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Editor's Note: Be sure to check out Rolling with Ruby on Rails Revisited, Part Two, as well as Bill Walton's monthly series, Cookin' With Ruby on Rails. Please note that this tutorial is intended for use with Rails 1.2.6. It has not yet been updated to support Rails 2.x.
Maybe you've heard about Ruby on Rails, the super productive new way to develop web applications, and you'd like to give it a try, but you don't know anything about Ruby or Rails.
That's how the original version of Rolling with Ruby on Rails, published almost two years ago now, began. And it was true. Ruby on Rails (Rails for short) was super productive and it was super fun, too! A community of contributors grew up around it to make it even more productive and more fun! Rails has been growing fast. It has capabilities that you have to see to believe!!! That's what we're here for.
Like the original version, this tutorial will show you how to develop a web-based, database-driven application using Ruby on Rails. Also like the original, it will not teach you how to program in Ruby. On the other hand, if you already know another object-oriented programming language, you should have no problem following along (and at the end you can find links on learning Ruby and lots more).
Before you roll up your sleeves, I want to answer a couple of burning questions.
Ruby is a pure object-oriented programming language with a super-clean syntax that makes programming elegant and fun. Ruby successfully combines Smalltalk's conceptual elegance, Python's ease of use and learning, and Perl's pragmatism. Ruby originated in Japan in the early 1990s. It has become popular worldwide in the past few years as more English-language books and documentation have become available (and its popularity has really taken off since the introduction of Rails!).
Rails is an open source Ruby framework for developing web-based, database-driven applications. What's special about that? There are dozens of frameworks out there, and most of them have been around much longer than Rails. Why should you care about yet another framework?
What would you think if I told you that you can develop a web application at least ten times faster with Rails than you can with a typical Java framework? You can--without making any sacrifices in the quality of your application! How is this possible?
Part of the answer lies in the Ruby programming language. Rails takes full advantage of Ruby. The rest of the answer is in two of Rails' guiding principles: less software and convention over configuration.
Less software means you write fewer lines of code to implement your application. Keeping your code small means faster development and fewer bugs, which makes your code easier to understand, maintain, and enhance. Very shortly, you will see how Rails cuts your code burden.
Convention over configuration means an end to verbose XML configuration files--there aren't any in Rails! Instead of configuration files, a Rails application uses a few simple programming conventions that allow it to figure out everything through reflection and discovery. Your application code and your running database already contain everything that Rails needs to know!
Developers are used to hearing excessive hype accompanying something new. We know. We're developers, too, and we can easily imagine that skeptical look on your face. Super productive. Yeah, right!
We're not asking you to accept it on blind faith. We'll show you how to prove it to yourself.
When you've finished this tutorial, we think you'll be both motivated and ready to learn to "ride the Rails" to similar results yourself. This updated version of the tutorial will produce an application that looks like and has exactly the same features as the original, so we decided to approach it a bit differently. Rather than pretend that we're making this up for the first time, let's pretend that the boss walks into our office just before lunch and says...
Boss: Hey, CB (that's us). I'm in kind of a jam. I really need your help. I'm supposed to do a little dog-and-pony show for my boss tomorrow morning. I've been working up a little app for him on the side. It's kind of a big deal to him and I think he's going to invite some other folks to the demo tomorrow. Maybe his boss. Problem is, I've been using an outside consultant for this, and he must have won the lottery last night. He didn't come in this morning, hasn't responded to my emails, and he's not answering his cell phone. And on top of that, the app stopped working about an hour ago for some unknown reason and I can't even find the source code. CB, this is not the story I want to walk into my boss' office with tomorrow morning. Word around the water cooler is that you've been trying to get some new development tool approved. You say it lets you produce code like ten times faster than the tools we're using now?
CB: Yep. It's called Ruby on Rails, and it's at least 10x. But I haven't had any success with the Ops guys. Can't even get 'em to take a look at it. They're just not enthused about putting anything new into their mix right now.
Boss: CB, I really need to get the situation with this app fixed by tomorrow morning. If you can do that, you can use any tool you want. Just give me a web-based, database-driven app that looks like and acts like the one my boss has already seen. I know that's a lot. I'm probably asking you to work late. Tomorrow morning's really got to be pushing it. I tell you what. If you'll agree to give it a shot, I'll make a phone call, see if I can maybe break the ice for you with the Ops guys.
CB: (sensing an opportunity...) Tell you what, boss. It's almost lunch. If you go get us some pizza, and let me show you how productive Rails can make us, I think we can have you fixed up before lunch is over.
Boss: No way! By the time lunch is over? You are ON, CB.
CB: No sweat, boss. You go get the pizza. I'll get Rails installed. The Ops guys wouldn't let me download the Rails software through the firewall so I brought in a CD this morning. I'll be ready by the time you get back.
Boss: You're going to get a new development environment set up and ready by the time I get back? And then, while we eat, you're going to reproduce an app that I've had a consultant working on for... oh, never mind. I'm not going there. CB, don't get offended but, man, that's pretty tough to believe. I sure hope you're right, though.
So the story begins. The boss has gone to get pizza and we need to get Rails installed in a hurry.
In the original version of this tutorial, Curt showed how to install and configure Rails on a Microsoft Windows platform. In preparation for this update, we discussed how to handle the topic this time. We could do the same thing again, but there've been some complaints about favoring one environment (especially Windows!) over others. Alternately, we could show you how to install and configure Rails on all of them--Windows, Mac, and Linux--but that would take up a bunch of space. Alternately, we could take advantage of the fact that, since the original tutorial, new tools have emerged for each of these environments that make installation and configuration a snap. We could just point you to those resources. Because this last option both gets us off the favoritism hook and requires less effort... well, we're just doing "the simplest thing that could possibly work."
For Windows, use Instant Rails.
For Mac OS X, use Locomotive.
For Linux, try the Rails LiveCD.
Any one of these will have you ready to start developing your first Rails app in less time than it takes to get a pizza delivered.
Boss: OK, CB. Here's the pizza. Now I know I agreed to let you show me how cool your new tool is, but I don't need to understand all the "how's that work?" stuff in detail, so I brought Paul with me, too. I don't mind it if you two dig into the details a little if you don't mind treating it as a sidebar. That OK with you?
CB: Sure, boss. Hi, Paul. Let me just grab a piece of that pie and we'll get started! You said you wanted this to look like the app you've been working on. But you said the app is down now. What do you have for me to work from?
Boss: I found this shot of the main screen (Figure 1) on the consultant's desk.
Figure 1. Our goal!
Basically, the app's supposed to do three things:
Here's a note I found on his desk with the details of how the app works.
That's all we have to go on.
