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Preparing for Parent-Teacher Conference
Parent-teacher conferences are right around the corner. I am not sure why they come right before Halloween, but it is a known fact that once school is in session for a short time, for most schools, the conferences will greet or beat Halloween.
Should Kids Go Along to Parent-Teacher Conferences?
Ask the teacher what he/she prefers. Sometimes it helps the child to hear the good and the bad straight from the teacher's mouth. If your child is younger than 7, though, they may not want to sit still long enough to benefit from the conference. However, if it is a performance review paired with an open house or something like an art show, it might benefit the child and be fun, too.
A good rule of thumb is to leave the children at home unless the teacher invites them, at least for the first conference. Very few parents bring their children in on the first parent/teacher conference. Nevertheless, sometimes, especially during the second time around and if their grades are slipping, it helps to let them hear what the teacher has to say.
For example, children – and this means teens, too – that are failing certain subjects can hear exactly what the teacher thinks may be taking place. There is nothing worse than going home and trying to explain to your child what the teacher said the problem was and what you think it is and then hearing something totally different from the child. Taking your kid along for the second go-around is the perfect opportunity for the parent and teacher to hear what the child has to say about it as well. Nine times out of 10, it is not what you were told or what you thought the problem was. (Amazing, isn't it?)
It's also a great opportunity for everyone to become involved in offering suggestions to fix the problem without blaming or using one person against the other for excuses. Last year I heard one student tell his mom that he was embarrassed to be following her around from one room to the other. She simply replied, and loud enough for anyone within earshot to hear, that if that was the case, then she guessed he wouldn't be failing the same subjects next time – now would he?
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To get ready for a conference and to adhere to your time slot, ask your child if there are any concerns two days before the conference. And then:
- Make a list of those concerns as well as any of your own.
- Read your child's concerns and ask about any you do not understand.
- If there are bullying issues, get full details.
- Do not blame anyone for anything until you have heard the full story.
- Stay positive, talk about the good points of the situation and let the teacher know you are willing to work together for the success of your child.
- Follow through with suggestions and talk to your child about a plan on improving specific areas.
Maybe having the conferences right before Halloween is timed precisely right – this way, you can calmly mention any outstanding book reports, essays or other timely projects that need to be done by – you guessed it, Halloween!
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"Activity Night is a way to get the kids together and be social [while] at the same time getting them away from computer games," said PTO President Pauline McDonnell. "We have structured play and dancing. We divide the gym into three sections: The front is for dancing and music, next are the volleyball nets and the last is basketball."
"These evenings of fun are held through the year to keep the kids busy. We provide pizza, snacks and water for the kids to refuel," she added.
Thirty-seven children attended the event, rotating among the three activity sections. Six sixth grade students volunteered at the event along with PTO members, according to McDonnell.
Steen Principal Anna Rita Falco attended the event and said it complemented school efforts on nutrition and physical exercise.
"We won that wonderful Jets grant, so we've got to keep up the momentum," she said. "Mrs. McDonnell and the PTO staff worked with the gym teacher, Terry Ciccone, for [tonight's] activities and the different set-ups. They're all games the kids are familiar with. It's another way to keep the kids moving and fit in a fun way. These are things they can do all their life, even when they're older, too."
In November 2011, the Steen School was awarded a $5,000 grant for kitchen equipment from the Eat Right, Move More program, a partnership between the Jets, the state Department of Agriculture, and the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council's Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign. The school received the grant due to its efforts to promote nutrition and exercise among students.
McDonnell noted that money was raised from Activity Night through admission and food fees. Admission was $5 per child, while food ranged in price from 50 cents to $2. Among the food offerings were apples, snack bars, cookies, popcorn and pizza.
The total amount raised from the event was not immediately available. It will be divided between the PTO and the Steen Yearbook Committee, McDonnell said, adding the PTO plans to use its share this spring to beautify the Steen School with new flowers and benches.
She noted that the event was successful and the kids had a good time.
"It turned out awesome! The kids are having a ball," she said. "They love it. They want to know when the next one is."
Eight-year-old Jose Manuel said he liked being with friends.
"This is my first time, and I'm very excited!" he exclaimed.
The third grade student added he most enjoyed playing basketball and wanted to come again.
Councilwoman Wanda Uceta said she attended the event to learn more about the PTO. Uceta has a daughter in the first grade at Steen School and a son in the Jr./Sr. High School.
"It's just great coming here and seeing the kids play," she said. "My daughter goes to Steen School, and I want to start helping in the PTO and with the children."
An Activity Night was previously held for fifth and sixth graders on Jan. 6. Additional ones are being planned for kindergarten, first and second grades, McDonnell noted.
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Find inspiration for modern life with this collection of witty maxims coupled with stunning images from the natural world. A book that takes the traditional format of wise words with pretty pictures and updates it for the 21st century. The perfect gift.
