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NEW MANCHESTER - The Bears have turned to a familiar face to resurrect a struggling boys basketball program.
Former coach Dave Smith makes his return to the Oak Glen bench this season after leading the Bears for nine seasons from 1994-2004. During that time, Smith compiled 82 wins including a 24-1 record and a trip to the state tournament in his final season.
He replaces Vince Gilliam who spent the past seven seasons with Oak Glen.
Smith didn't voluntarily walk away from the position. In 2004, he had earned his administration degree from Fairmont State and accepted a position as an assistant principal at Weir Middle School.
"I've always wanted to coach," Smith said. "Along with teaching, it's always been something I've loved doing. In 2004, when (the Hancock County Board of Education) said administrators couldn't coach, I didn't want to relinquish my position."
The board rescinded its policy of prohibiting administrators from coaching in June of last year. Smith has been an assistant principal at Oak Glen Middle School since 2006.
A veteran of the coaching ranks at just 43 year of age, Smith has also coached football, baseball and soccer. During his time leading the boys basketball program, Smith had much success with the Bears.
"We had some good seasons for a while there," he said. "We couldn't have been any healthier at the time I left. That's one reason I hated to give it up. At that time, it was the best sport at the school other than wrestling."
Because of the success he experienced with the Bears, Smith said he believes he understands what it will take to turn the program around.
"We're basically starting all over again," he said. "I don't blame anyone. It's just that the interest level is not there. You have to have consistency in the program. It took a down turn and it's a shame that it did. We're going to try and rebuild that level of commitment that was there in the past."
Inheriting a Bears' squad that was 2-20 a year ago and has posted only five wins in the past three seasons, Smith said he knows the rebuilding process with take time.
"I put 10 years in previously and my goal is to get back to that level of success," he said. "I'm going to stick around because I want to be part of it again.
"I want our kids to be committed leaders of the school. I want them to create something that the community can be proud of."
With two sons last year's team - Trey and Brennan - Smith was able to get a good firsthand look at the Bears' disappointing 2011-12 campaign.
"I had the opportunity to see a lot of their games," Smith said. "What I saw was a lack of commitment. At times they played fairly well like when they were competitive against East Liverpool. When you only win a couple of games, you either have a complete lack of talent or a lack of commitment. They had some decent athletes, but they weren't committed to the hard work."
Smith said he has 19 players who came out this season. He is shooting for 30, a level where the program was during his previous stint as coach.
"This isn't going to happen overnight," Smith said. "We're fighting an uphill battle. But, now I understand what I want to achieve as a program. It can happen a lot quicker this time if I get commitment and participation from the kids. But even that is something I can't guarantee."
Smith said the team's strength this season will be its size underneath the basket. Kincaid (6-foot-5), McGraw (6-4) and Howell (6-3) will give the Bears a height advantage over most of their opponents.
"We have good size," Smith said. "The question is whether we are able to get them the ball. We have to try and take advantage of that and it's been our focus in practice. But again, if we can't get them the ball, it doesn't matter how tall we are."
According to Smith, the biggest area of concern on the court this year will be maintaining possession.
"We have a lot of deficits," he said. "Guard play and ball handling are at the top of the list. We have to try to have some offensive control of the basketball. Just keeping possession is going to be tough."
While Smith has set some ambitious goals for the program, he is also realistic about the timetable for the turnaround.
"They've only won five games in three years," he said. "Are we throwing in the towel? Absolutely not. On our first game December 7, we want to be as prepared as we can and we want to win. But, if we can win half our games, that's something that hasn't happened in their lifetime. Winning and losing isn't everything, but it's what you need to get to if you want to turn the program around."


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Former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings was recently interviewed by Marie Claire magazine about running for congress.
The magazine profiled five female candidates from all over the United States and asked them about the issues.
Demings, who was Orlando's first female police chief, said her top issue is the economy in her race against Daniel Webster for the congressional seat in District 10.
"Too many in congress have focused on everything but jobs," she said.
When Demings was asked by the magazine what she carries in her bag, she talked about her retirement gift.
"I carry a 9-millimeter gun in my Dooney & Bourke that was a gift when I retired from the police department," Demings said.
It's unclear if the gun or the purse was the gift.

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August 12, 2013
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What an amazing line-up! I am loving that your friends are in Bandon....Can't wait to see more pics..ReplyDelete
seriously perfect day.ReplyDelete
so so fun!ReplyDelete
As a frequent visitor to the Oregon coast, I love to see how you capture it through your camera lens. Such a great crew, such great shots. We are gearing up for our annual trip to Manzanita for a week of cousins, surfing, and sandplay. Can't wait!ReplyDelete
What a fun bunch!ReplyDelete
Isn't this so cute... all you guys together!!! Love it!!!ReplyDelete
Friends are wonderful. That is a beautiful line-up of children!ReplyDelete
oh that a glorious get together!!!ReplyDelete
That first photo looks like something out of a catalog or magazine. I adore it so much. I am glad you had such good friends come visit. That is so good for the soul.ReplyDelete
loving these pictures again. i need to get mine off my camera still !ReplyDelete


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Samsung NX200 review – A hybrid with purposeBy David Newton - Tuesday February 26 2013 Sensor Review
Sony NEX-6 Vs Canon EOS M Vs Samsung NX 200
In the large sensor hybrid market place, the Sony NEX-6 is one of the best performing cameras currently available, coming in at 32nd place on the overall scores. It represents a benchmark for other hybrids to compare themselves to.
Looking at the Portrait scores, the NEX-6 certainly comes out on top (23.7bits vs 22.6bits), scoring around 2/3rds if a stop better. It is closer in the Landscape tests, but there is still a difference of around 1/2stop in favour of the NEX-6 – this is throughout the ISO range until the very highest ISO setting on the NX 200 (ISO 12800) where image smoothing is applied and the dynamic range is much closer. The biggest difference here is visible at ISO 3200, where there is more than 1-stop difference in the results.
The ISO range is equally interesting – from ISO 100 to 3200, the NEX-6 is again around 2/3rds stop better than the NX 200. However, from ISO 6400 to 12800, the NX 200 catches up due to in-camera processing of the RAW files to remove image noise. At these two high ISO settings, the NX 200 actually outperforms the NEX-6, though the differences are marginal.
While Sony are firmly established in the hybrid market, the Canon EOS M is a relative newcomer. Overall, the NX 200 outscores the EOS M by 69 to 65 DxOMark points. This is due to the 1/3rd stop better performance in the Portrait tests and around 1-stop better performance in the Landscape tests at ISO 100, although the EOS M does claw its way back beyond ISO 800. However, while the EOS M is not one of the top performers in the category in terms of ISO performance, it still outperforms the NX 200 by around 1/3rd stop. Given the larger sensor size in the NX 200, this is a surprise and shows quite how much of a weakness this is for the camera.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 Vs Nikon 1 V1 Vs Samsung NX 200
Looking at some of the other big players in this sector shows the same story as before. In overall score, the NX 200 is just a fraction behind the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3, but is a fair way ahead of the Nikon 1 V1. In terms of color depth (portrait) scores, there is barely anything between the GH3 and the NX 200, while the Nikon 1 V1 is around a stop behind. It's the same with the landscape scores for dynamic range - the NX 200 and GH3 are very closely matched, with the NX 200 just coming out on top here. Again, the Nikon 1 V1 is a little over 1 stop behind.
