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Phone: 864*232*1623
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Go here to find out about the pledge.
Earshot is an independent music store in Greenville, SC. We are dedicated to bringing real music to the people! You know, the kind of stuff you can hold in your hand and put in a stereo or send as gift in the mail. The stuff that has artwork and lyrics or pictures... Real CD's, DVD's and Vinyl. We stock rock, pop, country, heavy metal, punk, rap, gospel, blues, reggae, folk, bluegrass, and much more! Our dvd selection is the best in the area with titles in every genre as well as the Criterion Collection, Something Weird and Troma! We also have one of the largest used selections in the southeast. And for you vinyl enthusiasts we have a massive new and used vinyl section with boxes and boxes of rare finds and bargain records. Check out our wall of vinyl for rare gems! 6500+ sq.feet of music, dvds, records and accessories.
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CB19, New December 2010
The Missouri Master Gardener program provides in-depth horticultural training to individuals throughout Missouri who then volunteer their time applying what they have learned to help others in their communities to learn about gardening and environmental education. The program's core manual contains 14 guides: one guide about the program policies and 13 detailed guides on a variety of horticultural topics.
To become a Missouri Master Gardener, an individual must first attend a 30-hour classroom core course training. Then the Master Gardener trainee is required to give 30 hours of volunteer service back to their community in approved University of Missouri Extension activities, thus fulfilling the program's mission of "helping others learn to grow."
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Swisscenter (PowerPC)
Waht on earth is Swisscenter?
You will need to install:
Create a swisscenter directory in apache's DocumentRoot (/mnt/opt/apache/htdocs) : ((note I did not change it as in the docs e.g share/www))
mkdir /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter
Download Swisscenter into previously created directory
cd /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter wget http://www.swisscenter.co.uk/downloads/swisscenter.zip
Unzip the downloaded file
unzip swisscenter.zip
Change user:group
chown -R nobody:nogroup /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter
Restart apache
/mnt/opt/apache/bin/apachectl restart
Run it
Go to your Swisscenter on your Linkstation
Hopefully you will see this message
You have not created a database. Please use the Configuration Utility to create a database
Now goto Swisscenter config on your Linkstation
and hopefully you'll see this:
Set up the databases and point it to your media and you should be away! In order to be able to get weather forecasts, internet radio and updates you will need to
vi /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter/base/server.php
and add change
if ( $sock = @fsockopen('18.104.22.168', 80, $temp, $temp, 0.5)) // www.google.com
if ( $sock = @fsockopen('google.com', 80, $temp, $temp, 0.5)) // www.google.com
Once it's configured
and you should see this:
In the event of something not working as it should, do this and ask for help
Create a file to see your php settings
vi /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter/config/test_php.php
and put this in it
<? phpinfo(); ?>
It should output your PHP settings when you try to reach it, check for MySQL support
Create a file to check you MySQL settings
vi /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter/config/test_mysql.php
and put this in it
<? echo mysql_pconnect('swiss','swisscenter','swisscenter'); ?>
Try and access it and see what it gives you
I installed recently and had to deviate as detailed below: - During mysql installation: cp support-files/my-small.cnf /etc/my.cnf The file my-small.cnf is too slow, try my-medium.cnf
In /mnt/opt/apache/conf/httpd.conf
Change: DirectoryIndex index.html index.php to get php files run by web server by default
Change: Port 8000 LinkTheater needs the server on port 8000
In /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs Move: all files from /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs/swisscenter to /mnt/opt/apache/htdocs It seems that swisscenter assumes it's the root
Remove: index.html* so that index.php will be picked up, could probably change order of DirectoryIndex instead
php must be in the path for media scanning to work ln -s /mnt/opt/php4/bin/php /usr/bin/php
apache 1.3.xx does not support larger than 2 gig files using apache 2 require php changes --with-apxs2 instead of --with-apxs Now videos won't stream at all - fix this by uncommenting EnableSendfile off
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Also, cheers to another lovely food group meeting! Margaret shared her sweet abode with us and we swapped vegetable gardening stories and feasted on carrot ginger soup (garnished with fresh, homemade yogurt and cilantro), local apples with scrumptious cheddar cheese, and the oh-so-delicious spinach hummus with its cleverly simple secret ingredient. (Maybe Margaret can post the recipe?)
We chatted about the rhythms of seasonal planning/planting/purchasing/preserving and our various current endeavors (square foot gardens, pear tree planting, local beef pickup, and even last night's project of lactofermenting garlic!)...and decided to continue the discussion of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle next month when more readers can join in. (We missed those of you who were away!)
Please feel free to post and share your own stories...the more the merrier!
For now...I'll leave you with last night's recipe:
Carrot-Ginger Soup
(modified from Caroline Cummins' recipe ~ Culinate Kitchen Collection)
(modified from Caroline Cummins' recipe ~ Culinate Kitchen Collection)
Proportions needn't be precise; the ingredients tend to balance out in the end...
8 to 12 carrots, depending on size, peeled and chopped
1 yellow onion, peeled and chopped
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
2 Tbsp. fresh ginger root, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp. butter (optional)
4 to 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock, depending on desired soup consistency
salt and pepper to taste
Plain yogurt, sour cream, or creme fraiche as a garnish
Freshly chopped chives and/or cilantro leaves as garnish
1. In large, heavy stockpot, cook carrots, onion, garlic and ginger in the oil and optional butter until the vegetables begin to soften.
2. While vegetables are cooking, heat the stock. Add stock to vegetables and simmer on low until the vegetables are thoroughly softened, about 20 minutes. Using an immersion blender, puree the soup in the stockpot until the soup has a nearly smooth texture. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Ladle the soup into bowls. Dollop each serving with a bit of yogurt or cream and sprinkle with the chopped chives and/or cilantro. Serve immediately, preferably with slices of crusty bread.
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nicholas Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:NICK) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its common stock, to be paid on September 27, 2013 to shareholders of record as of September 20, 2013.
Peter L. Vosotas, Chairman and CEO noted, "Our capital position and continued confidence in our earnings capability played a large part in the Board of Director's decision to declare a cash dividend." Subject to market conditions and profitability targets, the Company anticipates it will continue to declare quarterly cash dividends in the future, however no assurances can be given.
Nicholas Financial, Inc. is one of the largest publically traded specialty consumer finance companies in North America. The Company operates branch locations in both the Southeastern and the Midwestern states. The Company has approximately 12,200,000 shares of common stock outstanding. For an index of Nicholas Financial news releases and public filings please visit our web site at www.nicholasfinancial.com
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including competitive factors, the management of growth, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2013. Such statements are based on the beliefs of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Company management. Actual events or results may differ materially.
CONTACT: Ralph Finkenbrink SVP & CFO Nicholas Financial, Inc. Ph # - 727-726-0763 Web Site: www.nicholasfinancial.com
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Site work for the new Hedrick Medical Center is in full gear with earth moving equipment working the ground at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 65 and Mohawk Road
Site work for the new Hedrick Medical Center is in full gear with earth moving equipment working the ground at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 65 and Mohawk Road. Project contractors gave a progress report during a workshop meeting with the Chillicothe City Council Monday evening at City Hall. The target date for substantial completion of the project remains no later than the end of November 2013, with occupancy to take place in early 2014. Materials testing contract negotiations have begun, and the rough grading is nearly complete. Looking ahead, work on storm drainage and utilities will begin soon. Bids for the balance of the work are due tomorrow (Thursday). Travis Pigott, of Adams, which is representing the city on the project, stated that there is a great deal of interest from local bidders. It was noted that once construction shifts into high gear, there will be more than 100 people on the site per day. Pigott said that the overall project is slightly ahead of schedule. Foundation work is expected to start before the end of the month with the arrival of structural steel by Monday, and footings are expected to be poured within the coming weeks. Because of expansive clay conditions beneath where the building will be constructed, Pigott told the council that a screening process was used to ensure a more suitable foundation base. The process involves over-excavating the site and backfilling with a gravel mixture 18 inches deep. He said that this process is a standard practice. Hedrick Medical Center is owned by the city of Chillicothe and has been leased to Saint Luke's Health system since 2003. Total cost is $41 million, including land, equipment, and construction of the new hospital facility and adjacent medical office building. The new facility is designed by Hoefer Wysocki Architects, LLC. The construction company is J.E. Dunn.