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Some famous faces helped the Red Cross kick off its Holiday Mail For Heroes campaign on Tuesday.The cards benefit people like 1st Lt. Henry DeMott, who is serving in the line of fire in Afghanistan. His wife, Nealie, lives on a base in Germany."It can be difficult. I think it gets kind of taken for granted whenever you get to see your spouse every single day," said Nealie DeMott.Lt. DeMott won't be making it home for the holidays this year, but Nealie says he enjoys receiving letters and cards from back home."So it's great what the Red Cross is doing with the holiday cards. Just to show that there are still people out there," said Nealie DeMott.Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal helped kick off the campaign. She even brought her own cards to sign and send to both active service members and veterans."I'm grateful and I hope that other people are grateful too, and that they will send cards. I'll send cards," Deal said.Atlanta Falcons offensive linemen Joe Hawley and Garrett Reynolds even got in on the action. They say it feels good to sign autographs for troops on the front lines."To let them know that they're in our thoughts, and that we truly from the bottom of our hearts appreciate what they do," Reynolds said.Local Red Cross leaders are challenging Georgians to lead the nation in holiday cards sent to our troops.If you would like to get involved with the Holiday Mail For Heroes campaign, send your cards to:Holiday Mail For HeroesP.O. BOX 5456Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456The cards should be addressed to "dear service member, veteran, or military family." You're also asked to not send cards with glitter on them because they can aggravate health issues of the wounded or ill.
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This course introduces the computer as a tool to solve everyday problems. Students' problem-solving abilities are enhanced by use of practical computer applications and by programming. Topics include: problem-solving by computer, program structure, use of computer applications software and computer networks, and discussions of the impact of computers on our society.
General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning
Ray tracing is a technique for creating realistic 3D computer-generated images by tracing the rays of light that start at a light source, bounce off objects and ultimately make their way into the eyes of the viewer. Each time a ray hits an object, the colors present in the ray are absorbed and/or reflected depending on the physical properties of the object's surface. The interaction is modeled using simple rules of physics and geometry. In this course, students will learn how ray tracing works and will use the ray tracing program POV-Ray to create a portfolio of images. A primary focus will be to learn about creative design in the context of computer graphics.
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Prerequisites: MATH 130 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
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Theoretical and practical study of programming and abstract data types in Java including lists, stacks, queues, trees and algorithms used on these data structures. The course includes object implementation of structures and sharpens programming skills learned in previous courses.
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This course enables students who already know some high-level structured programming language to extend their capabilities in another language. It is self-paced for individual study; a student does not register for the course in advance but gets the materials and does the work on whatever schedule is appropriate; credit is awarded by examination. The course may be offered in different languages; a student may earn credit for at most two offerings for a maximum of .5 credit.
Prerequisite: CS 241 or equivalent
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Prerequisite: CS 241, MATH 251 (may be taken concurrently)
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An investigation into how computers and programs work, from the lower levels of internal logic to the higher levels of programming languages designed for human use. Topics covered include: digital representation and digital logic; the internal structure and organization of computers; the hierarchy of programming languages; and techniques used to translate computer programs into machine-readable form. Includes a significant lab component in which students implement the concepts developed in the course.
Prerequisite: CS 241
This course is intended for the qualified advanced student who wishes to do an intensive independent study in an area not covered by an existing course in the department. Arrangements for this course must be made with a faculty member before registration.
Prerequisite: CS 241
This course is intended for the qualified advanced student who wishes to do an independent project under faculty supervision. The project will involve substantial preparatory study and will extend the student's knowledge of computer science. Arrangements for this course must be made with a faculty member before registration.
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Introduction to operating systems principles, including processes, input/output, memory management, file systems and concurrency. The course will have a strong implementation component, with required programming exercises.
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Design and implementation of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to simulations of models of natural systems. Students (individually and in teams) will utilize object-oriented programming techniques to create graphical user interfaces to both existing simulations and simulations of their own design.
Prerequisite: CS 343
This course is an introduction to computer graphics with an emphasis on 3D modeling, shading and rendering. Topics include color representation, geometric transformations, culling, hidden line elimination, clipping, anti-aliasing, texturing, global illumination models, and the 3D rendering pipeline. Extensive programming will be required.
Prerequisite: CS 343
This course introduces formal models of computation such as finite state machines, pushdown automata and Turing machines. We study classes of problems that can be solved on each model, intractable classes of problems for which no efficient algorithms are likely to exist and problems with well-defined solutions that are inaccessible to any computational process.
Prerequisite: CS 241
A survey of machine learning techniques and philosophical issues concerning artificial intelligence. Learning techniques include perceptrons, PDP back-propagation and induction of environmental regularities via Holland's genetic algorithm. Philosophical issues include "Can a machine be intelligent?" and "How could intelligence in a machine be verified?"
