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Review: JDS Labs C5 + C5D
JDS Labs C5 Review:
I would like to thank John for sending me this engineering sample of the C5 for me to review. I will write as honest review as possible, all opinions expressed are my own, this is a subjective review from many hours of listening.
Gear used:
IPod Classic 160gb (rockboxed)/Fiio X3/Asus M50VM Laptop – Silver LOD/Silver Interconnect/Standard USB Cable – C5/C5D - Alclair Reference CIEM, Sunrise Audio Dragon2 earbuds, German Maestro GMP 400, Westone UM Pro30
Packaging, accessories and build quality:
Packaging I cannot comment as I did not get proper retail packaging, but from others that received their amps after me it comes with a black box saying JDS Labs on it. Inside you will find the C5 sealed in an anti-static bag and a standard USB cable to charge it. Inside the anti-static bag you will also find 4 adhesive rubber feet for the amp, so it doesn't slide when on a desk, or doesn't scratch the back of your DAP when strapped together. I think to fully complete the package, they could include a short mini to mini cable, and maybe 2 amp straps would be a great extra.
Build quality is a strong point of JDS, the casing is machined aluminium, with a matte anodised finish, very smooth to the touch, the end plates are brushed aluminium with all ports very precisely cut and everything fits flush. They include laser engraving on their amps, and you can opt for custom artwork for no extra fee when ordering, a great customisation. Headphone jacks are tight and the on/off switch I very high quality. The bass boost toggle is plastic and doesn't stick out much, which means that with everything plugged in it is not going to be accidently turned on or off. The volume control is digital, and flicks to both sides and coming back to central, like the old creative mp3 players used to have. You push the volume rocker in to change the gain from 2.3x to 6.5x, also the gain is not something that will be accidently pushed in when in your pocket so no worries about blowing your ears by accidently upping the gain.
Volume rocker, bass boost and battery:
As I mentioned earlier, the volume rocker is digital, and is controlled by Arduino code so it can be reprogrammed. The advantages of digital volume controls is no channel imbalance even at the lowest possible setting, and when implemented well work very well. I would say JDS have got it perfect, if you hold the volume rocker to volume up, it increases to full in a few seconds. But then each individual step is quite small so you can easily fine tune your listening volume (63 steps in total). It works really well for sensitive in-ears as you don't suffer channel imbalance, but still has enough power for most full size cans.
The volume level is remembered every time you switch the amp off, so when you switch it back on it will be at the same volume from when you turned it off, which is also good and safe, no volume wheel accidently going up when turned off, and also means you don't have to constantly search for your desired listening lever.
Bass boost is implemented at a 6db increase at 80 Hz, which is perfect for some and not so perfect for others, a common suggestion is to make a 3 way switch, say 3db and 6db increases. I think the bass boost if perfect for cans that slightly lack in the lows, or just normal cans for when you're out and about for that extra fun. The great thing about the bass boost is that when on it doesn't interfere a lot with the other frequencies, and it has this kind of theatre bass effect, not a big slam and lots of rumble, just quite a bit of added body and sounds like you've turned on a subwoofer in a home theatre setup. I really like this bass boost, and with earbuds or can slightly on the leaner side of things, it really adds to the sound.
Battery life is supposed to be around 14hrs, I have not tested this yet, but other users have had 11-13 hours real time use. The battery only takes around 2-3hrs to fully charge, and the amp can be used whilst being charged, and also the charging circuit cuts off supply to the battery once fully charged. So it will not damage the battery and it also means when fully charged you can run it off USB power purely without worrying about the battery.
Ok so where to start, this is a pretty neutral amp, it was made to perform very well in objective tests and also to be transparent like a portable O2. Well they have done a great job, the sound is mainly on the transparent side like the O2 but I do sense that the C5 has slightly forward mids, the lows and highs are where they should be and everything sounds just right. The sound is very controlled, with quick recovery and attack, the lows are tight deep and impactful, and the highs airy and detailed. The C5 has a sort of intimate presentation but also spacious sound, the soundstage isn't huge, a little larger than average but instruments are accurately placed in the soundstage. Overall the C5 is a fairly neutral and clean amp, with only slightly, and I mean very little, forward mids.
To give you a better understanding I will compare it to the JDS Labs O2 and C421 (AD8620).
Vs C421 (AD8620)
Well we have two quite different amps here, the C5 uses the OPA2227 and the C421 AD8620 op-amp. The C421 has more sibilance in the upper mids, and also details and nuances are more easily heard with the highs being more present and also slightly brighter. But the bass is not as tight and controlled as the C5, and also it sounds a little more congested even though it has a slightly wider soundstage. I think the C421 has a fuller sound, but more aggressive presentation, the C5 sounds a little inoffensive and laid back when compared to the C421, but the C5 sounds better overall as it is more controlled, natural and flat. The C421 is still a great amp and is very fun to listen to, but I prefer the accuracy of the C5, even if the presentation is a little more laid back.
Vs O2
Well the C5 was designed to be like the O2 only in a portable package, I must say when compared side to side they sound very close, but differences are still noticeable. The O2 is better overall, the soundstage is wider with a more spacious presentation, the C5 has quite an intimate presentation but airy sound at the same time.
Overall the C5 is a winner, with the digital volume being perfectly implemented and a great sound that is nearly as good as the O2. I have the O2 for home and C5 for portable, and am happy with both.
JDS Labs have excellent customer service, and the prices are very reasonable for the product, this amp can compete with amps below $300 easily. I look forward to future JDS Labs products.
