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Zephyr Teachout '99, released her new book, Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuffbox to Citizen's United (Harvard University Press) in late fall, just as the midterm election cycle wrapped up. An associate professor of law at Fordham University, Teachout had spent the summer running for office, challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination, and receiving more than one-third of the primary vote.

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Have it all with the new DD15 engine: Performance, Fuel Economy and Reliability.
"Torque Response" is engineering speak for get-up from a dead stop. And the DD15™ is 75% faster than a Series 60®. Even fully loaded, you feel yourself launching up the on-ramps. A test-fleet driver with 20 years experience said, "It's like being in a jet."
Up to 50 free HP with turbo compounding. Get an extra kick of up to 50 free horsepower without spending an extra drop of fuel. It's called turbo compounding, and no other engine in North America has it. It works by converting a little heated exhaust, and feeding its power straight into the drivetrain. And that extra kick — using fuel you would've burned anyway — increases fuel mileage up to 5% at road loads.Torque curve?
More like a torque plane. The DD15 flat-out pulls. It's got a torque curve as wide as Wyoming; the power's there all the time so you won't be grabbing around for gears on little hills and on gusty highways. And down at 1,100 RPM, it'll still push you back into your seat. That means even with a governor on the engine, you'll get a punch off the line.
DDEC VI: Consistent where it counts. If there's one area you don't want technicians re-learning, it's the electronics. And the DD15 uses the familiar DDEC VI. You get all the power and control from the familiar DDEC VI electronics systems that you're used to from Detroit Diesel's other engines. Expect precision in diagnostics and analytics at all times.
The sound of silence. The DD15 is all purr: it's unlike any other engine you've ever heard. By using the Amplified Common Rail System (ACRS), the stroke is a series of smaller combustions. That makes the DD15 quieter in the cab and on the road. Because you want to feel the power, not hear the power for 10 hours a day.
Fuel Economy: More Power, Less Fuel. You read that right: No more choosing between weak pulling power or painful moments at the fuel pump. The game-changing DD15 gives you both: amazing driveability and up to 5% better fuel economy than the notorious fuel-miser, the Series 60.
Shift Less, Burn Less. Because the DD15 has a flatter torque curve throughout its RPM range, you'll need to shift less to maintain speed up and down small hills, or in gusty conditions. And less shifting means better fuel economy. As one of our test drivers said, "It just ate up those hills."
Use Only the Fuel You Need. The DD15 boosts fuel efficiency by injecting only the precise amount of fuel needed for a particular speed, acceleration, altitude, and grade. Several times per second, the MCM (Motor Control Module) measures how far down you've got the hammer, and provides the perfect amount of fuel.
Amplified Common Rail System The Amplified Common Rail Fuel System (ACRS) improves performance throughout the torque range and allows fine-tuning of combustion to reduce emissions, noise, vibration and fuel consumption. DD15 has one of the highest compression ratios in the industry, and when combined with the ACRS, you get an engine with impressive overall performance. The "amplified" in ACRS means that peak pressure is reached only at each point of injection, maximizing the combustion potential of each high capacity cylinder. This electronically-optimized fuel delivery actually changes the pressure, the timing and the spray for every injection, to every cylinder, every second the engine is performing. This creates incredibly effective combustion for each and every revolution. Not only does this maximize your performance within the cylinders, but reduces deposits like soot and carbon, resulting in fewer Aftertreatment Device (ATD) regenerations. The bottom line is that all your performance demands are always being met: power, fuel efficiency and emissions.
Integrated, Reliable EGR. We built the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system right into the core engine design, making the system more reliable and easier to maintain. Part of that design meant simplifying the EGR to just one valve, which makes the system more efficient at meeting clean exhaust standards and saving fuel in the process.
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B50 Life: 1.2 Million Miles. North America has some mean roads, from the scorching blacktop of the southeast to the frozen mountaintops of the Rockies. We design our engines to run through it all with minimal maintenance. The B50 life — an engineering term that means the point at which half the engines produced will still be running — of a Detroit Diesel engine is 1.2 million miles. That's the highest in the heavy duty industry, and it means you should expect the same workhorse effort out of the DD15™ that you got out of the bulletproof Series 60®.
Go Farther Between Servicing. To run farther between oil drains (50,000 miles for long-haul), we increased the size of the oil pan to 47.5 quarts, as well as the size of the oil filter. And changing the filter is fast: it's a simple screw-on within arm's reach.
Easy Maintenance Rear Gear Train. The DD15 Rear Gear Train makes the turbo compounding possible. And its design might leave you wondering how you're going to get in there for maintenance and valve-lash inspections. So we built access plates that make maintenance quick and simple, and designed it with long intervals between valve lash adjustments.
Tried and True Turbo. With the addition of turbo compounding, we were able to return to the vastly simpler pre-EPA '98 turbo. The non-wastegate-style turbo has fewer parts, a longer life, and a longer service interval.
