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Day 8 Redshirt Sophomore Casey Wilhelm
Travel Day back to Eugene!
It was an early morning! Everyone was up and at the bus ready to head home at around 4:50 a.m. The Barceló hotel had boxed breakfasts waiting for us that some ate while we packed all of the luggage on the bus. Most everyone passed out on the quick ride to the airport. Once we got there we unloaded and said goodbye to Pia and Johnny who had taken care of us all week!
The airport was surprisingly full as we tried to get everyone in line and all the bags checked. It was pretty funny watching all the overweight bags going up on the scales while some girls on the team tried frantically to rearrange things. Once everything was situated, we made it through security with enough time to grab a coffee and some water. Me and Scout had to chug ours before we could board the plane because no liquids bought in the boarding area were allowed on board.
Once we were in the air everyone was asleep or reading, mostly asleep. I finished two books (neither of them were for school yay!) on the way there and back. The eight hour trip was long, but thankfully it went by quickly and smoothly. We landed in Phoenix and some of the girls got to say hello to friends and boyfriends in the area and then we were through customs and off again! We landed in Portland in about 2 and a half hours and still had a 2 hour bus ride home. Since we had the weekend off a lot of the girls from the Portland area stayed behind to visit family. About 10 of us rode the bus home and finally made it back around 7:30 Friday night.
Although we were exhausted, the trip was more than we imagined. After all how many times do you get to travel to Costa Rica with 20 of your best friends! It was the experience of a lifetime. I fell in love with the culture, people, food, and soccer in Costa Rica and can't wait to go back!
- Casey
Day 7 Freshman Ally Aschbacher
We began our day with an early morning breakfast, spending our last moments in the rainforest. It was sunny and humid; unlike the rainy weather we had experienced the day prior. We loaded the bus and headed for San Jose to play our final game against Saprissa. Along the four-hour bus drive, we made two stops. Our first was at a bridge, not too far from our hotel. We were surprised at what we found once we exited the bus. Iguanas filled the trees surrounding the bridge, however, their numbers were not what intrigued us, but yet their size. Some iguanas were four feet long, head to tail! After, many pictures we loaded the bus, and set out for San Jose along a narrow and winding road.
Approaching San Jose, we made our second stop at Wal Mart, where we bought Costa Rican treats to bring back for others and ourselves. Once we were finished at Wal Mart, we drove 20 minutes to our hotel, where we would spend our last night in Costa Rica. Upon our arrival, we checked in immediately and ate a quick lunch, in order to make it to our game on time. After eating, we departed for the historical Saprissa Stadium. Once we reached our destination, we walked into the locker room, passing a wall of historical events that took place within the stadium that went back to the early 1900s. After warming up, our match began. The first half passed by with no points from either team, but there were close opportunities. The second half was when the game lit up. We scored about five minutes into the second half with a goal from Bri. This was the first spark of the fire. As the half continued, each team fought progressively harder. Almost all of the calls made by the ref were given to the opposing team and finally allowed Saprissa a penalty kick, in which they earned their first goal to tie the game. The referee continued to give so many free kicks to Saprissa it was almost comical. The game ended with a frustrating 1-1 tie.
After meeting and shaking hands with the other team, we cleaned up and departed for a local market. The market was a large tent that spanned across about two football fields with one long aisle and small cubbies off to each side of it, where locals sold items comparable to what you would find at a Saturday Market. The merchandise was fantastic, but the actual experience was even better. Being confronted by merchants, asking for you to explore their cubby if you slowed your pace down the long aisle. Also, not everyone spoke English. Trying to communicate with them was a challenge for some of us, having little to no Spanish under our belts. At the market, we were able to experience a piece of Costa Rica we hadn't seen yet, and what someone's life who lives in the city might be comparable to. After about 45 minutes, we loaded the bus and set back to our hotel for dinner. After our meal, we watched a slide show of pictures form our trip and had a small closing ceremony and expressed our thanks to our tour guide and friend, Pia, along with all others that helped throughout our time there. Once it concluded, we returned to our rooms and spent our last night in Costa Rica.-Ally
Day 6 Freshman Kiyomi Cook
we had to wake up at 7:00am to load the buses and eat breakfast so that we
could head back to San José for our last game and last night in Costa Rica.
Along the way we stopped to see some iguanas and check out the exclusive
Walmart. Then we got to the hotel, ate lunch, put our bags in the room and
headed off to the field.
The saprissa field had a lot of character to it and as soon as you walked into the stadium you could feel the historical atmosphere that embodied it. Thankfully the clouds and wind helped keep the dreaded 2:30 temperature down so it wasn't as hot as expected. We expected the refs to favor the home team, but not to hand them the game on a silver platter. The first half remained 0-0, with our team getting multiple looks on goal while the other team might have had one due to "fouls" called against us by the referees. Not too long into the second half, a ball over their defense sent Bri flying through to get our only goal. From that point on, the other teams flopping and referees judgment only seemed to get worse. Including the "handball" called in our box giving up a pk that out them back in the game after they put it away. We had many other chances to score but just couldn't put one away. Overall the game itself went well and we grew a lot as a team.
Dinner was bitter sweet because we got to reminisce about the time we got to spend here, but also were sad that it was coming to an end. Thank you speeches, farewells, awards, and gifts were exchanged as we saw our trip slowing closing.
- Kiyomi
Day 5 Freshman Ryann Davie
Today the team went ziplining at the Sky Trek in the Costa Rican rainforest. It was raining when we got there,, but we're all used to that. After checking in, everyone got geared up in full ziplining garb: helmet, harness, pulley and all. There were seven lines in all. We started with two quick and easy practice lines to help us learn the right form. The next four were where the excitement happened. The next four lines ranged from 55 mph!
Riding these lines was quite an adventure. While riding each line, we were able to see the beautiful scenery of the rainforest. There was a mixture of emotions from participants; some of the team was excited, others were scared, one cried and even got stuck! But overall it was a once and lifetime opportunity and a great experience.
After zip lining, we headed straight for the hotel to get ready for our game. We played a team from San Carlos. They welcomed us with an open ceremony with the National Anthem of the United States and Costa Rica. One of the players translated for her coach as he welcomed us to Costa Rica. It was fun to play and playing with the Costa Ricans showed us the true love and heart they have for the game of soccer. It's amazing to see how far the team has come with the little support women's soccer receives in Costa Rica today. We appreciated the competition and hospitality. After the game, the team had fruit waiting for us: pineapple, watermelon, mangoes and cantaloupe. It put the United States fruit to shame. Most of the team enjoyed talking a mix of Spanish and English with the other players and coaches. The girls' spirit and spunk left an imprint in our hearts. Costa Rica is indeed the happiest country in the world.
- Ryann
Day 4 Freshman Kelsey Foo
Today, a few of us started off the morning before the sun was even up. We woke up at 4:30, excited to catch the sun rise over the mountains while we waited on the beach. To our disappointment, the sun was unfortunately blocked by the large mountains and the trees so we didn't get to capture that perfect picture. However, being up that early gave us the chance to see many bright and colorful parrots fighting for fruit early in the morning.
