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DETROIT — Maybe it was the brand new, bright red Chevrolet Corvette gleaming in one corner, or the elegant BMW coupe in the other. Maybe it was just the free-flowing espresso at nearly every stand. But car companies were positively giddy as the North American International Auto Show opened last week in Detroit.
They have reason to be. U.S. new car and truck sales reached a five-year high of 14.5 million in 2012, and many executives and analysts think they'll climb to 15.5 million this year. Credit is easier to obtain, interest rates are low and many people who held on to old cars during the recession are ready to buy.
To catch those customers' eyes at the Detroit show, companies unveiled 59 new cars and concepts. Here are several trends visitors saw:
more efficiency
One lesson from this year's show: There are plenty of ways to squeeze more efficiency from cars and trucks.
Volkswagen is showing a plug-in hybrid SUV prototype called the CrossBlue that mates a diesel engine with two electric motors. It can travel 14 miles in all-electric mode and gets an estimated 35 miles per gallon while running on gas and electricity. The Jeep Grand Cherokee also is making a jump to diesel power with a new, optional 3-liter V-6 diesel that gets 30 miles per gallon on the highway, five better than the gas-powered V-6.
Automakers are trying other tricks to save fuel, even in muscle cars. The eight-cylinder engine on the 2014 Corvette kicks down to four at highway speeds. The grille and wheels of Ford's Atlas concept pickup have shutters that automatically close at high speeds to cut wind drag. Many carmakers are replacing steel with aluminum, carbon fiber and other materials to save weight.
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With new home construction on the rise, pickup sales are poised to grow.
General Motors' Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra, which will go on sale this spring, have mean-looking grilles, restyled interiors and engines and transmissions GM promises will be very efficient. Chrysler's just-refurbished Ram pickup also is no slouch, boasting a segment-best 25 mpg on the highway.
But Ford, whose F-series has been the top-selling truck for more than three decades, pulled off one of the show's few surprises, lowering its Atlas pickup concept from the ceiling amid a shower of sparks during media previews. Ford gave few details about the beefy, chiseled Atlas, other than to say it hints at the look of the next F-series, due in 2014 or 2015.
Luxury boom
Supple leather seats, finely stitched dashboards and sparkling chrome grilles are everywhere at this year's auto show, a sign that car companies are clawing at each other for a piece of the growing and lucrative U.S. luxury market.
From a well-crafted new E-Class lineup from Mercedes to the plush, decked out luxury Cadenza sedan from once-lowly Kia, automakers are vying for customers who are ready to be pampered a little more.
Luxury sales grew almost 12 percent last year to over 1 million sales, and automakers are expecting further increases as people feel better about the economy.
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At the Detroit show, Honda opened a new front in the battle with a sharp-looking small utility. It's based on a subcompact frame and will be smaller than Honda's popular CR-V. It's a new part of the market that's attractive to automakers because there aren't any well-established competitors to unseat.
Nissan already is in the market with its funky Juke. General Motors' Buick is just entering with an all-new Encore.
Honda Executive Vice President John Mendel says the new vehicle, called simply an "Urban SUV Concept," is designed for city commuters who still want the cargo space, adventurous lifestyle and high sitting position of an SUV.
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DISCOVER KOREA: Asia After Five is from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education Center, 1809 N. Chaparral St. The event features live entertainment, free parking or ride free from downtown locations on the RTA Artwalk Express No. 79. Free. Information: asianculturesmuseum.org/
RIDE-IN THEATER: Corpus Christi Ride-In Theater presents "Raising Arizona" at 8 p.m. Friday at Corpus Christi Watergardens. Free. Bring your own blanket, chair or cooler. First 50 attendees will receive panty hose to wear on their head. Unopened packages of diapers will be accepted for donation to the Women's Shelter of South Texas.
STORYFEST: The 23rd annual George West Storyfest begins with a free community breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Friday in George West. "Dobie Dichos: Campfires, Chili con Carné, and the Words of J. Frank Dobie" begins at 6 p.m. Friday. Cost: $15; $7/ages 12 and younger. The event continues at 7:30 a.m. Saturday with a 5k fun run/walk, classic car show, Little Red Wagon Parade, cowboy poetry, petting zoo, ghost stories, live music and the "Biggest Liar" contest. Free. A street dance is from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday with music by the Pear Ratz with Pake Rossie. Cost: $10. Sacred Stories at First United Methodist Church begins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Free. Information: www.georgeweststoryfest.com.
ARTWALK: The Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 Shoreline Blvd., will host the First Friday ArtWalk from 5 to 9 p.m. The event will feature the opening of the 8x10 exhibit and art market. Music by Brad Brown. Free. Information: 884-6406.
BIRDING: Registration deadline is Friday for Birding at the Welder Wildlife Refuge to be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Welder Wildlife Foundation, Highway 77, seven miles north of Sinton. Cost: $25 (includes lunch). Information: firstname.lastname@example.com or 361-364-2643.
FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION: First Friday reception is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St., Port Aransas. The reception features the "All Member Show Deck the Halls Ya'll" on display through Nov. 25. Free. Information: 361-749-7334 or www.portaransasartcenter.org
BIRDING COURSE: The Office of Community Outreach at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is offering open enrollment for a two-day birding course with bird expert Gene W. Blacklock. The "Waterfowl Identification — The World of Treeswans, Geese and Duck with Emphasis on the Identification of Waterfowl in Flight" includes a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Friday and a field trip from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Cost: $55; $45/seniors. Information: http://outreach.tamucc.edu/birding/waterfowlsflight.html or 825-5967.
NEW ARTISTS: Treehouse Art Collective, 309 N. Water St., will host the artwork of mesquite wood artist Harry Angel and acrylic painter Lisa Olsen through the month of November. An opening reception is from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. Free. Information: 882-4822.
MEMORIAL WALL: The Vietnam Wall will be on display Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Refugio Community Center, 307 Swift St., Refugio. Sponsored by The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6290, the wall is a replica of the Vietnam Wall on display in Washington, D.C. Opening ceremonies begin at 9 a. m. today. Ram Chavez and the Corpus Christi Veterans Band will perform as well as the Refugio and Woodsboro High School Bands. On Saturday, Joe Galloway, author of the book "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" will be the key speaker at 9 a.m. along with Vince Cantu, local veteran who fought in the same battle as Galloway. The Veterans Band will play patriotic music. Information: 361-218-6982.
VISUAL ARTS SERIES: The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Presidential Performing and Visual Arts Series selections for the fall 2011 semester presents a French concert featuring Christinae Albert at 7 p.m. Friday in the Frank C. Smith Recital Hall, Bellamah Music Building. Free. Information: 361-593-2760.
ALTO EXHIBIT: Friday is the last day to view the "Faculty Art Exchange with Palo Alto" on display Weil Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Free. Information: 825-3612 or visit, http://cla.tamucc.edu/art/
PAC SHOW: Corpus Christi Hi-Lights PAC show begins at 10 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the former gift gallery, Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 Shoreline Blvd. Several porcelain items will be raffled. Free. Information: 361-729-7296.
COMEDY: The Vent Comedy Club at Gators Bar & Grill, 4610 S. Padre Island Drive, will host headliner Jay Whitecotten at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday. Featuring Raul Sanchez and Michael Burks and hosted by Josh Cabanza. Cost: $10; $7/students and military. Information/tickets: www.theventnation.com/tickets.html; or Disc Go Round, 5734 McArdle Road or 361-434-4290.
DEL MAR DRAMA: Del Mar Drama presents "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday at Richardson Performance Hall, Del Mar College, 101 Baldwin Blvd. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 12. Cost: $10; $8/seniors, military and college faculty and staff; $6/non-DMC students with I.D.; $3/DMC students with an I.D. Tickets can be purchased through the Richardson Performance Hall Box Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays or online at www.delmar.edu/richardson (a small handling fee will be assessed). Information: 698-2255 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
GIRLIE GIRL EXHIBIT: "When Did I Become a Girlie Girl" exhibit by Michelle Smythe is on display through Friday at the Ben Bailey Art Gallery, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free. Information: 361-593-3401.
JOSEPH SMITH FILM: The movie "Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold" will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints chapel, 6630 Wooldridge Road. The trailer can be seen at josephmovie.com/ Free to attend, free popcorn. Information: email@example.com or 801-599-7973.
DANCE: A dance with music by Bud Whittington is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Portland Community Center, 200 Billy G. Webb Drive, Portland. Cost: $3. Information: 852-1409.
ART OF CARING EXHIBIT: "The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography" is on display through Dec. 31 at the Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd. This exhibit of more than 200 photographic works depict every stage of living from birth to old age. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays. Cost: $8/adults; $6/seniors ages 60 and older and active military; $4/students (13 and older); free ages 12 and younger. Information: 825-3500.
ART MEETING: Art Association of Corpus Christi business meeting is at 1:30 p.m. at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 Shoreline Blvd. A demonstration by Donna Garven, working with pastels is at 2:30 p.m. Free. Information: 854-8559 or 215-4688.
EMS GRAND SLAM: Aransas County EMS will host an EMS Grand Slam benefit fishing tournament. A captain's meeting is at 7 p.m. Friday at Poor Man's Country Club in Rockport. Fishing begins at 7 a.m. Saturday; weigh-in at 2 p.m. at Cove Harbor North, Rockport. Cost: $75/person for teams of up to four anglers. Information/registration: www.aransascountyems.com or 361-729-2112 (ask for Jason or Shane).
BIRDIES FOR THE BLIND: Birdies for the Blind 2011 will be held at the Corpus Christi Country Club, 6300 Everhart Road. Shotgun start is at 1 p.m., registration and lunch at noon. Cost: $150/person. Raffle tickets are $5; $20 for 5 tickets. Register at www.birdiesfortheblind.charityhappenings.org or 693-6183.
