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The Chemistry Department received the NSF grant #0736538 for $136,276. The grant is entitled "Curricular Enhancement of the Sciences through the Vertical Integration and Interdisciplinary Applications of GC-MS." Dr. Lois Zook-Gerdau is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the project and the Co-PI's are Dr. Deepamali Perera, Dr. Eric Schurter, and Dr. Paul Szalay. The award became effective April 15, 2008, and expires March 31, 2011.
The Chemistry Department will also purchase a second GC with FID detector for the Organic Laboratory through the college's Symbols of Excellence program. Muskingum College is also paying for travel to a 4-day training course at Perkin Elmer's headquarters in Shelton CT mid-August 2008 for Zook-Gerdau. Perkin Elmer is also going to have a product specialist on campus mid July, 2008 to train all the faculty on specific applications of the GC-MS for use in their courses and research projects.
The Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) instrument will be used in a variety of research projects as well as in the teaching labs. GC-MS is an extremely powerful analytical tool that can be used in a variety of disciplines including chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science, to name a few. GC-MS is routinely used in the medical, pharmacological, environmental, and forensic fields. Students in all the Science division disciplines will be using the GC-MS in their introductory chemistry courses. In addition to Chemistry majors, students majoring in Biology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience who take Organic Chemistry and/or Biochemistry as part of a pre-health major will use the GC-MS in those courses. Environmental and Conservation Science majors who take Environmental Chemistry will also be using the GC-MS in the laboratory to analyze water and soil samples. We even plan to implement the use of the GC-MS in the Liberal Arts Chemistry course, specifically Dr. Szalay's Chemistry 105 sections of Issues in the Chemical Science that focus on Forensic Chemistry. Students will also be using the GC-MS in research projects. Some examples of on-going research projects that could utilize GC-MS in the future include 1) a chemistry/molecular biology study of the possible long-term effects of the application of pesticides to reclaimed and restored strip-mined lands at the Wilds, 2) a chemistry/environmental science project studying organic pollutants in the Salt Creek Watershed, 3) an interdisciplinary project by a chemistry/psychology double major studying analogs of the ADHD drug, Ritalin, on the play behavior of rats, and 4) a bioaccumulation study on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in native versus non-native plant species.
In addition to the NSF grant, Dr. Szalay, Dr. Rataiczak and Dr. Zook-Gerdau co-authored a presentation at the Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society on June 12. It was titled "An Integrated Laboratory Experiment: Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Maleonitriledithiolate Complexes."
Students Present Research at Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Week Poster Session:
Two Molecular Biology Students (Joint Program Between Chemistry and Biology) Win Awards
The Science Division held its annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Week in April, during which students presented their research findings in poster presentations. Each worked with the faculty at Muskingum, as well as with experts and organizations from outside the campus. Winners of the poster competition were selected by Science Division faculty members. Two molecular biology students received awards provided by the Carolyn and Glenn Hodges Student Research Awards Fund. The program for the event contains abstracts for students' research.
1st Place:
Ankur Joshi, Molecular Biology Program: Prediction of the structure and nature of the "resuscitation promoting factor" (RPF) protein secreted by the viable cells of Microcuccus luteus.
2rd Place
Anna Belyaevskaya, Molecular Biology Program: Comparison of HLA-C gene from a person affected by psoriasis and 3 people potentially carrying the gene.
Psoriasis affects nearly 3 percent of the world population. Among many genes causing psoriasis, HLA-C in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex on chromosome 6p21.3 has shown the strongest association with the disease. Although the connection between this allele and psoriasis has been studied for several decades, researchers still have doubts about this relationship. This research project focuses on sequencing of the HLA-C gene from a person affected by psoriasis and 3 people who may be potential carriers. Data obtained will supplement information about connection between HLA-C gene and psoriasis in the Russian population.
Other chemistry students participating in the Poster Session were:
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Chemistry student, Amanda LeFever, and Molecular Biology students, Ankur Joshi and Anna Belyaevskaya, presented their research at the James A. Bradford Colloquium during Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Week in April. Seniors from all science departments and programs along with the Psychology Department present their research to faculty and other members of the Muskingum College community. Amanda LeFever won third place. Awards were provided by the Carolyn and Glenn Hodges Student Research Awards Fund.
