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Posts from 2007
Contest Update: Jesse Wins Again!
Yesterday, Jesse's Tuned in Space, the entry voted by the readers as the best of the Midwest bracket faced off against the lead entry East. In an all-day head to head vote, he came out on top, keeping the midwest in the contest until the very end. Congrats Jesse and GO GO GO!
Vote Now! Midwest Colors 2008 Showdown - Round 3
Midwest # 24 vs # 25
Today's second Midwest Round 3 matchup is a tough one - who gets your vote? Midwest #35: Ian & Monica's Colorful Vibe vs. Midwest #24: Arno's Attic Abode...
East Semi-Finalist #1: Ron's Hotel "Sweet"
Here's a blast from our past - the 2007 Small Cool Contest - with one of the Eastern Semi-Finalists. Ron created an awesome home and subsequently got picked up in magazines and on television.
Name: Ron M.
Location: NYC
Type: 300 sf Studio
Go to: Ron's Original Entry
Ron's favorite OTHER entry:
i love the simple elegance of "london's urchin". i'm crazy for the windows and the architecture. it is modern and classic at the same time. if i got to live in another apartment, besides my own, this is the one i would like to live in!
Gift Bag Winner #22: Skulrilla from Design Public
Congratulations to inertia whose comment was selected at random to win a David Weeks Skulrilla from Design Public!
(Miss any of our winners? Jump below for links...)
AT Press: Midwest Design Champ
Congrats again to John of the Bold and Bright, Day or Night home - his local Michigan paper just reported on his victory in our 2007 Fall Colors Contest. We had the pleasure of meeting John at our contest wrap party and hope he is enjoying his prize from CB2. The article is shown and linked below:
Gift Bag Winners #17: Holiday Bowl Set + Books from Heath Ceramics
Congratulations to Nesser whose comment was selected at random to win a Holiday Bowl Set + Books from Heath Ceramics!
And congratulations, too, to brittanykate, gmb, Leesa, and buttercup, who won Books from Heath Ceramics!
April Top Small Cool Entries: Chin-Hua, Victor & Soeun, Mark & Stephanie...
April kicked off our annual Smallest Coolest Contest in which we look for the smallest, coolest home in the world. Here are the ones that people like looking at the most that month. All the of the posts below were MOST VIEWED by you, the readers, according to our Google Analytics....
Gift Bag Roundup: 12.21.07
And we've reached the end of our gift bags.
Since it's difficult even for us to keep on top of all the things being given away, we're rounding them all up here. Check out our comprehensive list below the jump and remember that each giveaway is open for three whole days (which means that those below are still live)...
Please don't forget that you have to go to the linked post to actually enter the giveaway.
SF Gift Bag 2007: Congratulations and Thank You!
We really had a great time giving out gifts this year. Congratulations to all of our winners (who we'll post next week since we still have a giveaway open, and we're still contacting some others)! But we couldn't have done it without the generosity of several of our favorite Bay Area companies. So, here, without further ado, is a huge thank you to The Gardener, The Curiosity Shoppe, ReadyMade, Heath Ceramics, and Design Public!
CHI Gift Bag: Congratulations and Thank You!
THANK YOU to our Chicago Gift Bag partners: Agnes & Hoss, Jayson Home & Garden, Amy Butler and Komoda.


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Join us On the Road to Wellness at the Benefits & Wellness Fair. Spouses and partners welcome.
8:30am: Fasting and non-fasting glucose and cholesterol testing (biometrics), flu shots, and blood pressure checks begin.
10:00am: The Benefits and Wellness fair begins! Travel On the Road to Wellness with representatives from our main benefit carriers, GoUSF, Koret, TIAA-CREF and Fidelity, and local California organic producer, Farm Fresh to You. Light lunch will be served. Be sure to stop by the Hubbub table to learn about our holiday "Give Thanks" challenge.
11:00am, 12:30pm: Cooking demonstrations by Bon Appetit
2:00pm: Last chance to enter for a chance to win raffle prizes and fair closes.

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30 January 2014
By Zoran Milosavljevic
Photo: Srdjan StevanovicStanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
NOVI SAD, SERBIA: With the Davis Cup a rare piece of silverware missing from his packed trophy cabinet, former world No. 1 Roger Federer appears set to lead Switzerland's effort to win its maiden title in the competition when the nation takes on an understrength Serbian team in its World Group first round tie this weekend.
Federer sent shockwaves through the tennis world on Wednesday when he turned up in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad, hosting the Friday-to-Sunday tie.
Having last played for Switzerland in a 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-off win over Netherlands, Federer has once again teamed up with 2014 Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka, who has battled through fatigue and jet-lag after beating the world's top-ranked player Rafael Nadal to win the first Grand Slam title of his career in Melbourne Park on Sunday.
"I always kept a tiny door open and I am glad to be here," a relaxed-looking Federer told a news conference after Thursday's draw, pitting him against Ilija Bozoljac in Friday's opening singles rubber.
"Playing here is something I was excited about when I left Australia. I spoke to team captain Severin Luthi and Stan, we talked about it and the decision was made pretty quickly," added Federer, who was knocked out by Nadal in the Australian Open semis.
But he also played down the prospects of strolling through the unpredictable 16-team World Group, having emphasised that Switzerland had to take Serbia seriously although the hosts will miss their top three players, including world No.2 Novak Djokovic.
"My priority is to win tomorrow's match and I am looking forward to the entire weekend but not much further than that. I don't want to think too far ahead. We have a chance but this is a year-long competition and there is plenty of time," Federer said.
Djokovic was photographed by local media enjoying his skiing holiday in southern Serbia's resort of Mount Kopaonik earlier this week, tackling inviting slopes with friends and family to recuperate for a gruelling schedule that lies ahead on the ATP Tour.
Any hopes nurtured by Serbian fans that he might have a last-minute change of heart and gatecrash the party vanished into thin air after the Serbian team turned up at the draw without the player who steered them to the 2010 title and last year's final, which they lost to the Czech Republic on a home court in the Belgrade Arena.
But a defiant team captain Bogdan Obradovic put on a brave face and said he expected his players to give the Swiss a decent run for their money in the SPENS Sports Centre, where a sellout 8,000 crowd is expected to turn up throughout the weekend.
"It's going to be very tough but the good thing is that we are under no pressure at all because my players are up against Federer and Wawrinka, the former being one of the best players ever and the latter the Australian Open champion," said Obradovic. "We will do our best on the court and it's also a big chance for the players who are here to show that we can stretch our roster."
"Apart from Djokovic's absence, we are also missing the injured Janko Tipsarevic and suspended Viktor Troicki. Hence it will be good to see what kind of support our second-string players can provide in the future."
Despite Federer's arrival reducing Serbia's chances of an upset to a bare minimum, Obradovic welcomed the prospect of watching his less heralded players take centre stage against the 32-year old Swiss maestro.
"I was actually not too surprised that Federer turned up, knowing that you can change the nominations up to an hour before the draw. It is very good for the Davis Cup when the best players decide to play in the first round and it is also a unique opportunity for tennis fans in Serbia to watch Federer in action."
Federer too was philosophical about Djokovic's absence, pointing out that his presence would have been the icing on the cake of what now looks likely to develop into a one-sided contest. "We were all hoping he was going to be here but we understand he has good reasons not to be and we all know how much he has done for his country," said Federer. "It would have been more exciting and more difficult for us if he was here and all we can do now is take this opportunity to try to win the tie."
Wawrinka meets Dusan Lajovic in Friday's other singles, while Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Filip Krajinovic have been nominated to play Marco Chiudinelli and Michael Lammer in Saturday's doubles.
Lajovic is due to play Federer and Bozoljac locks horns with Wawrinka in Sunday's reverse singles.
