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Dec26-12, 12:04 PM
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PF Gold
Tomita time is an intrinsic observer-independent time variable available to us for fully general relativistic analysis. As far as I know it is the only such time available for things like
general covariant statistical mechanics
GC statistical quantum mechanics
GC quantum field theory
Here I want to discuss some nuts&bolts of the Tomita flow construction.
In GR, "coordinate time" is not really a time---it's neither observable nor physically meaningful. On the other hand, observer time is not defined until one has already fixed on a particular curved space-time geometry. So observer time cannot be used if the geometry itself is included as part of the dynamics. Furthermore in a quantum theoretical treatment the problem is worse since a space-time cannot be determined any more than can a continuous particle trajectory.
But to do certain kinds of analysis we need an independent time variable. The Tomita flow is a one-parameter group of transformations of the observables algebra M that arises naturally as powers Ut of a distinguished unitary operator U. I want to discuss the natural way you get that operator U. Tomita time is the real number t that appears as the exponent. It is the parameter of the one-parameter group of changes that operate on the observable algebra M, mapping one element X of M to another.
X → UtXU-t
The construction is not all that complicated. It is described on page 517 of the Princeton Companion to Mathematics.
Thinking of M as the C* algebra generated by all possible measurements, this one-parameter group shifts and shuffles the observables among themselves. Obviously a key question is how do you construct the basic operator U whose powers Ut serve to represent the passage of time?
To start with, we represent what we think we know about the world (statistical correlations among measurements, levels of confidence, uncertainty, variances, expectation values) by a positive state function ω: M → ℂ.
Positive here means that for any X in the algebra ω(X* X) > 0, and equals zero only in case X itself is zero. The state ω defines an inner product on M which allows us to treat M as a hilbert space M.
Now the star mapping X → X* can be viewed as an operator S on the hilbert space M. The map S:M → M is almost linear--the term for it is conjugate linear, because scalar multiplication carries over using the complex conjugate of the scalar.
I suppose the letter S is used to denote this operator version of the * because S stands for "star". Whatever the reason, in every treatment of Tomita flow I've seen, this notation has been used.
Now the first cleverness occurs. Since M is now a hilbert space we have a well-defined notion of the ADJOINT of an operator. That is also always denoted by a star. In matrix representations it's the conjugate transpose--you flip the matrix over and take conjugates when the entries are complex. And it's defined more generally using the inner product:
So we can take the star of the star mapping S. It gets slightly non-trivial here simply because we are using * in two senses: the original C* algebra operation and the new adjoint available now that M is a hilbert space with an inner product. Now we can multiply S together with its adjoint S*.
That's it. S* S is a well-defined operator on the observables algebra M viewed as a hilbert space. It's easy to see that it is self-adjoint. Self adjoint operators are the analogs of real numbers, just as unitary operators are analogs of the numbers on the unit circle. To see that it is self-adjoint you just have to verify that
The unitary operator U, mentioned earlier, which is the seed of the Tomita flow, the seed of change, the seed of the passage of time in the world described by (M, ω) is simply given by
U = (S*S)i
It's a basic fact about hilbertspace that you can raise a self-adjoint operator to an imaginary power like i, and get a unitary. This is analog of raising a real number x to imaginary power and getting a number xi on the unit circle. Like those numbers e2πit we are always seeing.
So that is how U, the seed of the Tomita flow, is obtained.
The flow simply consists of bracketing an observable X with that unitary U raised to powers t and -t. That is what CHANGE is, how the passage of time works, in the star-algebra world defined by (M, ω)
Time is the logarithm of change, to the base U. And it is observer-independent.
Time is not a pseudo-spatial dimension, in this view of the world. It is the parameter of a flow on the observables.
X → Ut X U-t
Dec26-12, 03:12 PM
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PF Gold
We need to keep handy a few links to discussions of Tomita flow, as a global emergent time, in the literature:
Here's a Vimeo video of part of a talk on Tomita time by Matteo Smerlak:
from a March 2011 workshop at Nice.
Here's the article by Alain Connes and Carlo Rovelli:
and a seminal 1993 paper, The Statistical State of the Universe
which shows how T-time recovers usual conventional time in several interesting contexts, notably standard Friedmann-model cosmology.
Wherever a local observer's time is defined, one can compare it with the global emergent T-time. The ratio between the two times is physically meaningful as shown in this paper by Smerlak and Rovelli.
Here's a recent paper showing how T-time could be used in approaches to general relativistic statistical mechanics and general covariant statistical QM.
It is unlikely that QG can be formulated in terms of a 4D spacetime geometry, for the same reason that in quantumtheoretical treatments a particle does not have a definite trajectory. One can make a finite number of observations about where it goes, and they are correlated, but one cannot say that a continuous trajectory exists. Same with a 4D spacetime which is a trajectory of the geometry. This is explained in Chapter 1 of Approaches to Quantum Gravity (D. Oriti ed.)
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0604045 (see page 4 of preprint)
This indicates that the set of all possible measurements M must replace the 4D manifold space-time, as a basis for GC QFT (general covariant quantum field theory). Each of the observables in M has its own uncertainty built in. Since the correlations are statistical we have no difficulty obtaining an indefinite causal structure, or an uncertain geometric evolution. Features that may be difficult to obtain with a 4D manifold seem to come automatically with the C* algebra M.
The state ω defined on M, represents what Bohr referred to as "what we can SAY" about nature or the world, as opposed to what IS.
Jeff Morton's blog on T-time (with John Baez comment):
A recent paper by Robert Oeckl on the Boundary Formulation of QT interestingly refers to the (M,ω) picture, suggesting that he, too, may be looking at it as a possible way to go.
A positive formalism for quantum theory in the general boundary formulation
Robert Oeckl (CCM-UNAM)
(Submitted on 21 Dec 2012)
We introduce a new "positive formalism" for encoding quantum theories in the general boundary formulation, somewhat analogous to the mixed state formalism of the standard formulation. This makes the probability interpretation more natural and elegant, eliminates operationally irrelevant structure and opens the general boundary formulation to quantum information theory.
28 pages
to clarify the relevance here is a quote from end of section 2 on page 4:
"...The time-evolution operator U ̃ restricted to self-adjoint operators produces self-adjoint operators. Moreover, it is positive, i.e., it maps positive operators to positive operators. It also conserves the trace so that it maps mixed states to mixed states. These considerations suggest that positivity and order structure should play a more prominent role at a foundational level than say the Hilbert space structure of H or the algebra structure of the operators on it from which they are usually derived.
Algebraic quantum field theory [7] is a great example of the fruitfulness of taking serious some of these issues. There, one abandons in fact the notion of Hilbert spaces in favor of more flexible structures built on C∗-algebras. Also, positivity plays a crucial role there in the concept of state."
Dec26-12, 06:16 PM
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PF Gold
To get a little intuition about the form of the Tomita flow:
X → Ut X U-t
let's imagine a concrete example. Mozart takes time off from writing Don Giovanni and for his amusement he uses a crude spectrograph to measure the color of the sun. That is measurement X
Now we want to see what that measurement turns into when advanced by t = 200 years.
Ronald Reagan takes time off from golf, napping at staff meetings, and his busy schedule of public appearances to go out and use the same crude spectrograph to record the mix of wavelengths of the sun.
The recipe is UNDO 200 years of change. Do Mozart's measurement of sunlight. Then RESTORE 200 years of change
X → U+200 years X U-200 years
This is how we map the measurement Moz. made into the one Ron made.
I have to go, no time to edit back soon.
Dec26-12, 10:29 PM
Global emergent time, how does Tomita flow work?
Marcus, you always manage to make my brain explode! I think that's a good thing!