YULETIDE MARKET: YWCA hosts the 21st Annual Yuletide Market with daily shopping hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the American Bank Center. The event also includes a silent auction, shop and sip, live entertainment and a luncheon banquet highlighting the YWCA YWTeen Program. Cost: $5/general admission and $4/seniors; $10/shop and sip; $65/luncheon. Information: 857-5661, Ext. 7 or visit ywca.org/corpuschristi
CHURCH SALE: Grace Presbyterian Church, 6301 Yorktown Blvd., will host a sale of brand new and created jewelry, antique and vintage china, home décor, miscellaneous gift items and fresh baked sconces from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. All money collected goes to mission projects. Information: 985-8585.
KIDS EVENT: Kids Got Talent event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at West Oso Junior High School auditorium. Sponsored by F.O.C.U.S. Information: www.ccatcu.com or email@example.com
WAFFLE BREAKFAST: A waffle breakfast will be served from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at West Oso Junior High School, 5202 Bear Lane. Cost: $6. Information: 985-6810.
STORY TIME: Children's Story Hour is from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education Center, 1809 N. Chaparral St. This month features "The Korean Cinderella" story. Following the story reading the children will be able to dress in traditional Korean clothing for picture taking. An appearance from the Sparkling City Light Opera's Cinderella cast is expected. Cost: $6/adults; $4/students; $3/ages 12 and younger. Information: asianculturesmuseum.org/
PATTERN READING/T-SHIRT CLASS: Kids only pattern reading and garment construction class for ages 8-16 is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Singer Sewing Center, 6034 S. Padre Island Drive. This is a four-part class. Cost: $75. Registration required. A T-shirt quilt class begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Cost: $25/plus materials. Information: 991-5151.
SUPPORT GROUP: Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group meets at 1 p.m. Saturday at Starbucks, corner of S. Padre Island Drive and Staples St. The group meets the first Saturday of every month. . Free. Information: www.phassociation.org/corpuschristigroup
RUMMAGE SALE: The For Your Inspiration Youth Choir of First United Methodist Church, 900 S. Shoreline Blvd. will sponsor a giant rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the gym of the church, 900 S. Shoreline Blvd. Proceeds benefit the choir's 2011 Outreach Choir Tour to Washington, D.C. Information: 884-0391 or visit www.ccfumc.com.
SUPER SARTURDAY: Super SARTurday "Portraiture with Pets" is from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd. Young artists will create a self-portrait with a real or dream pet. Cost: $10; $5/members. Reservations required. Information: 825-3500.
LAST PATROL: America's Last Patrol begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Last Patrol Ranch, four miles west of Benavides, Highway 359. The event features music by the Patriots Band and Honor Guard, 21 gun salute and taps. A monument dedicated to Domingo "La Luna" Ramirez of Benavides will be unveiled. Free. Information: 361-219-8829 or 361-455-2590.
BIBLE CONFERENCE: Corpus Christi Baptist Association Bible conference is from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at River Hills Baptist Church, 16318 Farm Road 624, Robstown. The event features a meal on Sunday, Kids Blitz children's activities, worship celebration with Letty Deluna and guest speakers Roland Lopez and Danny Forshee. Meal: $12/person; $25/family in advance; $15/person and $30/family at the door. Information: 361-853-2555 or 361-387-7584.
BRUSH COUNTRY BASH: "Brush Country Bash" is from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maxine Flournoy 3rd Coast Squadron Hanger (Alice International Airport). The event features food, auction and entertainment. Proceeds benefit Pediatrics at Christus Spohn Hospital-Alice. Cost: $50. Information/tickets: 361-881-3505 or visit www.christusspohnfoundation.org
BAZAAR: St. Patrick's Altar and Rosary Society Christmas Bazaar is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the church parish hall, 3350 S. Alameda St. Information: 855-7391.
WALK FOR MEMORY: 2011 Coastal Bend Walk for Memory is from 8 to 11 a.m. at Heritage Park. Information/registration: www.ccparkandrec.com or 361-549-5327 or email@example.com
FLEA MARKET: St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3151 Reid Drive, will host a flea market from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Moore Hall. Information: 854-5374.
SCHMIDT EXHIBIT: An exhibit of works by Maurice Schmidt, professor Emeritus Art at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Estelle Stair Gallery, 406 S. Austin St., downtown Rockport. The show "Plowman, Priest, Earth, Heaven" will be on display through Nov. 27. Schmidt will present a free lecture from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Lectures continue Nov. 13 and Nov. 20. Free. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free. Information: www.estellestairgallery.com or 361-463-1059.
DANCE: Czech Heritage Society of South Texas will host a polka/waltz/Country dance from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Moravian Hall, 5601 Kostoryz Road. Music by the Majek Orchestra. Cost: $7. Information: 361-643-6105 or 361-592-4975.
