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From OpenWetWare
Welcome to the OWW Community Town Hall Meeting for August, 2008
Teleconference dial-in number: 1-617-324-7374.
Use these URL's to get to the chat room if you can't get there from here:
- room url: Room URL
- embed url: Embedded URL
This month's topic: Curation of content on OWW
Useful, accurate information on OWW is something we all aspire to, so let's explore the idea of community-based content curation. If one person's "finished" protocol is another person's starting point, how do we ensure that the information in our protocols, and other how-to pages is as good as it can be...
Please add your ideas, comments, or suggestions here.
- Jason R. Kelly 21:30, 12 August 2008 (EDT): Would be great to try to brainstorm ways that curation could be a way to encourage contribution rather than something that prevents it. How do we avoid curation that serves as a gatekeeper lowering overall content contribution - for instance the inabilty to comment in genbank? Curation can also be a way to encourage contribution - for instance, by creating academic credit via a "stamp of approval" (a la peer-reviewed journals). Seems a tough balance to strike.
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October 30, 2011
Fans and alumni reacted to the death of the Div. I men's hockey program at the University of Alabama-Huntsville with equal parts frustration and outrage.
So why not channel that into an awesome Halloween costume?
Andrew Judge did just that, wearing a Chargers jersey and a large dummy depicting UA System Chancellor Malcolm Portera, who made the decision to end the Div. I program after this season, stabbing him in the chest.
Judge didn't just walk around campus with the getup, either: He wore it to a UAH volleyball game where the new university president and the athletic director were in attendance. Awesome. (Thanks to Geof F. Morris for the tip.)
Have you a hockey-themed pumpkin? Have you worn, or will you wear, a makeshift Halloween costume? Do you have hockey imagery in your Halloween front lawn displays? Email pics to firstname.lastname@example.com. We'll give away some trinkets to some of the better ones.
And here … we … go.
Reader Jason Lee noticed we didn't have any Edmonton Oilers pumpkins … so he made one. (Not sure about the ghost, although we assume it's a reference to Gilbert Brule's(notes) career.)
Tom Beasley with an old school Washington Capitals logo pumpkin. Dale Hunter approves. And would probably smash it from behind.
A sharp-looking Chicago Blackhawks pumpkin from Xiaoming Zhu. Not Patrick Sharp(notes) sharp, but sharp enough.
What are you looking at? From reader Michael Alper: "Here is a photo of the John Scott(notes) (Blackhawks) pumpkin. It is big and intimidating, but it never gets to do anything more than sit on the sidelines."
Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild pumpkins by Anne Sitorius; those trees look like they were a bit of a bitch to cut out, so we appreciate the effort.
Rachel Addison with a matching set of Nashville Predators pumpkins. Gutsy move putting "Smashville" on a pumpkin.
From reader Brooks Bratten, a Pittsburgh Penguins pumpkin: "Here's my Deryk Engelland(notes)...one tough pumpkin."
Reader Clint Molnar on his Don Cherry ensemble:
"Last year I dressed up as Don Cherry for Halloween and won best costume at both parties that I attended. I purchased the Jacket at the salvation army for $6 and Halloween tie at the dollar store for $1. I Grew the beard for a few weeks and shaved my head before spray-painting them white. The final touch was making an oversized collar and cufflinks for my shirt out of cardboard paper and staples."
Does Don Cherry know his wardrobe can be assembled for, like, $10?
Greg Cichosz poses with the Phoenix Coyotes pumpkin he carved and that is owned by the National Hockey League.
Anna Peasgood with a Hockey Canada pumpkin and a Vancouver Canucks-o-lantern.
Oh … my.
Inspired by his ESPN Body Issue pose, this Ryan Kesler(notes) pumpkin has been making the rounds. Kudos to whoever created it, and our sincere thanks for not creatively incorporating the stem into the design. (Via LOLHockey)
And finally …
Reader Brian Capobianco explains:
"Here's my Halloween costume, I'm going as a Vancouver Rioter, complete with Molotov Cocktail."
And just like a real rioter, you just saw his photo on the Internet.
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The Cutest Mummy Baby You Will Ever See
American Apparel is having a Halloween costume contest, and submissions close today. Regardless of how you feel about the company, the kids' Halloween costume competition is totally adorable. Take, for example, this mummy toddler, Ryland from the UK. We're also fans of mini-Mr. T, this tiny Incredible, and the beastly Max. So far, I believe, 3-year-old Bella the owl is the leader in the kids voting category. So cute! [American Apparel]


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Think I'm Starting To See A Theme In My Quiz Results...!You Are Free as the Wind
You are gracious and good-natured. You are big-hearted and genial with everyone.
You have a natural serenity that makes others feel calm. You are a safe haven for others.
You are unselfconscious and totally natural in your behavior. You are free-spirited.
You are totally comfortable with where you are in life. You accept yourself and your life circumstances.
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Announcement Trailer for Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures!
Namco Bandai's favorite yellow dude will take the golden opportunity to escape from the two dimensional realm and will be jazzed up into a more modern 3D. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures will be released sometime this winter and will also work alongside the television cartoon series.
The trailer shows a cartoonistic world vibrantly put together with fun animation and belching abruptly. Will Pac-Man ever loose that appetite? We have included the trailer and love this new look that Namco has given a classic retro game. This new twist should bring the younger generations to appreciate the things some of the older crowd grew up with. This is retro gaming at its best!
Namco Bandai will release the game on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and 3DS this winter. Whether it will expand to the next-gen consoles is not known as of yet. Until the game will be officially released, check out this awesome announcement trailer that we have included for you.


