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- As important as the intrinsic properties of an individual nervous cell stands the network of neurons in which it is embedded and by virtue of which it acquires great part of its responsiveness and functionality. In this study we have explored how the topological properties and conduction delays of several classes of neural networks affect the capacity of their constituent cells to establish well-defined temporal relations among firing of their action potentials. This ability of a population of neurons to produce and maintain a millisecond-precise coordinated firing (either evoked by external stimuli or internally generated) is central to neural codes exploiting precise spike timing for the representation and communication of information. Our results, based on extensive simulations of conductance-based type of neurons in an oscillatory regime, indicate that only certain topologies of networks allow for a coordinated firing at a local and long-range scale simultaneously. Besides network architecture, axonal conduction delays are also observed to be another important factor in the generation of coherent spiking. We report that such communication latencies not only set the phase difference between the oscillatory activity of remote neural populations but determine whether the interconnected cells can set in any coherent firing at all. In this context, we have also investigated how the balance between the network synchronizing effects and the dispersive drift caused by inhomogeneities in natural firing frequencies across neurons is resolved. Finally, we show that the observed roles of conduction delays and frequency dispersion are not particular to canonical networks but experimentally measured anatomical networks such as the macaque cortical network can display the same type of behavior.
- Bivariate and multivariate NeuroXidence : a robust and reliable method to detect modulations of spike ; spike synchronization across experimental conditions (2011)
- Synchronous neuronal firing has been proposed as a potential neuronal code. To determine whether synchronous firing is really involved in different forms of information processing, one needs to directly compare the amount of synchronous firing due to various factors, such as different experimental or behavioral conditions. In order to address this issue, we present an extended version of the previously published method, NeuroXidence. The improved method incorporates bi- and multivariate testing to determine whether different factors result in synchronous firing occurring above the chance level. We demonstrate through the use of simulated data sets that bi- and multivariate NeuroXidence reliably and robustly detects joint-spike-events across different factors.
- Spike train auto-structure impacts post-synaptic firing and timing-based plasticity (2011)
- Cortical neurons are typically driven by several thousand synapses. The precise spatiotemporal pattern formed by these inputs can modulate the response of a post-synaptic cell. In this work, we explore how the temporal structure of pre-synaptic inhibitory and excitatory inputs impact the post-synaptic firing of a conductance-based integrate and fire neuron. Both the excitatory and inhibitory input was modeled by renewal gamma processes with varying shape factors for modeling regular and temporally random Poisson activity. We demonstrate that the temporal structure of mutually independent inputs affects the post-synaptic firing, while the strength of the effect depends on the firing rates of both the excitatory and inhibitory inputs. In a second step, we explore the effect of temporal structure of mutually independent inputs on a simple version of Hebbian learning, i.e., hard bound spike-timing-dependent plasticity. We explore both the equilibrium weight distribution and the speed of the transient weight dynamics for different mutually independent gamma processes. We find that both the equilibrium distribution of the synaptic weights and the speed of synaptic changes are modulated by the temporal structure of the input. Finally, we highlight that the sensitivity of both the post-synaptic firing as well as the spike-timing-dependent plasticity on the auto-structure of the input of a neuron could be used to modulate the learning rate of synaptic modification.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post8076451008117045170..comments2015-07-30T13:18:20.975-04:00Comments on Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Is Catholicism Christian?: My Debate With James White (Part Two)Dave Armstronghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-70735424938373764882011-02-21T01:41:02.876-05:002011-02-21T01:41:02.876-05:00This is an important part of their self-understand...This is an important part of their self-understanding:TULIP is not 'The Gospel' in the calvinist's mind It is the Shield of 'The Gospel'. TULIP is regarded as the doctrinal formulation that protects the gospel from the depredations of 'Romanism'.
EVERYThing passes through that filter. My 'mistake' :) was to set TULIP to one side whilst I examined the Spirituality of Paul in the light of the always incarnational nature of God communicating himself to us. (OT, NT, and Natural Law-The Way Things Are)
That glittering jewel, if seen by any Calvinist, will require great grace in order to abandon all to find Christ.Blogguyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-44151467725367545572011-02-20T23:55:23.520-05:002011-02-20T23:55:23.520-05:00My eyes were on my doctrine and not on Jesus Chris...My eyes were on my doctrine and not on Jesus Christ the pioneer and perfecter of faith

This seems to be the case too often in Reformed circles: where one is supposedly saved by TULIP and that is supposedly the gospel, rather than how the Bible defines the gospel: the incarnation, redeeming death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ.Dave Armstronghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-7212922162717678482011-02-20T23:14:30.004-05:002011-02-20T23:14:30.004-05:00"..According to him, we are not Christians, p..."..According to him, we are not Christians, period, if we fully adhere to Catholic teaching."
Yes indeedy thats how I was raised, that's the theological tradition that was bred into us. We could accept that a Catholic might actually be one of the elect if 'they follow the movement of the spirit of God out of the Romish church into... more truth.
I remember whena member of our Reformed Baptist church went BACK to the Catholic church. I was in my third year of seminary then... it was very troubling. He loved God so passionately, intimately .... and then he POPED!! The pastor explained in this way. "I find it difficult to believe that the Spirit of God, who leads us to all truth, would lead one of his children into a place where Mary is exulted and the Work of Christ denigrated." ( in other words he wasn't being led by God to the Catholic Church therefore he wasn't ever really belonging to God.)
If I can remember his name I will look him up and thank him for returning to the Church and planting some seeds in pretty hard soil.
This kind of Reformed AntiCatholic exclusivity happens when the truth of the sovereign grace of God is assigned a pre-eminent place in the gospel of Christ. That philosophical structure redefines/filters the gospel and is itself distorted by the weight of the demands placed upon it. My eyes were on my doctrine and not on Jesus Christ the pioneer and perfecter of faith (early NIV ;) )
The glory of our union with Christ and the grace of his Life coming to us is profoundly Catholic in the NT. The natural meanings of the words and teachings are circumvented and explained away by claiming meanings and symbolisms that alien to the New Testament - which is why the early church fathers reflected the theological understanding that was at the heart of the NT spirituality.
Your current work on the Eucharist will explore some of that.Blogguyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-34768847090807427292011-02-20T14:38:14.642-05:002011-02-20T14:38:14.642-05:00That's not White's position, though. He...That's not White's position, though. He's not nearly as nuanced as Charles Hodge or G. C. Berkouwer. According to him, we are not Christians, period, if we fully adhere to Catholic teaching. The only Catholic Christian is a bad Catholic: one who denies some of Catholic teaching, so as to be more agreeably Protestant.

