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\section{Introduction}\label{s:intro}

The Large Area Telescope \citep[LAT;][]{generalfermilatref}
aboard the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope}
has established pulsars
as predominant Galactic gamma-ray sources at GeV energies \citep{Fermi2PC}.
Most LAT-detected gamma-ray pulsars
have been unveiled \emph{indirectly}. In these cases,
known radio pulsar ephemerides are used to
assign rotational phases to gamma-ray photons and probe for pulsations.
Additionally, dedicated radio searches at
positions of unidentified gamma-ray sources
as in the \textit{Fermi}-LAT Second Source
Catalog \citep[2FGL;][]{FermiSecondSourceCatalog}
discovered many new radio pulsars, likewise
providing ephemerides for gamma-ray phase-folding \citep[e.g.,][]{Guillemot2012,Fermi2PC}.

For the first time, pulsars have also been detected in \emph{direct} searches
for periodicity in the sparse LAT gamma-ray photons \citep{16gammapuls2009}.
In fact, many pulsars found in such ``blind'' searches
are undetected at radio wavelengths \citep{Ray+2012,Fermi2PC}.
Blind searches are computationally challenging, because the relevant pulsar
parameters are unknown in advance \citep[e.g.,][]{Chandler2001}.
The challenge is to search a dense grid
covering a multidimensional parameter space
(for isolated systems: sky location, frequency~$f$, and spin-down rate~$\dot f$).
The number of grid points to be individually tested increases rapidly with
coherent integration time \citep[e.g.,][]{bccs1:1998}: for observations spanning multiple years
the finite computing power available makes blind searches
with fully coherent (``brute-force'') methods unfeasible,
and much more {\em efficient} methods are essential.

During the first year of the \textit{Fermi}{} mission pioneering blind searches revealed
24 pulsars in LAT data \citep{16gammapuls2009,8gammapuls2010}
through a clever time-differencing technique \citep{Atwood2006,Ziegler2008}
that exploits that sparsity of the LAT data.
Increasing data time spans intensify the computing burden,
and only two more pulsars were found in the second year \citep{Fermi2PC}.
However, hundreds of unidentified LAT sources with pulsar-like properties
\citep{2012ApJ...753...83A,Lee+2012} probably harbor undiscovered pulsars.

The blind-search problem is analogous to searches for continuous
gravitational waves (GWs) emitted from spinning neutron stars \citep{bccs1:1998},
also called ``GW pulsars''. This similarity has motivated us to use
data-analysis methods originally developed for GW-pulsar detection
\citep[][]{bc2:2000,cutler:2005,PletschAllen2009,Pletsch2010,PletschSLCW2011}
to significantly enhance the sensitivity of blind searches for gamma-ray pulsars.

Using these methods to search LAT data
has led to the discovery of $10$ new gamma-ray pulsars
\citep{Pletsch+2012-9pulsars,Pletsch+2012-J1838} on the \textit{Atlas} computing
cluster in Hannover.
While these discoveries were isolated young pulsars
(with spin frequencies of $3$ - $12$\,Hz),
the ongoing searches also cover the higher-frequency range of millisecond pulsars (MSPs).
With partial orbital constraints from optical data \citep[][]{Romani2012}, these methods also
discovered a binary MSP via gamma-ray pulsations \citep{Pletsch+2012-J1311}.

Searching for fast spinning isolated MSPs
dominates the overall computing cost of this survey.
To enlarge the available computational resources we have recently
moved the survey onto the volunteer computing system \textit{Einstein@Home}\footnote{
\href{http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/}{http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/}}.
Here, we present the \textit{Einstein@Home}{} discovery and key parameters of four young, energetic
pulsars,  PSR~J0554+3107, PSR~J1422$-$6138, PSR~J1522$-$5735, and PSR~J1932+1916, detected in the ongoing blind survey of
unidentified LAT sources. These are the first gamma-ray pulsars discovered using
volunteer computing.

\section{Survey and Pulsar Discoveries}\label{s:disco}

The survey targets unidentified 2FGL sources with properties reminiscent
of known pulsars. Such selection criteria include significantly curved emission
spectra and low flux variability over time \citep{2012ApJ...753...83A},
leading to a list of 109 2FGL sources \citep{Pletsch+2012-9pulsars}.
Further details on source selection and data preparation
are described in \citet{Pletsch+2012-9pulsars}.

For each selected target source, a blind search
for isolated gamma-ray pulsars has been carried out in three years of LAT data.
The parameter space of the search is four-dimensional (sky position,
spin-frequency $f$, and $\dot f$). In the sky, a circular region is searched,
centered on the 2FGL-catalog source location having a radius 20\%
larger than the semi-major axis of the 95\% confidence elliptical error region.
The survey covers an $f$ range up to $1.4$\,kHz,
in order to be sensitive to MSPs.
For $f  \geq 100$\,Hz, spin-down rates in the range
\mbox{$-$1$\times$10$^{-12}$ Hz s$^{-1} \leq \dot f \leq 0$} are searched (see Figure~\ref{f:f-fdot-diagr}).
To maintain sensitivity to young pulsars, for $f < 100$\,Hz the $\dot f$ search
range is extended down to characteristic ages $\tau_c =-f/2\dot f \sim 1$\,kyr,
comparable to that of the Crab pulsar.

The data-analysis strategy employed in the blind search follows
a hierarchical (multistage) approach, outlined in \citet{Pletsch+2012-9pulsars}.
The first stage explores the full parameter space with an efficient semi-coherent method:
coherent Fourier powers computed with a $\approx$6~day window are
incoherently summed as the window slides along the entire data set.
A parameter-space
metric  \citep{PletschAllen2009,Pletsch2010,Pletsch+2012-9pulsars} is used
to build an efficient search grid.
In the second stage, only significant semi-coherent candidates are
followed up via a fully coherent analysis. A third stage further refines coherent
pulsar candidates by using higher
signal harmonics \citep[adopting the $H$-test of][]{deJaeger1989}.

The \textit{Einstein@Home}{} volunteer supercomputer does the bulk of the computational work.
\textit{Einstein@Home}{} was launched in 2005 to search for GW pulsars in detector data from
the \emph{LIGO}-\emph{Virgo} Collaboration \citep{S4EAH,S5R1EAH,S5R5EAH}.
Since 2009, \textit{Einstein@Home}{} has also been analyzing radio telescope data,
finding several new radio pulsars \citep{EahRadiopulsar1, 2011ApJ...732L...1K,
2013ApJ...774...93K,Allen+2013}. In parallel, \textit{Einstein@Home}{} is now also searching for
gamma-ray pulsars as described here.  This extends the radio and GW efforts
with a third distinct search for new neutron stars.

To sign up for \textit{Einstein@Home}{}, members of the general public download free
software for their Windows, Apple, or Linux computers or Android
device. Working in the background, the software
automatically downloads work units (executables and data) from the
\textit{Einstein@Home}{} servers, carries out a search when the host machine is idle,
and reports back results.  Returned results are automatically
validated by comparison of the outcome for the same work unit produced
by a different volunteer's host.  With more than 300,000 individuals
already contributing, the sustained computing capacity achieved
($1$\,PFlop/s) is comparable with the world's largest supercomputers.

The \textit{Einstein@Home}{} results
for the formerly unidentified LAT sources, 2FGL~J0553.9+3104,
2FGL~J1422.5-6137c, 2FGL~J1521.8-5735, and 2FGL~J1932.1+1913,
indicated significant pulsations.
All but one of these sources also have counterparts in the
\textit{Fermi}{} LAT First Source Catalog~\citep[1FGL;][]{FermiFirstSourceCatalog},
denoted by  1FGL~J0553.9+3105, 1FGL~J1521.8-5734c, and
1FGL~J1932.1+1914c.
A dedicated follow-up investigation to further refine the parameters and
properties of the newly discovered pulsars is described below.

\begin{figure}
\centerline{
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{fig1.pdf}
\hfill
}
\caption{\label{f:f-fdot-diagr}
Period -- period derivative diagram of the pulsar population.
Filled stars show the four new gamma-ray pulsars.
Black dots represent known radio pulsars from the ATNF
catalog \citep{ATNFcat}.
The gray shaded region indicates the search parameter space.
Dotted lines indicate contours of constant~$\tau_c$;
similarly, dashed lines show spin-down power~$\dot E$
and dashed-dotted lines refer to surface magnetic field strength~$B_{S}$.
}
\end{figure}