Prerequisite: CS 343
This course provides the flexibility to offer special topics of interest in computer science. Topics will generally not be repeated within a two-year period in order to provide a variety of offerings. May be repeated for up to three credits.
Prerequisite: Usually CS 241
This course provides a broad introduction to functional programming, including motivations, history, programming techniques and language implementation issues. Functional programming allows concise and elegant solutions to many problems and offers a fresh perspective on computer science. Programming in traditional languages is often improved by exposure to the functional style. The study of functional languages also provides a useful foundation for research topics in programming languages and computer science theory.
Prerequisite: CS 241 and MATH 251 or consent of the instructor
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Kelly Osbourne's first clothing collection to launch on HSN
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Like red lipstick, cat eyes owe their timeless appeal to their spectacular, style-defining range that can, depending on application, telegraph Old Hollywood glamour, graphic minimalism, or counter-culture punk—what else do Siouxsie Sioux and Brigitte Bardot have in common? It's impossible to think of Marilyn Monroe without those heavy-lidded bedroom eyes or Amy Winehouse sans her subversive, exaggerated swipe. A mere sweep of eye pencil transformed Anna Karina from a fresh-faced teenager into a French New Wave style icon, and Sophia Loren's wide-eyed gaze has been forever etched into our collective memory with a frame of perfectly delineated black powder liner. Today, Alexa Chung gives the look a modern ease with a signature liquid swoosh that feels right whether she's heading to brunch, the airport, or the red carpet. Here's a look at the best feline eyes of all time. We feel certain that Choupette would approve.
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The Dolphins have released QB Pat White and WR Patrick Turner, second- and third-round picks from 2009.
Dolphins acquire OT McQuistan from Cowboys
Looking for a dependable backup for one of the best tackle combinations in the league, the Dolphins traded for OT Pat McQuistan.
Dolphins place OT Garner on I.R.
The Dolphins placed backup OT Nate Garner on injured reserve and DE Phillip Merling on the reserve/non-football injury list Tuesday.
Dolphins waive/injured TE Haynos
The Dolphins placed TE Joey Haynos on the waived/injured list, the team announced Monday.
Dolphins WR Marshall's preseason not easing concerns about production
A daily Dolphins observer is becoming increasingly skeptical about WR Brandon Marshall's chances of producing at the same level he did with the Broncos.
Dolphins release OG Thomas
The Dolphins terminated the contract of veteran OG Randy Thomas Wednesday, one week after signing him as a free agent.
Report: Dolphins trade WR Camarillo to Vikings
The Vikings have traded CB Benny Sapp for Dolphins WR Greg Camarillo, according to reports.
Dolphins sign OG Thomas
Miami signed 34-year-old OG Randy Thomas on Wednesday.
Dolphins OL Garner reinjures foot
OL Nate Garner had surgery on the same left foot that was operated on in the offseason and could be out two months.
Dolphins being patient with WR Turner
There was speculation throughout the offseason that WR Patrick Turner, the Dolphins' third-round pick in 2009, would be on the roster bubble in training camp.
Dolphins sign veteran TE Martin
The Dolphins have signed veteran TE David Martin, whom the team had released last December.
Dolphins' Henne ready to take next step
There's much to like about Dolphins QB Chad Henne heading into the 2010 season. In fact, for fantasy football owners, he has starter potential.
Dolphins rookie LB Edds tears ACL
The Dolphins have lost rookie LB A.J. Edds, a fourth-round pick, for the season.
Injured Dolphins DE Merling facing pay cut
The first two seasons of Dolphins DE Phillip Merling's career were disappointing and things have not gone well for him since the 2009 season ended.
Dolphins sign top pick Odrick
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Your spine is made up of 30 bones stacked in a column. Each of these bones is called a vertebra. From the side, your vertebral column has a natural curve toward the back of your body as it passes through your upper chest, balanced by a similar curve toward the front through the lower vertebrae. Joints between the vertebrae in your neck enable you to tilt, rotate and flex your neck. Joints between the larger vertebrae in your lower back (lumbar spine) enable you to bend, turn and twist at your waist.
A crack in one of the spinal disks — rubbery cushions between the vertebrae — may cause back pain or play a role in the development of back pain. Spinal disks protect the stacked vertebrae from rubbing against each other. The outer layer (annulus) of each disk is normally tough and pliable. The inner layer (nucleus) is soft.
A spinal disk can gradually develop aging-related changes that cause or contribute to back pain. There's less water within the annulus, so it's not as stretchy, and it may crack (herniate). If it does, the nucleus may bulge out, press on nerves and cause back pain.
