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NEW BRUNSWICK – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Foundation of UMDNJ will host their annual Student Scholarship Gala, welcoming alumni and friends to celebrate and raise funds in support of medical education, on Saturday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m., at The Heldrich in New Brunswick. Last year's inaugural gala raised more than $205,000 in support of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School students.
"The Scholarship Gala will bring together alumni, faculty and friends of the medical school, to support our medical students who are being challenged by increasing tuition rates," said Peter S. Amenta, MD, PhD, dean of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. "Last year's inaugural gala was a grand success and brought together all of the presidents of our affiliated hospitals from throughout the state, while raising funds that are already providing financial assistance to the next generation of physicians."
Three exemplary individuals will be honored at the Gala for their dedication to promoting medical and scientific education, research, philanthropy, patient care and community health:
- Harvey A. Holzberg, MBA, FACHE, President Emeritus, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), will receive the Meritorious Service Award for his leadership and dedication to improving health care in New Jersey. As a leader in healthcare administration, and President and CEO of RWJUH for 15 years, Mr. Holzberg's work laid the foundation for the world-class academic medical center we enjoy today.
- Donald Rose, MD '80, clinical associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, NYU School of Medicine, founding director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award for his vast accomplishments in sports and dance medicine, as well as arthroscopic surgery. Dr. Rose is a nationally and internationally recognized specialist in the field of dance injuries, having founded the world-famous Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at New York's Hospital for Joint Diseases. He publishes extensively and lectures both in the United States and abroad on the unique orthopaedic injuries dancers experience.
- Stephen F. Lowry, MD, MBA, former professor and chair, Department of Surgery and senior associate dean for education at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will receive the Honorary Alumni Award posthumously, for his work in advancing medical research and mentoring. Dr. Lowry, who passed away in June 2011, epitomized the academic physician scientist. His research accomplishments were rivaled only by his ability to develop and mentor other physicians and scientists. As an academic leader, he set a benchmark that others admire within our organization, nationally and worldwide.
"In an age of increasing tuition costs in medical schools across the country, it is more important now than ever to support physicians of the future," said George F. Heinrich, M.D., vice chair and CEO of the Foundation of UMDNJ. "This Gala will provide us with a wonderful opportunity to show these future doctors that we encourage their efforts as they work toward realizing their own dreams of helping those in need."
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Evans may be out until after break
Baltimore Orioles right fielder Dwight Evans probably will not return to the active roster until after the All-Star break, but he has not given up on getting back into action sooner.
"It was recommended that he wait until after the break," manager John Oates said yesterday. "That's probably what we'll do."
Evans, who has been on the disabled list for nearly three weeks with a sore Achilles tendon, concedes that another week on the sidelines might help, but said he's still holding out the slim hope of playing in New York this weekend.

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Lessons in event management from the Matterhorn Ultraks
On August 25th and 26th Glion students in the event management program worked as volunteers at the Matterhorn Ultraks event in Zermatt. They headed up to this famous mountain ski resort to lend a hand in the set-up and organization of the event, which attracted 2,400 participants this year. The Ultraks is a two-day trail running event with different races including a vertical race, kids race, and the 16, 32


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Krusty the Clown man
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Poem by: Ian Dawn
Krusty the clown man, was a angry crapy soul,
With a cigarette and a big red nose
And two eyes red with coke.
Krusty the clown man is a alcoholic, they say,
He was sniffing snow but the children
Know how he destroyed their life one day.
There must have been some magic in that
Cigar so fat they found.
For when they watched him on TV
He began to dance around.
O, Krusty the clown man
Was barely alive you see,
And the children say you should stay away
Coz he smells like smoke and pee.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Krusty drop.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Next to the high class pro.
Krusty the clown man knew
Knew the cops were on ther way,
So he said, "Let's run and
I'll get my gun
Now before they put me away."
Down to the village,
With a boomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all
Around the square saying,
Catch me if you can.
He led them down the streets of town
Stopped by the traffic cop.
And he only paused a moment when
He heard him holler "Stop!"
For Krusty the clown man
Had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye saying,
"Don't you cry,
I;ll be out on parol some day."
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Krusty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Off to jail you go..
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lol nice one! :)
lmao lmao!!!!!! I was singing along no joke! If you can go on YouTube and type in "Jingle Bombs." (warning for insane people and people ages 15 and up)
Sneak Peek: "Oh dashing through the sand, w/ a bomb strapped to my back, i have a nasty plan for Christmas in Iraq. I got through check point A but not though check point B. That's when i got shot in the a-- by the US military. Oh jingle bombs, jingle bombs. Mine blew up you see. Where are all the virgins that Bin Laden promised me?"
I like it, Ian, pays homage to the classic song and a legendary icon, Krusty the Clown (gotta love the Simpsons, lol!!!). Nice work, my friend.
Somewhere, Frosty's snow is turning to tears. But who cares? Great jingle, fits like a T. definitely fits Krusty.
LOL This s BRILLIENT. Perfect fit :P
Haha, very good mate - very festive!!
You did this so well. Made me laugh. Loved it. :) Sherry
What the heck man??!!!
That was some funny stuff!! Ian!! LOL...
Had to laugh reading this one. XD Brilliant.
oh so funny!! I certainly like this cool one, PERFECT FOR A GOOD LAUGH!
Nice to see you getting into the holiday spirit. Happy Holidays.
(No kidding, the description actually fits a guy I've seen around the neighbourhood o.O)
HAHAHAHA this is so funny made me laugh so much! :D x
Seems like your song is for children but it has adult elements-very funny. I think a lot of writers like mixing things together like you've done here. It's an interesting idea mixing Frosty and Krusty.
Love the simpsons! Awesome man, truly awesome. :D
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The opportunity to update cotton bases is a great benefit to Georgia growers, especially in comparison to growers in other parts of the U.S. Cotton Belt.
"We're going to see some acreage and base shifts here in Georgia," says Don Shurley, University of Georgia Extension cotton economist. "If you're a cotton producer in Georgia, it's an opportunity to get your bases and payments much more in line with what you're actually growing."
