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Making friends, not foes, with AI

I remember when the most common form of artificial intelligence was a 20-year-old philosophy major waxing wise on the meaning of life. There was nothing real about that sophomore-year acumen. Since then, a few things have changed, and there’s a new kind of know-it-all on the ...

Kids conspiring against improved health

My dogs are seriously messing up my mornings. For the past several months, I’ve been trying to wake up earlier so as to get to the gym first thing before heading into the office. Every day, my alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m. And for the most part, I’m already awake when it does. Juiced ...

DIY: WHITE BOARD

White boards are a useful re-usable tool for keeping track of lists, project information and notes in both home and office.  Although they are handy, they can also be expensive. You may get lucky at a thrift store, but you’ll be limited to the size and style someone donated.  Making a DIY white board can save you money and let you customize it to suit your space.    You can make a white board in several ways. Which way you chose may depend on the aesthetic you want, size and what materials you have or want to source.  A very simple way to make a ...

‘Happy Campers’ documentarian fell in love with people, place

In her latest film, “Happy Campers,” documentarian Amy Nicholson focuses on a camping community in Virginia that was torn down by developers. This “shabby Shangri-La” was a place where working-class people could find respite and friendship. Her film highlights this because she was a part of that community.  “I wandered in there one day, taking photographs, and I thought, ‘Wow, this looks like a lot of fun,’ but it was wintertime,” Nicholson explained. “I went back many years later in the summer, and when I saw it, full of people and full of life, I just fell in ...

September Arts Walk is sure to entertain

Main Street Morgantown’s Arts Walk program has expanded and September’s 50+ artists and performers shouldn’t be missed.   Expanded Arts Walk entertainment offerings will run through November.   The September Arts Walk is 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 14  in Downtown Morgantown.   Featured entertainment includes   music by Ryan Cain & The Ables, The Hillbilly Biscuits and The Mud Larks.  Additionally, the public can meet many artisans and makers, see handmade goods and creative arts demonstrations and enjoy a variety of offerings ...

W.Va. trumpeter examines the palette of jazz in EP ‘Colors’

For the past two years, composer and trumpeter Ryan Kerwin has been working on his EP “Colors” that released on Aug. 27. In the songs, he hopes to capture various colors of music and bring that to his audience.  “In jazz music, we talked a lot about how soloists and composers have a color for their compositional palette, and a really experienced jazz player or a musician would be able to listen to something for 30 seconds and be able to identify who it was and even what year it was, and all the musicians playing on it,”  Kerwin said. “So I got really into the ...