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As he lay in a bathtub, seeking shelter from the barrage of mortar attacks just outside his building, Shannon Kachel realized that his summer of studying snow leopards, ibex and Marco Polo sheep in the desolate mountains ranges of Asia was over.
Spending the season in the Pamir Mountains region of Tajikistan to study wild ungulate -– or hooved mammals — and snow leopards to determine all the variables surrounding the species and possibly get an idea about their population sizes, Kachel, a University of Delaware graduate student working with Kyle McCarthy in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, went into the city of Khorog to resupply for the final month of research and found himself caught in the middle of a fight between the Tajikistan central government forces and what the government deemed was an illegally armed group.
Kachel said that he wanted to stay and continue with his research but he knew that he had to leave.
"I would have stayed because my read of the situation was that it was going to get better," said Kachel. "But I don't know that I would have gotten anything done."
Luckily for Kachel, he had already set up enough cameras in the region – cameras designed to record the movement of the various animals — that he was confident he had enough material for his study.
Researching two distinct areas of the Pamirs, Kachel placed one set of cameras in a location where the government allows trophy hunting of wild ungulates while informally managing the population for sustainability.
He also set up cameras in a section where it is illegal to hunt the animals and where there is no regulation of the species, but where poaching and overgrazing still threaten the wildlife.
"What I'm doing is comparing those two sites, one for the availability of the ungulate prey, but then the snow leopard populations, as well," said Kachel.
While hunting and poaching is a concern, with the snow leopard population number dropping precipitously over recent decades, Kachel stressed that his research is looking more at the impact pastoral communities have on the species.
"A lot of that population loss results from the typical poaching pressures that we think of from people going out and killing big cats but a bigger component is competition with pastoral people," said Kachel.
He explained that as external government food subsidies dried up with the fall of the Soviet Union, it left an artificially high human population in the area based on what the environment could support. In this high and desolate region of the world, the people turned to livestock production and the killing of wild ungulates in order to sustain themselves.
"The component that I'm addressing is more from the ecological perspective," said Kachel. "The other side of having all these livestock on the landscape is that it reduces the amount of natural prey that's available for snow leopards and it gets rid of all the forage available for, specifically in my study area, the ibex and the Marco Polo sheep."
Thanks to funding from Panthera, a global wild cat conservation group, and help from the Tajik Academy of Sciences, Kachel spent June and July traversing the rugged terrain and eventually getting close to 80 cameras set up in an area about half the size of the state of Delaware. "We were hiking around a lot," said Kachel. "Huffing and puffing in that high mountain air."
He explained that the cameras "work based on heat and motion. So an animal that's a different temperature from the background walks by and the camera starts shooting pictures." Kachel said that since they used two different types of cameras for the study, they put out lures with the cameras to draw in the animals.
"Because the cameras function differently, we needed to make sure that any animal passing by was present long enough to get clear images," said Kachel. "So we used the lure to draw them in and hold their attention. We need clear images so we can identify the individual cats."
Kachel explained that he did this because "snow leopards are individually identifiable based on their spots, so we can use our observations of when, where, and how frequently individuals are caught by the cameras to build better population estimates that tell us more than a simple minimum count."
The cameras, which were retrieved by a Tajik man once the violence ended, have already caught pictures of two snow leopard cubs, and were highlighted by Reuters and inBusiness Insider.
Kachel said that he is encouraged with the results he has gotten back so far.
"As far as getting these pictures is concerned, in some ways I'm actually really optimistic about how many pictures we've gotten back in terms of snow leopard outlook and the prognosis for the species," said Kachel. "The global population estimate ranges from 3,500-7,000 animals and that's a huge range. It could be anywhere in there, so for at least the trophy hunting site, to get the number of images that we've gotten back is encouraging to me."
Kachel, who is 28, said that if these preliminary results are borne out, it would give conservationists another tool to protect snow leopards and their prey throughout their range.
Article by Adam Thomas
Images courtesy of Panthera and Shannon Kachel
To watch a video of the snow leopards, check out the article on UDaily.


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The Good Wife Season 3 Episode 8
Death Row Trip
Alicia was forced to confront her views on the death penalty this week, as the firm represented a client who actually needs a death row inmate to help it identity a killer.
He did end up assisting with the case, but seriously disturbed Alicia after asking to see his mother and brother one final time, merely to taunt them before he execution. That's cold.
- Eli helped to diffuse a political scandal, but then found out he did so for a candidate who will be running for State Senate against his ex-wife.
- Zach bonded a bit with Eli's daughter, Marissa.
- Dana tried to make a deal with Kalinda, helping to provide her with evidence in exchange for information about Will and a judge from his past. Kalinda later alerted Will about the State's Attorney really going after him and said she'd help.
- She also kissed Cary, after the two of them got into a discussion about whether or not Kalinda was trying to get to Cary through her close with with Dana. But after a brief lip lock, Cary walked away, leaving Kalinda alone and confused.
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WCC Professors Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
Staff member and volunteer receive Chancellor's AwardWindward Community College
Mktg & Public Rel Dir, Chancellor's Office
Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching 2013
Fred Kalani Meinecke
Fred Kalani Meinecke, Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language received the 2013 University of Hawai'i Board of Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes faculty who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values beneficial to students.
Kumu Kalani, as he is known by his students, "breathes life into the Hawaiian language through his personal and intimate knowledge of both culture and language." Kumu Kalani's determination to keep the Hawaiian language alive is recognized by his students, who say that this resolve offers them a "greater sense of hope and pride." He has inspired many of his students to continue their education into graduate level work, and many have become teachers themselves.
Francis Davis Award for Excellence in Teaching 2013
Ross Langston
Assistant Professor of Biology, Ross Langston received the 2013 Francis Davis Award for Excellence in Teaching, recognizing his dedication to teaching, demonstrating excellence as a teacher and attention to undergraduate students.
Students commented, "Being around him, I know I am going to learn something new and that makes me excited to learn," and "Ross is, without a doubt, one of the hardest working, committed, and enthusiastic instructors I have ever met."
