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Most things about the top of the world are as they have been for ages. It remains a frigid realm where milling floes of ice form a white cap atop an ocean that is two miles deep.
Unlike the South Pole, where 29 countries have set up bases for research and hegemony on snow-cloaked terra firma, up here all is as fleeting as the sparkles from the fine ice crystals -- ''diamond dust,'' some visitors call it -- that coat surfaces and float in shadows.
On a globe or map the geographic pole may be a dot, but up close it is a shifting sea-ice carousel that guarantees any visitor is granted only a short stay. If you camp at the pole today, you will be four or five miles away tomorrow.
But the North Pole is rapidly becoming busy. Humans, ever the adaptive, inquisitive, risk-taking species, are crisscrossing, probing and camping out in increasing numbers on the ice veneer, particularly in the window from mid-March to early May, when winter's cold has ebbed but summer's thaw has not yet turned surfaces into knee-deep slush.
The northward rush has been simplified by satellite phones and global-positioning devices that allow trekkers and scientists to know their position even where compasses spin uselessly, the sun rises in March and sets in September, and the icescape shifts moment to moment.Continue reading the main story
Since 1992, almost everyone who ventures to the pole first stops at this seasonal, floating way station, run by entrepreneurs from Russia and France for tourists and scientists as both an Everest-style base camp and a hub for researchers studying shifting climate and ocean patterns.
It has rows of domed red and yellow tents with thermostat-controlled heat, two Russian helicopters and a runway big enough to accommodate 20-ton planes coming from northern Canada, Siberia and Norway. The mess hall has four stacked white microwave ovens and a Nescafe espresso machine.
Any notion that this is a comfortable place, however, is jettisoned when one spots the slug-loaded shotguns set here and there, lest a polar bear seeking seals stumble upon a skier or oceanographer. Of course there is the cold, which even now rarely rises above 5 below zero.
Even as Camp Borneo, 60 miles from the North Pole, has grown busier -- half a dozen Muscovite skydivers showed up on Saturday to jump at the pole -- another long-term presence has blossomed. On Friday, senior Russian officials flew to an ice camp several dozen miles east of the pole to inaugurate a new polar drifting ice station that would be home to several scientists for the coming year.
Today, the Russian Orthodox Easter, started with a daylight-midnight round of vodka and Cognac drinking. Then several British trekkers retired to the camp manager's tent to watch the film ''Studio 54'' on the flat-screen television.
Others wandered the edges of the widening ''lead'' of open water that curled halfway around the camp. A seal popped its head up several times, providing the only glimpse of the north's rare wildlife for days and bringing talk of polar bears, which follow the scent of seals from miles away.
Late in the day, however, everyone dropped everything to gawk as Natalya Liberman, 39, the runner-up in the 2002 Mrs. Russia contest, swept out of her red tent in a floor-length white fur coat and sparkling tiara to pose on the ice.
A visit to the pole was the grand prize in the contest, but the victor did not want to go, giving the honor to Mrs. Liberman, who flew north with the contingent of Muscovite skydivers.
The Soviet Union maintained an unbroken string of staffed drifting ice stations from 1937 until 1991, when the government collapsed. They provided valuable data on ocean trends in the Arctic, and American polar scientists said today that the revival of the program would help improve climate forecasts.
Both Camp Borneo and the research station face a continual threat from the ever shifting ice around the pole. Ridges erupt and rise and leads miles long appear where solid surfaces had sat silent just hours before. Several times in the last decade, camp operators, warned by only minutes of quakelike rumbles, had to scramble to move tents before leads opened beneath them.
Shifting Arctic ice has become a prime focus of scientists trying to understand the possible ramifications of global warming. There have been late-summer retreats of the polar ice cap for 24 years, although a lack of long-term data means no one can yet say if the change is a result of some natural cycle or is linked to rising concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
To try to fill the information gap, a team led by oceanographers from the University of Washington has gone to the pole for the last three years to place instruments on and under the ice to measure temperature, salinity, solar radiation and other conditions.
''Because of the ice, satellites can't see down below a few inches,'' said Dr. Jamie Morison, the leader of the North Pole Environmental Observatory, as the project is called. ''Some data you have to get by going places.''
In one spot 30 miles from the pole, divers from the university melted a hole through nine feet of ice and then plunged into the 28-degree water to retrieve a two-mile-long string of instruments left a year ago to record ocean conditions.
Scientists remain a minority at Camp Borneo, however. About 200 visitors have been coming each season since the late 1990's, said Christian de Marliave, a outdoorsman from Paris who was a co-creator of the camp 10 years ago and still manages many of its often hectic affairs. Camp Borneo -- pronounced BAR-nee-oh in Russian -- was the call sign of a Russian radio operator in the far north and was transferred to the camp's radio.
Tourists and adventure seekers spend $9,000 to $15,000 to pop Champagne corks and pose briefly on the ice or ski for a week across the ragged frozen seascape.
Many are drawn by the same force that pulled hundreds of explorers to ice-locked deaths over the last three centuries. Some crave risks, crossing the shifting ice on skis, dropping in on parachutes, diving beneath it with scuba gear.
No devices exist to predict where leads will form, so adventurers bound for the pole have adopted various approaches to getting past obstacles. Some carry cold-water dry suits and jump in and swim, towing their gear. Some ski around the gap, or use their towed sleds like boats. Others say if you wait overnight, a fresh skin of ice usually forms, allowing free passage.
The ice often wins out.
On Saturday, one of the Russian helicopters returned to camp with six South Korean skiers who had to abandon their effort to ski from the Russian coast to the pole when a flight they had arranged to meet them in mid-May was canceled.
Other visitors come to ''collect'' the pole like a medal. Earlier this month 11 people entered the first North Pole marathon. The victor, Martin Tighe, a slender, perpetually smiling Briton working in Attleboro, Mass., trained in an ice-cream freezer.
Friday was the busiest day yet: 34 skiers shuttled back from the pole in a packed helicopter.
Geoff Somers, a British guide who arrived at the camp after guiding two skiers for 17 days on the ice, said they had to shift camp twice during the night when leads suddenly started opening beneath them. ''You can't sleep easy up here,'' he said.
Then there was the polar bear. Mr. Somers was half asleep when he heard sounds outside. Presuming it was one of his clients, he ''unzipped the tent fly and as close as me to you was this bear.'' Two rifle warning shots did not scare it, and they simply waited until it wandered away.
Charlie Vincent, 43, a retired metals trader from London visiting here, said the real allure for him came mainly from the things that were not there -- people, the noise of modern life, the comforts of home.
''To be so quiet and hear all of nature at work,'' he said. ''Nature's at work every day of your life, but it's muffled.''
Alain Hubert, a Belgian adventurer, agreed. He set up his parasail and glided away from camp, bouncing over ridges like a surfer riding a wave. ''Here the wind is usually the enemy, but I make it my friend,'' he said.
Even the staid scientists acknowledge that they are drawn by the opportunity to stand on a spot where time and direction are arbitrary -- the camp is on Moscow time because Russians run it -- and geography is ephemeral.
A few yards from the hole cut by the engineers and divers who dealt with the underwater instruments, a candy-striped barber-style pole had been erected.
At its base was a sign reading ''North Pole is here,'' with a slash through the ''is,'' replaced by the word ''was.''
Within a week, the new instruments set beneath the ice and other automated arrays set out near Camp Borneo will be the only evidence that anyone had come and gone. The skiers and scientists will be on their way home.
The camp will be broken down like a traveling circus and stored until next spring.
Left alone, the polar cap will continue to shift and grate.
Already it is restless.
On Thursday, just 50 yards from where the helicopters were parked, two butting ice plates crumbled along their interface, which was miles long. As helicopter crewmen, scientists and visitors gawked, a chorus of ticks and pops and huffs and cracks and muffled booms rose in a percussive crescendo.
The ice heaved and slabs and blocks the size of mattresses and refrigerators and delivery trucks rearranged themselves.
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Epilogue Novel of the Addicted/Calloway Sisters series
Falling in love was just the beginning.
The conclusion to the epic 10-book series about the unbreakable strength of family, friendship, and love.
Lily and Lo are back one final time. Childhood best friends and soul mates.
Ryke and Daisy are back one final time. Wild risk takers and flirty adventurers.
Connor and Rose are back one final time. Genius rivals and intellectual teammates.
Ten years of laughter. Of heartache. And love.
©2016 K. B. Ritchie (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
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"Best audiobook ever!"
This was a perfect ending to a perfect series. I can't name one thing I didn't like about it. And listening to each one of their voices really made the story come alive. Can you imagine 6 different voices??? It's so awesome!!!
I loved this audible book because I love this series! Love the 6 narrators. Feels like I watching a movie in my head when I listen to them.
"So long friends."
If you made it to the end then how can you not read this book?
The voices fit the characters so well, the emotion of their voices makes the book so much more amazing
This whole book moved me. I freakin love this series soooooo, this series is my favorite so this being the last book in the series made me so emotional.
"A Beautiful End"
I loved this whole series. Each book was better than the last and SKOP was no exception. The writing is amazing! The story is amazing! I loved all of the male narrators. I love the narrator for Lily Hale. The narrator for Rose Cobalt sounded and portrayed the characters exactly the same as she did the last book I listened to by her. I kept thinking it was the last book. The narrator for Daisy Meadows, I skipped every chapter that she narrated. She over acts and makes all the characters sound ridiculous! The last book I listened to by her, it ruined the book for me.
