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β-Glucans (beta-glucans) are polysaccharides of D-glucose monomers linked by β-glycosidic bonds. β-glucans are a diverse group of molecules that can vary with respect to molecular mass, solubility, viscosity, and three-dimensional configuration. They occur most commonly as cellulose in plants, the bran of cereal grains, the cell wall of baker's yeast, certain fungi, mushrooms and bacteria. Some forms of beta glucans are useful in human nutrition as texturing agents and as soluble fiber supplements, but can be problematic in the process of brewing.
Oat is a rich source of the water-soluble fibre (1,3/1,4) β-glucan, and its effects on health have been extensively studied over the last 30 years. Oat β-glucans can be highly concentrated in different types of oat brans.
Yeast and medicinal mushroom derived β-glucans are notable for their ability to modulate the immune system. One study has shown that insoluble (1,3/1,6) β-glucan, has greater biological activity than that of its soluble (1,3/1,4) β-glucan counterparts.[1] The differences between β-glucan linkages and chemical structure are significant in regards to solubility, mode of action, and overall biological activity.
Glycosidic bonds are etheric oxygen bridges that link the monosaccharide units in a polysaccharide. They can be named by identifying the position within each monosaccharide that forms the link using the standard numbering for simple monosaccharides. When a glycosidic bond involves an anomeric carbon, for example, carbon number 1 of an aldose or carbon number 2 of a ketose, an additional designation is needed to identify the specific anomer. An "α-" (alpha) indicates the etheric oxygen linkage attaches to the anomeric carbon below the ring, and a "β-" (beta) indicates the etheric oxygen linkage attaches to the anomeric carbon above the ring (in the standard Haworth projection). The orientation of the etheric linkage at any of the other carbons is a fixed result of the chirality of each position in the specific monosaccharide, so further descriptor is required for the glycosidic bond.
Thus, the designation of β(1-3) for a glycosidic linkage indicates that the etheric oxygen bridge between two consecutive monosaccharide units of the polysaccharide connects the number 1 carbon of the first unit to the number 3 carbon of the second unit, and that etheric oxygen bridge attaches to carbon 1 of the first unit from above the ring.
Likewise, the designation of β(1-6) for a glycosidic linkage indicates that the etheric oxygen bridge between two consecutive monosaccharide units of the polysaccharide connects the number 1 carbon of the first unit to the number 6 carbon of the second unit, and that etheric oxygen bridge attaches to carbon 1 of the first unit from above the ring.
Beta-glucan chemistry[edit]
β-Glucans are polysaccharides that contain only glucose as structural components, and are linked with β-glycosidic bonds. By definition, beta-glucans are chains of D-glucose polysaccharides, linked by beta-type glycosidic bonds. These six-sided D-glucose rings can be connected to one another, on a variety of positions on the D-glucose ring structure. Some β-glucan compounds are continual repeats of D-glucose attached at a specific position.
However, β-glucans can be more diverse than molecules like starch. For instance, a β-glucan molecule can be composed of repeating D-glucose units linked with β-glycosidic bonds at one position like starch, but have branching glucose side-chains attached to other positions on the main D-glucose chain. These smaller side-chains can branch off the β-glucan "backbone" (in the case of starch, the backbone would be D-glucose chains linked at the (1,4) position) at other positions like that of the 3 and 6 position. In addition, these side-chains can be attached to other types of molecules, like proteins. An example of a β-glucan that has proteins attached to it is Polysaccharide-K.
The most active forms of β-glucans are those comprising D-glucose units with (1,3) links and with side-chains of D-glucose attached at the (1,6) position. These are referred to as β-1,3/1,6 glucan. Some researchers have suggested that it is the frequency, location, and length of the side-chains rather than the backbone of β-glucans that determine their immune system activity. Another variable is the fact that some of these compounds exist as single-strand chains, while the backbones of other β(1,3)-glucans exist as double- or triple-stranded helix chains. In some cases, proteins linked to the β(1,3)-glucan backbone may also be involved in providing therapeutic activity. Although these compounds can potentially enhance immune function, it must be emphasized that this research is in its infancy. In addition, there are differing opinions on which molecular weight, shape, structure, and source of β(1,3)-glucans provide the greatest biological activity.
β-glucan sources in nature[edit]
One of the most common sources of β(1,3)D-glucan for supplement use is derived from the cell wall of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). However, β(1,3)(1,4)-glucans are also extracted from the bran of some grains, such as oats and barley, and to a much lesser degree in rye and wheat. The β(1,3)D-glucans from yeast are often insoluble. Those extracted from grains tend to be both soluble and insoluble. Other sources include some types of seaweed,[2] and various species of mushrooms, such as reishi, shiitake, Chaga and maitake.[3]
β-Glucan and the immune system[edit]
β-Glucans are known as "biological response modifiers" because of their ability to activate the immune system.[4] Immunologists have discovered that receptors on the surface of innate immune cells called dectin-1 and complement receptor 3 (CR3 or CD11b/CD18) are responsible for binding to β-glucans, allowing the immune cells to recognize them as "non-self".[5][6]
β-glucan and blood cholesterol[edit]
Several health claims requests were submitted to the EFSA NDA Panel (Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies), related to the role of β-glucans in maintenance of normal blood cholesterol concentrations and maintenance or achievement of a normal body weight. In July 2009, the Scientific Committee issued the following statements:[7]
- On the basis of the data available, the Panel concludes that a cause-and-effect relationship has been established between the consumption of beta-glucans and the "reduction of blood cholesterol concentrations."
- The following wording reflects the scientific evidence: "Regular consumption of beta-glucans contributes to maintenance of normal blood cholesterol concentrations." In order to bear the claim, foods should provide at least 3 g/d of beta-glucans from oats, oat bran, barley, barley bran, or mixtures of non-processed or minimally processed beta-glucans in one or more servings. The target population is adults with normal or mildly elevated blood cholesterol concentrations.
- On the basis of the data available the Panel concludes that a cause-and-effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of beta-glucans and the maintenance or achievement of a normal body weight.
