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BURLINGTON >> School districts have until Tuesday to tell the Connecticut Department of Education how they plan on evaluating their teachers. But since the department has not finalized the details of their methodology, the Regional School District 10 Board of Education refused to sign on with the state for the time being.
The Region 10 Board of Education voted unanimously to send the Department of Education their election to use a district-proposed alternative to the System for Educator Evaluation and Development at their Monday night meeting. The reasoning, according to district superintendent Alan Beitman, was that the state has not presented a fully-formed version of SEED, and the initial findings are less than encouraging.
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"My purpose tonight is to share with you that we are taking a wait-and-see attitude," said Beitman.
School districts can choose to participate in SEED, an in-house alternative or a hybrid model. The guidelines for SEED state that securing approval for an in-house alternative method will be difficult, as the Connecticut Department of Education has to approve of the methodology. But that option remains on the desks of school administrators.
"The reason it's before you today is the Board of Education approves the evaluation processes," said Beitman.
Beitman said he believed that Region 10 would ultimately commit to SEED, but wanted to see how the final details looked first. The districts participating in the pilot program include Litchfield, Region 6, Bethany, Branford, Bridgeport, the Capitol Region Education Council, Norwalk, Waterford, Windham, Windsor and a consortium of Columbia, Eastford, Franklin and Sterling. Those districts, though, are reportedly not receiving the needed support, according to Beitman, who believed the district should see the final proposal before making a commitment.
"This board has never adopted an evaluation plan it has not seen," said Beitman.
Reach Jason Siedzik at (860) 489-3121, ext. 321 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RCjsiedzik.


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A buddy and I were having a discussion about RCs in general and the age old debate between Nitro and electric came up. Long story short, he challenged me to build a Nitro powered RC that can hit the 100 mph mark.
I know it will be a tough task but the wheels in my head are already spinning.
It will be nothing like a Tmaxx but I do intend to use the Maxx rear end and transmission (with some modifications).
I need to do a little research about length and width for stability before I begin to think about making the chassis but this is something like I have in mind.
Theres no limit on engine size or distance, just hit 100 mph verified with gps.
Probably a little in over my head but I couldnt resist.
Wish me luck
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Cool Snook, I couldn't even imagine a nitro hitting 100, but if anybody could, it'd be you. Can't wait to see what this ends up as. Good luck.
it deffinately can be done.. my nitro rustler can hit 88 with a 3.3 and a spur/cb change
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I mocked it up a little to get an idea of the weight.
With a 4Tec front end minus the diff, a heavy BB engine and mount, heavy rear tires small fuel tank and a couple servos it is 5lbs 4 oz.
The 4 Tec front arms are aluminum so I can shave a little weight there with the stock stuff and once I get some light weight rear wheels/tires that can handle that kind of speed that should shave off some more weight. I bolted two chassis together for mock up so a custom chassis should weigh a little less also.
Im not even sure if I need rear shocks yet.
With a BB and my 3 speed I think I can at least get close if I can keep it on the ground and pointed in the right direction
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
is that the rear end from the T-Muggy??
Hows that nitro taste on your electric?
That wing may need some mods, but good luck, we know you can do it.
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What engine do u plan on using?
Bigger is better...
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Hows that nitro taste on your electric?
[QUOTE=Snook Man;4953261]Good to know, I think a N Rustler is around 4 ½ lbs…
its 73 ounces but yea i believe thats 4.5 pds
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road rage its not just drivin its a blood sport
if a tether car can get real close to that 200mph mark, i am sure that with snooks hamster running in that wheel day n nite, he will come up with a good way to get half that speed, with out the tether
a youtube video of a tether car
often mimiced,and copied but never duplicated.
Come to think of it, didn't Over_revO get someplace close with his nitro Revo a while ago? Too bad he is no longer on the forum; I believe he left around the time of the big upgrade about a year ago.
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Those tether cars are crazy, I would hate to be the guy in the middle. If you fell you would be in huge pain.
Theoretically if I can get an engine to turn close to 30K rpms under the load and against the resistance, 100mph would be possible.
I chose a 1:1 transmission ratio because 3rd gear in my 3 speed is 1:1
Battery voltage and motor were chose just to get an rpm of around 30K.
Rear tires may even be a little larger diameter than 6 inches.
The 3.59:1 Rollout is very tall; a stock Tmaxx is less than ½ of that the engine would need some massive grunt… I knew it wouldn't be easy.
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
I may be able to somewhat help u out Snook. I'm about to graduate from one of the best high performance schools in the country!
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Looks like a fun project! And I wouldn't worry too much about cutting out every ounce of weight. Mass has very little correlation with maximum speed obtainable, other than perhaps the additional tire deflection and bearing friction seen with increased weight, both typically being non-issues in speed trials.
Unless you're racing uphill, that is...
Gearing and rpm is easy.....wind resistance is what's hard to calculate.
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Did a little more mockup today.
After a little research I extended the chassis even longer (22 inch WB). The balance between the width of the rear and the length of the wheel base should make a fairly stable platform.
I added the steering linkages and associated fuel tank setup out of a 4 Tec, cut a set of old chassis braces for a temporary transmission mount and determined how high the engine will need to be raised to mesh with the spur (3/4 inches). I didnt really want to raise the engine but it is the simplest solution for the gear mesh and it will allow me access for a roto starter. The top of the engine head is 5&7/8th inches off the ground with ¾ inch chassis/ground clearance. I will just have to play with the throttle brake linkages a little to get that setup right.