It is, once again, the ISO scores where the NX 200 falls down. If it had better ISO performance, it would rival the top performers in the category, but only managing 618 ISO in the sports test sees it fall behind the GH3 by over 1/3rd stop. That said, compared to the Nikon 1 V1, at ISO 100, the Samsung score is 1.5stops ahead of the Nikon.
Further readings for the Samsung NX200 review – A hybrid with purpose
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Added by ContaxRTS3 | March 02 , 2013
Incomplete comparison
It is become a sad joke... What about Fuji ? There are out for a long time, and the only ones not to be tested. What's wrong ? Where is your credibility with such a miss ?
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Re: Incomplete comparison
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
If you are referring to the Fuji X cameras, you probably know that they do not use a Bayer matrix but a "X-Trans" matrix. We will try to test this sensor, but although we try to respond to your requests to provide tests for specific camera models, there are no plans for doing it in the short term.
Best regards,
The DxOMark Team
Added by ContaxRTS3 | March 05 , 2013
Re: Incomplete comparison
Thanks for answering. I don't know the details of your protocol, but I don't understand why the X-trans matrix prevents you to test it in usual way.
Still, this fact means than no APS-C format product from Fuji can be tested, which is sad.
But, again, thanks for the reply.
Added by iamsam | February 27 , 2013
11 lenses including 3 pancakes
To set the record straight - there are 11 current NX lenses including 3 pancakes. One wonders when this article was actually written...
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Re: 11 lenses including 3 pancakes
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
The NX lenses are now planned so the first results should be available in few week.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by lastras | February 27 , 2013
Awful sensor and cooked files to make it even worse
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Added by Toshik | February 27 , 2013
Re: Ouch
maybe high iso is noisy but color depth and dynamic range are not bad among the cameras in this segment.

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Awful sensor and cooked files to make it even worse
Added by iamsam | February 27 , 2013
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Awful sensor and cooked files to make it even worse
The score seems to say otherwise ... compared to other mirrorless cameras announced in the same period of time (many months ago, by the way) only the NEX sensor was better.


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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The Bishop England Lady Bishops closed out the 3rd annual Carolina Invitational holiday tournament Monday with a 75-58 win over Greenbrier (Ga.) to finish fifth in the Palmetto Division.
Competing in one of the tournament's tougher divisions, Bishop England finished 2-1 overall. After a 62-49 opening-round loss to Mount Tabor (N.C.) Friday, the Lady Bishops rebounded with a 56-30 win over West Mecklenburg (N.C.), and Monday's win over Greenbrier.
"These three are the toughest three opponents we've faced all year and what I like is that our girls had to learn on the run the past few days," Bishop England head coach Paul Runey said. "We played hard and that's the key. When I look back on it showed me that, tweaking some things, we can be right there where we need to be."
Bishop England never trailed against Greenbrier, opening the game on an 11-1 run and building a 40-20 lead by halftime. Mary Harriet Moore and Michele Boykin combined for 24 first-half points.
Greenbrier trimmed the Bishops' lead down to 12 by the end of the third quarter. But a 7-0 run late in the fourth sealed the win for Bishop England. Moore finished with 21 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks, while Boykin added 17 points and five assists. Jennifer McMahan led Greenbrier with 16 points, Morgan Taylor added 14.
Friday, Bishop England held a 27-25 at halftime but Mount Tabor rained in seven threes in the second half, five in the third quarter to deal the Bishops their first loss of the season.
Boykin finished with 16 points, six steals and five rebounds. Moore added 15 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Ebone Stevens led Mount Tabor with 16, Jordyn Richardson scored 12.Bishop England managed a season-low 12 steals against 19 turnovers.
The Bishops rebounded Saturday with a dominating defensive performance. They built a 27-point halftime lead while limiting West Mecklenburg to eight points in the first half. West Mecklenburg was held to just 26 percent shooting from the field and only scored more than 10 points in one of four quarters.
Moore scored 18 points with 12 rebounds, and Michele Boykin added 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists. Eran Antigues finished with five points, four assists and three steals, and Erin Rose added five points. Lashanda Mayela led West Mecklenburg with six points, T'Nyah James added five.
"It was a good tournament for us," Runey said. "We wanted to find that third and fourth girl who could step up and we saw signs of that. We saw some things we could do moving forward."
Palmetto Christian takes sixth
The Palmetto Christian Lady Eagles fell 44-39 to Cross Monday to finish sixth in the Harbor Division at St. Johns High School on John's Island.
Palmetto Christian finished 1-2 in the tournament, following a 53-48 loss to Porter-Gaud on Friday with a 54-30 win over James Island Christian Saturday.
Porter-Gaud erased a two-point first quarter deficit with a 37-18 run through the second and third quarters and never trailed again. Corey Caulder turned in a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds for Palmetto Christian. Annie Pascutti added 15 points on 4-of-5 shooting with eight rebounds, and Parker Emerson scored eight points with two steals and two assists.
Saturday against James Island, Pascutti scored 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds and grabbed two steals as the Lady Eagles dominated James Island. Caulder added six points, nine rebounds and three steals, and Emerson scored nine.
The Eagles defense dominated James Island, allowing just eight points or fewer in each of the first three quarters. Palmetto Christian built a 14-point lead by halftime, and sealed the game in third, outscoring James Island 15-8. Follow @fjmansfield //
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LISBON - The Solid Waste District that serves Columbiana, Carroll and Harrison counties is one of the indirect beneficiaries of the drilling boom underway in eastern Ohio.
SWD Director Eric Matthews told Columbiana County commissioners that 77 percent of the solid waste disposed of at designated landfills within the district is drilling mud, a byproduct of the drilling process.
The SWD's main source of income is the per ton disposal fee charged landfills that accept garbage from waste haulers operating in the three counties. Drilling mud - fracking fluid mixed with soil and rock fragments dredged up by the drilling process - is considered a solid waste under Ohio law and can be disposed of as such.
Since Carroll County is first in Ohio in terms of oil and gas development, it should come as no surprise there is a lot of drilling mud being generated locally in need of disposal. As a result, SWD revenue reached a record $1.69 million last year, up more than $1 million from just two years before.
Matthews said the majority of drilling activity is shifting south and west of Carroll County. "We know the drilling money isn't going to be here forever," he said.
