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Eighty-eight percent of Americans now own a cell phone, forming a massive network that offers scientists a wealth of information and an infinite number of new applications. With the help of these phone users - and their devices' cameras, audio recorders, and other features - researchers envision endless possibilities for gathering huge amounts of data, from services that collect user data to monitor noise pollution and air quality to applications that build maps from people's cell phone snapshots.
Today, user data provides some opportunities; for example, researchers can use Flickr photos to compile 3-D virtual representations of various landmarks. But even opportunities like these have limits, as researchers are limited to using only photos that people choose to take and share. This creates a significant imbalance: Some geographic areas and landmarks have thousands of Flickr photos, while others have none.
"Take the Lincoln Memorial, for example," said Fabian Bustamante, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the McCormick School of Engineering. "Flickr has thousands of photos of the front of the Lincoln Memorial. But who takes a picture of the back? Very few people."
This has led researchers to ask the questions: How can we get mobile users to break out of their patterns, visit less frequented areas, and collect the data we need?
Researchers can't force mobile users to behave in a certain way, but researchers at Northwestern University have found that they may be able to nudge them in the right direction by using incentives that are already part of their regular mobile routine.
"We can rely on good luck to get the data that we need," Bustamante said, "or we can 'soft control' users with gaming or social network incentives to drive them where we want them."
In the paper, "Crowd (Soft) Control: Moving beyond the Opportunistic," Bustamante and his group designed a way to "soft control" people's movements by tapping into games or social networking applications. For example, a game might offer extra points if a player visits a certain location in the real world, or it might send a player to a certain location in a virtual scavenger hunt.
To test crowd soft control, the researchers created Android games, including one called Ghost Hunter in which a player chases ghosts around his neighborhood and "zaps" them through an augmented reality display on his phone. In actuality, the player's zapping motion snaps a photo of the spot where the ghost is supposedly located.
Unlike a regular "augmented reality game," where the ghosts might be placed randomly, in Ghost Hunter the researchers are able to manipulate where the ghosts are placed; while some are placed in frequently traveled areas, others are located in out-of-the-way, rarely photographed locations.
The game was tested on Northwestern students, who were told only that they were testing a new game. They were not informed which ghosts were placed randomly and which were placed for research purposes.
"We wanted to know if we could get the players to go out of their way to get points in the Ghost Hunter game," Bustamante said. "Every time they zapped a ghost, they were taking a photograph of Northwestern's campus. We wanted to see if we could get more varied photographs by 'soft controlling' the players' movements."
The participants were willing to travel well out of their regular paths to capture the ghosts, the researchers found. For example, researchers were able to collect photos of Northwestern's Charles Deering Library from numerous angles and directions - a far broader range of data than the random sampling found on Flickr, where photographs overwhelmingly capture the front of the library.
"Playing the game seemed to be a good enough vehicle to get people to go to these places," said John P. Rula, a McCormick graduate student and the lead author of the paper.
If this technology were implemented on a larger scale, users would need to be notified that their data was being collected for research purposes, Bustamante said.
"Obviously users need to know where their data is going," he said, "and we take every measure to protect user privacy."
The paper was presented in February at the Thirteenth Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile).
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Let the media criticisms begin once again. It was a real ugly game. But it is what it is, that streak had to end at some point. And that point was tonight against the Chicago Bulls who took control of most of the game right from the jump. The final score: 101-97.
So the streak ends and the most the Heat got was 27 wins a row. The second longest streak record in NBA history and most definitely making this such a memorable experience and one of the best (if not the best) time to be a Miami Heat fan. So its still a magnificent feat, but now the team must regroup and re-focus on the original and most important goal…the championship.
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Megan Pace, flanked by Anton Mittelwerk and Mischa Bakunin, entered the lab.
Megan noted the Plexi Glas cage and the four small pylons at each of the cage's corners that seemed to be emmiting a very low hum.
She didn't know what to expect but was surprised as to what she saw.
She figured she would see someone, looking ill or in bed. At least that was the impression Megan took away from Mittelwerk's description of the situation his wife was in.
Instead, Megan looked into the cage and saw no one. Just a dark mist that seemed to float gently about.
"Where is she?" Megan asked.
"She is there!" Mittelwerk replied.
"Where?" Megan asked again.
"Right in front of us!" Mittelwerk answered, motioning to the cage.
Megan was confused.
"Elke!" Mittelwerk called out, "I've brought someone for you to meet!"
Megan noticed the dark mist suddenly began to swirl, just before condensing into the shape of a beautiful blonde woman.
The beautiful blonde took a step forward and smiled.
"Anton!" the woman said, "what a surprise! You've brought me several visitors! I know Mr. Bakunin but who is this lovely lady?!"
"Megan Pace," Mittelwerk began the introduction, "this is Elke Mittelwerk. My wife!"
"She..she came from that mist?!" Megan uttered.
Mittelwerk nodded.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Pace," 'Elke' replied, "please don't think I'm being rude, but why are you here?"
"She is here to help us!" Mittelwerk interrupted, "I have brought the item that will help restore you!"
Elke smiled, "So how will Ms. Pace be of help?"
Mittelwerk produced a syringe with a black liquid inside.
"Ms. Pace will enter the cage and inject you with this antidote," Mittelwerk explained, "once it takes affect, you will once again become human!"
"But Anton," Elke pouted, "why don't you come in and give me the antidote yourself?"
"Better to have Ms. Pace do the deed!" Mittelwerk answered.
"Why?!" Elke wondered, "you don't trust me? What do you think I will do to you? Tear you to shreads?!"
"Hey!" Megan nervously interrupted, "No one said anything about anyone being torn to shreads in this deal!"
"No one will be torn to shreads, Ms. Pace," Mittelwerk assured, "my wife is just speaking...metaphorically!"
"Yes, Ms. Pace," Elke smiled, "I love my husband. I wouldn't dream of doing any harm to him! I thought he knew that. Maybe I am wrong!"
"Just a precaution," Mittelwerk said, "so, if it is okay with you, I'll send in Ms. Pace with the syringe. You DO want to get better, don't you Elke?!"
"Of course I do, Anton!" Elke sadly said, "you know I want to be "normal". You know I want out of this cage, to be free once again!"
Mittelwerk smiled, as he handed Megan the syringe.
"Go on, Ms. Pace," Mittelwerk directed, "enter the cage and make my wife, "normal"! Then you and your cousin will be set free!"
Megan took the syringe and, with a deep breath, headed towards the cage.
Mittelwerk turned and addressed Bakunin.
"Go over to the control console," he whispered, "after Elke has been injected and we have confirmed the antidote has been successful, I'll bring Elke out but we'll keep Pace in the cage. Once she is locked in, you power up the EM-field just enough to scramble her brain, understand?"
Bakunin nodded, as he walked slowly over to the console.
Mittelwerk walked over to the cage's double security door. As Megan stood by, he pressed a button, which electronically unlocked the first door, that led into a small enclosed leeway.