Degenerative changes develop in the vertebrae as the spinal disks become flatter and less flexible. Without the cushioning that these disks normally provide, the joints (facets) between vertebrae press tightly against each other. This can cause back pain and stiffness. Your body may try to compensate for these changes by building new bone to support the area where loading pressure is increased.
As you age, the amount of calcium in your bones decreases. This lowers the density or mass of your bones, making them porous and brittle — a condition known as osteoporosis.
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The Linn County Sheriff's Office says a man who failed to return to the Linn County Correctional Center after being released on court ordered work turned himself in Saturday evening.
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The Many Different Kinds Of Wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink with a rich history that dates back over eight thousand years to the heart of Eurasia, modern-day Georgia. It's usually made from fruits, and in particular grapes, however many other things that can be fermented have been used as well, for example grains, vegetables, and also the milk of different species of livestock.
However, for many an oenophile, or wine connoisseur, only grapes will do, as barley and vegetable wines tend to be more similar to beer and spirits. It is not just a matter of semantics, either, as in many countries wines are subject to legal definitions and regulations. Indeed, with regards to the jurisdicition involved, there may be several laws that govern exactly what is allowed to be sold as wine, though throughout the industry worldwide a distinction is sometimes made between so-called "real" wine and that which happens to be merely labeled so.
Thus, the word is considered to be used as an adjective as opposed to a noun when it comes to something such as the rice and sorghum wines so popular in Asia, made as they are from starch-based grains which render them more like beer than anything else. Used as an adjective, the word refers to the higher alcoholic content rather than the production process, an important part of which concerns the proper ingredients. Actually, the word "wine" is believed by scholars to come from the Proto-Indo-European word for "grape!"
Though such fine differences may seem trivial to an outsider, they form some of the reasons for wine's enduring interest among oenophiles. And with thanks to the internet, wine-lovers have started and coalesced around blogs focused on all the many different details possible, especially with regards to particular wine-cultivating regions. If anything, then, it would seem that further differentiation is to be expected, and even encouraged, making the field more varied and ever richer!
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Whoopi Goldberg told a funny story on her talk show. She was walking down a busy street with her granddaughter and the child asked, "What is that box for?"
Whoopi's looking everywhere for boxes—like wrapped Christmas-present boxes.
"What boxes are you talking about?" she asked her grandchild.
"That big box," the child pointed, "the one that says 'us' mail."
Of course, Whoopi realized she was talking about a free-standing blue U.S. Post Office mailbox on the sidewalk. The only kind of mail the little girl recognized was e-mail!
My cousin tells a similar story about my daughter.
The two were having a big conversation about Maddy's adventure in Chicago over the summer. Maddy was trying to tell Denise about getting separated from her group and how she and her friend figured out the way back to a central location.
Denise was really distracted, though, because Maddy kept referring to "the fold-up-thingy." She talked about going down this street then that street and her friend checked the fold-up-thingy.
After another twist and turn and Maddy holding onto the fold-up-thingy, Denise blurted out, "Maddy, are you talking about a MAP? OMG—you don't know what a map is!?!"
I hadn't ever thought about it, but our kids find their location using their phones…they have the App for directions and the GPS right in their smart phone. The "fold-up-thingy" is as foreign to my kids as the big blue mailbox was to Whoopi's granddaughter.
And that takes me back to a question my youngest daughter asked me one day.
"Mom, what's vennel (sounds like kennel)?"
"I don't know," I replied.
"Vennel—Lady Gaga has one coming out."
"You've lost me, Sky…I have no idea what you mean."
"Come on, Mom. You and Dad have lots of vennels in here. I want to buy new ones."
"Spell it," I suggested.
From across the hall I heard, "v-i-n-y-l. Vennel."
It dawned on me that she was looking at our peach crates of '70s and '80s LPs, called "vinyl" on the record covers!
Oh, how a kid's innocent question makes a parent feel obsolete!
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Bob Glauber, of Newsday, reports New York Giants RB Tiki Barber feels the team is good enough to win the Super Bowl. "I think we have to talk about the Super Bowl," Barber told Newsday Monday, July 24, three days before reporting for training camp. "One of our downfalls last season is that we set our goals too low. We had the goals of restoring Giant pride and becoming a playoff team, which we did to the utmost. But it's almost as if once we achieved them, we didn't have the mentality of getting to the next level, which is the Super Bowl." Barber said head coach Tom Coughlin pretty much told the team the same thing, "Coach (Tom) Coughlin's last message to us when we left our minicamp (in June) was that we needed to set our sights on the Super Bowl," said Barber, who had a career-high 1,860 rushing yards last season. "I think we've got the components at every position, which is exciting. I don't think I've ever been here when we've had this kind of talent at every position."