Mindful of that, the SWD is being careful how to spend its windfall by taking on one-time projects instead of something that may involve ongoing expenses. Matthews said an example of this would be the decision to assist Carroll County in sealing its long-closed county landfill in compliance with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
The closure cost is an estimated $890,000, with the SWD agreeing to contribute $520,000, with Carroll County commissioners and the village of Carrollton splitting the rest. Carroll County's share will come from the $1.6 million it received from leasing the landfill property to a drilling company.
Matthews also updated commissioners on the SWD's recycling program, which consists of roll-off dumpster-like containers at 74 locations in the three counties, including 42 locations in Columbiana County where the public can dispose of recyclable materials.
Approximately 8.4 million pounds of recyclable materials were collected at these sites last year, a 6.3 percent increase over 2012. Matthews said they on track to exceed 9 million pounds in 2014.
He said believes switching to larger, upright containers with side doors, and the decision to allow all recyclable waste to be commingled when disposed of, has made it more user friendly for the public. Not only that, but the larger containers save money because they do not have to be emptied as frequently.
Matthews said they still have problem with some people using these drop-off sites as a landfill by dumping non-recyclable items, such as furniture, mattresses, TVs and foam.
"As always, we still have some illegal dumping issues at sites," he said.
"It probably has dropped off since we pulled the sites from East Liverpool," Commissioner Jim Hoppel suggested. He was referring to the SWD's decision to remove its dumpsters from East Liverpool because of repeated problems with people disposing of trash at the site.
"Some of it's cultural and some of it's education," Matthews said of the problem.
The money from disposal of the drilling mud offsets the cost of the recycling program, which has always been a losing proposition. The contract with Kimble Companies to operate the dumpster program is for $300,000, with the SWD receiving some reimbursement.
"It's costing us $200,000 a year," Matthews said of the recycling program, "but it's worth it" because more than 8 million pounds of waste is being recycled instead of going into a landfill.
He said the extra funding enabled them to implement a leaf collection program in Salem last year using donated 45,000 paper leaf bags, with the leaves used for compost. The program is being increased to $25,000 this year and expanded to the city of Columbiana and, perhaps, Perry Township, with the Home Depot in Salem providing the bags.
"This is a huge savings" to municipalities, Matthews said of the program.


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Keep reading for results.
Former pro-cyclist Tyson Apostol, 34, took home the big prize.
Apostol faced off in the show's final tribal council against season 1 vet Gervase Peterson and season 25 contestant Monica Culpepper. The final tribal council got emotional, as both Apostol and Culpepper broke down in tears talking about their loved ones who had left the game.
Apostol won seven of the jury's votes, with Culpepper gaining a single vote from Vytas Baskauskas, who had promised not to vote for Apostol. Peterson was shut out.
Going into the finale, Apostol had seemingly all the cards, after playing a solid strategic game and holding two hidden immunity idols. He also won the crucial last two immunity challenges. Even with three contestants on Redemption Island, there never seemed to be much question over who would sit in the finals.
The show's family twist injected a new emotional heft into the reality TV stalwart, as brother fought brother and daughter betrayed mother. The season resonated so much with fans that Survivor host Jeff Probst has already vowed to try to bring the twist back.
After the final vote was read, Apostol's girlfriend Rachel Foulger – who was the third person off the show – ran onto the stage for a big hug.
The next season of Survivor premieres in February. As revealed Sunday, the season will feature three tribes – one of brains, one of brawn and one of beauty.


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The 7 Most Hilariously Badass Magazine Covers Ever
Ostensibly, the viewer is supposed to take one look at this painting and think, "Jesus, can you imagine being caught in that awful situation? However will that man survive?"
That's the intent, anyway. But really look at that picture: What that man is displaying is not fear. That man is not displaying concern, or anxiety, or a will to survive. What he is displaying, very proudly and enthusiastically, is a club made out of the very same animals that are attacking him. The berserker rage has overtaken him so completely that he is actually beating them with their own kind.
Now, look at the direction of the water -- there, in the lower right hand corner.
See it? The water looks like it's flowing over something doesn't it? What's going on there? A reasonable man might assume the obvious: It's a waterfall, probably located just out of frame, thus adding even more tension to the already dramatic tableau.
But this is not artwork for the reasonable man.
This is the artwork of the mad and the damned, and it takes a sinful maniac to understand it. So allow me to explain: This man is not the victim of a sudden and unexpected attack. This man has never been a victim in his entire life. This man has simply constructed a sluice system that funnels angry weasels into the shirtless dam of howling fury that he has formed at its terminus.
But ... why?
Curiosity, of course. Some men climb mountains simply "because they are there." Some men fight a hundred weasels in an aqueduct simply "because I'm pretty sure I could take them."
The title of this story says it all. It reads:
All capitals, no punctuation. That statement does not suggest a cry of fear, an exclamation of surprise or a plaintive plea. No, it is a direct, loud, firm command; as one would order a dog to drop errant table-scraps, so is this man ordering a savage river predator to release his limbs or suffer the consequences.
And oh, poor thing, it looks to be firmly mid-suffer.
But, hey -- don't feel too sorry for the beast, it's like the old saying goes "sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you ... and then your only option is to uppercut your way out from inside of its goddamn mouth."
...Editor's note: I have no idea what Sex Storms are, or what exact meteorological perversions they entail, but I've just burnt my entire paycheck on sandbags and condoms, and I would describe my current attitude as "dreadfully optimistic."
Q: What time is it?
A: Time to beat them with their own kind.
And God, this man was just built to wreck a bunch of animals in the most profane way possible. Look at his form! He's delivering a devastating hook to one bat in mid-air, while simultaneously plucking another from the sky and preparing to whip that bitch like a fastball into its own brethren. Look, just look:
That bat is fucking terrified. It's not even flying at him anymore -- it's running away. And why? Because it doesn't want to know what it feels like to have your own daughter pitched into you at 89mph.
It's important to remember that the process most of these stories went through was the painting first, and then the text. So at some point, a roomful of writers were faced with an editor standing in front of this very picture, likely having the following exchange:
Editor: All right, ladies, who's got a headline for this mean son of a whore right here?
Writer 1: Jesus, what even is this?
Writer 2: I've got nothing for this. This is ridiculous. Nobody is going to believe this ever happened.
Editor: Fifty bucks in it for the best story.
Writer 1: Killer bats plague countryside!
Writer 2: Plague bats kill countryside!
Writer 1: You motherf- "I was a teenage bat-king."
Writer 2: "Bats stole my shirt!"
Writer 1: "I. FIGHT. BATS."
Writer 2: "VAMPIRES RIPPED MY FLESH!"
Writer 1: I ... shit, that's really good. You have bested me, sir. I look forward to perusing your work. I will retreat to the area beneath the bleachers of the local baseball stadium, where I shall search for fallen hot dog bits.
And that is how we get art.