\begin{deluxetable*}{lllll}
\tablewidth{\textwidth}
\tablecaption{\label{t:parameters} Measured and Derived Pulsar Parameters}
\tablecolumns{2}
\tablehead{
\colhead{Parameter} & \colhead{PSR~J0554+3107} & \colhead{PSR~J1422$-$6138} & \colhead{PSR~J1522$-$5735} & \colhead{PSR~J1932+1916}
}
\startdata
Right ascension, $\alpha$ (J2000.0)\dotfill
& $05^{\rm h}54^{\rm m}05\fs01(3)$
& $14^{\rm h}22^{\rm m}27\fs07(1)$
& $15^{\rm h}22^{\rm m}05\fs3(1)$
& $19^{\rm h}32^{\rm m}19\fs70(4)$\\
Declination, $\delta$ (J2000.0)\dotfill
& $+31\arcdeg07\arcmin41\arcsec(4)$
& $-61\arcdeg38\arcmin28\arcsec(1)$
& $-57\arcdeg35\arcmin00\arcsec(1)$
& $+19\arcdeg16\arcmin39\arcsec(1)$\\
Galactic longitude, $l$ (\arcdeg)\dotfill
& $179.1$
& $313.5$
& $322.1$
& $54.7$ \\
Galactic latitude, $b$ (\arcdeg)\dotfill
& $2.70$
& $-0.66$
& $-0.42$
& $0.08$\\
Spin frequency, $f$ (Hz)\dotfill
&    $2.15071817570(7)$
&    $2.932827817(1)$
&    $9.790868913(3)$
&    $4.8027301667(3)$
\\
Frequency 1st derivative, $\dot f$ ($10^{-12}$ Hz s$^{-1}$)\dotfill
& $-0.659622(5)$
& $-0.83293(9)$
& $-2.9946(2)$
& $-2.14916(1)$
\\
Frequency 2nd derivative\tablenotemark{a}, $\ddot f$ ($10^{-23}$ Hz s$^{-2}$)\dotfill
& $0.18(2)$
& $-1.5(3)$
& $-2.6(5)$
& $-0.3(1)$ \\
Epoch (MJD)\dotfill
& $55214$
& $55214$
& $55250$
& $55214$  \\
Weighted $H$-test (single-trial false alarm probability) \dotfill
& $425$  $(\sim 10^{-80})$
& $469$  $(\sim 10^{-89})$
& $319$  $(\sim 10^{-59})$
& $460$  $(\sim 10^{-87})$ \\
\\
Epoch of glitch 1 (MJD)\dotfill
& -
& $55310$
& $55250$
& -\\
Permanent $f$ increment, $\Delta f_{\rm glitch\,1}$ ($10^{-6}$ Hz)\dotfill
& -
& $0.026528575(2)$
& $-0.112(6)$
& -  \\
Permanent $\dot f$ increment, $\Delta \dot{f}_{\rm glitch\,1}$ ($10^{-15}$ Hz s$^{-1}$)\dotfill
& -
& $6.4(4.8)$
& $3.6(4)$
& -  \\
Decaying $f$ increment, $\Delta f_{\rm d, glitch\,1}$ ($10^{-6}$ Hz)\dotfill
& -
& -
& $0.42(6)$
& -  \\
Decay time constant, $\tau_{\rm d, glitch\,1}$ (days)\dotfill
& -
& -
& $27(5)$
& -  \\
\\
Epoch of glitch 2 (MJD)\dotfill
& -
& $55450$
& -
& -\\
Permanent $f$ increment, $\Delta f_{\rm glitch\,2}$ ($10^{-6}$ Hz)\dotfill
& -
& $1.18798307(4)$
& -
& -  \\
Permanent $\dot f$ increment, $\Delta \dot{f}_{\rm glitch\,2}$ ($10^{-15}$ Hz s$^{-1}$)\dotfill
& -
& $-5.3(5.0)$
& -
& -  \\
\\
Characteristic age, $\tau_c$ (kyr)\dotfill
& $51.7$
& $55.8$
& $51.8$
& $35.4$    \\
Spin-down power, $\dot E$ ($10^{34} {\rm erg\,s^{-1}}$)\dotfill
&    $5.6$
&    $9.6$
&    $115.7$
&     $40.7$ \\
Surface magnetic field strength, $B_{\textrm{S}}$ ($10^{12}$G)\dotfill
&     $8.2$
&     $5.8$
&     $1.8$
&     $4.5$ \\
Light-cylinder magnetic field strength, $B_{\textrm{LC}}$ (kG)\dotfill
&     $0.8$
&     $1.3$
&     $15.6$
&     $4.5$ \\
Estimated maximum distance\tablenotemark{b}, $d_{100\%}$  (kpc)\dotfill
&   $\lesssim 5.2$
&   $\lesssim 4.8$
&   $\lesssim 12.5$
&   $\lesssim 6.6$\\
Estimated ``heuristic'' distance\tablenotemark{c}, $d_{h}$  (kpc)\dotfill
&   $\sim 1.9$
&   $\sim 1.5$
&   $\sim 2.1$
&   $\sim 1.5$\\
\\
Spectral index, $\Gamma$ \dotfill
&     $1.1 \pm 0.2$
&     $0.3 \pm 0.2$
&     $1.4 \pm 0.2$
&     $1.7 \pm 0.1$ \\
Cutoff energy, $E_c$ (GeV) \dotfill
&     $1.3 \pm 0.2$
&     $2.5 \pm 0.3$
&     $1.5 \pm 0.3$
&     $1.2 \pm 0.2$ \\
Photon flux above 100\,MeV, $F_{100}$ ($10^{-8}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$)\dotfill
&     $1.9 \pm 0.3$
&     $1.1 \pm 0.2$
&     $8.5 \pm 1.1$
&     $15.1 \pm 1.0$ \\
Energy flux above 100\,MeV, $G_{100}$ ($10^{-11}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$) \dotfill
&     $1.7 \pm 0.1$
&     $3.5 \pm 0.3$
&     $6.2 \pm 0.4$
&     $7.8 \pm 0.4$\\
\\
Peak multiplicity \dotfill
& $3$
& $2$
& $1$
& $1$ \\
FWHM$_{\mbox{\tiny Peak $1$}}$ \dotfill
& $0.10 \pm 0.02$
& $0.12 \pm 0.02$
& $0.22 \pm 0.02$
& $0.23 \pm 0.03$
\\
FWHM$_{\mbox{\tiny Peak $2$}}$ \dotfill
& $0.06 \pm 0.02$
& $0.11 \pm 0.01$
& -
& -
\\
FWHM$_{\mbox{\tiny Peak $3$}}$ \dotfill
& $0.03 \pm 0.01$
& -
& -
& -
\\
Peak $1$ to $2$ separation \dotfill
& $0.24 \pm 0.01$
& $0.18 \pm 0.01$
& -
& -
\\
Peak $1$ to $3$ separation \dotfill
& $0.35 \pm 0.01$
& -
& -
& - \\
\\
Radio-flux-density upper limit at 1.4\,GHz, $S_{1400}$ ($\mu$Jy) \dotfill
& 66
& 60
& 34
& 75 \\
\enddata
\tablecomments{The data time span is $54702$ -- $56383$\,MJD.
The JPL DE405 Solar System ephemeris has been used; times refer to Barycentric Dynamical Time (TDB).
Numbers in parentheses are statistical 1$\sigma$ errors in the last digits.
\tablenotetext{a}{Parameterizes timing noise
(and glitch recovery where applicable) rather than pulsar intrinsic spin-down.}
\tablenotetext{b}{Assuming 100\% efficiency ($L_\gamma = \dot E$) and $f_\Omega = 1$,
gives rise to $d_{100\%} = (\dot E / 4\pi\,G_{100})^{1/2}$.}
\tablenotetext{c}{Assuming a ``heuristic'' luminosity \mbox{$L_\gamma^h = (\dot E/10^{33}$\,erg s$^{-1})^{1/2}$\,$10^{33}$\,erg s$^{-1}$}  and $f_\Omega = 1$,
yields $d_{h} = (L_\gamma^h / 4\pi\,G_{100})^{1/2}$.}
}
\end{deluxetable*}

\section{The Four Gamma-ray Pulsars}\label{s:fu-analysis}

For follow-up analysis, we extended the original data sets to include LAT photons
recorded from 2008 August~4 until 2013 April~1.
We used the \textit{Fermi}{} Science
Tools\footnote{\href{http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/analysis/scitools/overview.html}{http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/analysis/scitools/overview.html}} (STs)
to select ``Source''-class photons according to the P7\_V6 instrument response functions (IRFs),
with reconstructed directions within 15\degr of the pulsars,
energies above 100 MeV, and zenith angles $\leq 100$\degr.
We excluded photons recorded when the LAT's rocking angle exceeded 52\degr,
or when the LAT was not in nominal science mode.
We assigned each photon a weight measuring the probability of having
originated from the pulsar (as was also done for the search).
These weights \citep{KerrWeightedH2011} were computed with \textit{gtsrcprob} based on
a spectral model of the region (described below) and the LAT IRFs. This photon-weighting scheme
improves the signal-to-noise ratio of the pulsations, providing better background
rejection than simple angular and energy cuts.

With these LAT data sets, we refined the initial pulsar parameters after discovery,
using the methods by \citet{Ray2011}. We subdivided the data sets
into segments of about equal length and produced pulse profiles for all
segments by folding the photon times with the initial parameters.
These pulse profiles were correlated with ``template'' profiles to obtain
pulse times of arrival (TOAs). Using \textsc{Tempo2} \citep{Tempo2} we fitted
the TOAs to a timing model with sky position, frequency and frequency derivatives.
Table~\ref{t:parameters} presents the best-fit timing solutions.

For two of the pulsars, PSRs J1422$-$6138{} and J1522$-$5735{}, the timing
analysis reveals the presence of glitches, manifested as abrupt
changes of the stars' rotation rates.  These significantly complicate
the timing procedure: if not additionally accounted for, they can lead to
loss of phase-coherence.