The full draw is listed below:
FridayR1: Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) v Roger Federer (SUI)R2: Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
SaturdayR3: Filip Krajinovic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) v Marco Chiudinelli/Michael Lammer (SUI)
SundayR4: Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Roger Federer (SUI)R5: Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) v Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) - 30/01/14
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Dusan Lajovic (SRB) - 30/01/14
Captain Bogdan Obradovic (SRB) - 30/01/14
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Cnet's Greg Sandoval interviews Cindy Cohn, the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, on the bulk copyright lawsuits coming out of big US law firms. Cindy is my favorite legal explainer in the world (she's one of the people who changed my mind about DRM!), and this is her in great form:
Q: You guys have challenged Dunlap on several issues and said it is wrong to name thousands in one lawsuit. Tell me why that's wrong? Cohn: We've attacked them on a couple of principles. We filed a brief on Friday in one of Dunlap's cases on misjoinder (the legal term for the inclusion of parties in a single legal action). It's a fundamental principle of law that you should be judged on your behavior. If you lump a bunch of people together it's harder for each individual to have their case heard and evaluated on the merits. By lumping thousands of people together in the same lawsuit, you put each one of those individuals at a disadvantage. And you, I think, increase the pressure on them to pay you some shakedown money to make the thing go away rather than actually address the case on the merits.
Again, joining thousands of people together is only one of the techniques. We've see two or three different techniques these trolls are using to try to make sure these people just pay them the money rather than fight. Another technique is suing people in random places. This isn't where they live or even where the filmmaker is. The two places you think about suing someone is where the plaintiff is or where the defendant is. But the Dunlap suits, they've sued in Washington DC and there's nobody in Washington DC except for Mr. Dunlap, the lawyers. I don't know who is in West Virginia (where several porn studios filed copyright cases against a combined 5,000 people last month. The lawyer handling those cases is based in West Virginia).
Talk about ratcheting up the pressure. Finding a lawyer in West Virginia to even make an appearance on your behalf is very, very difficult. It's a small place, a small bar. We have a list of lawyers who are willing to help people and I wonder if we have anybody in West Virginia. If we do I suspect it's very few people. Again, you're really just creating a situation where people don't have any leverage to raise any defenses. You are stacking the deck.


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Hello all,
Well, my 3 week old bicycle and I have just had our first (and only I hope!) accident this morning. I was on my way to work with my roommate to pick up my check and then go to the bank to cash it. She has been riding over a year now, and I have been riding just over a month after a long hiatus. She was well ahead of me, and I was about a block or two from my work, when I decided to ride on the sidewalk instead of in the street. The driveway I was going to use to get to the sidewalk had about two inches of standing water, but I did not think anything of it, except that it would just clean the dirt off my tires. Well, I did not know there was moss at the bottom of the water, and when my front tire hit the little one inch ridge at the end of the driveway, it instantly veered left, and my momentum carried me to the right...
I remember thinking "This was not a good idea" I closed my eyes before the impact, and remember hearing the helmet hit the pavement. I could feel pain in both knees, my right elbow, and both my hands. As I am laying there, I am now thinking "How the heck am I going to get up?" Since my right leg does not bend more than 60 degrees, I would normally need something to lean on like a chair or desk to get me off the ground. Well, for some reason this driveway had neither.
A passing motorist stopped, and came over to see if I was okay. I remember hearing her voice, but not seeing her. I must have looked dazed and confused because she decided to call for paramedics. By this time Aspen ( my roommate/best friend) had realized I was not behind her and had returned to where I was. The lady who stopped was with her adult son, and he moved my bike out of the driveway and over to the side. By this time, a motorcycle cop had arrived to see if any assistance was needed. The lady (who I found out later was a nurse) said she had called for paramedics, but they had not arrived yet. So the cop gets on the radio, and has them expedite the call. Then he calls and tells them to come code 3. I didn't feel bad enough for that, but I was complaining of feeling nauseated, and I guess they felt I had a head injury.
A second Police officer arrives in a car, and blocks the entrance to the driveway behind the other officer's motorcycle. Then I hear an ambulance, and pretty soon, they are asking me all kinds of questions, and wanting to know how it happened, and if I was wearing a helmet etc. I told them I was, and that I felt okay considering the accident, but I had felt nauseous right after the fall, but not so much right now. They tell me I should go to the hospital just in case, so I agree and they take me to the hospital. The lady who stopped offered to take our bikes back home, and Aspen got to ride in the back of a Police car as they took her home as well.
As far as my injuries, it is mostly just the road rash from hitting the driveway. My right elbow got the worst of it, followed by my right knee. Somehow the back of my left hand got scraped up and I think the pinkie finger has a slight sprain. My right palm has a big red circle on it I am guessing from hitting the handlebars or the brake lever or something. My cellphone was destroyed. It will no longer work, even though the lights do come on. Since I keep it on my right side, and fell on that side, I guess it was too much for it to handle.
During the ambulance ride to the county hospital my lower back started hurting. I informed the EMT, and he said it was a good thing we were going to the hospital. Once there, they took X-rays of my back, but found no problems. They also took my blood pressure several times, and informed me it is way too high. It is supposed to be somewhere between 120-130, and mine was between 174 and 189! So it looks like I will be altering my diet, and going on blood pressure medicine.
I honestly don't think the bike accident injured my back per se, as much as it just aggravated the problems I have had with it since my auto accident in 1998. Right now, I am moving around very slowly so as not to cause anymore back pain. I called wok and let them know what is going on, and will have the next 4 days off. I am scheduled to go to the clinic across the street from the hospital for a follow up exam.
When I got home, I took a look at the helmet and there is only a minor scratch on the right front side of it. I then looked at the bike, and other than a reflector coming off of the right side pedal (which I have already popped back into place) you can't even tell it was in an accident. So I consider myself very lucky today. No real damage to the bike, no damage to the helmet, only scrapes and bruises to me, and now 4 days off (5 counting today!) It could have been worse. If I had not worn the helmet, I am sure I would have suffered a concussion at the very least. And the passerby was a nurse, so it looks like the Lord was looking out for me today.


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This short film examines the confluence of Maasai farmers who rely on the Ewaso Ng'iro river for virtually all their water needs, the scientists who study and forecast water flows in the region, and policymakers who work to bring reliable water to local populations.
If recent Princeton graduate Ida Posner's senior thesis project works the way she hopes, scientists could answer critical questions about how much water plants use without expensive, bulky laboratory equipment.
The school of engineering honored three junior faculty members with the E. Lawrence Keyes, Jr. / Emerson Electric Co. Faculty Advancement Award on May 26. The award recognizes young faculty members who have established vibrant teaching and research programs in their first years.
Young faculty members who are pioneering new areas of communications networks, environmental sensing and other fields have received numerous awards for outstanding contributions early in their careers. Mung Chiang, associate professor of electrical engineering, received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House. He was one of only sixty-seven scientists who received the prestigious awards at a ceremony held at the White House last December. Chiang was
Kelly Caylor, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to study water in Africa.
Economists, engineers, environmentalists and policymakers from Princeton University and China will meet on April 18 and 19 to discuss environmental challenges facing China.