Langston has been the key player in the creation of the Veterinary Technology program at Windward Community College. He has brought it from infancy to establishment of the Certificate of Achievement in Veterinary Assisting, and finally to the Associate in Science in Veterinary Technology degree today.
Chancellorʻs Award for Outstanding Service 2013
Lisa Hayashi
As Academic Support Specialist for the Natural Sciences Department at Windward Community College, Lisa Hayashi has proven herself indispensible to science faculty and students at the college. Her organization and safety standards applied in all her work have earned her "Best and Most Careful Lab Technician" in the UH system.
Chancellorʻs Award for Outstanding Voluntary Service 2013
Sandy Kurosaki
Sandy Kurosaki, Windward Ho'olaule'a Fundraising champion (ret.) is recognized for outstanding contributions and voluntary support of the College and its mission. Sandy Kurosaki loves the Windward community and higher education.
Over a period of five years, Sandy Kurosaki helped raise more than $200,000 to keep the annual Windward Ho'olaule'a event going — each year, providing more scholarships to deserving WCC students than the last. Event proceeds in 2012 totaled $30,000 with $23,000 benefitting student scholarships and $7,000 going toward college programs through the WCC Advancement Fund. She was the consummate volunteer — taking the lead wherever it was needed — whether it was coordinating tents, lights, tables and chairs or rounding up friends to staff the information tent. "It was all for the scholarships," Sandy would say.


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Soldier, Megan P. Tatu has your back. And just about anything else you might need. The two-star Army Reserve general has just taken charge of the 79th Sustainment Support Command, the modern iteration of an Army logistics branch that is a year older than the Declaration of Independence. The 79th is headquartered in Los Alamitos, not far from Tatu's Laguna Niguel home. Reservists are part-timers who, as Tatu says, give taxpayers 19% of the Army's strength for 4% of its budget. She's the highest-ranking woman commander in the reserves on the West Coast, at a moment when women in the military is a trending topic.
If you were posting your job description as a classified ad, how would it read?
Command and control of 20,000 Army Reserve sustainment soldiers in a 19-state area. Responsible for training, equipping and individual soldier readiness so that we are providing the enabling capacity to the Army whenever we're called on.
During the Cold War, you were the first woman in an air defense battalion in West Germany. The lieutenant you were replacing as a signal platoon leader wasn't exactly welcoming.
I put out my hand, and he didn't remove his hand from his pocket. [The captain with me] said, "Why don't you tell her about the platoon?" And he looks at me and goes, "Well, I got 15 men and one WAC." Just like that, this disgust with "WAC." The captain said, "They have disbanded the WACs." The lieutenant said, "Well, whatever — they all end up pregnant anyway."
I'm glad to say that was just a very narrow-minded individual. That was not the pervasive attitude.
In 2006 and 2007, you served at Joint Base Balad in Iraq.
I was commanding a corps support group. One battalion provided security for our logistics convoys. The other was a sustainment battalion [distributing supplies to troops]. Our sole function is to support the war fighter. We lost four soldiers in convoys, killed in separate IED incidents over that year. [She keeps a bracelet with their names on it near her desk.] I focus each and every day on their names.
The military is opening up combat positions to women. On paper, you were not in combat, but you were at risk.
The changes now are really informed by what's going on in modern combat.There isn't this forward edge [in a combat zone]. You've got an insurgency. Being in that camp in Iraq, being subjected to indirect fire attacks, absolutely we were at risk. In Germany, [when] we were seeing this low-flying strafing [drill], I thought, "I'm not behind lines." But we didn't view it then as being women in a combat environment. I still remember thinking, "I don't think I'll tell my mom and dad about that."
A principle of leadership in my training was never expect others to do what you wouldn't do yourself, so in Iraq I made a point of going out on a convoy with each of my companies a handful of times; they were going out every night.
Yours was not a military family; why did you join the Army?
When I was a junior in high school my dad suffered a brain aneurysm. Our world definitely turned upside down. There was certainly no money to help me with my education. I went to El Camino College and worked part time at the Broadway department store in Westchester. When I was transferring to UCLA, I contacted the ROTC department. I had to go to a six-week training course at Ft. Knox [in 1976]. My dad had [some] hesitation about a daughter of his going into the military. I came back and said, "Dad, I accomplished things I never would have imagined," and I felt really good about that.
I've always been a bit of a rule follower and I've liked order and discipline. The Army gives a young college graduate more responsibility than any equivalent in the civilian community. And without question did I come to appreciate what it means to wear the uniform, and the pride in the Stars and Stripes.
You left active duty to have a family and went into the part-time reserves, where you have been ever since.
I'd invested a lot and the military had invested a lot in me. When we had our first son in 1986, I wanted to be a full-time mom, but I also felt I had much more to give. Women make up 20 to 25% of the Army Reserve; I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that there's folks like me who want to continue to serve and in my case raise my family.
You were doing a year of training at the Army War College when 9/11 happened.
Personally and professionally, it was one of the most phenomenal years. Our three sons had never lived on a military post before. [When] 9/11 hit, the post was closed and traffic in and out, our sons' school buses, had to be [checked] with the mirrors underneath; they had armed MPs. About three months later, my fourth-grader's teacher called [and asked], "Is everything OK? I'm noticing little behavior changes." We had a talk. He just burst into tears and said, "I've been so afraid."
The townies [repeated what they'd] hear from their parents: "The war college is going to be hit next because it's got such a high concentration of officers." Those are the words he used with me: "There's such a high concentration of officers." Once we had it all out, he was fine.
But 9/11 sent you to Iraq. You were there when your second son graduated high school. You tried to watch by digital link.
At about 10 o'clock at night we saw a [test video] picture. I came back at 3 in the morning and they said, "We lost the video bridge." But I did listen to it. I could hear when his name was called.
It's come out that military women are sexually assaulted at twice the rate of civilian women. What do you make of that?
I'm certainly aware of the testimony.