text: Jim Meyering <jim meyering net> wrote: > "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange redhat com> wrote: >> This patch re-writes the code for dispatching RPC calls in the >> remote driver to allow use from multiple threads. Only one thread >> is allowed to send/recv on the socket at a time though. If another >> thread comes along it will put itself on a queue and go to sleep. >> The first thread may actually get around to transmitting the 2nd >> thread's request while it is waiting for its own reply. It may >> even get the 2nd threads reply, if its own RPC call is being really >> slow. So when a thread wakes up from sleeping, it has to check >> whether its own RPC call has already been processed. Likewise when >> a thread owning the socket finishes with its own wor, it may have >> to pass the buck to another thread. The upshot of this, is that >> we have mutliple RPC calls executing in parallel, and requests+reply >> are no longer guarenteed to be FIFO on the wire if talking to a new >> enough server. >> >> This refactoring required use of a self-pipe/poll trick for sync >> between threads, but fortunately gnulib now provides this on Windows >> too, so there's no compatability problem there. > > Quick summary: dense ;-) > though lots of moved code. > > I haven't finished,... Modulo the things I mentioned, and the following nits, the rest looked fine. Typo in a comment: $ g grep -n EGAIN src/remote_internal.c:6110: * EGAIN printing a raw errno value (rather than a strerror-style string) in a DEBUG statement: $ g grep -n 'DEB.*, errno' src/remote_internal.c:6190: \ DEBUG("Poll unexpectedly failed %d\n", errno); comment typos: + /* Two reasons we can be woken up + * 1. Other thread has got our reply ready for us + * 2. Other thread is all done, and its out turn to + * be the dispatcher to finish waiting for + * out reply + */ s/its out/it's our/ s/out reply/our reply/


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Lawlessness in Iraq spurs rogue vigilante justice
BAGHDAD — The mob strung up the suspected terrorist's shirtless body by the feet and set it ablaze on a street on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, a tire placed underneath to fuel the flames. In grainy footage of the immolation this week, police appeared to do little to stop the vigilantes' street justice.
In another video issued in recent days, jihadi militants who took over a major highway in western Iraq stop three Syrian truck drivers, interrogate them, then gun them down, believing them to be members of the Alawite sect.
The two incidents, confirmed by police, illustrate in stark terms the increasing brutality of the unrest gripping Iraq, fueling complaints that security forces are unable to contain it.
Violence inside Iraq has accelerated in recent months to levels not seen since 2008, with more than 4,000 people killed since the start of April. The growing unrest — marked by frequent coordinated car bombings and other attacks blamed mostly on al-Qaida's local branch targeting police, the military and often Shiite Muslim areas — is intensifying fears Iraq is heading back toward the widespread Sunni-Shiite sectarian killing that peaked in 2006 and 2007.
Yet another barrage of al-Qaida-claimed explosions struck in and around Baghdad on Wednesday, when attacks killed at least 82 and wounded more than 200.
The mob's immolation of a man believed to be a bomber in Baghdad on that day suggests that at least some Iraqis have had enough and are starting to take matters into their own hands.
Two police officials said the man in the video was seen getting out of a car that later exploded. One bomb had already gone off, and onlookers grew suspicious when he parked his car and then ran away after being spotted, one of the officers said. An angry mob caught up with him beat him to death, then set his body alight, they said.


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South Sudan will vote for independence early in January. They will probably get most of the oil. But who will get the debt?
Nearly all of what was borrowed was spent in the north, so normally most of the debt would remain there. But politically and financially that's infeasible.
In fact, even if most of the debt gets taken by the South, in expectation of debt relief, the north's remaining debt is still unsustainable, since they've lost all their revenues. So they'll need relief as well.
CGD's Ben Leo maps out the possible deals in this podcast and this paper. Worth listening or reading to.
The good news is that debt relief is a big carrot that the creditors can hold out in return for peace. What I worry about: creditors will have to hold out debt relief anyways, and perhaps more so if there's war.
That makes a pretty weak bargaining chip.


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THEATRE supporters in Pendle are going back to the future as they step up efforts to celebrate their centenary year.
Film nights are set to be introduced at Pendle Hippodrome, as promoters of the Colne venue mark its 100th birthday this September.
One of the many incarnations of the New Market Street playhouse was as a cinema and cine-variety theatre, and the idea is to present 'period films in an Edwardian atmosphere'.
A spokesman said: "The Pendle Hippodrome is presenting occasional film shows on different themes. The first theme is 'Volunteers and Railways'." And on Saturday, April 5, this will see an airing for the classic 1953 film 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', star- ring Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Sid James and Hugh Griffith.
The supporting feature will be 'Railway With A Heart Of Gold', a short film about the Tallylyn Railway, just south of Barmouth.
Another film night has been pencilled in for Saturday, June 14, with 'The Man In The White Suit', another Ealing Studios comedy, this time featuring Alec Guiness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker. It will be shown, alongside local history films and clips.
The theatre's friends group has arranged a centenary gala evening on October 4, including a specially-commissioned documentary on the Hippodrome and music from The Swing City Band. An appeal for backstage and 'front-of-house' memorabilia has also been issued.
The Hippodrome also served time as a bingo hall in the 1960s before its future was brought into jeopardy by the late 70s.
It reopened thanks to the efforts of three operatic societies in 1986.


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Episode 161: Dog Days
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St Louis Game Time's podcast about the St Louis Blues, The NHL, and the things that they drive us to drink...RSS
Updated a long time ago.
The playoff post-mortem edition is finally here, frankly a lot sooner than we all anticipated a few weeks ago. Here we talk about the losing stretch of playoff games, Tim struggles to keep his games straight, and we weigh in on a few things that happened during and after the Blues postseason. Also, we drink.
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The Spain of Del Bosque, Puyol and everyone else
Spain's 3-1 win over Uruguay was like being handed a drink of water while in the middle of the desert. Although the game was not filled with excitement, there were some positive developments. Puyol made his centenary appearance for his country and became the seventh Spaniard to join the 100 club, while Del Bosque coached his 68th game with Spain and equalled Kubala as the man who has taken charge of the most games for the national side.
Azpilicueta, Isco and Mario Suarez all made their international debuts, and to add to all this we won in Qatar, a country we'll be hearing much more about in the future, if we are not already, and against the much loved and much respected Uruguay. It was, by all accounts, a stupendous evening
At last, something works. Let us be naive, as Del Bosque asked us to be in, and allow ourselves to just contemplate this wonderful team. Let us focus on Puyol, for example - a real character who has fought his way to the elite of world football and remained there thanks to pure effort.