The Only New Heavy Duty Engine: DD15. Detroit Diesel designed the DD15 from the block up with an eye to the future. Features like the more powerful and integrated Jake brake and the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system have been integrated into the core design, rather than bolted on. We've even planned ahead for new EPA emissions laws in 2010 with design features that allow simple integration of a new After Treatment System.
DD15 Warranty Quality comes first at Detroit Diesel. When you're #1, it has to. That's why we back each DD15 with a standard, comprehensive warranty as rugged as the engine itself. It's part of our dedication to providing the best product support available in the industry. Plus, you can even toughen up your warranty with special extended coverage options available through TEAM Truck Centres. And because Detroit Diesel engines hold their resale value, your warranty is transferable to future owners—no extra charge. DD15 Warranty Features: Engine: 2 years, unlimited miles, including 100% parts and labor Accessories: 2 years, 500,000 miles, including parts and labor Major components: 5 years, 500,000 miles No charge on parts *Refer to Detroit Diesel warranty parchment for complete warranty details, terms and conditions


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EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene man may have gotten away with burglarizing a Eugene business, had he not returned to the scene of the crime to steal more money.
This all started Thursday when Jeremiah Owens, 22, allegedly came to Eugene Textile Center, walked into the owner's office and stole her keys. The owner, Susie Liles, realized her keys were stolen as she was leaving for work.
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Chances are if your home air conditioning unit isn't on high, it will be soon. With the dangerously hot weather heading our way there are places to help keep you cool, if you don't have AC.
There's only one way William and Brenda Littlecloud can afford to stay cool and that's through fans. "You spread them all out the best you can, but more fans just aren't going to make the air any more cooler," said Brenda Littlecloud.
They have a total of five fans running non-stop and say they're bracing themselves for the heat wave heading toward the Tri-Cities, "Hard to breath, very stifling, get very sticky, very uncomfortable, you're just miserable."
News 5 stopped by Good Samaritan Ministries and learned they're giving out fans to those with no air conditioning and those fans are going fast.
Close by, The Salvation Army is worried about the high temps as well. They've already got a drink station out in their parking lot and once it hits 90 degrees, they open the White Flag Room with air conditioning. "As long as they've got some type of I.D. They can show up and we try to give them a place to stay both over night and also an extra place to stay during the day to make sure that they're out of the extreme weather," said Captain Nick Garrison.
That blistering sun can make you seriously sick, meaning dehydration and heat exhaustion. "You're going to feel thirsty, because you're dehydrated, you're not going to the bathroom like you usually do, and your skin will start feeling warmer, you're not perspiring like you should," said Family Practice Doctor Bob Connell.
But those symptoms can quickly lead to heat stroke, which can be deadly. Doctor Connell says it's all about prevention and it's best to drink a lot of water.
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Tonight, Joe Tacopina—or as the TV makeup artists call him, "Joe-too-bad-he's-married-Tacopina"—is wandering the beaches of Aruba in his favorite Italian soccer shirt, his $6,500 Panerai watch (official timekeeping instrument of the Italian navy), and the leather sandals he bought in Milan, searching for Booty. It doesn't look good. He's here as part of his ongoing quest to clear "the good name" of Joran van der Sloot, one of his numerous infamous clients, the one who had the misfortune of being the last person to see (and sort of have sex with) Natalee Holloway.
But, ah, Joe is convinced—still!—that his client was not the last person to see Natalee alive. "Booty was," he says. "And who knows who else?" Booty is an alleged drug dealer who operates out of a hut on the beach, just feet from the ground-floor room at the Holiday Inn where Natalee was staying...until she vanished. Gotta find Booty.
Joran has not been charged with anything (despite spending ninety days in an Aruban jail), but more than a year after Natalee disappeared, Joe isn't taking any chances. He continues to investigate the crime as though the cable networks were still running nightly dispatches.
"Check this out," says Joe. We are standing toe-deep in sand on a pitch-black night, peering into Natalee's hotel room. The sliding doors lead directly to the beach—and to Booty's drug hut. Booty, Joe explains, told Joe's private investigator that he saw Natalee return to her room that night at three ten in the morning, fifteen minutes after Joran left her on the beach. "Booty knew it was Natalee, because he knew her," Joe says. "Because he sold her drugs earlier that day."
Wow. Now, that would be a news flash. Is he sure about this?
"Well, it would be kinda nice if I can get Booty to tell me the same thing," Joe says.
"Hey! You're that guy!"