"Amazing end to a great series."
Wow, great end to the Addiction series! The story continues the lives of each couple, and the Audio version portrays each character beautifully. A must read/listen for sure.
"Where is Charles Carr & Erin Mallon for Lo&Lilly?"
Several times I teared up - I don't know why, but I wasn't expecting the... um... I can't say it without spoiling anything! Well the biggest one for me was when all the Hales got together. Sheeeesh these women can WRITE. I don't normally cry, even when a book makes me feel sad. But I sure sniffled through many parts of this book.
Great one-liners - from Ryke, from Connor, from Lo, from Rose --- you won't be disappointed. The barbs shot between Rose & Lo still made me laugh - 13 minutes into chapter 18 was my favorite! Therese Plummer is such a pro - I loved her for Rose. And Mark for Connor; that guy delivers the lines so perfectly that I hear him in my head when I read the books instead of listening to them.
Actually I guess I do that for all them now. I loved ALL of the narrators for their characters for each and every book LOVED THEM... which is why I was CRUSHED to find that Charles Carr was not reprising his (PERFECTLY CAST) role as Lo, and Erin Mallon IS Lilly's voice - well, she *was* until this one ---- nooooooooooooooo!!! I am so sad!! I went back and re-listened to Addicted For Now right after I finished this one so that I could feel better.
That said.
Maxine Mitchell and Gregory Salinas did phenomenal jobs - they really did! I have listened to at least Maxine before, but I think this was the first time I'd heard Gregory. Great jobs, but please whoever picks character voices YOU MATCHED THEM SO PERFECTLY THE FIRST TIME why oh why did you change them for the very last book? Awwww, I would really have loved to have the original narrators covering this one *sniffles*
"Happy Tears!"
Well if you've made it to this book, then your probably a big Addicted Series fan like me. This book is an entire epilogue and so we get to see what life has been life for the Calloway's and their significant others. Wonderful as always and I just cried some happy tears.
i love everything about skop. it has 6 povs of the core 6. we get to know the kids which are all adorable. it's really an epic goodbye to the series that i love *cue the ugly cry
all of them!! LILO COBALLOWAY RAISY GARLOW even SAPPY and all the kids too!! can't wait for the like us series!
yes!! love all them!! i never enjoyed an audiobook so much like i enjoyed listening to skop
yes!!!!! a rollercoaster of emotions actually. i am laughing them crying the next. i can't help but smile all throughout the audio. i miss the characters so much!!
this will be always be my all time fave series, forever and ever. my love for this series will never wane. it will always have a special place in my heart! thank you krista and becca for this awesome series!
"Great Listen!"
5 out of 5 Stars
Some Kind of Perfect is the 10th book in the Addicted/Calloway Sister Series. Some Kind of Perfect was a perfect ending to a wonderful series. I love Connor, Ryke, Lo, Daisy, Rose, and Lily. Some Kind of Perfect is one of my favorite Audio Books I have listen too. I love all six narrators so much.
"an amazing and perfect round up to the series"
It was perfect, to have everyone's pov and be able to finish the series in this way, I have only listened to all the books and it truly cane alive, laughing and crying when the characters felt those things. I can't explain how fantastic the whole series is and would encourage everyone to get the first in the series and fall in love just like I have!
This whole series has been one of my all time favourite reads. This epilogue novel was just as the title suggests, some kind of perfect. I absolutely loved going on the journey with the Calloway sisters and them all building their happily ever afters with the Hale and Cobalt men at their side. Learning about all their children was so special and gave this series that final special touch. Thankyou for writing such an amazing series!
"I can't believe it's all over!"
For fans of the Addicted and Calloway Sisters Series this audio of SKOP is awesome! I've read the ebook and then bought the audio to relive it all again! Can't get enough of these characters! The love, the bonds & omg the kids! Just so good! Can't wait for the Like Us series with the kids! Also the performers who voice Connor and Rose are just so amazing! I'd recommend reading/listening in order as this is number 10 and an extended epilogue!
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Another chilled-out triumph of a solo set from the Animal Collective member.
Mike Diver 2011
The world Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, inhabits has changed remarkably since the release of his previous solo LP, Person Pitch. Back then, in 2007, Animal Collective – the band he co-founded in 1999 – were still a cult concern, their Strawberry Jam album about to collect a clutch of critical acclaim but make barely a dent upon the mainstream. It, alongside Person Pitch (album of the year on Pitchfork), did a good job of cleaning up the year-end plaudits. But it wasn't until 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion that the Baltimore-born outfit truly connected with a wider audience, their eighth studio set breaking the Billboard top 20 and reaching the dizzy heights of 26 on this side of the pond.
But the musical landscape Lennox strides so confidently across really hasn't evolved all that much – Tomboy, solo long-player number four, builds on the summery vibes of its predecessor but doesn't go so far as to truly break virgin ground. Titles like Slow Motion, Surfer's Hymn and Drone are perfectly indicative of the content here, and will be pleasingly familiar to followers (old and new) of Lennox's sublime drift-scapes. From Beach Boys melodies to mellifluous vocals which sink and simmer in a mix so luxurious to bathe in it would be heavenly, it's full of prerequisites that point the way towards an experience comparably pleasant to that provided by Person Pitch.
Where Tomboy differs is in its dividing lines – rather than seven tracks with a couple of 12-minute epics, here Lennox lays out a sequence of 11 shorter, standalone arrangements, less focus on a single-sit-down listen and one eye, certainly, on the cherry-picking nature of today's downloading audience. Not that this offering is without its longer moments of full-body immersion: Friendship Bracelet is a stunning six-minute shimmer which entices with warm vocals atop chirruping tropical percussion, and the following Afterburner ups the tempo to New Order (circa Technique) levels, 80s synths pulsing away at the core of a track peppered liberally with busy beats.
Drone does just that, magically, Lennox stretching lazy vocals across hums and whirs which sound like one of those teenybopper hits slowed down into something approaching a celestial wonder on YouTube. Slow Motion sloshes about as if its maker's toes are dipped in a crystal-clear sea; and Last Night at the Jetty throbs delicately with a lovely sigh in its lyrical step. And while much here can be summarised as more of the same, when Lennox's natural quality control operates at such an admirable standard, that's precisely why Tomboy is such a chilled-out triumph.


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Landslide on I-84 snarls traffic
February 15, 2014, midnight
Oak St. closes Tuesday from First to Front
Downtown street work moves over; on Heights, work set back to March 3
February 15, 2014, midnight
A slice of local life -- Walking the Walk: Rick Dant goes inside and out for fitness
February 15, 2014, midnight
Worst-case averted for PPS athletes
Potential teacher strike threatened school sports, but athletes will play on
While a major storm brews between Portland Public Schools, its teachers and some 48,000 students caught in the middle of an impassioned labor dispute, the threat of a teacher strike in the city had Hood River Valley High School administration and coaches preparing for potential impacts it would have on HRV athletes and the winter sports season.
Oak St. closes Tuesday from First to Front
Downtown street work moves over; on Heights, work set back to March 3
Look for a big change in traffic in downtown Hood River starting Tuesday. .
Hood River Bridge's lift span is 'sound'
That Hood River Bridge's lift span appears to be in good condition following a routine mechanical and electrical inspection on Tuesday by engineers contracted by the Port of Hood River.
A slice of local life -- Walking the Walk: Rick Dant goes inside and out for fitness
Rick Dant, owner and operator of Inside Out Fitness, wants to help people. And that's ultimately why the 50-year-old — his birthday is this month — quit his job as a critical care nurse to open up Inside Out Fitness, located at 15 Third St. in downtown Hood River.
DEQ issues $5,365 penalty to Mount Hood Railroad
Fined for violating stormwater permit
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a $5,365 civil penalty to Mount Hood Railroad Company for failing to monitor pollutant levels in the rail line's stormwater — a violation of the company's stormwater discharge permit.
On ramps and reroutes
Locals, visitors find ways around the slide
The closure of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 has caused an odd situation for the residents of Mitchell Point Drive.
Landslide on I-84 snarls traffic
Both eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 will likely remain closed throughout the weekend after a landslide sent down 2,000 cubic yards of rock across the freeway Wednesday about a mile west of Hood River at milepost 61.
HRV chapter observes National FFA Week
National FFA week is Feb. 15-22 this year and the Hood River Valley FFA Chapter has several activities planned at the local level.
District starts to take a close look at absenteeism
In Wednesday's meeting, Hood River County School District Board of directors discussed a wide variety of topics and updates, including the dawning issue of student absenteeism.
Entertainment Update for Feb. 15
Jelly Bread, more at CEBU; more
Round Table: Getting some traction when rocks come falling down
Monday, as the snow melt began, a caller phoned the Hood River News with a timely suggestion: "Please slow down so you don't splash icy dirty water on those on sidewalks."
FISH Wrap: Food bank program meets its capital goal
Two years of fundraising paid off big time this week for local food banks.
Letters to the Editor for Feb. 15
Cell facts; Support ORU4M; First step; more
HRCSD budget committee members needed
There are four openings on the Hood River County School District budget committee for residents who live in the following zones:
'Pencil Pushers' creative workshops begin March 7
Writers of all skill levels and genres are welcome to join "Pencil Pushers," a weekly creative writing workshop series taught by Lois Colton.
Parkhurst welcomes volunteers, knitters
Do you have an open heart and some extra time?
