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Piano Sonata No. 2 op. 35
Mazurkas op. 33
Ballade No. 2 op. 38
Walzer · Walzes op. 34
Impromptu No. 2 op. 36
After his successful Nocturnes album, Pollini turns again to Chopin with a magnificent recording
Piano Sonata No. 2 op. 35
Mazurkas op. 33
Ballade No. 2 op. 38
Walzer · Walzes op. 34
Impromptu No. 2 op. 36
Maurizio Pollini
Int. Release 26 Feb. 2016
1 CD / Download
0289 477 7626 0
A master plays masterpieces
After his successful Nocturnes album, Pollini turns again to Chopin with a magnificent recording
Track List
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35
Maurizio Pollini
Total Playing Time 56:56
As his last couple of London recitals have demonstrated, Maurizio Pollini is on magisterial form at the moment, and this carefully planned Chopin sequence, grouping together the works of Opp 34 to 36 with Op 38, provides a document of this golden period in his playing career. He has recorded the two major works here, the second Ballade and the B flat minor Sonata before, but both of these are titanic performances, full of perfectly focused power and high-tensile lyricism . . . On this kind of form, Pollini has few pianistic peers in the world today.
As expected, the veteran pianist Pollini goes far beyond surface pleasures in this recital of popular Chopin. Heżs always deep inside the notes: haltingly tender in the Op 33 mazurkas, subtlest of dance partners for the Op 34 waltzes, limpid and furious in the second Ballade, piercingly sober in the second sonatażs funeral march . . . these reflective performances make you cry out for more . . .
Refined accounts by Pollini that vividly illuminate Chopin's genius
His posed 'aristocratic' approach has always suited the repertoire, but this recital goes further: it proves Pollini's stature as one of the greatest Chopin players of his time. Spontaneity . . . is here in abundance: besides the grand-scale intensity of the Sonata, an intimacy pervades the disc, as if Pollini and his piano are in your room, simply demonstrating his thoughts about music with which he's spent al lifetime. His tone not only sings, but speaks with the eloquence of a great orator. The piano is closely milked . . . the sound is faithful and well balanced. Pollini's interpretation of the Ballade No. 2 presents . . . a unified concept that is deeply unsettling throughout, and convincing with it. The Mazurkas and waltzes are rendered simply, energetically and without pretension or excess; the Impromptu is unsentimental yet immensely tender. The Sonata's glories include a chilling transformation of tone in the final moments of the Funeral March and a unison finale played with such fluidity that you can barely hear the individual notes slide into one another. This disc is coming to my desert island.
[Lynn René Bayley]: . . . here he truly exceeds himself . . . this one is something special. There seems to be absolutely no mechanical obstruction between the player and the listener. I did not feel as if I were listening to a record at all; I felt the piano right in the room with me, at all dynamic levels. That, in itself, is quite an achievement.
[Michael Ullman]: . . . the new Chopin by Pollini has a warmer sound, more like what I have heard from him in the concert hall . . . One of Pollini's gifts is to make contrasts . . . seem logical as well as surprising . . . Pollini's bold technique makes pieces like the Mazurka in D dance; there's joy in the playing that I have always heard, but never so well recorded . . . I'd recommend the recording to any Chopin-liver, including those who already own Pollini's earlier recordings.
Maurizio Pollini is one of the most cerebral -- and dazzling -- pianists of all time . . . he fills concert halls wherever he plays, but it's a refined and subtle pleasure he brings . . . there's also the other side of Pollini -- the fabulously sensitive touch in Chopin, the grasp of form in Beethoven . . . Pollini's catalogue of 80-plus recordings for Deutsche Gramophon includes some wonderfully poetic Schumann, late Beethoven sonatas, and an unrivalled version of Boulez's immense, angry 2nd piano sonata. But the heart of it is his Chopin recordings. His 1985 recording of the Preludes (DG 413 7692 7) reveal the strange magic of these radical pieces, and the Etudes of 1986 (413 7942 9) are dazzling. A more recent Chopin recording from 2008 (477 7626) is worth buying just for the four Mazurkas, which are rhythmically fascinating in a way impossible to define.
Die hervorstechenden Merkmale seiner Chopin-Auffassung spiegeln sich auch in diesem Recital wieder. Entschlackt, ohne aufgesetzte Romantizismen, erklingen die Werke strukturell geradezu röntgenhaft ausgeleuchtet. Die tänzerischen Ursprünge der Mazurken und Walzer werden subtil angedeutet, bekommen dafür durch Pollinis sensible und nuancenreiche Anschlagskultur eine besonders schillernde Leuchtkraft. Wie federleicht er den schlichten Melodiebogen im Dur-Mittelteil des Trauermarschs spannt, ist ein Ereignis . . . Wer einen Chopin in lupenreiner Transparenz und Schönheit sucht, der ist bei ihm bestens aufgehoben.
. . . stets war diese lange Wegstrecke durch lyrische Noblesse, durch intellektuelle Präzision und durch kontrollierte Emotion gekennzeichnet. Da ist man doch ein wenig erstaunt, dass ein solcher analytischer Feingeist heute, mit 66 Jahren, zum emotionalen Kern von Chopins Musik zurückstrebt, ihre innere Glut, ihr enormes Gefühlspotenzial als das Wichtigste ansieht und freier, gefühlsbetonter herangehen will an seine hochdifferenzierten Strukturen. So spielt Pollini die vier tiefsinnigen Mazurken op. 33 und auch die drei Walzer op. 34 viel entspannter und gestisch flexibler als früher, und auch der Beginn der F-dur-Ballade op. 38 klingt flüssig und freundlich, fast improvisiert und sanft wogend.
Maestro Pollini, in 1960 you won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. You play his works frequently in recitals and now, once again, you're releasing a new Chopin recording. What's it like sharing your life with a composer? Has your friend Chopin changed at all over the course of time?
At first, after the Chopin Competition I didn't want to become a Chopin pianist. I was particularly interested in the German repertoire - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms - and initially I concentrated on these composers. Of course, Chopin has always played his part, but I wanted my repertoire to represent a cross-section of great music. Luckily, there's far more of that than anyone could ever play. I wanted at first to devote my time to different musical realities, among which Chopin was only one.
You were only 18 at the time, and you shocked the world by initially withdrawing from the concert scene.
Well, that wasn't quite what happened. But I was immediately asked to play one concert after another, and I didn't think that was right. I thought it was too soon for me to begin an international career straight away. And so for a year and a half I didn't give any concerts, and then I gradually began appearing in public again. I used that time to build up my repertoire and started to dedicate my time to 20th-century composers as well - beginning with Schoenberg, Webern, Boulez, Stockhausen and Nono. To this day I still greatly enjoy playing Boulez's Second Sonata because it has so incredibly many levels which don't necessarily reveal themselves at once. It's a work that never stops being a challenge to perform better the next time. For me, Chopin is also like that. He's remained a steady companion - and I sincerely believe that he's one of the greatest composers. One can only get closer to him by working more and more at his music.
Am I correct in my impression that your interpretations are becoming increasingly compact, more compressed, that you dispense with the gesture in order to get ever closer to the core of the actual expressive statement?
It is possible, if that's how you hear it. Personally, I think I play Chopin more freely than I did it in my youth, or at the time of the Chopin Competition. I allow myself somewhat more rubato, somewhat more freedom. I still like my old recordings, but some of them strike me today as rather straight. My first model was Arthur Rubinstein, who played Chopin in a very modern way for his time. He proved that the quality of the rubato is more important than the quantity. He introduced a simplicity that allows the greatness of the music perhaps to come across even more strikingly.
How is it that in your quests you're always bumping into Chopin?
It's astounding that Chopin composed almost exclusively masterpieces. As you know, he was very strict with himself and his works, and never approved for publication some of the mazurkas and waltzes that we play today. The works he did authorize (and also some that he didn't) are indeed masterpieces. There's a good reason why every single one of his pieces is performed in concert nowadays. At the same time, it's unfair that great works by other composers are so neglected - a great part of Schumann's piano music, for example, is played too seldom on the concert platform.
Isn't Chopin's success based on a misunderstanding? Every piano student plays Chopin, and he's mainly loved on account of his popular character and romantic pathos?
