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The most frequently occurring malignancy in women is breast cancer, and its mortality rate is high. Predictions of new cases from the United States National Cancer Institute continue to rise. There are many breast imaging systems available on the market to facilitate the diagnosis of breast cancer. Some of them are used for screening, some for diagnosis, and most others are used for adjunctive evaluation. The most commonly used diagnostic modalities for breast cancer detection are mammography, ultrasound, and clinical breast examination (CBE). Mammography is currently the most widely used technique due to its effectiveness in detecting microcalcifications; however, in spite of its current popularity, mammography has its own limitations. In a study conducted by Carney et al., mammography recorded a sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 96.9% for women with fatty breasts. However, for younger women with extremely dense breasts, the sensitivity of mammography was only 62.9%, and the specificity was 89.1%. This indicates that mammographic sensitivity increases with age and decreases with breast density. Other limitations of mammography include risks of increased radiation exposure, possible inter-observer variability, and patient discomfort due to breast compression.
Though there are a number of other methods used for breast cancer detection in addition mammography, they also have their own limitations. By the time CBE detects a cancer, the disease is usually at an advanced stage. Breast ultrasound is frequently used to evaluate breast abnormalities that are found with screening or diagnostic mammography or CBE. In spite of ultrasound being less expensive, more comfortable for the patient, and radiation-free, it is not as efficient in imaging microcalcifications as mammography. Microcalcifications are often the first indication of breast cancer. Breast MRI is also radiation-free and has been found to be more sensitive than other modalities in detecting breast cancer in young women. However, it is more expensive, does not detect microcalcifications well, and is not suitable for evaluating patients with implants or metallic pieces embedded in their bodies. Computed tomography (CT) can effectively locate an abnormal mass but is not efficient in differentiating benign from malignant masses, or scar tissue from cancerous tissue. Positron emission tomography (PET) is effective in detecting metabolically active large tumors but is not capable of picking up microscopic metastatic foci, and is more expensive and time consuming. Other modalities include optical mammography, electrical impedance tomography, electrical impedance scanning, and thermography. These techniques have their own drawbacks as well.
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By: Julia Mikulec
On May 16, the graduating class of 2013 gathered at St. Patrick's Catholic Church for their Baccalaureate Mass.
After the seniors processed in and took their seats, Kelly Kirwan, English teacher, called the class and their families to worship. In her speech, kirwan reflected on a memory she had of her 5 year old daughter, skipping down a path on a summer afternoon.
"I knew I was witnessing pure joy," Kirwan said. "She was footloose and fancy-free." Kirwan's talk focused on the joy of graduating, and well as the joy the class experienced during their time at assumption. Kirwan ended with these words, "Let us celebrate your moving on, Class of 2013. Your moving on, full of joy."
The other speaker at Baccalaureate was Meredith Ernstberger, who was chosen by her class to speak at the mass. Meredith walked her class through their years at AHS, reflecting on moments of self-definition, happiness, and joy. In all, Ernstberger talked about how thankful she was for the time she was able to spend at AHS.

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One that doesn't come from our readers, though, is Merrill Lynch's public comments. Let's take a look at the argument that this Wall Street leader puts forward and the rather persuasive evidence that Merrill Lynch is knowingly misrepresenting the truth of the matter.
In a May 5 letter to the SEC on behalf of Merrill Lynch, Carlos Morales argues that there is really no problem with the current system of companies giving material information to analysts, though there might possibly be some people who are not as highly principled in their actions as the fine, fine employees of Merrill Lynch. What the SEC should really be thinking about, writes Morales, is getting everybody else to act more like the employees of Merrill Lynch:
"We believe that the Commission should give greater thought to identifying best practices with regard to the dissemination of material information and should encourage [companies] and analysts voluntarily to follow these practices. For example, Merrill Lynch requires its analysts uniformly to disseminate their comments to both retail and institutional investors simultaneously. Analysts are not permitted to convey information, or their opinion of that information, to any Merrill Lynch trader, institutional investor or any specific person until the analyst has made such information available to all of Merrill Lynch's clients."
Oh, really?
In an outstanding must-read Washington Post article entitled "Analyst With a Knack for Shaking Up Net Stocks," writer David Streitfeld followed well-known Merrill Internet analyst Henry Blodget around on February 2 -- the day Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) reported its fourth-quarter earnings for 1999. We learn a number of things about the way analysts operate, among them being that Merrill's analysts do communicate with individual clients before making their comments known publicly. In this particular case, Blodget received a private call from Amazon execs (after the conference call) to update him personally on what his revenue estimates for the next quarter should be. Blodget was then on the phone with a number of clients informing them of his latest thoughts on Amazon, all prior to going public with his comments -- including a raised price target and upgrade -- the next day. As Blodget eloquently noted regarding his upgrade of Amazon.com, he wanted "to differentiate it from all the pieces of [expletive] we have buys on."
I don't really care about Blodget's private discussions when he was apparently under house orders to be quiet, or about his cynical comments regarding his role in a profession that deserves cynical treatment. I don't expect analysts to withhold their thoughts from their richest clients until they can be known to the lumpenproletariat, and if Merrill Lynch wants to misrepresent how the system really works to the SEC, I've no doubt that the SEC commissioners aren't as gullible as Merrill seems to think. The broader issue, which is demonstrated magnificently in the Post article, is that the entire method of analyst conversations with companies is designed to purposefully hide the truth from the public, rather than help reveal it.