With most everything except a battery, receiver, servos and a few braces to stiffen the chassis it weighs in at just less than 6lbs. With everything installed I should be able to keep it under 7lbs RTR depending on the lid I choose. Surprisingly it has a better turning radius than I thought it would. Im sure I will need proportional steering to keep it in a straight line at high speeds.
If I can find a lid to fit the layout nice and snug it should be pretty aerodynamic.
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
Make sure you use some good lag screws,to secure that engine to your 2x4!!!..looking good are you going to go ahead and use that chassis or cut your own?
454 bb maxx
gonna need prob a 1/5 scale body, and those are EXPENSIVE!
Hows that nitro taste on your electric?
I will be making a 1 piece chassis to custom fit everything, just a simple design like an elongated triangle or diamond. That way I can use a wedge shape body which I will probably end up making somehow.
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
Are you gonna take it over any sweet jumps?
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how did you get a tmaxx tranny 3 speed? that boggles my mind more then the rest lol
looking good so far snook
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Drag It!
Man every time I get on here Snook has another sweet project. I would like to have just half of his mechanical genius and fabrication skills. Good luck with the project and I'll be sure to subscribe lol.
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I was doing a little research, and if you have ever heard of powermaster fuels(made by VP race fuel) they have a drag specific 40% nitro. Just a little more help in hitting that 100mph mark
Joshua 24:15 Choose this day who ye will serve
Looks great!
But please tell me your going to get new tires and rims haha.
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I have got mine to do over a 100mph a couple times, on the freeway. But that was while it was in the back of the pickup =)
"fat drunk and stupid is no way to go thru life"
I think 1 of the more difficult tasks will be finding a place to test it out.
Who is good with wind drag coefficient???
This is about as aerodynamic as I can make unless I point the nose a little more.
Being it is a simple wedge design I dont think I will need a rear wing which will help reduce weight and drag The chassis will be cut to follow the lower body line and I will use velcro to secure the body to the chassis to keep as much air out as possible.
I needs me a wind tunnel
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
I have a 19 tooth clutchbell if that will help with the gearing any at all. may not work though it is a not for 1/8 scale it's for the maxx or revo. just a thought
your going to want to round the top corners more if you can snook, and yes round front and point more to. and remember this.....
a teer drop shape is the most arrowdynamic desighn possible. so make it slowly taper to a fine point in the back and it will reduce the drag.
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Del (horse1bun)
Mar 01 2012 at 09:50
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USA is lumped together by the forex broker, with all the most isolated countries in the world. That's how bad U.S. forex regulation is.
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Del (horse1bun)
Mar 01 2012 at 09:58
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The Last Broker didn't have any problems to send a cash equivalent to US Based Contestants, the reason this one won't send a cash equivalent is because,
-besides the fact that the rules state the prize is a funded account and therefore a 'US Citizen' is not eligible to open the ACCOUNT (NOT from RECEIVING A PRIZE!)-
the dirty little secret is, the broker does not want you to have the chance to KEEP the money because by giving you a funded account, they are betting that you will lose it all. so far a WIN WIN for the broker sponsoring this contest, and LOSE LOSE for myfxbook and the contestants.
Yes although I am sure nobody cares about the specifics because after all it is the BIGGEST PRIZE EVER, it's just too bad that probably nobody will get to keep it.
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Mar 01 2012 at 10:43
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horse1bun posted:
the dirty little secret is, the broker does not want you to have the chance to KEEP the money because by giving you a funded account, they are betting that you will lose it all.
Yup, this is spot-on. But although U.S. regulations are a pain the butt, sometimes they're good at keeping U.S. brokers in line as far as your money etc. It's harder for a broker in the USA to scam clients.
Yes, disappointing that U.S. citizens aren't eligible for the contest, but that gives us more time to focus on real trading
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Del (horse1bun)
Mar 01 2012 at 11:01
haha thanks splexin. And yea US Regulation is finally forcing brokers to give positive slippage as equally as negative slippage. The Result? A lot less slippage....
BTW when I said wannabe-buffet 'mentors' I wasn't talking about you. You know your stuff.
ALSO, in hindsight, it looks like the surge in heavy metals was the market pricing in the announcement of more QE, but bernanke can't do that until he first says it won't happen, stocks crash, and then they will begging for QE. Just another roller coaster ride.
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Del (horse1bun)
Mar 03 2012 at 00:56
Not Actual Prize Money.
I started this thread while lamenting a time when we could use any broker in the world we wanted, and complaining that we couldn't anymore, because Rule 1 of the contest was that a person from USA can't receive a prize. I got distracted and didn't read the rest of the rules.
Now after I read what rule 2 says,
'b) The funds will remain in the account for a duration of three (3) months and can be used for trading. Once the three month period ends, DF Markets will withdraw the funds from the client's account (Winners can withdraw all profits made within those three months, but not the prize itself).'
it says that you don't actually WIN the prize amounts, you only win it as equity to TRADE a live account, and AFTER THREE MONTHS THEY TAKE BACK THE BALANCE OF THE PRIZE.
Still a good prize, the chance to trade with real money on a live account, is quite a good opportunity really.
HOWEVER, I think that point isn't clear to everyone of the participants, as the 'Contest' page is misleading. Nicely done, myfxbook has a great 'theme' and always looks good, but still misleading.
I am just trying to be 'constructive' with my criticism when I say I am honestly I am little bit disappointed by this trading contest, and the others, for a few different reasons.
Besides the two points I have made already (no US prize winners, no actual prize money to keep)
The challenge aspect could be improved.
We need a contest for realistic investors to showcase their skills. What I mean by 'realistic' is that most regular investors do not feel comfortable using all of their leverage or setting a goal of 4000% in a month. I am not at all questioning the skills of the prize winners, no doubt they have skills and they proved it.
