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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Eddie George was too busy charging through defenses as an NFL running back to stop and inspect the stadium turf. Now retired, he's turning a critical eye to home building and design as a judge on a new reality television show.

George joins designer Nate Berkus and interior decorator Monica Pedersen on "American Dream Builders" debuting March 23 on NBC.

For George, the show is a chance to make use of his college degree, having majored in landscape architecture at Ohio State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1995. He jokes that he had no one to discuss his passion with during his nine-year career playing for the Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys.

"This opportunity presented itself for me not only to show the talents of a landscape architect, but also to be creative," he said.

After graduating, George opened The Edge Group, a planning and architecture firm with offices in Columbus, Ohio and Nashville, Tenn. He later earned an MBA from Northwestern University.

Berkus said he had never heard of George before the show because he's not a football fan. Berkus sometimes climbed on the shoulders of George, who is 6-foot-3, to better inspect crown molding in homes they judged.

"You can make a room look fabulous, but if you are in there for about five minutes and you notice all of the small things that are wrong, it can go south really fast," George said. "One of the things that I've learned on this show is how to truly go into a space and gauge it for what it is and how much thoughtfulness has gone into it and how the details really speak volumes down to the knobs that you use on the drawers or the counters."

"American Dream Builders" features 12 contestants divided into two teams to redesign and renovate a home inside and out in a matter of days. Each week, one contestant is eliminated until two reach the finale, where they renovate two Southern California homes while competing for a cash prize. At-home viewers can go online to enter a contest in which the show's winner will renovate their home.

"It's interesting to see the contestants react to Eddie's judgment week after week because, if they don't get the details right, he notices every time," Berkus said.

George said he's learned new lingo like subway tile, back splash and chinoiserie (a style of art that reflects Chinese motifs).

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PASADENA, CALIF. Eddie George was too busy charging through defenses as an NFL running back to stop and inspect the stadium turf. Now retired, hes turning a critical eye to home building and design as a judge on a new reality television show.

George joins designer Nate Berkus and interior decorator Monica Pedersen on American Dream Builders debuting March 23 on NBC.

For George, the show is a chance to make use of his college degree, having majored in landscape architecture at Ohio State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1995. He jokes that he had no one to discuss his passion with during his nine-year career playing for the Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys.

This opportunity presented itself for me not only to show the talents of a landscape architect, but also to be creative, he said.

After graduating, George opened The Edge Group, a planning and architecture firm with offices in Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville. He later earned an MBA from Northwestern University.

Berkus said he never had heard of George before the show because hes not a football fan. Berkus sometimes climbed on the shoulders of George, who is 6-foot-3, to better inspect crown molding in homes they judged.

You can make a room look fabulous, but if you are in there for about five minutes and you notice all of the small things that are wrong, it can go south really fast, George said. One of the things that Ive learned on this show is how to truly go into a space and gauge it for what it is and how much thoughtfulness has gone into it and how the details really speak volumes down to the knobs that you use on the drawers or the counters.

American Dream Builders features 12 contestants divided into two teams to redesign and renovate a home inside and out in a matter of days. Each week, one contestant is eliminated until two reach the finale, where they renovate two Southern California homes while competing for a cash prize. At-home viewers can go online to enter a contest in which the shows winner will renovate their home.

Its interesting to see the contestants react to Eddies judgment week after week because, if they dont get the details right, he notices every time, Berkus said.

George said hes learned new lingo like subway tile, back splash and chinoiserie (a style of art that reflects Chinese motifs).

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See, not so bad right? The first week of school's already out of the way, and midterms are still a distant light on the horizon. As you take your time getting back into the class routine, tune into Radio 1190 to hear these superb additions to rotation.

Neil Young has been on a much anticipated releasing frenzy the past few years as part of his "Archives" series, and the newest collection to see the light of day is a dark, live set just before the release of his masterpiece, After the Gold Rush. Titled Live at the Cellar Door, the album finds Young ruminating on the decaying dreams of the '60s, indulging into piano- and string-driven collages, and of course, delivering his soothsayer folk anthems with the wilting energy that only Young can.

Toy emerged in 2012 with a fantastic self-titled debut that found the sweet spot between Hawkwind's space jams, the Stone Roses' reverby pop wash, and the Strokes' gang-of-four posturing. Join the Dots is a consistent follow-up that trims off some of the spare wah effects, and shows once again how capable this group is at effortlessly bringing garage rock into the space age.

Castleface Records have been specializing in lo-fi garage rock good times for a respectable amount of time now, and their latest release by POW! reaffirms the label's talent for finding under-the-radar bands that just want to make people move. POW! add some unique elements into the mix, such as synthesizers and a particularly blown-out drum sound to make Hi-Tech Boom a refreshingly awesome listen.