In his letter to the SEC, Merrill's Morales states, "Although we applaud the Commission's goal of promoting broad disclosure of material information, we are concerned that the practical effect of Regulation FD will be exactly the opposite: it will discourage many [companies] from disclosing much of the information that now enters the marketplace." The argument here is that the current unfettered interplay between analysts and companies results in a near-perfect distribution of information into the marketplace -- but you simply can't come to a similar conclusion from reading the Post piece. It is quite evident that analysts aren't talking to companies simply to ferret out the most useful information for their clients and convey it to the marketplace -- there's something else at work.
In a particularly telling moment that discusses Blodget's private conversation with Amazon's execs, the article notes:
"The Amazon folks know exactly what Blodget is thinking because he's e-mailed them his financial model -- an extensive breakdown of Amazon's past results and future expectations. 'Feedback is valuable,' the analyst says. 'It's become so important for a company to beat expectations that they want to make sure they don't get out of hand.' Investors also like a company to beat forecasts. As a result, there's a tendency in models to keep expectations modest -- to say that Company X will increase profits by 10 percent. Then the earnings come in, as usual, 20 percent higher. The stock jumps, and everyone but the short sellers are happy. So on stocks such as Amazon, Blodget keeps a private model, too. This one doesn't incorporate feedback from the company. It's more speculative. It's also probably closer to the truth...." (Emphasis added.)
So Blodget is willing to admit that he alters his publicly made comments to serve the companies he covers. He's also willing to admit to one of the most widely read papers in the country that he's perfectly capable of producing an estimate that is closer to the truth with no input from the company than what he actually does produce with guidance from the company.
If this example is representative of the way that analysts work -- and I believe that it is -- then it is not persuasive for Merrill, or any of the other of Wall Street's many, many conflicted brokerages, to argue that their being cut off from special information is a harm to investors. It isn't. Analysts are perfectly capable of producing better analysis without special information from companies than what they choose to produce with the "benefit" of their private communications. In fact, analysts are apparently so cocky about their place in society that they admit on the record that they produce less-than-honest analysis as a more or less mandated part of their job.
As Blodget admits in the article, "There's certainly a tendency to give the company the benefit of the doubt, [but] the best analysts find a way of balancing the needs and wants of their constituencies. It's like being a good politician."
Is that what we really want from analysts? To be like politicians? Is that why we need to preserve their special access to companies -- so that they can agree to change their analysis from the truth to something that the company wants disseminated? Is this the best that Merrill can offer?
Apparently so. It's sad, it's selfish, and it's an intellectually dishonest story that Merrill is putting on the public record.
It's also perfectly predictable.
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They did RNGs with PI, looked at the RNG properties and drew lots of pretty
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I am loving this site and would love some advice on my flower beds with the home we just bought a few weeks ago. It was a foreclosure so it has been vacant for about 2 years and has seen no love on the outside in quite sometime. I love using mulch in my flower beds, but can someone give me some advice on the best way to "clean up" these beds so that I can get all the grass and weeds out? Usually I would just dig up the top layer of grass and roots until I get back to the soil. Is that the way I need to go again or is there a less time consuming option for me? I have attached a pic of what the current condition of the beds are and the places in the photo where you see the variegated liriope is where the original owner carried out the bed and curved it along the sidewalk. She originally had borders stones dug into the ground and I plan on putting some back as well as digging up the liriope in the spring and transplanting them to another location in the yard.
Thanks! :thumbsup: Never thought about using Preen before. I have had pretty good luck with only a small amount of weeds coming back with the mulch that I use. Not sure about this soil since it seems to be hard to grow very much in it, but I think I will use it just to be sure. As for the lights.. they are mine and are solar so no wires to dig up, but thanks. :)
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Please join us at a reception on Monday, February 8, 2010, to meet and welcome Michael H. Schill, the 14th Dean of the University of Chicago Law School.
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Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 2 at http://www.law.uchicago.edu/schill_nyc or via phone at 773-702-5158.
The Law School would like to thank Skadden Arps for hosting this alumni reception.
Michael H. Schill is a nationally known scholar on property law and is the author of three books and more than 40 articles. Dean Schill has continued to pursue his scholarship in real estate and housing policy, deregulation, finance and discrimination. He is a co-author of the property law casebook used by more than half of all law students nationwide. Dean Schill arrives in Chicago after five and a half years as Dean of UCLA Law School. Previous appointments have been at NYU Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dean Schill attended Princeton University and received his law degree from Yale Law School.


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I wanted to take this time to thank all of the members, staff and pastors at the Homer City United Methodist Church for their kindness and compassion that they each have shown me over the past several months. I knew I had friends, but I didn't know exactly how many until now.
Several months ago, while at a routine health examination, I found out I have prostate cancer. Of course, this hit me like a ton of bricks!
Not only did I have to deal with the stress of missed work for doctor's appointments, but then my mother of 86 passed away on Nov. 9.
This just about put me over the edge, but the understanding and caring that all of you have shown me has made all of these things easier to deal with daily. I truly feel that the Lord had guided me to the Homer City United Methodist Church and since I have put my faith and trust in him, I know that all will work out.
I wanted to make sure that you all know that each and every one of you has a special place in my heart and I am so thankful the Lord has placed you in my life.
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A business that involves large sums of money is bound to attract a few mischievous entities as well. Although, most other businesses have some sort of updated schemes to tackle any illegal activities involved, the Forex trading setup is one that is yet to have a solution of its own. While a proper viable solution to handle any fraudulent activities in Forex trading business is still in the pipeline, various malicious bodies are trying out all the trickeries they can to usurp any possible chances to earn some cheap profits.
This implies very strongly that anyone who wishes to fare well in the Forex trading environment must act very responsibly so that his/her hard-earned money does not go wasted at the disposal of any scammers. To ensure that you always play in the safest possible manner, make sure that all your bidding calls are based on pure technical and research grounds. There are numerous economic reports available on the internet that can guide you through the currency pricing patterns and the changing market situation.
