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The Wizard Of Odd: Joe Morello
The Wizard Of Odd: Joe Morello
The Dave Brubeck Quartet was one of the last jazz groups to achieve general popularity in the late 1950s and early '60s, when rock and roll was dominating record sales, radio, juke boxes, and the ratings charts. The addition of Joe Morello, in 1956, made it possible for the pianist to put into action his plan to incorporate time signatures rarely used in jazz.
That led to the seminal odd-time tune "Take Five," a rare instance of a jazz band in the '60s having a hit record.
Morello grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1928. He, alto saxophonist Phil Woods, and guitarist Sal Salvador played together there during Morello's high school days. He moved to New York in 1952 and worked with guitarist Johnny Smith and saxophonist Gile Melle. He subbed briefly for Stan Levey in the Stan Kenton band before he joined pianist Marian McPartland's trio. Morello was tall and reserved, with thick glasses to aid his partial vision. McPartland wrote in her memoir that he looked "less like a drummer than a student of nuclear physics."
When the Brubeck Quartet's longtime drummer, Joe Dodge, gave notice in late 1956 that he was getting off the road to spend more time with his family, Brubeck took alto saxophonist Paul Desmond's advice. He went to New York's Hickory House to hear Morello with McPartland and bassist Bill Crow. Morello's time, touch, and technique had dazzled New York musicians and fans. NBC-TV's Dave Garroway, a canny jazz listener, said that Morello's touch on his cymbals was like a butterfly's wing. That fit Desmond's standard for ideal drumming.
"Paul told me we should hire Joe Morello," Brubeck recalls. "He said Morello was a fantastic drummer who always played softly, with brushes." I went over to hear him with Marian and was knocked out."
In 2003, Morello remembered Brubeck and Desmond coming into the Hickory House several times to listen to the McPartland Trio.
"I had been planning on leaving Marian's group anyway," Morello recalled. "There was an audition and an offer from Tommy Dorsey, but his manager got cute with money and while that was on hold, Dave called and asked if I would be interested in joining his group." He and the pianist met at the New York hotel where Brubeck was staying.
"I told him the times I'd heard his band at Birdland, the spotlight was on him and Paul, and the bass player and drummer were out to lunch in the background somewhere. I told him I wanted to play, wanted to improve myself. He said, 'Well, I'll feature you.'"
When Brubeck returned from a tour, Morello said, he told Brubeck, "Let's try it. Maybe you won't like my playing and I won't like the group. There's no use signing anything until we're really sure." An exchange of telegrams confirmed their intentions.
Shortly after, Morello got a call from Dorsey's manager, who told him that he had the job.
"He said, 'Tommy's going to give you the money.' I told him it was too late, I'd just signed with Brubeck. 'Oh, you don't want to play in Birdland all your life,' he said. 'Look what we did for Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson.' I told him, 'You didn't do anything for Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson. Look what they did for your band.'"
Finding The Time
Morello's first job with the Quartet was scheduled for a Chicago television program. He listened to some of Brubeck's recordings to familiarize himself with the tunes they would play, and then he flew to Chicago and went directly to the TV station. Brubeck, Desmond, and bassist Norman Bates flew in from one of their tour dates.
"They showed up about 15 minutes before air time," Morello said. "We ran down some tunes. He'd sent me a couple of simple little tunes, time-change things, nothing serious. You listen to it once and you can do it. I think they were 'I'm In A Dancing Mood,' and 'The Trolley Song.' There was a little transition in the way of time — it was no big deal. Dave introduced me on TV as his new drummer. When it was over, Dave said to the guys, 'Joe played these things like he wrote 'em.' It was very nice. But, really, they were very simple. So, it went fine and then we went into the Blue Note for a week."
It turned out that Morello's and Desmond's ideas about the proper role of a drummer in the quartet were at odds. On the first set at the famous club on North Clark Street, Brubeck suggested that Morello use sticks and gave him a solo. The audience reacted with what Morello described as "a little standing ovation." Desmond left the stand. "At the end of the drum solo, he just took off," Morello said. During the break, Brubeck found Desmond in the dressing room, armed with an ultimatum: "Morello goes or I go."
"Well, he's not going," Brubeck told Desmond.
"Joe could do things I'd never heard anybody else do," Brubeck says. "I wanted to feature him. Paul objected. He wanted a guy who played time and was unobtrusive. I discovered that Joe's time concept was like mine, and I wanted to move in that direction. Paul said I had to get another drummer; I told him I wouldn't. I didn't know whether Paul and Norman would show up the next night. They came to a record session at Columbia in Chicago during the day, but they wouldn't play. So Joe and I played for three hours. And they told me they were going to leave the group. And I said, 'Well, there'll be a void on the stand tonight because Joe's not leaving.'
"So, I went to the job and, boy, was I relieved to see Paul and Norman. But I wasn't going to be bluffed out of Joe. It was not discussed again. That was the end of it. Paul knew that Morello was one of the greatest drummers who ever lived, but what he wanted was a steady beat. Some nights Joe would do more than that and Paul would say, 'Please don't do adventures behind me.' Later, of course, Joe and Paul became very close."


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- Conference date: 19–23 March 2012
- Location: Palm Springs, CA, USA
We investigated the relationship between heavy-ion composition variability in gradual solar energetic particle (SEP) events and the source regions of the associated interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) along which these SEPs are transported. In particular, we found that the SEP elemental composition has a positive correlation with the unsigned photospheric magnetic field strength around the IMF footpoints. Furthermore, the IMF source region can be generally categorized into two classes, depending on whether the associated solar wind, and correspondingly the footpoints of the open magnetic field along which the SEPs are transported, are from a coronal hole (CH) near an active region (an 'AR field-source') or from a CH without an AR in its close proximity (a 'CH field-source'). This study is based on 24 events observed in years 1998 and 2003-2006. We present in this paper the results for Fe/O as an example, and show that the observed SEP Fe/O ratio at 3-30 MeV/nucleon is preferentially enhanced in the case of AR field-source. By contrast, the distributions of Fe/O for the in-situ solar-wind thermal particles in these time intervals are essentially indistinguishable between the two field-sources. Our results suggest that suprathermal ions are the preferred seed particles for shock acceleration, and the composition of these suprathermals depends on the magnetic field where they are generated, with suprathermals associated with active regions, i.e. stronger photospheric magnetic field, having larger heavy-ion enhancements than suprathermals associated with coronal holes with weak magnetic field. These results open a new window in understanding the origin and production of the suprathermal seed particles for SEPs.
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April 2017 date to be determined (Sat. - Sun.) Barboursville Vineyards
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Each spring visitors are welcomed to more than 250 of Virginia's most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks during "America's Largest Open House." This 8-day statewide event provides visitors a unique opportunity to see unforgettable gardens at the peak of Virginia's springtime color, as well as beautiful houses sparkling with over 2,000 fabulous flower arrangements created by Garden Club of Virginia members.
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May - October: Orange Farmer's Market
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The Market at Grelen kicks off their music series featuring local artists. After taking a trail walk, picking blueberries, perusing the plants and shopping in their market, stay a while longer and relax under the stars with dinner and music. Performances: May 5: Scuffletown, May 12: Jason Burke, May 19: Michael Clem & Thomas Gunn. Hours: 5:30pm-8:00pm
May 6 (Sat.) 153rd Anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness
History buffs unite! The anniversary commemoration will include living history re-enactors giving presentations on a myriad of activities that took place at Ellwood during the Battle of the Wilderness.
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Hours - Gates open at 5:30pm, Bull Riding at 7:30pm
Oakland Heights Farm has live bull riding!
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Gordonsville is famous for its fried chicken, which was served to passengers of trains stopping in town during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by local women carrying platters of the delicacy on their heads. Nationally-known at that time, Gordonsville's fried chicken earned the town the nickname of "chicken-leg center of the universe". To celebrate this special heritage, the Town of Gordonsville will hold its Famous Fried Chicken Festival on Saturday, May 21, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Gordonsville Fire Company Fair Grounds. The event will feature a fried chicken and pie contest, wine garden, and numerous craft and artisan vendors. Location: Gordonsville Fire Company Fairgrounds
May 28, 2016 (Sat.), Hours 10am-3pm Liberty Mills Farm Strawberry Festival
Celebrate strawberry season with Strawberry Fest at Liberty Mills Farm. Pick your own strawberries and sample jams, jellies, and preserves or try a fresh strawberry sundae.