Megan entered, as Mittelwerk closed the first door behind her.
"Go ahead and press the button just above the latch," Mittelwerk instructed, "then you can open the second door to enter the cage!"
Megan pressed the button and heard a click. The second door was now unlocked.
Megan pushed the door open and slowly entered the cage.
Elke stood before her. Megan thought Elke looked so "real". Elke smiled reassuringly. Strange, but Megan felt safer in the cage with this "creature" or whatever "she" was, than in being outside with Mittelwerk and Bakunin.
"If you're ready, Ms. Pace," Elke softly said, "then so am I."
Elke rolled up the sleeve of her blouse.
Megan injected the needle into Elke's arm, then slowly depressed the plunger, until all the black liquid was gone.
Elke turned to address Mittelwerk, "How long before this takes effect?"
"Unknown!" Anton replied, "but I suspect not long!"
Elke suddenly grimaced!
"You okay, Elke?!" Mittelwerk called out, "how do you feel?!"
"Dizzy," Elke replied, "confused! I…I think something's happening!!"
All of a sudden, Elke faded from view but quickly reappeared. Then she started shape shifting into a variety of composites! She quickly changed from vapor, to mist, to fog, to haze, before returning to her physical form!
"Anton!!!" she cried out, as she fell to the floor of the cage.
Mittelwerk, ran to the cage, unlocked both doors and entered! He kneeled beside Elke, as she lay on the floor. She drifted in and out of consciousness, as he held her in his arms.
Megan backed slowly out of the cage and stood in the leeway.
"Elke!" Mittelwerk cried, "can you hear me! Answer me!"
Elke opened her eyes and glanced up.
"I think it worked, Elke!" Mittelwerk gleefully cried out, "I think it worked!!"
Elke smiled but Mittelwerk noticed it was not a smile of pleasure but one of devious evil!
"No, Anton," she answered, "you're wrong! It didn't work at all!!"
Suddenly, Elke vaporized back into the dark mist.
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Best Dressed Artist of the Year – 2014 Taste of Country Awards
For some, it comes naturally. For others, it comes with a little help and a $30 million necklace. OK, Carrie Underwood looked great at the Grammys even without the jewels, and her wardrobe choices in 2013 made her an easy pick for nomination in the Best Dressed category at the 2014 Taste of Country Awards. It's up to fans to decide who has the best style.
Song of the Year – 2014 Taste of Country Awards
With Artist of the Year already decided, Song of the Year is the most distinguished honor at the 2014 Taste of Country Awards. Ten hits from 2013 make the ballot, including ACM, CMA and Grammy nominees. Combined, these tracks have sold over 11 million downloads, but which is worthy of this fan-decided honor?
Eric Church, 'Give Me Back My Hometown' [Listen]
Eric Church's new song 'Give Me Back My Hometown' seems to fill in the answer to a question proposed last month through a short series of cryptic videos. The first video promised: "One will rise , one will fall," and then another indicated the first wasn't meant as an attack on Taylor Swift. It's not clear why footage of Swift was used at all, although this new song does explore themes the 24-year-old is famous for singing about.
Chris Young, 'Who I Am With You' [Listen]
Chris Young's second single from the 'A.M.' album is similar to 'Aw Naw' in that it takes something he's done well across his first three studio albums and turns up the volume. 'Who I Am With You' is a big, soaring love ballad. It's a stark contrast to more intimate lovers from previous records.
Kira Isabella, 'A Country Boy for Christmas' [Listen]
Country newcomer Kira Isabella has released a playful new Christmas love song in advance of her American debut single. 'A Country Boy for Christmas' finds the 20-year-old Canadian asking Santa to bring her the perfect man on Dec. 25, and she gets specific.
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Kellie Pickler's 'Santa Baby' is one of the best country Christmas songs of all time, and she tries that style once again in '(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man With the Bag,' her latest holiday recording. The versatile singer seems as comfortable weaving around her jazzy horn ensemble as she does the mandolins and acoustics that make up her best country cuts.
2014 Grammy Awards Nominees Announced
The 2014 Grammy nominees were announced Friday night (Dec. 6) during a concert broadcast live out of Los Angeles.
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Album Spotlight: Lady Antebellum, 'Golden (Deluxe Edition)'
The deluxe edition of 'Golden,' Lady Antebellum's fourth studio album, includes three previously unreleased songs plus three acoustic versions of well-known hits. All six fit within the context of the original 12 tracks. 'Golden' is still the most organic album the trio has released to date.


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Guardians 3000 is published by Marvel Comics. Current price per issue is $3.99.
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- Korvac Saga: Warzones! - Collects #6-8, plus Korvac Saga #1-4. "Stranded in the present, the 31st-century Guardians finally locate the anomaly that's ripping the timestream apart. But preventing it is something else altogether! Then, after the incursions end and Battleworld is formed, Michael Korvac governs the Forest Hills — but his domain is threatened by chaotic forces from beyond the Wall, and a dark madness spreading through the population. Korvac's loyal Guardians must find the source of the evil before it corrupts the new world they live on! When Korvac's rival the Wonder Man moves against him, deploying his Avengers in an effort to seize power, only the Guardians stand in the way of this ruthless power play — and a terrible, world-shattering secret will be discovered." - WorldCat - ISBN 9780785193135 - (forthcoming, November 2015)
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The Tigers (10-2) of the Big 12 -- a conference that may be renamed on account of Nebraskas departure to the Big Ten and Colorados hightailing it to the new Pac-12 -- will get all familiar with the confines of Sun Devil Stadium before its September 10 match-up against ASU. On the flip side, the Devils staff will most definitely be game planning for junior quarterback Blaine Gabbert, who will be one of the countrys top signal callers in 11, as he tries to take down the Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5). Regarding Iowa, last time the underachieving Big Ten team posted up in the AZ for a few hours, they had its hearts ripped to shreds by the Arizona Wildcats during a 34-27 loss on September 18 in Tucson.
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Over-Ear item created by Ultrainferno, May 6, 2010
Pros - sound quality, build quality, good amount of bass
Cons - treble that is to harsh
I am new to Head-Fi and digital audio generally, so I can't compare the M50 to any other headphones, but based on my long-ago experience selling really high-end audio, they are like experiencing the sound of an excellent pair of full-range, expensive loudspeakers, except they take up a lot less space, are more portable, cost much less for a comparable degree of sound quality, and allow private listening. I really needed a closed-back headphone because I listen in a lot of circumstances where I can't disturb those around me, and the ATH-M50S are excellent at containing sound "leakage" while not being as insulating from allowing you to hear outside sounds (like fire alarms, doorbells, etc.) as an IEM would be. I listen to the the M50s in the public library at what seems like a really robust volume to me, and people sitting just a few feet away from me never glare or look askance at me. They are easy to drive (I can actually play them quite acceptably from my tiny Rockboxed Sansa Clip+, and the disparity of size between the source and the cans and sound eminating from them is kind of amusing. With the Nuforce uDAC-2 HP serving as a replacement for the internal sound card in three different notebook computers (a Sony i7 running Windows 7, an old HP dual-core and an Asus Atom netbook - both running Ubuntu Linux), they can be driven to deafening levels without a hint of distortion at any frequency, even what we used to call "bass doubling" coming from speaker woofer cones breaking up from the cones not moving linearly trying to push large volumes of air quickly. Another advantage of headphones with a small enclosed acoustic cavity over trying to fill a room with high-quality sound.