Threatening as it may sound, thankfully, there are several ways of avoiding the scams related to Forex trading business. Below we shall take a closer look at some of the ways in which you can ensure that you do not have to suffer at the hands of the ominous bodies of the business.
Before you get seriously into the Forex trading business, you must gain ample knowledge of the ways in which your account could be misused. In most of the cases reported by various 'victims' of this sort of scam, one thing that was found to be common is that the accounts of all the traders were used for an unwarranted trading. Not just that, you must also keep a close tab on the way in which your accounts are managed and maintained. Improper management of accounts could not just lead to your misguidance, but also cost you a hefty amount.
If you're contemplating taking the Forex trading business seriously, you must make thorough analysis, and go through the experienced reviews of the masters of the business. There is little logic in trusting the words of the users whom you've just met, and did not ask about their past experiences. Worse yet, never disclose your trading plans with anyone whom you not know, let alone trusting them. There are quite a few conmen out there who pretend to be the kings of the trade, but in reality, their mere intentions are to deprive you of your precious assets. Never rely on their falsified claims, and more importantly, never make your decisions instantly upon meeting just a handful of people.
By being a careless trader, you could be inviting troubles for yourself. Not just trade, but this is the rule of thumb that is followed with any facet of life. However, it holds especially true in case of Forex trading business. So, it goes without saying that you must be conscious before taking up any business, and Forex trading rests at the very top of that list.
The concept of Forex trading is relatively newer, so it is almost natural for traders to be unaware of the complexities involved in the business. This is the exact point that forms the motive for scammers. The rule followed in this regard is very much based on that of stocks and bonds which were relatively difficult to understand by general public when they were first introduced. Complex problems of the business aside, it's the mischievous advertisements and claims of various companies about making you rich overnight that misleads traders in most cases. By relying on such claims, most traders are willing to hand over their fate in the hands of the ill-intended bodies that, in turn, use the money for their own good.
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The bank is back. That was the big question and it's been answered. After one of the heaviest storms in history battered the Gold Coast last year and ripped the asphalt out of surfing's most famous racetrack, all is good again. Of course it would come back, right? Hey, your home beachbreak could be world class too if a million dollar sand pumping system was installed next to it. After suffering through a few chilly and largely flat months in California, it's corn syrupy sweet to see a mile long wave barreling in a lime green, 75 degree ocean. And to think it's cranking right now under an average windswell? Imagine what it's going to be like later this week when that tropical low spinning near New Caledonia starts sending us swell.
So the gang's all here – Kelly, Andy, Mick, Joel, Taj, Bobby, Bruce. All are looking fit, healthy and ready to go apeshit. They've been white hot in freesurf sessions. No one knows if Kelly will retire after this event, but he gave a hint that answer might be no when he said last night at the ASP awards that Mick sent him a text after Mundaka telling him, "Don't quit now, mate. We love surfing with you." See this whole competition thing is supposed to be and fun and respect. Both qualities were in abundance at the ASP banquet. It's hard not to feel respectful when you see "We had a dream" pro surfing founders Randy Rarick and Fred Hemmings present long overdue World Champ trophies to PT, Shaun, {{{Rabbit}}} and MR. Yeah, that's right, back in the day these guys never got trophies when they won world titles so receiving them was a long, long time coming. And the fun part happened later at Jupiter's Casino for a Texas Hold-em tourney and later still for a few of the boys at an undisclosed location in Surfer's Paradise.
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after becoming intrigued by an article describing how to use backtrack to hack peoples wireless, i set up a lab with a friend and played around a while. now however, i have a grander scheme.
in short, id like a create a fake AP for the purposes of a wiretap. on that note, here is the method im going to try out: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ead.php?t=1939 . by all means, have a look at it and tell me if its good or not, and certainly link me to better ones, IYO. i am open for pointers.
i am going to boost my antenna to max by using this: http://dishingtech.blogspot.com/2012...rack-5-r2.html . it would appear that, more or less, all i have left to do is some downloading and configuring.
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to be clear, what i want to do is this: i want to create an access point on my network that i could use to attempt to view the browsing and other net use of those who chose to connect to it. usernames, passwords, pictures and the like.
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Brooklyn Loft Converted into Treehouse Bed & Breakfast
A cabin in a loft is a guest room in an artist's space
Designed by the collaborative creative duo Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao, A Cabin in a Loft is a one-room bed and breakfast inside an artists' loft located in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
The Cabin is located within the two artists' workshop and studio. The artists' entire place basically includes the Cabin, which is for rent, and the treehouse where Frezza and Chiao live.
Both the Cabin and the treehouse were designed with the concept of "houses within houses" and serve as private sleeping areas.The Cabin includes a storage space built into a raised floor. The treehouse is set above the ground and includes a study area and storage space below it. They each have their own semi-private garden area that is set apart from the shared living space. The main space of the apartment includes a living area and a kitchen.
The apartment is housed inside a former textile factory building and has open spaces, large windows, high ceilings, exposed brick walls, and hardwood floors. To maintain the openness of the space and to maximize the natural light, Frezza and Chiao decided to build the cabins instead of constructing floor-to-wall ceilings to divide the apartment into separate bedrooms. Creating the Cabin and the treehouse created an open, light-filled and well-ventilated space that also somewhat simulates living in the outdoors.
The Cabin and the treehouse have windows that not only help keep the spaces ventilated but also lets the occupant look out into the rest of the apartment. Both cabins have large entrances that let people look out to the sky or down the street.
The Cabin features art work made by the artists' themselves or by their friends, fellow artists, designers, and artisans. Some of the art pieces are for sale.