In dedicated studies, we examined the spin-parameter changes associated with
the glitches. For each of the two pulsars,
we fixed the sky position to the pre-glitch timing solution, and scanned ranges
in $\{f,\dot f\}$  on a dense grid around the pre-glitch spin parameters.
At each grid point we computed the weighted $H$-test statistic \citep{KerrWeightedH2011}
using photons within a fixed
time window. This window was slid over the entire data set with 90\% overlap
between subsequent steps. The results are shown in Figure~\ref{f:glitches}.
The choice of time-window size balances signal-to-noise ratio and time resolution,
being just long enough to still accumulate a detectable signal-to-noise ratio.
These results enabled us to estimate values for the spin-parameter changes and
glitch epochs for PSRs~J1422$-$6138{} and J1522$-$5735{}. We then iterated the
timing procedure including a corresponding glitch model.
The inferred glitch parameters are given in Table~\ref{t:parameters}.
In addition to permanent changes in $f$ and $\dot f$, the glitch model for J1522$-$5735{}
also includes a frequency increment $\Delta f_{\rm d, glitch\,1}$ that decays
exponentially on the timescale~$\tau_{\rm d, glitch\,1}$ \citep{Tempo2}.
Thus, the net effect after this spin-up glitch recovery is a spin-down,
as shown in Figure~\ref{f:glitches}(b).

\begin{figure*}[t]
\centering
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		(a) PSR~J1422$-$6138{}\\[-0.3cm]
		\subfigure
		{\includegraphics[width=1.75\columnwidth]{fig2a.pdf}}
		\vspace{0.5cm}\\
		%
		(b) PSR~J1522$-$5735{}\\[-0.3cm]
		\subfigure
		{\includegraphics[width=1.75\columnwidth]{fig2b.pdf}}
		%
		\caption{
Pulsar glitch analyses for PSR~J1422$-$6138{} (a) and PSR~J1522$-$5735{} (b).
The color code represents the weighted $H$-test using photons
within a $170$-day time window that is slid over the entire data set,
with 90\% overlap.
At fixed (pre-glitch) sky position,
for each window scans in $H$-test over $\{f,\dot f\}$ are done.
Vertical axes show the time midpoint of each window.
Horizontal axes show the offsets from the pre-glitch
parameters in $f$ (left), $\dot f$ (right).
The solid blue curves are superimposed to show the timing solutions
of Table~\ref{t:parameters}.
\label{f:glitches}
}
\end{figure*}

Figure~\ref{f:ph-vs-t-all} shows the integrated pulse profiles and
phase-time diagrams obtained from the full timing solutions.
To characterize the profiles we fitted the observed gamma-ray light curves
with combinations of Lorentzian and/or Gaussian lines.
The complex pulse profile of PSR~J0554+3107{} was fitted using asymmetric Lorentzian
lines for the first two peaks, and a simple Gaussian for the last component.
For PSR~J1422$-$6138{} the best fit is based on two simple Gaussian lines.
For PSRs J1522$-$5735{} and J1932+1916{} we modeled the light curves
with asymmetric Lorentzian lines.  Table~\ref{t:parameters} shows
the resulting peak separations and FWHMs.

We measured the pulsars' phase-averaged spectral properties
through a binned likelihood analysis, using \textit{pyLikelihood} of the STs.
We constructed spectral models including all sources found within 20\degr of the pulsars
from an internal catalog of gamma-ray sources based on three years of LAT data,
where the parameters only of point sources within 5\degr were left free.
Each pulsar spectrum was modeled as an exponentially cutoff power law,
$dN / dE \propto E^{-\Gamma} \exp\left( - E / E_c \right)$,
where $\Gamma$ denotes the spectral index and $E_c$ is the cutoff energy.
The source models included contributions
from the Galactic diffuse emission (using model \textit{gal\_2yearp7v6\_v0}),
the extragalactic diffuse emission,
and the residual instrumental background (using template \textit{iso\_p7v6source} \footnote{\href{http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/lat/BackgroundModels.html}{http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/lat/BackgroundModels.html}}).
For PSR~J1422$-$6138{}, the phase-averaged analysis could not constrain $\Gamma$.
Excluding ``off-pulse'' photons with phases between $0.55$ and $0.95$
(Figure~\ref{f:ph-vs-t-all}) slightly improved the fit quality.
The best-fit values for $\Gamma$, $E_c$, and the
derived photon and energy fluxes are given in Table~\ref{t:parameters}.
These are in line with $\Gamma$ and $E_c$ values of other young
LAT pulsars \citep{Fermi2PC}, apart from PSR~J1422$-$6138's low $\Gamma$
which is currently not well constrained.
Future LAT-event-reconstruction enhancements \citep[][]{Atwood+2013} and
more photon data may improve the latter measurement.

\begin{figure*}[t]
\centering

		%
		\subfigure[PSR~J0554+3107]
		{\includegraphics[width=4.2cm]{fig3a.pdf}}
		%
		\hspace{0.2cm}
		%
		\subfigure[PSR~J1422$-$6138]
		{\includegraphics[width=4.2cm]{fig3b.pdf}}
		%
		\hspace{0.2cm}
		%
		\subfigure[PSR~J1522$-$5735]
		{\includegraphics[width=4.2cm]{fig3c.pdf}}
		%
		\hspace{0.2cm}
		%
		\subfigure[PSR~J1932+1916]
		{\includegraphics[width=4.2cm]{fig3d.pdf}}\\
		%
		\hspace{-0.2cm}
		%
		\subfigure
		{\includegraphics[width=4.3cm]{fig3e.pdf}}
		%
		\hspace{0.1cm}
		%
		\subfigure
		{\includegraphics[width=4.3cm]{fig3f.pdf}}
		%
		\hspace{0.1cm}
		%
		\subfigure
		{\includegraphics[width=4.3cm]{fig3g.pdf}}
		%
		\hspace{0.1cm}
		%
		\subfigure
		{\includegraphics[width=4.3cm]{fig3h.pdf}}
		%
	\caption{
	Top row: Gamma-ray pulse profiles using the probability weights
	 for photons with energies above $100$\,MeV.
         Each bin is 0.02 in rotation phase.
         Error bars represent 1$\sigma$ statistical uncertainties.
         The dashed line indicates the estimated background level
         computed from the weights as in \citet{Guillemot2012}.
         Each plot shows two pulsar rotations for clarity.
         Absolute phase references are arbitrarily set to $0.1$ for
         the first peak.
        Bottom row: The pulsar rotational phase for each gamma-ray-photon
        arrival time; photon weights are shown in color code.
	\label{f:ph-vs-t-all}}
\end{figure*}

\section{Radio Counterpart Searches}\label{s:mw}

We searched for radio pulsations from the new gamma-ray pulsars
with the Effelsberg and Parkes Telescopes.
PSRs J0554+3107{} and J1932+1916{} were observed with the Effelsberg Telescope
at $1.4$\,GHz for $1$\,hr, using the new Ultra Broad Band (UBB)
receiver (R. Keller et al. 2013, in preparation), as part of the commissioning of the instrument.
For PSR~J1422$-$6138{}, we used four $72$-minute pointings taken during
the High Time Resolution Universe survey \citep{Keith+2010},
which we combined and searched coherently for increased sensitivity.
Finally, for PSR~J1522$-$5735{} we analyzed a $2.4$-hr Parkes observation.
We used the gamma-ray pulsar ephemerides (Table~\ref{t:parameters}),
valid for each radio observation, to fold the radio data
and searched in dispersion measure up to $2000$\,pc~cm$^{-3}$.

We found no significant detection and provide upper limits on the radio
flux density, derived with the modified radiometer equation \citep{psrhandbook}
assuming a detection signal-to-noise-ratio threshold of $5$ and a $10$\% duty cycle.
Configuration details for the Parkes observations
are found in Table~5 of \citet{Pletsch+2012-9pulsars}.
The observation of PSR~J1522$-$5735{} pointed 1.5\arcmin{} away from the pulsar.
This implies only a small sensitivity loss, because the beam's half-width at half-maximum
is 7\arcmin{} at this frequency. We accounted for this loss as in \citet{Pletsch+2012-9pulsars}.
For the $1.4$\,GHz Effelsberg observations, we assumed $n_p = 2$, $\beta = 1.2$, and
a system equivalent flux density $T_\mathrm{sys} / G = 40.5$ Jy,
as measured from preliminary UBB performance estimates\footnote{UBB performance estimates may evolve
as commissioning continues.} from
continuum observations of 3C~48. After removal of radio-frequency interference,
the nominal frequency bandwidth of $260$\,MHz was reduced to $225$ and $205$\,MHz
for PSRs J0554+3107{} and J1932+1916{}, respectively.
Table~\ref{t:parameters} lists the resulting radio-flux-density limits $S_{1400}$ at $1.4$\,GHz,
which are at the higher end compared to other LAT-discovered pulsars \citep[e.g.,][]{Fermi2PC}.
Although, assuming ``heuristic'' distances $d_{h}$ (Table~\ref{t:parameters}), the
luminosities $S_{1400}\, d_{h}^2$ are lower than for the vast majority of known pulsars,
deeper radio searches are possibly warranted to confirm the present picture.

\section{Discussion}\label{s:discussion}

The measured spin parameters of all four new gamma-ray pulsars
classify them as young and energetic (Figure~\ref{f:f-fdot-diagr}).
Their spin-down powers, $\dot E = -4\pi^2 I f \dot{f}$,
range from $5.6\times10^{34}$ to $1.2\times10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$,
for an assumed neutron-star moment of inertia of $I=10^{45}$~g~cm$^2$.
With characteristic ages $\tau_c$ between $35$ and $56$~kyr,
they are among the youngest 4\% of pulsars
known~\citep{ATNFcat}\footnote{\href{http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat/}{http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat/}}.