Dec27-12, 12:37 AM
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Dec27-12, 08:10 AM
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Hi Marcus! Is this related to my question in the other thread?
Dec27-12, 10:27 AM
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PF Gold
EDIT to respond to following post:
Hi Arivero, KMS states are referred to quite a lot in the Connes-Rovelli paper, as I recall. Also in Rovelli's recent paper (on general relativistic statistical mechanics).
To give context for any readers not familiar with it, I'll simply quote the lead paragraph at WikiP.
"KMS state
In the statistical mechanics of quantum mechanical systems and quantum field theory, the properties of a system in thermal equilibrium can be described by a mathematical object called a Kubo-Martin-Schwinger state or, more commonly, a KMS state: a state satisfying the KMS condition. Kubo (1957) introduced the condition, Martin & Schwinger (1959) used it to define thermodynamic Greens functions, and Rudolf Haag, M. Winnink, and N. M. Hugenholtz (1967) used the condition to define equilibrium states and called it the KMS condition."
Dec27-12, 01:27 PM
PF Gold
First time I saw it, it was for some study of states (KMS states??) in C*-algebras.
Dec27-12, 08:56 PM
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PF Gold
Hi Alejandro, I replied to you earlier in postscript to post#7, but wanted to ask what role you think the KMS condition plays? It gets mentioned (I gave some references earlier) but does not seem to be needed in defining Tomita flow or the associated time.
========quote Princeton Companion to Mathematics (2008) page 517 ==========
Modular theory exploits a version of the GNS construction (section 1.4). Let M be a self-adjoint algebra of operators. A linear functional φ: M → C is called a state if it is positive in the sense that φ(T*T) ≥ 0 for every T in M (this terminology is derived from the connection described earlier between Hilbert space theory and quantum mechanics). for the purposes of modular theory we restrict attention to faithful states, those for which φ(T*T) = 0 implies T = 0. If φ is a state, then the formula
<T1, T2> = φ(T1* T2)
defines an inner product on the vector space M. Applying the GNS procedure, we obtain a Hilbert space HM. The first important fact about HM is that every operator T in M determines an operator on HM. Indeed a vector V in HM is a limit V = limn→∞ Vn of elements in M, and we can apply an operator T in M to the vector V using the formula
TV = lim TVn
where on the right-hand side we use multiplication in the algebra M. Because of this observation, we can think of M as an algebra of operators on HM, rather than as an algebra of operators on whatever Hilbert space we began with.
Next, the adjoint operation equips the Hilbert space HM wtih a natural "anti linear" operator
S: HM → HM by the formula [see footnote]
Since U*g = Ug-1 for the regular representations, this is indeed analogous to the operator S we encountered in our discussion of continuous groups. The important theorem of Minoru Tomita and Masamichi Takesaki asserts that, as long as the original state φ satisfies a continuity condition, the complex powers
Ut = (S*S)it
have the property that
Ut M U-t = M for all t.
The transformations of M given by the formula T → Ut T U-t are called the modular automorphisms of M.
Alain Connes proved that they depend only in a rather inessential way on the original faithful state φ. To be precise, changing φ changes the modular automorphisms only by inner automorphisms, that is, transformations of the form T → UTU-1 where U is a unitary operator in M itself. The remarkable conclusion is that every von Neumann algebra M has a canonical one-parameter group of "outer automorphisms," which is determined by M alone and not by the state φ that is used to define it.
[footnote] The interpretation of this formula on the completion HM of M is a delicate matter.
Nowhere here is the KMS condition invoked. I think KMS plays a role in one or more significant APPLICATIONS of the Tomita flow idea, but is not essential to its definition.
BTW the chapter on operator algebras this is quoted from is by Nigel Higson and John Roe (the PCM is edited by Timothy Gowers)
Dec27-12, 10:00 PM
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PF Gold
I think the Tomita flow ("T-flow") and Tomita time ("T-time") are going to be important because physics will probably come to be formulated on a quantum geometric basis to handle certain extreme situations where the geometry is an important part of the dynamics. And QG is unlikely to involve spacetimes (= continuous trajectories). T-time is the only option I know of being proposed as an independent time variable for general covariant statistical mechanics or GC quantum theory. And it is intrinsic--arises naturally when we have a C*algebra M and a state ω representing the world and what we think we know about it.
Given that it is going to be of major importance, I would like to see if there's a good notation that will make it easy to grasp. What do you call (S* S)i a certain self-adjoint operator raised to the power i? It's a unitary operator on HM, the algebra M competed as hilbertspace. Earlier I denoted it simply by the letter U. Maybe that's not distinctive enough, what about Q? And let me try using A as a generic element of the algebra M.
Let's try that. S is the star operation on M carried over to HM. S* is the adjoint.
The product S* S is a positive self-adjoint operator on HM. A positive real number raised to the power i is just a number on the unit circle, and we can pick a basis that diagonalizes S* S and raise every eigenvalue to the power i. We get a unitary operator.
Let's try denoting that Q = (S* S)i
Then Tomita's theorem says we have a flow on M that is simply given by
A → Qt A Q-t
where t is a real number parameter of the flow, and corresponds to time (measured in Planck units in cases where it has been checked.)
So advancing a measurement or observation A, by some 200 years,
to get another measurement Q+200 years A Q-200 years
can be thought of intuitively as "undo 200 years of change, perform A, and restore the 200 years." Q is the basic Tomita unitary operator, Qt is how change is represented. Intuitively "T-time is the logarithm of change, to the base Q. And it is observer independent. And it is not a pseudospatial fake dimension"
Dec27-12, 11:05 PM
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PF Gold
that summarizes stuff about KMS (kubo martin schwinger) that Arivero was asking about.
This is from page 2, section 2.1:
The modular automorphism group satisfies a condition which had already been used in mathematical physics to characterize equilibrium temperature states of quantum systems in statistical mechanics and field theory — the Kubo–Martin–Schwinger (KMS) condition. If M is a von Neumann algebra and {αt | t ∈ ℝ} is a σ-weakly continuous one-parameter group of automorphisms of M, then the state φ on M satisfies the KMS-condition at (inverse temperature) β (0 < β < ∞) with respect to {αt} if for any A,B ∈ M there exists a complex function FA,B(z) which is analytic on the strip {z ∈ C | 0 < Imz < β} and continuous on the closure of this strip such that
FA,B(t) = φ(αt(A)B) and FA,B(t + iβ) = φ(Bαt(A)) ,
for all t ∈ ℝ . In this case, φ(αiβ(A)B) = φ(BA), for all A,B in a σ-weakly dense, α- invariant *-subalgebra of M. Such KMS-states are α-invariant, i.e. φ(αt(A)) = φ(A), for all A ∈ M, t ∈ ℝ, and are stable and passive (cf. Chapter 5 in [3] and [5]).
Every faithful normal state satisfies the KMS-condition at value β = 1 (henceforth called the modular condition) with respect to the corresponding modular automorphism group.
The modular automorphism group is therefore endowed with the analyticity associated with the KMS-condition, and this is a powerful tool in many applications of the modular theory to mathematical physics. In addition, the physical properties and interpretations of KMS-states are often invoked when applying modular theory to quantum physics.
Note that while the non-triviality of the modular automorphism group gives a measure of the non-tracial nature of the state, the KMS-condition for the modular automorphism group provides the missing link between the values ω(AB) and ω(BA), for all A, B ∈ M (hence the use of the term "modular", as in the theory of integration on locally compact groups).
This article was written by Stephen Summers for the Elsevier Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics.
So FWIW this summarizes the fact that the modular automorphism group (the Tomita flow we were talking about) has to do with the non-commutativity of the observables algebra.
And it also points out the usefulness in applications that comes from the modular group satisfying the KMS-condition.