The Cabin in a Loft is available for rent to a single occupant for $118 per night or $850 per week. Two people can rent it out for $138 per night or $950 per week. Guests are provided breakfast in the mornings for the duration of their stay. Bookings can be made through airbnb.
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Do you know God? Give yourself a moment before you answer this question. In most instances, out of sheer habit, our tongue begins to rattle off the Bible basics concerning who God is. We know Him to be the Creator of both Heaven and Earth. We know that He is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We know Him to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. We even know all of the miraculous things that He can do for us. Yet, unless we have allowed God to reveal to us the true nature of His being, none of these things has anything to do with who God is to us. Do you really know Him?
To know God is to love Him for whom He is period. All of the blessings that God allows are only by-products of having established an imperishable relationship with Him. In His Word he beckons for us to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness
(Matthew 6:33), seek Him while He can be found (Isaiah 55:6), search for Him wholeheartedly (Jeremiah 29:13). Our Father isn't trying to hide Himself from us. Rather, He wants to communicate with us, if only we would draw near to Him (James 4:8). There is nothing like divine fellowship with Him, because only in and through it will we be able to truly exemplify holy and acceptable fellowship as the body of Christ.
To know Him is to experience true, intimate, uninterrupted fellowship with Him on a daily basis. The more time we spend communicating with Him in prayer the more we will know Him. We serve a God who so desires for us to enter into His presence with no motive other than our insatiable hunger and thirst for more of Him. When we have genuinely reached the point of recognizing who God is, prayer is no longer a matter of timidly giving Him a list of needs or demands. Instead, we come before the throne of grace seeking the Father's heart and not His hand. However, our communion with God doesn't stop at prayer. There is no greater way to gain a better understanding of God's character than through the reading of His Word, because in it we also learn of what pleases and displeases Him (Hebrews 4:12). God also speaks to our hearts through His Word, using it to confirm all that He has revealed to us in prayer.
Our Father summons us to sacred fellowship with Him because He loves us. How many times have we been told that we are loved only to find that there was some other motive behind the statement? Praise God that with Him sincere and unconditional love is His only motive. Love's Originator is calling us into sweet communion. The Spirit and the bride say, "Come" (Revelation 22:17), who are we to deny such a royal invitation?
Chantelle Cudger was born and raised in Atlanta, GA the sixth of eleven siblings; she holds her family close to her heart.
She attends First Baptist Atlanta where she has also served in the Pre-School Ministry for 9 yrs. She is also actively involved in both short-term missions and local outreach
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Open Allocations for August Production M5(s)!
The day before yesterday I talked our GM into buying a pair of August production M5 allocations that were offered to him by another dealer, assuring him that I could find a home for them through Bimmerfest. If you are a California resident, or a resident of an adjacent state who would be willing to take "Santa Barbara Delivery" of your new M5, please let me know. Your order will be filled immediately (confirmed with factory build sheet and production number). No wasting your time on a waiting list -- you will be burning gas (and rubber) by October...
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Venetian Snares
After self-releasing a series of cassettes during the '90s, as well as a split cassette/CD-R with B-movie enthusiast Stunt Rock, Funk's first vinyl release was 1999's Greg Hates Car Culture on History of the Future. EPs on Zhark International (Salt), Low Res (7 Sevens.med), and Dyslexic Response (the particularly caustic Shitfuckers!!!) followed in 2000, along with his first full-length, printf("shiver in eternal darkness/n");, a CD for the Isolate label. Paradinas came across Greg Hates Car Culture in a Minneapolis record shop and immediately hired Funk for Planet Mu, resulting in three early 2001 releases for the label: the "Defluxion" 7", Making Orange Things (a noisy co-production with Speedranch), and Songs About My Cats. In addition, a child abuse-themed full-length titled Doll Doll Doll appeared on Hymen Records that year, as well as a split 12" with Cex on Klangkrieg and a ragga-jungle 7" under the name Snares Man! on History of the Future.
The year 2002 saw no less than three full-lengths on Planet Mu: the stellar Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006, the odds-and-ends collection 2370894, and the darker Winter in the Belly of a Snake. Hymen Records also released A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick Than Anything You Can Imagine, an epic 15-minute track on a 3" CD packaged in a jewelry-style box. The year 2003 brought Find Candace (a sequel to Doll Doll Doll) on Hymen, as well as the more eclectic, humorous Chocolate Wheelchair Album on Planet Mu, a split 7" with Fanny on the Death$ucker label, and the jazzy "Badminton" 7" on Doormouse's Addict Records. Snares' groundbreaking remix of Doormouse's "Skelechairs" had become a cult classic, and was subsequently released by Addict on a 12" with the original in 2004. "Moonglow," another jazzy 7" on Addict, appeared the same year, as well as the Infolepsy EP on Coredump, the Horse and Goat EP on Sublight, and the full-length Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding on Planet Mu.
The year 2005 began with Sublight's release of Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole, Venetian Snares' speedcore tribute to his hometown. Rossz Csillag Alatt Született, a modern classical-leaning album inspired by a revelatory trip to Hungary, followed on Planet Mu soon after, and was easily Funk's most well-received work, often being hailed by fans and critics as his masterpiece. Meathole also appeared on Planet Mu that year, along with You're a Nice Girl, the debut EP under Funk's acid-leaning Last Step pseudonym. He continued his prolific run in 2006 with the absurdly named Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms album and the Hospitality EP, both on Planet Mu. The year 2007 saw the release of the Pink + Green EP on Sublight as well as the Rossz Csillag-styled My Downfall (Original Soundtrack) and Last Step's self-titled full-length debut, both on Planet Mu, as well as Sabbath Dubs, a 10" of dubstep-style Black Sabbath covers, on Kriss Records. The second Last Step LP 1961 followed in 2008, along with Snares' jungle-heavy Detrimentalist album and more classical-inspired "Miss Balaton" single, all on Planet Mu. The aptly titled Filth arrived in 2009, along with the more vocal-driven Horsey Noises EP, both on Planet Mu.