After the World Cup Puyol offered to retire from the national side, perhaps worried he would become a liability for the coach. But it was Del Bosque himself who encouraged him to carry on, precisely in search of this milestone that he reached yesterday and which Sergio Ramos is just one game away from making too, which will make him the 8th player to join the 100 club, a group with an ever increasing membership.
The first players to join it were Zubizarreta and Raúl, and then the players from this generation that keeps winning and winning all piled in at once.
Before, when Spain would trip up in successive European championships and World Cups, coaches would renew their squads to try and make amends. But these players keep winning and holding down their place in the team, keep jumping over the invisible fence and heading towards 100 caps. At the same time, there is still room for new blood, like the three players who made their debuts yesterday.
People all over the world want to see our players in action and as we saw in Qatar, they treat them well. It is a joy to watch this fantastic team during such troubled times and it gives meaning to that old saying of Jean Paul Sartre: "Be realistic -demand the impossible."


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The Easiest Cauliflower Rice Ever — Most Popular Pin of the Weekby Maria Russo in View All Posts, November 13th, 2016
You know that cauliflower makes a veggiecentric stand-in for the usually doughy pizza crust, but believe it or not, its ability to cut the carbs in your favorite recipes goes beyond that. Enter cauliflower rice, this week's Most Popular Pin of the Week. All it takes is a few blitzes in a food processor to turn cauliflower florets into granule-like bits that have much the same look and texture as the rice you know and love. In this lightened-up recipe from Food Network Kitchen, the cauliflower rice is cooked with softened onions and tossed with fresh parsley to soften the texture of the vegetable and offer subtle flavor. "With the olive oil and browned onions, the cauliflower has enough flavor to satisfy by itself," the chefs in Food Network Kitchen explain, "and it can also be a base for stir-fries, beans and rice or anything else you would eat with rice."
For more meal makeovers, check out Food Network's Let's Get Healthy board on Pinterest.
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For the staff at Adventure Kids Playcare, the two most important aspects of their job are to keep kids smiling and safe. They fulfill the former by leading kiddies in group activities such as arts and crafts, exploring the center's playscape areas, story time, and karaoke. As for the latter, each staff member is CPR- and first-aid-certified and keeps a close eye on kids, both physically and via a video security system.


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So, I am very fair-complected, with dark blonde hair and blonde, nearly invisible body hair for the most part, except for my pubic hair, which is a light brown. I didn't used to in my early years in high school, but now, at 19, I do have a "happy trail" leading up to my belly button. I shave it, because I don't think it's exactly the most attractive thing on a woman, but out of curiosity, how common is this in women? Please respond only if you're over 18; otherwise, I wouldn't necessarily expect you to have one yet. To guys, would you care if your girl had a happy trail, even if she shaved it and you couldn't really see it at all?
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1If it had not been the Lord who was on our sidelet Israel now say
2if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when our enemies attacked us,
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
4then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
5then over us would have gone the raging waters.
6Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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I love nature, animals, travelling and the simple things of life. I´m always eager to learn new things, meeting new places and people.
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Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I can show my town around, the cool places, give some tips, etc.
I´ve been to some meetings, went in some couchsurfing travels promoted by Sao Paulo community..in the times I was hosted, always had a great experience.
Travelling, trekking, ecotourism, listening to good music, reading books and watching movies,learning about other cultures, envinromental issues, yoga, biology, meditation , nice conversations,and strolling around in parks, streets, libraries, arts...I´m curious about many subjects, in hearing what people have to say, and always interested in learning different stuff.
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Music: U2,Pink Floyd,Franz Ferdinand,The Smiths,REM,Muse, Midnight Oil,The Cranberries, Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, etc.
Movies: Sense and Sensibility, The Red Violin, Big Fish, Moulin Rouge, Before Sunrise, Little Miss Sunshine, Gandhi,etc
Books: The Book Thief(Markus Zusak), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Demian (Hermann Hesse), Siddharta (Hermann Hesse), Walden, or The Life in the Woods (Henry Thoreau), The Brothers Karamazov (Doistoievsky), The Death of Ivan Ilych (Tolstoi)...and so on..
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Iguaçu Falls, Cliffs of Moher, Patagonia and basically everywhere in New Zealand and Norway are about the most impressive places i´ve seen in my life....skydiving was amazing too and unforgettable!
Teach, Learn, Share
I admire photography and I also love origami and handcraft, would love to learn more about them. I like cooking (i'm vegetarian), yoga, and so many things... But anyway,I have the opinion that whenever someone engage a conversation with you, something can be learned and explored!
Countries I've Visited
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Los Angeles Criminal Attorney – Bail Postings and Court Hearings is Next in a Criminal Matter
A criminal suspect is expected to appear in court within 24 hours where a judge sets bail and assigns an attorney to assist the suspect with the tedious legal proceedings. Arraignment hearings would be conducted in a couple of days or weeks depending on the court schedule. Criminal suspects may choose a plea of:
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The prosecutor prepares evidence at the preliminary hearing before a judge who would evaluate all presented evidence carefully before placing the accused on tiail at the Superior court. Many criminal cases could be resolved via plea agreements to speed up the proceedings and penalty intensity. Defendants or prosecution could request a lighter sentence depending on the agreed plea on the case. Otherwise, trials and hearings would be scheduled where offenders leave their fate in the hands of the law with a jury of common residents.
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When you are charged with a crime in Los Angeles County it is very important that you hire the right criminal lawyer to defend you.
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As you can see it is very important to do your research and make sure that you are comfortable with the lawyer who will represent you.
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FAIRFORD are through to the next round of the Hellenic League's Floodlit Cup after thumping local rivals Shrivenham 6-2 at soggy Cinder Lane.
Paul Sanders had given Shrivvy an early lead but after that the high-flying Division One West outfit took control against their top flight counterparts, helped in large part by three own goals.
Callum Parsons, Shannon Pocock and Henry Trass made up the half dozen with Warren Fuller giving Shrivenham just a glimmer of hope when he temporarily reduced arrears to 3-2 in the second half.
