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UK’s Chandler Hospitalis one step closer to beingcomplete.

Plans were unveiledWednesday for the next phaseof the hospital, focusing oninnovative operating rooms.

The new hybrid operatingroom will be 1,000 squarefeet, with a control room at-tached, and will be able to fa-cilitate various types of sur-

gery and procedures. It willmainly focus on cardiotho-racic and vascular surgeries,and there will be eight othernew operating rooms accom-panying the hybrid.

Along with the surgicalabilities of the room, newstate-of-the-art imaging tech-nology will assist nurses andsurgeons in their tasks andhelp with visibility.

The location of the oper-ating rooms was determinedto make sure access from the

heliport and the trauma unitwere simple so time was notwasted with a patient whenseconds matter.

“These operating roomswill be on the second floorand the other thing that thiswill accomplish is that theseoperating rooms will be rightabove the trauma unit and theemergency room, and linesup with the heliport,” UKhealth affairs Executive VicePresident Dr. Michael Karpfsaid.

In the planning stages ofthis phase of development,those involved thought itwould be good to physicallysee the operating room beforeit was built.

“Doctor’s are more usedto operating in a definedspace,” Dr. Joseph Zwischen-berger, UK HealthCare sur-geon-in-chief, said. “In orderto be able to design theseO.R.’s we made Styrofoam

By Drew Teaguenews@kykernel.com

UK Hospital unveils second phase

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One large touch-screen and the decision totake a risk gave several UK students the oppor-tunity to get their feet wet in the business in-dustry.

A company started by UK graduates placedfirst runner-up in a state-wide business ideacompetition held by the Business Innovationand Growth Center at Kentucky Highlands onMonday, Jan. 10.

AwesomeTouch of Lexington received$5,000 and six months free rent in a semi-pri-vate work space for its software applicationsdesigned for large touch-screens that enableusers to interact with life-size multitouch dis-plays. The company focuses on delivering in-tuitive software for giant touch-screens in pub-lic places.

“It’s a system for downtown Lexingtonwhere you can find info on shops and business-es, including phone numbers, social networkingreviews and other details,” Product ManagerPatrick Kelly said. “It’s much more direct andintuitive. It’s similar to an iPhone or a touch-screen; if you tap an icon it pretty much doeswhat you expect it to do.”

Kelly graduated from UK in 2010.AwesomeTouch started as a senior design

project pitched to students by Awesome Inc., abusiness incubator in the Lexington area thatpromotes technology, creativity and startupcompanies.

The idea began with a map project using gi-ant touch-screens and expanded when NickSuch, director of Awesome Labs, discoveredthere was a real market for the product and ad-vised students to keep working on it. Such is a2009 UK graduate and is now the CEO of Awe-someTouch.

"Starting something like this is really aboutnoticing an opportunity and finding a way toprovide a solution,” Such said. “Touch-screenslike this are going to be everywhere in the nextfew years. Visitors are already using them inhotels. University students will soon use theseto promote and find events on campus. Retailprovides lots of branding possibilities. The onlyquestion is whether these screens will be run-ning our software, or someone else's."

A 14 member team of UK students andalumni launched AwesomeTouch in 2010. Thecompany is now staffed by Such, Kelly andfive other members of the original team: NolanLancaster, John Kiffmeyer, Chris Allen, BrianRaney and Ryan Copple.

Kelly said that competitions like the one atKentucky Highlands have been pivotal in im-proving AwesomeTouch.

“Going and sharing your idea with as manypeople as possible allows you to be very criticaland get a lot of great feedback,” Kelly said. “Ithas been very influential in how we’ve shapedthe project and how we’ve changed our busi-ness model.”

While AwesomeTouch has received recentacclaim for its innovation, Kelly said the road

By Kelsey Caudillnews@kykernel.com

UK grads win with

touch-screens

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PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFUK head coach John Calipari yells at Terrence Jones in the second half of the UK’s 66-68 loss against theAlabama Crimson Tide at Coleman Coliseum on Jan. 18, 2011.

The comparisons betweenthis year’s basketball teamand last year’s were flyingfast before the season started.Which was bigger, whichshot better, which had the po-tential to go farther in March.

A new comparison hasemerged: does this team havethe “it” factor, that overridingsense that they will not lose?

According to the manwho coached both teams, theanswer – as of now – is no.

“We don’t have that will

to win we did a year ago,”head coach John Caliparisaid.

That wasn’t an assertionheard often last year aboutthe team that went 35-3 andreached the Elite Eight.

UK’s will to win wasn’tstrong enough Tuesdaynight, when it climbed froma 20-point deficit to within asingle point before falling bytwo.

UK had two chances totake a lead within the finalminute. On the first, BrandonKnight was called for acharge. On the second, a

handoff from Knight toDoron Lamb on the perimeterwas deflected and stolen.