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The Score "USC transfer Malik Martin is headed closer to home after committing to join South Florida. "After I finish up this semester of school I will be finishing my last two years of eligibility at the University of South Florida," the 6-foot-11 forward tweeted. The Miami native suffered through a..." May 03
The Ledger "Veteran South Florida power forward Chris Perry, whose college career has been impeded by health and discipline issues the last two years, has been dismissed for an unspecified rules violation. Perry, a former Bartow High standout, had not participated in any of USF's offseason individual..." April 15
The Sports Xchange "Jaylen Bond scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, leading top-seed Temple to a 79-62 rout of South Florida on Friday in the American Championship tournament in Orlando, Fla. Temple (21-10) will face the Connecticut-Cincinnati winner in a semifinal at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday. The..." March 11
The Sports Xchange "Brandon Swannegan finished with 21 points and seven rebounds to help Tulsa overcome an early deficit in an 84-74 win over South Florida on Saturday at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Okla. Swannegan was one of four double-digit scorers for the Golden Hurricane (20-10, 12-6 American Athletic..." March 05
The Sports Xchange "Caleb White scored 12 points and East Carolina picked up just its second win in nine games, 52-39, over South Florida on Wednesday night. White, a junior guard was one of three Pirates in double-figures, joined by sophomore guards Lane Tejada (11 points) and B.J. Tyson (10 points). The win..." March 03
The Sports Xchange "Guard Rodney Purvis scored 18 points as Connecticut crushed USF 81-51 on Thursday in Tampa, Fla. Forward Shonn Miller recorded 16 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (20-8, 10-5 American Athletic), who are tied for third in the conference - one game behind Temple and SMU. Freshman..." February 25
The Sports Xchange "Nehemias Morillo scored 19 points and South Florida pulled away from Memphis for a 80-71 win Saturday afternoon at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. Morillo, a senior guard, went 6-for-9 from the field and scored another six points from the foul line, while the Bulls also got 17 points from..." February 20
The Sports Xchange "Freshman guard Jahmal McMurray scored 21 points to help South Florida snap a four-game losing streak with a 69-52 victory over East Carolina on Tuesday in American Athletic Conference play at Greenville, N.C. Senior guard Nehemias Morillo added 18 points for the Bulls (6-21, 3-11 American),..." February 16
The Sports Xchange "Temple took over sole possession of first place in the American Athletic Conference with a 77-65 victory over visiting University of South Florida on Sunday afternoon at the Liacouras Center. Temple, which won for a season-high fifth-straight time and for the eighth time in its last nine..." February 14
Scout "Malik Fitts ended his recruitment on Tuesday, as the 6-foot-6, 205-pound small forward from Wolfeboro (N.H.) Brewster Academy committed to South Florida. Originally a 2015 prospect from La Verne (Calif.) Damien, Fitts reclassified to 2016 and enrolled at Brewster, which ended up being a..." September 30
College Basketball Talk "South Florida has landed a commitment from Andres Feliz, one of the stars of the recent U19 World Championships. He will enroll at the university for the 2016-17 season. "I have decided to commit to coach Orlando Antigua and the University of South Florida. Go bulls!!!" Feliz tweeted. Feliz..." July 14
The Score "Geno Thorpe may be taking his talents to South Florida. The former Penn State sophomore guard has reportedly pledged to join the Bulls, according to the Recruit Scoop's Alex Kline." June 29
College Basketball Talk "South Florida landed a graduate transfer for next season as former Gonzaga forward Angel Nunez committed to the Bulls. Since the 6-foot-8 Nunez is graduating, he is immediately eligible to play next season. A source confirmed Nunez to heading to the AAC and he took a visit to the South Florida..." April 20
CBS Sports "South Florida point guard Anthony Collins and forward Dre Clayton are planning to transfer out of the school, according to Jeff Goodman of ESPN. Collins averaged 7.1 points and team-leading 5.2 assists per game last season while Clayton played sparingly, averaging 0.9 points and 1.5 rebounds..." March 24
Tampa Bay Times "With nary a warning, a team besieged by mediocrity now also finds itself steeped in mystery. Suddenly, the short- and long-term status of Chris Perry, the men's basketball team's only low-post veteran, is unknown. Nearly three full days after being stricken by chest pains during a Saturday..." January 28
College Basketball Talk "Already facing an uphill battle against UConn Sunday afternoon, USF had to play the game without its best front court player in Chris Perry. According to multiple reports Perry experienced chest pains during the team's workout on Saturday and was hospitalized. Perry did join his teammates on the..." January 26
College Basketball Talk "Luis Montero, a sophomore guard at Westchester Community College, has committed to Orlando Antigua and South Florida. Evan Daniels of Scout.com first reported the commitment with Montero telling him, "I know he's going to take me to the next level. "We got a good relationship. I know we are..." November 18
Voodoo Five "The NCAA gave the USF men's basketball team some rare good news today, as Joey Knight tweeted out that Anthony Collins' medical hardship waiver for last season has been approved. Collins, who would otherwise have been a senior for the 2014-15 season, will now have two more years of eligibility as..." September 10
ESPN "In a landmark decision, a federal judge ruled Friday that the NCAA is in violation of the nation's antitrust laws by restricting the compensation that major college football and men's basketball student-athletes can receive for use of their names, images and likenesses. U.S. District Court..." August 08
College Basketball Talk "New USF head coach Orlando Antigua has done a good job on the recruiting trail during his short time at the helm. The former Kentucky assistant was able to put together a six-member 2014 class, and he also received a commitment from former Maryland guard Roddy Peters. Peters will be eligible to..." August 07
College Basketball Talk "South Florida continued its offseason of tremendous turnover this week when rising redshirt junior center Jordan Omogbehin opted to transfer out of the program. The news of Omogbehin's transfer was first reported by Corey Bender of USFNation.com. The 7-foot-3 Omogbehin played sparingly at South..." June 21
College Basketball Talk "Former South Florida forward Zach LeDay will transfer to Virginia Tech, he announced on Tuesday night. "I'm going to play at Virginia Tech. Thanks to all those who support me and all I believe in!" he tweeted. LeDay was one of six players to transfer this offseason. Stan Heath was fired a..." June 04
CSN Baltimore "Maryland guard Roddy Peters has committed to play for head coach Orlando Antigua at South Florida, Jon Rothstein of CBSSports.com is reporting. Peters was part of an initial wave of three players who transferred out of the Maryland program following the 2013-14 season. He joined Shaquille..." May 22
College Basketball Talk "South Florida transfer John Egbunu is headed to Florida, according to multiple media reports. Egbunu was one of the most highly-sought after big men on this year's transfer market after averaging 7.4 points, 6.2 boards and 1.3 blocks this past season. The 6-foot-10 center picked the Gators over..." May 16
Tampa Bay Times "With the long-term future of USF PG Anthony Collins unclear, the Bulls snagged some heralded backcourt insurance Sunday with the commitment of Marshall transfer Kareem Canty. Canty's commitment was widely reported Sunday afternoon. Shortly thereafter, Canty tweeted: Usf !!!!! Barring the..." May 13
GoUSFBulls "USF men's basketball head coach Orlando Antigua has hired former FIU head coach and Ole Miss assistant Sergio Rouco as an assistant coach on his staff. "Sergio has over 25 years of coaching experience at the Division I level," Antigua said. "He has great recruiting connections not just in the..." May 08
Tampa Bay Times "USF 6-foot-10 center John Egbunu, who set a school freshman rebounding record and made the American Athletic Conference's All-Rookie team, has been granted his release. The cornerstone of a nationally-lauded 2013 signing class, Egbunu becomes the fifth scholarship player to exit since coach..." April 23
Tampa Bay Times "The roster overhaul at USF continued Saturday with the Bulls' new coaching staff adding a signee as two more letter winners departed. Veteran guards Javontae Hawkins and Musa Abdul-Aleem have left the program, becoming the third and fourth players to depart since the dismissal of Coach Stan..." April 21
ESPN "Marshall transfer Kareem Canty, hours after giving coach Bruce Pearl and Auburn a verbal commitment, has decided to visit South Florida before making a decision. "After speaking with my family, I need to really consider where I'm going to spend the next three years," Canty told ESPN.com on..." April 20
CBS Sports "Rod Strickland will join Orlando Antigua's staff at South Florida as an assistant coach, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. An official announcement is expected before the weekend. Strickland, best known for his 17-year NBA playing career that included an NBA assists title with the Wizards..." April 10