He wrote such unbelievably profound music that you can't grasp it immediately. It surely is true that his works admit many different interpretations and that in the past we've heard many different approaches. Vladimir Horowitz generally interpreted Chopin very romantically, very freely. I once had the honour of hearing him play a mazurka at his home. That was an incredible moment, in which he generated the mood of Slavic melancholy to perfection. Chopin was a highly critical person, who worked for a very long time on every single composition, and closely examined every note and every chord. For example, at the end of the Second Ballade there are three identical chords - and of these three chords there are four versions: two in the manuscript, one in the German edition and one in the French. Chopin worked in minute detail. He virtually wrote not a single superfluous note, and his statements are always highly concentrated. This for me is the source of the enormous power of perfection that his works still produce in the concert hall.
It is precisely these logical depths that often seem to be suppressed in the sheer excitement over the emotional aspect of his compositions.
The emotional aspect is obviously the most important thing, to which I have always dedicated all my strengths - but it is difficult to explain this in words. What might help to understand better his genius could be an analysis of his melody and his harmony. His manuscript has been altered in some editions. He writes an E flat which, however, in the printed version becomes a D sharp - because it better fits a conventional idea of the harmonic rule. Of course both notes are represented by the same key on the piano, but Chopin knew exactly why he wrote an E flat.
Can one actually make such details clear in a performance?
One hopes to, of course. A violinist can actually distinguish the two notes with a different sound. In the new recording I try also to correct some details. In the Second Sonata, the first bars of the Grave are usually omitted in the repeat of the exposition - but I've learned from an analysis of the sources that including them is most probably authentic.
Whereas Chopin often is made to sound very emotional, in your Chopin playing it's especially noticeable that the tension between the "word" and the feeling is always in play, between strict construction and emotional turbulence.
Chopin said that he didn't tolerate music that had no thinking behind it. I also find the composer's variety of characters extraordinary. On the recording I play works from the same period: mazurkas, waltzes, the great Second Sonata, the Second Impromptu and the Ballade op. 38. All these works display Chopin's variety.
With the B flat minor Sonata surely standing out as the great masterpiece . . .
It's one of his greatest works! And I find it interesting that, of all people, Schumann, who was such a great admirer of Chopin's genius, asserted that the finale was not even music. I'm happy to take that opinion as a point of departure - not least, in order to see how incredibly modern Chopin's music is and was in this enigmatic and revolutionary conclusion of the sonata. Schumann also said that an Adagio in major would have been more convincing than the Marche funčbre: but the greatness of the Sonata lies in its tragic unity. Chopin was attacked for the sonata form of the first movement because he didn't strictly follow classical principles - he didn't write a conventional repeat but instead composed a section in which both main themes come together. I believe, that his real greatness lies precisely in this courage to break with academic sonata form.
Is it true that you sometimes hear music in your head the way other people listen to their iPod?
Listening to this form of music can sometimes be more beautiful than a concert.
You're a passionate chess player. There, too, one has to think a game through before playing. Is listening to a score in your head a similar process?
Musical thought is a very emotional process. And I think it's important for a musician to allow the piece to originate in his or her head. At the instrument you're ultimately seeking the sound with which to express what you've conceived internally. It's important, however, to sit down at the piano with a fully formed conception because you're freer when you're only thinking and not playing.
Is it possible to think something up which then doesn't function on the instrument?
On the instrument itself anything can happen.


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|Saint Peter's Peacocks
|Sunday, January 6, 2013
|12:00 p.m.
|Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
Game Data
Loyola University Maryland returns to Reitz Arena for its second game in less than 48 hours on Sunday, January 6, 2013, at 12 noon.
The Greyhounds will host Saint Peter's University in the first game of a doubleheader. Loyola and the Peacocks will also face each other in a women's basketball game starting at 2:30 p.m.
Follow The Action
The game, along with all of the Greyhounds' non-televised home games, will be broadcast live and free of charge on 'Hounds Unleashed, the broadband arm of LoyolaGreyhounds.com. Video is available on computers and most mobile devices platforms.
Fans can also listen to the action on Baltimore's CBS Radio 1300-AM where Gary Lambrecht will call the play-by-play, and Jim Chivers will handle analysis duties. The audio can also be heard on LoyolaGreyhounds.com.
Jesuit Basketball Spotlight
The game against Saint Peter's is the second of six games the Greyhounds play this season as part of the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight. The team's first meeting was the first JBS game.
As one of 28 Jesuit Catholic universities around the nation, Loyola is a proud participant in the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight again this season.
Series History
Sunday's game will be the 78th all-time meeting by the fellow Jesuit schools with Saint Peter's holding a 42-35 lead in the series. The series is the second most-played amongst the Greyhounds' current opponents, trailing only the Greyhounds' 168 meeting with Mount St. Mary's.
Loyola and the Peacocks will be facing each other for the second time this season, although it will be just the fourth Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game of the year for both schools.
The Greyhounds played the Peacocks on December 8, 2012, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., and Loyola used a 12-0 second half run to defeat Saint Peter's, 61-55.
Anthony Winbush scored 16 points, and he matched Julius Brooks for team-high honors with eight rebounds in the victory.
Dylon Cormier made 9-of-13 free throws and finished with 15 points, while Franz Rassman made his first career start and scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Last Time Out
Dylon Cormier and Erik Etherly both scored 21 points, and Loyola used runs of 11-2 and 16-4 to pull away for a 71-65 win over Rider on Friday night in Reitz Arena.
Etherly scored 12 points in the first half, and Cormier tallied 19 of his 21 in the second. The duo combined to shoot 14-of-28 from the field and make 12-of-16 free throws.
Rider's Nurideen Lindsey tied the game at 25-25 with a free throw 2:03 before halftime, but Etherly scored on a pair of layups, and Cormier sent an outlet pass to Jarred Jones for a fast-break dunk with 26 ticks left, and Loyola led by six at the break. Cormier then scored the second half's first five points, and Loyola had its first double-digit advantage of the game, 36-25.
The Broncs got back to within two, 43-41, with 10:59 to play, but Loyola reeled off the next 10 points and 16 of 20. A Cormier layup with 4:26 remaining in regulation made it 59-45 for the Greyhounds.
Points & Assists For Cormier
Dylon Cormier not only logged his fourth 20-point game of the season and 12th of his career on Friday night against Rider, he set a career-high with six assists. The six assist game in a game in which he had just one turnover and seven rebounds.
Cormier previously had five helpers as a career-high on January 7, 2012, against Canisius on a day he also scored 23.
In his 12 games with 20 or more points, Cormier has averaged 3.0 assists, nearly double his career average of 1.63 per game.
Back-To-Back 20-Point Games
Dylon Cormier's 21 points against Rider marked his second game in a row topping 20 after logging 25 on December 30, 2012, against Memphis. It was the third time in Cormier's career that he has scored 20 or more in back-to-back games after he scored 20 against both Coppin State (November 14) and UMBC (November 17) and 22 and 26 at Siena (December 3) and at George Washington (December 7), respectively, all during the 2011-2012 season.
Close To Form
Erik Etherly hit the 20-point plateau for the first time since injuring his shoulder and missing five games. The post player scored 21 on 7-of-13 shooting and 6-of-9 from the line against Rider, his most since dropping 23 on Albany on November 18, 2012.
Ethelry also led all players with eight rebounds in a game-high 38 minutes of action.
In his last two games, Etherly is averaging 18.0 points and 8.5 rebounds to increase his season averages to 14.9 and a team-high 7.1.
When Winbush Scores 10+
Anthony Winbush scored 10 points for the Greyhounds against Rider, the fourth time this season he has tallied double figures in points. Loyola has won all four of those games.
The Greyhounds have won each of the last six games Winbush has scored 10 or more, dating back to a 59-50 loss against Iona on January 11, 2010. Over his career, he has scored in double figures 16 times, and the Greyhounds are 13-3 in those games.
Winning Combinations
Statistically, several things went the Greyhounds' way against Rider that have been good signs this season.
Loyola shot 46.3-percent from the field, moving it to 6-0 when it shoots 45-percent of better in a game.
The Greyhounds had 10 turnovers in the game and are now 4-0 when coughing up the ball 10 or fewer times.
After scoring 71 points, Loyola is now 7-0 when scoring 65 or more points this season.
