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The Citadel signs four players for 2010
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel baseball head coach Fred Jordan announced Monday that the program has signed four future cadet-student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Two pitchers and two positions players have signed with the Bulldogs in the 2010 recruiting class. Ben Carr (Atlanta, Ga./Stockbridge HS), Josh Pless (Spartanburg, S.C./Boiling Springs HS), Austin Pritcher (Charleston, S.C./James Island HS) and Jeff Spillane (Houston, Texas/Houston Christian HS) will
1 Dec 2008, 12:55 pm | click here for more
Background Check System Used By Texas Public Schools Challenged In Court
A central Texas couple is suing Austin’s Lake Travis Independent School District to challenge the constitutionality of computerized check-in systems designed to check every visitors to school campuses against databases of registered sex offenders. From KTRE: Yvonne and Larry Meadows say the process violates their privacy and other rights. They’re suing the Austin area’s Lake Travis school district over a computer system that checks visitors against a sex offender database. The system scans th
1 Dec 2008, 12:50 pm | click here for more
Birthday-Friendly Restaurants in New York
Birthday-Friendly Restaurants in New York Watch our Hot List New York video for ideas on how to pain the town Daily Traveler reader pwrdwrf asks: What's the best fun restaurant in Manhattan to celebrate a 25th birthday? The DT has called on our food fanatics and they've provided their picks: * Arguably the most crowd-friendly restaurant in the Bromberg brothers' Blue Ribbon empire, Blue Ribbon Bakery in the West Village is a great place for a party. One of our possess Daily Travelers hosted he
1 Dec 2008, 12:46 pm | click here for more
These Posts Get a Repeat Performance
Both Rikyrah and I wrote about Hillary Clinton being named as Secretary of State in PE Obama’s Administration, but now that it’s official (and many of you weighed in saying “It’s not official, yet”), I thought I would link back to both our posts and ask you to weigh in, now that the deal’s been done. Our posts deserve repeat performances if you haven’t read them yet. Rikyrah’s take: (November 14, 2008) - here’s an excerpt: The ever astute JJP readers have pointed out that this would be a dis
1 Dec 2008, 12:39 pm | click here for more
The Killers Tap M83 For US Tour
In what promises to be an inspired pairing, the Vegas-based synth pop combo The Killers will team up with M83 for a quick jaunt around the States in January. M83’s latest release, Saturdays = Youth, found the French shoegazer giving in to their inner Molly Ringwald, crafting a set of gothic New Wave anthems that stands among their most accomplished work to date. Since then, M83 has been out on the road, touring every over the damn place. Now, with The Killers (who recently released Day & Age) h
1 Dec 2008, 12:38 pm | click here for more
Ramp Farm 30+ Jam
The guys over at The Ramp Farm in Austin, Texas had a jam for the geriatrics of BMX. 18 30+ year olds showed up for the jam and rode, doing it for the old-school. circutbmx.com
1 Dec 2008, 12:32 pm | click here for more
One of the Scariest People on the Planet—“I’m Roy Williams”
One of the Scariest People on the Planet—“I’m Roy Williams” Peter Nevland - Dec 01, 2008 It didn’t take long for my pastor to hear about me hanging out with drug dealers in east Austin. He asked me to perform “Rashi & Me” and tell the story in front of church to illustrate his sermon on the city’
1 Dec 2008, 12:26 pm | click here for more
Revisiting TJP's Texas Survey of Eyewitness ID Procedures
"APD Scores Low on Police Lineup Procedures," is Jordan Smith's report in the current Austin Chronicle. Here's an excerpt: According to a new report released by the Justice Project, the Austin Police Department "meets the minimum legal requirements" for administrating live and photographic lineups of criminal suspects – but it "does little to ensure that its lineup procedures provide the best evidence possible in any given case." The nonprofit contacted more than 1,000 police departments acr
1 Dec 2008, 12:17 pm | click here for more
Duke Researchers Find Large Amoeba that Moves
Duke Researchers Find big Amoeba that Moves A Duke University press release notes the discovery of a big (1 inch diameter) marine amoeba that moves slowly and leaves distinctive tracks behind. The distinctive trail that the Gromias leave is identical to mud tracks found in the fossil record, which throws a big wrench into one long-standing argument in biology. The fossil tracks pre-date the so-called “Cambrian explosion” 530 million years ago, which was a blossoming of multicellular life
1 Dec 2008, 12:14 pm | click here for more
Dallas ISD Daily Dish
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. **Dallas Observers' Jim Schutze weighs in on DISD's "theory of action for change." **DISD's pending bond sale mentioned in the NY Times. **An Austin-area couple has had it with the "Raptor" -- that irritating driver's license scanner being used in DISD and other school systems -- and is suing the Lake Travis school district over the device. (Click here to read an an earlier blog post on the scanning device in DISD). Got a link we missed or an i