I wasn't debating the Reformed position per se, but James White, who is an extreme anti-Catholic, but not all that different from John Calvin in that regard, because Calvin was also a virulent anti-Catholic.Dave Armstronghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-80224564999292398642011-02-20T05:10:38.082-05:002011-02-20T05:10:38.082-05:00I am a former reformed baptist now Catholic, i thi...I am a former reformed baptist now Catholic, i think you have a partial point. the Reformed Baptist position would be: in the mysteries of grace, God saves those, who through ignorance or human limitations, do not submit their understanding to God's sovereign grace. They may be saved of course, by Grace: that miracle of sovereign choice by God. ...Even a reformed baptist could admit that there are Christians even amongst catholics (Sovereign grace)... but Catholicism as a teaching doctrine is regarded as completely reprobate - bereft of the life of true doctrine. Other religious groups are flawed partially, so some of the gospel leeches through... but only the teaching of Sovereign Grace with the gospel safeguards that Fullness of Truth -the whole gospel. (Pardon me I wander on) In my last year at my baptist school after studying Rahner's quite brilliant apologetic philosophy, did i understand how absolutely necessary was my shield of Sovereign Grace to prevent me from succumbing to Catholicism. It took me almost twenty years to realize that that 'shield' was an unbiblical philosophical imposition upon the Gospel (and the whole NT).
The soveriegn Grace, properly understood, can be True... But it is no shield, and the 'glory of the truth of God's Sovereign Grace' was Nothing compared to the Glory of the Life of Grace offered by the Lord Jesus Christ. Traumatically that life of grace was fully Catholic.
The type of rigorous logic Dave is exercising, although true enough, misses the nuance of reformed theology: 'just cuz yer not as fully Christian as WE are, doesn't mean your partial gospel admixed with lies isn't partially Christian, but if yer truly Christian(saved by Grace) you will move to the fullness of truth. (Reformed Baptist).Blogguyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-43184742216249433202010-10-17T05:08:06.684-04:002010-10-17T05:08:06.684-04:00I'm not sure if anyone is paying attention to ...I'm not sure if anyone is paying attention to this blog post anymore, but I'm going to post anyway. If this is responded to, great, but if not, that's o.k., too.

I had read most of the "Part 1" of this debate, and I thought White had many valid points in his second reply. The 36 page length of this response to White, appeared a little daunting for me, however. But I decided to read just a little bit into this, and I believe I have found an error.

"P1) Dave Armstrong was never a Protestant because he rejected absolute predestination and total depravity. {White (JW), 4-6-95, pp.1-2}
A1) But Melanchthon rejected absolute predestination and total depravity as well.
A2) Wesley, C.S. Lewis, Finney & Bonhoeffer also rejected absolute predestination and total depravity.
C1) Therefore, according to James White, Melanchthon, Wesley, C.S. Lewis, Finney & Bonhoeffer are not Protestants, nor is Keith Tolbert, author of the Cult Research Directory, on the same grounds.
P2) White says Catholics (and, so it would seem to follow, Orthodox) and cults such as Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians.
C2) Therefore, Protestants are the only Christians, and since Arminians are not truly Protestants (C1), then only Calvinists are Christians.
C3) Therefore, according to James White, Melanchthon, Wesley, C.S. Lewis, Finney, Bonhoeffer, Keith Tolbert, and Dave Armstrong (before and after poping) cannot be Christians."

Even if the first C1 and P2 are correct, there is absolutely no logical connection leading to the rest of the quoted passage, here.
Defining all of the people mentioned in C1 as not Protestant and all the other denominations mentioned P2 as not Christian does not lead to the idea that people who aren't Protestants are not Christian (C2).

In fact, the obvious thing to say is that if the people in C1 aren't Protestant, but are Christian (by White's standard), then they must be some sort of as-of-yet undefined Christian. One could say that they are Christians that, under White's view aren't technically Protestant, but don't fall into the non-Christian groups like Catholics (as White defines as non-Christian). As a result, they could still be Christian (and I'm sure Mr. White still thinks they are).

How though, could these undefined Christians that aren't apostate, yet not Protestant, leave themselves undefined? Well, it's simple. They did define themselves. They called themselves Protestant. But if David has represented Dr. White accurately, then it is clear that Dr. White thinks they defined themselves wrongly and were misguided in their self-definition, hence why no new denominational (or supra-denominational) category has came about to define them.

So, not only did David make a huge logical mishap immediately, but then he followed up on it. He said that Arminians aren't Protestant, which means the only Protestants are Calvinists - and this means the only Christians are Calvinist.