We then headed off to enjoy yet another amazing breakfast. French toast, rice and beans, eggs, and ohh the fresh fruit! The food here is incredible, all freshly prepared and always ripe and juicy. I really don't know how us freshman are going to be able to bear the dorm food when we get back..
Afterwards, we headed off to a smaller beach where we got our tans on as usual. Everyone was trying to soak up as much sun as possible and lathering on plenty of tanning oil. We really have to take advantage of the sun--don't see much of it in Eugene.
We finally packed up our bags, enjoyed one more delicious lunch, and then headed off to the rain forest! It was a long and windy four hour drive on the bus and we got to stop at a small souvenir shop along the way. But we finally reached our destination of the day: the hot springs!! And wow these hot springs were absolutely amazing! The water was extremely hot, fresh, and the further we headed up the trails the more springs we found. Water falls of steaming water were splashing off the rocks and it was a great way for us to relax an enjoy ourselves, yes we're actually given time to relax away from soccer. Our tour guide Pia showed us the way to the top, where there were tile beds in the hot springs--we could've laid there for the rest of the trip. After two hours of bathing in the warm waters and enjoying the incredible view of the volcano, we hiked to the top to enjoy dinner. There was beef, rice, beans, pasta, fried fish, and much more. We stuffed ourselves and then headed back onto the bus to drive off to our new hotel. We have the zip lining adventure to look forward to tomorrow, and then we have our next game at 6pm. Can't wait to fly through the rainforest tomorrow and pick up our game and come out with a win!
These days are going by way too fast, but we're all enjoying every moment of it! That's all for now!
Go Ducks!!
Day 3 (Junior Mo Fitzgerald)
Hola chicos,
La vacacion en costa rica es muy divertida paranos!
Today we had training in the AM at a small turf field near by. Worked on some transitioning and played a little 5 v 5 at the end of practice. IT.IS.HOT. No amount of deodorant can match this perspiration... Their biggest import here must be deodorant... After training we had un poquito almuerzo, the food here is bombbbbbbbb. I think I have had rice and beans with every single meal, and I have enjoyed every bite of it. We went to la playa blanca after lunch and road some waves (aka, got dominated by some waves). I'm pretty positive every person on our team has either read or was reading Hunger Games on the beach today.. I am one of those followers and let's just say there is a reason so many people are reading it. When we were going back to the hotel from the beach, the bus was too full so about 8 of us and Pia, our awesome guide, scaled some rocks along the beach to get back while Mac, Paul and Parker hitched a ride on the back of a truck (cool guys).. Too bad our man vs wild adventure today was the best part of the trip. Poor Kelsey donated a flip flop to the Pacific Ocean, shes a huge philanthropist... Anywho were about to go to la DISCOTECA that Pia hooked up for us so you will get the update tomorrow!! Buenas Noches Patos!!
- Mo
Day 2 (Junior Scout Libke)
Welp.. today we woke up in Costa Rica and it was almost like a dream to me and my roommates because we could not believe we were actual in Costa Rica. But we did so that's behind us now.
Upon waking up to the fantastic sunshine on my face, we packed our things, ate a delicious breakfast where they had muffins that tasted like cake (I ate 4.. duh) and drove to our first game! Unfortunately, no details required, we lost 2-0 and we moved on.
Next thing on our agenda? Looking over a bridge at giant crocodiles that were part of a National Geographic spread. So we're famous by association because we both looked at these GIANT crocodiles. We waited 20 minutes for a fight but there was no fight so we continued on our journey to the beach.
Many hours passed accompanied by the movie "Music and Lyrics" that skipped every 1.26 seconds and we finally arrived at our second hotel right on the beach. We jumped in our suits and ran to the ocean, ready to get our burns/tans on. After a couple hours we went to our rooms, put down our stuff, and went to dinner that was divine. I think we all binged. Actually, I'm positive.
That's the jist of what happened our second day of action here in Costa Rica, minus some very uninteresting details like how the Costa Rican team scored their goals, the amount of bananas Mo eats in one day, and all the sensations my taste buds felt while eating ice cream and chocolate cake deliciousness.
--Scout Out
Day 1 (Freshman Bri Pugh)
430 in the morning... And we're off! To Costa Rica! The bus ride to Portland, well we all slept since the sun still wasn't up. Once we arrived at the airport we all started getting even more anxious to get out of the cold weather and into a tropical paradise! Our flight connected in Phoenix where we could start feeling the heat. A short layover led us onto the plane to San Jose, Costa Rica! Five hours of magazines, movies, Hunger Games, and gum later, we arrived in hot muggy Costa Rica! Since the sun had set already it was hard to believe that we were here, but dinner and a short stretching practice helped show that we were not in Oregon anymore. We all said goodnight ready to wake up in paradise.
- Bri


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According to a March 18 report from MMA Fighting, Georges St-Pierre thinks Rory MacDonald is the UFC's top welterweight contender because of the beating he put on Demian Maia at UFC 170.
St-Pierre, of course, might be a bit biased since he is MacDonald's training partner at TriStar, but he does make an interesting argument.
I'm very happy for Rory. He did an amazing fight against Demian Maia and he proved he's the No. 1 contender.
MacDonald is right in the mix for a title shot against Johny Hendricks, as is Hector Lombard.
Tyron Woodley and Nick Diaz are also in the conversation.
"We need someone that's going to get it off merit, because they deserve it, because they're marketable, because they'll sell pay-per-views," Woodley said when asked who deserves the next crack at Hendricks. "Also because when I'm the No. 10 or 11 (ranked), or whatever I was, and I beat the No. 2 guy, you can't beat the No. 6 guy or whatever and jump ahead."
Making matters even more complicated is the fact that Hendricks will be sidelined for several months with a torn bicep.
In all likelihood, the UFC will set up Woodley vs MacDonald for a No. 1 contender bout, and give the winner the next crack at Hendricks.
Woodley it seems hasn't given much thought about MacDonald. Most of his comments following his win over Carlos Condit were about Hendricks.
"Johny Hendricks is not a better wrestler than me. I can't give him that," Woodley said. "He has better credentials, he's won two National titles and he's a four-time All-American. His credentials are longer than mine, but he's not a better wrestler than me. We can dust off the Asics right now if it came down to it."
Analysis: There's a log jam at the top of the UFC's welterweight division. Woodley is definitely deserving of a title shot, but MacDonald is also in the mix.
While Hendricks gets healed up, the UFC would be smart to set up a fight between Woodley and MacDonald to determine who is next in line for a title shot.

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I am attempting to Install Knights of the Old Republic using the winetricks wizard, and I keep getting stuck with a dialog which says "Wrong disk inserted, not found". However, I have my KOTOR disk inserted and can see it fine in nautilus.
When I put a different disk in the drive, it says: "Please Insert and Mount...", so I know it has identified the correct disk:
The other huge annoyance is that the window endless loops on me when I click "OK", so I could sit here forever clicking it and get no where.
Any ideas what is wrong, and/or what I can do to get this install working?
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Sunderland Ladies 3 Reading Ladies 2
Ladies secure three home points.
