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I started blogging in 2005. Seems like such a long time ago. Hubby and I had a blog together at first. Some of the older posts are from those times. I used to have two blogs. One for crafts and one for personal stuff. Many years ago, I combined the two. I try to keep this blog balanced but I tend to write more about crafts as they are a big part of my life. But I hope to write more this year on other subjects.
Sometimes it seems like we have taken many steps backwards because we don't live as simple as we used to. I don't regret where we are now and I don't regret the experiences we endured back then. I'm thankful for each adventure we shared.
I do hope this year to return to some of my simple living principles but it's going to take awhile to get to that point. I've gotten spoiled and set in some of my ways.
One of the things I have gotten into this week is growing microgreens. I had such a failed attempt at growing anything edible last year and it was a huge disappointment to me. But I have hope.
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December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator1 The Particle Refrigerator Tom Roberts Muons, Inc. A promising approach to using frictional cooling for reducing the emittance of muon beams.
Introduction Frictional cooling has long been known to be capable of producing very low emittance beams The problem is that frictional cooling only works for very low energy particles, and its input acceptance is quite small in energy: –Antiprotons: KE < 50 keV –Muons: KE < 10 keV Key Idea: Make the particles climb a few Mega-Volt potential, stop, and turn around into the frictional cooling channel. This increases the acceptance from a few keV to a few MeV. So the particles enter the device backwards; they come back out with the equilibrium kinetic energy of the frictional cooling channel regardless of their initial energy. Particles with different initial energies turn around at different places. The total potential determines the momentum (energy) acceptance. December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator2
Frictional Cooling Operates at β ~ 0.01 in a region where the energy loss increases with β, so the channel has an equilibrium β. In this regime, gas will break down – use many very thin carbon foils. Hopefully the solid foils will trap enough of the ionization electrons in the material to prevent a shower and subsequent breakdown. Experiments on frictional cooling of muons have been performed with 10 foils (25 nm each). December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator3 Frictional Cooling Ionization Cooling
Simulation of a Thin Carbon Foil, Muons December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator4 Useful Range < 2.2 keV Stops in Foil Operating Point 2.4 kV/foil G4beamline / historoot Compared to antiprotons, the useful range is smaller, and the operating point is closer to the upper edge of the useful range. Variance is large
Muon Refrigerator – Diagram December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator5 Solenoid μ − In (3-7 MeV) μ − Out (6 keV) … Resistor Divider Gnd HV Insulation First foil is at -2 MV, so outgoing μ − exit with 2 MeV kinetic energy. Solenoid maintains transverse focusing. μ − climb the potential, turn around, and come back out via the frictional channel. 10 m 20 cm 1,400 thin carbon foils (25 nm), separated by 0.5 cm and 2.4 kV. -5.5 MV Device is cylindrically symmetric (except divider); diagram is not to scale. Remember that 1/e transverse cooling occurs by losing and re-gaining the particle energy. That occurs every 2 or 3 foils in the frictional channel.
Refrigerator Output – KE Right after first foil December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator6
Refrigerator Output – t Right after first foil December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator7
Refrigerator T out vs Ke in Right after first foil December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator8 Output in the Frictional Channel "Lost" muons at higher energy
Background: Muon Collider Fernow-Neuffer Plot December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator9 R.B.Palmer, 3/6/2008.
Why a Muon Refrigerator is so Interesting! December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator10 Refrigerator Transmission=12% Refrigerator Transmission=6% G4beamline simulations, ecalc9 emittances. (Same scale) Difference is just input beam emittance
Muon Losses Input Transverse Emittance Loss Mechanism 0.75 π mm-rad1.6 π mm-rad Decay while moving23%20% Escape out the end0% Scraping (radial)0% Stop in a foil23%9% Lose too little energy42%65% Survive in frictional channel12%6% December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator11 Higher transverse emittance input beam was due to larger σ x', σ y'. Larger-angle particles have larger β at turn-around, and can already be out of the frictional regime at the first foil. Challenge: can we use all those higher-energy muons?