3nd Place:
Amanda LeFever, Department of Chemistry: Synthesis and characterization of the Pyrene-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethan charge transfer complexThe purpose of this investigation was to determine if there was an interaction (based on degree of charge transfer) between the π-acceptor molecule 7,7',8,8'-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and the π-donor molecule pyrene. Previous research on the interaction of large acene-TCNQ complexes including coronene, tetracene, and perylene suggests alternate stacking of the molecules in the charge
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Dr. Rudy Gerlach Receives National Award for Environmental Safety Work
Dr. Rudy Gerlach, chemistry professor emeritus of Muskingum College, recently received a national award from the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM) for his life's work--teaching about environmental safety. Dr. Gerlach received the ACHMM's "Mary McMillan Memorial" Friend of the Academy Award, which is presented to a non-ACHMM member who has made outstanding contributions to the certified hazardous materials managers credential and the overall goals of ACHMM at the national level
Gerlach has been a member of the Ohio Local Emergency Planning Commission, and he has participated as a member of the Ohio Region 8 Search and Rescue Team. He has dedicated his life to teaching about environmental chemistry, hazardous materials, laboratory safety, occupational safety, analytical methodology, and regulatory compliance. He continues to teach in the industrial and federal facilities on these topics. He was nominated for the award by Kim Perry of BEV-CAMP Environmental Services and Training of Ohatchee, AL.
Recently he received his 50-year commendation as a member of the American Chemical Society. During those years, he served diligently on the Health and Safety Committee and College Safety Awards Committee. He also directed technical videos, "Flammables and Combustibles and Oxidizers," with the ACS Department of Continuing Education. Dr. Gerlach co-authored the book, "Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory" in 1991 with a second edition in 1994. From 1971 through 1981, The Journal of Chemical Education published articles by Gerlach. In 1989, he became a certified environmental trainer with the National Environmental Association, as an original member of that organization.
One of the most interesting notations of his career was a 1992 trip to Russia as a representative of the organization, "People-to-People." As part of an environmental assessment team, Gerlach traveled to St. Petersburg, Moscow and Harkov to meet with officials and to answer environmental questions. Dr. Gerlach has been a member of the Local Emergency Planning Committee since its inception and serves on the Muskingum County Emergency Management Association as a hazardous materials specialist.
For nearly 20 years, he has participated and volunteered on those teams and the Ohio Region 8 Search and Rescue Team, the New Concord Fire Department as a consultant for hazardous materials, the the Lions Club. Dr. Gerlach is a United States Marine Corps veteran, serving in a regimental supply company from February 1951 to February 1954 during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant. He is a member of the New Concord United Methodist Church and has taught an adult Sunday school class for the past seven years. He is married to Loas Gerlach.
Dr. Gerlach operates Gerlach Training and Consulting from his home in New Concord. He began his career in 1956 as a teacher at Batavia High School and after one year of high school, he joined Muskingum as a professor of chemistry. He retired from Muskingum, his alma mater, in 1993. He received a master's degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University and a doctoral degree in environmental chemistry from Walden University in Chicago, IL. Dr. Gerlach is a Morgan County native. His parents were the late Homer and Lillie Gerlach of Bristol Township.
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Nicole Dickson, 2004 Chemistry Major Alumna, is Guest Speaker
Nicole Dickson, currently a graduate student at OSU, spoke on "Solvation Dynamics Probed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy" on November 19, 2007. Nicole discussed two projects on which she is currently working:
A. Enhanced fluidity liquid chromatography (EFLC) has been used in the pharmaceutical industry to separate enantiomers for quite some time. EFLC utilizes a chiral stationary phase and an achiral mobile phase. Changing the achiral mobile phase reverses the retention times of the R and S enantiomers. We have employed femtosecond time resolved transient absorption anisotropy to explore the interactions that occur between a chiral solute and an achiral solvent in order to provide insight into the processes involved in enantiomeric separations.
B. Linear polyenes are often studied as models of biological molecules such as retinal. Diphenylbutadiene (DPB) and diphenylcyclopentadiene (DPCP) are molecules often studied for their interesting excited state ordering and cis-trans isomerization. We are interested in the differences the single phenyl to polyene versus double phenyl to polyene bonds have on the vibrational spectra of these molecules. This talk will explore the ground work needed for obtaining such information.


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Democrats are already taking aim at Republicans over President Obama's health care law, even before John Boehner settles into the House speaker's chair.
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Fallujah, Iraq (UPI) Sep 12, 2005
Fallujah may end up being a lesson in both how not to conduct a counter-insurgency campaign, and conversely, how to do it successfully.
And paradoxically, the real success will be when terrorists can be treated like criminals and dealt with through the judicial system, according to Col. Dave Berger, commander of Regimental Combat Team 8, responsible for Fallujah and its immediate environs.
The how-not-to-do-it part is by now military lore: don't allow insurgents to gain control of a city, and if they get it, don't let them keep it. The safe harbor gives them status, legitimacy, operational command and control and a reach well beyond the city's borders.
"We lost seven months," a senior military official told United Press International, regarding the decision in April 2004 to turn the city over to a corrupt local security force after a truncated battle to avenge the deaths of four private security contractors. It was a battle the military advised against entering into in the first place, but one that Coalition Provisional Authority chief Paul Bremer and the White House wanted, according to U.S. military and civilian officials.