CBS Sports "South Florida will hire Kentucky assistant Orlando Antigua as its next head basketball coach, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. A press conference is expected Tuesday afternoon, and Antigua is expected to remain with UK through the team's Final Four run. Antigua has been on John..." April 01
Lexington Herald-Leader "Kentucky basketball assistant coach and recruiter Orlando Antigua has been hired by the University of South Florida, the school announced Monday. Antigua started with head Kentucky coach John Calipari at Memphis in 2008. He came to work for Calipari at Kentucky after Calipari was hired five..." April 01
Las Vegas Review-Journal "It appears Dave Rice has what every basketball coach desires. He's in a no-lose situation. Soon enough, Rice either will have a new and improved deal to remain at UNLV or he will accept a contract offer from South Florida worth close to $8 million. A decision is expected today. Rice is..." March 29
CBS Sports "New Mexico's Craig Neal has emerged as a legitimate target of South Florida's ongoing coaching search, multiple sources told CBSSports.com on Thursday. No offer has been extended, the sources said. But it's not hard to connect the dots. USF's new athletic director, Mark Harlan, is a..." March 28
Las Vegas Review-Journal "Already facing an intriguing offseason, UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice is in the middle of more drama. Rice is considering accepting the coaching position at South Florida, which has offered a five-year contract for $1.2 million per year. According to sources, the offer was extended within the..." March 28
Tampa Tribune "The University of South Florida's search for a new men's basketball coach hit a major snag late Tuesday night when USF learned that the man it was set to hire, Manhattan College coach Steve Masiello, had a previously undetected discrepancy in his background check, a source close to the coaching..." March 26
CBS Sports "Manhattan coach Steve Masiello will be introduced as the next head coach at USF later this week, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. The deal is for five years and worth more than $1 million per year. The 36-year-old former Rick Pitino assistant took the Jaspers to this year's NCAA..." March 25
CBS Sports "South Florida has fired head coach Stan Heath, a source told CBSSports.com. Heath was informed of the decision on Friday afternoon. Heath was 97-128 in six years with the Bulls and went just 12-19 this season, including 3-15 in American Athletic Conference play." March 14
ProSportsDaily "Kadeem Jack had 14 of his team-high 18 points in the second half as the Scarlet Knights slipped by the Bulls in the opening round of the AAC tournament in Memphis, Tenn. Myles Mack added 16 points and J.J. Moore had 13 points for seventh-seeded Rutgers (12-20), which will play second-seeded..." March 13
ProSportsDaily "Quenton DeCosey had 18 points, including the game-winning runner as time expired, as the visiting Owls rallied from 12 down in the closing minutes to pull out an improbable victory. Dalton Pepper led the way for Temple (9-21, 4-14 American Athletic Conference) with 20 points after scoring eight..." March 09
ProSportsDaily "Danuel House had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists as the host Cougars held off a second-half charge to beat the Bulls. L.J. Rose had 16 points and five assists for Houston (16-14, 8-9 American Athletic Conference), which shot 55.1 percent from the field, including 12-of-23 from 3-point..." March 05
ProSportsDaily "Kadeem Jack finished with 20 points and scored the game-winning basket with 14 seconds to play as the Scarlet Knights turned away the visiting Bulls. J.J. Moore also added 20 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for Rutgers (11-18, 5-11 American Athletic Conference), which snapped a..." March 02
ProSportsDaily "Ryan Boatright scored 11 of his 14 points during an 18-0 second-half surge as the visiting Huskies slipped past the Bulls in American Athletic Conference play. Shabazz Napier added 17 points and seven assists and Niels Giffey scored 11 points as the Huskies (22-6, 10-5) won for the fifth time..." February 27
Lexington Herald-Leader "Russ Smith scored 19 points and moved into the school's top 10 all-time scorers Tuesday as 11th-ranked Louisville throttled South Florida 80-54 in the KFC Yum Center. Smith passed Billy Thompson and Wes Unseld on U of L's career list and now is three points shy of 1,700 in his career. Luke..." February 19
Cincinnati Enquirer "It turns out there was more to Sean Kilpatrick's day off from practice Saturday than an attempt by University of Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin to keep him fresh for the stretch run. "He's been sick since we got back (from Louisville)," Justin Jackson said. Whatever was ailing Kilpatrick –..." February 02
Memphis Flyer "The path to a high NCAA tournament seed is paved with winning streaks. In beating an undermanned South Florida team Sunday afternoon at FedExForum, the Tigers gained a third consecutive victory in what they hope will be a run that boosts the team back into the nation's top 20, perhaps to the top..." January 26
Lexington Herald-Leader "Russ Smith got poked in the eye and teammate Montrezl Harrell took a blow to the chin, opening a cut. That was as tough as it got for No. 12 Louisville in Wednesday night's 86-47 rout of cold-shooting South Florida, the fourth straight win for the defending national champions. "We have now..." January 23
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We're feeling optimistic about 2011, for a number of reasons. One of the principle reasons is that filming is now underway in Louisiana on "Looper," the long-awaited third film from Rian Johnson. Johnson made one of the great debut films of the Noughties with "Brick," and his follow-up, "The Brothers Bloom," while more divisive, is, in the view of this writer, a charming, inventive con-man piece, and continued to demonstrate, along with some sterling recent TV work on "Terriers" and "Breaking Bad," that Johnson was potentially one of the most exciting filmmakers of his generation.
"Looper," a hard-boiled sci-fi thriller involving professional killers who dispose of victims sent back in time by a crime syndicate in the future, has a tremendous script -- possibly Johnson's best to date -- and an enormously exciting cast, led by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, with Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt and Paul Dano in support. Now, word's broken of more behind-the-scenes talent, which is only going to make us anticipate the project more.
The film's official Twitter account, @loopermovie is publishing on-set pictures throughout production, and a recent one revealed the involvement of Shane Carruth, the director of cult time travel picture "Primer." The picture, which was posted last night (via /Film), was accompanied by the caption 'Shane Carruth is working on "Looper,"' and Badass Digest have confirmed with Johnson that Carruth is going to contribute some visual effects expertise for the film's time-travel sequences.
Despite being a time-travel picture, "Looper" isn't a VFX-heavy film, and Carruth's sensibilities seem perfectly matched to the grimy, low-tech world described in Johnson's script, and we can't wait to see what the pair cook up together. Despite being made for a tiny sum, "Primer" displayed some hugely impressive effects work, and it should ensure that Johnson's budget goes the distance.
Carruth's been mostly MIA since "Primer" was released, but it was revealed last year that he's been working on a new project, "A Topiary." We took a look at the hugely ambitious script last year, and it promised another mind-bender from the director. He's still seeking financing for the project, and hopefully it'll materialize sooner rather than later. The independently-produced "Looper" doesn't yet have a distributor or release date -- our fingers are crossed that it'll see the light of the day, on the festival circuit at least, before the end of the year, although that may be unlikely.


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Author Tom Robbins was once questioned by FBI agents investigating the Unabomber case.
That's what he told me, anyway, at the Downtown Rotary last Wednesday, when he and two other Rainier Club Scholars — cartoonist David Horsey and Jim Olson, founder of Olson Kundig Architects — spoke to the lunch gathering on the subject of creativity.
Robbins, now 77, strolled through the roomful of suits — wearing sunglasses and hair dyed the color of a new penny.
Years ago, Robbins told me, the FBI sent two young, female agents ("They're not stupid") to his place in La Conner, Skagit County, where he had recently beaten the buzz out of an electric typewriter with a two-by-four.
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Robbins — whose 11th book, "Tibet Peach Pie," comes out in May — usually writes in longhand, on legal pads. But he had given the typewriter a try, and found it to be "mean and demanding." He didn't like the color, either, so he painted it red.
One day, in a final act of frustration, he "beat it and destroyed it." Then the feds came calling and, considering the purpose of their visit, well, the wreckage caught their attention. So?
"It's a long story," Robbins told me. "Read the book. My publisher calls it a memoir because they don't know what else to call it. It's as typical to a memoir as 'Dumbo' is typical to an elephant."
Retired ad man Don Kraft moderated the panel of three with all kinds of questions. One of them: How do you deal with setbacks?
Horsey seemingly ignores them, starting with the "C" he got in art in the fourth grade.
Olson kept it simple: "Don't give up."