Perhaps the most astounding detail of this piece is not the inexplicably dry blouse of the woman in red (dude, it's like, super-hard to draw wet clothes!) nor even the fighter planes in the background bombing the shit out of a completely deserted island, thus implying that they're purposefully targeting those naked Asian clones. No, the most amazing detail of this painting is that not one -- not one -- of those girls is doing any kind of overarm stroke. They're all dog paddling, 'cause that's how bitches be swimming.
What's the backstory that we're supposed to be buying into here? Did we enact a bombing campaign against nudity back in the '40s, or am I misreading the whole scenario, and this is actually a stream of explosive whores about to torpedo that poor man's ship?
Ah, but I'm assuming they even tried to explain this cover believably, when the sad reality is that ofttimes these magazines were just precursors to the "Penthouse Forums," where sad men bragged of fake conquests in a misguided attempt to arouse the other, equally sad men who read it. I mean, it's all right there in the title:
"Coxswain Hardy and His 20 Marooned Geishas."
Come on, that's the porniest porn title since Dick Dicklonger the Vicedick of Dickington Invades Pussytown (With His Dick).


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When I was a younger man attending Manhattan College in Riverdale New York (feels like 1,000,000 years ago!), my maternal grandmother – a petite and beautiful woman, with model-strait posture who very much resembled Katherine Hepburn who was born and raise on a farm in rural Western Ireland before World War I – lived with us. Because of proximity, she had a tremendous impact – though indirect – on my up-bring and on me becoming the person I am. That impact extended out from me and my family to our circle of friends and acquaintances – particularly the group of friends that I had at college. I can't begin to tell you how many times my grandmother's little snippets of Irish country wisdom – from things like "Self praise is no recommendation" directed at those whose view from the heights of their own pedestal had become a little too clouded, to "wish in one hand, wee in the other and see which one weighs the most" some toilet-training humor directed at me when I was a little too busy dreaming and not quite busy enough studying – brought delight to my friends, not only for their wry humor but also because of the underlying truth that gave these sayings their foundation in a knowledge earned through a life well lived. Even today when I get together with my college friends we still reminisce about these sayings and how true over time many of her lessons have proven.
My grandmother had other saying of course, one of which was "time heals all wounds" – not her's really as I've heard it repeated often by others in many context. She would always try to sooth someone's pain away by gently assuring them that – no matter the hurt – the passage of time was the salve that would close their wound forever and take all the hurt way. As with her other sayings, I never doubted the veracity of my Nan-Nan's statement – but now, to be honest, I am not so sure. It's not that I think that my grandmother intentionally told me something that was untrue – I can honestly say that I know for a fact that this women NEVER lied to me about anything in all our time together – its just that now perhaps my perspective has changed; all the more-so as I write this blog post from my Office in Manhattan in the days approaching the tenth anniversary of the terrible events of September 11, 2001.
As anniversary's go of course this is one that many of us – particularly those of us who were in Manhattan on that day – wish that we did not need to remember; so changed did our world become – both by the events in Manhattan and Washington and Pennsylvania on that particular day, and the consequences felt around the world because of those events to this very day – that it is with trepidation that we approach September's coming around on the calendar. In many ways for a lot of us, such reactions are not intellectual but quite literally visceral: this was brought home to me in an all too real way only two weeks ago, on Tuesday, August 23rd. On that day as many may remember – at 2 O'clock p.m. – the Mid-Atlantic region experienced an earthquake that measure 5.8 on the Richter Scale, an unusual occurrence for sure, that interrupted cell-phone service, disrupted train travel, and caused tens of thousands to evacuate from their office buildings in some of the country's largest population centers. So unexpected and nerve-rattling was this event that news of it spread quickly on the news-wires from coast to coast and across the globe. Thankfully no lives were lost in the event, but many structures were sadly damaged including the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. and several buildings in Catholic University of America.
Ordinarily at the time that the quake hit I would be sitting where I am right now – at my desk at the Chancery Building in Mid-town Manhattan – and probably would've joined the many other New Yorkers who quickly evacuated their office buildings for the street; but on that day I was fortunate enough to have had off, and was sitting in my apartment reading. I had been out earlier in the day enjoying the beauty of summer in late August: it was -I remember – a beautiful cloud free day, clear blue sky, low humidity, warm but with a cool breeze blowing. At the time of the quake I was sitting on my bed (as a studio dweller, there honestly are not many other places in my apartment to sit and read) and as such, did not experience the shaking sensation caused by the quake – most probably because the springs absorbed the shock. As a result, I was unaware that anything had indeed occurred. The first clue that I had that something was amiss was that in the span of about five minutes I received several phone calls in succession on my cell phone – from my family in Westchester, and several friends; oddly as I attempted to pick up the calls they were dropped, and when I attempted to return the calls the service was dead. At first I was perplexed, but as I sat and contemplated the coincidence of receiving these multiple calls – coupled with the lack of cell phone service, and the beautiful cloudless weather outside – my confusion turned to anxiety: I remembered this feeling….I had been in this place before. Quickly, I turned on the radio to find out what was going on, and was frankly – oddly – relieved to discover that the proximate cause of these coincidences was a minor earthquake and nothing more sinister.
Later on that evening and in the intervening weeks, I have gone back to this seemingly simple occurrence and have been surprised at my reaction: I'm usually not a person that jumps to conclusions or immediately assumes the worst in a situation…but given my experiences that afternoon – the inability to communicate with others, the feeling of helplessness in not knowing what was going on, and, oddly enough, the magnificent weather on that day – it was not my mind but something much deeper inside me that took me back to that place that I did not want to be in – a place that perhaps I sought to forget, but that my body remember all too well. It took this seemingly innocuous event – an earthquake where thankfully no one was seriously hurt – to get me to understand that no matter how much we think we have "moved on" there are some things that we cannot help but remember, and that perhaps- just perhaps – this is not such a bad thing. After all, much of what we do religiously as Catholics are acts of sacred "remembering" – everything from our participation at the Mass, where the words of the consecration of the Blessed Sacrament literally implore us to remember in our hearts and in our heads the great sacrifice that Our Lord Jesus made on our behalf, to the recitation of the Holy Rosary, where every Decade asks us to contemplate the events of the life of Our Blessed Mother: the Joyful, and the Glorious, but the Sorrowful as well. In Her ancient wisdom, perhaps the Church understands all too well not just the importance but the necessity of such remembering for we human beings, and offers in Her actions of sacred remembrance a path for us to follow approach the Tenth Anniversary of September 11, 2001.
As we remember this day, our feeling will of course return naturally to a place of tragedy, of loss, of tears, of pain that our wounds still cause us, but in remembering perhaps we should try equally to also remember – and especially honor – the place of the selfless acts of bravery, of honor, of devotion, of love, of condolence and of generosity that that day, and its aftermath, also represent. In remembering the events of 9/11, we have not only much to honor – the memory of all those we lost that day who will live forever in our hearts – but also much to be grateful for: the heroic example of our First Responders, the simple acts of compassion between strangers so evident on that day, and the generosity from those around the nation and the world who reached out to our wounded city at the time of our greatest need and offered help and prayers and love as we struggled to recover.