MARINA MARKET DAYS: Marina Market Days is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lawrence St. T-head. The event features vendors with an array of glass, wood art along with jewelry, books, plants and farmers market. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi athletic department will host a rock climbing wall as well as Texas Parks and Wildlife touch tank. Free. Information: www.facebook.com/CCMarina
MERMAID FOOTBALL TRYOUTS: Corpus Christi Mermaids women's full contact football team will be having tryouts for the upcoming 2012 season at 9 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Park St. and Shoreline Blvd. Information: 210-392-1407; 361-739-7907 or email@example.com
STAR PARTY: The Rockport Bay Education Center will host a Star Party from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at 121 Seabreeze Drive, Rockport. Eddie Hrncir, planetary geologist from the Corpus Christi Geological Society, will discuss the autumn sky. Star viewing will begin immediately after the presentation, on the lawn behind the center. Free. Information: 361-749-6832.
ANNIVERSARY GALA: Black Tie and Blue Jeans anniversary gala begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rialto Theater, 327 S. Commercial St., Aransas Pass. Cost: $15. Information: 361-758-0383 or www.rialtotheater.org
SQUASH NECKLACE: Lisa Ramirez will teach a class on how to make a squash blossom necklace with beads and safety pins from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 N. Shoreline Blvd. Information: 884-6406.
"TRUE GRIT:" The film "True Grit"and children's western craft project is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Northwest Public Library, 3202 McKenzie Road. Information: 241-9329.
TROMBONE CONCERT: Corpus Christi Trombone Society Concert performs at 5 p.m. Sunday in Wolfe Recital Hall, Del Mar College East, 101 Baldwin Blvd. Led by Donald Pinson. Free. Information: 698-1214.
CAKE DECORATING: International Cake Exploration Society presents "Area 3 Day of Sharing" cake decorating demonstrations from 9 a.m.to 4:30 p. m. Sunday at the San Patricio Event Center, 219 W. 5th St., Sinton. The event includes hands-on-demonstrations by Gary Holman, Claudia Hurt, Susie Rasmussen and Esther Allen. Cost: $50; $40/members. Information/registration: 956-744-2914 or www.texasices.org
WORKSHOP/BOOK SIGNING: A workshop and book signing on prayer and meditation is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Unity by the Sea Church, 901 Brawner Parkway. The workshop will be presented by Rev. Jim Rosemergy, minister of Unity of Ft. Myers, Fla., and author of "The Gathering." Cost: $25. Information: 882-8363.
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Best Android Tablets [March 2014]
Mar 3rd - Last week we talked about what the best Android phone to buy this month was and highlighted the top announcements from Mobile World Congress 2014, and now it's time to go over the best Android tablets your hard-earned money can buy in 2014. The year is already off to a hot start with the latest announcements out of MWC2014, so we should be seeing some exciting movement on this list before too long.
Hands-on: Huawei MediaPad X1 [VIDEO]
Mar 2nd - The MediaPad M1 is Huawei's new higher-end tablet. It also doubles as a phone! Check out our hands on video and find out if this bad boy is worth your cash.
Hands-on: Huawei MediaPad M1 [VIDEO]
Mar 2nd - We go hands-on with the Huawei MediaPad M1 at MWC 2014. The device looks a lot like an HTC One, which automatically makes it a good-looking tablet. Is it worth your money, though?
Best Android Phones [March 2014 / MWC Edition]
Feb 28th - We're heading home from Mobile World Congress, folks (read through all the exciting coverage here) and the dust is finally settling. With most of the great phones for the first half of 2014 announced, it's time to take a look at all of them in our March edition of Best Android Phones.
8 biggest announcements of Mobile World Congress 2014
Feb 28th - #MWC2014 has come and gone, leaving behind it a trail of highly anticipated mobile releases. With big announcements from Samsung, LG, Sony, and more, we're running down our favorites. If you missed any of our coverage throughout the week, these are the smartphones (and smartwatches) you need to know about.
Samsung's Gear Fit named 'Best Mobile Device' at Mobile World Congress
Feb 28th - Of all the devices announced at Mobile World Congress, it was one little wearable that has drawn the most attention. Samsung's new Gear Fit, part of a revamped smartwatch lineup, was named "Best Mobile Device" of Mobile World Congress as the annual show drew to a close.
Hands-on: Samsung Tizen prototype smartphone [VIDEO]
Feb 27th - With Samsung sitting high upon their throne as Android's #1 manufacturer, it's interesting to see them playing around with another open source mobile operating system. Although not specifically "Android" related, when we heard that Samsung was showing off and advertising Tizen — their rival mobile OS — at this year's Mobile World Congress, we simply […]
Hands-on: Huawei Ascend G6 [VIDEO]
Feb 27th - Don't you hate turning your phone around to get a better-quality selfie? Huawei aims to alleviate this issue with the affordable Ascend G6!
Hands-on: Impala app offers true smart photography [VIDEO]
Feb 27th - Impala is the kind of app that can easily go unnoticed at huge events like MWC, but we have uncovered the hidden treasure and love it!