May 29, (Sun.) & May 30 (Mon. Paracon at the Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel
Now for the creepy stuff. In 1997 A&E and the History Channel nominated The Exchange Hotel as 15th on the top 100 "Most Haunted Places in America." Anyone interested in the "paranormal" can come and listen to professional speakers discuss many of the unanswered questions we all share. Professional paranormal groups will present their latest gadgets and techniques that they use in performing investigations. The Exchange Hotel was a receiving hospital during the Civil War where over 700 bodies were once buried on the property.
June 18,2016 (Sat.)
The 4th annual Trashy Ribs & Blues Festival
Downtown Orange
Dash for Trash Town Litter Clean-up then enjoy Ribs & Blues Festival.
July thru September
July - September: Orange Farmer's Market
Saturdays 8 AM - Noon
Faulconer's Shopping Center, Route 13/James Madison Hwy, Orange 540-672-2540
September 3, 2016 (Sat.)
Taste of the Mountains
9 AM - 4 PM Downtown Madison
This Madison County heritage festival celebrates the Mountain and Traditional cultures of the 18th & 19th century America as reflected in the customs and history of the Blue Ridge Mountains region. The entire family can enjoy the day, browsing, shopping, enjoying the games, riding ponies, listening to great music, eating and taking pleasure in the vast array of entertainment.
September 7 -11, 2016 (Wed. - Sunday) Inn at Westwood Farm Yoga in the Barn
A Yoga Retreat in the Country… Honor your mind and your body by gifting it with serenity at the Inn at Westwood Farm. Join us for the weekend or drop in for one of our classes.
Classes each morning at 8:00 AM and again at 5:30 PM.
September 10, 2016 (Sat.) Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello
The 10th Annual Heritage Harvest Festival, hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in partnership with Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and Seed Savers Exchangecelebrates Jefferson's legacy in a fun, affordable, family-oriented, educational event promoting gardening, sustainability, local food, and the preservation of heritage plants.
October thru December
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5K Race in Virginia's Largest Corn Maze. Benefiting the American Heart Association. A 2.5 mile warm-up run out the door at the Inn at Westwood Farm to the starting line at Liberty Mills Farm!
November 5 - January 2 James Madison's Montpelier
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Montpelier was home to President James Madison, Father of the Constitution and Architect of the Bill of Rights, and Dolley Madison, America's first "First Lady".
The Montpelier estate sits on 2600 acres and features the mansion, gardens, historic buildings, exhibits, archaeological sites, and forests trails. Spend an hour or two—or a full day with family and friends—strolling the grounds, picnicking, and learning more about the Constitution, James Madison, and Montpelier.
November 5, 2016 (Sat.) Montpelier Hunt Races
Located on the grounds of James Madison's Montpelier
Spend the weekend at Inn at Westwood Farm and enjoy all the festivities of the this wonderful event. Call Inn at Westwood Farm, 888.661. 1293 to make your reservations for 2015.
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Nothing is better than visiting the countryside during the holidays. Here is your itinerary for three day tour and two night stay...Treat yourself to a weekend here at the Inn at Westwood Farm
December 3, 2016, (Saturday) James Madison's Montpelier-A Candlelight Christmas Tour
Make Montpelier part of your holiday season!
Explore the home of James and Dolley Madison by candlelight and learn about 19th-century Christmas customs of the early American republic. Visitors are invited to delight in light refreshment, wine, and wassail and enjoy holiday music, caroling, and dancing.
Tour the mansion by candlelight for a very special introduction to the holiday season for you and your family.
December 3, 2016 (Saturday) The Market at Grelen Enchanted
Local Artisans, Wreath making workshop, fresh Christmas trees, music, holiday cheer, hot cider and fire pits.


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Saudi Arabia a 'family business': Bildt
The Local · 4 Apr 2012, 10:29
Published: 04 Apr 2012 10:29 GMT+02:00
- Swedish defence minister Tolgfors resigns (29 Mar 12)
- Spy agency cash used for Saudi arms plant: report (27 Mar 12)
- Criminal probe into 'secret' Saudi arms plant (22 Mar 12)
"It isn't as if the world is lacking in anti-tank missiles. Would the situation in the world be better if they had bought French manufactured ones instead?" Bildt said during a press conference on Tuesday.
According to Bildt, he was not consulted by the Swedish Agency for Non-proliferation and Export Controls (Inspektionen för strategiska produkter, ISP) regarding the Saudi deal.
"These are not government-level decisions and that's how it should be. We have independent agencies. If it is sensitive and in a grey area, ISP will consult me, but they haven't on this occasion," he told DI.
Bildt also said that he felt the Saudi deal had been handled "correctly" and that he didn't have anything to say on the conduct of Sweden's Defence Research Agency (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI), which is currently the subject of a criminal probe into secret plans by FOI to help the Saudis build a weapons plant.
As FOI's plans to provide assistance with the construction of the factory were considered to be on the border of what the agency had the right to do, a shell company, SSTI, was set up by an FOI official with cash borrowed from Sweden's military intelligence agency, MUST, in order hide Swedish involvement in project, dubbed Project Simoom.
In commenting on the ongoing scandal, which contributed to the resignation last week of defence minister Sten Tolgfors, Bildt also said he would not have stopped the deal, had he known of it.
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Recap: 'Survivor: Nicaragua' - 'Glitter in Their Eyes'
Jimmy Johnson talks to monkeys, but can he coach his team to Immunity?
Man-Shannon is gone. Jimmy Johnson remains. And the Younger Tribe holds the Medallion of Power. That's just about all you need to know as Wednesday (Sept. 29) night's "Survivor: Nicaragua" begins.
Click through for a full recap.
Pre-credit sequence. Crabs. Crabs everywhere. We must be starting off with the Younger Tribe. They return to camp agreeing that sending Man-Shannon home was the right move. Man-Shannon's allies work hard to convince the rest of the tribe that Jeff Probst was right and that they need to work on unity, which is exactly what you'd say if you followed a bit of a misogynistic, homophobic Alpha Male into battle and then suddenly found yourself rudderless. NaOnka is having none of it. NaOnka calls them fake. She clarifies that they are "faker than faux fur." She believes that a tribe divided remains divided and that Alina, Fabio-Jud and Kelly B made their stand and that they backed the wrong horse and that now they have to face the consequences.
More fun than a tree full of monkeys. Way down the beach, we find the Ancients celebrating their first week in the jungle. They're following the howler monkeys in the trees in hopes that the monkeys will lead them to food. Down at the base of a tree, Jimmy Johnson begins an extended conversation with one of the monkeys, based on similar intellectual discussions he must have had with Troy Aikman. Yve is inspired by Jimmy's monkey conversation. "Now if I had Bradshaw with me, we'd really talk to the animal," Jimmy says and everybody laughs as if they have a clue who Terry Bradshaw is. "He's a threat," Marty says, calling the idea of taking Jimmy into a Merge, "a disaster." Marty's very antsy, so Jill has to try to talk him down. Jill is all about tribal unity, even if it means exposing the Immunity Idol she found last week. But wait... Did the monkeys lead them to fruit or not?
Jud's a dude. Fabio? More like Fabi-No. The Younger Tribe is making fire, an experience which gives Fabio a head rush. He insists to us, though, that he's deeper than he's showing. "I want to be kept around for more than because I'm funny. I want to be kept around for my mentalism," he says. Or did he say that he wanted to be kept around because he watches "The Mentalist"? I started nodding off. NaOnka, who hates Fabio's hair, isn't swayed by the Stoner Crown Jester.