Aaron Funk's output had slowed down somewhat by the early 2010s, with more EPs and releases by side projects than proper Venetian Snares albums. The year 2010 saw the release of Snares' My So-Called Life album (the first release on his Timesig imprint), as well as a 12" by Speed Dealer Moms, his acid-techno collaboration with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante. Venetian Snares' sole release in 2011 was the Cubist Reggae EP on Planet Mu. The self-released digital EP Affectionate appeared in 2012, as well as the Fool the Detector EP on Timesig and Last Step's Sleep album (reportedly created by Funk in his sleep) on Planet Mu. After an uncharacteristically silent 2013, 2014 brought My Love Is a Bulldozer, Venetian Snares' first full-length in four years, as well as the self-titled debut by Poemss, Funk's collaboration with Toronto-based singer Joanne Pollock. Snares' Your Face EP surfaced on Planet Mu in 2015. Following its release, Funk announced that he was going through financial troubles; his fans responded ecstatically by purchasing downloads of his albums, and he offered his gratitude with a free digital album, Thank You for Your Consideration. The following year, Funk revived his Timesig imprint with his next proper full-length, Traditional Synthesizer Music, which was recorded entirely on a modular synthesizer system. ~ John Bush & Paul Simpson
Selected Discography
Track List: Traditional Synthesizer Music
Track List: Your Face
Track List: My Love Is A Bulldozer
Track List: Cubist Reggae
Track List: My So-Called Life
Track List: Filth
Track List: Detrimentalist
Track List: My Downfall
Track List: Pink + Green
Track List: Hospitality
Track List: Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
Track List: Meathole
Track List: Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
Track List: Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole
Track List: Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding
Track List: The Chocolate Wheelchair Album
Track List: Find Candace
Track List: Winter In The Belly Of A Snake
Track List: Vsnares 2370894
Track List: Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006
Track List: Doll Doll Doll
Track List: Songs About My Cats
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Its their loss that they never took the time to actually listen to the beauty in the musical development throughout each and every song; They're too impatient to give it the listen it actually deserves, and I feel sorry for them, but I don't resent the fact that they dislike it. Some people just have single-minde d music tastes and can't step away from their norm.
The aural compilation of sounds that is the artwork of Alex Funk (aka Venetian Snares) is an acquired taste. Like a fine wine or a good scotch, there are layers of subtleties that add elements to the overall experience which to the uninitiated can seem rather harsh at first.
Very boring to listen to.
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Raul Jimenez scored on a 16-yard bicycle kick in the 85th minute four minutes after Mexico had allowed the tying goal and El Tri beat Panama 2-1 on Friday night at Azteca Stadium to revive its hopes to qualifying for its sixth straight World Cup in Brazil.
Languishing in fifth place in North and Central America and the Caribbean, Mexico went ahead on Oribe Peralta's goal off a pass from Javier Hernandez in the 40th minute.
Panama, ahead of Mexico at the start of the night on total goals, tied the score in the 81st when Luis Tejada beat goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa to a through pass, touched the ball around the keep and put it into the empty net.
Jimenez, who entered in the 83rd, received a cross with his back to the goal, tipped the ball in the air to himself and beat goalkeeper Jaime Penedo with an overhead kick.
In other World Cup qualifying action Friday:
Germany, Belgium and Switzerland qualified, while England and Russia won and moved into position to clinch next week.
Germany (8-0-1) defeated Ireland 3-0 at Cologne on goals by Sami Khedira, Andre Schuerrle and Mesut Ozil to guarantee first place in Group C and reach soccer's biggest tournament for the 16th straight time.
Belgium (8-0-1) earned its first berth since 2002, winning 2-0 at Croatia on a pair of goals by Romelu Lukaku to ensure first place in Group A.
Switzerland (6-0-3) clinched Group E with a 2-1 victory at Albania.
Thirteen of the 32 spots at next year's tournament in Brazil are set. The United States, Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea already qualified, and Brazil gets an automatic berth as host.
The nine European group winners qualify, and eight of nine second-place teams advance to playoffs, which will include Croatia and Sweden.
England (5-0-4) maintained its Group H lead, beating Ukraine 4-1 at Wembley on second-half goals by Wayne Rooney, Andros Townsend and Daniel Sturridge plus an own goal by Branko Boskovic on a mis-hit clearance attempt. England would clinch its fifth straight berth by beating visiting Poland on Tuesday.


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Check out the new visions and imaginative ingenuity of SMFA students.This juried screening celebrate the year's best work from undergraduate and graduate students. Such artists as Cliff Evans, David Matorin, Laila Haddad, and Danica Mills have shown in past versions of the program.
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"I could hardly sleep, I was so excited," Casey Donoven, a junior in mathematics and the Honors Program, said Thursday.
"I was thrilled and excited. I had to call up everybody," said Daniel Barta, a junior in earth sciences and the Honors Program.
Donoven and Barta learned Wednesday evening that they had more in common than their friendship, Montana roots, Presidential Scholarships and service as vice presidents of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society at MSU. They had just won MSU's 52nd and 53rd Goldwater Scholarships, keeping MSU one of the nation's top institutions for total Goldwater recipients. Princeton University received four Goldwaters this year, Harvard University received three, and Duke University received one. This is the third year in a row that MSU has had two winners.