Dominant Loss Mechanism The dominant loss mechanism is particles losing too little energy in a foil and leaving the frictional-cooling channel. This happens much more frequently for muons than for antiprotons. Many are lost right at turn-around. December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator12 Incoming (going right) Turn Around In the Frictional Channel (going left) Lost Outgoing (going left) One μ + Track
Those "Lost" muons Have Also Been Cooled December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator13 "Lost" muons Transmission=65% This can surely be optimized to do better. (Same scale)
Comments on Space charge Be wary in applying the usual rules of thumb Low normalized emittance is achieved by low momentum, not small bunch size: σ x 25 mm σ y 25 mm σ z 673 mm 1.1 MeV/c (β=0.01) Clearly a careful computation including space charge is needed. December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator14
An Inexpensive Experiment Using Alphas December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator15 Resistor Divider -50 kV Supply +50 kV Supply Shows feasibility and measures transmission, not emittance or cooling Uses two 50 kV supplies to keep costs down. The source must be degraded to ~100 keV. Hopefully the source collimation will avoid the need for a solenoid (as shown). This is just a concept − lots of details need to be worked out. This is a simple, tabletop experiment that should fit within an SBIR budget. 100 nm Carbon Foils Collimated Alpha Source (degrader?) Detector Vacuum Chamber Typical Alpha Track
LOTS more work to do! Investigate space charge effects Investigate electron cloud effects –Will electrons multiply in the foils and spark? Investigate foil properties, handling, etc. Engineer the high voltage Will foils degrade or be destroyed over time? Design the input/output of the refrigerator (kicker, bend?) Design the following acceleration stages There are many unanswered questions, but the same is true of most current cooling-channel designs. December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator16
Conclusions This is an interesting device that holds promise to significantly improve the design of a muon collider. Much work still needs to be done to validate that. December 10, 2008 TJRParticle Refrigerator17
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Austen was one of the women whose names were given to places on Venus, following the discovery of thousands of new surface features by the Magellan space probe, which mapped the planet in detail between 1990 and 1993. Astronomical tradition demands that features on Venus are named after women, thus Austen found a celestial home as a crater, alongside Fossey (after Diane Fossey of Gorillas In The Mist), Kaikilani (first female ruler of Hawaii) and Akiko (a Japanese poet). Many of the names came from the public after the Magellan team ran out of ideas and appealed for help.
History has provided various formulae for naming features on almost every planet and satellite in the solar system. Dead scientists sit reflectively on the Moon, while famous creative types still suffer for their art in the burning hell of Mercury, along with ships of discovery. The small craters of Mars are named after small towns of the world; Celtic gods and heroes rule the roost on Jupiter's moon Europa, and Saturn's satellites are a literary who's who.
Astronomical exploration, however, is always throwing up fresh naming challenges - from the many asteroids discovered each year to new moons around the major planets. In 1986, for example, the Voyager 2 probe found no fewer than 10 satellites around Uranus to add to the five already known, a discovery which added a cast list of names from Shakespeare to the heavens, from Cordelia to Puck.
The task of officially naming a wide range of celestial objects falls to the Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which christens hundreds of objects every year from its home at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Asteroids (also known as minor planets) provide a constant challenge in the name game, thanks to the sheer number being discovered, and about a fifth of the 6,500-plus minor planets whose orbits have been accurately calculated (the criterion which earns them first a number then eventually a name) still remain unchristened. The rate of discovery - 384 minor planets were numbered in 1990 alone - maintains the pressure.
It was so much easier in the old days. When the Italian astronomer Guiseppe Piazzi discovered the first minor planet in 1801 it was only the eighth planetary object known in our solar system. But even naming that caused problems, with Piazzi's initial decision to name his rock Ceres Ferdinandea, in honour of the Sicilian ruler Ferdinand IV, prompting others to choose alternative names, such as Hera, until everyone settled on plain old Ceres, after the Roman goddess of harvests. This classical female choice set the trend for naming the first 500 or so minor planets until the middle of the 19th century. Then, with classical names running short, heated debate broke out among astronomers demanding the classical tradition continue, and those who accused the classicists of dogmatic snobbery. A compromise policy led to cities and then even male names being given the feminine suffix "a" or "ia", a practice which continued until the Second World War, by which time there were 2,000 known minor planets. This led to strange- sounding names such as Disneya (in honour of Uncle Walt) and Planckia (after physicist Max Planck), which smacked of something out of Up Pompeii.
The sheer number of names needed for minor planets means it is one of the few areas where astronomers can exercise personal whimsy, so long as IAU rules on political and military associations, and overlong names are satisfied. Astronomers have exercised their choice by bagging about a quarter of the names for themselves, while an even better bet for getting your moniker on an asteroid has been to work your way up the IAU's career ladder - a route which provides one of the few ways for a living person to book a spot in space, and beats getting a gold watch for your years at the office.
Loosening attitudes in the past few years have injected an increasing dose of popular culture into proceedings. One example is the number of rock giants who have now also become giant rocks. While it's no surprise to find the Beatles making it as a space quartet - Lennon (4147), McCartney (4148), Harrison (4149) and Starr (4150) - who would have thought that one of the first rock musicians to make the asteroid big time would be Carlos Santana (2620)? Pressure from fans can also sway the IAU, which named asteroid (3834) Zappafrank a year after the great man's death following hundreds of letters, while Jerry Garcia received a similar honour when he went to the great gig in the sky. Ella Fitzgerald is also set for a memorial in the blackness of space, according to Brian Marsden, who chairs the nine-strong IAU Names Committee, which passes about 50 minor planet names every two months.
Secular events have always had an impact on titles proposed for celestial objects and Marsden notes a sudden crop of sporting suggestions after a clutch of major events this year. Olympic fever has led to athletes Jesse Owens and Emil Zatopek taking their marks, while the cricket-loving Marsden is happy that Don Bradman and Gary Sobers have also been honoured.
Dr Who fans, meanwhile, will be pleased to know that asteroid (3325) is called TARDIS, while Star Trek fans can look out for (2309) Spock - though this was named initially after the discoverer's ginger cat rather than directly in honour of the pointy-eared Vulcan. Minor planet (2001), however, didn't add to the sci-fi list, with the obvious options of either Kubrick or Clarke losing out to Einstein, giving the physics legend a minor planet to add to his lunar crater.