As a colonel, I dealt with [it] and followed what the Army laid out for me: First and foremost, any victim of assault has access to care on the behavioral health front as well as the physical front. We took appropriate action; ensuring in this case that the [guilty] soldier was appropriately punished for the crime of assault. And it is a crime, pure and simple, and it eats at morale, it eats at good order and discipline, and it is not tolerated [under the rules].
Respect is a foundational Army value; if anyone is not adhering to military law or Army standards, then I'll take action.
You're now trying to curtail a rash of soldier suicides.
We are launching a comprehensive soldier and family campaign to give them tools, strategies, coping mechanisms to make them resilient. We deliver a message of life worth living, not focusing on the word "suicide," and reaching out, trying to get them resources.
How do you think the volunteer army is working?
The beauty of the voluntary army is just that, that you have individuals freely obligating themselves to support and defend the Constitution. The Army Reserve — we are citizen warriors. We are that connection from the Army to the civilian population.
Especially in a down economy, [the military] is a draw for a lot of young people. Post-9/11 you got those who felt that patriotic pride to serve, but when you have economic struggles, the military is a good resource for people.
Have attitudes toward the military changed since you enlisted in the 1970s?
When I was in ROTC at UCLA, we didn't wear our uniform for our military science classes during the week. The only time we had to get in uniform was once a quarter, and it was on a Saturday morning. That was a carry-over from the Vietnam era where it was not so respected. It went from that to the outreach I see now of civilians to our military. No matter where your political leanings may be, the realization is that the soldier, the Marine, the sailor — they're not deciding policy; they're defending the Constitution.
You felt that civilian connection when you left for Iraq.
The neighbors were all out, American flags on their houses. I was absolutely blown away. I ended up [driving] slowly and stopping and getting out and saying goodbye. On the radio was Michael Buble: "I want to go home."
Follow Patt Morrison on Twitter @pattmlatimes
This interview was edited and excerpted from a taped transcript. An archive of Morrison's interviews can be found at latimes.com/pattasks.


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Release Date: June 11, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An expo, workshops and awards luncheon at UB Partners Day on June 13 will highlight how the University at Buffalo is working with industry and community partners to improve the quality of life in Western New York.
Media can attend to learn how one local visual effects company is using UB's supercomputing resources to craft sophisticated animations, or how UB and a coalition of regional partners are helping manufacturers find a competitive edge through new products, new markets and streamlined operations.
The scheduled luncheon keynote speaker is Bruce Katz, vice president at the Brookings Institution and founding director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Katz, who is advising Gov. Andrew Cuomo on economic development in Buffalo and across the state, will speak on the topic, "What's happening with the $1 billion for Buffalo challenge?"
Partners Day will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center at 153 Franklin St. in Buffalo.
An agenda, along with a list of workshop presenters and expo exhibits, are available at http://www.buffalo.edu/businessengagement/News/Events/index.php.
Partners Day highlights include:
8:30-9:10 a.m. Learn how university partnerships have helped local company technology firm Applied Sciences Group (ASG) grow. ASG has developed UB inventions into commercial products, and the firm offers a compelling example of how small businesses can take advantage of UB resources.
9:30-10:10 a.m. Hear how local company IBC Digital, which creates animations for feature films, commercials and TV shows, has leveraged UB supercomputing resources to build a system for rapidly rendering computer animations. The presentation will include a showing of several animations resulting from the collaboration.
10:30-11:10 a.m. Discover the Western New York Renaissance Project, a new program that helps the region's manufacturers find a competitive edge in a global economy. Through the project, UB, Empire State Development, Erie County, the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and Buffalo Niagara Partnership provide innovative analysis to help companies identify new products, new markets and new ways to streamline operations.
Awards Luncheon
Noon to 1:30 p.m. This year's Partners Day luncheon will feature a keynote address by Brookings Institution Vice President Bruce Katz, as well as the presentation of the following awards:
-- Vital Partner Award to Kaleida Health: Kaleida Health and UB have partnered for many years to improve medical research and care in Western New York. In May, the two organizations opened a $291 million building downtown that houses the new Gates Vascular Institute and Clinical and Translational Research Center. Kaleida Health physicians and UB researchers will share the 10-story space with the Jacobs Institute and UB Biosciences Incubator, delivering clinical care, studying the causes and treatments of an array of diseases, and spurring new biotechnology companies.
-- University Community Partners Award to UB John and Frances Larkin Professor of Chemistry Joseph A. Gardella and Buffalo Public Schools: Gardella and the district head the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP), a $10 million program funded largely by the National Science Foundation to encourage hands-on laboratory and field work in science classes. ISEP provides about 60 teachers a year with interdisciplinary, research-based professional development opportunities, along with a network of supporters to staff activities in class and after school. Buffalo State College and the Buffalo Museum of Science are core ISEP partners.
-- Faculty Entrepreneur Award to Associate Professor of Chemistry David G. Hangauer: Hangauer is co-founder of Kinex Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of next-generation therapies for cancer and immunomodulatory diseases. Hangauer developed a combinatorial synthetic chemistry technology that is critical to computer-aided drug design. The synthetic chemistry process and compounds generated from this process are patented and licensed by SUNY Research Foundation to Kinex Pharmaceuticals.
-- Reaching Others Award to New York State Lieutenant Governor Robert (Bob) J. Duffy: Duffy chaired the Regional Economic Development Councils, designed to help develop regional strategic plans that would spur new job creation and investment. In a letter to Gov. Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Duffy, the regional chairs wrote that success came from the unprecedented public participation; the independent, community-based process for ideas; and the opportunity for each region to determine its own priorities.
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MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Branimir Cvetnic likes to remember his hometown of Mitrovica as the lively, multicultural industrial hub it once was, rather than the grim symbol of Kosovo's ethnic division it has become.
"Back then, Mitrovica was an open city, a city for everybody. And, now ... it's not even possible to compare," said Cvetnic, 57, whose family has lived here for almost a century. "We used to live together, but can we do it again? I don't know."