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Barta was the first to read an e-mail from Lee that said he had won a Goldwater Scholarship. Donoven found out about his after listening to a congratulatory phone message from Barta. Donoven was tutoring students in MSU's Math Learning Center Wednesday evening, so he didn't get the message until about 9 p.m. after he finished working. The news resulted in a call to his parents, a celebratory meal with long-time friends from Havre, e-mails to MSU faculty members and a posting on Facebook. He probably fell asleep after 1 a.m. or 2 a.m., Donoven said.
Besides calling Donoven, Barta said he called his parents, talked to his girlfriend, and called Nate Carroll, an MSU paleontology student from Ekalaka who had won honorable mention for the Goldwater. David Stevens from Ronan, who majors in computer science, also won an honorable mention.
"I kind of had to stay up and visit with people. I was really excited," Barta said.
Barta and Donoven both showed early evidence of the interests that led them to MSU.
As a student at Havre High School, Donoven sometimes taught math and chemistry when his teachers were gone for the day. As a high school senior, he was one of eight students across the state who competed in the "Who Wants to be a Mathematician?" contest when it came to Montana.
"I have always been interested in why and how things work," Donoven said. "When it came to math classes, a lot of times in the lower levels like elementary and high school, they won't necessarily explain why it works. It made me curious."
He came to MSU, Donoven said, because of his Presidential Scholarship, also because of its strong math and science program.
Lukas Geyer, associate professor in mathematics, has taught Donoven in several classes and supervised his undergraduate research project in fractal geometry. He noted that Donoven is creative, curious and has a good grasp of mathematical patterns. Donoven was also one of three MSU students who went to Bergen, Norway last summer to research carbon sequestration.
Barta said he has been interested in dinosaurs ever since coming to MSU's Museum of the Rockies as a three or four-year-old boy.
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As a sixth grader, Barta came to the Museum of the Rockies and prepared his first dinosaur bone. Last summer he traveled to China to study dinosaur eggs. He is presenting his findings this spring at student research conferences on campus. He continues to research the weathering of carcasses on a Montana ranch.
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Both Goldwater recipients said they plan to pursue careers in academia. Donoven said his main interest is conducting math research in a university. Barta said he wants to teach, conduct research and possibly curate museum collections.
Because of their Goldwater Scholarships, Lee said the two students "will undoubtedly be accepted into our nation's top graduate schools."
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Congratulations to Bill and Boris for another great finish, and an overall great weekend for BMW. Hopefully things will go better for Justin and Joey at the next race. It would be awesome to see them get 1st!
Demolition derby!? Those DP's were divebombing everyone like a war was on. No wonder there was 7 full-course yellows. I'm surprised there were not more.
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I couldn't believe when the top two DP's split around that Ferrari 360 going INTO a turn near the end of the race. I don't see how no one ended up in the dirt
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from the responsibility...I welcome it!" - JFK
Hm...Was that this past weekend? I think B.A. was doing some extra duty as tester for SCTS Retroracer as well.
I was looking at another spot on the track when the 22 car had the incident with a DP car, so I can't give a witness account.
The infield portion of PIR is really tight and even with the oval, lap times around 1 minute. The drivers were saying there's just no place to rest on that track.
The racing action in DP is so much better this year over last year. Lots of interesting chassis/engine combinations and more teams that are competitive.
02 M3 SMG Coupe - prepared class BMW Club racer
08 135i 6sp - stock class BMW Club racer
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Wagner and Collins, drivers in the BMW Doran took over the drivers points lead:
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Tough luck for the TC Kline Z4s at Phoenix Below is a write up from one of the Z4 drivers, Donn Vickrey (touches on our club racing):
I haven't felt inspired enough to write a race report in about four years. But, the last six months racing the M3 and this weekend's combined BMWCCA/Grand Am weekend finally succeeded in reigniting the fire that had almost been extinguished a few years ago after I burned out in Spec RX7 and couldn't find the right series to transition to. With this weekend marking my first pro race - something I've wanted to do now since I first
started racing eight years ago - I think it's time to take out the pen again.
Grand Am Cup Race
The GAC race marked the first pro race for both me and my co-driver, John Tecce. I've raced since 1997, in Spec RX7, ITS (Datsun 240Z), SSB (Acura Integra) and more recently in an I-Stock M3. John started racing about three years ago in a T2 M-Coupe and is currently racing in the NASA Honda Challenge series. He also is in charge of pit strategy for the DGB Team that runs two Porsche 996s in the Grand Am Cup GS class (the same team that raced the Z3 coupes last year in GAC).
The transition to the GAC car (Z4 no. 12) was more difficult than I had expected. For some reason I thought I'd be able to jump in and get up to speed right away. After all, it was a track I'd driven many times before and it was a RWD BMW. So how hard could it be? Well, the two cars proved to be completely different animals. My I-Stock car has great power, relatively tall gearing, a very precise feeling UUC shifter, mushy stock-class
handling and Toyo RA1s with a very consistent feel to them (for hours upon hours). The Z4 had less power, much shorter gearing, a shifter that felt more like a stock 996 than any BMW I'd ever driven, much better grip during the first half hour or so of track time, and absolutely no grip after about 40 minutes on the Hoosier spec tire. And then there are those intangibles that make two racecars very, very different. In the end, there were enough differences that my rhythm was seriously disrupted and my lap times were a good
second off of what I had expected in the first practice session.
If I had one strike against me (unfamiliarity with the GAC car), my co-driver John Tecce had at least two and a half strikes against him. Not only had he never driven the Z4, but he had no seat time at PIR. And, something I didn't realize at the time, he had a further disadvantage by being the second driver in both of our Thursday practice sessions. In
short, the car that I turned over to him in each of the first two sessions was on the backside of the tire's peak grip, with grip falling off in each successive lap.