Perhaps the words that my grandmother spoke to me all those years ago – that "time heals all wounds" – was not literally true; time may not literally heal all wounds. What time does definitely do however is change things. So much has changed in the decade since 9/11 – in both my personal life and the world. For me, this decade has seen me leave the suburbs and – perhaps counter-intuitively – move into the city, this has in turn opened up my world tremendously, and allowed me to meet people from around our nation and across the globe. In the decade since September 11, 2001, I have developed many new wonderful friendships, and conversely have lost some of the people who were closest to me on that day. I miss them of course still – but my new friendships have given me a strength and support system that has sustained me over the intervening years. Change is always hard, but without change growth is not possible. As time inexorably changes things, as Christians, perhaps it is our role to be the balm my grandmother spoke of in her saying – to be the ones who "heal the wounds" that time creates; to work to see to it that change is for the better. In ways great and small this has always been the Christian story, and continues to be in the 21st Century. That is my prayer this Anniversary, and one for which I have hope. So much has changed in the decade since September 2001- some for the good, much for the ill – but in looking back over this decade, as obscure as it can sometimes appear going forward in time, I trust that God's hand is at work….in fact, I know that it is…I have got the proof…for you see two weeks ago – when after the earthquake I was alone and confused and fearful in my apartment in New York City and returned to that place I did not wish to go, the frantic phone calls that I received to check on my well being came not only from family and friends here, but from Saudi Arabia as well.


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FOR585: Advanced Smartphone Forensics
- Contents | Schedule | Additional Info
- Instructor: Heather Mahalik
- 36 CPEs
- Laptop Required
Every day there are so many great bits of real-world knowledge. It isn't just academic. Mind blowing experience.
Bart Dudek
I have been working with phones since 2009, and [instructor] Heather [Mahalik] very casually showed me how much I don't know. Excellent!
Harbin Combee, MPDC
It is almost impossible today to conduct a digital forensic investigation that does not include a smartphone or mobile device. Smartphones are replacing the need for a personal computer, and almost everyone owns at least one. The smartphone may be the only source of digital evidence tracing an individual's movements and motives, and thus can provide the who, what, when, where, why, and how behind a case. FOR585: Advanced Smartphone Forensics teaches real-life, hands-on skills that help digital forensic examiners, law enforcement officers, and information security professionals handle investigations involving even the most complex smartphones currently available.
The course focuses on smartphones as sources of evidence, providing students with the skills needed to handle mobile devices in a forensically sound manner, manipulate locked devices, understand the different technologies, discover malware, and analyze the results for use in digital investigations by diving deeper into the file systems of each smartphone. Students will be able to obtain actionable intelligence and recover and analyze data that commercial tools often miss for use in internal investigations, criminal and civil litigation, and security breach cases. Students will walk away with knowledge they can immediately put to use on their next smartphone investigation.
FOR585: Advanced Smartphone Forensics you will learn:
- Smartphone Capabilities: Determine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a case. Who used a smartphone? What did the user do on a smartphone? Where was the smartphone located at key times? What online activities did the user conduct using a smartphone, and when?
- How to Recover Deleted Data: Use manual decoding techniques to recover deleted data stored on smartphones and mobile devices.
- How to Detect Data Stored in Third-Party Applications: Who did the user communicate with using a smartphone and why are these activities sometimes hidden?
- How to Detect Malware: Detect smartphones compromised by malware using forensics methods.
- How to Bypass Locks: Bypass, crack, and/or decode lock codes manually recovered from smartphones, including cracking iOS backup files that were encrypted with iTunes.
The hands-on exercises in this course cover the best commercial and open-source tools available to conduct smartphone and mobile device forensics, and provide detailed instructions on how to manually decode data that tools sometimes overlook. The course will prepare you to recover and reconstruct events relating to illegal or unauthorized activities, determine if a smartphone has been compromised with malware or spyware, and provide your organization with the capability to use evidence from smartphones.
This intensive six-day course will take your mobile device forensics knowledge and abilities to the next level. Smartphone technologies are new and constantly changing, most forensics professionals are unfamiliar with the data formats. It is time for the good guys to get smarter and for the bad guys to know that their texts and apps can and will be used against them!
Course Topics
- Forensic Analysis of Smartphones and Their Components
- Devices and Components:
- Android
- iOS
- BlackBerry
- Windows phone/Mobile
- Nokia (Symbian)
- Chinese knock-offs
- SIM cards
- SD cards
- Deep-Dive Forensics Examination of Smartphone File Systems and Data Structures
- Recovering deleted information from smartphones
- Examining SQLite databases in-depth
- Finding traces of user activities on smartphones
- Recovering data from third-party applications
- Tracing user online activities on smartphones (e.g., messaging and social networking)
- Examining event logs
- Manual decoding to recover missing data or verify results
- Identification of Malware and Spyware on Smartphones
- Determining if malware or spyware exist
- Handling the isolation of the malware
- Determining what has been compromised
- In-Depth Usage and Capabilities of the Best Smartphone Forensics Tools
- Data carving
- Conducting physical and logical keyword searches
- Conducting timeline generation and link analysis using information from smartphones
- Reporting
- Plotting geolocation information from smartphones and smartphone components
- Handling Locked Devices
- Extracting evidence from locked smartphones
- Decrypting backups of smartphones
- Manually cracking lockdown files for smartphones
- Accessing locked SIM cards
- Incident Response Considerations on Smartphones
- How your actions can alter the device
- Determining whether a memory capture can be conducted on the smartphone
- How to prevent remote access on the device
For multi-course live training events, there will be a set up time from 8:00-9:00am on the first day only to make sure that computers are configured correctly to make the most of class time. All students are strongly encouraged to attend.
|Course Contents
|FOR585.1: Smartphone Overview and Malware Forensics
|Heather Mahalik
Mon Mar 9th, 2015
Focus: Although smartphone forensics concepts are similar to those of digital forensics, smartphone file system structures differ and require specialized decoding skills to correctly interpret the data acquired from the device. On this first course day, students will apply what they know to smartphone forensics handling, device capabilities, acquisition methods, and data encoding concepts of smartphone components. Students will also become familiar with the forensics tools required to complete comprehensive examinations of smartphone data structures. Malware affects a plethora of smartphone devices. This section will examine various types of malware, how it exists on smartphones, and how to identify it. Up to five labs will be conducted on this first day alone!
All examiners today have to address the existence of malware on smartphones. Often the only questions relating to an investigation may be whether a given smartphone was compromised, how, and what can be done to fix it. It is important for examiners to understand malware and how to identify its existence on the smartphone.