The editors are just killing time. After that interlude with Fabio being a clown, we return to the Ancients, where Marty shows everybody the Idol and earns a round of applause, led by Jimmy T, who admits that he'd have kept the Idol for himself. Jill just keeps quiet and lets Marty bask. Tyrone isn't buying it, saying that although he may have won some "Team Points," he's still playing his own game. Marty admits as much. This isn't entertaining. I really hope something happens in this episode soon.
Dan in Real Pain. The Ancients are drying their pants over a fire. Dan isn't sleeping well and he's concerned that the tribe may soon think he's a weak link. Dan insists that he isn't weak link and that he's at least as strong as any of the women. Yve is noticing that weakness. The camera has also noticed that Dan has a big scar on his knee. I think that once you get past Marty and Tyrone, gradations of "weakness" on this tribe are like angels limping on the head of a pin.
NaOnka is ObNoxious. The Youngsters are pow-wowing, or at least the cool kids are. They've isolated Alina and Kelly B as threats. Alina knows that she's on the wrong side of things. NaOnka wants to send a shockwave to Kelly B by voting Alina out. That shockwave? "That's what you get, bitches!" Charming. These people are all charming.
More fun than a barrel full of... beanbags? It's challenge time. Immunity is up for grabs. Teams have to collect 10 barrels, arrange the barrels in a pattern and then they have to throw beanbags on top of the barrels. But this isn't just Immunity. It's also Reward. Want to know what they're playing for? A "Survivor" garden, plus sauces and fruit. We're giving them food and condiments already? The Younger tribe would a two-barrel advantage for their Medallion of Power choice, but they elect not to use it. Probst gives the teams time to organize, which means Jimmy Johnson comes to the forefront and does his thing. The Youngsters get out to an early lead with Probst calling Dan out for failing to help the Ancients. After all of the brutal physical challenges of "Heroes vs. Villains," this is really quaint. Last season? They were all trying to destroy each other every week. This season, they're throwing beanbags at barrels. With Tyrone leading the way, the Ancients move into a lead on the beanbags. They're winning 6-3, but Benry single-handedly ties things up, as Tyrone tires. Benry is dominant and pulls his team into the lead and carries them to victory. The Youngsters lift Benry triumphantly, as if he just single-handedly defeated the Russian hockey team and knocked out Ivan Drago. Dudes. He threw beanbags with slightly more touch than a some old guys. Kelly B gathers the fruits and sees the Immunity clue. She thinks she's being clever, but NaOnka is right on top of her.
Least sexy "Survivor" catfight ever. The Youngsters return to camp, with Kelly and NaOnka in the lead, holding the fruit and the Immunity clue. After an actual physical confrontation, NaOnka grabs the paper from Kelly B. With all due respect to NaOnka and Kelly B, I've seen Amanda and Danielle catfight. I've rewatched Amanda and Danielle catfighting. And this catfight was no Amanda/Danielle. "Sorry I smooshed the bananas," NaOnka apologizes. Kelly B is sad about the clue. Fabio is sad about the bananas. NaOnka's proud of what she did and says she'd do it again, even if Kelly B's leg flew off. NaOnka clarifies that Kelly B got hood-ed, not ghetto-ed. She explains the difference and my eyes glaze. "My name is NaOnka, not Fool," NaOnka says, making it clear that she'd have no sympathy for Kelly B. NaOnka, off on her own, gets an assist from Brenda in deciphering the clue. And Brenda? She's just happy to be aligned with whoever has the power. They don't find anything, at least not anything we see.
"Survivor" becomes a JV football team meeting. The Ancients are miserable as they return. Jill's sad about missing out on the bananas and spices. And Jimmy T is miserable that he has talents that are being wasted. Naturally, he turns to Jimmy to get his talents validated. There's a lengthy discussion of Tyrone's cold spell. "Do we want to win or do we want everybody to touch the ball?" Tyrone asks. Because of Jimmy Johnson's presence, this is all about sports metaphors and Tyrone plays along by referring to himself in the third person. Marty is silent and sits on the outside, but he's looking forward to Tribal Council.
Lots of blather about the inevitable. We're back with the Ancients. Marty and Jimmy Johnson are out in the waves talking strategy. They agree that a strong team is for the best. It sounds like they're targeting Danny, but Marty tells us that he's planning on getting rid of Jimmy to destabilize the team, take away everybody's Daddy. Jill doesn't care. She thinks Danny, Jimmy Johnson and Holly are the same person and it doesn't matter who goes first. She'd prefer to get Dan out first, but she calls Marty the puppet master and moves on. Marty moves on to Dan and lures him with the prospect of being able to tell his friends that he blindsided Jimmy Johnson. Next, Marty approaches Jimmy T and Jimmy T agrees that Jimmy Johnson should be next to go. Marty thinks that Jimmy Johnson going next will shake the team to its core. Weirdly, Holly's convinced that she's done, but Jane reassures her that it's probably Danny going out. They're way out of the loop. Jane takes a strong stand against going to Tribal Council. At the fishing hole, Jimmy Johnson is suspecting that he's in trouble. "I'm in trouble every single week we go to Tribal Council," he says. Jimmy calls this the hardest thing he's ever gone through, but he isn't doing anything to save himself. Tyrone is in Jimmy Johnson's corner, preferring to get Dan out first, but he's wishy-washy at Marty's prodding. "Do not mess around with me. I'm playing this game for real," Marty threatens to the camera as they head off to Tribal Council. He whips out a little bit of a Boston Rob "If you're not with me..." It's here that I realize that Marty actually could *be* Boston Rob, if Boston Rob were an insecure 48-year-old dedicated to voting out senior citizens.
Tribal Council. Barring some fireworks, this is going to be a really dull result. Jeff Probst leads a discussion about the previous challenge, which leads to more of Jimmy T's ranting about his underappreciated "game." Jill tries saying that everybody in the tribe is a leader, but he may be the most accomplished leader. There's a weird conversation about Jimmy Johnson's leadership style and Jimmy T's failure to properly bond with Jimmy Johnson. It turns out that Jimmy T is a Patriots season ticket holder and that Jimmy Johnson is threatened by him. I watch Patriots games regularly on TV. I'd hate to imagine how that might temper Jimmy Johnson's feelings toward me. Tyrone is flummoxed by that statement and Jimmy Johnson maintains that he thinks he's had a great relationship with the other man. My gosh. What are we talking about here? Does everybody want Jimmy Johnson to pat them on the head and give them orange slices? Is that "Survivor"? Finally things transition to Dan's physical well-being, his limitations. "If I don't meet what they want me to to, I'll be voted out. But I'm there," Dan maintains. Jimmy T is confident, saying that the tribe has three or four week players. Probst goes around the team and nobody wants to admit that they're the weakest until they get to Jimmy Johnson, who acknowledges both age and weakness. Marty tells Jeff that it's time for them to start the game. I couldn't agree more.
The Vote. Jimmy T laments that Jimmy Johnson didn't listen to him and writes Coach's name down. It appears that Coach is writing Dan's name, as Dan sits by the fire fingering the scar on his knee. Time to read the votes: Jimmy Johnson. Dan. Jimmy. Jimmy. Jimmy. And that's it for Jimmy. He instructs one of them to win a million bucks. Poor Jimmy. Probst chides the Ancients for voting out their proven leader, or else for voting out this season's celebrity meal-ticket. In his exit confessional, Jimmy said he had fun, but he was miserable the whole time, calling it the most stressful time in his life. He still predicts that his tribe will come together and be successful.
Bottom Line. It doesn't hurt the show to lose Jimmy Johnson. "Survivor" really shouldn't be a game with one isolated celebrity and 19 civilians and too often the editors were as caught up in Jimmy's star power as his fellow players. What hurts the show is to have a whole hour with absolutely no tension, drama or misdirection. Other than the brief fracas with Kelly B and NaOnka, that was as lazy and unengaging a "Survivor" episode as I can remember. I don't know if it's age-ist of me, but I find Jimmy T's delusions to be more difficult to watch and enjoy than any of the myriad "Survivor" delusions we've been treated to over the years. I mean, NaOnka's deluded and I think she's probably a pretty awful person, but I don't worry that she might get disoriented, wander off into the jungle and mate with a howler monkey (though I wouldn't put that past Fabio). Too many players on the Ancients tribe are coming across as beaten down and exhausted. Too many people on the Younger tribe are coming across as spoiled and obnoxious. Where's the fun in any of that?