A frantic start and a frantic end saw Sunderland Ladies snatch a last-gasp winner to secure all three points against Reading in their first home game of the FA Women's Super League season.
The game kicked off at blistering pace with both sides keen to stamp their authority. With just five minutes played midfielder Rachel Furness was dragged down on the edge of the box earning her side a free kick. Defender Victoria Greenwell stepped up and produced another stunning effort which was almost a carbon copy of her goal against Durham earlier in the week.
With 11 minutes gone Sunderland extended their lead, Rachel Furness' powerful header from a corner fell to a scrambling Reading defender whose attempted clearance ended up in the back of the net.
Reading responded quickly and two minutes later Lauren Bruton headed home from a Cheryl Williams cross to get her side back into the game. Reading continued to push forward and went close just before the break as Helen Alderson in the Sunderland goal was forced into a good save from a long range effort by Francesca Kirby.
Within minutes of the restart Abbey Joice latched on to a poor pass by Reading defender Shelly Cox and set up Kelly McDougall for a long-range effort that went narrowly wide.
Reading fought hard to get back into the game and were rewarded for their efforts. Under intense pressure the Sunderland defence conceded a direct free kick on the edge of the area and Lois Roche unleashed a stunning strike into the top left hand corner for a deserved equaliser.
With 15 minutes to go Sunderland pushed forward for a winner and had their best chances of the game as a result of an 85th-minute corner. Reading repeatedly failed to clear the ball and despite the best efforts of nearly every Sunderland player the ball would not go over the line.
With the crowd roaring them on Sunderland continued to press, Beth Mead took on three defenders but her shot was well saved by the Reading goalkeeper. This spurred on Sunderland and in the dying moments of the match a corner kick dropped to McDougall who hit a sensational strike into the top corner of the net to earn the home side a stunning win.
Sunderland: Alderson, Beer, Greenwell, Bannon (c), Wilson, McDougall, Furness, Joice, Ramshaw, Bass (Kelly, 73) Mead.


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Re: S50n w/ 10ge Input CRCs/Discards
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We're using SR optics for a short run (~3m). -Doug On 04/29/2011 02:54 PM, Leslie wrote: > Are you using LR optics and it's a short run? I've found f10 lr xfp's to be > finicky if they're receiving above -4db > > Leslie > > Sent from the road while on tour. > > On Apr 29, 2011 10:53 AM, "Marcus Stoegbauer" <marcus <at> grmpf.org > <mailto:marcus <at> grmpf.org>> wrote: >> On 28.04.11 17:12, Doug Warner wrote: >>> We're trying to deploy 10ge upstream to our S50n stack (read, all the port 0 >>> modules are stacking modules). We're seeing a decent amount of Input >>> CRCs/Discards and can't get the link to go > ~120Mbps. We've replaced >>> *everything* in this link (other than the upstream RSP) -- fiber, 10ge module, >>> XFPs and are still seeing this problem. Flow control is off on both ends; CPU >>> seems fairly low (<12%). >>> >>> Any ideas on what might be going on here? Anyone else having problems w/ 10GE >>> on S50? >> >> We used to have 10GE on one S50n (no stack), but only moderate traffic >> levels - around 1.2 Gbps. The other side was a S25p, no noticeable >> problems/packet loss with this setup. >>
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Compared to 2007, will your capital-improvement budget increase, decrease, or stay the same?
Compared to 2006, will your capital-improvement budget increase, decrease, or stay the same?
Which of the following represents your department's greatest challenge in 2008?
The best news is that similar comments came from city managers outside of the public works realm, like Beth Kinney, director of community services for Summit, N.J. "We're implementing information technology in Public Works for the first time," she wrote. "There'll be access to a GIS system, a work order system, and asset management [using software from Vueworks and QScend Technologies.] Most of the personnel processes they're doing manually will be automated."
And that's why we're calling 2008 "the year of integration."
Actually, we should use the term "continuing integration." Given the pace of improvements in software and hardware, moving from a paper- to an electronic-based operation is an evolution.
Take the public works department of Newport News, Va., for example.
In 2004, information systems manager Tim DeSalvo heard about a new grant program offered by ESRI and Trimble Navigation Ltd. to help city, county, and state governments improve operations using GIS and GPS applications. Having exhausted the capabilities of an asset-management system he'd built using the fleet department's maintenance software, DeSalvo applied for a grant. Newport News became one of 20 agencies to receive a total of $170,000 in free software, hardware, and training.
DeSalvo built a geodatabase that tracks the department's response to resident requests, captures maintenance costs to satisfy federal financial-reporting requirements, and automatically records parts costs in the city's accounting system. The database runs the GIS-centric Cityworks asset-management software package from Azteca Systems Inc. on a Citrix server farm.
DeSalvo then hired a GIS manager to help with the colossal effort of getting 380 employees to enter asset information exactly as required. Specifications just for mapping the city's sanitary sewers are 15 pages long, and begin with: "All field names must agree in both case and in spelling. Please note that all features must maintain correct connectivity so they can be successfully incorporated into the existing geometric network. Public Works is hereby requesting that any and all deliverables be consistent with our need for O&M, pursuant to the geodatabase and graphical requirements necessary to seamlessly migrate into Azteca Cityworks."
As word of the project spread, De-Salvo's team has been asked to implement the system in six other city departments. The most difficult was bringing the engineering department on board, a project that required updating the GIS streets layer to incorporate data that wasn't initially captured. The codes compliance department is next in line.
It's likely that, eventually, all city departments will be linked through a system that originated in the public works department. If so, DeSalvo's team will have succeeded in creating a citywide "enterprise asset management" system that shares information across multiple departments, not just one.
This capability doesn't have to be developed in-house. In August, Salt Lake City signed a $1.45 million contract with Accela Inc. to eliminate the need for developers to work with seven different departments to approve construction plans, a process that hadn't endeared the city to the development community. Accela Automation consolidates multiple databases into one, enabling developers to apply for and track permits through one link on the city's Web site.
Other system components allow for wireless communication with field crews using laptops or PDAs, and a GIS component built on ESRI's ArcIMS platform.
While Accela's primary market is government, the demand for GIS-centric software has prompted developers of software for multiple industries to tweak their programs specifically to meet the needs of infrastructure departments.
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STOCKTON – Six people were hit by gunfire at an apartment complex in southeast Stockton shortly after midnight this morning, police reported.
When officers arrived at the Farmington North apartments at 3243 Farmington Road after the 12:07 a.m. incident, they found three victims who had been outside during the shooting. They also located three victims inside an apartment that had been struck by gunfire, according to police. All of the injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening wounds.
The victims were transported to San Joaquin General Hospital, St. Joseph's Medical Center and hospitals in Modesto.
The outside victims told officers that a vehicle pulled into the empty lot next to the complex and an unknown number of people got out and began firing guns at them. In addition to the injured, two vehicles and the apartment building were struck.
Officers scouring the scene for evidence found 10 5.56-caliber shell casings in the empty lot.
Later this morning, at least one of the shooting victims was already home from the hospital but she declined to comment. Other residents who were contacted were unfamiliar with the details. A person in the apartment office said it is a quiet area.