JDS Labs C5D = C5 with DAC
With the new C5D JDS Labs have made the C5 a whole lot more versatile whilst keeping the same small profile. It now includes a DAC which works with Android, Apple devices (CCK required) and also Macs and PC's.
Usability wise it is almost the same as the C5 but has an extra Bass Boost level, which is around +6dB boost, so it now has a 3 way bass boost which is great as the +9dB original was too much for some headphones. The volume rocker is the same as is the input and outputs. Battery life is also similar with the C5 roughly 11-14 and C5D roughly 7-12 so not much of a difference.
The C5D comes with the same accessories too, charging cable and rubber feet. The paint job is slightly different, and feels a bit more premium. There is a charge/battery switch which allows you to charge the C5D as you listen to it or the battery which is good for on the go usage as you can use it without it draining your device.
Sound wise it is much alike the C5D, mainly neutral with a tad smoothness and warmth, you can use it as just an amp in the same way as the C5 but using the DAC it has no fixes line out, so I cannot comment on the sound of the DAC on it's own but as a combo it is great, a small portable package that powers my German Maestro GMP 400 fine, and sounds great with my Westone UM Pro30 giving them a little more control and detail than straight out of my Fiio X3. The mids are still wonderfully detailed and portrayed, the lows tight and with great extension, and the highs sparkly but never grainy or harsh.
It is an excellent all in one package for on the go and also stationary listening, great for those that want something they can use on the commute and in the office.
I cannot fault JDS Labs on their customer service (some of the best out there) and also their pricing on such amazing products, all JDS Labs products are very modestly priced for the quality and workmanship that goes into each one. Well done John and team!
Tracks used to compare amps:
Diana Krall - the Girl In The Other Room (FLAC)
Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront (320kbps mp3)


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The shop assistant certainly seemed pretty sure of herself – but perhaps in those counterfeit coins were more common.
The following image of the returns of all prisoners in court that day shows that sentences were varied – Henry Wakeley both forged and uttered counterfeit coins, but only got four months. Poor old Philip got the same sentence as George Catten, a child abuser.
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Bloom by Julie Anne Lindsey <– OMG that's ME!
In a town filled with her past, she never expected to find her future…
Seven years ago Cynthia left Honey Creek with a broken heart. Three years ago Mitchell arrived with one. Now Cynthia's come home, and these two hardened hearts can't stop arguing. If they'd only take a break long enough to find some common ground, they might be surprised to find love can grow anywhere.
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From Stumpf to stuffed: Identity of pet alligator stumps owner
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By Glenda Isaacs Burgeson
Like any good research project, the search for a former pet alligator at SJU raised more questions than it answered. As the story unfolded, this was not the first search for Fafnir, the beloved pet of SJU alumnus Vincent "Bob" Hunt '56.
It all started this semester when Hunt visited SJU's New Science Center with questions about the reptile he kept in his dorm room for four years. He encountered Beth Pettitt, CSB/SJU adjunct professor of biology, and told her his story.
Sixty-one years ago, Hunt left Saint John's in the spring to attend medical school and gave Fafnir to his biology professor, Fr. Adelard Thuente.
(Fafnir was something of an escape artist, and his antics were reported in The Record. His escape from the dorm in 1956 and subsequent capture was reported, as was a 1955 story that Fafnir sometimes escaped the confines of his living quarters in Hunt's dorm room, much to the alarm of Hunt's roommate. The Record also explained the gator's unusual moniker, inspired by a mythical dragon slain by the German hero Siegfried.)
As Hunt later learned, Fr. Adelard handed over custody of Fafnir to another monk, who built a pen for him. Fafnir lived up to his reputation and escaped shortly thereafter. That fall, a fisherman at Stumpf Lake was startled to see an alligator sunning on a rock. He rushed to the abbey to report his finding. A monk captured the reptile with a net, but it died within days.
Hunt believes Fr. Adelard had the alligator stuffed to add to the Biology Department's collection of wildlife specimens in the Natural History Museum. In his conversation with Pettitt, he wondered whether his old pet was still at Saint John's and, if so, whether he could reclaim it.
Pettitt shared the story with her colleague, Marcus Webster, professor of biology, and the two of them took on the investigation. They located a stuffed alligator among the department's collection and notified Hunt, who agreed to return to campus.
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The I Pad will save the publishing industry. Steve Jobs says so and he has found an ever growing band of publishers to follow him to the promised land of media that people will pay for, that advertisers will embrace and the tantalising propsect of minimal manufacturing and distribution costs for the former and unlimited creative and commerce opportunities for the latter. Truly, it does not get better than that.
Naturally in all good things there is the odd tiny wrinkle to overcome. Let's ask ourselves a question; how many I Pads and their kin do there need to be in the market in order for them to be taken seriously as needle moving mass penetration media? For the fun of it let's say 2o million. Sounds like a big number and one that will keep Apple's stock price where the air is thin but still way less than 10% of the population. Anyway, assume that's OK and given advertiser interest so far it will make for a lively market, but consider this. By the time 20 million tablets are in the market how many apps do we suppose there will be in the app store? I, of course, have no idea but guess it won't be less than 500,000.
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For Mr Jobs to be right in his predictions of salvation the paradox of choice needs to apply again. Publishers, content developers (call them what you will) need to establish themselves as part of the short tail of media choice and hope that habit becomes the barrier to entry that maintains the size and the attention of their audience.