“We didn’t execute it,”Knight said. “We didn’tsprint hard enough, me orhim. And it resulted in aturnover.”

But those types of playsare often the difference be-tween winning and losing.

“This is why you loseclose games. And we’re go-ing to be in a lot of closegames,” Calipari said. “Thisis what we are.”

Calipari said that fourtimes UK came down and

broke off plays, meaning theydidn’t run the designed playand instead took their ownshots. And when the gamegets down to the last shots,this team hasn’t established ago-to guy.

“I’m still learning, whodo I go to?” Calipari said. “Iwent to the wrong guys.We’re trying to figure it out.Obviously we’re not runningpistol (the playcall that re-sulted in a turnover) toDoron.”

Last year, the end ofgames swung UK’s waymore often that not, starting

with John Wall’s game win-ner in his first eligible gameagainst Miami of Ohio.

“When we got it close,we made the plays we weresupposed to make,” Caliparisaid of last year’s team.“Made the plays we weresupposed to, came up withthe balls we were supposedto. We’re not seeing that.”

As troubling is that UKhas been thoroughly dominat-ed physically in both roadlosses, to Georgia and Ala-bama, two teams that rely ontalented forward duos.

“We had some guys who

couldn’t play in this game,”Calipari said. “They justcouldn’t play in this game.”

Going forward, UK facesa duality. How troubling isthis loss, really? And canthey learn enough from it toovercome the setback of theloss as the season progress-es?

It’s up to the players todecide.

“Guys are getting minutesand shots, and they’re con-tent,” Calipari said. “Eitheryou accept it and are contentwith it, or you say no, this isnot happening.”

By Aaron Smithasmith@kykernel.com

Unlike last year’s team, UK lacks the will to win right now

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Aries (March 21-April19) — Today is a 5 — To-day's the perfect day to letyour creativity fly withfriends, children or both. Yourartistic talents are appreciat-ed, and someone's surprised.

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LOS ANGELES Anne Hathaway willplay Selina Kyle, the slinky and savage outlawwho is known as Catwoman, in next year'sChristopher Nolan film "The Dark Knight Ris-es," according to a press release from WarnerBros.

Tom Hardy, already announced as a castmember, will play Bane, the chemically creat-ed brute who first appeared in the comics in1993 making him a far "younger" villain forNolan's Batman mega-franchise, which hasmost prominently featured the Joker (who firstappeared in 1940), Two-Face (1942), Ras Al-Ghul (1971) and the Scarecrow (1941).

Catwoman then just called "The Cat"first appeared in 1940 as the creation of BobKane and Bill Finger, and she has broughtleather-clad sexual tension to the Batman ad-ventures both on the page and beyond. Shewas portrayed by Julie Newmar, Eartha Kittand Lee Meriwether on the 1960s televisionseries starring Adam West as the caped crusad-er, and Michelle Pfeiffer memorably crackedthe whip in the role opposite the maskedMichael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1992 film

"Batman Returns." In 2004, Halle Berrystarred in the character's own solo film, "Cat-woman," but the film became an infamousflop and was jeered by comic-book fans afterdirector Pitof jettisoned years of comic-booklore and character touchstones.

Nolan, in the Warner press release, said: "Iam thrilled to have the opportunity to workwith Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantasticaddition to our ensemble as we complete ourstory." Of Hardy, who worked with Nolan on"Inception," the director said: "I am delightedto be working with Tom again and excited towatch him bring to life our new interpretationof one of Batman's most formidable enemies."

Nolan will direct the film from a screen-play he wrote with his brother, JonathanNolan, from a story by Nolan and David S.Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film withhis wife and longtime producing partner,Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven. "TheDark Knight Rises" hits theaters on July 20,2012.

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models. When I say models I mean alife size O.R., completely built out.”

With the Styrofoam model, doctorsand others had a chance to see what itwill be like and fix problems.

“We had everyone that is going towork in that room come in and walkaround and act as if they were going todo a procedure, and go through the mo-tions,” Zwischenberger said. “Youwon’t believe how many times we’vebanged into cabinets or bumped upagainst a table that we thought on ablueprint looked perfect.”

With the hospital getting closer tobeing complete, Karpf says the hospi-tal has been bringing in more people,and sees that to continue as the operat-ing room phase begins and gets com-

pleted.“At this point in time we get in-

creasing number of patients from WestVirginia, from southern Ohio and east-ern Tennessee,” Karpf said. “We areactually keeping more people in theCommonwealth and bring people intothe Commonwealth. We’re an importerof patients.”

Dr. Bernard Boulanger, UK Health-Care surgical medical director, says thenew hybrid rooms will be better thaninitially thought as surgeons work andbecome accustomed with all the func-tions available to them.

“I think surgeons will learn thatthey can provide better care for theirpatients by using this room for proce-dures that we may not even perceivenow,” Boulanger said.

