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Earlier this month Al Jazeera America reported that some of the band's songs were part of an "enhanced interrogation technique" in 2002.
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Amare Stoudemire has always been an extremely hard worker. The only true knock on him has been his inability, through no fault of his own, to stay healthy. After a resurgent season with the New York Knicks he now is working on reclaiming his status as an NBA All-Star.
Since entering the league in the 2002 NBA Draft, Amare Stoudemire has been an All-Star six times. However, his last appearance was in 2011. That's something he'd like to change. Stoudemire's new goal is to reclaim his All-Star status.
Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPNNewYork reports that Stoudemire's goal is to regain his All-Star form.
"My goal next year is to have an All-Star-caliber year to get back in the All-Star Game," Stoudemire said recently on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike." "And then be a great team player for my teammates in addition to contending for a championship."
Stoudemire played 65 games last season. He averaging 11.9 points and 4.9 rebounds on the season but was frustrated with his minutes restrictions.
However, he was able to come on strong toward the end of the season and ended up averaging 16.9 points and 6.6 rebounds in March.
It will be interesting to see if Derek Fisher decides to take Mike Woodson's cautious approach with Stoudemire or allow him to play regularly from the beginning of the season. If Stoudemire's body can hold up to the torture of a full NBA season he would greatly strengthen the Knicks team. He would fit very nicely as a center in the triangle offense.
The good thing is that Stoudemire ended the season feeling good. That should allow him to work on his game instead of his body in the off-season. With his healthy history the team should still be cautious but they should be more optimistic for him heading into next season.
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Jobs and Internships
Did you know? According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Job Outlook 2015 Report:
- 72.5% of employers prefer to hire candidates with relevant work experience
- 60% of employers prefer internships/co-ops as the means to gaining work experience
The point is, you need to get work experience while in college! And we're here to help.
Make an appointment with a career counselor by calling 559.278.2381 or browse the following resources for ideas on how to secure part-time, full-time, internship, or on-campus opportunities.
On-Campus Jobs
Regularly check our online job database, HireFresnoState, for on-campus positions.
For additional part-time student job postings, visit the Fresno State Auxiliary Services website.
Internships are a way for you to connect your academic experience with the professional world. They help you develop your skills, gain exposure to work environments, and make you competitive in the job market.
What are some strategies for locating an internship?
- Registering online on HireFresnoState and searching under "Paid internship" or through the On-Campus Interviewing Program.
- Contacting the faculty internship coordinator in your department for information on internship procedures and verifying requirements for arranging class credit. If you don't have an internship coordinator, try contacting your major advising center.
- Identifying and researching organizations where you may have an interest in applying. Check out websites of organizations where you might like to intern/work.
- Attending career fairs held each fall and the "Career & Internship Expo" held each spring.
- Taking full advantage of workshops offered by the Career Development Center on interviewing and resume writing.
- Networking by speaking with every resource available to you including family, friends, alumni, professors and members of professional organizations.
- Joining a Fresno State student club or organization which will help provide excellent opportunities to develop leadership skills, network with professional guest speakers and provide community service.
- Searching online through "Find Volunteer Opportunities" on HandsOn Central California, which offers a database of volunteer opportunities throughout Fresno County.
Internship web resources:
- A Guide to Internships
- CSU Entertainment Industry Initiative
- Environmental Careers Organization Paid Internships
- Experience.com
- Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities National Internship Program
- Institute for Experiential Learning in Washington, DC
- InternMatch Internships
- InternshipPrograms.com
- Internships.com
- The Internsource: Internships for California College Students
- Internweb.com
- Job-Hunt.org
- Live, Learn and Intern in Washington, DC
- Pathways for Students & Recent Graduates to Federal Careers
- Rising Star Internship Database
- Student Conservation Association
- The Washington, DC Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
List of Employers by Industry
Click on your field of interest below to view a list of employers in California powered by Buzzfile.com. You can filter your results by city or zip code, and also explore employers in other states.
Full-Time Job Search
Top Tips for the Full-Time Job Search:
- Call 278-2381 to make an appointment with a career counselor as soon as possible. Even if you do not have a specific idea of what you want, talking to a professional will help you to find a direction
- Start EARLY – the average job search takes MONTHS, so you should not wait until after commencement
to start searching
Prepare a resume NOW – get it ready so it will be ready when an opportunity arises
- Take advantage of On-Campus Recruiting and Career Fairs to connect with employers
- Utilize our job search websites and resources
- Discuss your goals with friends, family, mentors, faculty, and staff. The more people who know what you are looking for, the more people scouting opportunities for you.
- Personalize your job search as much as possible. Sending out generic resumes to every posting on CareerBuilder will not yield results. However, targeting your cover letter and resume to specific postings will help your application materials to stand out.
- Be persistent! A job will not fall into your lap (although that would be nice). You need to create your own opportunity by utilizing your resources and spending serious time on your search.
The job search is not easy. It takes time and devotion. Treat it like you do a class and allocate time to it each week. The Career Development Center is also here to help, so please take advantage of our resources and knowledge about the world of work and the job search. Your Fresno State education has armed you with the tools needed to succeed. We are happy to help you find your niche post college!
Volunteer Opportunities
- Community Service Scholarship Program – Volunteer 150 hours with participating non-profit agencies, earn 3 units of credit and a $1500 scholarship upon completion of hours. Click here to review current positions.
- Jan & Bud Richter Center for Civic Engagement and Service-Learning – Provides students with quality volunteer experiences that cultivate a lifelong service-ethic which will stimulate and enhance the educational experience at all levels including earning credit.
On-Campus Interviewing Program
Twice a year, in the fall and spring semesters, employers primarily from business, industry and government visit our campus to interview Fresno State students, and alumni for internships and full time entry level career positions.
HireFresnoState is your web-based on-campus interview system. This system includes registration, resume submission and interview sign-ups.
Non-Profit Job Search
In order for you to get a job in the non-profit sector, you have to understand the purpose of the organization, believe in the cause at hand, and show a past record of skills and volunteerism that illustrate you as a good fit for a particular organization. The information below should help you understand the non-profit organization as well as how you can gain volunteer and work experience to help you in your full-time search.
What is a Non-Profit Organization?
- Defined by Tax status
- 501(c)(3)…plus 25 other 501(c) categorizations
- 501(d), (e), (f), 521, and 527 categorizations
- And Defined By What It's Not
- Non-profit
- Non-government
- Fills gap between government and for-profit
- Does "good" or addresses an issue
Types of organizations:
- Direct service organizations
- Charities
- Foundations
- Professional associations
- Religious organizations
- Academic institutions
- Health-related organizations
Nonprofit Human Resources
- For organizations with fewer than 50 people on staff, HR is usually handled by the Executive Director or Office Manager.
- Usually 1 fulltime HR person for an organization with over 50 people on staff.
- Often only 1 fulltime HR staff person until an organization grows to at least 300 people.
- The majority of organizations do not have a recruitment budget.
Nonprofit recruitment
They utilize the following channels:
- Word of mouth (99%)
- Current employee referrals (93%)
- Local newspapers (80%)
- Postings on others' websites (73%)
- Recruitment from recent interns (67%)
- Postings on organization's own site (64%)
Important Point: You need to get involved and network!
*Data from a 2006 Idealist.org survey of over 300 nonprofit HR staff
On Campus Opportunities
- Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning – Holds Volunteer Fairs at the beginning of each semester with local non-profit organizations
- Various student organizations on campus have volunteer opportunities - Student Involvement
Search for Job and Volunteer Opportunities Locally
- www.simplyhired.com (Search jobs by zip code)
- www.handsoncentralcal.org (Search volunteer opportunities by zip code)
- www.volunteermatch.org (Search volunteer opportunities by zip code)
Search for Job and Volunteer Opportunities Nationally
- www.idealist.org - Click here for a guide to resources put together by Idealist.org.