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In Fallujah, the U.S. military had the luxury of a free-fire zone. Civilians had been ordered to leave the city in the weeks leading up to the fight.
Everyone left was deemed fair game.
There were some 1,500 killed in the operation, almost all of them Iraqis. A few bodies have still to be cleared from the rubble, according to a U.S. officer working in the city.
What has happened since in Fallujah has been tightly controlled: families have been allowed back in slowly -- about half the population has returned so far.
As security was established, U.S. Marines have stepped back to allow Iraqis to assume the lead in commanding the streets. Some 3,500 Iraqi Army soldiers moved in. They were followed by an Iraqi Public Order Battalion of about 1,300.
And now, incrementally, the police are here. There are about 600. The force will grow to about 1,200, according Berger.
"The police reintroduction has lagged behind the army by six to 12 months," he told UPI.
Developing security forces that could be effective in Fallujah has been a challenge. They all but collapsed in April 2004 when called on to fight in the city. About half refused to fight and some 10 percent joined the other side, according to U.S. military officials.
The city police and Fallujah Brigade -- the compromise internal security force that was as much a part of the problem in the town as the insurgents were -- were dissolved in September 2004.
Since then it has been a long, slow process of assembling a local security team.
Police are the hardest to build because they are local -- unlike the Iraqi army units here who are mostly recruited elsewhere. Insurgents know where they live and how to threaten their families. They must be screened; the "vetting process" is as careful now for the police as it has been for the army.
"We're not rushed into grabbing anyone who wants to be in the police," Berger said.
Two years ago, with the Pentagon eager to make the occupation more acceptable to Iraqis, it did just that.
Police are critical to Iraqi forces beating the insurgents on their own. If the fight is left to Iraqi military or paramilitary police, the insurgents gain status as an opposition force, and have the potential to attract followers among those dissatisfied with the government.
If the insurgents are handled by the police and put through the justice system, their status shrinks to the level of a criminal -- which does not fundamentally challenge the notion of an Iraqi state.
"Developing the Iraqi army is the mantra, but to kill the insurgency, that's a law enforcement issue," Berger said. "The Iraqi army and the U.S. forces, that is an interim solution. The long term is law enforcement."
Law enforcement is more than just police: it's courts and jails.
"There we are behind. They don't have a jail or a judicial process for lawbreakers," Berger said. "Right now we're throwing them all (criminals and insurgents) in the same pot."
Berger's unit now is engaged in what is known as an "ink blot" approach to the insurgency, a classic model that has been impossible until now given the paucity of U.S. forces in the vast Anbar province.
A counter-insurgency requires having sufficient forces both to clear enemy fighters and then to hold the area to prevent insurgents from ducking the bullets and coming back. There have not been adequate U.S. forces for the holding mission, so many offensives have resulted in little real progress.
A town could be temporarily cleared but the bad guys just popped up further down the Euphrates river, or reappeared once the offensive was over.
The difference between now and then, according to Berger, is the passage of time -- which allowed Iraqi forces to develop to the point that they can perform the holding mission themselves.
Berger does not think the violence is over in Fallujah. But he is betting against the re-emergence of an organized insurgency here.
"There are (improvised explosive devices) and small arms fire every week. The difference is they haven't been able to follow it up with anything. They used to be able to put together three or four different elements to pull off some complicated events," Berger said. "But are they adaptive? Yeah."
The first step, however, "is to establish security in the populated areas," Berger said.
Maj. Gen. Steve Johnson, the forward commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force in charge of all of Anbar, tags the criticality of the cities to the fact that's where the voters are.
Iraq is at a point, he says, where political progress could take large bites out of the insurgency by giving fence-sitters something to support.
"Until the Sunnis get to the point they are satisfied they have a seat at the table, we'll probably keep seeing the insurgency," Johnson said.
Insurgents have an advantage in fighting governments. They don't have to win, they just have to persist.
"Historically all they've gotta do is stay in the game," said Berger. "But that assumes a steady flow of money and outside help. If you can cut off the outside forces and restrict it inside" you can beat an insurgency.
Berger is attempting that on a micro-level in the Fallujah region. Having cleared the city and reintroduced a viable Iraqi security force in town, his men now concentrate on upsetting insurgent strongholds in Fallujah's outlying areas -- spreading out like ink from the center.
If those outside forces are kept off balance, Fallujah gets a windbreak for its own stability to take root. And as more police come on line, Iraqi army forces can push out from the center, spreading the ink even farther.
That, at least, is the theory.
Fallujah's lesson may not be applicable across Anbar. Ramadi, the provincial capital and the single most dangerous place for U.S. troops now in Iraq, cannot be cleared the same way Fallujah was, according to a U.S. government official.