The new operating rooms arescheduled to open in the fall of thisyear.

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to success has not been easy.“I thought I worked a lot

when I was in school,” Kellysaid. “I went through collegetaking a full course load andworking full time, but I’ve actual-ly had to take a second job to paythe bills.”

Lead software developerNolan Lancaster, a 2010 UKgraduate, said he faced a difficultdecision in whether he shouldhelp launch AwesomeTouch.

“Personally, the challenge Ihad was deciding to stick withit,” Lancaster said. “I had a cou-ple of job offers as I was graduat-ing, but I thought this was an op-portunity that I didn’t really want

to pass up. I just kind of decidedwhether I’d want my own busi-ness or my own cubicle, and theanswer was kind of obvious afterthat.”

Lancaster said that runningyour own business is similar tobeing a college student, only timemanagement plays a larger role.

“The thing is, there’s no pro-fessor or teacher to crack thewhip over you anymore or to es-tablish deadlines; there’s reallynobody to hold your feet to thefire,” Lancaster said.

Lancaster encourages stu-dents who are interested in start-ups to trust their instincts.

“I’d just like to encouragestudents to actually take a shotlike this,” Lancaster said. “It wasdifficult for me, but I really don’tregret it at all. It’s been nothingbut a positive experience.”

The winner of the KentuckyHighlands business idea competi-tion is INVEN LLC, a Louisville-based dental health companywhose technology allows rootcanals to be performed more ef-fectively and efficiently. The sec-ond runner-up is Old KentuckyLogs of Corbin, recognized formanufacturing artificial logs thatlook antique and are made out ofmolds of 150-year-old logs.

Such said he is pleased withAwesomeTouch’s performance inthe competition, but that theaward is only a stepping stone onthe company’s journey to suc-cess.

“Getting funding for an en-trepreneur really isn't success,but like oxygen for a scuba div-er: it enables us to keep search-ing for the real treasure,” Suchsaid.

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A night of Broadway-worthy performances at aprice a college student canafford is the goal behindthe UK Choristers andStudent Center’s “Nighton Broadway 2011.”

Co-directed bySamuel Miller and BrockTerry, ”Night on Broad-way” will feature about25 pieces from popularBroadway performancesincluding solos, duets,trios and multiple ensem-ble performances.

“It’s really an amazingthing to watch 70 voicescome together in one largeensemble number,” co-Di-rector Brock Terry said.The program includesworks from musicals suchas “My Fair Lady,” “KissMe Kate,” “Avenue Q”and many more.

“We incorporate musi-cals from many decades,ranging from the ‘20s upuntil today,” Terry said.

The program is splitup into two acts, each ofwhich open and close

with large ensemblepieces.

“Last year the show ranabout an hour and 40 min-utes including the intermis-sion,” said Samuel Miller,co-director and stage man-ager for the show. “But theshow didn’t seem nearlythat long because it reallyjust flows nicely frompiece to piece.”

“Night on Broadway”also features a three-pieceband of students playinginstruments like piano,bass and drums. Sam The-mer, a first year sopho-more voice performancemajor, is trying out for thefirst time. When askedwhat made him want toaudition, Themer said,“My friend was in theshow last year and ab-solutely loved it. Shejoined [Choristers] againthis semester just to be in[“Night on Broadway”].”

As a vocal perform-ance major, Sam usuallyfocuses on classical musicso he is excited about thisshow. “It’s not somethingI usually get to include in

my repertoire.”The UK Choristers is

the oldest performing or-ganization at UK and fea-tures students from all dif-ferent majors. The diversi-ty that comes from a ‘70svoice mixed choir lendsitself to wide range ofpossibilities when itcomes to the styles andperiods of the music it canperform.

According to the“Night on Broadway”Facebook page, this is theChoristers third year put-ting on this show and it isnow one of the most pop-ular concerts at UK. AbyVela, a sophomore ele-mentary education major,was featured in the lastyear’s performance andsaid the experience was alot of fun.

“The rehearsals werelong, but it definitely paidoff, and I recommend au-ditioning for it even ifyou’re nervous becauseit’s really good for yourconfidence,” Vela said.

Although auditionsare only open to those in-

volved with UK Choris-ters, everyone is invited tocome see the performanceand join the Choristers inthe future.

Robert Bosworth,freshman piano perform-ance major, is also audi-tioning this year.

“I hear it’s a blast,”Bosworth said. “A lot ofpeople in choir envy usbecause we get to do thisshow. Everyone shouldcome out and see it.”

“Night on Broadway2011” will take place onFeb. 25 and 26 at 7:30p.m. in the Frank H. Har-ris Grand Ballroom of theStudent Center. Ticketsare available. They are$25 for adults and seniorcitizens, $15 for UK StaffMembers and $10 for UKStudents and children.VIP tickets are also avail-able for preferred seatingand reserved parking at$35 a piece.

