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Bad Day at Riverbend
by Chris Van Allsburg
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When the sky above the ordinary town of Riverbend is filled with an extraordinary light that temporarily freezes everything it touches and covers the town in greasy slime, Sheriff Ned Hardy sets off to find the source of Riverbend's turmoil.
When chaos strikes a quiet town, the sheriff goes on an adventure to find out the cause. A fun book explained perfectly in the end. With the hints throughout both the illustration and text, it was still a surprise at the end.
This is great story in a story to read to kids. I would use this book to introduce the wild west period in American History to kids.
Bad Day at Riverbend is a departure from other Van Allsburg books I've read. So far, I prefer his other style. This may be the sort of book I read later and like even better. Not bad, just not the same draw(ing) (pardon the pun!) for me personally.
I'm partial to this story because Van Allsburg explained its inspiration at an author event I was lucky enough to attend. His own daughter gave him the inspiration for this book by drawing in a Little Mermaid coloring book on a picture of Ariel looking shocked. I enjoyed this story so much and I have to admit, the fact that we only come to understand but not see a solution to the problem the Riverbenders face is part of what I liked about this story. Cool book.
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Riverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like all the rest and nothing ever happened. Occasionally the stagecoach rolled through, but it never stopped, because no one ever came to Riverbend and no one ever left. The day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong. What was the mysterious substance on both coach and horses? It would not come off. Soon it was everywhere in the tidy little village. Something had to be done, and Sheriff Hardy aimed to do it.
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When Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend, he finds that the village is becoming part of a child's coloring book streaked with greasy crayons.
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Re: Cool example with ContourPlot+EvaluationMonitor
Hi Ralph,
Well, the thing is that most Mathematica functions are sort of a "black box", ie you supply a set of functions and parameters and it produces a result. In this case you never see the intermediate steps/results, the source code is obviously not available and even if it was, according to the documentation in many cases it's not even human readable (for efficiency reasons).
Therefore, this example illustrates how one of the functions (ContourPlot) operates in real time: first it makes a grid in the 2D space specified by the user, eg {x, -1.5, 1.5} & {y, -1.5, 1.5}, and then it picks values of (x,y) close to the actual contour: my guess is it chooses the ones close to where Abs[x^2+y^2-1]<dr, where dr is a small number say 0.2 (of course this is just a guess). I'm posting some (quick and dirty) code below that illustrates this.
I hope this helps!
PS Of course I have to mention that Mathematica also checks the corners of the region etc but that's another story ;)
--- Code ---
(* grab the data from ContourPlot *)
data = {};
ContourPlot[x^2 + y^2 == 1, {x, -1.5, 1.5}, {y, -1.5, 1.5},
EvaluationMonitor :> AppendTo[data, {x, y}]];
(* just take the grid *)
qq = data[[1 ;; 15*15]];
(* evaluate Abs[x^2+y^2-1] and take the ones <0.2, then plot *)
qq1 = Table[{Abs[qq[[i, 1]]^2 + qq[[i, 2]]^2 - 1], qq[[i, 1]],
qq[[i, 2]]}, {i, 1, Length[qq]}] // Sort;
qq1 = qq1[[1 ;; 32]][[All, {2, 3}]];
ListPlot[{qq, qq1}, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Red}, AspectRatio -> 1]


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a bit sheltered though, due to the whole "strict parents" life.. even now, i still gotta wriggle out from under their thumbs.
the fullmetal pharmacist!
I wish I was spoiled but sadly no.
rotisserie wrote:
nope.. being spoiled wasn't included in the tough love package.
yeah, that was the treatment i got. at least there were some complimentary mints! but they were arranged to spell out the phrase, "suck it up." :/
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nope.. being spoiled wasn't included in the tough love package.
yeah, that was the treatment i got. at least there were some complimentary mints! but they were arranged to spell out the phrase, "suck it up." :/
LOL. i guess we're birds of a feather.
the fullmetal pharmacist!
I used to be till I was 5, but then my little sister came along and things changed.
I'm not crazy! My reality is just different than yours!
I wish i was...i rarely get what i want
Not anymore. Everything I have, I bought. Sucks to grow up.
I get ready, I get all dressed up. To go nowhere in particular.
Not in a million years.
Surfing the net.
This kid<< grew up questioning everything but would never dare be "spoiled"
WHere is SAO 24?!?! TT
Kind of
I had a rough childhood, so no.
I fully appreciate the luxuries and amenities I'm now blessed with.
Winter Is Coming.
Not particularly, I have had to work for everything I wanted, the only time I have sizeable amounts of money spent on me is birthdays and Christmas, with the exception of driving lessons (I suppose this is pretty one off anyway) and car insurance, which I may not be getting any more anyway.
No and yes. My parents took me and my brothers to the movies every week and out to eat all the time we would travel around alot and go on weekend camping trips constantly. But they would never buy us anything i would only get simple cheap birthday and Christmas presents and they wouldn't give me money at all really. But they would let me stay out as late as i wanted have friends sleep over on weekdays and take them with us out of town alot. so i was called spoiled by my friends, but felt the same way about them getting cell phones, mp3 players and anything they wanted even cars. while i had to save up for months to buy my first car.
I think because i wasn't spoiled with items. but more entertainment and freedom i had a better childhood and made me work hard to get all that i have now. i mean i have bought all of my own stuff and haven't had to rely on my parents money,
Nope, I got to save money, Which sucks doing in college
The past is the past, don't let it cloud who you are now.
With money? Defo no, items? no again, but i was spoiled with freedom, i could choose to do whatever i wanted, when i wanted I grew up with 2 older brothers and a single mom who dated alot and stuff
So i was in charge of whatever i was doing from an early age ^^'
Never rly had any money apart from what i could plague out of my grandparents xD
My allowance was 0 untill i turned 13, by then quite alot of my classm8s got atleast 10 times as much as me, but the funny thing was that i never really wanted anything because i knew beforehand that i couldnt get anything even if i plagued the hell outta my mom and i guess that mentality still sticks ^^
Fun thing was that i was called spoiled all the time because i got my older brothers old stuff, like i was the first to have a cellphone and everyone was like "its fake" LOL
Actually i spoil my mother now because i have nothing to spend my money on ^^
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very simplicity in this photo, it's like an old movie. Very nice!