This not only follows up on the previous error of classifying those who aren't Protestant but aren't a White-defined non-Christian group, not Christian (and this means Arminians, like the people mentioned earlier, could be Christian even if they aren't Protestant), but it also is strange.

Out of all of the many varied strands of what is currently called Protestantism (and what White, according to Armstrong, would call a more general Christianity that includes Protestantism), why are we zeroing in on Arminianism and Calvinism? I'm pretty sure these aren't the only two positions on the block.

So, as best I can see, there was a MAJOR error right off the bat in this article regading the confusion of Protestantism (and this is assuming Mr. Armstrong understood White correctly). And then it was followed immediately by wierdness.

Does anyone know (David Armstrong included) if the rest of this article is worth reading? And could someone tell me if it is?Danhttp://email@example.com


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Zune 3.0 outside the US – handy podcatching tip (and a bit of a rant!)
I've got a Zune 80 which I love even more since the upgrade to 3.0 added Audible audio book support. I mainly use the Zune for podcasts, but being outside the US and not being able to legitimately use the Zune Social and Marketplace, there's certain features I'm lacking. I know there are work-arounds to access these (like changing your regional settings in Windows), but I have reasons for not doing that.
When I've got the Zune software open, it checks all my podcast subscriptions and downloads new episodes. I had to add the RSS feed manually for each podcast since I can't get to the Zune Marketplace podcast directory – actually, I'm going to digress a minute and say that this is really bad on the part of Microsoft/the Zune team – I understand that there are licensing issues regarding selling music, tv shows, etc, in different territories, but there is NO reason why you can't provide Zune users around the world (and I'm talking about the software now, which is available for anyone to download, not the devices which are only sold in the USA) with the podcast directory containing content that is free and available wherever you are! There's also no reason why you can't enable "The Social" too – it's ok to let people all over the world share the number of times they played a particular track! The only thing you have to limit is the ability to purchase content. You should be able to do that without restricting the stuff that's free!!!
…anyway, where was I? Ah, yes, downloading new episodes…
Yesterday when I opened the Zune software, it started downloading over 80 different podcast episodes. Now I've always been able to see what these were, if I clicked on each and every podcast subscription it would tell me if there were any episodes of that particular subscription currently downloading or pending download. I'd always thought it would be nice to see all the current and pending downloads in a single list. Recently I discovered this facility does exist in the software, but I guess it's under Marketplace, and I can't see that! (I'm guessing that showing someone in the UK a single list of all the free podcasts that they're subscribed to perfectly legally would anger the RIAA or something!)
Well yesterday, I accidentally clicked on the label saying that an episode was pending download, and it turns out that it's actually a button that takes me to the download list! A happy accident and a very welcome find. :-) [UPDATE: You can also click on the "Downloading x of y" message at the bottom of the window and get to the same place.] I'm sure that everyone else already knew about this – it's probably in the documentation/help that I've never read, but at least it's given me an excuse to write this post and grumble about the one issue that really gets on my nerves regarding the Zune! ;-)


