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LAS VEGAS – The Deer & Deer Hunting crew is in attendance at the annual SHOT Show this week, looking for new products and story ideas. Check back frequently for updates, new stories and Deer Talk Now segments from the show.
O.F. Mossberg and Sons and Mathews have partnered to develop a new Recoil Reduction System which will be featured on seven new Mossberg pump-action shotguns in 2013.
This exclusive system features a unique Mossberg Dual-Comb (low and high profile inserts) stock design incorporating Mathews Harmonic Damper Technology combined with a newly re-engineered thermoplastic elastomer recoil pad. The result is up to 20 percent reduction in felt recoil and added comfort in the field or at the range.
The Mossberg Recoil Reduction System will be available on select 835 Ulti-Mag and 535 ATS Turkey and Waterfowl 12 gauge 3 ½-inch pump-action shotguns and two 500 12-gauge 3-inch pump-actions, a convenient Field/Deer Two-Barrel Combo and a special-purpose Tactical 6-Shot model.
Well-known in the world of archery and bowhunting, the Mathews Harmonic Damper incorporates a patented counter-phase technology that interrupts the recoil wave while weights floating in an internal elastomer wheel absorb recoil vibrations. The Mathews Damper is housed in an exclusive Mossberg stock with interchangeable low and high profile combs to ensure a more comfortable fit and overall reduction of felt recoil as the recoil wave is interrupted when it passes through the stock. Additional comfort is provided by the recoil-absorbing, thermoplastic elastomer recoil pad. Together reducing felt recoil up to 20 percent.
Mossberg pump-action shotguns are designed for reliable, smooth operation with the combination of dual extractors, twin-action bars, positive steel-to-steel lock-up and an anti-jam elevator. All receivers are drilled and tapped for the addition of scope base or Picatinny rail and feature Mossberg's universally-recognized, ambidextrous top-mounted safety.
500 Recoil Reduction System Shotguns – With 10 million in production, these 12 gauge 3-inch pump actions are recognized for their rugged dependability and versatility. Two models feature the new Recoil Reduction System – the Field/Deer Combo is fully-camouflaged in Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity and comes standard with a 28-inch vent rib, ported barrel with dual bead sights and ACCU-CHOKE choke tube set AND a 24-inch ported, fully-rifled barrel with adjustable rifle sights. The Tactical 6-Shot is designed for multi-purpose use with its 18 1/2-inch cylinder bore barrel, front bead sight, durable black synthetic stock and forend with complementing matte blue metal finish.
MSRP: $543 – $568500 Tactical 6-Shot cylinder bore model).
835 Ulti-Mag Recoil Reduction System Shotguns – Renowned as the world's first 12 gauge 3½-inch pump-action, these hard-hitting shotguns feature overbored (10 gauge bore dimensions) and ported barrels to deliver tight consistent patterns with less muzzle jump for quicker shot recovery. The Turkey version has a 24-inch vent rib barrel with Ulti-Full choke tube, adjustable fiber optic sights (for windage and elevation) and is fully-camouflaged with Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity. The two Waterfowl versions have 28-inch vent rib barrels and respectively, feature black synthetic stock and forend, dual bead sights and Modified choke tube; and full coverage in Realtree MAX-4, ACCU-MAG choke tube set (Full, Modified and Improved Cylinder) and fiber optic front bead sight. MSRP: $547 – $630
535 ATS Recoil Reduction System Shotguns – This versatile, all-purpose 12 gauge 3 ½-inch shotgun builds on the 835 Ulti-Mag and 500 pump-action platforms with its shortened magazine tube and lighter weight for improved balance without sacrificing capacity and well-designed Uni-Line Stock and Receiver. The soft-angled receiver of the 535 marries perfectly with the stock for eye/rib alignment and quick target acquisition. The Turkey version has a 22-inch vent rib barrel, XX-Full choke tube, adjustable fiber optic sights and is fully-covered in Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity camo. The Waterfowl model features a 28-inch vent rib barrel, ACCU-CHOKE choke tube set (Full, Modified and Improved Cylinder) and fiber optic front bead sight. MSRP: $547
Ruger Adds Two in American Series
Ruger has added two calibers to its popular American Rifle series, the .22-250 Rem and the 7mm-08 Rem.
Those calibers join the existing 30.06 Sprg, .270 Win, .308 Win and .243 Win.
The .22-250 and 7mm-08 weigh 6.38 pounds and feature the Ruger Marksman adjustable trigger, which allows shooters to adjust to between 3 and 5 pounds. The American Rifle series also features a 1-piece 3-lug bolt with a 70-degree throw, an integral bedding block system, tang safety and 4-round rotary magazine. The MSRP is $450.
Also new is the Ruger M77 Hawkeye African with Muzzle Brake System, which delivers the same big game performance as previous African models but now features a removable, radial-port muzzle brake that significantly reduces felt recoil.
Remington 783
Remington has a new bolt action rifle, the Model 783, that is garnering attention as a great rifle at a moderate price for the everyday hunter.
Veteran hunter and writer Mike Hanback has a solid review of the Model 783, which will be available in the popular .270, .30-06, .308 and 7mm Rem. Mag. Smart thinking by Remington, because just about any Mom 'n Pop gas station or backwoods store in the Southeast that sells hunting stuff will have those calibers.
The Model 783 will be priced at about $450, which isn't bad at all for a good rifle.
Stack-On Safe
Stack-On Products announces the introduction of the Shooter's Fire-Resistant Pistol & Ammo Safe, offering 5.7 cubic feet of interior storage with three adjustable shelves and a factory-installed door storage system that holds four pistols for quick access.
Approved as meeting the California Department of Justice standards for firearm safety, this safe features a four-way locking system using eight locking points – five 1.5″ live action locking bolts and three deadbolts. The live action locking bolts are extended and retracting by turning the three spoke steel handle. The electronic lock is easy to program with a three to eight digit code, batteries are accessible from the front of the lock and a backup key is included.
The safe has been tested and verified by ETL, an independent lab, to be fire-resistant for 30 minutes up to 1400 degrees Fahrenheit. The interior of the safe is fully carpeted and includes three adjustable shelves for storing additional pistols, ammo or other valuables.
The safe comes in a sleek matte black paint finish with chrome accents and measures in at 20.875″ W x 19.75″ D x 40″ H.
Traditions Tactical Scopes, Rings
Traditions Tactical introduces a line of tactical scopes and rings for 2013.
The AR Marksman scope is offered in matte black and is available in two models – 3-12×44 and 4-16×44.
The Marksman also includes a parallax adjustment from 10 yards and up. These scopes have an illuminated mil dot reticle in both green and red. Additionally, the Marksman scope has a 30mm tube for maximum light gathering. MSRP for either model is $199.99.
The AR Patrolman model is being offered in 1-4×24 in matte black. This scope has an illuminated mil dot reticle in selectable red or green dot with crosshair, allowing you to shoot with both eyes open for quick target acquisition. Additionally, the Patrolman has an adjustable magnifying ring up to 4 power and a full 30 mm tube for maximum light gathering. MSRP for the Patrolman is $179.99 All of Traditions Tactical scope offerings work great on AR platforms.
For 2013, Traditions Tactical is additionally offering 4 or 6 screw rings that work on flattop AR platforms and are extremely sturdy. The oversized hex nut ring bases and hardware provide solid attachment and the extra-wide ring design securely holds your scope in place. Available in 1" or 30" and heights medium, high, or extra high, the MSRP on these rings ranges from $19.99 – $25.99 for a set of two.
Stack-On Adds Tactical Cabinet
Stack-On Products announces the introduction of a Tactical Steel Security Cabinet, offering secure storage for two tactical weapons and up to 14 rifles or shotguns.