The distances to the four new objects are difficult to constrain
without detected radio pulsations providing a dispersion measure.
However, an estimated upper bound for the distance~$d$ to each
pulsar can be obtained from relating
 $\dot E$ and the gamma-ray luminosity, $L_\gamma=4\pi\,d^2\,f_\Omega\,G_{100}$,
where $f_\Omega$ is a beam correction factor \citep{Watters2009}.
Assuming 100\% conversion efficiency ($L_\gamma = \dot E$)
as an upper limit, and $f_\Omega\sim1$, typical of gamma-ray
pulsars \citep{Watters2009}, the above relation can then be solved for distance,
which we denote by $d_{100\%}$. The resulting $d_{100\%}$ upper limits
for the four pulsars are between $5$ and $12$\,kpc.
More realistically, if instead a ``heuristic'' gamma-ray luminosity \citep[as in][]{Fermi2PC},
\mbox{$L_\gamma^h = (\dot E/10^{33}$\,erg s$^{-1})^{1/2}$\,$10^{33}$\,erg s$^{-1}$} is assumed,
distances between $1.5$ and $2.1$\,kpc result (Table~\ref{t:parameters}),
suggesting that the pulsars are rather close.

Pulsars are believed to form in supernovae, so the discovery of a young pulsar
prompts us to look for an associated supernova remnant (SNR).
From \citet{GreenSNRcat}, we find a co-located SNR for
two of the newly discovered pulsars.
Care should be taken to establish genuine pulsar/SNR associations,
because a chance superposition on the sky has a non-negligible
probability~\citep[e.g.,][]{Gaensler+1995,Kaspi1998}.

The sky position of PSR~J0554+3107{} lies about $6\arcmin$ from the geometric center of SNR G$179.0+2.6${},
which has an angular size of $70\arcmin$ \citep{Fuerst+1986}.
The low surface brightness $\Sigma$ reported by \citet{Fuerst+1986}
suggests a large SNR age of $10$--$100$\,kyr, which
is compatible with the pulsar's characteristic age $\tau_c = 52$\,kyr. This
is a good estimator of the pulsar's true age if (1) the present spin period ($P=465$\,ms) is much
larger than at birth and (2) the spin-down is dominated by magnetic dipole braking.
From the $\Sigma$-diameter relation \citep{Milne1979}, an SNR size of $\approx70$\,pc yields
a distance of $\approx3.5$\,kpc. This has a large uncertainty, but is
compatible with our estimated maximum pulsar distance
$d_{100\%}=5.2$\,kpc.
Depending on the estimated age and distance of the SNR, the required
transverse velocity of PSR~J0554+3107{} is between $60$ and $850$\,km~s$^{-1}$,
which is within the typical range of other pulsars \citep[e.g.,][]{Hobbs+2005}.
Thus it appears plausible that PSR~J0554+3107{} and G$179.0+2.6${} are associated.

The $102$\,ms pulsar J1522$-$5735{} is located about $11\arcmin$ from the centroid of SNR G$321.9-0.3${},
which has an extension of $31\arcmin \times 23\arcmin$. \citet{Caswell+1975}
provide an estimated distance of $5.5$\,kpc, compatible with
our $d_{100\%}=12.5$\,kpc estimated upper limit for PSR~J1522$-$5735{}.
Their SNR age estimate of $20$--$100$\,kyr is also compatible with the
$\tau_c = 52$\,kyr characteristic age of PSR~J1522$-$5735{}, given the same caveats as above.
From the possible values of the estimated SNR age and distance, the necessary
transverse speed of PSR~J1522$-$5735{} is between $170$ and $860$\,km~s$^{-1}$,
which is also reasonable.
Thus, a genuine association between PSR~J1522$-$5735{} and G$321.9-0.3${}
is plausible and merits further study.

\section{Conclusion}\label{s:conclusion}

We have reported the \textit{Einstein@Home}{} discovery and follow-up study of four gamma-ray pulsars
found in a novel blind-search effort using \textit{Fermi}-LAT data.
The inferred parameters characterize the pulsars as energetic and young,
likely relatively nearby. Young neutron stars are rare, and nearby ones in particular
\citep[e.g.,][]{Keane+2008}.
As such, these four discoveries contribute
toward a more complete understanding of the young pulsar population and
neutron-star birthrates \citep{Watters+2011}.
For two of the new pulsars, we have shown that associations with positionally coincident SNRs
are possible. However, confirmation requires further work (e.g., measuring pulsar proper motion,
a difficult task using LAT data alone).

All four gamma-ray pulsars lie close to the Galactic plane and remained
undetected in subsequent targeted radio searches.
In part, this is not unexpected, as argued by \cite{Camilo2012},
since the vast majority of Galactic-plane (non-MSP) radio pulsars
detectable by current radio telescopes and producing
gamma-ray fluxes observable at Earth are likely already known.
In turn, this demonstrates the importance of continued blind pulsar searches
of gamma-ray data: it is the only way to discover such neutron stars.
It is also remarkable that PSRs~J1422$-$6138{} and J1522$-$5735{} have been detected in the
blind search despite their prominent glitch activity.
These facts, plus the combination of improved search techniques and
massive \textit{Einstein@Home}{} computing power leaves us optimistic that we can find
more pulsars among the LAT unidentified sources.
\\

\acknowledgements

We thank all \textit{Einstein@Home}{} volunteers, and especially
those whose computers detected the pulsars with the highest significance:
PSR~J0554+3107: ``David Z'', Canada and ``Test'', France;
PSR~J1422$-$6138: Thomas M. Jackson, Kentucky, USA and ``mak-ino'', Japan;
PSR~J1522$-$5735: NEMO computing cluster, UW-Milwaukee, USA and ``Chen'', USA;
PSR~J1932+1916: Doug Lean, Australia and Hans-Peter Tobler, Germany.

This work was supported by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG).
The \textit{Fermi}{} LAT Collaboration acknowledges support from several agencies and institutes for both development and the operation of the LAT as well as scientific data analysis. These include NASA and DOE in the United States, CEA/Irfu and IN2P3/CNRS in France, ASI and INFN in Italy, MEXT, KEK, and JAXA in Japan, and the K.~A.~Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council and the National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support from INAF in Italy and CNES in France for science analysis during the operations phase is also gratefully acknowledged. The UBB receiver construction was supported by the ERC under contract No. 279702.  \textit{Einstein@Home}{} is supported by the MPG and by US National Science Foundation grants 1104902 and 1105572.

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Arts|Songwriter's Racist Songs From 1980's Haunt Him
Songwriter's Racist Songs From 1980's Haunt Him
By Neil Strauss
September 4, 2000, Section E, Page 1Buy Reprints
In the early 80's the outlaw country singer David Allan Coe released very small quantities of two underground albums of songs that are among the most racist, misogynist, homophobic and obscene songs recorded by a popular songwriter.
Bootlegged by fans and college fraternity members for years, those songs have recently been stirring up new trouble on the Internet: they are being passed around as e-mail files accompanied by sexually explicit and racist animation and they are being posted as computer files on Web sites like www.whitesonly.net.
Mr. Coe, who has long distanced himself from the music and toned down his act for his last record deal with Sony/Lucky Dog, has decided to start making money from the old music anyway. He is selling the songs on one CD on his own Web site for $45 plus shipping ($25 for cassette), though he refuses to put his name on the disc or packaging.
All of this comes as Mr. Coe is being exposed to a new audience, thanks to the Detroit rap-metal star Kid Rock, who invited Mr. Coe to be an opening act on his current tour, which ended Friday. The pair also recently recorded several songs together in a Detroit studio. Some music fans are wondering how Kid Rock, who has collaborated with black rappers and has made a living through appropriating their music, can be touring with a songwriter responsible for blatantly antiblack material.
In one song on Mr. Coe's ''X-Rated Hits'' CD, he rails against white women who sleep with black men, singing that it makes him want to throw up; in another, the chorus has it that some blacks ''never die/They just smell that way.'' The lyrics are a far cry from the songs Mr. Coe is better known for writing: Johnny Paycheck's ''Take This Job and Shove It,'' Tanya Tucker's ''Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)'' and his own hits like ''The Ride'' and ''Willie, Waylon and Me.'' In fact many of Mr. Coe's ''X-Rated Hits'' even make Eminem's heavily attacked recent album seem tenderhearted.
''Everyone in my office -- black, white, male, female -- is going to Napster and downloading these Coe songs,'' said Randy Weiner, who is president of Aka.com, a network of hip-hop and rock Web sites. ''And the reaction is always the same: they laugh at the first song they hear, thinking it's a funny country parody. But by the third or fourth song about hating women and black people, they start to get uncomfortable and angry.''
Though Mr. Coe very rarely performs his obscene and racist material in public, despite fan requests, he does sell the ''X-Rated Hits'' CD at his own shows. It is unclear, however, whether he is also selling the music at Kid Rock concerts because of conflicting reports from fans and spokesmen for the concert acts. Despite being called several times, Mr. Coe's manager, Bill Quisenberry, would not speak on the record about his client's ''X-Rated'' recordings or sale. A spokeswoman for Kid Rock said that she was unable to reach the singer or his management for comment.
Kid Rock is a strange amalgam of influences, reveling in white-trash culture while appropriating black music, imagery and terminology. Embodying the contradictions of the mainstream genre of rap-metal, Kid Rock drops black slang into his songs, like saying that he ''macks like a real G.'' At the same time he says he is ''a John Deere-driving . . . hick.'' On one hand hiring Mr. Coe to open his shows is a natural fit for the side of Kid Rock that proudly says he was brought up in a trailer (though, like Mr. Coe's unsubstantiated boast that he murdered a fellow inmate who tried to seduce him in prison, it's a dubious assertion).
Kelefa Sanneh, the deputy editor of Transition, a journal of black culture, said that the concert pairing was evidence of hip-hop's infiltration so deep into American culture that it is no longer necessary to be hip, multicultural and cosmopolitan -- or even to care about black culture -- to be part of it. ''It's no different than when Southern rock bands in the 70's were playing blues-rock and flying the Confederate flag,'' he said.
Mr. Coe's obscene songs were released briefly in 1980 and 1982 as two homemade albums -- ''Underground'' and ''Nothing Sacred'' -- and sold through biker magazines. ''He recorded those when he was riding with an outlaw motorcycle gang,'' said Bill Davis, a Web designer who runs a David Allan Coe fan site. ''They were biker humor records, but then they became a big hit. It seems like he gets a lot of the young college kids with the 'X-Rated' stuff, and that then turns them on to his real music.''
On Mr. Coe's official Web site, it is explained that Mr. Coe decided to reissue the material on one CD as ''a collector's item'' on his own label because he was tired of seeing other people make money by selling bootleg copies. The Web site adds that ''he will not agree to using his name on the records or to promote their sale.''


