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Are TGFs Hazardous To Air Travelers?
Instruments scanning outer space for cataclysmic explosions called gamma-ray bursts are detecting intense flashes of gamma-ray energy right here in the friendly skies of Earth. These terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, or TGFs, blast through thunderstorms close to the altitude where commercial airliners fly.
In fact, they could be too close for comfort.
In a recent study,* scientists estimated that airline passengers could be exposed to 400 chest X-rays worth of radiation by being near the origin of a single millisecond blast. Joe Dwyer of the Florida Institute of Technology took part in that research, which used observations from NASA's Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, or RHESSI, to estimate the danger TGFs pose.
"We believe the risk of encountering a TGF in an airplane is very small," says Dwyer. "I wouldn't hesitate to take a flight. Pilots already avoid thunderstorms because of turbulence, hail, and lightning, and we may just have to add TGFs to the list of reasons to steer clear of those storms."
But, he stresses, "it's worth looking into."
NASA's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope will help evaluate the hazards.
"GBM provides the best TGF data we have so far," says Dwyer. "It gets better measurements of their spectra than any previous instrument, giving us a more accurate idea of just how energetic they are."
Although TGFs are quite brief (1-2 milliseconds), they appear to be the most energetic events on Earth. They belch destructive gamma-rays packing over ten million times the energy of visible light photons "" enough punch to penetrate several inches of lead.
"It's amazing," says Jerry Fishman, a co-investigator for the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. "They come blasting right through the whole Fermi spacecraft and light up all of our detectors. Very few cosmic gamma-ray bursts manage to do this!"
The origin of TGFs is still a mystery, but researchers know this much: TGFs are associated with thunderstorms and lightning. "We think the electric field in a thunderstorm may get so strong that the storm itself turns into a gamma-ray factory," says Dwyer. "But we don't know exactly how or why or where inside the storm this happens."
So no one yet knows how often, if ever, planes end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It's possible that lightning bolts trigger TGFs. Or maybe TGFs trigger lightning bolts. Researchers aren't sure which comes first. GBM's excellent timing accuracy "" to within 2 microseconds "" will help solve this riddle.
"For some of the TGFs, we've pinpointed the associated lightning," says Dwyer. "This information along with the spectrum should help us figure out how deep in the atmosphere a TGF source is and how many gamma-rays it's emitting. Then we can determine the altitude and location they're coming from in the thunderstorm."
Fishman offers some good news: "If TGFs originate near the tops of thunderstorms and propagate upward from there, airline passengers would be safe."
By looking closely at a TGF's life cycle, that is, how quickly it turns on and off, GBM may also help researchers calculate how large and concentrated the gamma-ray source is. If the gamma-rays are emitted over a large region, the radiation dose would be diluted and much less harmful.
"But if the source is compact and the gamma-rays originate close to an aircraft, then that could be a problem," says Fishman.
"Of course the smaller the source the lower the odds of a plane ending up close to it," adds Dwyer.
GBM wasn't designed to look for TGFs, but GBM co-investigator Michael Briggs has greatly enhanced its sensitivity to them by writing new software.
"TGFs have really been an afterthought for missions so far," says Dwyer. RHESSI, for example, points at the sun, but the RHESSI team figured out a way to measure TGFs by detecting gamma-rays coming in through the satellite's backside. "All these instruments have been pointing across the universe, while right over our heads these monsters are going off!"
"Now the whole field of TGFs is on fire," says Fishman. "People are jumping on the bandwagon to try to figure them out."
*Scientists at the Florida Institute of Technology, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Florida conducted the radiation estimation study. Reference: Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), "Estimation of the fluence of high-energy electron bursts produced by thunderclouds and the resulting radiation doses received in aircraft" by J. Dwyer et al. (in press).
Other TGF missions planned:
Firefly, funded and managed by the National Science Foundation, will be developed as a collaborative effort by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Siena College in Loudonville, NY; Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Md.; and the Hawk Institute for Space Sciences, Pocomoke City, Md.
ADELE, short for Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emissions, flew last summer and will possibly fly during the summers of 2011 and 2012. Their aircraft cruises directly above low thunderstorms and to the sides of taller thunderstorms to take a close look at the lightning source region and see lightning-related phenomena, including TGFs, near their origin. They stay at least 25 km away for safety's sake.
The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, or ASIM, is a European Space Agency mission that will fly aboard the International Space Station. The space station's unique orbit, the lowest available, covers all thunderstorm regions and all local times, making it an excellent platform for observations of TGFs. TIRANIS is a French mission under development to study TGFs. And students at Lousiana State University are planning a high-altitude balloon TGF mission.
By Dauna Coulter, Science @ NASA
Image 1: Lightning might not be the only reason to avoid thunderstorms. TGFs sometimes come blasting out of these clouds, too. Image credit: NOAA.
Image 2: A cartoon sketch of electric and magnetic fields in a thunderstorm and some of the phenomena they produce. TGFs may be just one aspect of thunderstorm activity in addition to elves, sprites, blue jets and ordinary lightning. Credit: Stanford University. [ more ]
Image 3: The radiation dose from an ordinary lightning leader vs. the dose from a TGF. Both phenomena are associated with electron beams. Tighter, more compact beams deliver a greater effective dose. Details of this model may be found in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres). Look for "Estimation of the fluence of high-energy electron bursts produced by thunderclouds and the resulting radiation doses received in aircraft" by J. Dwyer et al. (in press).
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December 27th, 2007 #1
into the mind of toastertoaster dun dun dun!! updated [1/18/08]
SORRY for the huge files...refresh the page..hopefully all of it loads sorry!
Hello everyone here's my first post! i'm new here...well not really...ha..been roaming around the forums for awhile now but haven't had the guts to start a sketchbook..i'm currently 17 and still am working on a portfolio to submit by the end of JAN or FEB to LCAD and ACCD...even though i really don't know where to go... i applied to SJSU animation/illustration program and will probably go there due to financial issues...
i'm also thinking about going towards the community college route and then transferring to either Academy of Art...or if i get into ACCD...who knows?! I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE...what a shame haha... ...i'll get that driver's ed done this weekend hehe..
well here it goes....PLEASE CRITIQUE ME!!!! tell me what you guys think! every bit helps :]
here's a bunch of old stuff from '06
My first assignment for the Ap studio art class last year.
MONEY tsk tsk
We're BEING SUCKED INNNN OH SHOOOTTTTT
uh ohhh...
nutrigrain bar still life lol..
OH SHIT we're going OVERBOARDDDDD lol...
A Mola i did in multicultural art
super coward! go save the city will ya!!!!
ughh bsed this one haha...first time using prisma markers
watercolor is my friend! tried to do a fancy letter A...capture the ESSENCE! haha..
FAST FOOD...gahhh
The stages of a dream! DUM DUM DUMMM
OCTI...used a paper bag for this one hehe..
SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEE wait don't WAIT YES ahhh lol
POST-ITS had fun messing around with ink
smoking...fading away piece by piece
thanks for stopping by! :] will be posting more updates soon!