10 From 1,000
Robert Olson enters the January 6 game against Saint Peter's needing 10 points to become the 32nd player in Loyola men's basketball history to reach 1,000 points. Olson has 990 points in 107 career games, an average of 9.2 per.
Offensive Board Work
A high emphasis was placed on offensive rebounds in the Greyhounds' practice and shootaround preceding the game at Memphis, and the team responded.
Loyola had a season-high 23 offensive rebounds, 16 in the first half, against Memphis. Dylon Cormier led the team with five offensive rebounds, and Erik Ethelry had four.
The Greyhounds' 23 offensive boards eclipsed their previous season-high of 21 set on November 23 at Rhode Island.
Loyola pulled down offensive rebounds at a 54.7-percent clip against the Tigers, garnering four more on the offensive glass than Memphis did on the defensive boards (19).
The 23 offensive rebounds are the most by a Loyola team since it had 25 in a December 1, 2011, win over Marist.
Converting Second Chance Points
Loyola scored 25 second-chance points at Memphis, its most of the season and the first time this year the Greyhounds have scored 20 or more. The previous high was 19 points against UMBC on November 14, 2012.
Overall Rebounding
Loyola outrebounded the Tigers, 42-29, marking just the fourth time in 12 games that Memphis had been outdone on the boards this season.
The 13 rebound differential was the greatest Memphis has encountered this season, as the three previous times it had been outrebounded were by one (Samford, Lipscomb) and two (Virginia Commonwealth). Entering the game, Memphis had been outrebounding opponents by 6.2 per game.
This season, the Greyhounds are leading the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in rebounds (37.3), rebounds allowed (33.5) and rebounding margin (+3.8).
Including Anthony Winbush and Erik Etherly who share the team lead with 7.0 rebounds per game, seven Greyhounds are averaging more than three rebounds per game.
26th To 400
Anthony Winbush collected a game-high nine rebounds, and his final made him the 26th player in Loyola men's basketball history to grab 400 in his career.
The graduate student, who received a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending injury after eight games in 2010-2011, also has scored 455 points in his career.
This season, he leads the team with 7.0 rebounds per game, and with 11 more rebounds, he will move into 25th all-time at Loyola.
Telling Factors
Three stats stand out in the Greyhounds five losses this season. Loyola is now 1-5 when its opponents register a better shooting percentage, and 2-5 when its foes shoot more free throws in a game. Also, Loyola has averaged just 6.8 assists in the five losses.
In the games they have lost, the Greyhounds have shot 36.7-percent from the field, while their opponents hit at a 47.2-percent clip.
Opponents are shooting nearly nine more free throws (26.4-17.6) per game in the five losses, as well.
Sharing The Ball
The Greyhounds also logged a season-high 18 assists against Mount St. Mary's with six players tallying two or more. Jarred Jones led the way with five, while Dylon Cormier and Robert Olson each had three.
Loyola is now 7-0 this season when it has 12 or more assists. Conversely, the Greyhounds are averaging just 6.8 assists in five losses this year and 12.8 in nine wins.
Olson Goes Off Against The Mount
Robert Olson was the catalyst for the Greyhounds' offense against Mount St. Mary's, and he performed as such with an economy of shots. The senior guard finished with 22 points, making a career-best nine field goals in just 14 attempts. Three of his baskets were from behind the 3-point arc.
Olson had previously scored 21 twice, the last time coming in a January 2012 loss at Iona College. He first hit on 21 in February 2011 at Marist College.
His 22-point performance came after he scored just eight, making only 2-of-8 from the field on December 8 against Saint Peter's.
Olson After Fewer Than 10 Points
Robert Olson has scored in double digits in nine of 13 games this season, and he has not scored in single digits twice in a row.
He had just eight points on November 18 against the Albany, but he scored a team-best 20 in Loyola's next game, November 23, at Rhode Island, including the game-tying three with less than four seconds left to force overtime in a win.
He then had seven at Coppin State on November 28 but came back to score 10 at Florida Gulf Coast.
Brooks With A Career-High, Too
Julius Brooks scored 10 points in the second half to lead the Greyhounds after the break against Mount St. Mary's, a total that would have equaled his career-best. He also had a bucket in the first half, and with his career-high five field goals, the senior post player finished with a career-best 12.
It marked the second time in his career that Brooks has scored 10 or more and the first since he did it against Niagara in his freshman season of 2009-2010.
Brooks has averaged 8.3 points in the Greyhounds' last three games after scoring six against Niagara on December 5 and seven versus Saint Peter's on December 8.
Etherly Returns To Action
Erik Etherly made his first appearance for Loyola since November 23 against Mount St. Mary's after recuperating from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for five games, a span in which Loyola won three.
The Preseason MAAC Player of the Year came off the bench against Mount St. Mary's, entering the game in the second minute of play, and he finished with 16 points and four rebounds in 24 minutes of action.
He made 6-of-11 shots, plus 4-of-6 from the line, and also dished out a pair of assists.
The Greyhounds averaged 7.5 points per game fewer (68.3-60.8) in the five games without Etherly, but they also allowed four fewer points (57.2-61.2) in the same span.
Loyola averaged more rebounds (39.8-35.2) during Etherly's absence, but the team's field-goal percentage has slipped form .440 to .380 in the respective stretches.
During Etherly's absence, Anthony Winbush raised his scoring average from 6.7 points to 9.2 points, and the graduate student led the team in rebounds (7.2 per game in those five).
On The Defensive
Loyola held Mount St. Mary's to just 24.1-percent (7-of-29) from the field and 18 total points in the first half, both season-lows for a Greyhounds' opponent.
The Greyhounds also limited The Mount to 23.5-percent (8-of-34) from 3-point range after the Mountaineers entered the game leading NCAA Division I in percentage of points scored from behind the arc with more than 43-perecnt.
Through 12 games, Loyola is tops in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in scoring defense, allowing opponents just 59.2 points per game. The Greyhounds have held more than half their opponents (7-of-12) this year to fewer than 60 points.
Loyola is also tops in the league in field-goal percentage defense, limiting the opposition to 38.8-percent from the field.
The Greyhounds are also tops in the MAAC in blocked shots (5.4 per game)., Jordan Latham is second individually with 1.6 blocked shots per game.
When Olson Scores 20+
Loyola improved to 5-1 in games over the last three-plus years when Robert Olson scores 20 or more points. Just once has the guard reached the 20-point plateau in a loss, a January 2012 setback at Iona.
Winbush Goes The Distance (Almost)
Anthony Winbush played all but 21 seconds of the win over Saint Peter's, logging a career-high in minutes played (he was credited with 40).
He finished one off his career-high in points, as he led the Greyhounds with 16 on 5-of-8 from the floor. He made both of his 3-point attempts and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line.
The graduate student also tied Julius Brooks for game-high honors with eight rebounds, seven coming on the defensive glass.
Since missing the first three games of the season, Winbush is fourth on the team in scoring (8.3 ppg) and second in rebounding (6.8). He also leads the team in assists per game (2.63) this season and is second in steals per game (1.25).
Latham Breaks Out
Jordan Latham took little time on December 1 to set a career-high in scoring, tallying his 10th point of the game with 9:30 to play in the first half against Florida Gulf Coast. He finished with a game-high 17 points to easily outdistance his previous high of nine set just a week prior at Rhode Island.
Latham made 7-of-10 shots from the field and 3-of-4 from the line while making his first start since November 11 at the University of Washington.
Cormier's Career-High
Dylon Cormier had a career-high scoring night at Coppin State, tallying 27 points on 7-of-14 shooting. He made 11-of-12 from the line, 5-of-6 in the final five minutes of the game.
Cormier eclipsed his previous career-best of 26 set last season in a win at George Washington.
The junior guard also was one off his career-high in rebounds, grabbing eight boards for the second-straight game, and he dished out four assists in a career-high 39 minutes of action.
After scoring 19 on Monday night against Towson, as well, Cormier is averaging 23 points in the Greyhounds' last two games.
Doubling Up
Anthony Winbush notched the first double-double of his career on November 28 at Coppin State, scoring 12 points and grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds.
His 12 rebounds represented the 12th time in his tenure at Loyola that he has posted 10 or more rebounds, and it was the fourth time he has scored 10 or more points.