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SYCAMORE – For the second straight year, the Sycamore wrestling team has won the Northern Illinois Big 12 championship.
In a sport where individual prowess trumps teamwork, Sycamore wrestler Jake Davis thinks the Spartans' togetherness helped them defend their championship.
"Last year, we didn't really have a team connection," Davis said. "We were kind of selfish and we didn't really care what happened to each other. This year, we're picking each other up when we need to."
Davis saw that team connection help first-hand last week.
After falling to one of the top wrestlers in the nation for his first loss of the season, he said teammates and coaches counseled him after the loss in a way they wouldn't have last year.
Davis came back this week to win Saturday's 195-pound division at the NI Big 12 tournament, leading his team to the championship alongside individual champions Austin Culton, who won the 152-pound division, Martin Malone, who won at 220 pounds, and 113-pounder Kyle Akins.
With 198.5 points, Sycamore beat second-place Yorkville by 2.5 points, and DeKalb finished in a tie with Kaneland for fourth place by scoring 117.5 points.
The Spartans finished in the top six in 12 of the 14 weight classes. Even with four individual champions, coach Alex Nelson pointed Andrew Larsen's comeback to finish fourth in the 138-pound division after losing his opening match as a turning point.
"Kids battled back," Nelson said. "Andrew Larsen lost his first prelim match and battled all the way back to [fourth]. It was matches like that, guys like that that needed to step up if we were going to be able to win the tournament."
For DeKalb, 106-pounder Parker Stratton and 132-pounder Doug Johnson won individual championships and 126-pounder Jackson Montgomery and 152-pounder Matt Macarus finished second.
But the Barbs couldn't quite together the team effort that Sycamore exhibited.
"Doug was dominant in the finals and it's nice to see a young kid like Parker hopefully follow in the footsteps of some of these older kids who are doing well," DeKalb coach Mike Pater said. "Overall, I think we need to wrestle better after a loss. I think that's one of our biggest problems."
Nelson was worried early in the day after a few close matches didn't go Sycamore's way. With a few of his top wrestlers out with injuries, the Sycamore coach was nervous at the start.
But the Spartans are a resilient group, and that's why they're conference champions once again.
"We started out a little slow, and it had me worried in the prelims," Nelson said. "Guy after guy stepped up. They all fought hard."
Spartans win 2nd straight NI Big 12 wrestling title
SYCAMORE – For the second straight year, the Sycamore wrestling team has won the Northern Illinois Big 12 championship.


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If you're looking to stock your retail store, flea market stand or trade show booth with the finest in wholesale western handbags, designer purses, rhinestone jewelry, flip flops and genuine leather belts then you've come to the right site. At Handbag Distributor we specialize in offering the latest and best in wholesale western merchandise and accessories for casual and upscale shoppers. From animal print designer inspired handbags to rhinestone studded camouflage flip flops you'll find the hottest fashions and most sought after accessories in our expanding online collection.
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The last week was generally spent avoiding wind shears, rain storms, tornadoes, hail; you name it. Serious storms moved through the Great Plains, and I was lucky enough to drive my home right through the middle of it all! I keep a close eye on the weather with my iPhone, pay attention to weather reports, and ask the local campgrounds. So far, so good!
I slept in one state park, one Good Sam's, one KOA, two private campgrounds, a driveway, a basement, and one Wal-Mart parking lot! I had some great barbecue in Kansas City, Kansas (yes, the Kansas side) and bought the new iPhone 3G S in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Apparently I missed Nebraska City, Nebraska. I nearly ran out of gas while searching for an open gas station in the middle of Kansas. Seriously, who closes at 8PM? I spent some time with friends in Ogallala, Nebraska and found an absolutely incredible golf course, Bayside Golf Course, just outside of town. And, finally, I spent a few days in Fort Collins, Colorado to hang out with my sister, brother-in-law, and adorable niece. Overall, I covered five Great Plains states in nine days.


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Our favorite way to beat the heat here in Key West…
We're used to a little humidity here at Parrot Key Resort. Summertime in the Florida Keys is a truly tropical affair, with daily temps ranging from sultry to flat-out sticky. We like to think that all that extra moisture keeps our skin looking young (and our air conditioning bills looking scary.)
But when the forecast says that the 70% humidity we're currently weathering isn't expected to break all evening, we pack a bag and head out. Out onto the water, that is.
Did you know that there are a variety of cruises for every price point that leave daily & nightly here in Key West? From big party catamarans with open bars and music, to intimate sailboats that bring you front row to one of our famous sunsets, there's a boat for every taste, wallet and whim. Why not grab your family and head out on a 2-hour snorkle tour? Or tell the wife that the two of you are going dancing tonight…with an ocean breeze to go alongside that live band you'll be swinging to. Kids will love a fascinating glass-bottom boat tour over the reef, while normally-sullen teens tend to go crazy for one of the Ultimate Adventure tours that include so many activities (parasailing, jetski-ing and a giant inflatable ice berg, anyone?) that they've been known to actually put down their cell phones for once. We're especially fond of the champagne sailing trips that pair gorgeous wooden schooners with endless glasses of bubbly. The choices are endless.
Whether it's a private dinner cruise for two or a $40 booze cruise for 50, Key West's waterfront has a variety of ships with competitive pricing to satisfy any desire and budget. Just swing by our front desk and ask one of our friendly agents to help you pick which boat best fits your needs. And remember: no matter how hot it is out by the pools, it's always cooler on the water!
Parrot Key Watersports
Parrot Key has onsite watersport's year round, but now that it's heating up again there is no better time to get out on the ocean on a jet ski, kayak or fishing expedition.


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iOS users are more than 50 percent more likely than Android users to stick with an app, according to analyst firm Localytics.
The company was looking into the important issue of app retention - a measure of the stickiness of an app, its ability to suck the user into repeated uses.
Many apps on both iOS and Android are downloaded, used once, then deleted; others merit a handful of goes before falling into disuse. Obviously developers want their wares to join the elite band of apps that occupy an honoured page on the Home screen and get fired up again and again. And this seems to be a lot more likely if you're making apps for iOS than for Android; could it be that Android fans are a fickle lot?
Localytics' research found that 24 percent of Android apps were discarded after a single go, compared with 21 percent of iOS apps; and 17 percent of Android apps got two goes, compared to 12 percent for iOS. At the other end of the scale, just 23 percent of Android apps made it into the all-important 11+ uses category, compared to 35 percent of iOS apps: that's a 52 percent higher retention rate.
(Incidentally, the overall retention rate across all apps show an improvement on last year's figures.)
Read more in Localytics' full report on the subject.


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GCH Hotel Group - One Of The Top Hotel Management Companies In Europe
With more than 120 hotels in Germany, Belgium and Austria the GCH Hotel Group is one of the leading hotel management companies. The hotel group has over 15,500 hotel rooms and welcomes over 3 million guests every year.
The hotels are operated by the GCH Hotel Group and are marketed under renowned franchise brands such as Wyndham, TRYP by Wyndham, Days Inn, Radisson Blu, Best Western, Mercure, Ibis and Holiday Inn.
The scope of the group's activities covers general management, sales & marketing, e-commerce, revenue management, purchasing, controlling and business development including hotel finance and acquisitions. The latest TREUGAST Investment Ranking lists the GCH Hotel Group as "AAA".


