Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for work that requires human intelligence. The Mechanical Turk web service enables companies to programmatically access this marketplace and a diverse, on-demand workforce. Developers can leverage this service to build human intelligence directly into their applications. While computing technology continues to improve, there are still many things that human beings can do much more effectively than computers, such as identifying objects in a photo or video, performing data de-duplication, transcribing audio recordings or researching data details. Traditionally, tasks like this have been accomplished by hiring a large temporary workforce (which is time consuming, expensive and difficult to scale) or have gone undone. Mechanical Turk aims to make accessing human intelligence simple, scalable, and cost-effective.

There's a powerful Texas wind sweeping the land, and it's leaving a trail of pure, unadulterated joy in its wake. Next stop: Poplar Bluff, Missouri! Now's the time to grab your tickets to a star-studded night of contemporary Christian musical praise here in the Bluff. On Friday, September 28 from 7:30 pm, the Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum powerhouse MercyMe will be rocking the Black River Coliseum, along with special guests Shane & Shane and Monk & Neagle. Come experience MercyMe right where you live---hear the band whose rock-and-pop-infused sound is searing through boundaries, spreading a message of hope beyond the traditional frontiers of Christian radio.

At 1:50am on Friday (Sept 14), a DS3 at our main office failed causing many of our customers to lose connection to the Internet. semo.net engineer, Adam Barnhill, worked with AT&T to diagnose and correct the problem. The circuit was restored at 4:00am by resetting a card at AT&T. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused.

The next time someone gripes to you over coffee that "there's nothing to doooooo" in Poplar Bluff, grasp the misguided soul by the scruff of the neck and head straight down to Fay's Place. Fay Brown is the proprietor of the most unique art space in Poplar Bluff, located at 2299 N. Main in a spacious structure that once housed a carpet store. Fay's Place is an extensive "artistic gallery" and a workspace for local and regional artists. It's a place for instruction in a broad range of arts, including jewelry making, stained-glass construction, ceramics, beading, and painting. Also, Fay's offers ready-made frames, and a custom-framing service equipped to handle everything from simple prints to tapestries, from hand-crocheted items to

In order to gear up for the 2008 baseball season, semo.net's Boy's Traveling Little League Team will be holding tryouts on Saturday, September 22nd. Five of the 11-boy-team roster have been pre-selected and the remaining six positions will be considered from those trying out. Requirements: Sex: Boys Age: Must be 9 or 10 on May 1st, 2008 Tryouts*: When: 4pm, Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 Where: Whiteley Park, Poplar Bluff* *Preference during tryouts will be given to those who pre-register via email (see note below). Coaches: The team will be coached by Mike Coleman and Brian Becker. Their coaching philosophy goes deeper than wanting a winning team, they train the boys in the fundamentals and finer points of the game. Though

Technology magazines ignore women and women's magazines ignore technology. Popgadget.net is a lifestyle magazine that embraces technology as a regular and essential part of women's lives. Popgadget covers topics traditionally seen in women's magazines, such as health and fitness, beauty and fashion, home, family, and entertainment, but with a unique focus on the products and people that bring exciting innovations to those aspects of womens' lives.