Mid Valley News: Wy'east seeks volunteers for after-school programs
Odell Garden Club President Norma Curtis invites everyone "interested in gardening and having a great social group" to join. The club not only holds educational meetings and sponsors flower shows, but does a lot of volunteer work in the community as well. For more information, contact Curtis at 541-386-6635 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Watch Gorge native Vic Wild make Olympic appearance
He might be competing for Team Russia, but Vic Wild's hometown will always be White Salmon.
Sports briefs for Feb. 15
HRV basketball eyes end of season; Eagle lacrosse gearing up; Cooper Spur scheduled open this weekend
Eagle wrestling demolishes The Dalles
Team hosts home dual Saturday
Hood River Valley High School wrestling traveled to The Dalles-Wahtonka Thursday evening for their annual River Clash Cup dual.
Parkdale Jog-A-Thon is awesome
On side note, school carnival is March 14
Parkdale Elementary School students worked up a sweat this week during their annual Healthy Heart Jog-A-Thon fundraiser. Under the watchful eye of the school's iconic Pete's Dragon painting (extra credit to those who can remember the dragon's name), students took turns running laps around the gymnasium and, with the help of teachers and parent volunteers, getting punch-cards as Swiss-cheesy as possible during their allotted time.
Missoula Children's Theater takes stage
Kids can sign up now for a theater opportunity hosted by Columbia Center for the Arts.
Scholastic Writing: HRV writers Peterson, Miller, Sacre honored
Hunter Peterson and Danielle Miller, seniors at Hood River Valley High School and Cayla Sacre, a junior, won notable awards in 2014 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, one of the most prestigious national recognition program for students in the U.S.
Kids' Soup finalists give their pitches
Tickets available for Feb. 20 event
Gorge Soup has announced the finalists for the Feb. 20 Kids Gorge Soup event at Springhouse Cellar. The event will start at 6 p.m.
Supply's side shows good economics
Hood River Valley Guidance and ASPIRE present Class of 2015 College Information Night for students and parents of HRV juniors, Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m in the Bowe Theater. The presentation will be available in English and Spanish. Highlights include "Using Naviance as Your College Search Tool"; AdmissionsTesting" and "The Costs of College."
Public Records: CIRCUIT COURT, January 2014
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Years ago, as Operations and IT Manager for a small company, I was charged with finding a consultant to help us through an improvement project. One thing that I found surprising and entirely counter-intuitive over the course of that project was how easy it was to change the corporate culture – and in less than a year. The consultant implemented a process to measure individual performance within the company, and the positive transformation in the organization was truly remarkable.
The process was a deceptively simple, inexpensive, and powerful tool called Key Performance Indicators (KPI). KPI help change the way people do their jobs, approach their day, and deal with daily roadblocks. KPI help people focus on the BIG PICTURE. KPI help people distinguish the important from the trivial, the "must be done" from the "could be done", and allow employees to set their own priorities. When the boss reviews performance charts, questions follow. People begin to learn the importance of those measures. When people focus on activities and apply what they learn from the KPI, good things happen.
KPI differ by industry; and KPI are not just for individuals.
Using KPI reaps great rewards, and the secret lies in its focus on the business scorecard activities of revenue, costs, and cash.
Displaying KPI results is a vital part of the process. For example, some companies post the results of inventory accuracy counts with several positive results:
During our implementation, everyone including the president had KPI, and we posted performance to the KPI. The fact that the "person at the top" reported measurements had a unifying effect on the entire company. We all understood that everyone had a role to play, what the role was and how we were being measured. Everyone! We felt that since the "BIG GUY" showed us his, we would show him ours, and we accepted the fact that things were changing. We wanted to join the crowd; consequently, the corporate culture changed almost overnight.
The easiest way to implement KPI is to start slowly. Choose a couple of performance measurements that are important to your practice type and make sure that they produce the desired outcome. You can always add additional KPI after this simple tool demonstrates its value. Sometimes you will find KPI that fit your practice type through a professional society. Sometimes you will find KPI for your practice type on the web. If you cannot find the correct KPI, please contact me. Together, I know we can determine what will work for you.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Alabama's opponents have figured out how to limit its powerful running game. Now the No. 7 Crimson Tide has shown it can be just as dangerous in the air.
Julio Jones set a school record with 221 yards on a career-high 12 catches, Greg McElroy threw for 264 yards and backup quarterback A.J. McCarron hit running back Trent Richardson on a 5-yard touchdown pass as Alabama scored 28 unanswered second-half points Saturday night to beat Tennessee 41-10.
"Our focus this week was to try to distinguish ourselves by playing to a higher standard, and I challenged everybody to do that, and I feel like in the second half we did that," said Alabama coach Nick Saban, who got a win over his former assistant, first-year Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, in their first meeting.
Saban was displeased with the Crimson Tide's effort in recent games and worried that his players had become satisfied with simply winning. In the first half the Tide appeared to be in for another tight game like its 12-10 win over the Volunteers in 2009, when it needed Terrence Cody's block on UT's last-second 44-yard field goal to remain unbeaten on the way to a national title.
The Vols took a lesson from South Carolina and Mississippi, who limited the Tide the previous two weeks by blitzing and pressuring McElroy. But the effort wore down a team plagued by a lack of depth.
"As a defense we compete for a half — tackling, wrapping up the running backs, filling gaps. The second half I thought we fell apart, which seems to be a story that keeps coming," Vols linebacker Nick Reveiz said.
McElroy finished 21-of-32 for 264 yards, mostly to Jones, who broke David Palmer's mark of 217 receiving yards against Vanderbilt in 1993.
NO. 19 S.C. 21, VANDY 7: Brian Maddox came off the bench to run for a career-high 146 yards and the clinching touchdowns for the Gamecocks, who snapped a seven-game SEC road losing streak dating to 2008. Maddox replaced an ineffective Kenny Miles, who started for injured freshman Marcus Lattimore. "Brian did excellent," coach Steve Spurrier said. "Kenny just couldn't get a hole. I feel bad for Kenny but when Brian got his chance he was making things happen. He got the game ball." Maddox's touchdown from 2 yards with 4:59 left in the third broke a 7-7 tie.
No. 21 Arkansas 38, Miss. 24: Knile Davis ran for 176 yards and three touchdowns for the host Razorbacks. Down 24-3 early in the third, the Rebels twice pulled within a touchdown. Both times, Davis answered with touchdowns, from 71 and 22 yards. "The offensive line gives me a lot of support back there," Davis said. "And that gives me the time to do what I've got to do." It was the Razorbacks' first win over the Rebels in three tries since coach Houston Nutt left Fayetteville for Oxford after the 2007 season. Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, back from a concussion sustained last week, went 13-of-24 for 196 yards and a touchdown before leaving after the first of two lightning delays with a bruised shoulder.
NO. 24 MISS. ST. 29, UAB 24: Freshman LaDarius Perkins rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown as the host Bulldogs survived an upset scare. Playing as a nationally ranked team for the first time since 2001, the Bulldogs won their fifth straight, the program's longest streak since 1999. They also earned bowl eligibility for the first time in three seasons and only the second time in a decade. UAB rallied to take a 24-23 lead before Mississippi State's Derek DePasquale hit his fourth and fifth field goals of the night. "I thought we came out flat as a team tonight, and we're definitely going to have an opportunity to address that in practice this week," MSU coach Dan Mullen said.
GEORGIA 44, KENTUCKY 31: Washaun Ealey set a school record with five rushing touchdowns for the visiting Bulldogs, who won their third straight. Ealey had a season-high 157 yards on 28 carries before getting banged up late. He broke the mark of four rushing TDs, set most recently by running back Robert Edwards in 1997, and matched Edwards' mark for total touchdowns in a game set in 1995 against South Carolina.


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wikiHow to Build a Scrap PC
This is an overview on how to build a PC and how to pick the right parts. Anyone can build a computer; surprisingly enough, it's actually not that challenging but is more about following the right method.
1Ask friends and neighbors if they have any old or broken computers they could donate. Often you can salvage undamaged parts from a recent-vintage PC, as long as you are very careful to avoid static discharge. (Touching a piece of conductive metal every once in a while should do the trick). From older PCs, you may only be able to salvage the case and the PSU. Many old motherboards have the CPU built in.
2Check if the parts are compatible. If you're planning to use a new motherboard and an old hard drive, you may have to get an IDE controller adapter card (if your motherboard has an empty PCI express slot). You can probably grab one at Newegg for $20. Also check if the CPU and the motherboard use the same socket (such as AMD FM2 or Intel LGA1155). Make sure your PSU has enough watts for all of your computer parts. Check if your motherboard supports the type of RAM you're using. New motherboards tend to use DDR3 RAM while older ones tend to use DDR2.
3Work out how the parts are to be installed. For parts installation, you could watch a video or read the motherboard's manual (if you have it). Carefully remove the motherboard and set it on a non-conductive surface.
- If you have a CPU cooler (a good thing to have), you will have to read the instructions on how to install this part, since AMD and Intel vary.
4Carefully take out your CPU. Make sure you do not touch the pins on the bottom. Lift the lever on the processor socket, align the golden arrow on the corner of the processor with the golden arrow on the socket. Carefully put the CPU in place and pull the lever down to lock it in place.
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Shōji Hamada
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Shōji Hamada (濱田 庄司 Hamada Shōji, December 9, 1894 – January 5, 1978) was a Japanese potter. He was a significant influence on studio pottery of the twentieth century, and a major figure of the mingei folk-art movement, establishing the town of Mashiko as a world-renowned pottery centre.[citation needed]
Hamada was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1894.