The closed-back design does lead to a smaller soundstage, which is why I have the Sennheiser 650s coming, which I will use only at home where I can afford to "bleed" some sound to the area around me. The only real complaint I can make about the M50s is comfort. The build quality is excellent, and even though high quality plastic is used to keep them relatively lightweight, they are still a tad heavy, and the clamping force is strong, but tolerable. Helps for a good acoustic seal, so I would be wary of trying to stretch out the headband too much.
Supply and demand tells you a lot about the quality of any product. When I got my pair for $110 new on eBay, the Amazon price was about $129. Now, they are going for almost the full retail of $199 on Amazon, and the number of five-star reviews of them grows daily as people take delivery.
Definitely a keeper.
Pros - + Good Clean Audio Quality + Good Bass response , +Good Highs and Mids for the price, + Good isolation, + great with Fiio E6, +Durable +Good Looks
Cons - -Comfort, - A bit too bright, -Bass muffled without use of Amp,
When I heard them first, I was dejected and fuming at my decision, Now, After apprx. 50 Hours of burn in , I thank my self that i didn't return them back.
Let's start with the outside first-
Looks- Now, I don't know why some people describe them as plain-jane looking or being too introvert/somber . I got my hands on the Limited edition and let me tell you, They are as outwards as any others, having said that, They still maintain a non flashy demeanor (Unlike Beats). The limited edition beautifly franksteins an unique combination of Silvery white with a hint of blue tint making them attractive and fresh.
For a serious music lover, They should match his choice. Unless you want a 300$ necklace, I personally find them really good and sporty.
Durability- Now, if you are thinking of portable use this would come to your mind and let me tell you, These are really Panther Tanks(Used by Germany in WWII), Strong, Robust and Trustworthy. Will survive much more than a fall. Feel free to carry them even in Afghanistan.
Comfort- Yeah, They are not your pillow on which you could go for a nap, To be fair, they do need some time to get used do, The earpads are pleathered, which is plastic+leather, (for 150$ they really can't give you real leather), Thus turning them surprisingly hot after long continuous use. The clamping force is another issue to take care of, I advice you to stretch them according to your head size and comfort, once done, They are good to go, Regarding the earcups- They are a cons. of closed/sealed headphone, so be prepared to sacrifice some comfort for isolation and portability.
Portability and isolation- They are not as portable as a Sennheiser PX100/200, They do fold but not as much to be treated as purely portable cans, However, If you can manage the cord and get comfortable with the headband/earpad , they can be portable,. They swivel and fold well small enough to be kept in the pouch/bag. This makes them multifunctional. They are pretty light as well for a full sized headphone.
Regarding Isolation, I would say they do isolate pretty well, I haven't really compared them with Bose/Beats but they use active isolation and these are passive. Still, I can assure you , traffic noise, metro announcements, irritating people nearby will be blocked off and the leakage is also under permissible levels. You will never be able to crank up the sound so much that they start leaking, they will just blow your ears before that , so don't expect much leakage at reasonable listening levels.
Sound Quality-
Lows/Bass- Now, They are bass heavy headphones, Not nearly as bass overpowering or extenuated as other headphones, but they definitely have a LOT of bass. The one thing which i noticed was that the bass did go fairly low, but was not as tight for my liking. I really do advice you to go for a Fiio E6 if you intent to use them with ipod/pmp, Otherwise you can go for Fiio E7/10 for laptop. Post use of an amp, the bass is really tight and extended. Still , these headphones offer the best bass amongst Sony ZX700/Shure SRH840/ Beats, so for bass lovers they are perfect.
Mids- Hmmm..Don't compare with 500$+ category, The mids are still pretty balanced and neutral sounding. I still think that Sony ZX700/Shure SRH 840 has a bit forward range here, but overall when you listen to the M50 , the sound comes really balanced and pretty natural, You could always adjust the EQ for your need. Mids could be regarded as a lower point.
Highs- Again, pretty relaxed and a bit bright. It does have a brighter profile then some others. This could be both a downside and positive, I still think that M50 manage the highs quite well in its price range.
Vocals/SoundStage- Vocals are clear, though the bass can sometimes overpower if you chose the bass boost or turn the amp to high bass. Still I felt these headphones have a good vocal range. Soundstage surprisingly is pretty good for this type of headphone.
Genre- These sound good with most, Electronic, Hip-hop, Techno, Metal/rock,Dance/Party etc. Perhaps, accoustic and jazz/classic music could be better suited with Shure's as they have a better midrange , though you compromise on bass and the highs.
Additional Thoughts/Information- Do get an amp for them, need not spend 200-300, but anything under 100. I think for portable users Fiio E6 does the job well, if you use them primarly for home/laptop, consider getting the Fiio E7/10. The bass seems much more tighter and deeper and the overall sound is improved considerably making it rich .
Final Words: When a device gets so many positive reviews there's gotta be a reason, and the reason is the all in one package which ATH M50 gives you. Shure SRH840/SONY ZX700 are headphones you can look as well according to your needs, but to sum it up- You can't really go wrong with these, The overall sound quality is very good for the price and their ability to be used for portable purpose increases their funcionality. Comfort wise, stretching the headband really helps and would eliminate the clamping effect and you will get used to the earpad.
I give them a solid 4.5 star Rating.
Pros - Big Bass, Good Highs, comfortable, affordable audio
Cons - spring on cord pulls away from jack
Bought off another headfi member used but in excellent condition. Very impressed with bass impact. Sounds great through tubes or Soild State. Great audiophile introduction headphone. The Audio Technica ATH-M50s has found a place in my arsenal directly underneath the "big three".
Very good headphones for the price.
Pros - great sound, comfortable
Cons - They dont do my Homework
These are great headphones. For 160$ i wasn't sure how good these would be but wow they are amazing. the mids are very good and highs aren't bad either, and the bass isn't overpowering to the rest of the track. they are also very comfortable wearing for long periods of time.
Pros - Plays almost everything well
Cons - Comfort
Just wanted to share my thoughts on the vaunted m50's...not that more reviews are needed. First off, I couldn't be happier with them except for the comfort level. I need a break from them after about an hour and it's a tough concession as I really don't want to take them off!! I plan to stretch them out a little and see if it makes a difference.
The best way that I can describe the m50's is that they seem to be able to play just about any genre well...effortlessly. The sound is rich, articulate, a bit heavy on the bass (which I like) and inviting. The sound signature is perfect for me. I just like the way that they sound in nearly every category. The other headphones that I owned have been put through the artificial burn in period. When I put these on my head, I just didn't feel the need to give them a burn in period. I just wanted to listen, and listen and listen. I will let them burn in naturally as I use them. I just don't feel the need to get better sound from them out of the box. They are that good to me.
