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- Distinct gamma-band components reflect the short-term memory maintenance of different sound lateralization angles (2008)
- Oscillatory activity in human electro- or magnetoencephalogram has been related to cortical stimulus representations and their modulation by cognitive processes. Whereas previous work has focused on gamma-band activity (GBA) during attention or maintenance of representations, there is little evidence for GBA reflecting individual stimulus representations. The present study aimed at identifying stimulus-specific GBA components during auditory spatial short-term memory. A total of 28 adults were assigned to 1 of 2 groups who were presented with only right- or left-lateralized sounds, respectively. In each group, 2 sample stimuli were used which differed in their lateralization angles (15° or 45°) with respect to the midsagittal plane. Statistical probability mapping served to identify spectral amplitude differences between 15° versus 45° stimuli. Distinct GBA components were found for each sample stimulus in different sensors over parieto-occipital cortex contralateral to the side of stimulation peaking during the middle 200–300 ms of the delay phase. The differentiation between "preferred" and "nonpreferred" stimuli during the final 100 ms of the delay phase correlated with task performance. These findings suggest that the observed GBA components reflect the activity of distinct networks tuned to spatial sound features which contribute to the maintenance of task-relevant information in short-term memory.
- The timing of feedback to early visual cortex in the perception of long-range apparent motion (2008)
- When 2 visual stimuli are presented one after another in different locations, they are often perceived as one, but moving object. Feedback from area human motion complex hMT/V5+ to V1 has been hypothesized to play an important role in this illusory perception of motion. We measured event-related responses to illusory motion stimuli of varying apparent motion (AM) content and retinal location using Electroencephalography. Detectable cortical stimulus processing started around 60-ms poststimulus in area V1. This component was insensitive to AM content and sequential stimulus presentation. Sensitivity to AM content was observed starting around 90 ms post the second stimulus of a sequence and most likely originated in area hMT/V5+. This AM sensitive response was insensitive to retinal stimulus position. The stimulus sequence related response started to be sensitive to retinal stimulus position at a longer latency of 110 ms. We interpret our findings as evidence for feedback from area hMT/V5+ or a related motion processing area to early visual cortices (V1, V2, V3).
- Subsampling effects in neuronal avalanche distributions recorded in vivo (2009)
- Background Many systems in nature are characterized by complex behaviour where large cascades of events, or avalanches, unpredictably alternate with periods of little activity. Snow avalanches are an example. Often the size distribution f(s) of a system's avalanches follows a power law, and the branching parameter sigma, the average number of events triggered by a single preceding event, is unity. A power law for f(s), and sigma=1, are hallmark features of self-organized critical (SOC) systems, and both have been found for neuronal activity in vitro. Therefore, and since SOC systems and neuronal activity both show large variability, long-term stability and memory capabilities, SOC has been proposed to govern neuronal dynamics in vivo. Testing this hypothesis is difficult because neuronal activity is spatially or temporally subsampled, while theories of SOC systems assume full sampling. To close this gap, we investigated how subsampling affects f(s) and sigma by imposing subsampling on three different SOC models. We then compared f(s) and sigma of the subsampled models with those of multielectrode local field potential (LFP) activity recorded in three macaque monkeys performing a short term memory task. Results Neither the LFP nor the subsampled SOC models showed a power law for f(s). Both, f(s) and sigma, depended sensitively on the subsampling geometry and the dynamics of the model. Only one of the SOC models, the Abelian Sandpile Model, exhibited f(s) and sigma similar to those calculated from LFP activity. Conclusions Since subsampling can prevent the observation of the characteristic power law and sigma in SOC systems, misclassifications of critical systems as sub- or supercritical are possible. Nevertheless, the system specific scaling of f(s) and sigma under subsampling conditions may prove useful to select physiologically motivated models of brain function. Models that better reproduce f(s) and sigma calculated from the physiological recordings may be selected over alternatives.
- Using transfer entropy to measure the patterns of information flow though cortex : application to MEG recordings from a visual Simon task (2009)
- Poster presentation: Functional connectivity of the brain describes the network of correlated activities of different brain areas. However, correlation does not imply causality and most synchronization measures do not distinguish causal and non-causal interactions among remote brain areas, i.e. determine the effective connectivity [1]. Identification of causal interactions in brain networks is fundamental to understanding the processing of information. Attempts at unveiling signs of functional or effective connectivity from non-invasive Magneto-/Electroencephalographic (M/EEG) recordings at the sensor level are hampered by volume conduction leading to correlated sensor signals without the presence of effective connectivity. Here, we make use of the transfer entropy (TE) concept to establish effective connectivity. The formalism of TE has been proposed as a rigorous quantification of the information flow among systems in interaction and is a natural generalization of mutual information [2]. In contrast to Granger causality, TE is a non-linear measure and not influenced by volume conduction. ...