"The large increase in the use of tactical weapons has prompted us to introduce new storage solutions" said Shelley Nehrt, Director of Marketing for Stack-On Products. "Tactical weapons require more storage space and greater flexibility due to the differences in the height and shape of the weapons. We think our new line of secure tactical storage products will help meet the needs of gun owners."
The security cabinet is designed to provide quick and easy access/storage for tactical weapons. The interior of the cabinet is divided into three sections with the center section dedicated to storing two tactical weapons. The other two sections can each store up to seven rifles/shotguns or converted to shelving for added storage. Extended barrel rests keep tactical weapons away from the back wall of the cabinet while a sculpted bottom pad keeps gun stocks from shifting.
Approved as meeting the California Department of Justice standards for firearm safety, this cabinet features a three-point locking system securing the door at the top, bottom and center opening side. A double-bitted, cylinder key lock operates the locking mechanism. The key is not removable when the door is open, preventing the user from accidently forgetting to lock the cabinet.
Four steel shelves are included, providing greater organization options for the rifle/shotgun sections of the cabinet. A full width steel shelf is included and ties the three compartments together. There is a section in the front of the cabinet for storing long guns or scoped rifles.
The exterior of this cabinet has been enhanced with large, flat black tread plate and silver steel accent panels which are riveted to the front of the cabinet. Dimensions of the cabinet are 21″ W x 18″ D x 55″ H.


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Chased Hydroptere downwind for 5 seconds before the firehose off the foils chased me away.
I then followed the ENERGY AC 45 form the StFYC to the Golden Gate Bridge and all I got to show for it is this pic with a $32million 250 GTO Ferrari sit in front of the the club after I got out of the water.
So am I the first to and only to have my board with in 10 meter of three 30+ million dollar race machines in a single dayt?!?

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Bank of English
The Bank of English is a collection of samples of modern English held on computer for analysis of words, meanings, grammar and usage. In linguistics and lexicography such a collection is termed a corpus.A subcorpus of 56 million words from the Bank of English is available to Emory users.Expand
The Bank of English is a collection of samples of modern English held on computer for analysis of words, meanings, grammar and usage. In linguistics and lexicography such a collection is termed a corpus.
A subcorpus of 56 million words from the Bank of English is available to Emory users. In the Woodruff Library, log on to one of the InfoCommons workstations, then go to Start then Programs and select "Non-Web Databases". Select "Bank of English" from the titles listed and the program will launch. Our license limits us to 15 simultaneous users.An online guide to searching the database is available at: http://www.titania.bham.ac.uk/docs/svenguide.html
Subjects: English and American Literature
Bar Ilan Responsa Project
The Bar Ilan Responsa Project includes numerous works from the Responsa Literature - rabbinic case-law rulings which represent the historical-sociological milieu of real-life situations.Expand
In addition, the database includes the Bible, the Talmud and their principal commentaries; works about Jewish law and customs; major codes of Jewish law, such as Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulchan Aruch with its principal commentaries; midrashim, Zohar, etc… Also includes Entsiklopedyah Talmudit. The Online version has a variety of features and advanced search options.10 simultaneous users
Subjects: Jewish Studies
BBC Shakespeare Plays
The BBC Shakespeare Plays was a landmark project to stage all 37 of Shakespeare's surviving plays for television. Officially known as The BBC Television Shakespeare, it was a joint production of the BBC and Time-Life Television.Expand
The plays were broadcast over seven seasons between 1979 and 1985. For more information on the series, see the British Film Institute's Screenonline . These online streaming versions include closed captioning for the hearing impaired. Adobe Flash video player is required.
Subjects: English and American Literature
BCC Research Reports
BCC Research is a leading information resource producing high-quality market research reports, conferences and newsletters. The reports cut across numerous industries including environment, healthcare, technology, and engineering.BCC's market research reports explore major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology organizations.Expand
Industry analysis and market forecasts for advanced materials, high-tech systems and components, nanotechnology and novel processing methods are at the forefront of the company's expertise.
Subjects: Business, Economics, Science and Technology
Beck Center
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Please feel free to browse these pages and learn more about the Beck Center and its services.
Subjects: Multidisciplinary Databases
Bible In English
This database contains 21 different versions of the English Bible. In addition to 13 complete Bibles, there are five texts that comprise New Testaments only, two that contain just the Gospels, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah and New Testament.Expand
The text of each edition is given in full,including all original introductions, prefaces, appendices, indices, notes and tables. Significant figures and illustrations from the Renaissance Bibles have also been included.
Subjects: Multidisciplinary Databases, Religion
Bible Odyssey
Bible Odyssey brings academic study of the Bible to a non-technical audience. The contents of the site are based on three categories: people, places, and passages.Expand
Subjects are treated in traditional, peer-reviewed articles, or in other multimedia formats such as videos, images, maps, and timelines.
Subjects: History Ancient -400, Religion
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
Produced by the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS), the user-friendly BAS Online Archive was specifically designed for educational institutions for both students and scholars.Expand
The Archive contains not only the editorial content of each issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (1975-2003), Bible Review (1985-2003) and Archaeology Odyssey (1998-2003), but also five books published by the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS): Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple; Aspects of Monotheism: How God is One; Feminist Approaches to the Bible; The Rise of Ancient Israel and The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels.
Subjects: Religion
Bibliografia de la Literatura Espanolaa
A resource for scholars of Spanish literature, Bibliografía de la Literatura Española is a comprehensive bibliography of all related documentation published in any language.Expand
It covers monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, bibliographies, congress proceedings, and other miscellaneous material.
The collection provides bibliographic information on a wide range of subject areas: literary theory, literary genres, popular literature, Hispanism, bibliographies, and authors. The database features not only editions of their works, but also translated editions and critical studies.4 simultaneous uses; walk-in users allowed
Subjects: Comparative Literature, Spanish
Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale
The Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (BMC) is a comprehensive, current bibliography of monographs worldwide and listings of miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften).Expand
It is designed to serve as a complement to the International Medieval Bibliography (IMB), which covers primarily periodical and journal articles. In fact, BCM and IMB are fully integrated with each other. BCM coverage goes as far back as the 1958 year of publication.Walk-in users: OK; 3 simultaneous users
Subjects: Art and Architecture, English and American Literature, History Ancient -400, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History World, Philosophy, Religion
Bibliographie Nationale de la Litterature Francaise
More than 150,000 detailed notices from 1998 to the present day have been published, including 17,000 summaries, and 72,000 articles based on analyses of collected works (see the 'commentary' section of notices in particular).Expand
The previous years (1997-1979 and 1948-1894) are currently the object of a programme of retrospective conversion which will result in a bibliography of more than 500,000 references. The online BLF is updated daily, as and when publications are recorded. It is a unique instrument for researchers, teachers, students, and all those seeking to inform themselves on French and Francophone literature or on a writer, theme or period.
Access note: After logging in with your Emory NetID, select "Bibliographie de la littérature française (BLF)" to access this resource.
Subjects: French Literature and Language
Bibliography of American Literature
Recognized as one of the greatest achievements of twentieth-century scholarship, the Bibliography of American Literature describes in exhaustive detail the works of America's most important literary writers from the time of the Revolution to 1930.Expand
More than 37,000 works are listed, essentially the complete printed record of American literature from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Subjects: African American Studies, English and American Literature, History US
Bibliography of Asian Studies
The Bibliography of Asian Studies indexes all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide.Expand
The online version contains references to books (through 1992), journals, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften.
Subjects: Anthropology, Area Studies, Chinese Studies, Ethnic Studies, History World, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, South Asian Studies, Middle East Studies
Bibliography of British and Irish History
The Bibliography of British and Irish History provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.Expand
It is the successor to the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History, available online from 2002 to 2009. As well as providing details of publications, the Bibliography provides links to online catalogues to help you find the items that it lists in research libraries in Britain, Ireland and the USA, and it provides links to online text where available. Walk in users allowed; Unlimited simultaneous users.