In November 2011, the EU Commission published its decision in favour of oat beta-glucans with regard to Article 14 of the EC Regulation on the labelling of foodstuffs with nutrition and health claim statements permitting oat beta-glucan to be described as beneficial to health. Following the opinion of the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) the EFSA and the Regulation (EU) no. 1160/2011 of the Commission, foodstuffs through which 3 g/day of oat beta-glucan are consumed (1 g of oat beta-glucan per portion) are allowed to display the following health claim: «Oat beta-glucan reduces the cholesterol level in the blood. The lowering of the blood cholesterol level can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.»[8]
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Tumoricidal effects[edit]
The tumoricidal properties of β-glucans have been studied in several in vitro and in vivo animal models.[9][10][11] In a mouse model study, β-1,3 glucan in conjunction with interferon gamma inhibited tumors and liver metastasis.[12] In some studies, β-1,3 glucans enhanced the effects of chemotherapy. In a mouse carcinoma model, β-1,3 glucans did not reduce tumor incidence, but were associated with reduced mortality in combination with cyclophosphamide.[13] In human patients with advanced gastric or colorectal cancer, the administration of β-1,3 glucans derived from shiitake mushrooms, in conjunction with chemotherapy, resulted in prolonged survival times.[14]
Prevention of infection[edit]
Alpha-Beta Technologies conducted a series of human clinical trials in the 1990s to evaluate the impact of β-glucan therapy for controlling infections in high-risk surgical patients.[15] In the initial trial, 34 patients were randomly (double-blind, placebo-controlled) assigned to treatment or placebo groups. Patients having received the PGG-glucan had significantly fewer infectious complications than the placebo group (1.4 infections per infected patient for PGG-glucan group vs. 3.4 infections per infected patient for the placebo group). Additional data from the clinical trial revealed intravenous antibiotic use was decreased, and stays in the intensive-care unit were shorter for the patients receiving PGG-glucan vs. patients receiving the placebo.
A subsequent human clinical trial[16] studied the effect of β-glucan on the incidence of infection in high-risk surgical patients. A total of 67 patients were randomized to treatment with a placebo or a dose of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 mg PGG-glucan per kilogram of body weight. Serious infections occurred in four patients having received the placebo, three patients having received the low dose (0.1 mg/kg) of PGG-glucan, and one patient having received the highest dose of 2.0 mg/kg.
The results of a phase III human clinical trial showed that PGG-glucan therapy reduced serious postoperative infections by 39% after high-risk noncolorectal operations.[17] This study was conducted in patients already at high risk because of the type of surgery and were more susceptible to infections and other complications.
A study conducted by the Canadian Department of Defense showed that orally administered yeast β-glucan given with or without antibiotics protected mice against anthrax infection.[18][unreliable source?] A dose of antibiotics along with oral whole glucan particles (2 mg/kg body weight or 20 mg/kg body weight) for eight days prior to infection with Bacillus anthracis protected mice against anthrax infection over the 10-day postexposure test period. Mice treated with the antibiotic alone did not survive.
A second experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of yeast β-glucan orally consumed after exposure of mice to B. anthracis. The results were similar to the previous experiment, with an 80-90% survival rate for mice treated with β-glucan, but only 30% for the control group after 10 days of exposure.
Early research by Onderdonk et al.[19] investigated the ability of yeast b-glucan to reduce septic infections using in vivo models. They found that mice challenged with E. coli or S. aureus bacteria were protected against septic infections when they were injected with PGG-glucan 4–6 hr prior to infection. Preventative dosing of yeast β-glucan prior to infection with S. aureus prevented sepsis in a guinea pig model.[20] Research has been conducted in animals on the use of yeast β-glucans for the treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial sepsis[19][20][21] and protection against oxidative organ injury.[22]
In a prospective, randomized, double-blind study, 38 trauma patients received a soluble, yeast-derived glucan intravenously for seven days or placebo. The total mortality rate was significantly less in the glucan group (0% vs. 29%), with also a decrease in septic morbidity (9.5% vs. 49%).[23]
Yeast-derived beta-glucan significantly enhanced phagocytic activity in an experimental mouse model of sepsis induced by Candida albicans and midline laparotomy. Mice not operated on, on glucan, had a 100% survival vs. 73% in the surgical group.[24]
Radiation exposure[edit]
Specific hematopoietic activity was first demonstrated with β-glucan in the mid-1980s in an analogous manner as granulocyte monocyte–colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF).[25] Research was carried out initially with particulate β-glucan and later with soluble β-glucans, all of which administered intravenously (IV) to mice.[26][27][28] Mice exposed to 500-900 cGy (500-900 mrads) of gamma radiation exhibited a significantly enhanced recovery of blood leukocyte, platelet and red blood cell counts when given IV β-glucan.[29] Other reports showed that β-glucan could reverse the myelosuppression produced with chemotherapeutic drugs such as fluorouracil,[17] carboplatinum, or cyclophosphamide.[30] Moreover, the anti-infective activity of β-glucan combined with its hematopoiesis-stimulating activity resulted in enhanced survival of mice receiving a lethal dose of 900-1200 cGy of radiation.[15] In vitro studies showed β-glucan could enhance granulocyte and megakaryocyte colony formation by hematopoietic stem progenitor cells when used in combination with GM-CSF and interleukin-3, respectively.[31]
Original studies delivered glucan almost entirely by injection. Later, numerous studies tried to evaluate the possibility that glucan can be delivered orally without compromising its biological activities,[6][32][33][34] opening the oral route of administration as a more pleasant alternative. Oral beta-glucan had hematopoietic effects analogous to beta-glucan administered by IV, and orally administered whole glucan particulate functions to accelerate hematopoiesis following irradiation in an analogous manner as IV-administered β-glucan.[35] The mechanisms of the glucan transfer through the gastrointestinal tract were reported.[6] Oral β-glucan stimulates hematopoiesis in radiation-treated mice.[6][36]
Allergic rhinitis[edit]
This disease is caused by an IgE-mediated allergic inflammation of the nasal mucosa. Orally administered yeast-glucan decreased levels of IL-4 and IL-5 cytokines responsible for the clinical manifestation of this disease, while increased the levels of IL-12.[37]
A study employing paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy indicated that yeast-derived beta-glucan could reduce free-radical formation in vitro and reduce the plasma levels of protein carbonyls in a rodent arthritis model.[38]
Additional applications[edit]