Tickets are availableat the UK Student CenterTicket Office (859) 257-TICS or ticketmaster.com.

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Looking at the early albums of 2011

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THE DECEMBERISTS "TheKing Is Dead" (Capitol) 2 stars

On 2009's "The Hazards ofLove," Colin Meloy and his merryband of hucksters created a me-dieval rock opera. "The King IsDead" takes the opposite tack, ex-ploring rustic Americana. You cantake the man out of the opera butyou can't take the opera out of theman. Much of "The King Is Dead"sounds like the wunderkind in the-ater class earnestly laboring throughan Arthur Miller monologue whenall he wants to do is stand up andtrill at the top of his lungs.

Margaret Wappler

JAMES BLUNT "Some Kind ofTrouble" (Custard/Atlantic) 2stars

"Everything that I'm trying tosay/ Just sounds like a worn-outcliche," James Blunt sings on "I'llBe Your Man," a track off his newalbum, "Some Kind of Trouble" _and he appears to be heading critics

off at the pass. The album over-reaches in its slickness and under-achieves in terms of inspiration. Allcould be forgiven, however, ifBlunt's latest material proved catch-ier. Despite all the work put into hisworkmanlike pop, it ultimatelycomes off as agreeable, but notmemorable.

Matt Diehl

SOCIAL DISTORTION "HardTimes and Nursery Rhymes"(Epitaph) 3 stars

"Life gets hard and then it getsgood, like I always knew it would,"Mike Ness declares on Social Dis-tortion's new album. Old-schoolfans of this long-running OrangeCounty punk band might have trou-ble accepting the latter half of thatcouplet, but "Hard Times and Nurs-ery Rhymes" does indeed exude anessential optimism. He even taps adisarmingly tender vein for theplaintive "Writing on the Wall," inwhich he ruminates on the com-plexity of his relationship with histeenage son.

Mikael Wood

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There’s only one place where you can see President Obama,young boys with AK-47s, Martin Luther King Jr., faces of

giants, Led Zeppelin and Tupac all in the same room: ata Shepard Fairey art exhibit.

Fairey, the contemporary artist most recentlyknown for his popular Barack Obama “HOPE”

posters, has been creating vivid, poster-styleart with bold messages for over a

decade. Soon, UK’s Rasdall Gallerywill be the first gallery in Kentuckyto display Fairey’s works, whichcan already be seen in famous in-stitutions dotting the cities ofLondon, New York City, LosAngelos and Boston, amongothers.

The Student ActivitiesBoard has worked long andhard to bring such a big nameto campus, SAB Director ofCultural Arts Amanda Rambosaid, and student organizersjust finished hanging 43Fairey pieces in the galleryFriday in preparation for thenew exhibit.

“Shepard Fairey is such aninfluential artist right now,”

Rambo said. “This is partiallybecause so much of his work is

very controversial, but that’s whypeople like him.”

Fairey experienced his firstglimpse of popularity when he creat-ed his “Obey Giant” campaign whileattending the Rhode Island School ofDesign in the late 1980s. He de-signed artistic stickers and posterscontaining an image of a giant’s faceand incorporated the single word“Obey” into the design. To hisfriends, Fairey said on his website,the image is “amusing and nonsensi-cal,” but to outside viewers, the im-

age can be viewed as “comforting” or“annoying,” depending on the individ-

ual.After graduating from RISD, Fairey

continued to design amusing and thought-provoking pieces covering topics likewar, peace, communism, music, homosex-uality and politics. He shared his art with

the world through a wide array of outlets –stickers, t-shirts, books, skateboard decks, graf-

fiti, posters, bicycles, album covers and canvasesof many other materials. Fairey was asked to design

movie posters and cover art for many musicians, whilecontinuing to push the envelope with works created to

spark discussion and provide social commentary.“He doesn’t fail to criticize anyone, but he’s also not

completely negative,” Rambo said. “He’s also done por-traits of influential people… people who are great centersof attention for their time for being controversial in someway.”

Fairey’s use of dominant color displays make hispieces pop and might remind viewers of the work ofAndy Warhol or the infamous Uncle Sam posters of

World Wars I and II that bear the message “I want you,” inreference to U.S. Army recruitment. The artist often uses thestrongest hues of red, black, cream and blue in his material.

Fairey also finds himself in the center of controversy due to thevarious legal battles he has fought over his art concerning copy-right infringement, fair use and graffiti-related arrests. He contin-ues to design new works in spite of these issues, as well as to fur-ther his involvement in the art world.

Rambo’s favorite piece on display is Fairey’s “Toxicity Inspec-tor,” one of the first to catch your eye upon entering the gallery.

“It’s a man in a gas mask, holding a rose with a piece sign, buthe’s confused,” Rambo said. “It’s like he’s thinking, ‘Is this thinggonna blow up?’ because that’s all he knows.”