- Detection of single trial power coincidence for the identification of distributed cortical processes in a behavioral context (2009)
- Poster presentation: The analysis of neuronal processes distributed across multiple cortical areas aims at the identification of interactions between signals recorded at different sites. Such interactions can be described by measuring the stability of phase angles in the case of oscillatory signals or other forms of signal dependencies for less regular signals. Before, however, any form of interaction can be analyzed at a given time and frequency, it is necessary to assess whether all potentially contributing signals are present. We have developed a new statistical procedure for the detection of coincident power in multiple simultaneously recorded analog signals, allowing the classification of events as 'non-accidental co-activation'. This method can effectively operate on single trials, each lasting only for a few seconds. Signals need to be transformed into time-frequency space, e.g. by applying a short-time Fourier transformation using a Gaussian window. The discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is used in order to weight the resulting power patterns according to their frequency. Subsequently, the weighted power patterns are binarized via applying a threshold. At this final stage, significant power coincidence is determined across all subgroups of channel combinations for individual frequencies by selecting the maximum ratio between observed and expected duration of co-activation as test statistic. The null hypothesis that the activity in each channel is independent from the activity in every other channel is simulated by independent, random rotation of the respective activity patterns. We applied this procedure to single trials of multiple simultaneously sampled local field potentials (LFPs) obtained from occipital, parietal, central and precentral areas of three macaque monkeys. Since their task was to use visual cues to perform a precise arm movement, co-activation of numerous cortical sites was expected. In a data set with 17 channels analyzed, up to 13 sites expressed simultaneous power in the range between 5 and 240 Hz. On average, more than 50% of active channels participated at least once in a significant power co-activation pattern (PCP). Because the significance of such PCPs can be evaluated at the level of single trials, we are confident that this procedure is useful to study single trial variability with sufficient accuracy that much of the behavioral variability can be explained by the dynamics of the underlying distributed neuronal processes.
- Neuronal avalanches recorded in the awake and sleeping monkey do not show a power law but can be reproduced by a self-organized critical model (2009)
- Poster presentation: Self-organized critical (SOC) systems are complex dynamical systems that may express cascades of events, called avalanches [1]. The SOC state was proposed to govern brain function, because of its activity fluctuations over many orders of magnitude, its sensitivity to small input and its long term stability [2,3]. In addition, the critical state is optimal for information storage and processing [4]. Both hallmark features of SOC systems, a power law distribution f(s) for the avalanche size s and a branching parameter (bp) of unity, were found for neuronal avalanches recorded in vitro [5]. However, recordings in vivo yielded contradictory results [6]. Electrophysiological recordings in vivo only cover a small fraction of the brain, while criticality analysis assumes that the complete system is sampled. We hypothesized that spatial subsampling might influence the observed avalanche statistics. In addition, SOC models can have different connectivity, but always show a power law for f(s) and bp = 1 when fully sampled. This may not be the case under subsampling, however. Here, we wanted to know whether a state change from awake to asleep could be modeled by changing the connectivity of a SOC model without leaving the critical state. We simulated a SOC model [1] and calculated f(s) and bp obtained from sampling only the activity of a set of 4 × 4 sites, representing the electrode positions in the cortex. We compared these results with results obtained from multielectrode recordings of local field potentials (LFP) in the cortex of behaving monkeys. We calculated f(s) and bp for the LFP activity recorded while the monkey was either awake or asleep and compared these results to results obtained from two subsampled SOC model with different connectivity. f(s) and bp were very similar for both the experiments and the subsampled SOC model, but in contrast to the fully sampled model, f(s) did not show a power law and bp was smaller than unity. With increasing the distance between the sampling sites, f(s) changed from "apparently supercritical" to "apparently subcritical" distributions in both the model and the LFP data. f(s) and bp calculated from LFP recorded during awake and asleep differed. These changes could be explained by altering the connectivity in the SOC model. Our results show that subsampling can prevent the observation of the characteristic power law and bp in SOC systems, and misclassifications of critical systems as sub- or supercritical are possible. In addition, a change in f(s) and bp for different states (awake/asleep) does not necessarily imply a change from criticality to sub- or supercriticality, but can also be explained by a change in the effective connectivity of the network without leaving the critical state.