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IT WAS another week of outstanding running from those of Richmond and Zetland Harriers, with many new PBs at the much vaunted Brass Monkey half marathon and the juniors in action at the Yorkshire schools cross country championships.
An ever growing number of our athletes took to the start line for the curtain raiser for the racing year at York, for the famous Brass Monkey, which sells out in a matter of minutes and too quick for many! Rob Scott continues his excellent form with another big PB, he set out with the leading group from the start and was in the mix in the final few miles only to drop off the leaders in the final stages to finish an excellent 4th (70:46, pb), he was followed in by another of our runners in great form in the form of Carl Jones, who broke 73 minutes in another big pb (1:12:57, pb) and the 3rd V40 in 12th overall, next was Ian Christon also with a new pb in 118th (1:21:55), then it was Lee Davies (1:24:07), Jeremy Pattison in another good run (1:26:13), Carl Loughney in 238th and another huge pb by nearly 3 minutes (1:27:33), following him was the ageless Graham Ewart (1:34:05), Lucy Verrill as 1st of our ladies in 456th (1:36:55), Rob Lickley in 566th (1:40:15), Sarah Gregory next (1:47:23), Tony Ditchburn just behind (1:47:24), Robert Haw (1:49:17), Pauline Whittaker in another great pb (1:53:26, pb), Ryan Greer was next (2:04:07) and Nicki Buckett in 1426th (2:16:58).
It was also the North Yorkshire schools cross country championships, with a large number of our junior athletes competing for places at the English schools finals. In the Year 7 Boy's race, Sam Archer was 15th, followed by Thomas Carter in 21st and Riley Harrison in 33rd. Matty Cole was 5th and Josh Hammett in 6th both qualifying to represent North Yorkshire, Tom O'Mahoney was 10th, Joe Reeve in 15th and Dominic Wilford in 41st. In the Intermediate boys, Charlie Stephenson took a very good 2nd, with Kyle Rabjohn in 5th and Daniel Francis in 8th. The senior boys had Jake Stephenson in 4th, Dylan Soley in 9th, Matthew Lambert in 13th and Sam Kettlewell in 16th.
In the year 7 girls Olivia Jackson-Bowers was 20th. Shannon Robinson was 7th in the junior girls, Alana Teasdale was 15th and Holly McCowie just behind in 16th. In the intermediate girls race Emily Francis was 13th and Rachel Smith was 5th in the senior girls race.
Alastair Wilkin was 9th (22:43) at Northallerton parkrun. Ken Harker was 5th at Albert Parkrun (18:38). Catterick parkrun had Robert Dashwood in 14th (21:23), Garry Malton in 19th (22:08) and Ian Hepworth in 60th (25:28). Deborah Jefferies took son Caleb round the course in his buggy at Darlington parkrun and finished 365th (37:03).
Image: Rob Scott (r), 4th at the Brass Monkey half marathon.


Myfanwy Pavelic Spenser was born in Victoria in 1916. She died on May 7, 2007 in North Saanich. In 1984, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and became a founding member of the Canadian Portrait Academy. In 1998, she won the F.H. Varley Medallion for Best Portrait of Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
Myfanwy was the child of Will and Lillian Spencer, both of whom fortunately recognized their daughter's interest and gift in the arts. Music, drawing and reading were to become Myfanwy's world. Unfortunately, she was struct by physical problems at a young age. First one knee became dislocated, and then the second, and finally at the age of fifteen she needed to get two knee transplants done in New York five months apart. These serious problems shaped her childhood. She spent many of her school years at home with a tutor, and often alone with her paino, books and paints. However, her parents expanded her knowledge of art by taking her on excursions to the finest art galleries and museums of Europe.
At the age of 8 she met the influential artist, Emily Carr. Carr invited Pavelic at the young age of 15, to show her drawings in an exhibition at Carr's Peoples' Gallery. Carr encouraged Myfanwy and became a source of strength for her.
Besides visual art, Pavelic had another love, music. In 1932 she began formal music education. Her love of music and talent as a pianist became increasingly significant but physical problems intervened. She lacked the necessary physical strength in her wrists. Fortunately for North Saanich and the world of art she turned her creative energies and abilities to drawing and painting.
During the 1940s Myfanwy travelled in Canada to help the Red Cross. She moved from place to place to make portraits of officers in the military who were overseas or who had not returned. The Red Cross received considerable financial resources from her volunteer work.
The bustling art scene of New York captured Pavelic's attention during the 1960s and she worked there for a few years, while still spending the summers in a her home on Ardmore Drive, North Saanich, known as the Spenserwood Estate. Despite the wide range of experimentation at the time, such as Minimalism, Abstract Expressionism and Conceptual Art, it was portraiture and realism that would hold primary importance for Pavelic. Her interest in abstraction and minimalism influenced her formal use of colour. She combined simple shapes and loose colours to create her realistic impressions. Later in 1968, she experimented with collage and the reduction of complex images into simplified shapes. Her mixture of collage and realism created pieces that developed a deep sense of space through differing abstract and textured planes while still retaining the realistic image. Patricia Bovey explains Pavelic's work as follows: "In her work she always searched for a simplification. The abstractions assisted her in conveying depth, complexity and full character of her subject with simplicity. Despite her interest in achieving that simplicity, however, she never became an "abstract" artist.
Between 1970 and 1990 celebrities came to Myfanwy's Spenserwood Estate in North Saanich. Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Elliot Trudeau came twice and spent more than a week. Katherine Hepburn came several times. Yehudin Menuhin visited as well. North Saanich became the destination for the famous and wealthy, unbeknown to the public in North Saanich, because the visits were kept very hush-hush.
During all of these years Myfanwy cared for her handicapped daughter, Tesa, with love and devotion.
When Yehudi Menuhin saw the portraits of him by Myfanwy he said that he could feel the note that he was playing by looking at the way Myfanwy had painted his hand.
We are now going to present an adaptation of an interview between Curator Carol DeFina and Myfanwy Pavelic Spenser. The role of Carol DeFina is played by Sylvia Van Kirk and the role of Myfanwy Pavelic is played by Diana Chown.
CD / Is it true that you taught yourself to draw?
MSP / Yes, I taught myself by using skeletons, because I felt it was absolutely essential for me. If I was going to simplify I had to know what was there first.
CD/ Does this relate to the idea you have mentioned in the past about painting from the inside out?
MSP / Yes, I think so. I have to know what is inside before I can work, but that is not entirely what I meant. I could do a hand in four strokes – but only if I know what is underneath. It is'nt the way your eyebrow grows or the eye sockets are that intrigues me. That interests me when I come to it but it is not the most important thing. What interests me is what happens inside you and where it shows up. How does it come through – perhaps the line by the mouth or around the eye. Then I start to see — little technical things but it is the inside that I start with, that inspires me.
CD/ What do you feel has been the most productive period of your career?
I suppose as far as the collage period, I had the most fun. Then the year or so when I was working on the portrait of Yehudi Menunhin. Granted I never wanted to paint a volin again but it did give me a lot of satisfaction, not because it was going to The National Portrait Gallery of London, but because I became really involved with the work itself – and naturally my feelings about Yehudi enterred into it. About a year and a half was spent on drawings and paintings before the final work was completed.
CD / Why do you think that you always come back to people in your work? For instance, landscape is such a strong theme in Canadian art. Even when you have experimented with abstract imagery or collage, you have always returned to figures.
MSP / Well, first, the idea of what I feel when I look out at that sea, or at those trees, the mountains, the sky, I don't see any …….. 'flaws' is not quite the word, but it's only because there are no edges to it— I wouldn't attempt to hold it in.
CD / You mean you could not find a 'frame' or where to put a frame?
MSP / I don't want a frame. I generally don't like landscapes or seascapes because I can't limit that distance to a canvas – I don't like them cut off there. I would do drawings of little rocks because I felt that was something small enough I could tackle. The other was too vast for me and I feel so much about it. Now you could say, don't I feel something like that about people? Yes, I do but it is not the same.
CD / Could you explain that to me?
MSP / I can try. I do not feel a distance in relating to people. For all of what they are is contained or generated within their physical boundaries – and it is the wanting to reach them – and is, I think, the reason I always return to figures.
Sometimes — very rarely, something takes over that makes painting worthwhile, and much larger than I am. It may be just a brush stroke or two… once or twice when working on the paintings of Yehudi I felt conscious of what he is inside – not what he was feeling but really what he is. Those rare moments bring painting close to what music means to me.
CD / Does it have to do with losing a sense of self? A kind of loss of self-consciousness?
MSP / Yes, it's a stripping away until there's something a little more… to use the word 'pure' sounds awful … but almost as if there's nothing in between— all that artificiality – it's as though you're sort of peeled.
CD / So the comparable thing in painting comes when you lose the distance between what you are painting and yourself or would you say it is when you discover something and can transfer it to canvas?
MSP / It's really both – and almost impossible to describe.
CD / And the rest of the time?
The rest of the time you struggle to go putting paint on canvas and sometimes you make an awful mess and other times you like that colour and you think now isn't that awful and why can't I do better and you turn it upside down and start again, but thank goodness for those little wee glimmers that come, maybe, once or twice a year.
CD / Myfanwy, you are really too modest. Your paintings of celebrities hang in galleries around the world……..