Someone has recognized Joe on the beach. This happens all the time in Aruba. Actually, it doesn't matter where you go: These days, everyone seems to know Joe. They know him from his daily appearances in the tabloids, for representing&well, just about everyone. Joran van der Sloot; Bernie Kerik; Michael Jackson's manager; Foxy Brown (until they parted ways—"She's either gonna end up in jail or an insane asylum"); the "Page Six" guy accused of trying to shake down Ron Burkle; the Sopranos actor caught up in a cop killing; the woman who was hurt when Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his plane into her apartment; the nurse from New Jersey whose husband washed up in three suitcases in the Chesapeake Bay; and on and on. They've seen his constant appearances on the Greta-Larry-Abrams-Crier dead-girl-of-the-week cable-TV circuit. (But not Nancy Grace. He refuses to do Nancy Grace.) They've heard him on Imus in the Morning (he also occasionally "counsels Imus on legal matters"). Even his appearances as a legal expert for ABC News—a gig he discontinued because it precluded him from being on every channel. "It would have been to the detriment of my clients if I could only go on ABC," he says. But he still owes the network big-time. It was an ABC producer, after all, who told Joran van der Sloot to "call Joe Tacopina" after his previous lawyers pissed him off.
So part of the agenda in Aruba this week is to toss a bone to ABC's Chris Cuomo in the form of an "exclusive" sit-down with Joran. ABC did the first half of the interview yesterday, on the beach where Joran did not do it. "They wanted to do the interview near the fishermen's huts," Joe explains, "but we eschewed that. We don't want to make it any more sensational than it already is." (Joe thinks of everything.) Instead, they had Joran walk the beach where he did not do it at sunset, when the lighting would be nice. Other than that, "no ground rules," Joe says. Well, except that Cuomo wasn't allowed to ask about what happened that night! "We did that already," says Joe—in Cuomo's last exclusive with Joran and Greta's last exclusive with Joran&
That morning, over breakfast at the Hyatt, young Joran van der Sloot—who is so tall (six feet four) his head keeps hitting the lid over the omelet bar while the waitresses gawk and the other breakfast diners point—tells me that he hasn't had to worry about much since Joe Tac has been in charge. "I love the guy," he says. So much that "if I do get any money from any of these civil suits, I plan to give it all to Joe."
You mean more than his 30 percent?
"Every dime."
("He said that?" says Joe. "That's really touching." Ka-ching!)
Shortly after breakfast, Chris Cuomo—soon to be knighted as the news anchor of Good Morning America—is cooling his heels in the Hyatt lobby. His camera crew has to catch the next flight out of Aruba, and Cuomo is none too pleased that Tacopina is holding up the big interview because he's upstairs changing into a new soccer shirt.
"Relax," Joe tells Cuomo from his cell phone.
"He's on Tacopina time," Joran explains to Cuomo, referring to the phrase often used for Joe's chronic lateness.
Of course, it will all work out in the end. Joran will do the final interview poolside at his parents' house. Cuomo will get his "exclusive"—and his GMA gig. And Joe Tacopina will have another notch in his belt as the hottest lawyer in the country.


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Helping your employees find fulfillment boosts your success and saves money. Six simple tips make it easy.
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Thanks to globalization's widely distributed workteams, modern technology's constant connectivity, and the round-the-clock urgency of modern business, "work-life" balance has been a hot topic for years. But now, I think, it's time to give up on "work-life balance" and call it what it is: life balance.
Work and "life," or our "free time," have become so heavily intermingled that they should be seen as one, not as opposites cast against each other. And while it's hard enough to strike your own balance in this era, you have the added challenge as an IT leader of making sure you're helping your team members feel fulfilled and successful—and productive.
It may sound challenging, but managing people is at least as important to your success as managing budgets, projects, and technologies. Unhappy employees, as I've noted previously, cost a lot of money. (Gallup quantifies this as $450 billion to $550 billion annually in lost productivity.)
Although you can't realistically manage employees' emotional states outside the workplace, you can influence them to feel fulfilled by their lives, helping them connect their overall well-being and life goals to their contributions to your team.
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Really, it's a radically simple formula: If you know what life means to you—that is, what you really value in life—you can be more successful by bringing those values to your work, and helping your workers do the same. Consider these recommendations:
- Build strong personal relationships with your team members. A valued relationship with a boss helps workers feel fulfilled and excited about work, and drives them to perform better. Show a strong interest in their lives outside of the job—and listen for what makes each individual tick.
- Encourage employees to put work into a life context. I often ask my team members things like: "What's your next achievement?" "How will that fit into your overall life goals?" "What will make the difference in making you more successful?"
- Understand the connection between "work" and "non-work." It's going to be much more difficult to "protect" non-working hours from work, and to keep personal concerns out of the nine-to-five. Be aware of these tradeoffs and make sure that productivity doesn't suffer.
- Schedule frequent face-to-face conversations. Just listening, in silence, really helps reduce personal and professional stress. Let people vent. Listen attentively, then ask thoughtful questions that help them come up with their own solutions. Take action when a personal situation affects the workplace—before it reaches a crisis point.