CB: Alright, then. Let's get started! One of the things that Rails really enables, Boss, is an iterative and incremental approach to development. As you'll see very shortly, Rails delivers so much for so little effort that it's hard not to fall into that rhythm. In general, we do the same steps every time we develop a Rails application.
Those are the steps I'll be showing you.
CB: Rails is an application development framework. One of the things that means is that every Rails app has the same basic structure. Rails makes it easy to follow that convention by generating that structure for us when we tell it we want to build a new application. All we have to do is...
Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to where we want to put the app. That's called the Rails Root directory. Its name will vary depending on what OS we're using (among other things), but the names and structure of the directories under there will be the same. So from here on, the paths I talk about will just assume the Rails Root portion.
So what do we want to call this thing?
Boss: We called the first one the cookbook app.
CB: OK. Let's call this one cookbook2.
To create the empty app, we just run the command:
rails cookbook2
Rails creates a cookbook2 subdirectory (under the Rails Root directory) that contains a complete directory tree of folders and files for an empty Rails application (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Rails at work creating the new application directory
Paul: Tell me more about this directory structure, CB. That's a bunch of directories. Are we going to write code to put in all those?
CB: Rails will put code in most of them, but most of our app subdirectories. Rails applications use the Model-View-Controller paradigm to organize Rails application source code.
It's important to remember that a Rails application is an application, not a set of mostly static pages with a bit of script added in. Rails apps generate the web pages they serve. So it's important to understand how controllers work in Rails and how URLs map into (and execute) controller methods.
Controller classes handle web requests. The URL of a visitor's request maps to a controller class and a method within the class; not to a static web page. When a visitor starts the request-response cycle by entering the URL of a Rails app in her browser, the app's controller method gets invoked, typically gets or saves some data using the app's models, and then uses the app's views to produce the HTML to send back to the visitor's browser.
Besides the files in the app subdirectories, there are a couple of files in other directories that we'll also create or edit. We'll get to those shortly, but most of our work will be creating and editing files in the app/ subdirectories.
CB: Now that we've built our empty Rails app, we need to let it know what database to use. The Rails convention is that the name of the database we'll use during development is the name of the application (
cookbook2, in this case) concatenated with
_development. I think that'll work fine for us. We'll name our database
cookbook2_development. Also, I've left the password for the development database blank. That's the convention Rails uses when it generates the configuration file for the database. If I had set up the development database to require a password, I would need to tell Rails what password to use to access it. To change either the name of the database we want to use or the password we use to access it, edit ..\cookbook2\config\database.yml. The changes we'd need to make would be pretty self-evident when we looked at the file. Even to you, boss (he says, giving Paul a wink). Because we're OK with using the Rails conventions, we don't have to do even that little bit of configuration.
CB: So now we need to create the
cookbook2_development database. I don't know what you've heard about what I've been saying, Boss, but I want to make sure you know I'm really not pushing Rails to replace our existing tools. Rails' sweet-spot is building database-driven, web-based applications. It's not for getting your toaster to talk to your coffee pot. There are better platforms than Rails for that. In fact...
Paul: Maybe we shouldn't go there right now, CB.
CB: Right you are, Paul. Sorry about that.
Our Rails app needs a database. I've made sure the MySQL engine is running. In the Command window we already have open here, I'll log in as the root user.
mysql -u root -p
Because I didn't set one up for this database, I just hit <Enter> at the password prompt.
And then I create our database:
create database cookbook2_development;
(NOTE: The semicolon at the end is required.)
Because I'm working on Windows, I also need to grant access to the database to a user named
ODBC. If I don't, I'll get an error from MySQL when I try to access it in a Command window. To grant access, I just enter:
grant all on cookbook2_development.* to 'ODBC'@'localhost';
NOTE: If you're not working in a Windows environment (and in some cases, even if you are) this grant may not be necessary. In general, granting unlimited rights on your database to a generic user is not something you do casually. I've included it here to help ensure that you won't encounter an easily avoidable problem while following along with the tutorial.
That's it. We're done with MySQL for now so I'll...
...and return to the operating system (Figure 3).
Figure 3. CB creates a MySQL database for his Rails app on Windows.
CB: OK, Boss. The screenshot you gave me shows that we can create, read, update, and delete recipes. The consultant's note you gave me says we can do the same thing with categories, and that each recipe gets assigned to a single category. Overall, it seems pretty straightforward. Where do you think we should start (CB asks with a little grin to himself. Setting the Boss up is such fun.)?
Boss: Well, CB (he says a little condescendingly), I guess we'd better start by creating a recipe, right? Then we move on to reading it. Then editing it. Then deleting it. Then we need to do the same for the categories, and then we need to hook them together. Finally, we'll dig in to the real coding. Isn't that the way we usually do these things?
CB: Yep. That's the way we usually do these things, Boss (Gotcha! ;-) ) Over. And over. And over again. And that's the point of Rails. We're going to do these same things every time we develop a database-driven application. Let's automate it and get to the real work. Rails assumes we're going to need to create, read, update, and delete any data we tell it we're going to use. Once we have the database tables for it to work with, Rails will generate all the basic code we need to do that. That means we can take bigger bites than we usually do. That's where a lot of the 10x productivity comes from.
This app is really pretty simple for Rails. In fact, it's right in the Rails 'sweet spot', so let's take a big bite.
CB: It's apparent that we'll need one table for recipes and another for categories. The relationship between the two is one-to-many categories to recipes. That means we need to include a foreign key field in the
recipes table.
I'll just open up my favorite text editor and write a few lines of SQL script to create them.
drop table if exists recipes;
drop table if exists categories;
create table categories (
id int not null auto_increment,
name varchar(100) not null default '',
primary key(id)
) engine=InnoDB;
create table recipes (
id int not null auto_increment,
category_id int not null,
title varchar(100) not null default '',
description varchar(255) null,
date date null,
instructions text null,
constraint fk_recipes_categories foreign key (category_id) references categories(id),
primary key(id)
) engine=InnoDB;
CB: Hey, Paul. Remember I said there were a couple of files outside the app directory we'd work on? The SQL script to set up the tables the app uses is one of them. So, Boss. Now I save the file to ..\cookbook2\db\create.sql, and we're ready to create the tables.
In the Command window I'm keeping open, I change into the cookbook2 directory. After I make sure I'm in the cookbook2 directory, I enter:
mysql cookbook2_development <db\create.sql
MySQL executes the script and returns to the command line without telling us anything. That means everything went OK. Our database now contains two empty tables:
recipes and
Paul: CB, that script looks like it's specific to MySQL. That might be a problem for the Ops guys.
CB: I know. Another downside of SQL scripts is losing data when you decide you need to add a field to a table. The upside to scripts is that they're really easy. That's why I'm using one here with the Boss.