Hands-on: Qualcomm's 4K reference tablet and the Snapdragon 805 processor [VIDEO]
Feb 27th - It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that mobile tech is advancing fast. With Android tablets now hitting the market with 2K resolution displays, we'd guess that it wont be very long before 4K displays soon becomes the norm. Qualcomm sees that future closing in fast and while touring the halls of Mobile World […]
Hands-on with the Jolla Phone and SailFish OS [VIDEO]
Feb 26th - The Jolla smartphone has long been announced, but the project was revealed so early that the team didn't even have any prototypes ready to show the world. All these months later, though, we've finally gotten a chance to see the thing in person. We caught up with Jolla at Mobile World Congress to take a […]
Moto G is Motorola's most successful smartphone yet; new Moto X due late summer
Feb 26th - What do you get when you combine quality hardware, fast software updates and a super affordable price? A smartphone that nearly instantly shoots up to the top of your company's list in terms of success. That's exactly what Motorola got with the Moto G, as the company has revealed that the Moto G is their […]
Eyes-on: Blackphone and PrivateOS [VIDEO]
Feb 26th - We've been following the Blackphone since it was first announced back in January. A joint effort between Spanish-based Geeksphone and Silent Circle, the Blackphone promises to address consumers ever growing concerns over privacy and security by providing consumers with a locked down version of Android they're calling "PrivateOS." Essentially a suite of apps (provided by […]
Hands-on: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ [VIDEO]
Feb 26th - The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ will bring you mid-end specs and a very interesting design for a good price point. Is it the tablet for you, though?
Hands-on: Huawei TalkBand B1 [VIDEO]
Feb 26th - The Huawei TalkBand B1 comes to the smartwatch market with an interesting concept, but is it good enough to make it big?


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Interim coach Ed Orgeron was riding high Friday night after guiding USC past Oregon State, 31-14, at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. The Trojans are 3-1 under Orgeron and have a unique opportunity to win five games in November.
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Happy Hump Day! Today's never-before-seen featured Frisky coworker is McKinley, an account manager at BuzzMedia. We all kind of girl crush on McKinley because she's super cool, has pretty hair, makes a kick ass playlist, and has a dog named Bob Seger. Yes, like the singer. Anyway, click onward to see what she and the rest of us are wearing today!


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In Memory of Chris LeDoux
C&I's Poem of the Week for 3/14/2012
He still rides those broncs
With a grin a mile wide
But he now bucks em out
On the far side of the sky.
With spurs of gold
His barbed wire halo
Still making the circuit
Riding in the celestial rodeo
He's still out there
Singing and carrying on
While back here in the dirt
We live through his songs.
Your legacy lives on
It's tried and true.
Lets all tip our hats
To one of the greatest.
Mr. Chris LeDoux.
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A star on the hit A&E show Duck Dynasty has been suspended from filming after he made comments about same-sex relationships in a recent interview. Nearly 60,000 have signed a petition on change.org calling for A&E to bring the star back.
With their A&E show pulling 14 million viewers a week, with an empire of DVD's, duck calls, and a Christmas album too, it is no surprise GQ Magazine wanted to profile the Duck Dynasty crew at home in Louisiana.
But the bible quoting patriarch of the Robertson Family is raising eyebrows with his comments on homosexuality.
Phil Robertson - "It seems like to me, a vagina would be more desirable than a man's anus."
Phil Robertson told the magazine, "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there: bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and those men...it's not right."
"A&E needs to come on very strongly and condemn Phil Robertson's statements." says Wilson Cruz and other gay rights advocates who are hitting back hard, citing growing acceptance of same-sex marriage and relationships to suggest Robertson is ignorant, bigoted, or both.
Wilson Cruz - "The world is changing, the country is changing, and even the state in which Phil Robertson is living is changing and he needs to get in line."
Others are saying 'hold on', Robertson was quoting widely supported church positions on sin not just homosexuality when he told GQ, "the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers - they won't inherit the kingdom of God."
Russell Moore is with the Southern Baptist Convention and says, "I think that suggesting people who hold to what every branch that the Christian faith has held to for 2,000 years are somehow bigoted or hateful is not productive for speech."
Whether this battle on the bayou will harm the Duck Dynasty dynasty is not clear, but for many fans, the appeal for many fans has long been that the Robertson's speak openly about their conservative values. There is a poll that shows about 44% of all Americans like Phil Robertson still think homosexuality is morally wrong.


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As an innocent day begins
Many people heading to work,
All of a sudden things shift
The earth starts to jerk.
While frightened you continue on
Rocks fall blocking your way,
You stop and scream out
I dont need all this today.
Your already running late
Just to flustrated to see,
Its an earthquake causing this
After all what else can this be.
Stepping carefully from your car
You can now see it all,
Just as your looking away
Crashing your roof rocks fall.
Startled yet very thankful
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Thanking the good lord above
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A short drive from Bascianella, on one of the roads over the mountains to just under Mount Camicia, is the hillside town of Castelli, home to one of Italy's most well-known crafts – 'Castelli'.
A type of ceramic, 'Castelli' is one of those art forms (like English cottage-ware and glass animals) that seems to provoke conflicting reactions from people despite this bright and colourful ceramic type being so hugely popular throughout Europe in the 16th & 18th centuries.