If some aspects were limited, I think it would be a better challenge.
Xag/Usd and Xau/Usd, (aka Spot Silver and Gold), while I like trading them, are not traditional currencies and should not be allowed, sort of like the other contest where you could 'unlock' indices if you knew how to enable them. This is bad because not all the contestants knew they could use those instruments, and also a misleading aspect because indices are not currencies either.
I know that anytime you change the way the contest is setup it's controversial.
I just want to see some rules that actually make the trading a challenge against yourself, besides just a challenge with the leader board, which is unattainable and frankly discouraging for most of us.
I know some brokers use Sharpe Ratio, or combinations of metrics, to rate contestants.
Who else has ideas for the myfxbook team, specifically HOW TO MAKE THE RULES OF THE CONTEST FUN, as well as challenging??????????????????????
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Failure and Success: No Little Failures
And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested.—1 Chronicles 4:10
When Simpson succeeded it was in a big way. When he failed he made great failures. It had to be so. Men of his caliber do not make little mistakes. They fly too high and too far to steer their courses by city maps. They ask not, "What street is that?" but "What continent?" And when they get off of the course for a moment they will be sure to pull up a long way from their goal. Their range and speed make this inevitable. Little men who never get outside of their own yards point to these mistakes with great satisfaction. But history has a way of disposing of these critics by filing them away in quiet anonymity. She cannot be bothered to preserve their names. She is too busy chalking up the great successes and huge failures of her favorites. Wingspread; A. B. Simpson: A Study in Spiritual Altitude, 108-109.
"Lord, give me the boldness to attempt big things for You-so that whether I succeed or fail it will be in a big way! Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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In March 2010, I wrote a four-part blog series on geosocial media and its potential for the future. In addition to being fascinating to research, the series earned me invitations to speak at conferences and write articles in real publications. And while I saw great potential for what I called "geotagging" social at the time and the players in the field, the closing paragraph of the series may have been the most prescient:
Building bonds — with other users and with establishments favorite and unfamiliar — remains the big draw to geotagging, so we can't underestimate its future. Since, as this series has shown, each comes with different drawbacks, neither Foursquare, Gowalla nor Yelp seem like that killer app that will become that next service with Facebook-style popularity. But the potential is there if some of these apps merge. Or if a developer can build a better mousetrap, the world may beat a bath to his or her door … since, with geotagging, we'll know exactly where to find it.
The sad truth is that the past 5 years have seen most of the major players in the market change, get bought or fold. Consider:
- In 2014, Foursquare mystifyingly launched a sibling app, Swarm, that relegated Foursquare itself to irrelevancy. I just looked and none of my friends recently checked in anywhere nearby. Zero. I occasionally see Swarm checkins pushed into my Twitter feed, but nowhere near what Foursquare was in its heyday. (UPDATE: Apparently Foursquare will partner with Twitter to provide the opportunity for check-in ability, which is the first promising thing in a while.)
- Gowalla was consumed by Facebook in 2011 and disappeared into the void by the following year.
- Whrrl, my personal favorite of the bunch, was bought in 2011 by Groupon, which essentially cannibalized its best features.
- The promising social scavenger hunt app SCVNGR disappeared from app stores in 2012, having transformed into LevelUp … and you'd have to hunt to find any mention of them.
- Out of the major players, only Yelp retains any semblance of itself. Its Monocle feature that adds a bit of augmented reality for what's around you and its robust reviews keep it relevant.
Strangely where do I see more people check in than ever? Facebook. In terms of geosocial capability, Facebook doesn't let you do much more than check in, but it's still a relevant social platform that's been too big for anybody to buy it out, so it kind of garners check-ins by default.
So what happened here? So many companies tried to build a better location-based mousetrap, and the world beat a path to their door oh so briefly … but then buyouts and changes of strategy sent people away from the promise of location-based media. Everybody instead rushed to the next big things, whether Instagram or Snapchat or Yik Yak or whatever the same technology press that called Foursquare "a game changer" decides to (probably misguidingly) hype next.
We can take away that because no one app was perfect or at least all-encompassing (the Facebook goal), most were more likely to become tools not of users but of the desires of larger companies. The way business works now is that if you can't build that better mousetrap, you buy out the company that does and use it however you please.
We've also learned that all the hype in the world doesn't buy a market category, let alone a company, a future. As much as we all like to think otherwise, what we see as social media communities many just see as tools. Something newer and shinier is always coming next. Maybe all of us (me included) need to realize that in the world of technology, change is the only constant.


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Ousted IRS chief says targeting of conservatives just an error
WASHINGTON -- The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views.
In a prepared statement, former acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller was ready to tell the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday that the screening system agency workers set up was designed to deal with a growing caseload of groups seeking tax-exempt status. Miller said it was not due to "any political or partisan viewpoint."
He says that the IRS has instituted new processes designed to prevent the problem from occurring again.
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I'm not a Marilyn Manson hater. I believe that he… she?… came along at just the right time in American social strife. He was weird, he was the next evolution of shock-rock. Nobody understood where he was coming from with his songs and his look. He freaked the hell out of Republicans and he freaked the hell out of Democrats. He was an unknown quantity that was only labeled as one thing: a freak. He was the perfect scape goat for a tragedy he had nothing to do with and he has seemingly faded to his rightful place in the memory of Columbine.
But now he's back with this new album and I have to say. I am not impressed. His earlier stuff was listenable. The albums Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals were iconic, from the songs to the album covers. Which riled everyone's mother up. He disputed god, he hated religion, he hated the establishment, he was everything teens wanted to hear because let's face it, as a teenage boy, you're angry at everything.