Here's another possibly useful source: an open access article by Marc Rieffel and Alfons van Daele about Tomita's theorem and related, also called Tomita-Takesaki theory.
Dec28-12, 06:33 AM
Not directly related links but Aspect and Connes talking about time in these talks !
Hope it is of your tatse..
Dec28-12, 11:18 AM
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PF Gold
"the origin of time is quantum mechanical and it is really coming from the non-commutativity of the variables.."
Very much to my taste! I hope others will watch the beginning of the Connes video. Thanks!
Dec28-12, 09:18 PM
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PF Gold
One reason I think Tomita time is important is that it is so strongly motivated. It's not clear to me that the motivation to use the parameter of the Tomita flow as time, in the study of physical systems, was appreciated by Tomita, or by the younger mathematician Takesaki who helped bring his research to light in 1970. Tomita's interest was in abstract operator algebras. It was, I think, Connes and Rovelli who first realized that the Tomita theory applies to the "problem of time" in GR and the even more severe problems with time that people were faced with in QG. To review the motivation for T-time, I'll quote from page 2 of their 1994 paper.
== http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9406019 page 2 ==
In a general covariant theory there is no preferred time flow, and the dynamics of the theory cannot be formulated in terms of an evolution in a single external time parameter. One can still recover weaker notions of physical time: in GR, for instance, on any given solution of the Einstein equations one can distinguish timelike from spacelike directions and define proper time along timelike world lines. This notion of time is weaker in the sense that the full dynamics of the theory cannot be formulated as evolution in such a time. In particular, notice that this notion of time is state dependent.
Furthermore, this weaker notion of time is lost as soon as one tries to include either thermodynamics or quantum mechanics into the physical picture, because, in the presence of thermal or quantum superpositions of geometries, the spacetime causal structure is lost. This embarrassing situation of not knowing what is time in the context of quantum gravity has generated the debated issue of time of quantum gravity. As emphasized in [4], the very same problem appears already at the level of the classical statistical mechanics of gravity, namely as soon as we take into account the thermal fluctuations of the gravitational field. Thus, a basic open problem is to understand how the physical time flow that characterizes the world in which we live may emerge from the fundamental timeless general covariant quantum field theory [9].
In this paper, we consider a radical solution to this problem. This is based on the idea that one can extend the notion of time flow to general covariant theories, ...
Dec29-12, 10:33 AM
Mathematically this is well known and straightforward given the algebra, but what exactly is M? Generated by all possible measurements is not clear enough (to me). What are observables in general relativity?
p.s. Sorry for the, I guess, stupid questions.
Dec29-12, 02:25 PM
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PF Gold
You probably know that QM has evolved to a higher level of abstraction by throwing away the hilbert space (which can be recovered but is not essential to the analysis once one has the algebra).
Now what I think needs to happen and that is beginning to happen is that we can throw away the manifold that used to be necessary in GR.
Once GR has shed its manifold, and QM has discarded its Hilbertspace, the two will find they are together, they won't even have to TRY to unite---they will already be joined. This is how I think things are going.
So I think AdS/CFT is something of a distraction from the main evolutionary course, it is too elaborately manifold-based for it to be squarely in the right direction.
===here's a paraphrase something I wrote earlier which might help, or might be redundant===
People differ as to their interpretation of QM but what they are talking out mathematically is what John von Neumann presented in 1932 (Foundations of Quantum Mechanics) and subsequently in what is called von Neumann algebras. Originally these were algebras of operators on a Hilbertspace, but later they were axiomatized. It is the axiomatic stucture of the algebra, saying how its elements behave (the "operators" which no longer operate on anything) which gives meaning to the elements.
This is a familiar way mathematics develops.
The elements of a set in axiomatic set theory can be anything or nothing in particular, the structure gives them meaning. They are the primitives--one cannot say what they are. The "points" in a differential manifold are the primitives in diff geom. One cannot say what a "point" is, but the axiomatic structure saying how they behave gives them their meaning.
Originally von Neumann defined algebras of operators on a specific Hilbertspace. then that was axiomatized. what were operators on something are now primitives with no special meaning in and of themselves---their behavior and what we can do with them determined by the axioms and the C* algebra structure.
But we can THINK of M as an infinite menu of possible acts of measurement, whose results can be added, subtracted, multiplied with each other, having the * operation and the normed topology that von Neumann thought up etc.
Dec29-12, 10:36 PM
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PF Gold
Martin, you might be interested in taking a look at the WikiP on John von Neumann:
the man was phenomenal. Probably the greatest pure/applied mathematician born in the 20th century bar none.
Basic contributions in so many areas of mathematics and physics (including computer architecture and game theory). 1903-1957.
It helped me to get some perspective when I saw the comments by other mathematicians, about von Neumann and then saw what he stated he thought was his most essential accomplishment. This is from a short list of facts he submitted to the National Academy of Sciences: "The part of my work I consider most essential is that on quantum mechanics, which developed in Göttingen in 1926, and subsequently in Berlin in 19271929. Also, my work on various forms of operator theory, Berlin 1930 and Princeton 19351939; on the ergodic theorem, Princeton, 19311932."
He was the person who put quantum theory in the mathematical form it is today, and also axiomatized the operator *-algebra that evolved into the C* algebra.
Interpretation is another business---there can be lots of different interpretations of the same basic mathematical structures.
Dec30-12, 07:57 AM
marcus (#16), yes, that helps me, and I think I understand your point. I do like the idea, as you said history shows that was the way in many areas, including algebraic geometry, Grothendieck's point of view, which can be paralleled to Gelfand's. The geometric object is determined by a certain algebra, so the properties of the algebra can be abstracted and the theory can be built without the geometric object and in greater generality. To come back to my question if we start with a Lorentzian manifold, what is the algebra? I suppose the generators have to correspond to measurements, but this needs a more formal description, and what are the relations? Now that I said this, I seem to remember seeing a paper by Geroch, where, if I am not mistaken, he was defining an algebra of observables, but I have to find it and look at it again.
#17 Oh, yes, I have looked into his life, he is indeed quite remarkable.
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These days the NFL is very, very different. Defenses are bigger and faster than ever before, making running the ball as hard and as punishing as it can be. Meanwhile, rule changes in the NFL have forced pass defenses into handcuffs, allowing receivers and quarterbacks to function largely at will if the talent is there. That's the reason we had not one, but three quarterbacks challenge Dan Marino's now-shattered yardage record in a season, and why Cam Newton had the best passing yardage of any rookie QB ever.
The NFL is also a league of copycats. Taking full advantage of the pass-first philosophy the league clearly wants the teams to embrace, QB Tom Brady the New England Patriots lit the world on fire by featuring a duel threat of lethal tight ends who can make noise down the field. Tight ends, after all, are the ultimate utility guys; the position's flexibility serves for endless possibilities based on whatever talent you wish to acquire: blockers who receive? Receivers who block? H-backs? In-line specialists? Out wide?
The Patriots quickly acquired two talented, sizeable, super-athletic tight ends who compliment one another and provide golden mismatches all over the field. And teams are starting to take notice. Now everybody wants two tight ends that can make noise all over the field, and the Kansas City Chiefs are no exception. Hell, it makes a ton of sense in Kansas City, since stud TE Tony Moeaki is a constant injury threat.
But ask yourself: which other teams in the league could truly claim they have two tight ends they love, outside of the Patriots? Not one. Most teams will be scouring the 2012 NFL Draft for another tight end to compliment the one they're relatively happy with. Some don't have any that they're happy with, and may want two.
The problem with this is that the talent just isn't there in the draft this year. For my money, there are no top-end prospects that demand a first round pick, although there are a trio of tight ends of second-round value I really like. As a result, teams will be reaching for tight ends all over the draft, so the Chiefs may want to be wary of drafting at this position.