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Corn Estimated Fund Position
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options: 57372
Long Term: Up Change: -7000
Overnight Trade: H -5 @7:30 AM
Yesterday the March corn fell out of the sideways pattern and continued lower overnight. $7.12 is now the downside objective followed by $7.00. There is fear of another poor ethanol production figure today and the forecasts in Argentina are less threatening, which are the main factors pressuring the market. Export sales are delayed until tomorrow due to the holiday, so the ethanol production figure will be the major fundamental input of the day.
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Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options: -57304
Long Term: Down Change: -2000
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The March KW is headed to $8.11. Talk about moisture in the forecast for the HRW Belt has helped to pressure the market, but if we are pinning the hopes of the wheat crop on this moisture event, I think there is going to be a lot of disappointment. So if we are really seeing pressure in the market due to the forecasts then it is likely that we see a significant rebound next week.
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Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options: 45313
Long Term: Down Change: -5000
Overnight Trade: H -16 @7:30 AM
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Short Term: Down
Long Term: Down
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Live cattle futures closed narrowly mixed on Wednesday and are trending the same way in overnight trade. Some cash trade developed on Wednesday afternoon, with some feedlots across the region accepting $122 bids. More than half of the available cattle remain priced near last weeks' highs of $125. Tighter supplies remain just around the corner and the ability of the futures market to hold against the lower cash was impressive. Open interest rose more than 6,300 on the day. We continue to see feedlot numbers off 5% or more into the 3rd quarter.
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Short Term: Down
Long Term: Down
Opening Call: Mixed
Feeder cattle closed mostly stronger on Wednesday, with the exception of the expiring January contract. Lower corn prices on Wednesday and again overnight continue to support the feeders. Look for mixed overnight trade to firm as we get closer to Friday's on feed report. Estimates of 95% on feed, 104% placed and 93% marketed could see some surprises.


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Last year, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle wasted no time in making good on a campaign promise that he would be involved in economic development in the state. Cagle accompanied Gov. Sonny Perdue on a trade mission to Europe, something none of his recent predecessors had done.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said Wednesday that the U.S. can learn much about energy independence from Brazil.
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The following are among the food service establishments inspected from April 10-16 by the Hall County Environmental Health Department. New rules and regulations for food service began on Dec. 1, 2007. Food service establishments will now be given a letter grade that coincides with a percentile: "A" (90-100), "B" (80-89), "C" (70-79), "U" 69 and below. Inspections (frequency of) a food service establishment will be conducted based on risk categorization. The risk type shall be determined by the menu items served, the food preparation processed performed, and the previous food safety history in the food service establishment.
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So I love a journey, a good adventure that will challenge me as well as enlighten me. And so with that, I have my first journey, I will be going to Fiji for two weeks. Now I guess at first it sounds more like a vacation then a journey, but I asure you that it will be quite the opposite. How, you may ask? Simple, this is a journey because I am not going there to be a tourist, I am going there to volunteer, to go beyond the resort and into the villages to witness first hand something that millions of people can only see through their computer screens. It's going to be amazing and I can't wait. But of course theres always a problem, my problem you may ask? Money, since when is money not a problem? So I have started a website, http://www.gofundme.com/Fiji2012, if there is anyone reading this, please help a young girl out, and help me get there. Nothing will go unnoticed or ungrateful. Even if you are only reading this post/message, thank you, thank you for taking time out of your day to read this. Always smiling, always looking, never regretting.
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One obvious and crucial question needed to be asked during the Rogers Masters last week: Just how twitchy can a No. 1 men's player be?
We've gotten used to our recent long-term No. 1s, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, facing each point with loose limbs and a laid-back focus. The ability to cruise through matches and tournaments without worrying much about the outcome of any one point has seemed to be the key to living with the pressures of that unique position. In Toronto, though, we were suddenly faced with the prospect of a new No. 1 who is, well, something less than laid back.
Rafael Nadal was, relatively speaking, more agitated than usual last week. He was demonstrably angry at himself, he argued a few calls, and he was more verbal than usual -- this is all pretty unusual for a guy who usually plays in a fierce competitive trance. Near the end of his semifinal with Andy Murray, Nadal had one of the most unbridled reactions to a winning point that I've seen from him. Literally: he shook his head back and forth violently, like a horse trying to shake off his reins.
Was this stress from trying to make the final push over the top to No. 1? Or was it because Nadal wasn't playing quite as well as he had at Wimbledon, Queen's and the French Open, wasn't dominating from the first games of matches? Most commentators seemed to think it was the former, and I'm sure there was an element of that, especially after Roger Federer lost. Suddenly Rafa was all alone out there, the favorite in a hard-court Masters event. But I think Nadal's relative agitation, his heightened twitchiness, stemmed from the fact that, as well as he performed -- and it was as well as anyone could have expected -- he also came down to earth just a bit last week.
It was most noticeable on his backhand side. I had been particularly impressed with the way Nadal had hit that shot at Wimbledon. He stayed down and through it more than he ever had, and got a savage amount of topspin on it on passing shots. In Toronto, he didn't look quite as comfortable with that stroke. Instead of ripping his passes with abandon, he sent more slices floating back to midcourt. He also seemed to work to find his footing on his backhand during rallies. On balls that come in high and move Nadal back on that side, he has a tendency to hit off his back foot and rely on his arms to loop the ball into the vicinity of the service line. I don't know why this happens to him more on hard courts than it does on grass; I even noticed it when he was practicing at Indian Wells this spring.
While Nadal was less spectacular and more workmanlike during much of his time in Toronto, his title there was one of the most impressive of his career. This was the win of a No. 1. He didn't always play his best, he didn't roll through his opponents, he didn't crack nearly as many mind-bending winners as we saw him hit at Wimbledon. So what did he do? He used touch shots as lavishly and effectively as he does on clay -- which could be a key to his future on this surface. He also used his serve -- into the forehand, into the body, with serious pace on the first ball and a tricky kick on the second -- much the way a big server does, as a bailout weapon. This will be an even bigger key to Nadal's U.S. Open success, particularly if he can't raise his backhand level to where it was at Wimbledon. Finally, he did what he always does: Up 5-3 in the first set of the final against Nicolas Kiefer but down 15-40 on the German's serve, he didn't throw away a point and wait to serve it out. Instead Nadal maintained his intensity and ended up breaking to end the set -- beats serving it out, right? It's these stray points that Nadal collects that end up making life just a little easier for him.