Under the 1996 farm bill, explains Shurley, Georgia cotton growers claimed a cotton base of 964,000 acres, while the actual acreage in the state has ranged from 1.3 to 1.5 million since 1996. Georgia has a wheat base - under the old farm bill - of 800,000 acres. However, Georgia farmers don't produce half of that amount.
In addition, growers claimed a corn base under the old farm legislation of 900,000 acres. This past year, only 340,000 acres of corn were planted in Georgia.
"Growers in North Carolina find themselves pretty much in the same situation, while cotton acreage in the Mid-South and Texas actually has decreased. Base updating isn't as big a deal for these other growers as it is for us in Georgia. It'll be a great benefit," says the economist.
The new farm bill, says Shurley, offers both opportunities and challenges for cotton producers. "Under the old legislation, all we had was AMTA payments. Under the new cotton program, we'll have a direct payment and a counter-cyclical payment kicking in," he says.
For the past three or four years, Congress has had to step in and issue double AMTA payments, or issue AMTA payments again as part of a financial assistance package for cotton growers, he says.
"So Congress went ahead and put counter-cyclical payments in this new program — something that would kick in automatically whenever prices are low — so they don't have to come back each year with additional legislation."
Growers will receive the direct payment, he adds, regardless of market conditions. The direct payment is set at 6.67 cents per pound.
If a grower doesn't have oilseeds, or if he hasn't planted an oilseed crop such as soybeans or canola in the past four years, then he has only two options — either he'll update his bases or he'll keep them as they are, says Shurley.
"If you don't have an oilseed history, you'll go with option one or four. Options two, three and five don't apply to you. If you have an oilseed history and you want to add them, you can look at options two, three and five.
"The difference in those options is in how much oilseed base you have. It's not a matter of adding or not adding. If you add over a certain limit, you'll have to reduce your other bases."
The counter-cyclical payment, notes Shurley, will be based on the grower's election of one of three options. "Let's suppose that you have a current yield of 600 pounds per acre. In the past four years, you've averaged 700 pounds per acre.
"With the three options, you can retain your current yield, which is 600. Or, you can add to your current yield 70 percent of the difference between the current yield and the four-year average, which will give you 670. Or, you can go with 93.5 percent of your yield during the past four years. If you update your bases, you can select one of these three options to get your counter-cyclical payments."
If a grower chooses not to update his bases, the counter-cyclical payment will be made at the current yield level, he adds.
"Whatever option you elect for one crop must be the same for all crops. You can't select one option for corn and another option for cotton. You have to look across your entire farm — all yields and acreages — and calculate the best option for the whole farm."
Even with loan deficiency payments, it has been difficult, says Shurley, for cotton producers to make a profit or break even with the prices and yields of recent years. "Because direct payments and counter-cyclical payments are tied to base or historical production, these payments will be received regardless of acres planted and actual yield. Producers must base their planting decisions on expected market prices and total receipts, including LDP's or marketing from the loan."
Budget planning, he says, can assist growers in making planting decisions this spring. "Because direct payments and counter-cyclical payments are not dependent on planting and production, acres planted must produce yields that will cover at least operating expenses, including land rent.
"If yields are less than this amount, it may be better to switch production to another crop or idle the land. One problem with taking land out of production, however, is the risk of little or no counter-cyclical payment. It land is in production, a lower counter-cyclical payment is offset by a higher price for the crop."
The relationship between prices and payments is an important consideration in determining what to plant, how much to plant, and strategies for marketing the crop, says Shurley.
"Even with the increased safety net offered by the 2002 farm bill, yield, quality and marketing remain the keys to profitability."


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Gurgaon MP's exit to change political equation in south Haryana
Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh's announcement to quit the Congress on Monday has set the ball rolling for formation of new political equations in southern Haryana.gurgaon Updated: Sep 24, 2013 01:10 IST
Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh's announcement to quit the Congress on Monday has set the ball rolling for formation of new political equations in southern Haryana.
While Inderjit has not made his future plans public, there are clear indications that the Ahir leader could carve out his political future by transforming his non-political front- Haryana Insaaf Manch into a full fledged political party. His daughter, Bharti Singh has in fact applied for the registration of Haryana Insaaf Congress as a political party.
His departure from the Congress is being considered as a setback for the ruling Congress in Ahir dominated constituencies of southern Haryana. The Ahirwal region in southern Haryana has 11 assembly segments spread over three Lok Sabha seats — Bhiwani-Mahendergarh, Gurgaon and Rohtak (one segment only) —having a sizeable presence of Ahir voters.
The ruling Congress at present has seven MLAs from these 11 segments which are situated in the districts of Gurgaon, Rewari and Mahendergarh. In fact, Inderjit's younger brother, Rao Yadvendra Singh is also a Congress MLA from Kosli constituency.
While Inderjit's meetings with BJP top leadership had set off speculations over the possibility of him switching sides, political analysts feel that it is quite unlikely that he will join the saffron party.
Haryana watchers feel that Inderjit could harm Congress prospects in Ahirwal if he floats his own political outfit and strikes an alliance with Om Prakash Chautala's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).
His departure from the Congress has also thrown the field wide open for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat.
Rewari MLA and Haryana Power Minister, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav is certain to stake claim for a Congress ticket for Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat.
By announcing his decision to quit the Congress on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Rao Tula Ram who led the 1857 revolt against the British empire in Rewari area, Rao Inderjit on Monday chose an apt platform to kick off his future political maneuvers.
The quantum of success he achieves in his new innings would determine his political future and standing in the state.
Congress unfazed by Inderjit's decision
Congress on Monday appeared unconcerned over sulking party MP Rao Inderjit Singh's decision to bid goodbye to "Congress politics"."He is free to do that. There is no harm in that.
Congress party is yet to decide the candidate from the seat....It will take an appropriate decision at an appropriate time", party spokesman P C Chacko told reporters in reply to questions on the issue. Singh, who was recently in the limelight for demanding a probe into land deals of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, today said he was bidding goodbye to "Congress politics".
Addressing a rally at Rewari in Haryana, the member of Lok Sabha from Gurgaon said he would not contest the next elections for Congress as he was upset with the "existing circumstances" in the party.
Singh, the bete noire of Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has been sulking for quite some time especially after he was removed from the Union Council of Ministers about two years ago.