It may seem a bit common, but I like this one very much !
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Driving in on Thursday..
Shenanigans at the shop
Driving around Coopersburg / Easton
Return of the air vents
Grass airfield
Cars at the show
Big Winner!
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So i'm 28, a dude and got my first Brotox injections yesterday...
I was really scared when I walked into the clinic as it was filled with women who all looked really fake and expressionless!
This made me feel anxious because when your a guy and getting botox you want to avoid this look otherwise you will look totally gay (in a bad way)!!
So, experience was overall quite pleasant tho if your looking at doing this during your lunch break consider waiting times as I was in the clinic for over 1 hr.
Remember to do all your research into the possible side effects and what you need to do post injections.
Remember.... In the first 4hrs:
You're not allowed to touch your face, see the sunlight, do any exercise, lay down, make facial expressions, bend from the waist (this puts pressure in the face), or get a facial after otherwise the Botox will spread into other areas and we want to do everything we can to avoid the droopy eye (which could last 3months!) tho this is very rare... and you'd be surprised how far away from your eyes your wrinkles actually are.
I say this because once you get into the injecting room the doctor won't even look at you until he/she has the needle in his/her hand, and you don't want to be moving your head while your being stabbed in the face with a needle!!
You'll be in there for less than 5minitues and for all those ladies who say it doesn't hurt, it bloody hurt!! It didn't feel like a light prick, it feels like someone is stabbing you in the side of the face with a needle!!
Tho forehead hurt less than the crows feet area. (I did have coffee before the injection they say this causes pain so maybe that's why?).
It's been 24hrs since my injections so far I can still move my forehead like before, there is a slight tightness so maybe this still needs time to work in,(or maybe the injector left some for himself??) side of the eyes you will notice less visible when you smile after a few hours..
I'd recommend it still...
Overall this was a pleasant and exciting experience!
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Re: Running programs from the command line in Mathematica
I've posted to this effect before, but normally you can capture the
output from terminal commands with ReadList or Import which provide
various possibilities for parsing it. Try
Import["!dir", "Text"] (on Windows)
ReadList["!dir", Record] (on Windows)
Import["!ls", "Lines" ] (on Unix-like)
ReadList["!ls", Record] (on Unix-like)
The exclamation mark is essential to distinguish the command from a
file name.
John Jowett
On Jul 25, 12:21 pm, Steven Siew <stevensi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems Run[] does not capture any output from the program run.
> <from the online manual>
> It is important to realize that Run never =93captures=94 any of the o=
> from an external command. As a result, where this output goes is
> purely determined by your operating system. Similarly, Run does not
> supply input to external commands. This means that the commands can
> get input through any mechanism provided by your operating system.
> Sometimes external commands may be able to access the same input and
> output streams that are used by Mathematica itself. In some cases,
> this may be what you want. But particularly if you are using
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I think the thing to keep in mind with silicones is that you dont over do it. I use them when I need them and not when I dont.
Winter time for me is easy to follow CG but summer is very challenging for me with frizz. I try to keep the silicones to stylers and maybe a conditioner. It leaves me having to wash daily or most days at least. I do think you will see the effects of silicones if you use them long term. Actually I dont think its the silicone as much as the shampooing to remove them.
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It's the kiss the whole world is waiting for, but don't expect Rupert Grint to be building any hype for it.
Actually, he thinks kissing Emma Watson is kind of gross.
Grint, as Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series, is finally paired off with Watson's Hermoine in the final film of the series, the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2." But while it's a happily-ever-after story for the Hogwarts students who spent much of their time at the wizarding school in some sort of simmering rivalry or straight up fight, Grint told Attitude Magazine that he was less than enthusiastic to film their long awaited smooch.
"The kissing scene in the next one," he answered when the magazine asked which scene he was dreading before filming. "It was actually fine. It seemed like the most unnatural thing to do, to kiss this person I'd known since she was nine. It took a while to get into it and put our friendship aside. It's quite full-on, a proper snog. We're soaking wet as well - they dumped gallons of water on us and then we just went for it. We laughed a lot and it took us a while to concentrate. We did it about four times."
Back in 2009, Watson shared the same sort of sentiment, labeling the situation an awkward one.
"Rupert and I were quite nervous that it might look ingenuous as we were so desperate to get it over with. Rupert and I felt the pressure of this kiss, there's so much interest," she said (via the NY Daily News). "This is ten years worth of tension and hormones and chemistry and everything one moment. We had to ace it. Kissing is awkward, kissing is always awkward."
(Maybe she was wishing that it had been with her big screen enemy/off-screen crush, Draco?)
In fact, Grint didn't necessarily envision Ron ending up with Hermoine -- mostly because he thought he'd be a goner by the end.
"I kind of expected Ron to die. I thought someone out of the three of us wasn't going to make it," he confessed. "I wasn't nervous, I was excited. I wouldn't have minded dying really but I was really pleased with the ending. It's kind of nice to see the whole 19-years later thing. I got the book at the same time everyone else did and I read it in a day!"
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Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, and a star-studded cast plan a $20 million "Tower Heist", lovable Harold and Kumar celebrate Christmas in 3D, and Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In" arrives in Seattle. A critically heralded French drama receives a noteworthy re-release and Richard Gere is back as well. All this and other national releases after the cut!
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Starring: Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen, Stephen Moyer
Directed by: Michael Brandt
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Tagline: Keep Your Enemies Close.
Synopsis: In The Double, the mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin "Cassius," forces Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere), a retired CIA operative, to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace), to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland (Martin Sheen). Meanwhile, Agent Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced. As Shepherdson and Geary work their way through crimes both past and present, they discover that Cassius may not be the person they always thought him to be, forcing both to re-examine everything and everyone around them. (Courtesy of Image Entertainment).
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Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup.
Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Tagline: Uncover the Mystery.
Synopsis: Julia Jarmond, an American journalist married to a Frenchman, is commissioned to write an article about the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up, which took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah. Julia learns that the apartment she and her husband Bertrand plan to move into was acquired by Bertrand's family when its Jewish occupants were dispossessed and deported 60 years before. She resolves to find out what happened to the former occupants: Wladyslaw and Rywka Starzynski, parents of 10-year-old Sarah and four-year-old Michel. The more Julia discovers – especially about Sarah, the only member of the Starzynski family to survive – the more she uncovers about Bertrand's family, about France and, finally, herself. (Courtesy of the film's website)
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Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet.