“Toxicity Inspector” can be seen, alongside 42 other pieces, atthe Rasdall Gallery in the Student Center through Feb. 17. Theopening reception for this installment is 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. onThursday, Jan. 20, in the Rasdall Gallery. Food and beverages willbe provided and admission is free.

story by Hope Smithphoto illustration by staff

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WASHINGTON Suicidesamong active-duty soldiersdropped in 2010 for the first timein five years, but the number ofArmy reservists and NationalGuard members who killed them-selves nearly doubled, leavingArmy officials scrambling to findways to gain control of a suicidecrisis that's defying the Pentagon'sinvestment in prevention pro-grams.

“It's not a deployment prob-lem, because over 50 percent ofthe people that committed suicidein the Army National Guard in2010 had never deployed,” Maj.Gen. Raymond Carpenter, the act-ing director of the Army NationalGuard, said Wednesday at a newsconference where the new figureswere announced.

Carpenter also discounted therole that economic conditionsplayed in the increase in suicidesamong reservists and members ofthe National Guard. “Only 15 per-cent of the people who committedsuicide in fact were without ajob,” he said.

The Pentagon statistics re-leased Wednesday listed 145members of the Army NationalGuard and Army Reserves as sui-cides in 2010, up from 80 in2009. Active-duty suicides totaled156 in 2010, down from 162 in2009, the Pentagon said.

Of U.S. military installations,Fort Hood, Texas, had the highestnumber of suicides last year, 22,compared with 11 in 2009. FortCampbell, Ky., which had thehighest number of suicides in2009, 21, had 10 last year.

The Army's rising suiciderate, which last approached itscurrent levels in 1990 and 1991,during the Persian Gulf War, haspuzzled Army officials. Suicideshit their lowest levels in the last20 years in 2000, when 63 sol-diers killed themselves, accordingto Army statistics.

The Army has made suicideprevention a top priority. It's pro-posed shifting an unspecified partof proposed budget savings tosuicide prevention programs nextyear, and soldiers now undergotraining on spotting potential sui-cides among their comrades.

Soldiers receive resiliencytraining and post-deploymentevaluations of their mental health,and Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, thevice chief of staff of the Army,who's led the service's suicideprevention effort, is briefed oneach suicide.

Chiarelli said he took somesatisfaction from the drop in sui-cides among active-duty soldiers,and he credited the Army's em-phasis on suicide prevention forthat. Now, he said, the Army mustexpand its efforts to the Army Na-tional Guard and Reserve.

“I really believe we are lead-ing an effort to destigmatize sol-diers, family members, civilians(from seeking help) when theyhave these behavior health issues,”he said. “They are injuries.”

That, however, may be moredifficult among these troops.

Unlike active-duty soldiers,members of the Army NationalGuard and the Army Reserve arepart-time soldiers who have livesoutside the military and often livehundreds of miles from the othersoldiers in their units.

Carpenter, the Army National

Guard's acting director, said failedrelationships appeared to be thelargest common factor in suicides.

“We have got to make the sui-cide-prevention plan a familyplan, because it's that family thatis with the soldier the other 28days of the month,” said Lt. Gen.Jack Stultz, the chief of the ArmyReserve.

In mid-July, the Army re-leased the results of a 15-monthstudy of suicide trends.

That 350-page report ab-solved the repeated deploymentsof soldiers to Iraq andAfghanistan in recent years of re-sponsibility for the increase insuicides, noting, as Wednesday'sstatistics did, that few of thosewho'd killed themselves had de-ployed more than once to a warzone.

It said that levels of illegaldrug use and criminal activity inthe Army had reached recordhighs, while the number of disci-plinary actions and forced dis-charges were at record lows, andit suggested that tougher actionagainst drug offenders might helpcurb the problem.

By Nancy A. YoussefMcClatchy Newspapers

Suicides jump sharply among Army reservists guardsman

SAN JOSE, Calif. Evenas Facebook closes in on its600 millionth user, its growthin the United States and partsof Europe is slowing and maybe approaching the saturationpoint, meaning its future in-crease in users will be evermore dependent on the devel-oping world.

Over the past six monthsof 2010, about one-quarter ofFacebook's total growth inregular users came from theU.S., but during December,just 5 percent of the socialnetwork's new users were inthe U.S., according to InsideFacebook Gold, a data serv-ice by the research firm In-side Network. Facebookgained more users in India,Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan, thePhilippines and Indonesiathan in the United States dur-

ing December.Facebook's U.S. audi-

ence growth has deceleratedfor the past four months,raising questions among ana-lysts about whether the PaloAlto, Calif., social networkis approaching its saturationpoint here, and highlightingFacebook's need to get peo-ple to spend more time onthe social network in orderto keep its revenue growing.A similar phenomenon is oc-curring in countries such asIceland, Denmark and Swe-den.