But as much as any of these assets, it was Nadal's -- should I say it again? -- aura, carried across the Atlantic, that continued to serve him well at all the right moments. Both Richard Gasquet and Murray seemed to believe they could play with Nadal, right up until the point where they proved they could. In other words, that was all they believed. In the quarters, Gasquet showed more emotion than he has since his win over Andy Roddick at Wimbledon in 2007 in winning the first set, 14-12 in a tiebreaker for the ages. But that was all he could conceive mentally, and all he could pull off physically, as Nadal took a step back and dared Gasquet to win another set with his head-shaking winners. Like Novak Djokovic in Hamburg and Ernests Gulbis at Wimbledon, the Frenchman couldn't do it.
Murray, it seemed to me, was closer to beating Nadal than Gasquet, even though he lost in straight sets. The Scot, keeping his focus (and his teeth to himself), threw all he had at the Spaniard. But he made two telling mistakes. Even as he was playing fabulous tennis, Murray asked the chair umpire to call the trainer before Nadal served at 5-6 in the first set. The umpire talked him out of it and Murray subsequently reverted to form, using his injury as a mental excuse for his loss in the tiebreaker -- it gave him an out. In the second set, I felt like Murray pulled the trigger too soon on his forehand on important points. Murray's strategy had been to bring it to Nadal from that side rather than rallying passively, as he had at Wimbledon. But instead of waiting to put himself into an offensive position before letting loose, Murray let it fly from the baseline. While ESPN's Darren Cahill called these "good misses," it's too risky a play against Nadal. Murray caught the tape way too often for this to be considered the right tactic. So why did he do it? I would say it's that No. 1 aura. As it always has with Federer, it forces guys to try just a little too much. Cracking clean, spectacular winners -- better shots than they would ever attempt against anyone else -- was the only way that Gasquet, Murray and Kiefer could imagine beating Nadal. That's just how you want your opponents to think.
This was a No. 1 performance, which leads me back to my original question: Is there a place at the top for a twitchy and perhaps more agitated Rafael Nadal? Recent history says it might not be a long-term thing, but let's look back further. I recently said that John McEnroe, as twitchy a player as any in history -- he grabbed his shirt in the middle of points -- had been more of a rebel than a ruler, and I wondered if Nadal might suffer the same fate. Well, Rafa should hope so. Turns out that the left-handed, ever-agitated rebel wasn't such an ineffectual king after all. Johnny Mac finished No. 1 in the world for four straight years.
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- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 9.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 30.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- CYOU has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. To add to this, CYOU has a quick ratio of 2.49, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
- The gross profit margin for CHANGYOU.COM LTD is currently very high, coming in at 84.40%. Regardless of CYOU's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, CYOU's net profit margin of 47.70% significantly outperformed against the industry.
- CYOU's stock share price has done very poorly compared to where it was a year ago: Despite any rallies, the net result is that it is down by 46.03%, which is also worse that the performance of the S&P 500 Index. Investors have so far failed to pay much attention to the earnings improvements the company has managed to achieve over the last quarter. Naturally, the overall market trend is bound to be a significant factor. However, in one sense, the stock's sharp decline last year is a positive for future investors, making it cheaper (in proportion to its earnings over the past year) than most other stocks in its industry. But due to other concerns, we feel the stock is still not a good buy right now.
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Yesterday's Daytona 500 received overnight TV ratings that were the best since 2006. Those who tuned in got to see what was a pretty darn good Daytona 500. That was if there was not a commercial playing when they turned over to FOX.
In all, the race broadcast from the invocation to the checkered flag was 209 minutes. Of that time 66 minutes or 31.5 percent of the broadcast was commercials. As a hardcore race fan this was very upsetting. Yes, commercials pay the bills but when the race is under green, I don't want to be missing chunks of the real action.
For some reason, it seemed like the Daytona 500 was constantly under a commercial break yesterday. I don't know if everyone who watched from start to finish felt that way but I did and I was becoming very annoyed. In all 138 commercials played. Of those 138, 15 were split screen where the race was kept live in the upper right hand corner while a commercial played over the rest of the screen.
That is a feature TNT has used for their July broadcast of the Daytona race for the past few seasons, and ESPN did it last year during Chase races in the second half of races. On Sunday when the split screen was utilized, which was only for eight of the 66 minutes, and in those other instances I have loved it. No green flag racing is missed.
I think it is time that NASCAR looks into going to this permanently. One reason why some people won't tune into a three-and-a-half hour race is that they will have to watch too many commercials. Yes, the NASCAR commercials with drivers in them are usually funny and entertaining, but the viewers don't need to see them a million times. I would almost rather just TiVo or DVR the race and watch it later so I can finish the whole broadcast in about two hours.
That is not what NASCAR should be wanting their fans to do. They should want their fans to enjoy the experience of sitting down and watching a race in live time. Whatever NASCAR and the broadcast stations need to do to try to get the split screen on for more of the race, is something that in my opinion needs to happen.
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After a recording hiatus of several decades, Dan Hicks eased back into the studio and has emerged with his finest record. He writes songs like an inveterate people watcher carries eccentric tales from café society home to amuse his friends. He has a sly, observational, story-telling humor but can paint vivid visual landscapes and characters musically. It's as if he has not skipped a single, solitary beat in all those intervening years. He is a singular stylist, and he is as iconoclastic as ever.
From the beginning few instants of this record, from the women singing "ka-chinka, ka-chinka, ka-chinka" drifting into jazzy guitar and gypsy violin into Dan's opening line, "First gun I ever seen, it was down the barrel", you know he's back. One of the oldies recreated here is "I Scare Myself", which created its own unique space as the psychological thriller of love songs.