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Chris Brown, author of the X's and O's blog SmartFootball.com, noticed during last week's game that on Martinez's 35-yard second-quarter touchdown run, Nebraska used what he calls the "inverted veer," a modern spin on a classic option play. The quarterback and running back both run to the side of the unblocked end, but whereas the running back would traditionally cut inside, I-back Rex Burkhead in this case continued outside while Martinez pulled the ball and made the cut himself.Nebraska's offensive evolution product of three-year plan - Stewart Mandel - SI.com (Chris Brown of Smart Football contributed to this year's Cornhusker Kickoff Yearbook, talking about Nebraska's offense. The original article by Brown about Nebraska's use of the inverted veer is here.)
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When Gretchen Wilson kicked off her first headlining tour, Redneck Revolution, in Dallas at the Nokia Theatre, it was about time. This artist didn't hit it big until she was over 30, but when she did, she came out blazing. Four Grammy nominations last year (one win), and another four this year are just some of the accolades heaped atop her grab of Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2005 Country Music Awards, as well as a couple of nominations for this year's CMT Music Awards.
The creative team behind Revolution includes Mike Swinford (lighting and production designer); Mark Butts (lighting programmer); Scott Scovill, president of Moo TV (video producer); Carter Fulghum of Morris Leasing (lighting director); Bailey Pryor (video director/crew chief); Tim Monnig (associate producer/Watchout programmer); and Joe Monahan (video playback).
Fulghum notes that the tour vibe is a high-energy combination of country and rock-n-roll. "Gretchen plays everything from bluegrass to classic country to southern rock, and so the lighting design needed to be able to capture all the genres she takes part in," he says. "Gretchen sings about what she knows. She's not putting on an act. She is who she is, and that's the show."
"Gretchen's road manager, David Haskell, had asked me to design something completely 'out of the box' for Gretchen's first headline tour," says Swinford. "The art direction and lighting concepts were wide open for me to interpret 'out of the box.' They wanted a big rock show. We used no wash lights in order to create the sharp edgy feel…I was trying to achieve a show design that was unexpected for a female county artist — edgy, powerful, and a bit in your face — anything but soft and symmetrical."
To accompany an asymmetrical production design, Swinford's choice of lighting gear, provided by Nashville-based Morris Leasing, includes 58 Vari-Lite VL3000™ spots, six VL2500™ spots, 23 Coemar ParLites, 24 Color Kinetics ColorBlast® 12, and four 8-lites, controlled by an MA Lighting grandMA, with a grandMA Light for backup.
Central to Swinford's design are 36 Sony RVP CRT monitors — controlled and programmed by Moo TV of Nashville via a Dataton Watchout 3.01 server system running on Microsoft Windows XP — which are used to display unified and individual video elements throughout the concert. These are used on the stage and as risers for the lap steel, drum kit, and keyboards. A Toshiba TMP 100U image processor breaks up and arranges images on the cubes.
"The Sony CRT projection cubes are like the old video walls before we had LEDs," states Swinford. "I used them before on an Alan Jackson tour. They are self-supporting, tall, vertical columns of high-res video without the pixelation or cost of LED. They were perfect for this tour."
With only five days of live rehearsals, Swinford had to build some previsualization time into the schedule. He approached Dale Morris of Morris Leasing and Haskell about designing a previz studio at one of Morris' properties. "I do all of my designs using 3D Studio Max and have for the last 12 years, so I am very comfortable with 3D virtual space," says Swinford. "Mark Butts told me about a new visualizer that worked inside of Max, and I was interested in learning more. I downloaded the trial version of ESP Vision and showed the possibilities to Dale. He wondered why we had not gone down this route before and gave the green light to build a state-of-the-art studio with the best hardware available. I am currently using the studio to program Kenny Chesney's tour using 210 Vari-Lites."
"The ESP Vision studio was an invaluable resource for this project," adds Butts. "We did some very complex and precise cueing that would have simply not been possible within the original five-day rehearsal period."
Butts says the consoles operate in a full tracking/backup configuration, outputting seven universes of DMX via ArtNet EtherLynx boxes by Artistic Licence located at FOH. "We are using a grandMA as the primary console and a grandMA Light as the backup," he says. "Some people prefer two full-sized consoles, but this show runs almost exclusively off cue lists with very little on-the-fly operation. The Light provides us with all the features and connectivity in a smaller, less expensive package."
Swinford and Butts spent about 10 days in the studio and had 90% of the show finished the day of load in. "We program the lighting to marry with the video content," Swinford says. "Mark has a long history of programming with the VL3000 spots. In this show, he makes extensive use of the color and position effects, which he customized himself. He is the king of visual effects. This show isn't what people will expect. All the elements have worked very well together."
Other design elements include six wire-mesh towers with tea-stained netting material hung in between and various horizontal and vertical truss pieces — custom built by All Access of Torrance, CA — flown in for overhead truss lighting.