Mitrovica, a former mining center in northern Kosovo, was sharply split into Serb and Albanian parts at the end of the Kosovo war in 1999. Officials from Serbia and Kosovo meet in Brussels on Tuesday in hopes of reaching an agreement that could pave the way for reuniting the city — an agreement that the town's Serbs fear could see their demands sacrificed by a Serbia desperate to join the European Union.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but until now the Serbian government has refused to accept the split. The Serbs of northern Kosovo — up to 50,000 people — have rejected any authority of the ethnic Albanian government in Pristina. They have created parallel institutions, including hospitals and schools, all financed and supported from the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
But Serbia's bid for membership in the European Union has been conditioned on normalizing relations with its former province and abolishing the parallel structures.
Impoverished by years of wars and international sanctions during the 1990s, Serbia is desperately seeking to move closer to EU membership. If a deal is reached on Tuesday, Serbia will likely be granted a date to open talks with the 27-nation bloc, which means access to pre-entry funds and an improved position in the eyes of international investors. If the deal is not reached, the idea of Serbian membership would likely be put on hold by the EU.
"It will be hard economically if we don't open talks with the EU," Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told reporters on Monday.
In a sign that agreement may be near, Serbia's influential deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said over the weekend that the country "can no longer afford a frozen conflict."
Kosovo Serbs now fear the Serbian government will abandon them to save the EU deal. In Mitrovica, they warn that reuniting the town against their will could lead to a Serb exodus or to unrest.
The ethnic division is clear in every corner of Mitrovica — whose population is unknown since the divided groups have never managed to carry out a reliable census. A huge pile of sand and soil blocks the bridge over the Ibar river that leads into the southern, Albanian part, while Serb flags flutter on buildings and lamp posts in the northern part.
A big banner in the town center reads: "The Serb Town." The street signs are written in the Cyrillic alphabet traditionally used by Serbs, and the official currency remains the Serbian dinar, instead of the euro used by ethnic Albanians.
Underscoring the religious split — the Serbs are Orthodox Christians while ethnic Albanians are mostly Muslims — a large Serbian Orthodox Church overlooks the town from the Serb side. In the distance, a mosque minaret is visible in the southern part of the city. Residents from the two sides hardly ever mix.
"Whatever they may sign (in Brussels) we will fight for this to remain part of Serbia," said housewife Gordana Djokovic, defiantly.
The dispute over the Serb-held north of Kosovo has been a constant source of tension and occasional violence over the years. Clashes between Serb hardliners and NATO-led peacekeepers have led to injuries on both sides. Last year, Serb nationalists set up barricades to prevent the Kosovo authorities from taking over border checkpoints. The roadblocks were dismantled following a deal on joint Kosovo and Serb manning of the crossings.
A year later, Serb and Kosovo border officials are stationed at the boundary, but there is no sign to mark that the visitors are entering the territory of Kosovo.
"We will not accept any integration into Kosovo," Milan Ivanovic, a hardline Serb leader from northern Kosovo told The Associated Press.
He said that if Serbian government officials agree in Brussels on Tuesday to lift their hold over northern Kosovo, four Serb municipalities in the region — including Mitrovica — will form a self-styled association and declare that they will remain within Serbia.
Some 10,000 people died in Kosovo before 78 days of NATO bombing in 1999 forced the Serbian army and police to pull out. Tens of thousands of Serbs then fled or were driven out. Some who stayed behind gathered in the northern parts bordering Serbia.
Serbia has insisted on a high level of self-rule for the Kosovo Serbs, including their own police and judicial authorities. But this has been rejected by Kosovo Albanians as a de-facto partition of Kosovo, which enjoys the backing of the United States and most European Union countries.
"What Pristina wants, and that is independence, will never be possible without Serbia," said Nikolic, the Serbian president. "There will never again be a military solution for the problems in the Balkans."
Kosovo government officials say they will not budge.
Prime Minister Hashim Thaci made a rare appearance in the Mitrovica area over the weekend, visiting the home of Ali Kadrija, an ethnic Albanian who rebuilt his house, which lies along the route leading into the Serb-held part of the city.
On Monday, Thaci urged Serbia to accept a deal that will give Serbs in Kosovo's north more rights, but falls short of giving them autonomy.
"I hope that Belgrade will reflect upon and accept this agreement and then work together with the international community to normalize relations," he said.
Many ethnic Albanians that lived in the northern part have now sold their properties and moved altogether from the troubled town. Some, however, insist they will stay on despite pressure from Serbs to move south with the rest of Kosovo's Albanians.
"I will never leave this place," Kadrija said.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is the chief Serbian negotiator, recently demanded more concessions from the Albanians, saying they could regain the Serb-controlled northern Kosovo only by force.
Over the weekend, several thousand Albanian demonstrators gathered in the southern part of Mitrovica demanding that the town be reintegrated fully and without delay.
Nebi Qena from Pristina and Zvezdan Djukanovic from Mitrovica contributed.


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USC won the battle for highly coveted OL Austin Clark (6-6 295) of Lexington, VA Thursday night when he announced a commitment to the Gamecocks on his local TV station. Clark picked the Gamecocks over Virginia Tech, Tennessee and Ohio State.
Clark visited USC for a spring practice and made a return visit May 31st for a final look. He developed a strong relationship with Gamecock offensive line coach Shawn Elliott and that was one of his primary reasons for picking the Gamecocks.
"Coach Elliott and coach (Steve) Spurrier were the ones who really, really sold me on the school," Clark said. "They talked about everything and I was able to see it in person. It wasn't one of those deals where they talk a good game but it isn't that way. Everything they said proved to be true. Overall, South Carolina was definitely who I felt comfortable with."
Clark also visited Tennessee and Virginia Tech in the days leading up to his decision to compare and contrast those programs with USC.
"Just being down there at South Carolina, it gave me a great feel," Clark said. "I really like it down there. Comfortability was great. Academics, they have the number one international business school in the country. And depth chart, coach says I have a good chance of going in there and contributing early. I definitely think I've made the right choice. I talked it over with my parents and they agreed I made the right choice."
The Gamecocks will lose both of their starting tackles after this season and they eye Clark as a possible immediate replacement.