1 Dec 2008, 12:09 pm | click here for more
Grant Announcement for Humanities High Performance Computing Program
On November 18, I gave a presentation at the Supercomputing 2008 conference in Austin, Texas and announced the winners of the NEH/Department of Energy Humanities High Performance Computing program. These grants provide computer time on DOE machines at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing middle (NERSC) at DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as well as training and support to enable scholars to take full advantage of those resources in accordance with the DOE High-End
1 Dec 2008, 12:03 pm | click here for more
Masonic set to release The Human Blade
Austin, TX Indie pop band Masonic is releasing 10 tune maxi-EP The Human Blade on Dec 5, 2008. Since 2002, Masonic has been creating well crafted noise pop along the lines of Stereolab, Yo La Tengo, Velvet Underground, and The Vaselines framed by... Click over to continue
1 Dec 2008, 11:59 am | click here for more
New 3DBOXX® 4800 Significantly Boosts Performance for 2D Applications in Animation and 3D Modeling
AUSTIN, TEXAS, December 1, 2008—BOXX Technologies is giving 2D and 3D artists and animators an early Christmas gift this year—savings in precious time and money. The new 3DBOXX 4800 Series, the fastest single processor workstation ever certified by BOXlabs, provides artists working with matte painting and textures or 3D modeling using Autodesk® Maya® and 3ds Max® with a significant boost in speed and performance. BOXXlabs results show the 4800 runs 3ds Max 2009 38 percent faster than its 460
1 Dec 2008, 11:56 am | click here for more
UTSA announces 2009 Schedule
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head baseball coach Sherman Corbett announced Monday the Roadrunners’ 2009 schedule. Highlighted by six opponents that qualified for the 2008 NCAA Tournament (Dallas Baptist, Houston, Oral Roberts, Rice, Sam Houston State and Texas A&M) and a full 33-game slate of Southland Conference action, the two-time defending SLC Regular Season Champions will play a total of 55 contests this spring. “With the conference increasing the schedule to 33 games this
1 Dec 2008, 11:49 am | click here for more
Thoughts on the news conference
Wade Phillips said the team still has to make one more roster move to receive Pacman Jones to the active roster. Phillips said Pacman Jones will play Sunday in Pittsburgh. Does the team clip Quincy Butler? Miles Austin (knee) is at least a week away from practicing. DeMarcus Ware will practice with a knee brace on Wednesday, if he practices, and might use it in Sunday's game. Marion Barber, from listening to Phillips, won't practice this week. Expect Tashard Choice and Alonzo Coleman to get
1 Dec 2008, 11:45 am | click here for more
Clean Energy Venture Summit Starts Tomorrow
Clean Energy Venture Summit If you’re an entrepreneur that is starting up a company in the clean energy space, or are evaluating that area, you should consider attending the Clean Energy Venture Summit. The event starts tomorrow, and is right here in your possess backyard. You receive the chance to attend a top notch conference with no hotel or travel expenses. This event brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and executives from the clean energy space. Let’s face it, the future consists of us liv
1 Dec 2008, 11:31 am | click here for more
2008 CMJ Music Marathon NELO Live New York Performance
By Maria Esteves - December 1, 2008 The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), New York Premiere performance of NELO, presented by BMI was held at accident Mansion, Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 P.M. The outstanding NELO rock band from Austin, Texas preceded the evening's showcase performance of the PASSENGER, PONDEROSA, WATT WHITE, OUTERNATIONAL, BLONDE ACID CULT, and HYPERNOVA. NELO's live performance enjoyed by the crowded audience included "The Rain tune", "Jumping B
1 Dec 2008, 11:24 am | click here for more
Injury updates: DeMarcus Ware, Marion Barber probably won't practice today
RB Marion Barber (dislocated right pinkie toe) and OLB DeMarcus Ware (hyperextended left knee) remain day-to-day. "We'll look how they are," Wade Phillips said. "I don't foresee them practicing much today." Phillips said Barber might not practice every week. He does expect to look Ware on the practice field, wearing a knee brace, at some point this week. CB Mike Jenkins (hamstring) is doubtful for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh. WR Miles Austin (knee) is "still about a week away" from returning, ac
1 Dec 2008, 11:22 am | click here for more
Catching Up and Twitter vs. Blogs
We had a great week down in the Austin area. My parents live in Liberty Hill and we spent the week at their ranch. The boys never left the ranch for the entire week. They were occupied by Gator rides through the woods, playing with the dog, feeding the cows, and exploring for rocks. We had Turducken on Thanksgiving day. It was good. The duck was my favorite part of it. On Saturday, Dad cooked the best Prime Rib Roast I’ve ever had. I’ve recently overtaken him in the art of grilling a steak an
1 Dec 2008, 11:14 am | click here for more