- www.opportunityknocks.org
- www.cgcareers.org
- www.philanthropy.com/jobs
- www.nonprofitcareer.com
- www.nonprofitjobmarket.org
- www.nonprofitoyster.com
- www.work4agoodcause.com
If you know you want to "do good", but don't know what exactly you want to do, try the "Career Tracks" Exercise below:
Download, photocopy, or cut out/copy & paste at least 50 job postings that when you see them you think:
- Yeah, I've always wanted to do that.
- Huh, that sounds interesting but I'm not sure why…
Once you've collected at least 50 postings:
- Look for patterns or common themes
- Create at least 1 (no more than 5) potential career tracks
Assess your end goals (ideal positions, career paths)
- Take stock of your qualifications
- Work backwards to your build skills and experiences accordingly
Career Tracks exercise created by David Schachter, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Considerations for Resume & Cover Letter
- Make sure to include your volunteer experience
- Any additional skills and training you have that would make you a utility player (languages, computer programs, etc.)
- Show how you are a MATCH for their organization's values AND functions
- Show you have exhibited passion and dedication
Job Search Websites & Resources
Fresno State Career Development Center Job Board
- HireFresnoState is a job and internship database on which students can search for career positions, internships, part-time positions, and on-campus opportunities as well as sign-up for employer visits, information sessions, and on-campus recruitment.
Metasearch Engines
- Simply Hired - This site acts as a meta search engine as it searches other job search sites and company websites and brings the results onto one search page.
- Indeed - This site overlaps slightly with SimplyHired.com, but finds opportunities not listed by the Simply Hired search engine. Checking both sites is advised.
- Glassdoor - This site is the world's largest career community site, a bit like "TripAdvisor" for work. They have hundreds of open jobs, detailed company reviews, salary data, and real interview questions shared by employees at just about any company.
Federal & State Government Job Search Sites
- Federal Job Opportunities
- Student Employment Opportunities
- Federal Jobs by College Major (PDF)
- Best Places to Work in Federal Government
- Careers in California Government - Use this site to search for state jobs. Use the advanced search function and you are able to type in "Fresno" as a location
- Caltrans
- California Employment Development Department
- State of California Department of Water Resources
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Central Valley County & City Sites
- The Workforce Connection
- Careers in the Valley
- Central Valley Jobs
- The Central Valley After School Foundation
- Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission
- City of Clovis
- City of Fresno
- City of Madera
- City of Visalia
- County of Madera
- County of Fresno
- County of Kings
- County of Merced
- County of Tulare
Other Fresno Area Sites
- California State University, Fresno
- California State University, Fresno Auxiliary Corporations
- Clovis Unified School District
- Community Medical Centers
- Fresno Unified School District
- Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin Valley, Inc.
- Kaiser Permanente
- Madera Community Hospital
- Mercy Hospital (Merced)
- Saint Agnes Medical Center
- State Center Community College District
Fraudulent Job Postings
Fresno State through our on-line job board, HireFresnoState, posts hundreds of great
opportunities for our students. Despite our monitoring of incoming postings, there
are occasional fraudulent postings. It is important as a job seeker that students
carefully review job postings listed on HireFresnoState for signs of potential fraud.
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Summer is calling our name! Which means that we can abandon our pants and long sleeves for some cute flowy summer dresses. This season, white still stays strong, and white flowy dresses are the perfect item to try out. White dresses not only give you a fresh look, but the actual flowy dress is what makes the whole outfit so perfect for summer. Flowy dresses are feminine, very comfortable and easy to style.
What I like about this trend is that it's very functional and easy to wear. You can easily go from the beach to a BBQ at your friend's house. From having brunch with your friends or to a nice dinner at your boyfriend's house. With this trend you can go wherever you want and not think about other options to wear except retouching your makeup.
This gorgeous Fashionista looked adorable in her white flowy dress from Forever 21. She simply wore a cute tribal kimono with her basic accessories. Her style was very comfy and chic with a boho air to it. She was looking great from head to toe. Her hair was very beachy looking with natural waves, and she wore brown sunglasses that made a soft summer contrast to her look immediately. You can also check out some cute summer dresses from Abercrombie & Fitch and Zara to prepare yourself for this amazing season.
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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
[Identification of item], Diya Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Diya Records were received by the University Archives as transfers in 2001 and 2006.
Processed by Emily Glenn, January 2003 and Kimberly Sims in June 2006
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, June 2006
Accessions A2001-27 and UA2006-0026 are described in this finding aid.
From Diya's web site: http://www.duke.edu/web/diya/about.html
Diya, founded in 1986, is Duke University's largest South Asian-American student organization. The group strives to provide a forum for interaction among those interested in South Asian heritage and South Asian-American culture. Diya promotes the sharing of these cultures with the Duke community and represents South Asian and South Asian-American interests to the campus at large. One of the ways Diya seeks to increase university-wide exposure beyond the scope of the South Asian community is through cultural programming. The most important of Diya's cultural events is AWAAZ, which takes place around, Diwali, the Festival of Lights in India. Some of Diya's other programming include South Asia Week, Holi Celebration, community service projects, discussions, teach-ins, and mixers with other South Asian student groups in North Carolina.
Diya is part of Spectrum, a unifying organization at Duke University for historically under-represented groups. Other South Asian student groups on-campus are AID India and the Hindu Students Council.
Contains printed e-mail correspondence, election information, fliers, agendas, minutes, newsletters, a budget, event reports, and constitution pertaining to Diya, the South Asian-American Association of Duke University, as well as scrapbooks, photo albums, photographs, negatives, VHS cassette video recordings, CD-RW, and CD-R sound recordings from 1992 to 2006.


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Global Engineering Program (GEP)
The Global Engineering Program (GEP) at Purdue University offers an integrated vision of engineering through leadership in global learning, discovery and engagement. GEP is focused on building a sustainable global presence, founded upon Purdue College of Engineering's recognized excellence in cutting-edge research, the goal of providing every student with global learning opportunities and offering the Purdue community at large new opportunities for interaction with the international community. GEP recognizes that preeminence in global engineering derives through engagement of the international community, through programs that ensure presence and leadership where it is needed the most. GEP strives to work with all schools and programs within the College of Engineering and with appropriate schools and programs across campus, to facilitate the development of comprehensive global opportunities for faculty, students and interested community.
GEP is committed to improving the competency and livelihood of the engineering, academic and business communities in Indiana, the U.S. and the world. GEP seeks out and develops opportunities to strengthen the college's signature as a global engineering hub for strategic research in targeted geographic areas, particularly in those research areas that address and meet global engineering grand challenges of the 21st century and beyond. These global partnerships enable GEP to offer enhanced educational initiatives and research opportunities that will empower the Purdue Engineering community for global impact as scientists, students and leaders in business and industry. Recently, strategic research opportunities were identified or redefined throughout Africa, in Latin America, China and India —- all regions facing growing humanitarian and environmental grand challenges, emerging economic development and infrastructure expansion. The global learning portfolio includes opportunities for research and learning experiences, entrepreneurial development, participation in international conferences and more.
Within Indiana and the United States, domestic partnerships that will enable strong teams and new business relationships are a priority for GEP and the college. GEP's commitment to engagement is reflected in its activities in developing opportunities acrossEurope, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. As the program moves forward, the tools for evaluating potential and outcomes of all activities also are under development and will be a valuable aid in evaluating the impact of the global experiences of students and faculty as Engineering works to realize the Engineer 2020 initiative.
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Hello, sometimes this does tend to happen You can either do the Recovery Process again and make sure you boot from the recovery disc, or you can get a copy from anyone that has a Windows XP Disc or a Dell WIndows XP Disc and follow these instructions to fix this...