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The Barrow County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a called meeting for 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, but the meeting will be closed to the public, because the BOC will be screening candidates for the county-manager position.
In addition, Winder's city government has scheduled a "grant funding and employee benefits" meeting for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29. City administrator Don Toms said it will not be a meeting of the full city council, but the public is being notified because four councilmen might attend and that would constitute a quorum. No action is to be taken during the meeting. It will be in a conference room on the second floor of the new Winder City Hall at 25 E. Midland Ave.
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8 new costumes and 18 additional minions are coming soon to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
cool, theres alot of gravity rush minions,but i dont think ill buy any minions maybe chloe but thats it..
I knew we'll have that Black Kat suit costume soner or later, we needed it! :P
Can't wait to hear what the "New challengers" will be!
Am I the only one who thinks they're overcharging for this stuff?
I want stages from Fat Princess, That japanese cat mascot forgot his name ans extra modes. great game btw
Nice, don't think I'll be buying them though.
I like Emmett's secondary costume in white, looks badass & I'm quite happy with my "Little Sister" minion
Tempted to get wet suit drake though lol


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I am taking the plunge and moving from an iPhone to an Android device. I've been waiting a long time for Android to get to the point that it was fast and responsive enough, with a big enough application warehouse, wide enough support, and a smooth enough experience, to support me. Android is maturing with a consistent, system-wide look-and-feel, almost every major service now has an Android app as the counterpart to its iOS-first experience, and has a bright future with wearables, home automation, and more.
I certainly won't be the first person to change ecosystems entirely. Several have done it before, some looking for change or claim freedom, some aiming to save money, some because someone prompted them, some think they may be conforming by going with the ever-stylish Apple. I am doing it for this reason: for me, Android is now a better platform than iOS.
Before we get started, some ground rules:
- I'm not trying to convince you to switch. iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BB10 all have area of strength and some unique angle. All would make a suitable enough platform for 99% of users. And all have areas of weakness.
- Secondly, some qualifications: I got my first iPhone about 60 days after release. I've owned every model since, thanks to a crafty staggered upgrade plan with my wife, who each year generously permits me to outfit her with the prior year's flagship device. I've been an avid iOS user since the iPhoneOS 1.0 days. I followed the 40+ step jailbreak process for 1.0, experienced AppSnap, JailbreakMe, and several flavors of ra1n.
- I first used OS X at 10.0 when my longtime Mac neighbors installed it, I first really got into the Mac in 2002 when I somehow convinced Apple to send me a PowerMac for review, and switched to Mac full time with Tiger in 2004. My house is decorated with Apple gear: iMac, Macbook Pro, Macbook, AppleTV, Airport Extreme Base Station, Airport Express, iPod, iPhone, iPad...I'm predisposed to loving Apple.
- Fourth, I read most Apple and premier technology websites, so I'm immersed in this regularly and no decision is without some substance.
- I started writing this article before WWDC '14, and have revisited it. Many of my "complaints" about iOS are addressed in iOS 8. I've tried to weigh that appropriately.
- Last, I've tried to be original in my nitpicks and stick to technology, rather than re-hashing the same debates about things like Apple politics or behaviors (e.g. iMessage de-registration).
Okay, are you ready? Let's go. Let's start with my original 11 reasons for switching away from iOS. For ease, I've lumped all of my concerns into the following buckets:
- iOS UI/UX inconsistencies
- The Keyboard/Auto-Correct
- Siri
- Integration Degradation
- Lack of interactivity
- Lack of system control
- Inter-app communication
- Privacy controls
- Central account registration
- Stability
- iTunes
iOS UI/UX Inconsistencies
iOS is beautiful. The system and the app ecosystem are unmatched in their style. At least that's what everyone seems to repeat, and I convinced myself to be true, for a long time.
However, my experience is that most users are oblivious to just how messy iOS really is. Let's start with this: the creation of cross-platform toolkits, particularly the HTML5 and Flash ones, have lead to an enormous amount of applications that look and act nothing like iOS. The iOS experience can be incredibly confusing with all sort of metaphors, graphical elements, depths and layers, and experience tricks. Surely you'd agree that Apple can't be held responsible for crappy copycat games churned out in an Asian development factory, so let's just set that on the side for now. But let's also recognize that when Apple talks about 1 million apps in the App Store, it's really far fewer. If there are (an arbitrary) one-tenth of that really stand out, I'd be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised if the number is actually lower than that.
As techies and developers, we recognize that APIs change and developers need time to adjust, update, and recompile their apps for new versions of iOS and new capabilities. But as a user, the iOS experience is often a confusing mish-mash of inconsistencies. So let's give the third-party app scene a pass, let's just talk about Apple's iOS, the one created and maintained by Apple. iOS 7, the "leap ahead" in design language, is a huge turn off for me. I generally reserve the term "Fisher Price" for Windows XP, but iOS 7 can't make its mind what it wants to be.
Take, for example, the iOS 7 icons. First, we have Phone, Mail, Music, and Messages, 4 of the most used icons on the iPhone. These apps have shed their skeuomorphic appearance for a "flat-like" look. There is no depth to the icon. The apps still have their "composition," which includes rounded corners, drop shadows, a gradient, and a reflective sheen. This implies a consistent light source, which implies some height/depth. Now look at Game Center, Weather, Photos, and Newsstand. Icon subjects overlap one another. This type of half-commitment to "flat" UI is evident throughout iOS 7. There will be people on the internet already formulating their attack-like response, but when Apple makes such a big deal out of design, they should be held to the high standards they have set. The icon super-ellipse shape "feels" wrong to me. And the argument iOS 7 icons are "wrong" has already been made better than I can make it. So the icons, the very core of the OS in that it's your "home," is flawed.
Now picture yourself playing a game. Some sort of button sits in the top menu bar, generally on the right, and maybe it's a "Save" or "Restart" or "Next" button. Now pretend someone texts you, mentions you in a tweet, or replies to your Facebook status. For some period of time, if configured in a non-modal way, for maybe 2 seconds, a banner drops down, obscuring widgets, information, or merely creating some brief lag (damn you, Flappy Bird!). Contrast this with Android, which only overlaps the status bar, blocking only the clock and other notifications, but never part of an app. This is often frustrating, but is at least odd language. Your core interaction with the OS is obscured by some other event, and it actually steals active screen real estate.
Ultimately, Apple was historically the company with unmatched attention to detail. Sadly, iOS 7 doesn't support that. iOS 7, for me, is just not a fully-formed vision.
So, how about iOS 8? Surely these concerns are addressed a year later? Sadly, not one of them is.
The iOS keyboard/text input
My biggest single gripe with iOS is the keyboard. The featureless, dumb all-capital-letter all-the-time keyboard. Most ICS-and-newer stock Android keyboards support some smart features. Most support swipe-input, for example. Many after-market keyboard support social integration, in that they can log in to Twitter and Facebook and Gmail and "learn" how and what you type so they can be smarter in correction and prediction. But iOS still can't learn basic words, and as a result, iPhone users everywhere are sick of their ducking keyboard.
What color, I sometimes ask my friends, is the iOS keyboard?
As I mentioned, not only is the iOS keyboard forsaking function for form in using capital letters when you're typing lowercase, it's also confusing for users to tell if the caps lock/shift key is depressed or not. Sure, it's not difficult to learn, but the fact is that I regularly come across users who are stumped until they begin typing. And there's a reason for that: because it's not immediately evident, because the keyboard appears to have been designed by a designer, not a user. I don't know how this made it past the quality testing phase.
But truly, it's the lack of prediction and the lack of rapid swipe input that makes the iOS keyboard a loser. If it were system-wide replaceable, this wouldn't be an issue. In fact, it might be a strength: a simple system keyboard for those who don't want a faster or more powerful input source, but for the shift/caps lock issue. Instead, it's a weak point on the OS.