- TRENTOOL: an open source toolbox to estimate neural directed interactions with transfer entropy (2011)
- Poster presentation from Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2011 Stockholm, Sweden. 23-28 July 2011. Poster presentation To investigate directed interactions in neural networks we often use Norbert Wiener's famous definition of observational causality. Wiener's definition states that an improvement of the prediction of the future of a time series X from its own past by the incorporation of information from the past of a second time series Y is seen as an indication of a causal interaction from Y to X. Early implementations of Wiener's principle – such as Granger causality – modelled interacting systems by linear autoregressive processes and the interactions themselves were also assumed to be linear. However, in complex systems – such as the brain – nonlinear behaviour of its parts and nonlinear interactions between them have to be expected. In fact nonlinear power-to-power or phase-to-power interactions between frequencies are reported frequently. To cover all types of non-linear interactions in the brain, and thereby to fully chart the neural networks of interest, it is useful to implement Wiener's principle in a way that is free of a model of the interaction [1]. Indeed, it is possible to reformulate Wiener's principle based on information theoretic quantities to obtain the desired model-freeness. The resulting measure was originally formulated by Schreiber [2] and termed transfer entropy (TE). Shortly after its publication transfer entropy found applications to neurophysiological data. With the introduction of new, data efficient estimators (e.g. [3]) TE has experienced a rapid surge of interest (e.g. [4]). Applications of TE in neuroscience range from recordings in cultured neuronal populations to functional magnetic resonanace imaging (fMRI) signals. Despite widespread interest in TE, no publicly available toolbox exists that guides the user through the difficulties of this powerful technique. TRENTOOL (the TRansfer ENtropy TOOLbox) fills this gap for the neurosciences by bundling data efficient estimation algorithms with the necessary parameter estimation routines and nonparametric statistical testing procedures for comparison to surrogate data or between experimental conditions. TRENTOOL is an open source MATLAB toolbox based on the Fieldtrip data format. We evaluated the performance of the toolbox on simulation data and also a neuronal dataset that provides connections that are truly unidirectional to circumvent the following generic problem: typically, for any result of an analysis of directed interactions in the brain there will be a plausible explanation because of the combination of feedforward and feedback connectivity between any two measurement sites. Therefore, we estimated TE between the electroretinogram (ERG) and the LFP response in the tectum of the turtle (Chrysemys scripta elegans) under visual stimulation by random light pulses. In addition, we also investigated transfer entropy between the input to the light source (TTL pulse) and the ERG, to test the ability of TE to detect directed interactions between signals with vastly different properties. We found significant (p<0.0005) causal interactions from the TTL pulse to the ERG and from the ERG to the tectum – as expected. No significant TE was detected in the reverse direction. CONCLUSION: TRENTOOL is an easy to use implementation of transfer entropy estimation combined with statistical testing routines suitable for the analysis of directed interactions in neuronal data.
- Analyzing possible pitfalls of cross-frequency analysis : poster presentation from Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2011 Stockholm, Sweden, 23 - 28 July 2011 (2011)
- Poster presentation from Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2011 Stockholm, Sweden. 23-28 July 2011. One of the central questions in neuroscience is how neural activity is organized across different spatial and temporal scales. As larger populations oscillate and synchronize at lower frequencies and smaller ensembles are active at higher frequencies, a cross-frequency coupling would facilitate flexible coordination of neural activity simultaneously in time and space. Although various experiments have revealed amplitude-to-amplitude and phase-to-phase coupling, the most common and most celebrated result is that the phase of the lower frequency component modulates the amplitude of the higher frequency component. Over the recent 5 years the amount of experimental works finding such phase-amplitude coupling in LFP, ECoG, EEG and MEG has been tremendous (summarized in [1]). We suggest that although the mechanism of cross-frequency-coupling (CFC) is theoretically very tempting, the current analysis methods might overestimate any physiological CFC actually evident in the signals of LFP, ECoG, EEG and MEG. In particular, we point out three conceptual problems in assessing the components and their correlations of a time series. Although we focus on phase-amplitude coupling, most of our argument is relevant for any type of coupling. 1) The first conceptual problem is related to isolating physiological frequency components of the recorded signal. The key point is to notice that there are many different mathematical representations for a time series but the physical interpretation we make out of them is dependent on the choice of the components to be analyzed. In particular, when one isolates the components by Fourier-representation based filtering, it is the width of the filtering bands what defines what we consider as our components and how their power or group phase change in time. We will discuss clear cut examples where the interpretation of the existence of CFC depends on the width of the filtering process. 2) A second problem deals with the origin of spectral correlations as detected by current cross-frequency analysis. It is known that non-stationarities are associated with spectral correlations in the Fourier space. Therefore, there are two possibilities regarding the interpretation of any observed CFC. One scenario is that basic neuronal mechanisms indeed generate an interaction across different time scales (or frequencies) resulting in processes with non-stationary features. The other and problematic possibility is that unspecific non-stationarities can also be associated with spectral correlations which in turn will be detected by cross frequency measures even if physiologically there is no causal interaction between the frequencies. 3) We discuss on the role of non-linearities as generators of cross frequency interactions. As an example we performed a phase-amplitude coupling analysis of two nonlinearly related signals: atmospheric noise and the square of it (Figure 1) observing an enhancement of phase-amplitude coupling in the second signal while no pattern is observed in the first. Finally, we discuss some minimal conditions need to be tested to solve some of the ambiguities here noted. In summary, we simply want to point out that finding a significant cross frequency pattern does not always have to imply that there indeed is physiological cross frequency interaction in the brain.
- Setting up the speech production network: how oscillations contribute to lateralized information routing (2012)
- Speech production involves widely distributed brain regions. This MEG study focuses on the spectro-temporal dynamics that contribute to the setup of this network. In 21 participants performing a cue-target reading paradigm, we analyzed local oscillations during preparation for overt and covert reading in the time-frequency domain and localized sources using beamforming. Network dynamics were studied by comparing different dynamic causal models of beta phase coupling in and between hemispheres. While a broadband low frequency effect was found for any task preparation in bilateral prefrontal cortices, preparation for overt speech production was specifically associated with left-lateralized alpha and beta suppression in temporal cortices and beta suppression in motor-related brain regions. Beta phase coupling in the entire speech production network was modulated by anticipation of overt reading. We propose that the processes underlying the setup of the speech production network connect relevant brain regions by means of beta synchronization and prepare the network for left-lateralized information routing by suppression of inhibitory alpha and beta oscillations.