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberDecember 27th, 2007 #2
Neat stuff! I'm not much of a critique-r or anything, so I can't really help you there.. but I know what you mean about the guts thing. It took me a couple months to even join the forums, I was so intimidated!
Your style is cool, it reminds me of graffiti. And I really like the 3rd one, is that marker?
Anyway, keep up the good work!
December 27th, 2007 #3
thankyou! i used sharpie on the 3rd one haha..
December 27th, 2007 #4
Haha, yeah to be honest the class is a little lame! Nobody in it really cares about art or knows what they're doing. Plus, my teacher is going through menopause so she can only help me out between hot flashes. :-p
Hence my joining of concept art!
What portfolio are you doing this year?
December 27th, 2007 #5
wow. that sucks...my class is alright...my friends keep me company
but in return we don't really learn anything from our teacher just some basics but hey it's that self-motivation that keeps me going.
buahaha! hurray!!!
i'm doing the drawing portfolio this yearrrrrrr...still need to post my other works. LATER.
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December 27th, 2007 #6
December 27th, 2007 #7
messing around in photoshoppppp
i had fun doing this one...
logo design for a sweater that was never made haha..
again messing around with photoshop..took some images and made them into brushes...
ugh my first attempt sp painting..done from a mirror
you wish had cool glasses like me!! haha
heres my second attempt at a sp
more to come! :]
December 27th, 2007 #8
Great bold and unhindered experiments in design and style. I like the graphic panda. That you are having fun shows through and that's attractive in your work.
Your traditional studies are quite good. T'will be interesting to see how your ideas combine with your growing traditional experience.
Keep it up.
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December 28th, 2007 #9
hey man, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. you have some awsum work! i also have the problem with learning to drive, just dont have time lol i want to see some more human anatomy and self portaits! KEEP IT UP!
December 28th, 2007 #10
DUDE!! your stuff rox. I love that your work has a sense of humor, but even more so I love that you aren't affraid to experiment with different medias.
ohh yeah and your drapery study is mmmmmmmmmmmazing!!!! if you keep going on those self-portraits and eventually work your way into color I think your gonna get really good @ it really quick.
December 28th, 2007 #11
AztcFireFlower: Thankyou!! i love your work! i want to study at an atelier someday!
Glory666: Thanks man! yes yes! i have to do that driver's ed this weekend! haha... i will post some of my human anatomy studies and do more self portraits! lots TO DOO!!!
VenustusVis: Thankyou!! ahh i learned so much from that drapery study! basically learned how light works and it's principles. still i'm far from mastering it! UGH. COLOR..is my weakness.. at times i tend to use all the colors of the rainbow...lol..i need to set myself to use a limited palette well...start off with the black , white and the greys or something!
finally got these uploaded
These figure drawings were done this year at AAU's pre-college saturday classes. UGH.. too bad my class was combined with the drawing and composition class and there was some kid that was uncomfortable with the nude models that it changed into a clothed figure drawing class. BLEH! oh well
the only thing i didn't take advantage was the short poses, and trying to understand the torso, which i'm lacking on. all i really did was try to render the form, especially the faces..ugh. stupid me!
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December 28th, 2007 #12
i think your Croquis/skeetches are great.
December 28th, 2007 #13
December 28th, 2007 #14
Such great variaty in work you got going here.
I was thinking of some advice to give you but there is not really any I can give other than just to keep being you and keep the variation in your work going!
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December 29th, 2007 #15
Your work is lovely! The only way I could describe it is "unhinged" keke. All I could think of suggesting right now is to be more convergent. The pieces I'm most drawn to are those that have more "less" and less "more" (probably not so eloqeunt a way to say that, heh) like your woman surrounded by eyes and the child with the bat. They're graphically stronger and have greater focal points without being cluttered. Just keep learning from all experimentation!
And thanks for visiting my sketchbook~
December 29th, 2007 #16
Thanks. Nice work, your figure drawings have a rare essence to them, keep working at it and I think you could get really good. Most of the noobs at AAU sucks, judging from your skills, you've got nothing to worry about. I don't live in dorms as a matter of fact, they are 2 expensive. About a grand or more a month; me and a friend found a place together. If you know someone who is willing to go to AAU, I suggest you find a place. Save the dorms for last resort. Oh, btw, how did you enjoy the pre-college class, I never got to try those things?
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December 29th, 2007 #17
love the new stuff! especially those last two the baseball player and the abstract painting/drawing. Is all of your stuff traditional art work scanned into the computer? The only reason I ask is you have this great way of giving your work a watercolor asthetic.
At any rate keep up the good work! Your work is really really good and considering your only 17!! I can't wait to see some of the work you start doing in college.
December 29th, 2007 #18
Whooooooohoooo! MAN!
How you're getting those crazy and brilliant ideas!? Thats amazing... really.
That's something I miss in my case..
I don't think it's possible to learn "creativism"... sad
Never stop drawing this beautiful stuff. It's so inspiring!!
December 29th, 2007 #19
Ben V: Thank you! i will i will
raspa: Raspa thank you for pointing that out! haha...i tend to draw the viewer's eyes everywhere to much with all the things going on..UGH...haha its a habit i guess...NEED to fill up all the spaces! hehe... i will work on it!
Kuraudo: Thanks man! yeaaa i know what you mean...the people at AAU mann...haha but hey i'm glad there are people like you that go there, keeps me inspired . bah i still don't know...i might go to community college first. Did you go straight into AAU? The pre-college classes were ok. My friend and i took Drawing and Composition, Painting, 3D animation and modeling, and Comic Book illustration. I just wished i took figure drawing during the summer in replacement of 3D animation...because i slacked in that class...wasn't too excited but wanted to try something new but in the end it was pretty cool even though my animation sucked butt. IF i had taken the figure drawing class in the summer i would've gotten Henry Yan!! man i bought his book...speechless... oh well overall even with the crazy tuition fee it was worth it, learned a lot!
VenustusVis: Thanks :]. Usually all my pieces i take pictures and the smaller pieces haha..the ones that can FIT in my scanner i scan, 9x12's! I still have to apply to two other schools! AHHH...college college...
Autumnal Dream: !! Thank you! creativism? THINK BIG! BRAINSTORM! try something new everyday! mix and match! expand your horizon with art you've never seen before! be motivated and inspired! and i guess have fun with what you're doing, we all need that energy in our work! go go go!
ok here are some pages from my sketchbook.
some drawings, thumbnails, studies and some experimentation with pencil, pen, color pencils, water color and crayola poster paints!
lol..the page with frank frazetta on it was done with my left hand..ha..was quite inspired after watching "painting with fire." FRAZETTA IS A GOD!