Majolica is the name given to pottery with clear coloured glazes. Its defining characteristic is the tin glaze that gives these ceramics a brilliant white, opaque surface to paint on. The paints themselves are applied as metallic oxides onto the unfired glaze and which absorbs the pigments like a fresco and preserves their intensity. Castelli ceramics then require 2 more wood firings to preserve their characteristic 'pentacromia' (5 colours – yellow, green, blue, orange and manganese brown) portrayals of flowers, plants, landscapes, the sun, moon, coats of arms, icons etc.
Commissions throughout the centuries by some of Italy's most important nobles such as the Orsini, Farnese & Aragona families ensured the reputation of Castelli's ceramics was maintained. The hill-town of Castelli is now one of the main tourist attractions of Abruzzo, particularly for the 13th century church of San Donato (which we have not been to yet admittedly) featuring the majolic altarpiece by Francesco Grue and a ceiling comprised of multicoloured ceramic tiles bearing designs & devices, and the Castelli ceramic museum located just outside the town in the cloisters of a convent.
However, most interesting from our limited experience is simply visiting many of the innumerable shops and studios selling the majolica ware in and around the town itself. There is a certain amount of repetition in the designs but they are still fascinating in their diversity and sheer numbers!
Pastoral/bucolic scenes vie for shelf-space with iconic images of astrological or religious nature and landscapes, on plates, tiles, vases & cups. Also available are the ceramic light-shades (like giant's shinpads) with vocational images which make excellent presents, for the professional in your life, and more contemporary designs leaning often towards geometric abstraction…
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18/10/10 at 4:45 am
I am also very interested in purchasing a vase just like the one I purchased when I was in Castelli 3 years ago. PLEASE, if you know of anywhere I can purchase online, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
22/05/10 at 6:05 pm
I was born in Castelli and was beginning to learn the trade of Majolica ceramics. We came to the states when I was 12. It has always been my dream to sell the great artistic and colorful ceramics of Castelli. The dream is still alive… I hope to have a website soon.
Un Castellano (a native of Castelli)
17/05/10 at 10:02 pm
I still have a fruit bowl that I bought whilst still engaged to the father of my 2 daughters. Our eldest turned 21 today.
I love that fruit bowl and it's bright colours as much today as I did then.
Is it possible to buy 'Castelli' pottery online as I would love to add an espresso set to my bowl?
18/05/10 at 2:53 pm
Hi Tracy
What a lovely story! At the moment I don't know of any that sell online, I will keep an eye out for you. I could give you an email address of one studio we do know up there and you could perhaps you could email them and send them an photo of your fruit bowl and ask if they could create an espresso set similar? Let me know
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Report: Former Portland Trail Blazers president Larry Miller candidate for players union executive director
Jan 13, 2014, 5:08 PM EDT
The National Basketball Players Association still hasn't replaced Billy Hunter, who was ousted as executive director 11 months ago. Ron Klempner has held the title in an interim capacity, but the union is still looking for a permanent director.
Enter Larry Miller.
Chris Haynes of CSN Northwest:
The National Basketball Players Association reached out to former Portland Trail Blazers president Larry Miller, now president of Jordan Brand, to gauge his interest in their vacant executive director position, a league source informed CSNNW.com.
According to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the search, said Miller politely declined to entertain the proposition, being that "he's extremely happy in his current role."
Miller's work with Jordan Brand has put him position to foster relationships with some NBA players, including NBPA president Chris Paul, a Jordan Brand endorser.
But re-read the previous sentence, emphasizing the word "some," and the meaning changes.
For this to work, Miller would have to put aside his allegiance to Nike. That was the case when Miller left Jordan Brand to work for the Trail Blazers, but immediately after his time in Portland, he returned to a second stint with Jordan Brand.
The players association, with differing opinions on Hunter and former president Derek Fisher, has experienced too much fragmentation recently. Drawing lines based on shoes could create new problems.
I believe Chris Paul was a good choice to serve as the union's president, but the members should at least be wary of Paul pushing in an executive director whose professional interests intersect Paul's in a way that has nothing to do with the union on the whole. Maybe Miller is the best choice, but if he's nominated, he deserves scrutiny from the rank-and-file before confirmation.
- thomaskouns - Jan 13, 2014 at 7:09 PM
Paul was not a good choice.
Lest you forget, while he was a player's rep he continued to support Billy Hunter until the end. All the while Hunter was hiring family members to key positions & even billed the Union (players) 2 million for 'unused vacation time.'
Just because Paul is a great player and icon doesn't have anything to do with him being good or qualified for this role.
- spursareold - Jan 14, 2014 at 3:44 PM
Plus, he falls down a lot. You want your union prez to be a stand up guy.
- shen90 - Jan 14, 2014 at 6:02 AM
This scum sucking leach is the buffoon who on his first day on the job sent letters to every team in the league threatening them not to sign D. Miles a player no team even was willing to talk to until this idiot sent the damn email then every team contacted him just out of spite. He does nothing but make enemy's. When everyone thought Allen was going to die a couple years back he engaged in a power struggle to gain control over the team. He is a liar, a jack ass, a manipulator, Nike was talked into hiring him back to make him go away. He failed to make a profit with Blazers despite selling out every game at over 20k seats. He is incompetent.