Subjects: English and American Literature, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History Modern 1800-, History US, History World, Theater Studies
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Index of published literature about native peoples of North America, including books, journal literature, conference papers, and U.S. & Canadian government documents.Expand
Subjects: Anthropology, American Indian Studies, Ethnic Studies, History US
Bibliography of the History of Art
Blurb: The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA) for no charge on its Web site at http://library.getty.edu/bha.Expand
These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007. For any materials from 2008 forward, please search Proquest's International Bibliography of Art. BHA's focus is European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.
Subjects: Art and Architecture
Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina Online
A reference database for Latin literature from the Roman Republic through the Imperial Period to Late Antiquity. BTL provides online access to Teubner's Latin text editions and includes the complete texts (other than the prefaces or critical apparatus) works spread over eight centuries (c.Expand
300 B.C.E. to c. 800 A.D./C.E.), from Plautus to Martianus Capella.
Subjects: Art and Architecture, Classics, History Ancient -400, History Middle Ages 400-1450
Biographical Materials of Ch'ing Historical Figures and Biographical Packets and Drafts from the Archives of the Ch'ing Historiography Institute
The massive information on Ch'ing historical figures includes 3,536 Packets of Biographical Materials and 8,384 Draft Biographies, and 1,270 volumes of Ch'ing Historical Figures, Jing version, a total of over 15,000 valuable pieces of information on important historical figures from Ch'ing. Users need to log in again before any searches.Expand
The massive information on Ch'ing historical figures includes 3,536 Packets of Biographical Materials and 8,384 Draft Biographies, and 1,270 volumes of Ch'ing Historical Figures, Jing version, a total of over 15,000 valuable pieces of information on important historical figures from Ch'ing.
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Biography & Genealogy Master Index
Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.Expand
Subjects: Multidisciplinary Databases, Biographies
Biography in Context
A database of biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Combines biographies from Gale Group biographical sources such as Biography and Genealogy Master Index and nearly one million biographies from Marquis Who's Who publications.Expand
In-depth profiles, thumbnail sketches, and full-text journal articles are included.
Subjects: History US, History World, Biographies, Reference Sources
Biography Reference Bank
Includes Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, Current Biography, the Junior Authors & Illustrators Series, the Wilson biographical series on world artists, authors, composers, nobel prize winners, songwriters, musicians, film directors, american reformers.Expand
In addition to this list, Biography Reference Bank contains links to every article on any individual full text articles, abstracts, book review excerpts, and more from the periodicals covered by H.W. Wilson databases.
Subjects: History US, History World, Biographies
BioMed Central
Publishes peer-reviewed scientific journals rapidly and makes them freely available online. Includes biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics, medicine, microbiology, nursing, and public health.Expand
Emory's institutional subscription allows authors to publish free of charge in BioMed Central journals. Authors who publish with BioMed Central retain copyright over their work.
Subjects: Anthropology, Medicine, Biological Sciences
Indexes full-text scholarly journals in the fields of biological, ecological and environmental science, and combines contemporary biological articles with scientific news of interest to researchers.Expand
Coverage extends from 2000 through the present. Coverage primarily includes journals from small, independent publishers.
Subjects: Biological Sciences
BIOSIS Previews
Encompasses the entire field of life sciences and provides comprehensive coverage of the world's published biological and biomedical research. This includes biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, veterinary medicine, biotechnology, environmental studies, biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering.Expand
Indexes journal articles, technical reports, meetings, reviews, and books.1989 to present
Subjects: Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Health, Neuroscience Animal Behavior, Science and Technology
Birds of North America (BNA)
A comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. Provides detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the United States and Canada.Expand
Includes image, video, and sound galleries of behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and songs/calls selected from Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds. An online project of the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology.
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Neuroscience Animal Behavior, Psychology


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Science, Technology, Judges, and Juries
A study recently published in Science—one of the top scientific journals—terrifyingly explains that "[g]laciers along the Amundsen Coast of Antarctica are thinning" and suggests that the "full-scale collapse" of the Thwaites glacier "may be inevitable." I don't want to delve into a debate about whether our Earth is undergoing climate change, or whether any such climate changed is being caused by human activities. However, I do want to talk about the relevance of science to law, and the fact that science, as well as its partner technology, are moving at an incredibly rapid pace.
Questions about the relevance and meaning of science and technology to law can be found in matters ranging from the use of neuroscience to assess criminal culpability or physical injuries, to the use of epidemiological studies to establish causation in toxic tort cases, to the novel liability risks associated with the use of unmanned vehicles. One of the difficulties of employing scientific and technological knowledge in legal matters is that many judges and lawyers are not trained in the nuances of scientific reasoning or the details of understanding modern technology.
I occasionally teach Law & Science courses to judges, and several judges have expressed to me their difficulties in wrestling with science in their cases. This problem of judges trying to understand science is exacerbated when judges are tasked with determining the reliability of scientific evidence under the Daubert standard, which a majority of jurisdictions now use. Some judges try to better understand the science at issue, but they might do this by independently researching the issue. (Perhaps the judicial independent research that has received the most attention is Judge Posner's "experiment with a novel approach" that he conducted pursuant to deciding Mitchell v. JCG Industries, Inc., where he had the court's staff don and doff specialized clothing and equipment to determine how long the process took.) This practice may be suspect under the applicable code of judicial conduct, but some judges engage in it nonetheless.
A commonly cited example of judges struggling with technology can be seen in the somewhat embarrassing exchange among the Supreme Court Justices in Ontario v. Quon. In that case a police officer had sued the city, claiming that the police department's review of his text messages violated the Fourth Amendment. In oral argument, Chief Justice Roberts inquired: "Maybe—maybe everybody else knows this, but what is the difference between a pager and e-mail?" And Justice Kennedy asked what would happen if someone were to text an individual while he was texting with someone else: Does the individual have "a voice mail saying that your call is very important to us; we'll get back to you?" At least the judges were doing their best to understand the technology at issue, though, before handing down an important opinion on the matter.
On some science- and technology-related subjects that judges decide, there may be other, possibly more qualified decisionmakers available. On some such questions—especially when the science and technology is intermingled with moral determinations—juries are possible decisionmakers. Now juries have a bad reputation with many lawyers. Yes, I've seen jurors fall asleep during trial, and I'm all too familiar with some jurors' focus on details like what kind of shoes a female lawyer wears to court. But juries can offer something that judges cannot. They are ordinarily more representative of their communities than a single judge could be. They serve as a bulwark between the government and the people. They serve to legitimate the law. Through their process of deliberate democratic decisionmaking they can make excellent determinations. Most relevant to decisions involving science and technology, though, juries—by virtue of including more than a single deliberator—can draw on a wide variety of knowledge and experiences. On a jury of twelve, there may be a mother, father, school teacher, engineer, recent college graduate, veteran, victim of assault, retired person, social worker, devout Catholic, plumber, and truck driver. And of course each juror would bring many more characteristics to the table. As a group, then, this deciding body can draw on a broad range of knowledge and experiences. Additionally, jurors often include decisionmakers who are younger than the judges presiding over the case and may be more on the pulse of cutting-edge science and technology. In a case in which a court faces a question such as whether continuous drone surveillance constitutes a Fourth Amendment search because it violates reasonable expectations of privacy, then, a diverse jury might prove to be a better decisionmaker than a judge.


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Mission Statement: The Women's and Gender Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic program that places women at the center of inquiry and explores gender as a system of relations and power. It values the diversity of race, sexuality and class and it empowers students to confront an increasingly complex world. (WGSAC approved 4-7-09)
Minor Degree: The minor degree complements a student's major by focusing on women's and gender issues in a variety of disciplines. It consists of 18 credit hours, up to 6 hours of which can overlap with a student's major degree requirements. One introductory course is required ("Women's & Gender Studies" WSTD 220) and five courses are designated electives from at least two different departments. Click on the "Class Schedules" link for course offerings each semester.