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WORCESTER, Mass. - The men's tennis match between Holy Cross and Boston University scheduled for March 29 at 11:00 a.m. at the Holy Cross Tennis Courts, has been postponed due to rain. The match will be made up on April 14 at 3:30 p.m.
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The Marshal of Grand Vision
Joseph R. Perella '64 will be the Grand Marshal of New York City's 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade on October 14. (Courtesy Columbus Citizens Foundation)
The world's largest celebration of Italian-American culture and achievement will be led by one of Lehigh's most prominent alumni.
On Monday, Oct. 14, Joseph R. Perella '64 will be the grand marshal of the 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York City. He will lead 35,000 marchers up Fifth Avenue while an estimated one million spectators from around the world crowd the streets and cheer from their homes.
As Columbus Day grand marshal, Perella will follow in the footsteps of influential business leader and fellow Lehigh alumnus, Lee Iacocca '45. Both men were given the honor of leading the parade at the pinnacle of their careers—Perella as a Wall Street icon and Iacocca, who served as grand marshal in 1982, as chairman of Chrysler Corp.
Perella, known as the "Gentleman of Wall Street" for his integrity, trustworthiness and character, has influenced the world of finance and investment banking while changing countless lives through his philanthropic work.
"Mr. Perella is a man of vision, great leadership and remarkable philanthropy," said Frank Fusaro, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, which organizes the parade.
A generous supporter of education and the arts
As grand marshal, Perella will celebrate a rich family history. Both his grandfather and father immigrated to the United States from Italy. His grandfather was a blacksmith by trade who became a chef after his arrival, and his father came to America in 1938 after earning his doctorate degree in economics.
"I am honored to be named grand marshal of the Columbus Day Parade, a wonderful event that pays tribute to the significant contributions Italian-Americans have made to the United States," said Perella, who is a Lehigh trustee.
"On Columbus Day, we celebrate Italian-American heritage and culture as one of the many facets that has made our great, diverse country a robust, ever-evolving land of freedom and opportunity."
Perella's reputation as a gentleman goes well beyond the world of finance. He and his wife, Amy, generously support the arts, education and human services, including the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund for military personnel and their families, of which he is a trustee.
The Perellas are strong believers in supporting Lehigh and have shown a stalwart dedication to the university. From endowing the Perella Department of Finance and faculty positions to creating scholarship funds and contributing to building improvements, they are an unstoppable force for good.
"Joe Perella is an inspiration and role model to many," said President Alice P. Gast. "His leadership in business, philanthropy and service is an example for students, faculty and leaders at Lehigh. Joe's great humanitarianism makes him the absolute best choice to represent the Italian-American community in this way."
After graduating from Lehigh with a degree in business administration, Perella earned an M.B.A. degree in finance from Harvard Business School. In 1988, he co-founded Wasserstein Perella and Co., and in 1993, he became a managing director and member of the management committee at Morgan Stanley, where he later rose to corporate vice president. He then formed Perella Weinberg Partners L.P., a global, independent advisory and asset management firm with offices in seven cities throughout the world, including London and Dubai.
In 2004, Perella received the "L-in-Life" Award from the Lehigh New York City Alumni Club. The award recognizes alumni for outstanding achievements in business and professional life and for continued devotion and loyal service to the university.
Supportive from the sidelines as well, Perella has remained an avid follower of Lehigh wrestling, attending the EIWA and NCAA championship competitions.
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Crowing cockerels cost Haverfordwest smallholders £800
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Two Haverfordwest smallholders have been fined for allowing their cockerels to crow.
Andrew and Lynn Baker of Wiltax Rose were fined £200 and ordered to pay costs to the tune of £597.79, along with a £20 surcharge, by magistrates on Monday 14 April.
The couple were originally served a Noise Abatement Notice in July 2013 by Pembrokeshire County Council after a neighbour complained of excessive crowing from their cockerels. But the dawn chorus continued despite the Council's warning, and a pollution control inspector was sent to investigate.
In August last year, Richard Thomas inspected the situation at a house which borders the 10 acre smallholding. On one occasion, the pollution control inspector recorded 'incessant' crowing in the neighbouring property's bedroom: from 7.01am to 8.46am from four cockerels, close to the property border. The inspector also witnessed the birds crowing ten times in one minute on another day.
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The Bakers moved to the Pembrokeshire countryside from Newport 10 years ago, seeking the rural lifestyle. At one point, the couple had owned around 200 animals but downsized about six years ago.
"I thought it was a joke at first," Andrew told the Western Telegraph. "We are on a farm, we are surrounded by farmland. It's the countryside."
"If we lived five miles up the road in Haverfordwest I could understand it but not round here."
"I just thought we were good friends," Linda commented. "We've been round there for coffee and BBQs, we've never fallen out with them, I don't know what happened."
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in which Bitch contributor Veronica Arreola defends the use of the word while many others disagree...
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I think we need to promote