And Robbins? "You could say that my life's work is a setback."
The amused audience included Herb Bridge, John Pollard of Sprio (an app that helps parents manage their kids' sports teams, thank God), Glenn Harrington, Hamilton McCulloh, KING 5 anchor Mark Wright and South African native Paul Suzman, who composed and read a beautiful tribute to the late Nelson Mandela.
On the way out, Robbins was the last guy in an elevator filled with Rotarians who, instead of going down, went up 11 floors, stopping at nearly every one.
An older man leaning against a walker at the back cleared his throat: "Maybe Tom Robbins had something to do with this."
Robbins grinned and looked at me, and I remembered how he had just explained his warped charm.
"As Bob Dylan said, 'I can't hep it.' "
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Now here's something you don't see every day: Tucked behind a table at the back of the Showbox on Saturday night were none other than Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom.
"I can't hear you!" the mister said when I stopped to say hello. But he was smiling.
And with good reason. The second annual Seattle Musicians for Children's Hospital — better known as SMooCH — was loud, full of love and lucrative: some $334,000 was raised for uncompensated care at Children's.
Pete Nordstrom and his wife, Brandy, started SMooCH last year as a way to thank Children's for the care of their son, Chet. Nordstrom has been humbled at the response to his requests for help — especially from artists like Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, who flew in from New York to make the event.
"He's a good guy," Nordstrom said, meaning Mack. "So is Allen Stone, who responded to my email within 15 minutes."
Indeed, every artist — Shelby Earl, The Lonely Forest, Helio Sequence, Stone and Macklemore — played for free. (So did John Roderick, who came out to sing a song with Earl).
"Every band said yes, and that's a good problem to have," said KEXP's John Richards, who was joined by colleagues Cheryl Waters (love her) and Kevin Cole (him, too).
Scott Redman, who sits on the board of the Children's Hospital Foundation and the Campaign Advisory Committee for KEXP's new home at Seattle Center, was wearing a rabbit-fur coat that belongs to his fiancée, Shawn Anderson.
What-what? What? What? Redman stretched his arms out — as far as he could, anyway.
"Thrift shop!" he said. Got it.
Sub Pop bigs Jonathan Poneman and Megan Jasper were a little surprised to learn that one of the silent-auction items was a day of job-shadowing them at the label's downtown Seattle offices.
"Let's pick a day when we're doing a mass firing," Poneman deadpanned.
Jasper thought it a stellar idea: "Nothing like toughening the skin of a teenager."
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The craziest things happen at JJ McKay's annual Christmas party.
Rich people have handed me their wallets and walked away. Recently divorced women have been bent backward under the mistletoe and kissed — hard — by total strangers. And the drinks are almost as strong as the beefcakes hired to serve them.
This year's elbow-to-elbow sardine can of a celebration was no different.
At his downtown apartment, McKay put out a spread that included 500 sausage balls and Coca-Cola cupcakes that he made that morning.
But in no time, you couldn't see the food for the folks.
There was SIFF executive director Mary Bacarella, fresh out of budget hell and looking toward her first visit to Sundance. Leslie Chihuly and Ghizlane Morlot stopped on their way to see Heart at Benaroya. There was Dan Price, founder of Gravity Payments; aerospace executive Toby Bright, and Donovan Singletary, who will perform in Seattle Opera's production of "Rigoletto."
From the dignitary corps: Jack Cowan of the French-American Chamber of Commerce and the honorary consul of France in Seattle; Eduardo Baca Cuenca, the consul general of Mexico; Andrey Yushmanov, the consul general of Russia.
And from Seattle Mayor-elect Ed Murray's executive team, Steve Lee.
Enjoy the sausage balls and Coca-Cola cupcakes now, my friend. There's hard work ahead.
Nicole Brodeur's column appears Tuesday and Sunday. Reach her at 206-464-2334 or email@example.com.


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Siemens Acquires a Majority Holding In Two Chinese Companies
Siemens Energy has acquired the majority holding in the Chinese metalworking company Yangtze Delta Manufacturing (YDM) and the Chinese aluminum foundry GISAP (GIS Steel & Aluminium Products), both headquartered in Hangzhou. With these acquisitions Siemens Energy is expanding its global production network for high-voltage circuit-breakers in China and optimizing its value creation chain from foundry work via machining to final product assembly.
China represents the world's largest market for power transmission equipment. Siemens is involved as a provider of innovative energy technology in numerous major infrastructure projects, including projects in the field of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission. YDM and GISAP together posted revenue totaling approximately US$93 million in 2008 and today have a combined work force of approximately 600. The purchase price was not disclosed.
"Over the long term we are anticipating a constantly high demand for high-voltage power transmission products in China and are thus securing the requisite capacities to maintain our successful business in this growth market," said Udo Niehage, CEO of the Power Transmission Division within Siemens Energy.
The demand for reliable, cost-optimized high-voltage products for the transmission of electrical energy continues to rise. Drivers are the significant increases in power demand in the newly industrializing countries and the energy-efficient integration of renewable energy sources into power supply networks.
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We lucked out with no rain on the evening of Sebastian's 1st birthday party! I SO appreciate everything that our family and friends did to make this such a special event. We are so thankful for those that traveled especially! Jennifer Henderson was my sounding board for months, my applique pro, my prop carpenter and then spent 2 DAYS by my side putting all my ideas (AND STUFF) together and making my vision a reality! My mama shopped 'til she dropped for everything I could think of and more! Cindy Wright made his awesome and yummy cupcakes and his precious hat, THANKS CeCe! Tammy Brooks of Troy, your cakes were perfection! Uncle Steve, Aunt Genie, Mendie, Brian, Tanya, Scott and Erika (and everyone else that helped tear down) ya'll were the best clean up crew ever! Thank you Mack, Papa Tom, Mackenzie, Carson, Thad and Zoe for keeping Mister busy! Thanks Uncle Brian and Tanya for helping out all weekend! Loree, thanks ever so much for the tables, chairs and tablecloths, they were just perfect!!! Thanks to my very patient (or just silent) husband for putting up with all of this chaos. Thank you to all Sebastian's peeps for coming, we had a great turnout and a wonderful night! NOTE: My BIGGEST mistake was not hiring a photographer! Would have been worth every penny not to have to worry about taking pictures. I took 3 times less than I would have on the job and was so stressed about it. Lesson Learned! (technical note: all images of Sebastian with the cake and myself in them are taken with my backup on portrait mode, not manual)
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Tossing HR Under the Table at Home Depot
April 9, 2008
There once was a time when HR used to have a big, front-and-center seat at the table at Home Depot. That was back during the imperious reign of CEO Bob Nardelli, when senior vice president for human resources Dennis Donovan not only had a seat at the table, but was a close confidant and part of Nardelli's inner circle. Donovan certainly had that strategic role that all HR people say they want, and in fact, he had such a key role and was so highly compensated that he was actually made Workforce Management's list as the highest paid HR executive for 2006. But that was then, this is now, and Donovan and Nardelli are long gone. It's not really surprising that Home Depot, a company that has really been struggling, is cutting more staff. What is a shock was the wholesale gutting of the HR infrastructure by cutting 50 percent of the company's 2,200 person human resources field staff last week. The move is designed to put more workers on the sales floor, which is ironic because floor staff was whacked so severely during the Nardelli/Donovan regime that you couldn't find anybody to help you or answer your questions. The old, people-oriented culture of Home Depot was dramatically changed during their time together, and it's pretty clear to me that the company has struggled, in large part, because of that decision. So, I applaud the company's new "Aprons on the Floor" program that should help customer service, but I wonder: is it a good tradeoff if you get more "Aprons on the Floor," but lose your HR support throughout the company? As part of the cutbacks, Home Depot is creating a HR service center near Atlanta that will handle most of the company's human resource needs by phone. Stores won't have a dedicated HR manager but instead, "district teams" will be established that will divide three HR people among a small group of six to 10 stores. What does it say about a company that it goes from having the highest paid HR executive in the U.S. to a phone-based human resources support structure in two years' time? Analysts like this move--one told Workforce Management that the old HR structure "was way overdone and not typical for retail operations like Home Depot"--but analysts are always fond of short-term cost-cutting and are less concerned with the long-term impact. I'm not sure if this move to minimize HR and maximize help on the floor will work any more than the old strategy did, but it will be interesting to watch, because it's a real-time case study on the value HR brings to an organization. If Home Depot can make this work, it may push other companies to re-examine the value of their own HR departments. And when that happens, HR can kiss that seat at the table goodbye.