- TRENTOOL: a Matlab open source toolbox to analyse information flow in time series data with transfer entropy (2011)
- Background: Transfer entropy (TE) is a measure for the detection of directed interactions. Transfer entropy is an information theoretic implementation of Wiener's principle of observational causality. It offers an approach to the detection of neuronal interactions that is free of an explicit model of the interactions. Hence, it offers the power to analyze linear and nonlinear interactions alike. This allows for example the comprehensive analysis of directed interactions in neural networks at various levels of description. Here we present the open-source MATLAB toolbox TRENTOOL that allows the user to handle the considerable complexity of this measure and to validate the obtained results using non-parametrical statistical testing. We demonstrate the use of the toolbox and the performance of the algorithm on simulated data with nonlinear (quadratic) coupling and on local field potentials (LFP) recorded from the retina and the optic tectum of the turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans) where a neuronal one-way connection is likely present. Results: In simulated data TE detected information flow in the simulated direction reliably with false positives not exceeding the rates expected under the null hypothesis. In the LFP data we found directed interactions from the retina to the tectum, despite the complicated signal transformations between these stages. No false positive interactions in the reverse directions were detected. Conclusions: TRENTOOL is an implementation of transfer entropy and mutual information analysis that aims to support the user in the application of this information theoretic measure. TRENTOOL is implemented as a MATLAB toolbox and available under an open source license (GPL v3). For the use with neural data TRENTOOL seamlessly integrates with the popular FieldTrip toolbox.


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Twenty-one year old V. Rohin's 'Nanba,' a nine-minute short, won the 'Council General' prize — the second place — in the competition at the recent International Student Short Film Festival of Cergy – Pontoise, by TYO Ensea, France, 2010. The prize money comprised an amount of 1500€. 'Nanba' was selected for the honour from about 30 short films that competed from around the world. 'Hell Rider' from Germany secured the first position.
Rohin is a student of L.V. Prasad Film and Television Academy, Chennai, and has a string of achievements to his credit beginning with his short on freedom fighter Subramania Siva. 'Nanba' has already bagged several awards locally, and also at fests in Coimbatore and Ernakulam. It was also the only Indian film officially selected for the international section at the short film competition in Potsdam, Germany, and at the 9th International Short Film Festival — MSSF 09 — in the Czech Republic.
'Nanba' is about two young boys – Sandeep (Gaurav) and Santhosh (Raja Mohan) -- studying in Class V. Both do equally well in the exams and win the teacher's appreciation but Santhosh isn't happy to be on a par with Sandeep. Challenging Sandeep that he would do even better in the next exam, he begins to work hard, but Sandeep isn't as obsessed with the approaching exam. Tension and jealousy hamper Santhosh's concentration. The boys, played by Rajmohan and Gaurav, are natural in their reactions. The film has more than one message to impart but Rohin layers them in such a way that they are subtle. And when eventually Santhosh makes up with his friend and grudgingly asks, "Shall we study together," you can't help smiling because after all, children, despite their bouts of idiosyncrasies, remain children!
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Wouldn't it be great to be young again and to be entering amateur astronomy! Now is the time to start considering the Astronomical League's youth awards for 2015: the National Young Astronomer Award (NYAA), the three Jack Horkheimer Youth Service Awards, and the Horkheimer/O'Meara Journalism Award.
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Pros:The mount is fairly compact, it can be adjusted horizontally and vertically. You can remove the light quickly without removing the whole mount. The mount is supplied with two rubber inserts for the handle bar bracket and a belt loop to carry the light after removing it from your bike. But the belt loop could easily be cable tied to your helmet as a helmet mount meaning you could swap your light between the handle bars and helmet in the matter of seconds.
I am using these mounts with a pair of MTE SF-15 (also reviewed). When fitting these lights into the mount they rattled about, and that's with the mount tightened up fully. They would not fall out because the tail cap and reflector are much wider than the battery tube. I solved this by super gluing a strip of rubber in the light mount. This both looks fine and now holds the light very securely.
I liked the fact that these could be adjusted horizontally, however the adjustment is a clicky type so you can only adjust the light in 18 degree jumps. This means it is almost pointless, you can have it pointing straight ahead or 18 degree left or right. Saying that with these super bright p7 emitters with a wide beam it is not critical exactly where they point. Shine them ahead and you will do fine. If you did need fine adjustment, set it where you want it then superglue the top and bottom section together.
The horizontal adjustment wobbles about quite a bit also so the glue would fix that also.
The mount uses finger screws to tighten up the brackets; however I much prefer calm screws so I modified mine with calm screws from my old CATEYE halogen twins. This is now much better and easier to adjust for height. If you are in traffic and concerned about dazzling oncoming traffic with your super bright lights, you can flick the calm down, adjust , then clamp it back again.