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Porsha Stewart and Chad Ochocinco flirted a great deal on Twitter on Sunday night during the new episode of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," and immediately, the rumor mill began buzzing that the pair were a couple.
However, Porsha and Chad aren't a couple, and now, fans are finding out who her "well-known," as she said, boyfriend really is.
According to a March 13 TMZ report, Stewart has been secretly dating the "exorbitantly wealthy son of an African dictator notorious for human rights violations."
Sources claim Stewart, who split from former husband Kordell Stewart last year, has been seeing 42-year-old Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea.
"Mbasogo is known as one of Africa's most brutal and corrupt rulers -- not only for having his predecessor executed and political opponents tortured, but for pillaging his own country's oil wealth ... while its people live in abject poverty," TMZ reported.
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The American Experience, the award-winning PBS series, has an episode on Stephen Foster that spends considerable time on blackface minstrelsy.
Spike Lee takes his typically controversial look at the tradition of minstrelsy in this 2000 film. Determined to broadcast an offensive television show that will get him fired, Pierre Delacroix produces Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show. But far from a failing, the show is an enormous success. Plausible? Absurd? Lee makes you think about both the minstrel tradition and contemporary American culture.


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"What a beautiful breeze."
It was a warm afternoon in Solaria, and a foreign visitor to this galaxy was taking in the picturesque afternoon. He couldn't always be there. He belonged to another place in this ever-changing universe, and yet on days like today, there was no other place he'd rather be.
Not home. Not on cosmic adventures.
Only here.
As he strode down the dirt path that ran through the countryside, he looked out to the west. The sun was on its way down to the horizon, ready to fade from the sky for yet another day. Millions of sparkles already glittered on the surface of the ocean. As he walked he gazed down at the spectacle.
From the side of the cliff, high above the crashing waves, he was safe.
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I looked back at the Sol Emeralds. I sighed and leaned back and looked up at the sky. I missed him. Every day I dream about him. Think about him. Those emerald eyes. His strong, heroic hands. I had to leave him about a year ago, and after I left, that was when I realized I had feelings for him. But I kind of gave up on it, because he probably already has a girlfriend there. It was either Amy or Sally, I wasn't sure. I stood up and stretched. I have not talked to him in a year, or heard from him. I haven't even seen Eggman Nega since our battle then. Oh yeah. I never told you his name. Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. I was in love with him. But did he love me back? I wasn't sure. I descended the steps of the altar that held the Sol Emeralds. I might never see him again. I looked at the ground and a tear ran down my left cheek. I ran back up the altar steps and sat by the Sol Emeralds. A slight wind blew. It made me sadder. Sonic was like the wind. Another tear ran down
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A group of faculty members from the University of West Georgia's College of Science and Mathematics and College of Education received a major grant entitled "University of West Georgia Institutional STEM Excellence (UWise)" from the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents. The award is for more than $344,000 and takes effect for a year, beginning July 1, with a potential to renew multiple years.More »
Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, President of the University of West Georgia, recently received the Community Builder Award at the 2011 USA India Business Summit. Sethna was honored for his community service works.More »
Starting in the fall, people interested in pursuing an online master's degree in computer science will be able to do so through the University of West Georgia.More »
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Congratulations to Vicki Hardin, Assistant Director of Career Services, who has been elected President of the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers (GACE) during their recent annual conference at Callaway Gardens.More »
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Wreckage thought to come from the jet is recovered floating in the Adriatic, but there is no sign of the US Air Force pilot.
22:16, UK, Tuesday 29 January 2013
Italian rescue teams have located debris from the Adriatic Sea that is believed to be from a US fighter jet that went missing on Monday.
The F-16 is feared to have crashed during a nighttime training exercise several miles off the coast.
A statement from the headquarters of the 31st Fighter Wing, at Aviano Air Base in Italy said there had been no sign of the pilot.
The jet is not believed to have been carrying weapons.
A helicopter, four Italian Coast Guard cutters and four commercial vessels have been combing the waters 10 miles (16km) from Cervia, on the northern Adriatic coast.
"We are tremendously grateful for the support and coordination we've received from the Italian people and government," Brigadier General Scott Zobrist, commander of the 31st Fighter Wing, said in a statement.
"From the initial notification, everyone involved has shown complete dedication to finding our missing Airman."
The F-16 Fighting Falcon began service in the US military in the late 1970s.
The highly manoeuvrable jet has flown thousands of missions in support of operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the US Air Force.
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Raymond Scott: Powerhouse
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Dave Wade (trumpet), Pete Pumiglio (clarinet), Dave Harris (tenor sax), Lou Shoobe (bass), Johnny Williams (drums).
Composed by Raymond Scott.
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La beauté folle des machines, Ravel called it—the mad beauty of machines. But beware: artists who investigate such phenomena themselves risk being declared insane. Long after Ravel's death, French neurologists found evidence of cerebral dysfunction, particularly in his mechanistic Boléro (1928), which manifested "the influence of disease on the creative process." Brooklyn-born Raymond Scott hasn't been dead long enough to be clinically diagnosed, but "Powerhouse" shows similar preoccupation with the automated workings of cylinders, gears, generators, pistons, rods, turbines and valves, all meshing towards a common goal of smoothly motive efficiency. In other words, it swings. Crazy, man, crazy
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The time-honored tradition of coupon-clipping dates back to the birth of retail itself. But the modern boom of digital discounts in the form of web and mobile-based offers -- commonly known as daily deals -- has fueled a renewed surge in eCommerce among price-conscience consumers as 2014 heats up with the summer season of shopping ahead.
This week, NBC affiliate WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio served up a bevy of tips touting insightful ways to save on today's coolest technology and a variety of related gadgets. And once again, even the most in-demand tech can be found with the most attractive price tags attached when you go hunting in the daily deals arena.
Case in point, one of the great buys highlighted on NBC News is for the JBL OnBeat Mini Speaker Dock. If you've got an iPad mini, iPhone 5, iPod touch (5th generation) or iPod nano (7th generation), the JBL OnBeat Mini is a hot commodity. And one of the top daily deals sites in the world is offering it Thursday for $49.94 (check it out on JustDeals.com).
According to the latest industry data, daily deals are doing more than anything else to siphon more online and mobile purchases out of the better than 95 percent of U.S. consumers who still patronize traditional brick-and-mortar stores. And the trend is poised to even gain further momentum.
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The General Motors ignition-switch incident is growing like the Blob, and the part that perplexes me is that so much of it seemed avoidable. Yes, GM's part-handling procedures seem dubious; yes, this debacle should have been dealt with before the rest of the world stuck its nose in. I admittedly never have owned one of the cars in question. But it never occurred to me that having the switch slide over from ON to OFF or ACC in the middle of the road was a death-dealing scenario.
Car and Driver's July issue checks out the claims. They got themselves a Saturn Ion, one of the vehicles being recalled, and then rigged it to kill power assist to steering and brakes to simulate the problem. The results were not surprising: steering effort went up markedly, though not to a point where it couldn't be dealt with, and braking effort quadrupled once the vacuum was gone. It wasn't on the first panic stop, because there's a check valve in the line.