He also set a career-high in rebounds, eclipsing the 11 he posted in his seventh career game on November 29, 2008, at Vermont. Winbush also set a career-high in minutes played (37) and matched his previous best in free throws made (five) and attempted (six).
Late Game Heroics
Loyola's games against Albany and Rhode Island, both wins, came down to the last four seconds of regulation (and then some).
On November 18, Albany tied the game with 3.1 ticks on the clock, Loyola Head Coach Jimmy Patsos set up an inbound play in a timeout. Graduate student Anthony Winbush threw a baseball pass 80 feet to Dylon Cormier who was inside the opposite foul line. Cormier caught the pass, laid it in with his right hand and was fouled in the process by Albany's D.J. Evans with 1.5 seconds left.
Cormier made the free throw to provide the final margin, and Albany's inbound pass went off the hands of Evans and out-of-bounds to secure the win.
Robert Olson then sank a 3-pointer with 3.7 on the clock at Rhode Island to force overtime where the Greyhounds would win by four.
MAAC Preseason Poll & Player of the Year
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference unveiled its preseason coaches' poll and the league's Preseason Player of the Year on Friday night in a live Preseason Awards Show on ESPN3. Loyola was named the team to beat in 2012-2013, and Erik Etherly was tabbed the Preseason Player of the Year by the coaches. (Complete poll and All-MAAC teams at left).
This is the first time Loyola has been selected No. 1 in the MAAC preseason poll in 24 years in the league, nor had a Greyhound player been named Preseason Player of the Year prior to Etherly.
Three Loyola players were named to the various Preseason All-MAAC teams as voted on by the coaches of the league.
Erik Etherly earned an All-MAAC First Team nod, while Dylon Cormier and Robert Olson were named to the Second Team.
Classy Senior
Senior guard Robert Olson was named one of 30 candidates for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award last week. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Olson was the Greyhounds' third-leading scorer last season with 11.1 points per game and enters this season Loyola ranked fourth at Loyola in 3-point percentage (138-of-336, .4107) sixth in career 3-pointers made (138) and eighth in 3-pointers attempted (336). Last season, Olson was one of four Loyola players to earn All-MAAC honors, picking up Third Team mention and later All-Tournament honors.
High Marks
The Loyola men's basketball team scored the highest amongst squads in the State of Maryland in the most recent NCAA Graduation Success Rate report. The Greyhounds checked in with a 91-percent GSR, tops among the state's nine Division I schools, for players who entered the school between 2002-2005.
Loyola completed the turnaround from finishing the 2003-2004 season with the lowest RPI in NCAA Division I basketball. The Greyhounds finished that season with a 1-27 record the season before Jimmy Patsos took over as head coach.
Since then, Loyola has gone 131-128 and culminated the turnaround by winning a school Division I record 24 games in 2011-2012.
Patsos is one of only three coaches at the Division I level in the last 20 years to take over a program that had won zero or one game the year prior to then win 100 games at the school. He joins Steve Cleveland (BYU) and Pat Douglass (UC-Irvine) as the others.
Patsos Named Coach & Man Of The Year
Jimmy Patsos became the first Loyola coach to earn The Rock/Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors by a vote of his peers in the league.
Patsos guided the Greyhounds to a school Division I high 24 wins and a program MAAC record 13 victories. He earned his 100th career coaching victory in November 2012 and led the Greyhounds to the No. 2 seed in the MAAC Championships.
Later in March, Patsos was named the Skip Prosser Man of the Year award for his work on and off the court, an honor presented by CollegeInsider.com.
Century Mark
Head Coach Jimmy Patsos became the third coach in Loyola history to win 100 games when the Greyhounds defeated UMBC, 73-63, on the road last season. Patsos, who is now in his ninth season, took over a team that finished 1-27 during the 2002-2003 season. He won his 100th game in his 215th career game.
Last season, Patsos moved into third-place all time at Loyola in victories, trailing only Lefty Reitz (349 wins, 1937-44, 1945-61) and Nap Doherty (165, 1961-74).
|Loyola All-Time Coaching Wins List
|Lefty Reitz
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Baltimore Bred And More From Nearby
Since taking over as head coach in 2004, Jimmy Patsos has put an emphasis on recruiting locally, and it has never shown as much as on this year's roster. Four players – junior guard Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons), junior forward Jordan Latham (City) and sophomore guard R.J. Williams and freshman forward Josh Forney (St. Frances) are products of schools within the city limits.
Six more players played in high school within 50 miles of Loyola, as the crow flies (thanks daftlogic.com): Jarred Jones, John Carroll, 20.5; Tyler Hubbard, Montrose Christian, 32.6 miles; Robert Olson, Georgetown Prep, 33.9; Anthony Winbush, T.C. Williams, 43.7; and Erik Etherly, Annandale, 47.9.
What's Next
Loyola wraps up its three-game homestand on Friday, January 11, when it hosts Fairfield University in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPNU.


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Nature Tots aims to encourage an early interest in wildlife. With this in mind, we hold activities outdoors, in the natural surroundings of our reserve at Brandon Marsh. These sessions start with fifteen minutes of fun free play and everyone is here we head outside to get stuck in with some wonderful activites based on that weeks theme, before returning to the centre to make an amazing craft you can take home. There is a Tearoom where you can purchase refreshments after the Nature Tots session.
Please be aware we head out in all weathers, so please dress appropriately.This session is suitable for children aged 2 to 4 years. If you have any problems booking online please call: 02476 302912. For other enquiries about this event contact: email@example.com
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A Message from the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Definitions of Massachusetts Veterans
Veterans' Bonuses and Annuities
Military Records and State Memorials
Rights of Guard and Reserve Members Called-UP
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Dear Massachusetts Veteran,
The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth is pleased to present this publication of Veterans' Laws and Benefits, a compilation of resources regarding major state benefits in the areas of education, employment, housing, motor vehicles, property taxes, and medical assistance. Information regarding recent amendments to federal and state legislation on employment rights and federal burial benefits is also offered.
I am particularly pleased to include information specifically for members of the Guard and Reserve.
This guide provides references to appropriate agencies for information on eligibility and the application process as well as the responsibilities of local veterans' agents who assist veterans with referral and emergency assistance.
I would like to express my appreciation to the state Department of Veterans' Services for their continued assistance in helping us keep this guide up-to-date.
I hope veterans and their families find this booklet a useful source of information.
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Applying a 1pc annual tax on properties worth over £2m would not raise the sums claimed by both Labour and the Lib Dems, a report has found.
The Lib Dems first proposed the controversial tax - which would apply primarily to Londoners and owners of historic properties - and Labour followed. Both propose an annual "asset tax" of 1pc of the the value of a property above the £2m threshold.
By the LibDem's calculations this would bring in £1.7bn per year or, by Labour's reckoning, a higher £2bn.
Knight Frank, the upmarket estate agent, has combed the latest data from HM Revenue & Customs and Land Registry to discover the numbers of properties currently within the net and their likely value. It estimates the number at 50,000 but says "figures of between 35,000 and 74,000 have been variously put forward".
It was also difficult to discover the average value of a £2m-plus house, Knight Frank found, as official data is contradictory in some respects and incomplete. By its calculations the average value was £4.4m
Based on these figures it reckoned after exempted properties were taken out the equation, the tax would raise £1.3bn per year - a shortfall on parties' expectations. In order to reach the Lib Dem's target of £1.7bn, Knight Frank calculated that the threshold would have to drop to £1.25m. Even if dropped to that level, the revenues would only total £1.9bn, it found, suggesting Labour's sums were wildly over-optimistic.
Elsewhere Knight Frank looked at the types of property falling into the £2m+ category. It found almost 70pc were in London. Nor were they large. The property type most represented had five bedrooms, it said. In fact 71pc of "mansions" had five bedrooms or fewer than five - with 3pc of mansions sporting just one.
The proposed tax taps into a number of current controversies, including increasing concern that London's newly-built properties are being largely bought by foreigners.
The widening gulf between house prices in the capital and outside it is also sparking concern. Residents of London's pricier neighbourhoods, who are already complaining about the high proportion of stamp duty which they pay, would be likely to resist the tax - and point to income-poor homeowners who would be forced to sell if the tax were introduced.
Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris, said: "The problem with this pernicious and grossly unfair tax is that it wouldn't just hit just the wealthy in their mansions and swanky apartments but also homeowners living in relatively modest family homes who have benefited from house-price rises over the years. Many of these will be older homeowners who have all their worth tied up in their property and who would therefore struggle to pay anything like the £2,000-a-month average mansion tax.
"The only option for many would be to sell up and trade down to a smaller property - quite a wrench when you consider that this is the family home they may have lived in for many years."
Naomi Heaton of property fund manager London Central Portfolio said: "If the Government or opposition parties feel the wealthy are not paying enough tax, they should find fairer ways of raising revenue. This tax does not take into account someone's mortgage, for example. You cannot tax a family by simply looking at the value of the house they have chosen to live in."


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Really Yahoo! and AP, Rays Got "Sweeped"
To say this headline upset me is beyond the comprehension of the word. To say I am disgusted and feel violated is to only scratch the surface. Read this sentence that appeared on Yahoo! last night(September 21, 2011) and tell me what is wrong with it:
Yankees clinch AL East title, sweep Rays (AP)
You could not miss the headline, it is the first one when you pop open the Sports area of the Yahoo! "What's New tab.
I have said many times before that people who write blogs, and even post messages on boards across this country get discounted immediately for not being "professionals". Even if we follow the AP Style book, we face a pessimistically optimistic set of critics daily. But it steams me more than a teapot when a professional organization, one that pays someone to write, edit and accumulate their facts as a job suddenly write something so erroneous.
I congratulate the Yankees on securing their title, the Rays faltered when they could have soared, and the victor should get a standing ovation and the sweet taste of victory, but how in the World can a copy editor or even website moderator let such a falsehood dampen their credibility…for such a simple thing.
I guess that the writer of that original headline is a die hard Yankee booster, because how else can you write a headline like that without the stamp of approval of a psychic like Miss Cleo. How can you forecast and predict something that hasn't even been held yet….24+ hours in the future. Maybe he got a pair of those McFly Nike and they tele-ported him to midnight September 23, 2011.
If I wrote that error, if I put that sort of erroneous banter of a "sweep" when there was still a game to be played, critics and opinions would fester upon me like a plague. But then again, I am not employed by a mega media giant but just a lone blogger whop gets not a red cent for my muses and rants. I write what I do for the passion of sports, not for glamor, recognition or even a donation.
It upsets me when I work hard, write daily and try and do the right things in life then I see someone making a paycheck doing what I love make a dunce cap move like this. So take your Marty McFly predictions, your holier-than-a-minuscule blogger supremacy and stuff it.
I know there will be no retractions, no consequences, no repercussions that will mask the distaste I have right now for the person who wrote that headline. Sure I take it personally since I am a long standing member of the Rays Republic, but I take it more personally that it is still visible 13 hours after I first saw it last night.
When I first started as a Sports Correspondent with the Evening Independent (the now defunct afternoon sister paper of the St. Petersburg Times) after high school we were each given a copy of the AP Style book. It is still on my shelf some 31 years later, and accuracy is still my number one goal, still what keeps me relevant and of value.
When I write it I try and be 105% sure it is accurate and concise, if not, it is set aside. Integrity is the backbone of blogging even if we do not make a cent out of our writing. Maybe Yahoo! And the Associated Press need to open their own copies of their coveted AP Style book again….Just sayin'.


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Yan Sarazin needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We need a logo for our web development company that is opening its doors on March 1st.
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The Knicks have signed former NBA champion Lamar Odom, who was out of the league this season.
The move gives new president Phil Jackson an offseason to look at the versatile forward who thrived in his system. Odom helped the Los Angeles Lakers win NBA titles in 2009 and 2010, and was the Sixth Man of the Year in 2011, Jackson's final season as coach.
But Odom has never captured that success again. He last played in the NBA with the Clippers in 2012-13, averaging 4.0 points in about 20 minutes per game, and appeared in two games for a team in Spain this season.
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Colombia: Harvest after the floods
TitleColombia: Harvest after the floods
On the road to the small town of Recula, in Colombia's Córdoba region, a cow forages for food in fields that have become lakes. More than 210,000 people in the region have been affected by some of the worst flooding in Colombia's history.
Across the country, more than 2 million people were affected by weather-related events in 2011. In Córdoba, major rivers that cut across the farmland overflowed, destroying hundreds of homes and leaving thousands of families in some areas with next to nothing.
Agriculture is the main livelihood for approximately 70 per cent of the flood-affected population. The damage to an estimated 70,000 hectares of agricultural land, which used to harvest crops such as rice, maize and cassava, rendered many people extremely vulnerable and in need of food. Restoring the community's capacity to provide for itself and prepare for the next planting season became critical.
In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with support from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), is helping farmers in the area grow a variety of crops and diversify their food sources. Farmers are growing vegetables such as eggplants, tomatoes and cucumbers. These crops have become new sources of food that people can eat as well as sell.
"Before the FAO project we had no future, we saw no way to get ahead. We had no resources to start over, to eat," says Damaris, a project leader. "The most important thing for us is to know that we can help ourselves find food and become self-reliant."
According to FAO, about 70 per cent of families included in the initiative will be able to recover their small plots of land and meet their basic food requirements in the future.
"CERF has also helped us mobilize resources from other donors to improve our capacity to respond in the country," says Malachy Dottin, FAO Representative in Colombia. "The CERF-funded project has not just brought material well-being to these families, but also psychological relief and a sense of self-reliance."
CERF provided US$5.9 million to UN agencies in Colombia in 2011. FAO received more than $962,000 to ensure food security and provide emergency support to people affected by natural disasters and conflict.
As local farmers gather to collect their fresh harvest, Maria, a longtime resident of Recula, says: "In the midst of this crisis, despite everything, our little plants are growing and soon we'll have cucumbers and tomatoes. This is a joy that you can't even begin to imagine."
Reporting by Julián Arango/ CERF


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Axeva needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
My client needs a clean, professional and attractive site design to highlight their manufacturing business. The emphasis is on streamlining the ease of use and readability of the site, and projecting a confident, professional image.
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Matsusada Precision is a leading manufacturer of high voltage power supplies.
A vector version of their logo may be downloaded here.
They are looking to develop a new web site to highlight their products. We need a stylish new design for the site. Depending on how you approach the design, we will either need two pages designed -- a home page and a content page, or just one design that may be used for both.
The client provided several example sites of competitors and others they liked. They are:
I'm sure that we can do better than any of these.
The main navigation for the site will be:
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There must be a section on the home page for new products, including a picture of the product which links to the datasheet.
Feedback will be given as quickly as possible. Management for this company is spread across two continents, so please bear with us.
Finally, the early bird may get the worm. If the client falls in love with a design on day 3, I will end the contest at that point. Please submit early and often.
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- Cook chicken in hot skillet, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Reduce heat.
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By Brian Rudnick
The flower export business is big business.But beauty has its cost to both the environment and people according to "The Secrets Behind Your Flowers," a February 2011 Smithsonian Magazine report. Because it may take three gallons of water to grow just one rose bloom, groundwater supplies become depleted. The low-paying work is tedious and straining. In traditional growing operations, workers are exposed to the dangerous pesticides and fungicides that keep insects from taking the slightest nibble from an otherwise picture-perfect flower
At Robertson's showcase Chestnut Hill store, Sandy Robertson says they source their flowers locally from New Jersey, domestically from Florida when they can and even sees growing customer interest in organically or sustainably grown flowers. Greenhouse employee Nicole Serfass has been asking their growers about organic but believes it's not yet economically worth it for them to invest the years required for organic certification.
"Aren't they gorgeous?" Donna Beardell of Chestnut Hill asks, xiting Robertson's with a brilliant bunch of pink tinged roses, destined for her nieces competing in a gymnastics meet. On Valentines Day, she's hoping she'll be the recipient.


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WNBA All-Star 2009 Set for Connecticut�s Mohegan Sun Arena
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- Live Telecast on ABC will Showcase World's Top Female Basketball Players -
NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2009 - WNBA All-Star 2009 will take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., this summer, league President Donna Orender announced today. The game will be nationally televised on ABC on Sat., July 25, at 3:30 p.m. ET. This marks the second time that the WNBA All-Star Game will be played at Mohegan Sun, which also hosted the 2005 All-Star festivities.