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Tributes flow in after passing of Cassius' Philippe Zdar
Philippe Cerboneschi (aka Zdar), one half of French dance duo Cassius, died in Paris on Thursday aged 52.
"He made an accidental fall, through the window of a high floor of a Parisian building," said agent Sebastien Farran.
Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard (aka Boom Bass) formed Cassius in 1996 after first collaborating in 1988. Cassius went on to work with the likes of Beastie Boys, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip and Ghostface Killah.
The band's first album in three years, Dreems, is due out Friday.
Tributes have poured in since the passing of the electronic music pioneer from past collaborators, friends and those who had drawn inspiration from Zdar.
RIP Philippe Zdar.


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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said that he was leaving the European champions
June 4, 2018 Editor Off Brand Buzz,
By Joseph Cassinelli
MADRID (Reuters) –
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane during the press conference. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane made the surprise announcement on Thursday that he was leaving the European champions after winning an unprecedented third straight Champions League title.
"I think it's the moment, both for me, the team and the club (to step down). It's a strange moment to do so, I know, but an important one too. I had to do this for everyone," he said.
The Frenchman clearly feels that after such a successful period at the Bernabeu the only way forward for the club to continue its success is via a change at the top.
"This side should carry on winning and needs a change for this. After three years it needs another voice, another method of work, for this I took this decision," said Zidane.
"The players need a change. I want to thank them because it's they who fight on the pitch.
"This club's history is huge, we always ask a lot of players, but there comes a moment when you think 'What more can I ask of them, after what they've done for me?' For this I think they need another discourse."
Zidane became the first coach to win a third straight European Cup when Real beat Liverpool 3-1 on Saturday, capping a remarkable period in his first job in senior club management.
"I love this club a lot, the president, who gave me everything – to play first at this great club. I'll always be thankful. Today I need to change, for me, for everyone, for this I've taken the decision," Zidane added.
"After three years, it's my decision and perhaps I can get it wrong, but I think that after such time it is the moment.
"If I don't see that I think we're going to carry on winning, if I don't see things as I want them to be, a moment arrives where you say it's better to change."
The Frenchman took over a divided dressing room after the sacking of Rafael Benitez in January, 2016 and immediately set about uniting the squad.
He claimed the first of his hat-trick of European triumphs two years ago when Real defeated local rivals Atletico Madrid on penalties in the final. A year later he led Real to their first European Cup and La Liga double in 59 years.
Real finished three points ahead of Barcelona as they won their first league title since 2012 before crushing Juventus 4-1 in the Champions League final to become the first side to win the competition in its current format in back-to-back seasons.
Zidane won nine major honours as Real coach and the 45-year-old's crowning glory came last Saturday as he joined an elite group of managers including Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti by lifting the European Cup for the third time as coach.
The club have not named a successor, however local media reports suggest Tottenham Hotspur's Mauricio Pochettino, who signed a new five-year contract with the London club last week, is their first choice to replace the Frenchman.
(Reporting by Joseph Cassinelli, Editing by Ed Osmond and Ken Ferris)
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God Tests Abraham
1Later God tested Abraham and called to him, "Abraham!"
"Yes, here I am!" he answered.
2God said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will show you."
3Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place that God had told him about. 4Two days later Abraham saw the place in the distance. 5Then Abraham said to his servants, "You stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We'll worship. After that we'll come back to you."
6Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to his son Isaac. Abraham carried the burning coals and the knife. The two of them went on together.
7Isaac spoke up and said, "Father?"
"Yes, Son?" Abraham answered.
Isaac asked, "We have the burning coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8Abraham answered, "God will provide a lamb for the burnt offering, Son."
The two of them went on together. 9When they came to the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on top of the wood on the altar. 10Next, Abraham picked up the knife and took it in his hand to sacrifice his son. 11But the Messenger of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Yes?" he answered.
12"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you did not refuse to give me your son, your only son."
13When Abraham looked around, he saw a ram behind him caught by its horns in a bush. So Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide. It is still said today, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided."
The LORD's Seventh Promise to Abraham
15Then the Messenger of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16and said, "I am taking an oath on my own name, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son, 17I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities. 18Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."
19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and together they left for Beersheba. Abraham remained in Beersheba.
Abraham Learns of Nahor's Descendants
20Later Abraham was told, "Milcah has given birth to these children of your brother Nahor: 21Uz (the firstborn), Buz (his brother), Kemuel (father of Aram), 22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23Bethuel is the father of Rebekah. Milcah had these eight sons by Abraham's brother Nahor. 24Nahor's concubine,#22:24 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law. whose name was Reumah, had the following children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah."
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1(vii) After these things, God tested Avraham. He said to him, "Avraham!" and he answered, "Here I am." 2He said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Yitz'chak; and go to the land of Moriyah. There you are to offer him as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will point out to you."
3Avraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together with Yitz'chak his son. He cut the wood for the burnt offering, departed and went toward the place God had told him about. 4On the third day, Avraham raised his eyes and saw the place in the distance. 5Avraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go there, worship and return to you." 6Avraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Yitz'chak his son. Then he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they both went on together.
7Yitz'chak spoke to Avraham his father: "My father?" He answered, "Here I am, my son." He said, "I see the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" 8Avraham replied, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son"; and they both went on together.
9They came to the place God had told him about; and Avraham built the altar there, set the wood in order, bound Yitz'chak his son and laid him on the altar, on the wood. 10Then Avraham put out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
11But the angel of Adonai called to him out of heaven: "Avraham? Avraham!" He answered, "Here I am." 12He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy! Don't do anything to him! For now I know that you are a man who fears God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." 13Avraham raised his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. Avraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14Avraham called the place Adonai Yir'eh [Adonai will see (to it), Adonai provides] — as it is said to this day, "On the mountain Adonai is seen."
15The angel of Adonai called to Avraham a second time out of heaven. 16He said, "I have sworn by myself — says Adonai — that because you have done this, because you haven't withheld your son, your only son, 17I will most certainly bless you; and I will most certainly increase your descendants to as many as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the cities of their enemies, 18and by your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed — because you obeyed my order."
19So Avraham returned to his young men. They got up and went together to Be'er-Sheva, and Avraham settled in Be'er-Sheva.
(Maftir) 20Afterwards, Avraham was told, "Milkah too has borne children, to your brother Nachor — 21'Utz his firstborn, Buz his brother, K'mu'el the father of Aram, 22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Yidlaf and B'tu'el. 23B'tu'el fathered Rivkah. These eight Milkah bore to Nachor Avraham's brother. 24His concubine, whose name was Re'umah, bore children also: Tevach, Gacham, Tachash and Ma'akhah.
Haftarah Vayera: M'lakhim Bet (2 Kings) 4:1–37 (A); 4:1–23 (S)
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Sadly I've never seen a video game salesman use this as a way to recommend a game. I was just thinking of long RPG games because I was having a conversation with a friend whom I recommended the game Disgaea. On Gamespot.com I had heard it referred to as "Final Fantasy Tactics on crack." This particular friend had spent 99 hours playing Final Fantasy Tactics so there wasn't any way in hell I wasn't going to recommend this game to him. In this game your character levels can reach into the thousands, as opposed to your typical level 99. My friend has already spent 50 hours playing this game and his characters hadn't even reached level 20 because he's such an insane power player.
Before this game I would've thought that the missing grandkids game would be Xenogears which took me 60-80 hours to beat. Next level would probably be Final Fantasy X 'cause that game is freakin' enormous. Then next level might be Final Fantasy VII. Games are getting to be kind of scary. I really want to play Xenosaga Episode II, but I know I don't really have the time to play it to my satisfaction. I barely have time to play hack n' slash games that I usually play in 30-60 minute spurts. Tragic really.