Fortunately Rails also gives us a tool called migrations. It's a little too much to get into right now, but migrations give us database platform independence and a mechanism that allows us to do a lot of our work on the models incrementally without losing our data every time we make a change. Maybe we'll get a chance to talk more about that later.
CB: Now that we have tables that Rails can look at, we ask it to generate our basic application. In Rails lingo, this is scaffolding. In the Command window, making sure I'm still in the cookbook2 subdirectory, I enter:
ruby script\generate scaffold recipe recipe
This tells Rails to generate the scaffolding: the basic model, controller, and view files for the part of our application that will use the recipes table. You can see that Rails generates quite a few files (Figure 4). In the command line I just entered, I told Rails about two files in particular: the model (the first argument) and the controller (the second/last argument). Rails named the model file recipe.rb and placed it in the ..\cookbook2\app\models\ subdirectory. In like fashion, it named the controller file recipe_controller.rb and placed it in the ..\cookbook2\app\controllers\ subdirectory.
Figure 4. Generating the recipe scaffolding code
Now I do the same thing for categories. Again in the Command window, I enter:
ruby script\generate scaffold category category
This tells Rails to generate the basic model, controller, and view files (Figure 5) for the part of our application that will use the Categories table. As before, Rails will name the model file and place it at ..\cookbook2\app\models\category.rb and will name the controller file and place it at ..\cookbook2\app\controllers\category_controller.rb.
Figure 5. Generating the category scaffolding code
CB: OK, Boss. Everything I've done up to this point has been pretty short and painless, but not particularly exciting. This is where that changes.
Before we move forward, though, let's take a look at exactly what I've done. I entered a total of eight command lines: five MySQL commands and three Rails commands. I created a SQL script with 17 non-blank lines. That's not what I'd really call coding yet, but as you're about to see... well... just hold on to your hat!
CB: I'm going to be using a web server named Mongrel to serve our app. To start it up, in the cookbook2 subdirectory in my Command window, I enter:
mongrel_rails start
When Mongrel has finished starting, it's ready to serve our app.
Figure 6. Starting our web server
CB: You ready?
Boss: Ready for what? You just reminded me that you haven't even written any code yet.
CB: That's right, but that doesn't mean we haven't been productive. Here; take the keyboard. Now open a browser window and point it at http://localhost:3000/category (Figure 7).
Paul: I've never heard of Mongrel, CB. Do Rails apps have to use it?
CB: Not at all, Paul. Mongrel is a very lightweight, very Rails-friendly web server. It's great for serving our app locally during development, and it's used a lot in production environments, too. However, it's not a "must-use." There are several alternatives. We can get into that later if you want.
Figure 7. Our first Rails app!
Click the link (Figure 8).
Figure 8. New category entry page
Enter a category name and click the 'Create' button (Figure 9).
NOTE: The typical, incredibly astute O'Reilly reader has probably just noticed that CB didn't say "Enter a recipe and click the 'Create' button" here. "Why's that?", you might ask. It won't work yet. Remember: we haven't written any code yet. We won't be writing much, but we do need a few lines to pull it all together. Not many. Just a few. Part Two of this article is now available.
Figure 9. New category added!
Boss: Now, that is way beyond cool--it's awesome! What about recipes?
CB: Just point your browser to http://localhost:3000/recipe (Figure 10).
Figure 10. Empty list of recipes
Click the link (Figure 11).
Figure 11. New recipe entry page
CB: Where's your hat, Boss? It must have been blown away! I told you to hold on to it!
Boss: That is just amazing, CB. I have to tell you the truth. When I agreed to have pizza with you, I really didn't have much faith that you'd actually be able to do this app, start to finish, before lunch was over. I'm starting to get the feeling that maybe you weren't BS'ing me.
CB: And we haven't even written any code yet! You're probably anxious to do that, but before we do, let's have some of that pizza. 'Cause you know, with Rails, we can have our pie and eat it, too!
Continue to Part Two of this article.
Bill Walton is a software development/project management consultant/contractor.
Curt Hibbs has been a consultant to well-known companies like Hewlett Packard, Intuit, Corel, WordStar, Charles Schwab, Vivendi Universal, and more. He now works as a Senior Software Engineer for The Boeing Company in St. Louis.
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I Made It! Market (IMI) is a nomadic indie crafts marketplace that provides opportunities for artists to bring their wares to market. We partner with neighborhood, mainstreet, community, arts, and non-profit organizations to raise funds and awareness for their organizations and to assist them in improving the communities we share.
Beginning in March of 2007, IMI was born through a need for regularly occurring opportunities for Pittsburgh's talented artisans to bring their wares to market. Our goal was and remains to create a "space" for artists and community organizations to connect.
The first market took place in May of 2007 at the Garfield Artworks with 20 artisans. We had a fantastic turnout and heard from the crafts community that this type of event was missing in our city. and, IMI was born.
Since our first market, we have partnered with a number of hardworking organizations and have brought close to 300 artists' wares right into Pittsburgh's unique neighborhoods providing visibility to emerging and established artisans, bringing them directly to shoppers.
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Over the years we've enjoyed a vibrant, growing community comprised of enthusiastic shoppers who value locally made artisan wares and crafters in a number of disciplines. Our crafters are men and women who have been creating handmade work for years or who have recently become inspired to work on a passion to create something new.
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Carrie has been crafting for many a year. Possibly born with a beading needle in her hand, her fascination with all things crafty was cultivated through years of summer camp, classes at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, inspiration from friends, family, neighborhood moms and her grandmother. Ask her about her grandmother's love for needlepoint and knitting. Carrie is a disaster of a knitter. She enjoys making a mess in the kitchen cooking primarily old family recipes and what her brother calls hippy food.
Carrie has a degree in English Writing and a Masters in Business Administration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. Currently, Carrie works in Marketing and Social Media and will be using her skillz to provide business development, marketing and public relations services to budding creative entrepreneurs. Many handmade makers have expressed a need for a little boost with marketing and small business services that will take them to the next level in selling their wares and building a market.
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Find Carrie on LinkedIn, email her at firstname.lastname@example.com or just say hi at the next market. Carrie loves to meet inspirational, motivated and happenin' peeps and also loves her hubby and new baby Sid, coffee, boston terriers and the 'burgh.