- Respect individual differences. Everyone handles stress differently, so you must realize that there is no single "right" coping mechanism. Where one employee might find relief in more flextime, another might simply need a change of project priorities or an afternoon off with family. Just a little bit of downtime can significantly improve physical and mental health, as a number of studies show.
- Get everyone onboard. In many teams, perhaps especially in IT, there are individuals who are reluctant to open up. A leader can still create awareness of the increasing interdependency between work and non-work time. Try to make connections over shared interests, favorite movies, sports. Embrace the network of individuals across your team. There's usually one person who is a closer confidant of the reserved communicator, and he or she can be your ally. In my experience, the "lone wolf" almost always comes around—and both individual and team performance improve.
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"Work-life balance" has to become "life-balance," because the clear split between work and non-work time is fading. Leaders can benefit from an employee who responds off-hours, but must also make sure the new shift doesn't hurt productivity. Managing does not mean merely setting limits, but building better relationships to guide and influence each employee to strive for a happy life, and to also take pride and satisfaction in their increasing contributions to the workplace.
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Emily Maynard has finally found the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with! The 'Bachelorette' alum's handsome boyfriend, Tyler Johnson, popped the question to her on Jan. 4, and of course she said yes!
The third time's a charm! After two failed engagements to Bachelor Brad Womack and Bachelorette winner Jef Holm, Emily Maynard realized the man of her dreams had been right in front of her all along. Emily and fiance Tyler Johnson met several months before she started filming The Bachelorette in 2012, but didn't start seeing each other until after her split from Jef later that year. It's so great that Emily and Tyler reunited!
Emily Maynard Is Engaged To Tyler Johnson: 'We're Really Excited'
Tyler asked Emily to marry him with five gorgeous diamond bands that the bride-to-be thought were absolutely perfect, Us Weekly reports.
"I've had enough engagement rings," Emily jokes to the site.
The former reality TV star, who is a mom to daughter Ricki, 8, knows Tyler, 27, will be an amazing husband and father.
"We're really excited!! He proposed to me at home and gave both Ricki and me rings," she says. "It was so sweet! Ricki loves him more than she likes me!"
Emily is so over the moon for Tyler and she can't wait to start her life with him.
"We definitely are looking to get married sooner rather than later," Emily says. "No point in waiting!"
Jef Holm Explains Why He & Emily Maynard Broke Up
Emily and her Bachelorette sweetheart Jef Holm split up six months after she starred on The Bachelorette, and things got pretty nasty shortly after their breakup. But after the dust settled, Jef had some lovely things to say about Emily.
"She's a great girl," Jef told Wetpaint. "It didn't work out with us, but she's a great girl."
"Ultimately, we wanted different things," Jef added. "I ultimately wish the best for her. And it's a true testament to maturity, I think, that we can stay friends afterwards and wish the best for each other."
It sounds like Jef just wasn't a good match for Emily — but hopefully Tyler is!
We're so happy for Emily and her new fiance! How about you, HollywoodLifers? Do you think Tyler is the right man for Emily? Let us know!
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This isn't a new watch and this isn't an old watch. In fact, the Bell & Ross WW1 Régulateur Pink Gold was announced last year for Baselworld 2013 (eons ago, considering the staccato frequency of watch releases lately). So why take a look now? Well, why not? Regularly enough we come across watches that aren't quite vintage (or complex) enough to cover in-depth, and aren't quite brand-spanking new, but offer a commendable take on design and engineering. While the movement is nothing extraordinary, the WW1 Régulateur falls into the former aesthetically-minded category, which makes it worth bringing into the office for a few hands-on photos.


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1973 continues to be a strong year for vintage Armagnacs at K&L. Fresh of the boat from our latest French expedition with Charles Neal comes this nearly 40 year old brandy from our favorite co-operative distillery. As a property that's been in existence since the 1200's, Ognoas spends much of its time as an agricultural school and a training ground for young distillers. Because of their status as a "co-op" of sorts, the operation is partly subsidized by the French government, which means the prices are insanely low! This 1973 selection is practically seamless. The entry is rich and warming, wood spices and dark fruits transition into caramel and toffee before you've even had the chance to notice. The flavors are never overpowering or cloying, however, despite the four decades this brandy has spent in wood. This is as good of a deal as you'll see for something this old and this good. Thank goodness K&L lets us go over the Atlantic to find this stuff! (David Driscoll, K&L Spirits Buyer)
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Like many of you, we have a big week ahead of us as we get ready to receive family and host Thanksgiving at our home here in NC. This will be our first time hosting and prepping a big dinner, which makes me excited (place settings!) and nervous (brining?!) all at once. But already having a giant turkey all snug in the freezer and plans to mix cream cheese into our T-day mashed potatoes gives me some peace of mind.