Consuming certain cereals (barley, oats) and edible mushrooms decreases the levels of serum cholesterol and liver low-density lipoproteins, leading to lowering of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease hazards; this is also mediated by β-glucans.[39] These cereals, mushrooms, and yeast facilitate bowel motility and can be used in amelioration of intestinal problems, particularly obstipation.[40][41] Indigestible β-glucans, forming a remarkable portion of these materials, are also able to modulate mucosal immunity of the intestinal tract.[42]
β-Glucan absorption[edit]
For maximal absorption, oral β(1,3)-D-glucan should be taken on an empty stomach. It is reported that enterocytes facilitate the transportation of β(1,3)-glucans and similar compounds across the intestinal cell wall into the lymph, where they begin to interact with macrophages to activate immune function.[43] Radiolabeled studies have verified that both small and large fragments of β-glucans are found in the serum, which indicates that they are absorbed from the intestinal tract.[44] M cells within the Peyer's patches physically transport the insoluble whole glucan particles into the gut-associated lymphoid tissue.[32]
Role in diagnostics[edit]
β-D-Glucan forms part of the cell wall of certain medically important fungi, especially Aspergillus and Agaricus species. An assay to detect its presence in blood is marketed as a means of diagnosing invasive fungal infection in patients.[45][46][47]
False positives may occur because of fungal contaminants in the antibiotics amoxicillin-clavulanate,[48] and piperacillin/tazobactam. False positives can also occur with contamination of clinical specimens with the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Alcaligenes faecalis, which also produce (1→3)β-D-glucan.[49]
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Thermal Study of Surfactant and Anion Adsorption on Clinoptilolite
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The mechanism of surfactant adsorption on various forms of clinoptilolite was studied by DTA, TG and DTG analyses. The examined series of surfactant modified clinoptilolite (SMC) was previously prepared by the adsorption of the surface-active oleylamine on Ca2+, Na+, H+ and mechanochemically treated forms of clinoptilolite. The oleylamine was most strongly adsorbed on H+-forms of clinoptilolite due to the largest number and strength of adsorption sites. The surfactant adsorption mechanism on H+-form of clinoptilolite was studied by recording the series of variously surfactant-loaded samples. The products of sulphate, dihydrogenphosphate and hydrogenchromate adsorption on SMC were analyzed by DTA, TG and DTG in order to investigate the mechanism of anion adsorption.
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- Thermal Study of Surfactant and Anion Adsorption on Clinoptilolite
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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume 63, Issue 1 , pp 161-172
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- 2001-01-01
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- 1388-6150
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- 1572-8943
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- oleylamine
- surfactant
- thermal analysis
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- M. A. Djuričić (1)
- M. R. Tomašević-Čanović (1)
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It's back and we couldn't be happier! We have been awaiting the return of Apivita Intimate Care Cleansing Gel for what seems like a year. We don't normally blog about such personal products but this is too big to keep to ourselves.
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Our jobs here at b-glowing may seem all fun and make-up but some topics require serious exploration. The subject of kissing and lip glosses came up over lunch the other day and we decided we needed to compile a list in the name of research.
We came to the conclusion that there are some lip glosses that our men hate, some that when they see you applying it- they go in for a kiss just because it is that tasty, and some that we love because it keeps the color and/or shine even after the steamiest make-out session.
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Saturday I attended a panel at Special Edition: NYC, and from what I gathered it was one of the only panels that day that was even nearing maximum capacity. The Carol Corps, various members of the Young Avengers team, and plenty more in addition to myself waited patiently in the ever-growing line for this event. It was pretty much the only reason I went to the convention that day. It seems that many others had the same idea. Continue reading
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MoCCA Art Fest 2014 and Fiona Staples Q&A
A little over a week ago I attended MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual comics convention put on by the Society of Illustrators/ Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in Manhattan. Located in the wonderful space of the 69th Regiment Armory, MoCCA continues to stand out as one of the shows that I look forward to most in the con circuit. It is smaller, friendlier, better run, and has (I think) a firmer grasp on the comic reading populous and what they want out of a show. A diverse range of creators, panels geared to the making and process of comics, decent and affordable food in the dining area, cheaper tickets, and attendees feeling welcome and safe are all things MoCCA provides in spades. Sure, you might think it's "easier" for a smaller show to supply these things, but I hear that the force behind planning the fest is a staff of two or three, so think again. They had 7,000 attendees over two short days. Continue reading
A regular at our Geek Lunch table, our friend CT talks to talented artist, Des Taylor. Taylor's retro style has a wonderful charm, and his rendering of Lois Lane is one of my favorites. So head on over to Nerd Lunch, check out the podcast and Taylor's art!
Nate Simpson on 'Nonplayer' and the art of creative perseverance
In the spring of 2011, "Nonplayer #1" (Image Comics) generated the kind of excitement that independent comics creators dream of. Written and illustrated by videogame concept artist Nate Simpson, the series introduced readers to Dana Stevens, a tamale delivery girl who escapes her mundane reality through the full-immersion online game "Warriors of Jarvath." The praise for Simpson's story and drop-dead gorgeous illustrations was immediate and plentiful, making it one of the most critically lauded comics of the year. By the summer, Warner Bros. had acquired the film rights. Simpson, a newcomer to comics, had a huge hit on his hands and a highly anticipated second issue to finish.
Then, that fall, Simpson crashed his bicycle — an incident that could have been fatal if he hadn't been wearing a helmet. As the right-handed artist wrote on his Project Waldo blog, "Every bone connecting my right arm to my torso was broken." His arm in a sling, he was physically sidelined. But Simpson began to write candidly about the other obstacles he had to confront, namely, the enormous pressure he felt after "Nonplayer #1" hit the shelves, and the moments of frustration and outright panic while writing the second issue. Continue reading
G3 Interview: Rob Kelly of 'Ace Kilroy'
Back in the Mesozoic era, I spent a lot of time reading newspaper comic strips. They were a natural source of entertainment for a kid who already loved comic books, and the Sunday funnies section in particular was a big, colorful treasure box. While I was partial to the more contemporary stuff like Bloom County and (do not laugh) Funky Winkerbean, the long-running adventure strips — think Dick Tracy and Mark Trail — were undeniable classics.