Directed by: Pedro Almodovar
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Tagline: N/A
Synopsis: Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
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Starring: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Michael Pena, Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Tea Leoni
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Tagline: It's Not Just A Robbery. It's Payback. / Ordinary Guys. An Extraordinary Robbery.
Synopsis: Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in Tower Heist, a comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them. (Courtesy of the film's website).
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Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris
Directed by: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Tagline: Christmas Comes Prematurely.
Synopsis: Following years of growing apart, Harold Lee (Cho) and Kumar Patel (Penn) have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" contents-and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree-going up in smoke. With his in-laws out of the house for the day, Harold decides to cover his tracks, rather than come clean. Reluctantly embarking on another ill-advised journey with Kumar through New York City, their search for the perfect replacement tree takes them through party heaven-and almost blows Christmas Eve sky high. (Courtesy of Warner Bros.)
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Killing Bono (ARC Entertainment)
The Last Rites Of Joe May (Tribeca Film)
Oranges And Sunshine (Cohen Media Group)
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Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Children's Literature - Oct 23
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Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Children's Literature - Dr. Erin Wilder
Saturday, October 23
8:30 am - 4:30 pm with working lunch
Higher Education Center, Room 209
Riverside Ave, Medford, OR
This workshop will explore the basis of anti-racist education through exploring holidays from around the world. While this is just the first step in creating an inclusive classroom environment for young children, holidays are a great way to teach children about various cultures through their rich traditions and celebrations. Children's literature is an accessible way for teachers and children to learn about and celebrate similarities and differences among many cultures.
During the one day workshop participants will:
- Learn basic definitions of culture and the need for anti-racist education in early childhood and beyond.
- Explore their own classroom/program and look at practices that encourage or discourage a welcoming environment for children and families from all cultures.
- Share experiences with one another regarding questions/concerns about how to address different holidays in an educational setting. Questions that will be explored include:
- Does it benefit children to not celebrate holidays in the early childhood classroom?
- Are holidays an important part of culture? Why or why not?
Through exploring such topics teachers will have the opportunity to evaluate the practices of their classrooms/programs and see how they are best meeting the cultural needs of all students.
- Spend a great deal of time exploring early childhood books on holidays and creating lessons around how to best integrate them into their classroom throughout the year.
For participants taking this course for college credit, the concluding project for this course will be an action plan where participants will use some of the tools they learned during the workshop to create a welcoming classroom for all through the use of children's literature.
"A multicultural/anti-bias approach can help students learn to place a positive value on those differences and to treat all people with respect. It can nurture the development of positive self identity and group identity in not only the students but also the staff and families." (Ellen Wolpert)
Partnering With Parents...Becoming an effective educational team
Saturday, November 13
8:30 am -4:30 pm with working lunch
Higher Education Center - Room 209
Riverside Ave. Medford OR
Presented by: Sands Stockwell M.A. - Adjunct professor at SOU and RCC & Mickey Hill - Parent of a child who has special needs and co-parent of two children who are developing typically
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- Something is off... How do I bring this topic up?
- (I need help!) - Why doesn't the parent seek or accept services to help their child?
- Transitions in educational services...from birth to beyond
- A lively, interactive Q and A session


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Lamb Chops with Roasted Root Vegetables and Red Wine-Pomegranate Pan Sauce
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- 1 medium turnip, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch wedges
- 1 large Yukon Gold potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch wedges
- 1 small onion, halved and cut into 1/2-inch wedges
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 8 lamb rib chops, frenched (1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 small shallot, minced
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 1/3 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pomegranate molasses
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 400°. In a medium roasting pan, toss the turnip, potato, onion and thyme sprigs with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for 45 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and browned.
Fifteen minutes before the vegetables are done, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a very large skillet. Season the lamb chops with salt and pepper and cook over moderately high heat, turning once, until browned, about 7 minutes for medium-rare. Transfer the lamb chops to a plate.
Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the oil from the pan. Add the shallot and cook over moderate heat until tender, about 1 minute. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by half, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken broth and simmer until the sauce coats a spoon, about 3 minutes longer. Remove from the heat and whisk in the pomegranate molasses, honey and butter. Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Transfer the lamb chops and the vegetables to plates. Spoon the sauce over the lamb chops and serve.


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During December, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elemtary School conducted their annual Christmas Wish Campaign.

Students donated canned goods, scarves and mittens and money to purchase gifts for those in need. Students collected 72 boxes of food for the Good Shepherd Society, boxes of scarves and mittens for the women's shelter and raised more than $2,400 to purchase gifts for needy families in the Hamilton community.

With the help of the Great Canadian Super Store, the students shopped and provided each family with a food voucher.

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Bob Magnanini: "The Greater Good and the Jealous Mistress: The Benefits of Learning Law Outside the Law (Firm)"
Bob Magnanini is Of Counsel at the firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the New York Army National Guard. He was the senior division staff officer from the 42nd Infantry Division at the World Trade Center for the two weeks following the attack of September 11, 2001 and was awarded New York State's highest service award for his actions.
This talk was the first annual Patiño Fellowship Lecture, to be given each year by a Patiño Fellow. The Tony Patiño Fellowship is a merit award created to award and support law students who have demonstrated leadership ability, and whose outstanding academic and personal histories show good moral character, ethical conduct, good citizenship, motivation and initiative (see http://www.patinofellowship.org for more information).
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Gilliland's Hat Trick Sends No. 23 Kentucky Past Alabama
Oct. 20, 2013
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Junior Arin Gilliland recorded her second hat trick in the past three Southeastern Conference matches on Sunday afternoon, as the Lexington, Ky., native scored three first-half goals pacing the No. 23 Wildcats to a 4-2 win over Alabama on Sunday afternoon at the Alabama Soccer Complex.