It's been a while since I've made anything with kids not having to do with a Rainbow Loom, but Thanksgiving break will give us time for fun, seasonal hands-on crafts and activities. Crayola has put together an inspirational slide show of some easy projects. Check it out below!
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DIY Holiday Card Display
November 21, 2013
My second project for iVillage's 30 Days of HoliDIY is up today! Visit here for full instructions on making your own holiday card display. This DIY is much less intense than the dollhouse, but still in keeping with a simple, modern aesthetic!
Hot Wheels Car Maker Review + Giveaway
September 26, 2013
To end the week, I have a fun giveaway for you. Hot Wheels recently sent us their car maker to try out and I can't tell you how excited the boys were over creating and designing their own cars. It's like the perfect collision (eh, accidental pun) of two worlds; cars and crafting!
The kit comes with enough supplies to make 10 car bodies. Only three chassis were included, but the kids enjoyed switching out the different bodies. Two types of molds output a car shape and a truck, all easily customizable with various decals.
The process was really simple; insert a plastic stick into the top of the car maker (a purple stick is already placed so the first car is inevitably purple), slide one of the molds into the car maker base, and (get this!) follow the voice instructions because the machine talks. And plays music, which only adds to the drama of the artistic process.
The car maker takes about 7-10 minutes to melt down the plastic stick (all done safely inside the car maker) after which you're prompted by Mr. Hot Wheels himself to push down the lever. You'll have to wait another 10 minutes for the plastic to cool down enough to handle, but everything is self-timed and the door at the base will pop open when ready.
A little tool helps you easily pop the car body off the mold. This part was a tiny bit messy, but overall it was a low-trash/debris project. Obviously the plastic isn't as durable as its die-cast metal counterparts, BUT you get to add your own stickers — which the boys enjoyed.
This is definitely a favorite toy of ours. You can purchase directly from the Mattel website, but Mattel was generous enough to offer one lucky reader a kit of their own! To enter, simply leave a comment at the end of this post. Edited: Wanted to add that I just created a Facebook page for Ambrosia Creative. Feel free to leave a second comment/entry for yourself for liking my new Facebook page, thank you!
Giveaway closes October 7, 2013 and I will contact the winner by email. Good luck!
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September 23, 2013
It's a little too early for this stuff, right? But in case you're one to get a jump-start on Halloween, here's an easy craft to do with the kids! Instructions are at Hellobee.
Changing Spaces
August 21, 2013
Didn't mean for the blog to go dark for so long (almost an entire month, oops!). But within the last few weeks we learned that our landlord sold the house we're renting so we've spent a considerable amount of time searching and finally securing a new place. If you want to drive your kids crazy, drive them all over Charlotte to view house after house after house. Then, milkshakes for dinner would be totally justified.
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Pizza for breakfast? This upscale breakfast pizza features a naan flatbread crust, candied bacon, spinach, Gruyere cheese and sunny-side up eggs.
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Chelsea Clinton Reveals Why She Wanted to Interview Author Judy Blume on Rock Center
Chelsea Clinton, who serves as a special correspondent for NBC, recently sat down with author Judy Blume on Rock Center with Brian Williams and revealed to "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" she wanted to interview the author because she couldn't imagine growing up without her books.
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Adding, that while rereading those books, she was "flooded with all these memories of how her characters helped navigate me through things that I think a lot of kids go through." Like, "worrying about homework, worrying about if the boy I liked, liked me; whether as a girl I could stand up to the boys, dealing with puberty—all the things her characters deal with, with such grit and determination and that meant so much to as a little kid."
Although Chelsea's a huge fan of Blume, she joked her husband Marc Mezvinsky didn't know who Blume was!
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Nuggets rally from 16 down to win at Georgetown (Ky.) November 12, 2011 Box score GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Senior center Keldra Hall scored eight points during a closing rally Saturday which lifted NAIA No. 16 Xavier University of Louisiana to a 79-76 women's basketball victory against host Georgetown in the Chick-fil-A Classic. The Gold Nuggets (3-1) trailed by 16 points late in the first half, 41-28 at halftime and 70-61 with 4:09 remaining before an 18-6 run in which they scored on their final eight possessions. Hall had a pair of 3-point plays during the rally, with the second putting Xavier ahead to stay at 71-70 with 1:54 remaining. "It's hard on the road," Xavier coach Bo Browder said. "But the Gold Nuggets know how to fight!" Hall finished with 10 points and five rebounds.Brandi Young scored 17 points — including 2-of-2 3-pointers and 9-of-10 free throws — Jasmine Grant scored 12 and Carmen Holcombe and Jessica Savannah had 11 apiece. Grant made 4-of-8 3-pointers. Holcombe added a career-high eight rebounds and Savannah, a freshman, did not miss any of her seven shots. Grant's final 3-pointer followed a Holcombe steal and gave Xavier a 74-70 lead with 1:42 remaining. Young made 3-of-4 free throws in the final 12 seconds. It was the first time in five years that the Nuggets won despite surrendering 75 or more points. Andrea Howard had 19 points and six rebounds for Georgetown (4-1). Mikkah Rogers scored a season-high 18 points. Jessica Waddle had 17 points and five rebounds, and Devon Golden had 10 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Howard scored 15 first-half points and passed to Waddle for a 3-pointer which gave the Tigers their biggest lead, 41-26, with 27 seconds remaining in the first half. Grant answered with a 3-pointer on the next possession. Georgetown outshot the Nuggets 39.6 to 35.3 percent from the floor and outrebounded them 46-35.