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Co-founder of the I Made It! Market Nina Marie Barbuto sees the market as "urban acupuncture," with its micro-economy popping in and out of neighborhoods. She completed the Mediascapes Master of Architecture Program at Southern California (M.Arch) and has a Bachelors of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University (B.Arch). Her works include architecture, film, sound, and art installation often with the idea of recycling noise into the system or elevating the vernacular spectacular. In 2004, Nina Barbuto was featured in the Concept Architecture show at Future Tenant Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for her Annex to the Carnegie Museum of Art (proposed). In 2006, her proposal for Albright-Knox Gallery was on display at the institution in Buffalo, New York. Nina Barbuto and Jenna Kappelt collaborated in the "Ta-Tas" show in 2006 at The Frame in Pittsburgh. Her Brascape was a feature installation at Inmo Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles in 2007. In 2008, her film, I Love You, Los Angeles was screened at SiteLA Gallery in Los Angeles. Brascape was featured at hiChristina Gallery in the Lower East Side, NYC in 2008. Her recycled cardboard furniture creation, the Habeas Lounge, was featured at the Brookfield Properties Gallery in 2009. August 2010, Nina produced Pittsburgh's First Edition of the Disposable Film Festival at the Leslie Park Pool in Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh.
Currently, Nina's entrepreneur ventures include Awesome Studio, a multimedia design think tank, and Awesome Gallery, a non-profit space to be and make art. See more of her work(s) at ninamariebarbuto.com.
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Ravenswood is home to roughly 19,300 people who work in services, retail and administrative professions.
The average household size in Ravenswood is 1.98 residents per household, and 16% of households have children. The average household income is $60.9K, and annual living expenses amount to $50.0K. The percentage of residents with a college degree or higher is 24%.
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Enjoy a tasty dinner at Bistro Campagne and have cocktails afterward at Huettenbar. Residents can choose from either pizza or deli snacks. For those looking for a local spot to kick back with a cocktail, check out one of the neighborhood joints, like Hansa Clipper or Grafton Pub. To add to that, easy and delicious grub can be ordered up at Burger King and Wendy's. Both restaurants are in the neighborhood.
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NEWARK - Severe weather up and down the East Coast caused by Hurricane Arthur has been affecting both air and train travel in New Jersey.
Passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport are watching for red popping up on the status screens. Many flights to the South, the Midwest and even international flights have been canceled.
There was much less frustration at nearby Newark Penn Station. NJ Transit added early getaway service in the afternoon for people who left work early and wanted to head to the Shore. They also added four extra round trips from New York City to North Jersey this weekend.
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Thus, "The Year Before the Flood" rides the cycles of life in New Orleans—parades, murders, hurricanes and festivals. (Sublette identifies the city as the northernmost point of what he calls the Catholic "Saints and Festivals Belt.") Defying its title, the book spills out into the year of the flood and beyond through a brief but pointed coda. It starts four decades earlier. Sublette, who was born in Louisiana and has lived in New York for 30 years, began writing this memoir during the 2004-2005 academic year, on a fellowship at Tulane University. He was thrust back to his own beginnings, too. He opens in Natchitoches (pronounced Nackatish), La., with his first-grade teacher explaining to students why coins must not be put in mouths. ("It might have been in the hands of a colored person.") By the seventh grade, Sublette and classmates are asked to dramatize a slave auction. "Some people lived between the piety of knowing that slavery was bad," he thinks to himself, "and the desire of living it once again."
Cut to Tulane's Howard Tilton Library, with Sublette "still trying to break through the lies I'd been told in grade school and at the movies." He's excited by the idea of living on Constance Street (his wife is writer Constance Ash), in a rented 1880s home in the Irish Channel district; the two are charmed by its old floors and 14-foot ceilings and lulled to sleep by the sound of passing trains. What emerges is a jelly roll of a story—loving musical analysis and anecdote wrapped in historical analysis, filled also with clear-eyed accounts of the violence and racism endemic to New Orleans life and dotted at one end with caustic criticism of the Bush administration's exploitation of disaster. Every bit of it grows personal: Sublette discovers that, two years earlier in the house he's rented, a white Tulane student was stabbed to death in his kitchen by three black men with criminal records who'd knocked on the door and asked for money, then pushed their way in. When Hurricane Ivan bears down on New Orleans in September 2004, Sublette is in New York for a week: He books a last-minute plane ticket out of New Orleans for Constance, as others are trapped on packed highways and Mayor C. Ray Nagin announces that the Superdome is available as shelter. "We could evacuate because I was on top of the situation, and we had the means ," he writes. "Suddenly, I was on the survival side of the rich/poor divide."
"This book is about things New Orleanians maybe took for granted," Sublette explains early on, "and non-New Orleanians mostly didn't know about." Which made me time-travel back to 2006, when, reporting in the wake of Katrina, I sat in the Xavier University office of clarinetist and professor Michael White. "I don't think America ever truly understood New Orleans culture, because the mind-set is so different here," he said, peering into the red notebook in which he'd jotted down the names and whereabouts of colleagues. "So that whole tradition was hidden from most of America."
Certainly misperceived. Yes, the glorious and exotic culture of New Orleans provided potent metaphor in the wake of tragedy, still does. Largely missed was the fact that those musicians—that culture—was, and remains, the story to great extent; always has been when it comes to New Orleans. Sublette well grasps that in 2006, second-line parades marked the first and best assertions by black and poor New Orleanians of a right to return. But were they welcomed back? In his previous book, Sublette quoted Christian Shultz, a traveler who in 1808 noted Congo Square slave dances: "These amusements continue until sunset, when one or two of the city patrol show themselves with their cutlasses, and the crowds immediately disperse." He relates an eerie 2004 parallel by describing the strained relationship, even before Katrina, between those who parade through and those who patrol the streets:
"I had just snapped a picture of Bayou Stepper Michael 'Aldo' Andrews, as his nephew James 'Twelve' Andrews and the New Birth Brass band tore into what was obviously their finale from the front doorstep of the Mother-In-Law. It was overtime, and the cops were not inclined to let the band finish their last few bars. The law must be obeyed to the letter in New Orleans, at least if you're black. The cops turned a number, maybe seven, of their car sirens on full blast, right in the assembled crowd's face, drowning out the band completely. … Cherry tops were spinning like it was a drug bust or a terrorist swat. You must disperse!"
"I was seeing a kind of civil rights demonstration," Sublette writes of the Tamborine and Fan Club's 2005 Super Sunday parade. He's right—literally. In 2007, the Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs that sponsor weekly parades took to federal court to challenge the city's hiking of police security fees, and won. The suit invoked the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and expression, claiming that permit schemes "effectively tax" such expression. "It's a solid, core ACLU issue," ACLU staff attorney Katie Schwartzmann told me. "We handle freedom-of-speech cases all the time. But this one is different in that the speech at issue signifies this city and an entire cultural tradition."
"There's a feeling among many that some of our older cultural institutions, like parades and jazz funerals, are in the way of the progress and don't fit in the new vision of New Orleans," Michael White had told me. "That they should only be used in a limited way to boost the image of New Orleans, as opposed to being real, viable aspects of our lives."