I think we need to promote using the word Bitch only to describe an empowered or opinionated women. For the younger generation, myself included, it's a little harder. Because we are so often bombarded with the term in the media, and it is used to describe different things, it rolls off the tongue smoothly. There is something seriously wrong here.
I also believe there is a problem with what the media decides to censor. Recently, I heard a rap song on the radio that didn't bleep out the word Bitch, when it was clearly used in a derogative manor. However, the words shit and ass were censored....????
I think there is a gap that
I think there is a gap that needs to be defined here. I don't think the word bitch is offensive in itself, but usage of a word can make any word offensive. For example if someone says about a woman, 'she's a bitch', the meaning is similar to the word 'asshole' or 'jerk'. I don't find that offensive. But I think it's different if the speaker is using bitch to generalize about all women, or to boil the female part of the human race down to the descriptor 'bitch'. As in, 'there's a lot of hot bitches at this party'. In the second sentence bitch is not synonymous with jerk, it's merely a substitute for 'girls' or 'women'. As in, if you're a woman, really you're just a bitch.
While I do agree that it can
While I do agree that it can be reclaimed by empowered women or as a way to acknowledge its history (in the way that a percentage of the black community might accept the "n-word"), the majority of the time it is used on television and in the media is in a derogatory context, and I don't think it should be accepted.
Bitch is most often associated with one who is feminine or has feminine qualities, and that is why it's so offensive. If you call a man a "bitch," you're attributing female qualities to him as negative. It's not very different from calling him "pussy" or "sissy," and I find those worlds INCREDIBLY problematic for obvious reasons.
It's disturbing that a word like "bitch" (which targets a gender) is accepted by the media but a word like "shit," which targets no specific group, is not.
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THE Bilston Historical Society is swiftly off the mark this year with its next meeting, and on Wednesday, 8th January, at The Parish Centre at St Chad's, Connaught Road, Bilston, Dr Chris Upton will be on hand to talk about The Workhouses of Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton's first workhouse was erected as far back as 1700, at the top of Horseley Fields, and its location can be seen on the adjoining map which was surveyed and drawn up around 1750.
Also, a Parliamentary survey undertaken in 1777 recorded parish workhouses in operation at Bilston (for up to 60 inmates), Willenhall (25) and Wolverhampton (60).
The Wolverhampton Poor Law Union formally came into being on 11th December, 1836, and the first Wolverhampton Union Workhouse was erected between 1836-38 on Bilston Road. Its construction cost around £9,000 and at full capacity it could accommodate 750 of the poorest of the parish.
In 1867, Wolverhampton was the subject of one of a series of articles in the medical journal The Lancet investigating conditions in the country's workhouse infirmaries, and although the report was generally positive, it also included a number of critical comments, such as many of the wards were overcrowded, the kitchens and the system of food distribution were inadequate, and the reception and tramp wards were very bad.
The details of the history of Workhouses in Wolverhampton is fascinating and Dr Chris Upton will be elaborating further during his talk.
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The world lost one of its most magnificent, distinctive voices this weekend when Cesaria Evora passed away on Sunday at the age of 70. The woman known as The Barefoot Diva for her habit of performing sans shoes began singing morna--a lush, soft-focused Cape Verdean genre that merges African rhythms and folk styles with Portuguese fado and British sea shanties--as a teenager in her native Sao Vicente. It took the rest of the world a while to catch up: Evora had her first global hit record in her late forties with 1988's La Diva Aux Pied Neux (hence the nickname).
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The New Mexico Lobos return home Saturday, meeting in-state rival New Mexico State. Kickoff for the 94th meeting between the two institutions is 6:05 p.m. Mountain Time from University Stadium. There is no television coverage for the game. A crowd in excess of 33,000 is expected to be on hand to watch the nation's 35th-oldest series in NCAA Div. I-A football.
For the fourth time in the past five seasons, New Mexico has started 1-3. UNM dropped a hard-fought 23-13 decision at 24th-ranked Washington State last Saturday. New Mexico led 13-12 at halftime. The Lobos have lost three straight for the first time since starting 0-3 in 2000. New Mexico has not lost four in a row since the final four games of the 1998 season. The Lobos are now 2-9 in the month of September since 2001.
New Mexico State comes into the contest with a 1-2 mark. The Aggies - off last week - last played on September 13 when they fell at Oregon State 28-16.
The Lobos are 9-3 in their last 12 contests at University Stadium. UNM has captured six of its last seven home games against non-conference competition. New Mexico was 3-0 at home last year against MWC opposition and it has won six of its past eight league games in Albuquerque.
Picked to finish second in the MWC in the preseason poll, UNM returns 53 lettermen - including 17 offensive and defensive starters - from a team that finished second in the MWC last year and played in a bowl game for only the second time since 1961.
New Mexico was picked to finish second in the official Mountain West Conference preseason poll. That's the highest predicted finish for a Lobo team since polls could be found dating to the early 1980s. Six Lobos were named to the 2003 preseason all-MWC team: OT Jason Lenzmeier, TB DonTrell Moore and OG Claude Terrell on offense and DE Daniel Kegler, S Brandon Ratcliff and NT D.J. Renteria on defense.
The Lobos received nine votes in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 preseason coaches' poll, good for a tie for 47th place with Georgia Tech. They had 13 votes prior to the Texas Tech game. UNM's Rocky Long is one of 63 NCAA Div. I-A head coaches who votes in the poll.