Please do this to fix it...
1) Turn on the computer
2) Start tapping/pressing F12 to get Boot Menu Options
3) Insert Windows Disc
4) Select DVD/CD-ROM drives and press enter
5) Press any key to start the installation
Windows XP users
1) Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.2) When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.3) Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.4) Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.5) You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password, if none was set, then just press enter to bypass it.6) Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.
copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.
Thanks! Try the F12 key again for me. Make sure you time it just right...
1) Laptop should be OFF2) After 1 minute, turn ON the laptop and.....
press F12, F12, F12, F12, (wait 5 seconds) and repeat F12, F12, F12, F12, ...........
IBM Recovery Disc Instructions
Same rules applies. F12 should get you on the Boot Menu to select what you would like to use, of F2 to get inside your BIOS and change it to make it boot from your CD first. Here are the instructions for that to make the changes in your BIOS.
Yes, if it is XP then I dont see why not. Try it out and see...
Yes that is correct. I'm not sure why its doing this so I will opt out for now, and open this question back up to all experts to review this matter maybe were missing something here. If I think of anything else, I will post back.
Good Luck!
Yes, it should be, format means its erasing the hard drive before it re-install windows and it drivers etc... So that does sound correct.
Sound great, hopefully this will take.
That is correct. You are to click Accept but only 1 time and thats it. You can ask me as many questions as you like and only get charged 1 time.
You should be able to change the drive letter of the drives....
You should be ok even though it is setup like that, I dont see any reason why it would go anywhere else.
Your Welcome! Dont forget to click accept and you can still post here afterwards.
No, your internet should be working, if not check to make sure your drivers are installed.
1) Click Start2) Right-Click My Computer3) Click Properties4) Click Hardware Tab5) Click Device Manager
Do you see anything here with a yellow ! or ? symbol by it? Anything that looks to be not installed or does everything have a + by it?
Yes, and your done.
What is the model of your pc?
Example: IBM Thinkpad T61p
No, as the drivers are not the same..
Ethernet (Internet Driver)
1) Click Broadcom BCM57xx NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet drivers and software
2) Save/Download
3) Run/Install
4) Restart Computer/Test It
Exactly, unless you have a flash drive... :)
No it will not, Simply download the file just like you would anything else, then right-click and copy it and right-click and paste it on your flash drive unless you plan to burn it on a cd.
That means something went wrong during the download process so you will need to redo it.
All you do is double click on that file to open/extract and then run the setup file that you are given.
Use the instructions from the Lenovo Site.
Downloading the package=======================1. Click the file link to download the file from the Web page.2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the downloaded file.Extracting the package======================1. Click Start, select Find or Search, then click Files and folders.2. Type q3etn14us13.exe in the search field, then click Find Now. This will locate the file you just downloaded.3. Double-click the q3etn14us13.exe icon.4. Click Next. Read the license agreement.5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement.6. Click Next.7. Ensure that "Save files in folder" is set to C:\SWTOOLS\drivers\ethernet\Q3ETN14US13.8. Click Next. If you see a prompt saying "Unable to create the specified output folder!", click OK, then click Next.9. Click Finish.Installing the package======================Detailed installation notes are available by opening the index.htmfile in the following directory:C:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERS\ethernet\Q3ETN14US13\Manuals\English
There should be a setup file in there to run.
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I will give you the link to all the divers from the Lenovo Website. Make sure you download and install the ones you need...
1) Audio - ADI SoundMAX audio driver for Windows XP2) Communication3) Core Chipset - IMPORTANT4) Modem - 56k data/fax modem driver for Windows XP and 2000 - ThinkCentre, ThinkStation5) Networking - 56k data/fax modem driver for Windows XP and 2000 - ThinkCentre, ThinkStation6) Video - NVIDIA video driver for Windows 2000 and XP - 3000 J100, J115 / ThinkCentre A53, A55, A60, M55e (UNLESS YOU HAD ATI) but most likely it was NVIDIA
Please download and extract/install those 1 by 1. Then restart the computer each time, then check your Device Manager and there should be "NO" Yellow Marks there anymore. If there is, tell me exactly where you see it (like under unknown devices, etc) and what it says it is called...
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Download Software and Drivers (Left-Hand Side) and your model should be 3000 J115 (7387-26U)....
If you have trouble with doing that, your best to call IBM/Lenovo to get the proper place for your drivers to make sure you get the right thing you need or it will not work right.
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TribeCon 2011 - Unplugged
Friday, October 28, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
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TribeCon 3 - Unplugged - creative inspiration from analog pursuits
This year the community conference goes unplugged, we're stepping away from Facebook feeds, Twitter streams and the blogosphere. Be inspired by the creative process of the best people in culinary, music, art and drink and make New Orleans' culture your muse. It is sure to be the most unique conference you've ever experienced.
We hold it in conjunction with the Voodoo Experience onstage in City Park in New Orleans. Combine a tech/social-media conference with Voodoo Experience and Halloween weekend in New Orleans and you have the makings of an unforgettable time.
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I don't see by what right people should be allowed to order living people how to dispose of their stuff after they're beyond caring. I think people should be allowed to make generous gifts while they're still alive, without gift tax. (Though I think the recipients of those gifts should have to pay income tax on it; I don't understand why we'd want to tax income people get by working, but not income people get by being born. Being born is about the most tax-inelastic thing you can think of.) But once people are dead, then I can make a pretty compelling case that in a modern economy where extended families are not a major economic unit, there's little justice case for inheritance.
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Now you see it. Now you don't.
Instant churches (it's mostly churches) are popping up in public schools every weekend and vanishing within hours of the benediction. I wrote about the trend in today's cover story and co-worker Natalie DiBlasio found several examples of convenience -- and conflicts -- that come with the instant church phenomenon.
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While most schools, mindful of constitutional restrictions on the entanglement of church and state, take a strictly hand's off approach. The pop-up prayer sessions can do nothing permanent to the facilities and in most places may not advertise their presence to the general public.
But Linda Streeter, director of community education for the Dysart Unified School District in Phoenix suburb of Surprise, Ariz., one of the nation's fastest growing districts, allows religious groups to advertise their locale with prior approval and lets them set up a portable baptistery on the lawn.
Pastor Jesse Eisenhart of the 5-year-old True North Church, currently meeting in a middle school gym in Mantua, N.J., says the space has allowed their congregation to double from 250 to 500 worshipers. He says they have met the decor challenges with "creativity," but they also spent $1,000 to install ceiling motors to raise and lower sound speakers -- a permanent installation permitted because it benefits the school.
That's not allowed in New York City, where the board made one school take down a satellite dish it installed without permission.
Rev. Michael Prewitt, now serving as pastor of Calvin Presbyterian Church in Cumberland, R.I., tells DiBlasio about years of church-in-school experiences that he said, "make you feel like a missionary in your own back yard in America" and really bound volunteers to a sense of community.
Still, it could be funny at times. Prewitt says,
We got accused one time of not erasing the wipe-board well enough and leaving 'faint spiritual messages' so that has become a joke among us. Maybe we didn't erase the word Jesus quite enough.
Would it worry you -- or delight you -- if your child came to school and found Jesus' name faintly inscribed on the blackboard? Do you worship in an "instant church" at a school setting?
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During this fall camp, Jalen Collins made plays that would make any defensive back proud.
Maybe he deflected a pass, got an interception or made a touchdown-saving tackle.
Either way, the LSU cornerback always thought the same: "Wow, I don't know what happened last year."
"Looking back on last year and looking now," Collins said, "I could have been doing this all of the time. Just didn't have my mind right."
Collins calls last season his sophomore slump. He followed an impressive redshirt freshman season in 2012 with a disappointing struggle in 2013.