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Cruise Role:
As chief scientist on the second leg of SDCoastEx, Ben will be working
to coordinate research and sampling to maximize the scientific objectives
accomplished over the seven-day cruise. This includes preparing a balanced
cruise sampling plan, deciding when the Melville goes to what stations, and
communicating with the captain and resident technicians so that everyone is on
the same page. A fifth-year Ph.D. student, this is Ben's eleventh research
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Ben has been in Lisa Levin's lab in the Biological Oceanography program since 2008 and will finish his Ph.D. sometime in 2013. Ben is interested in the ecology of chemosynthetic ecosystems, and has previously researched seep communities off Costa Rica and Oregon. At
these sites, he has deployed experimental substrates to see how different
aspect of the environment affect the colonizing macrofauna (animals larger than
0.3 mm). He has also used stable isotopes to track food web relationships
between different kinds of worms, crabs, snails, limpets, and bacteria that are
common at methane seeps.
Ben's science goals on this cruise are mainly related to the seep we discovered 20 miles off San Diego's coastline in July 2012. We will revisit the site to collect sediment cores and describe the geochemistry, microbiology, and invertebrate communities of this particular seep, to place the environment into context with others on the U.S. west coast. We also hope to use the ROV to explore for new methane seeps. We hope that seeps found near San Diego might become long-term research sites, allowing Scripps researchers to venture into these exciting deep-sea ecosystems more easily than in the past.
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While Ben is away at a conference in New Zealand, Christina will be the stand-in Chief Scientist for the first leg of the journey. She
is a Ph.D. student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and has participated
in many research cruises that have been as far south as Chile and as warm as
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community responses of animals living within the sediment on the seafloor to
sharp changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide. To do this she will use
sediment cores collected with the multicore along a transect through the Oxygen
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carbon dioxide environment. This research will contribute to a global dataset
of macrofaunal patterns across OMZs and support her dissertation research that
focuses on implications of low oxygen and high CO2 for marine
Alexis will be working with the
Seep Team to locate cold seeps near San Diego using the ROV and collect samples
at these sites.
Single-celled eukaryotes, also known as protists, are the
predecessors to multicellular plants and animals. Animal-like (heterotrophic)
protists are important grazers and nutrient recyclers in marine ecosystems;
however, we know very little about the distribution, diversity or trophic roles
of these protists below the sunlit surface of the ocean. Chemosynthetic ecosystems
such as methane seeps are "hot spots" of life on the seafloor and provide a
unique environment to study the extent to which protists are adapted to live
and interact with other organisms under extreme conditions – dark, low oxygen,
high concentrations of toxic chemicals. The overall goal of her dissertation is
to provide an understanding of the ecology of heterotrophic protists within
methane seep ecosystems. She is interested in examining the distribution and
diversity of heterotrophic protists in relation to geochemical (e.g., methane
and sulfide concentrations) and biological variables (e.g., prey availability)
within methane seep ecosystems. Samples collected during the San Diego Coastal
Expedition cruise will enable her to compare protistan communities collected from
San Diego seeps with those she has collected from Oregon seeps. Because these
seeps exist at different depths and under different oxygen concentrations, she
can gain further insight into how variations in chemical (e.g., oxygen
concentrations) and physical (e.g., depth) factors influence the composition
and diversity of seep protists.
SungHyun will be collecting water samples
and data from CTD casts, ADCP, and all the meteorological measurements during the cruise.
Better understanding of spatiotemporal variability in hydrography
is particularly important for addressing underlying mechanisms that drive
changes in biogeochemical parameters like DO, pH, DIC, etc. The question
Sungyun will answer on the cruise is: how is the spatiotemporal structure of physical
parameters characterized and associated with changes in biogeochemical parameters on the San Diego continental
margin? He will use data collected from CTD casts to examine spatial structure
and the relationship with biogeochemical parameters. Combined with time series
data collected at the Del Mar and other moorings, physical processes at
multiple scales affecting the change in biogeochemistry will be addressed.
These processes include, but are not limited to, internal waves/tides, sea/land
breeze-driven oscillations, temporal upwelling and relaxation, seasonal upwelling,
interannual climate events (El Niño/La Niña), and decadal trends.
Mike will lead research using
the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for biological surveys along the seafloor of
San Diego's continental shelf.
As the climate changes, the environment of
Southern California Current System, including the coastal waters of San Diego, may
be becoming less suitable for coastal dwelling organisms including those that
we eat (fished species). More acidic,
warmer seawater that holds less oxygen (ocean acidification, warming,
deoxygenation, respectively) poses a triple threat for ALL organisms that live
here. The susceptibility of most species
to these factors is unknown BUT it is urgently
needed to ensure that policies protect valuable natural resources, including
those valued economically. As a starting
point, Mike will address his research questions to gather evidence for species
that inhabit areas that are exposed to these threats AND that are important
economically and ecologically. Initially
Mike will focus work on the market squid, Doryteuthis
opalescens, and the spot prawn, Pandalus
platycerous. Both species are
valuable commercial fishery species and are known to dwell on the seafloor. His research questions include: What are the vertical distributions of the
market squid and the spot prawn in relation to acidic, deoxygenated seawater (e.g.
Oxygen Minimum Shoaling (OMZ))? Does
this relationship change seasonally?
Yui will be working with the CTD team to measure pH in the water column. In addition, he will field test the "Deep-Sea Durafet", a novel pH sensor that can make continuous measurements up to 3000m.
Yui is interested in advancing autonomous chemical sensor technology for ocean monitoring applications. Autonomous sensors are devices that run on internal power for extended periods of time without a human operator. He has been heavily involved in the development of the SeaFET and SeapHOx, (chemical sensor packages that measure pH (and dissolved oxygen in the case for the SeapHOx) for months) and over 90 of them have been deployed worldwide. He has helped deployments of the SeapHOx in the kelp forests in La Jolla, moorings off the coast of California, Maui, Palmyra, and the Yucatan peninsula.
John will be collecting bottle samples from CTD casts for
oxygen andcalcium measurements. He is also responsible for earning his
sea legs, as this is the second adventure at sea for John and first as an SIO
graduate student.