He studied ceramics at Tokyo Institute of Technology with Kawai Kanjirō under Itaya Hazan. As the sole students in the school interested in becoming artist-potters, Hamada and the slightly elder Kawai were soon friends, touring the city in search of inspiration.[1][2] Hamada was deeply impressed by a Tokyo exhibition of ceramic art by Bernard Leach, who was then staying with Yanagi Sōetsu, and wrote to Leach seeking an introduction.[1] The two found much in common and became good friends, so much so that Hamada accompanied Leach to England in 1920 when the latter decided to return and establish a pottery there. Having spent three years in St Ives with Bernard Leach, he returned to Japan in 1923 and eventually established his workshop in Mashiko, about 100 km north-east of Tokyo. Here, he built his own pottery and committed himself to using only locally sourced materials, not only in the clay he used, but also the glazes he created and the brushes he manufactured himself from dog hair and bamboo.[3]
In 1955 the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology designated him a "Living National Treasure".
Hamada Shoji was very supportive of young artists who moved to Mashiko such as his student Shimaoka Tatsuzō, and Kamoda Shōji, and was also important in establishing Mashiko as a destination for day tourism.
Hamada died in Mashiko on January 5, 1978.
Throughout a lifetime dedicated to making pottery he achieved international recognition and his works have been collected by museums across the world. Hamada influence was felt not only in his native Japan, particularly in Mashiko, but also in the West. In the United Kingdom and the US his style and philosophy became well known amongst studio potters, and he was revered as the archetypal "Oriental" potter. In 1955 he was designated a "Living National Treasure".
Today Hamada's works attain high prices at auction. In the UK, examples of his work can be seen at the York Art Gallery.
- Bernard Leach, Hamada, Potter; with a new preface by Warren MacKenzie; foreword by Janet Darnell Leach. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International; New York: Distributed in the US by Kodansha International/USA, 1990. 232 pp. Ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
- Bernard Leach, A Potter in Japan, 1952–1954. London: Faber and Faber, 1960. 246 pp. Ill., ports.; 21 cm.
- Bernard Leach, Hamada & their Circle: from the Wingfield Digby collection / Tony Birks & Cornelia Wingfield Digby; introduction by Michael Webb; photographs by Peter Kinnear. Yeovil: Marston House, 1992. 192 pp. Ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
- Susan Peterson. Shoji Hamada: a potter's way and work. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International; New York: distributed by Harper & Row, 1974. 239 pp. Ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. Held in State Library of NSW www.sl.nsw.gov.au
- Shoji Hamada [videorecording]: a potter's way and work / written and narrated by Susan Peterson. New York: Weatherhill Press, 1995, c. 1996. 1 videocassette (VHS)(027 min.): sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Mashiko village pottery, Japan, 1937 [videorecording]: pottery-making in Japan.1 videocassette (VHS) (22 min.): si., b&w; 1/2 in. Shows the pottery techniques used by Mashiko potters. From the 1850s, these potters produced utilitarian ware for local markets, but the post-war period saw a change with the influence of renowned potter, Shoji Hamada. Held at University of Tasmania & Edith Cowan University. Edith Cowan University Library
- The Potters' Society of Australia presents...Shoji Hamada [videorecording]. Kensington, NSW: University of New South Wales. Audio Visual Unit, (198?)1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.): sd., b&w; 1/2 in. Held in University of Newcastle. University of Newcastle Library
- Shoji Hamada [videorecording]: a demonstration by Shoji Hamada.Audio-Visual Unit, UNSW, 1984. 1 videocassette (VHS) (48 min.): sd., b&w; 1/2 in. Held in Southern Cross University. University Library Lismore.
- The Potters' Society of Australia presents Shoji Hamada [videorecording]. Sydney: Closed Circuit Television, University of New South Wales, 1965. 1 videocassette (VHS)(50 min): sd., b&w; 1/2.Famous Japanese artist potter, Shoji Hamada demonstrates his unique techniques. Held in The University of Sydney. University of Sydney Library.
- Fingers and Clay. 1 film reel (11 mins): sd., b&w; 16 mm. Pottery making as an artistic craft. Australian students and the Japanese master potter Shoji Hamada demonstrate techniques involved, and typical creative work is shown. Producer, Malcolm Otton; director, editor, Christopher Cordeaux; script, J. Hawes; photographers, Edward Cranstone, Tom Cowan; sound, Gordon Wraxall. Held in State Library of NSW www.sl.nsw.gov.au
- The art of the potter. [Motion picture] / Sidney Reichman and David Outerbridge.New York : Phoenix Films, 1977. 2 reels, 50 mins: sd., col.; 16 mm.Presents the work of English potter Bernard Leach and Japanese potter Shōji Hamada. Shows each potter demonstrating and discussing his craft, beginning with the digging of clay through its firing in a kiln. Held in State Library of NSW www.sl.nsw.gov.au
- Three potters throwing. [Motion picture]. Research & Education Dept, American Crafts Council, 1958. 20 mins: si. color; 16 mm.Shows potters Shōji Hamada, Antonio Prieto, and Peter Voulkos throwing pots.Held in University of New England. Dixson Library.
- Shoji Hamada [Pottery] [slide]. Tanyard, Wilts: Slides for Potters, [197-].23 slides: col. & + guide (Set 19).
a. Bottle 1963. Slab-built, salt glaze.-b. Bottle. 1963. Slab, "Kaki" ash glaze.-c. Bottle, 1963. Tall slab-built, "Kaki".-d. Vase.1963. "Kaki" glaze, wax resist. e. Pot. 1963. Flattened, iron brushwork. f. Bottle. 1963. Tall rectangular wax resist. g. Pot. 1963. Flattened, block glaze trail. h. Bottle. 1963. Curved slab, wax resist. i. Bottle. 1963. Thrown square brushwork, salt glaze. j. Bottle. 1963. Slab, panelled decoration. k. Bottle. 1963. Rectangular, finger sgraffito. Pot. Held in The University of Melbourne. The University Library.
For more information on the holdings contact your public library in Australia.
- ^ a b Leach, 1990:93
- ^ http://www.eocene-arts.com/ceramics/kawai.html
- ^ Riddick, Sarah (1990). Pioneer Studdio Pottery: The Milner-White Collection. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0853315906.
External links[edit]
- Works by Shōji Hamada in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Works by Hamada Shoji shown by Eocene Arts
- Work by Shoji Hamada in the Collection at Gallery Oldham, Greater Manchester


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Filing a Contested Divorce in Alabama
Albeit the less desirable way to end a marriage, filing for a contested divorce in Alabama is sometimes the only option available to parties that have come to the end of their marital relationship. The state of Alabama will require that at least one the parties have actually resided within the state six months prior the filing of the divorce.
Filing and Service of the Divorce Complaint
The spouse that is filing for the divorce is known as the petitioner and the spouse that will be responding to the divorce is termed the respondent. The petitioner will file for a divorce in the county of the parties residence. Filing fees for Alabama contested divorces average about $200. After the petition for divorce is filed the respondent must be served with it by an appropriate legal medium. This can include acknowledgement of service by the respondent or by paying the Sherriff's office or a special process server to deliver the documents. Once a respondent is served he or she will have 31 days to file an answer to the petition for divorce.
Grounds for Filing for Contested Divorce in Alabama
Grounds are basically the legal reasons that the petitioner alleges in the petition as to why the divorce should be granted. They include but are not limited to the following:
- Addiction to Drug or alcohol
- Adultery
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- Abandonment
- Physical incapacitation
Process After Filing for a Contested Divorce in Alabama
Discovery process is where both parties get to send over information and document requests to the other side for the purpose of using such information to advance their side in the case. During the discovery period the parties can also depose one another. Most attorneys will push for mediation if the case is one that could be resolved before trial. However if the case is one where parties emotions are running high then issues such as alimony, child support, child custody, retirement benefits, insurance coverage, and marital property may have to be tried by the court. If the parties can reach an agreement then the court can enter the same into a final judgment and decree. If the parties go to trial, the court will have a hearing on all pending matters and enter a final judgment declaring the marriage dissolved.
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Only a licensed attorney in your area with copious amounts of contested divorce experience should be handling your case. Family law can be tricky and it can almost become impossible to deal with on your own. Seek the advice of a lawyer to help ease e your mind and to make sure that you receive the legal guidance you need.
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Bamako - Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and seven wounded in a suicide attack in northern Mali on Saturday, which drew condemnation from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
"Such attacks will not deter the United Nations from its efforts to support the Malian people in their search for peace in their country," Ban said.
The suicide bomber drover a pick-up truck packed with explosives into a UN camp in Ber, 50 kilometres east of Timbuktu in northern Mali.
All the casualties were soldiers from Burkina Faso. Two soldiers with serious injuries were flown to the Senegalese capital, Dakar, for treatment.
A witness told dpa: "The Burkinabes had set up a camp in Ber in July after rebels took control of the town. There was no checkpoint. The bombers were able to drive their vehicle right into the camp, among the tents, before blowing themselves up."
David Gressly, the acting chief of the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA), said in Bamako: "MINUSMA is paying too heavy a price in Mali given that the peacekeepers are here precisely to ensure a return to peace and stability."
He told dpa: "We know that the Malian people are appalled by the gratuitous and ignoble violence" targeting peacekeepers even as a peace process has begun in Algiers.