"One of the things that we pride ourselves on is getting wins on the road," UK head coach Jon Lipsitz said. "When wins come on Sunday in our conference, it feels like it's worth more than three points. This was an extremely exciting game playing against a great Alabama team, and it's always going to be tough to break down a team so well coached. I'm proud of our players fighting through the adversity we faced after a disappointing game on Friday night, and responding and getting three points."
The game's first goal came just seven minutes into the match, as Kentucky's back line was whistled for a handball in the box, resulting in an Alabama penalty kick. The ball came from the far side, and rolled across the chest of a Kentucky centerback, resulting in the referee rewarding the Tide with the PK. The shot was tucked past goalkeeper Kayla King's right for the 1-0 lead.
Gilliland responded in the 27th minute with her eighth goal of the season as Alabama was called for a foul about 27 yards from goal on the far side, and junior Stuart Pope elected to go for the fast restart. After Caitlin Landis was fouled, Pope quickly distributed the ball to Gilliland, who tucked it far post for the goal, beating the keeper.
Just over 16 minutes later, in the 40th minute, Gilliland connected for the fifth time this season with Pope. Pope got the ball from the midfield and made a dynamic run through the middle of the Alabama defense and served the running Gilliland down the far side. Gilliland then beat the keeper with a juke to her right, and passed it into the back of the net for her second of the match.
Just five minutes after that, Gilliland completed the hat trick, scoring 45 seconds before halftime, as she was the final connecting piece on a series of headers that capped with Gilliland poking it up and over the leaping Alabama keeper. The sequence started with freshman Laura Connor, who made a run down the near side and served the curving, dangerous ball into the box. Connor's ball was knocked up by Danielle Krohn, which allowed Gilliland enough time to time her run, to finish into the back of the net.
The hat trick for Gilliland is her second in the last three matches, as last Friday night, she scored three times against Tennessee in Kentucky's 4-1 win over the Lady Vols. Gilliland now has 10 goals on the season, and is tied with Pope for the team lead in that category.
Pope notched her 10th goal of the season in the 85th minute to put the game on ice, as freshman Zoe Swift got end line on a ball that was played into the front line from Landis. Swift then served the ball back across the face of goal and Pope cleaned it up finishing for her 10th goal of the season, to make it 4-2, where the game would close.
The win puts Kentucky 12-3-1 and 6-2-0 in the SEC for the season.
The Wildcats have three games remaining, including the next match on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. ET with Missouri at the UK Soccer Complex to kickoff senior weekend at the UK Soccer Complex.
For continuing coverage of UK women's soccer, log on to UKathletics.com.


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Ive been very short on money and i live in michigan so i was forced to remove the resonator when it started crumbling to peices. I chopped off the bad res and a friend welded my Ractive tube muffler in its place because of its similar shape. Exhaust is pretty loud while the replacement silencer is in the mail (Lost the original). Catalytic converter was gutted by previous owner and i put a drop-in cone air filter so im getting pretty good flow through the engine and i think ive gained about 10+ hpw. When i have the money i will jump to a magnaflow or steeda catback. Anyone see an issue with this?
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The team will host high school players on Oct. 8 and Nov. 11
Women's Soccer Program to Host Five Camps
Panthers will host two winter prospect camps, two summer youth camps and a team camp this offseason.
A New Era Begins in Pitt Women's Soccer
New head coach Greg Miller looks forward to upcoming 2012 season.
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Known for professional goalkeeping ability and defensive knowledge, Ileana Moschos is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach with the Pitt women's soccer program.
"Ileana has been a wonderful addition to our Pitt women's soccer family," Miller said."She has had a great deal of experience as an assistant coach at a number of institutions. She has a bright soccer mind, a real competitive drive, and is an organized, diligent recruiter."
Moschos is equipped with 17 years of collegiate coaching experience, including stints at Ball State (2011), Creighton (2007-11), Florida State (2006-07) and Iowa State (2004-06).
At her most recent stop at Ball State in 2011, the Cardinals tallied nine victories and qualified for the MAC Tournament.
Before Ball State, Moschos spent four years as the top assistant at Missouri Valley Conference power Creighton, where she helped guide the Bluejays to a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and national tournament bid in her final season on the coaching staff (2010). That season, Creighton went 15-4-2 with 10 shutouts and a 0.83 goals against average. In Moschos's four seasons as an assistant, Creighton had 35 shutouts, including a school-record 11 in 2009. The Bluejays had an all-conference goalkeeper in three of the four years with Moschos on the staff.
Moschos began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant at the University of Wyoming in 1999. Following her one season with the Cowgirls, Moschos spent two seasons at North Texas, two seasons at Iowa State and one season at Florida State. She also spent time at Sacramento State and Davidson as well all before moving on to Creighton and then Ball State. From 2002-04, she coached in the Olympic Development Program as a member of the ODP staff in Dallas.
During her tenure at Iowa State, Moschos played a vital role in ISU's 2006 class ranking 26th in the nation. Under her guidance and coaching, Iowa State goalkeeper Joanna Haig was named to the Under-20 US Women's National Team for the FIFA World Championships in Russia. In 2005, Haig was named to the NSCAA All-Central Region Team and All-Big 12 Second Team selection.
At Florida State, Moschos helped the Seminoles advance to the College Cup in 2006, and at Iowa State, she was part of the 2005 Big 12 Coaching Staff of the Year after the Cyclones earned a program-best second-place finish in the Big 12 and a first-time bid into the NCAA Tournament.
After her collegiate playing career, Moschos was a member of the Greek National Team when it hosted the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. She was named the Most Valuable Goalkeeper in the Women's Professional Soccer League (WPSL) in 2002 while playing for the California Storm. She was also invited to the first-ever Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) combine and draft.
Moschos earned her bachelor's degree in business economics from Wofford College in 1998 after being a four-year letterwinner for the Terriers. A team captain, she earned All-Southern Conference Tournament accolades in 1997 and was an NSCAA All-South Region selection in 1996.
Moschos has received her Premier, Advanced national and National diplomas from the NSCAA. She has been an NSCAA licensed goalkeeping coach since 2000, and holds an USSF "A" coaching license.
In 2000, Moschos earned a master's degree from Wyoming in physical and health education and kinesiology.