Still, neither of these is a problem if you simply restart the car, no trick if you remember that there's an interlock and you have to shift the lever into neutral. Somewhere around ninety percent of panicky drivers, I suspect, will not remember that. (Trini, who actually owned one of these Ions, and was almost certainly aware of the vagaries of the car's ignition switch, having replaced one once, would have; then again, she's one of the least-panicky individuals on the planet.)
There remains the question of why the airbags didn't deploy when Mr and Mrs Panicky hit the wall, but since there's no legal specification other than "test dummies must not be subjected to this much force," it's difficult to compare notes among individual incidents. And I am reminded of my one and only Major Crash, out on a two-lane state highway in 2006, in which my car and a doe came to mutual death blows at an appallingly high speed. The airbags didn't budge. Then again, I didn't get so much as a scratch.
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It's a typical day for Joe and Demi. Joe asks her for a canoe ride. For them, its just a normal thing hanging out. Joe asking her. Demi asking him. That is until, Demi finally has the guts to tell him about her true feelings during the canoe ride. At first, Demi feels ashamed of what she just told her bestfriend. But Joe thought otherwise. Joe has no hesitation admitting that he has fallen for her also. It was the start of their relationship. But as they continue with their careers, they're relationship is tested. Joe begins spending time with one the stars in the Jonas Brothers' music video, Lovebug. As Demi drives off from her interview, she spots her boyfriend walking and the street with Camilla. She trusted Joe. Therefore, she never complained. Little did she know, it was more than that. The next day, Joe visits her. He apologizes for breaking up with Demi. Demi is shocked by his sudden decision. She asks him to make the breakup official by asking if he didn't love her. Joe hesitates, but says he has fallen out of love anyway. Demi is devistated. After thinking everything through, Demi decides to make things right with Joe and become friends once again, although she is still deeply hurt. She pays him a visit only to hear Joe announce his "love" for Camilla. She breaks down into tears as she makes her way out. Her sobs gets Joe's attention, so he stops her. Demi confronts him not believing a word he says. She just heard what he said to Camilla, but he denies it. But it was true. Joe was confused as ever. He, himself didn't realize why he would say that to Camilla. He didn't mean to hurt Demi, but she tells him about the hurt shes going through. Guilt and confusion were getting the best of him, so he gives up trying to sort things out and lets Demi leave. Waiting for Joe was another problem. Camilla just heard their conversation, leaving her heartbroken. She believed him, but it was all a lie. Joe is left with nothing. | As he hangs with his brothers at a restaraunt, he spots Demi with her costar, Sterling. He couldn't believe what he saw. Overhearing Joe's talking, Kevin convinces him to tell Demi how he really feels. Joe goes up to them as hes watching them flirt. Nothing but jealousy takes over so he asks her if it was a fake date. Demi is surprised to see him there, so she gets back at him, telling him that it was real, and sealing it with a kiss. Joe stands there completely heartbroken. Meaghan, a guest star from her show, sees Joe's sadness and defends him. She made it clear that it was a gathering for their show. She knew that Demi was hurting herself by hurting Joe. Joe becomes infuriated. He takes his anger on Demi, blaming her for everything. But when he hears her side of the story, he calms down and asks her not to leave him anymore. Demi asks Joe to tell her that Joe loves her. Joe becomes overwhelmed again as confusion hits him. He stutters on his words. After Demi had enough, she thanks him for letting her know that he didn't love her. She couldn't take the hurt of not being loved by the one you love. Joe leaves disappointed in Demi and himself. | They both decide to move on. But as they do so, they couldn't seem to get each other out of their minds.
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"Know Your Rights" Video for Photographers
HitRECord, an online artist collaborative and production company started by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, has created the animated short "They Can't Turn the Lights Off Now" based on the ACLU of Florida's pamphlet "Photographers: Know Your Rights." The setting for the video is a demonstration on Wall Street, where a young girl's camera is confiscated by a police officer. To her rescue comes Benjamin Franklin (with angel wings), who explains what rights she has to take photographs under the first amendment. The video appears to be making a statement about the recent actions by police to limit journalists and others from documenting Occupy Wall Street protests. Watch the video below and go to ACLU.org to learn more about photographer rights.
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The Annual Barents Press International Conference in April Haparanda appeared unforgettable. According to many in attendance it was one of the best. We are very grateful to the hosts – Barents Press Sweden! What do the young participants think back about? Here're some viewpoints from different countries.
How can media not lose readers, listeners and viewers and not lose their social role in society? Is journalism to die or to become a new "business niche"? These issues were discussed by journalists from Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia at the annual conference of the journalistic network Barents Press International in late April in the Swedish city of Haparanda.
Sermon or confession?
Such question about the essence of a documentary film was set by the known Russian documentary film maker Alexander Gutman to the participants of a seminar in Murmansk. In the beginning of March there was held a training course «Documentary film. The way it's done» in which journalists, TV producers, cameramen and sound producers from Murmansk, Archangelsk areas and Karelia participated.
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All participants of the seminar had represented earlier their works at the festival «Northern Character–2009» which took place in Murmansk ilast November. Many of them even received awards.
At the seminar their works in were subjected to a strict and often impartial analysis by the master of Russian documentary.
The honoured worker of arts of the Russian Federation, professor Saint-Petersburg university of cinema and TV Alexander Gutman is the owner of a considerable number of prestigious international awards. He is often invited ito be in the jury of various film festivals all over the world. Gutman's main position — which could be drawn from his statements during master classes — is:
- If there is no possibility to make a true documentary film, one shouldn't do at all. It is inadmissible to let out half-done material, putting forward shortage of time, means and other circumstances as a good excuse. A true film it not the author's sermon but his confession.
To make a documentary film within two days…
«When the quantity of the filmed material is beyond the usual reporting, TV men often decide to make a documentary film on this basis. Now I know it for sure that it is impossible to make a documentary film for one – two days», - Julia Solntseva, journalist from AIR TV studio (Kandalaksha, Murmansk area) has written in her evaluation of the seminar. She has also added: «It is useful to learn how aone really should work. I have big hopes that it will be possible to apply the knowledge and to come to «Northern Character — 2010» not empty-handed».
The seminar – training in Murmansk was organised by Barents Press, TV-21 and the Murmansk regional organisation of the Union of journalists of Russia with support of the Center of journalism of Northern countries (Arhus, Denmark).
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From November, 16 till November, 19th, 2010 in Murmansk the third international television festival «Northern Character» will take place. The organising committee has already begun preparations. Alexander Gutman will robably lead one of master classes again.
It is expexted that like last years TV men and documentary makers from northern regions of Russia, Norway, Sweden and Finland are to participate in the festival. Probably, it will be possible to invite also participants from Denmark and Canada.
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Even though the business may be privately owned, it does promote public participation. So, in this light, I do not feel like it is the same as private property such as your home or property.