John is a first year graduate student interested in
developing new ways of measuring the chemical composition of the ocean
including the carbonate system, pH, and nutrients. For instance, this cruise will be
the first application of a calcium titration system developed earlier this year.
Chemical concentrations and changes in space and time provide information about
physical, chemical, and biological dynamics in a salty soup of atoms. Cellular
respiration requires an electron acceptor, molecular oxygen in aerobic
metabolism, to break down organics and produce energy. Many marine organisms form
shells and skeletons by combining calcium and carbonate ions. The amount and quality
of information that describes the ocean system is ultimately dependent on
measurement methods and instrumentation.
As a part of the OMZ team, Kelley will be collecting core
sediment samples using the multicorer. Kelley has participated in a number of
field trips to collect sediment samples from diving depths, but the San Diego
Coastal Expedition will be her very first cruise.
Kelley is a third year graduate student in Paul Jensen's
lab. She studies a group of bacteria called actinomycetes that live in
terrestrial soils and marine sediments. Actinomycetes are an unusual group of
bacteria because they dedicate a large amount of energy to the production of
complex small molecules. These molecules come in an incredible diversity of
structures that are sometimes used as antibiotics, anti-cancer agents, or as a
variety of other pharmaceuticals. Although these small molecules are often
useful to humans, no one knows why they are useful to the bacteria that make
them. For example, they may be acting as warfare agents to kill competitors, or
as a part of the chemical language that bacteria use to communicate, or used to
survive periods of low oxygen. Although actinomycetes have been found in marine
sediments, these environments can vary greatly, and no one knows which sediment
environments they prefer. To answer some of these questions, during the cruise
Kelley will be looking to see which environmental conditions in the sediments
best support actinomycete growth, and in which environmental conditions
actinomycetes produce some of these small molecules. In addition, because this
cruise will allow her to search sediments deeper than what is commonly sampled
for actinomycetes, she hopes to find previously uncultured groups of
actinomycetes that will be screened for the production of new pharmaceutically
active molecules.
Amanda will be using the ROV to
collect visual data on the distributions of animals living in mesopelagic (200-1000 m) depth. These data will be correlated with environmental data collected by the CTD team.
In all of the world's oceans, there exists a deep
aggregation of unusual fishes, crustaceans and gelatinous organisms that live
suspended in the water column. This layer is often referred to as the "deep
scattering layer (DSL)," because it was first revealed by the strong scattering
of sound reflected from active sonar systems. Many of the DSL animals are
essential prey to organisms with commercial and conservation interest, such as
tunas, sharks and whales, yet little is known about their population dynamics
and susceptibility to anthropogenic changes to the oceanic environment. Amanda's advisor, Dr. J. Anthony Koslow, recently initiated a midwater sampling
program in the waters offshore of San Diego. Our lab uses trawl nets and active
acoustics to sample the animals. The trawl nets are efficient at capturing many
of the fishes and crustaceans, however many fragile gelatinous organisms are
destroyed in the nets. On the SDCE cruises, Amanda will use the ROV to get a
complete picture of the finescale vertical structure of the midwater ecosystem
at the boundary of the continental margin. Along with measurements of
environmental variables, the visual surveys will provide her with data to help
understand how environmental factors shape the vertical habitat space for deep
open ocean animals. Further, patterns discerned through data collected on this
cruise will contribute to our understanding of how the predicted deoxygenation,
acidification and warming may affect open ocean ecosystems.
Kirk will investigate the relative
abundance and distribution of benthic megafauna and demersal fishes on the continental shelf and slope. He will co-lead the Shelf team with Mike Navarro during otter trawl sampling and on ROV benthic operations.
Kirk is a PhD student in Dr. Lisa Levin's lab at Scripps. The ocean interior is experiencing a rapid decrease in dissolved oxygen and these oxygen limited zones are expanding to shallower depths. What does this mean for benthic taxa and populations that conduct aerobic metabolism? Does the oxygen concentration in the surrounding water limit certain species distributions? If so, which species and at what oxygen concentration? Kirk's
research questions are motivated by the need to consider these metabolic thresholds, in addition to CO2 stress and pH stress, in structuring low oxygen communities, especially as OMZs expand in future decades.
As faculty mentor for this cruise, Levin
will be available to all students for consultation on matters ranging from
event scheduling and sample processing to cruise reporting. She will try to
help students acquire skills needed for cruise leadership, assist with
OMZ sampling, provide seep expertise, and mentor her grad students to optimize
their cruise outcomes.
A professor at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography (SIO), Lisa Levin studies the animals on the deep and shallow seafloor.
Levin received her PhD from SIO, conducted postdoctoral studies at Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, taught for nine years at North Carolina State
University, and returned to SIO as a faculty member in 1992. Much of Levin's
deep-sea research focuses on the structure and function of continental margin
ecosystems , including habitats such as methane seeps and oxygen minimum
zones. She is currently addressing climate change consequences for deep-sea
systems and promoting stewardship of the deep ocean. Levin has been
active in the Census of Marine Life Continental Margin Ecosystems
(COMARGE) and Chemosynthetic Ecosystem Science (ChEss) programs and the
international follow on SYNDEEP and INDEEP programs. She has participated in
more than 35 cruises in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, many as
chief scientist. Back at Scripps, she also investigates aspects of
populations connectivity, ocean acidification and deoxygenation, and wetland
ecology and restoration.
Cruise Role:
Carlos Neira as part of the OMZ team will be collecting sediment
samples from a multicorer to study the metazoan meiofauna of the OMZ and other
settings such as methane seeps.
Carlos, an associate project scientist at Levin Lab, is interested
in the continental margin meiofauna, primarily those of the eastern Pacific
OMZs. Present knowledge of meiofaunal
ecology along the EP OMZ is not commensurate with the crucial role this group
plays in the benthic ecosystem. As
oceanic oxygen levels decline globally and OMZs expand, meiofauna are likely to
displace macro- and megafauna, with likely consequences for essential ecosystem
functions. The set of samples collected during this cruise together with
meiofaunal samples previously collected along the eastern Pacific margin (Chile
to Oregon) will be used to examine in what extent low oxygen/high organic
matter conditions within the OMZs select for specific meiofaunal patterns of
abundance, taxonomic composition, diversity, biomass, feeding modes. The
research will fill a major gap in the knowledge of meiofaunal ecology and
contribute to a better understanding of the influence of hypoxia thresholds on
marine biodiversity, of growing importance in the face of current OMZ expansion
due to climate change.