There's plenty of evidence to support that thought. Musicians were arrested last October during a funeral procession in Tremé, one of the oldest black neighborhoods in America and long an incubator for jazz tradition. At recent Mardi Gras Indian gatherings, the spectacle of black men looking fierce in eight-foot-tall suits of feathers and beads has lately been overtaken by the sirens and flashing lights of NOPD cruisers, enacting their own display of power and domain. "Parading in New Orleans is about taking control of the street," Sublette wisely surmises.
Mardi Gras Indians emerge as perhaps the most transcendent heroes in Sublette's story, and he follows the development of this tradition from 1885, when Becate Batiste, an African-American building tradesman in the Seventh Ward of partly Indian descent, took to the streets with his group, the Creole Wild West, a downtown posse of African-Americans dressed like Indians.
"Mardi Gras Indians are, in effect, a black mystic society," Sublette explains. "It's easy to imagine what Mardi Gras Indian performances might mean, but it means what its practitioners need it to mean, and it is as much mystery as it is clear meaning." Yet he leaves no doubt that this expression is, as much as jazz, and as much as the white Mardi Gras, a direct response to a near-century of Jim Crow.
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Where y'at Larry. Great piece. Always need historical context to explain New Orleans, even on trivial things like "who dat".
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Um, Sublette makes clear in the book that it is the krewe of Bacchus that displays the Kong figures, not the krewe of Comus.


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Beavers to Publish "A Brief Introduction to the Philosophy of Information"
Posted: June 21, 2016
Anthony F. Beavers, professor of philosophy and director of the Cognitive Science Modeling Lab at the University of Evansville, has been asked to publish his paper, "A Brief Introduction to the Philosophy of Information," in the September Issue of Logeion - Information Philosophy.
The paper has been circulating on the web for the past six years and has been viewed more than 3,000 times on Academia.edu alone. It has become standard reading in many philosophy of information courses worldwide.
Logeion is published by the Philosophy and Policy of Information Research Group of the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology.
Beavers Appointed to NSF Panel for the National Robotics Initiative
Posted: April 6, 2016
Anthony F. Beavers, professor of philosophy and director of the Cognitive Modeling Lab, was recently appointed to be a panelist for the National Science Foundation (NSF) program, the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), to evaluate proposals that address co-robotics issues at the interface with the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
The panel will meet at the NSF Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday, May 23. Beavers has been a three time reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities. This marks his first consultancy with the NSF
Slattery and Beavers Author Book Chapter on Ethics and Affective Computing
Posted: February 15, 2016
Anthony Beavers (professor of philosophy and director of the Cognitive Science Modeling Lab) and Justin Slattery (senior major in philosophy, creative writing, and English) completed their chapter, "On the Moral Implications and Restrictions Surrounding Affective Computing," for inclusion in Affective Sciences in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, edited by Myounghoon Jeon and to be published by Elsevier.
Abstract: Building simulated affects into artifacts poses a moral dilemma. On the one hand, in order for humans to interact fully with machines, the machines need to meet them on human terms, and this requires machines that are capable of assessing human affective states and responding to them in kind. On the other hand, doing so amounts to a fundamental deception that humans will find it hard to keep in mind, namely that these machines do not actually have these affective states and may not, therefore, be worthy of our attachment and our moral regard. Yet, simulated affects, we argue, are necessary for creating machines that can make moral decisions, that affects are essential for disambiguating the utterances of machines and humans, and that not all forms of deception are bad. After an initial provocation, these arguments are taken up in order, after which we argue further that while simulated affects are necessary, they could nonetheless lead to abuse. Therefore, the standard ethical limits and principles involved with any technological innovation must be respected.
Crick Lecture in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Today at 4:00 p.m.
Posted: February 12, 2016
Today at 4:00 p.m. in KC 100 Dr. Anthony Chemero (Philosophy and Psychology, University of Cincinnati) will present recent work on sensorimotor empathy. Dr. Chemero is a leading researcher in the field of embodied cognition. An abstract for the talk follows:
People with mirror-touch synaesthesia experiences touches on the bodies of other people. I will give an account of mirror-touch synaesthesia in terms of Wundt's original understanding of empathy (einfu?hlung), as a kind of "feeling into" works of art and the experiences of others. I will argue that feeling into is not limited to our experiences of works of art and other people, but also explains our close connection to our everyday environments. I will make a distinction between sensorimotor empathy and cognitive empathy. Cognitive empathy is familiar: it is the purposeful, explicit imagination of the thoughts and feelings of others. Sensorimotor empathy is implicit, sometimes unintentional, skillful coordination. While cognitive empathy is important for moral reasoning, sensorimotor is the foundation of social coordination, and the key to understanding mirror-touch synaesthesia. I will also explain how sensorimotor empathy can be operationalized and studied in the lab, in terms of interpersonal synergies.
Cognitive Science Professors Edit Collection of Artificial Intelligence Essays
Posted: March 6, 2015
The Journal of Theoretical and Experimental Artificial Intelligence just released a special issue edited by Cognitive Science and Philosophy professors Derek Jones and Anthony Beavers. The issue, "Inforgs and the Infosphere: Themes from Luciano Floridi's Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence," examines how open issues in the philosophy of information impact how we understand and approach problems in the field of artificial intelligence. For more information, see http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/teta20/27/1#.VNn12UJUMih.
"Can Plants and Bacteria Think?" to be Topic of UE Andiron Lecture
Posted: February 2, 2015
Can plants and bacteria think? University of Evansville assistant professor of philosophy Derek Jones will discuss this question at the UE Andiron Lecture on Wednesday, February 4. The lecture starts at 4:00 p.m., in Eykamp 252, Ridgway University Center. A social gathering with beverages begins at 3:45 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Jones earned an MA in philosophy from the University of Houston and a PhD in philosophy from Indiana University. He teaches courses in philosophy and cognitive science at UE and currently directs the cognitive science program. Jones has published and presented work on such topics as scientific explanation, self-knowledge, skilled behavior, and free will. His work is guided by the broader project of understanding cognition and action as essentially embodied, biological processes. His forthcoming book, The Biological Foundations of Agency, is slated for publication in January 2016.
For more information on the Andiron Lecture Series, please call 812-488-1070 or 812-488-2589.
Tom Polger to Deliver Crick Lecture on Wednesday, November 13
Posted: November 13, 2013
Tom Polger, a professor of philosophy at of the University of Cincinnati, will be delivering the Crick Lecture this Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in Room 100, Koch Center. The lecture is jointly sponsored by the programs in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience. Polger is a leading researcher in the philosophy of mind and cognition.