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Our quite short stay with Margaret was very nice, she seems to be very confident with guests and provides all sorts of facilities (whatever you need to cook, a hairdryer, even a TV...). Her company was pleasant, we had some good chats and she gave us some good advice about what to visit and how to use public transport... The room is very nice, there is enough space for two people with loads of luggage! Thanks for having us, Margaret, we enjoyed it very much! Martina&Kathy
I consider that 'I got a really good deal' and 'landed in my feet' - lovely room, charming flat, amazingly friendly, knowledgeable, considerate and helpful hostess, with tremendously efficient transport links to Centre of Glasgow. I have just spent the most comfortable week with Maggie. A big THANK YOU. I heartily recommend this booking and would not hesitate to return. Ann
This was a great place to stay room was nicer than the photo made it look (a refreshing way around!), good amount of storage so actually better than staying in some hotels, Margaret was friendly and helpful but also respected our independance, nice to be able to sit at the kitchen table to eat, and 10 minutes by bus no.2 from city centre (longer in rush hour) which ran very regularly (tip: Dumbarton Road is a LONG road so difficult to know where to get off the the bus; don't ask driver for Whiteinch as we did as Traveline website indicated this led us to getting off too early; go past Whiteinch and Victoria Park and get off the stop past Esso/Tesco it is a few minutes walk from Scotstoun Sports which might give the driver a slightly better idea of where you mean). I feel I should mention the dog as a previous reviewer did and I think it might unfairly put people off; it is a small non-scary dog and Margaret had it shut in the lounge until we said it was ok to let it out; the rest of the time we wouldn't have known it was there there was certainly no barking and no noticable hair she has done a great job of training it (sorry to keep saying 'it' Margaret I can't remember if 'he' or 'she' sorry!)
Hello, we´ve been for a couple of days with lovely Maggie. But it was like stay at home. She is so friendly and kind. And the best thing is we have hobbies in common. We are planing to come back soon. And we think that we have a new friend.
The room was so confortable, tidy and beutiful with everything.
We had good conversations and she is so helpful and really good "roomate", thank you a lot!
Good morning, we want to review our stay at the home of Maggi.
We are a Spanish couple who have been hosted for 2 weeks in this wonderful home with this lovely woman.
Maggi received us very well at home, has been very kind and very friendly with us, helped us a lot since we stayed.
Everything is very clean and tidy. The room we stayed in your home has a bright spacious and comfortable bed, a large window overlooking the street, television and dvd, heating, furniture and nicely decorated also has wiffi.
I recommend it 100%.
I stayed with Maggie for 10 weeks which was quite unusual for her to take someone in for that long a period. I am grateful that she did though :-)
The room was perfect for both a short and long stay. I had my own TV, internet access, electric warming blanket and access to bathroom and kitchen.
Both in the bathroom and kitchen, Maggie had made some room for my personal stuff, so I didn't need to bring everything back and forth from the room. Maggie was a lovely "roomate" cause we gave eachother privat space, but also had some lovely conversations from time to time. You must be aware that Maggies has a dog, that barks EVERYTIME you walk through the frontdoor and that there's hair everywhere. Hair in the kitchen, the hall and the bedroom. Even on your own stuff cause it flows freely around. This is not because Maggie or I didn't clean, but that's just what to expect when having a dog inside.
Maggie was also kind to loan me her bike during my stay and was very helpful with bus or bike routes through the area.
My overall view of the stay is good and I would recommend people to stay with Maggie.
Thank you very much for your room and your welcome! It was really nice to meet you! Our sunday morning has been a little bit tiring but thank you for the awakening! :)
I recommend maggy's room to everybody!
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Staying at Maggies Flat was a really gorgeous experience. She is very friendly, warm and helpful at all times. We definitly enjoyed the stay there and would highly recommend her.
The room was very spacious and the house is located in a very nice area. Margaret is a wonderful host who is very cordial and treated us really well.
However, the room does not have a TV and/or Internet which is bit of a surprise in this day & age. Basically once you are inside the room, you have nothing to do as but to sleep off. Ideally on a holiday you want to enjoy a good movie in tele with your partner after a hectic day of city hopping, but this room does not give this liberty.
We were so lucky to find Margaret's flat. She is an amazing and outstanding woman and she was a great help for us (especially because we were looking for a flat in that days). Margaret is so hospitable, kind, friendly and openminded that even at the end of the day she was always there ready to listen to us and help us with everything we needed. She really took care of us. Her flat is very spacious and confortable and most important CLEAN. We were able to make use of the double bedroom (with a fantastic electric blanket), bathroom and kitchen and the flat is well connected to the city centre by bus. We really loved the time we spent in her flat, we miss her and Bella (her dog).
We can definitely and warmly recommend to stay there.
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"Chiquita" was born with Native American DNA, blonde hair and no brain nearly 500 years ago in the Pedro Mountains of Wyoming, where she remained buried until her mummy was accidentally unearthed by prospectors seeking gold in Casper. Now after nearly 74 years, scientists are seeking to unravel her mystery using DNA testing and other methods with permission of the family that now "owns her."
"We never get preservation like that from any time, from any population," Gill said of the remains. Even war chiefs and very special burials are not preserved like these little people," stated University of Wyoming anthropologist George Gill, who recently studied the extremely rare specimen along with colleague Maxine Miller. However, he did note that the 6"-7" mummy bears similarities to another anencephaly mummified infant found in the same region around the same time and originally thought to be a "pygmy."
Anencephaly babies are those missing a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp tcaused by a "neural tube defect in which the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close during the early embryonic state (usually between the 23rd and 26th days of conception)/"
"Nowhere else in Wyoming do we have burial sitting up like that. Never sitting up with legs crossed and arms folded across their chest," Gill added. "There's a clear connection between the two of them, besides being in the same vicinity."
While original x-rays of the infant were lost during the 1950's, when she appeared as a curiosity in traveling sideshows, Gill now hopes that more sophisticated testing methods will soon be able to reveal more about why this little Native American baby came to be a blonde."
"Scientists are always progressing in the sampling and testing in the radioactive carbon dating and DNA, so we might be able to use less of a sample and DNA and get a definitive result regarding her genetic make-up."


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Waiting game ... Bieber fans outside Melbourne's The Langham Hotel. Photo: Simon Schluter
"Bieber fever" has swept into Melbourne.
The pop star arrived in the city on Sunday after departing Malaysia, where he performed at the MTV World Stage Live on Saturday.
"Hate these long flights, but worth it to see my fans in Australia," Bieber tweeted.
Lucky fan ... Justin Bieber in Australia. Photo: justinbieberzone.com
The teen idol is in Australia for a three-day tour to promote his new album Believe.
Security is on lockdown with Bieber's record label Universal offering few details about the trip, which will include appearances on Australia's Got Talent, Sunrise and Channel [V].
Despite the secrecy surrounding the star's whirlwind tour of Melbourne and Sydney, it didn't take his dedicated fans long to figure out where Bieber was hiding out after arriving Down Under.
Fans, mostly teenage girls, have camped outside The Olsen Hotel on Chapel Street in South Yarra, where it's believed Bieber, 18, is staying.
A crowd started gathering at the stylish hotel after news of Bieber's arrival was broadcast on social networking site Twitter.