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Our Etsy Shop Re-Launched – TofufuStudio
Okie! Perhaps not many folks know that Tofufu actually has an Etsy shop since we've already have our website Tofufu.com. Our Etsy shop is not really 'NEW' either (it has sort of existed for more than 2 years), but for the first time we have decided to 're-decorate' it and made it into a REAL SHOP.
It's called Tofufu Studio. TA DA! Now we have 2 shops!
Instead of offering everything that we currently have on Tofufu.com, we only offer our own art work on Etsy per their guideline. Now there's not much but we will try to add new products every two weeks. From now on, if you would like to find a wide range of items, we suggest you visit our official website Tofufu.com; if you are a heavy Etsy user, please pop over and visit us at Tofufu Studio on Etsy : )
And here's our fantastic About Page in our Etsy shop!
It's a really nice feature which gives sellers more space to present themselves.


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Greater accessibility and better responsiveness to user concerns are two of the central objectives of the
Libraries vision for our developing digital library. As one department's experiences have clearly shown,
the digital environment allows them to take giant leaps towards meeting both goals.
"Much of this was unexpected," explains Brian Beyer, Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Coordinator. "We had a
thousand good reasons for creating an ILL web form and for going ahead with electronic delivery of ILL
articles. From a service perspective, electronic delivery of articles would be quicker and more convenient
for patrons. From an office management perspective it makes our workflow easier and saves money on paper
and toner. What we didn't anticipate was the dramatic increase in interaction with patrons that the
changes facilitated."
In Spring 2002 the Interlibrary Loan department made a number of improvements to their services, including
a new ILL web form (from which patrons can place new ILL requests or check the status of existing
requests), and electronic delivery of all ILL articles. "Shortly after we made these changes, our office
began hearing from more and more users," continues Brian. "This is because every interaction a patron now
has with the ILL office -- from the initial placement of the request to the delivery of the article over
the web -- comes with a 'reply-to' email address. In the past if a patron had a question about an ILL
request, needed clarification about a library notice, needed to report a problem, etc., he or she was
directed to use the 'Ask a Librarian' service. Now the ILL office is just a click away -- with a real
person's email address!"
"These service improvements have been enormously popular with patrons. I believe they have also made us a
more responsive department. Since the Rutgers Delivery Service has recently come on board with the
electronic delivery of articles, I suspect they'll see the same benefits we have."
The story of the new Intern-Resident in the Libraries reflects what is, perhaps, one of the better axioms
given to those seeking career advice: "Go towards what you like."
Rutgers College student Melissa John was looking forward to graduating in May 2004 with a double major in
history and journalism. As part of her journalism studies Melissa interned at the New Brunswick Small
Business Association, helping to write and publish the association's monthly newsletter. She was all set
to begin a promising career in journalism or public relations. Yet she had begun to doubt that such a
career would allow her to act on her ideals and express her own views.
Meanwhile, Melissa served as a work-study student in Libraries Administration and liked the collegial
environment in the Libraries. She also noted how so much of the work requires careful research, an
exposure to a variety of subjects, and an emphasis on continued growth and learning. Melissa consulted
with various colleagues to learn more about the field and was encouraged by what she heard about the
nature of the profession. So she applied to enroll in the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)
program at SCILS.
Around the same time Melissa learned about the Libraries/SCILS Intern-Resident post, and she applied for
the position. Melissa learned months later that the Intern/Resident selection committee had identified her
as one of two finalists, and she interviewed with the committee in the late spring. She was delighted to
hear in mid June that she had been selected as the new Libraries/SCILS Intern-Resident.
The Libraries/SCILS Intern-Resident post serves as a pioneering program in librarianship, as one of only a
handful of similar posts in academic libraries nationwide that combines on-the-job experience with
classroom training. Yet for Melissa, this is not the first time she has tackled unique challenges.
The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, she and her two siblings were the first generation born in the
United States. Melissa and her older sister were also the first ones in their immediate family to graduate
from college.
Melissa has already begun her internship, working now in Alexander Library's access services under the
mentorship of Francoise Puniello and Farideh Tehrani. She will receive day to day guidance from access
services supervisors Jeff Teichman and Roger Smith. Over the course of the two-year internship, Melissa
will rotate to other departments and gain exposure to the many roles and functions in the New Brunswick
Melissa envisions a busy semester ahead, in which she'll continue her work in the Libraries while also
taking classes in human information behavior, organization of information, and evaluation of library and
information services and systems.
We wish Melissa much success in her new career path.
Dana Library
Helen Funnye, Library Assistant II
New Brunswick Libraries
Jazmine Faherty, Library Assistant II
Rebecca Martinez, Library Supervisor I
Natascha Owens, Library Assistant II
Melanie Roberts, Library Supervisor I
Penny Weniger, Library Supervisor I
New Brunswick Libraries
John Keisers, Application Developer
Paul Young, Library Associate II
Libraries Administration Budget Office
Donna Kessler, Business Specialist
Contributors for this issue were Brian Beyer and Margaret Hodes.
Contributions for future issues of The
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Hello dear friends,
It's Aleksandra with you again today and I finally made for you one of my all-time favourite projects - explosion box with so many gorgeous Scrapiniec chipboards. I looove to use them to built 3d scenes inside my explosion boxes and this time I made a wedding scene, since the season in almost here. Hope you'll like it. :)
I've used several Scrapiniec products, you can find in their store:


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Author: Zaou Taishi
Status: Manga
Published Outside Japan: No
Published by: N/A
Release Date: N/A
Age Appropriateness: 18+
Presented by: Bliss [http://yaoibliss.cjb.net/]
Preview based on chapter one of Aruji No Oose No Mama Ni
Nanjou is the life and soul of the Student Council's Office. Thing is he isn't an actual officer. That belongs to Yuu and Shuu, except Yuu and Shuu don't really do anything and just rely on Nanjou to do everything. They even used Nanjou to get elected to the office. And whenever he complains that he does all the work Yuu and Shuu scream that they love him.