Nevertheless, I am committed to giving you an introductory rundown of some of the prospects I've followed and graded out this year at the position. The vast majority of the players at this position are projects; this is not a very strong draft class at this position.
Check out my rundown of this year's QB prospects, as well as this year's RB prospects.
Dwayne Allen, Clemson (projected: 2nd)
6'4″, 255 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
50 receptions for 600 yards & 8 TDs in 2011
Allen is an NFL-sized tight end who has experience doing just about anything you can ask a tight end to do. He can split out wide (where he clearly prefers to play but doesn't exhibit the on-field ability to excel there in the NFL), he can play in-line (which his size dictates would be his best spot but his blocking needs a ton of work), and he can even take plays out of the backfield if he's asked to do so (only occasionally, at best). Allen would have been a first round pick five or six years ago; since then, the standards of the NFL draft demand much more speed than he brings to the table. If you're going to take a TE with a first round pick, you want someone who can be a critical part of your offensive attack. I don't think he is that,though– I think he's a good complimentary piece that's reliable enough with his hands and strong enough in his route running that he can help your offense capitalize when the defense sucks too much attention over to your stars. He will need some development as a blocker, but he's really the only prospect I see in this class who can be exactly the kind of Hernandez/Gronkowski clone most teams are looking for.
Coby Fleener, Stanford (projected: 2nd)
6'6″, 240 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
34 receptions for 650+ yards & 10 TDs in 2011
I don't think there are any key first-round tight ends in this draft. You typically want a guy who can play the role of a star receiver from the in-line position and tack on some blocking for good measure. You want a difference maker that force defenses into mismatches. Antonio Gates, Rob Gronkowski, Jimmy Graham. I do not see Fleener, a very tall, decently athletic route-runner, in that class of talent. I do see him as a very reliable second- or third-target. He has a lot of the escapability from coverage and the ability to target any soft spots in a zone defense are what set him apart from this year's pack (though Orson Charles is not far behind him). There is no tight end route he can't run; I wouldn't ask him to streak deep or anything, but he presents such a great matchup in the intermediate game for any quarterback looking for the safest possible outlet. His frame allows for him to bulk up, so I think Fleener does have some "boom" potential in the blocking game.
Orson Charles, Georgia (projected: 2nd)
6'3″, 240 lbs; projected 4.6 40 yard dash
45 receptions for 550+ yards & 5 TDs in 2011
In a normal year, Charles would be a bottom 3rd-round, top 4th type prospect. He is a true boom-or-bust kind of prospect, with daring speed and great hands that would make him the second coming of Jimmy Graham in the right system. But he also needs a LOT of coaching that I don't feel he adequately received at the University of Georgia. But this year, there is no top-end must-have tight end, so I think a prospect with such ridiculous upside as Charles is going to entice a few more teams. These are the years of the tight end, and every team believes they need more than one dynamic tight end to match what Brady and the Patriots have accomplished. Charles would be a good fit in Kansas City, as Kansas City already has a great workhorse in Tony Moeaki who could use a more dynamic compliment. Charles may never develop into that "true" tight end that can block and receive in equal parts, but he adds some in-line dynamism and can line up out wide on a regular basis.
Ladarius Green, Louisiana-Lafayette (projected: 3rd)
6'6″, 235 lbs; projected 4.6 40 yard dash
51 receptions for 600 yards & 8 TDs in 2011
Which brings me to my favorite prospect in this draft at the tight end position. I think Ladarius Green has the ability to be a star in this league. He is blessed with phenomenal length — that slender 6'6″ frame could easily fill out in a year or two, and with his Kevin McHale arms, he plays like he's closer to 6'9″. He comes from a small school, so he needs to be coached waaaaay up; his route-running is decent and will need work, his blocking is darn near pathetic and will need to be completely re-done. But he is truly a gazelle in the open field, as fast as any TE in this draft class outside of Orson Charles, and has the biggest catching radius in the NFL Draft this year. Paired with Moeaki, the Chiefs would have a combination of two of the more athletic tight ends with strong, brilliant hands.
David Paulson, Oregon (projected: 4th)
6'4″, 245 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
31 receptions for 400+ yards & 6 TDs in 2011
I think people bury the lead with Paulson. He is a darn good receiver that simply wasn't featured in the Ducks' amazing offense this year. There's no real holes in his game; you're getting good hands with fantastic blocking for a guy who doesn't have elite size. He's going to be more of a complimentary TE or a backup than he is a guy who can create a ton of noise in the league but the good news is you can put him on the field and expect him to fulfill his role without much trouble. Paulson's already entering the NFL at his floor, so there's virtually no chance of him busting– he's the safest TE pick you can make. He doesn't have much of a ceiling, however, so you're getting what you're getting.
Michael Williams, Alabama (projected: 5th)
6'6″, 270 lbs; projected 4.8 40 yard dash
16 receptions for 200 yards & 2 TDs in 2011
C'mon, who wants a big ugly? Every draft's gotta have one. And if you're looking for a pure blocking tight end, they don't come any purer than big Michael Williams. He is like a sixth offensive lineman on the field, and is about that versatile… you can send him into a route if you want, but he's about on par with Leonard Pope. However, he brings the pain like Jason Dunn. Not much to profile here that you don't already know from your dreams.
Rhett Ellison, USC (projected: 5th)
6'5″, 245 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
22 receptions for 140 yards & 2 TDs in 2011
Jack of all trades and a master of none. If there is something you ask a tight end to do, Ellison can do it. He won't do it in ways that will earn highlight films or the praise of anybody but the most attentive of fans, but he'll do it effectively enough. He is a good (not great) in-line blocker, a good (not great) route-runner who can get open despite his pathetic numbers this season. He is a good (not great) H-back who can plow for running backs out of the backfield He can line up out wide or serve effectively in underneathe routes for the quarterback and can go to work as a red zone target. That versatility will make him attractive to a large number of teams in the midrounds, as I don't envision any NFL offense being completely unable to work him in in one way or another unless it's some kooky Mike Martz offense that hates tight ends.
Michael Egnew, Missouri (projected: 6th)
6'5″, 250 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
50 receptions for 500 yards & 3 TDs in 2011
Egnew proves the fantasy football adage that a receiver is little more than his chemistry with his quarterback. Switch out quarterbacks, and the exact same sets of players will all of a sudden look radically different. Different receivers get the ball, different routes are run, and different talents are utilized. The most extreme example of this in college football is Michael Egnew, who put up All-World numbers last year as a junior with future NFL first round pick Blaine Gabbert chucking him well over 100 passes in a single season, 90 of which he was able to haul in. But alas, not all quarterbacks are created equal, and the second an average quarterback is under center, Egnew's flaws become apparent. He's not particularly fast, not too athletic, and for all his great size, Mizzou never asked him to block in-line. So you really have no idea what you're getting here, but the Jaguars may be supremely interested due to his connection with Gabbert.
Drake Dunsmore, Northwestern (projected: 5th)
6'3″, 235 lbs; projected 4.6 40 yard dash
45 receptions for 500+ yards & 6 TDs in 2011
I noticed this guy while watching (and loving) Northwestern QB Dan Persa. Persa is a Tim Tebow kinda player at the QB position, doesn't have the word "quit" in his vocabulary, makes a bunch of unconventional plays and has some ridiculously weird stat-lines. His safety valve that kept popping up time after time was this guy who's not that big, and not that great of an athlete, Drake Dunsmore. Surrounded by crappy teammates, Dunsmore was really the lone weapon Persa could rely on all year, and he made Persa look a lot better by continuing his routes and fooling coverage schemes. I think he's probably a very smart player, and although I honestly don't know a lot about him, I love how he's able to get open despite being the only freaking weapon Northwestern has downfield. He's a bit undersized, but he's surprisingly fast. I see a sleeper.