What happened? He lost his starting spot to a true freshman and slipped so far down the depth chart that another rookie surpassed him.
By the end of the season, LSU's secondary was the worst on the team when it comes to depth. Even defensive coordinator John Chavis said, "We had to really dig deep."
They stopped digging at Collins, though. He rarely saw the field.
Already, that's changing.
Collins has spent much, if not all, of preseason practice with the starting group opposite cornerback Tre'Davious White, the guy who stole his starting spot a year ago.
As No. 13 LSU heads into the season opener against No. 14 Wisconsin, Collins appears poised to play a substantial amount of snaps – if not start – in the highly anticipated game in Houston.
He proved enough in these last four weeks.
"He's a guy who's playing with a chip on his shoulder," receiver Travin Dural said. "He had two freshmen come in and take his job."
Expected starter Rashard Robinson has been running with the second-string group, and his situation seems murky. Asked specifically about Robinson starting Wednesday, Miles answered with two sentences: "Rashard Robinson practiced today. Everything's good."
For Collins, this is an opportunity he's been craving, but one he knows can disappear quickly.
"It's always an honor to be out there with the 1s," he said. "It's always a little more motivation from last year just because, you know, because you're running with the ones doesn't always mean you'll always be there."
He's returned there by refocusing himself, Collins said.
To understand that, one must understand Collins. He's never absent of a smile. Even when discussing the lows of 2013, Collins has a sweeping grin.
He's happy go lucky. He's a jokester. He's an affable character who's never too serious.
That was part of the problem last year, he said. His focus on each play waned through the game.
"It's tough, but you just have to remember what you're out there for," he said. "You're not out there to say, 'OK, I did good these couple of plays. Now I get to chill.' I got to go hard every play for my team."
It's been happening at least in practice, players say.
White used the word "great" three times in one sentence to describe Collins' fall camp.
Dural notices a more serious tone. Collins isn't goofing off half of the time at practice. He's no more a distraction to himself and his teammates.
"He's focused the whole two, three hours. He's not joking around. He's trying to make plays," Dural said. "When he slips up, he takes it out on himself pretty hard."
There's a reason for this: Last season.
Collins began the year starting opposite Jalen Mills. He was another young defensive back poised to justify LSU's nickname of "DBU."
After all, he played in every game in 2012, was second on the squad in pass breakups (8) and had 30 tackles and two interceptions.
He didn't equal any of those stats last season. Collins lost his starting job after the second week. When LSU moved Mills to safety late in the year, Robinson took the cornerback spot opposite White.
"That was tough being taken out," he said.
He's over last season now – "Definitely past it," he said – and is looking forward to what at least one player on the team thinks could be a pro career.
Rated as one of the top 30 cornerbacks exiting Olive Branch High in Mississippi, Collins has an unusually large build for a defensive back. He's 6-2, and 200-plus pounds.
The future's bright – if the focus is right.
"You don't see too many 6-2, 205 pound cornerbacks who can run," linebacker Lamar Louis said. "He had a good freshman season. Sophomore (had) some bumps. We go through that. I even went through that. I see him having one of those breakout seasons. I see him being drafted pretty high whenever he makes that decision."
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What Adolescents Are Using
By a wide margin, teenagers abuse alcohol more than any other substance. It is legal and widely available. Nationwide, teens with alcohol dependency are the majority of adolescents admitted for treatment. Each year, the federal government conducts a survey to determine Americans' patterns of using alcohol and other drugs. This survey, the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), provides vital information on a wide array of topics. The survey showed that in 2005, the illicit substances that 12- to-17-year olds reported that they had used the most were, in this order:
- marijuana
- prescription drugs including stimulants, tranquilizers, sedatives, and pain relievers such as OxyContin and Vicodin
- inhalants
Among adolescents, marijuana use is second only to alcohol use. Many people believe that marijuana is harmless. They're wrong.


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Relationship -- Webster's Dictionary
1. the state or character of being related or interrelated: CONNECTION.
2. KINSHIP; a specific instance or type of kinship.
3. a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings
Webster uses such words as "connection" and "kinship" to define relationships. Think about the relationships in your life. Do you feel a sense of connection and kinship with your friends, siblings, parents, children, mentors, or romantic partner? It is these connections that bring us joy, energy, and love. Through these connections we can also experience anger, jealousy, and resentment. No, relationships aren't always easy and conflict will develop. The future of our relationships is determined by how we work through these conflicts.
Are You Ready For A Relationship?
- Are you still in love with an ex-partner?
- Are you still carrying resentment/rage toward an ex-partner?
- Do you feel spiritually empty?
- Do you dislike the person you are?
- Do you feel you have nothing valuable to offer a partner?
- Do you have addictions you're not dealing with?
- Do you feel so lonely and desperate that you're totally miserable without a relationship?
- Do you feel no one would want to be in a relationship with you?
- Do you find it difficult to feel any emotion?
- Are you unwilling to talk about your feelings with others?
Stages of a Relationship
- Attraction: You are attracted to a person for some reason and want to know her/him better. It could be someone who "looks good" to you; someone you've talked to a few times; someone who appeals to you emotionally or for some other, unexplainable reason.
- The first step: You take the risk of suggesting you do something together- have coffee, go to a lecture or concert together, etc.
- Getting to know one another: You start spending more time together. If it's working so far, you both risk being more vulnerable by disclosing things about yourselves to each other. This stage tests the relationship and builds (or ends) feelings of trust in one another.
- Conflict: Sooner or later, differences arise. It may not seem like it at the time, but conflict is an opportunity. The relationship can stop and stay at this level, die, or grow deeper. The opportunity is that you have a chance to share fully and honestly the conflict you are feeling.
- Working it out: If you resolve the conflict, the relationship grows stronger.
You realize you can get through the rough spots. You develop a deeper sense of trust and confidence in each other. If you don't resolve the conflict, the relationship might end, or the conflict will just remain as a "sticking point."
- Deepening the relationship: If the conflict is resolved, the relationship moves to deeper levels of caring. You have increased trust, affection, delight and pleasure in each other's company.
These stages are common to relationships: those between good friends, siblings, parents and children, students and mentors, and intimate couples. Each stage will be repeated over and over during the relationship. Each stage can be a decision point: Do you continue this relationship or end it? Each time you choose to work through the stages in a positive way, the relationship deepens and the commitment between you is strengthened.
Do's and Don'ts of Relationships
- Begin your statements with "you should", "you ought to", "you always' or "you never"
- Re-fight old arguments or re-live old hurts
- Do everything together
- Demand change
- Call names, use sarcasm, make accusations
- Even when the source of pain seems clearly to be your partner's behavior, try to get in touch with what is going on inside you
- Listen carefully and non-judgmentally to what your partner is saying/feeling
- Make positive suggestions in specific terms about what you'd like to be different in your relationship with your partner
- Practice assessing where your relationship is frequently
Daily temperature reading
- Appreciation: Take turns expressing appreciation for something your partner has done.
- New information: Tell your partner something which lets him/her in on your mood, your experiences, your life.
- Puzzles: Take turns asking each other something you don't understand (either about your own behavior or that of your partner) that your partner might be able to explain.
- Complaint with request for change: Without placing blame or being judgmental, cite a specific behavior that bothers you and state the behavior you would like instead.
- Hopes: Share with your partner what your dreams/hopes are, especially those which involve both of you.
Relationship Warning Signs & Successful Relationship Keys
In this relationship am I:
1. Disregarding my own intentions?
2. Overlooking behavior that deeply hurts me?
3. Covering up behavior I despise?
4. Appearing cheerful when I'm hurt or angry?
5. Allowing my standards or values to be compromised?
6. Assuming responsibility for all the problems in our relationship?
7. Believing I have no option but to stay?
8. Experiencing a deepening sense of loneliness or disconnectedness?
9. Considering a relationship (or already have begun) with someone else?
10. Becoming critical of everything regarding my partner?
Successful Relationship Keys
NOT: I've been unhappy up until now, and I expect you to change all that.