The truss configuration posed a bit of a challenge during programming. "Asymmetry can be a double-edged sword," says Butts. "If you pull it off, it offers some of the most powerful looks around, but if you can't, it creates muddy, cluttered looks with no impact or meaning whatsoever." He notes that he struggled early on in the process, particularly with two downstage arches. "I found that I was fighting the truss configuration, trying to make it work like a symmetrical hang. I quickly realized my normal bag of tricks wouldn't work with this rig, so I created a bunch of pretty simple, yet bold, positions with the entire rig working together."
Swinford incorporates the Coemar ParLite LEDs as truss toners. There is a single unit mounted in each section of custom curved truss, opposite a Plexiglas® mirror panel to block light from the next section. "These units proved to be a perfect truss toner — small, light, and low power needs," he says.
Careful choice of color was also crucial. "We needed to control the colors to keep things from getting too sloppy," adds Butts. "We rarely have more than two colors onstage at once. The combination of strong positions and a controlled color palette creates a streamlined look and helps to highlight the unusual truss configuration and scenic elements."
To start the show, a black Kabuki masks the stage. Two large video screens, one house right and the other house left, begin to play a pre-shot scene of Wilson playing her rendition of "A Country Girl Can Survive." As the video ends, the Kabuki drops and an audio montage of Kid Rock, AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, and Queen begins to play. Silhouettes of Wilson are displayed one at a time on the Sony cubes. In the end, a final silhouette of Wilson appears on the center-stage video monitor. And as the audio ends, Wilson emerges from the silhouette and begins to play her hit single "I'm Here For The Party."
While there is technically no integration of video and lighting elements — Fulghum runs lighting, and Monahan handles video — artistically, the lighting team matched color palettes to the footage that Wilson and video producer Scovill created. Scovill and his team at Moo TV handled video production, programming, and gear, including a Grass Valley 110 Video Switcher, a Grass Valley DVE for special effects, the Watchout system, a Doremi V1m backup server for side screens, Sony BVP 500 and 550 cameras, and Eiki LC XT3 projectors for 12×16 side screens.
"We wanted to come up with something that was edgier and different than other country concerts — something that would surprise and excite the audience," says Scovill. "David Haskell was certainly the driving force for me. He kept pushing and prodding saying things like, 'I want it to be really out there,' and 'It has to rock.'"
According to Scovill, the lighting and video together make up the set, with each piece designed to either catch light or project it. "I've been doing this for a few decades, and in my opinion, this tour does the best job of any I've seen at meshing video, lighting, and pyro together," he says. "At times, they take turns grabbing your attention; at other times, they all hit together and knock your socks off. Equally important, when appropriate, they pull back and let Gretchen and her band carry the show." Strictly FX of Elk Grove Village, IL, handles pyrotechnics for the tour.
Most content was created in Adobe® After Effects® and Photoshop® and assembled in Apple's Final Cut® Pro, some of it original and some used from stock media. Live video to complement the prefab content is also run through Watchout. Monnig, who also helped produce the media, programmed the Watchout system, which was used for most of the playback. "A firm understanding of the program's capabilities and limitations guided the development of show media, or content, and minimized the need for formal previsualization," says Monnig. "In other words, we didn't need to bend over backwards to make changes to the way the media hit the video wall or the screens, so we were free to explore new looks to find what felt right or at least figure out what the right direction was."
For some songs, live video is seamlessly combined with prerecorded media by embedding alpha channels. "In 'Barracuda,' Gretchen's live performance cuts between a Heart performance of the same song," says Monnig. "It's a really great effect. Gretchen shares the frame with two of her rock idols." This song also proves a challenge in playback, hitting the cues on both the Watchout system and the dedicated cube computer, as the lip sync has to be perfect.
The Watchout system works alongside No X-Cues™ by Innovative Design Technologies, video wall software that "offered a virtually limitless number of looks," according to Monnig. "We simply needed to weed out what worked and what didn't. Ultimately, getting these two systems to communicate aesthetically was our main priority."
Using one production computer as the programming and playback interface, the system is set up "like a non-linear editing platform," adds Monnig. It controls several display computers, which are linked back to the production computer via a standard Ethernet router. Three display computers are used on this tour — one for the side screens, one for the center cube wall, and one for the remaining cubes, plus a spare.
Implementing the video portion of Swinford's production design was no small feat, either, considering the unusual use of the Sony monitors at varying heights and built into the risers. "[Swinford's] vision had such an unorthodox use for the video cubes, which was entirely possible but had never really been explored before," says Monnig. "Given this, programming was a challenge, but it was also a fantastic opportunity to do something new, to really push Mike's design. So when we sat down to design looks for the show, Joe Monahan, the cube programmer, and I would weigh the possibilities. Again, the primary goal was to ease the communication between Watchout and the considerably older cube software, No X-Cues."