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The Gift - Arrow
When Jim came back to himself there were people all around him pointing, staring. And the whispers—"Jesus, what a weirdo"—"What's wrong with that guy?" —"Epileptic?"—"Eww, he's drooling."
Fuck. He'd zoned out.
In the middle of the fucking Food Court.
"Hey, mister, you okay?" Some blond kid with a backpack and a concerned frown.
Jim waved him away with a grunt, wiped his chin with the back of his hand—yup, spit—and walked off with his head hunched low to hide the flush of total humiliation burning his cheeks.
Fucking senses. Jim found himself suddenly and irrationally furious with Sandburg. Sandburg, who kept insisting the senses were a 'gift.' Yeah, but Sandburg was happily at work, wasn't he? Not here at the mall making an ass out of himself in the middle of a herd of Christmas shoppers. Sandburg wasn't the one who needed a babysitter so he wouldn't go all slack-jawed staring at the pretty blinking lights instead of finding one stupid present for his roommate.
Sandburg could take this fucking 'gift' and shove it.
The loft was blissfully quiet and dark, and Jim was lying on the couch with a freezer pack draped over his aching head when Sandburg bounced in noisily smelling of cranberries and snow and cinnamon and—Jim sniffed—blood?
He was up and off the couch before Blair had shrugged off his jacket.
"What happened, Sandburg?" The kid looked okay. Hair a little wild from the damp.
"What? Oh! Nothing, Jim. Little incident with the parking meter. Well, the meter maid, to be precise, and a snowy sidewalk, and he knocked me against the meter and, man, those new ones have some sharp edges." Sandburg waved his forearm, indicating the dark patch. "No biggie."
"Parking Control Officer," Jim said absently. The blood was dry. He could smell that. Still made him uneasy, though. "PCOs. They hate it when you call them meter maids."
"Well, this PCO took me out for a cinnamon latte in apology, and he was really nice, you know? Those guys, they really take a lot of heat. Everybody hates them. He told me some ugly stories. I guess they have a thin pale blue line."
As Blair was babbling he uncuffed his flannel shirt to roll it up, giving the cut a cursory glance.
"You need to clean that. Get it wrapped up."
"Yeah, yeah. Sheesh."
"When was your last tetanus shot?"
"Ha. The last time I got shot, dummy. Don't be such a mom."
Jim shook his head and backed off, returning to the couch and his freezer pack. It was still cold, so he rested his head against the back of the sofa and laid the thing over his forehead. Freaking perfect invention, these flax seed freezer packs. Had it over frozen peas any day. They even smelled good. Jim sighed.
"I take it the flax pack is a hit."
That, of course, was a dig. Jim had been pretty resistant to the idea—"What, now you want me to put granola on my boo-boos, Sunshine?"—but just at first. He'd gotten better at listening to Sandburg's wacky ideas. Mainly because they almost always worked out pretty good.
"Bad headache?"
Jim made an ambivalent noise, not wanting to encourage Sandburg to switch into anthro-mode.
"What was the trigger this time?"
Too late. Jim sighed and opened his eyes. "Zoned out. At the mall," he added reluctantly.
"The mall—Jesus, Jim, what the heck were you doing at the freakin' mall during Christmas season? You know it's—"
"Yeah, I know, Sandburg. Christmas carols and chemically flocked Christmas trees and blinking lights and the overwhelming odor of fake eggnog—which, please explain to me why people think something that smells like a plastics by-product is supposed to be festive? Or even edible?"
"So?" Blair plopped next to him on the couch with a whump. "Why'd you go, then?"
"Why do you think?"
"Because you're a blockhead?"
Jim pulled off the pack and threw it across the room. "Because maybe I wanted to pretend for a split second that I'm normal and not some useless freak—"
"Jim! You are not a—"
"—who can't go shopping for a measly present without zoning out in the middle of the Food Court!"
He heard Sandburg shift uncomfortably. "Oh, shit. Right in the Food Court?"
"Yeah. Tell me about it." Jim's cheeks heated up again, and he stared longingly at the freezer pack, which was now wedged between the speaker and the balcony door.
"Why didn't you wait for me to—?"
"Because you're the idiot I was trying to buy a present for. Moron."
"Oh." Sandburg sounded pleased.
Jim grimaced. I'm going soft on the kid. Gotta watch that. He couldn't help it, though. Sandburg was just...damned lovable.
"So, did you have any success?"
"You mean, in looking like a moon-faced psych patient and almost getting hustled to Security by the mall rent-a-cops?"
Blair laughed. "Sorry. But, you know, Jim, you don't have to get me anything. I mean—" he waved his arm and nearly pegged Jim in the face—"you give me all this. A place to stay and everything. And you put up with my tests and my hair in the drain trap—"
Jim crossed his arms. "I just wanted to get you something, all right? For all the tests. And the babysitting. And the dodging bullets and yanking me out of a zone before I get myself killed. And the stupid flax pack."
Sandburg laughed again, looking embarrassed. "Well, if you really want to give me a present, I know just the thing. And you don't even have to go to a mall for it."
Jim felt uneasy. "That's cheating. I may not know much about giving presents, Sandburg, but I know they're supposed to be a friggin' surprise."
"Not this time." Blair pushed himself upright and turned toward Jim. "In fact, if you give me this, I'll call it Hanukkah and my birthday wrapped up in one. It's something I've wanted for a long time."
Jim frowned in growing suspicion. "Is it the type of something that might break the bank of an underpaid cop?"
"Nope. Won't cost you a penny. Except a little gas for the truck."
"Yeah? What is it?"
"Nuh-uh, not telling you yet. First we have to go there."
"Go where?"
"Out there, Jim," Blair said with exaggerated patience. "Come on, man, go with me on this without asking a lot of questions. Right now. Think of it as part of the present. Road trip, sans fake eggnog. Should be worth it."
Jim couldn't say no to that smile. To those damned puppy eyes. "All right, all right." He stood and retrieved his coat, raising his eyebrows when Sandburg grabbed a scarf and wrapped it around his neck, then handed Jim his. Then Blair pulled on a hat and winter gloves as well, handing Jim's over.
"That sweater gonna be warm enough?" Blair asked.
"I've got another one in the truck, and some blankets."
"Good, good." Sandburg sounded excited and distracted. "C'mon. This is gonna be so cool!"
A little voice was screaming that cool, in Sandburg's terms, could involve international terrorists or a rock slide and the need for Emergency Services, but Jim kept his mouth shut and followed Blair down to the truck.
At least there wouldn't be any blinkin' lights.
Blair insisted on driving—"It's part of the deal, man"—so Jim kibitzed and tried not to hate the fact he didn't know where they were going or how long it would take or even what he would be expected to do when they got there.
He realized he had control issues. But how the hell else should he feel when everything else in his life was already so out of control? Ever since the senses. The goddamned senses that were always so much more trouble than they were worth. He'd never understood why Blair just couldn't get that.
"We're here!"
Jim looked up with a start to see—nothing. Nada. A big, open glade, covered in snow, ringed by pines—Jim absently identified Douglas firs, Scotch pines, Fraser firs and some blue spruce.
"What is this place?"
"It's an old Christmas tree farm. Company went bankrupt and the land went back to the State Parks Department. I just thought—well, this is my Christmas or Hanukkah or whatever present, so I might as well get it next to the trees. Since you never get a tree for the loft."
"Huh." Jim peered out the truck window. It was a pretty spot. Quiet. Nice smell.
No blinking lights.
"Okay, you got me here. Let's do this thing."
"How do you know I want you to do anything?"
"Because you always do, Sandburg. Always."
Blair laughed and pulled his cap down. Jim climbed out of the truck, his boots crunching in the new snow. He sniffed the air.
"It's going to snow again real soon."
"I know." Blair stood next to him and rubbed his gloved hands together. Now that they were here, he seemed more nervous than excited.
"So, what's the deal, Chief?" Jim softened his voice. "What do you want?"
"What I want..." Blair blew out his breath, then seemed to shake himself. "Thing is, Jim, we're always working on getting your senses under control, trying to handle them in a crisis situation, as if they're something you have to fight all the time just to get on with things, and I guess I know you don't think of them like a good thing, even if I do...and you never get to use them for anything good, always to find a murderer or a bomb but never just to know..." Blair seemed to lose his train of thought.
But he was right. That pretty much was how they dealt with them.
"So..." Blair continued slowly, "You never really talk about them, about what it feels like, except in a negative sort of way—'I can't do this,' or, 'This or that is killing me.' So, what I want...I guess what I want is for you to tell me what it feels like to be a Sentinel. What it's really like, on a good day, when you're just taking it all in. I've always wanted to know what it's like to be you. I want to feel that. In a good way. So....make me know what it's like."
Jim was speechless. "I—I don't know if I can—"
Blair stared up at him stubbornly, hopefully.
"Seriously, Chief, I'm not sure—you know words aren't my thing." He had a sinking feeling he wouldn't be able to give Blair his present. And that sucked.
"Just try, Jim, okay? Try to tell me—relax and use them, use your senses for something good and just open your mouth and make me understand how it feels. Like I'm the one feeling it."
Jesus Christ. Kid doesn't ask for much, does he? This was going to suck, no two ways about it. Might as well get it over with.
"Where do I start?" he asked helplessly.
"Let's start with sight," Blair said eagerly, encouraging.
Jim stretched out his vision. The late afternoon light was glinting softly on the snow in the trees. Blues, greens, yellow—the snow trapped the color and magnified it.
"The snow isn't white," Jim said rustily, and then cleared his throat. "It traps the colors of things, hides them underneath. But it's translucent, too, so I—" He hastily amended, "I mean you can see—" He stopped again, feeling like an idiot.
"That's good. That's great, Jim. I can see what?"
Jim rubbed his hand over his eyes and tried again. "You can see through the layers, the color is bouncing off from the inside, see? But if you get too close, it all turns to mush." Frustrated, Jim turned away from the trees to look at the field. "Or, okay—let's take the horizon. See how when you look out, your eyes try to focus on something, trying to get a lock on distance, but...but there is no limit, you know? You just keep going, focusing out and out, like jumping outward, and after a while it's like you're flying, you're just speeding over the snow going faster and faster, and then you hit something, like a tree, or a hill, or a bird, and wham!"
Jim smiled. He'd forgotten this. It had been a while since he'd had this much time or room to range outward with his sight. "See that dove?"
"No...I mean—yeah, okay," Blair said, sounding strange.
"You're following him. He's flying, and you're flying with him, riding on his wing. It's like a ride-along." Jim laughed a little, embarrassed. "God, this sounds stupid."
"No way." Blair coughed. "Keep...keep going, Jim."
Jim refocused on the dove. "He dips, you dip, then he rises fast and that's when you realize you can see it, he's caught a thermal and the air looks different somehow, it's warmer-looking. And he wheels up...up...and you go with him."
"Up," Blair said, croaking strangely.
Jim closed his eyes, red thudding behind his lids. "This isn't working, is it?"
"What? No! Jim, this is perfect. This is just what I wanted," he said urgently. "Try smell now. What are we smelling?"
Jim sniffed sharply once to clear his nose, then took in some long, deep breaths. "Snow. I love the smell of snow, I mean—it's clean, like iron, but it also picks up other things. Green things. The pines are all there. Scotch is different from Douglas. Douglas fir reminds me of..." Jim stopped.
"Reminds you?"
Jim opened his eyes. "Bud's cabin," he said shortly. "The whole thing was surrounded by Douglas firs. He used to kid that it was Christmas all year-round up there. I thought that was the greatest. It was the best place to be, anyway...I got him all to myself for a whole week one summer. He told my dad it was to teach me his quarterback secrets, but we hardly played football at all. We mainly just sat around and talked—" Shit. Why am I telling him this?
Back to smells. Jim took another breath. "I smell you. I like the way you smell. Like cinnamon, and that shirt must have been in a cedar chest."
"Yeah." Blair was quiet. "What else?"
"Deer piss." Jim grinned, "And bear, Chief, but it's old. And something like cat, maybe a bobcat, possibly a cougar." Of all his senses, smell gave him the least trouble. "They all mix together, most of the time, but there's a lot there, always. Tons of stuff."
"Sound," Blair prompted him after some silence.
Jim closed his eyes, and something cold pricked his nose. He opened them again to catch a snowflake on his eyelid. "It's snowing."
"Yeah, it is. But no copping out."
"Right. Okay." Jim closed his eyes again and focused on sound. A few more flakes fell on him, making him wish he'd worn a cap. Then the fall grew heavier, and all of a sudden Jim could hear it. Could hear them all falling, a thousand tiny impacts.
"The snow falling...it's so soft, but it's there. Tiny puffs. One after another, so close together, like someone is tapping a pillow. Or lots of pillows, tiny pillows, so soft and so many you can feel them like a hundred pats on your eardrums, hear them melting on your skin. Snow is..." Jim's voice failed him. "I love hearing snow." His knees felt weak and he knelt and bowed his head, suddenly overwhelmed.
The snow was cold against his knees.
"Jim—" Blair was whispering. To protect his ears, Jim realized.
"So many," Jim whispered back. "They sound different when they hit the trees. Soft thud when the snow gets too heavy and falls in a clump from one branch to another. And...you can feel the sound on your skin, if you listen hard enough. You can't do this in the city," Jim warned. "Only out here where it's safe to listen this hard."
"I promise, Jim. I'll be careful."
Jim felt a squeeze on his shoulders, and realized Blair had moved to stand behind him, close.
"Feel them burn on your skin? Like little stabs of fire?"
"Yeah, Jim."
Jim stuck out his tongue, tasting the air, catching the flakes. "They taste like sky. They taste like earth and sky." His whisper had turned hoarse; he was barely able to get the words out.
Blair knelt suddenly beside him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
Jim leaned in. "This was supposed to be your present—" His voice cut off.
Blair's voice hummed low in his ear. "It is, Jim. It's the best."
And, Jesus, it was. Jim had forgotten this. Maybe he'd never really appreciated it. Not until Blair made him see it, hear it, feel it—and that was what Blair had wanted. For himself. Because... What kind of—what kind of freaking love was that? What kind of crazy, perfect love?
Jim's eyes stung hot, and he shook his head.
"What? Jim?"
"I—" Jim had to cough once. "I want my present now."
Blair laughed a little, breathlessly. "It's back at the loft—"
"No, it isn't," Jim said roughly. He turned and let himself look at Blair. Let himself really look at him for maybe the first time in a long time. Because he hadn't been looking lately—had been afraid to look too closely, afraid to see it.
Crazy, perfect. Blair's eyes—snow around the crisp blue—were wide and a little awed. Curly hair scattered with white. Jim pulled off his glove and put a hand on Blair's cold cheek. The blue eyes widened further.
But no wariness there. Just love, and a wild understanding, just as Jim leaned forward and took his present—a brief, warm kiss.
When he pulled away, Sandburg was smiling in disbelief.
"No way."
"I hope you don't mean that the way it sounds, Sandburg—" Jim said gruffly.
"I mean, as in—holy shit."
"Yeah." Jim lips felt numb, strange. "Thanks for my present."
"You loon. You total weirdo."
"Takes one to—mmph!"
Blair's lips had grabbed his, and this was no sweet softness, here. This was heat to melt the snow still falling between them, blanketing them as their mouths pressed close together. Jim's breathing grew heavier, and he had to pull back, to Blair's murmured protests.
"My ears are getting cold," Jim said feebly.
Blair almost growled, and the sound hit Jim funny right in his gut.
"Let's go home," he said, and this time Sandburg grinned wide, his whole face getting into the action.
"Sounds perfect. Let's go. Let's go!"
Jim rose and grinned back, the pressure in his chest easing, the air expanding. He felt free somehow. He felt like he could breathe in the whole world.
That, he decided, must be Blair's gift.
Blair gave him the world.
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Patt for the cover and interior art. Previously posted on Arrow's Live Journal.