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That game was a non-factor. If anything it's a good thing... kind of like the smackdown Georgetown laid upon us when we won the national championship that same season. Not a big deal. Games like this happen to everyone, especially when one of your best players is out. No one can anyone argue we didn't deserve #1 this week. Duke, more than anyone in the nation, deserves to be #1 this week. We deserved to be #1 from the start of the season. No team went through the gauntlet like we have so far. Especially not Indiana who was only one because of undeserved preseason hype. No team in the nation even comes close to the quality wins that we have. Beating Kentucky in Atlanta, beating Minnesota, VCU, and Louisville in the same weekend in the Bahamas, beating Ohio State in the ACC/Big 10 challenge, also beating quality teams like Temple and Davidson. We're also ranked #1 in the RPI and BPI and other nationally recognized ranking systems. We just happened to open ACC road play against the 2 best teams in the ACC other than us. And let's face it... those games against us were those respective teams national championship game for their season. Miami is never going to play that good ever again. They could not miss a fucking shot. Meanwhile we missed a thousand open looks early in the game (Curry who shoots 57% from 3 before this game, the best 3 point shooter and/or shooter in the country period, has the worst game of his collegiate career by far.) We got our asses beat plain and simple. But this was kind of the definition of a fluke game. Miami is a really good team. But they're not THAT good and we're certainly not abysmal as we looked tonight. I mean these kind of games happen from time to time. I'm not worried about it. It's a nice kick in the ass for us. I can guarantee Miami will lose one of their next two games. Just like NC State lost @ Maryland and also @ Wake Forest after upsetting us. NC State is a really good team. But all of these teams raise their game against us. We know that though. We should have been better prepared for Miami. We just happened to play one of the worst games ever. I don't even now what to say. That wasn't Duke tonight. We're way fucking better than that. We've been ranked in the top 10 in the polls since the fall of 2007. What makes Duke and Coach K so great is consistency. We don't just play good against great competition. We keep it up against those we're suppose to beat. We know everyone has us marked on their calendar. So we need to keep that same kind of attitude... even when we're playing Buckass State. I think they said during the game tonight that this was Miami's first sold out game of the season. Yeah... I think Cameron Indoor has been sold out ever single game since 1989. It take time to build a winning atmosphere and no one has been better at that than Coach K. Even still.. you're gonna get your ass beat and be humbled from time to time. I would bet my life that we beat the shit out of Miami when we play them at home later this year. But that doesn't excuse us for not showing up tonight. But it happens. At the same time you can't read too much into it though. When we miss a billion layups and when Curry looks like he's the worst shooter in the nation you know it's not your night. But nice bounce back for us against Maryland. I expected nothing less. The Miami loss, like I said, was a fluke. I really don't want to take anything away from Miami's effort by saying that, but it's true. I mean that kind of loss is not happening ever again. We can play Kansas in Allen Field House our Syracuse in the Carrier Dome tomorrow night or wherever and we're not losing by 27. Not even close to that. It would be a grinder. Shit happens during a long season like that. Look too deep into the Miami game at your own peril. Duke will make you pay.
Yeah... NC State. This team clearly doesn't know how to handle being a winner. You can't just play your best when you're playing against the best. That all comes down to coaching. It's a pattern at this point. No reason to get excited by beating your rivals and/or good teams anymore, you're gonna lose to Carlisle State in 4 days. UVA is a very good team and I know Brown went down. But you have to win those kinds of games if you want to take the next step. If you want to be like Duke or UNC you have got to finish off those games. Until then NC State is always going to be the little brother. And the loss @ Wake after beating Duke was inexcusable. Plus they lost @ Maryland before that. They host Miami and then go to Durham in their next two games. Things could fall apart quickly for the Wolfpack. The hardest games to win are the ones everyone expects you to win. Beating Duke and UNC at home can be easy. Everyone is psyched up and the crowd is into it. Those games against Georgia Tech where the arena is at 40% capacity are the games which are truly hard to win.
This is kind of ridiculous. Is Kelly the difference between the best team in the ACC and the third best team in the ACC? Maybe. He is not, however, the difference between the best team in the ACC and the 8th or 10th best team in the ACC.
It's not just offensively though. In fact if you look at their points per possession since Kelly has gone out it hasn't decreased too much. However, their points per possession given up has changed quite a bit.
Come on guys, play nice. Remember, the real enemy is anyone from outside the state of North Carolina.
Yea, it's also defense, but the offense has taken a hit until recently. Duke thrives on defense and Kelly is a big part of that. However, without being able to do the in and out and pick and rolls effectively, they have suffered poor shot selection. Kelly gives them that extra 3 pointer which pulls out a big man on other teams. Huge mismatch problem for most team. Mason doesn't see one and one very much with this like before. Wake played Duke on the three's and gave Mason the lane. He took advantage of it, but he's been extremely good at finding open men on the line especially when Kelly would roam around. Taken nothing from Jefferson or Murphy, but neither provide the defense or offense that Kelly can provide even if he isn't shooting at his best. You want a huge example, go back and watch the game against Lehigh. If other teams would watch that game and use it against Duke, then it would be a few more losses on record books.
Yeah I definitely see where Kelly is needed on the offensive end. I just didn't realize how much Duke's defense would also suffer. I think Kelly was actually leading the team in blocks when he went out. I just thought that Jefferson and Hairston (maybe Hairston to a lesser degree) would be able to replace Kelly pretty well on the defensive end.