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|Patkau Architects - Linear House in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
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Linear House is located on a sixteen acre farm on Salt Spring Island, an island in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The property is bisected from east to west by a long row of mature Douglas fir trees. There is a gentle slope falling across the site from south to north. The south half of the site is an orchard containing a variety of fruit trees; the north half of the property is a hay field. There was an existing cottage on the property which has been sold and relocated to a neighbouring property. The existing barn, garage and studio buildings remain.
The row of large Douglas fir trees is unusually situated, bisecting the farm. It stabilizes experience in that it provides a place to stand, to be 'next to', to locate position in the open fields. The trees themselves are textural, old, torn and windswept. They hold your attention and make you realize the time of the site, its existence over many, many years. They have a kind of old heart. The impulse to site the new house next to these figures was both intuitive and immediate.
The new house slips into a narrow space between the line of existing fir trees to the north and several pockets of existing trees to the south. It extends 276 feet in a straight line along the south side of the fir trees. One side of the house faces the line of trees and water view beyond. On the opposite side a continuous covered walkway slides past the pockets of existing trees, edging an adjacent fruit orchard.
The orchard has been made more regular with additional fruit trees so that the clarity of the juxtaposition between the cultural landscape of fruit trees to the south, and the line of native fir trees to the north of the new house, is reinforced. The full extent of the house is never directly experienced from the exterior. That experience is of a dark stealth-like figure sliding in and out behind the screens of trees on either side. At a parting of the trees on either side the length of the house is subdivided into a principal dwelling and guest quarters by a breezeway.
The exterior rainscreen of the house (walls, soffits, parapets, and 'fins') is clad in charcoal-colored fibre-cement panels which render the house almost invisible when seen against the dark green foliage of the firs. Interiors are described by a luminous inner lining made of translucent acrylic panels. In order to minimize cut panels, these translucent sheets establish the dimensional module for the project. Over forty fixed and operable acrylic skylights bring sunlight into the roof and wall assemblies during the day causing the interior liner to glow softly and irregularly.
At night, fluorescent lights mounted within the skylight openings turn the entire interior into a luminous field. Areas within this overall luminous surround are subdivided and defined by the insertion of reinforced concrete fireplace masses and wood cabinet-like service spaces. Large glazed openings extending up to 78 feet and 28 foot cantilevered roof canopies at either end of the house are supported by a pair of 6 foot deep composite wood beams on each long building face. The numerous top hung sliding aluminum glazed door panels are suspended from these beams. Panels are fully retractable so that during the prolonged fair weather of Salt Spring Island the house can be transformed into an open-air pavilion, more shelter than 'proper' house.
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Kaisa Leka and Charlie Sheen.
Kaisa Leka and Charlie Sheen.
@kfhrfdu_89_76k: Charlie is def an interesting suggestion (I put him on), but the other person is a little odd.
Just because Leka draws herself (and everyone else) as anim als, doesn`t mean that she shouldn`t be here. Otherwise she`s like her "real world"-self.
@kfhrfdu_89_76k: I'm sorry, but I'm looking for people who are more well-known. But I do appreciate your suggestions (Charle Sheen was a gem). And thanks for recommending the list!
Oh...Sorry now, but that seems a bit fake to me. The list isn`t called "Real famous people in comics", after all. So it`s misleading. But whatever. Your list.
She`s famous though. Part of the green party of Finland, and a moderately famous comics maker.
A few fine folks you may have overlooked...Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, the Three Stooges, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Lamour, and (in a "one-shot" book anyway) Irish McCalla...
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Sunday night was the Oscars. Therefore when I woke up Monday I had both the movies and the Mets on my mind. If you are a Mets fan of a certain age, the Mets and the movies went together. The television station that carried the Mets in the early days, WOR, was known for two things, the Mets and the Million Dollar Movie. The prime-time schedule was one or the other. As I have pointed out a few times already around here, my mom's first love was the Mets. But the movies were a close second. The Million Dollar Movie, which was nothing more than a recycling of old mediocre flicks with cheap airing rights (the Kyle Farnsworth of television programming), was on our TV on a regular basis. Therefore, when I thought about Noah Syndergaard pitching for the Mets on Monday, a movie sprang to mind.
I'm assuming many of you have never seen it, and I don't want to give you the wrong idea. The film is an old, silly 1949 movie, and I would sum up the basic plot as a comedic, fictionalized version of "The Gaylord Perry Story." The movie itself doesn't remind me of Syndergaard. The title does.
It happens every spring. The good news is we keep producing pitching prospects. Harvey in 2012, Wheeler last year, now it's Noah. The bad news is we are forbidden from seeing them.
We are fully conditioned now. We don't even wonder what a pitcher like Syndergaard has to do to make the team. We know he won't. We have seen the act so many times. It happens every spring. Yesterday, according to Adam Rubin, Syndergaard put on a show. Two innings, two strikeouts, 98 mile per hour fastballs. Of course, I will have to take Rubin's word for it, as SNY did not show the game. Fitting. If you are in New York, you are not to see Noah Syndergaard until summer. It has been decreed. Oh, and never forget, it has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with Super 2.