I picked up a few books at the half price bookstore today...got this kick ass book about Rembrandt.. tons of reproductions for what ? 5 bucks? 20% sale...priceless... haha gotta go back there to get moreeeeeee books
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December 30th, 2007 #20
thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! your stuff has a nice graphic quality to it! keep it up! Try some bigger brushes on the photoshop sp to refine it more. cheers
My Sketchbook http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=109607
December 30th, 2007 #21
Oh, yeah, that's the first book I bought this semester. Best book ever. Although, Sometimes I feel Henry's student should learn more from classical artists rather than just absorb his style. They need to be more versatile with figure drawing. Oh, and if you ever want to meet in person, I literally live at Henry's workshop, lol.
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December 30th, 2007 #22
December 30th, 2007 #23
Ah! thankyou for that advice. haha i was trying to imitate henry in my figure drawings soo lol. woops. lmao maybe you could get me into some workshops haha XD. thanks a lot! hopefully we'll meet someday!
January 1st, 2008 #24
quick update.
the sketch i did..where i made my avatar from and another sp which i failed at. BLEH, gotta keep trying...getting the basic shapes down and what not BLEH HAPPY NEW YEAR CA!
January 1st, 2008 #25
There is such a huge improvement since the start of your sb it's amazing. It's great that you are still doodling and having fun but keep up the ref work, it's doing you good! I'd like to see a finished piece once in a while, just to keep you disciplined.
January 2nd, 2008 #26
man, you have no fear when you draw, haha. i'm jealous!
your updates are neat everything you post is new and different... can't wait to see more.
January 2nd, 2008 #27
Sick work! You're going to get out of college as one fierce artist. Looking forward to seeing more of your art!
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January 3rd, 2008 #28
hello! i love this thread!
there's so much going on in all your stuff! i loooove it.
that post it portrait is such a rad idea... i might have to try something like that sometime.
i also love this. but im panda-obsessed.
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January 6th, 2008 #29
Yo toaster - I'm digging the clothed figure drawing poses up there - the ones where you focused on the rendering. I really admire your rendering ability with those figures. It feels spontaneous, yet pretty accurate.
I think it's funny how we are opposites -When I was in figure drawing class, I never really took advantage of the longer poses - but I always digged the shorter gesture poses. I guess I was always more into animation and quick stuff.
Critique: You have many head, hand, torso studies, but I don't see any original full figure poses. Besides your charcole figure drawing studies, I only counted 3 full figure illustrations - and they are all really abstract. I think you should work on more of that stuff. You have a lot of variation, but I feel that your batch of crop angles, and perspectives get repetitive. But, pretty good overall. Are you applying to illustration or graphic design? I think you have a pretty good feel for some graphic stuff.
Hey I was reading on some stuff you wrote about your colleges. I wish you good luck with that. I went to ACCD for their saturday high (pre-college) program for 4 years in high school for some figure drawing, and industrial design stuff. But now I'm at a university getting a broader education.
I was gonna say you could go to a university with an art program like I did - if you are really into education and learning stuff. But, I also wanted to mentioned you could go to Pasadena City College (PCC) and take night classes at Art Center College of Design. It gets your general education credits out of the way, while taking great art classes.
January 7th, 2008 #30
hey Im 17 too,your stuff is awesome.
I really like the figure drawing.too bad about the uncomfortable kid
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Arrests of performers on the subway have more than quadrupled this year, according to The New York Times. Transit reporter Matt Flegenheimer and crime reporter J. David Goodman explain how the arrests of dancers is in keeping with NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton's "Broken Windows" vision of policing, and take your calls on whether you think the performers should stay or go. Plus, Rayquan Perez, who dances with the group 2Live on the 4 and 2 lines, talks about what it's like to perform on the train.
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The dancers, though irritating are (IMO) a non-issue. The freakin' tone deaf Doowop crews are a crime against humanity. And some jerk in the group unvariably walks up and down the line telling all the ladies to smile. I will admit, though, I always enjoy a decent mariachi serenade on the way up town. Or that old Greek guy that used to play the accordian on the n.
Why do they get called acrobats? Two theories. 1) He's a cop...they can't speak plain English, and 2) Dance is first amendment protected expression, acrobatics is more of a sport
Reguarding these so called "subway dancers": What these "subway dancers" do not realize(or for that matter want to realize) is that on every subway train reguardless of how old or young it is is that each subway train has what is called an emergency break system. I would love to see what would happen if a subway train traveling upwards of over 40 m.p.h and the emergency breaks are activated and these silly fools are doing their dancing act.Their bodies would become flying missiles and sometimes, the train crew would have nothing to do with the emergency break system being activated. It might be some kind of junk left on the tracks that activates the emergency break system.
Shortly after listening to the Brian Lehrer show today I had to go to an appointment in Manhattan. At Lexington Avenue one of these dance/acrobat crews boarded the N train in the car where I was sitting and reading a book.
The volume of the boom box this crew was using was deafening and the swinging on the poles had me concerned that I could be kicked in the head.
These noisy performances don't belong on a crowded subway car.
A caller during the segment used the analogy that these "performances" were akin to graffiti being elevated to art. Having lived through the height of the graffiti epidemic I still consider it vandalism, not art
Hi, Most subway athletes are annoying, but I understand there need to make a little bit of money. They are not criminals, just poor.
You know, I think the dancers should just use common sense. If it's too crowded, then they shouldn't be on the trains. And really, if they could just turn down the music! It's SO loud. Otherwise, it seems like they wouldn't be quite so annoying.
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Wow, the amount of comments here referring to the performers/dancers as "simians", "criminals" or members of "gangs" is telling...
I definitely think there is a safety issue here as far as a passenger being kicked or injured, especially if the train stops are starts suddenly. I have seen (involuntarily) many many of these acts and never noticed a passenger being threatened to move, but I can imagine it happening. The performers are not a monolith and I'm sure some are a lot less kind and courteous than others.
However I do not think arresting these dancers and putting them in the system is the way to handle it. If money is the motivation, use tickets/fines. And like others have said, there are other performances spaces provided by the MTA, or above ground. They should be directed to use those if possible as an alternative.
I saw them on the PATH train not too long ago. The PATH system used to be free of most of the stuff that made the NYC subway crappy but now all that seems to be getting pushed over here. So annoying. Doing a little flip while holding on to the straps is something out of elementary school playground time. This is not some great cultural performance. Give me a break.
NYPD are cracking down for good reason!!! The dancers been very aggressive!! One day I been yelled at because I was in there way. I had my baby stroller and two shopping bags. They told me to move at out the way! I was already hugging the door. They said move or else!!!
The recent focus on subway dancers/acrobats is not helpful in anyway at improving the quality of riding the subway. It is true that they can be a nuisance to people riding the subway, but I would say this nuisance is low on the priority list and there are other major problems that should be addressed first. How about the homeless sleeping on the subway cars or the people with obvious mental disabilities harassing riders. These encounters are much more intimidating and unpredictable than a group of kids dancing on the subway. But instead the focus is shifted to these kids because they are an easy target and it is easier to arrest them than enact any type of meaningful reform targeted at the growing number of homeless and the shameful state of mental healthcare in the city.