He pandered to his crowd, shifting to a message of rebelliousness and how hard it is to be a teen. How people seem to look down on you for your age. How nobody stops to try to understand you and you feel like you're living in a hell of eternally having to flip burgers.
We related to that as teenagers.
But he doesn't have much of a crutch to stand on now. He didn't take the quick and easy route (as did one, Skrillex) by switching his musical style to the fad of the generation.
I'm just not impressed by this. It's all about self deprivation and abuse. It's about things that a guy who's sold well over 5 million albums in the United States alone has no right to be talking about. You wonder why nobody knows or cares what happened to Good Charlotte? Because 1) they were terrible and 2) their credibility went out the door when they became millionaires. That's what tends to happen with these sorts of bands and male divas. They're only sustainable for a couple of albums before their popularity and wealth spoil the message. They're no longer in touch with the audience that received them so well.
I don't mean to preach, but Manson should know that he's not creating any new fans with the new album. He's not even retaining old ones with it. Just take your show on the road and keep playing the life out of "Personal Jesus" and "Rock is Dead."
You were a martyr for the late 90s. The shift that seemed to come too swift with that Colorado high school. You were the sign that the media has become too big and overbearing on our lives. That politicians were morons for blaming you. You were the only positive thing to come out of that whole story, stop trying to live up to it with titles like Born Villain and be just that. You're too self aware and it bores me now.


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FACETIME- 'Mother.Father': Portraits to create a community
Art is one thing that brings newcomers to Charlottesville, and that has the tendency to drive up prices for the rest of us. But could Art, in a strange turnabout, actually brings us together?
Charlottesville artist Johnny Fogg thinks so, and he's attempting to do just that with his latest community art project, Mother.Father.
"I don't want to get into an argument about art being elitist," says the 20-year-old Fogg, "but I feel like it doesn't always have to be, and that there's a whole lot of value to making it more universal– and more applicable to everyone's life."
Fogg's goal is to pass out over 55,000 blank cards to residents "from Farmville to Friendship Court," he says, asking them to draw a picture of their mother and father and send it back to him. He wants to create a mobile sanctuary– on a flatbed trailer and filled with portraits– that will travel around the area, displaying the art and encouraging viewers to contribute their own work to the collection.
Although the cards could be easily sent out in a mass mailing, Fogg wants to personally hand the cards to as many residents as possible (with help from a few volunteers), making the request for portraits more personal, and hopefully increasing the project's chances for success.
"It doesn't just show up in someone's mailbox, and they say, 'What is this? Are they trying to sell me something?' Instead, it's 'Hey, would you do this?'" he says.
"It's fun to stop strangers on the street and just say, 'Do you mind if I talk to you about an art project I'm doing?'" he says. "I feel like people are rarely challenged as they go about doing their thing on a day-to-day basis."
The project's potential to challenge a broad community through the arts has made it popular in local schools: Fogg has already been promised around 3,000 cards from area art teachers who are interested in having their students create portraits for the project.
In addition, he's attracted the attention of The Bridge progressive arts initiative and the Charlottesville Community Design Center, which are sponsoring the building of Fogg's mobile gallery and the exhibition of the portraits.
"The project itself embodies so much of what we're trying to do with our programs" says Greg Kelly, program director for The Bridge. "It's getting the creative practice integrated into people's lives instead of just into artists' lives.
"When we think of art, we tend to think of a product that hangs on a wall or sits on a pedestal" says Kelly. "Mother.Father is much more about the process and the interaction of the people who are creating it."
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(CNN) -- Col. Kevin Brown stood tall and proud and often ventured "outside the wire" with his soldiers in Baghdad. Under the sizzle of the Iraqi sun, I watched him meticulously pin medals on their uniforms.
When he retired in 2011, he walked the Appalachian Trail to clear his head and began a tough Ph.D. program in security studies at Kansas State University. A stellar military career in hand, Brown had his life on track. Except for one thing.
He harbored an emptiness within, the kind that rushes in after a hard-fought, 15-month combat tour ends. He felt responsible, still, for the lives he touched at war.
One of them was a girl named Noor al-Zahra Haider.
He'd wondered all these years what had happened to the child his soldiers helped save. He sought out people who might have an answer -- Army buddies, journalists and an Iraqi sheikh he'd befriended in the neighborhood where Noor used to live. But no one knew.
He finally connected with her Wednesday through a package from America. The goods were donated, but they were delivered to Noor's home in Baghdad largely because of Brown's efforts.
Viewers write in to help Iraq's 'miracle baby'
For Noor, crippled by spina bifida, it's a gift that is sure to bring relief. She received a new wheelchair and other things to help her cope with her disability.
For Brown, it means fulfillment, closure -- if there is such a thing -- to one part of his life at war.
Since his encounter with Noor almost seven years ago, Brown's uneasiness had festered. Then in March, on the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, Brown saw a CNN story about Noor. I had journeyed back to Baghdad to find her.
He watched the accompanying video, incredulous that the 3-month-old baby he knew was now 7 years old. He was relieved, excited even, that she was alive. He cried. He laughed.
He could not get the headline -- "The Unfinished Miracle of Baby Noor" -- out of his head. The word "unfinished" gnawed at his soul; that sense of responsibility hung heavy.
"I hope that you might consider keeping me informed of anything you learn from here forward," Brown told me in a message after finding me on Facebook. "It would help me help my soldiers keep knowing that if they did any one thing right in Iraq, it was saving a little girl's life.
"I personally struggle with what I can do as an individual and will offer my services -- as a champion, with money, as a connector -- in any way within my means."