INSTEAD: I am a worthwhile person, capable of and deserving of a loving relationship with someone. I'd like that to be you, but if not you, I'm worthwhile enough to be loved by lots of people.
I am the most important factor in any relationship I am involved in. Acknowledging this fact is an important first step on my journey to a happy love relationship. I am a valuable human being, but I can be even more valuable than I am now, especially to myself. If I love me, understand me, and am really honest with myself then full sharing relationships will come naturally. They may take a little longer to develop but they are likely to be relationships worth waiting for.
Steps for Building Loving Relationships into your Daily Routine
- Hug someone important to you.
- Do something thoughtful for someone give of yourself in ways other than gifts.
- Listen to them.
- Follow through on your promises
- Ask for help when you feel overloaded; then accept that help without criticizing their performance.
- Make an active choice to let someone else have his/her way when you disagree.
- Tell someone you care about them.
- Allow someone to use a personal belonging that you value.
- Believe that others will do what they tell you.
- Set aside some time for quiet talk.
- Share some of your secrets, even when that's risky.
- Try to reduce the frequency of judgmental thoughts about other people's behaviors.


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Who Should Be The Superficial's New Banner Girl? (PHOTOS)
Our friends over at The Superficial are looking for a new pair of seductive lips (and shoulders) to grace their banner for their newly designed website.
While the contest is open to women all over the world, it got us thinking about which of The Superficial's favorite famous ladies would make the best banner girl. While it helps to be stunningly beautiful like Kim Kardashian or Christina Hendricks, it also takes a certain je ne sais quoi to win the heart of a blogger like The Superficial.
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He's on top of the world right now, with superior album sales for his latest record Tha Carter IV and now Lil Wayne has another reason to get excited.
The "Mrs. Officer" rapper just learned that he scored a whopping 18 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations, setting a new record.
He had a great night at the BET Awards on Sunday, and Chris Brown tweeted his gratitude for being voted the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice.
The "Kiss Kiss" singer wrote, "Teambreezy! Celebrate tonight for being the best fans ever," followed by, "Teambreezy is the ultimate/end all be all! I love you."
She grew up right in front of our eyes, and JoJo was spotted at the 5th Annual "Creme of the Crop" Post BET Awards Dinner Celebration on Sunday night (June 26).
The "Leave" singer showed off a grown-up, sexy side in black pants, thigh-high boots and a cropped top, which revealed her toned, tanned tummy.
Making the most of the evening, Rihanna was spotted partying at the Playhouse nightclub in Hollywood last night (June 26).
The "Take a Bow" songstress looked a bit camera shy as she made her exit from the Post-BET Awards shindig and headed home for the night.
With another year's edition having come and gone, the 2011 BET Awards were held in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (June 26).
Taking place at the Shrine Auditorium, the big winner of the night was Chris Brown - who garnered three trophies out of his pack-leading six nominations.
Energizing the audience with his rhythmic beats, Drake offered up a memorable performance during the 2011 BET Awards in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (June 26).
The 24-year-old Canadian rapper didn't hold back as he joined DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne on the Shrine Auditorium stage for a scorching version of "I'm On One".
One of the most-awaited performances of the evening, Chris Brown took the stage to the delight of the crowd at the 2011 BET Awards in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (June 26).
The "Next 2 You" hitmaker commanded the spotlight as he treated the Shrine Auditorium audience to a rendition of his hits 'Look At Me Now,' 'She Ain't You' and 'Paper, Scissors, Rock.'
She has one of the finest voices in the world of music, and Alicia Keys showed off her immense talent at the 2011 BET Awards in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (June 26).
The "Fallin'" songstress confidently took the Shrine Auditorium stage while offering viewers a pleasurable performance of "Typewriter" before sitting down at the piano to delve into "A Woman's Worth".


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Governor Pat Quinn today (July 14) signed
legislation to encourage investment in Illinois' renewable energy sector
and further build the state's green economy. The new laws extend
property tax relief for wind farms and give local governments the
authority to finance green projects in unincorporated areas of the
state. (read full press release)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today
awarded $125 million in grants to 41 community colleges and
organizations. This round is the fifth and final of Community-Based
Job Training Grant awards. Awardees were chosen from among 323
applications received in response to a competition first announced on
March 15. Of the full amount, nearly $74 million is dedicated to
applicants that have never received a Community-Based Job Training
"The $125 million awarded today will create opportunities for
working Americans to train for high-demand occupations with the help of
our nationwide community college system," said U.S. Secretary of Labor
Hilda L. Solis. "Our goal is to help workers across the country
prepare for and secure good jobs, and with support from these colleges
and other critical stakeholders, we'll ensure we reach a broad base of
individuals in need." (more)
Lake Land College
Green-Building, Retrofitting and Solar
CARPENTERSVILLE – District 300 is one step closer to becoming one of
the first Illinois school districts to use a wind farm to reduce energy
Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed into law the School District
Intergovernmental Cooperation Renewable Energy Act, which authorizes
school districts to acquire and build facilities that convert wind or
solar power to energy.
Last year, Carpentersville District 300 joined a School Wind
Consortium with Keeneyville District 20 and Prospect Heights District
With the new law that went into effect Friday, the three districts
are onto Phase II of their project. (more)
man's roof system slashes use of gas and electricity
few years ago, Jim Camasto thought about investing $20,000 in the stock
But instead, Camasto, 43, of Naperville, spent that money
on a safer, "greener" investment — solar power.
His gas use has dropped more than 50 percent, and his electricity
use has dropped about 70 percent. He sells extra power back to the
electricity grid and sells renewable energy credits, which investors buy
and trade to support renewable energy projects.
His return on
his investment is about 3 or 4 percent a year. (more)
Indeed, the biggest obstacle to the growth of solar energy — its
cost — has started to decline. The price of photovoltaic solar panels
dropped more than 40 percent last year due to a glut in global supply,
according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
The drop in
price is driving renewed interest in solar energy, said Howard Learner,
executive director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center. (more)
The fund, managed by a P.G.&E. subsidiary, Pacific Energy Capital
II, is the largest single solar leasing pool to date, according to the
company, and marks the growing interest of utilities in the renewable
energy financing business.
"We're in somewhat of a unique position in that roughly half of the
nation's rooftop solar installations are in our service territory,"
Brian Steel, P.G.&E.'s senior director of corporate strategy, said
in an interview. "We're at the proverbial ground zero of these new
technologies and so perhaps more than any utility holding company in the
country we have a strategic imperative to get ahead of the curve
through having a propriety seat at the table with a partner like
SunRun." (more)
Sunseeker, Western Michigan University's solar car Special to the Gazette/John A Lacko
On Saturday, solar-powered vehicles took off at noon from Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma, en route to the Chicago suburb of Naperville. ASC is a
competition where students design, build and drive solar-powered
vehicles in a rally event. This year's event marks the 20th anniversary
of the ASC.
In an effort to promote a greater understanding of solar energy
technology, this hands-on competition provides the opportunity for
students to "develop and demonstrate their technical and creative
abilities" while learning about the benefits of solar power. (more)
In an effort to promote a greater understanding of solar energy
technology, this hands-on competition provides the opportunity for
students to "develop and demonstrate their technical and creative
abilities" while learning about the benefits of solar power. (more)
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0208 Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Date: May 28, 2012 9:29:05 PM EDT
Subject: Re: SHAKSPER: Maria
Pete McCluskey wrote:
>The actor playing Maria could double as Antonio; Maria leaves 3.4 with
>enough time for a quick costume change to Antonio, and since his
>presence is needed in 5.1, Maria doesn't appear.