The new Ace Kilroy webcomic, created by Joe Kubert School alums Rob Kelly and Dan O'Conner, is an homage to those old-fashioned serial comic strips. Set in the 1930s, it stars a square-jawed, hard-drinkin' soldier of fortune who's been tapped by FDR to take on a mission involving vampires, werewolves and the Third Reich. Continue reading
Squee! Of the Week: Leia Meets Mucha
Every now and then, we post an image on the blog or our Facebook page that elicits an especially enthusiastic response. Karen Hallion's La Dauphine Aux Alderaan, an Alphonse Mucha-inspired illustration of Princess Leia, is a recent example. Continue reading
Exclusive BatWondy by Celina Hernandez
Connecting with writers and artists we admire is something V. and I have enjoyed immensely since starting this blog. They often turn out to be as gracious as they are talented, and artist Celina Hernandez is no exception. Among other things, Celina does the delightful art for Brian Andersen's Reignbow and Dee-Va, and So Super Duper — two comics you should definitely check out. Just for Girls Gone Geek, she illustrated this BatWondy image, which is just plain beautiful. What I love about this piece is its powerful simplicity. Bruce is practically enveloping Diana with love, and (squeal!) she's caressing his face. I'd barely recovered from our 12 Days of BatWondy series, and this has sent me right back to Swoon Island. In any case, we're very happy to share this lovely, romantic moment with the world. Thank you, Celina!
Ponies + Superheroes = Delight
For every woman who grew up loving comic books and ponies, visual artist Jodi Moisan's superhero/My Little Pony mashups are, as V. aptly put it, "So much perfect!" Jodi is one of the many creative talents who have contributed pieces being auctioned for Wonder Woman Day, the Wonder Woman Museum's annual project that supports anti domestic-violence programs. Delightful and highly detailed, Jodi's ponies of Wondy, Batgirl, Modok, Mockingbird and Wolverine made my inner 6-year-old positively giddy. And as the mother of an actual 6-year-old, I know there are scores of girls and boys — and grownups, for that matter — who would love to get their hands on these four-legged action figures. No less than Stan Lee is a fan of Jodi's work (he has a custom Stan Lee figurine that she made), and John Byrne owns one of her ponies.
Jodi was kind enough to talk to Girls Gone Geek about her work and her longtime appreciation of comic books and various things geek-related. Continue reading
Keeping it Ill with Artist John 'Roc' Upchurch
If you follow this blog, chances are that you read a ton of comics and can name your favorite writers and artists. E. and I talk about ours all the time, and many of our preferred illustrators are well known and probably working for the big two. But there are so many undiscovered artists out there who are just as good, if not better than your mainstream people. One in particular goes by the name Roc, and he is the shit.
John "Roc' Upchurch hails from "a little gutter" in Philadelphia called Hunting Park. Named after his father, who inspired him to become an artist, Roc began his career as a video game concept artist in Georgia. He graduated to freelance work in almost every industry, and he's now an illustrator of whatever you can imagine. His tools of the trade are pencil, paper and Photoshop. He can do concept art, comics, storyboards and pretty much any commission assignment you throw his way. When our friends saw the fabulous Vanessa G. and E. Peterman avatars Roc created for Girls Gone Geek, they pretty much lost their minds. We certainly did. Continue reading


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Zach Randolph at Lester Community Center
Zach Randolph celebrated his contract extension with a co-hosted pizza and ice cream party for day campers at Lester Community Center.


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Boy! You go to one of those intellectual conferences outside the Statehouse -- this one on the KU campus and they're talking about the impact on local communities of the state's tax policies -- and your head spins for a couple days.
The Kansas Economic Policy Conference was one of those, and while in the Statehouse we talk about what Gov. Sam Brownback calls a "shot of adrenalin to the heart" that his income tax cuts have produced, down at the county and city level, things look a lot different.
The trend described by people who actually run cities and counties and school districts is predicted to be less state revenue -- which means less in income tax payments to the state, and presumably more money in our pockets when we get done with the state income tax form -- but more of that generally hated local property tax.
When you're trying to repair busted water mains, or pave streets, or feed prisoners in local jails, or educate children with reduced state aid, the whole tax picture shows a drop in state tax revenues -- good for gubernatorial campaigns -- but higher local property taxes or local sales taxes or more fees for this and that on the constituents of the governor and especially those Kansas House members who want to be re-elected.
An example of Statehouse-made tax policy trickling down to your city or county or school district? Remember back when the state decided to spur manufacturing economic development by eliminating the property tax on machinery and equipment at factories and such bought after July 1, 2006? Didn't think so.
Well, it turns out that lots of businesses are replacing pre-July 1, 2006, equipment with new property-tax exempt equipment.
It means loss of local property valuation for cities counties and school districts to tax. That was pre-Brownback, of course, but it's still there, city speakers said at the conference.
And that means locally levied property taxes on residential property -- as we recall, that's where voters live -- are going up. The percentage of valuation in the state for residential property goes up, which means those voters are paying a bigger share of the cost of local government.
In Salina, that new property tax exempt machinery meant $470,000 less revenue for local government.
Which means higher mill levies or less of what Salinans believe they should get from their local government.
Now, some Statehouse folks figured that would happen, and passed a "slider" that would send money to local units for several years while they adapted to a smaller tax base.
That slider ... well, it was eventually forgotten, not funded. So the good-at-the-Statehouse action slid back to local government to pick up the slack, through either reducing services to constituents or raising their property taxes.
And, as the commercial/industrial tax base shrinks, the percentage of the cost of running local governments and schools expands for residential property owners.
Hmmm. It's probably good to get out of the Statehouse now and again to see what happens here and what happens downstream.