These are not what I would budget/bang for the buck phones. They feel expensive, look expensive and sound expensive IMO. The fact that they can be had for around $100 may change that equation though. Maybe the best compliment that I can pay the m50's is that when I put them on I stop listening to the audio quality and just get lost in my music. The second best compliment is that they curbed my desire to go and buy "a better" pair of headphones. How long will that last? Don't know.
The cable is nice and thick and metal coiled at the terminated end...nice touch. They are drive nicely without any amp. They have a heft to them that suggest the quality of the build. What would I change about them? I wish that they had more comfortable pads. That's it really.
If anyone is on the fence about these, don't be just buy them and enjoy!!
Pros - Nice highs and mids, comfortable
Cons - Terribly artificial bass, NOT "monitors" (that's why nobody uses them as monitors), laughable build quality
There's always one. Every good thing has a dissenter, and that's me. The ATH-M50 cannot handle songs with lots of different lower frequencies going on at once because of the artificial bass extension. For example, Nine Inch Nails' "Heresy" is a very challenging song to play on headphones; it sounds like crap on my car stereo because the subwoofer is confused on which notes to play, so too low of frequencies overpower what should be playing louder. The M50s do the same on the FLAC version of it. The impacts of the kick-drum are far quieter than the bass in the verses. It's incredibly annoying. The bass is so sloppy and uncontrolled. Another good example, Smashing Pumpkins' "Thirty-Three", in which there is a subtle background bass that tends to get incredibly emphasized to the point it's unlistenable on car subwoofers/headphones with poor bass response. The ATH-M50 do this. Luckily, they have really nice mids and respectable highs. Yet, it's shocking they bill these as monitors, they're horribly unbalanced towards the lower-end. These headphones main competitor, the HD280Pro, are superior in every way, except for the clamping force. Not a producer I can think of uses these, either. NOT monitors.
The build quality is a joke. I went through three earpads in a year before the right speaker stopped working and the connector to the iPod got frayed. They seem big and durable, but I've had lesser headphones be more durable. I thought they were comfortable. But the praise on here is sickening and misguided. Do y'all get paid by Audio-Technica? And at their new price, they are an even worse deal.
Pros - Mids sound great, doesn't require an amp, balanced sound.
Cons - Bass isn't as punchy as I wanted, trebles get a bit trilly and sharp at high volumes, needs 40+ hours of burn-in.
I know there are too many reviews for these cans, but I thought I should put out my 2 cents. Keep in mind these are my first set of "real" headphones, as before this, the highest I shelled out was $79 for a set of Astro IEMs, which no one here has probably heard of. Anyway, let's begin.
Design These just look amazing. They're slick, and the circular metal ring on each of the earcups looks great and adds that "expensive" look. I wouldn't mind being caught wearing these in public, and they look better than Beats, at least in my opinion. The DJ articulation is nice, as I DJ at a lot of school events. The only flaw with the design is the huge Audio-Technica written on the band. Not a major issue, rest assured, but I feel it takes away from the look just a bit.
Price : Quality Ratio I've auditioned some of the other headphones offered by Sennheiser and V-Moda just above this price range, and I can easily, without a doubt, state that these are the best headphones you will find at a $100-$199 price range, and I think many of the other Head-Fi'ers will agree. If you're looking for cheap headphones that can perform, pull the trigger on Audio Technica.
Comfort: I have a quite small head, so the tight clench feels nice for me. Many of the others review state comfort as an issue, and that the pleather gets sweaty. An easy fix-up is to just buy different pads, and break them in as you would break in a baseball glove. Don't smack it with a ball, just stretch them out over a box slightly larger than your head during burn-in.
Sound Quality
First Impressions: I didn't bother to burn these in, I was too eager to see why this was the number one headphone at it's price range. I put them on my head, plugged them in unamped to my 4S, and I was immediately in shock. They sounded barely any different from my Skullcandy FMJ buds. I decided it was time to give in and burn them in for a good 48 hours.
After Burn-In: It was a night and day difference from the pre-burn in state. The soundstage widely improved, but it was still outplayed by some open ear cans I've heard. The sound signature itself is warm and balanced. They can't handle volume very well, as once it enters the higher volumes, treble gets very sharp, mids get a bit recessed, and the bass doesn't become all that much more present than it usually does at higher volumes. Keep in mind, these are monitor headphones, so they were built for recording and mixing. They will have a very flat-as-a-ruler sound, so EQ-ing for different genres is going to be needed for good sound. The "Rock" equalizer on my 4S seemed to clear things up for most genres, so I find myself using that a lot. Overall, these sound great, with clear trebles, great mids, and clean bass. I even got one of my friends with Beats Pro to say they were great. Most people with those horrible things usually try to justify their purchase by saying everything else is horrible.
Bottom Line If you're looking for cheap headphones with relatively great sound quality compared to other headphones in its price range, take a look at these. They can be bought at $119 at SoundProfessionals.com, so check them out - they even have burned-in, yet new, M50s for sale.
Bass: Clean and crisp, but not as punchy as I'd like.
Mids: Can be recessed at high volumes, excels everywhere else.
Highs: Only problem with the highs is that they get very sharp at high volumes.
Soundstage: Not the best, but it's decent.
tl;dr Amazing quality for the price, burn them in before judging the sound. No need for an amp.
Thanks for reading my review, I'll catch you on the flipside.
Pros - Sound quality, Bass response, Comfort, Durability, Construction, Style
Cons - No detachable cable, Cable is a bit too long
These headphones are incredible. Fantastic sound quality. The bass response is really, really nice. It's well defined, accurate and strong, but it's not overpowering. The mids and highs are awesome too. Very crisp and I heard things in my music that I haven't heard with my other headphones. As well, these headphones look really nice and are really comfortable. The only things I do not like about these headphones is the very long straight cable. I always have to hold a bit of the cable when i'm listening to music on my iPod or my computer. Overall, amazing pair of headphones, for an amazing price! I would pay more than 200 dollars for these headphones. They are that good. Buy them.
Pros - A great combination of perfomance, value, comfort and value. And did I mention value?
Cons - Low and high end have a tendancy to become unhinged. Mid-range clarity has a tendancy to vanish.
To give my thoughts some context, I wouldn't call myself an audiophile. I have an eclectic taste and appreciation for music, which I listen to on an iPod Classic. The most "hi-fi" audio equipment I've ever owned is the pair of Ultimate Ears Super.f1 5 Pro earphones that I'd still be enjoying happily if the right 'phone hadn't developed an annoying buzz. I can rarely discern an audible difference between songs encoded in 320 kbps formats and their lossless counterparts, but, the inferiority of sub-320 kbps files is often very apparent to my ears.
That said, I do enjoy well-presented music. It might very well be my favorite thing in the whole world.