Am I wrong? Was this a good "Survivor" episode and I just missed the fun? And are you going to miss Jimmy Johnson?


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Data center energy use has become a hot topic this year. While Derrick Harris and I have bandied about our thoughts on the need for clean power, energy efficiency is still top of mind for most data center operators. There are plenty of opportunities to cut data center energy consumption: cooling systems, low-power servers, efficient power generation and distribution, uninterruptible power supplies, solid-state storage… The list is extensive — and also grounded in IT hardware and machinery that keeps computing facilities up and running.
But a new aspect of data center energy use is getting increasing attention lately: software. If the code running on all the servers in a data center was inherently more energy-efficient and governed by its own energy-aware logic, IT managers could have another, less costly option to consider for reducing data center energy use: fewer servers. But how do developers code for energy efficiency when the impulse is to build programs that are ever bigger, better and faster?
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Companies like Intel have been promoting energy-efficient coding techniques during the past few years. The problem is that efforts to draw attention to the issue often take the form of research findings and best practices tucked deep in the developer areas of web sites (like Intel's own) instead of sharing the spotlight with the latest and greatest tech. But that's changing, now that new tools are arriving on the scene. For instance, Google collaborated with researchers at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University last year to develop PowerTutor, which allows Google phone software developers to "see the impact of design changes on power efficiency."
Now, Intel is working to bring its insights out of white papers and into practical use by providing developers with visibility into the energy intensiveness of software applications with its Energy Checker SDK. According to the company, the SDK "provides the tools to measure both software productivity and hardware platform energy consumption to facilitate reporting energy efficiency metrics." Those metrics take the form of counters — software gauges, so to speak — that can be used to correlate how much "useful work" is performed with a set amount of energy, and vice versa. It's early days yet, but so far, Intel software engineer Jamel Tayeb has tinkered with Energy Checker to measure the energy consumed by a program via a command line, and even improve the accuracy of its own energy measurements.
Over at Microsoft Research, a team is readying the release of an energy profiling tool called Joulemeter that can be used to generate an energy report encompassing an entire computer system, a specific software application and even a virtual machine. It's a capability that can have a profound impact on how firms focus their software development efforts.
Programming is a balancing act, explains Jie Liu of the Joulemeter team at Microsoft Research. "Software developers constantly make decisions during software development to optimize for speed, memory size, storage, etc.," he states. For developers, tools like Joulemeter and Intel's Energy Checker open the door to new levels of code optimization. Efficiency will no longer just be measured by an application's toll on the processor or its memory footprint. Soon, coders can take energy consumption into account and even assign a monetary value (as in the case of Intel's SDK).
Energy Measurement in Dollars
If you read between the lines of Intel's Energy Checker intro page, the business opportunities for data center operators and software developers might be too good to pass up. The company hits all the right notes in appealing to software makers and ISVs that cater to the corporate IT crowd. Correlating business productivity and energy consumption is no longer a mystery with Energy Checker.
Similarly, Microsoft's Liu extols the budget-friendly aspects of energy-aware software methodologies. He argues that "a software-based solution is very attractive both because it can be low-cost and because it can provide user-friendly granularities of energy consumption measures." Low-cost and ease of use? Yes, please.
Both software offerings can help data center operators tackle the issue of overprovisioning, the act of disproportionately devoting too many IT resources than is necessary for a given task. In short, businesses are often paying for way too much hardware and related energy and cooling costs for the amount of work performed by the software they run. With an accurate portrait of how much energy is required to run software within acceptable performance levels, data center operators can do a better job of "right sizing" their server infrastructures. This can include server consolidation strategies like employing virtualization, which allows servers to pull double (or triple, or more) duty. As a bonus, IT shops can free up some precious watts and delay or outright prevent costly new data center expansions or builds.
Facebook made waves recently when it introduced HipHop, a homegrown PHP "source code transformer" (don't call it a compiler) that dramatically improves speed. A fast and responsive web site is critical to web-based companies, but there's another benefit. "With HipHop, we've reduced the CPU usage on our web servers on average by about 50 percent, depending on the page," says Haiping Zhao, a Facebook engineer. Multiply that by hundreds or thousands of servers, and the energy-saving opportunities are abundantly clear. The capital expenditure benefits are equally hard to ignore. As Zhao so succinctly adds, "Less CPU means fewer servers, which means less overhead."
Impact on the Software Business
With the visibility provided by tools like Joulemeter and Intel's SDK, energy-efficient coding techniques become a little more attainable for the development community at large, and what is today a feature may soon become a core piece of company decision making when it comes to software tools deployed inside the data center. Here's how to get ahead of this trend:
- All software can potentially benefit from energy-assessment tools, but automated IT management tools are most likely to be impacted in the near term. Developers targeting this market should be educating themselves about how to balance performance and energy efficiency. Energy Checker, for instance, makes it possible to generate energy statistics, which in turn can be used to help inform automated data center workload management tools. In such a scenario, not only can IT shops optimize for performance, but also for energy savings.
- Big energy savings and lower infrastructure costs may help tilt purchasing decisions or long-term licensing contracts in a green software maker's favor. For software makers, the arrival of software energy metrics can help them carve out a competitive advantage. Apart from software's feature set and capabilities, another big factor influencing IT purchasing decisions is hardware requirements. Lower those requirements, and the energy costs to fulfill them, and it can prove a compelling motivator that sets a software firm's product apart.
- Developers who not only can write cleaner, leaner code, but also understand other, more advanced efficient coding strategies will have a competitive advantage in the job market. With the prospect of improved performance and lower energy costs, companies may soon be able to add energy efficiency to their internal development teams' priorities or weigh a feature's utility against the energy costs required to support it. Developers who are prepared to deliver on these demands will be versed in software energy assessment tools and will be able to account for the energy impact of their coding techniques, strategies and optimizations. Expect this tactic to begin spreading from a few code optimization die-hards to the developer community at large in the coming years.
- Data center operators can expect more IT flexibility in the coming years. The advent of energy-aware workload management can help data center operators maximize their data processing capabilities, even under tight power constraints. Fed by real-time energy metrics and backed with historical data, IT shops will be able to weigh the energy cost of specific workloads, which, depending on business priorities and performance goals, could result in money- and energy-saving workload re-prioritizations.
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Patent application title: TRANSPORTABLE/CONVERTIBLE DESKTOP COMPUTER
Elliot Rais (New York, NY, US)
IPC8 Class: AG06F302FI
USPC Class:
Class name: Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems display peripheral interface input device including keyboard
Publication date: 2009-08-13
Patent application number: 20090201254
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A transportable desktop computer convertible to a notebook computer with
minimal footprint. The computer has a screen element, with contained
computer operational elements, and a support stand. The screen element is
releasably hingedly attached to a keyboard element having two members
with one member including the operational keyboard and pointing device
the other being foldable under the keyboard for minimal keyboard
1. A transportable desktop computer convertible to a notebook computer,
comprising a screen element and a keyboard element, with the screen
element comprising an integrated support stand capable of supporting the
screen element in an operating position, the keyboard element comprising
two members connected to each other, a first member comprising operative
key members and a pointing device for the computer, and a second member
configured to be placed under the first member during use of the key
members, the screen element and the keyboard element being connected with
a hinge member for use of the computer and transportation thereof as a
notebook computer and with the hinge member being releasable wherein the
screen element and keyboard element can be separated for configuration of
the computer as a desk top computer, the screen element and keyboard
element comprising communication elements for operation communication
between the separated keyboard element and the screen element.
2. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the communication elements comprise a wired connection between the screen element and keyboard element.
3. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the communication elements comprise wireless communication elements in the screen element and keyboard element.
4. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the integrated support stand is configured to function as a carrying handle.
5. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second member is configured to contain a retractable carrying handle.
6. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the first and second members of the keyboard element are cooperatively tapered with the second member being placed under the first member to provide a desired operating angle for the keyboard.
7. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the first member is configured to be removably hingedly attached to the screen element and with the first member having a pointing device control thereon.
8. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein function keys of the computer are positioned on the screen element.
9. The transportable desktop computer of claim 8, wherein the screen element contains a power supply, a CPU and a disk drive for the computer and the keyboard element contains an auxiliary power supply sufficient to power communication and operation of the keyboard.
10. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the second member is configured to function as a storage element.
11. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the first and second members of the keyboard element are connected with a hinge and wherein the second member is hingedly folded under the first member during use as a computer.
12. The transportable desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the first and second members of the keyboard element are connected with a sliding connection and wherein the second member slides under the first member during use as a computer
13. A transportable computer having a reduced desktop configuration, comprising a screen element and a keyboard element, with the screen element comprising a significant portion of the components and weight of the computer, the keyboard element comprising two members connected to each other, a first member comprising operative key members and a pointing device for the computer, and a second member configured to be placed under the first member during use of the key members, the screen element and the keyboard element being connected with a hinge member for use of the computer and transportation thereof as a notebook computer, the second member being dimensioned such that a portion of the second member extends beyond a base of the screen element with the screen element being stabilized in operating position.
[0001]This invention relates to convertible computers which can function as both notebook and desktop computers.
[0002]The notebook or laptop computer has become ubiquitous, with notebook computers being used both in and out of homes, places of business, in schools and during transit. There are few, if any, students who can function without a laptop computer, particularly in higher education courses and institutions. Travelling business people similarly find it indispensable for working on the road or even in the office.
[0003]The notebook computer can be transported and used with or without electrical connection (provided that the battery is charged) and it provides a portable access into the information world of the internet. The larger desktop computer has however, not disappeared or been supplanted since it is primarily larger and more comfortable and is preferably used when transport consideration needs are not as important and when utilization requirements are more demanding.
[0004]A laptop computer configuration typically embodies a hingedly attached screen and keyboard in a cramped and confined configuration. A desktop configuration is however generally restricted in use at a single site because of bulk and is normally not readily transportable.
[0005]There are few, if any, computers which truly embody the transportability and compactness of a laptop or notebook computer with the ease of use and comfort of a desktop computer. Though there have been numerous embodiments of laptop computers which have detachable keyboards and screens (a prime difference between notebook and desktop computers) this expedient, most often is not to provide a desktop configuration but rather to provide a tablet configuration for the separated screen.
[0006]It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a computer with a configuration and conversion capability to provide a real desktop computer with a minimal footprint but which is closeable to a minimal size and transportable as a notebook computer and usable in both configurations.
[0007]It is a further object of the present invention to provide a notebook computer with a minimal desk top configuration and stabilized support for a screen having most of the computer components and weight therein.
[0008]Generally the present invention comprises a convertible desktop computer with the transportable capability of a notebook or laptop computer but with the configuration of a desktop computer with a minimized footprint. The present invention comprises a computer with a computer screen element with an integrated stowable support member to keep the screen essentially upright (alternatively, rather than being stowed, the support member may serve a dual purpose such as a support and carrying handle). The computer further comprises a keyboard element with areal dimensions similar to that of the computer screen element. The computer screen and keyboard elements are hingedly or separably attached to provide a transportable notebook configuration, when in the closed position.
[0009]In the open position, the support element of the computer screen element is deployed and the keyboard element may be detached from the screen element with the computer screen element being held in the substantially upright position. Electronic communication is effected by means of a circuit connection through a hinge element between the keyboard and screen when they are connected and via a retractable cable connection or transmitted signal (e.g., RF, blue tooth, IR and the like) when they are separated.
[0010]In accordance with the present invention, the keyboard element comprises two members preferably, though not necessarily, of similar areal dimension. A first member comprises the operational keyboard elements including keys and pointing device controls such as touch pad(s) and/or mouse or trackball. The second member of the keyboard element is primarily used to complete coverage of the screen element in the transportable configuration and is connected via a hinge to the first member or otherwise movably attached such as with sliding connection. Unlike typical keyboards the second member may have no operational elements, such as touch pads, as in many notebook computers. The second member primarily serves in conjunction with the keyboard member to physically match with the size of the screen element for closing into the transportable configuration. To reduce the excessive footprint, the excess keyboard portion is hinged and may be folded under the keyboard during use. Alternatively, the excess portion is slidably connected and capable of sliding under the operable keyboard. In a preferred embodiment, both the keyboard and the excess portion are cooperatively tapered such that the folded configuration provides an elevated keyboard which is tilted for facilitated use in comfort for touch typing. The area dimensions of the two members may be approximately the same for facilitated folding or placement and more congruent appearance, though this is not required.
[0011]In a second embodiment the keyboard element is not detachable from the screen element but the excess portion extends under the keyboard and screen and beyond in place of the support element with an overall desk top footprint similar to that of the first embodiment but without separation of the screen and keyboard. The support extension in this embodiment provides a stable base for the screen which is heavier and at a tilt, with otherwise susceptibility to tipping over.
[0012]The total footprint of the computer is minimally that of the folded keyboard and an upright screen with a small but sturdy support element or extension. For parking mode in embodiments with a separate support stand (non-immediate use but with immediate availability such as on a desk), the keyboard element can be folded into engagement with the screen element, with the space footprint being that of only the support element and the bottom edge of the folded screen and keyboard elements.
[0013]The above object and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more evident from the following discussion and drawings in which:
[0014]FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the computer of the present invention in the upright folded position;
[0015]FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the computer of FIG. 1, shown in the screen-supported position;
[0016]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the computer of FIG. 2, showing the hinge in the keyboard element;
[0017]FIG. 4 is a perspective side view of the computer of FIG. 3 showing the screen and keyboard being partially but not fully separated;
[0018]FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the computer of FIG. 4 as fully opened in a standard notebook configuration;
[0019]FIG. 6 is a side perspective view of the computer of FIG. 4 with the members of the keyboard element being folded;
[0020]FIG. 7 is a side perspective view of the notebook computer configuration of FIG. 5 with folded keyboard elements;
[0021]FIG. 8 is a side perspective view of the computer of FIG. 7 with separation of the keyboard and screen elements into a desktop configuration;
[0022]FIG. 9 is a side perspective view of a second embodiment of the computer of the present invention, with a carrying handle extending from the second keyboard member which has been structurally strengthened;
[0023]FIG. 10 is a side view of a second embodiment of the computer of the present invention with the computer components and weight in the screen element;
[0024]FIG. 11 is a view of the computer of FIG. 10 with the keyboard element being unfolded;
[0025]FIG. 12 shows the computer of FIG. 11 with the folded keyboard section serving as computer support for the top weighted computer;
[0026]FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the computer of FIG. 12; and
[0027]FIG. 14 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the computer of the present invention with a slidable connection between the keyboard element memebers.
[0028]With the configuration of the present invention, it is preferred that the computer CPU and power supply (e.g. battery and/or AC converter) and peripherals such as a DVD recorder/reader, USB ports, etc., are integrated with the screen. This is the reverse of notebook computers generally in which the power supply, CPU, drives and connection ports are contained in the keyboard section of the notebook computer. Keyboard activation and wireless communication power requirements are relatively minimal and the keyboard member may contain its own small rechargeable battery which is recharged when the keyboard element is attached to the screen element.
[0029]Since the folding keyboard contains no electronics it can be utilized as a storage receptacle for items such as USB backup drive, DVD discs, cable wire and the like.