Facebook now has about146 million regular users inthe United States, according toboth Inside Facebook Goldand the German-Czech analyt-ics firm Socialbakers. Datafrom both show that Face-book's U.S. growth has slowedsignificantly in recent months,and is on the verge of crossing

the point where less than one-quarter of its users are in theUnited States. Facebook de-clined to comment on thenumbers, which are roughlyechoed by Internet trackingcompany comScore.

"It's inevitable that inhighly saturated countriesgrowth has to decelerate,"said Justin Smith, founder ofInside Facebook, who be-lieves it's an "open question"whether Facebook is ap-proaching its user limit in theU.S. "You can only get a cer-tain percentage of the popula-tion to become active users,and as you get closer to thatceiling, you are going to slowdown in terms of growth."

Facebook now reaches astriking 73 percent of U.S. In-ternet users, according tocomScore. Facebook user es-timates from comScore, In-side Facebook and Socialbak-

ers all translate to more than55 percent of the total U.S.population over the age of 12,the eligible age to join the so-cial network.

"I would say this mightbe the U.S. reaching an in-flection point," Jan Rezab,co-founder of Socialbakers,said of the recent U.S. growthslowdown in an e-mail mes-sage, "but only time willshow if the U.S. can outgrow50 percent penetration."

The change does notmean Facebook _ pegged at a$50 billion value after Gold-man Sachs and a Russian in-vestor recently agreed to in-vest $500 million _ faces anyforeseeable slowdown in rev-enue growth, experts say. Butthe demographic fact thatthere are fewer Americansevery day who don't use Face-book means the social net-work will increasingly need to

focus on getting existing usersto come back more often andspend more time. With thevast majority of its revenuecoming from display advertis-ing, more time on Facebookequals more revenue for thesocial network.

The good news for Face-book is that Americans on av-erage spent even more timein 2010 sharing photos, up-dating their status and playingsocial games like Zynga'snew "CityVille." The averagetime spent by each U.S. Face-book visitor grew by 30 per-cent, to 320.6 minutes, overthe past 12 months, accordingto comScore, with peoplespending about the sameamount of time each visit, butmaking more visits per dayon average.

Andrew Lipsman, seniordirector of industry analysisfor comScore, said new U.S.

users, over time, will presentFacebook with an opportunityto build audience engage-ment.

"People go from being anew user _ they tend to be alittle bit lighter user at first _and the value of the site in-creases over time" as peoplebuild their friend network andhave a stronger incentive toshare content, Lipsman said."It's really a self-reinforcingcycle."

In December alone,Americans spent 49.3 billionminutes on Facebook _ thecollective equivalent of about94,000 years, comScore said.Facebook surpassed Googleas the website with the mostU.S. visits last year, accord-ing to Experian Hitwise.Facebook says an averageuser has 130 friends and cre-ates 90 pieces of content amonth.

By Mike SwiftMcClatchy News

For Facebook, US saturation might lead to global focus

The clever mobile pay-ment system that Starbuckshas been testing in a fewstores in Seattle, New Yorkand Silicon Valley is goingnational.

Starbucks is announcingthat it has expanded the "payby phone" program to 6,800of its stores, plus more than1,000 outlets inside Targetstores. It began testing thesystem at a few stores in Sep-tember 2009.

To use the system, Star-bucks cardholders load an ap-plication onto their iPhone orBlackBerry smartphones. Theapplication displays a barcodethat's scanned at the registerto pay for drinks. Users can

also manage Starbucks ac-counts and find nearby storeswith the application.

With the launch, Star-bucks claims to be operatingthe largest mobile paymentprogram in the country, giv-ing millions of cardholders afast way to pay for their joltand a muffin.

One in five Starbuckstransactions is now madewith the store cards, and mo-bile payments "will extendthe way our customers expe-rience and use their StarbucksCard," Brady Brewer, vicepresident of card and brandloyalty, said in a release."With mobile payment, theStarbucks Card platform fur-ther elevates the customer ex-perience by delivering con-

venience, rewarding loyaltyand continuing to build anemotional connection withour customers."

Customers apparently likeusing Starbucks Cards. Theyloaded more than $1.5 billiononto the cards last year, up 21percent over 2009.

They also like smart-phones. Starbucks said morethan a third of its U.S. cus-tomers use the devices, andnearly three fourths of thesmartphone-toting Starbuckscustomers have either aniPhone or a BlackBerry.

A version of the Star-bucks application for An-droid-based phones is beingdeveloped. There's no wordyet on plans for a WindowsPhone version.

By Brier DudleyMCT

Starbucks launchesmobile payment network

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On Dec. 18, 2010, whenmost students were cheeringover their victory in the war

against finals,another victorywas had: the re-peal of Don'tAsk, Don't Tell.