On Thursday, two peacekeepers from Bangladesh were injured when their vehicle drove over a mine. The next day, a Chadian soldier was wounded at the same site when his vehicle drove over a mine.
Mali is still recovering from a 2012 military coup and Islamist insurgency. About 2 300 French soldiers continue to search for Islamist extremists in the country's north.
Three weeks of talks aimed at drawing up a roadmap for a peace process took place in Algiers in July and August, and are due to resume in September.


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Susan G Amara
Affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University
Country: USA
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- Neurotransmitter transporters as molecular targets for addictive drugsS G Amara
Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 51:87-96. 1998....
- Excitatory amino acid transporters: keeping up with glutamateSusan G Amara
Vollum Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon Health Science University, L 474, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, 97201, Portland, OR, USA
Neurochem Int 41:313-8. 2002....
- Purification of a neuroprotective component of Parawixia bistriata spider venom that enhances glutamate uptakeAndréia Cristina Karklin Fontana
Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Br J Pharmacol 139:1297-309. 2003..5) This active spider venom component may serve as a basis for designing therapeutic drugs that increase glutamate clearance and limit neurodegeneration...
- Structural rearrangements at the translocation pore of the human glutamate transporter, EAAT1Barbara H Leighton
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
J Biol Chem 281:29788-96. 2006..Such behavior likely reflects rearrangements in the tertiary structure of the translocation pore during transport and thus provides constraints for modeling the structural dynamics associated with transport...
- Effects of Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its toxin TsTX-V on neurotransmitter uptake in vitroAlessandra L Cecchini
Departamento de Fisica e Quimica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto USP, Av do Cafe, S N, 14040 903, Ribeirao Preto SP, Brazil
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 217:196-203. 2006..Thus, TsTX-V causes a reduction of (3)H-GABA and (3)H-DA uptake in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, not directly affecting GABA transporters, but, in consequence of depolarization, involving voltage-gated Na(+) channels...
- Glutamate and monoamine transporters: new visions of form and functionGonzalo E Torres
Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Curr Opin Neurobiol 17:304-12. 2007..This review focuses on recent studies of glutamate and monoamine transporters as prototypes of the two carrier families...
- Gain of function mutants reveal sites important for the interaction of the atypical inhibitors benztropine and bupropion with monoamine transportersOle V Mortensen
Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Neurochem 98:1531-40. 2006..Thus, these studies begin to identify residues that are important for the unique molecular interactions of benztropine and bupropion with the DAT, and that ultimately may contribute to the distinct behavioral actions of these drugs...
- Differential regulation of GLAST immunoreactivity and activity by protein kinase C: evidence for modification of amino and carboxyl terminiBala T S Susarla
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania and Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Neurochem 91:1151-63. 2004....
- Characterization of novel L-threo-beta-benzyloxyaspartate derivatives, potent blockers of the glutamate transportersKeiko Shimamoto
Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research, 1 1 1, Wakayamadai, Shimamoto cho, Mishima gun, Osaka 618 8503, Japan
Mol Pharmacol 65:1008-15. 2004..Taken together, these findings indicate that novel TBOA analogs, especially TFB-TBOA, should serve as useful tools for elucidating the physiological roles of the glutamate transporters...
- The multiple LIM domain-containing adaptor protein Hic-5 synaptically colocalizes and interacts with the dopamine transporterAna M Carneiro
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Neurosci 22:7045-54. 2002....
- Enhancing glutamate transport: mechanism of action of Parawixin1, a neuroprotective compound from Parawixia bistriata spider venomAndréia Cristina Karklin Fontana
Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, 6068 BST3, 3501 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Lung Cancer
Subpleural nodule found
I was brought into the ER because I had a hard time brething. I am 36yr old female, long time smoker no other real health prolems. They took tons of test and found 3 Pericardial cyst noted along the right border at the cardiophrenic which is benign but my ? is about the small bening appearing subpleural nodule in the right middle lobe measuring 3.8mm a few scattered bullae are noted at the lung base, small sebaceous cyst in the posterior left flank region. Whats does all tat mean? I will be going to a heart doc soon but until i go I am so worried about what this all means? Will they grow if not do i need them removed at the size they are now?
Pericardial cysts are benign and typically cause no problems unless they are large. A 3.8mm subpleural nodule is very small. However, in a smoker, it might be worthwhile to obtain a follow-up CT in 3-6 months to make sure it does not change. Bullae are small "bubbles" in the lung. They are often related to smoking. They can be a component of emphysema. They should be treated only if very large. Sebaceous cysts are benign skin cysts than can occasionally cause problems if infected. Bottom line: quit smoking before your lungs get worse, and before you get cancer, have a heart attack, or develop one of the many other diseases caused by smoking.
Michael F Reed, MD
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College of Medicine
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David Walliams: I really want to be Simon Cowell's X Factor helper
The Britain's Got Talent judge is eyeing up Sinitta's usual spot in the Judges' Houses round of this year's singing contest
David Walliams has his eye on a role on the X Factor. Not as a full-time judge mind, rather as Simon Cowell's assistant during the Judges' Houses stage.
Cowell has previously taken his contestants to Barbados, where Walliams seems confident his fellow Britain's Got Talent judge is going again. We can see why he might fancy the job.
"I really want to be Simon's helper at his judges' home in Barbados. I told him I'd come out of his closet, but he said no," Walliams tells the Sun.
But he may have to fight Simon's long-time Judges' Houses buddy Sinitta, who said earlier in the year that she was going to be back by Simon's side.
"I love working with him, he's a lot of fun and a genius when it comes to working with talent on these programmes," Sinitta told Chronicle Live.
Of course, it probably wouldn't take too much persuasion to get Walliams in that leaf bikini of Sinitta's. Or Robbie Williams's in fact – yes, the leaf bikini look has actually had two airings on the show.
In fact, Louis Walsh had three extra judges last year – Sinitta, Shane Filan and Nicole Appleton – why not have both Sinitta and Walliams in the matching get ups alongside Mr Cowell?
Sources close to the show say final decisions are yet to made surrounding the locations and guests for Judges' Houses. Although rumours suggest Louis Walsh will head somewhere exotic, new judge Mel B could be off to Mexico, while Cheryl Fernandez-Versini may take her contestants to Nice in France.
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More travel-theme/postage goodies. Here's some Postage Stamps from Dafont (yup, these are image fonts!!)
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NWChem is a computational chemistry package that is designed to run on high-performance parallel supercomputers as well as conventional workstation clusters. It aims to be scalable both in its ability to treat large problems efficiently, and in its usage of available parallel computing resources.
NWChem has been developed by the High-performance Computational Chemistry group of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Most of the implementation has been funded by the EMSL Construction Project.
Job Submission Example for 6.3
#!/bin/bash #PBS -N MyJobName #PBS -j oe #PBS -r n #PBS -A MyProjectCode #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=24 #PBS -l walltime=00:10:00 module load molmodel nwchem/intel/6.3 cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR mpiexec nwchem MyINputFile > MyLogFile
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#!/bin/bash #PBS -N MyJobName #PBS -j oe #PBS -r n #PBS -A MyProjectCode #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=24 #PBS -l walltime=00:10:00 module load molmodel nwchem/intel/6.5 cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR mpirun nwchem MyINputFile > MyLogFile
Additional Notes
Before using NWChem you have to run the following commands:
cd module load molmodel nwchem/intel/6.3 lnk_nwchemrc
cd module load molmodel nwchem/intel/6.5 lnk_nwchemrc
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A FORMER health boss has been appointed as new the chairman of the group reviewing the future of hospital services in Worcestershire.
Former chairman of NHS West Mercia cluster of Primary Care Trusts Joanna Newton has been made independent chairman of the Future of Acute Hospital Services in Worcestershire programme.
She is taking over from NHS England's director of operations and delivery David Williams, who has been leading the project on an interim basis.
She said she was excited to join the programme.
"For the first time there is a clear clinical way forward for acute services in the county and I feel we have a real chance of ensuring that Worcestershire's acute services can be clinically and financially sustainable for many years to come," she said.
"I've been involved with the NHS locally in Worcestershire and I 'm looking forward to my part in this programme."
Earlier this year the group presented its long-awaited report into hospital services in the county, which recommended vital services are centralised at Worcestershire Royal Hospital but the A&E department at Redditch's Alexandra Hospital should remain open.
Mr William's welcomed the appointment of his replacement.
"We are at a stage where it is now right for NHS England to take a step back and to return to its primary function of scrutinising the project," he said.
"Responsibility for the project rests with the three clinical commissioning groups and they will be pushing it forward under the chairmanship of Joanna.
"We are lucky to have secured someone of Joanna's experience and expertise as chair of the programme going forward."


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Are Judges Responsible for WisconsinŌĆÖs Mass Incarceration Crisis?
New book explores how judicial power contributed to stateŌĆÖs high prison population
Ask anyone about the causes of WisconsinŌĆÖs ballooning prison population and youŌĆÖll get two responses: the tough Truth in Sentencing law, which virtually eliminated parole and extended prison sentences, and the War on Drugs, which locked up thousands of nonviolent drug offenders for relatively low-level violations. But we should also consider the role played by judges, argues Marquette University Law Professor Michael OŌĆÖHear in his soon-to-launch book, Wisconsin Sentencing in the Tough-on-Crime Era: How Judges Retained Power and Why Mass Incarceration Happened Anyway (University of Wisconsin Press). OŌĆÖHearŌĆÖs research found that Wisconsin judges have unusually wide discretion over sentencing. Instead of using that discretion to offer reduced sentences to offenders, WisconsinŌĆÖs judges contributed to our mass incarceration by imposing longer sentences and boosting our prison population. In effect, our judges are just as ŌĆ£tough on crimeŌĆØ as many of our lock-ŌĆÖem-up legislators. HereŌĆÖs an excerpt of the ShepherdŌĆÖs conversation with OŌĆÖHear about his research into WisconsinŌĆÖs very powerful judges.