[0030]With specific reference to the drawings, in FIG. 1, the computer 10 is shown in a notebook or laptop transportable configuration with screen element 20 and integral support element 25 and keyboard element 30 with keyboard member 31 and folding keyboard member 32 in a stowed stacked position. Catches 1 and 2 lock the screen element 20 and keyboard element 30 and are releasable to open the computer. FIGS. 2 and 3 show support element 25 in the support position, with the computer 10 shown in a parked position suitable for minimal footprint placement on a desk. FIG. 4 shows the pivotable separation of screen element 20 and keyboard element 30 around hinge 23 to form the open position of the computer 10 shown in FIG. 5. Electrical connection between screen element 20 and keyboard element 30 is through the hinge element 23, when connected, as shown in FIGS. 5-7 and in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 13. As shown in FIG. 8, hinge 23 is detached and screen element 20 and keyboard element 30 are separated to form a desk top configuration. As with standard desk tops with separated keyboards, communication between keyboard member 31 and the screen element 20 with contained components is via any one of typical wireless connections such as RF, bluetooth, infra red and the like, or with a cable connection.
[0031]Folding keyboard member 32 is pivotable around hinge 33 as shown in FIG. 6 and foldingly fitted underneath keyboard member 31 to provide a small keyboard footprint as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 from the large footprint shown in FIG. 5, typical of notebook computers. The smaller reach keyboard provides greater comfort in use as well as taking up less area of valuable desk space.
[0032]To permit the viable reduction in size of the keyboard, touch pads 31a and 31b may provided at either side of the keys of keyboard member 31 in place of the standard single touch pad commonly positioned in a notebook keyboard in a keyboard extension. Since function keys are relatively rarely utilized and are not part of a touch-typing operation they are provided on the screen element at 22 either below the screen as shown or alongside one or both sides of the screen (presumably the screen remains within arms length reach of the keyboard during use as is common with desktop computers).
[0033]The footprint of the keyboard is thereby reduced without sacrifice of utilization comfort. Keyboard member 31 and folding keyboard member 32 are preferably cooperatively tapered to provide either a tilted or level keyboard when folded together to further enhance utilization comfort. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 14, hinge 33 is replaced with a sliding connection 40 between keyboard elements 31'' and 32'' with the latter being slidable under the keyboard 31'' during use and locked into extended position when the computer is not in use.
[0034]Movable screen element support stands 25 and 25'' in the first and third embodiments shown in FIGS. 1-8 and 14 are preferably held and moved with a relatively strong locking ratchet or other similar mechanism such that when an appropriate screen angle is attained for viewing, the screen can be locked into angled position to resist movement engendered by the heavy screen element (with contained power supply, CPU, disk drive, etc.). For aesthetics and to prevent snagging, it is preferred that the rear of screen element 20 be provided with a depressed area (not shown) to fittingly hold the support stand 25 in the closed position with a level surface. Similarly for aesthetic reasons and to prevent interference with computer utilization, as shown in FIG. 9, the folding keyboard member 32 is configured to contain a pull out handle 34 recessed within folding keyboard member 32. Alternatively, support stand 25 in FIG. 2 is provided with a ratchet lock (not shown) for co-extension relative to screen element 20 to provide the requisite transporting handle. Similarly, a pull out handle may be integrated with keyboard member 31 (not shown).
[0035]In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 10-13, computer 10' has a screen 20' which contains the major portion of the computer components (CPU, battery, disk drive, etc.) and is heavy and normally liable to tipping when in the tilted viewing position shown in FIG. 13. To obviate this and while maintaining a small overall desk top footprint, keyboard element 30' comprises keyboard member 31' hingedly connected to screen element 20' with hinge 23' and to elongated member 32' with hinge 33'. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 elongated member 32' embodies extension 35 beyond the base of screen 20' which serves to stabilize the computer in the operating position. Total footprint of the computer in FIGS. 12 and 13 is limited and essentially equivalent to that of the computer shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 of the first embodiment.
[0036]It is understood that the above description and embodiment is merely exemplary of the present invention and that details contained therein are not to be construed as limitations on the present invention. Changes in function and structure are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the following claims.
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Tell me your impressions of your kids right now-
"The nature of the game, the business or the culture, I was involved in one individual workout this fall, I watched one other individual workout this fall, because the calendar is just so ridiculous. From Sept. 9 to Oct. 5 is the recruiting period. And because the recruiting calendar itself has gotten moved up so quickly, the fall period has turned into an extremely important period in my eyes. So I was in 19 states. I would go out and Coach [Joe] Holladay would come out and meet me, Coach [Steve] Robinson would come out and meet me and then he would go home. So what it boiled down to is that I was gone. Sometimes that's not bad. My own individual feeling is that when I'm here I try to get the assistants to do a lot of it, because I dominate practice so much. They hear my voice so much, I think it's important for the guys to get the respect of the other coaches and hear a different voice there. I don't have that kind of information to answer your question. I think the conditioning – the mile run that we did – I was mildly disappointed at the mile run. The test on the basketball court that we did, I was very encouraged. Messing with 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds, it depends on what day it is. I don't like for preseason conditioning or individual workouts to color my feelings before the season starts; I want them to show me out there on the court when the season starts."
With more depth, do you see this team playing your style much more effectively?
"I hope so. The depth issue is something that will help us. With the three additions that we have, I think we'll be able to do some things. We'll have more people that we can run out onto the court. I'm hoping that after a year of our defensive drills, we'll be better. I did ask them at one point last year, 'How did I get dumb so quickly?' In 2002, [Kansas] led the whole nation in defensive field goal percentage. I think that is the single best stat to show how successful you are on defense. The number of points that the other team scores is ridiculous, because you can hold the ball and cut that down. But the quality of the other team's shot is extremely important. If you don't let them have a very good shot…[our opponents] shot 37.8 percent against us in 2002, and last year they shot 45 percent. We did the same drills. I'm really hoping that will transfer into a big improvement for us, because we really need that."
Do you sense that the players get along better now?
"I'm pretty open. When I felt like we've had some problems like that, we've just addressed it. I think they're more comfortable with how we do that. It's human nature to be selfish, and it's human nature in some ways to be jealous. I think in coaching a basketball team or having a big family, it's the same way – some people think someone else gets preferential treatment or whatever. So until you go through the whole thing and realize, 'Hey, that's not what I thought it was,' you'll have those doubts and then you remove those. They also understand how important being together as a whole team does transfer to more success. I think they understand that a heck of a lot more now."
What was you're reaction when you first saw Damion and the weight he lost?
"I had already been told, so it wasn't a shock. It's not like I walked in and he went from 'Fat Albert' to 'Olive Oil.' I had already been told that he had lost the weight. I had been told that he had done that and that he had been participating in the pickup games at a much higher level than he had before. I talked to him about it and I've been really impressed by what he has done from a conditioning standpoint. Last year, he hadn't done anything. He did a little bit more than you guys. He didn't do the 12-minute run, he didn't do the two '20s,' he looked great leaning over a bicycle and that was it. So now that he's gone through the entire conditioning deal – he didn't get his 'tough time,' but he made all his other times and he didn't have to come back and do it a second time. I'm very encouraged by that and the physical conditioning that he is in. I'm extremely encouraged by the focus that he appears to have. And then, hopefully, I'll be extremely encouraged by what he does on the court. But I don't expect anything, because I've never seen anything. I'm not trying to be harsh, but I don't know if there is a single practice last year that he went through the whole practice. So I've never seen anything to have any expectations for. I'm anxious to see what's there."
How far are your guys required to run?
"Just six-and-a-half laps of a 440-meter track. That's not that big of a deal, but you like our guys that can make over seven and you like it if somebody makes eight. I've had three or four guys to make eight in the past. Six-and-a-half is not that difficult, I made it at 42. I think Quentin [Thomas] did better than anybody else."
Is defensive rebounding and not giving up putbacks going to be better this year?