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Here is Dan's paean to the guy who sounds like he's smoked a whole Thai stick every single day of his life for the last 35 years to prove that pot's good for you, "He Don't Care". He's just floats in his own fuzzy pink brain. "He don't care how the country looks, he don't care about readin' and books." What a state to be in, but the hero of the song regards himself as a colorful and interesting type. Even though he doesn't actually think, say, or do anything, at least he's got a different colored headband for every single day of the week. Some people seem to get stuck on that style, like the stylus in the worn down record groove that clicks forever on. The chorus is sung in a low, flattened affect monotone, sounds like it's too much of an effort to barely mumble the words out.
In the beginning of the San Francisco rock palace era, Dan Hicks is a one of a kind who blossomed during the period, a real high-minded maverick who blended his unique humor with gypsy jazz, "Le Jazz Hot", music-hall, cowboy swing, and elements of the Andrews Sisters. His easy acoustic stylings and clever songwriting were a welcome change from the blasting free-form jams of the time. In the early '70s, he attained most popularity, gracing the cover of the Rolling Stone no less than three times. His music was intelligent and humorous, emotionally a relief from the fierce political furor of the early '70s. His music then and now is a refreshing breath of fresh air.
If there is a singer/songwriter alive today who can breathe life into those undrawn cartoons you have strolling about inside your own head, Dan Hicks is he. Aside from the old-timers who looked on Dan as one of their own even before he began singing about "Canned Music", he'll now find an audience any where there are smart people or musical looneys. He may finally achieve a bit more widespread recognition if some of the devotees of his fans appearing on this record decide to branch out—Bette Midler, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello each make an appearance here. He may not have it made in the shade just yet, but Dan Hicks is still beatin' the heat.
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Colin Gregor responded for the hosts following Donncha O'Callaghan's sin-binning, aided by the kicking of rookie fly-half Duncan Weir, but scores from Niall Ronan and Murphy secured the points for the Irish province.
Lineen criticised his side's inability to retain possession, and was to left rue his side's failure to clear the ball effectively.
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I have been writing recently a lot about the hot "Big Data" space. Whether it be Hadoop, NoSQL, scaled storage or similar technologies they all deal with managing and using massive amounts of data that dwarf anything we have seen before. Many of them use commodity hardware and distributed systems to handle this data. But all of this big data creates another problem. Securing big data is a task that is frankly too big for much of the security technologies in place today. All of this big data could cause big problems. Two of my friends in the security world have written a bit about this subject. Chris Hoff of Rational Survivability and Amrit Williams writing at his techbuddha blog. (I have linked to just one article from each, but they have both written more on the subject on their blogs as well).
Today I wanted to write about a company whose prime mission is securing big data. The company's name is Red Lambda. They were founded based on some work done at the University of Florida at Gainsville. I actually became aware of some of the technology a few years back, but just recently they have launched the company using the technology for the mission it was intended, security big data. I shoud also point out that Red Lambda is not an open source company at all. None of their software is open. But what Red Lambda is is a new breed of security company that doesn't rely on appliances, signatures or rules. It is a grid company. In fact that is the name of their primary product, MetaGridTM. From their web site:
MetaGrid™ is a security and operational intelligence solution for the world's largest network infrastructures. MetaGrid unifies and analyzes operational data, automatically discovering all anomalies, threats, and patterns without a single rule or signature.
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One of the really interesting pieces to me of MetaGrid is what Red Lambda calls Neural Foam. Again from their web site, Neural Foam is:
MetaGrid's patent-pending Neural Foam™ uses artificial intelligence to cluster massive amounts of data into its simplest, natural structure without a single rule. Neural Foam's unique ability to continuously learn all knowledge and anomalies from any data, over any timescale, event by event revolutionizes operations. In one pass, MetaGrid makes it possible to see every aspect of an infrastructure, from the most normal activity, to threats, to things that only happen once or differ by a single unusual bit. Quite simply, it's the ultimate weapon against the unknown, inside or out.
These are pretty big idea, but I think new and big ideas are need to tackle new and big problems. I had a chance to sit down a few weeks ago with Jeff Barker, VP of global marketing at Red Lambda. Prior to going public with the launch Red Lambda went to many of the companies with the biggest "big data" installs and offered them the chance to trial the Red Lambda product. The results and feedback has been pretty solid and positive. Of course there have been lessons learned as well. Jeff and his team are refining, improving and continuing to evolve the product based on the feedback.
As big data gets bigger, the problems of securing will also grow. Red Lambda seems like a company poised to tackle this "big" problem.


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More and more businesses are embracing the use of remote, or virtual, employees. Whether the opportunity to work remotely is provided as a perk, a recruiting tool or for cutting costs, it requires a different mindset on the part of both the employee and their manager to be successful.
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Roerty also serves as executive director of the Active Living Resource Center (ALRC) at NCBW, both of which advocate support for bicycle-friendly and walkable communities. Before joining NCBW in 2004, Roerty was a senior project manager specializing in pedestrian and bicycling issues at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, part of Rutgers' Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick.
"Yes, more cities and communities are adding bike paths and pedestrian walkways to reduce pollution and improve quality of life," says Roerty. "But the common refrain from officials and planners is, 'We don't have money.' Often they don't realize that funding mechanisms exist to help them. The ALRC and urban planning organizations are just two that strongly support our mission."
Roerty, who grew up on Jersey City's Kennedy Boulevard and rode her bike to Saint Dominic Academy, knows that it's an uphill pedal. "Parents are afraid of crime and traffic, and lots of schools don't allow students to ride bikes to school," she says. "The way to fight that is to create more off-road opportunities. You see the world in a much fuller way on foot or on bike."


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World Music & Dance Videos
These videotapes and videodiscs of musics and dance of the world's peoples are available in the University of Oregon Knight Library's Video Collection. Note: The last substantial update to this page was in 2008.
Atumpan, the talking drums of Ghana.
[Los Angeles, Calif: University of California, Los Angeles], c1964.
1 videocassette (43 min.): sd., col.; 1/2 in. VHS
SUMMARY: Documentary about West African ceremonial drums. Explains the different uses for each drum and who may use them as well as showing how they are made. Also shown are some of the dances performed to the beat of the drums. Filmed and recorded by Mantle Hood.