After doing some light reading about headphones, I began my search for new ones with a conscious decision to avoid even auditioning open-air headphones. I've never tried them, and I became convinced by my reading that I'd likely fall in love with all of the qualities that seem to have made them the consensus choice for audiophiles around the world, and I feared I would then end up spending far too much money (for me) on a pair of "36-24-36" Sennheisers or others like them. The majority of what I read on the subject seemed to indicate that closed headphones offer the best value for the money, so that's the route I chose.
Please keep all of this in mind when judging my use of the superlatives that are bound to follow. I may not use certain words the way others who are more experienced in this realm may use them. Just bear with me on that.
These are fine headphones. It's really as simple as that.
They provide full-bodied bass that never loses its natural texture. Whether you're listening to music in which the raw tactility of the bass tones is just as important as the notes being played or music that features a delicate and measured response, these headphones don't just reproduce those sounds, they reproduce them very, very well.
Mid-range tones are loud, clear, and so readily apparent that they're never muddied by the bass tones, no matter how far the two may occasionally overlap within the same sonic space. They remain distinct at all times, moving freely within the mix whenever the music requires it.
I feel like these headphones really shine - pun semi-intended - when it comes to the high-frequency tones, even though my inexperience may prevent that from being a truly accurate statement. I think it's easy to forget sometimes just how important those highs are to music. Hi-hats and ride cymbals are, in fact, a major driving force. Crash, trash and splash cymbals are, indeed, important punctuations. Each singular stroke is just as important as the next, no matter how quickly it may follow. And these headphones just do it every time with highs that are loud, clear, distinct and never harsh.
Perhaps most impressive of all is the ability of these headphones to expose the natural character of the instruments within the music, an effect far too often lost when listening to them through the many layers of any recorded media. I believe that's referred to as transparency.
A snare drum being struck no longer sounds like "just" that; what you hear instead is the complex interaction between the drum stick, the drum head, the snares and the shell, components whose construction and combination were expressly chosen by the drummer, being used in concert with his talents and technique to produce a desired effect only achieved with that singular formula. You hear that with these headphones. By the same token, guitars and basses become the glorious sum of the various woods, hardware and amplification chosen by musicians utilizing their myriad skills to play them rather than just the notes they chose to play. I've found this quality present in every piece of music to which I've listened through these headphones, and the effect is positively magisterial.
When all of these elements are combined as harmoniously as these headphone combine them, I can't describe the joy I get from the music I hear, even that which is as familiar to me as the back of my hand. These headphones are a revelation.
And for the price? They're worth more than what I paid for them, especially when judged against others at the same price point and even those priced considerably above it. I did that, and these headphones won with ease every single time.
I think the often-seen criticism that mid-range frequencies are recessed in these headphones is more rooted in the fact that mid-range tones are the easiest to reproduce and most headphones and speakers generally tend to get that part right. However, low and high range sounds are an altogether different beast, and, as a result, aren't often presented correctly. I think it's easy to merely perceive the mid-range to be lacking when sandwiched between low and high ranges that are not.
And I suppose it's only fair that a review also include any perceived negatives. To that end, they have a nasty tendency to expose poor music production and mastering, but what can you really do about that? They're also not the best-looking headphones I've ever seen. In that regard, I guess it's good that they're headphones and not a hat or something. And they do tend to warm my ears a bit. Just a bit, though. (But, they're nonetheless very light and comfortable, and I've found that the range of articulation provided by the swiveled cups, a feature often derided, is actually quite helpful for maintaining constant and even contact while wearing them.)
I awarded "only" 4.5 stars to these headphones for Audio Quality out of consideration for my lack of experience. I didn't think it would be fair to give them a full five since, admittedly, I haven't listened to everything offered. I honestly hope I don't ever hear something better, though, unless I can also afford to buy it, as I think such a tease would be equally unfair. Luckily for me, I think these headphones are going to be extremely difficult to top.
UPDATE: Burn-in can be an evil mistress. I'll elaborate later.


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Paul Creative Arts Center
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University of New Hampshire
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PowerPlay is a University of New Hampshire sponsored business that utilizes specially designed applied theatre models to address issues around personal and professional development. We use Interactive Theatre as a method to spark dialogue and improve institutional climate and culture. PowerPlay has created performance models for a range of issues including sexual harassment prevention, leadership training for police, fire and school administrators and facilitation for municipal officials. In addition PowerPlay has developed and performed pieces focusing on equitable hiring practices and academic leadership, and served businesses and non-profits around the country.
Dynamic facilitation fused with highly trained professional actors realistically-acted scenarios. Our unique process allows participants to dig into the motivations, actions, and inner thoughts of characters grappling with tough decisions, problems, and behaviors found in their institution's hierarchy, history, and culture. Participants can interact with characters and scenarios in a variety of ways, all from the comfort of their chair.
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Role Play is an often used method to help build professional skills. We believe that this approach can be limited in its effectiveness as it relies on the 'acting' skills of the participants to portray the 'characters' in a given scenario. By using professional actors and improvisers, trained for this work, participants are able to examine and analyze themselves in an objective, new way.
Through Interactive Theatre elements, training participants are given the opportunity to use actors and scenes as a laboratory to experiment with various challenges that individuals may have actually confronted in their own work within their respective field.
Historically, theatre has been used to educate and inform, as well as entertain. A body of knowledge has emerged that shows Applied Theatre is an effective tool for education and learning in non-traditional theatre environments. The objective of Applied Theatre is to put the audience in the position of witness; to observe teachable moments in a safe, non-judgmental way and create opportunities for growth in areas such as professional development, conflict resolution, and social awareness and change.
Applied Theatre is one of the tools that corporations, organizations, and education institutions are looking to for new and more effective ways to train employees and students. Actors place the audience in an environment of heightened awareness of the issue being played out, allowing – for example – human resource workers to work through potentially difficult situations in a safe way before having to deal with the issue in the workplace.
Applied Theatre is designed to offer deeper insight and understanding of human relationships and behaviors and to make progress on the personal, workplace, or societal levels through a dynamic, interactive experience.
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30 Academic Way
University of New Hampshire
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Los Angeles-based Ayax Systems, the developer of decision making site LetSimonDecide.com, said this week that it has launched an Apple iPhone version of its software. According to Ayax Systems, the app--which retails for 99 cents on the App store--helps users make difficult personal decisions, such as selecting a college, changing careers, or even whether or not to get a divorce. The software is the brainchild of Ricardo Solar.


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With his two videos to date, upcoming NYC producer Cubby has mapped a dark universe of his own, but in some ways it evokes grislier Tri Angle luminaries like The Haxan Cloak. Despite their drastically contrasted methodologies - Cubby the grinning hangman to Haxan's swinging corpse - the two are nearly peas in a pod, applying ambient dread and suppressed hip hop to the carcass of – whisper it – witch house. The formula bears dark fruit on "Hooded", a punishing aural assault that follows last month's furtive introduction "Steady Now". The new track's striking video, courtesy of Josh Goleman, sees two spectral, orblike spirits compete for the spotlight in fluid night dance displays, while Cubby's firing-squad beats distort time – think Evian Christ being armed with a snow shovel and sent into Act 3 of The Shining.