Smartphones will be introduced and defined to set our expectations for what we can recover using digital forensics methodologies. We review the properties of Flash memory in mobile devices and demonstrate the pros and cons from a forensics perspective. We provide approaches for dealing with common challenges such as encryption, passwords, and damaged devices. Students will learn how to process and decode data on mobile devices from a forensics perspective, then learn tactics to recover information that even forensics tools may not always be able to retrieve.
The SIFT Workstation has been specifically loaded with a set of smartphone forensics tools that will be your primary toolkit and working environment for the week.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
The SIFT Workstation
Malware and Spyware Forensics
Introduction to Smartphones
Smartphone Handling
Forensics Acquisition Concepts of Smartphones
Smartphone Forensics Tool Overview
JTAG Forensics
Smartphone Components
Bonus Materials
|FOR585.2: Android Forensics
|Heather Mahalik
Tue Mar 10th, 2015
Focus: Android devices are among the most widely used smartphones in the world, which means they will surely be part of an investigation that will come across your desk. Android devices contain substantial amounts of data that can be decoded and interpreted into useful information. However, without honing the appropriate skills for bypassing locked Androids and correctly interpreting the data stored on them, you will be unprepared for the rapidly evolving world of smartphone forensics.
Digital forensics examiners must understand the file system structures of Android devices and how they store data in order to extract and interpret the information they contain. On this course day we will delve into the file system layout on Android devices and discuss common areas containing files of evidentiary value. Traces of user activities on Android devices are covered, as is recovery of deleted data residing in SQLite records and raw data files.
During hands-on exercises, you will use smartphone forensics tools to extract, decode, and analyze a wide variety of information from Android devices.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Android Forensics Overview
Handling Locked Android Devices
Android File System Structures
Android Evidentiary Locations
Traces of User Activity on Android Devices
Bonus Materials
|FOR585.3: iOS Forensics
|Heather Mahalik
Wed Mar 11th, 2015
Focus: Apple iOS devices are used worldwide. iOS devices contain substantial amounts of data (including deleted records) that can be decoded and interpreted into useful information. Proper handling and parsing skills are needed for bypassing locked iOS devices and correctly interpreting the data. Without iOS instruction, you will be unprepared to deal with the iOS device that will likely be a major component in a forensics investigation.
Digital forensics examiners must understand the file system structures and data layouts of Apple iOS devices in order to extract and interpret the information they contain. To learn how to do this, we delve into the file system layout on iOS devices and discuss common areas containing files of evidentiary value. Encryption, decryption, file parsing, and traces of user activities are covered in detail.
During hands-on exercises, students will use smartphone forensics tools to extract and analyze a wide variety of information from iOS devices. Students will also be required to manually decode data that were deleted or are unrecoverable using smartphone forensics tools.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
iOS Forensics Overview and Acquisition
iOS File System Structures
iOS Evidentiary Locations
Handling Locked iOS Devices
Traces of User Activity on iOS Devices
Bonus Materials
|FOR585.4: Backup File and BlackBerry Forensics
|Heather Mahalik
Thu Mar 12th, 2015
Focus: We realize that not everyone examines BlackBerry devices. However, this section highlights pieces of evidence that can be found on multiple smartphones. Most importantly, we cover encrypted data on SD cards and how that data needs to be acquired and examined. BlackBerry smartphones are designed to protect user privacy, but techniques taught in this section will enable the investigator to go beyond what the tools decode and manually recover data residing in database files of BlackBerry device file systems. Backup smartphone images are commonly found on external media and the cloud, and may be the only forensics acquisition method for newer iOS devices that are locked. Learning how to access and parse data from encrypted backup files may be the only lead to smartphone data relating to your investigation.
Forensic examiners must understand the concept of interpreting and analyzing the information on smartphones, as well as the limitations of existing methods for extracting data from these devices. This course day covers how to handle encryption issues, BlackBerry Enterprise Server data, and locked devices. Manual decoding of BlackBerry data will provide access to a vast amount of data that forensics tools seem to miss.
Both BlackBerry and iOS backup files are commonly a part of digital forensic investigations. This section provides students with a deep understanding of backup file contents, manual decoding, and parsing and cracking of encrypted backup file images.
During hands-on exercises, students will use smartphone forensics tools to extract and analyze a wide variety of information from BlackBerry devices, SD cards with encrypted data and iOS and BlackBerry backup files. Students will be required to manually decode data that were encrypted or deleted, or that are unrecoverable using smartphone forensics tools.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Backup File Forensics Overview
Creating and Parsing Backup Files
Evidentiary Locations on Backup Files (Focus on iOS and BlackBerry Backup Files)
Locked Backup Files
BlackBerry Forensics Overview
BlackBerry File System and Evidentiary Locations
BlackBerry Forensic Analysis
Bonus Materials
|FOR585.5: Third-Party Application and Other Smartphone Device Forensics
|Heather Mahalik
Fri Mar 13th, 2015
Focus: Given the prevalence of other types of smartphones around the world, it is critical for examiners to develop a foundation of understanding about data storage on multiple devices. Nokia smartphones running the Symbian operating system may no longer be manufactured, but they still exist in the wild. You must acquire skills for handling and parsing data from uncommon smartphone devices. This course day will prepare you to deal with "misfit" smartphone devices and provide you with advanced methods for decoding data stored in third-party applications across all smartphones.
This course day will cover other smartphone devices such as Nokia (Symbian), Chinese knock-offs, and Windows phones. These devices retain information about user activities that can be relevant in a digital investigation, including e-mail, web browsing, user-created files, and registry entries. We will cover techniques for parsing common data structures on these smartphone devices and recovering deleted items.
During hands-on exercises, you will use smartphone forensic tools to extract and analyze a wide variety of information from a Chinese knock-off phone. Students will be required to manually decode data that were deleted or are unrecoverable using smartphone forensic tools. The third-party application hands-on exercise will be a compilation of everything you have learned up until now in the course and will require the manual decoding of third-party application data from multiple smartphones.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Third-Party Applications on Smartphones Overview
Third-Party Application Locations on Smartphones
Decoding Third-Party Application Data on Smartphones
Knock-off Phone Forensics
Nokia (Symbian) Forensics
Windows Phone/Mobile Forensics
|FOR585.6: Smartphone Forensic Capstone Exercise
|Heather Mahalik
Sat Mar 14th, 2015
Focus: This final course day will test all that you have learned during the course. Working in small groups, students will examine three smartphone devices and solve a scenario relating to a real-world smartphone forensic investigation. Each group will independently analyze the three smartphones, manually decode data, answer specific questions, form an investigation hypothesis, develop a report, and present findings.
By requiring student groups to present their findings to the class, this capstone exercise will test your understanding of the techniques taught during the week. The findings should be technical and include manual recovery steps and the thought process behind the investigative steps. An executive summary of findings is also expected.
Each group will be asked to answer the key questions listed below during the capstone exercise, just as they would during a real-world digital investigation:
Identification and Scoping
Forensic Examination
Forensic Reconstruction
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|Additional Information
|Laptop Required
Each student participating in this course needs a properly configured 64-bit system. Before coming to class, carefully read and follow these instructions exactly.