"The fight in Ramadi will not be solved by Marines with an M-16. There will never be another 'Fallujah' in Ramadi," the official said.
The Iraqi government will have to solve Ramadi's problems, he said. The Iraqis have taken on too much responsibility for their own country to allow the occupiers another bloody fight like Fallujah. It will have to find another way.
"'Big Mil' ended with Operation Al Fajr. It's 'Big (Politics)' in December (with the new election) and next year it will be 'Big Econ," the official said.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Even as a Super Bowl champion, Aaron Rodgers can't escape his connection to Brett Favre.
But the Green Bay Packers QB earned one accolade his accomplished predecessor never did, Super Bowl MVP, after recording his first Super Bowl championship on Sunday.
One of the first comments made to Rodgers was about how he had stepped to an MVP podium that Favre never stood on.
"Is that a question?" Rodgers said with a smirk.
Favre led the Packers to a victory in Super Bowl XXXI and won three straight NFL MVP awards in the 1990s. But Green Bay lost Super Bowl XXXII with him under center, and he never got another opportunity to play on the NFL's biggest stage.
Rodgers acknowledged earlier this week that he and Favre will always be linked, and he said he had no problem with that.
And he said late Sunday that he took no specific pride equaling his predecessor in Super Bowl titles or claiming the MVP honor that eluded him.
"I never felt there was a monkey on my back," he said.
Packers team president Mark Murphy, who oversaw the move from Favre to Rodgers in 2008 when Green Bay traded away the disgruntled veteran, said he was thrilled the third-year starter had achieved so much.
Said Murphy, "The situation he stepped into, replacing a legend ..."
"I'm just so proud of the kind of person he is. Also he's a real professional."
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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AppearanceEditTiencha's suit is the same as the suit that Gotenks wears. Like all Fusion Dance characters, Tiencha wears a blue vest, around his waist he wears a green sash, and he wears white silky pants, dark shoes, and black wristbands. His hair style is a mix of Tien's baldness on the front, and Yamcha's spiky hair on the back. Also he has Tien's third eye and Yamcha's facial scars.
- Interestingly Tiencha's third eye on his forehead is rotated at 180° when compared with Tien's eye.
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Tiencha doesn't have any transformations but just like every Fusion Dance character he can become fat or skinny by making a mistake in the performance of the Fusion Dance, leading to a failded fusion.
Skinny TienchaEditTiencha achieves this state when both Yamcha and Tien stretch their hands when saying "HAA" in the last stage of the Fusion Dance. In this stage, Tiencha can still fly, but is unable do any special attacks and can only use punches, kicks and simple ki attacks and even this costs him a lot of his energy. After a combo attack he coughs and if he tries a special attack like the Dodohameha he simply coughs.
- Dodohameha - A combination of the Kamehameha and theDodon Ray, Tiencha puts his hands behind his back and then puts them in front of him and fires a large yellow blast fired from both of his fingertips.
- Wolf Fang Volleyball Fist- Using the power of the wolf, Tiencha knocks the opponent in the air multiple times like a volleyball, then finishes with a spinning, leaping punch.
- Wolf Fang Tri Beam – Tiencha uses both of his hands and looks like if hes doing the tri beam attack.10 enegry balls shoots and has a wolf face on it and he controls them with his hands
- Spirit Ball - Tiencha uses this move with 2 of his fingers and its like a energy ball and follows the opponent
- Super Wolf Fang Fist – Tiencha his charging his ki for the Super Wolf Fang Fist,the Wolf Fang Fist is around his hand and the SUPER Wolf Fang Fist is huge.
- Tri Beam Kamehameha-The combination of the Kamehameha and The Tri Beam,Tiencha charges the kamehameha and fires it and it a yellow Kamehameha
- Afterimage-Dodges a few attacks
- Neo Tri Beam-Uses the tri beam but stronger and bigger and can use it mutiple times,but his health decreases everytime he use it, in battle
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Kevin Grandia | February 9, 2009
By Kevin Grandia • Monday, February 9, 2009 - 16:46
If you thought the application to expand a coal-fired electricity plant in Kansas was dead, think again.
Big Coal and their political allies in the Kansas State legislature have introduced a slick new Bill that if passed will make it very difficult for the massive Sunflower Electric coal plant expansion to not go ahead.
Regular readers might recall our extensive coverage of the Kansas coal fight that started in late 2007 after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant.
The Department of Health stated that greenhouse gas threatens public health and the environment.
The coal company who lost the bid, Sunflower Electric and their political allies in the Kansas Legislature fought like heck to overturn the ruling. Even coal giant Peabody Energy got into the mix, dropping some big bucks on a fake grassroots organization calling itself "Kansans for Affordable Energy."