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On the content side the solve is every bit as complex. Editors and publishers need to look at the purpose of their product and why it is valuable to its audience and to reimagine that purpose in the context of multimedia, immediacy, depth and interactivity. They need to ask the question as to the degree and the occasion in which each of these add value and apply them judicously. It must be tempting, for example for Sport Illustrated to get into the breaking news and live scores business but can it ever compete in that area with ESPN and or MLB ? I think not. SI to borrow a phrase, is, like Time, the first draft of history. They are providers of depth, analysis and context in a world increasingly distracted by generation blurt. The I Pad allows them to pursue that mission with more depth and more multimedia but there is little value in adding immediacy in their case. You get the idea.
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MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University professor recently chaired an international animal health committee to develop beef cattle production and welfare standards worldwide.
Dan Thomson, K-State's Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology in the department of clinical sciences, traveled to Paris, France, in late July to chair the OIE Beef Cattle Production and Animal Welfare committee. Beef cattle production and international beef trading is important to the economic base of many developed and developing countries. Thomson said the purpose of this committee was to bring people from diverse cattle production backgrounds to create one set of standards for beef cattle production and welfare to serve the needs of all countries.
The committee included animal welfare experts from Uraguay, Kenya, Australia, China and Ireland as well as OIE experts.
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"This is the first time the OIE has put together standards for animal care and welfare," said Clayton Huseman, executive director of the feedyard division of the Kansas Livestock Association. "They are internationally recognized in international trade and countries look to them for animal health information. What the committee comes up with has a huge impact on the countries they represent. It is really good to know we have a Kansan leading that charge. I have confidence in Dan's scientific knowledge and more importantly his knowledge of how modern production agriculture works in the U.S."
As the OIE moves forward setting animal welfare code as part of their business, it will definitely be involved in international trade and the World Trade Organization, Thomson said.
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Richardson said it is vital that K-State, in the heart of cattle country, be relevant to the livestock industry. "Educational events, like the International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare Symposium held at K-State in May 2008 and organized by Dr. Thomson, are vitally important because they work with the livestock industry to educate about best practices which benefit both the animals in a humane way and the bottom line financially for the producer."
Thomson said, "To my knowledge, there are no other published international standards for beef cattle welfare. The group of eight of us who sat around the table in Paris came from diverse backgrounds, not only from the standpoint of the development of our country but in the way we raise beef cattle. With the unselfishness and openness of the group, it seemed effortless to produce this document with the welfare of the cattle in mind. This experience is a real honor and one of the most professionally satisfying things I've done.
"Animal welfare is an important part of animal health," Thomson said. "My involvement is recognition of Kansas' and U.S. beef production as international leaders in animal welfare. I was fortunate to represent all the hard work that has been done in the U.S. over the last few decades."
Thomson said the draft includes guidelines and outcome assessment measurements for confined animals and cattle raised in extensive production systems. The member countries will review and comment on the document. The committee will reconvene next summer to put the finishing touches on the document before it will be put before the general assembly of the OIE for final vote to be included into code.
"We are extremely excited about getting the document out to the OIE member countries for review," Thomson said.
"It was truly an honor to represent our country and our cattle producers," Thomson said. "Kansas is the hub of the U.S. beef industry and we are continually looking to raise the relevance of our programs at Kansas State University for the beef industry."In addition to Dan Thomson, the OIE Beef Cattle Production and Animal Welfare Committee includes Abass Mohamed, Kenya; Bernadette Earley, Ireland; Andrew Fischer, Australia; Stella Heurtas, Uraguay; Zoo Ling, China (unable to attend); along with OIE staff.


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The problem? Frist reported his switch to The New York Times before he even bothered to contact the President.
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March, 2008
Mark D'Esposito, M.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Director, Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley earned his medical degree in 1987 at the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse and completed clinical training in Neurology at Boston University Medical Center in 1991. After residency training, he was awarded a NIH Javits Fellowship to pursue research training at the Memory Disorders Research Center at Boston University and Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital. In 1993, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was also the Chief of the Cognitive Neurology Division. In 2000, he was recruited to the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley to become Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, and the Director of their newly created Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center.
Since his first faculty appointment in 1993, Dr. D'Esposito has had a highly productive academic career. He has received numerous competitive research grants from the National Institutes of Health as well as private sources such as the Dana Foundation and the American Federation for Aging Research. For his clinical, teaching, and research skills he has been given many awards and honors such as being cited in "The Best Doctors in America", the Dean's Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching, Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology from American Academy of Neurology. He is the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, and he has over 200 research publications and has written and edited five books. Based on these achievements, he has been invited to give lectures throughout the world.
Dr. D'Esposito's research focuses on investigating how the brain creates mental experience, such as forming memories and paying attention. This aim is achieved through several different experimental approaches and methodologies. First, his lab employs a brain imaging method called functional MRI (fMRI) to identify the brain regions and time course of brain activity while healthy human subjects perform cognitive tasks. A key focus has been on the cognitive functions supported by the frontal lobes. Second, his lab investigates the relationship between brain chemicals, such as dopamine, and frontal lobe function. This aim is achieved by determining the affects of various medications on cognitive abilities in healthy subjects as well as patients with memory loss. Finally, he studies patients who have suffered memory loss from stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease to further understand the brain mechanisms that underlie memory function. Finally, his lab is attempting to understand normal aging and specifically why individuals become forgetful as they get older. The ultimate goal of this line of research is to both understand how the brain works, as well as to develop new ways to diagnose and treat patients with memory disorders.