Also, is the "aggression" the acro-dancing itself? Or do they threaten to beat you up if you don't donate? I've never felt or witnessed it...This is telling.
@Leah from NYC
"The subway is a means of getting people to and from their destination"
Leah, you nailed it with this line. Whether or not passengers feel threatened is totally irrelevant.
No one should have the right to transform a means of transportation into a performance space.
Arresting the subway dancers only makes things worse for them who have no employment opportunities. Just ticket them, if they injure a person. If anyone sees them dancing in the subway, just move out of the way to avoid confrontation. Problem solved. I hate it when selfish, insensitive fools try to make a mountain out of an ant hill.
mgduke: NY was a "pleasant, safe, easy to live in place...in the 1940s and 1950s" for whom? And this isn't the only nonsense you spew. You clueless people are pathetic. Look beyond your nose...
But, yes, these acro-dancers pose a risk that should not be imposed on others.
I think it's just obvious that there is a big difference between passive, non confrontational micro biz on the subway cars and dangerous and these dangerous and aggressive "performances". God knows I've bought my share of batteries and candy from kids on the subway, it's just the urban equivalent of a lemonade stand and it puts nobody at risk. There is a difference. It's not a racial issue. End of story.
As someone who has been riding the subways since WWII, I miss the politeness and civility, the respect for other people's privacy and tranquility, that used to be the New York City norm on the subways.
These gangs of young performers--with their selfish sense of entitlement, acting as if they have the right to intrude into everyone else's peaceful thoughts, to force us to listen to their painfully loud and primitive music, to be menaced by their grotesque daredevil jumping and swinging around, to be made to feel we had better give them some money to stop them from becoming even more menacing--are an example of how NYC is no longer the pleasant, safe, easy to live in place that it was in the 1940s and 1950s.
I am encouraged that the NYPD is cracking down on these aggressive people, but, given what your caller-performer said, the arrests and punishments being meted out are not yet adequate to stop them from going right back to their unlawful behavior. Since it's clearly all about the money for them, with the evocations of "art" nothing more than a shoddy figleaf, shouldn't the courts start to require them to pay increasingly significant monetary fines and do relevant community service?
The argument that subway performing is the only way for such young people to make money is not just false but demeaning. There are, as just one example, endless well-paying, lifelong career jobs starting with programming, for which the fast, acrobatic minds of young people like these are eminently suitable. Do you really think you are doing anybody a favor by encouraging people to perform on subways rather than to become programmers, etc?
Great segment. It's a seemingly straightforward subject, but the discussion regarding perceived/actual risk and gradual redefinition of broken windows theory is really interesting.
I was in a train when some of these people wanted me to move, and I did not. They then seemed as if they were going to beat me up. Most of them were probably between 12 and 16 years of age, but 1 of them could have been 18 years of age. The oldest looking one did not perform, if I'm recalling correctly, but I felt intimidated, and pressed a button to speak with a conductor, which caused a delay in service. This was possibly a year and a half ago.
What annoys me most about these dancing groups (and no, by the way, they are not "acrobats," although their moves are acrobatic) is that travelers are obliged to remain still while the groups perform. The burden is on the commuters not to move so to avoid being hit. I shouldn't have to remain stock-still while a performer performs. They may claim to have control, but if the train were to make a sudden stop or lurch unexpectedly, then what? While I would stop short of criminalizing their activity, it is still a nuisance and risky to travelers. They should not be performing in a moving vehicle such as a train where it is not always certain what moves it might make in the course of the journey.
I totally agree with commenter KC from NYC. I used to enjoy these dancers until recently when they kicked the lid of my baseball cap which at the time I was wearing when sitting down on the subway. What do we have to do is wait for someone to get kicked in the head before we eliminate this behavior? Let them perform in the plazas like Union Square Park. The subway is for transit, not for performing. Some of the people who called in are commenting about the lack of employment opportunities, this activity is not the answer.
@ Victoria from Manhattan
You/re exactly the sort of person I'm talking about, please go back to wherever you're from because you're ruining the city.
This discussion is ridiculous. Anyone who has experienced one of these 'shows' knows the routine: passengers are forced to move out of the way, stop what they are doing (like reading), back up in their seats, to avoid getting kicked in the face by the 'performers' somersaulting down what little room there is in the center of the car at running speed.
And the claim that these people are just looking for an outlet for some 'artistic expression'? Here are some more 'performers':
I think the point is completely missed. The subway is a means of getting people to and from their destination in an orderly and safe manner. It is not a performance venue, a platform for religious proselytizing, or haven for anybody infringing on ANY customer's right to safe passage. When these things occur within a subway car, it is the RIDERS whose rights are denied when they are held hostage in an enclosed space. I'm all for supporting young performers and buskers in open areas where those who wish not to participate can have the option to move on. It is about respect and consideration for others as much as conforming to the rules that let society function.
Personally, I do not like this happening on the subway trains because of the risk to the riding public. I have not read all the 52 previous comments regarding this issue (so forgive me if my idea has all ready been offered), but to follow-up on Gloria Mclean's point: why not have the MTA set aside a performance space in the system (away from the train environment) for these dancers to perform? If I remember correctly, the MTA does it for preforming musicians. AS dancers/artists, should they not receive the same right/recognition?
It's a very interesting acrobat/dance hybrid.
The risk is not perceived, but actual, at least to anyone in the vast majority of standing space in the subway car that the "dancers" - there may be craft there, but little art - take up. Try entering or remaining in that space when dancers take over the car and you will get warned by one of them that you will be hit - i.e. they threaten anyone who doesn't get out of the way with physical injury. That is violent, quasi-fascist behavior, at least mildly coercive in the same way as (and moreso than) anyone who takes advantage of a captive audience in the public space of a subway car, in particular subway "performers" of all stripes (who are almost always terrible - they not only tailor their gimmicky acts barely hold the short attention span of a brief ride, and they apparently can't get gigs out in the real world, even with the MTA's arts for transit program, which features some excellent musical performers like the Ebony Hillbillies and Salieu Suso - don't get me started on the absolutely terrible drummers who are only barely acquainted with a clave; the more polyrhythmic drummers you occasionally find on a platform are far better) who typically end their act by clapping for themselves and begin and end with empty apologies for what they know they're going to do - disturb passengers - among other lies (to themselves). Are we supposed to excuse people who assault others if they insincerely apologize before and after, something the dancers don't dare?
Brian's interview with the dancer Rayquin was one of the best interviews I have heard. The dancer clearly makes the case that dancing is not a crime. Reminds me of colonial Mass where puritans declared dancing as a crime. Police commissioner is going backward. Maybe we should put him in the stockade
ticket them, yes; arrest them, no -- or at least not the first time. but please, defenders of the dancers, use some common sense: it is inherently dangerous to have people jumping, twisting, swinging and, otherwise, hanging from poles in moving subway cars, sometimes inches from the faces, limbs and valuable property of others. time place and manner!