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I just thought I'd share my first vinyl project! I got my Silhouette back in October, but didn't get any vinyl until Christmas. Turns out that until today, I had been using my Silhouette with my blade in backwards {duh!}, so it's like a whole new machine now!
We recently switched from liquid to powder detergent, so I took advantage of that and made some cute decor for the top of our dryer. I just put dryer sheets into a pink flower pot and printed some vinyl from the Silhouette store to stick on the container.
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La Bonne SoupeNovember 5, 2012
When you need a quick affordable bite after you've spent too much money on Fifth Avenue, stop in at La Bonne Soupe, a dependable French bistro.
Yes, there is soup on the menu — I hear the onion soup is wonderful — but I stopped by for brunch.
Their les omelettes French style ($12.95) are served with a small salad with a garlicky dressing. My omelette paysanne was filled with onions, ham, potatoes and parsley. I also ordered a serving of their thin, crispy pommes frites ($4), with the excuse that the restaurant has a $15 minimum a person, and my omelette didn't quite cover that. (Any excuse to eat fries!).
I returned another time and tried their perfectly cooked lamb burger with goat cheese and — you probably guessed — pommes frites on toasted brioche bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion and harissa mayonnaise,! I say perfectly cooked as I ordered mine medium rare, my dining partner ordered medium and we each got what we asked for.
On nice days — see if you can be seated on one of the four tables (visible in the photo) on the balcony of the second floor to dine alfresco!
Service wherever you sit is attentive.
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A COMMUNITY store has just celebrated its second year in business and a surge in profits after the villagers pooled together to buy the store.
Not only has Uley Community Stores (UCS) enjoyed its second birthday as a community-led enterprise, but it has also seen profits increase by 15 per cent.
The community store and Post Office was saved by residents in July 2012 when the owner decided to sell up and it has since contributed to a number of good causes in the villages of Uley and Owlpen with its takings.
To mark the second anniversary, UCS is launching a new canvas shopping bag and later hosting a party for the volunteers.
UCS committee chairman, Peter Randall, said: "The shop is a very important part of our local community and we are delighted that takings are increasing every month.
"Like all businesses profitability is the key to survival and growth, and we are really pleased that this is now our second profitable year.
"We also know that we can always do more to make the shop and Post Office better and we are constantly looking to see how we can improve in everything that we do."
More than 60 volunteers regularly work two hour shifts in the store, seven days a week, with residents believing it has become a hub of the community, catering particularly to older residents who do not want to travel too far.
Cathy White was involved in the initial planning stages and manages most of the day-to-day operations, from coordinating volunteers to stock management.
"Miraculously we found enough volunteers from the start. All ages come in and feel part of a community.
"Every one of us has got to know many more people. And who doesn't like playing shop?"


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As a dialysis center operator, B. Braun has made important contributions to modernizing healthcare systems, particularly in Central Eastern Europe. Today these systems hardly differ from those of the other European countries. In Hungary, over 90 percent of the medical dialysis services are now privatized; and developments have taken a similar course in the other Eastern European nations.
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Harmony Assistant 9.1.9
Harmony Assistant is a all-in-one software product for composing, playing and printing music, with digital audio capabilities. The list of features in this program is so large that it cannot be enumerated here. Just give it a try...
CSMD (Computerised Sound Mixing Desk) 1.52
Mixes audio files easily. Mix Mp3s, Wav Files and other format. Record the output or play though an amp. Playlists can be setup for ease. Looks and feels like a real mixing desk.
Easy Radio 1.4
Listen live to over 30000 radio stations on your PC! All our downloads are Spyware/adware FREE Now you can listen to thousands of great radio shows on-demand! Easy Radio makes it easy to capture Broadcast Radio Shows, XM Radioâ"¢ and Podcast
AnaMark 2.20
Analogue and experimental VST-Synthesizer: 545 factory presets. 3 OSC with feedback, 21 types of synthesis, 8 types of resonant filters. 4 LFOs, 4 envelopes and 10 combiners for modulation. 11 Effects, multitimbral, polyphonic, micro tuning support
Jaikoz for Windows 1.1.2
Jaikoz is a Java based ID3 Tagger designed for dealing with large music collections. It has a number of automation features such as rename tag from filename without the filename format being known and rename file from tag.
MIDICLOCK can be used for synchronization of MIDI devices. The BPM rate of the clock signal can be set, and the MIDI real time clock protocol is sent out with the precision of the Windows multimedia timer, optionally controlled by midi-in.
Voxengo Soniformer VST 2.1

Voxengo is pleased to introduce the next major version of PC VST plug-in called Soniformer. This plug-in is an innovative mastering tool for DAWs that allows the user to form and reform the sonic structure of any sound material.