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Yesterday I had the honor of helping organize and then attending TEDxStanford, a local and independent version of the TED conference designed to give a stage to ideas that can change the world. Out of a fantastic array of speakers and performers that rivaled any TED conference, one talk in particular has set its hooks into my mind. It is a simple idea with tremendous consequence.
Banny Banerjee, the director of the Stanford Design Program, described how we often frame the most important questions of our time as opposing alternatives: Either we follow our passion, or we get a well-paying job. Either we enable economic progress, or we save our biosphere. Either we have national security, or we stay out of war. The way we frame the questions ensures that we can never have both: It is a zero-sum, win-lose scale. In this polarized one-dimensional world, we leave no space for innovation.
What if our framing of the important questions of life is fundamentally flawed? Following your passion is not opposed to getting a well-paying job. It is in a different frame of reference. Following your passion is opposed to not following your passion. Getting a well-paying job is opposed to getting a low-paying job. If we recognize that these two dimensions are orthogonal, we can see the world in a completely new light. Rather than the one-dimensional polarization of everything, the challenges of our time are full of wide-open multidimensional spaces waiting to be filled with creative new ideas.
The space up and to the right where both following your passion and getting a well-paying job are possible is the space for creative thought. The space up and to the right where economic progress and preserving the biosphere are both possible is a where we can be inspired to invent new possibilities, to experiment and to innovate.
Banny described compelling questions to fishhooks that get lodged in your brain and continue to tug at your thoughts. The idea of reshaping the landscape in which we think about the challenges around us is one of those fishhooks – whether those challenges are in our own lives and communities, or facing our planet as a whole. Where is the innovation space? How we frame the question opens up entirely new possibilities. Thank you, Banny Banerjee, for sharing an idea worth spreading.


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Brazil's former president has tumor in larynx
SAO PAULO Doctors say former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a tumor in his larynx.
Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital say in a statement that the tumor was detected Saturday during exams conducted on Silva.
The statement says the former president will undergo chemotherapy treatment starting next week.
The statement contained no further information.
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Publications on Kiawah Island's Diamondback Terrapins
|Cecala, K. K., J. W. Gibbons, and M. E. Dorcas. 2008. Ecological effects of major injuries in diamondback terrapins: Implications for conservation and management. Aquatic Conservation 18: pdf
|Harden, L. A., N. A. DiLuzio, J. W. Gibbons, and M. E. Dorcas. 2007. Spatial and thermal ecology of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in a South Carolina salt marsh. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 123: 154-162. pdf
|Dorcas, M. E., J. D. Willson, and J. W. Gibbons. 2007. Crab trapping causes population decline and demographic changes in diamondback terrapins over two decades. Biological Conservation 137: 334-340. pdf
|Tucker, A.D., Gibbons, J.W., Greene, J.L., 2001. Estimates of adult survival and migration for diamondback terrapins: conservation insight from local extirpation within a metapopulation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:2199-2209. pdf
|Gibbons, J. W., J. E. Lovich, A. D. Tucker, N. N. Fitzsimmons and J. L. Greene. 2001. Demographic and ecological factors affecting conservation and management of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) in South Carolina. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 4:66-74. pdf
|Hoyle, M. E. and J. W. Gibbons. 2000. Use of marked population of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) to determine impacts of recreational crab pots. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:735-737. pdf
|Lovich, J. E. and J. W. Gibbons. 1990. Age at maturity influences adult sex ratio in the turtle Malaclemys terrapin. Oikos 59:126-134. pdf
|Lovich, J. E., A. D. Tucker, D. E. Kling, J. W. Gibbons, and T. D. Zimmerman. 1991. Behavior of hatchling Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) released in a South Carolina salt marsh. Herpetological Review 22:81-83. pdf
|Seigel, R. A. and J. W. Gibbons. 1995. Workshop on the ecology, status, and management of the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, 2 August 1994: Final results and recommendations. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1:240-243. pdf
|Tucker, A. D., N. FitzSimmons and J. W. Gibbons.1995. Resource partitioning by the estuarine turtle, Malaclemys terrapin: trophic, spatial, and temporal foraging constraints. Herpetologica 51:167-181. pdf
|Tucker, A. D., J. W. Gibbons and J. L. Greene. 2001. Estimates of adult survival and migration for diamondback terrapins: conservation insight from local extirpation within a metapopulation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:2199-2209. pdf
|Tucker, A.D., S.R. Yeomans, and J.W. Gibbons. 1997. Shell strength of mud snails (Ilyanassa obsoleta) may deter foraging by diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). American Midland Naturalist 138:224-229. pdf
|Reprints of papers also available from the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Researched and created by the Women in Architecture Committee of AIA Baltimore, this exhibition celebrates the women who contributed to Maryland architecture from the 1920's to the 1960's.
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Women Architects' Contributions to Mid-Century Modernism in Maryland
Aquaculture Landscapes explores the design and future productive landscapes where fish cultivation, recreation, conservation, and waste management are enmeshed, symbiotic relationships between flora and fauna are encouraged, and where progressive public/private partnerships support sustainable and profitable enterprise.
Architecture and design are ultimately about problem solving. Our current fast-food, throw-away culture cannot continue as a sustainable habit. Architecture is unique in its ability to directly influence the world we live in through the design process and the choices architects make.
This exhibition showcases the recent work of the Boston Architecture Firm NADAAA and features 5 buildings—3 architecture schools and 2 houses that test the interaction of structure as form and concept, with architectural type. Nader Tehrani, principal of NADAAA offers the following:
Hamburg is the scene of two of Europe's major urban development projects: HafenCity and International Building Exhibition (IBA). This project presents examples of planning, strategies and projects within the city of Hamburg as a way to initiate an international dialogue about solutions for the future.
Thanks to Roland Krebs, Urban Planning Consultant for the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI) at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., there is a new exhibition on display on the Mezzanine level above the Great Space.


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Aleksandra Strauss and Adam Howard plan 2014 wedding
Dr. Andrejs Strauss and Christine Moore of Rehoboth Beach are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Aleksandra Strauss of Rehoboth Beach, to Adam Howard of Rehoboth Beach, son of Ron Howard of Georgetown and Paula Howard of Ocean View.
The bride-to-be is a 2000 graduate of Worcester Preparatory School and a 2004 graduate of Boston College. She is employed as a registered nurse by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
The groom-elect is a 2000 graduate of Indian River High School and a 2004 graduate of the University of Delaware. He is the owner of Body Shop Fitness in downtown Rehoboth.
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Police looking into death of 9-month-old boy in tub
EL CAJON: Police are investigating the death of a 9-month-old boy who was found underwater in a bathtub after his father left him and a 2-year-old sibling unattended while he talked on the phone.
Police responded to a report of a baby not breathing at an apartment on Leslie Road near Chase Avenue about 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, said El Cajon police Lt. Tim Henton.
Paramedics took the infant to Grossmont Hospital, where he died.
After placing the baby and his sibling in the bathtub, the 26-year-old father left the room to take a phone call, Henton said.
The man told police he was out of the bathroom for about 10 minutes and checked on the children periodically from the doorway. When the father returned, he found the infant underwater.
No arrests have been made. Police are investigating the case to determine whether child-neglect charges should be filed, Henton said.
Police took two other children, ages 2 and 5, from the home and placed them in protective custody.