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quote:Manning is clearly having the best year, but yeah the tier separating him from brees
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quote:We'e already discussed on here that the level of defenses Manning's faced vs. what Brees has faced greatly favors Manning. Brees has had to face some stiff defenses. Manning, not so much.
quote:The Saints' offense breaks records at the Superdome, but it isn't nearly the same outdoors.
quote:Not really. There's actually almost no difference at all if you look at pass defenses
quote:I think brees can catch him this year if KC lives up to the billing and Brees reels off some great games against great Ds...we'll see.


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This week, Led Zeppelin will continue their reissue campaign with a release of the 40th anniversary reissue of Physical Graffiti. Also in honor of that anniversary, MOJO is releasing a tribute compilation to the album with their April issue, featuring noted Zeppelin fan Sun KIl Moon, Laura Marling, Hiss Golden Messenger, White Denim, Michael Kiwanuka, Rose Windows, Syd Arthur and more. Check out Sun Kil Moon and Laura Marling's covers and the full tracklist below (via Stereogum).
Meanwhile, Sun Kil Moon has an album of his own on the way. Laura Marling does too and she's also touring.
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British folk singer Laura Marling is set to release her fifth album, Short Movie, on March 24 via Ribbon Music, and so far she's put out two songs from it. Laura has gone full-band before, but if these two tracks are anything to go by, it's looking like Short Movie will be the farthest she's gone from her folk roots. The first single/title track is a nicely-arranged piece of folk rock that isn't too drastic a shift from her last album, but the newer "False Hope" has her stomping on the distortion pedal and getting backed by hard-hitting rock drums. Watch the videos for both below.
Laura doesn't have a US tour announced yet, but we know she'll be here for SXSW, and right after that she'll play NYC on March 23 at Warsaw with fellow indie folk band Villagers. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (2/20) at noon.
All known dates are listed, with the two new songs, below...
Laura Marling at Roulette in 2013 (more by PSquared)
As discussed, Conor Oberst & friends are playing this year's WFUV Holiday Cheer Benefit at NYC's Beacon Theatre on December 8. When we last spoke, the rest of the lineup was still TBA, but it's since been announced and it's pretty huge. Joining the Bright Eyes frontman will be former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant, The Felice Brothers, Laura Marling, The Lone Bellow and Jonathan Wilson. Tickets for this amazing night of folk are still available.
After that, Conor and The Felice Brothers will team up again for an Australian tour. All of those dates are listed, with some videos, below...
British newspaper The Guardian just finished publishing its Best Albums of 2013 list, after having rolled it out over the past couple weeks. It's got a lot of the albums most likely to show up on British lists, like These New Puritans, John Grant, Hookworms, and Arctic Monkeys, but its #1 is more in common with the US publications. Find out what it is, along with their other 39 picks, below...
NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more. Their list is in alphabetical order, and you can browse the full thing below.
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UK music weekly NME has just published its end-of-year issue, with their Top 50 LPs and Tracks of 2013. As for the albums list, we'll let you read on to find out what their #1 pick is, but it might just be the one NME called "absolutely and unarguably the most incredible album of [said band's] career" and "the greatest record of the last decade." It's not Palma Violets, who were last year's Track of the Year, as their debut LP came in at #32 on the list.
As for tracks, their single of the year is a pretty obvious (certainly ubiquitous) choice. Check out the full lists of NME's Top 50 LPs and Tracks below...
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Vampire Weekend @ Roseland in April (more by Robert Altman)
The Monday after Thanksgiving Weekend is looking to be Official Year-End List Day, as we've already got SPIN, and Paste, (plus ones from UK mags Q and Mojo) and now here's the one from elder rock statesman Rolling Stone, who have Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City in the top spot, with Kanye West's Yeezus at #2. RS' Top 10 also makes room for John Fogerty, Paul McCartney, Lorde and more. Haim are at #31 for those keeping score. You can check out their entire Top 50 LPs of 2013 list (which includes a couple EPs) below...
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It's the first work week of December and the year-end music lists for 2013 keep piling in. We just saw album lists from Q and Mojo, and now we get a list from a US publication, SPIN. There's not too many surprises on this one. Like last year, it shares its #1 with the highest Pitchfork-rated album of the year, and in general it features many of the albums we expect to see on these kinds of lists, including a lot of the year's big-name comebacks like My Bloody Valentine, Justin Timberlake, Daft Punk, Queens of The Stone Age, Boards of Canada and Nine Inch Nails, plus big breakouts like Haim and Disclosure. There are a few interesting omissions though, like Savages.
Check out their full list below...
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photo via @RitaHouston
Earlier in the week, news came that Laura Marling had earned her third Mercury Prize nomination, this time for her spare, enigmatic fourth record, Once I Was an Eagle. That album, delicately produced by Ethan Johns, explores dark themes -- isolation, loss of faith, the dissolution of a relationship -- in a way that melds open-tuned guitar-work, winding melodies and a gothic lyrical sense.
The stained-glass-lined hall of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, where she played Wednesday night (9/11), was an ideal place to celebrate the nod (and cap her NYC visit which also included two sold-out shows at the Music Hall of Williamsburg). In front of the gathered congregation, Marling started out with the new album's first four songs, some of her best music yet, without a pause. On stage with just a guitar -- touring with a band was getting too logistically bothersome, she quipped -- raging numbers like "Master Hunter" and "Rambling Man" didn't lose any fire in the pared down setting.
In a mid-set interview with WFUV's Rita Houston, Marling talked about her collection of records from 1969: LPs by David Axelrod, Jim Sullivan, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood. Not that those influences have leaked into her songwriting yet. And it may take a while: Looking at Marling's live set lists, she already has a cache of new tunes ready to go. A yet-to-be-recorded song, which she admitted to writing post-move, seemed to take some at least one cue from her new Los Angeles location. "One day soon I'm gonna be a movie star," she sang. The performance doubled as a live taping for NYC radio station WFUV -- listen for it later in September.
Videos and set list are below...
One of this year's nominees...
The 2013 Barclaycard Mercury Prize Shortlist was just announced with the following 12 albums up for this year's prize:
Arctic Monkeys - AMDavid Bowie's very Bowie-esque The Next Day seems like the one to beat. Who do you think should win and what albums shoulda been on the list?