For only the second time in the history of University Stadium, the Lobos will play seven home games in 2003. UNM also played seven here in 1995.
Going 13-12 in 2001-02, New Mexico guns for its third straight non-losing record for the first time since a seven-year run from 1958-64. After playing in the Las Vegas Bowl last year, UNM seeks consecutive postseason appearances for only the second time in school history, since appearing in the 1945 Sun Bowl and the 1946 Harbor Bowl. The most wins by New Mexico in a three-year period is 22 between 1962-64.
New Mexico has the distinction of being the only school in the nation to increase its win total every year since 1999: UNM was 3-9 in 1998, 4-7 in 1999, 5-7 in 2000, 6-5 in 2001 and 7-7 in 2002.
SEASON TICKET UPDATE: Through Friday, Sept. 19, UNM had sold a school-record 14,780 season tickets. Last year's total was 14,142 while the previous record was 14,254 set in 1998. A five-game prorated season ticket is currently available through the New Mexico State game on Saturday.
LOBOS WORTH WATCHING: Several Lobos are currently on "Watch Lists" for national awards:
Rimington Trophy - Outstanding Center (www.rimingtontrophy.com): C Ryan Cook
Doak Walker Award - Outstanding Running Back (www.doakwalkeraward.com): TB DonTrell Moore
Butkus Award - Best Linebacker (www.butkusaward.org): LB Billy Strother
Rotary Lombardi Award - Outstanding Lineman (www.rotarylombardiaward.com): DE Daniel Kegler, OT Jason Lenzmeier, DE D.J. Renteria, OG Claude Terrell
Outland Trophy - Outstanding Interior Lineman (www.fwaa.com): OG Claude Terrell
THE NEW MEXICO STATE SERIES: UNM's oldest series - 93 previous games - dates to 1893. In fact, the two institutions played six games - between 1893-1911 - before the territory of New Mexico joined the Union in 1912.
The 93 games makes UNM-NMSU the 35th-longest series in the NCAA record book. Wisconsin-Minnesota is the all-time leader at 112 games.
The Lobos have a 60-28-5 lead in the series, although the Aggies have won three of the past five games. New Mexico has dominated since 1969, however, winning 27 of 34 meetings with one tie. UNM owns a 36-12-3 advantage in Albuquerque, including a 15-2-1 mark in the last 18 games at University Stadium.
The Aggies took a 24-13 triumph last year in Las Cruces. Aggie QB Paul Dombroski rushed 18 times for 136 yards and a TD. Two years ago in Albuquerque UNM won 53-0, posting its first shutout since 1984, a span of 208 games. It's the Lobos' widest winning margin over NMSU since a 61-0 blanking in 1948. New Mexico had a season-high 350 yards rushing. The Aggies were held to 79 yards on the ground.
AGGIE NOTES: New Mexico State finished 7-5 in 2002, the school's second winning record in the past four years. The Aggies were secong in the Sun Belt Conference with a 5-1 mark.
NMSU returns 40 lettermen, including 14 starters, six on offense and seven on defense. Head coach Tony Samuel is in his seventh season in Las Cruces where he has a 27-44 overall record. The 1979 Nebraska graduate is 3-3 against the Lobos, 1-2 in Albuquerque.
The New Mexico State defense has been solid through three games, allowing just 338.7 yards a game, good for 2nd in the Sun Belt and 49th nationally. The Aggies rank 38th in the nation in pass defense, yielding 189.7 yards a game. Offensively, NMSU is averaging 23.7 points and 316.3 yards a game, 194.3 yards on the ground and 122 yards through the air.
WASHINGTON STATE RECAP: The 24th-ranked Cougars held the Lobos to 78 yards in the second half as they came back to defeat UNM 23-13. New Mexico took a 13-12 lead into halftime on a pair of TD passes.
The New Mexico defense played superb around the goal-line to keep it close in the first half. Three times the Cougars had a 1st-and-goal inside the Lobo five, but could only manage three field goals and a 9-0 lead three minutes into the second quarter.
UNM got on the board on its next drive when WR Terrence Thomas (Albuquerque) took a handoff from QB Casey Kelly (Portland, Ore.), then tossed the ball back to Kelly for a 21-yard scoring pass. The score was set up by a 38-yard wide receiver screen from Kelly to Adrian Boyd (Flint, Mich.). Wes Zunker's PAT was blocked.
After a tipped punt, UNM took over at the 46. Two plays later, Kelly arched a perfect 50-yard bomb down the sideline to WR Dwight Counter (Lancaster, Texas) as UNM grabbed a 13-9 advantage. The Cougars added another field goal to close the halftime margin to one.
The speedy Washington State defense shut down UNM in the second half. The Lobos went three-and-out on their first three possesions of the third quarter, gaining just seven yards in those nine plays. New Mexico only crossed the 50-yard line once after halftime. On that drive, the Lobos marched to the WSU 40, but TB D.D. Cox (Westminster, Colo.) fumbled to end the drive.
The Cougars took the lead with a 53-yard drive in the third quarter. QB Matt Kegel completed a 32-yard pass to TE Cody Boyd then found WR Devard Darling for 15 yards on 3rd-and-15 down to the Lobo 1. Kegel punched it from one yard out. The Cougars added a field goal later in the period to close the scoring.
New Mexico finished with a season-low 257 yards of total offense.
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON STATE: New Mexico has lost eight straight games to ranked opponents since its last win over No. 8 Utah in 1994. The Lobos do not have a victory over a ranked team on the road since 1975.
Washington State was 5-5 on red-zone conversions, but got just one TD and four FGs. On three of the first-half penetrations, WSU had first-and-goal at the 1, 5 and 3-yard line, but had to settle for three points each time.
The Lobos had the ball for just 21:10, the team's lowest amount of possession time since Fresno State limited UNM to 20:53 in 1993. Washington State ran 86 plays from scrimmage to UNM's 56.
New Mexico's 22 yards rushing is the lowest total since BYU held the Lobos to a minus-10 in 1999.
UNM had a season-high 5 sacks of QB Matt Kegel, who had been dumped just three times in three prior games against Idaho, Notre Dame and Colorado.
Senior LB Billy Strother (Evansville, Ind.) recorded a career-high 15 tackles after getting just 20 in the first three games. His total included 3 tackles for loss and a sack.