No, that's a worse doubling suggestion than Sebastian. Antonio and Sebastian exeunt together at the end of 3.3, and Olivia and Maria immediately enter together at the beginning of 3.4—that's what I mean by "impossible exits/entries". (Similarly, Maria, Sir Toby and Fabian exeunt at the end of 3.2, and Antonio and Sebastian enter together at the beginning of 3.3.)
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Diffuse optical imaging is highly versatile and has a very broad range of applications in biology and medicine. It covers diffuse optical tomography, fluorescence diffuse optical tomography, bioluminescence and a number of other new imaging methods. These methods of diffuse optical imaging have diversified instrument configurations, but share the same core physical principle: light propagation in highly diffusive media,
Technology development of diffuse optics in biomedicine has been accelerated by the rapid and exciting advances of photonics. There exist a large number of excellent review articles in the literature regarding methodology, mathematical treatment and applications of the diffuse optics [
The discussions presented in this review article are divided into the following six categories: system architecture, light source, photo-detection, spectral separation, signal modulation and imaging contrast. Unlike in the other established biomedical imaging modalities, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT), positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and ultrasound imaging, the instrumentation in diffuse optics is highly diversified and can be optimized for the specific needs of the particular applications. As shown in the following sections, the various instruments and methods that are available to diffuse optics can be configured in a number of different ways to accomplish the specific goals. In addition, a particular piece of instrument may be used in different ways and combined with different matching instruments.
At the system level, a complete DOI setup consists of five functional blocks: the light source, imaging platform, photodetector, hardware controller and signal processor, shown in
Functional block diagram of a typical diffuse optical imaging (DOI) system (the arrows show the direction of the signal and data flow).
Fiber-coupled illumination and photo-detection have been adopted since the very early stage of development of diffuse optics and are still being widely used. They can be found in diffuse optical tomography (DOT), fluorescence diffuse optical tomography (FDOT) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of the human brain [
In noncontact light coupling designs, epi-illumination (
In biomedical DOI, the common imaging subjects include parts of the human body (e.g., the brain and breast) or whole small animals (e.g., mouse and rat). In human DOI, subject positioning is relatively straightforward and standardized. In animal imaging, on the contrary, subject positioning is much more versatile and affects imaging performance in complicated ways.
The most commonly adopted method for small animal positioning is to use a tablet or flatbed glass to support the imaging subject [
Analogous to the designs of X-ray CT scanners, the light sources (typically collimated, in a trans-illumination configuration) and photodetectors can be mounted on a gantry that rotates about the imaging subject. This design enables full-angle data acquisition, which results in deep tissue penetration and isotropic image resolution. However, it requires precision manufacturing and motion control of the large and heavy gantry, which significantly increases the system cost and reduces instrument portability. Nonetheless, it can become a highly attractive design for multimodal imaging when integrated with X-ray CT [
A simple yet effective alternative way to achieve full-angle acquisition is to use angled or cone-shaped reflective mirrors [
A major challenge in diffuse optics is to accurately model photon migration in irregularly-shaped and highly heterogeneous biological tissue, which is computationally costly with existing modeling methods. An alternative solution is to modify the imaging geometry by immersing the imaging subject (e.g., the small animal or human breast) in optical index-matching fluid [
A tradeoff solution between system complexity and imaging performance is to rotate the animal while maintaining the imaging devices stationary. In this type of setups, the animal is typically positioned and rotated vertically to maintain its posture and minimize interference with optical configuration. This method can be used together with the imaging chamber or individually for free-space full-angle acquisition [
Lamps are the most commonly used general-purpose light sources, because they are simple to use and easy to maintain. With the proper choice of band-pass filters, halogen lamps are well suited for epi-illumination fluorescence imaging. A notable limitation of conventional lamps is that it is difficult to control and calibrate the output optical power accurately, making quantitative measurement difficult without real-time monitoring of the optical power. Using a regulated power supply, variations in the output optical power can be mitigated, e.g., MH100 by Dolan-Jenner (Boxborough, MA, USA).
The most commonly used lamps are metal-halide lamps and mercury arc lamps, which operate at high temperatures and produce strong UV and infrared components in the spectrum, making them difficult and costly to use in imaging. Additional equipment is usually required to remove the heat, ozone and nitrogen oxide generated by the lamps due to the high temperature and UV emission. Because they typically require 30 min to reach stable operation after ignition and 30 min to properly cool down before re-ignition, the lamps often must be kept on between imaging sessions or experiments, which can significantly reduce their usable lifespan.
Diode lasers have always been the primary choices for collimated illumination in diffuse optics. Because of their compact size, rugged structure, low power consumption and long lifespan, laser diodes (LDs) are highly attractive candidates for system integration, particularly in portable, handheld and/or battery-operated devices. Above a threshold current, the output optical power of the LDs are linearly related to the driving current intensity under a given operating temperature, which makes them well suited for quantitative measurement. In frequency domain (amplitude modulated) and time domain (pulsed) measurements, the LDs are almost exclusively used because they are easy to modulate and can be quickly switched on and off to generate a pulse train or to achieve time-multiplexed acquisition. Interested readers are referred to the topical reviews on biomedical applications of diode lasers [
LDs have little or limited wavelength tunability. For applications that require wavelengths varying over a broad range, the best choice is typically tunable titanium-doped sapphire (Ti:Sapphire) lasers. The Ti:Sapphire lasers are solid-state lasers that have a continuous tuning range typically between 680 and 1,080 nm. They produce a very narrow (~100 fs) and fast (~80 MHz) laser pulse train with an average output optical power of >1 W at 800 nm. With the recent advances in photonics, hands-free and maintenance-free commercial Ti:Sapphire laser systems are becoming widely available. The leading choices of hands-free pulsed Ti:Sapphire lasers are the Chameleon product series by Coherent and the Mai Tai series by Spectra-Physics (both located in Santa Clara, CA, USA). The main drawbacks of the Ti:Sapphire lasers include large physical dimensions, high energy consumption, high system cost and laser safety concerns.
In recent years, supercontinuum lasers have clearly become an attractive alternative to the Ti:Sapphire lasers and are increasingly gaining attention, because of their broad emission spectrum (typically 400–2,500 nm with a time-averaged power spectral density of ~1 mW/nm in the visible-NIR range at a 20 MHz repetition rate) and picosecond-pulse generation (<100 ps), e.g., the WhiteLase series by Fianium (Southampton, United Kingdom) and the SuperK series by NKT Photonics (Birkerod, Denmark). With the proper filters, a supercontinuum laser can be used as a universal tunable pulsed laser source. Note that the main difference between a Ti:Sapphire laser and a supercontinuum laser is that the former produces a monochromatic laser at a given time and can be tuned to specified wavelengths, whereas the latter produces a broadband "white-light" laser. In diffuse optics, the effective pulse width is limited by the highly scattering biological tissue, and the allowable optical power is limited to ~10 mW for collimated beams. Note that the exact maximum allowable power (MAP) is dependent on the wavelength, spot size, pulse width, repetition rate and type of tissue (refer to the ANSI Z136 Standards).
The features under investigation in DOI are often deeply embedded in the tissue, e.g., fluorescently labeled tumors or functionally activated cortical areas of the brain. As a result, the temporal point-spread function (TPSF) of the imaging subject in deep-tissue DOI is significantly broader than that of the laser pulse. In addition, the lifetime constants of commonly used organic fluorophores in diffuse optics are on the order of 0.5–5 ns, making picosecond-lasers sufficient for time domain sampling. For these reasons, ultrafast femtosecond-lasers are not only unnecessary, but may also be detrimental in typical setups of diffuse optics, as they emit significantly higher instantaneous power that limits the usable average optical power, due to laser safety concerns.