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Help for sick horses in a surgical center
For hours, veterinarian Richard Kane did everything medically possible for the horse. But as he watched it fade as a result of colic, he knew surgery was the animal's only hope.
But the closest equine surgical facility was three hours away in Gainesville.
Kane loaded the thoroughbred gelding, owned by a friend, into a trailer for the 130-mile drive.
The long drive, filled with hope, soon turned to despair.
"Turning onto Archer Road from Interstate 75, just 10 minutes from the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine, the horse collapsed in the trailer and died,'' Kane said.
Kane said he knew if there had been a local surgical center, the horse might still be alive.
Now, 18 years later, Brandon has just such a facility, thanks to Kane. Soon after the horse's painful death in 1995, Kane opened Surgi-Care Center for Horses on Bloomingdale Avenue west of Bell Shoals Road.
He sold the center to Dr. Leann Kuebelbeck, who had already worked at the center, but the two continue to work together. Kane owns Care Animal Hospital next door to Surgi-Care and treats a variety of small animals while also operating a rescue facility.
"This was our plan from the beginning when we had a partnership agreement," he said. "We still work together to see patients.''
Since its start, the Surgi-Care staff has grown and become more aware of how to meet the horse community's needs.
With a population of 500,000 horses, Florida ranks third in the nation behind California and Texas, according to the American Horse Council, based in Washington, D.C.
Recognizing the ongoing needs of horse owners, many who have "backyard horses" as pets, Kuebelbeck wants her center to be the place to meet the needs for sick or injured horses instead of owners having to travel to South Florida or to Gainesville.
She not only brings expertise, but a caring touch. Kuebelbeck remembers removing part of a horse's intestine because it was struggling with colic.
"The horse was very sick after the surgery, and although we try not to get attached, we worked on this horse for days," she said. "I was up day and night with this kindest of horses and it was becoming very costly. The owners said 'put him down,' and I decided to try one more night, at no cost, to the owners. The next morning he was eating from his hay bag and he quit refluxing."
The owners were delighted to have their pet back, especially so because they were already mourning it, she said.
Kuebelbeck said she has wanted to be a vet since she was 5 years old.
She attended the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University and the College of Veterinary Medicine at the same school, acquiring expert training and enhancing her sense of community.
She said she feels strongly about giving back and sponsors essay contests, as well as seminars for 4-H members, equine education seminars for clients in the spring and fall and free continuing education courses to vets, including pharmacy courses.
Since 1995, Surgi-Care has grown to include two ambulatory care trucks so horses can be treated where they live, with the exception of emergency surgery.
Kuebelbeck said the center also provides a variety of services along with emergency care and surgery: orthopedic and soft tissue treatment, 24-hour emergency and critical care, outpatient and internal medicine evaluations, farrier consultations, digital radiography and ultrasound exams, and elective surgery.
Individual wellness plans are offered that allow clients to keep their horses healthy through preventative maintenance. Plans include most vaccinations, yearly Coggins tests to detect equine infectious anemia, dentistry, two physical exams a year, and other services.
Plans for the center include renovations, expansion of the sports medicine center for show and race horses and another barn on the back 5 acres.
The facility is open 24/7 and employs three full-time senior equine veterinarians, two interns, one part-time surgeon, 11 veterinary technicians and two consultants.
Michelle Jones can be reached at hillsnews@tampabay.com.
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