David Bowie - The Next Day
Disclosure - Settle
Foals - Holy Fire
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
James Blake - Overgrown
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Rudimental - Home
Savages - Silence Yourself
Villagers - Awayland
Jon Hopkins was in NYC a couple weeks ago; so was Laura Mvula who just played two shows last week in NYC; Laura Marling just played two nights at Music Hall of Williamsburg and plays tonight (9/11) at St. Ann's Church.; Arctic Monkeys play a sold-out Webster Hall on Monday (9/16); Savages will be in NYC during CMJ for a show at Terminal 5; and Rudimental play MHOW and Bowery Ballroom in November.
Last year's winner was Alt-J's An Awesome Wave. This year's winner will be announced on October 30 in London.
Laura Marling at Roulette in May (more by PSquared Photography)
British folk singer Laura Marling is currently on a North American tour which comes to NYC for sold out shows on November 8 and 9 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. She's since announced one more way you can see her in NYC, which will be an intimate performance on September 11 at St. Ann's Church (157 Montague St in Brooklyn Heights) for a WFUV remote broadcast. The show is free but the only way to get in is to check wfuv.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com for a chance to win tickets. Winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than 2 PM on September 10.
Updated tour dates are listed, along with the show flyer and a video, below...
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Laura Marling at Roulette in May (more by PSquared Photography)
Laura Marling, whose new album, Once I Was An Eagle, is one of the better recent examples of late '60s/early '70s-inspired British folk, came over to North America for a few shows around the time of its release, including an intimate sold-out night in Brooklyn at Roulette. Now she's planning on making her way back to North America for a larger tour this summer. The new tour sees Laura returning to Brooklyn for shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 8 and 9. Tickets for both nights go on sale Friday (7/12) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (7/10) at noon.
All dates are listed, along with a video, below...
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Laura Marling @ Roulette
British folk singer Laura Marling released her very-good new album, Once I Was An Eagle, this week (stream it), and to celebrate, she played a sold-out show on the day of its release (5/28) at the intimate Brooklyn venue Roulette. Did you go to the show? If so, how was it?
Alberta Cross singer Petter Ericson Stakee opened with a solo set. More pictures of both artists and Laura's setlist below...
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Laura Marling at the McKittrick Hotel in 2011 (more by Chris La Putt)
As mentioned, the always-impressive UK folk singer Laura Marling is releasing her fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, on May 28. She'll be supporting the new album with a North American tour, including a show in Brooklyn on the day of the album's release (5/28) at Roulette. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (5/3) at noon. All dates are listed below.
Laura was just on Later... with Jools Holland this past Friday (4/26) to perform the new album's single, "Master Hunter." A video of that performance and a stream of the studio version of the track are below. She also just made a short film titled When Brave Bird Saved, which you can also watch below.
UK folkie Laura Marling will return with Once I Was an Eagle on May 28. The album -- her fourth -- was made with longtime producer Ethan Johns. That's the cover art above and you can stream "Where Can I Go" and check out the LP's tracklist below.
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Laura Marling at Prospect Park in June (more by Jessica Amaya)
British folk singer Laura Marling, who has already done a good amount of touring North America in the past year, will be going on yet another tour of our side of the Atlantic this fall, dubbed the "Working Holiday Tour." This one doesn't come to NYC, but she'll be nearby for a show in Woodstock, NY at Colony Cafe on October 25. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Laura also recorded a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR over the summer, which you can watch with the list of all dates below...
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Laura Marling at Prospect Park - 6/14/12
Laura Marling brought her tour to NYC for a free show at Prospect Park last night (6/14) with Michael Kiwanuka and Willy Mason. Here are some pictures from what was a perfect night outdoors.
Willy opened the show with a short set at 7pm sharp followed by crowdpleaser Michael Kiwanuka, who like Laura was here visiting from the UK, and who had played a sold out show at Highline Ballroom just one night earlier. To quote NPR (who will also be streaming some of the Celebrate Brooklyn shows this year), "Michael Kiwanuka combines roots and soul with such old-school, retro-sounding verve, it's hard to believe he's still a rising star -- let alone a 24-year-old." He was backed by a full band and his set included a Jimi Hendrix cover (one of his inspirations to play guitar).
I was afraid that Laura had to follow him, but those fears were washed away seconds into her set; she need not ever fear being the headliner. Captivating the crowd for over an hour (With no encore. She doesn't do encores), the 22 year old British singer-songwriter ended her set just after 10pm with an extremely moving rendition of "I Speak Because I Can". As promised, there was very little banter, except when she introduced her band and asked them to each tell us a "fact". The band member, who in his English accent said the Celebrate Brooklyn sound booth reminded him of a "walker" from Return of the Jedi, and that him thinking about that caused him to almost miss the start of one song, won in the story department. Laura, who stayed seated all night, won in the "I can command a giant field of people by just singing into my mic and looking toward the sky" department (though the best songs were the ones she played with her full band. She did a few new songs and one cover solo on the stage that was, as she pointed out, a bit too big for that.). Amazing show.
Celebrate Brooklyn began this year in Prospect Park with a show by Jimmy Cliff and continues tonight (6/15) with "Geri Allen & Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade To Black With ESPERANZA SPALDING / TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON / LIZZ WRIGHT / PATRICE RUSHEN AND MORE".
More pictures and some videos from Thursday's free show, below
photos by Ryan Muir
Jimmy Cliff at Prospect Park - 6/5/12
The 2012 Celebrate Brooklyn series at Prospect Park kicked off on June 5 with Jimmy Cliff. Pictures from that show are in this post.