I was embedded with Brown's soldiers when they discovered Noor, then only 3 months old, during a raid on her family's house in the city of Abu Ghraib a few days before Christmas 2005. She'd been born with a severe form of spina bifida, a spinal cord defect that was certain to kill her. The medical treatment she needed was not available in war-ravaged Iraq.
The soldiers wanted to shuttle her out of Baghdad for the critical care she needed. When I spoke with Brown a few days ago, he recalled how he had stood at brigade headquarters at Camp Liberty and made his case for why the U.S. Army should help send an Iraqi baby to America.
Iraq, 10 years later: A people in need
One child matters, he said.
He spoke on behalf of his soldiers. They saw Noor as a tangible act of goodness amid the chaos of Iraq.
Brown was persuasive. Noor boarded a C-130 transport plane with her grandmother and father and came to Atlanta, where doctors successfully operated on her.
She became known to the world as Baby Noor. Her smile enthralled everyone who saw her on television screens and newspaper pages. She was labeled Iraq's miracle baby.
After six months, in June 2006, she was returned to Baghdad, where life is not easy for anyone and even less so for a poor family caring for a child with special needs. Surgery saved her life, but Noor was paralyzed from the waist down. She couldn't walk or go to the bathroom by herself. Doctors said it would always be that way.
Her family also paid a price for their association with Americans -- Noor's father says he was abducted by men linked to al Qaeda. They accused him of spying and demanded a stiff ransom.
I'd not seen Noor since 2008. In February, I returned to Baghdad to find her. She was no longer the smiling, chubby baby I remembered. She'd grown into a frail girl who rarely smiled. Sadness blanketed her face.
Her family feared for her future. They did not have the means to have her examined by specialists. They were running out of medical supplies such as catheters. Noor was susceptible to urinary tract infections and often complained of headaches -- doctors had inserted a shunt to drain the fluid that collected in her brain.
What would happen to her as she grew older? No one would marry a disabled woman in Iraq, her aunts said. Noor's grandfather begged for help.
She might have had a semblance of a normal life here in the United States, where she could have had access to advanced urological care and the comforts of life. But in Baghdad, long after the Americans left Iraq, Noor was struggling to survive, to even feel joy.
Readers responded to Noor's story and sent in donations to Childspring International, an Atlanta-based Christian charity that sponsored Noor's stay in the United States in 2006.
With some of the money, Childspring purchased a two-year supply of catheters, laxatives, books, crayons, pencils, teddy bears, toothpaste and a pediatric wheelchair with gel pads, foot rests and adjustable handles. For Noor, it would be like upgrading to a BMW after years of driving a rundown Chevy.
Iraq newsmakers: Where are they now?
But the organization had no contacts in Baghdad. How would it get all the stuff there?
That's when Brown stepped in. As a retired Army officer, he had connections with people in the U.S. Embassy. Within days USAID's Iraq Access to Justice Program and the Iraqi Alliance of Disabilities Organizations were involved. CNN staffers, who knew where Noor lived, helped take the shipment Wednesday to the family home in southwest Baghdad.
Noor's grandfather, Khalaf Abbas, was thankful for the wheelchair and supplies. Among those he named was "Mr. Brown."
In the context of Iraq, the gift for Noor is not big. It is but a blip in a story of war that is overflowing with sorrow and loss.
But for Noor's family, it was a sign that those who had given her a chance at life had not forgotten her.
"We know now that you are not going to leave us," Abbas said.
No one ever doubted that saving Noor's life was a good thing. But was there any thought put into what would happen afterward to her and the family? Should she have been brought to America and then returned to a place like Iraq, where medical care was next to nothing and where her family paid a price for accepting help from Americans?
I asked Brown the same question I had asked his soldiers who were involved with Noor's journey to America.
"Was it the right thing to do?"
"Unequivocally, yes," he replied.
He and his soldiers didn't just save a life that day. They'd saved a life that continued.
"You know that scene in 'Saving Private Ryan' that is cut across the beginning and the end of the movie?" Brown asked me a few days ago on the phone.
I know the one, I tell him. It's the scene when an aging Ryan kneels down at the grave of his captain, who he'd served alongside in the thick of battle. Before he died, the captain had said to Ryan: "Earn this."
Reflecting on those words and the price that was paid for having saved his life, Ryan turns to his wife of many decades and asks: "Am I a good man?"
It's a scene that gets Brown every time.
"I think we all want to be told that we were 'good men,' despite our personal flaws, foibles, failures, missteps and the overall funk of what that conflict in Iraq felt like, looked like and came across like to both us and the citizens back home," Brown told me.
"Perhaps the Noor story shines that light on a time when we were good men and earned our nation's respect whether they were looking or not ... whether they knew it or not, and it gives us some comfort amongst the shades of gray we experienced there."
For Brown and his soldiers who plucked Noor from her home all those years ago, the gift delivered this week represented a lingering desire to do something right in the end. So that the story of Iraq's miracle baby did not remain "unfinished."
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nomination of the judge, and who is able to control his renomination and re-election : in such a case will there be, or will there be thought to be, a fair determination of the merits of the controversy ?
The court may be called upon to perform that most solemn and responsible duty of adjudging to be unconstitutional a statute passed by a unanimous legislature, and upon much popular urgency. Is an elective judiciary for such a purpose a tribunal as impartial as the lot of humanity admits ? No doubt a majority of cases will be heard and decided with entire fairness, however judges are chosen; and so they would be if they were selected by lot. But the question is, what is the best and wisest system, the one likely to produce the most perfect results on those occasions which try men's souls ?