As your core operating system, you can use any 64-bit version of Windows, MAC OSX, or Linux that can also install and run VMware virtualization products.
It is critical that your CPU and operating system support 64 bits so that our 64-bit guest virtual machine will run on your laptop. VMware provides a free tool for Windows and Linux that will detect whether your host supports 64-bit guest virtual machines. For further troubleshooting, this Microsoft Support article provides instructions for Windows users to learn more about the CPU and OS capabilities. For Macs, please use this support page from Apple to determine 64-bit capability.
Please download and install VMware Workstation 10.0, VMware Fusion 6.0, or VMware Player 6.0 on your system prior to beginning the class. (Note: This is required to prevent issues with USB 3.0 ports.) If you do not own a licensed copy of VMware Workstation or Fusion, you can download a free 30-day trial copy from VMware. VMware will send you a time-limited serial number if you register for the trial on its website.
Mandatory Hardware Requirements
Mandatory Software Requirements
Install the following on your host Windows machine (if MAC/Linux host, install inside Windows VM):
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
|Who Should Attend
FOR585 is designed for students who are both new to and experienced with mobile device forensics. The course provides the core knowledge and hands-on skills that a digital forensics investigator needs to process smartphones and other mobile devices. The course is a must for:
While FOR408 is not a prerequisite for this course, a basic understanding of digital forensics file structures will help the student grasp topics that are more advanced. FOR585 covers advanced topics that should enhance all skill sets of those interested in digital forensics.
|Other Courses People Have Taken
Other Courses People Have Taken
FOR585 is an ideal course for graduates of SANS SEC575, FOR408, FOR508, and FOR518 who want to take their skills to the next level. Most of these courses can be taken in any order.
|What You Will Receive
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|Hands-on Training
This course features 17 hands-on labs and a final forensics challenge to ensure that students not only learn the material, but can also execute techniques to manually recover data. The labs cover the following topics:
|Press & Reviews
"This is the most advanced mobile device training that I know of and is greatly needed. It is currently the only course being taught at this level!" - Scott McNamee, DoS/CACI
"As an experienced user of the tools, I found FOR585 very instructional on how and why these tools give the results they do during an examination." - SA Charles Cox, FBI Computer Analysis and Response Team
"FOR585 is the best out there." - Andy Nind, British Army
"This course is worth it, even for a novice like myself." - S. Gentry, Adobe
"This course was very high-quality training that provided exactly what was advertised!....Great BlackBerry lab. I have never dug this deep in a BlackBerry before." - C. McCollom, Clark County Sheriff's Office
This was an awesome class! Amazing amount of material and the capstone tied it all together." - D. Mayer, Broomsfield Police Department
"I finally know what I have been missing! I did not know I was ignorant." - Mark G., Department of Justice
"If I could afford it I would take this course every year. I am sure I would learn new things as the course evolves to new technology." - Jim Stapleton, student
"I have been working with phones since 2009, and [instructor] Heather [Mahalik] very casually showed me how much I don't know. Excellent!" - Harbin Combee, MPDC
"Advanced smartphone forensics (FOR585) provides students with the tools and strategies required to forensically examine the most widely used computers in the world." - Brad Wardman, PayPal
"The best part about Advanced Smartphone Forensics is it provides real world technologies for forensically investigating devices without the typical point and click approaches." - Andy Gil, ECO
"FOR585 provides forensics investigators with the mentality and set of tools required to forensically examine most types of devices." - Steve Bone, MOD
"Single best course I have taken. Course material laid out in a very logical way that made learning content very easy." - Bart Sims, Devon Energy
"Good, real-world experience. Clearly, Cindy has been there, done that." - Chris Mallow, University of Oklahoma
"Cindy is very knowledgeable and presents concepts in a way that is easy to understand." - Grant Melton, Indianapolis Police
"Every day there are so many great bits of real-world knowledge. It isn't just academic. Mind blowing experience." - Bart Dudek
"Kudos for integration of interpretive dance into file system structure. Awesome." - Bart Dudek


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Vince Rizzone, 59, has been riding motorcycles for 30 years.
But his wife, Karen Rizzone, still worries when he rides his motorcycle to work some mornings at an Erie-area tool shop.
"I get uneasy. It's not a good feeling until his text comes through that he's at work and he's OK," said Karen Rizzone, 52, of Millcreek Township.
Karen Rizzone is keenly aware that riding is dangerous. She's ridden motorcycles for six years, since she married her husband, and mourns 10 riders, male and female, killed in motorcycle accidents in Erie County so far in 2013. That's more than the number who died in motorcycle accidents in the county through all of 2012.
"It's horrible," Karen Rizzone said of the toll.
The Rizzones and other riders are doing what they can to comfort families of those killed and to raise public awareness about motorcycle safety.
They held a vigil Monday night at West 17th Street and Peninsula Drive in Millcreek, where David Salvatore, 30, of McKean, was killed in the most recent fatal motorcycle accident, on Thursday.
They also visited a roadside memorial Sunday for Elliot Tirpak, 22, of Erie, who died in an accident in the 1000 block of West 21st Street on Wednesday.
The vigils are patterned after the Take Back the Site vigils for victims of violence sponsored by the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Sisters of Mercy.
"It's an opportunity for other riders to honor the person, and also an opportunity to speak and get things off their minds," Karen Rizzone said.
As many as 50 riders, including the Rizzones' Mission Riders Christian motorcycle group, other area motorcycle groups and individual bikers, also visit funeral homes to pay their respects to the families of crash victims.
They're also working with local legislators to have stiffer penalties enacted for drivers involved in crashes with motorcycles.
"We want to raise awareness that people need to be more careful to watch for riders, and that riders need to be more careful as well," Karen Rizzone said.
VALERIE MYERS can be reached at 878-1913 or by e-mail. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmyers.


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PharrellG I R L/Columbia Records/Back Lot Music
On the heels of two monster hits where he was the co-star - the Daft Punk jaunty funk jam "Get Lucky" and the much vilified yet utterly catchy "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke - Pharrell is taking the lead with the relentless "Happy," which appears on the "Despicable Me 2" soundtrack and was nominated for best original song at Sunday's Oscars (it lost to "Let It Go" from "Frozen"). The cheerful tune is also on his second studio album, "G I R L," released, perhaps coincidentally, the day after the Academy Award winners were announced.
The 10-track set is an ode to the female form and spirit, peppered with sexy vibes and brash come-ons. A definite change from his raspier, more alternative first album, which wasn't particularly successful, "G I R L" proves Pharrell, who is a member of N.E.R.D. and the hit-making Neptunes, is a true, and exceptional, frontman.
Cynics will dismiss the album as a shameless attempt to derail the accusations of misogyny leveled at "Blurred Lines."