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Is your dog itching and scratching? Are they off their food? Depressed? Or perhaps they've got mites, mange, or worms? Whatever the issue, we've got a range of articles to suit, in our Itchy Dog Blog!
Why is My Dog Itching and Scratching?
6 CommentsTuesday, 16 April 2013 | Kate
Some Causes of Itchy Skin in Dogs
The skin is the largest organ in the body and so it is not surprising that skin diseases account for a significant proportion of visits to both doctors and vets. There are many conditions that affect the skin of dogs, ranging from flea bites to skin cancer, but what is almost certainly the most important canine skin disease is atopic dermatitis. Skin allergies are incredibly common in dogs, and whilst most cases are relatively mild and cause only minor irritation, dermatitis can cause significant long term suffering to affected animals.
The most common manifestations of skin allergies are:
The main causes of skin allergies in dogs are:
Atopic allergies are the most common (in my experience they account for at least 70% of cases of allergic dermatitis in dogs) and are caused by allergic reactions to inhaled allergens such as pollen from trees and grass, which tends to be around for a few weeks at a particular time of year. Other inhaled allergens can be a problem all year round such as mould spores, house dust mites, chemicals on furniture and carpets, indoor air fresheners and fabrics like wool and nylon.
In dogs the symptoms tend to be expressed in the skin, and licking feet and generalised itching are the classic symptoms of a case of atopic allergy. Atopy is more common in certain breeds, with small breed dogs such as Westies being most commonly affected - although all breeds can suffer from this kind of allergy.
The next cause of skin allergies is food allergies, although these are much less common than many people think and there is much debate over their true prevalence. Some vets are convinced that certain food ingredients such as wheat, beef and soya are responsible for a significant number of cases of skin allergies in dogs, but I think nowadays the consensus is that true skin allergies directly caused by food are actually quite uncommon.
Contact allergies, such as those caused by washing powders, grass and so on, are even less common than food allergies, but do need to be considered in dogs which have unusual patterns of allergies, such as redness only on the belly that has appeared just after their bed has been washed for example.
The good news is that in most cases, the solution to itchy dog skin is simply a matter of ensuring your pet is getting the right nutritional balance, that includes treats too (not always easy with modern complete diets) coupled with effective parasite control. Over at the Itchy Dog Shop we offer several nutritional supplements and remedies for dogs to help combat itching and scratching.
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For all over improved skin and coat condition use Yumega Plus, it's good for soothing itchy and sensitive skin and Resist! also works well to aid your dog's recovery back to health.
For treating specific parts of the body like paw chewing or sore underarms Ekoneem Oil is your best bet, simply rub onto the afflicted areas and let the cream work its magic. Also use Ekoneem Organic Neem Oil Shampoo Bar while bathing your dog for continued results.
For getting rid of those unwelcome visitors namely: fleas, ticks and mites Billy No Mates Herbal Treatment is highly recommended by both us and our customers or if you prefer a liquid version there's Billy No Mates Tincture.
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Monday, 24 February 2014 | 16:59
Poppies our Labrador was badly attacked 4 yrs ago she started to pull out her fur after the bites had healed. We are convinced where scars are were annoying her. She has quitened down since changing food with your herbs has helped ..Also use veg chicken and fish cooked with brown rice with less dry food for both our dogs now.
Wednesday, 19 August 2015 | 19:46
I've 2yr old staffy boy who bites &chew his feet he's biting his thighs &making bald bits he's not got flees so I'm thinking maybe mites he loves rolling on the grass,he&my other dog have been on same food for over a yr old&get liver also ,help plz I'm at my wits Ibe shampoo and sprayed him with special stuff that's meant for fleas ticks &mites.
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They sought the beauty of nature yet met the ugliness of human nature.
Friends, classmates and colleagues are grieving along with the families of the missing North Coast trio who over a month ago went on a Yosemite National Park sightseeing trip that turned out to be the last for Carole Sund, 42.
Through dental records, the body of the Eureka woman known as a staunch children's advocate was identified by authorities Monday as one of two found charred beyond recognition in the trunk of their burned-out rental car. It was found days before in the woods off Highway 108 near Long Barn, northeast of Sonora.
The FBI is treating the incident as a murder investigation, expects to identify the second body through DNA samples, but is still tracking leads. The agency's hotline 800-435-7883 receives about 300 calls a day.
The search continues for the third missing woman, with Sund's 15-year-old daughter Julie and family friend Silvina Pelosso, 16, of Argentina, still unaccounted for. Their last confirmed sighting was about 200 miles away Feb. 15 at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, the FBI contends.
It's this uncertainty that would haunt the family forever if they never knew what happened, Tuolomne County Sheriff Dick Rogers said, re-pledging the multi-agency task force's commitment to the cause during Monday's press conference. The task force also includes members of the Modesto Police Department and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's unit.
Rogers, visibly touched by the families' strength, called their memorial service at the site Sunday "extremely emotional."
"Our worst fears have been realized," Eureka City Schools Superintendent James Scott said Tuesday in an issued statement aimed at honoring one of its most admired and active volunteers.
Students, administrators and teachers at Eureka High have patiently awaited word on the teenagers, adding counselors to help students deal with their stress, community relations spokesman Sheldon Reber said.
"For something like this to happen to us, it's really overwhelming," said Teresa Creech, Julie's cheerleading squad coach. The squad placed fifth and sixth in two state tournaments in Stockton the weekend before the trio's disappearance.
All along, family members and friends have tried to deal with the loss of loved ones and the loss of innocence in their own way.
Like others, family friend Deborah Downs who said she admired "super mom" Carole immensely was jarred by the notion of not feeling there's safety in numbers anymore.
"That's hit everybody," Downs said, though convinced the incident was a random act of violence. "As much as I miss Carole, she wouldn't have done anything I wouldn't have been doing."
She described her friend as a "capable" woman who wouldn't have gotten herself into a risky situation. And Julie recently attended a violence awareness class, Carole's husband Jens told a group of reporters at his press conference the week before.
Downs, who works at the Carrington family's real estate business, has noticed a change in his demeanor. She said the once even-keel, mild-mannered man vacillates between anger and sadness.
These are all typical stages of grief, said Linda Manfredi, Hospice of Humboldt bereavement coordinator.
"Most people in (Jens') situation have periods of rage," Manfredi said, adding it's especially hard to do it in the public eye. The case has drawn national media attention. Add to the equation his gender and desire to be strong for his four children, and you have a more stressful situation, she said.
Everyone deals with loss differently, Manfredi said. But men find it harder, suggesting that men have to circumvent the protector-only role and society needs to grant permission for them to be vulnerable.