�The WNBA All-Star Game is a showcase event for the greatest female basketball players in the world, and I cannot think of a better location than Connecticut, where the Sun � and, really, the women�s game � has such a dedicated fan base,� said Orender. �With the Connecticut Sun and the Mohegan Sun Arena serving as our hosts, WNBA All-Star 2009 will undoubtedly be an extremely fun fan-and family-friendly event.�
�There�s no doubt the WNBA has become part of the culture of Connecticut, and having the opportunity to bring this showcase event to a true hotbed of women�s basketball in America is really exciting,� said Sun Chief Executive Officer Mitchell Etess.
�We are honored to host the All-Star game for the second time in our short history,� added Sun General Manager Chris Sienko. �I believe it is a credit to our fans and illustrates how supportive they are of both our team and the WNBA. To have the best-of-the-best showcase their skills here this July will be an event not to be missed.�
Sun season-ticket holders will receive information from the team this week detailing an opportunity to buy their current seats for the All-Star Game in advance of a public on-sale date.
Others with an opportunity to purchase tickets prior to the public sale date include fans who purchase one of two Sun mini-plans set to go on sale tomorrow, Feb. 4, and season-ticket holders with other WNBA teams. Details of the latter option will be available in the coming weeks. Individual tickets to the general public will be available in April at all Ticketmaster locations and the Mohegan Sun box office.
By hosting WNBA All-Star 2009, the ninth in WNBA history, Connecticut will join Washington, D.C. and New York as the only venues to stage the event multiple times. In addition to hosting the league�s first All-Star event on July 14, 1999, New York�s Madison Square Garden was the site of the All-Star Game in 2003 and again in 2006 during the league�s 10th anniversary season. Washington, D.C. hosted the game in 2002 and 2007. The Western Conference dominated play by winning six straight before MVP Katie Douglas led the Eastern Conference to a 98-82 victory in the 2006 All-Star Game. The East followed that up with another victory in 2007, when Cheryl Ford poured in 16 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to earn MVP honors.
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Set to tip off its historic 13th season on June 6, the WNBA is a unique global sports property combining competition, sportsmanship and entertainment value with its status as an icon for social change, achievement and diversity. Comprised of 13 teams, the WNBA is the most successful women�s professional team sports league in the world. The league concluded the 2008 regular season with increases in attendance, ratings, Web traffic and merchandise sales.
Through WNBA Cares, the WNBA is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on programs that promote a healthy lifestyle and positive body image, increase breast and women�s health awareness, support youth and family development, and focus on education. For more information on the WNBA, log on to www.wnba.com.


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Dr. Adrian Ponce joined JPL/NASA as a postdoctoral scholar in 2000 after receiving a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech. In 2002 he invented the Anthrax Smoke Detector, a device capable of detecting the presence of anthrax in less than fifteen minutes. He recently developed a new technology called Germinable Endospore Biodosimetry, which not only rapidly detects the presence of bacterial spores on spacecraft but also determines whether they are alive or dead. Dr. Ponce currently serves as Deputy Manager of NASA JPL's Planetary Science Section, and heads up the Ponce Research Group, an interdisciplinary team made up of researchers from JPL and California Institute of Technology.
NASA Tech Briefs: Dr. Ponce, how long have you been with NASA and what prompted you to pursue a career with them as opposed to, say, a pharmaceutical firm or a commercial research laboratory?
Dr. Adrian Ponce: Well, I've been with NASA since 2000 when I started as a postdoc after my graduate work at Caltech. I had always been interested in, and fascinated by, space exploration, you know, looking at books and things as a kid. At some point in my graduate work at Caltech, I saw a lecture on life in extreme environments and astrobiology, and I had been working in the subbasement of a laser lab for three or four years at that time and really got to see that big, shiny object in the sky we call the Sun, and doing research out in the field was fascinating to me. So, I saw an opportunity – an advertisement for a postdoc – and I applied and got into the Jet Propulsion Laboratory starting around January 2000.
Compared to pharmaceuticals and other commercial research laboratories, I guess NASA strikes an interesting balance between application and academic research and that's, I think, what drew me to them – the combination of space exploration and working in the research environment. I think that was what ultimately caught my interest.
NTB: Back in 2002 you invented something called an Anthrax Smoke Detector. Tell us about that project.
Dr. Ponce: Shortly after I got started at JPL, I learned about this issue of bacterial spores and planetary protection – how do we make sure that spacecraft are clean before we send them to Mars or other places? That's what planetary protection is all about. I was introduced to this question and bacterial spores and started working on how do we detect spores quicker, with a better way. Being a chemist, I came up with a way.
Shortly after I'd started working on that project for planetary protection, 9-11 happened and, subsequently, the anthrax attacks happened shortly thereafter. I realized right then, basically, that the technology that I was developing for detecting spores for planetary protection could easily be coupled with an air sampler so that we could essentially build what we call the Anthrax Smoke Detector.
NTB: You recently developed a new technology called Germinable Endospore Biodosimetry that can detect the presence of bacterial endospores. How does this new technology work?
Dr. Ponce: Right. With the Anthrax Smoke Detector what we were doing was we were detecting whether or not spores were there. What this new technology does, by looking at whether or not spores are germinable, we can basically use germinability as an indicator of whether the spores are alive or dead. So, with this new method we can figure out whether or not the spores are alive, or whether or not they've just been killed, and that's really important because, as you know, hygiene and sterility are very important in the hospital arena, and for food preparation areas, and for biological defense. After a biological attack, how do you know if the pathogen has been activated?
Well, it turns out that spores are the toughest form of life on Earth, and if you can show that you've killed spores – bacterial spores, or endospores – then you can assume all pathogens and anything else that you might be worried about has been killed as well. So, by developing a method that can determine rapidly and in an automated way whether or not spores are viable, alive, or dead, we can guess, very rapidly now, whether or not a sterilization regimen is effective. So, if you're cleaning a surface, or if you're fumigating the senate building after an anthrax attack, for example, how do you know that the sterilization was effective? Well, with our method you can very rapidly prove that sterility has been achieved.
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This article first appeared in the June, 2010 issue of NASA Tech Briefs Magazine.
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Here you can find information about our organization and our work.
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Picture: Naomi Campbell NBCUniversal 2013 TCA Winter Press Tour at Langham Huntington Hotel Featuring: Naomi Campbell Where: Pasadena, CA, United States When: 07 Jan 2013
British supermodel Naomi Campbell is convinced she will always be remembered for her highly-publicised phone-throwing tantrum, but hopes to repair her reputation with new reality Tv show The Face.
In 2007, the fashion icon pleaded guilty to assaulting her housekeeper with a BlackBerry device, and was subsequently sentenced to five days of community service with New York's sanitation department.
Campbell became known for her fiery temper as a result of the scandal, and she predicts her reputation will continue to haunt her throughout her career.
She tells America's Elle magazine, "I'm never gonna get away from it. It's part of my history... (But) I was remorseful and regretful. I've served (my sentence). I did that time. And I never want to be in that position again."
The 42-year-old beauty is now showing off her sensitive side as a mentor to aspiring catwalk stars on her new Tv modelling competition The Face, due to air in the U.S. next month (12Feb13).
She adds, "I care for my girls (on the show). Every single one of them."
Rod Aissa, senior vice president of Tv network Oxygen, adds, "The public will see the Naomi that her friends know. That doesn't come across in a picture, but it does come across on television."


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We're now into day two of our Valentine's Day Gift Giveaway! Each day for five days, we'll be giving away a different photo to canvas print as well as a prize from one of our amazing partners. The theme of the giveaway is Valentine's Day gift ideas that think inside the box.
We absolutely adore our day two giveaway partner, Birchbox. We're sure you've heard of them before, as they're one of the most popular subscription boxes out there. In case you haven't, Birchbox is a service that sends you monthly deliveries of popular beauty, grooming, and lifestyle … Read more


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After an almost nine-hour search, officials announced a dirt bike rider who went missing Tuesday evening had returned home Wednesday morning.
Antonio Marquez, 54, was taken home when a driver saw him on the side of the road, officials said.