Family ties are close in the asteroid belt, with many astronomers choosing to name discoveries after their nearest and dearest. The most extreme example is probably the astronomical duo Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, whose minor planet family tree is reaching up towards 20, with their own names joined by everyone from grandparents and aunts to in-laws.
Though no one objects to these family gatherings, Carolyn Shoemaker has found herself under fire in the controversy surrounding the naming of comets. Unlike asteroids, which are named by their discoverers, comets are generally named after them. While this system is a major spur to amateur astronomers, the IAU is not happy about the current trend among the professionals to name their comets after teams of people.
Working with David Levy, the Shoemakers have discovered many comets, with perhaps the most famous being Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which got its double-barrelled name on to the front pages following its spectacular crash into Jupiter in 1994. But Brian Marsden disagrees with Carolyn Shoemaker's demand that every member of the team be honoured in the name of the comet, even when she makes the actual discovery by scanning the team's photographs. He likens her attitude with asking for the name of the builder of the telescope to be included.
The problem began back in the 1920s when two Hamburg astronomers, Schwassiann and Wachmann, were allowed by the IAU to name their discovery jointly, and things got worse in 1939 when three names - all independent discovers this time - were grouped together for comet Jurlof-Achmarof-Hassel. A hassle, indeed, since it led to a clutter of triple-headers streaking through the solar system, with combinations like Hooda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and Du Toit-Neujmin-Delport reading like a list of high-flying advertising agencies.
The comet problem has now been addressed by the IAU, which has introduced a numbering system that will take precedence over names, using the year and time of the comet's discovery followed by a letter to indicate whether it is a short-periodic comet (like Halley's), long-periodic or uncertain, thus stealing a bit of the personal limelight from the celestial name game.
Attempts to make a buck provide a further hazard, and Marsden admits there are continuing efforts by some astronomers to name their rocks for commercial benefit either to themselves or business friends. But while he is firmly against "blatant commercialism", Marsden is more tolerant of those names which might bring a little "soft money" to some impoverished astronomers.
Before the IAU, however, places like the surface of the Moon were like the Wild West, where no name could feel safe as successive selenographers simply replaced the names of predecessors with their own choices in a Darwinian struggle to see which ones survived. Michel van Langren kicked things off with 300 names on his Moon map of 1645 using biblical names and people at the court of his patron, Philip IV. Hevelius hit back with a set of different names two years later based on places on Earth, but only his introduction of the idea of "seas" survived when the Italians Francesca Grimaldi and Giovanni Riccioli rode into town in 1651. They enjoyed more success, and many of their names - such as Mare Tranquillitatis (the Sea of Tranquility, where Apollo 11 touched down in 1969) - still survive.
The IAU's firm hand on nomenclature means they are not happy with companies which offer to "name a star" for you - in exchange for a large fee, of course. The designation of stars is another story altogether, but of the millions in our own galaxy alone, only about 850 have been given proper names - with coded versions of their astronomical co-ordinates being the main method of designation. Perhaps only about 50 proper names are in common use by astronomers, though science fiction has put names like Betelgeuse (one of the many Arab names) into general circulation. That does, however, leave an awful lot of stars without names, and companies trading under official-sounding titles have tried to exploit this by playing on the public's ignorance. For fees ranging from pounds 55 upwards, they offer to pluck a star from the million-plus in the Hubble Guide Star Catalogue and send you a certificate claiming that it has now been renamed Arsenal Winger, Betty Boo, or whatever you have chosen, adding that this is now official, since they have registered your name in various offices round the world.
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For venture capitalists and managers involved in management buy-outs (MBOs) in particular, the delayed revelations bring bad news. This is linked to a technical change made under the heading "Remuneration in shares subject to forfeiture or conversion".
The change was intended to clarify the way in which employees are taxed if they receive shares that might subsequently be forfeited, depending on the performance of their employer. In addition, the Inland Revenue has announced forthcoming changes inthe way that convertible shares are taxed.
Neither of these changes seems, at first glance, to be particularly far- reaching, and it is difficult to see how the Revenue can justify the sizeable figure that they estimate would otherwise be lost to the Exchequer: more than pounds 100m. In practice these measures will not net much additional tax, as such types of arrangement will no longer be used. Tax planners will simply find other ways of achieving a similar commercial result. These alternative methods are tried and tested, and the Inland Revenue is unlikely to have a problem.
So where is the problem? The answer lies in the fact that, without even the briefest mention of it in his Budget statement, the Chancellor has created a trap affecting almost every management buy-out taking place from now on.
MBOs operate by means of managers buying a substantial equity stake in the new group of companies formed by the buy-out. It is usually agreed that the value of their shares will later be enhanced if the company achieves targets set by their financial backers - a system known as an "equity ratchet". The other investors accept this dilution of their own equity stake in order to give the management the greatest possible incentive to make the buy-out company successful.