Linda Wolfe of Arcata agrees. When their 17-year-old son Nathan died in a car accident in December 1994, her husband didn't want to go to grief support groups. And, he didn't want her to go either, she said.
"He didn't want to talk about it because he didn't want to cry," Wolfe said. But she did.
For the first few years after his death, Wolfe went to a meeting for a nationwide survivors' support group called Compassionate Friends. It meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Faith Center, 1032 Bay St., Eureka and can attract a handful of people or a crowd of up to 30.
Feeling lonely and like a minority, Wolfe just listened to others share at first. A year later, she finally opened up.
"It helped me tremendously to be around people I said were `my kind,'" Wolfe said. She went to counseling and took anti-depressants but found sharing with this group of strangers fed her soul.
She related to Carole's father, Francis Carrington, saying on camera how hard it is to outlive your child while he choked back tears.
Manfredi said the two families' reactions exemplify those that have tapped into a great inner strength that helps them deal with the pain.
With grief, there are no shortcuts, Manfredi reminded. "You get better by talking about it. Grief is forever. It's just the intensity that changes," she said.
With five years experience, Manfredi said she's observed that Humboldt County has endured "significant loss" this past year.
Hospice has expanded its grief support groups for peers of all ages, from children and teenagers to adults and seniors. Next month, Hospice is adding a group designed for survivors of victims of violent crime because their situation is unique, Manfredi said.
Those seeking more information on bereavement groups may call 445-8443.
story by Susan Wood
On Saint Patrick's Day, California Gov.
Gray Davis with entourage delivered the greenbacks to Humboldt County, then
toured the lush, green Headwaters Forest for the first time.
The $12 million, symbolically presented to county supervisors on a "great big check," is earmarked for job training and retraining as a method of countering the famous forest deal's economic losses.
Davis described the Headwaters agreement as the right thing to have done for future generations but expects some fallout in economic losses, he said.
In last-minute negotiations, the state and federal governments bought 7,500 acres of the property from Pacific Lumber Co. for $480 million weeks ago and expected the deal would affect the local economy. Pacific Lumber has in recent weeks layed off hundreds of employees.
Joining Davis, Assemblywoman Virginia Strom-Martin said she fought hard to secure the state funds with "no strings attached" because she recognized population segments like timber workers were "going to take a pretty serious hit on their livelihoods."
In the Board of Supervisor's chambers, Strom-Martin told a crowd of reporters the importance in balancing environmental and economic interests.
She mentioned the money could be used to help displaced workers train for jobs in an area such as watershed preservation.
This gesture represents a shift in focus for the county from a resource extraction-based economy to a more eco tourism-oriented region, Strom-Martin said from her Sacramento office the next day.
"Clearly, yesterday was a defining moment for that," she said, equating the industry's plight with the commercial fishing business. "Certainly, (like logging) we'll always have fishing, but it's not going to be what it was," she said.
Ironically, a national report releasing the results of the best positions to have in terms of room for advancement and low stress rated lumberjack as No. 249 out of 250. The Jobs Rated Almanac due out in June rated web site manager as No. 1.
Meanwhile, those who want to visit the Headwaters Forest are restricted to the Elk River Road access south of Eureka off U.S. Highway 101, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced last week.
The southern route via Newburg Road near Fortuna is closed to visitors. It may open in three months, the BLM said.
The federal agency, which will manage the new reserve, also wants to keep the visits limited to foot-traffic-only for now. This means no motor vehicles, mountain bikes and horses will be allowed, noted Lynda Roush, BLM Arcata field office manager.
A parking area will be established just inside the reserve boundary. Those wishing to venture deep in the heart of the old-growth reserve need to be prepared for a hearty five-mile hike, two miles of that on steep terrain, Roush said.
She advises that only hikers in good condition go, wearing sturdy hiking boots and carrying plenty of water with essentials to deal with changing weather conditions.
Waste fees have claimed another victim.
A load of waste from General Hospital in Eureka was recently rejected by the Humboldt County Waste Management Authority for non-compliant disposal, hospital and waste officials confirmed. The amount of this handling fee is undetermined as of Tuesday, they added.
This comes on the heels of a similar situation for Mad River Community Hospital, which was hit with a $10,000 handling fee for improper waste disposal last week, administrator and spokesman Doug Shaw confirmed.
The Arcata hospital is considering contesting the fee, Shaw added.
Still, the hospital is cooperating fully with officials from the waste management authority to ensure the two facilities agree on compliance rules, Shaw said. The authority will make site visits in the next few weeks to review the policy, General Manager Gerald Kindsfather said.
The Arcata hospital took the financial hit when the Arcata Solid Waste Transfer Station rejected the load of waste because "material was found in the load that was determined to be outside of the regulations," the waste authority said in an issued statement. The 3,000-pound-plus load included blood-stained gauze and one ounce of blood sealed in a plastic bottle. In the meantime, the hospital has agreed to sterilize and place all blood-stained materials in medical waste containers.
But Shaw said the materials are "no different than household" medical waste, and the hospital hasn't changed its policy recently. He suggested perhaps what has changed are the state regulations. The waste authority ships the waste to a site in Medford, Ore.
"Oregon apparently will not accept even a drop of blood, dried or fluid," a hospital statement read.
But Kindsfather said the waste authority follows California code. Further, the local hospitals were notified ahead of time via letter of the inspections he says are routine.
Officials at General Hospital, which was cited for blood-stained gauze and intravenous tubing not properly bagged, said they'll probably not contest the fee.
In the wake of an apparent breakdown in talks, Humboldt State University professors in the academic senate have culminated a year-long contract dispute by filing formal grievances against the California State University Board of Trustees.
The faculty gave CSU Chancellor Charles Reed a unanimous vote of "no confidence" in a capacity-packed Goodwin Forum on the Arcata campus Tuesday evening. It also decided to decline cooperating with the CSU board to develop criteria for merit pay, one sticking point in the negotiations between the trustees and the California Faculty Association.
When the two sides failed to produce an agreeable contract for its 22 CSU campuses across the state, the CSU board rejected a plea from the union to renew negotiations and plans to impose its own set of terms and conditions that weigh in less than what the union asked for.
They include a 2.5 percent general salary increase and 1.5 percent service salary increase used for junior faculty members to work up to seniority pay. Both raises are retroactive to Oct. 1.
The HSU faculty union President Ken Fulgham, representing 250 faculty members, called the "last best offer" the board is proposing "insulting" and its rejection to compromise the "straw that broke the camel's back."
The professors may decide to strike as one of several options, but that conclusion seems "highly unlikely," Fulgham said.
"The people we don't want to hurt in all this is our students," he said, torn by a commitment to the union's principles and the students.
It appears the contract stalemate isn't the outcome the CSU board wanted either.
"The trustees and I are disappointed that an agreement was not reached. We tried very hard to do that, and this is not the conclusion we wanted," CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said in an issued statement.
For the first time in its history, a woman will run College of the Redwoods.
Out of 81 applicants, CR has narrowed the list of finalists to three candidates all women, college officials announced.