Maybe if Jefferson had another year under his belt. The guy has talent, just not really built yet. Hairston has the defense, but doesn't have the BB IQ that Kelly has. I think Duke will be fine if they just push the tempo some and get some intensity on defense. I was really impressed when they played Maryland and come out like a defensive tyrant. Then came out against Wake flat and drained.
Kelly's one of the best players in the nation, not just on our team. He would start for any team in the nation. Same with Mason and Curry. That's why we're so much better with him. Doesn't mean we're a shit team without him... it's just that when he's with us we're far and away the best in the nation. Similar to 2011 with Kyrie Irving. But unfortunately in 2011 Irving didn't play for so long that when he was re-inserted into the lineup we were actually worse off cause as a team we were so not use to playing with him that it threw everything off balance. That won't be the case with Kelly though. Irving only played like 10 games as a Duke Blue Devil. Kelly has played 110+ and he plays his role to perfection and that's why he's so important to us. I posted about this extensively a year ago when Kelly went out injured just before the ACC tourny and of course also missed the NCAA tournament. If he was healthy there was a 100% chance we didn't lose to FSU in the ACC tourny or to Lehigh in the NCAA tournament. In fact, we would have gone way farther in both tournaments, but oh well. Either way we are a better team this season. With Kelly we are the best team in the nation and the favorite to win it all. Syracuse, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas... whoever. Those teams playing at their peak and can't beat a Duke team with Kelly playing at its best. No chance. But Kelly should be back before March. And the fact that he's a senior helps Kelly and Duke as a whole. He's gonna fit right back in when he's healthy again. It's not gonna be like the Irving situation when it was awkward for us with Irving coming back. This only helps guys like Amile Jefferson, Josh Hairston, and Alex Murphy. The blowout win against FSU was another stepping stone for us and a huge win, but we can do better and we will. No one has seen the best of Duke yet this season.
THREE POINT SHOOTING Last night the first half was about the most beautiful offensive display I've seen from a Duke team in quite some time. The second half they cooled off big time, but were able to hold the lead for a nice victory. The thing is, NC State played pretty well, especially on offense. And even on defense it's not like they were leaving Duke wide open, Duke just couldn't miss. Let's hope the same happens Wednesday. Mason said a few days ago Kelly is coming back, so even without Kelly Duke is 20-2 and some of our youngsters (Amile and Murphy most notably) have been thrust into the heat of the action which we'll be asking them to do again in March if we want to cut down the nets. They are getting valuable minutes. As long as the return of Kelly has no effects on team chemistry, I still think this Duke team is as good as anyone else out there.
Duke got lucky in a very tough situation. You can't expect Duke to play well when they travel on the same day and don't have time for a practice or shoot around.
Was sup wit dat 1st half? Xtreme, any explanations? Nah seriously, I like the effort, but I totally expect Duke to come out with a 20-2 run to start the second half. And can we agree that one foul on McAdoo was bogus?
Plain and simple Duke isn't that great without Kelly. This game was almost given to UNC tonight between Duke's foul trouble and that horrid first half. 22-2 though, I love. Beating UNC.... Nothing better no matter what it takes. I'm all smiles
During conference play we've played shitty in the 1st half most of the time. A couple of exceptions are @ FSU and home vs NC State. But we almost always come out much better in the 2nd half and tonight was no different. I was really never nervous about losing tonight unless Mason or someone picked up a 5th foul with a lot of time left, but they didn't. We came out looking nervous tonight. I guess that happens sometimes when you know you're the favorite and your biggest rival is desperate for a win. I actually expect us to play much better in Chapel Hill. I would have said the same thing before the game. It's just how this series has been recently. The road teams play better. I definitely don't want to get into talking about foul calls. Duke got the short end of the stick a shit ton of times. No one can point the finger at the refs in this game for favoring Duke. I mean we had 3 guys with 4 fouls for a considerable amount of time (Curry, Mason, Cook) 3 of our best players and they were in trouble with a shit ton of minutes left (sulaimon picked up a 4th a bit later too). When does any team ever have that much foul trouble with so much time left in a game with no overtime? Never. It's almost like the refs made it a point to fuck Duke over on foul calls even when it wasn't right just cause there's this false perception that we always get the calls. We ended the night with 4 guys with 4 fouls. I mean what the fuck? We had 22 fouls and UNC had 18. And that's with UNC fouling at the end of the game in desperation to put us on the line. So we really had 22 fouls and they had like 14. Yeah... not sure what was up with that. But it was a scrappy game as always. Nerves were high and there were some great plays on both sides. Like Mason said... I know we play UNC once more but I hope we play them twice more atleast. Love playing in this rivalry. We honestly played shitty tonight though. Way too many unforced errors and turnovers. Way above our season average. Key word... unforced. We just played sloppy. UNC made a few great plays, but not enough to throw us that off our game. And yet we still won, and with Kelly out, even with all the mistakes. We're a far superior team to UNC, but we did not show it tonight. Hairston is the real deal for sure. Much props to him.