Ease Jukebox 1.30
A powerful, multifunction multimedia software, which supports WAV, MP3, OGG and WMA file. Ease Jukebox has 9 main functions: file manager, playlist, CD ripper, audio/data CD writer, recorder, audio converter, audio normalizer, file cut, file combine.
Phelix 1.1.6
New audio-matching program that identifies duplicate and similar-sounding songs by listening to your mp3 files and comparing the audio. Primary use is to free up memory being wasted on duplicates without being limited to data- or name-recognition.
Collectorz.com Euro Converter 1.0
Small but useful utility that allows for quick conversion from Euros to the "old" currencies of Euro-countries, and vice versa. Features: sits in system tray, Always On Top
AudioMagic 2.42.0
Simple and easy to use digital audio recording software. Real-time MP3 recording, auto track-split for songs, auto saving, sound activated recording, loop recording, timer recording, command line option, etc.
WinCIG 2.00
WinCIG CHAOS IMAGE GENERATOR v2.00 <ASP> Win32 application that creates chaos images. Very easy to use because of sophisticated automizations. Many options available for expert users. New: Usability improved!
Transcribe! for Linux 7.30
Transcribe! offers many features to help transcribing music from recordings, including the ability to slow down the music without changing its pitch, and to analyse chords and show you what notes are present.
ARPTON Synthesizer-Arpeggiator-Player 1.1a
All-in-one MIDI musical instrument with Arpeggiator and MIDI / MIDI Karaoke Player. Works with any hardware or software synthesizer installed in your computer. Allows to play piano on PC keyboard with any MIDI file and sing at the same time.
Xingtone 4.0
Create real audio ringtones from your mp3, wav, and CD audio collection.
DiskInternals Recovery for iPod 1.0
Recover lost tunes from iPod MP3 players with a simple to use, iPod-style tool in just five mouse clicks! DiskInternals Recovery for Ipod provides fast and reliable data recovery with PowerSearch technology, and supports all music formats.
Space Synthesizer Mac 2.0.2
The Space Synth is a polyphonic AU instrument plugin, with an ambient sound. It is suitable for ambient music, space music, ambient techno and electronic music in general. The bundle inludes 15 other plugins.
PCVoz 8.0
Your aplications Talk!!!. A very fun and easy to use, but powerful Screen reader application for English and Spanish that use Microsoft Agent technology and the power of voice to allow a totally selfvoiced computer and Internet access.
Audio ToolBox 1.8.0
Audio Toolbox is an audio function generator for the Macintosh. Using no additional hardware, you can produce sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth waveforms of any frequency up to 22 kHz, as well as generate noise - both pink and white.
ReadPlease 2003 1.1
ReadPlease is an all purpose text-to-speech program that can read anything on your screen (as long as it can be copied onto the clipboard). ReadPlease Plus is also compatible with the AT&T Natural Voices speech engine.
Aldo's WAVEdit 1.2
Wave editor that let you merge wave samples, cut/edit wave FX and convert WAVE files created with Pianito-MicroStudio into MP3 files. Enhance your recorded songs producing professional quality wave/mp3 files.
ToneTester 1.0
ToneTester is a Macintosh application that tests hearing. Specifically, it looks for offsets in how each of a person's ears hears pitch (the formal term for this is "binaural diplacusis" or "interaural pitch difference").
MidiNotate Player 1.1.6
See the notes as you listen to your favorite music. Find and download MIDI files from the Internet using the built-in browser, and convert them to accurate sheet music. Sing along or practice your instrument while following the notes on the screen.
Find & Replace 1.0
Find & Replace is a solution to support software that processes Text files or incorporates Template files in their processing. Given a text file, a search string, and a replace string, F&R will make the substitutions and put the results in an output
LyricsGrabber 1.13
Lyricsgrabber is a windows software program designed to find and download the lyrics (song text) of your choice. When using this program you will have access to over a million different lyrics collected from various up to date sources on the internet
Gusto MiniCinema 1.40
All-in-one universal media player, support DivX, QuickTime, RealMedia and Window Media files, small and exquisite. Full Playlist and Full-Screen mode support. You can now play all your media clips in one single player and no matter what type it is!
Digital Ear Real-Time 4.01
Digital Ear Real-Time can analyze a recorded or live solo performance (wav file) (e.g. a singing human voice, or a musical instrument) and convert it to a standard MIDI file. * NEW: Now in Real-Time! *
Virtuosa all-in-one music and movie jukebox ! 5.20
Download Virtuosa, the ultimate all-in-one music and movie software jukebox to rip, import, play, burn, mix, convert, organize, normalize, visualize, print and enjoy music and movies. Burn 1000 tracks on a DVD, convert audio files,... 6 languages !
Space Effect 2.0.2
The Space Effect processes audio, such as drums, guitars, external synthesizers or soft synths.