That's when Nanjou's sexy helper, Asouzu, comes with the cup of coffee. For some reason Asouzu is always at Nanjou's side. So far the only people that seem to notice is Yuu and Shuu, and that's because their jealous that Asouzu only serves Nanjou.
Eventually Nanjou picks up on it and starts asking Asouzu questions. Exactly why does Asouzu feel so compled to be at Nanjou's side at all times when it's usually Nanjou serving others. Well it turns out that Asouzu wants to serve Nanjou in every and anyway that Nanjou sees fit.
Asouzu proves how "committed" he really is to being Nanjou's servant and says he'll do whatever Nanjou wants. And that it's time that Nanjou has someone to serve him instead of him serving others.
That's as far as I got in the story in chapter 1. And it's a pretty funny story so far.
It art is really nice. There is a great deal of attention spent on the detail. Zaou went so far as to design the tie's that the boys are wearing as part of their uniform. You can also see it in the way their jackets are worn and you can see their moments in them. Blah blah sound like I'm ranting huh. Alright some observations of mine…
The story is a balance of comedy and drama it's done really well. Yuu and Shuu are always seen in a comical way while Nanjou tends to be serious. So you won't be stuck in a constant stream of drama, you'll get a chance to laugh too.
Usually I comment when there is something bad to say, but since I can't really say much I guess that's a good sign.
So I only have the first chapter of what looks to be a very promissing yaoi manga story. I can tell from what I've read so far that it's going to be funny. It's definitly I will keep an eye on for further developments. I don't know what it is about but it's just funny. It's probably just Yuu and Shuu as I find myself just laughing whenever there is scene with them in it. The cutest Student Council presidents ever!
Ok besides Yuu and Shuu it's a really interesting story and I would like to see the ending. The premise of having a sexy servant just makes me interested in the whole damn thing.
Another great thing about the story is that so far it's a nice balance between sex and story. It could very well be a good story without sex–which we wouldn't want anyway–but it shows that it has content or at least I think it does. I really what the hype that the story built up in chapter one continues throughout the rest of the story. Either way if you're strolling scanlation websites and you see this and you want a good laugh go ahead and pick it up. I'm adding this to my "Wish to one day be published" list.
I love Yuu and Shuu! ^_^
By Cherubim


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Grateful Dead
Come Join Us For Road Trips!
More Details
Track listing for both CDs and
the bonus disc as well.
::Click Here
Browse Vol 1, No 1 Archives
New Haven, CT - 10/25/79
Uniondale, NY - 10/31/79
Philadelphia, PA - 11/6/79
Landover,MD - 11/8/79
Buffalo, NY - 11/9/79
Ann Arbor, MI - 11/10/79
It's time to put a little gas-gas-gas back into the ol' Tour Bus and give it another spin, because Grateful Dead is very pleased to announce the debut of a new series of archival releases called Road Trips!
Here's the deal: We all loved the Dicks Picks series. Over the course of 36 amazing releases between 1993 and 2005, GD archivists Dick Latvala (R.I.P.) and David Lemieux continually blew our little minds plucking one righteous show after another from the vaults, from classics like the February '70 Fillmore East run (DP4) and Englishtown '77 (DP 15), to overlooked masterpieces like 9/28/76 (DP 20) and 9/21/72 (DP 36), and shows not in general circulation among traders at the time, such as the February '68 shows of DP 22 and the superb "Houseboat Tapes" from August 1971 that made up DP 35. Coupled with the many exceptional releases culled from multitrack tapes (the Fillmore West box, Steppin' Out, The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack, Nightfall of Diamonds, et al) and the popular Download Series, there's been a lot of musical territory covered over the years… but not all of it, of course—not even close!
With Road Trips we're going to try something a little different. We want to plug in a few more pieces of the Grateful Dead puzzle by putting the spotlight on different tours and series of shows that have been neglected through the years. Take Road Trips Volume 1, Number 1, for instance. This two-disc set (plus a special Bonus Disc - now sold out) was culled from the Dead's blazing fall 1979 East Coast swing, when the band was just hitting its stride with new keyboardist Brent Mydland. You'll find killer versions of "Dancing in the Street" > "Franklin's Tower," long exploratory jams on "Playing in the Band" and "Terrapin," a rattle-your-brain "Shakedown," and lots more, all pulled from the master tapes in the vault and expertly mastered in HDCD for maximum power and clarity by Jeffrey Norman. The sold out Bonus Disc offers another hour-and-a-quarter of highlights from the tour. (You can find the complete track listings for all three discs here.)
Every Road Trips release will come with a beautifully designed booklet containing an essay about how the music on the discs fits into the Dead's long history, plus many rare and never-before-seen photographs. We think you'll agree it's a pretty cool package. But wait, there's more (as they say)! When each "edition" of Road Trips is announced on this site, we will also give you a link to an affiliated site devoted to the series which will include such goodies as articles and reviews from the tour (See one reviewer after another mess up Grateful Dead song titles! See the band savaged by cretinous critics!); additional photos; and any other weird/cool stuff we come across. Together we can paint a really rich and vibrant audio-visual picture of different stops along the Grateful Dead highway!
And this is just the BEGINNING of what we promise will be a tidal wave of releases, which will include more rarities from the deepest corners of the vault, multitrack releases, box sets (the patient will be rewarded; nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say no more), DVDs, downloads and who-knows-what-else. So keep your Third Eye tuned into this space for more in the coming weeks and months!
--Blair Jackson
A Few AFAQ's (Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions) About Road Trips
Sounds pretty interesting, but what took you guys so frickin' long? We thought you'd forgotten us.
Naw, we never forgot you. It's just taken a little longer than expected to get the ball rolling again and to figure out how to move forward in a way that will satisfy and hopefully also expand the fan base. As a certain sage known to all of us once wrote: "It takes time to pick a place to go…"
Is Dicks Picks over, done, kaput?