Now, iOS 8 supports replacing the keyboard system-wide. I've been using iOS 8 since the day it was released, and while no new-function keyboard is available yet, you can test how this might work with other languages. It's easy enough - better than Android, arguably, given the switch button is on the keyboard. But that comes with a few notes: the keyboards can't type into "secure input" fields. Not sure what that means. I was able to test that iOS 8 does, in fact, support keyboard replacement even in older apps still using the gray/pinstripe keyboard. So this is very promising.
Let's move on to Auto-Correct. Not much to say here other than the fact that the Auto-Correct on the iPhone is terrible. How many of you have typed the word "for" and realized it was "got"? How many have typed an iMessage, and upon hitting "Send", Auto-Correct changes the final word, without a visible warning or chance to decline? This happens to me all the time. Not only that, it's common for iOS to replace words with strange suggestions. "Leeting," for example, the L being close the M for "meeting", suggests "leering," and there is no second-guess. Now "Quick Type" in iOS 8 evidently addresses this, but I haven't been able to get Quick Type to work on my iOS 8 beta yet, so I can't confirm it's any better or worse.
I can already hear responses from the crowd shouting "Just disable Auto-Correct!" But I don't want to! I want Auto-Correct, I just don't want it to change the words to the wrong words! Honestly, if Android keyboards and Blackberry's cool swipe-up prediction can get soft keyboards so right, why does Apple get it so wrong?
Speaking of "get it so wrong", Siri is one of the least used features on my phone. Or rather, would be, but for the fact that it's constantly deploying in meetings when the system hangs for a few microseconds. But I rarely use voice dictation. Why? Do this experiment: first, open an app and use the dictation feature. Notice the spinner. About 40-60% of the time, the spinner will spin for at least 3 seconds. In many cases, it will spin and eventually simply time out, failing to deliver any response at all.
Now try this: hit your dictation button, then talk for a few seconds, then hit "Done," then hit Backspace cancel it. Wait 2-3 seconds. Dictate something else. Then watch your original sentence populate the text box.
When Siri does work, for me, it's right less than 50% of the time. Let's be clear: more often than not, I'm changing the text anyway. I'm usually editing what was said and dealing with the impossibly frustrating magnification loop, which seems hell-bent on refusing to move to the exact spot I want. Sometimes, there's a blue line under a word, but no amount of tapping brings up a suggestion. Sometimes, there's letter that's wrong, but it won't let me select the letter or move the loop there, my only option is deleting the whole word. No matter how much you love Apple, surely you've seen this too.
Ultimately, Siri is not a tool I rely on for anything other than emergency texts while driving. An informal poll of my iPhone carrying friends shows just one person who uses it daily, and literally zero people who report it being accurate "most of the time." We joke about having to over-annunciate everything you say, and then I show them Google Search for iPhone, with Google Now's voice recognition. Your experience may be different, but this is real world data.
Integration Degradation
We were an AppleTV family. We bought the first 160GB AppleTV, and we own a third gen AppleTV. But I bought a Roku for testing and now we're a Roku family. Why? Largely because converting and importing all of my media into iTunes made life frustrating. Don't get me started on iTunes. But suffice it to say that we have one last AppleTV in use, and I hope to replace it with a Roku Streaming Stick soon. Why does this matter? Because when the AppleTVs went away, so did a piece of the integration.
The only thing I can "download" on iOS is a photo. And it's jammed into "Camera Roll." Every time I grab an image, or take a screenshot, Apple wants it to go into the same photo repository and then into my Photo Stream and then into iTunes. I want the photo of my kid, but I don't want the Game of Thrones meme I downloaded just so I could send it via text. In fact, I had to disable photo stream, because it mostly grabbed garbage: wallpapers, funny downloads, screenshots... all muddling up my otherwise curated iPhoto collection.
I'm still waiting for a convenient, friction-less way to share media. There's Bluetooth, there's NFC, there's ad-hoc Wifi...none are truly without challenge. When I try to share a photo with an iPhone user, AirDrop is still several steps and a few steps of waiting. In my mind, Apple should be way ahead of the curve here, we should've been able to share photos with our Macs and other phones wirelessly years ago. But I'm still connecting my iPhone with a lightning cord to get photos or emailing them to myself.
Enter iOS 8 to solve much of this with the new AirDrop, and it's ad-hoc, which means it doesn't even require you being on the same wifi network! Presumably, this is some of the power of Bluetooth LE coming to the surface. The Mac/iPhone integration will improve considerably with iOS 8 and Yosemite. But today, the integration is a missed opportunity.
Lack of Interactivity
iOS 7, when not running an app, is cold, immobile, uncommunicative, and passionless. Take a look at my homescreen. There's nothing going on. Right now, there's a single badge, telling me something is up, but it's just telling me about unread email. Nothing gives iOS 7 any personality unless there's an app running, save for the parallax effect, which I readily disabled, solely to get rid of folder zoom. Contrast this with my computer, which has browser tabs refreshing under active windows, next to widgets in the menu bar and bouncing Dock icons. iOS 7 is always static by default and just... boring.
On the HTC One I've got, my homescreens are filled with useful widgets. I have the weather for the next few hours; headlines via the New York Times; my calendar; system controls for wifi, rotation lock, volume, brightness, and bluetooth; buttons to quickly post a status or a photo to Facebook; and a Twitter panel for mentions and notifications. My Android home screens feels warm an inviting, displaying useful information even before I've opened an app.
Also on Android, notifications are actionable. This means that I can "Like" or "Reply" to a Facebook notice from my notifications. Different apps have different actions associated with them. One of the most compelling abilities in other mobile OSes, for me, is this ability to interact with another app without a hard stop in my workflow.
iOS 8 supports actionable notifications, hallelujah! The notifications are still intrusive, but they seem to be much nicer and I can't wait to see how they shape the future of iOS apps.
It frustrates me that I can't check a text message while streaming YouTube. Background-running is still a funky subject with iOS. Some functions can, some cannot. On my Android device, when I connect to a certain wifi network, it disables Bluetooth to save battery. When I get in my car and connect to Bluetooth, it turns off wifi. Apps like Tasker and Trigger are very powerful in what they can do to manage your Android experience. iOS has no equivalent because the system doesn't allow that type of access. For some, this provides security and peace of mind. For some, like me, it just means I can't use the power of the device to its fullest.
Lack of system control
Put simply: iOS makes you use iOS the way iOS was intended. If I prefer Mailbox as my mail client, I can use it, but I can't make it the default. I can't choose my browser, I can't choose my calendar, my text app, my music player, camera, etc. The fact is, I don't like using Calendar as my default calendar, because it's so limited. The Camera isn't the best app for taking photos. iOS 8 supports Extensions, which we'll address below, but it's not far enough. I want to use the apps I want, and I don't want the less powerful Apple apps to force themselves into my workflow. I want custom defaults. I want my own maps, my own email client, my own browser, and my own text app.
Inter-app communication
iOS 8 will introduce Extensions. Finally, iOS apps will be able to talk with, and inject features into, one another. This is critical. But until iOS 8, and with the current generation iOS 7.1.x, this isn't possible. That means we need duplicate apps and we need to constantly open and close apps. Take this common workflow: I take a picture with my iOS camera, then I open another app to edit it. In fact, it's common for me personally to open a few different apps for editing certain pictures. Some have great filters, others have better retouch tools, still others share it on a certain social network.
One small footnote to extensions is that you can't just write an extension for iOS, you have to write an app. In other words, you can't just have a keyboard, or a filter, or something simple, there has to be an app. I would expect it to be commonplace for useful extensions to be bundled with mostly useless applications, but it's a restriction that I'm sure is based in some technical challenge I don't understand. Just interesting to note that extensions can only come from applications, so you should expect your custom keyboards to be mashed into an app of some sort.