But c'mon! Did anyone think Duke was really gonna lose on Coach K's birthday? The first ever Duke/UNC game played on his birthday? Nah!!! I think it was a Mason (very uncharacteristic) turnover when Coach K sat all the way back in his chair with arms folded and a sarcastic smirk on his face that I knew this would end well for us. That was like the "fuck this" moment. Time to get into gear. And we did. Feels good to beat UNC. And much respect to sinister as always. The only true UNC fan that ever existed on this board and ever will.
I wasn't a huge fan of that call either, but if you think about it they had been calling that all game long. It seemed like any time either team got inside the paint a foul was called.
and that's pretty much why duke lost from what i saw (i only got to watch the second half). maryland took it in inside almost every possession the second half and shot close to 25-30 free throws in the second half alone. duke players got in foul trouble and they got to where they couldn't do as much. on the other hand duke took way more jump shots (as always) didn't get as many foul shots and that's pretty much why they lost. i mean maryland had over 20 turnovers duke should not have lost but oh well. we've established they aren't a very good team without kelly so i can't say i'm shocked.
i guess i can agree with that to an extent, but the maryland player shouldn't have needed the free throws anyway, got a great look. but i just want to applaud that maryland guard for actually taking it inside. i hate when guys just dribble the clock out and end up missing some contested jump shot in that situation, it shows if you actually try taking it inside there it may pay off every now and then
They pretty much gave the Maryland guard a lane to drive into. Poor defense down the stretch in my opinion.
It really pisses me off sometimes to see them go blank on defense. I was pissed that that the ref blew the whistle, but shouldn't have been since he'd been doing it all game. I wasn't surprised Duke lost, I knew it was coming. I just wish they would get their head out of their asses sometimes. Mason GOT OWNED! He can forget player of the year after that showing.
imo we will see how good Duke really is these next couple of weeks. @ UVA, Miami, Va Tech, @ UNC. Win all of these and they are legit
Didn't happen. The chant was "PAST YOUR BEDTIME". A few may of said the grandma chant, but it wasn't many. And it was never supposed to happen, it was not on the chant sheet. Seth Curry said he never heard it and he was playing in the damn game, Nolan Smith's grandfather also said he never heard it and he was at the game.
only a few people in the crowd said that if it was said, otherwise it would have been a lot clearer on tv like you know the Maryland chants last weekend.
Oh, it wasn't on the chant sheet and two people with a Duke bias said it never happened? Well then, nothing to see here. Grow up. It happened and we all heard it. I don't care that the entire student section didn't do it; enough joined in to make it audible. "Mason swallows" was hilarious and had nothing to do with people dying.
I've been searching and searching for a video, I think if it actually happened there'd be one on youtube. I need evidence, I was watching the game and I never heard the chant, it seemed to me like it was more of a phenomena started by NC State fans because three people said it. You have assholes at ever sporting event.
If Kelly can play a couple games before the ACC Tourney I will feel a lot better about their chances.
There was one on Youtube. Duke put in a copyright claim and had it removed. I'll spend some time seeing if anyone uploaded it elsewhere.
Listen to it, don't watch the video because the uploader decided to be cute and try to make it sound like something else. @GhostOfBE


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A bicycle is unstable when it is stationary. If you try to balance a bike that is not moving, it will fall. This experiment explores how it is possible to defy gravity and ride a bike.
What You Need
- rope—about a meter (about a yard) in length
- bicycle tire
- dowel or section of broom handle to fit snuggly into the axle of the tire
- Attach the rope to the axle of the bicycle tire. The tire should be able to turn freely around the attachment point. If there is no axle, insert a cylindrical piece of metal or a dowel for the tire to rotate around.
- Suspend the tire from the rope, so it tangles freely. Either hold the other end of the rope in your hand or attach it to something overhead.
- Holding the tire vertically by the axle, spin the tire.
- With the tire spinning, release the tire, so it is supported by the rope.
- Try this with the tire spinning rapidly and slowly, as shown in Figure 57-1.
Expected Results
The first thing to notice is the tire will remain in close to the vertical position. Also, it doesn't take much of a spin to keep the tire stable. You should also be able to observe that if left alone with the tire near the vertical position, the spinning tire rotates about the pivot point established by the rope. This is called precession.
Why It Works
A full explanation of this simple situation can get complicated in a hurry. The basic idea is that a spinning tire has angular momentum. Gravity tries to rotate the tire from the vertical position that it is spinning in to the horizontal position that a non-rotating tire would be in. The force exerted by gravity produces a torque that is at right angles to both the force exerted by gravity and the direction of the angular momentum, which is along the line of the axle. This not only keeps the wheel from falling, but it also causes it to precess in a circle. This forms the basis for gyroscopic movement.
Other Things to Try
Like a bicycle, a toy gyroscope becomes stable only when it has sufficient angular momentum to counterbalance the pull of gravity. As an extension, study a gyroscope. Observe what happens when its turning axis is displaced from a stable position. What affects the rate of precession?
The Point
A bicycle tire is stable when it is rotating because the tire has angular momentum. The gravitational attraction of the Earth exerts a force that would pull the tire to a horizontal position were it not for the angular momentum of the spinning tire. The interaction of the torque caused by gravity and the angular momentum of the spinning tire results in the precession of the tire about the pivot point.