Shepherd: How did judges become so powerful in Wisconsin in determining sentencing?
OŌĆÖHear: Wisconsin is unusual in that regard. It happened because policy-makers wanted to appear tough on crime and there was a whole series of enactments that were designed to appear tough on crime to the public. At the same time, policy-makers were reined in by fiscal concerns. The way that they settled generally on balancing those desires was by adopting sentencing laws that increased maximum sentence lengths without necessarily increasing minimum sentence lengths. So when you go from a situation where the sentencing range for a particular crime, letŌĆÖs say, is zero to 10 years, and then you make it zero to 20 years to make it appear that youŌĆÖre being tough on crime, thatŌĆÖs a big increase in the power of the judges.
Then the other big piece that empowered the judges was the Truth in Sentencing law. I know from speaking with people around the state for a lot of years that many people in Wisconsin think that Truth in Sentencing not only eliminated parole in the state but that it also ties the judgesŌĆÖ hands at sentencing. That is not true at all. Parole was eliminated but that empowered judges. That didnŌĆÖt weaken judges. The parole board had for years and years and years been a key check and balance on the judges. Truth in Sentencing took away the checks and balances in the system and really established the judge as the dominant player in determining punishment.
Shepherd: Do the judges appreciate their role in WisconsinŌĆÖs mass incarceration problem?
OŌĆÖHear: I donŌĆÖt have the sense that there is a whole lot of systemic thinking like that on the part of the judges. I think that the judges see one case at a time coming before them. Judges donŌĆÖt decide the incarceration rate for Wisconsin will be X. I think the judges see themselves as making the right decision case by case by case, without necessarily thinking a whole lot about how thousands of case-by-case-by-case decisions made by hundreds of judges across the state are adding up to mass incarceration. And in fairness to the judges, they are busy people and they are consumed with this case-by-case-by-case management.
Shepherd: Also, as you point out in your book, the judges arenŌĆÖt accountable to the Department of Corrections. TheyŌĆÖre accountable to the people who elect them in their local communities.
OŌĆÖHear: I do think that this is one of the broader systemic problems which has caused mass incarceration not only in Wisconsin, but across the country. The judges make the decisions that fill the prisons. Judges almost everywhere in the United States are locally elected. Those local voters only pay a very small portion of the bill for mass incarceration. ItŌĆÖs the state and state taxpayers as a whole who pay the bill. Some criminologists refer to this as the ŌĆ£correctional free lunch.ŌĆØ Judges get a free lunch when they send a local troublemaker to state prison and basically make the problem a state-level problem, not a local problem.
Shepherd: Another myth you take on is the belief that our prisons are full of nonviolent drug offenders who are victims of the War on Drugs.
OŌĆÖHear: ThatŌĆÖs a very common misperception. We had a lot more drug incarceration around 2000. There was a pretty significant increase in drug incarceration in the 1990s, which really came out of Milwaukee because the DAŌĆÖs office in Milwaukee took a really strong ŌĆ£tough on crackŌĆØ stance. From Milwaukee we were sending an awful lot of predominantly black young men to state prison for crack offenses in the ŌĆÖ90s. But even at the height of the War on Drugs the prison population was still only about 15% drug offenders, and itŌĆÖs come down pretty markedly since then. I think this is a quiet but important story. ThereŌĆÖs been a pretty dramatic decrease in the number of drug offenders in prison in the state since the early 2000s. That decrease corresponds very closely with a dramatic decline in drug arrests in Milwaukee. There you might be seeing corrections numbers being driven in significant ways by policing strategy decisions. ThatŌĆÖs not a connection many people make.
Shepherd: One bright spot you highlight is the Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) program, which was championed by the faith-based coalition WISDOM. TAD is a county-based program that allows local leaders to create treatment programs for offenders with a substance use problem, instead of sending them to jail.
OŌĆÖHear: ThereŌĆÖs more money going into TAD now and I think thatŌĆÖs a good thing. The research on TAD, which comes out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, finds that the program is successful, that it achieves some significant reductions in jail time and prison time, and that the overall savings to the state of TAD exceed the amount of money thatŌĆÖs going into the TAD program.
What I think is really important about TAD, and why itŌĆÖs successful, is that TAD is empowering local criminal justice leaders to be creative, to set up new programs, to divert people from prison. We have this historical problem of the correctional free lunch. YouŌĆÖre a busy judge or a busy prosecutor and you have a troublemaker and it becomes a pretty easy choice to ship him off to state prison and get him out of your hair for a few years. What TAD does is allow local officials to set up options or alternatives. Those local officials will be invested in those options and will want to see them succeed and will want to see them utilized and to prove themselves successful. I think it changes the political dynamics and fiscal dynamics in important ways. Now your local decision-makers are much more drawn to alternatives to incarceration.
OŌĆÖHear will launch Wisconsin Sentencing in the Tough-on-Crime Era at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Boswell Book Co., 2559 N. Downer Ave. HeŌĆÖll also appear on Mike GoushaŌĆÖs ŌĆ£On the IssuesŌĆØ Marquette Law School Series on Thursday, Jan. 26.


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A record number of advocates joined forces in Richmond yesterday to attend the League of Women Voters of Virginia's annual kick-off to the 2014 legislative session. Coming together for a full day of discussions inside the state capitol, dozens of diverse leaders representing the League's organizational partners stepped up to the podium to lay out their priorities for coming year.
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Research highlights
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19.05.2017 A new paper is publshed:
I. Ivanov et al., "Role of edge engineering in photoconductivity of graphene nano-ribbons"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 7982 (2017)
01.04.2017 Dmitry Turchinovich is appointed professor of experimental physics at the University of Duisburg-Essen. At the same time, Dmitry remains the leader of Ultrafast dynamics & THz spectroscopy group at MPIP, just as before.
21.03.2017 A new paper is published: D. Jänsch et al., "Ultra-Narrow Low-Bandgap Graphene Nanoribbons from Bromoperylenes - Synthesis and Terahertz-Spectroscopy", Chemistry - A European Journal (2017)
20.03.2017 A new paper is published: D. Turchinovich et al., "Femtosecond-timescale buildup of electron mobility in GaAs observed via ultrabroadband transient terahertz spectroscopy", Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 121102 (2017)
15.03.2017 A new paper is published: Z. Chen at al., "Chemical vapor deposition synthesis and terahertz photoconductivity of low-bandgap N = 9 armchair graphene nanoribbons", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 3635 (2017)
20.01.2017 A new paper is published: H. I. Wang et al., "Reversible photochemical control of doping levels in supported graphene", J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 4083 (2017)
15.01.2017 Eduard Unger joins the group
01.10.2016 Hassan Hafez and Wentao Zhang join the group
23.07.2016 A SPIE Newsroom feature is published: J. Lægsgaard et al., "All-fiber sources for visible femtosecond pulses using resonant dispersive waves", SPIE Newsroom doi:10.1117/2.1201606.006509 (2016)
08.06.2016 Dmitry Turchinovich designated OSA Senior Member
01.06.2016 Francesco D'Angelo successfully defends his PhD thesis
23.05.2016 A new paper is published: H. Tu et al., "Stain-free histopathology by programmable supercontinuum pulses," Nature Photonics 10, 534 (2016)
23.05.2016 A new paper is published: T. Seifert et al., "Efficient metallic spintronic emitters of ultrabroadband terahertz radiation", Nature Photonics 10, 483 (2016)
20.05.2016 A new paper is published: F. Wang et al., "Probing the charge separation process on In2S3/Pt-TiO2 nanocomposites for boosted visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production," Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 198, 25 (2016)
13.05.2016 Keno Krewer is selected for MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence
29.04.2016 A new paper is published: F. D'Angelo et al.,
"Self-referenced ultra-broadband transient terahertz spectroscopy using air-photonics", Optics Express 24, 10157 (2016)
11.02.2016 A new paper is published: S. Ilday et al., "Multiscale self-assembly of silicon quantum dots into an anisotropic three-dimensional random network", Nano Lett. 16, 1942 (2016)
28.12.2015 A new paper is published: A. Hangleiter et al., "Efficient formation of excitons in a dense electron-hole plasma at room temperature," Phys. Rev. B 92, 241305R (2015) - Rapid communication, selected as an Editor's suggestion
09.12.2015 A new paper is published: X. Liu et al., "Topical Review - Progress in Cherenkov femtosecond fiber lasers, " J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 023001 (2016)
30.11.2015 Abstract and summary submission is open for the Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO:2016) to be held in San Jose, CA on 05 - 10 June 2016. Submission deadline is 27 January 2016.