IBN MOV Converter 2.0.1
IBN MOV Converter is a powerful and splendid tool for MOV to AVI, MOV to MPEG, MOV to WMV, MOV to DVD, MOV to VCD and MOV to SVCD video converter.
All CD Burner 4.2
Acting as a mp3 to cd burner, WMA to MP3, AVI, DIVX, DVD, MP3 to WAV converter.burner and ripper, is a handy tool for you to make audio CD, mp3 CD or make mp3 files with almost all kinds of media files.
SC Free Audio Converter 18.104.22.168
Converts between all audio formats easily from one to another with most possible settings. convert (to and from) WAV PCM, CDA, MP3, WMA, ALF2, ADPCM, GSM, G.726, DSP, ACM, PCM, A-LAW, U-LAW, Ogg Vorbis files and record audio.
4Musics WAV to OGG Converter 3.3
Criline Search and Replace is the program for a search and replacement in the required amount of files with the help of just a few clicks. Criline Search and Replace works equally well with any types of files and support regular expressions.
WebCab Portfolio for Delphi Software 1.0
Delphi Component implementing the Markowitz Theory and CAPM.
ABS AudioRoom CD Recorder and Editor 3.2.9
Records CD quality stereo audio from live performances or any audio source, imports and exports to other file formats (wav, mp3, and ogg vorbis), edits audio tracks, makes audio CDs, and dubs tapes and records to CD.
Voxynth Mac 2.0.2
Voxynth is a synthesizer (AU), which can be used to create vocal sounds or synthetic choirs. In addition, the MIDI synth has a stereo delay and comes with 64 factory patches and a manual (Adobe Acrobat).
WinPopup Speak! 1.0
WinPopup Speak is free add-on for Fomine WinPopup. This application speaks incoming messages that received by Fomine WinPopup.
Mesa Park Audio Editor 1.1
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Portugal's two coalition parties will resume talks with the main opposition Socialists in a bid to agree on a plan to stick to the country's bailout program.
"The fundamental issues were identified with a view to obtain an agreement of national salvation with the maximum brevity," the opposition Socialists and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's Social Democratic Party said in separate statements e-mailed late yesterday after the parties met. The smaller conservative CDS is the second coalition party.
Talks began on July 14, when the parties discussed "work methodology" and gave themselves one week to reach an accord. The Social Democratic delegation is led by Jorge Moreira da Silva, while the Socialist Party's team is led by Alberto Martins. Pedro Mota Soares heads the CDS group. David Justino, an adviser to President Anibal Cavaco Silva, also attended the meeting as an "observer," the parties said.
The president, who has the power to dissolve parliament, called on the three parties on July 10 to reach an agreement that will allow Portugal to complete its aid program through June 2014 and set early elections to take place after that date. He also urged them to ensure debt will be sustainable with a new government after the European Union-led bailout ends.
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Portugal's 10-year bond yield fell 11 basis points to 7.18 percent at 12:34 p.m. in London, up from 6.39 percent on July 1, the day before a rift in the coalition emerged. The yield breached a seven-month high of more than 8 percent on July 3. The country pays 3.2 percent on its bailout loans.
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The two coalition parties settled a split over budget policy on July 6 with Passos Coelho offering CDS leader and foreign minister Paulo Portas the post of vice premier and control over economic policy. While ruling out early elections right away, the president didn't endorse the new coalition agreement between Passos Coelho and CDS, opting to call for a broader pact also involving the Socialists.
The eighth and ninth review of Portugal's progress on meeting the terms of the 78 billion-euro ($102 billion) aid program will both now take place at the end of August or the start of September due to the "political situation," the Finance Ministry said on July 11. The ministry had said the eighth review was due to start on July 15.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 21.0187 Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Date: April 27, 2010 10:13:48 PM EDT
Subject: Query: Jaques
Greetings. I am currently part of a production of As You Like It. The director has suggested that perhaps Jaques is Duke Senior's younger brother. This would help explain why Jaques is permitted to speak with such candor to the Duke (besides the fact that everyone is in Arden, where many transgressions are permitted).
Having two groups of three brothers has a certain appealing symmetry as well.
Are there reasons against this interpretation?
While the matter won't be announced to the audience, it does bear on the actors' choices. Any insight are welcome.
Noel Sloboda
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Rainy and Colder: Alan's Weather Blog
High temperatures yesterday reached the 50s, but not really until closing in on midnight.
There's been an inch or two of rain already, and there will be a bit more, at times, this morning with some of the pockets of heavy rain in Central and North Jersey, especially.
It'll be turning gradually colder today with occasional rain. Temperatures will fall through the 40s much later today.
There's the chance of a bit of wet snow or flurries early this evening until 6 or 7 p.m., then becoming clear and cold overnight with lows in the mid 20s to low 30s.