Banquza Timbila.
NY: Icarus Films, 1982.
VHS, 30 min., color.
SUMMARY: The Chopi Timbila Orchestra of Banguza, Zavala, Mozambique celebrate and praise FRELIMO (Frente de Liberta paco de Mocambique) and the freedom struggle from Portugal with music, song and dance.
Bitter melons.
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [1986]
1 videocassette (30 min.) (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SUMMARY: Portrays the difficulty of survival in the central Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. A native musician, a member of a Bushman group called the /Gwi, performs songs about animals, the land, and the social life. Describes the life of the /Gwi, including traditional music, dances, children's games, and hunting, planting, and food preparation.
The Chopi timbila dance.
University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services ; c1980
1 videocassette (39 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
CAST:Venancio Mbande and the Timbila of Wildebeesfontein Mine, Bophuthatswana
NOTES:An analytical film on the Chopi music of Mozambique--one of the big orchestral sounds of Africa. Shows three of the movements of the timbila dancers--there are usually 9 or 10 movements to a performance. The timbila are varying forms of xylophones.
Dagbamba praise name dances, stories and drummed language.
Crown Point, IN : White Cliffs Media Co., c1990.
1 videocassette (32 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.VHS format.
CAST: Abubakari Lunna, Ghanian master musician.
SUMMARY: Studio performances of West African "talking drum" music in a cross-cultural setting, featuring Abubakari Lunna with the Agbekor Drum and Dance Society.
Dances of Southern Africa.
University Park, Pa. : Media Sales, Pennsylvania State University, 1973
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
NOTES: Presents a general survey of the dances of southern Africa, including the stamping dances of the Nguni peoples, the Shona-Karanga, and the Ndau. Shows the dances seen in urban contexts and in the context of life in home countries
Discovering the music of Africa.
N. Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Select Video, 1987.
VHS, 22 min., color.
SUMMARY: Describes music and rhythms of Africa, especially Ghana, and how they are used both as music and means of communication. Demonstrates the complex rhythmical music of the bells, rattles and the drums; shows several traditional dances.
Drewal, Margaret Thompson.
Yoruba ritual : a companion video.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
Jali Nyama Suso: kora player of the Gambia.
Tivoli, NY: Original Music, 1992.,
VHS, 20 min., color.
SUMMARY: This performance of four songs from the Mandinka repertory was recorded while Suso was teaching kora at the University of Washington in 1971.
The JVC Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of Africa.
[S.l.] : Victor Company of Japan ; distributed by Multicultural Media, c1996.
3 videocassettes (156 min.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 3 guides. VHS format.
SUMMARY:This anthology looks at many of the folk music traditions in Africa.
v. 1. Egypt, Uganda, Senegal -- v. 2. The Gambia,Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria -- v. 3. Kenya, Malawi,Botswana, South Africa
Kemoko Sano teaches African dance : from the republic of Guinea.
Scarsdale, NY : Sano Videos ; Tivoli, NY : Original Music, Inc. [distributor], 1991-
videocassettes : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + guides. VHS format.
SUMMARY: Kemoko Sano and several of the dancers from Ballets Africains demonstrate ethnic dances from the republic of Guinea. Includes footage of an opening night at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Konkombe: Nigerian music.
Newton, NJ: Shanachie Records, 1988.
VHS, 50min., color.
SUMMARY: Konkombe: the Nigerian pop music scene.
Kpegisu : a war drum of the Ewe ;
Featuring Godwin Agbeli with Victoria Wombie & David Locke.
Tempe, AZ : White Cliffs Media Co. ; [New York] : Distributed by Talman Co., [1990?]
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
SUMMARY:Features performances of instrumental and vocal excerpts of Kpegisu, keyed to musical examples from the book Kpegisu, prepared by David Locke.
Mbira music: the spirit of the people.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1992.
1 videocassette (VHS)(52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SUMMARY: The mbira, a small musical instrument, presents songs used during the war of liberation and the chants used by today's farmers.
Music of the Mande.
Tivoli, NY: Original Music, 1992.
VHS, color.
SUMMARY: Part 1 :Music for the warriors, hunters, and ordinary people. Part 2. Professional music: Mandinka jaliyaa with the kora.
Nightsong : performance, power, and practice in South Africa.
[Chicago] : University of Chicago, c1996
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS format
NOTES:Performances of Isicathamiya, a tradition of competitive song and dance, formerly known as ingoma ebusuku; performed by male a cappella choirs of black, Zulu-speaking migrants. Supplements the book with the same title.[MUSIC ML3760 .E76 1996]
Olatunji and his Drums of Passion.
New York: Video Artists International, 1985, 1986.
51 min., color.
SUMMARY: Concert footage from a New Year's Eve 1985 performance at the Oakland Coliseum of Yoruba drummer, Babtunde Olatunji.
A Performance of Kpegisu by the Wodome-Akatsi Kpegisu Habobo.
Tempe, AZ : White Cliffs Media Company, c1990.
1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
NOTES:Filmed on location in Ghana by Godwin Agbeli, Dec. 16, 1989.
SUMMARY: "Kpegisu is a type of traditional music and dance of the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo (West Africa). At least several hundred years old, this heritage is vibrantly maintained by a performing group in Wodome, a village near the town of Akatsi in Southeastern Ghana."
The Rhythm of Resistance: the Black music of South Africa.
Newton, NJ: Shanachie Records, 1988.
VHS color.
PERFORMERS:Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Malombo, Johnny Clegg/Sipho Mchuner of Julaka, The Mohatella Queens, Abafana Baseqhudeni.
SUMMARY: Takes you across the forbidden boundaries of apartheid to experience the authentic joy and sorrow of Black South African music. Features music that has been ignored, suppressed or ghettoized, some filmed clandestinely.
La Vie est belle.
San Francisco, CA. : California Newsreel, c1987.
1 videcassette (82 min., 55 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.Wide screen format.
NOTES: In French with English subtitles.
CAST:Papa Wemba, Bibi Krubwa.
SUMMARY:Tells the rags to riches story of a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. Stars PapaWemba, one of the legendary figures of Zairian music.