30.11.2015 A new paper is published: M. Karakus et al., "Phonon-electron scattering limits free charge mobility in methylammonium lead iodide perovskites", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 4991 (2015)
05.10.2015 A new paper is published: I. Ivanov et al., "Perspective on terahertz spectroscopy of graphene", EPL 111, 67001 (2015) - invited International Year of Light Perspective
16.07.2015 A new paper is published: Z. Mics et al., "Thermodynamic picture of ultrafast charge transport in graphene," Nature Communications 6, 7655 (2015)
06.07.2015 A new paper is published: Z. Jin et al., "Accessing the fundamentals of magnetotransport in metals with terahertz probes," Nature Physics 11, 761 (2015)
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15.06.2015 Byung Cheol Park and Xiaomin Liu join the group as postdocs
01.06.2015 Keno Krewer joins the group as a new PhD student
15.05.2015 Dmitry Turchinovich and Zuanming Jin presented 3 talks and 2 posters by the group at this year's CLEO conference, which took place in San Jose 10-15.05.2015. Dmitry Turchinovich also served on the conference committee.
25.03.2015 Dmitry Turchinovich is elected an associated faculty of Graduate School Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ)
15.03.2015 With 2 oral presentations and 3 posters our group has participated in Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST 2015) meeting in San Diego. Zoltan Mics and Francesco D'Angelo received OTST travel grants.
10.02.2015 Heejae Kim received a Marie Sklodowska-Curie scholarship
01.02.2015 6th International Symposium on Terahertz Nanoscience (TERA-NANO VI), to take place in Okinawa on 30.06 - 03.07.15, is open for abstract submission.
23.01.2015 Nanotechnology Congress and Expo, to take place in Frankfurt 11-13.08.15, is open for registration and abstract submission
24.12.14 A new paper is published: T. Hallam et al., "Controlled folding of graphene: GraFold printing", Nano Letters 15, 857 (2015)
16.12.14 German Terahertz Conference, to take place in Dresden on 08-10.06.14, is open for registration and abstract submission.
10.10.14 A new paper is published: Z. Jin et al., "Ultrafast THz photoconductivity of photovoltaic polymer-fullerene blends: a comparative study correlated with photovoltaic device performance", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 3662 (2014)
23.09.14 A new paper is published: S. A. Jensen et al., "Competing ultrafast energy relaxation pathways in photoexcited graphene", Nano Letters 14, 5839 (2014)
12.07.14 Dmitry Turchinovich gave an oral presentation at 19th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, held in Okinawa, Japan on 07-11.07.14.
23.06.14 5th International Symposium on Terahertz Nanoscience (TERA-NANO V), to take place in Martinique on 01-05.12.14, is open for registration.
21.06.14 Summer school "Charge and spin transport in non-metallic systems and confined geometries", 24-29.08.14, University of Mainz, is open for registration.
20.06.14 With 5 oral presentations given by Zoltan Mics, Zuanming Jin, Søren Jensen, Francesco D'Angelo, and Ask Svane (PhD student at DTU), our group was one of the biggest contributors at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2014) which took place in San Jose, CA on 08-13.06.14. Dmitry Turchinovich served on the conference committee.
15.05.14 A new paper is published: F. D'Angelo et al., "Ultra-broadband THz time-domain spectroscopy
of common polymers using THz air photonics", Opt. Express 22, 12475 (2014).
15.04.14 Heejae Kim joins our group as affiliated postdoc. Heejae will be working on a joint project with the Liquid dynamics group at MPIP.
20.02.14 Søren Jensen successfully defends his PhD thesis at the University of Amsterdam.
09.01.14 Lecture course Materials Science: Advanced Materials and Ultrafast Spectroscopy is open for enrollment at the University of Mainz (summer semester 2014). To sign up, please use Jogustine link or contact Dmitry Turchinovich by email.
Upd: the course plan is published.
04.10.13 A new paper is published: S. A. Jensen et al., "Ultrafast photoconductivity of graphene nanoribbons and carbon nanotubes", Nano Letters 13, 5925 (2013).
06.09.13 With 8 oral presentations, including 3 invited, our group was one of the biggest contributors at 38th International conference on infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves (IRMMW - THz 2013). Søren Jensen received the student presentation award.
Upd: Read the news article on MPIP website.
02.07.13 Ivan Ivanov becomes a new PhD student in the group.
26.06.13 Dmitry Turchinovich gives an invited talk at the 1st Germany-China symposium on ultrafast light sources and spectroscopy applications at DESY, Hamburg.
17.06.13 Zuanming Jin successfully defends his PhD thesis at Physics department of Shanghai University, and stays in our group as a postdoc.
12.06.13 A new paper is published: Z. Mics et al., "Density-dependent electron scattering in photoexcited GaAs in strongly diffusive regime", Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 231120 (2013)
16.05.13 Jiang Ke from the Chinese Academy of Sciences joins the group on a prestigeous CAS-MPG scholarship, to work on the project on THz nonlinear optics.
05.04.13 Zoltan Mics, Søren Jensen, Zuanming Jin, and Dmitry Turchinovich present their results at Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST 2013) conference in Kyoto. Dmitry Turchinovich receives the poster award.
25.03.13 A new paper is published: Z. Jin et al., "Single-pulse terahertz coherent control of spin resonance in the canted antiferromagnet YFeO3, mediated by dielectric anisotropy", Phys. Rev. B 87, 094422 (2013)
05.03.13 38th International conference on infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves (IRMMW - THz 2013) will be held in Mainz 01-06.09.2013. Deadline for abstracts: 01.04.2013.
Upd: deadline extended until 15.04.2013
27.02.13 Dmitry Turchinovich officially receives the European Union Career Integration Grant.
26.02.13 Søren Jensen and Mischa Bonn publish a collaborative paper in Nature Physics on "Photoexcitation cascade and multiple hot-carrier generation in graphene"
25.02.13 Dmitry Turchinovich represents the group at the annual meeting of German Terahertz Center in St. Louis.
04.02.13 Dmitry Turchinovich gives an invited talk on THz semiconductor nonlinear optics at Ultrafast phenomena and Nanophotonics conference of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco.
15.01.13 A lecture course on Ultrafast Phenomena at the University of Mainz is open for enrollment (summer semester 2013, 2 hrs a week).
05.01.13 Open PhD positions in the group
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ASA 132nd meeting - Hawaii, December 1996
4aMUb1. Analysis of sound generation mechanisms of a Samisen: Comparison between its sound waveform and vibration waveforms of the skin, bridge, and plectrum at the beginning of the sound.
4aMUb2. The ``Satsuma'' biwa.
4aMUb3. Acoustical studies of Japanese traditional drums (Tsuzumi)---Vibration, analysis, and synthesis.
4aMUb4. Acoustics of Caribbean steelpans.
4aMUb5. The American hammered dulcimer: Its acoustical properties, role in traditional culture, and current design developments.
4aMUb6. Gourds of the Kiowa Tia Piah Society.
4aMUb7. The reed organ in North America and Japan.
4aMUb8. Acoustical properties of free reeds: A study of reeds from American reed organs.


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Even though I'm not as much of a college basketball fan these days, the NCAA Tournament still captures my attention.
Even though I'm not as much of a college basketball fan these days, the NCAA Tournament still captures my attention.
The tournament is the only thing I really care about during the college basketball season, which already seems to go as long as the NBA season does. But there's just something about the NCAA Tournament, whether it's the atmosphere, the tension among teams knowing one slip-up and the season's over and the total unpredictability of the event. Seriously, who had Dayton going to the Elite Eight in their bracket before things tipped off more than two weeks ago?
I think another reason I enjoy following the NCAA Tournament is the television coverage provided. CBS has always done a relatively good job over the years airing the event, and one of the best moves made in the history of recent television sports history came a few years ago when the network partnered with Turner to put all the tournament games on various channels (although I'm lamenting the fact I don't have Tru-TV on my satellite dish).
But even with the great coverage CBS has provided airing the NCAA Tournament, there's been one glaring drawback: The network badly needs a new top play-by-play voice.
Currently, the network employs Jim Nantz as its top college basketball voice, a position he has held since the early 1990s. Two decades too long as far as I'm concerned.
I've never been a big fan of Nantz's work. Frankly, I find him a bit dull and boring. I don't think he brings enough emotion for an event, especially one as big as the NCAA basketball tournament. I'm also not a big fan of Nantz during NFL season and you can imagine my reaction when it was announced that Nantz will also do the Thursday night NFL games which will be shown on both CBS and the NFL Network.
Plus, I don't like the way Nantz seems to just waltz in and start doing college basketball games right before the tournament tips off. He doesn't do many regular-season college basketball games, preferring to do golf for CBS (which he should just do year-round) right after the NFL season ends. I think if you're the so-called top voice of college basketball, you should be doing games pretty much from the start of the regular season all the way through to the Final Four.
Contrast Nantz's style with the other top play-by-play announcers CBS and Turner employs for the tournament.
The tandem of Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery may be one of my favorite announcing crews to listen to in any sport. They may be right up there with Pat Summerall and John Madden in the pantheon of great announcing teams. You feel like you're sitting right there with Lundquist and Raftery when they're doing a game. They're entertaining and it's always a treat whenever they break out their catchphrases.
What can you say about Marv Albert? The man is a legend and one of the greatest announcers of all time, although Albert is still associated more with the NBA than college basketball or any other sport he's done throughout his distinguished career. He's also done a tremendous job rehabilitating his image after that unfortunate scandal he went through in the late '90s which nearly ruined his stellar career.
I've always been a big fan of Kevin Harlan's work. I think he is one of the most underrated voices in any sport. Harlan brings a solid approach to college hoops and the NFL. Some may think he gets a little too "over-the-top" at times but I like the emotion he brings.