This wouldn't be a big issue if the "acrobats" were young white men
Come on! This has nothing to do with criminalizing dancing, teen opportunity, keeping kids out of trouble, art, free expression, broken windows, or any of the other topics discussed. The simple fact is that a hundred pound kid flying through the air in a confined space is dangerous, possibly life-threatening, especially to a fragile old person or person with a heart condition or other not easily perceived ailment. Just because there's 'no evidence' that anyone has been injured, or even because no one has been injured 'yet', it doesn't follow that it's not going to happen. People have a right to ride the subway without being entertained in. By all means let the kids do their acrobatics in a safe space within the system, with the same permits that other subway performers are required to have. But please! Keep them off the trains.
Again, be very careful about ascribing crime to these kids with no evidence. And many, many people enjoy their performances, at $40-50/hour...Still, seems reasonable to to think they pose a risk to passengers on a moving train.
Subway "acrobats" - I use the term loosely as most of them are less talented than I was as a child on backyard equipment - are no more than a nuisance; however, it is very possible for them to injure passengers or themselves, which would result in a large financial loss for the MTA, even in just defending itself against possible lawsuits, so it would be a good idea for MTA personnel/police to escort them - GENTLY - out of the trains and onto the street. As for us passengers, the best way for us to discourage them is not to give them money. I never do.
sure, these kids are an inconvenience, but so are the pile of tourists that force me to walk out in the street, and so are the people glued to their smart phones and not watching where they are walking, and so are the delivery guys pushing down the street with a dangerous handtruck stacked with boxes. Should we arrest all these people, or do we prefer to arrest the dancers because they are black and male?
I give up. This city is doomed... ITT "Progressive" apologists conflating racially charged policing like "stop and frisk" and "broken windows" with a clearly dangerous public nuisance perpetrated by unrepentant habitual criminals. Somebody please blow up Park Slope so we can start over.
Subway "acrobats" - I use the term loosely as most of them are less talented than I was as a child on backyard equipment - are no more than a nuisance; however, it is very possible for them to injure passengers or themselves, which would result in a large financial loss for the MTA, even in just defending itself against possible lawsuits, so it would be a good idea for MTA personnel/police to escort them - GENTLY - out of the trains and onto the street. As for us passengers, the best way for us to discourage them is not to give them money. I never do.
subway dancers a quality of life issue? i beg to differ!
BLARING CAR STEREOS at 4:30 a.m. is a real and serious quality of life issue in my area (wash hts / inwood).
i and my neighbors call the police regularly when cars double park on the street and blare the car stereo and groups of 5-10 gather to publicly drink, scream, yell, urinate, litter, and basically cause a major disturbance of the peace.
maybe the police can come and help, but usually they cannot. and we are stuck with the most egregious quality of life issue that has been a continual problem for a decade -- window shaking noise from car stereos and groups of people at ungodly hours of the night and early morning.
now, after continual 311 calls ALL SUMMER, 2014, i have noticed that the "Response Details" are being inaccurately reported.
i have literally watched as the police shut down 2 double parked vehicles blaring car stereos which was later reported as, " . . . . observed no evidence of the violation at that time."
going after subway dancers and graffiti artists as 'quality of life' issues is weak and meaningless, a showtime stunt in itself aimed at tourists who might feel uncomfortable with the dancer's presence.
i'll take a dance troupe in the subway over sleepless nights and obscene, illegal, noise disturbance any day.
in my opinion, bratton is woefully out of touch with the real needs, concerns, and quality of life issues of this city.
this "quality of life" campaign is a joke.
Nothing but haters! Since when did NYC become so prude. I love these kids and they are the only good thing about riding on the A train. I guess Banksy was right, NYC lost its nerve.
It's not about criminalizing dancing; it's about finding an appropriate and safe place in which to do it. It is not safe and it really disrupts train travel to have people playing loud music and jumping around the cars. I have seen people hit or almost get hit. Also not all the dancers are "artists" who are respectful of passengers who need to get by or do not want someone flipping in their face. Some of the dancers have also been verbally aggressive when passengers do not want them in their face and seem like no more than thugs who happen to be dancing on the subway. I can support the dancing if it can stay on the platform and be safe. If there is no plan handling on the subway, there should be no dancing on it either.
Let the kids dance, let the mariachis sing and throw the book at the screaming Bible thumpers!
Another reason to bike ride the city!
Hardly ever train it but when i did encounter a dance group i wanted to donate soapy washclothes or babywipes or just hold my nose while they preformed a 1/2 inch away from me.
Teenagers sweat pretty profusely when they work out. Remember the smell factor guys, besides steering clear of the police & stepping on toes or hurling into faces.
So, I find it curious that the quality of life centers on young men of color.
I don't see any police cracking down on the white young people in the East Village openly drinking on the streets, openly smoking pot, yelling late at night..not that they should be, but the imbalance is very obvious.
The punishment does NOT fit the crime. Why not offer these dancers scholarships at real dance schools, or with studios in their communities where they can expend their energy and begin to reap the benefits of Dance in a larger context of Art and Discipline and Study and mentorship and how it can help them in their lives. Instead these arrests will criminalize their energy and efforts and make it all worse. Is this even related to the same mentality that shunned Howard Dean's spontaneous expression of joy a bunch of years ago in the political world - like: it's not okay to have spontaneous expressions of energy in this culture that prefers to make it safe for hidden, white collar crime and political control of the population.
This is a sad development. If someone has gotten hit or threatened by someone, that is serious, but doesn't get fixed by the arrest of every kid trying to entertain for dollars. Let homeless people sing, dancers dance, and share the goddamn city. Even though 7 am is always too early for mariachi, I would never assert my need for quiet over their need for earning a living.
If you outlaw dance, only outlaws will dance.
LET THEM DANCE! It's NEW YORK!
They're hustling for a living!
It's annoying from a commuter's perspective, but boo hoo.
I can't believe some of the stuff I'm hearing from callers. It doesn't make a damn bit of difference if the subway dancers are dangerous to riders or not (although there is no way that they cannot be). The problem is that they disturb untold numbers of riders all day long. When I pay my $2.50 for a ride, I have some reasonable expectation that the ride will be as comfortable and safe as conditions allow for, that I will be able to read a book or newspaper, think my own thoughts, be protected from unnecessary noise and activity, etc., etc. These subway performers, but especially the dancers and acrobats (you can hardly call what they do dancing, but acrobatics would cover it), are extremely disturbing to the people in the cars, and often request people to move about the car in order to give them room to perform. A week ago, I was standing in a car, holding onto a pole, when 3 kids got on and, after a stop or two, started to look very disgruntled. I then found out from one of them that I was impeding their performance because I was holding onto the pole that they needed. I moved over and stood against one of the doors (something the MTA is always advising against), and then they performed. During that time, no one in that car (I would estimate 50 to 60 people) could do anything except react to the ever-present activity and noise of the 'dancers'. Doesn't a subway rider have the right to at least a semblance of peace and comfort while paying for his ride, or are we past that kind of official consideration?