After all, Pharrell is cheeky and sexy, and his lyrics sometimes blur the lines between playful seduction and outright possession.
"Ain't no sense in you roaming around, if I can't have you nobody can," he says in "Hunter," but maybe that's his way of saying he can't help it if the ladies find him attractive and he reciprocates.
After all, this is the entire ethos of the album: love in its purest form, love at the first frisson, love settled on a cloud, love of the flesh.
The record's tempo matches the upbeat "Happy," and it deploys killer hooks. The sound is eclectic, ranging from dramatic violins in the Daft Punk-assisted "Gust of Wind" to Motown disco beats in "Hunter" and tribal drums in "Lost Queen." Persistent echoes of Michael Jackson-style sound lurk on the album, from the sultry "Gush" to the deliciously head-bopping "Marilyn Monroe" to the Justin Timberlake-featured "Brand New."
A definite homage to women is the female empowerment ballad "Know Who You Are," where Pharrell sings with piano queen Alicia Keys. He croons on the mellow reggae tune, "I know who you are and I know what you're feeling." No doubt about where he stands on gender equality there.
By Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press
PhantogramVoices/Republic Records
The so-called "sophomore slump" is something most artists aim to avoid but somehow manage to hit with precision.
Not so with Phantogram. The New York-based duo, whose songs blend deep and defined throbbing foundations with swirling but dirgelike grooves that float and careen around in a whirl of melody, has safely hopped over that trap with "Voices," its new 11-track album. It's the follow-up to the electronic rock act's 2009 debut, "Eyelid Movies," and the new album comes after Phantogram's well-received collaborations with Big Boi of Outkast.
There's no slumping on "Voices" to be found anywhere except for the heavy-handed lyrics and layer upon layer of heavy tones that wrap listeners in a mummy's bandages of longing and regret as is experienced on "Never Going Home."
But it's not all melancholy. Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter have found an equilibrium that pulls the very best of each other's talents to the forefront and blends it for songs that have a stunning heft.
This isn't music for jubilant parties. This is music for listening, parsing for meaning, for introspection and for making bold declarations that, as the song "Howling at the Moon" proclaims: "Let the shooting stars, let the crashing cars, let the future pass, wasn't made to last."
Phantogram has crafted an epochal album, a generational capstone that will reside in the playlists for a generation to come and returned to in times of heady joy and nostalgic reminiscence, too.
By Matt Moore, Associated Press


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Wyoming Girls Basketball All-Star Roster
Robbi Ryan — Sheridan
Jessie Geer — Gillette
Brooke Cargal — Gillette
Lauren Hallcroft — Gillette
Stevie Hill — Rock Springs
Emily Robertson — Natrona
Ashton Horsley — Cheyenne East
Haley Schneider — Worland
Kylee Tresch — Wright
Azhane Bufford — Pine Bluffs
Wyoming Boys Basketball All-Star Roster:
Dontel Ybarra – Cheyenne Central
Nick Fraley – Cheyenne Central
Elijah Oliver – Cheyenne East
Isaiah Dicks – Cheyenne South
Blake Godwin – Sheridan
Kain Morehead – Gillette
Trey Schroefel – Buffalo
Brock Ehlers – Evanston
KENDRICK GOLF COURSE - We made a visit to Kendrick golf course yesterday and had a sit down with Golf Professional Brian James.
The course was empty yesterday with the temperature in the mid 30's but James is getting ready for the weather to change and says the course will start the season in good shape once the cold and snow moves out.
UW ATHLETICS - University of Wyoming Athletic Director Tom Burman and some UW coaches were in Sheridan last night making a visit with members of Cowboy Nation.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers are scheduled to open their season this weekend with games set for Saturday and Sunday but wet weather conditions make that unlikely as of today.
We caught up with the Troopers last night as they worked out in the indoor facility Head coach Ben Phillips says they've had a few opportunities to get out on the field at Thorne-Rider stadium and he's liked what he has seen so far.
The girls won the silver championship at the Weston Johnson Never Flinch Invitational Tournament in Sheridan April 10th and the silver championship at the Wyoming Grand Prix in Casper April 24th.
Pictured left to right: Syndee Ordhal, Madyson Godwin, Adrianna Buss, Alex Geeting, Bailey Aksamit, Alex Buss, Emy Kiser and Livvy Sweeny. Not pictured is Elizabeth Braley, Coach Mandy Roseberry, Coach Megan Garnhart & Coach Mandy Sams.
Pictured: Back row left to right: Coach Jeff Bowie, Shelby Atkinson, Lindsey Hall, Abby Sanders, Hannah Schoup.
Front row left to right: Katie Ligocki, Jordan Frank, Brooklyn Bowie, Lizzie Arnold. Not pictured Kairstyn Holden.
Back Row left to right: Aubrey Beard, Coach Sharon Deutscher, Megan Buchanan, Irelyn O'Connell, Julia Conrad, Robin Mercer, Ali Shaffer, Carly Laumann, Coach Mandy Sams.
Middle Row: Diomena Mercer
Front Row left to right: Preslee Moser, Reece Anderson, Gennah Deutscher
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams open the second round of conference play begins this week with Laramie and Cheyenne South,
The Broncs will be on the road this week while the Lady Broncs host the games with Laramie Friday at 4:00 for the JV's and 6:00 for the varsity.
The games Saturday morning with south will be played at Big Horn high school at 800 10:00 the reason for change of venue is because the Sheridan junior high is hosting a track meet at Sheridan high school.
GOLF - The Bronc and Lady Bronc golfers will tee it up in Powell Friday.
TRACK AND FIELD - Sheridan high school has canceled the "Gary Benson" invitational track meet today because of weather concerns Sheridan high school Activities Director Don Julian says because of scheduling conflicts moving forward they will not reschedule the meet.
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams split non conference matches with Buffalo last night the Broncs dropped a 1-0 decision while the Lady Broncs got three goals from Robbi Ryan and shut out the Bison 3-0.
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Pavel Wonsowicz has won the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching at UCLA School of Law and has been named Professor of the Year at both UNLV's Boyd School of Law and Vermont Law School. Additionally, based on his approach to teaching and impact on his students, he won UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award. His teaching methods have been highlighted in both The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Wall Street Journal. He is the Director of UCLA School of Law's Academic Support Program and teaches Evidence and Constitutional Law I. Through a comprehensive network of presentations, tutorials and workshops designed to stimulate learning and amplify the classroom experience, the Academic Support Program enhances students' learning skills and develops more efficient methods of studying, comprehending, and writing in the law school environment. Professor Wonsowicz has served as the Chair of the American Association of Law Schools' Academic Support Section and lectures nationally on bar exam-related topics.
Professor Wonsowicz is the author of a casebook on evidence law and the editor of a bar exam study guide. His research interests focus on evidence law, products liability, legal education, and the bar exam. Prior to becoming a professor, he practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts, as a trial attorney specializing in toxic tort and products liability cases.