with the help of new online resources and smartphone apps.
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The site, based on more than 20 million records and personal memories uploaded by loved ones, honors every service member who served from current wars all the way back to the Revolutionary War. The Honor Wall documents letters home, photos and awards of veterans at www.FOLD3.com/wall.
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There's also big attempt to create a virtual map of one of our nation's most somber symbols.
Google cameras have started photographing Arlington National Cemetery with plans to use its Street View technology to present a virtual tour of the graves. Online users will be able to zoom in and read grave markers and see a 360 degree view of the cemetery, accordng to reports.
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Adam Johnson was born in South Dakota and raised in Arizona. He earned a BA in Journalism from Arizona State University in 1992; a MFA from the writing program at McNeese State University, and a PhD in English from Florida State University in 2000.
Johnson teaches creative writing at Stanford University. His fiction has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper's, Tin House, Granta, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories. His works include include Emporium, a short-story collection, and the novels Parasites Like Us and The Orphan Master's Son.
Johnson has received a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Swarthout Writing Award, a Kingsbury Fellowship and a Stegner Fellowship. He was named Debut Writer of the Year in 2002 by Amazon.com, and in 2003 he was selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers series. He was nominated for a Young Lions Award from the New York Public Library and received scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee writers' conferences. In 2010, he won the Gina Berriault Literary Award.
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Florida Today - Officials: Federal stimulus cash working in Florida
Florida's approximately $15 billion, three-year take of federal stimulus spending is already starting to pay off, agency heads told Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday.
'We've had great success in the rollout in these funds,' said Education Commissioner Eric Smith. 'One of the things it's done is stabilize our workforce.'
Although school districts across the state are blaming the recession for waves of layoffs, Smith said the stimulus dollars have helped preserve 26,000 jobs in Florida's sprawling K-12 system.
Of the jobs preserved, 18,200 were teaching positions, including 6,200 special education teachers, Smith said.
Another 2,700 jobs in K-12 were created, Smith said. [Read More]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) - Work on stimulus-funded projects begins
Crews starting the three-year, $69 million project to repave and rebuild I-295 in Camden and Gloucester Counties represent the first local trickle in what is supposed to be a flood of highway jobs and money from Washington to hard-pressed states and towns.
An average of about 120 workers will be employed daily on the I-295 job, said Rob Baccala, vice president of Richard E. Pierson Construction Co. of Woodstown, one of the general contractors for the project.
That will include workers such as carpenters, ironworkers, laborers, and operating engineers, as well as truck drivers and those making asphalt and concrete.
Based on a Federal Highway Administration estimate that 35,000 jobs are supported by every $1.25 billion invested in transportation projects, the I-295 project will create about 1,932 jobs in the broader economy.
'We really need this bad,' said Richard Sweeney, business representative and financial secretary for Ironworkers Local 399 in Gloucester County. 'Work is really bad now.' [Read More]
Burlington Free Press (Vermont) - Barre wind company receives federal funds
A Barre wind energy project will receive more than $680,000 in federal recovery funds.
Northern Power Systems was one of 28 wind energy projects in the nation to win a portion of the $13.8 million in Department of Energy funding.
Northern Power builds large wind turbines in its 80,000-square-foot facility at the former Bombardier railcar plant in Barre Town. The company said in May that it hoped to employ 150 people this year and more in 2010.
'These funds will create good jobs in Vermont and further enhance the state's leadership in developing renewable energy resources,' Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said in a statement. [Read More]
WDAF-TV (Kansas) - Salina airport project putting federal stimulus dollars to work
Construction is under way at the Salina airport on improvements funded partly with federal stimulus money.
Funds exceeding $830,000 were awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration.
Airport Authority executive director Tim Rogers says expects the construction project to create at least 850 aviation and aerospace jobs with an annual payroll of more than $21 million. [Read More]
Bangor Daily News (Maine) - $1.3M given to improve two ferry terminals
The award of the federal stimulus funds to the Maine Department of Transportation was announced Tuesday by Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine.
"Ferry services provide a vital link to Maine's many island communities," Michaud said in making the announcement. "This funding will promote safety by improving the dock infrastructure. Investments like these will make a real difference for the users and operators of this ferry service." [Read More]
Stevens Point Journal (Wisconsin) - District hopes to stimulate reading
Stevens Point Area Public School District administrators hope to use $605,000 in federal stimulus money to improve reading skills at the elementary level.
The district received the money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Currently, all elementary schools have 1.8 full-time equivalent teaching positions for literacy coaches, [Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services Art Reinhardt said]. Under Title IA funding, the administration suggested the five Title IA schools would get an additional 2.5 FTE teachers.
'(Stimulus funds) will help stimulate the economy, but it will also do some good things for kids,' he said. [Read More]
The Greenville News (South Carolina) - Federal grant to fund transportation jobs
The $277,546 grant will go to the S.C. Department of Transportation's Transportation Careers Training Program.