While we had trouble getting used to the car, the weekend started out bad, and just got worse, for teammates Will Scott and Neal Sapp (driving the 71 car). Will drove first and got about 20 minutes in during practice session 1. Neal jumped in to finish off session 1. He turned in a nice 1:10.9, then an 11 something, then... an eerie quiet came over both over the radio and on the computerized lap chart that we were watching from pit lane.
Unfortunately the engine had lost power, leaving Neal stranded on course...
and the team's troubles were just about to begin. As it turned out, the engine had dropped at least one cylinder and the car was unable to qualify on Friday.
With John's lack of PIR seat time, we'd made arrangements ahead of time with the BMWCCA officials to put John in my M3 for several sessions. (Thanks very much to the Club, Joe Cantaneo, Jim Fluckey, Jim McCashin and crew for allowing John to run my car in two sessions!) So John took practice session 2 (Thurs) and race no. 2 (Sat) in my car, and I think in the end that paid huge dividends. In the second GAC practice session both John and I were able to take another few seconds off of our respective lap times. By the end of the session, we'd put in a 1:11.4 and were looking reasonably competitive.
Friday morning rolled around and it was time to make a tough decision...which driver should qualify the car. With fewer strikes against me, we decided to have John qualify and start the car, so that John could start the race on fresh tires. I'd then take over with suboptimal tires, but with more experience at PIR to hopefully compensate. Having John qualify the car would also give him more seat time at PIR. So, the decision was made, and I think in the end it worked out for the best.
Saturday's race proved to be a real learning experience for me. I'd raced in two enduros before, driving solo both times. Since these were amateur races, there was a mandatory 5 minute pit stop that we'd used just to refuel the car. Running on Toyo RA1s, there was never any need to change tires as they are just as good on lap two as they are on the final lap, assuming you don't abuse them. Also, I'd driven both events solo, so driver changes were not an issue. To make matters even simpler, the pits were closed during any
full course caution, so you could not pit under yellow. The biggest challenge
therefore was finding a funnel that could flow 10 gallons of fuel in about 3
minutes - a problem we solved with about $5 worth of tubing and miscellaneous bits from Home Depot, and a little McGuyver-like modification to my Racer Wholesale funnel. Things would prove far more complex in Grand Am.
The race day started off with two near calamities. The 71 car was not running right after receiving an engine transplant overnight. T.C. was confident that it was water in the fuel line. Still, the car stalled on grid and ultimately had to start from the pits one lap down. Our car also had a near fatal flaw which I won't get into. But, T.C. diagnosed the problem
quickly and had it corrected with 5 minutes to spare.
The race started out reasonably well for us. John was going faster and faster with each lap as he continued to learn PIR and the Z4 which he'd only spent a total of about 35 minutes in prior to the race. Meanwhile, Neal started the 71 car a lap down on what sounded like 5 cylinders. Despite thelack of power, he was able to turn in reasonable lap times and the carappeared to be getting stronger and stronger. Eventually, as T.C.
surmised,the water that had somehow entered the fuel system was purged/burned-off
and the car began running strong. At one point Neal turned another 1:10.9,
whichwas one of the faster laps of the race.
One of the lessons of the weekend for me was the fact that standing in the pits watching your co-driver on the track is far harder than driving the car yourself. The pre-race jitters multiply by a factor of ten. And while you want to somehow will the car to go faster, you can't do a thing to influence the outcome.
John soldiered on for about 50 minutes gaining a number of positions as attrition started to set in. As far as I could tell, he only made one mistake; a mistake that I'd repeat just after getting in the car... and one that I hope the Speed Channel cameras didn't pick up.
At the 50 minute mark, John pulled in and cranked the wheels to the right (to make pit exit easier), shoved the seat back (to make the driver change easier) and hopped out through the top of the roll cage (no roof) and over the jungle gym structure. I then climbed up and dropped straight down through the jungle gym into the driver's seat and let T.C.'s guys do their magic - belting me in, moving the seat and refueling the car. In a space of time that was too short to think about/worry about much of anything, the
guys were done and I was out on the track.
While I'd found the Hoosiers to have really good grip in my 30 minutes or so of seat time in the Z4 on Thursday, by the time I got in the car on Saturday afternoon they had degraded to an extent that I'd never considered possible. This necessitated a change to my approach in a few areas. For example, I short shifted to fifth just before entering Nascar turn 3 rather than shifting at the exit to the turn as I approached the rev limiter. I also took Neal's advice to tighten up my line in the infield.
Things seemed to be going relatively well, yet at the same time the tires continued to lose grip. Over the radio we continued to discuss fuel loads and a possible right rear tire change. Meanwhile, the attrition continued and we picked up a few more spots here and there, although lap times continued to degrade as the grip fell off.
My greatest mistake - call it a rookie mistake - was misunderstanding T.C. regarding the tire situation. I was waiting for him to make the call on when to come in. He was waiting for me to make the call. Ultimately, we waited too long to make the switch as grip pretty much fell off a cliff with about 25 minutes left to go. Despite the poor timing, we decided to go ahead and make the tire change - after the car slid so wide on the oval that I got
off in the marbles and headed in the direction of the wall, just narrowly
missing it.
With the new right rear (the only tire we changed during the entire race), we began turning our fastest laps of the day. I'm relatively certain we were the fastest car on the track at the time. Slowly but surely we began to reel in Mario Rigoli who held the 10 spot.
As I was chasing Mario, the 71 car met its final fate for the weekend. Will had been admonished by race control a few times for letting his car exit over the curbing at the exit to turn 5. With the threat of a stop and go looming, he tried to pinch the exit tight one last time and the backend stepped out. He attempted to correct, but shot across the track and
tagged the inside wall. A bad end to a bad weekend for the guys in the 71 car.