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ANN ARBOR (WWJ) Portal Architects Inc. announced the general market availability of version 2.7 of its SkySync software.

The company says SkySync is a simple yet powerful Windows app that enables organizations of any size to synchronize or migrate files across most storage systems including cloud platforms, Microsoft SharePoint and network file-shares.

SkySync transforms the process of migrating or syncing on-site files to cloud platforms into simple steps that take only minutes, Portal Architects CTO Steve Woodward said. For network file systems, SkySync offers advanced capabilities that enable admins to automatically link and maintain entire groups of user home-drives to their cloud storage accounts with only a few clicks.

Also, Woodward said, SkySyncs new filtering capabilities prevent files like .db, .cmd and other file-types from moving your cloud storage platform. You can even filter by file creation date, last-modified date range, or file-name. Plus, its granular reporting capabilities provide system admins a complete audit trail of all file filter and transfer actions.

Mark Brazeau, Portal Architects co-founder, added that SkySyncs scalable architecture is designed to easily manage over 100 million file-transfers per instance across any number of connected systems. It resolves file conflicts and system caveats automatically, so migrating large-volumes of files to the cloud or having them co-exist with your on-premises storage is easy.

SkySync is designed to meet the demands of businesses of all sizes, from a single workstation to multiple servers transferring terabytes of files. SkySync includes connectors for Microsoft SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, Microsoft Office 365, Box, Huddle, DropBox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Citrix ShareFile, SugarSync, Documentum, as well as network file systems. Connectors for Egnyte, Copy by Barracuda, and SalesForce are also incorporated within the version 2.7 release.

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Grover Beach City Council. Meets Tuesday. 473-4567. Public hearing on Grover Beach Lodge and Conference Center project (staff recommends continuing the hearing to Feb. 18); consider appointing a committee to draft a proposed city charter; discuss long-term strategies for street repair; appoint an alternate representative to the county air pollution control district board.

Lucia Mar Unified School District. Meets Tuesday. 474-3000. Budget update; consider returning special education programs to the district from the county office of education for the 2014-15 school year.

Nipomo Community Services District. Meets Wednesday. 929-1133. Accept work completed for portion of project to build a pipeline from Santa Maria to Nipomo for supplemental water; review board bylaws and policies and propose edits.

Oceano Community Services District. Meets Wednesday. 481-6730. Presentation on Oceano community health plan; committee meeting assignments.

Paso Robles City Council. Meets Tuesday. 237-3960. Consideration of an interim ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on private water well drilling; consideration of a proposal to consolidate the citys public transit services with the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority.

Pismo Beach City Council. Meets Tuesday. 773-4657. Establish the Chapman Estate Advisory Commission to provide advice to the city council on all aspects of operation and maintenance of the property at 1243 Ocean Ave.

San Luis Obispo City Council. Meets Tuesday. 781-7100. Infrastructure financing analysis of the Economic Development Strategic Plan; discussion of a contingency plan if the citys half cent sales tax ends;

San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District. Meets Wednesday. 781-5998. Extension of Air Pollution Control Officer employment contract from Jan. 22, 2014 through Feb. 1, 2016; presentation on a greenhouse gas reduction exchange and consideration of district participation in it.

San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission. Meets Thursday. 781-5611. Consideration of a minor use permit for a beachfront house on Studio Drive in Cayucos.

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STAFFORDSHIRE County Council has apparently gone to great lengths to consult on the future of Learning Disability Day Services initial briefings, questionnaires, focus groups for carers, one to one meetings, focus groups for service users and market place events over a period of three months.

We were told in the report that went to the county councils Conservative cabinet last week that the consultation adhered to the guidelines of consultation best practice, and all necessary steps were taken to gather as many views as possible.

The response rate of 750 was good, in addition to petitions signed by thousands of local residents.

But, as 80 per cent of respondents rejected the preferred option of the county council to close day centres for people with learning disabilities and farm out support for our most vulnerable citizens, the consultation has been totally ignored. The whole process has been a monumental scam.

What does this mean for around 460 people currently supported by Day Centres in Staffordshire? Their lifeline is being is being stripped away with nothing credible to replace it.

The day centres are a haven for users, giving them a social life and providing the only respite most carers ever get.

The centres have been characterised as taking people with learning disabilities away from their communities. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Most clients do not attend the centres every day, and even when they do, the caring, trusted professional staff help them use local community facilities such as swimming, gardening and sailing.

Thirty per cent of all adults who currently use the day centres, around 140 vulnerable people, are likely to be assessed as no longer eligible for any support.

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