Kevin Koger, Michigan (projected: 6th)
6'3″, 260 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
23 receptions for 250 yards & 4 TDs in 2011
A biiiiig project of a big tight end, it's not exactly clear what Koger has to offer. Granted, Michigan's offense has been pretty ugly this past season, but whenever I watched Koger play, I did not see an NFL prospect. So I am not stepping up to the plate to defend this guy for any other reason than he's mentioned across virtually all draft sites as being a relatively valuable prospect. He's got good hands, but he runs crap routes. He's not that fast, and he doesn't dominate at the point of attack enough to be a blocking tight end. It's possible some team whats to try to stow him away on a practice squad for a couple years, but like I said, I don't see it.
George Bryan, North Carolina State (projected: 6th)
6'5″, 265 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
33 receptions for 300+ yards & 4 TDs in 2011
Bryan is your typical NC State prospect: the measurables make you drool, but he's going to take a lot of development to get where he needs to be. Bryan is a damn big tight end who blocks like a truck. It's such a blast to watch him work defensive ends in-lne and linebackers at the second level. It'll be interesting to see if he can take that talent to the NFL; he's certainly got the size for it, but NC State prospects are always so raw. (I'm not sure how much coaching they do at that school…) He's got a little of zing to his downfield runs, so he can actually develop as an effective receiver on hot routes and as a safety valve, a 4th read if need be for a desperate QB looking for an outlet. Typically teams don't like to take blocking tight ends if they have to develop them, so it's possible Bryan may dart around on a couple of teams before landing somewhere he fits.
Josh Chichester, Louisville (projected: 6th)
6'8″, 240 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
28 receptions for 400 yards & 2 TDs in 2011
Here's a fun science experiment: take one of the tallest, lankiest players in this year's draft and turn him into a full-on tight end. Because Chichester is one tall guy, and he has plenty of room to grow, but I'm not entirely sure what he's going to be growing into. He needs to put on substantial muscle, he hasn't performed hardly any substantial blocking work at Louisville, and the Cardinals' offense rarely targeted him in the red zone despite having such fantastic size. Why? Because he can't shake coverage in tight areas. He's more of a strider than he is a juker, and at that point, the only direction he has to go is up to get a football. I don't know… I'm withholding judgment on how willing I'd be to develop this guy until after the Combine. It's possible he emerges with some intriguing measurables and athleticism that I haven't been seeing on the field.
Chris Pantale, Boston College (projected 7th)
6'6″, 250 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
21 receptions for 236 yards & 3 TDs in 2011
I love Boston College prospects because they come from a pro-style offense, they have incredibly high character, and they're usually very smart. It saddens me that no Boston College players color the Chiefs' roster. At this level of the draft, it's typically your smarts that allow you to instantly find your place in a scheme, and I don't know much about Pantale because BC's offense was absolute crap this year, but he can be an effective blocker and he can find some space downfield if your offense is competent enough to give him a chance. You must find these smart late-rounders to be successful, which is what GM Scott Pioli was doing by drafting Yale FB Shane Bannon last year. If he wanted to take another shot at that approach this year, you could find worse prospects than Pantale.
Brian Linthicum, Michigan State (projected: UDFA)
6'4″, 250 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
31 receptions for 350+ yards & 0 TDs in 2011
When you get to the bottom rounds, you're largely looking to fill out the deepest parts of your roster, your practice squads, and your special teams units. In that respect, Linthicum makes sense to me. I think he could find himself a role in the NFL in jumbo packages and any time the offense wants to open the game up a little bit in short yardage. Really I don't think he's much of a prospect, but he had a good start to his football career playing in Clemson. Since transferring from Clemson, however, he's been in trouble with the law and has struggled all over the field. Some team that doesn't place an emphasis on character can take a whack at him to see if a change of scenery is what he needs… but I wouldn't bet on it.
Anthony Miller, California (projected: UDFA)
6'4″, 260 lbs; projected 4.7 40 yard dash
24 receptions for 250+ yards & 3 TDs in 2011
I've seen a lot of scouting reports that complain that Miller doesn't really give full effort, and that might be reason enough to avoid drafting him. But, as a UDFA prospect, you literally have to earn your way onto the back end of a team's roster, and you don't stay there for long if you can't keep up the goods. I'd say that's a decent low-risk, high-reward idea for a tight end with above average speed and size. His numbers aren't gaudy either, but that's because the Bears don't really seem to give a damn about tight ends in their offense. I think he may be a sleeper if some team thinks they can channel his enthusiasm.


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It wasn't often that the Twins get jumped. It would take someone of considerable skill, stealth, and overall guts to attempt to jump the Brightman boys, especially nowadays that they never went anywhere unarmed by a weapon of some kind. In this instance, the challenge was even more perilous, as both head paintball guns.
Their aim had been to stealthily assault Derek—who had sneaked a girl on campus again, a girl from Dobry if the uniform was any indication, and was kissing her at one of the alcoves in the gardens. The Twins, never able to resist a chance to hit a Stuart, especially one so notorious, had immediately appeared with their paintball rifles.
They had just crouched behind one of the hedges and were aiming their guns—preparatory to making several painful direct hits that would effectively cause Derek's uniform dry cleaning bill to soar—when two bodies slammed into them both, tackling them onto the ground.
It was a whirl of gold, blue and white for a moment, both boys choking at the impact onto the ground and for a moment, both were terribly alarmed at being taken off guard. And then they heard completely delighted giggling from over them.
Evan felt the slender hand clutching his forearm and recognized his attacker without even having to see who owned the long shining sheet of bright blonde hair that fell over his face. "Ethan—I think our winning streak just got broken."
"Hey yeah," Ethan laughed from where an identical blonde girl had him tackled to the ground. He turned over in the grass, grinning at the girl. "And when, exactly, did the both of you choose to bring your evil to Westerville?"
"Around the time we decided to go to high school somewhere close to our archenemies," replied the very pretty girl with the big blue eyes twinkling in mischief.
"Oh we're you're archenemies now?" Evan laughed, easily grabbing the girl on him by the waist and hauling her off him. "We thought we were your unofficial big brothers."
"That too," said the girl identical to the first, grinning brightly.
"It's so good to see you both!" Ethan hugged the girl with him as soon as he managed to get up, laughing. "Look at how tall you both got!" The top of her blond head was already to his neck. Not bad for a pair of freshmen.
The identical girls, both wearing now grass-stained Dobry Hall uniforms, looked up at them with big grins that might have fooled any adult to thinking they were angelic, but the two Brightmans knew better.
"You've got guns behind your backs, don't you?" Evan asked sweetly, raising his rifle. "Paintball beats nerf guns, girls."
The girls' smiles faltered slightly. The one on the left sagged and frowned, pulling her other hand down to reveal a nerf gun. "How do you always know?" her twin asked as she surrendered the weapons without complaint to Evan.
"Because, sweet Andrea, we invented that I'm-going-to-shoot-you-in-a-second smile you both are wearing," Ethan replied, planting a kiss on his cousin's head, relieving the other sister of her own weapon.
"Adriana—the ammo too," Evan grinned, holding out his hand. The girl in front of him pouted more but pulled out the ammunition clip from her pocket. Ethan smiled at Andrea, who surrendered her own extra ammo clip.
"Now," Evan grinned. "Since you've ruined today's mission, shall we take you girls out to ice cream and you can tell us how Dobry Hall's been treating you?"
The two girls brightened immensely. "Yes!" they chorused. "Can we get—" and both named a different flavor from the other. They looked at each other and glared.