Furthermore, which method of selection is best calculated to secure for the judicial office men who, by character and attainments, are fittest for the adequate performance of its difficult and important duties? By that of executive appointment the choice devolves upon one man, the governor of the state, who must usually be a person of considerable experience, of fair character, and of reasonable ability. In only a few instances can he have any strong motive to be controlled by individual favoritism. He must know, or have the means of knowing, personally or by reputation, the qualities of all within the natural range of candidates. An improper nomination will be a lasting injury to himself, while one conspicuously successful will always redound to his credit. To have placed on the bench a Marshall, a Story, a Kent, or a Shaw, is a great public benefit, not likely to be forgotten in estimating the services of a president or governor, either during his life or after his death. Besides the negative, upon an improper selection, possessed by the council or senate, always operates to make the executive careful in his choice, and to correct any error into which he may accidentally fall. It would be difficult to name any case in which the advantages of individual responsibility are greater, or in which it is surer to produce satisfactory results.
The next alternative is a choice of judges by the legislature. The arguments against this plan may be found in the lxxvii. number of the Federalist, and seem to us sufficiently cogent, both theoretical and practical. Nevertheless, this method must be admitted to have produced tolerably satisfactory results in many of the states, especially in those as small as Connecticut and Vermont. But, in principle, it is indefensible in the view of those who believe in an independent judiciary ; while it has few practical recommendations to that class who desire to have judges immediately reflect the popular will. By the sincere believers in either theory it must be rejected as a lukewarm and unattractive arrangement. We regard it as a mere compromise, unlikely to be disturbed where it exists, but unworthy to be adopted by those who consider the question as one of the greatest in American constitutional law.
No one has yet proposed, on this continent, the introduction of the Athenian practice of a plebiscite or popular vote upon the question of banishing or putting to death a particular obnoxious citizen. The nearest approach to such delightful democratic simplicity would seem to be to have a popular majority choose judges for the shortest possible term, so as to secure their direct and immediate responsibility to the people. Except on the score of convenience, we do not know why any one who favors a popular election of judges ought not to prefer, whenever it is attainable, a direct popular vote upon any question to be judicially determined. If vox populi est vox Dei, why weaken its power by an indirection which can only cast doubts on the divinity of its origin? But there are those, even at the present day, who believe that there ought to be a government of laws and not of men. To their minds, there is something shocking in the spectacle of a struggle in caucus or convention over a party nomination to a high judicial office, followed by a heated campaign between the political parties into which voters are divided, accompanied by the newspaper abuse and personal vituperation sure to ensue; the position of a judge finally elected, after such an ordeal, seems to them an introduction as unfavorable as possible to the duties of bis office.
The two systems have been conspicuously tried for many years past in different states ; indeed in every state which has adopted an elective judiciary the two have existed side by side within the same territorial limits, the federal judges being appointed by the President and the state judges chosen by the people. We appeal to the candor of all intelligent observers, to say under which of the two methods justice has been administered with the greater degree of purity, impartiality, energy, intelligence, and learning ? How have those courts been constituted whose decisions are cited with respect here and in England, and how those which are a byword and reproach throughout Christendom? We do not propose to point the moral by citing instances either of praise or of obloquy. To every one there will occur conspicuous examples of great and venerable magistrates who have enjoyed the respect and reverence of all men, and, on the other hand, the names of judges who have clothed themselves with infamy as with a garment. By which system has each class been produced ? Or, if it be said that extreme illustrations are unfair, under which system has there been the larger proportion of conscientious, laborious, painstaking, careful, and learned judges; and under which has the tendency been to a slovenly, superficial, slipshod performance of judicial duties? Which has tended to superiority, and which to mediocrity or inferiority? By their fruits let the two systems be judged.
It is seldom that a man or community consents voluntarily to surrender the immediate exercise of any accustomed power. Even its delegation to agents requires a considerable exertion of moderation and self-restraint. If the people of New York shall deliberately resign the power of electing their judges, and return to the ways of ancient wisdom, they will, in our opinion, evince a high degree of political intelligence, and furnish to the world a striking proof of their fitness for self-government, and their capacity to profit by the lessons of experience.
The Field of the Cloth of Gold is a bright spot in history, not from its outward displays of imperial and military magnificence, but because it marks a step forward in the progress of European civilization. The day had not so long passed when the respective princes of France and Burgundy, proposing to confer together, had thought it prudent to have strong barriers erected between them before they came within their two lances' length of each other. But the higher instincts of humanity had now begun to assert their superiority, and the public recognition of this great circumstance by the three young monarchs who then wielded the destinies of Europe filled with joy the hearts of men, and made the day of their friendly meeting for ever memorable..
Modern civilization has in our own time made another stately stride. Two of the foremost nations in the world, laying aside false pride and subduing the promptings of passion, have consented to submit differences of opinion of the gravest character, and which had deeply stirred both pride and passion, to the arbitrament of five men, eminent in various ways, but chiefly for wisdom, learning, and probity, and who were chosen because they possessed those qualities. And the two nations, to represent their respective views before this august tribunal, sent advocates well selected from among their leading minds.
The actors proved worthy of the splendid drama ;1 and the losing party submitted to the award with dignified acquiescence. 'It remains now to be seen whether the statesmanship of the successful country, thus far so temperate, intelligent, and hightoned, will be found, in new hands, adequate to deal wisely and well with what remains for it to do, before the history of this great transaction is concluded, — whether, after this sublime appeal to the great principle of justice as the arbiter between nations, the government of the United States will be seen to
1 No American should take much to heart the singular conduct of "the representative of Great Britain" upon the Tribunal, since it has served more than any thing else as a foil to the high demeanor of his colleague from our own country.
respect that principle, to understand its dictates clearly, and to execute them promptly when it becomes itself a high tribunal to adjudicate upon the rights of its citizens as against itself.