Prior to the Budget, managers faced a tax charge when they bought their MBO shares only if the shares were worth more than they paid for them at that time. Of course, this situation was rare because such initial investments, by their very nature, are high risk. They would also pay capital gains tax on any profit made when the shares were sold.
The changes mean that in future managers would have to pay income tax at the time that the equity ratchet kicks in - that is, at the point when they receive all increased share of equity, in line with enhanced business performance. Although this ratchet system is often linked to a sale, where the impact of the change will be less keenly felt, in a significant number of cases the ratchet is negotiated as an on-going benefit. Such managers would be required to pay tax before realising any profit.
Clearly, this situation would be unacceptable to managers involved in a buy-out. The result could be extreme short-termism, as managers clamour to turn paper profit into cash proceeds by selling the business in order to pay off their income tax bill. This cannot be what the Chancellor intended.
In practice, the worst case scenario is unlikely to materialise, as any skilled tax planner will be able to seek out alternative ways of making an equity ratchet system work. These alternative routes are also likely to be more complicated, and therefore costly. Unfortunately, this means that commercial needs will play second fiddle to tax considerations.
The main fear is that while the industry takes time to wake up to the effect this change has brought, a steady stream of management buy-outs has been proceeding on the old type of equity ratchet, so that the managers involved will face unexpected tax charges at a time when they have no money with which to pay them.
Having jumped in at the deep end the Revenue is now left with just two ways in which it could help. The oversight (if such it was) might be acknowledged and dealt with before the publication of the Finance Bill, or, better still, the Revenue might choose to differentiate between normal employee share benefits and entrepreneurial MBO investments, and tax them accordingly.
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It was announced this morning that Chelsea have signed former Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer on a one year Bosman deal. But while the veteran goalkeeper, who is the Premier League's second longest-serving No.1 behind David James, represents one end of the footballing spectrum in terms of age and experience, another Blues signing this summer symbolises the opposing end in young starlet Isaiah Brown.
The former West Brom midfielder became the second youngest player in the history of the English top flight last season, making his debut for the Baggies senior team at 16 years and 117 days old. But this summer, he's been lured to Stamford Bridge, where he's already took part in his first senior training session and joined the Chelsea development squad in New York for their pre-season tour.
But all is not so rosy back at the Hawthorns. A fee is yet to be agreed between the two clubs, despite the young Englishman making his way down to West London and hopping on a plane to the United States, and the Baggies are now planning to take the issue to court and settle the matter in an official tribunal, having turned down an offer from Chelsea that West Brom Sporting Director Richard Garlick described as "disappointing", according to Sky Sports News.
The disagreement is centred around the new Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP for short), voted into effect in October 2011. Its proposals are based on the need to improve the situation of youth development in England, as the national game has dwindled under the imposing monetary power of the Premier League. Much of it administers marginal gains all round, in terms of coaching, facilities, better education for youth players, and the re-categorising of almost every aspect of how academies are run.
But additionally, a large chunk of the EPPP is dedicated to restructuring compensation packages between clubs for youth players who jump ship to rival academies, replacing the old model of regular tribunals to decide on appropriate fees with fixed tariffs based upon the number of years a player has been at his academy, measured against the categorisation of the academies involved in the transfer (now done on a system simply rated from one to four, with category one the highest).
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It's a complex but rather rigid system, that leaves West Brom in this instance entitled to just £209,000 for Isaiah Brown. It's understandable that the Football League and the FA wish to keep the issue of money away from home-grown youngsters as much as possible, but it remains remarkably unjust that the Baggies will receive such a nominal fee for a player that is not only touted as a future Chelsea star, but also a potential regular for the England national team. Do we need fairer rules for our young starlets, and are the EPPP rules having the desired effect?
West Brom's counteracting claim to protest against the current youth transfer structure focuses on the fact that Brown joined the club three years ago, before the new compensation legislation came into effect, and therefore his transfer fee should be determined by the preceding rules. Whether or not their argument has a case is for the lawyers to decide, but regardless, there is little doubt that the Baggies are getting conned out of a promising young player, who was scheduled to sign a professional contract at the Hawthorns this summer and play a cameo role in the first team next season.
Richard Garlick and Chairman Jeremy Peace have put their heart and soul, and considerable finance to boot, into the West Brom youth set-up in recent years. The facilities have been improved year upon year, while Peace has invested £2.5million per season to bring his academy up to Category One standard, according to the EPPP laws, which in theory should have protected the club's youngsters from being prised away. When you consider the salaries of the coaches and the cost of equipment alone, that can be directly linked to Brown's development since he joined the Baggies in 2010, the overall bill will easily total higher than the guaranteed £209,000 compensation, or the offer from the Blues, which the tabloids are yet to accurately source a figure for.
The unjust situation may come as a surprise to many, but it has been prophesised for some time – in fact, Crystal Palace Chairman Steve Parrish vented his concerns in The Telegraph just months after the EPPP's incarnation, citing that the new rules best serve the footballing elite, at the expense of the rank and file clubs of the Football League.