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When the war started both sides underestimated the passion and intensity of the other. President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for only three months - his estimate of the duration of the rebellion. He pressed for the engagement at Manassas against the advice of General Winfield Scott and field commander General Irvin McDowell. It was poor judgment on the President's part as he believed the Union troops to be sufficiently trained to prevail and their three month enlistment period was coming to an end.
The Union defeat at Bull Run was a wake-up call for the President, as commander-in-chief, and for the North. Lincoln began drafting orders to expand the Union effort by pressing the contest not only in Virginia but in Tennessee too. Other engagements in western Virginia in the east and Wilson's Creek, Lexington and Belmont in the West as well as along the coast foreshadowed a conflict that would not be brief.
Once the "dogs of war" were loose the outcome and length of the conflict became indeterminate due, in part, to the varying ineptitude and competence of the political and military leaders on both sides.


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Friday, September 12, 2008
This Week in Publishing 9/12/08
As alluded to yesterday, in what has to be the greatest tragedy since that time Lauren Conrad went out with that one boring guy who didn't pay attention to her and then the next day Whitney was like, "Whaaaaaat?" and Lauren was like, "I know!"..... Lauren Conrad sold a three book YA series, and chose another agent to query first. The tears! Justin Bobby, if you go and sign up a pirate series without me I may spontaneously combust. You've been warned.
Meanwhile, agent (and former book publicist) Colleen Lindsay over at Fine Print has been blogging up a storm with a series of fantastic posts on book publicity. She has posted on the different publicity/marketing departments, how to work with your publicist and a publicity timeline, the economics behind galleys, and some additional Q&As. Must read, people. Pop quiz on Monday.
The truly indispensable Cynthia Leitich Smith is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com with a 10th Anniversary giveaway! Free stuff! Dogpile!!
In other giveaway news, don't forget that this is your last day to stop by Anne & May and enter to win a signed copy of their new book THE MIRACLE GIRLS. Also don't miss the yodeling chihuahua (no seriously).
Booker Prize shortlist! Adding intrigue, earlier in the year John Sutherland had said that if Salman Rushdie's ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE didn't win "I'll curry my proof copy and eat it." ENCHANTRESS didn't make the shortlist, so I have to say, I'm really forward to the YouTube video where Sutherland eats a book.
In honor of the anniversary of 9/11 this week, one of my very first blog readers, Will Entrekin, re-posted his essay on 9/11, and all sales of his short story collection this week will benefit the United Way.
JK Rowling won the lawsuit to block publication of THE HARRY POTTER LEXICON. Publisher Lunch has a great rundown of what it all means. The ruling was somewhat complex, as the judge ruled that the Lexicon used too much of Rowling's own material, but he did not rule out the possibility of a derivative work entirely.
And finally, you knew this was coming........ MONKEYS!!!
Have a great weekend!
53 comments:
Hey, my MONKEYS!!! link didn't work. I'm feeling strangely... discombobulated.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Sorry Bryan, blogger discombobulated it. Fixed now.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Whew! I need my monkeys.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:36 PM
(I'm working on my short game today.)
Looking forward to Colleen's blog. Thanks.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- Erik said...
With enough curry, I would expect even the driest tome would be edible. Digestible remains an open question.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Dan said...
What would it take for you to eat a book Nathan?
- September 12, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Furious D said...
1. When I heard she signed a 3 book deal I thought it was to READ 3 books.
Don't feel too bad, she did send you a query letter, but since it was written in crayon you rejected it.
2. Nothing like a flack to whack the hacks ahead of the pack.
3. Congrats to the site on hitting 10 years old, which happens to be Lauren Conrad's reading level.
4. Not only does the chihuahua yodel, it will also sings the greatest hits of N*Sync on request, but no one does.
5. Poor Salman, he also got a fatwa from the Enchantresses of Florence for not winning.
6. Good for him, I don't do 9/11 jokes.
7. The lawyers also magically turned the author of the lexicon into a broke person.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Will Entrekin said...
Whoa, a mention ahead of Rowling?
I'm not worthy!
Seriously, thanks for that. Also: totally awesome Swivet links concerning marketing/publicity.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Lady Glamis said...
I really appreciate the links to swivet. Thank you! I've bookmarked that blog now, too.
I'm new to your blog and enjoying it immensely!
--Michelle http://theinnocentflower.blogspot.com/
- September 12, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- m clement hall said...
Publishers Lunch can I believe be obtained without charge and has useful daily information on the industry.
The full use of the site requires payment; the daily e-mail does not.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Thanks, M. Clement -- I wasn't sure whether I could see it because I'm a subscriber or because everyone can.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Andrea said...
I've been absorbing your blogawisdom for a couple of weeks and I think I've been skeptical that you're actually a real person. Seemed a bit too perfect, especially for someone in the literary world. But the whole monkey thing kind of freaked me out in its weirdness and, as a result, I'm feeling much more in tune with you now. You're weird, which means you can't be perfect. Good. My world has righted itself. Praise be to monkey weirdness.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Elyssa Papa said...
Monkeys make the world a happier place. However, it would have been awesome if the monkey was a space monkey. Great blogs from Colleen and loved Will's.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:46 PM
So, now that she's an author, does that mean we can't bash her on your blog?
Love the monkeys.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
You just blew my mind. I suppose that is true.
The world is an interesting place indeed.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- Ryan Field said...
Thanks for the mention about book publicity at Colleen's blog. I wouldn't have known and it sounds interesting.
- September 12, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- Adaora A. said...
Aww Nathan, that's a bummer for sure. I'll be sure to ship your care package (straight out of Toronto) full of bourbon, rice, monkey candy sticks, and certificates for 5 bestseller books to be sent your way. Should I ship to your office?
- September 12, 2008 at 4:11 PM
- Miss Viola Bookworm said...
Wow. I write YA, and Lauren Conrad will publish a book in that genre before I do. As much as I adore LC, I just can't picture her sitting down to write anything.
I'm sorry, Nathan, that you won't get to be her agent and possible new BFF any time soon. Better luck with the homeboy in the combat boots!
- September 12, 2008 at 4:38 PM
- Kathy said...
I just want to say--I love you! You've made me laugh more times than I can count. I can't query you since you don't rep my genre but I love reading you everyday. Your monkey obsession is hysterical, and if I ever start watching "The Hills' know that it would be because of you.