Kevin Dunbar, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and director of the Laboratory for complex Thinking and Scientific Reasoning at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. For the past 20 years he has been investigating the ways that people think and reason in complex environments and has focused on the effects of education, both in the performing arts and in science, on the brain. He has investigated students and scientists across many domains to achieve a deeper understanding of what and how we learn. He has investigtated leading scientists in the US, Canada, and Italy and has discovered some of the key strategies that scientists use to make discoveries. He also conducts research on scientific thinking in his own laboratory to further probe the scientific thinking strategies that he has seen scientists use "live." In addition, he has also conducted research on the development of scientific thinking abilities in children. Currently, he is using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) techniques to unravel the ways that the human brain reasons and changes as a function of educational experience. He is also pioneering the use of DNA microarrays (also known as genechips) and DNA genotyping to understand the genetics of learning and cognition. Using these different approaches, Professor Dunbar has been able to articulate the nature of the creative mind and its many facets.
Dunbar has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology and is a member of the steering committee for the Irish Cognitive Science Society. He has spoken at the National Research Council of the national Academy of Sciences, and given keynote addresses and colloquia at major congresses and in Psychology, Biology, and Medical departments in North America (such as Harvard University, Cornell University, UCLA, UCSB, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas at Arlington, Vassar College, University of Chicago, University of Toronto, University of Alberta, University of Montreal, Concordia University, Carleton University), Europe (University of Modena, Istituto San Raffaele), and Asia (Aoyama Gakuin in Tokyo). In 2006 he spoke to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. He gave the plenary address to the International Cognitive Science Society in Tokyo in August 1999, and in April 2000 he was chosen by the American Psychological Society to speak before the heads of all the major scientific societies in North America on his vision of the problems science will face in the next 25 years. Furthermore, he was selected as a member of the APS and Spencer Foundation-sponsored working retreat on "applying the science of learning to the University and beyond" in March 2001). His research has been funded by the National Science foundation, Dana Foundation, US Office of Naval Research, NIH, the Spencer Foundation and the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Council, SSHRC, FCAR, & FRSQ. He has appeared on The Discovery Channel, BBC radio, CBC radio, and his work has been written about in newspapers such as The New Scientist, The Washington Post, the APA Monitor, and the Times Higher Educational Supplement. His work on scientific discovery was itself given an award for being one of the most important scientific discoveries of 1993 by the governing scientists of Québec Science magazine. His work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, and Italian.
Kevin Dunbar was born in Birmingham England, but grew up in Ireland. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology from the National University of Ireland. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1985 and was a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1985-1988. He was at McGill University in Montreal from 1988 to 2001 and was professor of Education and Psychology at Dartmouth College from 2001 until 2007. He joined the faculty at the University of Toronto in 2007.
Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D., is the Director of the Sage Center for the study of Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1964 he received a Ph.D from the California Institute of Technology, where he worked under the guidance of Roger Sperry, with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research. In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another. He has published many books accessible to a lay audience, such as The Social Brain, Mind Matters, Nature's Mind, and The Ethical Brain. These, along with his participation in several public television specials have been instrumental in making information about brain function generally accessible to the public. Dr. Gazzaniga's long and distinguished teaching and mentoring career has included beginning and developing Centers for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of California-Davis and at Dartmouth; supervising the work and encouraging the careers of many young scientists; and founding the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute and the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, of which he is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. Dr. Gazzaniga is also prominent as an advisor to various institutes involved in brain research, and is a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and the Institute of Medicine. His upcoming book is Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique.
Scott Grafton, M.D., is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Brain Imaging Center at University of California at Santa Barbara. He received B.A.s in Mathematics and Psychobiology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his M.D. degree from the University of Southern California. He completed a Neurology residency at the University of Washington and a residency in Nuclear Medicine at UCLA. He was a research fellow in Neuroimaging at UCLA where he developed methods for mapping human brain activity using positron emission tomography. He received tenure while at the University of Southern California. He subsequently held positions at Emory University and Dartmouth College, where he was director of the Brain Imaging Center. He joined the UCSB faculty in 2006. Professor Grafton is the author of more than 125 publications. He is action editor for the journal NeuroImage and is on the editorial board of Annals of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. He has been a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the NIH intramural branch and an NIH study section member.
Dr. Grafton's research is focused on understanding the neural underpinnings of goal-oriented action. This includes studies of skill acquisition, the development of expertise, observational learning, and the understanding the meaning of actions performed by others. These studies are relevant for understanding patients undergoing therapy to maintain or recover function in the setting of neurologic injury or degeneration and in understanding the normal development of complex human behavior.
John Jonides, Ph.D., is the Daniel J. Weintraub Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and co-director of the fMRI Center at the University of Michigan. Dr. Jonides has over 100 referreed publications as well as several edited and authored books. He is widely known for his research using behavioral and neuroimaging techniques studying mechanisms of executive processing and working memory.
For over 20 years, Dr. Jonides' research program has been concerned with understanding many aspects of working memory. Included in that program has been a substantial body of work, still ongoing, to chart the characteristics of information storage in working memory. Also included is more recent research concerning the mechanisms of executive processing, especially as this is reflected in processes involved in switching from one representation in memory to another and in processes used to resolve interference among alternative memory representations, including inhibitory processes. This program of research makes use of behavioral research on both normal and brain-injured humans as well as functional MRI and other imaging modalities as sources of data concerning the mechanisms of working memory.