Parrish wrote in his column after his club's FA Cup win against Manchester United in December 2011; "The long-term effects of EPPP, which will lead to top youngsters being snatched away from Football League clubs for derisory amounts of compensation, threaten to be far more damaging… The gulf between the top sides and the rest will become a chasm and the strength of English football will just be measured by whether Manchester United can give Barcelona a game in the Champions League."
If before, Parrish's words of warning were just a theory, that claimed the EPPP was brought into effect to serve the top clubs in England rather than the national team, they now have a case in point with Isaiah Brown.
It's equally as concerning as the nominal compensation fees that the EPPP proposals have also done away with the '90 minute rule', that once forbade youth players from joining academies that were beyond an hour and half's travelling distance from their home, and protected the rights of regionality by establishing historical catchment areas, now allowing youngsters to pick and choose from any team in the country that is willing to sign them on a scholarship.
Similarly, the logic of the EPPP clearly has its flaws. The desire to get promising youngsters to the best academies in terms of investment, quality of staff and facilities, is a valid cause, yet it doesn't take a genius to work out where Brown is likely to receive more game time and first team experience.
Perhaps Chelsea is a particularly extreme example considering they've failed to bring through any considerable young talent to the senior squad, with the exclusion of Ryan Bertrand, since Roman Abramovich purchased the West Londoners ten years ago, which is no doubt due to the turbulent nature of the Russian billionaire's administration rather than the wealth of youth facilities at the club's disposal, but even the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United, who have a much better reputation for bringing their starlets through to the first team in the right manner, won't be able to offer Isaiah Brown a parallel level of top flight action in comparison to the Baggies, who already handed him his senior debut last season.
For all the furore surrounding the 16-year-old, there's every chance he will slip into the background at Stamford Bridge, and struggle against the competition of young talent sourced and scouted from all four corners of the globe, whilst the chances of ascension into the first team fold remain unlikely while Abramovich continues with his method of applying pressure on his managers for short-term success.
But perhaps the footballing equivalent of elitism is the price we have to pay to improve the English game at national level – the old way clearly wasn't working in bringing the right players through. But nonetheless, its hard to find a justification for a system that not only limits the power of smaller clubs keeping hold of their most promising players, but also does the disservice of protecting bigger teams from having to pay for the privilege. It stops the trickle-down effect that has made the Premier League so strong in terms of widespread quality throughout, and also prevents lesser teams benefiting financially from losing out on players that could go on to be the future of the club.
My alternative proposal is simple – at player level, a small percentage of their wage for the remainder of their career is given back to the academy in which they first learnt their trade, while clubs have to pay landmark amounts based on first team appearances. It accepts that youngsters should not be tossed between clubs for fees in the realms of millions of pounds, while respecting the rights of teams who have poured money and time into personal development, and have sacrificed the club's future by letting their promising youth products leave, by providing them with adequate compensation.
Either way, the situation has to be addressed sooner rather than later, and Isaiah Brown is now living proof that the EPPP proposals are unjust to say the least – unless you're Manchester United, City or Chelsea, who can now pick out any player they want from any academy in the country, without paying for the privilege.
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No, no and no. In fact, the quest for a successor to Mike Thomas is in good hands … the strong hands of former Cal-Davis fullback and long-time UI faculty rep Matt Wheeler. The 61-year-old swine-genetics expert is the ramrod for the search committee that will soon complete its mission.
"I would have been disappointed if Matt hadn't been the one selected," said Lawrence Schook, Vice President for Research for three UI campuses and a colleague who served on the committee to bring Wheeler to the College of Agriculture here in the late-80s.
"Student-athletes have always been important to him," said Schook. "He has chaired a number of committees, including the executive committee of the Faculty Senate (2011-12 and 2012-13). He is one who won't speak until he is comfortable that it represents a consensus."
Former UI President Bob Easter, who emerged from the same College of Agriculture as Wheeler and Schook, agreed.
"Matt has been on the cutting edge of biotechnology and reproductive science," said Easter, referring to Wheeler's work on regeneraton of bone with swine as a model.
"In terms of athletics, Matt has done all he could do to help the program function."
Former Illini football standouts Kevin Jackson, Todd Leach and (astronaut) Mike Hopkins did research projects in Wheeler's lab as far back as 1992-93. Wheeler was elected to the UI athletic board in 1998, chaired that board for three years through 2002, and has been among the leaders of that group ever since.
In 2010, he chaired the Big Ten joint group of Big Ten directors, faculty reps and senior women administrators, just prior to becoming chairman of the UI Faculty Senate executive committee.
"Matt works closely with the chancellor. He brings people together," said Easter. "He always has football members working in his lab. In terms of his current job with the search committee, he is at his best in that kind of role."
During the recent football season, Wheeler attended most practices dating to the kickoff in Rantoul when Bill Cubit replaced Tim Beckman. On those practices he missed, Jackson filled in. No one was more informed on Cubit's operation last season than Wheeler.
"Matt always had a sincere interest in football and our athletic program," said Ron Guenther, Illini athletic director from 1992 to 2011. "He was there when we put together our first five-year strategic plan, and we always worked closely together. He addressed each of our teams once a year, as well as the coaches, and he became a safe harbor for athletes. He has dealt with all kinds of rules from academics to compliance. In attending conference meetings three times a year, he has become known on a first-name basis with Big Ten ADs.