"When you go back and look at the film from last year, we didn't give up that many offensive rebounds for buckets. Where we hurt ourselves was getting beat by dribble penetration and giving up wide open 12- and 15-footers. The team did a great job of boxing out, I can say that. If you look at the stats from two years ago, they were out-rebounded by six rebounds a game. Last year we out-rebounded the other people by four rebounds a game. I'll miss that a little bit, but it was about a 10-rebound swing. Last year at this time, Jawad [Williams] was healthy, so you can't prepare for what might happen in a season with him with the broken nose and the concussion. We've got to stay healthy. If you don't stay healthy, you don't keep that depth. If we do that, we can be better. I think we can be a much better offensive rebounding team than we are. Sean [May] is a great offensive rebounder, but 90-percent of those are his own misses. If he starts making a few more doggone shots, people won't be talking about his offensive rebounding so much. I want him to be able to get to the board when other people miss. I want Jawad to get much more effective on the offensive backboard. I expect Marvin [Williams] to be a great offensive rebounder. So the defensive side of it – the boxing out – we did really well."
At what point does Jackie Manuel get the freedom to take more outside shots?
"I'm going to let him shoot them early; he's just got to make them. If he makes them, he gets to shoot more later. If you're not a great shooter, I don't think the 3-point shot is the cure all for everything in the world. It's just something you guys get a chance to talk about. You still don't get a chance to get the other team in foul trouble. If you don't make 60-percent of them from beyond the arc, then you shouldn't shoot them. I'm not concerned about Jackie Manuel. I guarantee if Jackie is the biggest point of concern that I've got, then the only person better than me is Santa Claus. I'm not concerned about Jackie shooting the ball."
How have you seen him develop different parts of his game?
"He bought into [my system] quicker and he produced quicker. During the offseason he worked extremely hard. Coach Holladay worked with him on his shooting. My whole thing with him is, 'Don't forget those other things that made me love you, and try not to do those things that made me not love you.' I think Jackie's going to have a great, great year. If we can play a little faster, be a little more aggressive on the defensive end of the floor, I think all of those things are going to help Jackie maybe more than anybody else on our team."
What's No. 1 on the list of things you want the team to do better?
"We've got to guard people better. We can't let people break us down on the dribble as much as we were last year. Challenge the other team's shot, so the other team isn't going to shoot 45-percent against us, or whatever it was. We've got to buy into the fact that we can beat people by what we do on the defensive end of the floor, and not just what we do on the offensive end. There is no question that would be No. 1. Underneath that you would have 50 other parts, or you could list them 2, 3, 4, and so on. The defensive end of the floor is where we've got to do it."
What are your thoughts on the ACC and how everybody is talking about how great it's going to be?
"I think that it is. I think you're going to have five teams picked in the Top 15. I think that is legitimate, even though we know it's not going to end that way. Because you can't, because you end up beating each other up and you have more losses. I've been in the league 10 years as an assistant when I thought it was the strongest league. When I went to Kansas, in my mind, ACC basketball slipped a great deal during certain periods. When the ACC only has three teams make the tournament, that's eye-opening. But last year and this year, boy, nobody wants any part of the ACC, I don't care which team you're on."
Do you remember the '86 season? Do you think this could be a year like that?
"That was a real good year. For us, I think that's the year Steve Hale had the collapsed lung, so that really hurt us at the end. I would have to sit down and look to see if it reminds me of that year or not, but I can't think of many years when there have been five, maybe six. I can't remember any year where that's happened. You're talking about five or six teams in the Top 15, and deservedly so."
How do you see the playing time being divided up between the point guards?
"Playing time is not on my Top 100 list; they'll take care of that. At times last year when we had to give Raymond [Felton] a break – when he got in foul trouble – we had to put in Melvin [Scott], and there was a guy who was not a true point guard. I will be surprised if I have to put Melvin in for Raymond this year at all. There's not a lot of playing time for the fourth point guard. Raymond, Quentin and Wes [Miller] will get the playing time decided themselves over the next five weeks."
What have you learned about Melvin Scott and what do you expect from him?
"Melvin had some big time games for us shooting the basketball and I hope he continues to shoot the basketball, and I want him to shoot it effectively for us. He had a bad stretch run during those last seven or eight games last year. I'm sure his shooting percentage went way down. And if you're a shooter, you can't have those kinds of things. I want to make sure that he doesn't have those kinds of spells, especially at such an important time. I think he'll be a better defender and a better ball handler for the extra work we put him through for the times that he did have to play the point. So my expectations for him will be to do the same things he did last year, except not having to be the backup point, but to do the other things we asked him to do last year and do them better."
Were the last 18 months the busiest time in your life?
"Yes, no question. I believe when you start that second round it's so much easier. But since April 14 of this year, it hasn't slowed down any for me. Part of it was the Olympic thing was so consuming for 36 days. You've got to make that up somewhere else. Some of the nights this fall when I have been home, there are a lot of nights I've been at the office until 10 or 11 o'clock at night. I've never gotten to the point of having a bed put in; I'm not going to go that far. But I'm still trying to catch up. I've got folders on my desk from people that have written me notes from four or five months ago and I haven't been able to get back in touch with them. Those are the kinds of things that have had to wait. Those things that I've hopefully tried to be very meticulous about – when people ask me questions, I try to respond."
What are your expectations for Marvin Williams?
"To play his butt off. I haven't put him out there and told him he's going to be a four man or a five man. I haven't said he's got to get this number of points or rebounds. I expect him to try his rear end off. He's a very gifted youngster. He's the kind of guy that can make me a better basketball coach. After three weeks of practice, I'll be able to give you a better idea as to how he is progressing. You hear this all the time, but it's true with him: He's going to be a big-time player, but he's already a bigger time kid. You just can't be any nicer of a kid than he is."
Talk about the perseverance of Melvin, Jackie and Jawad-
"I even challenge the guys in preseason conditioning and tell the guys, 'You haven't gone through what these three guys have.' These three guys have gone through what no one has. They've paid a heck of a price. For this year to be the kind of year that they want it to be, everybody has got to do everything they can. Everyone else has to be able to make sacrifices, to be more disciplined, to be more organized, to be more attentive and have more accountability. Now they have to, also. Those three kids' dreams of what their college careers were going to be like have not materialized yet. I'm really hoping that it will. Here's also three guys, who at the end of May, will have their degrees in a four-year period, and that's pretty impressive, too."
Do you have any long term concerns about Sean May's conditioning after playing for the USA this summer?
"No. Sean worked really hard when Kelvin Sampson had practices for those 15 days and Sean worked really hard for us in practice and in his individual work. But once you're away from that, nobody relaxes any better than Sean. … I'm really concerned about his body, but not of any burnout or anything like that."
What did Rashad learn from his time at the USA Trials?
"He made some mistakes and I think he knows that and realizes the mistakes he made. It was a difficult time period for him. What I tell him is just to realize your own mistakes, acknowledge that they're your own mistakes, try not to make the same mistakes again but other than that just move on. First two days he's the best player there and he got cut – so you've got to learn from that and I think he did. We talked during the time it was going on, after and we've talked about it a little more since he returned and I got back."
Are you more comfortable here now?
"Everything is not a panic for everybody around me, it's not a panic for the players … a guy hits the ball in golf and hits a terrible one and drops the ball and hits a mulligan – it's the same guy but he's just a heck of a lot more experienced because he hit the first one so badly – well that's what it is for us. We're more experienced so they understand what I'm going to ask for and most of the time understand it before I have to say it. … to me everything is a lot better, but even last year I tried to not get caught up in it being my first year back. I don't think I did get caught up in it – I was just trying to coach a basketball team. You never get it perfect, you're always going to have the glitches but it was a lot smoother and I didn't get caught up in it being my first year back …"
But leaving Kansas was hard for you and that lingered …
"That still lingers until those guys leave. I started recruiting Wayne Simien in the seventh grade. I'll always be a Kansas fan but I won't ever be as big a Kansas fan as I am now with all those kids on that team that I've included. Everybody on their roster last year was a kid I recruited – even the two walk-ons . But by golly I'm the coach at North Carolina and that takes precedence over everything. When Coach Smith was coaching at North Carolina and I was at Kansas I was the biggest North Carolina fan in the world but I didn't skip practice to watch a Carolina game. In that viewpoint it is something that will always be there but with each and every year it lessens."
Is there anything style-wise you may change …?