In addition to his research program, Professor Jonides has also been very active in the development and operation of research evaluation programs. In 1988, he developed a basic research funding program at the Air Force Office of Sponsored Research. In 1999, he was a leading figure in developing a new funding program in cognitive neuroscience for the National Science Foundation. He has also served for NSF as a panel member, he has served on four NIH study sections, and he currently chairs a study section for NIH.
Jessica Kieras, Ph.D., received her doctorate in 2006 from Oregon with Mary Rothbart as her committee chair. Her doctoral thesis concerned the influence of motivation on children's attention.
Helen J. Neville, Ph.D., was awarded the B.A. degree from the University of British Columbia, an M.A. from Simon Fraser University and Ph.D. from Cornell University. Her postdoctoral training was at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Neurosciences. Her major research interests are the biological constraints and the role of experience in neurosensory and neurocognitive development in humans. Methods include behavioral measures and event-related brain potentials (ERPs), and structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Her work experience includes Director of the Laboratory for Neuropsychology at the Salk Institute and Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, UCSD.
Dr. Neville is currently The Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of the Brain Development Lab, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She has published in many books and journals including Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex and Brain Research. She has received many honors including being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is a member of the Board of Governors of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, the Academic Panel of Birth to Three, and is active in many educational outreach programs.
Laura-Ann Petitto, Ed.D., is a cognitive neuroscientist in the Department of Psychology at University of Toronto. She is full Professor and "Director and Senior Scientist" in The Genes, Mind, and fNIRS Brain Imaging Laboratory for Language, Bilingualism, & Child Development at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and she is a full Professor in the Graduate Studies Program at the University of Toronto, St. George. Dr. Petitto is known for her work on the biological bases of language, especially involving early language acquisition. Her studies of this topic span 30 years, beginning in 1973 with her seminal research at Columbia University in which she attempted to teach sign language to a baby chimpanzee ("Project Nim Chimpsky"). More recently, she is known for her discoveries concerning how young human children acquire natural language. Taken together, her research points to the existence of specific tissue in the human brain that helps young babies learn language. Presently, Dr. Petitto studies early language development, especially early childhood bilingual language acquisition, using a revolutionary combination of three disciplines: Genetic analyses (polymorphisms in candidate genes and microchip arrays), Behavioral measures of higher cognitive processes from Psycholinguistics and Developmental Science, and a powerful new brain imaging technology, called functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). Indeed, Petitto's Laboratory is among only a handful in the world who are pioneering the use of these three disciplines under one roof for the study of early brain development, as well as for the very early detection of brain and language disorders. Her new studies of young bilinguals seek to advance our understanding of the biological foundations of bilingualism, when best to expose young bilinguals to their dual languages, how optimal bilingual language acquisition develops, and, crucially, how and when best to teach young bilinguals to read in each of their two languages. Further, these studies have allowed her to explore different reading and teaching techniques with young bilinguals across different types of reading programs (e.g., phonics versus whole word). Petitto has won continuous (non-interrupted) federal and/or foundation funding for her research for the past 25 years. Recently, she is the recipient of significant federal grants from the National Institutes of Health, including both a 5-year research operating grant (R01) and significant funding for her "innovations to science and technology" (R21) to support her pioneering research using fNIRS brain imaging. Most recently, she was awarded a highly esteemed award from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, involving very significant funding to establish her Genes, Mind, and Brain research laboratory, the first of its kind in the country of Canada. Other recent significant foundation funding includes grants from The Dana Foundation Arts and Cognition Cosortium Study, (2004-2007) and The Spencer Foundation (Major Research Grant, 2000-2003). Petitto received her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Harvard University in 1981 and 1984 (respectively) and built a vibrant laboratory in Cognitive Neuroscience at McGill University (1983-2001; Montreal) and at Dartmouth College (2001-2007) before moving to the University of Toronto in Fall 2007. She is the recipient of over twenty international prizes and awards for her scientific achievements, including the 1998 Guggenheim Award for her "unusually distinguished achievements in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment" in the discipline of Neuroscience.
Michael Posner, Ph.D., is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon and Adjunct Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell, where he served as founding director of the Sackler Institute. Posner is best known for his work with Marcus Raichle on imaging the human brain during cognitive tasks. He has worked on the anatomy, circuitry, development and genetics of three attentional networks underlying alertness, orienting and voluntary control of thoughts and ideas. His methods for measuring these networks have been applied to neurological, psychiatric and developmental disorders. His current research involves training of attention in young children to understand the interaction of specific experience and genes in shaping attention. He worked for three years conducting research on the Dana Arts and Cognition Consortium.
Mary K. Rothbart, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Oregon. She studies temperamental, emotional and social development, and for the last 25 years has worked with Michael Posner studying the development of attention and its relation to temperamental effortful control. She co-edited the book Temperament in Childhood, wrote Attention in Early Development with Holly Ruff, and with Michael Posner wrote Educating the Human Brain. She has contributed to the education and support of new parents through the Birth to Three organization in Eugene, Oregon. In 2006 she was honored by that group as a "Champion of Children." She and Posner worked together on the Dana Arts Consortium.
Brad Sheese, Ph.D., is currently Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois Wesleyan University. He spent three years as a postdoc at the University of Oregon working with Posner and Rothbart.