"Now now…" Ethan grinned. "We can get you both. Now let's go before you girls get busted for sneaking into this campus."
Evan and Ethan turned around, but stopped immediately after a step. They both turned to the girls again, smirking. They held out their hands. "Pistols too, girls."
The twin girls wailed in dismay as the two older boys started to laugh.
"Dang it!" Adriana stomped her foot. "You guys are terrible!" she drew out the nerf pistol and handed it to Evan. Andrea only grumbled as she handed hers to Ethan.
"No," Evan grinned. "If we were terrible, we would've done this."
His rifle made a single phut! sound—"Ow!!"—and Adriana gasped at the patch of yellow paint on her blouse. She stared, openmouthed, and gaped at Evan. Ethan smiled cattily. Phut!—"Hey!!"—and an identical patch bloomed on Andrea's blouse.
The twin girls gaped.
The twin boys grinned.
Then the girls' eyes narrowed, the blue in them darkening.
"Evan," Ethan said calmly, without breaking his wonderful smile, "We should be running."
"Yes, Ethan," grinned Evan as he stepped back with him. "We should be."
And the two boys bolted off as the girls chased them.
"Get back here!!"
*chin drops to floor, heart eyes, heart nearly pounds out of chest, uncontrolable giggling* Oh. My. God, they're...
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(FOX 11) Outside Elmo Maiden's Canoga Park home, the Stars-and-Stripes fly proudly. The 94-year-old World War Two veteran says he raises the flag every day as a salute to those who have served and to those who continue to fight our freedoms today.
Maiden was a pilot who flew 35 combat missions, often under heavy fire. He recalls his most harrowing bombing mission took place in December of 1944. The B24 he was flying lost all but one engine over occupied France, formed Maiden to crash-land his plane onto a frozen field in thick fog.
He and his ten crew members survived. He keeps just one medal in his collection of memories, saying accolades such as those belong to those who didn't make it while serving the country.


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EDH (Emmanuelle de Héricourt) is a french singer/songwriter.
Her unique sound combines her disembodied and fragile voice with strong and driving melodies.
During the past decade, she has maintained a amazingly prolific pace,
composing and recording non stop. She also sign a amazing advertising for "the comptoir Des Cotonnier/uniqlo" collection with the musician Hypo.
She will release her 3rd album "Lava Club" in the US October 14th.
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After a series of limited edition 7" vinyl EP's Camilla Sparksss (aka Barbara Lehnhoff) is here to release her debut album For You The Wild on April 7th 2014 for Africantape and On the Camper records. She was born at -27 C° in December 1983. She grew up amongst the indian reserves on the Great Lakes of Northwe- stern Ontario (Canada) with her family and a small brown bear. "For You The Wild" is all of this. The wildlife, the lakes, the woods and the art of having to invent your own games…
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Alex June is a Chilean artist, musician, born in France but raised in Chili.
In Paris she became involved with the underground electropop music scene. She's modelling her world and extended her talant on artistic association, like singing in Sydney Valette album or developing electro pop-art projects, like drawing, videos, joylery.
Accompanied by some 80's synths like « Giorgio Moroder « or « Kraftwerk »,
Alex June first album mixes her diva voice with new minimalist, glam'pop influences like Grimes.
She will release her first album "Big Bang" in the US Sept 23rd.
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Metal Gear Solid Coming to PlayStation NetworkContinuing its spree of Metal Gear Solid news, Konami has announced that the original PSone title Metal Gear Solid is set to come to the PlayStation Network this month.
Arriving on June 17, the classic stealth game will be priced at $9.99 for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. Konami also noted that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be available under the PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits label from June 16 for $30.
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We rarely happen to see a concept motorcycle that features no frame whatsoever, but when we do it reminds us of John Britten's revolutionary motorcycle from the early 1990s, the Britten V1000. This concept right here actually pays tribute to the original frameless motorcycle and it is called the Britten V1000E. It was designed by Selwyn Shadbolt and it even gets hubless wheels in order to stick to the theme.
The actual engine would be a single large capacity electric one transmitting power to the rear wheel through a shaft drive, but it is the unique shape of the bodywork which attracts our attention. In order for that to be achieved, the fairings must be molded from polyethylene, while the green color should make it stand out as being environmentally-friendly if it ever gets done at least as prototype.


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A rumor popped up late last week that Google is eyeing a 40 percent stake in eBay. But analyst Gene Munster doesn't see such a deal in the cards.
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That bullish forecast for Apple's fiscal 2015, built on expectations of iPhone 6 news Tuesday, would easily top unit sales likely in the fiscal year now winding down.
The iWatch may even come in a gold version, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. But it won't be available this year.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sees a Touch ID, anti-reflective screen coating, and a new gold casing in store for the next-gen iPad.
A sapphire screen isn't in the cards, claims analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, but a larger capacity and other surprises await.
Apple may test the waters of a sapphire-screened phone by limiting the tough but pricey material to a single version of the next iPhone this year, claims analyst Gene Munster.
Debate has surfaced regarding if and when Apple will outfit its new iPhone with the uber-hard substance. JP Morgan's Rod Hall, for one, doesn't see it in the immediate cards.
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I want to wish you all the best this next year. I know nothing will change, we will not be magically revamped, nothing is going to be reset, but it's a good excuse to start over and change for good. I am too sad to see all over my dashboard people being disappointed over this year, I get that most people have very sad reasons like sickness, losing a loved one, and things that are not under their control and I am truly sorry for it.
But an important thing is that you have to learn that you cannot stand there with your hand on your waist waiting for things to happen, you have to make them happen. I want you all to believe that you can achieve things by standing up to yourself and going for it.
You are all capable of doing whatever you want, but if you keep backing off and making excuses for yourself, you won't get anywhere. I'm not telling you to be like "okay I'm going to become queen of the world right now haha in your face" because well, it's not going to happen, but if you set realistic goals and if you have the chance to do something, just do it.
Life doesn't really stop for anybody and negativity is in all of us, but nobody's going to believe in you if you first don't believe in yourself. So I encourage you to be a better person, starting with yourself. I would tell you the story on how I started to achieve things, setting short term goals, but it's long and boring (I also got psychological help, I think it is very important for people to get some sort of counseling for a while, it really helps with whatever you're struggling with), so I'm just going to leave you with a long ass quote that kind of made me start seeing things a bit different:
Everyone has an Angel. A Guardian who watches over us. We can't know what form they'll take. One day, old man. Next day, little girl. But don't let appearances fool you, they can be as fierce as any dragon. Yet they're not here to fight our battles, but to whisper from our heart. Reminding that it's us. Its everyone of us who holds power over the world we create. You can deny angels exist, Convince ourselves they can't be real. But they show up anyway, at strange places and at strange times. They can speak through any character we can imagine. They'll shout through demons if they have to. Daring us, challenging us to fight.
And finally this question, the mystery of who's story it will be. Of who draws the curtain. Who is it that chooses our steps in the dance? Who drives us mad? Lashes us with whips and crowns us with victory when we survive the impossible? Who is it, that does all of these things? Who honors those we love for the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us, and at the same time sings that we will never die? Who teaches us what's real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend? Who chains us? And Who holds the key that can set us free… It's You. You have all the weapons you need. Now Fight!Sucker Punch (2011)
I really appreciate every single one of you, some events this year (one in particular as the majority of you might now) changed my life and my view on it, but it should not have happened for me to realize that I can achieve things, I mean, I wish I would have realized earlier, in other circumstances, but finally I did, a girl that the only thing she knows about me is my name and probably forgot about it made me realize lots of things and I know most people are discouraged by not having the chance to meet their idols, but once you see a chance (and not only in a situation like this), go for it.
I love you all, happy new year, everybody!