Program History: University faculty and administrators from across campus established the Women's Studies Program at UNK in 1989. It is now one of over 650 such programs at colleges and universities throughout the United States. The first Women's Studies Program began in 1970 at San Diego State University, and in 1977 the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). formed to help develop this new discipline. Their goal at the time was to create space for the study of women; faculty and students wanted a university education to include women's issues and perspectives. Since then, Women's Studies Programs have grown to include new scholarship on gender and masculinities. The UNK program changed its name to reflect these developments, becoming the Women's & Gender Studies Program in 2007.
To add the minor degree to your academic program, please contact the Women's & Gender Studies faculty advisor:
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Note: Since I recap both Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance and they're overlapping seasons this week and next, I'll be covering both nights in one recap for these first two weeks.
They open with past winners and notable contestants being interviewed about how their life changed by putting on a number and getting in the audition line. My favorite bit is Mary with a giant, tight, curly hairdo, like when we had perms in the '80s.
Tuesday Night – Los Angeles Auditions
We're in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theatre. Tonight's judges are Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Remember that season Mary wasn't on the show? I'm glad they got her back and kept her. Even if I find the "hot tamale" and the screaming a bit annoying.. I like that she comes from the competitive ballroom world.
Our first auditioner is Du-Shaunt "Fik-Shun" Stegall from Las Vegas, Nevada. That's a whole lotta name, kid. He's a popper and his body control and isolation are terrific. But you almost always have to see these guys try the more traditional dance styles before you know if they're going to be a successful contestant on the show. He has booty pops, full splits and this crazy move rotating his arms, torso and head in seemingly different airports at the same time. He gets a laugh with the Michael Jackson pose and then does a move that makes my ankles hurt – performing for most of the last 30 seconds of his audition in the world's winningest limbo position. He gets a ticket to Las Vegas. So, you know, home.
Audition #2 is from 19-year-old Malece Miller, a contemporary dancer from Salt Lake City. (It sounds like she says her first name to kind of rhyme with Elise.) She has an emotional backstory and a devoted mom. There's no way she doesn't make it through based on 1. Contemporary, 2. Utah, and 3. Emotional back story. She has trouble hearing Nigel at one point and apologizes, saying she's deaf. When Nigel asks her sincerely if she's deaf, I think, "If she says 'yes,' we've got our Season 10 winner already." She answers, "I'm partially deaf in my left ear." Nigel says, "Are you really?" And she replies, "No, not really." It's a much drier sense of humor than I would've expected from her.
I'm a terrible judge of contemporary dance because it all seems so the same to me after having watched nine seasons. I will say, she threw herself around the stage with greater abandon than some. Mary likes her look, short blond-bleached hair, saying it's "fresh" and "different." Mary's got that right. Mary's worried about some of her transitions today, though. Jesse calls her "striking" to look at. Nygel likes her too and she's through to Las Vegas.
They show us quick glimpses of folks getting the ticket to Las Vegas.
Paul Karmiryan was a contestant on the Armenian version of "So You Think You Can Dance" and won the whole thing. Should he even be allowed to audition for this version? He's a Latin ballroom dancer. He's dancing with a partner who is not auditioning. They're out of sync at times and I can't tell if that's his fault or hers. Nigel says Paul reminds him of Season 2 winner Benji Schwimmer. The judges faff around with a lame joke before giving him his ticket to Las Vegas.
This guy is wearing a black tutu around his neck and his body moves in crazy ways. His name is Elijah Laurant and he auditions wearing only the tutu/ruff and black tight fitting shorts. He's clearly a gifted dancer, but I question his choreography choices. Nigel found it artistic, beautiful and androgynous. Elijah jumps up and down at "androgynous" because that's what he wanted for the piece. Mary says she won't forget the piece for a long time. Of course he's through to Las Vegas.
Quick montage of people getting held for the choreography session later. Jesse Tyler Ferguson is adorable when admitting he'll cave and send a contestant through to choreography.
Taylor Ward was a jock, with scholarships to college for softball. She gave it all up to pursue dance, especially with the support of her grandfather, who passed away a month before these auditions. Just as she's getting ready to dance, they go to a break. She's practicing in the rehearsal area and comes down from a leap in way that does not look good for her knee. If your wide receiver on your fantasy league team came down like that, with a knee twisting like that, you'd start drinking. The show cuts to commercial before we find out the extent of the injury, though.
Back from commercials, there's no mention of Taylor; instead we get a montage of women who've danced well enough to get sent to Las Vegas.
Taylor now has a bandage on her left knee. Apparently her left kneecap popped out of place because she has "naturally loose joints." She tells us it's happened before and that she just popped it back in. I'm glad we didn't see that. I would've fainted, thrown up, then fainted again. Yowza.
Taylor's on the stage to audition and says she'll be using more of her upper body during her audition piece. As she's describing the injury, Jesse is clearly as squeamish as I am. She's doing surprisingly well despite the knee injury, even putting her weight solely on that leg at points. But noticeably not doing the same leap that injured the knee in rehearsal.
Jesse said he watched the whole routine worried that her knee might pop out again and that he was going to throw up if that happened. See? I was right. He liked the "effortlessness" of her dancing. Mary calls her a "true professional" with "stunning technique." Nigel wants her to go to choreography, as do Mary and Jesse. I'm not sure about making her dance more on that knee.
Morris Isby is a b-boy who says he's one of the more well-known b-boys around the world. So far it looks like every other b-boy routine we've seen over the previous nine seasons. It's good, but it's what b-boys do. Until he twists himself into a painful looking pretzel. Nigel points out a move he calls an "elbow pirouette." Jesse compares him to last season's Cyrus and the judges send him to choreography.
Montage of b-boy auditions, ending with a guy who pulls a flat out contortionist move and I worry, like Mary, how he'll unfold himself from it.
Armen Way "raps" in Russian and had been doing so for 10 years. He even made a professional music video with models washing a car. So he's bona fide. It turns out "Armen Way" is a stage name and his actual name is Armen Avasitov. He's got his hair gelled in that way that guys do when they're prematurely thinning on top and trying to hide it. He's, unsurprisingly, a Latin ballroom dancer. As far as I can tell, he's good, but I always wait to hear what Mary says about the ballroom auditioners. Before Jesse can even start to give his critique, Mary interrupts him to give him his ticket to Las Vegas.
Now there're 3 b-boys, two of them brothers, who started dancing because their dad was a b-boy in the 80s. After his untimely death when they were young, they joined with another guy to start a program for kids involving dancing. It's only the two brothers, Eric & Lorenzo Chapman, auditioning, but all three guys are dancing. I don't care if they don't actually have a shot at getting on the show or not, I'm glad they got to plug their group. Nigel calls them "inspirational" and then tells them they're not "built like dancers." Which is his way of pointing out the one guy is on the heavy side. Pretty much the judges say, "Great charity work you're never making it on the show."
Choreography round, with 23 dancers, including Morris and Taylor. Morris gets cut, despite Mary saying it was really close. Taylor makes it through to Las Vegas, as do 10 other dancers who don't get names.
Wednesday Night – Detroit Auditions
Twitch is in the house and the crowd goes nuts for him. I would too. He's a charming dude. It's he, Mary, and Nigel judging in Detroit.
Jade Zuberi has as his objective to "bend reality." Oh boy. He does that slow-mo/stop-motion kind of popping and locking. Twitch, in a hat and glasses looking like the lost member of Run-DMC, is loving it. All three judges stand and applaud him at the end. Nigel found it engrossing. Mary says he's a star at what he does. Twitch says it's one of the best auditions he's ever seen on SYTYCD. He gets the first day's ticket through to Las Vegas.