Elizabeth S. Spelke, Ph.D., teaches at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative. She studied at Harvard and Yale and received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1978. She studies the origins and nature of knowledge of objects, persons, space, and numbers through research on human infants, children, human adults in diverse cultures, and nonhuman animals. Author of more than 100 research articles, she is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her honors include the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, the William James Award of the American Psychological Society, the IPSEN award in Neuronal Plasticity, and honorary degrees from the University of Umea, Sweden, the Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, and the University of Paris-Rene Descartes.
Brian A. Wandell, Ph.D., is the first Isaac and Madeline Stein Family Professor. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1979 where he is Chair of Psychology and a member, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering and Radiology. His research projects center on how we see, spanning topics from visual disorders, reading development in children, to digital imaging devices and algorithms. He is the author of the textbook, Foundations of Vision. Among various awards and prizes, Wandell was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2003.
Carolyn Asbury, ScM.P.H., Ph.D., is a consultant to the Dana Foundation, advising on neuroscience and immunology grant programs and on related Dana publications. She trained in public health at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and in health systems sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute (LDI). Prior to consulting with Dana, Dr. Asbury developed grant programs, many of them focused on neurological diseases and cognitive neuroscience, at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and was a director of the Pew Charitable Trusts' Health and Human Services division.
Her research, conducted at the LDI, concerns orphan (medically important but commercially unattractive) drugs. She consulted on the Orphan Drug Act, which provides for market incentives and regulatory guidance for rare disease products, and is the author of a book, book chapters, and numerous scientific articles on orphan drugs. She serves on several non-profit boards, including the U.S. Pharmacopeia, and is a fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and chair of the College's Public Health Section.
Barbara Rich, Ed.D., a vice president at the Dana Foundation, is responsible for the News and Internet Office and helps oversee arts education at the Foundation. Rich was a co-editor of Transforming Arts Teaching: The Role of Higher Education; Acts of Achievement: The Role of Performing Arts Centers in Education; and editor of Partnering Arts Education: A Working Model from Arts Connection.
Dr. Rich's background in communications and education includes posts at Rutgers University and Marymount Manhattan College, where she was dean and then a vice president. She was senior vice president at the Scientists' Institute for Public Information (SIPI) prior to joining the Dana Foundation.
She has published articles on science and education and has often served as a discussant on both media and arts education. She earned a B.A. from City College of New York, M.A.s from Rutgers University and Teacher's College, Columbia University, and an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University
In addition to the work on this three-year study by Professor Gazzaniga and the neuroscientists and scientific resaerchers whose biographies and acknowledgments are included above, The Dana Foundation and editors Carolyn Asbury and Barbara Rich would like to thank Alexandra Gazzaniga and Jayne Rosenblatt, as well as our following colleagues in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, for their work on this publication: Dr. Guy McKhann, senior scientific consultant; Jane Nevins, editor in chief, and Dan Gordon, managing editor of the Dana Press; Janet Eilber, Dana's Director of Arts Education; Letitia Barnes, Johanna Goldberg, Kenneth Krattenmaker, Rebecca Luib, Tyler Ostrander, Carrie Rubinstein, William Stilwell, Isaac Sashitsky, and Ann Whitman.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former President Carlos Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of international embargoes in the 1990s, but he won't be going to jail soon.
An Argentine court also banned Menem, now a senator, from holding elective office for 14 years, and asked the Senate to vote to remove the immunity he enjoys as an elected member of Congress.
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NBA Week 11 Power Rankings
You may as well play Whodini's 'Rumors' in the background of this week's rankings, as that definitely seems to be the theme around the NBA. We heard rumors of the pending sale of the Sacramento Kings that could potentially end with the franchise being relocated to Seattle, Wa. There have been all types of rumors surrounding the availability of players such as Rudy Gay (Grizzlies), Pau Gasol (Lakers), and Tayshawn Prince (Pistons). There have even been rumors of an All Star break return for Andrew Bynum, the Philadelphia 76ers' biggest off-season acquisition.
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#1 Los Angeles Clippers 30-9 (Last week- 1): Not only are the Clippers the best team in the league, but their roster depth permits them to continue playing dominant basketball even in the absence of MVP-candidate Chris Paul. LAC went into Houston and Memphis on back-to-back nights sans Paul and won by an average of 15 points.
#2 Oklahoma City Thunder 30-8 (2): KD's name has been left out of the MVP discussion for much of the year. His recent stretch of 34.2 PPG, 6.4 rebs, 4.8 asts, and 1.8 blocks per game (last five) should remind folks of just how much his game has developed and how dominant this (recently less) silent assassin can be. OKC goes on the road for 8-10.
#3 San Antonio Spurs 29-11 (3): The fact that San Antonio has recently been 'treading water' shouldn't surprise anyone. Coach Popovich is a master at monitoring minutes and pacing the Spurs throughout the month of January in anticipation of the annual Rodeo Trip that kicks off the month of February. Expect much of the same with San Antonio next stretch of four games in six nights.
#4 Miami Heat 24-12 (4): Even though they've recently struggled, the Heat remain the top seed out East. With 40+ games to address their issues, it actually might take a roster move (or two) to correct the rebounding and interior issues they have. They've been out-rebounded in five of their previous six losses, and by double-digits in a majority of those. Back-to-back on the road vs. the Warriors and Lakers could be very telling.
#5 Denver Nuggets 24-16 (N/A): After a surprisingly slow start, the Nuggets have gone on a 13-4 run that resembles the team we all expected. Coach Karl utilizes depth and interchangeable players as well as any coach. This week should be interesting, as the Nuggets sandwich a visit from John Wall and the Wizards with a home-and-home with the top-seeded OKC Thunder.