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It was only a little over a year ago that Samsung released its W200 rugged pocket camcorder, a device we believed had some strengths that were ultimately outweighed by its shortcomings. Now, Samsung has released its successor, the HMX-W300, which is dustproof, shockproof up to 6.5 feet, and waterproof up to 16.4 feet. As is usually the case with pocket camcorders, it has an affordable MSRP of $159.00 (though you can get it for $139.00 at B&H).
So did Samsung take this opportunity to ameliorate the issues that kept the W200, a promising pocket camcorder, from achieving greatness? Or is this just a redundant iteration that fails to bring any improvements -- or change at all -- to the table? Let's have a look and find out.
Despite the fact that the W300 is ruggedized and a little on the wide side (2.36" x 4.41" x 0.7"), it's still a lightweight camcorder. While it certainly feels tough, isn't particularly heavy, weighing in at only 137 grams (about 0.3 pounds), so it isn't uncomfortable to hold or use. There is a slightly rubberized material that runs around the edges of the device, while the rest is textured plastic, all held together by screws.
The top side is devoid of any features or controls, and the right side is home to just the power button. The bottom of the device is where users will find the tripod mount and a switch-locked door, behind which there is a spring-loaded USB plug that flips out when you open the hatch. The left side of the camcorder features a similar hatch, which conceals the microSD (XC) card slot, a micro HDMI port, and the hard reset button.
The rest of the action takes place on the backside of the device. In the center, there is a four-way directional pad -- used for navigation as well as zooming, toggling underwater shooting mode, and adjusting the amount of information displayed on the screen -- which has a confirm/OK button in its center.
The d-pad, in turn, is surrounded by three buttons on either side. On the left is the toggle for photo/vide, the menu button, and the "My Clip" button (more on this later), and on the right is the playback button, the share/pause button, and the delete button. Below all of these is a very small internal speaker and a charging indicator light.
Ergonomics and Controls
Though the W300 is big enough to have a reasonably-sized screen, it isn't massive. In fact, it's the perfect size for one-handed use, with all of the buttons easily accessible to your thumb on the back of the device; the only button that isn't on the back is the power button.
The semi-rubberized grip material that runs around the edge of the device is an excellent choice, as is the textured surface on the front and part of the back. Grippy material may seem like a given for a waterproof camcorder, but just look at the W200, which was devoid of any rubberized surfaces. Go figure. I'm just glad that Samsung put a little more thought into it this time around, even if I do wish that the rubber material on the edges was a little grippier.
The reviewer of the W200 pointed out a problem with that particular model (and with a fair amount of other pocket camcorders, for that matter), which was that the buttons weren't particularly easy to press. This is once again the case for the W300, but not quite for the same reasons she presented. She bemoaned the fact that the buttons on the W200 had a "mushy depression," but this is not the case here.
The buttons at least emit a click that you can usually feel, which is an improvement, but my issue is that they have an extremely shallow depression; the buttons barely go down before becoming fully depressed. The buttons are always responsive in terms of actually executing their commands, it's just that the presses never feel quite right. After what we saw with the W200, this is a small step in the right direction, but there's still some work to be done.
As far as pocket camcorders go, the W300 has a pretty roomy 2.3-inch LCD display, which I love. This is made possible thanks to the wide body of the device and it helps keep things from feeling claustrophobic, even when pulling up menus. I do wish, however, that Samsung had opted to leave out the "widescreen effect" black bars that run along the top and bottom of the display.
The quality of the display may leave some users wanting, as well. The viewing angle is extremely poor, and even on its highest setting, the screen isn't all that bright and can be difficult to see in bright lighting. The W300's QVGA resolution may won't blow you away either, but on the other hand, it really isn't all that important to have a stunningly high-resolution display on a pocket camcorder.
Menus and Modes
With pocket camcorders from other manufacturers, the menus are usually set up in such a way so that you're taken to another screen entirely. And in many cases, selecting a menu choice will take you to yet another separate page so, before you know it, you're four or five pages deep in the menus and navigation becomes a hassle. Thankfully, this isn't the case with the W300.