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Brookings S.D. (KELO AM) - The road to an entertaining night for supporting the arts at South Dakota State University ends on Eleventh Street in Brookings, but it takes Route 66 to reach the destination.
The 10th annual fundraiser for Design and Visual Arts Group Inc. (DVAGI) is at the Performing Arts Center on 11th Street, west of the intersection with 16th Avenue, on Saturday, Nov. 23.
This year's theme is "Come Get Your Kicks on Route 66," from the popular song first recorded in 1946 by Nat King Cole to celebrate the freedom of automobile travel along the 2,450-mile highway from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Route 66 doesn't come anywhere close to Brookings, but attendees Saturday should still feel that slice of Americana through the menu, decorations and music, according Jane Hegland, associate dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences and one of DVAGI's founders.
The Performing Arts Council diner will be serving up Route 66 meatloaf bites, smoked gouda mac-n-cheese, BBQ sliders and ice cream floats.
Entertainment will be bluesy, rock music by Nick Schmeichel, a Brookings resident whose day job is president of Sideline Productions, a broadcasting and media production rental company.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The silent auction runs from 5:30 to 6:50 p.m. followed by the live auction at 7 p.m. SDSU faculty, students, and local professional artists have donated 30 pieces artwork and design services for the silent auction and another 10 for the live auction. Jonathan Larsen of Larsen and Larsen Auction Co. will serve as the auctioneer and master of ceremonies.
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Hegland said DVAGI fundraisers have raised $100,000 to provide professional development scholarships for students in the majors of apparel merchandising, fine arts, interior design, landscape architecture, graphic design and visual arts.
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Makoshika State Park (the biggest in the state) packs a potent mix: deep ravines, miles of trails, abundant wildlife, fossils, and even a disk golf course. Here, campers ...
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I've always wanted to visit Makoshika. From photos it looks like southern Utah, not something I would expect in Montana.
Photos of this park look amazing. Can't wait to visit it someday.
There are great short hikes especially to do in the morning or evening. Some great places for photos.
The switchbacks to walk or ride bike are a great way to exercise. Our family likes to walk the Cap Rock and Diane Gabriel trails (short distances once you get there) 1 mile and 1.2 and 1.7 loops. Here's a photo from 7-8 years ago of the Natural Bridge. Christmas Eve eve we hiked to the Natural Bridge but the little bit of snow left the trail impassable. Perhaps in the Spring. The pine smell and fresh air is our haven of the "mountains". The Badlands have their own unique scenery.
Growing up in Billings, I had usually traveled west whenever we wanted to get out of town. So, I was understandably surprised the first time I drove up to Makoshika State Park. The biggest State Park in the state, Makoshika is massive. Lots of hiking trails and scenic areas in the Eastern Montana Badlands. I would definately recommend this unique landscape to any visitor to Montana. What's even better, it's located right next to the lodging and restaurants of Glendive Montana. No trip to eastern Montana would be complete without a stop at Makoshika!
Makoshika State Park is located in the rugged badlands of eastern Montana in Glendive. The name Makoshika (Ma-ko'-shi-ka) is a variant of a Lakota phrase meaning land of bad spirits or "badlands". Although the area resembles the badlands of the Dakotas, these badlands expose older rock layers. Makoshika is the largest state park in Montana, covering over 11,400 acres.
Biking, hiking and camping are all possible. Sunrise in the desert oasis is particularly delightful.
Every year as spring draws near so does something unique to Makoshika State Park, the Turkey Buzzards coming back to the park and every year we in Glendive celebrate it. Though the painted stripes of the badlands of Makoshika may be only 20 miles from our farm as we drive up the switchbacks to the majesty of the ampetheater my family and I were getting ready to enjoy a fun filled morning of kit flying in the park during Buzzard days. As the kids piled out of the van with their new kites and ran to the appointed area buzzards started to fly along with the four kites that were flying in the air for a few minutes we were on with nature.


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I'm sure you're going to be swamped with e-mails concerning the Jannik Hansen-Marian Hossa incident and I would be interested in knowing your take regarding the hit. But, my main question is regarding the two-minute penalty handed to Hansen after the play ended. Neither referee had his hand up for a penalty and play continued until Chicago regained the puck. (Jonathan) Toews then went after Hansen but a linesman got in the way before gloves could be dropped. I did pick out a punch that Hansen threw, was this where he got the penalty or was it for the hit on Hossa?
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|Standard Name
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|Mitogen-activated serine/threonine protein kinase involved in mating; phosphoactivated by Ste7p; substrates include Ste12p, Far1p, Bni1p, Sst2p; inhibits invasive growth during mating by phosphorylating Tec1p, promoting its; inhibits recruitment of Ste5p, Cdc42p-mediated asymmetry and mating morphogenesis (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and see Summary Paragraph)
|Name Description
|cell FUSion
|Chromosomal Location
|Genetic position: -5 cM
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|Molecular Function
|Manually curated
|Biological Process
|Manually curated
|Cellular Component
|Manually curated
|9 genes
|445 total interaction(s) for 293 unique genes/features.
|Physical Interactions
|Genetic Interactions
|Length (a.a.)
|Molecular Weight (Da)
|Isoelectric Point (pI)
|PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database
|Genetic position: -5 cM
|Last Update
|Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1997-01-28
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|Primary SGDID
Fus3p is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family of serine/threonine-specific kinases, which mediate phosphorylation reactions in signaling pathways that link receptor activation to control of cell proliferation (9). The S. cerevisiae genome encodes six MAP kinase-like proteins: Fus3p, Kss1p, Smk1p, Slt2p, Hog1p, and Ykl161p. Five of these are known to function in pathways that mediate mating, responses to nutrient deprivation, cell wall remodelling, and responses to osmolarity changes (reviewed in 10). MAPK pathways comprise a three-component module of kinases that is conserved from yeast to humans. These kinases activate in a sequential order, often referred to as a cascade: a MAPK kinase kinase (MEKK) activates a MAPK kinase (MEK), which activates a MAPK (reviewed in 10). In the mating pathway, Ste11p is the MEKK, Ste7p is the MEK, and both Fus3p and Kss1p are the MAPKs (reviewed in 11).
Haploid yeast cells, which exist as either MATa or MATalpha mating types, initiate mating to form diploids through production of peptide pheromones (a factor or alpha factor). Pheromones bind to seven-transmembrane receptor proteins on cells of the opposite type: Ste2p (MATa cells) or Ste3p (MATalpha cells) (12, 13), leading to activation of the heterotrimeric G-protein composed of alpha subunit Gpa1p, beta subunit Ste4p, and gamma subunit Ste18p (14, 15, 16). Activation is mediated by exchange of GDP for GTP on the alpha subunit, causing it to dissociate from the heterotrimer. The resulting Ste4p-Ste18p dimer recruits the scaffolding protein Ste5p and its associated MAP kinase cascade components, Ste11p, Ste7p, and Fus3p, to the membrane, where Ste11p is phosphorylated by the PAK kinase Ste20p (17, 18); Ste11p then phosphorylates Ste7p, which phosphorylates Fus3p and Kss1p (19, 20). Both MAPKs phosphorylate the transcription activator Ste12p, which induces a number of mating-specific genes; in addition, Fus3p phosphorylates the cell cycle regulator Far1p, which mediates cell cycle arrest and is also involved, with Cdc24p, in polarized growth toward the mating partner (2, reviewed in 11). This difference in substrate specificity between Fus3p and Kss1p is one factor that contributes to the greater importance of Fus3p in pheromone response, while Kss1p is more prominent in activating the filamentous growth pathway (see below; reviewed in 4). Two additional substrates of Fus3p include Bni1p, a formin homologue required for polarized growth (6), and Sst2p, which is involved in attenuating the signal (3).