An able writer, in the last January number of this Review, has given, under the title of " THE GENEVA ARBITRATION, AND ITS RESULTS," so accurate and lucid a history of the main facts relating to this subject that, for the present purpose, scarcely more is needed than to refer to that article. It is, however, proper to add to the facts there presented one which, though not needed in that connection, is very important here, and that is that President Grant, in his message to Congress of December 5th, 1870, used this striking language:
I regret to say that no conclusion has been reached for the adjustment of the claims against Great Britain, growing out of the course adopted by that government during the Rebellion. The Cabinet of London, so far as its views have been expressed, does not appear to be willing to concede that Her Majesty's government was guilty of any negligence, or did or permitted any act during the war by which the United States has just cause of complaint. Our firm and unalterable convictions are directly the reverse.
I therefore recommend to Congress to authorize the appointment of a commission to take proof of the amount and ownership of these several claims, on notice to the representatives of Her Majesty at Washington, and that authority be given for the settlement of these claims by the United States, so that the government shall have the ownership of the private claims, as well as the responsible control of all the demands against Great Britain.
It cannot be necessary to add, that whenever Her Majesty's government shall entertain a desire for a full and friendly adjustment of these claims, the United States will enter upon their consideration with an earnest desire for a conclusion consistent with the honor and dignity of both nations.
It is proper to add, also, that it had been the habit of the Department of State to forward with promptness to our minister at the Court of St. James every claim made upon the British government by our merchants, ship-owners, and underwriters, for injuries and losses inflicted by vessels of the description of the Alabama, with instructions to present the same to the British government; and it was equally the habit of that minister calmly to present them accordingly, although they were received with sufficient discourtesy. And, after the ratification of the treaty, "a circular was issued, under the immediate direction of the


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My best wishes to Hans Zimmer . Please help me get your soundtracks ...
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Just noticed on soundtrack.net that there's going to be a new best of Hans Zimmer performed by this orchestra with 6 cds of music. Release date is currently set on July 28th.
§soundtrack.net/album/the-music-of-hans-zimmer-the-definitiv e-collection/
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Is there any information yet, if RCP is going to do the Warcraft movie? Release date is currently March 2016.
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Edmund Meinerts
2014-05-13 22:41:03
I don't see why it would be RCP. Duncan Jones has worked with Clint Mansell and Chris Bacon before; the latter's score for Source Code is actually quite good, and it would be pretty cool if he got the gig. I'd also be more than happy to see one or more composers from Blizzard's team do the movie as well; maybe not five or six of them like there is on the games, but say Russell Brower and maybe one other guy. That would be cool.
2014-05-14 08:16:00
This movie will be fundamentally different from Moon and Source Code, so it wouldn't surprise me, if they also hire a new composer. I'm fairly sure that the WoW-composers or at least Russel Brower will be somehow involved, but since they never scored such a big-budget movie it's unlikely that they will do it alone.
When do you think will they announce the composer(s)?
trent easton navarro
2014-05-14 14:32:02
Still no reason why it should be a RCP composer. There are other composers you know :P
As for the announcement, it varies per film. Still waiting to find out who will score Ridley Scott's Exodus and Michael Mann's Cyber (although that one is rumored to be scores by Atticus Ross or someone from RCP)
2014-05-14 17:59:35
I'd love if Harry Gregson Williams reunited with Ridley for Exodus. His work on Kingdom of Heaven was very rich and in my opinion a masterpiece. Correct me if I'm wrong but it didn't go down well with Harry as his music was replaced by other works to some extent. Scott's recent partnership with Streitenfeld is uneven and sub par considering the scores to his previous films like KOH, Gladiator, Matchstick Men, etc.
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2014-05-14 18:57:52
Alberto Iglesias will score Exodus... For tax reason... lol
trent easton navarro
2014-05-14 21:45:15
Really, Iglesias? That would be a very unusual choice, even for tax reasons. Also any idea than who'll score Cyber?
Edmund Meinerts
2014-05-14 22:12:31
That same tax reason is why Lucas Vidal scored the most recent Fast and Furious movie, or why Federico Jusid was originally going to do 300: Rise of an Empire...there's some law that makes it much cheaper for movies shot in Spain to use as many Spanish crew members as possible. I'm guessing this is something similar.
Very interesting and weird pick though. Iglesias is a pretty low-key and experimental type of composer, which strikes me kind of as the exact opposite of what you would want for a big biblical movie like this. Not sure what to think. :|
2014-05-14 22:17:28
Has Iglesias done something as big as Exodus previously?
2014-06-26 10:41:03
unusual choice but I think he'll do great, unless Scott butchers it.
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Wait Zimmer did the trailer music for Transformers 3
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2013-09-26 20:04:40
What prompts that question?
2013-09-26 21:16:41
The Guy Below Said that he did the trailer music. and I didn't know that
2013-09-26 21:29:54
Mike real quick do you know if there is a way for the songs on the TDKR app to be transferred to mp3. or has it been do cause if that's the case then technically you could have the whole TDKR score.
2013-09-27 01:15:27
If I knew of a way, I'd have those suites by now...lol
2013-09-27 01:53:19
You can simply play them whilst running a lead from your iPhone headphone socket to the line-in on your sound card and recording the input signal. Quite simple.
2013-09-27 03:13:09
well I know that but the recordings aren't that good I want it to sound like the actual soundtrack recordings.
2013-09-27 05:18:11
Then hack into RCP and get the music. There is no way you can make music like this sounds like album masters from a studio!
2013-09-27 05:55:14
No I'm talking the tracks, and asking if it is possible to turn them into mp3. Cause in theory it should be possible. but I don't know. If you get what I'm saying.