With about 4 laps to go, I caught up to Mario and began to look for a way around him. Unfortunately, on my first attempt to make a move on Mario, I made a bobble coming up on the oval and lost some ground. But I caught up with one and a half laps to go and was on Mario's backside as we approached the starter stand to begin the last lap. He took a low line forcing me around the outside. I took a late entry to turn one and tried to dive
down to the inside. Mario kept tight and gave me virtually no room to work
with. I stayed on his rear through turns 2 and 3 and tried to make a dive
under him at turn 4. But he'd have nothing of it and left me insufficient room
to make a reasonable pass. Basically, he gave me enough room for a 50%
chance of success. But, the flip side of the coin was that if I failed and
tagged him in the side, neither of us would take the 10th spot at the checker.
So, I harassed him through 5, 6, 7 and 8. At the entry to 9, he took the
inside line and I again took a wide entry in the hopes of jumping along side.
He had a good launch onto the oval, however, and I was only able to pull up
just behind him, allowing him to again take a low line around the oval.
I followed right on his bumper, but was unable to pull along side through
the final turn as Mario left less than a car width between himself and the
lower apron where grip falls off. As the flag stand approached I jumped out of
his slip stream and attempted to pull along side, but there just wasn't
enough momentum to make the pass by start-finish and Mario finished less than
1/100th of a second ahead of me to take 10th.
In hindsight, the best strategy would have been for us to take two new
tires at our driver change, as the second place Turner Motorsport team did.
Better yet, we should have taken on four new tires like the winning RX-8 did.
But, I don't think the team realized that we'd get such good fuel mileage and
they expected to have to make another fuel stop. As it turns out, it would
not have been necessary. With that slight change in tactics, I think
that we could have finished somewhere in the top 8 or so. Higher if we'd had a
little more seat time in the car (and at PIR for John). Given our chosen
strategy, we also probably could have finished at least 9th had I realized
that T.C. wanted me to make the call on when to make the tire change.
Call it a rookie mistake that I will never make again. Regardless, John and I
had a blast and look forward to our next GAC event. I'm not sure what John's
plans are, but I'd like to run the GAC races at Watkins Glen and Fontana
assuming I can get a kitchen pass.
BMWCCA Race
The BMWCCA race provided a nice low key, relaxing escape from the otherwise
hectic weekend. The first practice session was useful in showing me that the
setup which worked well at the Firebird East track two weeks ago was pretty
much worthless at PIR, costing me about a second a lap versus the last time I visited PIR in February. The fix (a quick sway bar adjustment) was easy enough and I picked up about a second and a half in Friday's practice session. (John Tecce drove my car in the second practice session on Thursday.)
Friday morning qualifying also went reasonably well, although the track seemed to lack grip compared to the morning session. So I pushed the car hard for 10 laps or so and came in when it was clear that there wasn't much more to be gained during the session. I ended up qualifying with a 1:12.4, which was about all that the car had in it that afternoon.
The first race started in the late afternoon sun, which can sometimes be nearly disabling due to the angle of the sun and its impact on the entry to turn 1 (coming down off the oval onto the road course section). I recall a race back in 1999 when the glare was so bad that we were entering turn 1 based solely on timing and peripheral vision - the entry to the turn could not actually be seen. This was one of those races that sticks in your head
due to the adversity that somehow actually makes the experience more memorable. In that race my car was down on power and I was battling another hard charging Spec RX7 driver for the remaining podium spot. Lap after lap I'd take a low line around the entire oval section of the track, minimizing the distance and forcing him to enter turn 1 from the outside. (The same trick Mario Rigoli used on me in the GAC race...) Lap after lap we dove
down side by side, although neither of us could actually see the entry to the
turn. It was an awesome battle. But I digress... back to 2004.
The race started off clean and I retained my starting position (P5) just behind Bits Fajardo in his HP E46 M3. Ahead of Bits was Gabor Jilly in an ex-PTG M3 GTR, Mario "Wide Body" Rigoli in a DM M3, and Andrew Sanchez in another DM M3. Around lap two Gabor spun off course but it appeared that everyone made it through cleanly. I was now in P4, but the handwriting was on the wall. Gabor's SM car would eventually catch back up and pass me.
And Jason Bredeis was hooked up in his IP M3, turning laps about a second quicker than his qualifying time. My only hope was that he'd make a mistake and fall back. In the meantime, I pushed the car harder than I wanted. It worked for a while as I kept Jason behind me, while hoping he'd make a mistake. But, the mistake never happened and my tires were beginning to overheat. About that time he sneaked underneath at the entry to turn 2 and, with the race only about half over, there wasn't much point in
contesting a position that I really couldn't hold. So I backed off and let the tires
cool and made sure that Drew Maloney's E46 HP car didn't catch me from
behind. Meanwhile, Gabor made his way back through the field and I think back up
to third. But Mario had long since checked out and he cruised to a solid
win, with Andrew Sanchez not too far behind.
That was it for me in the BMWCCA sessions. I let John start my car in race 2 (Saturday morning) to get a little more seat time, and he ran the first half of the race before we had to head over to the GAC pit area. I watched the first half of the race from the BMWCCA viewing area and it was pretty entertaining. Mario checked out again and seemed to be en route to another win. John Tecce (in my I-Stock car), Geoff Auberlin (in Scott's H-Stock car) and a nice looking white J-Stock car were running together and seemed to be turning similar times. Meanwhile, Jim Edmunds was turning some surprisingly fast laps (low 13s) in his J-Stock car, just up the track from the other stockers. I didn't think a J-Stock car could do 13s at PIR. The battle between Bob Rittel, Brett Creaser, James Fluckey and PeterGooding was also highly entertaining as all four seemed pretty evenly matched.
Donn Vickrey
Scottsdale, AZ
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