Sophomore DE Marcus Parker (Garland, Texas) came off the bench to have a career day with 8 tackles, including 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and a forced fumble. Twelve of Parker's 22 career tackles have been behind the line of scrimmage.
Senior WR Adrian Boyd (Flint, Mich.) recorded career-highs with 8 receptions for 100 yards. He's the first UNM receiver to gain at least 100 yards since Dwight Counter had 100 last year against Utah. Boyd leads UNM with 18 catches and 254 yards receiving.
Senior DE D.J. Renteria (Roswell, N.M.) logged a career-high 8 tackles. The honors candidate had 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a pass deflection.
New Mexico failed to gain a turnover for the second straight game and for only the 11th time in Rocky Long's 64-game tenure at UNM. The Lobos are 1-10 in those games, the lone win coming against Northern Arizona in 1999. BYU has been error-free against Long's Lobos three times (1999, 2001, 2003).
It's been five years since UNM failed to get a turnover in consecutive games. San Jose State and Air Force were both free of errors in 1998.
Senior Dwight Counter only caught two passes at Washington State, but one was a 50-yard TD from Casey Kelly. It was the 10th TD grab of Counter's career. The average length of those TD receptions is an amazing 39.7 yards. Counter is now 7th all-time at UNM with 99 catches and 8th with 1,536 career yards.
OFFENSE NOTES: No doubt the opponents have had something to do with it, but UNM's offense has cooled after a hot start. The Lobos averaged 50 points, 267 yards rushing, 303 yards passing and 570 yards of total offense in the first two games against Texas State-San Marcos and Texas Tech. In the last two games versus BYU and Washington State, New Mexico is averaging 10 points and 284.5 yards of total offense, 96.5 on the ground and 188 passing. BYU ranks 6th nationally in total defense this week, while Washington State is No. 36.
The Lobos have committed six turnovers (3 turnovers, 3 fumbles) the past three games (four at Texas Tech) and all were lost on the opponents' side of the field.
Casey Kelly is now 12-11 as a starter at New Mexico, which ties Graham Leigh for No. 6 on the career wins list. Current UNM head coach Rocky Long is the all-time leader with 16 victories from 1969-71. Kelly ranks 4th at UNM with 4,332 yards passing, 4th in career completions (349), 5th in TD passes (27) and 6th in career completion percentage (53.0%).
Kelly threw for a career-high 349 yards at Texas Tech, the most by a Lobo since Graham Leigh tossed for 359 yards against San Diego State in 1998. Kelly also set career-bests for completions (22) and attempts (42).
Sophomore TB DonTrell Moore (Roswell, N.M.) became the sixth Lobo to score at least four rushing TDs in a single game against Texas State. Reginal Johnson tallied five against Tulsa in 1996. Four other Lobos scored four via the run, including Long against Utah in 1971.
Subbing for the injured Moore, D.D. Cox had a memorable evening at Texas Tech. Although his first carry did not come until midway through the second quarter, Cox finished with the 11th-best rushing day in school history: 187 yards on 27 carries and three TDs. He was a real workhorse after halftime, toting it 19 times for 140 yards and getting all of his scores. Cox was also a receiver, hauling in four receptions for 69 yards. His 256 all-purpose yards is the 9th-best single-game total by a Lobo.
UNM totaled 584 yards of offense against Texas Tech, the most since registering 620 yards versus Air Force in 2001. The Lobos had 556 yards against Texas State-San Marcos, giving them back-to-back 500-yard performances for the first time since the 1994 season. The 1,140 yards the first two contests are the most in consecutive games since 1,149 yards against New Mexico State (584) and Fresno State (565) in '94.
Dwight Counter's 40-yard run in the first quarter against Texas State was a career long. He finished with a career-high 192 all-purpose yards (40 rushing, 65 on punt returns, 87 receiving).
OFFENSIVE LINE CHANGING FACES: The season began with three seniors starting on the offensive line: OTs Jason Lenzmeier (Frisco, Texas) and Justin Colburn (Westminster, Colo.) and OG Calvin McDonald (Leavenworth, Kan.). Four games into the season and, due to injuries, only Colburn has started every game.
McDonald suffered a torn MCL on Aug. 20 and played in his first game of the season at Washington State. Lenzmeier also had a torn MCL in the second quarter against BYU. He could be back by the San Diego State game on Oct. 18.
Of the five projected starters entering the season, only two are in their original slots right now, Colburn and C Ryan Cook (Albuquerque).
DEFENSE NOTES: The Lobos have allowed just two rushing TD through the first four games. New Mexico has at least one sack in 17 straight games. The last sack-free game was last year's season opener at North Carolina State. UNM is tied with Colorado State for the MWC lead with 13 sacks. The Lobos led the league every year from 2000-02.
New Mexico also leads the MWC in rushing defense, allowing 80 yards a game.
Through four games this year against predominantly passing teams, UNM is allowing 20.8 points, 80 yards rushing, 314.2 yards passing and 394.2 yards total.
Last year, New Mexico was yielding 24 points, 125.5 yards rushing, 195 yards passing and 321.0 total yards in games against North Carolina State, Weber State, Air Force and Baylor.
WORDS FROM ROCKY: (on Washington State) -- "I really felt that it was going to be a nail-biter until the end. We came out in the second half and couldn't do much on offense. Washington State's defense is very good and very fast. You have to give them a lot of credit. They found a way to win. That's what good teams do."
(on New Mexico State) -- "This has developed into a very good rivalry game, especially in the past few years. It's a series the way it should be; very competitive with a lot of people having a great deal of interest in the outcome. We do not lack confidence right now. We just lack execution. The better we execute, the better we have a chance to win. We shouldn't have any trouble getting ready for a New Mexico State team that will be well rested. I know they'll be ready. They played very well against Oregon State. They will cause us some problems because they present so many different offensive looks. Their defense is improved from last year as well. It should be another competitive game."