Amy Yakima follows Jade and she's adorable. She got her dad, not a dancer at all, to take a "Dad Jazz" class at her studio. He gets called up to stage and told to dance, while Amy sits at the judges' table. Poor Dad (aka Dan), he's hilariously awful but game. I hate the music she's chosen, but she seems like a decent enough contemporary/jazz dancer. They close-up on Dad back in the audience and he's tearing up. Awww. The music is really overwrought and Amy's certainly dancing to match it. The judges give her a standing ovation.
Nigel says a lot of technical dance things about how good she is. Mary says she was "absolutely spectacular." Twitch loved it too. Of course she's through to Las Vegas.
Morgan "Mo" Williams lifts his shirt to show off that he's got better "abdominals" than Twitch. He manages to get in a shout-out to his dead grandmother. I find him a beautiful dancer, all long limbs and grace. Kind of reminds me, body-wise at least, of Danny Tidwell, from season 3.
Nigel says it's a yes to choreography for him. Mary reaches past him, screaming, "Over my dead body!" and hands Mo a ticket to Vegas.
Now we see a montage of "Detroit Jit" which is "fancy footwork, fast feet, fast arms and a lot of attitude."
Will "Sysko" Green explains the basis of the dance in jitterbug, Lindy Hop, etc. and then tries to give Cat a crash course in how to do it. As usual, she's adorable. He starts out by pretty much doing a push up over the back of a chair. I don't want to even think about the core strength and balance that took. The rest of the routine is super fast-paced but ungainly in the transitions at times.
Facing the judges, he says he's also "real good" at another Detroit dance called "hip roll." He gets Mary up on a chair on stage and it's kind of obvious this is "Magic Mike" style exotic dancing. The crowd is going nuts. When Mary starts to get shy, Twitch hollers at her, "Don't look away." It's HOT. And at the end Will either mimics or actually does lick the side of her neck. Day-um. As Mary sits back down at the judges' table, Nigel says, "You brought blood to parts of her body where it hasn't been in years." Oh, hush, Nige. I saw those thigh-high boots and that mini-skirt Mary's wearing. She's still got it.
They're sending him through to choreography, which I always think is wise for someone with a style as unique or unknown as his.
It doesn't take much prodding to get Twitch up on stage to show off his signature moves, along with some new ones. Gosh, I love watching this guy dance. Tell me again why he didn't win his season?
Garrett Frye is clearly going to be our first joke audition. There weren't any last night so I was sort of hoping this was a conceit that got abandoned: schlubby white guy attempts to do hip hop. At least I think he knows he's kind of terrible and is in on the joke. They make him keep going and going, long after he's clearly breathless. But he's game and starts doing jumping jacks even.
24 dancers are doing the choreography round, including Will Green. Nigel stops the music while Green is dancing and chastises him for freestyling during a partner dance, explaining that it could cause her to injure herself. And then he dismisses him from the stage. Outside with Cat, he's clearly upset and she jollies him into a smile. She's just the best.
Tyrone Cobham Jr. is a tap dancer who likes to emphasize his upper body as much as his feet. He's got his grandmother with him. She says when she watches him she's "mesmerized," and then she gets shy about having shown so much emotion. She's adorable and I want to adopt her immediately as my grandmother.
I'm not sure he uses his upper body as well as he thinks he does, but he is more engaged with it than a lot of the other tappers we've seen before on this show. He's dancing to a very non-melodious jazz piece, which I do find very impressive. The audience is chanting "Vegas Vegas Vegas." Nigel calls him "one of the best tappers" they've had on the program. Mary notes his "magnificent stage presence" and notes the many different kinds of rhythms. Grandma is wiping her tears away with the end of her sweater sleeves. CUTEST. Of course he's through to Las Vegas.
Quick montage of dancers with supportive family members. One dad in Army fatigues cries when talking about his daughter's dancing. And there's the woman who brought HER cute grandmother. And the woman whose brothers painted their stomachs to spell out her name. Army daughter and painted brothers both get tickets to Vegas. The hip hop girl with the cute grandmother is asked if any of her family members dance. She tells them her grandmother knows "Gangnam Style." Oh boy. And then Grandma's on stage along with the three judges doing Gangnam style. It's cute and goes on just the right amount of time to be cute without being agonizing.
Local dance crew "F.A.M.E" are there and they are male exotic dancers. I had no idea this was such a thing in Detroit. One guy quips, "I do this for fun and funds."
Darryl "Smilez" Harrell is the first one up to audition. When asked how long he's been dancing, he does an impression of him dancing in his mother's womb and says "My mom would ask, 'Is he kickin'?" and I was, 'No, I'm krumping.'" His dancing reminds me VERY much of the Channing Tatum number late in Magic Mike when he's wearing the flak vest. Except without the clothes-taking-off.
Nigel says he's not going to give Smilez his critique until they see the whole F.A.M.E. crew and will then give them all their critiques at the same time. We see quick clips of the other guys; the last up is Defont'e "Prince Charming" Thomas.
Nigel asks Defont'e if he forgot his shirt. Defont'e answers, "Actually, I prefer dancing without my shirt so you can see my---," but doesn't get to finish because Nigel cuts him off. Nigel asks him if he enjoys performing in front of ladies and he says, "Ladies? I love it."
OK, I actually like this kid; he's got some popping and locking and then what I swear could be samba roll moves if tweaked just slightly. Twitch turns around and asks the crowd, "How'd he do, ladies?" And the swell of feminine screams says he did alright.
As the judges deliberate, all five guys are on stage, shirtless. Sometimes watching this job is such a chore. Smilez and Prince Charming are brought forward and told to stay for the choreography round. The ones not chosen are gracious to their friends and thank the judges for having them on. I bet their bookings go up 1000% after this aired.
Both guys are struggling in choreography, especially Smilez, who graciously leaves after thanking the judges for the opportunity to audition. POLITEST STRIPPER EVER.
They call up Prince Charming to hear his fate. They thank him for coming out to the audition and tell him it was a pleasure to watch him dance. He smiles and nods, but then turns upstage, saying he's going to go collect his shoes. Nigel tells him he's not just got to pick up his shoes, he needs to come get his ticket to Las Vegas. He is adorable with how fast he grabs his shoes and RUNS to get the ticket. I hope he gets a crash course in some other dance styles before the Vegas round. I saw potential there and I'd like to see him go far because he's living up to the "charming" part of his nickname.
So, after one day in Los Angeles and two days in Detroit, we're done for this week. Next week, we get Day 2 of Los Angeles and Austin, with guest judge Minnie Driver. And special guest star Mary's giant permed-looking hair.


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Monarchs finish off perfect weekend with 5-2 win over PortlandBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 20. 2013 8:27PM
MANCHESTER - Sometimes, chaos can create something special.
After a week of roster turnover, the Manchester Monarchs pulled together to make a statement, closing a strong weekend with a 5-2 win over the Portland Pirates Sunday in front of 4,593 fans at Verizon Wireless Arena.
The win completed a three-win weekend for the Monarchs, who improved to 20-17-4 for second place in the Atlantic Division. First-place Portland fell to 24-15-2. Manchester will host the Providence Bruins Wednesday at 7 p.m.
"Portland's a great team and I thought we came ready to play," said Monarchs head coach Mark Morris. "The guys looked prepared and our message to the team before the game was to play with a lot of detail in our game and make sure we had good structure."
The line of Andy Andreoff (goal, assist), Marc-Andre Cliche (goal) and Brian O'Neill (two assists) led the way and Jordan Weal scored two of his own to lead Manchester.