The way the iOS SDK approaches interapp communication is very interesting. It will be fun to watch, over the next year or two, how developers extend iOS to become a much more powerful tool. But today, on iOS 7, we're still living in tight sandboxes.
Privacy Controls
iOS presents me with far too many dialog boxes. I want a single page, a la Android or even Facebook or Google+'s OAuth web interceptors, that shows me all of the permissions an application wants: location, contacts, photos, etc should all be asked in one page, and I should have toggles for each. Otherwise, app makers have taken to popping up dialogs to explain the forthcoming system dialogs. It's chaos.
If I want to manage an application's permissions, I can't see all the permissions it's been granted in one place. I have to visit each piece individually - first contacts, then calendar, etc. There's no simple way to see all of an app's permissions. Now I can hear the response already, if it were organized by app, you'd complain that you can't see everything using Location Services or Photos!. That's true, we have to pick one way. But which do you think makes more sense, grouping privacy controls by function... or by app? I've never said "Which apps can access my photos?" but I've certainly thought, "I wonder what permissions I've granted app X."
Apps get access to plenty of data, but a single, unified sheet, recognizable throughout the OS, would do wonders for managing privacy.
It's not uncommon for a calendaring app to want access to contacts, location data, reminders, photos, and in some cases, Facebook. That's a lot of dialogs that, if not authorized, will certainly water down the experience considerably.
Central Account Registration
Why can't systems like Reddit or even OSNews register logins centrally and allow apps to access those credentials? For some reason, iOS has decided that a few blessed services (Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, Flickr, Vimeo) may register credentials centrally. But on my Android phone, I currently see Amazon, BaconReader, Dropbox, Engadget, Exchange, Facebook, Google, GroupMe, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Outlook.com, and more. When apps want my credentials, they ask for permission to access the stored keys, not require a new, repeated login. As I grew more familiar with my Android phone, I appreciated it more as I tested several apps, but didn't have to keep entering my logins and password.
Maybe I've got a bum 5s. It's possible. But I have issues most days. Let me go into detail. When iOS 7 was released, a newly 64-bit OS on a newly 64-bit chip, my Springboard would crash 3-5 times a day, minimum. This has been mostly rectified with iOS 7.1. I say mostly because I still experience several crashes a week. Usually, I can tell it's happening as an application becomes unresponsive for several seconds and then I'm just waiting for the inevitable black-Apple-on-white-background to indicate the Springboard respawn.
While writing this (so this would be June 9), on iOS-current 7.1.1, I experienced several crashes, both occurred mid-rotation! Literally, as the screen was shifting from portrait-to-landscape or vice versa, it got stuck. Sadly, though I attempted screenshots, they didn't work.
When I launch my camera from the lock screen, there's about a 10% chance the button that takes the photo will simply crash the app. This happens with some frequency.
I find my phone, far too often, refuses to wake up with either the home button or the power button, and it's always a gamble if it will wake up eventually or simply restart.
Apps historically stable for me, such as Feedly, Mail, Facebook, and the App Store have all experienced random crashes.
I can't tolerate the spinning beach ball on OS X, and Springboard crashes are the mobile equivalent. iOS is far less stable, in my experience, than it was back in the iOS 4 and 5 days. Maybe that's my memory playing tricks on me, but my phone is less reliable than ever.
Perhaps the mother of all peeves, Apple's iTunes application is the gateway for all things iPhone and iPad. All loaded media must pass through iTunes, unless it gets creative (e.g. VLC, which loads data over wifi, albeit excruciatingly slowly, even over 802.11ac). My daughter has an old, deactivated Blackberry Z10 that she uses as a little handheld. When she wants music and video, I connect it to my Mac via USB and drag the media, in virtually any format, in the appropriate folder (i.e. Music, Videos, Documents, etc) and it's ready to go. While the BB application will launch, the Mac still thinks it's just a mass storage device, it mounts like any other removable media.
My son plays with an old iPhone 4. Everything he wants first has to be converted into a format that is compatible, then it has to be imported into my iTunes library, where it must sit forevermore, otherwise, when I next sync, it will be deleted. Want to add an MP3? Must be in iTunes. As such, my iTunes library is now littered with the Tangled, Frozen, and Brave soundtracks. I can't do it another way short of creating a second iTunes library and toggle-launching.
An article discussing just how terrible the Swiss Army Knife of iTunes is could be a length piece in its own right, and I'm not the first to decry it. But ultimately, iTunes should probably be busted up into multiple apps, amongst them a system service to handle syncing iDevices separate from the music app, the video app, and the photos app.
It looks like iOS 8 is going to address a lot of my concerns with the iPhone. I am now firmly in the camp that is hoping for a 4.7" phone (5" is too big for one handed use, 4" is just ridiculously small in 2014), and I expect that to be addressed with the iPhone 6 this Fall. It seems that iOS 8 and iPhone 6 will be a pretty awesome combo, especially alongside a modern Mac running Yosemite.
But I'm still jumping to Android. Why? Is it the power, the control, or the freedom from annual device hopping in favor of "when I'm ready or need it" upgrading? Those things play a small role, sure. I think, for me, it's the fact that at the end of the day, iOS is still just a bunch of dead pixels staring back at me. There's no life to the system outside of the parallax wallpaper effect, there are no widgets, no possibilities outside of what Apple has allowed. It still takes me 10 clicks to start my day as I check emails and several apps, whereas, with Android, most of my critical info is either on my launcher's home screen or in my notification tray.
I think iOS as a whole is getting a little stale. There needs to be more than a redesign, there needs to be an entirely new Springboard. I can't help but think that iOS feels lifeless unless you actively DO something. Maybe iOS 8 is really the first step towards that expansion; I'll admit the feature list blew me away. I certainly didn't see the replaceable keyboard or app extensions as possibilities. Maybe we're making the right strides in the right timeline.
But all of these features... well, they exist on Android already, and they're getting better fast. So it's time for me to try something new. Maybe I'll be back by iOS 9. Maybe even sooner! But for now, here's looking forward to "Lollipop"!
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Brandon McCarthy does not wish to be known as that player who got hit in the head.
At least for now, though, it's an identity he can't escape. When last seen in a major league baseball game last Sept. 5, the right-hander -- then with the Oakland Athletics -- was struck in the head by a vicious line drive.
The results were as frightening as it gets for a pitcher -- an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture. At one point, the Athletics called the injuries "life-threatening." Two hours of surgery were required.
Now, cleared to return by the top expert in the field, he has begun spring training with his new team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he and the team seem much more concerned about his history of shoulder problems than with the after-effects of that scary day.
Such events would be expected to create a greater appreciation of the chance to play a game for a living, or perhaps even gratitude to just be alive. McCarthy, speaking after Diamondbacks pitchers and catchers worked out for the first time on Tuesday, prefers to downplay the event and its aftermath.
To do otherwise, the 29-year-old right-hander said, gives the injury too much power.
"I don't know if it's a non-cliche answer, but my outlook over everything, it just really hasn't changed because of it," he said. "Doing that just puts more emphasis on what happened and it reflects on it, which isn't something I'm interested in doing."
He understands the simple truth. Pitchers throw the ball hard and sometimes it comes back real hard right at them. That's what happened with that line drive off the bat of the Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar.
"It was a one-time event," he said. "It had never happened before. Hopefully, it doesn't happen again. My purpose now is to just focus on what I can control and then just let the enjoyment of the game come back that way."
McCarthy is a smart guy. He knows that when he next faces a batter, there may be a mental hurdle to clear.
"I have no idea," he said. "We'll all find out next week. It has to be something, just by the nature of what it was, that there will be a little bit of just getting over. But it's not something I anticipate. It's not something I'm planning for. It's just literally trying to get out there, and we'll see what happens.
"It's just something if you sit and reflect on it and make it a bigger issue than it is, then you allow it to control you, and that's not something I'm trying to do."