JImmy Cliff is planning to release a full album with Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong this July called Rebirth. It follows the Sacred Fire EP that the two did together last year. Jimmy was just interviewed about that and going back to his reggae roots for Chicago Tribune:
"We were planning to look back," says Cliff, 64, by phone from a tour stop near Connecticut, "but when I arrived, it was really satisfying, and I felt, 'I have to tap into this again.'"Jimmy will return to NYC next month for Groovin in the Park.What Armstrong and Cliff came up with, late last year, was "Sacred Fire," an EP with roots-reggae versions of The Clash's "Guns of Brixton," Rancid's "Ruby Soho," Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and Cliff's "Ship Is Sailing." It's the first glimpse of Cliff's new direction with producer Armstrong -- they're planning a full album, "Rebirth," in mid-July. "He made me reflect and remember the values of those things that we did then. He opened that for me and allowed me to look into that again," Cliff says. "There's a tendency to move on and create something new."
Celebrate Brooklyn continues this week with a free Laura Marling show TONIGHT (6/14). That show also includes Michael Kiwanuka and Willy Mason. On Friday (6/15), it's a free show with Geri Allen, Carrie Mae Weems, Esperanza Spalding, and more. And on Saturday (6/16), its another free one with Balkan Beat Box, Chico Trujillo, and Nation Beat. Check out the full 2012 schedule here.
More pics from Jimmy Cliff's show are below...
British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka, who won the BBC 'Sound of 2012' poll (beating out Azealia Banks, Frank Ocean, A$AP Rocky, Skrillex, and others), is in the US for some shows this month (he just played Bonnaroo) including two in NYC this week. He plays Highline Ballroom tonight (6/13). That show is sold out, but you can catch him for free on Thursday (6/14) at Prospect Park opening for Laura Marling, along with Willy Mason (the Celebrate Brooklyn show starts at 7pm). He's also got a bunch of other North American festival appearances on the way including ACL, Osheaga, Outside Lands, and Lollapalooza.
Michael put out his debut LP, Home Again, this past March via Polydor. It's got a real classic soul feel -- even down to the cover art (pictured above) -- with a bit of Sly Stone-ish rock crossover, perhaps due in part to the album's production by Paul Butler of indie rockers The Bees. You can check out three videos from Home Again, along with a spotify stream of the whole thing, and a list of all dates, below.
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
St. Vincent/Radiohead
Complimenting [Radiohead's] case for its post-major-label forays into art-rock craftsmanship was a stunning stage production that was a work of art in and of itself. With band members backlit by two towering video walls, a dozen tile-like screens shifted shape overhead and changed color with thrilling results. Wild-card set list selections included "I Might Be Wrong," "House of Cards," and "Kid A"; while live staples like "Idioteque," "Karma Police" and fevered-pitch show-closer "Paranoid Android" were among the oldies represented. [Rolling Stone]Day 2 of Bonnaroo went down in Manchester, TN on Friday (6/8) with sets from Radiohead, St. Vincent, Feist, and more. As reported on bvChicago, a song was dedicated to Jack White during Radiohead's set:
Before playing "Supercollider," Thom Yorke took a minute to dedicate the song to Jack White. He said, "This song is for Jack White. We saw him yesterday. A big thank-you to him, we're not going to tell you why but you'll find out." As many have speculated, this could mean that Radiohead have recorded/will be recording a Third Man single. We'll see.More pics of Day 1 are HERE. More of Day 2 below...
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"Did y'all peep my Lil boob out with tha pastie today at coachella ?!? That was my Lil Kim moment !" - AZEALIA BANKS
hologram Biggie w/ Black Lips / Azealia Banks / ASAP Rocky @ Coachella Saturday
"For a certain breed of diehard Coachella fan, once is just not enough. And since 2012 is the first year that the epic desert music and arts festival is being mounted twice in Indio, California, it was inevitable that some of the most obsessed would find a way to attend both three-day weekends.Coachella concludes today, Sunday, 4/22, Earth Day 2012."The Monday after the first one, I was kind of licking my wounds and I said, 'Hey, let's go again! I'm down. I get paid on Friday. It can happen," 28-year-old Carlos Morales, from Fullerton, California, told Rolling Stone yesterday. "Radiohead was a big part of it. They were amazing, and I really wanted to see them again."
Tickets for a single Coachella weekend are hard enough to come by; in recent years, they've typically sold out within days of going on sale, which sparked the motivation for festival organizers Goldenvoice Productions to add an identical second weekend this year. About six percent of festivalgoers who bought tickets online directly from the promoter managed to pick up tickets for both weekends, said Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett. Resales are harder to measure, but last-minute impulse buyers for the second weekend were rewarded with some tickets being sold at below face value.
Alison Swing, 21, of Long Beach, bought her second set of tickets "from a friend of a friend of a friend" and got a $100 discount from the cover price, she said with a laugh. "It was nerve-wracking spending the money," Swing admitted, "but I wanted to go back so bad. I'll deal with it after." [Rolling Stone]
You saw the pictures from Friday, a video of the Black Keys performing with John Fogerty, video from a Friday night party that Thom Yorke DJ'd, and Radiohead's setlist from Saturday. Here are the pictures from Saturday, 4/21/2012, Record Store Day, the 2nd day of the 2nd weekend of Coachella 2012.
As you can see in the above picture, The Black Lips paid tribute (if you want to call it that) to hologram Tupac (who should be making another appearance with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg tonight) with their own hologram (actually a cut out) of Biggie Smalls. St. Vincent joined Andrew Bird on stage to help perform "Lusitania." Azealia Banks, in a different looking outfit than last week, apparently suffered a wardrobe malfunction. A$AP Rocky was joined by Master P, Romeo, No Limit and many other friends on stage in the Gobi tent, as he and Radiohead simultaneously closed out the night once again.
More pictures from all of Saturday, and a video from ASAP's guest-filled set, below...
Laura Marling at the McKittrick Hotel in 2011 (more by Chris La Putt)
Laura Marling will be coming to the US in April to support Andrew Bird on a short tour surrounding both musicians' appearances at Coachella. She'll be playing solo like she did on her last North American tour which brought her to NYC in December.
The April tour includes no east coast dates, but she'll be returning to North America in June for a full band tour which kicks off with Bonnaroo and hits NYC for a free show on June 14 for Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park. It's the second free Celebrate Brooklyn show announced so far (Jimmy Cliff was the first) and third overall, including the not free Dirty Projectors show.