It will be used to provide 35 unemployed, underemployed, females and minorities with job readiness skills, as well as an opportunity to receive their commercial driver's license and certification in heavy equipment operation, the agency said.
The money is part of $6.7 million in job training grants awarded to 14 states from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). [Read More]
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) - Tax breaks push green residential fixups
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, homeowners are eligible to receive a tax credit of up to 30 percent of costs from installing energy-efficient windows or adding insulation.
The tax credits are available for individuals for improvements such as energy-efficient heating and air conditioning systems and is just one of several incentives made available through the stimulus package. [Read More]
Las Cruces Sun-News (New Mexico) - Groundbreaking marks beginning of runway rehabilitation
The improvements are expected to take nine months to complete and will cost $11.37 million, which includes more than $9 million in materials and labor, and about $2 million in engineering design and inspection by the FAA.
The money for improvements will come from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding awarded to the city. Mike Saupp, an FAA representative, said had the city not received a large amount of economic stimulus funding, the project would have had to be done in phases and could have taken years to finish. [Read More]
Sacramento Bee (California) - Fear strikes jobless who lose health benefits
… Many Californians are deep in worry, trying to figure out how to keep themselves and their families covered.
Experts and officials alike want to help - and they want to trumpet the recent arrival of federal help with handling the hefty price tag of post-employment health coverage.
To provide some relief, ARRA - the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which went into effect in late February as part of the federal stimulus plan - pays for 65 percent of COBRA premiums for people who've lost their jobs from Sept. 1, 2008, through the end of this year. The subsidy will help pay for nine months of COBRA coverage for eligible recipients. [Read More]
The Courier News (Illinois) - Stimulus dollars restoring prairie and youth's lives
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dished out $2.1 million toward the 18-month youth job program, which gave 375 businesses the opportunity to recruit about 450 local teens [who are low-income and homeless for example] to take on positions ranging from office assistants to engineering assistants. [Read More]
The Kansas City Star (Missouri) - Missouri, Kansas to get millions to encourage the buying of energy-efficient appliances
Missouri is to get up to $5.7 million and Kansas up to $2.7 million as part of the $300 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program.
As part of the program, the states agree to provide rebates only for appliances that meet Energy Star specifications for energy efficiency. [Read More]
Other Headlines
- Chicago Tribune (Illinois) - Illinois gets $12M for energy rebate program
- Forsyth County News (Georgia) - Resurfacing on Hwy. 9 to begin this summer
- News-8 (Texas) - Unemployment benefits on the way for Texans
- Washington Business Journal (DC) - D.C. area in line for $13.4M from Energy Department for appliances
- Des Moines Register (Iowa) - Stimulus cash to help curb homelessness
- Argus Leader (South Dakota) - Buses, health care, housing among projects getting federal boost
- The Country Messenger (Minnesota) - County adds up stimulus money
- Texarkana Gazette (Arkansas) - Arkansas Recovery Office announces 13 state energy stimulus programs


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The Baby K'tan Baby Carrier is a new and innovative soft baby carrier that is a cross between a sling and a more structured front carrier, providing the positions and benefits of both. There is no other carrier available like it. Parents or caregivers can comfortably carry infants and toddlers (from birth to 3+ years old) in eight different positions, (normally four different carries are needed to encompass these 8 positions), the Carrier is also ideal for premature babies and babies with special needs. The Baby K'tan has added security and back support as compared to the traditional sling, and added comfort and ease of use as compared to the traditional front carrier. Our unique design offers the wearer a 100% cotton carrier with NO buckles, snaps, rings or hardware, that otherwise make baby wearing complicated and uncomfortable. Our adjustable back support band offers the wearer extra back support and makes it easy to adjust baby or toddlers weight distribution on both shoulders. The Baby K'tans unique two loop design holds babies more securely and is extremely easy to use - NO WRAPPING INVOLVED! It is easy to put on and take off.
Features: Unique double-sling design, a cross between a soft sling and a structured front baby carrier or backpack Used in hospitals across the U.S. for preemies and infants with developmental delays Unique double-sling design enables parents to carry twins hands-free Has a built-in back support band for parents; Second loop acts as nursing cover for moms Carries infants and toddlers in 9 positions Free matching baby hat & matching sash included Made entirely of soft 100% cotton and organic cotton One of Pregnancy Magazines Best of 2008 Baby Products; Voted Best Dad Carrier by GreatDads.com Featured on The Today Show, Redbook Magazine, Urban Baby, iVillage, Parent & Family, Pregnancy & NewbornThe Finishing Touch! Add personalized embroidery to your Baby K'tan Baby Carrier to make it uniquely your own. Or make a special gift even more personal with your choice of 4 monogramming styles.Sizing TipsThe carrier size generally corresponds to your fitted (tight) t-shirt size.If you are 5'4" or under it is recommended to choose a smaller size. If you are in between sizes based on the measurements above, it is recommended to choose the smaller size.
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