The bill,which barredgays and les-bians fromserving openlyin the military,and which hadresulted in morethan 13,500 dis-

charges from the armed services,ended when the Senate sent thebill to President Obama's desk.

For the first time in 17 years,

people’s ability to serve theircountry in times of war andpeace is no longer contingentupon their fitting a particularsexual creed.

The policy will not go intoeffect until a certification and60-day grace period occurs.

I can't help but wonder thefeeling experienced in that mo-ment for all gay or lesbian peo-ple, and their supporters, whohad dreamed of a day when theirpartners were not dissected as ameans of their ability to servewith their fellow patriots.

My friend, Emily King, aveteran, provided me with in-sight into what it felt like forsupporters that day.

King said, “For the second

time in my adult life, a politicalvictory has brought me to tears.To all the gay men and women Ihave ever served with, it was myhonor to serve along side youand I'm sorry it took us as a na-tion so long to honor your serv-ice.”

Despite my tendency to basemy actions in the leftist agenda,I find it incredibly hard to be-lieve that the good cannot beseen in this repeal in any politi-cal realm.

In the service, I assume, veryfew moments dictate who youwill be after a particular mo-ment; a survivor who fought forhis country, a hero with an unde-niable amount of self sacrificeor a soldier whose only desire

upon adulthood was to defendthe nation that provided him theopportunity to form his ownideas.

What would not be importantin that moment? Who, and how,that soldier loves.

To all the citizens out therewho couldn't fulfill their dreamsdue to their sexual orientation,it’s your time.

To all soldiers who was dis-charged because they had thecourage to stand for who theyare, we can now properly saythank you on behalf of yourcountry, and on behalf of all cit-izens to come.

Annie Hughes is a politicalscience junior. Email opin-ions@kykernel.com.

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Although UK has onlyplayed four SoutheasternConference games, it’sbeen a roller coaster ride.

In the confines of Me-morial Coliseum the Catsare 2-1 in conference, beat-ing the opposition by an av-erage of 14 points pergame. But No.19 UK’s(13-4, 2-2 SEC) lone roadconference game didn’t goas planned.

UK lost its only confer-ence road game at Arkansas78-67 on Jan. 6, in a gamewhen the Cats were comingoff one day of rest andlooked less than impres-sive. But outside the con-ference the Cats are 2-2 onthe road.

Despite the losingrecord on the road, the Catssee Thursday’s 7 p.m. gameat Gainesville as an oppor-tunity.

“This is a big game forus, an exciting opportunityfor us to go on the road andplay against a very goodFlorida team,” UK headcoach Matthew Mitchellsaid. “I think that the teamis better equipped this time

than the last time we wenton the road and I think wehave practiced a little betterso I am excited to see howwe handle this challenge.”

UK hasn’t won at Flori-da since 2006. The Gators(12-7, 2-3 SEC) have hadand up and down season ofits own.

Mitchell said whatmakes Florida such a diffi-cult matchup is the factthey don’t have any playersaveraging over 10 pointsand they can beat you manyways.

“Florida is an extremelydifficult team to prepare forand I have a lot of respectfor their coach and how sheruns that program,”Mitchell said. “There are alot of players involved withthem and it is very difficultto key in on one player andour team will have to beexcellent in our prepara-tion, very mentally focused,to get ready to go down to aplace we haven’t won inquite some time.

“It will be a big chal-lenge for us and we are ex-cited to play.”

While Florida doesn’thave any player averagingover 10 points, it has six

players averaging over sixpoints per game.

“It makes it difficult inthe sense you have to beprepared for everybody tobe the player that’ll makethe difference that night,”Mitchell said. “It’s not ateam like Kentucky thatyou can be like, ‘hey let’sshut down (senior forwardVictoria) Dunlap, let’s shutdown (sophmore guard A’-dia) Mathies.’ You justcan’t do that with Florida.”

Despite the teams highsand lows already in confer-ence play, Dunlap has beensteadily efficient. In confer-ence games Dunlap is aver-aging 21.3 points per gameto go along with 10 re-bounds.

But Dunlap, who isfour rebounds away frombecoming second in UKhistory for all-time re-bounding, isn’t worriedabout her play. She is fo-cused on the team and men-tal preparation.

“It’s great to be able towin on the road it’ll be dif-ficult and it wont be easybut we have the ability toget it done,” Dunlap said.“We just have to put ourminds to it.”

By TJ Walkersports@kykernel.com

Preparing for Florida

There are a few new faceson the UK ice hockey rosterthis semester, and their im-pact has been immediate,helping the Cool Cats reachtheir goals for the season.

These new players willlook to make an impactagain as the UK ice hockeyteam will be in action Fridayand Saturday night againstWright State at the Lexing-ton Ice Center.

Freshman defensemanMatt Kinman comes to UK

after having played in theUnited States HockeyLeague, a premier minorleague whose players retaintheir amateur status.