Arizona general manager Kevin Towers said that the team did extensive homework before signing McCarthy to a two-year, $15.5 million contract in December.
First of all, the team knew that McCarthy had been treated, and subsequently cleared to pitch again, by Dr. Michael Collins of the University of Pittsburgh, one of the foremost experts on head trauma.
On top of that, Towers said, Diamondbacks managing partner Ken Kendrick "knew one of the top neurologists here in the valley who spent a great deal of time talking, looking at the test results and where he (McCarthy) was at after some of his visits to Pittsburgh."
As a result, Towers said, McCarthy's head injury issue "was probably the least of our concerns."
The shoulder history was the big one.
Virtually every year, McCarthy said, he has been sent to the disabled list with a stress fracture in his right shoulder. It takes five weeks for him to come back.
It's a rare injury, he said, except for him.
"I've got almost all of them in baseball history," he said. "It's just become my injury. There's something in that area that we can't figure out the exact reasoning for it."
He's hoping that proactive treatment from a new training staff will get him through a year unscathed. The injury hits almost to the day every season, no matter what changes he makes mechanically, in training or anything else.
Perhaps the injury should bear his name, a la Tommy John.
"Yeah, maybe the `Mack Crack," he said.
Then he thought better of it.
"I'm more famous for getting hit in the head already," he said.
Having a shoulder injury named after him, too, would be too much.
He knows it scared more teams away from him than the head injury did.
"We got cleared by Dr. Collins and you really can't' get much more of an all-clear than that," McCarthy said. "I know the shoulder one, for a lot of teams, that was a bigger concern. When you're looking at it, you get a medical file and it takes two CDs, I think that's scary for some training staffs."
The definition of scary was seeing McCarthy felled by that line drive.
The ball hit him in the right side of his head. Eventually, he was able to walk off the field. But it wasn't long before he found himself hospitalized and in very bad shape.
It all came full circle one day not that many weeks ago when his concussion symptoms finally vanished.
"The very first day I was cleared in the offseason was actually the day that I felt back normal," he said. "That was a day that was a legitimate relief, because when you're going through a concussion you feel like `Is this ever going to go away?"
The symptoms "affect you in a lot of different areas, and then it was sort of like one day my brain said, `No, we're good now.' And then from that day on, I feel like I've just completely been my old self. Nothing's different. I don't reflect on anything. Once that lifted, I was good to go."
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Brad Martin recently came across some old photos of University of Memphis students that struck him as a different kind of collegian.
U.S. Army veteran Torrian "Redd" Frazier, using a computer in the University of Memphis' Veterans Resource Center, is one of an estimated 600 veterans attending the school.
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To him, they seemed more focused than college students who come to college directly from high school.
The U of M interim president has seen lots of photos from the 100-plus year history of the city's largest higher learning institution, but these particular snapshots depicted students who were older than most of their classmates.
They were veterans of the two World Wars.
"You can bet they were very serious students after they came back from those conflicts," Martin said of the students who were on campus at a time when college was an opportunity in a rigid timeframe that followed high school.
The campus of 22,000 students today includes hundreds of veterans, including those back from Iraq and Afghanistan, with more to come from Afghanistan once U.S. involvement in that war ends in about a year.
University Provost David Rudd, himself a veteran and cofounder and scientific director of the National Center for Veterans Studies, spoke last month as the university opened its Veterans Resource Center in the Panhellenic Building, one of the oldest buildings on the campus.
He said the "ballpark" estimate is that 600 U of M students are veterans.
"They tend to have a more non-traditional context in which we have a higher percentage of veterans that have spouses and also have children," Rudd said. "They have different demands in their lives on a day-to-day basis. Veterans have experiences in the military that potentially translate to credit hours in the curriculum toward a degree. … It's a little different than most students."
The center is a place for these unique students to talk about common experiences and get more information on veterans benefits. The university will also help with counselors to let veterans know more about credit hours they may have earned elsewhere and similar parts of the road through college.
–David Rudd University of Memphis provost
"Every veteran appreciates a good map," said Darrion Garrett, a 25-year-old Air Force veteran in his second semester at the university. Garrett heads a veterans task force that is part of the Student Government Association.
In the past, Rudd said the school hasn't been as aggressive as it will be soon in advertising that the university is "veteran friendly."
While the World War II-era "G.I. Bill" benefits had a profound impact on college campuses across the country in the late 1940s, Rudd said the enhanced G.I. Bill could have a broader impact.
"There are many more veterans that are affected that are transitioning to higher education. These benefits are transferable to family members," he said. "It may be a spouse or it may be children that use the benefits."
And Martin said with online classes accessible from military outposts around the world, many of the veterans have already started their education beyond high school.
"One fundamental thing that is different than in the past, perhaps, is that many of our veterans have already had higher education experiences online even while they have served in Afghanistan and Iraq or even in other places," Martin said. "We want to be known as a place that welcomes and loves the idea of veterans being part of our program and among our graduates."
Rudd said the resource center will offer help in reviewing what veterans have already earned through online coursework, as well as courses they took on other campuses elsewhere in the country or in the world.
"A lot of our veteran students come in with partial credit … from different institutions depending on how long they served," Rudd said. "One thing is a constant in military service. You tend to move around quite a bit. We need to have the support structure in place to evaluate that credit and help them transfer that credit and get adequate credit for what they have done."
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Though it is best known as an world-class tourist destination, Williamsburg - and neighboring Yorktown and Jamestown - offer up plenty of reasons for potential residents to call the Historic Triangle home. Tourism is the main economic driver in this region, but the presence of William & Mary also makes modern Williamsburg a college town. Combined, these industry sectors uniquely position the area to offer its residents an abundance of employment opportunities and a wealth of dining, shopping, entertainment, cultural and recreational amenities.
The area features of plethora of historical points of interest, with Colonial Williamsburg serving as the cornerstone. Williamsburg's up-and-coming arts district adds to the vitality of the city, boasting more than 50 museums, galleries and performing-arts venues. Opportunities for family-friendly fun abound in the surrounding Historic Triangle, where residents and visitors enjoy a host of theme parks and attractions, golf courses, resorts and outdoor activities.
The 2012 National Citizen Survey reported that 92% of Williamsburg residents rated the city as a "good or excellent place to live," and 87% rated overall quality of life here as "good or excellent."
Williamsburg is centrally located halfway between Norfolk and Richmond, just off Interstate 64 and Route 199. The drive time to EVMS' medical campus in downtown Norfolk is approximately 45 minutes.


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(DALLAS – March 16, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease and desist administrative order to the Kevin Basham Farm in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, for unauthorized discharges of chicken litter into a tributary of the Dugdemona River.
The Kevin Basham Farm chicken broiler facility is a concentrated animal feeding operation located approximately five miles east of Arcadia on the south side of U.S. Highway 80 in Lincoln Parish. The facility has been ordered to immediately stop all discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
"We expect poultry farms to follow the rules that protect our communities," said EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz. "Owners and operators of animal feeding operations have a responsibility to comply with the law."
On January 25, 2012, the EPA inspected the farm and found unauthorized discharges of pollutants from chicken litter storage piles and barns to an unnamed tributary of the Dugdemona River.
As a result of the inspection, the Kevin Basham Farm has been ordered to immediately take action to stop all discharges of pollutants from their facilities chicken litter storage piles and barns. Within 30 days they must submit to the EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a certified summary, including photographs, that document the unauthorized discharges have been stopped.
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Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom & Flynn: Family Flight!
Miranda Kerr makes a separate entrance inside LAX Airport from the rest of her family on Tuesday (January 22) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old model's hubby Orlando Bloom and son Flynn make their way inside right after mom, who was rocking a sheer animal print blouse!