"I have a good frame and I can carry more weight," he said. "My footwork is good. My strength is run blocking because of the explosiveness in my hips."
Clark is the third offensive lineman to commit to USC for the 2015 class.


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Amateur competition is a bedrock principle of college athletics and the NCAA. Maintaining amateurism is crucial to preserving an academic environment in which acquiring a quality education is the first priority. In the collegiate model of sports, the young men and women competing on the field or court are students first, athletes second.
The NCAA membership has adopted amateurism rules to ensure the students' priority remains on obtaining a quality educational experience and that all of student-athletes are competing equitably.
All incoming student-athletes must be certified as amateurs. With global recruiting becoming more common, determining the amateur status of prospective student-athletes can be challenging. All student-athletes, including international students, are required to adhere to NCAA amateurism requirements to remain eligible for intercollegiate competition.
In general, amateurism requirements do not allow:
- Contracts with professional teams
- Salary for participating in athletics
- Prize money above actual and necessary expenses
- Play with professionals
- Tryouts, practice or competition with a professional team
- Benefits from an agent or prospective agent
- Agreement to be represented by an agent
- Delayed initial full-time collegiate enrollment to participate in organized sports competition
Additional information regarding NCAA amateurism rules is available on the NCAA Eligibility Center's website by clicking on the "Resources" link at the top of the page. Another resource is the Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is amateurism certification and why is it so important?
The amateurism certification process ensures that incoming Division I or II student-athletes meet NCAA amateurism requirements. Membership established the process to bring about national uniformity and fairness. Most prospective student-athletes who fully complete the process are certified.
How long has the amateurism certification process been in place?
The NCAA Eligibility Center's amateurism certification staff began certifying amateurism for fall 2007 enrollees. Individual schools previously were responsible for determining that prospective student-athletes met NCAA amateurism requirements.
Is everyone eventually certified as eligible?
Prospective student-athletes may be certified as eligible, or eligible with conditions (for example, a penalty), or as ineligible. Generally, a relatively small number of prospective student-athletes are determined to be ineligible or placed under review. "Ineligible" means the prospective student-athlete cannot play Division I or II sports. "Under review" means further investigation is needed to determine a prospective student-athlete's amateur status. About 97,000 prospective student-athletes are certified each year.
What role does the school play in amateurism certification?
School involvement is a must. In fact, the amateurism certification staff and the school must agree upon the facts before any interpretive, appeal or reinstatement requests can be made.
What role does the prospective student-athlete play?
Prospective student-athletes, including international students, must follow NCAA amateurism rules. Their first step is to go online to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center at www.eligibilitycenter.org, where they provide information about their amateur status.


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By Jason Kennedy
Coming to the Beatles stereo box set with a fresh pair of ears, or at least ears, that have rarely encountered the original mixes on a revealing system is quite an experience.
On the one hand you hear a lot more of the energy and detail that went into the recordings; on the other a lot of them are distinctly short on actual stereo. And we're not just talking about the first four. But you can't really judge a forty-year-old body of work by contemporary standards, and as Allan Rouse from Abbey Road Studios, pointed out when we spoke to him, "George Martin wasn't really thinking in stereo until the last two albums – Abbey Road and Let it Be."
Allan co-ordinated the re-mastering project at Abbey Road Studios, a process that took four years to complete and which has resulted in the 13 albums that the Beatles released in the UK being reissued in stereo, and the first ten of these albums being reissued in mono as a very handsome box set. The latter is a delight for those of with a nostalgia for vinyl, each album comes in a miniature LP sleeve which contains an appropriately sized inner sleeve with polythene liner for the disc – it's no surprise to find that the monos were made in Japan. This box set is very much aimed at the audiophile market.
Abbey Road: Home of the Beatles
Speaking to Allan Rouse, we wanted to know what they had used in the form of analogue masters for this project. "We have them all here because this is where they were made. The only problem we had was that we were going to use the original mix tapes that were created in the sixties; because that was what this project was all about. But about ten years ago we did a lot of remixing that commenced with Yellow Submarine because United Artists were re-releasing the film and they wanted surround sound. So for that project we ended up actually remixing Beatles material for the first time since the sixties. That lead us to the Anthology, Let it Be Naked and then Love. So there was all these remixes out there, but the original masters had never been re-mastered, up until this point, and it was definitely time for them to be released in a better state than perhaps they might have been before."
You have to wonder whether, with all the scare stories about tape disintegrating over time, what sort of state the Beatles' original mixes were in. Allan's team "transferred the tapes into the computer one album at a time (using a Prism ADA-8XR A/D converter at 24-bit/192kHz). We did this primarily so that we could clean the tape heads between each title but next to nothing came off. EMI 811 tape was just perfect, the same applies to the four and eight tracks, they are all in remarkable condition for their age!"
When Mono ruled the world
Listening to the stereo mix of the first album, Please Please Me – which was made in 1963 – you can hear that there is still an awful lot of energy on the tape. It's a very 'dual mono' affair with everything in the left or right channel, but it's still less congested than the mono version. However, the latter does have a slightly more natural sound, which is probably because there was no limiting or compression applied to the mono re-masters – something that was done because these albums have a relatively limited commercial lifespan, and are intended for the people who grew up with mono versions of the vinyl albums.
It's easy to forget how big mono once was but Allan explained: "In the sixties a three-hour session was booked to remix four tracks of which two and a half hours were spent mixing the monos and 30 minutes on the stereos. Which gives you an indication of the relative importance of the stereos.
It wasn't till beyond Sgt. Pepper that they started to think about the stereo in a much more serious way. The last two albums, Abbey Road and Let It Be, were only mixed in stereo."
By the second album, released only seven months after the first in November 1963, you get John Lennon's vocals placed centrally on the track Money, albeit with little in the way of stereo depth. Probably because "Please Please Me and With The Beatles, aren't strictly stereo, they were recorded on two track tape, and all George used that for was as a multitrack with the band on one track and the vocals on the other," Allan told us. "Even when he came to mixing the four track for the next two albums, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale, the same principle was used vocals on one side band on the other."