- September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Michelle Moran said...
It could just be my computer, but I think the Book Prize shortlist link doesn't work.
Have a GREAT weekend!
- September 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM
- Michelle Moran said...
Uh...make that Booker
- September 12, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Thanks, Michelle. Should be fixed now.
- September 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- Erik said...
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- September 12, 2008 at 5:03 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
I think you have the wrong blog. Were you by chance looking for angermanagementanonymous.blogspot.com? Close, I know.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:09 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
btw, I meant Erik@2:03 with that, not Erik@11:38, who is very awesome.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM
- Suzan Harden said...
Today's blog was worth it just for the monkey bread receipe!
Too bad none of the groceries store in Houston are open to get ingredients. LOL
- September 12, 2008 at 5:23 PM
- Suzan Harden said...
That's 'recipe'. I blame it on storm fatigue.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Take care this weekend!
- September 12, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Nathan, I just found your blog while looking for info on how to write a synopsis for a literary agent. YOU are hilarious. Anyone who can make the world of agenting/publishing/begging for recognition funny is a man after my own heart. I particularily liked your posting on VH1 Behind the Music, but I have to disagree with you on the best one ever. I'm going to go way out on a thin, brittle limb here, I'm sure. But... my favorite Behind the Music is actually a SNL parody of Behind the Music with Fat Albert and the Gang. Crying real tears with laughter! I am still in the process of trying to locate it on YouTube, but it has got to be almost ten years old (ancient) If I find it, I'll link it to you because the love of Behind the Music is too serious to ignore.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- spinregina said...
hey, I linked to monkeys in my blog too, who'd have thought other people were so weird.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:46 PM
- spinregina said...
I should clarify, it was an older post. But still. And mine were baby girl monkeys. Which my four year old makes me google on images all the time. We've also googled yellow teeth to show her what happens if you smoke.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Juliette Dominguez said...
Hey Nathan, your friend's monkey-worship post was brilliant. Never knew there could be so many monkey interpretations. Made me laugh :)
Have a great w/e...
- September 12, 2008 at 5:58 PM
- lotusloq said...
Thanks for the links! Swivet's most helpful. (Not THE most helpful, of course, that would be you--cut to me bowing and scraping and generally sucking up!) And the MONKEYS! That monkey bread recipe looks fab! Have a great weekend!
- September 12, 2008 at 6:06 PM
- Jeanne said...
As the Mom of a 12 year old in love with "the Hills" and LC, I am ill thinking that her books will be on a birthday or Christmas wish list in the future.
My husband will revolt if I buy them. He can barely endure an episode of TH. He an "Exiled" fan.
All I have to say is LC's book will sell. The tween set will love it.
- September 12, 2008 at 6:27 PM
- NoxysNotions said...
Read your blog, read the monkey blog.. Phenomenal! I will have to check out the other notables you posted as well!
- September 12, 2008 at 7:41 PM
- Betty Atkins Dominguez said...
I only have one thing to say.... monkeys!
- September 12, 2008 at 8:14 PM
- Merelyme said...
New to your site here...lots of interesting reading. I shall return.
- September 12, 2008 at 8:20 PM
- Scott said...
The day monkeys in all of their incarnations stop being unconditionally thrilling to you is the day you stop living. I'm sure I'm borrowing that from someone. Someone crazy.
*points to self, stupidly*
Thanks for yet another cool post, sir.
- September 12, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- William Wren said...
monkeys! i dont beleive it
- September 13, 2008 at 8:17 AM
- Twilights New Dawn said...
Aww, monkeys are epic win in my opinion. And so cute!
Until they throw poop at you. :-\
- September 13, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- mr ryce said...
Good Stuff my friend
- September 13, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Wanda B. Ontheshelves said...
I came across this today - it's a contest for a text novel. I don't think this is spam - am I spamming? Just remember the post a while back on text message novels.
Textnovel.com (www.textnovel.com) is running a contest through December 31, 2008 for the best online serial novel. The prize is $1,000 and there is a possible publishing contract for the winner. This is the first U.S. cell phone novel website – a website that allows authors and readers to write, share and read work online or with their cellphone. The concept has been a huge hit in Japan and China and is based on publishing the novel in serial form (such as a new chapter every few days) with readers subscribing to updates by text message or email. Contest details are at www.textnovel.com/contestrules.php. There is no entry fee.
See www.textnovelblog.com for the Textnovel blog and more information on this exciting new publishing technology!
- September 13, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- Kristina Springer said...
Just stopping by to let you know that the Author2Author girls nominated this blog for the I LOVE YOUR BLOG award. Check here: http://author2author.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-love-your-blog-special-saturday.html
- September 13, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- L to the Aura said...
Wait... did I miss something?
Did Lauren Conrad write 3 books?
Glad I randomly found your site!
- September 13, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- RT said...
While my blog is utterly anti-establishment, I'm curious as to what you think is "the next big thing" in literary art. Your thoughts? http://whenuglywasin.blogspot.com/
- September 13, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- Wanda B. Ontheshelves said...
Hey, don't do it -
David Foster Wallace, novelist, now suicide - 46 years old - c'mon. I personally can't understand it - I mean:
"Wallace's first novel, "The Broom of the System," gained national attention in 1987 for its ambition and offbeat humor. The New York Times said the 24-year-old author "attempts to give us a portrait, through a combination of Joycean word games, literary parody and zany picaresque adventure, of a contemporary America run amok."
MacArthur Foundation Grant - tenure in a chair endowed by Roy E. Disney - of the Disney family - I think they call that "easy street."
I don't mean to be flip. I'm just in shock. When something like this happens, it throws into sharp relief - calls into question - what does it mean to be a "successful" writer? I mean, don't use the word "shatter" in a query letter - but this is shattering to the people in his life. What the hell, why not live another day?
Baffled, shocked and astounded,
Wanda B.
- September 14, 2008 at 12:49 AM
- Jorge Olson said...
Great Blog!
Thanks for all of the information for writers.
Jorge Olson
- September 14, 2008 at 2:03 AM
- NesAn said...
Cool!!! Many thanks! Nice blog!
Visit my blogs!
- September 14, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- Polenth said...
I've tried eating books before. Very chewy with an odd aftertaste. I suppose boiling them in curry spices might make them edible. Or chewable at least.