The man's father was at the home at the time, but he was in another part of the apartment, Henton said. –K.K.
Hiker dies, girl rescued from Cowles Mountain
SAN DIEGO: A 67-year-old man died yesterday afternoon while hiking on Cowles Mountain, and a 14-year-old girl who suffered a heat-related problem was rescued from the mountain several hours earlier.
The man was identified by the county Medical Examiner's Office as Raymond Newsom Mathias Jr. of Rancho San Diego.
Witnesses said Mathias was on his second or third trip up the mountain when he was found lying unresponsive on the path, a medical examiner said.
A group of hikers found Mathias unconscious about 3:20 p.m. on a trail in a hard-to-reach area of Mission Trails Regional Park and called for help, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque.
The other hikers performed CPR until the arrival of a medic, who was lowered by a city helicopter crew.
The Medical Examiner's Office said advanced cardiac life-support measures were initiated, but Mathias was pronounced dead at the scene about 4 p.m. There were no signs of foul play.
About 11:30 a.m. yesterday, San Diego firefighters were called to rescue the teenage girl, Luque said. She was hoisted to a helicopter and taken to Rady Children's Hospital. Word on her condition was not available.
The helicopter pilot reported that it was about 90 degrees in the area yesterday afternoon, Luque said. –S.S.
Series of thefts linked to suspects in custody
SAN DIEGO:Two men arrested on suspicion of burglary in the theft of electronics from a Sam's Club store are now accused of a series of thefts from several stores, San Diego police said yesterday.
The men, ages 25 and 28, were arrested July 28 after taking several items out of the Sam's Club on College Grove Way and leading police on a short chase that ended in Lemon Grove, police said.
Investigators have now tied the pair to four other thefts of electronic items, valued at $13,000, from the same Sam's Club, police spokeswoman Moníca Muñoz said.
In addition, the men are accused of taking electronics from two Target stores in San Diego and several other businesses in San Diego County, Muñoz said.
A third man, 28, who was arrested with the men on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs has also been tied to the thefts, Muñoz said.
All three are being held at the County Jail on suspicion of burglary, grand theft and other charges. –J.L.J.
Two men, one with a gun, rob La Mesa water store
LA MESA:Two men, one with a handgun, left with an undisclosed amount of cash after robbing the Helix Center Pure Water store on University Avenue near Yale Avenue yesterday afternoon, La Mesa police said.


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7 Reasons I Will NOT Be Shopping On Black Fridaydearcrissy
With Black Friday just days away, I've had a few friends ask if I will be braving the crowds in search of those fantastic post-Thanksgiving sales.
I am compelled to laugh a little when posed with this question, because quite frankly, I would rather stick needles in my eyes than drag my swollen, aching, third-trimester frame out of the house on what I consider the most terrifying shopping day of the year.
Following are the top 7 reasons I will NOT be shopping on Black Friday!
1. Sick People — I've managed to stay relatively healthy throughout this pregnancy, and the idea of sharing airspace with an abundance of shoppers who didn't get the memo about covering their cough makes me shiver.
2. Olfactory Overload — While I am finally beyond the morning sickness phase, certain aromas still bring on nausea. Body odor, plus too much perfume, equals certain illness for this pregnant woman.
3. I Have To Pee Every 15 Minutes — This baby is doing a head stand on my bladder, so when I have to go, I have to go. Fighting the crowds to use a public restroom 30 times just does not sound fun to me.
4. I Am A Walking Hot Flash — I start sweating at the mere thought of being in a crowded department store. I definitely can't take the heat, so I'll be staying out of the kitchen!
5. Fender Benders — With crazy shopping, comes crazing driving. I can't count the times I've had a near miss on the street, or in a parking lot on Black Friday. This is just one more reason I am removing myself from the equation this year.
6. I Don't Want To Hulk-out — My pregnancy hormones are in full force right now, and admittedly, I have a short, if not non-existent fuse in some situations. It is clearly best for everyone that I stay at home on Black Friday!
7. I'm Too Pregnant To Care — Seriously, I am 35-weeks-pregnant today, and fighting a crowd just to get a good deal on some random holiday gift is pretty much at the bottom of my priority list. I'll stick to the comfort of my own sofa, and let my fingers do the walking on Cyber Monday!
So, will you be among the masses shopping this Black Friday?
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Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Nichols, a San Jose, Calif., native and a motor transport operator assigned to Battery F of the 1st "Dragon" Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, compares toys while choosing a gift for his daughter at Santa's Workshop, Dec. 5, at Fort Hood, Texas. Santa's Workshop is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization providing toys to Fort Hood's active-duty families in need of a little extra help during the holidays. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Paige Pendleton, 1st BCT, 1st Cavalry Division PAO)
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WHEELING - A handful of unrelated violent crimes - all in different areas of Wheeling neighborhoods in recent weeks - do not add up to a crime spree, according to acting Police Chief Mike VanKirk.
In just over a month, a woman was stabbed by another woman on Wheeling Island, a woman was shot to death in a North Park apartment, a man's body was found floating in the Ohio River and a 17-year-old boy was shot at a playground on the north end of Wheeling Island.
VanKirk said the teen who was shot on Wheeling Island was still being treated last week in a Wheeling hospital and that he has changed his story several times. VanKirk said there is no suspect, and conflicting stories from the victim is hindering the investigation.
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Norma Dorsch, president of the Wheeling Island Community Association, is shown at the Wheeling Island playground where a 17-year-old boy was recently shot. Dorsch believes recent violence in Wheeling is related to drug activity.
"We are not getting the truth," VanKirk said. "... We don't know who shot him. The info the victim has given us just hasn't added up."
Wheeling police detectives also have several other cases they are dealing with. Police are still investigating the Sept. 13 murder of Ashley Blankenship, 19, of Wheeling, who was shot and killed in a North Park apartment. VanKirk said the case is at a "standstill" pending the return of "lab results." VanKirk has said there are suspects in the case, though no one has been charged.
Police have been more successful in investigating another recent act of violence. On Oct. 6, Wheeling officers arrested Stacey Marie Marshall, 27, of Bellaire on a charge of malicious wounding. She is accused of attacking a woman Sept. 24 on a Wheeling Island street and stabbing her multiple times.
VanKirk said all of those attacks are a source of concern. Even with that recent violence, the city's top law enforcement officer said he believes Wheeling is a safe community.
"It's not like crime is running rampant," VanKirk said. "There is no crime spree. They are all unrelated, and they are isolated. I understand these are serious, violent crimes, but I believe the city is safe. That is my feeling. When we get to the bottom of these individual cases, the public will feel better."
One case that remains unsolved in Wheeling is the March 11, 2008, shooting of a police department cruiser in East Wheeling.
Wheeling residents also may have been concerned by the Aug. 29 discovery of Jason Ansart's body in the Ohio River. VanKirk said investigators are waiting for the autopsy results on the 35-year-old Wheeling man's death.
"It could be accidental," VanKirk said. "We have nothing to show that it is a homicide."
Norma Dorsch is the president of the Wheeling Island Community Association. She said she is an "aggressive" person known for "getting things done."
In 2001, according to Dorsch, Wheeling Island was "overrun" with prostitutes and drug dealers. She rallied a group of Wheeling Island residents to demand action from the Wheeling Police Department. Dorsch said as many as 30 people were arrested in a subsequent drug raid.
Dorsch suspects the recent gunfire on Wheeling Island was drug-related and that drugs are again a problem throughout the city. She said Wheeling Island is "fairly safe," but things could be better. Dorsch said it is time for the community and Wheeling police to take action.
"Our police department needs to get a little aggressive," Dorsch said. "We have a lot of drug dealers for such a small town. We have told police where the activity is on the Island. People need to make noise. If they have a problem, they need to call police. If they don't get action, they need to go to the police chief and make noise."