Comparing the latest stereo version of Please Please Me with the first CD release (1987) the immediate difference is that it's no longer in regular mono but two-track mono as Allan describes. This makes for a bigger soundstage in the context of a similar tonal balance but not necessarily such an appealing presentation. A more straightforward comparison is the latest mono version: this sounds significantly cleaner with more fine detail – things like Ringo's snare have more subtlety to them. It also seems slightly quieter but this is because there is less distortion.
The loudness issue
We asked Allan whether he was under any instruction to make the remasters sound louder as has been the case with re-releases of other classic albums from the sixties and seventies – Led Zeppelin's Mothership comes to mind. "There wasn't any pressure to make them louder. In fact there was no pressure from anyone telling us what to do, which is nice. As far as making things sound louder is concerned, modern music can cope with it because it is made with a modern approach and the artist is seeking a limited sound.
"But when you start drifting into remastering music from 20, 30, 40 years ago, doing the same thing restricts the amount of dynamics the songs have. We entered into this project agreeing to limit, but we were going to be very cautious about how much we did it, and in the end with the stereo mixes the limiting is in most cases very subtle. The level has been raised but the important thing is that it hasn't chopped off anything at the top that's of any great relevance."
More detail on display
Listening to the latest print of Sgt. Pepper's against the 22 year old remastering, the difference is not small. For a start a significant amount of reverb has been added to the midband, which makes the soundstage deeper and wider. The bass has also been boosted quite substantially, and this not only brings out Paul's often remarkably inventive bass playing, but adds a warmth to the sound that is totally missing from the earlier version. It would suggest that while the 1987 remaster aimed for a similar tonal balance to the original LPs, albeit not with a great deal of success, the new cut has more bass than your average sixties LP, but comes closer to the original in other respects.
The go-to Beatles guy
We asked Allan how he managed to get this high profile job: "I'm the person who's been doing it for the last twenty years. I started off working on film scores at Abbey Road but got the job of making safety copies of every Beatles tape. At that time they'd never been backed up – this was about 19 years ago. Not just the albums, but every reel of tape.
"Midway through that process, George Martin was making a programme about the making of Sgt. Pepper and needed to go over the tapes again, and needed some help. So I did that, and at the end of the process he said I'll probably be seeing you again, but he didn't elaborate. He came back to do the Beatles at the BBC and I spent six months remastering that. And then this was followed by another stint where we worked together for a year on the Anthology series. By then I was becoming the person people turned to when they needed some Beatles work done and for the last 12 years I've done nothing else."
The remastering team
Allan chose Steve Rooke to remaster the stereos and Sean Hicks for the monos (using Bowers & Wilkins 801D loudspeakers as monitors), but they weren't alone. "Normally a mastering engineer works on his own, but in this instance I put a recording engineer in with each mastering engineer. The recording engineers were Paul Hicks and Guy Massey – Guy did the stereos and Paul did the monos. Guy was the assistant on Yellow Submarine and Paul helped on the Anthology, and I continued to use them so by the time we got to the remastering they'd done a number of Beatles projects with me. Guy's last job was to remix the music for the Help DVD, Paul was responsible for engineering Love." So clearly a well-qualified team, the only obvious omission from the credits is that of George Martin (retired), who had done such an excellent job on earlier remix projects!
Past comparisons
The Anthology series makes an interesting comparison with the Remasters, and on the whole can sound better, less compressed and more natural. But this is because the tracks were remixed rather than remastered. Original Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick sat down with George Martin and the multitrack originals to thoroughly overhaul them, which made a notable difference.
I asked Allan how much involvement the record company and representatives of the band had in this latest process. "Because it was nearly 30 albums when you consider the monos and the stereos, you couldn't involve them in any great way other than the way we would do normally which is to do the job in the hope that they trust us. The first job that we ever did the Yellow Submarine movie, and we did playbacks because it was in surround. Nobody had surround at home, so Paul, George and Ringo came in and listened to it. Over the 10 or 12 years we've built up a trust with Neil Aspinall (the late head of Apple Corps). So this time we made CDs and sent them out to the band, Apple Corps and EMI at the end of the project."
Listening to the beautiful While My Guitar Gently Weeps you can hear why they probably liked and clearly approved what they heard; it has a warmth and weight to it that makes for a tremendously rich sound. It might not be a purist sound and it certainly isn't what you get with most late sixties albums, but it's both revealing and expansive.
I asked Allan whether any particular albums were more difficult to remaster than the rest. "Things did progressively get slightly more difficult from a mastering perspective from the first to last album. Revolver was slightly difficult primarily because it was the first change of engineer, Norman Smith did the first six and then Geoff Emerick took over on Revolver. The band's style was changing, and Geoff played a part in that by bringing a fresh approach to the process. There is a big change again for Sgt. Pepper because Geoff had gained the band's trust so he had more freedom to do new stuff in the studio. After Sgt. Pepper Ken Scott came in to do the engineering but Geoff was still involved. He did a tiny bit of The White Album and worked with Phil McDonald on Abbey Road, Let it Be was done by Glynn Johns."
Making your choices
Listening to the remasters back to back you notice the changes in their sound that relate to the way they were recorded. After the upbeat excitement of Please Please Me, With The Beatles and Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale has a more relaxed feel that is largely to do with the nature of the songs, and which results in a more sophisticated and 'produced' feel to the sound thanks to the introduction of double tracked vocals.
Help! offers a wider stereo spread and places the vocal clearly in the centre with some depth provided by reverb, the bass also gets stronger on tracks like Ticket to Ride. Rubber Soul introduces a bit more in the way of dynamics and a distinct kick in the bass line of Drive My Car. Norwegian Wood on the other hand has a bit more treble air and vocal transparency. Revolver is quite similar despite the change of original engineer, which is a testament to the skills of the Abbey Road team.
Sgt. Pepper has had the bass ramped up and it's easy to hear the effects used on voices and instruments thanks to the richer tonality, a sound that continues through Magical Mystery Tour and into The Beatles (The White Album) which also sounds very beefy. There is a clear increase in transparency of vocals on Abbey Road and plenty of image scale something that is if anything improved upon on Let It Be which has a bit more precision to it thanks presumably to improvements in the studio at the time, but made all the more obvious by the latest remaster.