- September 14, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- MARZ said...
Thanks! Invaluable info and entertainment for writers...and bored internet teens...I am both.
- September 14, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- R said...
Hi Nathan!
First congrats for your blog! About writing, I have something you might be interested in (and also your readers), it's the first world-wide story and it started few days ago :
- September 15, 2008 at 6:31 AM
- GumballGrenade said...
Your blog...such a great little find!
- September 15, 2008 at 10:47 AM
- benmartins said...
hello friend,actually i was just perusing my blog when i stumble on the blog note and i decided to click on it.Amazingly,i find your blog interesting and the comment are wonderful.Good to know that you love writing.i will visit your blog frequently and do some reading there as a library heheheh!!!!!!!!.I hope to have comment on my blog page too,since i just created it and i will appreciate if you render me that assistance.hope to read from you on my blog also
- September 21, 2008 at 7:21 PM


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State Climatologist Says Weather Pattern Likely To Stay the Same
As the forecast continues to call for the chance of rain on a regular basis, Georgia's state climatologist says the wet pattern shows signs of continuing over the weeks ahead.
Downtown Toccoa has already received more than 53 inches of rain.
That is more than all of last year and according to State Climatologist Bill Murphey, it is just a couple of inches below the area's normal rainfall for an entire year.
Murphey said that even just normal rainfall for the rest of the year would result in yearly rainfall totals for 2013 that are way above the normal for an average year in Toccoa.
"If you assume you carried on with normal rainfall amounts for say the remainder of 2013, Toccoa would end up with around 75 to 77 inches for a year, which is about a 20-inch surplus," said Murphey.
July has also been an especially wet summer month, which Murphey attributed to a weather pattern that Georgia does not typically experience for this long during the summer.
"Normally we get more of the influence of the Bermuda range, Atlantic high-pressure system and it extends further west too, which cuts off the Gulf," said Murphey. "But we really have not had that this year. Basically, we have been stuck in a trough pattern and that is why we have been getting these big shots of moisture coming up."
Murphey said that while the area may get a mini-break here and there, he does not see the weather pattern changing over the short term.
But what about the long term?
"Tough to tell right now, but the signs are pointing right now towards this neutral pattern continuing through the summer into the fall and as long as we are in this neutral pattern, we can get swings across the Southeast in temperature and rainfall amounts," said Murphey. "I do not see any signs of that pattern changing."
Murphey said Georgia could also see even more rainfall depending on tropical activity this summer and he says that forecasts have been calling for an active tropical season in the Atlantic as the season moves along.


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The most hypeable technologies are composed of a routine side whose function is instantly understandable combined with a miracle part that promises to make the routine perform way beyond experience. Cars that fly! Doors that recognize faces! Ads that present themselves only to serious prospects! The greater the contrast -- the more ordinary the routine part or the more exotic the miraculous part -- the greater the technohype potential, and the more carefully buyers need to keep their hands on their pockets.
In the late 1980s the drums began to roll for a technology intended to extend computing to situations where keyboards were impractical, often because the user was walking around. The idea was to provide a display surface the user could write on, like a piece of paper on a clipboard, except that in this case the paper would be able to associate patterns of strokes with specific letters. This would allow the device to store and process handwritten text as a computer-readable file -- in simplest terms, to recognize handwriting.
The routine part of pen computing (the pen itself) was as old as civilization. The miracle part (the handwriting recognition) was one of the defining problems of artificial intelligence. As a result, the technohype potential proved considerable. In April 1992 we reported that 78 percent of CIOs thought that pen computing would be of immediate value to their corporations, although no serious products were then available. By May we had jumped into the pool ourselves. "If you start your pen-computing evaluation and pilots now," CIO said optimistically, "you'll be ready for deployment when the products are ready."
Only a few months later, however, in the wake of the bankruptcy of a major vendor (Momenta Corp.), we started to have second thoughts. "Few existing pen applications have yet to graduate from their pilot programs," we admitted, a polite way of saying that most such programs had failed.
It turned out that pen computers were expensive (the function required powerful machines, which made equipping a field force pretty painful), power hungry and physically clumsy. Developers were limited to a very small applications library. Most importantly, the recognition worked poorly. This was a major blow, since people generally notice the miraculous part of a technology first. If that fails, the products often don't get a second look. "[Handwriting recognition] sank pen computing," observes Conrad Blickenstorfer, editor in chief of Pen Computing Magazine.
Look deeper, however, and our articles reflect glimmers of another approach to pen computing: using pens to steer through a series of forms, pick lists and check boxes. But this approach -- object selection as opposed to text entry -- did not seem to excite anyone much. The concept dated back to the 1950s, when radar operators began using light pens to track objects. Pick lists themselves went back to Apple's Macintosh. Furthermore, form-oriented applications came with a conspicuous price tag since they had to be designed anew for each application.
This was a disappointing retreat from the romance of handwriting recognition, with its promise of a single product that could handle any kind of data-entry application. Object selection seemed like a passing phase in the technology, as a way for pen computing to make a little money while it learned to read.
Some pragmatists discovered, however, that pick lists seemed ideal for field ooperation. Navigating through menus automatically associated each entry with a rich context of predefined categories. Handwriting recognition couldn't do that. Skilled users could cut through the process much faster than they could write the same information on a tablet. Finally, pick-list handling was easy on resources: Applications could run on a $200 handheld instead of a $2,000 laptop. It seemed that even if handwriting recognition had delivered exactly as promised, pick-list computing might have been preferable anyway.
Over the last five years, pick-list-based pen computing has spread to most categories of mobile workforces, from delivery to insurance to warehousing. Even though handwriting recognition is much improved (partly because of Jeff Hawkins' Graffiti, a special script that makes recognition easy for machines), the technology has been pushed to the bottom of the development tool kit. "A lot of what we do is make it possible for users to avoid [handwriting recognition]," says Ivan Philips, CEO of Pendragon Software, a form design tools company.
"Everything is done with clicks," CEO Charles Koo of iMedica Corp. says proudly of his company's wireless data-entry tool for doctors. Pen computing has more than fulfilled its original promise; it just had to forget about using the most fancy new technology to do so.