He first played for theUSHL’s Sioux City Muske-teers. The following seasonhe played for the WaterlooBlack Hawks after he wastraded from the Tri-CityStorm in the preseason. Kin-man also played for theSpringfield Jr. Blues of theNorth American HockeyLeague.

Kinman, a Kentucky resi-dent, said he chose UK be-

cause he has a lot of friendson the team and had a goodtime on a visit to UK’s cam-pus. In addition, Kinman wasimpressed by the Cats' playagainst premier competition.

“UK has a strong clubprogram,” Kinman said. “Iwanted to be a part of that.”

He has enjoyed his timewith the Cool Cats.

“It’s a good group ofguys,” Kinman said. “(UKhead coach Rob Docherty) isa good guy and a goodcoach.”

His impact was felt earlyin the University of Mary-

land in Baltimore Countygame. With UK trailing 1-0in the first period, Kinmanscored the tying goal andchanged the momentum forUK as they went on to win6-1.

“It was sweet,” Kinmansaid. “I didn’t tally anyagainst a lesser opponent thenight before.”

Junior forward MichaelGetz has high praise for Kin-man.

“He’s doing great,” Getzsaid. “He’s a huge defense-man and a huge asset.”

Freshman forward Gray

McLaughlin has also enjoyedhis experience with the CoolCats.

“The guys have beengreat,” McLaughlin said.“They really welcomed mein.”

McLaughlin is theyounger brother of junior for-ward Sean McLaughlin.

“We were teammates inhigh school,” McLaughlinsaid. “It’s always fun to playwith him.”

Another freshman, for-ward Jake Boss, has beenskating with the Cool Cats inpractice and may see his first

game action this weekend.“Coach (Docherty) is

looking to give him a shot,”Getz said.

Despite their youth, UK’sfreshmen, including Kinmanand McLaughlin, are alreadyfocusing on fitting in andplaying well with their upper-classmen teammates.

“I expect to bring out thebest in my line,” McLaughlinsaid.

Kinman reiterated a uni-versal theme for the CoolCats.

“I want to win out,” Kin-man said.

By Gary Hermannsports@kykernel.com

Freshmen help to propel Cool Cats

Freshman forward Ter-rence Jones ran to the sidelinein the second half of UK’sgame at Alabama, only to begreeted by a heated exchangefrom his coach.

It’s a common scene on theUK sidelines with UK headcoach John Calipari at thehelm, even when his team isn’tlosing by 20 to a lesser oppo-nent. In fact, it’s a commonscene on the sidelines of mostDivision I basketball games.

Calipari apologized onTwitter Tuesday night for hisfoul language during the game.

Wednesday afternoon,Calipari’s foul language was atopic of discussion on ESPN’s“Around the Horn” and “Par-don the Interruption.” Howev-er, if it weren’t for Calipari’sapology, the story likelywouldn’t have gained the na-tional attention it has.

As a coach at a premiere bas-ketball program, Calipari expectsthe best out of his players, andthey expect the same out of him.

Sure, not everyone is comfortablewith the cursing that takes placeon the sidelines of sporting events,but believe me its common. Not tomention, no one is forced to listenit.

The professional lip readersthat were abuzz after Tuesdaynight really shouldn’t be toosurprised. A similar controver-sy broke out as a result of theLouisville game last season,when the firs t minute of thegame saw a handful of fightsand Calipari was seen havingan exchange with a Louisvilleplayer on national TV.

Both Calipari and the play-ers have a drive to win, andboth athletes and their coachesare known to get caught up inthe moment. As a coach withfive straight 30-win seasons,facing a 20-point deficit on theroad goes against the grain ofwhat you’re used to.

“The sport that we’re in isemotional,” Calipari said onhis radio show Wednesday.“For me, whatever I’m tryingto do to change these guys, toget these guys to play different,to get them to really listen anddo the things they do, some-times you say things you re-gret.”

Jones immediately fol-lowed up his coach’s apology

on Twitter with his own tweetsaying he felt “blessed” to playfor Calipari and immediatelyaccepted his apology.

On the road againThe Cats have already lost

more games this season than theydid last year. None of those losseshave come at home. The problem:UK seems intimidated on theroad, gets the bearings, but not un-til its too late.

UK seems to make surgesmidway through the secondhalf, but can never quite seemto close out the comeback.

Following the loss at Geor-gia, Calipari said comebackshelp you figure out how goodyour team is.

The good news for the Catsis come March, UK fans willdominate tournament crowds.

The bottom line for UK isthey need to find a way to winon the road. Alabama is one ofthe weakest teams they’ll playon the road this season, and ifthey can’t find a way to getback on track, this team couldfind themselves on the bubblecome Selection Sunday.

Matt is a journalismsenior. E-mail mmurray@kyk-ernel.com.

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