Thanksgiving Day for traditional high school football games in the morning will be quite cold. Temperatures will be no better than the upper 20s and low 30s when game-time kickoff happens at 10:30 or 11 a.m., and just in the 30s for highs tomorrow afternoon.
It'll be no worse than partly sunny with a brisk wind that'll make it feel colder.
Black Friday looks fine, but still chilly. It'll be partly sunny with high temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s.
Saturday looks okay with some sun and arriving clouds.
There may be some small issues for Sunday, but not a big deal; at least, at the present time.


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Rising numbers of flights and aircrafts cause increasing aircraft noise, resulting in the development of various approaches to change this trend. One approach is the application of metallic liners in the hot gas path of aero-engines. At temperatures of up to 600 °C only metallic or ceramic structures can be used. Due to fatigue loading and the notch effect of the pores, mechanical properties of porous metals are superior to the ones of ceramic structures. Consequently, cellular metals like metallic foams, sintered metals, or sintered metal felts are most promising materials. However, acoustic absorption depends highly on pore morphology and porosity. Therefore, both parameters must be characterized precisely to analyze the correlation between morphology and noise reduction performance. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between pore morphology and acoustic absorption performance. The absorber materials are characterized using image processing based on two dimensional microscopy images. The sound absorption properties are measured using an impedance tube. Finally, the correlation of acoustic behavior, pore morphology, and porosity is outlined.
Due to increasing traffic, many people are exposed to significant noise loads causing insomnia and other reactions, which impair health and productivity [
The characterization of the different cellular metals, see
Three steps of image pre-processing for the line segmenting method on MF-50. (
Microstructure ellipses based on five different images of MF-50.
Analyzed porous materials with properties shown in
Material properties of metal foams (MF), sintered flakes (SF), sintered spheres (SS) sintered fiber felts (SFF).
|Cell/pore size *
|Average pore size
|Haynes Alloy 230
|121 ± 9 µm
|450 ± 45 µm
|380 ± 19 ** µm
|580 ± 60 µm
|445 ± 18 ** µm
|800 ± 80 µm
|538 ± 58 ** µm
|1200 ± 120 µm
|656 ± 59 ** µm
|Hastelloy X
|1.4~8 µm
|8.6 ± 1.2 µm
|Hastelloy X
|12~25 µm
|22 ± 2 µm
|Hastelloy X
|24~117 µm
|113 ± 13 µm
|8~21 µm
|25 ± 2 µm
|37~175 µm
|80 ± 12 µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|60 *%
|3~10 µm
|6.7 * µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|77 *%
|13~26 µm
|18 * µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|80 *%
|22~52 µm
|29 * µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|68 *%
|33~98 µm
|51 * µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|84 *%
|38~112 µm
|99 ± 8 µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|337 ± 83 µm
|Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)
|386 ± 14 µm
* information of producer; ** values slightly influenced by hollow struts.
In an impedance tube, a noise generator emits a plane wave. The angle of incidence between the surface of the absorber material and the direction of the sound wave is 90°. Behind the absorber is a sonically hard wall, which reflects the sound waves. Two microphones measure the sound pressure of incident (
The sound pressure levels at the microphone positions x1 and x2 are defined as:
The microphone spacing (
Solving these equations gives the factor of reflection
In this study, frequencies between 1 kHz and 7.5 kHz were analyzed. All samples were machined to fit precisely into the tube to avoid small gaps between sample and tube. Additionally, the tube was greased to avoid sample movement. The measurements were performed on single samples and sample stacks in front of an acoustic hard wall to analyze the influence of the absorber thickness, see
Acoustic absorption of porous materials (detailed description of material properties in
All conducted measurements show poor absorption of low frequencies, supporting results of previous studies on passive absorbers [
One approach to reduce noise of aero-engines is the application of liners in the core-engine. Due to temperatures of up to 600 °C and the mechanical load, only metallic materials like metal foams, sintered metals or sintered fiber felts can be used. Acoustic absorption can only be reached if sound waves can couple into the absorber. To reduce reflection of sound waves from the absorber surface, the porosity of absorbers should be high, here 80% to 95%. For the analyzed frequency range, a minimum pore size of around 50 µm is needed. To reach similar sound absorption levels with material containing bigger pores, thicker absorber is needed. Consequently, metal foams or sintered metal fiber felts with pore sizes above 50 µm are the most suitable materials, since the porosity of sintered metals is too low. Note, that all tests were performed at room temperature.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
The authors would like to thank Alantum Europe GmbH and GKN sinter metals for providing sample materials. Financial support by the German federal state of Lower Saxony of the research program "Bürgernahes Flugzeug" is greatly appreciated.


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