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Music, murder and more for summer reading
Suddenly it's June. Have you made a list of books to read on your summer vacation? Here are some North Carolina books for that list.
UNC-Wilmington's Clyde Edgerton's "Night Train" came out three years ago and remains a favorite because it takes me back to my growing up years. Two friends, both teenaged boys, live in Starke, a fictional eastern North Carolina town, in the early 1960s. One, Larry Lime Nolan, is black, and he wants to play jazz like Thelonious Monk. The other, Dwayne Hallston, is white, and he wants to be another James Brown. They have much in common, but rules of the segregated South put roadblocks in the way of their friendship.
Edgerton had hoped the book would help him located and reconnect with Larry Lime Holman, his friend when the two were growing up near Durham and the model for the fictional Larry Lime. No reunion so far, but stay tuned! (Edgerton's North Carolina Bookwatch program from a past season airs again on UNC-MX on Friday, June 6 at 9 p.m. and on UNC-TV at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 12. The normal Sunday noon airing will be preempted.)
Ruth Moose's debut novel, "Doing It at the Dixie Dew," won the Malice Domestic First Best Traditional Mystery Award from St. Martin's Press. But she is no ordinary first-time novelist. She is well known in North Carolina literary circles as an award-winning poet, storywriter, book reviewer, and retired UNC-Chapel Hill creative writing teacher.
Her mystery is set in a fictional North Carolina small town called Littleboro. The lead character, Beth Henry, has just opened a bed and breakfast called The Dixie Dew. Her first guest dies in her room, and there is more loss of life, all murders. Ultimately, Beth tracks down the culprits. But along the way we meet a cast of characters who could have come from the small towns in books by Jan Karon, Margaret Maron, or Ann B. Ross. Moose's Bookwatch program will premier on UNC-MX Friday, June 13, at 9 p.m. and on UNC-TV at noon on Sunday June, 15 and 5 p.m. on Thursday June, 19.
Shirley Temple's recent death reminded us how her spunk and radiant smile captured the hearts of Americans in the 1930s. UNC-Chapel Hill Professor John Kasson's new book, "The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America," reviews her film career and explains why she holds an important place in America's cultural and political history. (June 20, 22, 26) As the short session of the state's legislature rolls towards adjournment and the fall election campaigns rev up, North Carolinians may be asking, "How did our state get to its present political situation?" East Carolina University Professor Tom Eamon's "The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics from Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory" is a big help in understanding that puzzle. (June 27, 29, July 3) Peggy Payne is known and respected for her novels about religious topics.
Her latest is "Cobalt Blue," in which a 38-year-old Pinehurst artist, is consumed by uncontrollable sexual arousal and activity, a condition that may be explained by a feature of a brand of Asian yoga known as "kundalini rising." The book's vivid descriptions led the author's husband to warn that it is "not for the faint hearted." (July 4, 6, 10) Like Wilma Dykeman in her classic, "The French Broad," UNC-Wilmington's Philip Gerard uses a river journey to tell a series of stories. Gerard's "Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina" takes readers from where the Deep and Haw Rivers meet to form the Cape Fear, all the way to Bald Head Island where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. (July 11, 13, 17) !
D.G. MARTIN hosts "North Carolina Bookwatch," which airs Sundays at noon and Thursdays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV. Preview the upcoming program on UNC-MX digital channel (Time Warner #1276 or #4.4) on Fridays at 9 p.m. Next weeks (May 11, 15 guest is Krista Bremer, author of "My Accidental Jihad."


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Watson, Warner Named to Prestigious Chairsby Jim Amidon • September 7, 2011 Share:
Two Wabash College faculty members received promotions to prestigious chairs in their academic divisions. Dean of the College Gary Phillips announced at Tuesday's faculty meeting that long-time theater professor Dwight E. Watson has been named the Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor of Humanities and historian Richard R. "Rick" Warner has been named the Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor in the Social Sciences.
Professor Watson is the fifth member of the faculty to hold the LaFollette Chair following Eric Dean, Raymond Williams, William Placher, and Leslie Day.
Watson, who has taught over 40 different courses since his arrival at Wabash in 1981, earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina-Pembroke and received his master of fine arts degree from North Carolina-Greensboro.
"I am enormously fortunate and grateful," Professor Watson said. "As a former Division Chair, I have studied the portfolios of many of my younger colleagues, and I know firsthand the talent and dedication that they bring to the classroom and to their fields of study. My older colleagues, faculty and staff, are a constant source of amazement, friendship and inspiration. As for the previous holders of the LaFollette Chair, I feel a little uncertain about placing my name in that well-regarded group. In recent days, however, I have thought about these individuals and how they have shaped my life and work at the College. In very different and positive ways, they have all been great mentors."
The LaFollette Chair ties together the threads of excellence in teaching, engaged support and service to younger scholars, and humanistic research and scholarship with national and international significance for the College.
"Dwight exemplifies these aspects of the chair in powerful ways," said Dean Phillips. "He is regarded by students and colleagues alike as intellectually demanding and accessible, one who challenges and inspires students in word and deed to act as liberally educated men. He also generously mentors younger colleagues by modeling for them the rigor of self-questioning and attentive listening and whose unassuming manner is matched by a readiness to wrestle with and pose to his faculty colleagues the most telling questions."
Professor Watson regularly teaches all-college courses and has served administratively as Chair of the Theater Department three times and twice as Chair of the Division of the Humanities and Fine Arts. While at Wabash, he has directed more 40 plays, and he has authored scores of book chapters, plays, reviews, invited lectures, and public presentations. He has led Wabash students on immersion learning trips to New York City, England, Scotland, and Germany.
Watson has created and taught 24 different seminar courses, and regularly teaches dramatic literature, playwriting, acting and directing, and theory and criticism.
Playwriting credits include The Gazing Ball (forthcoming), Hopper and Pete at High Noon, Dapple Gray, The Newton Monologs, Eden Creek, Diamond City, Dewey Boy and Wookie, Hattie B. Moore, The Piano Tuner, and an adaptation of Eudora Welty's short story, The Petrified Man. In 2010, Watson and his students presented a staged reading, "Passages from the Writings of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott," at the Race to the End of the Earth Revisited program at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
In addition to many honors for his playwriting, Watson has received the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Research Fellowship and an Individual Artist Master Fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Professor Rick Warner is the seventh person to hold the Daniel F. Evans Associate Professorship in the Social Sciences since its establishment in 1995.
"To be named the Daniel F. Evans Professor is a great honor, one that I am humbled by," said Dr. Warner. "I did not know Dan but have heard plenty of stories about this Wabash giant from more mature faculty at the round table in the Scarlet Inn. His commitment to Wabash was powerfully strong, and similar to others who have passed through here such as Paul McKinney and Bill Placher. I feel energized to take my research on Mexico and World History to the next level, thanks to the research and development fund, as well as the encouragement that such an honor naturally bestows."
Dr. Warner came to Wabash as a visiting professor in 1999 and received tenure in 2008. During what was to have been his sabbatical year, Warner stepped in to serve as Associate Dean of Students at the College. He earned bachelor's degrees in religious studies from the University of Vermont and in history (with honors) from the University of California-Santa Cruz. He earned his master of arts degree and Ph.D. in history from UC-Santa Cruz.
Prior to his arrival at Wabash, Dr. Warner taught at UC-Santa Cruz and at the University of Utah. He teaches a wide range of courses — from world history to the history of food — but specializes in Latin American history.
"Rick is already providing intellectual leadership through much-respected teaching and scholarship that is changing instruction in his department, division, and across the College for students and faculty alike," said Dean Phillips in his announcement. "In heavily subscribed courses, he leads students through immersion travel and historical study. He shows the necessary relationship between empathy and intellect, historical consciousness and moral conscience. Whether in the study of religion or corn, whether in Kenya or Mexico, he demonstrates how the liberal arts are an engagement across disciplines, national cultures, and human communities."