Along with the 13 core albums, all of which feature a mini documentary, the stereo box set contains Yellow Submarine the original film score and Past Masters a two disc collection of the band's single releases – 32 songs in all. Which one does Allan think sounds the best? "For me personally, by the virtue of when it was recorded, that would be Abbey Road, but The White Album is an extremely good recording as well."
Vinyl lovers will be pleased to hear that the same remasters will be used to produce both stereo and mono versions of all the Beatles albums in these CD box sets for release in 2010.


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Fenwick's Frame & Shock Finishing Spray isn't a polish so much as a protective spray designed for preserving seasonal machines and equipment in storage (e.g. Sunday best road bikes or summer-use-only tag-alongs).
It's silicone free but includes a trace of lubricant, providing a showroom finish in seconds while safeguarding suspension and bearing seals. However, it does attract surface dirt more readily than furniture or car polishes and it can highlight any blemishes in flamboyant, metallic enamels and clear lacquers.
Before using it you need to give the bike(s) a good wash, drying thoroughly. Soaking the can in warm water beforehand gives a more efficient flow, but you should still shake it vigorously before starting to spray.
For best results, spray from 15 centimetres away in short, three-second bursts, keeping clear of braking surfaces. The fizzing solution will cut through superficial dirt and finger marks so the bike doesn't need to be meticulously clean. It's not essential to buff the bike with a soft cloth afterwards, unlike some products, but doing so gives a superior, locked in shine – especially on chrome plating and the like.
As an experiment, I took a recently polished bike out to play on a cool, misty morning. I watched water droplets form before dispersing along the frame, leaving watermarks and streaking in their wake. Similarly, it collects road spray, silt and early season's grime like the proverbial magnet, especially around the rear triangle. So this isn't the lazy rider's answer to winter bike preservation.
In fairness, a gentle once over using a clean, lint free cloth left no traces of dirt or streaking, and I didn't need to re-spray the bike. Conversely, light re-application on a fortnightly basis seems perfect for bikes subjected to extensive turbo trainer slavery, as it provides a rich, protective barrier to safeguard enamel, chrome and other plated surfaces from the corrosive effects of humidity and perspiration.
Verdict: 7 Convenient spray for protecting bikes in storage or regularly used on indoor trainers.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Fenwick's Frame & Shock Finishing Spray
Size tested: 500ml
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Utilising the non-sticky hydrophobic technology found in Fenwicks famous 'Bobby dazzler' , the frame and shock finishing spray prolongs cleaning intervals, making cleaning easier in hard-to-reach places. It maintains a high gloss finish whilst also lubricating and protecting pivot points and shock units. It is also safe to use on rubber seals, paintwork, anodizing and carbon fibre. Ideal for use after cleaning and lubricating your 'pride and joy'.
I would broadly agree but feel it better suited to bikes in storage, or used on indoor trainers.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
500ml Hydrophobic (water repellant) sheen leaves behind a protective glossy surface in seconds while trace luibricating properties preserve suspension and other seals.
Quick and easy to use.
A little goes quite a long way.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
As a protectant, its a really quick and convenient means of preserving bikes from top to bottom-especially those being hung up for the winter/summer seasons or subjected to turbo trainer slavery. The glossy barrier is really, really deep but can also betray any imperfections-especially in metallics/lacquers and the same trace lubricant properties will also attract grit and road grime so isn't a substitute for regular cleaning.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Great results for nominal effort and seems kind to all finishes.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Nothing when used as a protectant for bikes in storage but not my first choice as a day to day polish.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
About the tester
Age: 37 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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Fri, 01 Oct 2010
As the world continues to deal with the impact of the global economic crisis, the link between the economy and the natural world has never been more critical. In Nagoya, Japan, at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, or CBD, the latest findings of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study will be presented, with experts hoping to highlight the growing cost of biodiversity loss and degradation of the natural environment.
Joshua Bishop, IUCN's Chief Economist, explains why the TEEB study is so important to discussions in Japan.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
The squeaky wheel syndrome
I know I blog alot about Jenny. So much so that poor Jack gets left behind in the background. A lot. There is a saying, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease". That is certainly true in this case. Jenny is much higher maintenence than Jack. Because of her allergy issues she has special foods and frequent vet trips. (Can you imagine Jack with allergies? Yikes!!) Because of her higher energy level she gets more training attention and more walks to burn off energy than Jack. I do take a lot of photos of Jack as well as Jenny but being his color many of them don't show his face very well. It is the curse of having a black faced dog. Lighting issues can be a problem.
Jack is an easy keeper on many levels. Thankfully he seems content to play second fiddle. How do we know if our dogs are really happy about their lives? I guess we can assume some things based on their behavior. He doesn't chew things up when he gets left behind out or boredom or anxiety. Of course I do leave him a kong and chewies so he has that instead. But maybe he is just lazy, kinda like his owner. I admit that I could never be a border collie person. I just don't have that kind of energy.
Thankfully Jack is a laid back dog who is also very tolerant of his bratty sister. You should see how she bosses him around! (She has no idea he could take her out if he chose. Ahhh the benefit of domestication!) He loves to have a good game of tug now and then and he likes to go to bed early. He hates to get his feet wet but standing in the rain doesn't phase him at all. He makes the most adorable chuffing sound when he is happy. He's not a big fan of walks on a leash but he loves to run in the woods. He loves attention and I'm pretty sure he thinks visitors have all come to see him.
But there is much more to Jack that I don't always remember to mention. I like to think of him as a working dog. He comes to the prison and helps socialize puppies or he's a distraction while we work them around him. He has helped me with reactive dog clients and he has helped socialize many chow puppies over the years. If there were ever a contest for BEST DOG EVER he would be nominee number 1.