Speaking of Andrew Bird, who just played the Bell House, you can stream his new album, Break It Yourself, on NPR.
All dates and Laura's video for "I Was Just A Card" below...
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"Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 11th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 7 - 10 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2012 lineup will total over 125 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.Tickets for the event will go on sale on this Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 12 noon EST exclusively at bonnaroo.com."Radiohead, Beach Boys, Phish, Little Dragon, SBTRKT, The Antlers, Bad Brains, Laura Marling, St. Vinent, Tune-Yards, Flying Lotus, and many more are playing Bonnaroo this year. Full list below...
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* Whiplash @ UCB
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* Creep (DJ set), New Look @ Cake Shop
* Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ Littlefield
* Laura Gibson, Alexa Wilding @ Mercury Lounge
* Dry the River, White Birds, Papertwin @ Glasslands
* Koen Holtkamp, Cleared, Mind Over Mirrors @ Zebulon
* Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, The Mastersons @ City Winery
* Abadabad, Slow Magic, Otem Rellick, Vensaire @ Cameo Gallery
* Bushwick Music Chamber Society, Paul Wheeler, Shahzad Ismaily @ Death By Audio
* Harper Blynn, David Meade, Tony Scherr Trio, Anton Fier, Rob Jost, Jim Campilongo/Steve Cardenas Acoustic Duo @ Living Room
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Radiohead @ Roseland Ballroom in 2011 (more by Bao Nguyen)
Coachella which is taking place over the course of two weekends this year (April 13-15 and 20-22) revealed their 2012 lineup. Last week, Azealia Banks was the first artist confirmed, and earlier today they confirmed The Weeknd (maybe he found a band?), and before that, Jimmy Cliff, Breakbot, and Housse De Racket. The reunited Pulp then announced itself. The full lineup also includes headliners The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, not to mention, as predicted, the reunited At the Drive In and the reunited Mazzy Star (!), and Madness and Refused (!) and Jeff Mangum and many, many more that you can see below...
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Avatars, Anonymity and Social Connection: Implications for Health Games and Health CommunicationJames Watt University of Connecticut ABSTRACTSocial Connection
Positive outcomes of on-line social connection in health communication
Social connection in mediated health communication Ridicule
Teasing and bullying
Forfeiture of Privacy
The solution to most of the negative outcomes is to provide anonymity of participants or game players.
The central research questions
A good summary:
Communication effects are focused on social anonymity:
But removing cues may damage the communication effectiveness.Anonymity provides privacy:
"Equalization hypothesis"
The Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE)
Flaming and critical comments
There is some evidence that anonymous communications lead to less social "connectedness" among participants
The presumed cause of the reduction is removal of important communication cues like nonverbal facial expressions, body movements, etc.Media richness historically referred to the amount of information (incorrectly termed "bandwidth") provided by the mediating channel, e.g. text vs. video.
Reinterpretation of media richness:
Full visual anonymity removes cues that might be important to effective communication.
CMC solution to provide anonymity while still retaining some visual cues is to provide an avatar.An avatar can be any symbol that represents the communicator.
Impact of avatar realism
The "Uncanny Valley"
Two Studies of Avatars and Anonymous Communication
Study 1 Setting
Pretest of processed video in providing anonymity Experimental Groups Subjects non-systematically assigned to gender pair, gender pair randomly assigned to experimental condition.Given a role playing task ("See if this person might be compatible as an apartment-mate").
Conversation continues for 10-15 minutes.Post-task social copresence questionnaire.Dependent Measures
Some Results-Avatar Behavioral Realism
Some Results-Avatar Visual Realism
Some Results-Avatar Anonymity
Study 1 Conclusions
Study 1 Publications
Conducted in the Institute for Creative Technology, University of Southern CaliforniaResearch director, Jonathan Gratch
Three group experiment with IV being ordinal level of anonymity (none, medium, high).Dependent variables
N=108, 54 male and 54 female, from general population of Los Angles, mean age = 37.5.Three levels of avatar anonymityExamples of Rapport Agent behavior Subjects randomly assigned to experimental condition.Told that both participants would be represented by the same type of avatar.Assigned task:
Questions asked in increasing intimacy elicitation order:
Transcript of responses to avatar questions prepared.Two coders rate each utterance on self-disclosure as:
Good intercoder reliability: Krippendorff's alpha = .84Mean rating of both coders over full interaction used as subject's self-disclosure score.Net impact of increasing anonymity
Study 2 conclusions
Study 2 Publication
Implications for design of communication systems for health communication
Avatars, Anonymity and Social Connection: Implications for Health Games and Health CommunicationJames Watt University of Connecticut |


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Off Classified's upcoming album, Handshakes & Middle Fingers, dropping March 22nd.
Posted in Hip Hop, Video | Tags: Classified, youtube
This is pretty dope, and another album?
I see Joe Budden is on the album also...
this is the truth. cop the album tomorrow!
here's a download link for this: http://www.thecomeupfoundation.com/2011/03/classified-ups-downs-video.html
dope.. classified stays real
wow class just keeps getting better. cosign @hotbox he's the truth
class is dope keeps getting iller. def not a one hit wonder son.
Great Album! Any Canadian Hip-hop Fan should buy it today! Any Hip-hop fan should buy it!
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BeamLOKR AR-15 Magnetic Flashlight Mount is rated out of 5 by 3.Rated 5 out of 5 by ERIC from Great item for my 10/22. I varmint hunt. When walking with my rifle on my shoulder. I don't want added weight on my gun or the need to have another light. With this you can carry your light in hand and rifle on your shoulder. When I find a varmint I just take my gun off my shoulder and touch my beam lokr to the barrel and voila! The light is already on and it takes less than a second to attach. Laser sight is in the middle if the beam. Strion LED HL best light EVER!! Use inner tube for the slop.Date published: 2013-12-08Rated 3 out of 5 by PHILLIP from Holds the flashlight well and stays on the barrel, but tends to spin around on the barrel.Date published: 2013-12-01Rated 4 out of 5 by JAMES from It fit like a glove on my AR15. Only problem I see is it only fits up to 1 inch diameter flashlights.Date published: 2013-11-19
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