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Gov. Kasich May Expand Medicaid Coverage in Ohio Through Executive Order
Governor John Kasich, a Republican, is considering accepting the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion in Ohio through an executive order after the state legislature thwarted his efforts earlier this year. Kasich's office confirmed to reporters that this is one method that the Governor is considering to get things done.
Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols commented:
"We continue to explore all our options and just want to get this done."
If Kasich decides to go down the executive order route, this is how things would play out: Kasich would expand Medicaid eligibility to 133 percent of the federal poverty level as prescribed by the ADA through an executive order. Then, on October 21, Kasich would ask a seven-member legislative spending oversight panel for the authority to spend the money that the federal government would provide Ohio to pay for the expansion.
Ohio Senate President Keith Faber (R) said:
"The governor, I think, has the authority to do that. It's certainly within his prerogative. I'm a defender of legislative rights, and I would think the better solution would be a legislative option, but the governor does have that authority."
The expansion of Medicaid in Ohio would cover an additional 275,000 people.


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Join author Brian Trifon as he shows how to improve music and audio productions using virtual instruments in Logic Pro. This course tours the program's virtual instruments, including the ES2 hybrid synthesizer, Sculpture physical modeling synthesizer, EFM1 FM synthesizer, the EVOC 20 vocoder, the Ultrabeat drum synthesizer, and the EXS24 sampler, and shows how to achieve various effects with each instrument's parameters. The course also covers working with oscillators and filters, understanding signal flow, creating custom synthesizer patches, adding effects, synthesizing speech, creating a library of custom sound samples, and much more.
Virtual Instruments with Logic Pro will be updating on a monthly basis, eventually covering all the virtual instruments in the application. Look for the latest movies here and on the lynda.com blog.
Let's check out EFM1 in a musical example. I have got six instances of EFM1 that are creating all the synth sounds and bass sounds and pads, and then the drums were created by UltraBeat. So let's hear it and then I will show what's going on. (music playing) All right! The first thing I will show you is this SynthAccent track that we have got here.
So let me play that for you. (music playing) We can see on the interface when this one little accent happens-- (music playing) --the FM Intensity knob is moving. That's because of the Track Automation on it that's doing that. (music playing) That's really the only modulation that's happening in this. There is no LFO or envelope amount that you can see. The other thing to take note of is that the Carrier is set to a fixed amount, so it's not tracking the pitches on the keyboard. So when I play-- (music playing) --I can still play notes that will track on the keyboard, but that's because it's tracking the Modulation oscillator.
If I uncheck this, it's going to sound a lot different. (music playing) So it's one of those things we were experimented and it just sounded cool with the fixed setting. And on that particular note, the modulation sounded really good. The other aspect of the sound that gives it sort of the crunchiness that it has is that the Modulator is set to a waveform that's not a sine wave. So if this was all the way to the left, it would be a sine wave. It's much smoother modulation. But as I move this control, so let's hear that again--right, it really changes the texture of sound.
So changing the wave shape of the Modulator really makes a big difference. (music playing) So the next sound in there is this Fretless Wave sound. I will show you what's going on with that. (music playing) It kind of has this vowel quality to it. It's bit of a growling sound. It's also pretty simple in its construction, and you can see that the movement is really happening from this Modulation envelope. We have got the Modulation envelope applied to the FM intensity--that's this control here--and you can see what's happening is that when you play a note, this FM intensity, over the period of attack, it opens up and then over the decay it closes down and remains at the same level.
So if I just play some notes on the keyboard here-- (music playing) --so you can hear how it has that movement just built into it. Part of the character of the sound, too, also has to do with this bus that it's sending to. So there are a lot of things going on in this bus. It's got an EQ, Clip Distortion, Space Designer, Reverb, Phaser. So let me mute some of these, so you can hear them individually. So here is the sound without any of those effects.
The Clip Distortion, what that's going to do is add in more crunchiness and more harmonics. So the Clip Distortion is a really good way to saturate the sound, and you can get both really harsh and smoother types of distortion with it, so it's definitely worth exploring. (music playing) And so I am following that with the Space Designer, which instead of being set to a Reverb setting, it's set to a speaker cabinet. So with Logic there are some impulse responses that come with it that you can load into Space Designer that are models of speaker cabinets, and they have all kinds of other stuff too.
(music playing) That kinds of makes it sound more like it's in a room playing through a speaker, and I like the vibe. That sounds like guitar amp. Then there's a phaser which is just adding a little bit of slight modulation. (music playing) And then finally, it's being shaped by EQ. So now the reason why I have this on a bus is that I didn't want this to be a fully wet signal, meaning I didn't want to apply this distortion and this Space Designer just directly on the signal, so it's a 100% going through it.
I just wanted to add a little bit. So I can control that amount with this send control right here. So if I bring this down, it's not going to this channel strip at all. I can adjust the amount. (music playing) So I could even have it do quite a bit more. (music playing) And then if I didn't want it actually that crunchy, so I have found kind of a nice setting in the middle where it blended well with this SynthAccent sound. (music playing) That sounds pretty good. (music playing) And the next setting we have got here is this FMOrgans.
So I will play that, take a look at the interface - (music playing) So the main thing that's happening here, it's really this Modulator, it's the waveform in the Modulator is set to something other than a sine wave, so that's what's giving it a bit of crunch. There is also the Modulation envelope which is slightly modulating the FM intensity. So if I play a note on the keyboard here, we can hear just a little bit of crunch to it, and that's because of the Modulator waveform.
If I set it all the way to left so it's a sine wave, there's a lot less of that. (music playing) The other, and actually probably more important, aspect of the sound is the Volume envelope, or the Amplifier envelope. You can see that there is little bit of attack, so the sound is fading in, and it also has a bit of a release, so that it takes a moment for it to fade out. And so that's really what gives it the shape of the sound that makes it a pad, in terms of its characteristic. Then we've got the FM Reverb Stretch here, and what this is is at the end it's just sort of a washed-out pad. (music playing) It's in the background. (music playing) So you can see it's a 16-second reverb, fully wet, so it's just puts it in the background, and it's to add contrast and space to the rest of the mix.
You actually really can't hear much of the sound. If I get rid of this reverb, it's going to sound quite a bit different. (music playing) Don't hear that aspect coming through. I just wanted something in the background that was really spacey. So it's got the long reverb. And what the Tremolo effect it's doing is that's working an auto-panner, where it's panning back and forth between left and right. So let's listen to that again. (music playing) So the tremolo is usually going to be modifying the volume on the particular track that you have running through it, but it has a phase control so that's going to make it function like an auto-panning. (music playing) Last but not least, we have got this other pad, this PostRockPad here.
(music playing) And so that's also a really washed-out sounds in the background. (music playing) If we take a look at this here, you can see that this is a pretty long reverb, 17.8 seconds, fully wet. So it's just to push in the background. I will play for you dry so you can just hear what the difference and what it sounds like. (music playing) Kind of a very different setting. So Reverb really pushes it back. (music playing) So the last thing I want to show you is this Percussion part that's up top. So I'll play you that.
(music playing) Not necessarily that much going on in terms of the pitch, but it functions in the background with everything else as part of the percussion. (music playing) So really what's creating this sound, so if I play this, and what gives it the metallic quality is the ratio between the Modulator and Carrier. So notice that it's 4:9 and you can't really evenly divide 9 by 4. So when you have those kind of ratios you end up getting more metallic sound.
(music playing) If I were to change this to 8, it's going to be a little bit more consonant of a sound. (music playing) All right, so there is a little less edge to it, a little less metallic. And then of course a big portion of the sound is the Amp envelope. It has a short decay, instantaneous attack. So I will set this back to 9, so we have got the more metallic sound. (music playing) I felt like that blended in well with the drums. So I'm going to unsolo this track here, and let's listen to the entire mix and try to listen for how all these different EFM1s blend together.
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Team Championships
Sharmin Hibbert and Charlyne "Khai" Patterson finished first at the Luke Charles Moore Civil Rights Invitational held in Washington, D.C. on March 7-9, 2005. Sharmin was named Best Oralist and Khai, Second Best Oralist.
Professor Meg Baldwin served as their coach. In addition, our other team entered in the competition, Bret Permesly and Joe Tegerdine, finished up runner-up in the all-FSU final; they were coached by Segundo Fernandez of the Tallahassee firm of Oertel Fernandez & Cole.