Personally, I still wish CBS had kept Gus Johnson and elevated him to the No. 1 play-by-play voice for college basketball. He was the perfect "voice" for the sport, especially during March Madness. And I'm still lamenting the fact that Tim Brando left CBS.
But, there's a bit of good news for those like yours truly who have had their fill of listening to Nantz. On Saturday for the Final Four, TNT and Tru-TV are putting together a revolutionary idea called the Teamcast, where you will get to hear team-specific announcers for both games. So instead of having to flip to TBS to endure Nantz drone on, you can hear on one channel a Kentucky-centric crew or a Wisconsin-geared crew for the other. Hey, I know what channel I'll be tuning to Saturday and it won't be TBS.
Unfortunately, the Teamcast concept won't carry over to Monday's national title game, which means we will have to put up with Nantz once again uttering some corny phrase once the clock winds down to zero and a team begins its championship celebration.
ESPN has already shown it's not afraid to shake things up with its announcers. Brent Musburger is no longer the top voice in college football (a welcome change, I might add) and they parted ways with Jon Miller, a Hall of Fame baseball announcer who for years was ESPN's No. 1 baseball voice.
Now it's time for CBS to do the same. However, I'm afraid the network may now be busy worrying about replacing David Letterman than they are even thinking about replacing Jim Nantz.
Buck Ringgold is a Times Record sports writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Twitter: @BR_TimesRecord.


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The secret's out: Pocket piano is synthfully fun
Noah Beresin recently moved into an apartment on Third Street in Old City. Before he got a kitchen table, he got all his keyboards and synthesizers set up, plugged in, and fully operational.
One of his favorites is the pocket piano.
"They are like super weapons," said Beresin who, as Xaphoon Jones, had been one-half of the hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang and now a producer for hire. "It's like an accordion from space."
The pocket piano, about 8 inches long, powered by a 9-volt battery with a built-in speaker, is outfitted with 16 round wooden buttons that each produce a tone, and a few more to tweak it.
"We live in an age where 99 percent of music are made by four software programs," said Beresin. "People do entire records on midi programming -- put vocals on top and it's done. The things that make recordings sound great are not cold, midi-calculated synths. It's weird bits of audio that you can't control. Things that have less knobs."
The pocket piano slowly crept into the world about three years ago, and has been quietly making its way into people's hearts and midi chains. It usually starts with someone pulling the instrument, which is about the size of a power strip, out of a backpack while backstage or during a break at a studio. Then musicians with antenna for picking out new sounds descend on it.
Jack White, Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco), and Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) have all twiddled with the pocket piano.
The 'people's piano'
At less than $200, the pocket piano could be the "people's piano." It was invented in Philadelphia, in a little studio in East Falls, where two friends are busy inventing and developing electronic instruments. Or musical toys. Or both.
"We don't really make the distinction," said Owen Osborn, one-half of Critter & Guitari. "We want to be able to lie on the couch and play, but adding features necessary if you want to make a fancy recording setup using one. We have output jacks so you can plug it in an amplifier, and we have these midi plugs so you can plug in sequencers or drum machines or whatever so you can lock tempo."
Osborn and his Critter & Guitari partner, Chris Kucinski, have been making musical instruments together for more than 15 years, since they met as undergraduates at Skidmore College in upstate New York.
"Owen showed up at school with a bunch of banjos he had made, and that blew me away," said Kucinski, turning to Osborn. "And the next thing I know, you had some class, and you had a pipe thing ..."
"A pipe bell instrument," said Osborn. "It was just hanging pieces of pipe from a hardware store."
"But they were having so much fun, and I really wanted to be in that class with them," said Kucinski.
Factoring in the fun
For years they have been part of an artist collective called dearrainbow, making interactive electronic toys for gallery installations. Their East Falls studio is crammed with old prototypes and gallery pieces. Some are just circuitry taped inside cardboard boxes. On the wall is a series of old security telephones embedded with tiny screens; pick up the handset and a video sequencer generates random sound tones through the earpiece.
The eponymous Guitari is a guitar-shaped synthesizer with a single string stretched down a fretboard. It produces a tone when you touch it, changing as you move up and down the fretboard, like a diddly-bow for a spider from Mars.
"It taught us a lot about what kinds of things people are willing and interested in experimenting with," said Osborn. "A lot of the ideas make their way into these more mass-produced instruments."
Critter & Guitari also make a square-shaped sampler called the Kaleidoloop. It's shaped like a cigar box because that's what they used for the prototype. It has a self-contained power source, a built-in speaker, like the pocket piano. Both are designed to be fun to hold.
"As far as portable synths that are battery powered with built-in speakers loud enough to play with an acoustic guitar in a a jam session around a campfire, there's not much out there," said Osborn, who has moved about 5,000 units so far. "That's been a big hit, the pocket piano. The Kaleidoloop's a little more experimental in nature."
The experimental band Man Man loves their Kaleidoloops. They have two, and are using them in the mix of their forthcoming album, still nameless, due later this year.
"There's a thing when you play music and you stumble across something as magical as these things, and this company -- you want to hoard it," said Ryan Kattner, aka Honus Honus. "You don't want to tell people or share it. But the secret's out."
Sallies of sound
Sitting in the Fishtown home studio of fellow bandmate Pow Pow (Chris Powell), the two Man Men use the Kaleidoloops to volley sound back and forth. Each "K'loop" has a built-in microphone and speaker, and two buttons that control volume and speed. Powell produces a sound -- like the snap of his fingers -- and Kattner plays it back in a faster pitch, reversed. Powell records that into his box and flips it around again, bouncing it back to Kattner with added sound of a beat-box beat. Kattner collects that, tweaks it, and sends it back with more added sound.
They do this deftly, worldlessly, using only sound to cue the other. It's as fascinating to watch as McEnroe and Borg, building a richly textured cacophony.
"Pretty soon we'll get the sound of Chris' neighbors pounding on the walls for us to stop," laughed Kattner over the din.
Kattner and Powell want to use the Kaleidoloop during Man Man's live performances, to sample and playback the band in real time. In the meantime, they have a hard time holding onto them. Sometimes when they let a friend play with one, it doesn't come back.
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Ever since his early childhood, Wesley Johnson became one of those many basketball players aspiring to become a Laker.
The first source of influence traced to his mother, who grew up cheering Magic Johnson. Many other reasons followed suit. Johnson marveled at Kobe Bryant's game both from afar. Johnson then worked out privately with Bryant after joining the same agent in Rob Pelinka and becoming the fourth pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.
Even though he said he had offers from a lot of different teams," Johnson considered it a "no brainer" to sign with the Lakers to a one-year deal worth a little under $1 million. He also hardly second guessed and joining a team that's recently removed from its storied championship history. When it came to Johnson unveiling his No. 11 Lakers jersey, his life suddenly came full circle.
"This is a dream come true," Johnson said. "I always wanted to be a Laker. I can't even put into words how excited I am to be here. Knowing the heritage and history of the program and being here is going to bring out a lot of hard work and dedication from me on my behalf. That's how badly I want to be here. From the team collectively, I know I can contribute in a lot of ways."
The Lakers envision Johnson in providing outside shooting, perimeter defense and athleticism, three qualities they lacked consistently in last season that ended in a first-round flameout to the San Antonio Spurs. Lakers spokesman John Black even revealed general manager Mitch Kupchak believes Johnson "can develop into a Michael Cooper or Trevor Ariza type player."
Yet, Johnson has had three uneventful seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns. He averaged 7.7 points and 2.8 rebounds in 23.1 minutes, modest numbers for a someone picked fourth overall in the 2010 NBA Draft. Regardless, Johnson believes his versatility, defense and athleticism will fit more into Mike D'Antoni's offense that calls for such qualities.
"This is one of the most important seasons of my life," Johnson said. "From the Lakers' standpoint, they want to get back on the right foot, too. It's definitely going to go hand in hand."
The Lakers have also acquired an established center (Chris Kaman), a proven scorer (Nick Young) and an athletic point guard (Jordan Farmar) despite having only the mini mid-level exception ($3.2 million) and veteran's minimum at their disposal. Yet, that can't camouflage the absence from Dwight Howard's departure to Houston or waiving Metta World Peace through the amnesty provision. There's also question marks on when Kobe Bryant will return from a torn left Achilles tendon and how healthy Steve Nash and Pau Gasol can stay with their respective hamstring and knee injuries.
Johnson admitted wondering why the Lakers flamed out last season despite fielding a $100 million payroll. But he expressed confidence the Lakers will restore to their championship luster.
"My ears is open to everybody form the coaching staff and everybody. They're all winners and all champions," Johnson said. "They know what it takes. That's my goal to really contribute to try to bring back another ring. After seeing the trophy and banners when I did come play, it brings excitement to me knowing I'll be playing something like that. I'm blessed and thankful I'm here. I'm looking forward to lifting up a trophy this coming season."
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Superbad actor Michael Cera is set to make his Broadway debut in the revival of This Is Our Youth.
The 25-year-old Arrested Development star will play Warren, a dejected 19-year-old who has stolen $15,000 from his tycoon father.
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro and produced by Scott Rudin, This Is Our Youth, will be staged by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Previews will begin on 10 June (14), and will then transfer to Broadway's Court Theatre in August.


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Top clips from Lost Boys — re-edit
From Beebe via Vimeo:
A recent re-edit of some of my favorite clips from the first and second Lost Boys series. These clips remind me of some of the best times I have ever had with my amazing group of friends. I hope everyone enjoys them. Thank you,