I used to feel bad for disliking these kids but I dont anymore. The volume of the music and the request for people to move are such violations of personal space and disrespectful to passengers.
Arrests? No. Just stopped from doing it on the subway. License them to perform in the stations. Keep the volume low.
I'm as liberal as they come but don't tell me it's this or a life of crime. Please.
I don't want this happening to me on the train however it should be a ticketed offense.
GUYS: Stay in school get your education!
Knowledge is power and Power is Control!
I cannot understand why this is even a debate. This has nothing to do with policing dancing and everything to do with preventing a public nuisance. Anyone is free to dance his or her heart out in almost any public space. But flying around a crowded careening subway car is blatantly dangerous. Just ask the lady near me a month ago who was drenched in another rider's coffee when he dodged out of the way of one of these scofflaw acrobats.
they should designate specific cars for performers so people that doesn't want to deal with them could just avoid those cars?
RAYQUAN ??? Is that name in the bible?
Brian: have you hurt anyone yet [from dancing]?
Kid/performer: naw. naw. NOT YET! (chuckling)
I think it's disingenuous to have this discussion without discussing the demographics of the dancers, and why everyone feels put out or threatened. It's the elephant in the room. C'mon, let's hear how these are mostly black men, and how everyone feels they "might get hurt."
It's laughable that in a city with so much going on, that we continue to insist on sterilizing it - and pretending that suddenly, everyone is forced to take out their earbuds or look up from Candycrush. It's who just rushed the subway car...shudder.
'Stealing from' and 'throwing' kids? C'mon, Brian, don't pile on...These kids are obviously inventive and talented. They have developed acrobatic talents with no access to uneven bars. I get emailed fan videos of them from Japan, Australia...Nevertheless, I can see the risk here.
It's nice to see this "2Live" crew honest about the fact they are repeat offenders with no respect for their fellow passengers or the law and have admitted injuring others during their performance... throw the book at them.
we have no one to blame but ourselves. we take such great care of toddlers, but once a kid is a teen, we've given them nothing to do with themselves. be happy these kids aren't breaking into your home or committing bigger crimes. we have abandoned teens today and now they come back to bite us.
It doesn't matter if the pole/subway performers actually hurt me, they scare me.! Give them a place to dance not in a subway car. I pay my fare and I want a subway car where I don't have to worry about being injured. Subways are for transport. Why does someone have to be kicked in the face, a shin isn't a good enough reason.?
Hey! I tweeted a video last night of a pole that had been pulled off the roof of the train and was wobbling after dancers "used" it...http://instagram.com/p/lirRYGGjGL/
I don't know if this link will work...
I think these boys are worth helping...by giving them other places to dance...but damaging the subway cars and costing all of us money is not good!
oh no, it's not racist.
if a foot flies at your face or you get kicked in the head, it doesn't matter what color the foot is...
Their music is loud & annoying. Many are trying to read books, newspapers, or just trying to think. While 2 are dancing one of the group is collecting money from the riders, it's quite intimidating.
How about the fact that subways dancers are just ANNOYING? I'm just trying to get to an from work; the last thing I want on my ride is someone yelling in my face then asking me for money.
I do feel that it's unsafe when the performers are too close to me. However, most of these kids are good! Take them out of the subway and pay for their gymnastic lessons. Don't punish them for trying to make a few dollars entertaining the masses.
To: David from NYC
You are incorrect. Bicycles get pulled over and ticketed all the time (as they should if they are not following the rules of the road.) My building super just got ticketed by the NYPD for not stopping at a red light on his bicycle. In fact, many in the bicycle community think that the NYPD unfairly cracks down on bicyclists while motor vehicles pose a much greater risk.
How about sticking to the topic - should these "Showtime" performers be allowed to tell me to move out of my seat, blast loud music and then flip around and nearly kick me in the face while I am trying to just go to work? My answer in no.
Here's the question: why should any person be involuntarily placed in the middle of a performance that they might reasonably consider puts them at risk? One could argue that they're not as at risk as they perceive, but don't individual subway riders have the right to make that decision themselves? Isn't the burden properly placed on the guy leaping, kicking, swinging, not the person trying just to ride the subway?
As opposed to experiencing other forms of "subway begging," I'm usually happy to have a little entertainment and would prefer to give money to kids who are creative in trying to make a buck. Furthermore, in my experience, subway dancers have respectfully asked other riders to clear the way.
[...]We should allow these dancers because we always need 50 year olds who are still dancing and wearing their hip hop outfits, like the aging Guardian Angels with their pot bellies and balding head, to remind us of our own greatness.
Its Show Time!
This seems particularly racist. It seems that arrests of performing artists who most likely haven't done anything wrong is not a productive solution to youth and minority unemployment in the city. There are plenty of musicians and singers that are much more obtrusive and much less entertaining than dancing kids. And to the question of being hurt or kicked--I have my feet stepped on, am shoved, and other minor assaults and discomforts by my fellow subway and bus riders on a regular basis and am not entertained at all.
totally dangerous.
their moves are great, so creative...so i hate to say it, but they shouldn't be flailing around on the subway. i always wonder when someone will be kicked in the head.
let's outlaw spitting while we're at it. so gross, tired of having guys spitting all over the place everywhere i go.
The greatest risk of injury is to the PERFORMERS. And this is another good argument for getting these folks off the train for good. They are risking lifelong injuries to themselves and the passengers. How many break dancers from the '80s are going around now with permanent neck, back, and limb injuries from dancing on cardboard.
Arrest them! And the ones who do it at Union Square Station. It's a fire hazard there for sure. You can't pass by. Who wants to listen to that crap music either! Give me a violin or even a pipe. Drums and loud music is not for those of us who just need to the subway to get frome one place to another in peace. The streets are loud enough. Hearing this in an enclosed space is awful.
"It entertains the tourist?" How many tourist on are the M train from Manhattan to Brooklyn at 6pm on a Wednesday?
Finally. Stop this foolishness on the train and go to a proper audition for Cirque Du Soleil.
Urban planners have studied the affect of perceived safety on actual safety/crime statistics for decades. Not only do non criminals feel safer when things are cleaner, better lit, more transparent, less chaotic, etc. but also the actual criminals are less likely to commit crimes. Apparently, the criminals feel the possibility of committing a crime and getting away with it is less likely when things are less chaotic...
Just spent a full day walking all around Manhattan, Soho, LES, Greenwich village.
These characters must be banished.
And NYC should be renamed organic overpriced gross muffin land.
A turnstile jumper or beggar doesn't enter my personal space, but " it's showtime" performers do when I have to make way for them. I pay a price for my personal space, why should anyone tolerate it? There would be more of an audience out on the streets for this sort of stuff.
I got stepped on several times and they are too loud and obtrusive!