He may be one of the sweetest dogs I have ever lived with. There will never be another dog like Jack for me. I am super blessed to have him and I know it. Because of this I think he may be my last akita. I just cannot imagine another that could fill his shoes! (um paws)
So this is my post all about Jack, a dog behind the scenes for sure but nonetheless loved and appreciated by us all. I've posted just a few of my favorite photos of him.
I hope we have many more years together. I cannot imagine how to be without him after all. Nor do I want to.
6 comments:
- Ruth said...
He really is a handsome fellow. Love the shot of him with the chow pup! And I totally agree about Border collies, lovely dogs, but no way could I keep up!
- September 23, 2011 at 9:05 PM
- jen said...
Jack sounds amazing :)
I love the pics of him playing with the puppies!!
- September 23, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- katie, Maizey and Magnus said...
This is the first time I visited, and boy am I glad I did! There was so much in Jack's story I can relate too and the never having a border collie comment made me laugh out loud.:))
I too have a squeaky wheel, my fearful girl, Maizey. Magnus, even though he's the puppy and should have been more work has always been my low maintenance boy. I love them both differently, but love them both wholeheartedly. My last heart dog was my Meeka, a Rottie rescue. We lost her one year ago and though I love rotties lately I've been feeling like you- there will never be another meeka and do I want to risk comparing a new Rottie to her? I don't know and I'm not ready to find out.
Sorry for leaving a novel for a comment, but thanks for sharing a story I relate to!
- September 23, 2011 at 10:57 PM
- JulieandCaleb said...
He is such a handsome fellow! I just want to hug him! I'm admittedly not very knowledgeable on the breed, but your Jack sounds like one in a million!
- September 24, 2011 at 1:06 AM
- Marie said...
Thanks everyone. Akitas will always have a special place in my heart. They were my gateway breed into the world of dog training after all. (Talk about trial by fire!) I'm just so lucky to have Jack in my life. He is an outstanding example of the breed for sure.
- September 25, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Darlin Mikey said...
How awesome was that. Thank you for all you do for your wonderful boy my friend!
- September 29, 2011 at 10:12 AM


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Miscues costly against Maxwell
MAXWELL—With a new coach, a new system and a new playbook, it's not difficult to see how inexperienced football players might make a few mistakes.
"We're all pretty much learning on the fly," said Eagle coach Andy Seamann. "I thought we moved the ball well and the effort was good. We just need to cut down on the mental errors."
Seamann said Brady's 28-16 loss to Maxwell in the opening game of the season Friday night came down to penalties and missed assignments.
"It seemed like every time we'd get a decent drive going, we'd get called for a penalty," the coach said.
After forcing Brady to punt in the first series of the game, the Wildcats scored on their first possession, capping the drive with a two-point conversion for an 8-0 lead early.
Maxwell held Brady to three-and-out again, scoring a second touchdown using just four plays.
"We didn't tackle well," Seamann said. "That's something we're definitely going to have to improve."
Just before the end of the first quarter, a Maxwell defender tackled Brady quarterback Zach Mann in the endzone for a safety, giving the Wildcats a 16-0 advantage after one period.
Brady got on the board early in the second quarter with an 18-yard run by Mann. A two-point conversion run by Michael Neimann closed the Maxwell lead to 16-8.
"The kids did a good job of running the plays I asked them to and we were able to get a little something going," Seamann said.
The Wildcats scored again five minutes before halftime and opened the second half with another touchdown for a 28-8 lead.
Brady didn't put any more points on the board until midway through the fourth period when Mann ran in from 11 yards out and then connected with Troy Lusk on the two-point conversion pass.
Mann finished with 88 yards on 19 carries. He also threw for 110 yards and managed 15 total tackles.
"The thing is, we realize that what went wrong can be fixed," Seamann said.
Hopefully quickly as the Eagles (0-1) host Bertrand (0-0) on Friday.
The Vikings, Seamann said, lost all but two starters from last season's state quarter-final team but bring back 12 seniors on the roster.
"They're going to be tough," the coach said. "We're going to have to be disciplined and not make the mental mistakes."
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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RACVB Executive Director Doug Lueck unveiled a proposed icon on Wednesday that would lend itself to better symbolize Ridgecrest — a small scale metal sculpture of what will be a full-size 12 shamans created by local artist Skip Gorman.
RACVB Executive Director Doug Lueck unveiled a proposed icon on Wednesday that would lend itself to better symbolize Ridgecrest — a small scale metal sculpture of 12 shamans created by local artist Skip Gorman.
"Going back in time a little bit, Harris (Brokke) and I talked about do something in Ridgecrest," Lueck said.
Lueck anecdotally referred to a project he had worked on in Victorville.
"We created the biggest American flag in the world and it lasted about a year," he said.
Lueck had indicated doing something similar, but over the years the record for the largest flag grew and the cost might have been prohibitive.
"The city's in a financial hardship and there are some hard spots, so what can we do that will work," he said.
He said he approached Skip Gorman and spoke with him about a project. The end result manifested in a small-scale representation of what would be the final product.
The sculpture would consist of 12 shamans integrated into a 12-foot statue, and would sit in front of the Ridgecrest Visitor's Center.
The board voted to approve and fund the project.
Maturango Museum Executive Director Harris Brokke indicated it would be great addition to Ridgecrest.
"This is a great way for the city to show that we are home to one of the finest petroglyphs in North America," Brokke told the board.
Gorman is an established artist in Ridgecrest and the Indian Wells Valley. His work is present up and down the community. One of the more prolific and well-known pieces is the massive metal horseshoe joshua tree sculpture standing on Highway 14.
"I'm looking forward to getting started," Gorman said over the phone Wednesday.
Gorman said the full-scale version — once he was finished — would be 12 feet tall and made of quarter-inch thick steel.
After speaking with Lueck about general ideas, Gorman said he started drumming up ideas.
"I offered the problem up to the right side of my brain," he said.
He said the title Hunting Magic "really hit the spot" in many ways.
"The title was appropriate in a way because film producers visit our valley looking for magic," Gorman said.
Of projects like Hunting Magic Gorman said, "I'm always eager to extend myself to municipal art and not depend on civic funding."


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