"No faculty person on this campus is closer to the athletic program."
OK, you've read the opinions of those who know him best. This doesn't mean that he's working harder to find a director than Dan Flannell, Howard Milton or other committee members. It doesn't mean they'll land the individual who will satisfy the most fans.
But, from this viewpoint, it appears interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson made the best choice. For all the critical secrecy surrounding the quest — in-committee emails on the search are verboten — Wheeler's leadership is a strong indication that they're not wandering around in the wilderness. Illinois is fortunate to have one so qualified and committed.
Champaign Newws-Gazette columnist Loren Tate has cvered the Fighting Illini since 1966. He can be reached at [email protected]


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Two seniors, Charlie Miller and Charles Ivory, from last year's Vero Beach team signed with Northern Illinois. That connection has piqued Paul's interest in the Huskies program and favors taking a visit to Louisville as well.
"I'm probably going up to NIU on an official visit in two weeks when they play Central Michigan," he said. "They picked up two real good friends of mine so I want to go up there and see what it's like. Louisville was the first to offer me and they never let up. I've stayed in touch with Coach Strong and Coach Restivo ever since they offered me.
"After the official visits, I'll have to figure things out. I want to go to a school with a nice atmosphere, with great people running the program, and great academics with a good Business program."
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Thank you! The name is purely made up
I've been lurking the forums the past couple weeks, and I definitely think there is plenty here for me to learn and at least start on my path. I certainly hope to pop in regularly, though for now I may mostly lurk and gather information as opposed to actively contributing, until I know a little more about this and can contribute in a positive way. That being said, I definitely won't hesitate to ask questions should the need arise.
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Welcome to our forum Ayedeas (that's a rather splendid name, is it traditional or did you make it up?). Things seem to be rather slow here at the moment, but posts seem to come in waves..... anyway there's a huge amount of excellent information here; read especially the sticky threads and any that particularly appeal to you.
Many of us here can relate to your story; I think the majority of us come from Christian family or social environments and have become dissatisfied with the religion as it is usually presented. There are other interpretations which make much more sense; you might like to investigate Gnosticism one of these days. Certainly the Old Testament, which seems to consist mostly of a chronicle and celebration of genocide, has little to recommend it.
Anyway, welcome to TCC; perhaps you'll become a regular contributor.
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Hello, everyone!
As you can guess, I am new to this forum, but I am also new to the world of Paganism and witchcraft.
My name is Jade, (though you can call me anything) and I was born into a Christian family and was raised as a Christian. As I grew older, and started to understand more about the religion, the more I disliked it. I didn't feel like I belonged, and a lot of anxiety and claustrophobia (for lack of a better word) has resulted because of it. I won't get into the details of why I decided it wasn't for me, as that's a long story and I don't think I can construe my thoughts in a way that would make sense.
At any rate, long story short, I have always felt more connected to the energies of the Earth. Storms energize me, and I feel calm, at peace, and refreshed under a full moon. I adore being surrounded by trees, and animals (generally) love me. The earth has this energy that I can't explain, and there are times where I want nothing more than to slip out in the middle of the night and just travel some nearby trails quietly and be one with nature. And don't get me started on horses - they have their own power and I feel a similar, strong connection with them as I do to the moon and the trees.
Once I started realizing that I didn't agree with the Christian religion, and started questioning whether I belonged in it, I started hearing more and more about Paganism. The more I heard about it, and learned about it, the more it started to click. This was about last year at this time, actually.
Slowly I started noticing Paganism more and more. I found out one of my sisters is Wiccan (and now two of mine are and my third is considering converting for the same reason I am), and then I found out so is one of my cousins. And then I found out one of my friends is Pagan (she hasn't identified with any specific branch) and now I have at least 10 friends or relatives that I've come to find are pagan in some form - most commonly Wiccan.
So I decided to do some serious research. And in my research I found this site and found the forum, and thus here I am! I've looked through the site and I'm continuing to look through and check out other sites, but if there's one way I can get some help and guidance in my journey, what better way than through a forum?
I have looked into the other branches of Paganism, and I've considered them all. This site and its explanation in particular seems to be exactly what I'm looking for, and so far Wicca seems to fit the most. So I would like to learn more about it.
This introduction was a mess, but I'm happy to be here and I hope to learn a ton!
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Welcome Marthateeta, but I'm a little confused. Your post seems a little off topic. Am I missing something?
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Thanks canis
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Here's a recommended reading list. Some you may be able to find at local book stores, depending on where you are located.
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Does anyone know where I can find some books on witchcraft that has general information on it....like...different holidays...moon cycles...and spells
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After seven decades, two U.S. Navy veterans were reunited in Stover last October. Raymond "DeVere" Johnson, 92, of Illinois, believed he was the last survivor of the USS LST-218 until his daughter Cheryl Johnson Brown placed his photo on Facebook.