Yeah, sorry, these guys are a menace. I don't care if they do it on the sidewalk or even in the station (not at rush hour) but in the train, no, no way. And yes they should be arrested and locked up because it's a serious public disturbance not just "an annoyance". Also, lock up the mariachi's and the Bible Thumpers. Zero tolerance for these people in the train cars.
The only people who enjoy subway dancers are subway dancers. They infringe on commuters' rights to a safe ride and need to go.
haters gonna hate. Sad the people who call in their with their lilly whitewashed lives. The race of the callers is pretty easy to distinguish.I like and want more art and perfromance in the subway. Loud? How about the screeching wheels.
Let's make this simple. I do not want to be subject to this. Period. If we are going to have it, have it in designated cars.
I feel no need for proof that there are injuries. I do not want to be on such a subway car. Is that getting through? I guess not.
If I cannot escape it, fine, I will not take the subway.
This is a issue ??
Really, meanwhile bikes fly the wrong way ,don't stop at lights,ride on the sidewalks...yet a never see a bike pulled over.
Again NYPD the easy fruit on the tree
What about enforcing speeding and other traffic laws? That seems to be more important that some kids on a train.
I wish you wouldn't dismiss these arrests as "broken windows" policing. Having been trapped in a subway car with these reckless "performers," I'm thrilled to hear that they're getting arrested more frequently.
Brian if turnstile jumpers should get arrested because they may be on their way to a more serious crimes, they should arrest a whole buncha people getting off on Wall St.
These guys are annoying, but arrest them? Why is this not a ticketed offense? Give them a summons and it will eventually stop.
If it is a misdemeanor, why are they being "arrested" and not just being issued a ticket/summons?
I am SOOOOOO GLAD that the NYPD is cracking down on these jerks. I am sick of their shoes brushing past my face and their loud music and their confrontational attitudes. No, Iowa tourist, it's NOT cute and fun...
Of all the nuisances that we tolerate in NYC, few are as irritating as the intrusively loud performers on subways. Not only do they intrude in terms of volume--who can hear anything except the yelling and background "music" being played, but they also intrude on personal space. It's one thing to be jammed up beside someone on a crowded train. I believe we all understand that. But to have to sit or step back to avoid being hit by flying legs and the occasional literally flying shoe is too much! If they choose to perform and show their impressive gymnastic feats, the platform is the location--not the trains.
One time these subway dancers asked me to move out of the way so that they could dance and, when I wouldn't move, one of the guys threatened to kill me. It was very scary.
Dancing on the subway may be annoying but its not a crime. More police looking for reason to "police"...
This crackdown on subway dancers is a step in the right direction. A confined space like a subway car is not an appropriate venue for this type of performance.
The next thing the NYPD needs to do is ban people dressed as Spiderman, Batman, and other fictional characters from panhandling in Times Square under the guise of posing for photos with naive tourists.
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To exploit these vulnerabilities in how the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service processes PNG and TIFF images, an attacker would need to create a specially crafted web page and then persuade the BlackBerry smartphone user to click a link to that web page. The attacker could provide the link to the user in an email or instant message.
To exploit these vulnerabilities in how the BlackBerry Messaging Agent processes PNG and TIFF images, an attacker would need to embed specially crafted PNG and TIFF images in an email message and send the message to the BlackBerry smartphone user. The user does not need to click a link or an image, or view the email message, for the attack to succeed in this scenario.


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Ryan O'Neal arrested at home on drug charge
Ryan O'Neal, the actor, and his son, Redmond, have been arrested on suspicion of possessing the drug known as crystal meth.
By Tom Leonard in New York
Last Updated: 11:02AM BST 18 Sep 2008
Police conducting a routine probation search of the house in Malibu, California, early yesterday said they found Redmond, 24, in possession of the drug.
Los Angeles County sheriff's department said another vial was found in his 67-year-old father's bedroom, prompting deputies to arrest both men.
They were held at the Malibu/Lost Hills police station.
The pair were later released on bail of $10,000 (?5,600).
Redmond, whose mother is Farrah Fawcett, the actress, was arrested last year on charges of carrying crystal meth and heroin while driving under the influence.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges but, as part of a deal to avoid going to prison, he was fined and placed on three years probation.
This was the reason for the deputies' 7am search of his home.
The family has a long history of drug problems. O'Neal's daughter, Tatum, was arrested in New York last July for possessing a bag of crack cocaine and another of ordinary cocaine.
In her memoir, A Paper Life, she told of a chaotic childhood in which her mother, Joanna Cook Moore, battled with drugs and drink, while her father was prone to abusive outbursts of anger.


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Flipkart, a leading home-grown e-retailer, is looking to grow its marketplace operations multi-fold to compete with the likes of Amazon India.
It plans to add over 9,000 sellers on its marketplace taking the number to 12,000 by March 2015.
An e-marketplace facilities meeting of buyers and sellers – a la virtual mall which gives shoppers access to multiple brands and sellers under one roof.
Ankit Nagori, vice president – retail, Flipkart, told dna at the company's first sellers meet in Mumbai, "We have 3,000 sellers on-board and are adding a lot more sellers on a daily basis now. We are seeing enough traction and a lot of incoming requests than us actually going out and seeking sellers for the marketplace."
The company hopes to hugely increase the number of products sold its marketplace from the current 10 million.
Amazon India, which launched the operations 10 months ago, leads the space with 15 million products.
The Flipkart marketplace which was launched its with just 50 sellers on-board in April 2013, sees a huge traffic of over 10 lakh visitors every day.
Rajiv Merchant, managing director, Indian Home Variations and Distributions LLP and a seller on Flipkart Marketplace, said a lot of buyers for his home furnishing products were shopping online as compared to buying from stores in malls or other standalone retail stores.
"Our study showed significant number customers moving to e-commerce websites hence the decision to use the marketplace platform. Online allows me to sell across the country without worrying about the overheads about delivering the products to the customers."
Merchant expects close to 25% of his business coming from e-commerce platforms with Flipkart contributing a major chunk.
Flipkart, founded by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (both former Amazon.com employees) in 2007, has sellers from 15 Indian cities and this number is expected to increase to 25.
The new locations will be added depending on demand.
"Additionally, there will be certain supply clusters like for clothing (Surat, Coimbatore-Tirupur belt), accessories (Delhi), sports and fitness (Meerut), etc," said Nagori.
On vendor selection, Nagori said, "We do a thorough due diligence on the seller's product quality, authorisation, dealer certification and processes adopted to ensure seamless delivery of small orders. This is followed by their overall understanding of e-commerce technology," he said.
Flipkart, which employs over 10,000 people, has 18 million registered users with about 3.5 million daily visits, sees contribution to sales from mobile devices increasing significantly in the coming years. The company has a mobile optimised website and a mobile application on all the platforms (windows, android and iOS) and currently gets over 20% of its sales from the medium.


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Alex Genest made his first appearance at an Olympic Games in London and competed in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing 13th.