"As long as we can continue to recruit the personnel that fits it, we'll stick with it ... But there are unique teams and unique individuals in this league that you can't say 'This is the way I'm going to do it and I'm not going to change.' It's something we will continue to look at … sometimes the personnel on the other team doesn't allow you to do that. … I hope that I'm never married into one thing."
What is going to make the team play more consistently like a team this year?
"The difference is that it was much fewer times on the offensive end of the court as the season went along. But on the defensive end you've got to play five guys moving in unison every time the ball moves and that's where we didn't do as good a job. The idea of one guy getting more shots and one guy getting less shots – they handled that pretty doggone well. So, the selfishness on the offensive end is not a big deal – the individualism was on the defensive end of the floor or in the locker room off the court and those kind of things seeped in and made it more difficult for them to be a really close knit team. I think the kids do enjoy each other more and if I'm still sitting here talking about playing as a team and that we've got a bunch of individuals then two things have happened – one, is I'm not doing a good job and one of the reasons is I should have run somebody off. That's the bottom line. You've got to live with certain things during certain time periods. Last year Sean May didn't sprint up and down as much as I wanted him to, but I needed him to be in there for 35 minutes during the game and when we get it to where I want to be and if he doesn't sprint up and down the court he can come and sit with me. I do think this University hired me to try to win as many basketball games as we can win. And it was my feeling that it was better to keep Sean in there. And I don't mind using Sean as an example, he can handle it. I thought the University hired me to try and win as many games as I could and get the program going again the right way and where we want it to be. It's easier to not put up with those things when you've got other players and then you let the bench take care of it."
How have you seen Raymond change the pace of his game to pull it back a bit and let his teammates keep up with him?
"It's a good question. I think Raymond does have tremendous speed with the basketball and I want him to go even faster. But I always add those two words: 'under control.' I don't care how fast, medium or slow you go, at some time you have to make a decision. Making that decision is the most important thing. If you go as fast as Raymond Felton can go, when you get there to me, your decisions are easier because it's four-on-two or three-on-one. If you go medium speed, there're going to be five guys …everybody's going to be there waiting. I want him to go as fast as he can possibly go and still make that good decision under control. And we want Raymond to shoot the ball better; there's no question. But I'm even more concerned about making better decisions. That, to me, is going to have a much greater impact on our team than just shooting the ball like everybody else wants to talk about."


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Joe Emberley of Joe Batt's Arm has become an accomplished poet over years. The inspiration for much of his work comes from within.
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Joe Emberley, who lives in Joe Batt's Arm on Fogo Island, is not only a poet, but musician.
Christmas Lights
They came in strings and all kinds of stuff
They can stir up a lot of seasonal fluff
They are really nice on a Christmas tree
No matter where the location may be.
Children are excited by Christmas lights
With thoughts of Santa and toy-filled sights
There was also much light from a certain star
As three kings astonishingly travelled so far.
This star was a first of Christmas lights
As these wise men visited the divinely chosen site
And the shepherds too were startled beyond
As a chorus of angels sang a new song.
The King of Kings had come to earth
To free us from the evils with which we flirt
Born in a stable on a cold, cold night
And from which shines the greatest of lights.
Born in a manger filled with hay
He fills our darkness with the brightest of days
Born in poverty and rejected by the world
As it rages on in a euphemistic swirl.
The Saviour of the world and creator of all life
Invites us to be free from all negative strife
He knocks and asks but never imposes
He respects our freedom and completely knows us.
His voice the world just cannot hear
For the world is caught up in tension and fear
Because of the absence of His love and grace
Which can make the earth a far better place.
Jesus our Saviour can free us from all sin
His Mother Mary inspires us to start again
So the brightest light can shine in our souls
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'Community' - 'Basic Rocket Science': Never give up. Never surrender.
A review of tonight's "Community" coming up just as soon as I get my flavor heading up to Delicious...
"Basic Rocket Science" is going to be compared to the paintball episode. And that's not unfair. It wants to be compared to it. Like "Modern Warfare," it's an episode that's all pop culture, all the time, where you don't necessarily need to know all the references to appreciate, but which is a lot more fun if you do.
Now, I love my astronaut movies almost as much as I love my action films ("Die Hard" and "Apollo 13" for years rotated - with a "Shawshank Redemption" chaser - as my go-to films when packing for a move). So I got the references from start (the guy running down the hall is from "The Right Stuff") to finish (the crash-landing and triumphant exit from the spacecraft is from "Galaxy Quest"(*)), and was nodding and smiling and/or laughing as I did so. (I particularly loved the Chang/Dean Pelton exchange about re-routing power from the auxiliary, which was riffing on several different "Apollo 13" scenes, including the square peg/round hole C02 canister bit.)
(*) "Galaxy Quest" and "Community" actually have a lot in common, in that they're spoofing very familiar aspects of popular culture while at the same time asking you to take the characters and the story seriously. "Galaxy Quest" is one of the best "Star Trek" parodies ever, but it's also one of the 3 or 4 best "Star Trek" movies ever, period. It makes the turn from silliness to sincerity just as adroitly as, say, "Community" did last week with the message from Pierce's mom.
On the comedy end of things, "Basic Rocket Science" definitely worked, at times even without the references. It's a tradition of space and sci-f films that one member of the crew will lose his mind, but you didn't necessarily need to know that to appreciate Pierce going insane and assuming the delightfully 8-bit animated SANDERS was talking to him, just like Wesley Snipes on his audiobooks. ("Well, he sure does hate the government.") And one of the funnier running gags, involving Dean Pelton's specially-coded rest stop map ("Those aren't thumbs") wasn't a space movie reference at all.
It was on the character front where this one fell short of the very high bar set by "Modern Warfare," I thought. "Modern Warfare" took a character arc that had been building all season in Jeff and Britta's sexual chemistry (or lack thereof) and used the episode's post-apocalyptic setting as an excuse for them to finally act on it. It was, like the best "Community" episodes, satisfying as both parody and a story of people coming together and learning about themselves.
In contrast, the character work in "Basic Rocket Science" was pretty thin. Though Annie had already threatened to transfer once before to follow Vaughn, her desire to do it again out of frustration with the group's lack of school spirit felt too new to hang the whole episode on. The problem is that in this kind of episode, the parody has to dominate most of the screen time. "Modern Warfare" could do that because its personal storyline was something the show had been building to all year, whereas this was a conflict largely invented for this episode, and needed more time than was available to be interesting.
Turning Abed into Ken Mattingly, the Gary Sinise character from "Apollo 13," worked a bit better, in that it played off of what we know about his lonely childhood, but I think given the time allotted, the show might have been better off picking either Annie's story or Abed's and trying to make that one a little deeper while scrapping the other(**).
(**) As mentioned last week, I was hanging around the "Community" offices on a day the writing staff was breaking the outline for the Halloween episode, production was filming the Annie/Britta oil fight, and Dan Harmon and some of the other writers were working on a later draft of this episode. At that stage of the draft, Abed wasn't channeling Ken Mattingly, but Gene Kranz (the Ed Harris character), barking out orders in the fake Mission Control. Harmon wanted to move away from the idea because it seemed both obvious (of course that's how Abed would react in this situation) and just another joke in an episode packed with them. The Ken Mattingly idea (which at one point was going to be used for Troy) was a way to add some depth. Seeing the final version, I think the initial Gene Kranz plan might have worked better, because Abed becoming Kranz would have required less time and no explanation (because, again, that's how Abed would react in this situation) and that extra time could have been devoted to beefing up the Annie story.
What makes "Community" special, and elevates it over most of the other shows on right now that love to do shoutouts to the writers' favorite '80s and '90s movies, are those character stories. The jokes are great, but there has to be some kind of emotional story for one or more of the characters. Some weeks it can be a problem invented out of whole cloth; in the end, this probably wasn't one of those weeks.
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They contended that his decision to not show the Sept. 8 speech to classes live was racially motivated.
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The Rev. Floyd Rose, the president of the Valdosta-Lowndes County chapter of the SCLC, said he is unhappy that the majority of the school administration is white when 80 percent of the students are black.