Yoruba ritual : a companion video
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES:Accompanies book: Yoruba ritual : performers, play, agency by Margaret Thompson Drewal [KNIGHT DT515.45.Y67 D75 1991]
[For other videos on African-derived music, also see: North America/United States and South America/Caribbean ]
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4 April 2013
By Colleen Leahey
Oakley might help make the centerpiece of Bubba Watson's viral video into a real vehicle.
FORTUNE -- Bubba Watson is not your ordinary golfer. Before donning Augusta National's esteemed green jacket, the 2012 Masters champion was busy creating a music video with fellow pros Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan, and Ben Crane. The Golf Boys' synchronized dance moves lit up the Internet -- and about two years later, it seems Watson has gone viral again.
On Tuesday morning, Oakley released a video of Watson cruising the fairways of Arizona's Raven Golf Club in a sleek cart floating on nine inches of air. The hovercraft, named BW1, resembles a barefoot running shoe: Its white glossy nose slants toward a roof, only to hollow out before peaking above the back engine; the golf cart-esque features sit atop a ribbed black cloud as the vehicle skims the greens, sand traps, and hazard waters. Its footprint pressure is 33 times less than that of a human, leaving courses virtually unscathed.
Watson signed with Oakley in January, and the company's twofold marketing strategy was simple: generate awareness around Oakley as a golf brand and Watson as an Oakley athlete. The sport oozes old rather than hip, yet Watson's successful history with YouTube inspired Nathan Strange, Oakley Golf's director of global marketing, to hire the creative minds behind Thinkmodo, viral video kings James Percelay and Michael Krivicka. Sitting around a table, the team brainstormed wacky ways to focus on innovation and design, adding energy to the tired sport while staying true to golf's tradition.
When first tossed about, the idea of a flying golf cart seemed ridiculous. But for the brand that backs events like the X-Games, the idea began to look feasible.
Known for its edginess, Oakley is seen by established clubs and pros as the spunky rising star on the course with a bit of swag (making Bubba Watson the perfect golfer for them to sponsor). Watson went with the flow, telling Strange, "Look man, I'm just a golfer. You can help me build a brand and make me look cool, too." He and the (branded) golf cart would be the stars of the video, creating buzz for both Watson and Oakley.
Thinkmodo's Percelay did some digging and stumbled upon Neoteric Hovercraft, a small company based in Indiana. Chris Fitzgerald, who founded Neoteric in 1976, may be the best in the hover business, but he had quite the challenge on his hands: Due to Watson's touring schedule, his crew had to build the custom golf cart hovercraft in about three weeks. (It typically takes 3-4 months to manufacture such a vehicle.) Oakley worked with the company to ensure the design and look was on par with its brand, while helping Neoteric adapt standard golf cart features for the BW1 prototype. Fitzgerald describes the experience as a scramble, but the company pulled it off. By mid-January, the cart was shipped to Arizona in stealth mode, disassembled for the trip and hidden by layers of draping.
Phoenix's Raven Club shut down for the day, keeping snooping cell phones from snapping pictures, and Percelay worked his video magic. BW1 was the star of the show, with Watson and Fitzgerald in supporting roles. Percelay's videos often star real-life props (like an iPad head, a voice-controlled popcorn machine, or an underwater nightclub.) The weird inventions create interest in the viewer, drawing them in as they first question the video's realness, then crave more information. Percelay says he doesn't ram brands down consumers' throats; it's about making the audience come to the video, rather than forcing the video upon viewers. In the Bubba's Hover video, Oakley's branding decorates the hover-cart. Otherwise, it's hardly mentioned. Yet in the majority of media posts celebrating the invention, Oakley and Watson are mentioned as the geniuses behind the flying vehicle.
The golf cart hovercraft was never intended to be more than a prop, but there's now reason to believe it could become a golf club staple. It's been less than a week since the video was published, and Fitzgerald's company has been flooded with BW1 orders. "We're trying to put together an emergency management team now," he says, noting the company's small structure. "We're in a tsunami. Beware of what you dream of," he laughs. Currently, the BW1 is a concept -- a prototype -- and it will take several months to improve the design and bring it to market. That said, the interest Fitzgerald has received from club owners is real -- and many of them are ready to pay up. Typical hovercrafts cost about $20,000. Since the BW1 has many additional features, including a noise-reduction engine fan, it would currently sell at about $50,000. With time, Fitzgerald believes customers can purchase the golf cart model at the price of a small speedboat.
Clubs' general managers are excited about hovercraft golf carts, but question their practicality. Merion Golf Club's head pro, Scott Nye, sent the Bubba's Hover link to Saucon Valley Country Club General Manager Gene Mattare, asking for his opinion on it. Mattare's immediate response? "Pretty neat."
But, once the novelty wears off, the real questions have to be asked: What's the noise level? Is it run by gas or electric? Would an older member have a difficult time getting in? How well does it scale a steep incline? What are the operational costs? What storage space is needed? Mattare says the test period would be similar to that of other cart models, with a few more areas to look at. Questions aside, his interest doesn't seem like it will fade anytime soon: "Leave it to Bubba to pair with Oakley; they're pretty edgy. Anything you can do to bring more people into golf, like creating new equipment, well that's pretty good for the game."
Bubba's Hover can transition from prop to real-life golf cart if Neoteric's infrastructure receives the appropriate support -- and Oakley may be up for that challenge. Though the company is known for its eyewear and apparel, Strange confirms that discussions about this new hovercraft business are happening. "If opportunity is there, and we're creating a need for [hovercraft golf carts], it's definitely something we'll take a hard look at to see if it fits our business model," he says. Revolutionizing golf transportation was never in the cards for Oakley -- or Neoteric. With the help of YouTube, it now may be. The actual building of the carts is step one, followed by the implementation of hovercraft training at clubs. (It's like flying a small airplane, and weight balance is hugely important.)
Regardless of the companies' future plans, Oakley's initial wish came true. Just days before the Masters, its brand currently spatters every sports blog -- and there's no denying that Watson and Oakley are the coolest golf duo around.
Watch the viral video: Bubba's Hover