Monnig and Monahan played with ideas such as stretching images across all of the cubes, but they had to take into consideration introducing new media during certain parts of the show. Some solutions involved going back to the video editor or the graphic designer, while other fixes were possible in Watchout or in the dedicated cube computer. "The challenge was to minimize the number of cues Joe, the final operator of both machines, needed to run during a song," says Monnig. "If there was ever a problem during the show, and he and I had not been conscientious by layering four cues between two computers within the space of one verse, he could miss all of those cues, and a bad situation would only get worse. To minimize this, we developed a 'piece mag' for some songs. With this, we created a grid that arranged all the elements of the cube wall into a 6×6 square. We then laid the video we created over the grid and said this section of video should correspond with this portion of the wall. The final composite of the video looks like a jigsaw puzzle, but it ultimately means that Joe only has to push one button instead of six."
Monnig's favorite example of these two systems working together is in "Politically Uncorrect." "As the song begins, an enormous flag appears stretched across all the cubes, which is being sent from one Watchout display computer and processed as one input by the cube computer," he says. "When the verse begins, the side screens show a montage of blue collar workers and iconic American imagery. This is also being sent to the cube computer as a separate input. No X-Cues boasts the ability to grab freeze frames from its input, and slowly the flag, still waving, is replaced by individual still images from the montage. The end result is a mosaic of images of America, which dissolves to the initial giant stretch of Old Glory. It is a fantastic metaphor and one that adheres closely to Gretchen's beliefs."
Video director Pryor adds that the show always keeps things interesting for playback. "We hang on for the ride," he says. "That being said, we utilize three cameras, and I cut for the screens and cubes and add in some B-roll as well. Chasing Dean Hall on guitar and Dan Hochholter on fiddle all over the stage can prove to be tricky, but it keeps us on our toes and keeps each show fresh and fun!"
Wilson's tour runs through the fall, with several festival appearances planned for the summer.
Redneck Revolution Crew:
Lighting and production design: Mike Swinford
Video producer: Scott Scovill, president of MooTV
Lighting programmer: Mark Butts
Lighting director: Carter Fulghum, Morris Leasing
Video director/crew chief: Bailey Pryor
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The distinction is determined solely by the prejudices of whomever is bothering to make it. Scripting is a domain in which a programming language is used, not some basic attribute of it. You could use C to write your system automation tools, but it would be a waste of time when a simple Bash script would get the job done quicker and in a far more concise manner. Likewise, you could write your virtualization software in Ruby but its going to be dog slow, and probably full of weird hacks to make shit work.
Programming languages are for solving problems, and depending on the problem you may need the higher level of abstraction provided by a so-called scripting language. Others are better served by getting as close to the metal as possible. Not every problem requires getting bogged down in the minute details of memory allocation, hardware IRQs, or chipset specific instructions. It might make it fast as hell, but you could easily get lost in the weeds and never end up solving the real problem at hand.


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INDIANAPOLIS — Josette Bernard had big dreams for her two boys.
The Haitian-born mother of two would tell her sons each would be stars someday.
But in the months and years after Josette succumbed to cancer in the summer of 1999, stardom was the last thing on the minds of the boys and their widowed father.
They were just trying to hang on.
Yven Bernard lost his business, his home in Boca Raton, Fla. A Porsche, a Lexus. But after a difficult stretch that drained their finances and emotions, the Bernards are back in a good place.
Yven (pronounced Evan) has remarried and is running his own dry cleaning business again. Gio Bernard, the younger son and former North Carolina standout, is ranked among the top running backs in the draft after leaving Chapel Hill following his redshirt sophomore season.
Yvenson (Evan-son) Bernard, an all-conference running back at Oregon State who played three seasons in the CFL, serves as an adviser to his brother and accompanied him to the scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Gio will run the 40-yard dash and other drills Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. If all goes well, the stardom Josette envisioned for her sons might come to fruition.
Gio is just glad his father is back in a good place.
"That's my dad's biggest thing right now is to see us happy," Gio said. "I'm striving each and every single way to get into the NFL. Whether it's special teams or whatever, hopefully I'll get in there and make a splash."
Everything, then gone
Giovani Govan Bernard was born in 1991, 11 years after his parents arrived in the U.S. from Haiti. The couple built a nice life in Boca Raton. They owned and operated the dry cleaning business, had a nice home and two luxury cars.
Then Josette got thyroid cancer.
Gio was 7 when she died. His memories of that time are not of his mother's final days or her funeral, but of the downward spiral that threatened to sink his father in the wake of Josette's death.
After losing his home in tony Boca Raton, Yven moved into a crumbling apartment on the seedy side of Fort Lauderdale. Yvenson, then at Oregon State, recalls coming home and being shocked at the neighborhood and living conditions.