#6 Memphis Grizzlies 24-12 (8): For a team that has become a perennial threat at being top-4 seed, it has been a bit surprising to have hear the rumors of both Rudy Gay and Zach Randolph being on the trading block. It's possible, they want to address the ball-stopping redundancy issue both players are guilty of contributing to, but I just find it difficult to believe they would truly consider moving both.
#7 New York Knicks 24-13 (6): At just 4-5 since Raymond Felton went down with an injury, it isn't a mystery why the Knicks are suddenly struggling. Amar'e is still playing limited playing time, but it will be interesting to see how the Knicks respond to the eventual returns of Felton and Iman Shumpert.
#8 Brooklyn Nets 23-15 (N/A): Whether you agreed with Avery Johnson's firing, fact is, the Nets are as hot as any team (9-1) in the league under P.J. Carlesimo. Much like the Knicks have shown under Mike Woodson, sometimes a different "voice" can get through to the same group of players. The next two weeks should give us some true insight into Brooklyn's ultimate place in the Eastern Conference hierarchy.
#9 Golden State Warriors 23-13 (5): Dropping three of four games is no way to head into what will likely be the most difficult 15-game stretch of the season, but if the Warriors are to develop into a true playoff threat they'll have to find a way to stay on pace. At about 21 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds per game, Stephen Curry could be on his way to his first All Star appearance.
#10 Indiana Pacers 24-15 (N/A): Much like what has taken place in Denver, the Pacers have overcome a surprisingly slow start to go on a 14-4 run of their own. Paul George's game has finally developed along with his 6'8″ frame, as the 3rd year small forward has some NBA insiders whispering about the availability of a suddenly expendable Danny Granger.
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Will the real Eastern Conference please stand up? Not saying things are perfect in the Western Conference, but once again, the balance of power in the NBA seems to have shifted considerably to the West. Don't tell Los Angeles Lakers fans this, as things have only grown worse for a franchise accustomed to riding a seemingly never-ending wave of success. Folks are gripping in Laker Land, as Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, and back-up Jordan Hill are all out indefinitely with various injuries.
With the Heat placing some distance between themselves and the rest of the East, outside of the Knicks and (possibly) the Bulls, folks are waiting to see if the Celtics are going to be able to generate enough of a consistent fight to challenge as a contender once the postseason rolls around.
#1 Los Angeles Clippers 27-8: Even though Chris Paul got "baptized" in the meeting with his building-mate Lakers, the Clippers were still able to come away with a short-handed (Crawford) victory at the end of the day. That's the difference between these Clippers and any other team in franchise history…they win the tough games. The Clippers are getting healthier while other teams are getting dinged up. As crazy as it may sound, the biggest concern in Lob City may be how coach Vinny Del Negro manages all of their talent down the stretch.
#2 OKC Thunder 26-8: Slip-up in Washington aside, the Thunder remain the top team out West. OKC fans have to hope they've has gotten it out of their system, as the Thunder play 9 of 11 on the road, and most coming against fellow Western Conference playoff contenders. They may have the ability to slam the door shut on a couple spiraling teams like the Lakers and Mavericks as they play each of them twice over the next two weeks.
#3 San Antonio Spurs 27-10: For as much as folks have been justifiably lauding the exploits of an elder-statesman like Kobe Bryant, folks might want to take a moment to look at the numbers Tim Duncan, AKA "Father Time", has been putting up. While some folks may have thought Duncan was washed up a few years back, in he is putting up 17.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game in his 16th season. The Spurs have a big 5-game stretch coming up against Western Conference playoff contenders and wannabe's.
#4 Miami Heat 23-9: As mentioned, the Heat have distanced themselves from the rest of the pack in the East. I'm not sure whether that is actually the best thing for the Heat, as they look poised to coast to the playoffs unless someone challenges them in the second half. After spending the better part of December in Miami, the schedule could actually be the great equalizer, as the Heat play 10 of the next 12 on the road.
#5 Golden State Warriors 22-11: I wouldn't place too much stock in that double-digit loss at the hands of the Clippers. Make no mistake about it, L.A. needed that victory, having already dropped the first two meetings vs. the Warriors. If I'm not mistaken, David Lee is the only player in the league currently averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds (19.9/10.9). Steph Curry and Klay Thompson have also paced them with outside shooting, but the true test for GS remains how coach Mark Jackson is able to integrate Andrew Bogut into the mix once he is available to return.
#6 New York Knicks 23-11: Following a blazing start to the season, the Knicks are just 5-6 over their previous 11 games. Strangely enough, Melo has actually increased his shots per game (24.8) since Amar'e has returned. The question remains: Will the Knicks be able to continue working together and find a way for all the parts to fit, especially once Iman Shumpert returns from injury?
#7 Houston Rockets 20-14: James Harden is, once again, making people "Fear The Beard" in Houston. For as much credit as we give Melo for his numbers, a strong case could be made for Harden's stats actually being more impressive. He and Lin seemed to have found a way to co-exist in the same back court, as they lead the highest scoring offense in the NBA. The Rockets could be a player away from surprising a team or two in the playoffs. Like most other teams, this next stretch could be key for Houston, as they play 10 of 13 on the road.