With recent advances in photonics, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are replacing many of the light sources that have been conventionally fulfilled by lamps and even lasers. One of the most notable advances is the availability of high-power LEDs that can output optical power comparable to that of the conventional halogen lamps. Compared to the conventional lamps, another attractive feature of LEDs is that they can be modulated in both the frequency and time domains, because of their excellent output linearity, short rise/fall time (1–10 ns) and low driving current (0.1–1 A). Among the commercially available LEDs for diffuse optics, the modulation bandwidth is currently on the order of 100–1,000 MHz, and the minimum pulse width is typically 2–20 ns. Despite the fundamental differences in coherence and collimation between LDs and LEDs, the performance of these two technologies, which are pertinent to diffuse optics, are becoming increasingly comparable in terms of output optical power, spectral width and pulse width. In addition, LED light sources are generally safer than lasers, which often makes LEDs the preferred choice in handheld devices, e.g., [
Comparisons of light-emitting diode (LED) and laser diode (LD) light sources.
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Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are well-established, highly sensitive photo-detection devices. When photons impinge on the photocathode, an electron is generated and subsequently streamed toward a series of cascaded dynodes by a focusing electrode. Photo-multiplication is achieved via multi-stage acceleration of the electrons along the cascaded dynodes by an electric field. The exiting electrons that are collected by the anode form an amplified signal of electric current. PMTs are widely used in fiber-based configurations, particularly when the number of photodetectors are not very large (typically less than ~100). PMTs have high sensitivity, high gain, short rise time and excellent linearity, but are limited by their complex circuitry (requiring fast-switching of the high-voltage electric field), bulky size and noticeable aging effect.
Avalanche photo-diodes (APDs) are relatively new members in the family of photodetectors for diffuse optics [
A special type of APD is the single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD). Contrary to APDs, SPADs are biased above the avalanche voltage. Upon photon impact, a massive avalanche breakdown current is generated to achieve single-photon detection sensitivity. As a result, SPADs are best suited for photon-counting rather than analogue photo-electric signal amplification.
The conventional photo-sensing methods convert the influx of photons to electric signals (current or voltage). Under low-light conditions, the signal gain and/or integration time must be increased to reach sufficient SNR for signal readout. In ultralow-light imaging, however, this approach becomes insufficient, because the signal intensity may become comparable to the noise, due to the dark current and the readout process of the photo-sensing device. A less-utilized, but highly sensitive, method, termed time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC), e.g., SPC-150 by Becker & Hickl and PicoHarp 300 by PicoQuant (both at Berlin, Germany), can be used to overcome this limitation. TCSPC measures the photon statistics by time-tagging the individual incoming photons [
Many applications of diffuse optics require a large number of photodetectors, particularly when high spatial resolution is desired. The primary choice to meet this need is indisputably charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Optical emission from the imaging subject can be coupled to the CCD either via an imaging lens or fiber optics. Using CCDs, high-density spatial sampling can be achieved easily, which dramatically mitigates the limitation of the underdetermined inverse problem in diffuse optical reconstruction [
Designed for low-light imaging, an intensified CCD (ICCD) is basically an image intensifier coupled to a CCD. The image intensifier mainly consists of a micro-channel plate (MCP) that is located between a photocathode and a phosphor screen. The photocathode converts the incoming photons into photoelectrons, which are accelerated toward the MCP by a high-voltage electric field between the two components. The MCP is a 2D array of continuous-dynode electron multipliers (
Electron multiplying CCD (EMCCD) is essentially a CCD with on-chip electron multiplication and charge-to-voltage conversion stages to significantly improve the SNR by reducing the contribution of image readout noise, e.g., the iXon series by Andor Technology (Belfast, United Kingdom). Compared to the conventional CCDs, the EMCCDs offer high performance in low-light imaging in terms of short integration time and a high SNR, thanks to the electron multiplication stage. In particular, the frame rate in low-light imaging is significantly improved. Despite their higher costs, EMCCDs have become highly attractive upgrade replacements in many applications that conventionally use CCDs, e.g., [
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imaging sensors were invented in the same era as the CCDs, but have only recently been available for scientific imaging; therefore, often termed sCMOS to emphasize that their performance meets scientific-grade specifications, e.g., the ORCA-Flash series by Hamamatsu Photonics (Shizuoka, Japan). Different from the CCDs, which output analog signals of the image pixel-by-pixel, the CMOS imagers produce digitized signals of all pixels in parallel. As a result, although the CMOS imagers suffer from lower optical efficiency, due to the reduced pixel filling factor, they are better suited for applications that require a high frame rate and a larger dynamic range [
In diffuse optics, the most relevant specification is arguably the SNR, which is a collective result of the imaging instruments, operational parameters and experimental conditions. The signal level is given by the photon fluence rate multiplied by the integration time and the photo-electric amplifications, whereas the noise level is a complex function of the quantum noise, dark current noise, readout noise, amplifier noise figure and digitization noise. A rule of thumb for continuous wave imaging is that under moderate-to-high light conditions, the CCD is the best performer; whereas under ultralow-light conditions, the EMCCD consistently outperforms the ICCD, which is, in turn, superior to the CCD. Nonetheless, in practice, the specific choice of the imaging sensor has to be made based on the particular application and imaging equipment. For example, the quantum noise can become dominant in imaging, as the CCD can use back-illumination (on back-thinned chips) to significantly improve the quantum efficiency from typically 50% to >90% in the visible spectrum, whereas the photon admittance rate of the image intensifier in the ICCD can be considerably degraded in order to accomplish ultrafast gating.
In fluorescence and multispectral imaging, optical filters are routinely used for spectral separation. The most commonly used are dielectric interference filters: band-pass/-stop and long-/short-pass edge filters that are used to selectively admit or reject certain bands of the light spectrum. Depending on the specific optical design, dichroic filters may also be used to separate mixed optical signals that share the same light path. Because interference filters discriminate different wavelengths of light through the thickness of their dielectric coatings, varying the light incident angle can significantly alter the center wavelength of this type of filter. This is a factor that must be taken into consideration in designing lens-coupled photo-detection instruments, because the viewing angle of the imaging lens can be fairly large in biomedical imaging. For example, assuming a typical viewing angle of 45° for the imaging lens, the admitted fluorescent emission contains a substantial component that is 26 nm shorter than the specified center wavelength of 800 nm with normal light incident, using the formula given in [
Other spectral separation methods that are available to diffuse optics include standard spectrometers that are based on refraction prism or diffraction grating, liquid crystal tunable filters [
Frequency domain measurement methods are established for the amplitude modulation of the excitation light and the demodulation of the detected optical emission. Amplitude modulation can be conveniently applied to LDs and LEDs by modulating the driving current (within the linear range) with sinusoidal waves. Mathematically speaking, the driving current of LDs and LEDs can be expressed as
Among the reported circuitry architectures for signal demodulation in frequency domain diffuse optics, heterodyne and homodyne are most commonly adopted, because of their high efficiency and simplicity. The heterodyne and homodyne architectures share the same strategy in radiofrequency (RF) signal detection in that the input high-frequency RF signal is multiplied by a reference signal in an analog mixer and down-shifted to a lower frequency for sampling (
Generalized diagram of the heterodyne and homodyne demodulation architectures.
The frequency domain instruments typically use LDs or LEDs as the light sources and use PMTs or APDs as the photodetectors. The source and detectors are usually fiber-coupled and adopt a topology to cover the imaging area with multiple source-detector distances. A particular source-detector combination defines a measurement channel. These measurement channels can be either time-multiplexed or frequency-multiplexed. In the time-multiplex design, only one source is activated at a time, while all the detectors are receiving. The sources are activated and deactivated in turn using RF switching (positive-intrinsic-negative diodes, resonance selection circuits or relay) or optical switches [
An important subcategory of the frequency domain measurement methods is phase detection, which is highly sensitive to the changes in tissue scattering coefficient [
Time domain methods in diffuse optics are primarily established for the time-resolved measurement of the light emission from biological tissues in response to pulsed optical excitation (
Schematics of the temporal modulation methods. TPSF, temporal point-spread function.