The Evans Chair is named in recognition of Daniel F. Evans, Wabash Class of 1943, who served Wabash as a trustee, treasurer, and from 1992-93 as CEO of the College. The Chair recognizes a professor whose teaching and scholarship are admirable and effective, and whose intellectual leadership promises to affect the quality of instruction in his or her discipline and across the College. The holder of the chair is to be a person who has an encouraging and inspiriting effect on the entire faculty.
Dr. Warner helped to develop Wabash's current immersion learning program, and has taken numerous classes on trips around the globe, including last summer's two-week immersion in Kenya. He chairs Wabash's Off-Campus Study and International Studies committees, and is co-chair of the College's Teacher Education Committee.
"What I like most about teaching at Wabash is the sense of community," Warner said. "This is not a job, it is a large family-style community. I like that learning only begins in the classroom, and heads out from there into living units, professors' offices, lunch conversations with staff, and now, overseas. As good as a classroom experience can be, and as necessary as it is to the learning process, the classroom is just a spark. And of course I am quite thrilled with the energy level of Wabash students. When they first arrive they are not given to thinking widely and creatively perhaps, but all of the successful students here exhibit an impressive diligence. It is easy to work with that to take education anywhere you want to go."
He has written approximately 30 articles, reviews, and invited conference papers, as well as a number of encyclopedia entries. He has received a dozen grants to support his research and course development.
"Wabash bestows named professorships as a special way to honor a faculty person's significant contributions to the life and mission of the College," said Dean Phillips. "Rick Warner and Dwight Watson are most worthy recipients because they have changed student lives and enriched our community by their many talents. And they will continue to do so. Rick and Dwight are quintessential Wabash teachers, and I am deeply privileged to call them my colleagues."


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jun 2009 11:57 UTC
The Palm Pre will hit the stores on Saturday, June 6, and it has a very important task to fulfil. Contrary to what the sensationlist media want you to believe, that task is not to dethrone the iPhone, but to save a flailing company. Palm requires for its very survival that the Pre and its brand-new operating system webOS is a success. CNet has taken the Palm Pre through its paces, and despite some flaws, they were quite pleased, especially on the software front. Update: Another review, from Engadget: "To put it simply, the Pre is a great phone, and we don't feel any hesitation saying that."
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WebOS = BEOS+???
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RE: WebOS = BEOS+???
by umccullough on Thu 4th Jun 2009 18:19 in reply to "WebOS = BEOS+???"
BEOS aficionado may recall that Palm owns the source code to BEOS. Although it may be a stretch to think that BEOS became WebOS, it's much more likely that BEOS is the internal Godfather to WebOS...
Nope, Palm no longer owns any BeOS intellectual property, that has all been transferred to ACCESS.
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Lady Bisons lose in dual match with Belmont
The Lady Bisons lost the inaugural golf version of the "Battle of the Boulevard" by four strokes Monday to Belmont at Old Hickory Country Club.
The Lady Bisons shot a team score of 318. Belmont finished at 314.
Katie Pursell and Mary Leigh Baker tied for second in the match with a score of 78. Lorie Warren was the medalist with a score of 73, two over par. Belmont's Jennifer Warren shot a 79.
No other golfers shot below 80.
Brie Rowdon tied for fifth with an 80. Lindsey Beard finished in a tie for seventh with an 82. Ashlee Catlin was 10th with a 90.
Three Lipscomb golfers played as individuals with their scores not contributing to the team score. Kacy Reese and Allie Pancake who tied for 11th with a 92. Haley Rowdon finished in 14th with a 94.


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CyanogenMod alpha now available for HP TouchPad
For some TouchPad owners, this day couldn't come soon enough. Finally, at long last, CyanogenMod 7 is available to download on the HP TouchPad.
Fitted with the subtitle "Lower Your Expectations Edition," CyanogenMod 7 alpha 1 is the most complete TouchPad port of Android to hit the web yet. There are some app compatibility, camera, ... Read More »


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Motley Crue's Vince Neil Opens Business We Assumed He Owned Years Ago
Vince Neil is putting his money where her g-string is, but not in the expected way. The Motley Crue singer and bad boy sang about 'Girls, Girls, Girls' and famed strip joints such as the Crazy Horse, The Dollhouse, Tattletails and 7th Veil on the title track of one of the Crue's most famous albums. Now, he is combining his finances, his fame and love of half-naked ladies and opening his own Las Vegas strip club dubbed –you guessed it- 'Girls, Girls, Girls.'
The topless nightclub is slated to open in Sin City, which Neil calls home, in approximately two weeks, according to the Las Vegas Sun. This fine establishment will be situated in Déjà Vu's former digs about a mile from the Strip.
"It's something I always wanted to do," Neil said about his latest venture. "So it's like a dream come true. But this will be different and unique. It will be the first rock and roll strip joint. It was a business opportunity to become a partner that was too good to pass up."
Neil's rock and roll aesthetic means that the girls will be "edgier" and ink is welcome. Although no one is looking at the ladies' artwork. "Tattoos won't be banned. They will look like they stepped out of a music video," the singer revealed. "Hot, provocative and edgy. I know it all comes down to G-strings in the end, but they'll start out with much sexier outfits than you find elsewhere."
Actually, we hate to correct you, Vince, but it doesn't simply come down to the G-strings. It's the G-strings and how well their upper body defies gravity.
Another way Neil is differentiating is the music, saying the sounds aren't "going to be boring. None of that house, generic strip club music. This will be full on rock and roll. We're going to have a lot more fun and a lot more dancing with our music. It will be a blast from start to finish. Yeah, we'll even play a little Motley, but tons of others, too! The mix will be something both tourists and locals want to add to the sexcitement."
Even money on the next Crue album being called 'Sexcitement.'
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Ocoee safety Terrell Lewis is seeing college football recruiting the way it is usually expected to roll.
Once a player receives his first scholarship offer, it usually means he will start to see more and more interest and more offers. Georgia Tech offered Lewis on March 1. Seven days later, he has two more offers.
Troy offered the 6-foot-2, 215-pound rover of a safety on Thursday, and then UConn followed up Friday with his third offer.
"It's really showing how I'm starting to grow," Lewis said. "It's gotten me even more excited for spring ball so I can show everybody else what I got and what I can do."
With National Signing Day still 330-plus days away, it's a bit early in the process for any newly-offered player to be thinking about favorites, but Lewis said of the three offers he has, Georgia Tech would be the front-runner.
"I don't really have preference right now. I'm just getting a feel for the coaches," Lewis said. "Ultimately I want to go to a college where I'll be comfortable for the next four years of my life.
"I have good relationship with Coach [Lamar] Owens for Georgia Tech and I'm getting comfortable with the other coaches. But as far as the schools that have offered me so far, I say yes, Georgia Tech is in front."
Lewis trains with local speed and conditioning coach Lo Wood, the father of Notre Dame cornerback Lo Wood Jr.
"He's been a really huge help getting my name out there and sending my film to all these coaches," Lewis said. "He's also a really good coach and good promoter. He's just someone I can really trust."
Other than Wood Sr. helping him through the process, Lewis said he doesn't know of any players who have gone through a recruiting phase who could give him tips.
"Coming from Ocoee, we're not recruited heavily," Lewis said. "It's just me and my dad and we're just kind of looking up the rules and getting used to the whole process and just kind of going through that just by ourselves."
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Is Christmas a Christian holiday?
Maybe the people who keep urging us to put the Christ back in Christmas have a point. At a time when a growing number of Americans identify with no religious institution, we've lost much of the holiday's religious value.
But many historians believe the historical Jesus was born in the spring. The timing and some of the rituals of modern-day Christmas (e.g., the tree hauled in from the forest) appropriate pagan, solstice celebrations for the purposes of the dominant religious paradigm of our time.