The bathroom ceiling above the shower was caving in. A rat had chewed through the cord of the Xbox console, according to Yvenson.
"People can't imagine," Yvenson said. "Seeing that when I'd come back home, it was like, 'What the heck is going on?'"
Yven, whose wife handled the family's finances, had fallen behind on bills and wasn't sticking to a budget.
"His other half passed away. He wasn't paying bills on time," Yvenson said. "I think he tried to cover his sadness by buying a bunch of random crap."
Yven said the Bernards "had everything a family could have" before his wife's death.
Then they didn't.
What they did have were caring and helpful friends and neighbors. A couple that lived nearby allowed Gio to move in and took him to school and baseball and football practices since Yven didn't have a vehicle.
One of Gio's youth football coaches also took an interest in him – a man Yven calls "coach Carter." He was Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter, whose son, Duron, was on Gio's team.
Besides giving Yven $2,000 to help pay bills and getting Gio to practices on time, Carter also got Gio to make the required weight for the league. According to Yven and Yvenson, Carter would have Gio sit in his car in the Florida sun with the windows up and the heat cranked for half-hour stretches.
It worked.
The boy Yvenson called a "little fatty growing up" dropped 20 pounds and was eligible to play.
"He's always been a role model to me. Just the way he carries himself and the fact he got into the Hall of Fame," Gio said of Carter. "He's definitely helped me out throughout my entire life."
Carter also helped get Gio into St. Thomas Aquinas, a private school in Fort Lauderdale with one of the richest NFL pipelines in the country. With the school's campus 30 miles from where Yven and Gio were living in Boynton Beach, Gio spent parts of two years with the family of teammate James White, a running back at Wisconsin.
Yven is thankful for the support he received during the tough times. And he's proud of how his younger son endured.
"Gio is the one who suffered a lot with me," said Yven, whose English remains somewhat halting. "Everything I went through, he was right there for me. He saw everything. ... This kid went through so much. I don't know how he made it. It was very tough."
Always a gamer
Gio's struggles extended to football.
A hamstring injury sidelined him his senior year at Aquinas. After arriving at UNC in 2010, he tore his ACL in his third practice and was out for the season.
He returned in 2011 to set a UNC freshman record with 1,253 yards rushing. Bernard surpassed the 1,200-yard mark again last season and was the ACC rushing leader despite missing games with a knee injury.
He also led the conference in all-purpose yards (1,981), punt-return average (16.4) and touchdowns (19).
Bernard said versatility is his best asset.
"You want to get the ball in your hands, whatever way that is," he said. "Whether as a kick returner, punt returner, whatever it is, you want to have the ball in your hands."
The two biggest knocks on Bernard are his injury history and size. He measured 5-foot-8 and 202 pounds at the combine.
His response to the injury criticism: "I'm still there. I'm still on the field, I'm still producing. Things like that are going to happen. People are going to have nicks and bumps. It's just a matter of playing through it and getting back on the field."
NFLDraftScout.com ranks Bernard as the No. 2 back behind Alabama's Eddie Lacy, who is not running in Indianapolis because of a small hamstring tear. Pro Football Weekly lists Bernard as the top utility back and projects him as a second- or third-round pick.
Ex-UNC guard Jonathan Cooper appreciates Bernard's elusiveness and humility.
"He's so humble, and he's always giving his line the credit," Cooper said. "There are only 11 on the field. He'll make 12 miss, and he'll give the offensive line the credit for it."
Bernard's signature UNC moment came in October when he returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown in the final seconds of a 43-35 win against N.C. State, breaking a five-game losing streak to the Wolfpack.
"He's a gamer, man," Yvenson said. "I can go back to that one play."
Reaching for the stars
Gio and Yvenson have been living in Los Angeles, where Gio has been training for the draft. They recently called their father, who cut the conversation short to get back to work.
The brothers weren't upset, but pleased their dad is working again.
Yven, who is 52 and married to a woman who lives in Haiti, is running the Regal Cleaners, which he took over from the former owner with no down payment. With his work schedule, Yven didn't see Gio play for UNC until the Tar Heels traveled to Miami in October.
And while he's thrilled about his son's accomplishments, Yven might not watch the draft.
"I might cry a lot," he said. "I don't watch him play football sometimes because I cry a lot. Emotionally, I cannot see how good he is and how much he can (mean) in my life."
"He's on cloud nine right now," Gio said. "Has a steady job. I'm at the NFL combine. It's tough to get any better than this right now."
On his left wrist, Gio has a tattoo of his mother's name, Josette, in cursive, flanked by a pair of stars. His brother has the same tattoo.
"She always said we'll be stars," Gio said. "So I'm hopefully trying to get there."


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