This story, "Write on Target" was originally published by CIO.


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Stephenpopov needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Corinthian Flooring
We are a high end installer and re-finisher of hardwood flooring in Atlanta. We also sell and install tile floors, vinyl floors, commercial floors etc.
I would like the logo to be easily used on many mediums, web, business card, shirt embroidery, signs etc. I would like a clean, clear design - which also looks "bad ass". Something I would be proud to have on the side of my trucks. My initial idea was to have a corinthian helmet as the logo, or a building with corinthian columns - but we are a flooring company that is going to expand in to remodeling.
My target market is upper income in Atlanta, Georgia. The specific areas are Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Forsyth County, Duluth, Suwanee, as well as Buckhead.
They usually enjoy playing tennis, golfing, baseball, american football, and college football. They appreciate quality and predictability
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EDS has won back its number one position as the UK's leading software and IT services outsourcer, says analyst Ovum.
By revenue, EDS has overtaken IBM, thanks to a year of MoD contract-driven growth, said Ovum.
But Ovum says Capgemini has the most to celebrate. "Perhaps the most striking recent success story in the upper echelons is Capgemini, which has jumped to number four in the table this year," said Ovum analyst Phil Codling.
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"As recently as 2003, the French firm was on the verge of dropping out of our top ten altogether, but that was before it started to benefit from its 'Aspire' mega-deal with HM Revenue & Customs," said Codling.
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I performed the battery grounding mod today. I used 8-gauge automotive copper rope which I found at RadioShack being sold as speaker cable for 99c/ft. Every auto store I went to had sold out of copper ring terminals, so I just used steel ones from Car Toys @25c each. I did not find any oxide-inhibitor grease yet, with which to protect the connections.
As per the original I-club thread detailing this mod, I ran 5 cables from the battery negative terminal to the following locations:
- Passenger side strut.
- Center of firewall behind IC.
- Top of manifold on passenger side at existing grounding bolt.
- Top of manifold on driver side at existing grounding bolt.
- Driver side strut.
Some of the guys on I-club had the last cable running to the driver-side fender next to the battery, at the existing grounding point. I ran it to the driver's strut instead since it seemed somewhat redundant in the other location.
The improvements in driveability were immediately noticeable for me. I was getting terribly jerky acceleration in 2nd, and 3rd gears, which was most pronounced when the motor is cold or when the ambient temperature is below freezing. However, recently it's been bad even when the motor is up to operating temperature. After performing the mod, there was a definite improvement, and the jerkiness is now only barely perceptible.
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The NCAA women's basketball tournament has whittled its field from 64 to two as it reaches its pinnacle game tonight in the Mile High City.
Set for tipoff in Denver at 8:30 p.m., EST, no. 1 seed the University of Notre Dame will face no. 1 seed – and undefeated – Baylor University. It's worth noting that no matter who wins, by the end of the night a Christian school will be on top of women's college basketball.
Looking back to our crumpled and thoroughly busted bracket, we see Notre Dame listed on one of the two pegs for the championship game ... though we elected to go with St. John's University – who lost in the third round – to upset the Irish and win it all.
Game over, 2012 bracket challenge. Oh well. Better luck next year.
Though we failed to pick a champion on either side, our women's bracket fared far better than our men's counterpart. No Catholic school made it to New Orleans for the Final Four in the men's tournament, with Marquette University coming the closest, winning two games before losing to the University of Florida in a Sweet 16 matchup.
On the women's side, Notre Dame was the only team to make it out of the Sweet 16, but three other Catholic schools joined them in the tournament's third round. Those were St. John's (who lost to Duke), Gonzaga University (who lost to Kentucky) and St. Bonaventure University (who lost to Notre Dame).
And while our bracket no longer has a horse in the race, there's still plenty of reason to watch. If the Final Four games won by Baylor and Notre Dame offer a preview to tonight's matchup, the championship should offer some excellent performances from two talented teams.
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By Robert Bianco, USA TODAY
Texas high schools have no monopoly on Friday night lights.
Like the book and movie on which it's based, the heartfelt and sometimes heart-piercing Lights engulfs us in the joys and travails of a small-town Texas football team and its fans. But while the show is all the better for its specificity, it isn't limited by it. Lights will ring true with anyone who grew up where the high school is the focal point of city pride and the main provider of entertainment — the NFL, the NBA, Broadway, Hollywood and Carnegie Hall all wrapped in one.
Written and directed by Peter Berg, who did the same for the movie, Lights takes us into Dillon, Texas, which is revved up for the first game of the Dillon Panthers. There are concerns about the new coach, Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), but they're tempered by the town's faith in the star quarterback, Jason Street (Scott Porter).
In beautifully shot, faux-documentary fashion, Lights traces the activities, large and small, that lead up to the season opener. The climax is a well-choreographed game that generates a fair share of excitement — despite an outcome that will seem preordained to anyone who saw the Lights movie or almost any other sports movie.
The real joy of the show lies in its smaller moments. The show abounds with accurately observed, artfully rendered snippets of real life, from the obnoxious businessmen who cluster around the coach, to the nattering voices on radio, to the solidity of the churches and the faith they represent.
The picture those mosaic moments create is not as sharp or dark as that of the book. Still, it does include images of racism and class divides and the sometimes misplaced priorities of high school athletics.
Given a role that both plays off his good-guy image and digs beneath it, Chandler responds with his most mature performance yet. There's also standout work from film holdover Connie Britton as the coach's wife, Zach Gilford as the quiet backup quarterback, and Jesse Plemons as his humorously chatty friend.
Over time, Lights would be wise to desanctify Street and add some nuance to the town tramp. And while the portraits of the self-centered black star Smash and his sassy mama are not necessarily inaccurate or offensive, they are awfully familiar. It would be nice to see a few more characters, black and white, who surprise us.
Still, even as is, Lights has a rare ability to portray life in small-town America without being condescending or sentimental. Those are rich fields to explore, and Lights shows promise of doing so with both warmth and intelligence.
In towns small and large, that could be a game winner.


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Baltimore Ravens survive San Francisco 49ers rally to win Super Bowl XLVII
Ray Lewis #52 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates with the VInce Lombardi trophy after the Ravens won 34-31 against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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