The photo of Johnson, who was a signalman on the ship, was placed online on D-Day, June 6 of last year. It went viral within a week with more than 1 million shares and 74,494 likes and it eventually lead them to John Heimsoth, 91, of Stover, who served with Johnson decades ago. The viral Facebook post also caught the attention of Los Angeles producer Kyle Olson, who decided to make a documentary about the men.
"The Last Signal" is in post-production work and Olson, the executive producer and director for the film, has a projected release date for no later than Veterans Day.
Olson, owner of Kyle C. Olson Productions and who has worked on shows like "Dancing with the Stars," "America's Next Top Model" and "The Bachelor," said the people of Stover "embraced" them and the story when they arrived to film last fall.
"At its very simplest, 'The Last Signal' is a documentary about two World War II veterans that reunite for the first time in over 70 years," Olson said by phone Tuesday while driving in Los Angeles. "The last time that these gentlemen saw each other was when they said farewell when they stepped off the LST-218 during the end of their service.
"Obviously, as you can imagine, this is a unique story because this doesn't really happen all the time," he added.
Olson said Johnson believed for the longest time he was the only one left from the LST-218.
"Cheryl was going to prove him wrong," he added. "So, she took to Facebook with a picture of her father saying 'I was on LST-218 during World War II. If you know anybody who might know one of my shipmates please share and help me get the word out.'
"It went viral, and saying that is almost an understatement," Olson noted. "It went really hot, really fast. I actually caught onto the story through that viral post."
Olson said he reached out to the Johnson family and offered to film a documentary about their search. At that point the Johnson's still hadn't heard from any other shipmates.
"They said 'we'll try to keep you posted and we'll see what happens,'" he said. "Long story short, fast forward it to a few months later, they called me back and said 'we found somebody and his name is John Heimsoth and we think he is living in Stover, Missouri."
The family added that they were going to try and plan a reunion for the men before it was too late.
"We became an integral part of that process," Olson noted. "We worked closely with the family to make this whole thing happen. We really wanted to see how we could go about doing this."
He added that they prepared everything they could, on their end, for the reunion and flew from California to Joliet, Illinois, to meet the Johnson family.
"We traveled with DeVere and Cheryl and their family to Stover, Missouri, in a good old-fashioned road trip," Olson said. "It was really cool! DeVere does fly, but it was one of those things where it was close enough that we said 'you know why don't we drive and make a day of it.'"
After arriving in Stover that night the group rested. The reunion with Heimsoth was hosted the next day.
"As you can imagine, there was a lot of history being made that day, with the reunion of those two," Olson added.
Olson and co-producer Tracie Hunter are working with post-production for the film. Marcus Taplin, of Minnesota, an Emmy-nominated photographer, is the director of photography.
Hunter spoke with the Democrat by phone Thursday from a film shoot in Georgia. She said she thought the social media aspect of Johnson's search was inspirational.
"I think it was a really cool way to show humanity coming together to help each other out," she said. "This daughter wanted to really help her father find (his shipmates).
"Everybody, to some extent, has a similar story," she added. "This is a World War II piece, the history is dying fast, and we have to tell the stories. I think if anything, I just want to add that seeing social media come together and so many people interested in helping a stranger was really powerful."
Although they haven't decided on a length for the film yet, Olson and Hunter have ideas.
"It might still be considered a short (film), but we might have the potential of going feature," Olson said. "We really don't want to define a length, we want to see how much story we can put into it. We know for a fact it will be at least a good 45 minutes, but I could also see this being at little over an hour."
At present they are working to put together a "sizzle reel" that will be presented to networks. Olson added that they have also begun a "kick-starter" campaign to raise funds to produce the sizzle reel.
"We've had a lot of interest already from a number of networks that have said 'we absolutely want to show this,'" he said. "If one of them bites on the sizzle, this will be on the airwaves a lot sooner and much earlier than we hoped. That is definitely part of the goal.
"It's a story that really needs to be told," Olson added. "I also really, really want to make sure that John and DeVere have the opportunity to experience that reunion on the big screen again for themselves. That's real important to us."
Olson noted that the whole process was a reunion first and a film/documentary second.
"We wanted to respect that," he added. "Throughout the process we were very much flies on the wall."
On Thursday, Johnson said by phone in Florida that he enjoyed meeting Heimsoth although they had never met while on the LST-218.
"It was exciting," he said.
He added that he thought he was the last living survivor of the ship. When he found Heimsoth he was relieved to know he wasn't the only one anymore.
He said he was looking forward to viewing "The Last Signal" when it's released.
The Democrat also called John Heimsoth but was unable to reach him by press time.
More information "The Last Signal" can be found at www.LastSignalMovie.com and www.facebook.com/LastSignalMovie. For those who wish to contribute, a fundraising campaign for the sizzle reel is set up at www.hatchfund.org/project/the_last_signal.
Faith Bemiss can be reached at 530-0289 or @flbemiss.


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William Guise, an Army infantrymen in World War II, spent months crawling on his belly to avoid enemy fire while fighting in Europe.
German shells landed so close that shrapnel snapped his rifle in two, destroyed his pistol and slashed the back of his jacket.