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he is the best composer in the world.i love him because of his musics such as "now we are free","transformers dark of the moon trailer","molossus","inception","mission impossible",pirates of the caribbean"and more...
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Yay, some tracks from this have now been released on a 2CD physical set by Silva Screen in the UK, along with new recordings :) Film Music of Hans Zimmer Vol. 2
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Arnab Hossain Mondal
Replies: 0 || 2011-08-06 11:34:16
Hello..U r god of music.I can't explain my feelings when i listen you. i just lost in your music...GRT ZIM...
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Replies: 0 || 2011-08-06 11:06:28
hello I am from India. I am a dying fan of U.When I listen ur soundtracks, I simply lost in this world of simplicity. I think U r a precious gift from god to this Earth. Keep Rocking......
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Replies: 0 || 2011-06-19 19:30:55
an excellent interpretation of Hans' music. I am impressed. The 2007 edition was not so amazing!
Don't wait to listen to it.
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|| 2011-06-16 08:38:57
passionning interview of Zimmer :
http: //www.musikmachen.de/Stories/ Interview-mit-Hans-Zimmer
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2011-06-16 11:21:02
Great interview! Thanks for sharing. :)
2011-06-16 22:15:41
de nada!
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hi zim,am ur lovale fan,i heard all ur music track. I like all of them what a performance from you.its really gr8 gr8 man.especially angels and deamons chanceless zim.keep going ya,your style guitar what a performance superb one. am from india. i am classical musician but i like ur music more. ur music definitely comes feels and i forgot the world man...keep movinggggggggggggggggg
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Madie Kay
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|| 2011-05-05 02:55:38
Oh my gosh! Dr. Zimmer has made the best music ever! Every
time I watch a movie, and I see his name in the credits, I get really
excited! I hope to be in your band one day! :D I hope you need a
Clarinet player! :D
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2011-05-06 00:56:25
Madie, sorry but he's not a Doctor.
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Replies: 0 || 2011-05-05 02:59:52
Oh! By the way, I memorized every bit of music on the soundtrack
of Pirates of the Caribbean!!! 1,2,3! Soon to be 4! Pure genius! I love you!!! Hello from Tennessee!
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Cucoranu Bogdan
Replies: 0 || 2011-05-01 05:43:41
I think Hans Zimmer is the best composer in the world , his work is pure clasic and beautiful.For me his greatest OST's are from: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , Gladiator , Angels and Demons , Pirates Of The Caribbean. Love you Hans Zimmer , keep up the good work , Greetings from Romania
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Rui Lima
Replies: 0 || 2011-04-28 21:59:35
After All!... he is a great composer, not only becose the enormous number of works, but for the quality. Maybe its becose the fact of having some times similar parts between musics that made his original style very its own.
My favourite H.Zimmer's OST's: Gladiator, Davinci Code, Pearl Harbour, Angels and Demons.
I can see his music in many great classical composers works.
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Rui Lima
Replies: 0 || 2011-04-25 12:06:56
to me, hans zimmer is not one of the best composers of today, but it is indeed one of the most prolific, and has a extremely high number of works, wich only few I consider totally classical, and are theese wich I apreciate more.
I like the music but are all, ... very similar, and has score notes that are very muiscal but always the same.
Gladiator has parts almost identical to Gustave Holst's suite "the Planets" in the 1st mov. Mars, the bringer of war, and then appears again in "pirates of the caribbean", i think.
The music could be more orchestrated, and have a orchestra.
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A fan.
Replies: 0 || 2011-04-20 00:00:00
Hans Zimmer, is really wonderful your job that you do. Makes me dream, makes me cry. I love it your job, congratulations!!, I really love this music !!!!!!, I´m Argentina, and always I listen this music, I cry, and I always see the movie "Holiday" so I thank for this present, it´s perfect!! Bye!!
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Even Haug
Replies: 0 || 2011-04-15 00:00:00
Hans Zimmer. you make the best musik. period.
your musik give me goosbumps. and i relly liked your new game musik on Crysis 2.
the sounds make the game complete. thumbs upp and im looking forwerd for more of your lovely tunes :D
greeting from a great fan
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Stuart A
Replies: 0 || 2011-04-14 00:00:00
I now have more HZ albums than any other. Been replaying Inception every day (quietly) in the office and then usually a blast at home at the weekend. Haven't even seen the film.
When's the next Dan Browne soundtrack coming (assuming Sony are making another one)?
Having just seen the playlist for the greatest hits am now going to go and try and buy it.
Brilliant work.
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Amir H.Alizadeh
Replies: 0 || 2011-04-09 00:00:00
his music (Hans Zimmer) is fabulous and brillant
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A breast from my past
Okay, that's a lame title there. Sorry. Well, my past has come to haunt me. My old pal from high school, Brad, sent me an email with two scanned images of drawings that I did from back in the day. 1985, to be exact. Funny that I would draw Madonna, since we were so into that new thing called rap, as well as classic rock (although it wasn't called "classic" at the time, just "rock"), Zeppelin, Floyd, The Stones, Billy Idol, U2, etc.
Ah, but I think Madonna's cleavage did us in. Darn you, Boy Toy! With your sleazy outfits, exposed midriff, bangles and bracelets, and permed side-swiped hair!
A note about the drawing: I don't remember drawing this, but one thing I was adamant about back then: I didn't trace. I did this while looking at the album cover. I never traced -- tracing was taboo to me, a big "no-no". I considered it "cheating." Little did I know that it would take me being a professional animator to actually use tracing as a helpful tool. (And I'm okay with that.)
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