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IWAKUNI, Japan - Comedians from the Armed Forces Entertainment Celebrity Comedy Tour brought laughs and excitement to station residents during their show, "Trippin' with the Troops," in the Club Iwakuni ballroom here, May 29, 2013.
Along with their performance, comedians Daniel Dugar, Mark Guillory and Tony Woods received a tour of the base.
"We got to do everything that was on our 'tour bucket list,'" said Guillory. "We met some great people, saw a dog jump through a window and ate some great food. I'm going to have a tear in my eye when we leave."
The tour consisted of a Provost Marshal's Office K-9 dog demonstration, a meet-and-greet with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 and a radio interview with American Forces Network.
For Dugar, this wasn't his first time in Iwakuni. Dugar said he toured Iwakuni two years ago with another group of comedians.
Among the three performers, Woods was prior enlisted as a United States Navy corpsman, attached to Fleet Marine Force. Dugar touched on how his father was former military. Guillory never had any military affiliation, but had a reason for showing that evening.
"It gives me the opportunity to give back. Because of our armed forces, we are free. I never joined the military, but this is my way of giving back: they keep us free, we make them laugh," said Guillory.
As station residents filed in, waiting for the show to begin, performers knew exactly what point they wanted to get across.
"We want to see the satisfaction of the men and women enjoying themselves, appreciating the fact that we haven't forgotten about them and that we are here for them," said Dugar.
After a successful evening and meet-and-greet afterward, residents were able to thank them for taking the time to bring something from home to Japan.
"When you're thousands of miles away from your home, family and loved ones, to bring the men and women here a sense of home away from home is a wonderful thing," said Dugar.
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Matlock was a very very good player - simple style but bang on. As was Paul Cook.
...gotta say the same about Steve Jones as well I'd say...
I was under the impression that the guitar work was supplemented by a session player until I saw a video knocking round the 'net of Steve Jones looking like an '80s LA A&R man going through some of the songs to camera. At one point he muses that he shouldn't be giving the secrets away for free but should be doing a DVD for sale. I'd have bought it. I loved the Pistols despite my suspicion that all may not be as it seemed. Having seen that video I was mightily chuffed.
I lived through PT, JP and TB and all were different characters. I think it's safe to say that all Dr Whos since Baker have been tribute acts, good but nil points for originality.
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Balls is an example of this obsession and the list of materials is an homage to the office supply shop: 1 sheet of Prisma paper, 100 Post It notes, Rainbow colour pad, envelopes, postage stamps, office paper, toilet rolls and cardboard. These materials are rolled into balls and placed upon a trestle table. Some of the balls accumulate vertically whilst others sit in tight small squares or rows.
Sofo's point of reference is the modernist grid but he has turned its minimalist pretensions on its head. The grid is neither permanent, nor totally ephemeral, and the humble nature of the mediums used, the cardboard and paper ephemera of everyday life, runs counter to the hard permanence and objecthood of much minimalist sculpture.
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Ive been working on a map for Conquer Club, and its going really well, but Im having problems doing somethings. I need to blend to different layers seamlessly (one is the bottom land layer, the other another layer for mud) so that the land doesnt look like it is sitting on or floating above another layer, and I also need to fix the legend in it and modify the bridges. Im not very good at bridges at all, and I cant figure out how to blend those to layers without making it look super blurry. Does anybody have any ideas?
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What software are you using?
Well, for starters, whatever software you are using, you will have to get rid of the bevel and drop shadow effects that the top portion is showing. Then you can use some tranparency or blur effect on the edges of the top layer to blend it with the bottom one.
That is where the software comes in
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uh... you lost me after the world 'rid'. If im correct, I think your saying to remove most of the effects on the mud layer (hehe, good think i kept around the original layer before the effects) and then blur it and mess with the opacity?
If you are using mask to define each layer, then the simplist way is to gausian blur the mask
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but i could try doing it
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uh... so let me see if im understanding you right (sorry that im not very understanding, ive been tired lately), it sounds like your suggesting that i make a selection of the mud, on a new layer make fill the selection with grey, blur it, then bump map it to my noise (you know, i have no clue what you mean by that ), and then set that layer mode to overlay?
using masks in mapping is probably what you would call a staple to creating good high end maps.... so, definitely get in there and play around with masks... they are confusing at first, how they work, why they work when to use them.. when not use them, etc... but it will definitely pay off in the end if you can get a good grasp on using them ...
bump maps are what trick the eye into believing that the 2d image you are looking at is a 3d image .... just so you know
and I'm not a gimp user, I use PS, but I believe what he is referring to is the filter that gimp has.... bump map filter --apologies if I'm wrong and totally speaking on a platform I've no business talking about
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What Del said.
Here is a technique I mentioned.
- Create a Filter->Render->Clouds->Solid noise layer. You may have to play with this a bit to get it the right settings
- Hide this layer
- Create a new Transparent layer and do your selection on the area you want.
- fill the selection with 50% grey
- Select-> None
- Blur the new layer, perhaps 100px or even more if you want
- with the grey/transparent layer selected, go to Filters->Map->Bump Map
- Play with the settings. Depth and Elevation are the two main ones you will mess with for now
- Change the layer mode to Overlay and it will apply the "texture" to the underlying color layer
Note that this is a non destructive way to add texture to a layer with some color. I hope this helps(and is actually what you were trying to ask).
As Del said, putting a mask on the layer, selecting the LAYER MASK in the Layers dialog and blurring that would also work.
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okay i tried everything suggested, but with no luck
(btw jfrazierjr, even though thats not exactly what i wanted, it was still a little helpful for future projects what im trying to do is create a smooth transition from mud to land so the land doesnt look like its just sitting on top of the mud)
oh well, if nobody has anymore ideas for smoothing the transition (without making it horribly blurry) then does anyone have any ideas or tips for making bridges? cause i need to redo the big ones completely


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Crawfordville, Florida - June 13, 2012 - 4:40pm
A rash of car break-ins has two Wakulla teens in trouble with the law.
"The students are out of school, with maybe some more time on their hands and this is any easy way to pickup some stuff in unlocked vehicles," says Keith Blackmar of the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office.
That's exactly what Wakulla County Deputies say 18-year-old Cody Guinn and his 17-year-old accomplice did. Over the course of just two days, deputies say the teens burglarized more than half a dozen cars in Songbird and Wakulla Gardens subdivisions.
Deputies say the two teens hit at least seven cars in the area, stealing everything from wallets to knifes to even a hunting bow.
"People will leave computers, purses, wallets, firearms, you name it, inside these vehicles. And if they're unlocked the individuals who are gonna steal them, aren't going to have to break in," says Blackmar.
Deputies nabbed the teens through a tip from a neighbor. Both are facing burglary and grand theft charges. Guinn remains behind bars at the Wakulla County Jail. He is being held on $87,000 bond.
The 17-year-old has been released into the custody of his parents.
Crawfordville, Florida - June 13, 2012 - 11:40am -
The Wakulla County Sheriff's Office has made two arrests in connection with a series of vehicle burglaries reported over the past weekend.
Cody Eugene Guinn, 18, of Crawfiordville and a 17-year-old Crawfordville juvenile have been arrested on multiple counts of grand theft, burglary of a conveyance and petit theft in connection with at least seven vehicle burglaries reported in the Wakulla Gardens area and Songbird subdivision in Crawfordville from June 8 to June 10.
WCSO detectives received confidential information that Guinn and a male juvenile were involved in the burglaries. Guinn and the juvenile were interviewed and admitted their involvement. They led the detectives to much of the stolen property. Property from several of the burglaries has been recovered and is being returned to the owners.
Guinn and the juvenile were arrested and transported to the Wakulla County Jail without incident. The juvenile was released to a parent.
Sheriff Crum stressed the importance of locking your vehicle while you are away from it and making sure all valuables are removed from the vehicle. Some of the stolen items that have been recovered include: wallets, personal possessions, firearms, a compound bow, knives, CDs, sunglasses and a GPS unit.
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