Yes, that series of releases ended with Volume 36. It will continue to be available, however. Road Trips will have a little more flexibility than Dicks Picks, in that we are not limited to full-show releases, or even 2-track tapes…or anything for that matter—we haven't made any rules about what IT is. I guarantee we'll surprise you from time to time.
But we want to hear full shows, too!
Don't worry, there will definitely still be full-show releases. We'll have more on that soon.
OK, I guess it might be pretty cool. I'll check it out. In fact I've got a ton of ideas of shows and tours you guys should be releasing…
Well, let's hear it. Of course we want your well-reasoned insights and input! The Dead have always looked to Dead Heads for inspiration and ideas, and you're needed now more than ever!
Casson really does seem to want to take care of biz, and I'm very pleased with this result. If you're still having Issues (sigh), PM me and I'll pass on the contacts also.
Badger, thanks much for this good news. And Blair, thanks for your insights.
After intervention from Marye, I am now being mailed replacements for the missing discs.
The Customer Service guy said I could pass on his contact details for others in the same situation. These are now up on Eurotraders.....PM me if you want the contacts.
Big thanks to Marye and Casson at Iventa
Not-so-insulted-and-injured badger (I remembered my meds today too!)
My bad - I wasn't blaming you or the other folk who put the set together. I know it's not your faultses.
Personally, I'd rather have an explanation than more meaningless apologies. I'm not holding my breath.
And, yes, the listening party and the Jack-A-Roe download could be perceived as yet more insult to injury. If I was in that frame of mind. Which today I'm not.
Kiwi Ken - Early days BAM's long ago NZ subscriber.
it doesn't make sense and its not the first time
- On the disappearance of the downloadable DPs (way back and eventually corrected, but the downloadable artwork issue has never been corrected)
- On the policy change on the MP3s
- On this mailing fiasco
The only communication we receive on this site is via nice folks who are not actually responsible: our mods, David G,Blair J and David L. who are being used by all sides as voluntary gobetweens.
The 'caring' people in charge are conspicuous in their continued refusal to communicate with us on this site (apart from the recent Christmas present of a downloadable Jack-a-Roe, which even if well meant, adds insult to injury for many)
We may be a bit hasty at times to criticise, but most people would (IMO) respond positively to some direct communication (viz Blair's recent post)
I have almost experience of the music business, I do not work in the commercial world, but if Rhino is really struggling to find the right format to market the Vault effectively, then pissing off the hard core fans and driving them back to trading and bootlegging seems a very strange way to solve the problem.
Anyway the world's drowning in Carbon Dioxide, thousands are dying in a pointless war provoked by our lying leaders and I can buy strawberries flown in from Ethiopia in my local supermarket........insane, myopic incompetence is where it's at it seems
Happy Midwinter festival everyone, may the new year bring peace, sanity, global harmony......... and my fucking Road Trips ;-)
Good to hear some words of sympathy and empathy. But if the "fulfillment" folks are really trying to do a great job, why don't they at least admit they screwed up, offer an apology, and simply post replacement copies by air mail to all those, like me, in Europe, Australia and Canada who have waited in vain for nearly two months since our money was taken and we were told our CDs were on their way?
Kenny, this isn't the answer you want to hear, but I really am just a lowly servant involved with the creative side of this venture--putting discs together and writing articles for the website. I know literally nothing about "fulfillment" (as they say in the biz), shipping and all that stuff, though through this space I've certainly become aware of all the problems some of you are experiencing--both mailing SNAFUs for some and what seems to be a rather unfair postage structure for others--and my heart goes out to you, honestly. I wish I had the power to pick up the phone and talk to someone and do right by you, but I'm really just not involved on that level. I feel all the worse for it because I DO know that everyone's intentions--from the top Rhino guys on down to the folks in the mailroom--is to do a great job and give all you Deadheads what you order at a reasonable price. The fact that it hasn't worked out that way for a sizable number of people, is completely mortifying to me and to others. I don't know what to say other than hopefully it will come together better next time 'round. I certainly understand and share your frustration...Having run a magazine--The Golden Road--for nine years, I experienced just about everything that could possibly go wrong with either printing or mailing, so I've seen it from both sides...
Like, I suspect, many others I am happy to go with the flow as regards the specific releases and how they are put together.
What I am not prepared to cop is the ridiculous delivery situation. Shipping confirmed? BS!
It simply shouldn't be possible for something to be shipped to Australia - let alone Canada or the US - and for it to take upwards of two months. And counting. And counting the $15 I paid for the privilege.
Something's going on here, but we aren't being told what is, are we Mr Jackson? :)
thanks for sharing that with us Blair....happy to stand corrected and even happier to hear for the first time a bit of rational background to some of what's been happening this last year or two. Transparency counts for a lot :-)
So its a vicious circle then ...you say that downloading killed Dicks Picks, but IMHO frustration at the lack of official releases has stimulated the vineyard not so far from here and encouraged a lot of people to start trading again and replacing their worn out tapes.
I sort of imagined that if you could get the material out there as fast as possible through purchased downloads then you would mop up the market before the bootleggers got organised.
Radiohead tried offering their latest as a download where the buyer chooses the price, with the packaged CD issued later. Very daring, but I'm not sure how that has gone.
Surely the edge that Rhino has is a) they can make at least some of the stuff from the vault sound far better than almost anything traded (that's what interests me most) and b) all the video that's apparently still there.
nice talking!
In your above note about why there are no longer Dick's Picks. You guys do a great job , it amazing the amount of shit that is flung your way. The karmic consequences of those types of behavior will come back to haunt the givers of that energy. I am not talking about constructive criticism here. Keep up the good work on the site and the releases.
Happy holidays.
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
William Blake
It's the other way around, CB...this is the reason the system is so screwed up. This is why Dick's Picks stopped being successful its last two years...It's really that simple. If you want to know why that series is no longer happening, you need look no further than the massive proliferation of full-show SBDs on archive.org when that was rampant. Totally undercut the series. The "market" now expects and wants everything to be free...Maybe not you, CB, but many...And who can blame them?


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DIY Macrophotography rail slide
Hi folks,
I don't have much free time so I'm not sure I'd ever be able to make it in on Wednesday to check things out but my reason for joining the forum was to see if anyone could help me source some parts.