From a system point of view, the acquired signal is the product of the input light pulse convolved with the transfer functions of the excitation optics, the biological system under imaging, the photo-sensing optics and the photo-electronics for signal detection. Mathematical analysis and experimental verifications in the time domain have been conducted extensively for diffuse optics in the past, e.g., as described in [
Spatial domain modulation is a relatively new method in DOI. It uses a spatially modulated light source to create structured illumination with adjustable patterns that effectively samples at multiple points in the space-frequency domain [
The Fourier analysis method is one of the most important tools in signal processing. It is well known that Fourier transform relates the time domain to the time-frequency domain and the spatial domain to the space-frequency domain. As a result, despite the distinct differences in instrumentation, the Fourier method can be used to conveniently process data between the duo of the time domain and the time-frequency domain [
In diffuse optical tomography (DOT) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), the contrast is tissue absorption and scattering coefficients, which alter the intensity, phase/time delay and the spatial/temporal pulse spread of the input light, but not the emission wavelength. In the near-infrared spectrum, which spans approximately 650–900 nm, tissue absorption primarily stems from the hemoglobin molecules in the red blood cells. Hemoglobin is an excellent endogenous contrast agent for investigating blood oxygenation and tissue perfusion. Using two wavelengths (e.g., 690 and 830 nm), typically on both sides of the isosbestic point of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin at ~800 nm, the concentrations of oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin can be measured [
Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography (FDOT), also known as fluorescence molecular tomography and fluorescence-mediated tomography (FMT), is an optical equivalent of the established radionuclide molecular imaging. For this reason, it is often considered an important optical molecular imaging method. It visualizes fluorescently labeled features or probes with high sensitivity and, more importantly, without using radioactive tracers. In its most basic applications, the contrast in FDOT is fluorescence intensity, which is linearly related to the fluorophore concentration, but is also strongly modulated by its depth in tissue, as well as the tissue optical properties. Other characteristics of fluorophores have also been used as the contrast mechanisms, particularly the fluorescence lifetime constant that has been investigated using both the frequency domain or time domain methods [
Recently, up-conversion luminescent nanoparticles were introduced into the area of biomedical optical imaging. The defining feature of these up-conversion nanoparticles is that they absorb two photons with lower energy (e.g., in the NIR region) and emit at a higher energy level (e.g., red) via a nonlinear conversion process [
Bioluminescence is a special imaging method, because it does not involve an excitation light source. It is included in this review because its optical emission is within the spectrum of interest (the visible-NIR range) and also because it has similar instrumentation and reconstruction methodology as DOT and FDOT [
X-ray luminescence is a new addition to the field of DOI. It uses a collimated X-ray beam to excite phosphor nanoparticles that emit optical photons in the red-NIR range and reconstruct 3D distributions of the phosphor using the characteristics of the X-ray beam as priors [
Cherenkov luminescence occurs when charged particles traveling in a dielectric medium have a velocity greater than that of light in the medium [
A very recent advance in Cherenkov imaging is to use external high-energy radiation sources, such as linear accelerators, to induce Cherenkov luminescence in tissue [
As shown in this review article, the instruments and methods available for biomedical diffuse optical imaging are highly diverse and flexible. The optimal implementation of the instrumentation is dependent on the given biomedical application: a particular design of instrument outperforms other designs only under specific imaging requirements (e.g., epi-illumination
This work was supported by the National Center for Research Resources and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health through grant numbers R21RR025824, R21EB015907 and R01AI096305.
The author declares no conflict of interest.


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Stab wounds link deaths of Western Pa. natives in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. — Police called to the home where a prominent pathology doctor and his wife had been killed noted striking similarities between the stab wounds on the right side of the victims' necks and those inflicted on an 11-year-old boy and a housekeeper slain five years earlier.
That detail was contained in an arrest affidavit unsealed Thursday in the case against Dr. Anthony Garcia, 40, who is charged with first-degree murder and weapons counts in the Mother's Day slayings of Roger Allan Brumback, 65, a Gateway High School graduate, and his wife, Mary Helen Brumback, 65, a Bethel Park High School graduate. Garcia's attorneys said he denies the charges.
Police soon discovered it wasn't just the stab wounds that linked the victims.
Brumback was the chairman of the Creighton University School of Medicine's pathology department. The boy stabbed to death five years earlier in a nearby neighborhood was the son of Dr. William Hunter, a professor who worked closely with Brumback in the same department.
That connection led police to research those associated with the department, uncovering another eye-opener — that Hunter and Brumback had fired Garcia from the university's pathology residence program for "unprofessional conduct" in 2001.
Nebraska prosecutors say Garcia, who was arrested Monday in Illinois, shot and stabbed Brumback and fatally stabbed his wife.
Garcia is also charged in the stabbing deaths of 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and his family's housekeeper, Shirlee Sherman.
Documents to and from various medical schools and state medical licensing agencies show that Garcia left a New York residency program in 1999 to avoid disciplinary action, and that his applications for medical licenses in various states were rejected following his firing from Creighton. Police have cited those troubles as a likely motive for the killings.
According to documents that Brumback sent to Indiana medical licensing officials in January, he and Hunter fired Garcia for trying to sabotage another Creighton resident's efforts to complete his residency.


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New Medicine Part Of Nightmare After Christmas
SO, in case you you haven't figured it out yet, Avenged Sevenfold and a couple of friends will be visiting us in the 'ville come the end of January. Don't worry, you can still get your tickets here. Besides GBF regulars A7x, Stone Sour and Hollywood Undead, you all will have the chance to check out an up-and-coming band by the name of New Medicine.


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Gisele Bundchen: Husband Tom Brady Has a 'Pure Heart'
Gisele Bundchen gives a post-wedding interview to Harper's Bazaar in its April issue, in which she lists the reasons she adores her new husband, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady.
Bundchen and Brady were married in a small ceremony in Santa Monica last month, with Bundchen wearing an ivory Dolce & Gabanna gown complete with long train and a scalloped hem.
"Tom is a good guy," the Brazilian beauty raves. "He has a very pure heart. He's very naive, almost like a child. That is my favorite quality about him. One thing that I thought was so amazing when I first met him is that he is innocent. He sees the world with colored glasses."
Gisele says that Tom's naivete is what drew her to him.
"It's beautiful, but I think that is rare. I love that about him. No one else sees that. He's very strong and focused in his job, but he's so sensitive, it's amazing."
The couple met shortly after Tom broke things off with actress Bridget Moynahan, who announced she was pregnant with his son John Edward only a few months afterward.
Bundchen dismisses gossip about the controversy as "poison" and notes that she sent a gift basket to Moynahan to mend fences. She adds that she treasures spending time with her now-stepson.
"I love kids," Bundchen says. "It's amazing that I have the opportunity to hang out with my stepson all the time. He is so kind. He loves blueberries, and every now and then my dog, Vida, tries to get some food from him. He is so nice that he will give her the blueberries first. He is so cute and has such a sweet demeanor."
The model and the athlete apparently plan to raise plenty of young ones on their own.
"I want to have a big family," she says. "My parents have been together for 36 years, and that is what I want. I am in that place."
Even if they weren't in that place, they should do it anyways. Think about the potential gold mind. Those two breeding? It will be like a biological modeling agency!


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 Jeffrey pretty clearly burned out on the workload; it'd suck if Kelly did too.

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