"Our line has been clicking and we're battling hard," Andreoff said. "That's what we're supposed to be doing out there, crashing, winning battles in the corners and playing with a lot of energy out there."
The Monarchs put the game away with a strong third period. Weal made it 4-2 at 9:18, stealing the puck from Michael Stone in the Portland end and walking in alone on to beat goalie Chad Johnson five-hole.
Veteran David Meckler pushed the lead to 5-2 at 10:08, backhanding a rebound home after Johnson made a save on a David Kolomatis blast from the high point. It was Meckler's first goal of the season and capped the win.
The three-win weekend came on the heels of losing three players to call-ups to Los Angeles and two veteran and character guys (Thomas Hickey and Rich Clune) to waiver claims from other organizations.
The early result was not good for Manchester as the Monarchs lost 7-5 to Springfield on Tuesday night before righting the ship.
"Losing those guys, it weighed down on the team," Cliche said. "But we buckled down on Thursday and it gave more opportunity to other guys to step up and fill those big roles. Everyone responded and when everybody is working, good things happen like this weekend and three (wins) in three (days)."
Manchester put two on the board in the second period to take a 3-2 lead. Andreoff tied the game at 2-2 at 14:22 with a highlight reel goal. O'Neill passed from behind the net to a wide-open Andreoff, who cut across the top of the crease with a toe-drag move that got Johnson to the ice and allowed Andreoff to backhand the puck behind him.
"The work that was done by O'Neill was very impressive," Morris said. "He hounded the puck and created the situation and made the great feed and what a move by Andreoff. That was pretty."
The Monarchs took their first lead of the game at 16:39 with Andreoff and O'Neill once again factoring in. This time Andreoff gained the zone on the left side and fed O'Neill, who backhanded a pass across to Cliche on the right side for a one-timer to make it 3-2 and Manchester was on its way.
Portland took a 1-0 lead at 3:26 of the first period. Phil Lane fired the puck on net from the right wing boards and the puck hit traffic in front of goalie Martin Jones, with Pirate Mathieu Brodeur deflecting it into the net.
Manchester tied the game at 12:53 on a power-play goal from Weal. Brandon Kozun carried the puck up the right wing board and sent Weal in with a lead pass. Weal snapped off a wrist shot from the right circle to beat Johnson far post.
The Pirates held a 2-1 lead at the first intermission thanks to a Brandon Gormley power-play goal at 19:39. Manchester was unable to clear the puck and Gormley drove a slap shot on net from above the left circle that beat Jones just inside the right post.
But that was all from Portland as the Monarchs came out strong in the second and Jones (29 saves) closed the door the rest of the way with a solid effort between the pipes.


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Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School students Samuel Ridout and Dalton Teeler earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level finals of the 114th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a scholarship program sponsored by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.
What started out as innocent teenage mischief ended in tragedy Jan. 21 with the death of a 14-year-old girl, Madalyn Gracie Griffin, known as Gracie to family and friends.
A Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD school bus carrying high school students was involved in a one vehicle accident the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 28, LCM community relations coordinator Sherry Combs said in a statement, but no one on the bus was injured.
Port Arthur Independent School District (PAISD) Superintendent Dr. Mark Porterie reports that there will be increased security at Memorial High School on Monday, Oct. 3, in response to online clown threats - menacing social media posts currently being nationally circulated asserting that creepy-looking clowns will be making armed attacks on various schools.
Former Little Cypress-Mauriceville standout and current Texas Lutheran senior offensive lineman Tyler Howlett is one of 165 national nominees for the
Education First Federal Credit Union has named Cory Broom of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School its Golden Apple Educator Award winner for the month of August.
As the 2015-16 school year began, Broom was awarded with a Golden Apple and a $500 check from Education First Federal Credit Union in front of his drama students, LC-M staff and many of the parents who nominated him. Onlookers met inside the high school theater to surprise him with the news.
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville UIL One Act Play will present Epic Proportions on Tuesday, April 14, and Thursday, April 16. The Culinary Arts Department will serve dinner at 6 p.m. and the play will follow at 7 p.m. Tickets for the event are $20, or $5 for theplay only.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School reported two separate incidents to the Orange County Sheriff's Office within two days regarding students found in possession of marijuana at the campus, which is a drug-free zone, deputies report.
Golf is a stressful game that requires both skill and patience — the latter trait often lacking in children of a young age.
According to a press release from the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD Community Relations Coordinator Sherry Combs, four LCM High School seniors were recently accepted into Lamar University's prestigious Mirabeau Scholars Program.
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The telecoms regulator has published a timetable for the auctions, which it claims will be the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK. A reserve price of £1.3bn has been set on the total spectrum being auctioned.
Operators will need to apply to take part in the bidding process and put down an initial deposit by December 11 and will be informed if their attempt was successful in February or March next year. New 4G services will go on sale as early as May.
Ed Richards, Ofcom's chief executive, said: "Today marks an important shift from preparation to the delivery of the auction, which will see widespread 4G mobile services from a range of providers. The entire industry is now focused on the auction itself, with a shared goal of delivering new and improved mobile services for consumers."
Currently EE is the only operator offering 4G service in the UK, stealing a march on rivals by reusing surplus 2G airwaves.
Ofcom approved the move and said consumers would "benefit significantly from gaining early access to 4G services", dismissing competition complaints by saying that there was "no material risk that those benefits would be outweighed by a distortion of competition".
But EE admitted a "teething problem" after launch with customers branded the service a "rush job", with complaints about difficulties obtaining SIM cards, connecting to the network and dealing with "confusing" customer service systems.
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Appeals rejected on Breckenridge expansion
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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. – The U.S. Forest Service has rejected two appeals over its approval of the Peak 6 expansion at Breckenridge Ski Resort.
The resort's Peak 6 project would add nearly 550 acres of skiable terrain, two lifts, a restroom facility and warming hut.
Some opponents say cutting trees to make more ski runs could hurt Canada lynx, while some residents have objected because they fear overcrowding in town.
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Michael Clarke Duncan Dead at 54
Michael Clarke Duncan has passed away at the age of 54.
The Green Mile actor's fiancee Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth has confirmed that he died, the Associated Press reports.
"[Omarosa] is grateful for all of your prayers and asks for privacy at this time. Celebrations of his life, both private and public, will be announced at a later date," his rep told TMZ.
Michael was hospitalized in July after going into cardiac arrest. He was saved by Omarosa, a former Apprentice contestant, who performed CPR after discovering him in the their home. Michael was reported to be in stable condition after the incident.
Michael, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in The Green Mile, most recently appeared on the television series The Finder.
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NEW YORK (AP) — They were hooked: The moment singer-songwriter Jim James and his bandmates from My Morning Jacket first wandered into the immersive, genre-bending show "Sleep No More," there was no turning back.
The five guys spent hours wandering around the 100,000-square-foot warehouse space in Chelsea, visiting dozens of carefully designed rooms, following mysterious actors and generally having their minds blown.
"I've never experienced a piece of art like that before," James says by phone from Louisville, Ky. "The thing is just so overwhelming. And you get a sense that you created your experience."
James was so excited that he and some of the band returned the next night and he also came back a few months later. So it comes as no surprise that he picked "Sleep No More" as one of the stops on his new tour promoting "Regions of Light and Sound of God," his first full-length solo album.
He joins a long list of musicians — from Bjork to Florence Welch — who have become part of the experience. Now approaching its second year, "Sleep No More" has found itself evolving into a musical draw as well as a theatrical one.
"This has taken on a life of its own," Jonathan Hochwald, a producer of the show, says while sipping a rye and ginger beer cocktail in the space's nightclub as a recording of Marlene Dietrich singing "Falling in Love Again" played. "What surprised us is how versatile and open-minded not only the people are but the place is as well."