Marquez told his daughter he crashed his bike on a difficult trail as the sun started to set Tuesday evening, slid down a small cliff, and used the light on his phone to find his way to a main road, she said.
Marquez's family members reached out to authorities about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after they could not reach the man, whom they last spoke with four hours earlier, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
His phone died, so he slept in the canyon and found his way to Bouquet Canyon road Wednesday morning, she said.
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A driver who saw Marquez's story on the news spotted him and took him home.
Marquez was safe but sick upon returning home. His daughter told NBC4 he was throwing up and exhausted. He is diabetic and did not have his medicine, water or snacks.
Authorities had been searching the Santa Clarita area where it is believed that Marquez was riding his bike. The search area had expanded from the San Francisquito Canyon area to Boca Canyon as well as Canyon Country, LA County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Dubin said.
"He stated that he was out riding his Duro motorcycle and that he was on some treacherous trails, the family then lost contact with him" LA County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Dubin said.
Search and Rescue teams from Santa Clarita and Crescenta Valley as well as other agencies were working to locate Marquez. An LA County Fire Department helicopter also assisted in the search.


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Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching – the holiday season is here! Holiday recipes can be found in a variety of places in Special Collections, including homemaking radio show scripts from the WOI Radio and Television Records (RS 5/6/3). Homemaking radio shows were popular during the early to middle part of the 20th century, and Iowa State's own WOI hosted programs for homemakers, including Homemaker's Half Hour. Homemaker's Half Hour aired over WOI radio from the late 1920s through the early 1960s.
We have script books from Homemaker's Half Hour here in our University Archives. These scripts contain recipes which are often chosen based on upcoming holidays or time of year. Below are Thanksgiving recipes from the first Homemaker's Half Hour script book in the WOI records – from 1937 (earlier script books can be found in other collections – see below for a few links to these finding aids). The recipes include crown of pork, apple and raisin stuffing, spiced cranberry stuffing, mock duck, and pumpkin chiffon pie. You can click on the pages to get a larger image.
The recipe for Spiced Cranberry Stuffing (for Pork Shoulder or Crown) on the second page might be useful those of you who bought an overabundance of fresh cranberries – or if you just like cranberries!:
2 cups ground (uncooked) cranberries
1 cup sugar
2 cups fine dry bread crumbs
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
cold water
Sweeten cranberries and combine with bread crumbs. Add spices and baking powder, and mix well. Add enough cold water to moisten and pack lightly into cavity in pork shoulder or crown. Roast meat as usual.
You will probably notice that there is no turkey in the array of recipes. Is this a Depression or Dust Bowl era phenomenon? Was it more practical to raise pigs and sheep? Whatever the reason for the lack of turkey in the Thanksgiving script above, the recipes look delicious!
The Homemaker's Half Hour 1937 script book and more can be found in the WOI Radio and Television Records (RS 6/6/3), and the finding aid is available online. Other Homemaker's Half Hour materials can also be found in other collections, including the Winifred R. Tilden Papers (RS 10/7/11) and the Barbara Ellen Forker Papers (RS 10/7/13). Information on the library's Iowa Cookbook Collection can be found here.
If you are interested in taking a look at some of the homemaking radio show records, please come visit us here in Special Collections. However, if you would like to make photocopies of any of the materials please ask first. The script books in the WOI records are not easy to photocopy.
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Houston woman arrested in cyclist's hit-and-run death
Police arrested a Houston woman Wednesday on a charge of hit and run stemming from what authorities say was a night of drinking and driving that led to her striking and killing a local cyclist.
Chelsea Norman's death early December on her way home from work galvanized the city's bike riding community and spurred calls for justice and answers. Wednesday, cyclists applauded the police work, but some said they were disappointed a more severe charge was not applied.
In a document filed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office, Margaret Renee Mayer, 35, is accused of intentionally not stopping her car after hitting Norman, who was riding home at about 10:20 p.m. from Whole Foods Market in Montrose.
Victor Senties, spokesman for Houston Police, confirmed Mayer's arrest.
Norman, 24, was gravely injured but alive when she was found sprawled on the curb along Waugh and at the base of a bike lane sign. She died days later at a Houston hospital.
With the charge, authorities do not contend Mayer broke the law by hitting Norman, but by failing to stop afterward and render aid.
Mayer has a prior conviction in 2002 for drunken driving. The latest charge is a felony and carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison because it involved a death.
Mayor Annise Parker, who after Norman's death called for better safety awareness by drivers and cyclists, called the tragedy a senseless loss of life and praised police.
"There was a suspect identified early on and we have been confident from the beginning this case would be solved," Parker said in a statement. "It may have seemed as if it was taking longer than it should have. Detectives wanted to nail down all the forensic evidence to to avoid issues with prosecution."
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Authorities allege in the affidavit they have built a case against Mayer in part with the statements of people who spoke with her before and after the crash.
Investigators also took DNA swabs from her car, according to the affidavit, but it does not note the results of any testing.
A neighbor supposedly told authorities that the morning after the crash that Mayer's car was damaged and that there was a piece of denim material stuck to it.
It is unclear whether Norman was riding in the middle of Waugh or in the bike lane, as well as how well her bike may have been lighted.
The affidavit signed by an assistant district attorney describes how the investigation of Norman's death unfolded behind the scenes as cyclists held public gatherings in which they mourned Norman's death and called on police to do more to find whoever hit her.
Anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers led authorities to a woman who said she had been drinking with Mayer the night of the accident, but left her at a bar.
She got a call from Mayer the next day.
"The defendant contacted her, and told her that she was very intoxicated the previous night and that she had gotten lost somewhere on Waugh Drive," the affidavit notes, "... defendant told her that she thought she hit someone because her window was shatter (sic), but she could not remember what happened."
Among the other evidence authorities said they have compiled is a recording of a telephone conversation three days after the crash between Mayer's brother and her mother while he was in the Harris County jail on unrelated charges.
"They can be heard talking about the crash," according to the affidavit. "In the calls, they referenced the defendant as 'Auntie M' and that she wrecked her car while she was drunk and hit a bike."
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Cyclists questioned why more charges were not filed.
"She should also be charged with failure to comply with the safe passing ordinance," said Michael Payne, executive director of Bike Houston, who also wondered why a manslaughter charge wasn't applied.
Authorities have said such criminal cases are difficult to win in court because there are often no witnesses, and typically both the motorists and the cyclist are partially at fault.
Cyclists countered penalties and enforcement need to be clear to convince people to drive and ride safely.
"Fatalities happen when people fail to comply with laws, whether it is speeding, DUI, or running a red light, the consequences are always greater for cyclists than they are for motorists," Payne said. "Vulnerability is the reason why we have increased penalties for speeding in construction zones, or passing too close to a police officer on the side of the road."
Police have said there were no witnesses to the crash that killed Norman.
It is rare in Houston for motorists to be charged with crimes in connection with deaths of cyclists, which in the past has spurred cyclists to accuse officials of treating bicycle accidents as a low priority, and bike and pedestrian safety as second-class to free-flowing vehicle traffic.
A Houston Chronicle review going back to 2009 showed that prior to Mayer, just four motorists were charged out of 23 car crashes in which cyclists were killed.
In three of those cases the defendants were not sent to prison.
Charges remain pending in the fourth case in which a law school student is accused of failing to stop after fatally hitting a man riding a bicycle in the early morning hours on Richmond in October.
Enforcement lacking
Houston's cycling community united behind a push for better biking safety following Norman's death, with many riders detailing their own close calls and concerns to city officials.
Their goal, they said, was to increase awareness among drivers and cyclists, and press for more attention from state and local officials.
"Penalties need to be tougher for collisions with cyclists and pedestrians," Payne said. "We don't have a culture of respect for these users. ... Our society has the capacity to manage this issue, we simply need civic leaders to step up and set the tone."
City officials, notably Parker, have stressed everyone needs to respect the rights of others on the road. Parker last month blamed impaired and distracted drivers and cyclists riding at night without proper lights as the causes of most fatal crashes.
Many riders believe lax enforcement of safety laws and poor street design puts them in harm's way and is leading to some of the wrecks.
A check of municipal court records conducted at the request of the Chronicle found that not one citation had been issued to a motorist during the first six months of a new ordinance, which began in May and required cars to stay at least three feet from bikes and pedestrians, and trucks six feet away.