I'm a big fan of the way the menus are set up on the W300, because Samsung eschews the idea of having each page of menu options take up the whole screen so users have to suffer through menu diving. Instead, the menu is simply a semi-transparent overlay that pops up on top of the standby video feed.
Each of the menu options (represented as little icons) are on a bar that runs across the top of the screen and it's as simple as clicking left or right to sift through all the options and find what you're looking for. As you move through each category, a small pull-down menu pops up that only takes up a portion of the screen. Once you're in the right category, it's just a matter of pressing up or down to go through the options and select the one you need. All the while, the video feed is still visible in the background and not a single screen-covering page is ever pulled up. It's a much more user-friendly interface than I usually come across with pocket camcorders, and that's a welcome change.
The options in the settings menu are pretty standard for a pocket camcorder and include storage info, date/time set, date/time display (on/off), LCD brightness, Auto LCD off, beep sound toggle, shutter sound toggle, auto power off, PC software, video out (NTSC/PAL), format, restore default settings, and language.
There are some features that are missing from the W300 that I would have really liked to see, including some sort of light or flash. More often than not, videos shot underwater come out a little on the dark side and an external light could have helped with that. The zoom is also weak, as its only 3x and digital, meaning it's basically useless given how badly it pixelates the image. And finally, the digital image stabilization (DIS) doesn't do much to help reduce camera shake; optical image stabilization is far more effective.
Credit where credit is due, however, as the W300 is as tough as advertised, easily handling the various drops and underwater trials I put it through (though admittedly, I never used it in any sort of environment that would have tested its "dustproof"-ness). Also, it charges surprisingly quickly and provides users with a respectable amount of battery life. Shooting over one hour of continuous video in one sitting before tapping out, it may not be the best battery life I've ever seen on a pocket camcorder, but it's definitely solid.
Shooting Performance
Manual controls on the W300 are kept to a minimum, as it mostly opts for the usual "stupid simple" approach that most pocket camcorders take. This means that, aside from the handful of available filters, most of the settings are handled automatically (and can only be handled automatically), including focus, white balance, aperture, etc.
One of the few manual controls is the inclusion of an Aqua Mode. As the name suggests, it's to be turned on while shooting underwater to help compensate for any blurry images or distortion. There is also the My Clip button, which allows users to tag specific scenes within videos so they can skip to them instantly later without having to fast forward or rewind.
A feature that is still missing, on the other hand, is the inclusion of a macro mode, an absence that the reviewer of the W200 addressed and is still not remedied in this iteration.
Possibly the most serious issue that the W300 has, however, is with the performance of the aforementioned autofocus. As subjects enter and leave the shot, the camcorder often takes an excruciatingly long time to adjust its focus accordingly. A surefire way for this to occur is if you're taking video of some sort of landscape (or otherwise have the entire shot in focus), and then have a subject enter in the foreground close to the lens. First, the camcorder will take its time getting the foreground subject in focus while blurring out the background and establishing depth of field. But then once that close-up subject leaves the shot, the W300 struggles mightily to get the background landscape back into focus.
The same issues plague the W300 when trying to take still shots, too, as the camcorder will sometimes take a good two or three seconds to try to pull the picture into focus. And even then, photos still often come out blurry or just slightly out of focus.
Video, Stills, and Audio Performance
The W300's video quality is pretty much par for the course as far as pocket camcorders go; its sharpness will leave you wanting, despite the fact that it shoots 1080p HD video. And its maximum 30 FPS shooting speed causes the video to look a bit choppy at times while also suffering a bit from motion blur.
Despite Samsung's lauding of the W300's BSI CMOS sensor, the low-light shooting abilities of the W300 are mediocre in common conditions, with graininess and noise occurring in most indoor shots unless the room you're in is very well-lit.
However, its abilities tend to impress a little more in extreme circumstances; in very dark or shady areas, while you can still see a fair amount of grain, you can at least see your subject with a fair amount of clarity, and probably moreso than what you would see from competing pocket camcorders. Nevertheless, on the whole, I wouldn't recommend buying this camcorder for its low-light shooting capabilities, which are easily outstripped by most point-and-shoots.
And shooting underwater, while fun, definitely does not produce ideal-looking video. The already-poor sharpness of the video is further blurred by shooting underwater?in fact, almost everything seems a little more muted when shooting underwater, including the brightness, focus, color quality, and obviously, the audio quality. The one thing it does have going for it is that distortion as a result of the water is kept to a minimum, regardless of whether or not Aqua Mode is on (truth be told, I couldn't tell the difference between when it was on and when it was off).
The W300 takes okay photos for a pocket camcorder, but I'm definitely not as impressed with them as the reviewer of the W200 was with its stills. A major weak point is the oversaturation of colors, and photos look washed out to the point of appearing almost foggy. The stills could be a little sharper in my opinion, too, though I must say that I was impressed with the quality of the white balance, which almost always seemed to be spot-on.