The abstract for his talk, "Idealization and Identity in the Mind Sciences," follows:
"It is likely that creatures capable of some psychological states and processes have brains that are significantly different than human brains. Hilary Putnam famously argued, on this basis, that psychological processes and states are multiply realized - that is, that it is not possible to identify psychological processes with brain processes. Indeed, the phenomenon of multiple realization is central to the received view of the nature of mental states and the status of the cognitive and mind sciences. But in the last decade questions have been raised about the alleged ubiquity of multiple realization, and about the very coherence of the idea. Some of these critiques of multiple realization, however, make claims that are prima facie incompatible with the mind-brain identity theory. Thus the critique of multiple realization may achieve only a Pyrrhic victory. This talk explores these issues, and considers how the advocate of the mind-brain identity theory can resolve them."
CNS Research Group and Nu Rho Psi members Attend Neuroscience Conference
Posted: October 1, 2013
Fourteen members of the Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Research Group and Nu Rho Psi Honors Neuroscience Society attended the Midwest/Great Lakes Research Symposia (mGluRs) at Wabash College, Saturday, September 28. Morgan Brown presented Reserch Methods study. Marianne Marcotte, Kelsey Edens, Karolina Toth, Mariah Gardiner, Natasha James, Michael Bryan, Anna Maurer-Batjer, Rebecca Gervasio, Sarah O'Brein, Kasey Michel, Evan Meiman, Nick Morgan and Tyler Perry.
Jones and Beavers Edit Collection on the Philosophy of Information
Posted: September 24, 2013
Derek Jones, assistant professor of philosophy and director of Cognitive Science, and Anthony F. Beavers, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, just completed a special edited collection, Philosophy in the Age of Information: A Symposium on Luciano Floridi's The Philosophy of Information, for publication in the journal Minds and Machines. This special journal issue presents eight papers that raise critical objections to Dr. Floridi's recent book and features responses from the author himself.
Dr. Floridi of Oxford University visited UE last November for three days, during which he delivered three lectures, including our annual Ethics lecture, a Crick Lecture, and a special lecture on the design philosophy of Steve Jobs. Floridi also taught a special, three hour seminar session in the philosophy of information for one of our honors classes.
CNS Research Group Presents Dr. Lisa Kretz - Moral Philosophy, Emotion and Student Empowerment
Posted: September 17, 2013
On Thursday, September 19, at 6 pm in Room 75, Schroeder Family School of Business Building, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lisa Kretz will discuss her recent paper, "Moral Philosophy, Emotion, and Student Empowerment".
Derek Jones to Join Board of IACAP
Posted: September 11, 2013
Derek Jones, Director of Cognitive Science and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will join the executive board of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy this month as the organization's Membership and Promotions Coordinator. Dr. Jones was awarded the 2010 joint IACAP/Carnegie Mellon Goldberg Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy by a Graduate Student for his work on animat modeling.
UE International Student, Cognitive Science Major Wins Scholarship Competition
Posted: April 25, 2013
University of Evansville international student Karolina Toth, a cognitive science major from Budapest, Hungary, has won first prize in the LewerMark Student Insurance "Make Your Mark" scholarship competition.
The LewerMark agency, which provides health insurance programs for international students studying in the U.S., awarded Toth a $1,250 scholarship for her essay response to the question "How will an international education help me make a difference in the world?"
LewerMark representatives came to UE to present Toth's award this morning.
"When Karolina arrived to the University of Evansville in Fall 2010, her drive for success and achievement was very apparent," said Lauren Doss, UE's coordinator of cultural engagement, who nominated Toth for the scholarship. "In her time at our University, she has developed into a confident, mature, and capable leader in and outside the classroom."
"More than just a scholar," Doss continued, "Karolina excels at several co-curricular activities. She dedicates herself fully to all of her endeavors, and truly embodies a student who wants to change the world."
Toth's LewerMark scholarship essay reveals her desire to use her international education in her native Hungary. "All of us have heard the phrase 'You learn something new every day', but many of us forget that we also have the opportunity to teach something new every day," she wrote in the opening paragraph of her award-winning essay.
"My plan when I graduate from the University of Evansville is to get a PhD and aid my country to live up to its potential," she wrote. "Having lived abroad, I have acquainted myself with many individuals who think of Hungarians dearly. The Hungarian education system has fed many talented individuals to the world, but is in need of an update and new resources." She added that her desire is to "give back" to her country and to "assist in the reforming" of its education system, so that Hungary can be "equipped for the 21st century."
"My international education has opened my eyes to the world of opportunity that lies in front of every one of us and is now preparing me to take on my chosen path," she concluded. "I would have never dared to have such ambitious goals of educating and leading people, but my experience as an international student in America has shown me that I can reach as high as I am willing to work for. These experiences of my international education have led me to believe that I can make a difference."
Toth's winning essay is available online at http://www.lewermark.com/lewermark-scholarship/.
Anthony Beavers invited to speak at the International Conference for Affective Computing
Posted: April 16, 2013
Anthony Beavers (professor of Philosophy and director of Cognitive Science) was recently invited to speak on the topic of ethical challenges concerning affective computing over the the next ten years at the International Conference for Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction to be held in Geneva, Switzerland this coming September. This invitation comprises the third for this fall on the topic of technology ethics, the second being an invitation to speak at the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy in Athens, Greece this August, and the third to speak at the the International Conference on the Philosophy of Information at Xian Jiaotong University, China, this October. The invitations follow from concerns over challenges to the climate of ethics arising from the impact of information and communications technologies on the global scene. Beavers was the recipient of the 2012 World Technology Award for Ethics presented this past October in New York City.
Derek Jones to Speak at Last CNS Meeting of Semester
Posted: April 16, 2013
For the final CNS meeting of the semester, Derek Jones, has been invited to speak about "Metabolic Agency: Or How Thinking About Fidgeting Got Me Excited About the Autonomic Nervous System". The meeting will be held Tuesday, April 16, at 6:00 p.m. in Hyde Hall 204. Bring your dinner and your friends, and be sure not to miss the final talk of the semester!
Luciano Floridi to Deliver UE's Crick and Ethics Lectures
Posted: November 6, 2012
Luciano Floridi, professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire in England, will travel to Evansville this month to present two free, public lectures at the University of Evansville.
Floridi will deliver "The Varieties of Complexity," UE's Crick Lecture in the Cognitive and Neural Sciences, at 4 p.m. Monday, November 12 in Room 100 of the Koch Center for Engineering and Science.
For the annual Ethics Lecture, Floridi will present "Information Ethics and the Political Foundations of the Information Society" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 13 in Eykamp Hall, Ridgway University Center.
Floridi is a professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, England, where he holds the Research Chair in Philosophy of Information and the UNESCO Chair of Information and Computer Ethics, and a fellow of St. Cross College, University of Oxford.