"THE OLSEN HOTEL LOCATED IN CHAPEL ST! AUSSIE BELIEBERS GET DOWN THERE!" one fan tweeted on Sunday afternoon.
"Justin's at the Olsen Hotel but fans can't go in and he won't come out. You could always climb the walls like spiderman or wait it out," another fan tweeted in excitement.
The first photographs of Bieber in Australia have also appeared online. A series of six photos on fan website justinbieberzone.com, show the teen pop star, dressed in a grey hoodie, posing with fans at what appears to be an airport.
Another snap on photo-sharing site Instagram shows Bieber walking through the foyer of The Olsen.
Last time the Canadian star visited - in April 2010 - it was pandemonium. A planned free concert, put on by the Seven Network's Sunrise program at Sydney's Circular Quay was cancelled due to overcrowding.
As hordes of teenagers surged forward, things got so dangerous that Bieber pleaded with them to go home.
The television network is taking no chances this time, promising beefed-up security to safeguard Bieber's Sunrise appearance on Wednesday morning.


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- Joe Robbie wanted football, baseball, and soccer to play in his venue so he built it accordingly. He had hoped to own teams in each sport
- H Wayne bought the stadium when he bought the Fins, and was granted an expansion baseball team
- They coexisted for several years, but H thought baseball needed its own stadium, so he lobbied long and hard to get one for his team
- Remember that he essentially wanted it to be publicly funded - or heavily subsidized through tax breaks
- Failing that, he sold the team, and wrote an awful lease for the new owner to use JRS (and by awful, we mean totally benefitting him)
- A few owners came and went, with each trying to secure a stadium for themselves
- Finally enter the current owner, who made it happen. For better or worse, he got the city of Miami to build him a stadium. And to top it off, its on the site of the old Orange Bowl (this is particularly amusing, because Joe Robbie moved the Fins from the Orange Bowl, and had made comments that the city was impossible to work with as he built his own stadium)
That takes us to today. There was a lot of consternation about this stadium deal. Accusations of back-room deals, lack of accountability, sketchy financials, and the like dogged them along the way.
But the deal went ahead. I have to admit I don't understand the finances. The city borrowed close to $500 million at an interest rate that would seem fairly high (I think it was on the order of 8%, which is bad for municipalities), but is trying to tell everyone that they only took out loans for under $200 million. In any event, they built 4 parking garages as well, and are leasing the spaces in it to the Marlins.
Everything is "on schedule" but there is a cost to doing that, and its cut corners. We saw one example when the garages showed cracks in the concrete. More will come, I am sure.
And then we hear that the garages - since they are leased exclusively to the Marlins - don't qualify as "public" which means that the city has to pay taxes on them. Oops. That's money they don't have, and can't get easily. In addition, the deal has not been signed with parking authority to run the garages - and their retail space. And with opening day about 4 months away, that means there will be no tenants and no revenue in the retail space - and no method for ingress and egress (which means that the city will have to pay off-duty police to manage traffic).
Meanwhile, the SEC (the commission that oversees financials, not the football conference) opened an investigation into the city of Miami finances - unrelated to the Marlins. Basically they were trying to figure how the city stayed solvent, and improved its bond rating...no final word yet, but we hear that they have uncovered an elaborate shell game where money has been moved around to make the books look good. And that investigation has been going on for 2 years, which probably means its big.
And then yesterday, the SEC widened its investigation to look into the stadium agreement. It seems clear to me this is not about the Marlins, at least overtly. The larger issue is how much money the city borrowed, how they got it, the interest the paid, and how they plan to repay it. Now the fact that the SEC also subpoenaed the Marlins finances and campaign contributions tells me that there is a larger tale - and the underpinnings of the deal are at issue. It might affect the Marlins, but this is about how we came to this state...needless to say relentless critic of the Marlins Norman Braman is enjoying this turn of events.
Now one side note: the Marlins assured us that there would be parks on all 4 corners, and there would be a fun walkway between downtown and the stadium. Turns out that the stadium is so large it actually abuts residential areas on all 4 corners - there is no room for a park! And walkways? Haha. Nope.


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When at home pouring for yourself how many milli-litres do you typically pour? Of course the dram and moment will make a difference. If you don't do metric then a typical bottle in the UK holds 28 drams for most Scottish pub measures. In the US the bottle size gives 30 drams. So on average do you get more than this (I doubt it) or how much less? Do your dram sizes differ significantly? Are you too frightened to work it out?
Only curious. Definetly not worried about my own consumption. Honest.


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This record to the listener, if sober or sane, at first will seem really chaotic with its dusty, vinyl-static sound purposely filtered in the background. And then, asking yourself if this debut from Dudley Perkins (part of the crew the hip hop world grew to love through groups such as Lootpack, Quasimoto, & Oh No) should be categorized as hip hop or some brand of neo-soul, you might just come to the conclusion that it's a mixture of both. Or, is it simply someone just messing around freely in a recording studio, probably not knowing the 'record' button had been pushed? The highlight of this LP is what supports Dudley Perkins, and his name is Madlib. The underlying truth is indeed these Madlib-produced beats of jazzy fusion. On the opener, "Momma" where Dudley sings repetitious lines of dedication to his mother, you can't ever dare to describe this as something touching or sentimental. It may be considered cute, but most would find it hard to honor this sort of free-spirited, prank-like song to bring an anticipated blush from one's mother. But then again, Madlib's production might persuade her to bop her head.
At a glance, this sort of seemingly lackadaisical approach to constructing an album may receive harsh criticism. After all, Dudley seems to just step up to the mic in one take at the studio, supposedly after a few blunts and sips of brew of course, and then begins to sing or rap or scat whatever he soulfully pleases. The truth is, without the majority of Madlib's excellent blazes of hip hop jazz, you're probably not going to be convinced to take in the rest of Dudley's whimsical, unfinished, practice-session sounding tracks such as "The Light", "Muzak" and "Gotta Go" featuring Yesterday's New Quintet. But remember "Flowers", that underground odd soulful twist that even British DJ Gilles Peterson featured on his Worldwide mix CD (Talkin Loud)? Similarly, up comes Dudley's single, "Money," his conscious message about the root of all evil. He actually seems to make some sense in this similar underground banger. Sounding more like a jovial pimp, full of intoxicated melodic tones and sudden turns of humor that may either annoy or entertain you, this cut tries to save this album. But realistically, the entire album might be best played in its instrumental state, which is also available. But if you must endure Dudley Perkins throughout this showcase of disturbing vocal styles, you may want to get high as a kite or drunk like a fish, then listen. You can't give your full attention to the confusion within this release. Something has to be altered in your mind. Only then, you could fully enjoy the effects this sort of loose, carefree and unformatted style from Dudley. Putting out a record like this, is sort of like a stand-up comic giving the crowd an inside joke that only he and his immediate friends can understand. We just ain't getting it Dudley!