I e-mailed Kile a while ago about finding a rack gear that was small enough and fine enough to use in a DIY macrophotography rail that I am trying to build. While it would be nice to know if there is a small scale manufacturer of these kinds of things -every rack gear I find online is for larger industrial applications, the smallest length being 2ft and usually only sold in bulk- I did manage to locate an 8mm lead screw with 1mm pitch and 1mm lead plus some other parts for $40 cdn.
Not looking to motorize it, I need it light and portable, as the main reason I am using it is for snowflake photography.
Currently I'm now searching for a handle to turn the lead screw and trying to think of a design for the carriage for the camera was well as a method of firmly locking the slide.
Maybe one day I can get in on Wednesday to check things out.
my e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com
eg from last year trying to manually slide my tripod centre post up and down for focus: https://flic.kr/p/PBMJLP
Grant Fraser
@gmphotography said:
macrophotography rail
I found these on Amazon. Is this what you're trying to build or are you looking for something else?
Essentially yes. Those cheap ones though are a dime a dozen. Don't positively lock when it is in the vertical position. They're fine for horizontal work but the build quality just isn't there. To get one that is of high quality costs anywhere between $250-700 U.S. Thought I could make one that locks well myself for the same amount as these cheap ones on Amazon, and if not, then I didn't really lose much. Much better than spending a huge amount of money, I'd rather save it for my astrophotography.
Grant Fraser
I found this article that has a picture of one.
It looks a lot like a z axis of a 3D printer
Another site has someone building one by gluing a bolt to a bench vise. You probably want to do better than that.
Halfway in between the two is some 1/4-20 threaded rod and two precision rods for stability. We still have lots of rods left over from dismantling the photocopiers.
Other than that you just need to design the mounting blocks that can work with that hardware.
Look on eBay for "linear slide". You can usually find a used one for not too much. The new Chinese ones are OK for light duty use. This would be a good start. Add a piece of threaded rod and a locking clamp. You should be able to print all the brackets, etc.
@gmphotography said:
To get one that is of high quality costs anywhere between $250-700 U.S.
If you were working in that price point, you could get this CNC linear axis from Sherline…
And have 1/100mm precision, fully locking adjustable gibs, and the ability to handle cutting forces. It is not even funny how much overkill that would be for focusing a camera.
How much travel do you need? I have a neat idea for a cheap and simple build.
Thanks all for the ideas.
I thought of ready rod but didn't think it would provide fine enough control. However, as stated earlier I did find a canadian supplier of 3d printer parts and bought: an 8mm lead screw with a pitch of 1mm and a lead of 1mm. Super fine and definitely good enough. I also bought two 8mm linear bearings from them and a t-nut for the lead screw. Cost was $30 with $10 shipping. 1mm lead is plenty fine enough and the tolerance is far better than a home depot ready-rod.
Today I bought 2 steel 8mm shafts from interior crafts so now I just need to figure out a way to build my camera carriage, the frame for the slide, a way of turning the lead screw, and a way of locking it firmly.
One advantage of my work place is that I have an employer who has a couple CNC routers (albeit for wood) and a CNC Laser. One of these days we may hang out and see what we can come up with. I'm sure if anyone wanted to hang out on that day and participate in the build, he'd be happy to show you around his shop. I work for Lee's Music, where Riversong Guitars was born. (not a huge group mind you, maybe 1 or 2 folks).
I'm sure you know of the 3d printing parts company, but here is the link in case you don't: https://spool3d.ca/
And if you're curious to hang out when I get the chance to try and assemble this, my e-mail is email@example.com
Thanks for posting the followup @gmphotography, this sounds like a really interesting project! Keep us posted, and if you feel like taking any photos of the parts when they arrive, and the build as it progresses, that would be really interesting. I'm assuming you have an interest in photography, but I don't think thats a bad assumption given the project and your handle
To post images here, they have to be small. I forget the exact size but I usually just format to <1000 pixels on the long side. Or even a link if you end up posting anything elsewhere related to the project.
Here are the parts so far
And yes, I am into photography. Mostly landscape, some abstract/impressionism, snowflakes, and recently astrophotography with a small telescope, my DSLR and a tracking/goto equatorial mount.
Best place to see some of my work: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmphotography32/
@gmphotography, WOW!
Thanks for sharing, you have some incredible work!


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Synopsis: Morgan Dunsmore feels like everything is out of reach - a paying job, a healthy marriage, and even a good bowel movement. Complicated by his wife's recent back surgery, Morgan tries to protect his wife and kids from his anxieties, not to mention their financial burdens, but that just pushes them away even further.
And in the middle of it all, he starts to lose his tangibility.
He may be able to walk through walls, but that ability comes with a price. He has to learn not just how to control it, but how to use it without anyone finding out, not even his family. He doesn t want to become a circus freak or government test subject while providing for his wife and kids, but there doesn't seem to be any honest work for a man who can secretly phase through solid matter. The temptations, on the other hand--the temptations are endless, and when he succumbs to the first, the rest begin to fall like dominoes..
Review: Morgan Dunsmore has a wife, Corrine, and two young sons. He also has no job (and no prospects), a mortgage, and mounting bills. His wife can't work due to her back surgery and Morgan feels the burdens of life weighing him down. He feels alone, overwhelmed, and invisible…and soon he starts to fade away. Morgan discovers he's able to phase through matter – walk through walls, etc., but comes at a price. Hiding his new-found 'ability' from his family only brings more distance between them and leads Morgan to make some dubious choices. As Morgan keeps fading away, bigger problems are coming to light and Morgan may not be able to stop before it's too late.
'Losing Touch' is a very different kind of story. To me, it's not really science fiction or supernatural, even though Morgan does gain the ability to phase through matter. I would consider it more of a drama / human interest. How many of us, myself included, have felt invisible before? What if we gained this ability? I can empathize with Morgan's situation and understand, not necessarily agree with, the choices he makes as he's exploring his new ability and trying to save his family. 'Losing Touch' is full of unexpected events and consequences for Morgan. The author has brought to life a character that is imperfectly human, just like the rest of us. Dark and sometimes violent, 'Losing Touch' will make you think about the realm of possibilities and the responsibility which goes along with power.


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