The kinase cascade of Ste20p, Ste11p, and Ste7p, and the transcriptional activator Ste12p, function in mating and are also required for activating genes involved in filamentous growth; thus, the cell must have mechanisms for preventing inappropriate activation of either pathway (21). It has been shown that Fus3p inhibits filamentous growth during mating through degradation of Tec1p, which is a cofactor for Ste12p in the expresson of filamentation genes. During pheromone response, Fus3p phosphorylates a site in Tec1p, which leads to ubiquitination and degradation through an SCF ubiquitin protein ligase
Phosphorylation of Fus3p in response to pheromone treatment is rapid and occurs at residues threonine-180 and tyrosine-182 (24). Pheromone also stimulates an increase in nuclear accumulation of Fus3p, which shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus in vegetative cells (25). Nuclear accumulation is reversed by interaction with Gpa1p and the phosphatase Msg5p; their action along with dephosphorylation of Fus3p by the phosphatase Ptp3p downregulates Fus3p and promotes recovery of cells from pheromone (26, 25).
Mitogen-activated protein kinases are widely conserved in eukaryotic cells. The closest human homolog to Fus3p is MAPK1 (also referred to as ERK2) with 51% identity (reviewed in 11).
|Fujimura HA (1992) The DAC2/FUS3 protein kinase is not essential for transcriptional activation of the mating pheromone response pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Gen Genet 235(2-3):450-2
|Elion EA, et al. (1993) FUS3 phosphorylates multiple components of the mating signal transduction cascade: evidence for STE12 and FAR1. Mol Biol Cell 4(5):495-510
|Garrison TR, et al. (1999) Feedback phosphorylation of an RGS protein by MAP kinase in yeast. J Biol Chem 274(51):36387-91
|Breitkreutz A and Tyers M (2002) MAPK signaling specificity: it takes two to tango. Trends Cell Biol 12(6):254-7
|Ptashne M and Gann A (2003) Signal transduction. Imposing specificity on kinases. Science 299(5609):1025-7
|Matheos D, et al. (2004) Pheromone-induced polarization is dependent on the Fus3p MAPK acting through the formin Bni1p. J Cell Biol 165(1):99-109
|Bao MZ, et al. (2004) Pheromone-dependent destruction of the Tec1 transcription factor is required for MAP kinase signaling specificity in yeast. Cell 119(7):991-1000
|Yu L, et al. (2008) Counteractive Control of Polarized Morphogenesis during Mating by Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Fus3 and G1 Cyclin-dependent Kinase. Mol Biol Cell 19(4):1739-52
|Boulton TG, et al. (1990) An insulin-stimulated protein kinase similar to yeast kinases involved in cell cycle control. Science 249(4964):64-7
|Widmann C, et al. (1999) Mitogen-activated protein kinase: conservation of a three-kinase module from yeast to human. Physiol Rev 79(1):143-80
|Bardwell L (2005) A walk-through of the yeast mating pheromone response pathway. Peptides 26(2):339-50
|Burkholder AC and Hartwell LH (1985) The yeast alpha-factor receptor: structural properties deduced from the sequence of the STE2 gene. Nucleic Acids Res 13(23):8463-75
|Hagen DC, et al. (1986) Evidence the yeast STE3 gene encodes a receptor for the peptide pheromone a factor: gene sequence and implications for the structure of the presumed receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 83(5):1418-22
|Whiteway M, et al. (1989) The STE4 and STE18 genes of yeast encode potential beta and gamma subunits of the mating factor receptor-coupled G protein. Cell 56(3):467-77
|Dietzel C and Kurjan J (1987) The yeast SCG1 gene: a G alpha-like protein implicated in the a- and alpha-factor response pathway. Cell 50(7):1001-10
|Miyajima I, et al. (1987) GPA1, a haploid-specific essential gene, encodes a yeast homolog of mammalian G protein which may be involved in mating factor signal transduction. Cell 50(7):1011-9
|Leeuw T, et al. (1998) Interaction of a G-protein beta-subunit with a conserved sequence in Ste20/PAK family protein kinases. Nature 391(6663):191-5
|Dowell SJ, et al. (1998) Mapping of a yeast G protein betagamma signaling interaction. Genetics 150(4):1407-17
|Neiman AM and Herskowitz I (1994) Reconstitution of a yeast protein kinase cascade in vitro: activation of the yeast MEK homologue STE7 by STE11. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91(8):3398-402
|Ma D, et al. (1995) Phosphorylation and localization of Kss1, a MAP kinase of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae pheromone response pathway. Mol Biol Cell 6(7):889-909
|Roberts RL and Fink GR (1994) Elements of a single MAP kinase cascade in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediate two developmental programs in the same cell type: mating and invasive growth. Genes Dev 8(24):2974-85
|Chou S, et al. (2004) Fus3-regulated Tec1 degradation through SCFCdc4 determines MAPK signaling specificity during mating in yeast. Cell 119(7):981-90
|Schwartz MA and Madhani HD (2006) Control of MAPK signaling specificity by a conserved residue in the MEK-binding domain of the yeast scaffold protein Ste5. Curr Genet 49(6):351-63
|Gartner A, et al. (1992) Signal transduction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires tyrosine and threonine phosphorylation of FUS3 and KSS1. Genes Dev 6(7):1280-92
|Blackwell E, et al. (2003) Effect of the pheromone-responsive G(alpha) and phosphatase proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the subcellular localization of the Fus3 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Mol Cell Biol 23(4):1135-50
|Zhan XL, et al. (1997) Differential regulation of FUS3 MAP kinase by tyrosine-specific phosphatases PTP2/PTP3 and dual-specificity phosphatase MSG5 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes Dev 11(13):1690-702


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The Corcoran College of Art + Design faculty is committed to direct and intensely creative education. As they teach and mentor the next generation of artists, Corcoran faculty draw upon diverse backgrounds and experiences in a range of fields in and out of academia. Instruction at the Corcoran is fully integrated into the collection, exhibitions, and programs of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
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Faculty in Focus: Mark Cameron Boyd
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When students call Mark Cameron Boyd a "brainiac," they aren't just complimenting his intelligence. Mark used to sing and play saxophone and drums in an L.A. band called the Brainiacs. In fact, he and his brother—another Brainiac—still play together as the Boyd Brothers (check them out here).
A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Mark lived in Los Angeles from 1976 to 1996, during which time he engaged in a wide range of artistic and musical endeavors. "It was an exciting time to be in California," he remembers. "I got to know people in [indie legends] X and the Blasters as well as artists like Jim Shaw, Mike Kelley, Raymond Pettibon, and Jorge Pardo." In addition to founding and running the Zero Zero Gallery, Mark worked in the admissions department of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. The head of the film department was impressed with his knowledge of film noir and offered him a teaching job. Another class he taught, Outlaw Culture, culminated in forming a rock band.
Mark moved to D.C. in 1996 to be with the woman who would become his wife, and he began work on his MFA at the University of Maryland. "By the time I was that age, I was ready to focus," he says. His art, which can be seen here, is largely text based and involves the public's hands-on participation. It has been shown in American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, The Athenaeum (Alexandria, VA), and Meat Market Gallery, as well as the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
In 2004, the Corcoran's Ivan Witenstein invited Mark to design a course called Theory Now, and he's taught it every semester since then. He also teaches Art as Social Practice, which incorporates performance, "post-conceptualism," and other disciplines. The class is planning to stage a participatory event at Hillyer Art Space as part of their Soapbox performance series. He explains, "I'm fortunate that my work in participatory art has led me to collaborate with my students on creating art projects. This engages both the lecturer and the practitioner in me, as well as art events that result."
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