Becoming a music venue wasn't necessarily a goal when the doors opened on three empty hulking warehouse spaces on 27th Street, a spot renamed the McKittrick Hotel. It houses the show "Sleep No More," a kind of art installation-meets-theater-and-dance piece with elements of both Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Alfred Hitchcock.
Created by the British theater troupe Punchdrunk, visitors are handed Venetian-style mask to wear and are encouraged to explore. About 25 performers act out mostly wordless scenes inspired by Shakespeare's play while dressed in 1930s outfits and giving off a film noir vibe.
The show, which doesn't advertise and relies on word-of-mouth, ends with an invitation to gather in the hotel's Manderlay Bar for a drink and to listen to the house band, an invitation some professional performers have found inviting enough to get up on stage themselves.
The punk-pop singer Pink and Police drummer Stewart Copeland, each at different times, began jamming with the band. The space inspired Perry Farrell, frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, to renew his wedding vows in the bar after a show.
The list of musicians embracing "Sleep No More" and its haunting space include John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Meshell Ndegeocello, David Garza, Dita Von Teese and the band Chairlift. Everest and Skeleton Key had album launch parties there. Songwriter and musicians Glen Hansard turned it into an Irish pub one night.
Bjork spun records in a private party in the creepy hospital during a stop on her latest tour, while Broadway legend Joel Grey celebrated his 80 birthday in the bar by getting up and singing the chilling "Willkommen" from the show "Cabaret," an event that participants said sent shivers down their spines. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band earlier this year wrapped up a 16-show residency, adding a jazzy mournfulness to the atmosphere.
At the end of the show's regular performance on Wednesday night, James will play a concert in the main ballroom. In addition to the new songs from the CD, he'll do a few covers of songs relevant to the experience.
"The place just inspires creativity," he says. "I've seen it three different times now and every experience was different. It's kind of a limitless thing. I think that's why it's been so successful."
Hochwald says the musicians get excited about riffing off the noir vibe or Shakespearian themes explored by the show and by a space that includes a spooky cemetery, an indoor forest, a candy store and a cemetery, all beautifully realized.
"What they love is this idea of a totally different kind of gig, a totally different way of presenting of concert where your mind is completely blown, you don't know where you are but you're having this one-of-a-kind experience," he says. "It's like the next generation of how to present a concert."
The evolution of the space into a music venue is part of the show's constant updating. New rooms are being worked on all the time and new spaces are being unveiled, including a new rooftop bar called Gallow Green, which Hochwald hopes will be suitably verdant this summer to attract a late-night crowd hoping the show can go on.
"If somebody's been to the show 70 or 80 times — and we have fans nearing 100 — the fact that they're going to still be discovering new areas and new rooms is really exciting for all of us," he says. "Even as the producer of the show, I haven't seen everything."
Hochwald, who together with fellow producers Randy Weiner and Arthur Karpati created the company Emursive and stages "Sleep No More," laughs that the Mandalay Bar has become his new office since keeping the show fresh means daily updates and tweaking.
"It's a blessing a curse. One the one hand, you don't get to walk away. It doesn't get to operate in amber. It's always growing, always developing," he says.
"We knew it would be something very special and we felt confident people would embrace it and fall in love with it. I guess what we didn't expect all of these new dimensions to the experience."
James is a perfect example. He may not be satisfied with only playing new songs during his concert at the hotel this week: Attendees might also see the bearded singer running around, doing a little acting, too.
"I've heard that, too," he says, appropriately mysteriously. "All I'll say is I've heard that, too."
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Rating level of difficulty
This is what I came up with, but I'm a little uncomfortable with it. I originated it after a couple dozen puzzles (as guest) where my best time was 11:??.
I figure Stephen is automatically rating them by the time spent on them. That rating is skewed when someone is interrupted, often more than once, during a game.
I don't rate a puzzle when I have to take a break midgame because it won't agree with official time (or rating, regardless of official scale used).
I'm open to suggestions to improve this scale.
Min:Sec Rating
+ 5 minutes after first 12:30
0--12:30................. 1
12:30:01--17:30..... 2
17:30:01--22:30..... 3
22:30:01--27:30..... 4
27:20:01--32:30..... 5
32:30:01--37:30..... 6
37:30:01--42:30..... 7
42:30:01--47:30..... 8
47:30:01--52:30..... 9
Over 52:30 min......10
AND, Stephen, can stats reflect min:sec instead of seconds?
difficulty level
I think ranking puzzles as to how difficult they are and awarding higher points for the more difficult puzzles in a good thing, but not based on the average time spent. Those of us who are faster solvers in general, in my case because I have been doing logic problems for years, are going to be skewed with higher scores. The cryptograms site scores based on assigned difficultly (based primarily on the length of the quote) and the time take to solve the puzzle. That, to me, is fair. You get credit for solving a more difficult puzzle, as well as your time playing a factor. Perhaps a difficulty rating could be based on the number of clues, or the number of non-direct clues?
Too many aren't rating puzzles. Personally, I don't use my own time to determine the rating, because if I make a mistake (marking northwest column instead of northeast, for example) and have to restart, that doesn't mean the puzzle is difficult. Some clues are more difficult because you can't use them until you progress to a certain point. If the names within a category are too unfamiliar or similar to one another, that puzzle would also be rated harder.
I wish it were possible to rate a puzzle after giving up, without solving.
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|January 1, 2013, 03:53 AM
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busted by my new chrono
So I got a chronograph as a Christmas gift, ..... KC ProChrono Digital and was really pleased about it. Bamaboy and I set it up in the house Christmas Day and tried to Chrono his airsoft guns.....yuck yuck....no good.
Today, I set the chrono up outdoors and brought the Rem 700/.270 out with my "pet" load, a 110 Sierra and 55.3 grs of IMR4350. The Sierra Manual listed it a 3200 +, I expected 3100+, and felt CERTAIN I would break 3000 easily, which was the object of the light bullet load. Did not feel I could get 3000 fps from the 22" tube with a 130 gr slug. So.......
Arrgh..........2850!!!!!!!!! Heart break, disapppointment....that's probably about what a .243/100 gets.
Obviously, I have some load development to do!!!!!
|January 1, 2013, 06:34 AM
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I agree, chrony speeds can differ a lot from book numbers. At 1st I thought you shot the chronograph with your title.
|January 1, 2013, 08:16 AM
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No critter or target you shoot will know the difference.
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|January 1, 2013, 08:36 AM
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I agree with sport45, I let my 7mm rem mag velocities kinda get to me, 3000 fps with a 140, was figuring closer to 3200 with my 26" barrel but not gonna happen, the load works and works really good so it is what it is
|January 1, 2013, 09:33 AM
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My primary use of a chronograph is for exactly what you did- to insure my reloads are producing the velocity--and consequently pressure--I am trying to achieve. I also use it to measure consistency; but I have arrived at the conclusion that Standard Deviation is irrelevant compared to what the target is telling me.
Just FWIW, H4895 has consistently produced velocities at or near published velocities for me in a number of cartridges- and excellent accuracy as well. I always liked the stuff, but the both Beta Master and the Target confirmed it was going to be my 'go to' rifle powder.
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|January 1, 2013, 09:36 AM
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Bamaranger, I doubt your using a barrel with the same bore, groove and chamber dimensions used to base any printed data on; if your bore and groove diameters are larger, it'll shoot the same load slower. And you're not using the same lot of powder or primers either. And probably not the same neck tension on the bullets. To say nothing about how hard you hold the rifle to your shoulder when firing it as that alone can cause over 70 fps difference than someone else. Most noticable is the velocity spread between a given barrel and ammo fired with it hard fixed in a test fixture (as SAAMI does with a universal receiver; see my post below) compared to it in a rifle held by someone against their shoulder; that's gonna cause 100 fps difference; or more.