Floridi is best known for his foundational research on the philosophy of information and information ethics, two new research areas that he has significantly helped to establish. He has published more than 150 articles in various anthologies and international peer-reviewed journals.
His most recent books are The Philosophy of Information (Oxford University Press, 2011), Information – A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010), and the Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (edited for Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Floridi is currently the principal investigator of the project "Understanding Information Quality Standards and their Challenges" (2011-2013), in collaboration with Google UK. He has delivered more than 200 talks, including recent public lectures at the World Science Festival in New York in 2010 and a TEDx in 2011, both available on YouTube. In 2012, he was a keynote speaker at the EU Digital Agenda, during which he addressed European Union leaders on education issues in the information society.
Floridi's lectures at the University of Evansville are sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, UE's programs in cognitive science and neuroscience, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the Kern Family Foundation.
Members of the media seeking more information may contact Kristen Lund, UE director of news services, at 812-488-2241.
Beavers Receives 2012 World Technology Award in Ethics
Posted: October 24, 2012
Anthony Beavers, professor of philosophy and director of cognitive science, was presented with the 2012 World Technology Award in Ethics this past Tuesday night at a special ceremony held at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
He was recognized for his work in moral theory, which attempts to show how and why existing ethical frameworks are insufficiently suited to the information age and why ethicists need to develop other alternatives. The World Technology Awards are presented in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Technology Review, and Science and go to the "peer-nominated, peer-elected most innovative people in science and technology" defined as those doing "the innovative work of the likely longest significance."
Thirty awards are offered each year, twenty to individuals and ten to corporations. Winners this year included SpaceX, the first private company to get a rocket to the space station and back, Ekso Bionics for successfully developing technology to allow paraplegics to walk on their own through the use of a robotic exoskeleton, and NASA Engineer Adam Steltzner of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena for his role in successfully landing the rover Curiosity on Mars this past August.
Among the more recognizable past recipients of World Technology Awards are Al Gore (for Policy), Linus Torvalds, developer of the Linux operating system (for Commerce / Communication Technology), Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World-Wide Web (for Communication Technology), Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google (for Marketing Communications), and Mark Zuckerberg, lead developer and co-founder of Facebook (also for Marketing Communications).
Beavers Nominated for World Technology Award in Ethics
Posted: October 11, 2012
Anthony Beavers, professor of philosophy and director of cognitive science, is one of five finalists nominated for the World Technology Award in Ethics to be presented at the World Technology Summit to be held at Rockefeller Plaza later this month. The awards are presented in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Technology Review, and Science and go to the "peer-nominated, peer-elected most innovative people in science and technology." For a complete list of nominees in all twenty categories, see http://wtn.net/summit2012/finalists.php.
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PGT Semi-Finals: Rico the Magician
First semi-finals of the Pilipinas got talent took place last Saturday. The six semi finalist will perform and after that voting will be opened for the viewers and supporters to text and vote their favorite talent. On Sunday, PGT will announce who will move to the grand finals. The highest number of votes will automatically move to the finals but second and third place would have to perform again for the judges and the judges will decide. Rico the magician is one of the favorites and he is one of my favorites too. But he didn't get the votes of the two female judges that is why he wasn't able to move to the finals. Here is a copy of his performance that I got from youtube. Enjoy!
After the performance, the judges have to choose and I can see from the expressions of the judges that they are really sad. Maybe they didn't expect that Rico will not get the highest number of votes and they feel sorry that they have to choose between him and the Madrigal siblings who are also good in their own field, singing. The female judges have to apologize and cry because it was really difficult for them. This is just the first round, there are still five rounds for the semis and there will still a lot of jobs to do. A really hard job of choosing between two talents that can be both deserving.
Good luck to the rest of the semi-finalist.
2 Responses to "PGT Semi-Finals: Rico the Magician"
he is a good performer but after seeing his performance for the second time I find it really boring unlike the madrigal siblings they gave me goosebumps.
Hey.. singing is already common it is unfair to mang rico his the best


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The Story Behind This Amazing Ice Biking Video
Earlier this year, Aaron Peterson shared a few very cool and trippy photos of riding a fat bike on crystal
Earlier this year, Aaron Peterson shared a few very cool and trippy photos of riding a fat bike on crystal clear ice on Lake Michigan. He just finished putting together a video from the session, and here he tells the story of what it was like. – Ed.
Up here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula you have to find ways to have fun in winter or you'll go nuts. There's a lot of chatter back and forth about fat bikes (most locals in the UP still call them snow bikes because that's when we primarily ride them, but some ride them year round) on the forums, etc., debating if they are a fad or if they look stupid, etc. But to most of us it's all about the fun. They're just another bike in the quiver. Road. Mountain. Cross. Fat. Repeat. It's a progression of the sport, at least regionally. Marquette's a college town of 20,000 hardy souls that manages to support four core bike shops so when the fat bike came around we didn't waste any time in embracing it. Our local trails club the Noquemanon Trails Club invented their own bike specific groomer and is grooming 11 miles of dedicated snow single track. Super flowy, smooth as butter, frozen berms, rhythm sections, it's all there and we're loving it.
More specifically about the ride: Ryan LaBar made it happen early in January 2013. He's a local Marquette kid, dedicated bike geek, and former Bike magazine employee (code name Squirrel). He moved back to the Marquette area from sunny San Clemente this summer to get married and was between jobs so he and I were hanging out and riding. This winter he's doing a fat bike test for the mag so he's had a number of bikes and accessories at his disposal, one of which was a set of Dillinger studded tires from 45NRTH.
He got wind of the crazy clear ice conditions down on Lake Michigan at the town of Gladstone, about an hour south of Marquette, gave me a shout, and we set up a dawn patrol. Bang, there we were at 7 a.m. on a clear morning with several miles of baby ass smooth ice in front of us. This is super rare to see because the region averages around 200 inches of lake-effect snow. Not a lot of snow by western standards, but it's constant – nearly every day there's some snow and it falls everywhere. So our ice is usually buried under feet of snow or clouded by the freeze-thaw cycle and so as cyclists we don't really think about it as an option. The other thing is that we don't really get that cold along the coasts of the Great Lakes. We get gobs of snow and it stays relatively mild, like mid-20s, the majority of the winter at least along the windward shorelines, so having that much ice freeze that fast with no snow was perhaps a once in a lifetime event.
The ice conditions were freakishly clear and slick. We got on the lake at a city park/marina that ice fisherman use. Ryan rode a Fatback Ti with the studded tires and was clipped in for the ride. He has neoprene pogies over the handlebars which allow a winter rider to wear light gloves and makes shifting/braking easy.