MORE: Iraq reaches WWII benchmark
Unlike insurgents in Iraq who often fire on U.S. troops evacuating their wounded, "the Germans treated us pretty decently," says Guise, 82, a resident of Arlington, Va., who fought with the 83rd Infantry Battalion. "When we'd have wounded, they'd have a cease-fire and clean all the wounded off the battlefield."
On Sunday, the Iraq war will have lasted 1,347 days, the length of direct U.S. involvement in WWII. Veterans of that war six decades ago describe a very different experience from that of recent veterans.
Brian Linn, a historian at Texas A&M University, says the Pentagon used the post-WWII occupation of Germany as a partial model for Iraq. But the swift success of the initial Iraq invasion made this war much different than WWII.
"Germans knew they were defeated," Linn says. "The Sunnis didn't think they were defeated."
In WWII, U.S. forces went toe-to toe against men in uniform with thousands of infantry troops, tanks, ships and planes.
In Iraq, the U.S. military is up against terrorists and fighters who dress and look like civilians. Everyone is a potential enemy.
Civilians were not involved in the fight in WWII like they are in Iraq, but they were often "in the way" and died in great numbers, says Richard Stewart, chief historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington.
"We had no choice but to roll over them if we were to accomplish our objectives," Stewart says.
In Iraq, minimizing civilian deaths is crucial to achieving the political objective of the war, he says.
Nathaniel Haynes, 80, of Portland, Ore., manned a 5-inch gun on a destroyer in the Pacific. Battles were different then, he says.
"The Japanese were shooting at the Marines, and they were cutting them down just like grass," Haynes says of beach invasions. "When you're on the ship, you see all those bodies, but you can't do anything about it."
Technology has changed, too. In WWII, hundreds of unguided bombs were dropped from planes to hit a single target. Today, one guided missile can do the job. Communication has gone from Morse code to encrypted satellite radios.
John Mallon, 81, of Arlington, Va., recalled going on beach raids in the Pacific for the Navy, carrying a radio that had a manual generator. "You had to crank it and keep cranking to keep the power up," he says.
Iver Burke, 87, a farmer from Fruitland, Wash., who served with the Army's 106th station hospital in Italy and Okinawa, says getting to the war zone was more perilous.
"We went over on ships and trains and trucks," Burke says. "The submarines were a threat then."
Arno Christopher, 83, of Seymour, Ind., spent nearly three years in Europe with the Army's 264th Field Artillery Battalion. Unlike today, when U.S. troops deploy for periods of several months to more than a year, no one in WWII knew when or how they'd return home, Christopher says.
"They were there until (German) surrender or whatever was going to happen," Christopher says.
World War II looked a lot different on the home front as well, Stewart says. Rationing affected the availability of tires, new cars, nylon stockings and gasoline. In contrast, the Iraq war has done little if any harm to the economy, Stewart says.
Herb Zumhingst, 82, of Seymour, Ind., was a second lieutenant in the Air Force, training to fly B-29 bombers in Texas when World War II ended. His father's lumber mill and construction business in Indiana practically shut down because of government restrictions on new construction.
Women worked in factories to replace men who had gone to war. Ford plants stopped making cars and built B-24 bombers. People planted "victory gardens" to replace farm-raised vegetables that were sent overseas.
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As for the reaction when he made it home: "You couldn't go into a bar and buy a drink ... they'd buy it for you."


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Mr Mosley, the 68-year-old son of the 1930s Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, says that his life was devastated by the newspaper's expose in March of his encounter at a London flat with five women, which it described as a "sick Nazi orgy".
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A worker's use of state-licensed medical marijuana off-duty and off of the employer's premises during nonwork hours can be a cause for dismissal, a Colorado appeals court held April 25, 2013.
For an activity to be lawful and thus protected by the Colorado Lawful Off-Duty Activities Statute (24-34-402.5, C.R.S. 2012), the court declared in its 2-1 decision, the action "must be permitted by, and not contrary to, both state and federal law." Because federal law prohibits marijuana use, the court concluded, it cannot be lawful in Colorado, so it cannot enjoy employment protection.
Brandon Coats was a telephone operator for Englewood, Colo.-based Dish Network LLC. He was paralyzed in a car accident when he was a teenager and, since 2009, had used medical marijuana for debilitating muscle spasms that otherwise prevented him from working. After failing a random drug test, he was fired by Dish Network in 2010.
Coats sued, arguing that he was not impaired on the job and his drug use was legal under state law. A trial court dismissed his case, finding that the state law created only exemptions from prosecution, not rights. Coats appealed both the underlying lawsuit and the trial court's award of attorney fees to Dish Network.
The appeals court majority ruled for the employer on the broader basis that nothing that is illegal under federal law can be legal under the Lawful Off-Duty Activities Statute, which was originally passed to protect cigarette smokers from being fired. However, the court reversed the attorney fees award.
Colorado voters legalized the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use by adults in November 2012. That law permits employers to enforce drug policies, and a state task force recommended that employers be permitted to fire workers for off-duty marijuana use.
Coats v. Dish Network LLC, Colo. Ct. App., Div. A, Nos. 12CA0595, 12CA1704 (April 25, 2013).
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