Therefore, a few hundred fps difference between a quoted velocity and what someone gets is as normal as sunrise every morning.
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|January 1, 2013, 09:45 AM
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|January 1, 2013, 09:46 AM
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The Lyman 49th Handbook lists a 26 inch barrel that was used for testing the published loads. I would say that extra four inches of barrel accounts for something.
The chronograph has given you the velocity of thay bullet in your rifle, now is the time to use the ballistics calculator, it will show you where the bullet drops at distance. Also the energies developed.
|January 1, 2013, 10:20 AM
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I missed the word "by" in the thread title at first...
I thought I was reading a juicy story about how you shot your chronograph with your .270.
By the way... if the chrony is too close to the muzzle, sometimes powder blow through can throw off your numbers. Make sure it's at least 10 feet from the muzzle...
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|January 1, 2013, 10:27 AM
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My chrony's made me a lier a few times but 55 grns IMR4350 behind a 110 is kind of cold. 3000 fps should be easily doable.
|January 1, 2013, 10:56 AM
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Universal Receivers???
A few examples of what the pro's use to measure velocity and pressure for load development.
Test barrels are made to strict SAAMI specs for chamber, bore and groove dimensions.
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|January 1, 2013, 11:21 AM
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I got a chrony after reloading for quite a few years. I too was surprised when my "pet" loads were shy of published book values. Since I had been reloading for years for acuracy and not velocity, I decided not to worry about it. As others have stated, most animlas shot in the boiler room never notice the difference.
|January 1, 2013, 04:16 PM
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I think the easy availability of chronographs really busted the bubble on wildcatters.
The golden age of wildcats was in the 50's/60's. If you read vintage publications shooters were making velocity estimates based on things like bullet drop over 200/300 yards. Wildcatters could make outrageous velocity claims on shoulder angles, (Weatherby anyone?) straight cases, case capacity because no one had chronographs to check their claims.
If they did get high velocities, it was due to extremely high pressures. P. O Ackley comes to mind with his claims of velocity increases with his blown out cases. He just did not get a little more velocity, he got a lot more, and it was due to extremely high pressures.
Below are comparisons of Ackley's published data compared to pressure tested data.
49th edition of Lyman Handbook, the max load of a standard 30-30 with a 150 grain bullet and using 28 grs IMR 3031, the velocity is 2145 with a pressure of 38,000 cup.
In Ackley's own handbook, the maximum load for a 30-30 AI for a 150 grain bullet using IMR 3031 is 38 grains for a velocity of 2700 fps.
From web data, the case capacity of the 30-30 Ackley vs the unImproved Winchester parent differ by 5% http://www.gmdr.com/lever/3030atext.htm yet here you have Ackley stuffing in 10 additional grains of powder and claiming a velocity increase of 125% over the standard 30-30.
The only way to get those sort of velocities through incredibly high pressures.
If you go to your 1957 Gun Digest, factory ballistics for the Winchester 180 grain Super Speed 30-06 is 2700 fps. Modern reloading data shows you can push a 180 Barnes with 55.7 grs IMR 4350 to 2685 fps, in close agreement with older factory data.
Ackley's handbook gives reloading data of 61 grains IMR 4350 with a 180 grain bullet for a velocity of 3053 fps.
Noslers shows a max load for the 30-06AI of 56.5 grs IMR 4350 with a 180 gr bullet at 2835.
For the 30-06AI Ackley is putting 5.3 additional grains of powder in the case and claiming a velocity increase of 113% over the parent cartridge. His data is pushing bullets 218 fps faster than modern pressure tested ammunition of the same case.
The only way to do this is through incredibly high pressures.
One of these days we will have cheap pressure testing equipment (or I hope we will have cheap pressure testing equipment) and even more of the outrageous claims that have carried down from the wildcatting 50's/60's can be tested, by enough people, and found false.
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|January 1, 2013, 04:26 PM
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My new chrono taught me that my medium test loads exceeded the "book" max fps. I didn't even test the max load, just pulled them.
I found one other guy that was having the same problem. His powder was from the same year as mine. I believe there was a problem with the powder
I was using all the same componets exactly and weighed the charges on 2 different scales.
I feel safer now using the chrony for load development.
|January 1, 2013, 06:05 PM
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The chrono is only half of what you need to take max advantage of the flex in handloading. The other instrument is an internal ballistics program like QuickLoad. Together they make for a very adult rocket chemistry set.
BTW: QuickLoad would have told you that you'd not break into the 3's column w/ that 22" barrel. But it also would tell you that you've got a long ways to go before you have anything close to pressure limits -- approaching 3,200fps
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A chrono can give you a lot of comparative data if you keep good records. When are people gonna learn that it's bullet placement, the animal ain't gonna know whether the bullet traveled at 2800 or 3200, and as far as shooting "flatter" the average shooter can't tell the difference. GW
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The only thing I have ever chronoed that did what was advertised is WBY factory ammo.
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I use mine to compare what few factory loads I shoot do in comparrison to my handloads. In most cases I try to stay within the velocities I get from the factory but for a few rifles there isn't any factory loads. For those I am simply on my own but I DO stick to within reason, and don't try and get overly rambunctious with things.
I've been at it long enough to know when a velocity for a certain load is pushing things, and that is another good thing about having the chrony out in front while working up loads.
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|January 1, 2013, 09:17 PM
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Like several others have said, I like the chrony to verify the actual velocity. That info is useful for keeping safe pressure, building a trajectory card for longer range shooting where a few hundred fps in muzzle velocity can make a significant difference in amount of bullet drop especially past 350 yds.
I was loading some 9mm practice ammo a couple years ago and was having misfeeds in my semi auto pistols. I shot through the chrony and found the powder I was using was producing 950 fps instead of 1100+ predicted by the charts. I switched powder, it ran 1150 fps and have had no more misfeeds.
I enjoy shooting groups from the bench so I entertain myself by tweaking various loads and bullets for my rifles trying to find the magic recipe that is better than the rest, but so far it seems my rifles can only shoot as good a group as they can shoot and that is as good as it gets. Chrony is fun for measuring consistency and velocity difference I get by changing a load by half grain or 1 grain, and using different primers, or cases with the same bullet or load. I find all that interesting, but mostly it is also an excuse to shoot alot and keep loading more.
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My ProChrono pointed out three things.
Using dippers gives me a terrible extreme spread.
My x39 loads through my carbine were 400fps less than expected.
The countless 223's I made for my Sport were only 2700fps. Considering I was shooting for 3100, pretty embarassing.
At least my Garand loads were dead on.
|January 2, 2013, 08:26 AM
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That's why I load by book, case expansion, AND velocity over the chrono. In some loads it goes the other way and I find I've hit the velocity goal under the book load.
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I did get the LC ammo to come close through my 22" DPMS varmint barrel, though!
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What my Chrony told me:
What my Chrony told me was pretty much what my reloading manual told me: that rifles were individuals, and different loads would perform differently (velocity, pressure, POI, all of it) in different rifles. The same make and model of gun, same caliber and twist rate, produced only 6 years a apart, in the same shop (by the same people, in all likelyhood- 1950's production) had distincly different results with the same bullet and powder. There are so many variables in internal ballistics ..... this is why we start at the START LOADS, and work up ..... and restart anytime one component is changed.
One load might work as advertised and others might not ..... you won't know till you try.
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It's a good idea to verify the chrony by using some 22LR Match ammo. It tends to be very close to published velocities.
Some cartridges seem to run closer to published numbers than others... I have found factory 17HMR and 7mm-08 to both run very close to box numbers. .204Ruger and 22-250, not so much.
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A little thing....
When I bought my Oehler 33 in the 80's, I neglected to read the manual. There is a setting in the chrony for the distance from barrel to first screen. Mine was set for 5 feet and I placed the screen at 10. After I set for 10, correct velocities.
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