I walked and slid along because I didn't trust my bike without studs. I was thinking mostly of shooting stills so all I had was my Nikon DSLR but it became quickly apparent that this was a special day and I needed to shoot some video or the world was going to cry PhotoShop. I fumbled and bumbled and managed to get enough motion footage to put together the edit. No tripod, all handheld but the smooth level ice made a good base to work on. No mic either but luckily it was calm and silent so the Nikon's crumby little built-in mic did an okay job.
The ice was about seven inches thick, which we could see by the stress cracks in it. Plenty safe for foot/bike travel. Several ice fishing shanties were already out on the bay, about a mile out. Warm and windy weather was forecast for the week so many of the ice fishermen were starting to move their shacks off. The ice was constantly moaning and pinging, which isn't unusual but still keeps you on your toes. Temperature was probably around 20-25 but it was calm and generally pleasant, especially once the sun came up.
Ryan dumped it once off camera and earned himself a nice bruise. He was an XC racer in college and is still a damn good trials rider so it only happened once. He did a few bunny hops and brake skids and other stuff to get a feel for the tires and we played with the air pressure to get it dialed in, probably around 5-8 psi though we didn't check it that day. We ride hard surfaces at 8 and air down to as low as 3 for soft trails.
We probably went only about a half mile out, since I was on foot. I rode a few times and was really impressed by the handling, but the sensation of riding that clear of ice was mind blowing. You can see the ripples in the sand bottom, fish swimming under, air bubbles, etc. and it gives you a sense of flying, floating, soaring. When we rode out of the shallows the bottom drops away fast and the sand turns to weeds and darkness and my stomach did a flip-flop vertigo sort of thing with the sensation of climbing.
No other riders out there, just good old ice fishing Yoopers (residents of the Upper Peninsula) chasing walleye and the bottom of their fifths. After the ride we poked around the lighthouse area and found open water and the fresh sinking of a snowmobile. Keys still in it.
By the end of the week rising temperatures, shifting winds, and snow scrambled the ice, and the once in lifetime event was gone.
See more of Aaron Peterson's work at aaronpeterson.net.


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Posted on: June 19th, 2010 Sucker Punch Releases INFAMOUS 2 Trailer
Take the GTA open-world concept, throw in a good dose of story, great artwork and graphics and tons of cool Force-like powers and you get Infamous, one of the best video gaming experiences I've had in a long time.
Well, Infamous anti-hero Cole is back in the recently announced Infamous 2. And developer Sucker Punch treated us to a trailer for the new sequel at E3. This is big news for me because the game is awesome, and it really looks like Sucker Punch added some great new features. The city environments look a lot more vibrant and alive this time around, and Cole is brandishing some new prong type weapon that looks killer!
So sit back and enjoy the trailer for Infamous 2, and then wait painfully for 2011 to come. Many thanks to Kotaku for having the only decent trailer on the net – click the image below to check it out!


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Uinta National Forest
Uinta National Forest is one of Utah's premiere locations for year-round recreation, featuring a variety of natural attractions, scenic byways, and endless opportunity for exploring the backcountry and wilderness areas.
- Uinta NF is located south of Park City, at the southern end of the Wasatch Range.
- Climb Mount Nebo or visit Timpanogos Cave National Monument.
- Cross-country ski and snowshoe during winter and hike, bike and more during summer.
- Drive the Alpine Scenic Loop, Nebo Loop, and Provo Canyon Scenic Byway.
Uinta National Forest is part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and covers more than 1 million acres of the southern Wasatch Mountains. Attractions within Uinta National Forest include Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Strawberry Reservoir, and Mount Nebo. Activities include hiking, hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, and so much more.
Uinta National Forest is located at the southern end of the Wasatch Mountains.
You can access Uinta National Forest from Park City by traveling south on Highways 40 and 189.
Contact Information: Provo Office at 88 West 100 North, Phone: (801) 342-5100, or Website: www.fs.fed.us/r4/uwc/
Recreate in Uinta National Forest any time of year.
- Hiking/Backpacking – Finding a secluded trail in Uinta National Forest won't be a problem. Climb up to Nebo Peak for a rigorous workout or take a leisurely 2.7 mile hike down Mill Hollow Trail.
- Camping – Hundreds of campsites dot Uinta National Forest. Try a campground on the shores of Strawberry Reservoir, at the border of the Mt. Nebo Wilderness Area, or near the foot of Mt. Timpanogos.
- Caving - Spend a few hours viewing natural underground treasures at Timpanogos Cave National Monument.
- Fishing/Hunting – Search for that trophy big game animal or trout when you fish and hunt in the steams, rivers, lakes, and forest.
- Motorized Fun – Bring your OHV, ATV and dirt bike for a rip-roaring ride down one of several authorized motorized areas. For a longer ride, boogie down Fifth Water Trail; for a shorter ride try the Red Lake Trail.
- Snowmobiling/Cross-country Skiing - Utah National Forests pride themselves on having several designated snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing areas and Uinta NF is no exception. If you're a beginner, try the 4-mile Doe Knoll Loop.
- Scenic Drives - Scenic Byways brimming with gorgeous mountain landscapes within Uinta National Forest include the Alpine Scenic Loop, the Nebo Loop, and Provo Canyon.
Fun Fact
Uinta National Forest's Mount Nebo sits at 11,928 feet and is named after the infamous Mount Nebo of biblical history which overlooks Israel.
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Rising sophomore Lady Roadrunner Alecia Cooley participated in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Weekend July 24-27 at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida.
She played with the top 40 rising sophomores in the country who were chosen by a committee from the NJCAA Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
"The first day each player goes through an individual workout at her position," said Lady Roadrunners Head Coach Kevin Bucher. "Then they split the players into teams based on the workouts and have two practices before they start playing games."
Cooley scored 10 points, pulled down eight rebounds and blocked three shots in the first game, and in the second game scored two points, pulled down 12 rebounds and blocked four shots.
"It was definitely different," said Cooley. "I'm not used to playing teams from Arizona and Florida. They play a different style of basketball at a different pace than a lot of the girls I've played against."
Cooley was named Second-Team All-Region 16. She helped lead her team to a 21-9 record and the program's fourth appearance at the NJCAA Women's Basketball national championship. Cooley was the third leading scorer and leading rebounder, averaging 11.4 points and seven rebounds per contest. She also led the team in blocked shots per game with 2.2.
"I thought she played pretty well at the all-star weekend," said Bucher. "She did things she was capable of doing and didn't try to do too much. People were pleased with how she played."
Cooley has some advice for her teammates when she returns to SFCC this fall.
"I think all the freshmen should strive to be nominated for this event next year because it's a really good experience," she said.
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