He made his first world championship senior team in 2011, representing Canada in the same event for a top-10 finish. Also internationally in the 3000m steeplechase, Genest has a fourth-place finish at the 2009 University Games and a seventh place finish at the Francophone Games that year. As a junior, he earned a top-6 placing at the World Youth Championship in 2003.


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Project MK 42 Prototype
Creating a semi-functional Iron Man armor prototype with 3D printing, CNC, Mechatronics, and onboard computing.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
MK 42 Iron Man Boot V2 painted!
I finished painting the MK 42 Boot v2 last week, and here are several shots of the boot at different angles and the step forward!
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
It has been a year since I have posted because the project was on hold. I was working a new job in 2014 in a whole new location, without a garage at my apartment. Well, I have new designs for the boot and decided to paint the V2! I will be sanding and priming for a while today, then painting soon. I also purchased some clear coat to really make it look good if the paint job turns out well.
Monday, November 18, 2013
This past month I have been working more on my two jobs and waiting for the CNC machine to be fixed and ready for use. Its quite a temperamental machine it seems and we're working out the driver and electrical shortcomings.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Well, today I had a couple hours to work on the interior skeletal system of the boot some. I hope to pick up the pace! Here you can see what is inside the shin that will be aluminum for the prototype. just above the boot, this bone system connects into under the knee. I have been doing drawings of the mechanics for the boot for the past month, but won't be posting those draftings so the 3D work is what you will see.
|The shin plate, skeletal, my leg and the calf. There is more to add and some arms and articulation for the linear actuator. My leg definitely has more calf to it than what is here I think, but the other proportions are really close.
|Adding a gasket and configuring the ankle joint here.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
It has been a while since an update. Alot of projects are going on right now for me but we are doing research and software work. I also need to save money for the main mechanical/ electrical items for the next phase of the project. Until the boot and interior skeletal within it are finished I won't be moving towards the magazine article and fund raising for the project. More 3D modeling is going on, but I will make some nice renders soon with the inner workings and what will be CNC aluminum.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The past few weeks have been super busy with working in NY and two other jobs. The team has been meeting and discussing/ planning various components in the suit. Its really exciting to envision some of the newer mechatronics components.
I just made this comparison for armor scaling as it relates to a full body scan that I have of myself. This shows how Marvel really pushes the 7 plus heads high hero standards. Who in the world could have such a small head? They would have to be eight feet tall or something! Here you can see what an actual suit proportion would be for someone with a medium sized head and standing at 6' 1' with a thin frame (me).
|The MK 42 suit on the left and my body scan model on the right.
|I took the helmet, torso, arms, and legs separately and scaled them to fit over this profile.
|Here is the side by side from the movie to real life. The legs may even be thicker but this is pretty close to what it would look like as an armor suit scaled to my body.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Here is how the mechanism looks and how it works so far!
|As you can see, we had only enough time after soldering the final wires to the board to tape it into position for demonstration. I will just create a housing for the electronics sometime next week after getting back from NY.
For right now, there is only one lock set on the left side of the calf as you see here. However, with both sides locked there won't be any play when force is applied pulling apart. Awesome work so far from our computer and electronics engineers on the team! :)
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In announcing the signing of Jo-Jo Reyes to a minor league deal, the Pirates also announced that Logan Kensing will get a minor league deal and an invite to spring training. Kensing's a reliever who's spent most of his career with the Marlins, and he spent 2011 in the Yankees' system. He hasn't pitched in the Majors since 2009, as he missed all of 2010 with an injury. Even in his unimpressive big league career, he's managed 8 strikeouts per nine innings (to go with a very high walk and homer rate) and his fastball averages around 93 mph. Which means he's exactly the sort of guy you'd expect the Pirates to invite to spring training to give a shot at the bullpen.
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Anthony Davis Fans "Browing Up" In Support of Most Improved Player Campaign
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James Harden imitated it during Foot Locker's recent NBA All Star television spot. Boost Mobile actually gave it a voice back in a May 2013 advertisement. President Barack Obama has even mentioned it whiles speaking about Team USAâs Olympic gold medal in basketball.
Now, hundreds of fans of New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis are donning unibrows and swarming to social media in support of Davis' "Bigger, Better, Brower" campaign. The brainchild of the Pelicans' public relations staff touts Davis achievements this season and his bid for Most Improved Player in the NBA.
Fans can go to the website www.biggerbetterbrower.com and print out their own unibrow, then tweet pictures of themselves rocking it - or their children or pets - with the hashtag #biggerbetterbrower.
So far cocker spaniels, babies and local New Orleans celebrities are all "browing up" and getting in on the action.
The Mitchell dogs wanted to show their support for @AntDavis23-Jersey put her game face on! #biggerbetterbrower pic.twitter.com/KdTH4ylHPO— Lindsey Mitchell (@lindseypelicans)
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Jojo had a little more fun with his @AntDavis23 unibrow! #biggerbetterbrower pic.twitter.com/KYlY78zPUt— Lindsey Mitchell (@lindseypelicans)
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.@JammerB97 doing his best @AntDavis23 #biggerbetterbrower pic.twitter.com/3ySiKW2kYP— B97 (@b97)
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Road trip advice?
I'm not sure if this helps but they make portable potty seats. DD has started potty training and we've contemplated getting one. We have family that lives 6 hours away and we'll need it for Thanksgiving.
I would try to get her on some kind of schedule-ish before you go - my son usually pees around 10, 12, 1, & 4 every day, so we left at 10, stopped for lunch & he peed at 12 & when we left, then napped - when he woke up we stopped again. It's was a pain to stop so much
We are road tripping tomorrow. I would not put a diaper on my son, who has been potty trained for as long as your daughter. I think he would regress... I will ask him 10 times if he's gotta go potty. I'll bring extra clothes and a microfiber towel in case he pees. But, I stop a lot to pee myself, so we'll just make him go when I go.
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The ``Equalising Gender Relationships in the Context of HIV/AIDS Epidemic,'' runs in collaboration with UNIFEM to prevent the spread of epidemic by the Railway Women's Empowerment and AIDS Prevention Society.
A 10-member Chinese delegation that was in India earlier this week to study the project at Vijayawada, said the project would be innovated to suit the Chinese conditions.
``While there are similarities between the Indian and the Chinese Railways systems, China does not have a developed system of schools, hospitals and other facilities like it is in India. We can adopt this concept from the Indian Railways,'' Ma Gendong, Director Division of Hygiene and Epidemic Prevention, Ministry of Railways, told The Hindu on his return from Andhra Pradesh, where the delegation also met the officers in-charge of the project.
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``While there are about 8,40,000 reported cases of AIDS and 13,000 reported HIV infected people in China, the number of AIDS affected in the Railways is just six," Mr. Gendong said. It was heartening to see that there was not much stigma attached to the disease in India and neither was there any discrimination against them. People did not hesitate to talk about it. ``We had interactions with AIDS patients at Vijayawada, who are actively participating in economic activities as well as the awareness campaign,'' he said.
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