Unfortunately, the audio quality of the videos taken with the W300 is not very good at all. The microphone is, inexplicably, located on the back of the device, so it's never even facing in the direction in which the video is being taken. While this obviously disrupts pickup, the fact that it's so small and covered to provide protection from the elements also works against you, resulting in audio that is weak, somewhat tinny, and subject to picking up a fair amount of ambient noise.
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Operation and Extras
In terms of what ships in the box with the W300, it's a pretty bare-bones affair. The camera ships with a wrist strap and?that's it. No USB dongle extender, no HDMI cable, and the user manual is nothing more than a "Quick Start Guide" that's only a few pages long. Granted, it does come with an 8 GB, Class 10 microSD HC card, but this more out of necessity than anything else, due to the fact that the W300 has zero onboard storage.
Though it would have been nice to see Samsung include a hard copy, the W300 unit does come preloaded with the Intelli-studio software -- which launches upon plugging the camcorder into your computer via USB -- for importing, minor editing, and sharing. It's standard stuff for included camcorder software, but it certainly isn't bad; the user-friendly interface for video editing and the included effect options are some of its high points.
But if you'd rather just stick to drag and drop, that's an option too, as the W300 can be easily accessed as a mass storage device. Also making things simple is the fact that the W300 records video in MP4 and photos in JPEGs, so conversion is rarely necessary since those are generally accepted formats for just about anything.
With the HMX-W300, Samsung had the perfect opportunity to address many of the shortcomings of the camcorder's predecessor, the W200, which had plenty of room for improvement. Poor button construction, mediocre video quality, and the lack of a macro mode were some of our previous complaints that are still not ameliorated with the W300.
In fact, the W300 seems like more or less the same product as the W200, with the exception of perhaps a slightly better build and the introduction of new issues like its poor-quality autofocus. It's not the worst pocket camcorder we've ever seen, and its ruggedness is definitely a plus, but it was, on the whole, still very much a letdown. The W300 was a second chance for Samsung and the company didn't capitalize on it, instead opting to release a product that was, in many ways, identical to the W200 with its disappointing performance.


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Updated: May 24, 2011 10:27 PM
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BATON ROUGE- Bad grades has put some sports programs at Southern University on punishment.
The NCAA has banned eight teams at Southern University, including football and men's basketball, from post-season play for one year. And, the football program lost 9 of it's 63 scholarships.
The university has been warned before about low grades in several sports in years past, but this year the school got serious penalties.
To help improve the grades, interim Athletic Director Sandy Pugh and her administration have started implementing a three pronged approach called the Student First Initiative - Academic Reform where:
Southern University wasn't alone, 58 sports programs at colleges across the country got punished. A quarter of those are in Louisiana.


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Lynde Francis broke AIDS stigma by going public, opening drop-in center.
PRETORIA, South Africa — Lynde Francis was a Zimbabwean who turned despair into hope.
First her own, upon learning she was HIV-positive back in 1986, when AIDS was a death sentence in Zimbabwe and elsewhere, she was determined not to give up and she blazed a path of optimism and health for herself, and for many others.
Those were the dark, lonely days when AIDS was seen as a plague, when African governments were silent about the epidemic, when families rejected HIV-positive relatives. Antiretrovirals were a just a dream.
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She made a will, named guardians for her children and obtained a Final Exit kit — pills to commit suicide — for she dreaded the opportunistic infections of AIDS.
Twenty years later, the kit was still lying around in a drawer in her home, a souvenir "past its sell-off date," she said with a laugh in 2007. And Francis was "still fat and healthy, past my own sell-off date."
Her keys to life were three books about food and health lent to her by a business associate, a vegan macrobiotic. Correct nutrition and spiritual well-being was the only anti-AIDS therapy available then in Africa.
Francis bet on a balanced life to live longer. She got healthier. She gained weight. She regained her feistiness. She thought a lot about AIDS and people and Africa.
It was a lonely battle then. Zimbabwe's general population had very little information but a great deal of fear.
In 1991, when her partner committed suicide, she felt free to disclose she was HIV-positive in the media — the first white Zimbabwean to do so.
Instantly, she gave AIDS a new face: An attractive, middle-class woman, a mother, a business owner, the country's first registered female journeyman, a concert promoter with 25 years in the music industry, a staple in the concert and party circuits, who lived in a comfortable, rambling house in a leafy suburb of Harare.
"I live with HIV and so can you," was her message. AIDS no longer had a scary, emaciated, black face in Zimbabwe, where about a quarter of the population of 12 million was infected.
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At the time, hers was a revolutionary message. Live positively and you will live longer. Eat nutritious local food. Share your grief. Manage your health. Know your status. Have safe sex. Have hope. Avoid self-pity, despair and victimhood. Take control of your life.


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