They include Kathleen Crabill, who is serving as the interim president of Gateway Community Technical College in New Haven, Conn.; Marie Rosenwasser, president of Canada College in the San Mateo County Community College District; and Frances White, who is executive vice chancellor of City College in San Francisco.
CR's interim President/Superintendent Allan Kurki said the finalists have "vastly different backgrounds."
The position opened after former CR President/Superintendent Cedric Sampson left to become chancellor of the South Orange Community College District last August.
Two local men were arrested last week on suspicion of growing marijuana for sale. The street value amounted to $3.3 million, Humboldt County Drug Task Force agents estimated.
Steven T. Gellman, 45, of Kneeland, and Will Lee Rector, 20, of Myers Flat, were jailed in lieu of $200,000 bail.
Acting on a search warrant, agents and sheriff's deputies seized 2,667 marijuana plants and $2,700 cash from three structures, one camouflaged, on Gellman's property in Redwood Valley off U.S. Highway 299, sheriff's Sgt. Steve Knight said.
Officers also found 10 pounds of marijuana buds, two rifles and one handgun at Rector's Myer's Flat home and three ounces of dried marijuana, six rifles and $3,000 at Gellman's Kneeland residence.
Gellman was featured in the North Coast Journal's Feb. 18 cover story on falconry.
As the Mad River mouth shifts north and south, scientists are trying to determine a pattern that may date back at least a half century.
The river has broken through to the Pacific Ocean adjacent to Hiller Road in McKinleyville, its mouth 30 years ago that's about a half mile north of School Road.
"It appears there's a trend," said Jeff Borgeld, an oceanography professor at Humboldt State University. "All the rivers jump around. But (the Mad River) jumped back all the way to where it was in the late `60s."
Borgeld pointed out that the Mad's usual northern migration goes south after El Nino years. The tropical weather phenomenon that battered the California coastline in the winter of 1997-98 erodes beaches and moves layers of sand that can affect currents. The battle between incoming waves with river currents can seal up and shift river mouths, he explained.
Movement on the Pacific coastline is a historical fact of life for North Coast residents, notes local geographer Chris Haynes.
In 1854, the Mad River was diverted into Humboldt Bay so farmers on the Arcata Bottom could send their produce into Eureka, Haynes said. Thirty years later, the river flowed back into the ocean.
"The Mad River channel has changed a lot (through the years)," he said.
Nowadays coastal residents in the area of the Mad River movement from Clam Beach south to School Road should heed the natural course of bluff erosion possibly compromised by the combination of wave impact and river breaching, Haynes said.
"It's a critical problem we face in California," Haynes said. The geographer recommends a slowing in development along those McKinleyville coastal bluffs. "Every year we find new slides."
Borgeld agrees. "Wherever the river mouth is at high tide is where waves will be able to get into," he said.
Amid a turbulent time in the state's forests, Gov. Gray Davis turned to a long-time North Coast resident and savvy negotiator who understands the politics of science last week, appointing Andrea Tuttle, 52, of Arcata to head the California Department of Forestry.
Tuttle runs a consulting business in her own name, a natural resource policy and planning company she founded seven years ago. Since 1997, she has also served on the California Coastal Commission. From 1976 to 1984, she was a member of the state Regional Water Quality Control Board for the North Coast.
Tuttle was featured in the North Coast Journal's Dec. 10, 1998 cover story.
When the prospect of her running the large state agency came up during the governor's visit, Humboldt County supervisors and Assemblywoman Virginia Strom-Martin gave the thumbs up in anticipation.
Tuttle's appointment comes at a controversial time for the California agency.
Just last week, 13 environmental groups announced their intention to sue the agency over logging regulations they claim kill salmon.
Also, Robert C. Hight, the state's lead negotiator on the Headwaters negotiations, has been appointed head of the California Department of Fish and Game.
Gov. Gray Davis' decision to appoint Hight dashed the hopes of former Assemblyman Dan Hauser of Arcata and Sen. Dan McCorquodale of Modesto, who were also up for the position. Other contenders included fisheries consultant William Kier of Sausalito, Sonoma County Supervisor Tim Smith and William Yates, director of the Mountain Lion Foundation. Hight's appointment requires Senate confirmation.
A lawyer and former director of the state lands commission, Hight was involved in negotiations over the California Desert Protection Act, the purchase of the Bolsa Chica wetlands and a settlement in an antitrust suit involving seven major oil companies. As head of the DFG he will be paid $105,883 annually a 5 percent reduction from the authorized salary, as requested by the governor.
Hight's appointment was praised by conservation groups, who had criticized the DFG's performance during Gov. Pete Wilson's administration.
The department was once primarily concerned with hunting and fishing but is now a key player in many controversial resource issues, such as timber harvest plans.
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I'm all for that (+1). What happens for other changes - reforactorings or small incremental improvements? While we are talking about change, I'm missing Trac terribly, and specifically its view of the code base and most importantly its ability to view the difference between revisions (see the original codebase at http://contributors.nakedobjects.org/trac/changeset?new=14810%40framework%2Ftrunk%2Fcore%2Fwebserver&old=14736%40framework%2Ftrunk%2Fcore%2Fwebserver <http://contributors.nakedobjects.org/trac/changeset?new=14810%40framework%2Ftrunk%2Fcore%2Fwebserver&old=14736%40framework%2Ftrunk%2Fcore%2Fwebserver> for an example). This has helped me tremedously so many time to see where changes are taking place and what has happened. Is there anything similar in Apache? Does anyone know of other similar tools (the source browsing/diffing part) that we could make use of? (While Trac will allow you to use a mirrored repository I don't think this would work with Isis as the repo is shared with all the other projects - ie its too big!) Regards Rob On 17/07/11 17:23, Dan Haywood wrote: > Now that we have a first release out, I'd like to ensure that there's > some traceability in changes being made... That way we can be sure > that our release notes for subsequent releases will be reasonably > comprehensive, as well as meaning that users will gain confidence in > us as being a properly-run project. > > So, what I'd like to propose that any commits that we do to the > codebase are cross-referenced to a JIRA ticket. For example, if > working on ISIS-105, then the commit message should be something like: > "ISIS-105: sorted out formatting". > > Opinions? > > Thanks > Dan >
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Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division cuts out middle man in legal cannabis sales
Getting a commission for setting up a transaction is completely legal in any number of legitimate industries, including stock trading, real estate and auto sales. So why not for medical marijuana? Because if we've learned one thing over the past several years in Colorado, it's that medical marijuana doesn't work like any other industry, for no reason whatsoever. That's why.
An interesting back-and-forth was posted September 20 on the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division website's Laws and Regulations page.
It seems that back in June, attorney Sean McAllister petitioned MMED to clarify wholesale cannabis rules on behalf of his clients. His query focused on state regulations that require a medical marijuana business to disclose all direct and indirect financial assistance that it receives; McAllister argues that the law's language isn't clear regarding whether brokering a deal between two centers would be considered "financial assistance."
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