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How can I keep my pregnancy under wraps until after my first trimester?
We want to wait until after the first trimester to tell our family and friends we're expecting, but people keep asking if I'm pregnant! (I'm currently five weeks along.) How do I put off their questions without being too harsh or revealing our secret?
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This decision is all yours. I am currently 6 weeks pregnant with our 2nd child. At first we opted to keep it a secret, we were trying only for 1 month when we found out at 3 weeks this time. I wanted to keep it to our selves but my husband wanted to know it was ok with our 5 year old who we had talked to about a sibling and he was so cute about it. 2 days after we told him all grand parents had been notified via telephone. It was pretty comical having them all call asking is he telling the truth? We didn't even know you were trying. After everyone (parents) knew we talked about it and wished we would have held out at least until after 1st obgyn visit and everything o.k. any way if you think you will regret and want to keep it to yourself because it is so fun knowing just the two of you!!! Hold off until a bit later, you've got 40 weeks lol. God bless and good luckposted 04/11/2005 by nurse28j
It has an upside of telling such great news and then there are the down sides, either way you look at it your family and friends are of course going to be supportive. I have shared it with those close to me and a few at work. I am eleven weeks and some people have already noticed that I am. So the choice is yours. My husband isn't excited about this pregnancy so I need all the support I can get.posted 04/11/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
i am in my 13th week....or as everyone seems more inclined to say...12 weeks pregnant, and my husband and i just told my family this past weekend about the pregnancy. i had been and still am getting questions all over the place from all kinds of people....i just tell them that we are in the midst of deciding when to start our family. so far everyone has excepted that. although when we told my husband's mom, she said she just knew. good luck to you and remember to do whatever makes you most comfortable and not what everyone else wants or expects.posted 04/11/2005 by repeatoffender
Im 19 years old and pregnant for a boyfriend of 5 years and we both were excited and of course i was nervous about the whole idea of mc but he keeps reassuring me that if it does happen it just means that we werent ready. I'm trying to look at it that way. But i am currently 8 weeks 2 days pregnant and im praying that nothing happens. I told my parents and his parents as soon as it was confirmed. Im glad i did because i ended up having a whole lot of morning sickness (all day sickness (lol))and his parents and mine helped me out alot. I think that the choice is up to the couple as to when to tell people your pg but i also think that regardless your family will support you whether the pregnancy works out or not. But i've had my first ultrasound and everything was okay so i'm hoping it will stay that way.posted 04/11/2005 by ms_brooks1119
Well when I was pg with my first baby I told my friends but not any family. I ended up having an mc at 6 weeks in my first trimester. I was so upset, I could'nt believe it at all. I didn't know of the myths about telling people early in your pregnany that you are pregnant. I know it wasn't that at all. I was going through too much stress. But right now I am in my 5th week in the first trimester and hopefully we will have this one. I am so happy and so is my boyfriend. We talk about the baby all the time. Good Luck Everyone!!!posted 04/11/2005 by phattigirl23
I'm in the same position as you Denise. I am currently 10 wks prego and DH & I are trying to wait to tell our parents until Mother's Day, another 4 weeks!! I miscarried in November, so we're leery. However, we did see the baby and heartbeat a couple weeks ago, but we figure we'll wait until we hear the heartbeat and get into the 2nd trimester. It's very hard. I actually spilled to a friend by accident! It's nice to have someone else to discuss it with though! I don't know what advice to give you. I've been lying to people about some things because of the pregnancy. It's very difficult, but I know that they'll forgive me when they find out the secret we were keeping. I'm just afraid to tell them and then let them down again. I have a much better feeling about this one, but you still never know. Good luck to you with your pregnancy and keeping the secret until the right time!posted 04/11/2005 by jen6201
This is my first pregnancy and of course when i found out about 4 weeks into the pregnancy, i was ecstatic. Me personally, i can barely hold water so i told my family and friends as soon as i found out. I love having their support when i was going through my symtoms. They helped alot.posted 04/11/2005 by ms_brooks1119
I had two mc before I finally had my beautiful big girl. We told all three times I felt like with the pregnancy I had a lot of more prayer. We are now 7 weeks pregnant again and I am glad we told. I am a person who shows everything on my face. It would be hard to lie. I feel if people know than they understand what you are going through and can try to help you through it. I know I will probably worry with this pregnancy the whole time. I just pray for it everyday. If its God's will than it will happen.posted 04/11/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
We actually waited until it was almost 12 weeks. It was really hard at first to keep quiet, but in the long run we were happy with our decsion. We just wanted to feel more "safe" as far as miscarriage goes.posted 04/11/2005 by lilbuggy
I agree with Holly. If you are worried and also want to be careful wait until after your 12th week. I also included my oldest (now 10) in sharing the news but it was because my mother and step father walked out of the room when we were going to purpose a toast on Easter day. My daughter told them and I have to say, a 10 year old should not have to stick up for her mother and unborn sibling like she did. The decision has to totally be up to you. We waited until the 7th week except for the closest relatives. I have had 2 MC and it's not easy. Each drs. appt. brings anticipation on whether everything is ok. Listen to what you heart says and go by that.posted 04/11/2005 by peggy_sue_2u
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