At about 2:00, after hearing of Noah's secret exploits, I turned on SNY to see what they were showing. It was a game from May 29, 2007, Mets versus Giants, and Oliver Perez was warming up on the mound. Before I could switch the channel, two Giants had already hit mammoth home runs. I want to see the Mets pitcher that all of us fans are dreaming about and what does SNY give me?
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Testing the utility of the 3-PG model for growth of Eucalyptus grandis x urophylla with natural and manipulated supplies of water and nutrients
Stape, Jose Luiz; Ryan, Michael G.; Binkley, Dan. 2004. Testing the utility of the 3-PG model for growth of Eucalyptus grandis x urophylla with natural and manipulated supplies of water and nutrients. Forest Ecology and Management. 193: 219
The productivity of fast-growing tropical plantations depends, in part, on the ability of trees to obtain and utilize site resources, and the allocation of fixed carbon (C) to wood production. Simulation models can represent these processes and interactions, but the value of these models depends on their ability to improve predictions of stand growth relative to simpler empirical approaches. We evaluated the 3-PG process-based model for simulating the response of Eucalyptus grandis x urophylla to changes in soil fertility and climate. This was done by calibrating the model with a complete C budget from an irrigated plantation, and then validating the model using independent data based on 2 years of growth from 40 pairs of fertilized and unfertilized stands. The 3-PG predictions were tested against actual production, and against a classic, empirical approach to estimating stand yield. The 3-PG parameter for site fertility was based on an objective fertilization response fromthe paired-plots. The 3-PG model responded well to the range of soil and climatic conditions during calibration, and was particularly sensitive to estimates of leaf area index. Actual wood production for the 40 validation stands ranged from 2 to 51 Mg ha-1 per year, compared with model estimates of 1042 Mg ha-1 per year (r2 1/4 0:78). Both 3-PG and the empirical model provided good estimates of wood production for average conditions, but 3-PG successfully represented the wet years and dry years that were not differentiated in the empirical model. This sensitivity of 3-PG to climate may be very useful for the prediction of wood production during short rotations, where a few years of unusual weather may strongly influence yield. Process-based models can play an important role in improving the management of these almost-agricultural forests, especially in regions with high rainfall variability.
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Katy Perry: Russell Brand and I Are Not Getting a Divorce!
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Katy Perry's life has turned into a bit of a soap opera.
Not only is Perry not pregnant, she's also not getting a divorce from husband of one year, Russell Brand.
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The Grammy nominee took to Twitter Wednesday to refute claims she was expecting -- she had previously said she wasn't pregnant, she just liked to eat fast food -- and denied that her marriage was on the rocks.
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"First I'm pregnant & then I'm divorced. What am I All My Children?!" Perry, 27, Tweeted, referring to ABC's now defunct soap. The singer punctuated her post with the hashtags #ericakane #pshhh and #ifihadadollarforeverytime.
Though Perry admits she's not expecting with Brand, 36, just yet, she hasn't ruled out adding a little one to their family.
During a November appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Perry said having children is "one of the reasons you get married."
"Especially to the person that you marry. You think, that person is going to be a good partner, a good parent," she explained. "But, I'm not sure it's time yet. We'll see, ya know?"
She added that "if it doesn't hurt the first time, I'll keep popping them out!"
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This will show you how to reliably photograph lightning for under 3 dollars.
Step 1: Professional Lightning Photography
So first, buy yourself a disposable camera. I used a 1000 speed "high action" camera (because it was the cheapest at ~$2.30) and the results seem to hint that a slower speed would work better (those that developed were flooded with light) and I'll tell you how it goes.
RESULTS: the picture in the Intro was taken with a 400 speed camera. Worked great, especially since the photo was taken at dusk.
A word of warning: After experimenting with Kodak disposables, I've found they don't work the same way. They use a spring trigger, which doesn't fit the following steps. I'd stick with fujifilm (plus, they are generally cheaper)
Step 2: Open it up
There are clips on the sides and top of the camera that releases the front. Use a coin, screwdriver, scissors, etc. to pop these open and take off the front. Be careful not to pop off the back or bottom, exposing the film.
When you open it, the lens will probably fly out, so don't tell me you haven't been warned.
Step 3: Find the shutter
Even though they have cruddy film and cruddy lenses, this is a great idea for doing long exposures without an expensive camera setup.
It would probably help to pick a disposable cam with a slow film to minimize the overexposure graininess.
If the camera advertises that it's good for action shots or sports, then it's fast film.
Look for the ones for indoors or low light situations to get slower film.
After that you're pretty much limited by the quality of the film the disposable was loaded with.
One could take the artist's attitude and claim you worked hard to achieve that "effect". ;)
Big Stock Photo is a good one.
As it was, when I was developing film in my old job, all we did with the disposables is tear 'em apart, load the film into the machine, and whack the camera to pop out the battery to spook our coworkers with a sudden flash as well as discharge that building charge.