On "Falling", Dudley just sort of preaches righteousness and tries to inject self-esteem to his listeners. He appears very sober and actually serious for a change, something he does well on others such as "Solitude" and "Lil' Black Boy" also, on the latter, injecting some self-reality to those black youths unaware of what society is going to deal them. As usual, Madlib scores again with the right vinyl textures he samples, exciting all crate diggers, far and near. The album overall though, lacks exactly what these few tracks exert – time consuming, artistic effort with some type of focus. It more or less gives you the impression that anyone can make this sort of music, and to make matters worse, anyone (without Madlib of course) can make this sort of record in the shortest timeframe given.
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The "Money Pit" will be loosely based on the 1986 movie which starred Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as newlyweds who buy a house that threatens to suck them dry. That movie was a remake of the 1948 film, "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." In the series, a newlywed couple struggle to adjust to married life all the while their fixer-upper crumbles around them. Justin Spitzer, from "The Office" will write and executive produce along with Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.
The "Fifth Wheel" is an ensemble comedy about a tight-knit group of friends along the lines of "Friends" or "How I Met Your Mother." The gimmick here is the young woman at the center who finds herself the last single standing after all of her friends get engaged. Writers will be Heidi Niedermeyer and Elena Crevello, who will also executive produce along with Gordon and Andrea Shay.
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Note: No hands were used/harmed in the process of writing this blog.
Modern-day technology has led to a slew of special 21st-century disorders, the likes of which have never before seen. Wii Elbow, Blackberry thumb, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Laptop Neck strike men and women in the prime of their lives, leaving us physically crippled and emotionally distraught as we find ourselves actually (gasp!) picking up the phone to call someone rather than texting them.
A few months ago, I joined the more than 3% of the US population afflicted with carpal tunnel. Prior to that, I was sidelined by a bulging disc which doctors believe was exacerbated, if not brought on, by years of peering down at a laptop, cell phone scrunched between my ear and shoulder while taking notes (I am a writer by trade.) If you've ever walked into a Starbucks only to see two dozen college students or work-from-homers hunched over their portable computers, then you've seen me. Or at least the former me. Besides completely revamping my workspace, I have, sadly, been forced to reduce my workload as my body heals. And despite what some people may have you believe, sitting around watching marathons of The Real Housewives of Orange County while your friends work, workout, or otherwise lead productive lives can be quite depressing.
"You should just get that voice software," strangers and friends alike suggested. "Clearly, you're not a writer," I would silently judge in return. Letting words flow from your mind down your arms and into a keyboard is an art, impossible to be done purely via spoken word. The way people speak is totally different than the way we write. But when a hand surgeon told me he dictates all of his patient notes via Dragon Naturally Speaking Speech Recognition Software to spare his hands from outcomes such as mine, it hit me: I need this.
Dragon sent me the complete line-up: the software; a headset and Bluetooth; laminated Common Commands; and a number for tech support, which wound up being incredibly useful for this tech-illiterate writer. (I should note, I was sent the product as a member of the media, but comprehensive tech support is available for all customers. I should also note, you may need to turn off your antivirus software before installing Dragon, as it may be mis-recognized as foreign.)
The installation process was fairly easy. While initializing the software, Dragon actually searches your documents and e-mails for common words and phrases, learning your personal language style and preparing to recognize words that commonly precede or proceed other words. In this way, it adopts, say, medical vocab faster for a health writer and historical terms faster for a history professor.
According to Nuance Communication, Inc., which represents the company, Dragon is up to 99% accurate and can work at speeds of up to 160 words per minute (most people speak about 120 WPM). Not even the fastest, most intellectually voluptuous Mad Men secretary can compete with those numbers. And considering the furious way I hunt and peck using two fingers, banging out text as if it were a concerto, it's hands-sparing, too.
The software works with pretty much all of your favorite applications: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and AOL Instant Messenger. That means I can say, "Search Google for Arianna Huffington" and Dragon will open the search engine, presenting me with my results... or I can say, "E-mail Mom" and my Hotmail subject box will populate with her e-mail address (email@example.com, FYI. She loves animal forwards.). You can also create shortcuts for phrases you may use over and over. For example instead of having to type/say "Hello, my name is Leslie Goldman and I am a writer with Huffington Post," I can just say "HuffPo" and the whole sentence appears.
To be honest, it was a bit rough at first. Software aside, speaking out sentences slowly is much different than thinking them and simultaneously writing them. With the headset on, I felt a bit like an operator at a call center; speaking in such slow, deliberate, measured way made me feel like my attorney brother dictating a letter for his assistant. It's just not that natural to actually say the punctuation you want; when you write, you just hit the Comma key to indicate a pause, but with voice recognition software, you have to actually say "comma."( I actually had to hand-type that last sentence because, my God, there would need to be a little genius sitting in my headset to correctly determine which words I truly wanted spelled out.) And if you want to delete something you say "Scratch that" versus simply hitting the delete button.
It takes time for Dragon to learn your language or speaking patterns; as a result, the first time I said "apart" it was translated as "apartheid." "Phrases" registered as "freezes." But according to the pamphlet, the system will start to expect certain words or phrases as it learns my language and voice and soon I will be able to rattle off diseases, psychiatric conditions, and funky names for new workout routines with ease. The more I use it the better it will learn and the more I correct it, the easier a time it will have a recognizing what it hears. There are also a series of training readings you can do -- I chose to read from a Dave Barry excerpt about cyberspace, and later recited Kennedy's inaugural address while seated at my kitchen table.
One of the most fascinating things, I found, is watching your words appear in a small yellow box as you speak them before they pop up on the screen... actually seeing the computer "think" about whether it believes you mean "its" or "it's," and then correctly make the grammatical call, is rather hypnotic and feels like you've stepped into the future.
A note to chronic multitaskers: The software gets feisty when multiple conversations are being had. Do not, for example, attempt to schedule a haircut with an earbud in your right ear while the microphone is on and hooked over your left ear or you'll wind up with words like "highlights" and "Tuesday with Ashley at noon" sprinkled throughout your notes for your Monday afternoon staff meeting.
My first official Dragon-interpreted sentence was "I am now starting to write without my hands" followed by a small giggle. On the screen, it came out, "I am now starting to write without my hands yeah 888." The "888" was Dragon's interpretation of my laugh, which I imagine it interpreted as "Hee, hee, hee." And here is what my first e-mail looked like, uncorrected:
Hi Dan,
This is my first voice activated!! Very exciting. But a little tricky anyhow I wanted you to be the first person to receive it.
Love you exquisite white return return you should resemble please
That last line comes off as sounding eclectically romantic but I must admit, I have no idea what "exquisite white" means and somehow, instead of signing off with my name, it wrote "return return you should resemble please." But we can't all be perfect and with more practice, soon I'll be firing off all sorts of purposefully lovey-dovey e-love letters to my man (as opposed to "earlobe letters," which the software just heard.) By the way, my husband's response to my first venture in voice activated online communication?
It's funny, because from the e-mail I can't even tell that you're now some kind of animatronic half-human.
I may be half-human, but only because I'm now part-Dragon. And while it might have taken me a solid three hours to speak/write this blog, I'm optimistic that pretty soon, I'll be nearing 100% -- scratch that -- 99% accuracy.
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