"It used to be the people who had ridden smartly were not getting hit," rider Dan Morgan told the city council last week. "They were not part of the statistics, they are part of the statistics now."
Drivers and some cyclists, meanwhile, counter that riders need to clean up their act as well.
Cyclists running red lights is a frequent complaint in some neighborhoods, where motorists said the call for greater safety is undermined by the often aggressive pose some riders strike when they hit the streets.
"I guarantee you I am not going to run a red light in my car, because I'm afraid I'll get hit," Montrose resident Tom Clementine said. "But these guys will just fly by, not a care in the world."
Personal Safety
Cyclists acknowledge their own situational awareness and decisions can improve safety. Many rides are organized specifically so riders are in groups, as opposed to riding alone, because there is safety in numbers. Within the cycling community, riders often police themselves for proper equipment like helmets and nighttime lights.
"I have to admit I have ridden without lights and recently I have seen how important it is and so I got lights," said Hecort Garcia, a local cyclist active in some of the city's group rides, including the controversial Critical Mass rides at the end of each month. "We definitely need to be more aware and ride safe at night."
Police are working on an educational campaign for cyclists and drivers, and talking to local cyclists about other programs.
Council members meanwhile are debating other changes, such as registration for bicycles in the city to encourage not only better safety awareness, but also to raise money for bike infrastructure improvements.
Though the city is spending millions on new trails and bayou improvements – many that benefit cyclists via off-street routes – investment in street improvements for cyclists has lagged.
Many of the bike lane lines painted on city streets are faded, and they hug gutters that can be littered with debris. Those deficient facilities play a role in overall bike safety because it forces cyclists who otherwise would stay as far right as possible further into the interior of the street.
"Have you been to where this accident happened," Garcia said, referring to Norman's fatal crash. "It is jacked up right there, the street is crooked."


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There is no getting around it; underwater photography can be an equipment intensive hobby. However, it's possible to get started for only a couple hundred dollars. Whether you are buying your first compact, or thinking about getting a dSLR, there is information about underwater photography equipment to help you in this section.
A note on prices - I try to give information on prices wherever possible. Since I am in the United States, prices are from that country as of early 2009. Keep in mind some of this gear may cost more in your home country.
This chapter covers compact & dSLR cameras, underwater housings, lenses, strobes, arms, ports, TTL converters, sync & fiber optic cords, focus lights, and equipment costs.
What should you buy?
Before we dive into a discussion about the equipment, lets assume you are ready to spend more than $200 on your setup. Where should you spend your money?
1) Decide whether you are getting a compact camera or a dSLR. See my section on deciding between a compact vs dSLR. If you are unsure, go the dSLR route. If it's stretching your budget, get the least expensive used housing & body you can find, any strobe, and 1 good lens (see #2, #3, and #4 below). Use several credit cards if needed. If you have enough money to go the dSLR route your next decision is whether to go to a full frame sensor or one with a cropped sensor. See the dslr Camera chart for help in choosing what type of dSLR to investigate.
If you decide on a dSLR housing, start with viewing the dSLR underwater housing buyers guide, which discusses how to get a strobe, ports, and other info too.
2) Lenses are the key to making good photographs and are often the most important choice you can make in underwater photography. Click here for the best lenses for underwater. A good collection of lenses is not a trivial investment however lenses are often useful for many years and many upgrades to your camera system. Make sure you get good glass. Glass is another term for a lens. Get yourself a good macro lens and/or a good WA lens, depending on where your interest lies. Suggestions: Most camera manufacturers make excellent macro and wide angle lenses. In terms of macro lenses, a 60 mm focal length is probably best for beginners, while a 100 or 105 mm lens is for more advanced photographers. Many third party manufacturers make excellent lenses such as the Tokina 10-17mm or 11-16mm. These lenses should last you forever, and will not lose their value. For compact users, try a INON fisheye or WA lens, and stacked INON UCL-165 macro lenses. Lenses generally hold their value very well, and in some cases have increased in value!
3) Get 1 or 2 good strobes, preferable 2, the best you can afford. If you are only shooting macro, you can get away with one. Strobes will also last you a long time.
4) Make sure you have enough of money left over for a underwater housing, camera body, and ports. Keep in mind that camera bodies and housings can depreciate fairly quickly. Ideally, you will also choose a top-notch housing, camera body, and port, within your budgetary restrictions.
If you are a compact user, I suggest you get one of the cameras in the recommended underwater camera section, or a similar camera. You can get a good compact camera for $99. If you ever think you will want to shoot ultra-wide angle, or super macro, make sure your camera & housing combination supports the add-on lens you think you will need.
5) Don't forget to protect and maintain your underwater equipment. There's some suggestion for additional items needed for protection and maintenance on that page.
Lessons Learned
Here's a recent experience from a friend of mine who uses a compact camera:
From my latest experience (with a compact P&S), I followed the priority order in this guide (glass first) with my latest setup. I knew I wanted to do wide angle, so I looked at the Inon fisheye lens: what will work best with it for reasonable $$. It turned out to be a camera body (canon a570is) that I probably wouldn't have considered had I started the process first with the camera body (maybe I would have bought the G9 or something like that). Previously, I had bought the Canon S80 thinking it's a great camera, but back then didn't know better to look for glass that would go with it. Thanks for your advice Scott!
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Unlike transient transfection, in which introduced DNA persists in cells for several days, stable transfection introduces DNA into cells long-term. Stably transfected cells pass the introduced DNA to their progeny, typically because the transfected DNA has been incorporated into the genome, but sometimes via stable inheritance of nongenomic DNA.
How does stable transfection work?
Successful stable transfection requires both effective DNA delivery and a way to select cells that have acquired the DNA. Approximately one in 104 transfected cells will stably integrate DNA, although the efficiency varies with cell type and whether linear or circular DNA is used. Integration is most efficient when linear DNA is used.
One of the most reliable ways to select cells that stably express transfected DNA is to include a selectable marker on the DNA construct used for transfection or on a separate vector that is co-transfected into the cell, and then apply the appropriate selective pressure to the cells after a short recovery period. When the selectable marker is expressed from the co-transfected vector, the molar ratio of the vector carrying the gene of interest to the vector carrying the selectable marker should be in the range of 5:1 to 10:1 to ensure that any cell that contains the selectable marker also contains the gene of interest.
Frequently used selectable markers are genes that confer resistance to various selection drugs or genes that compensate for an essential gene that is defective in the cell line to be transfected. When cultured in selective medium, cells that were not transfected or were transiently transfected will die, and those that express the antibiotic resistance gene at sufficient levels or those that can compensate for the defect in the essential gene
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Hygromycin B is an aminoglycosidic antibiotic that inhibits protein synthesis by disrupting translocation and promoting mistranslation of the 80S ribosome. Because its mode of action is different from Geneticin® or Zeocin™ reagents, hygromycin B can be used in dual-selection experiments. Resistance to hygromycin B is conferred by the E. coli hygromycin resistance gene (hygor hph). The concentration for selection ranges from 100 to 1,000 μg/mL (typically 200 μg/mL), and should be optimized for each cell line.
Puromycin, a translation inhibitor in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, is an aminonucleoside antibiotic from Streptomyces alboniger. Resistance is conferred by the puromycin N-acetyltransferase gene (pac) from Streptomyces. Puromycin has a fast mode action, causing rapid cell death even at low antibiotic concentrations, allowing the generation of puromycin-resistant stable cell lines in less than one week. Adherent mammalian cells are sensitive to concentrations of 2–5 μg/mL, while cells in suspension are sensitive to concentrations as low as 0.5–2 μg/mL.
Blasticidin, a potent translational inhibitor in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, is a nucleoside antibiotic from Streptomyces griseochromogenes. Resistance is conferred by the bsd gene product from Aspergillus terreus. E. coli strains are generally sensitive to concentrations of 50 μg/mL, while mammalian cells are sensitive to concentrations as low as 2–10 μg/mL. Cell death occurs rapidly in cells sensitive to blasticidin, and blasticidin-resistant, stable mammalian cell lines can be generated in less than one week at low antibiotic concentrations
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- Split a confluent dish of cells at approximately 1:5 to 1:10 (depending on the cell type and cell density post-transfection) into medium containing various concentrations of the antibiotic.
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