#8 Memphis Grizzlies 22-10: Boasting the league's stingiest defense (89.1 PPG), the Grizzlies have weathered a bit of an injury storm, and maintained a top-4 seed out West. Trade rumors are swirling, as the Grizzlies happen to be one of those small market teams that spends like a relatively big market franchise. Rudy Gay and Zach Randolph's names have been mentioned in the most recent rumors, but I would find it surprising if they were to move such a large bulk of their offense in one move, considering they are 23rd in total scoring (94.8 PPG).
#9 Chicago Bulls 19-13: For as much as folks want to clown Carlos Boozer for his spray-on hair and gargantuan contract, the man has actually been playing some inspired basketball for the Bulls. As they await updated news on the Derrick Rose front, the Bulls have won 4-5 and Boozer's 23/12 on 53% shooting over that stretch has been key. Big meeting with the Knicks at MSG on Friday night that could shift the balance of power in the East if the Bulls were able to go into NY and make a statement.
#10 Atlanta Hawks 20-12: The Hawks continue to linger just along the outside of the teams to take seriously once the playoffs arrive. Josh Smith, to his credit, seems a bit rejuvenated on the defensive end. Smith has 13 blocks and eight steals over his previous four games. With rumors also surrounding his name (what's new?), it will be interesting to see if the Hawks are buyers or sellers at the trade deadline.
'Actual' Source Confirms: Report Of Kobe/Dwight Feud "FALSE"
Last night, we were all surprised by the reports of an alleged near-fight between Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant that supposedly took place following the Lakers' upsetting loss at the hands of Jrue Holiday and the Philadelphia 76ers on New Years Day. I only use the term "surprised", because it wouldn't have made sense for the story to have not been reported for 4-5 days given the enormous amount of media/fan scrutiny surrounding the team.
I was comfortable openly questioning the validity of the story, because I am quite certain a member of the local media would have been all over the story prior to some supposed "source" based out of New York ever having the opportunity to steal a few headlines and clicks. This suspicion was all but confirmed, when Sports Illustrated's Sam Amick joined Brian Geltzeiler as a guest on today's Sheridan Hoops Radio Podcast and chimed in with:
The reports of Dwight and Kobe getting into a fight are completely false. Maybe, this is a case of the (Brooklyn) Nets trying to rattle some cages…
Geltzeiler went on to add:
I think that both of these guys have enough passive aggressive in them that there won't be any kind of face to face confrontation. Most dissenting will be through third parties
Again, I can't say that I would have been surprised by an argument, but it simply wouldn't have made much sense for individuals like ESPNLA's Ramona Shelburne or Los Angeles Times Lakers Blogger Eric Pincus to have not been the first to report such an incident. The level of tension must be high, but what this team does not need are outside "sources" trying to muddy the water even further. We'll be sure to monitor the situation, but as far as I can tell the reports about the alleged near-physical altercation seem to be unsubstantiated and false.
Lakers Vs. Nuggets Pre-Game Report: Lakers Still Looking For Answers | Lakers Nation
Lakers Vs. Nuggets Pre-Game Report: Lakers Still Looking For Answers | Lakers Nation.
The Lakers are back beneath the .500 mark (15-17) for the first time at this point in a season since the 2005-06 season. Trouble is, that team was led by a nightly starting lineup of: Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Brian Cook, Chris Mihm, and Smush Parker. Obviously, the level of expectation wasn't quite what Lakers Nation anticipated from this year's team. Tonight's opponent is the Nuggets, and even though Denver got the better of the Lakers in their last meeting (at 18-16) these Nuggets have endured their own early season struggles, as well.
The prior two meetings with Denver were like night and day, which has been a common theme for this team from night to night. In the aforementioned second match-up, the Lakers were led by 40 points by Kobe Bryant, but they weren't able to get enough players into the flow of the offense. Also, as has been the case far too often this season, they were unable to get any timely stops in the second half. In the first meeting, although Bryant experienced an off night by his standards (5-15 FGS), the Lakers were powered by the most all-around offensive attack of the 2012-13 season.
Antwan Jamison, who rarely sees action these days, came off the bench and scored 33 points. Jodie Meeks also chipped in with 21 points of his own, and the Lakers got 61 points from their bench for the first time in years. Hopefully, the Lakers can relocate that balanced attack and defensive intensity for tonight's meeting with the Nuggets.
Frontcourt: It's just this simple, if the Lakers' big men don't keep Kenneth Faried and JaVale McGee off the backboards, this is going to be a long night. Almost sounds like a broken record, but the energy and effort the Lakers' big men bring on both ends will likely be a major determining factor. The big men will also have to defend the perimeter, as Danilo Gallinari is shooting 51.5 percent from behind the arc over his last five games….
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-songwriter Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced Thursday King will be presented with the award at a ceremony this spring.
King, 70, is known for her hits "You've Got a Friend," "So Far Away," "[You Make Me Feel Like] a Natural Woman" and "I Feel the Earth Move."
"Carole King has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time," Billington said in a statement. "For more than five decades, she has written for and been recorded by many different types of artists for a wide range of audiences, communicating with beauty and dignity the universal human emotions of love, joy, pain and loss. Her body of work reflects the spirit of the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity and diversity of appeal."
"I was so pleased when the venerable Library of Congress began honoring writers of popular songs with the Gershwin Prize. I'm proud to be the fifth such honoree and the first woman among such distinguished company. I look forward to performing in the nation's capital," King said.
The previous winners of the prize are Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, and Burt Bacharach and Hal David.


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