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The 11-game losing streak is over.
In a game that looked eerily similar to earlier contests the Hoosiers haven't been able to close out down the stretch, Tom Crean's club reversed the trend and fended off Iowa 68-60 in front of 14,247 fans in Assembly Hall. The win was the first since December 10 for the Hoosiers.
"It was a great win for us," Indiana coach Tom Crean said. "As I said to the players late in the game and I said in the locker room, this will be the toughest win that they ever get. And it wasn't just because it was game night, it was because we haven't won in a while and I'm really proud of them."
Indiana (6-15, 1-8 Big Ten) led by 13 at halftime and enjoyed a 20-point lead with 11:58 remaining. The Hoosiers, however, saw the gap close to 63-60 with 44 seconds remaining on a Jeff Peterson layup.
Crean then called for a timeout and Iowa fouled Verdell Jones, who hit 1 of 2 free throws to make it 64-60. IU forced turnovers on Iowa's final two possessions on steals by Devan Dumes and Nick Williams. A layup by Malik Story and a pair of free throws by Dumes sealed the victory.
— Jeremiah Rivers' plaid shirt.
— Devan Dumes. He was 8-of-9 for the night, including 5-of-5 from 3-point land. He scored 27 points. You can't ask for a better night than that.
– Kyle Taber looking crafty around the rim on two consecutive possession in the second half with around five minutes to go. I repeat: Kyle Taber looking crafty around the rim on two consecutive possessions with about five minutes to go.
— Only 11 turnovers this evening.
— Closing out a game. Finally. That has been perhaps the most infuriating aspect of this season to date. It wasn't pretty, but those final two steals helped, as Chubs would say, "ease the tension."
— Free Throws. Horrible. Again. Tom. Pritchard. Dis. A. Ppeared. But. I. Don't. Care. We. Won. YES.
It was a record setting Saturday in Assembly Hall. Matt Roth tied a school record with nine 3-pointers made and Indiana tied a school record with their 11th consecutive loss, 93-81 to Ohio State.
The Hoosiers (5-15, 0-8 Big Ten) haven't won since December 10 against TCU and Saturday's 11th straight loss tied a record set by the 1943-1944 team.
"We knew it was a matter of time with him," Indiana coach Tom Crean said of Roth. "He has been spending so much more time in the gym on his own. He is an excellent shooter and sometimes when you're really good at something you can take it for granted once in awhile. He hasn't done that."
Roth finished with 29 points on 9 of 11 shooting from behind the arc and two free throws, but his remarkable display was overshadowed by Indiana's inability to contain Evan Turner, William Buford and Jon Diebler.
"It's really a hard situation there because they have so many guys that can score," Crean said. "Like I said, they have four perimeter (players). I think you can make a case for this throughout the country but Turner is hard a matchup as there is."
Turner scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Buford added 24 and Diebler 21. The Buckeyes (15-5, 5-4) shot 63 percent, including 10 of 17 3-pointers, and hit 25 of 30 free throws.
Besides Roth, two other Hoosiers reached double figures: Devan Dumes (13) and Nick Williams (11). Indiana shot 47 percent and hit 12 of 18 free throws.
Up next: The Hoosiers host Iowa on Wednesday night at 6:30 PM ET on the Big Ten Network.
Record tying performance: Roth's nine 3-pointers made tied the mark set by Roderick Wilmont on February 28, 2007 at Northwestern.
For the first time in a long time — maybe all season? — the Hoosiers looked like they belonged. Despite the high number of turnovers, IU played so crisp and smooth at points, I had to stop and soak it in. Hey, these guys actually look pretty darn good. In the second half as the intensity crept up and Kevin Coble started dropping in ridiculous shots, IU responded time and time again. Unlike so many other games when I just knew no matter how close it was in the end IU was destined to lose, I genuinely thought they had this game. I was screaming as Matt Roth's three hit the bottom of the net to tie the game with around 30 seconds or so to go. It's been a while since I've been that emotional about this team.
As the announcers said all second half, this was just a flat-out enjoyable college basketball game to watch. It was extremely physical (who knew?), it was intense, it was two basketball teams that were hell-bent on winning.
Devan Dumes had one of his on nights. Try five 3-pointers in the first half and a career high 26 points on 9-of-16 from the field. IU out-rebounded the crap out of Northwestern, 30-19. And perhaps the best stat of the night: IU hit all 11 free throws it took in the second half, including six from Malik Story. For the game, they made 17-of-19. This is good to see.
All we are past the mopey part of the season now? I'll admit, I've gone through some weird attitudinal shifts toward the 2008-09 Indiana Hoosiers — going from depression to blind faith to cheeriness and back again a couple of times. The past week or so has been the worst. Just as the college basketball season is taking off, earning more nightly attention than at any other part of the year, the cruel reality about Indiana basketball was finally sinking in: IU is just plain awful. They're going to be awful for the rest of the season. And no amount of rationalizing is going to make the experience any better.
So yeah, the past few weeks — the Michigan game, then the Illinois debacle, and so on — have been pretty depressing. It's enough to challenge one's sanity. Why am I watching this team? What's the point? Do I really not care about Indiana basketball?
Of course I do, and the Hoosiers' game against Minnesota proved why: They're getting there. It might not happen on the road, and it might not happen soon, but IU will win a Big Ten game, and it will be awesome.
Until then there's not a lot to analyze, really. The Hoosiers are just as bad as they look. They're inefficient offensively because they turn the ball over like crazy. They allow far too many open looks, they don't have the size to match up, they're inexperienced, and so forth. There are only so many ways to write that brilliant batch of analysis you just read without getting sick of writing it, let alone reading it. But at one point, I now feel confident in saying, the stars will align, the opposing team won't knock down those shots, the game will come down to the last few plays, and the Hoosiers won't turn the ball over, or miss a free throw, or do something utterly erratic that boggles the mind and makes one throw a pillow at the opposite couch. They'll complete that pass; they'll make that shot; they'll avoid weirdness. And they'll win.
It will be short-lived and it might only be one game. But like I said: It will be awesome.
In what has been a theme throughout this season of rebuilding, the inexperience of Tom Crean's club shined through down the stretch as Indiana fell 67-63 to Minnesota at Assembly Hall.
The Hoosiers (5-13, 0-6 Big Ten) cut the Minnesota lead to 64-63 with 29 seconds remaining on two free throws by Nick Williams. Indiana immediately fouled Al Nolen, who knocked down two free throws to push the Golden Gopher lead back to three at 66-63.
Crean called for time with 21.8 seconds remaining, but the Hoosiers couldn't get an open look and ultimately settled for an off-balance 3-point attempt by Devan Dumes that fell short. Minnesota's Paul Carter grabbed the rebound, was fouled by Verdell Jones and knocked down a free throw to put the game out of reach.
"This is one of the tougher ones to swallow," Crean said. "They all are. They are miserable for every coach and everybody that is a part of it."
The loss was the fifth straight at Assembly Hall for Indiana, the longest home losing streak for the Hoosiers since the 1984-1985 season.
Dumes led all scorers with 19 points and was joined in double figures by Malik Story with 14 and Tom Pritchard with 10. Indiana hit 8 of 15 3-pointers, but hit just 11 of 21 free throws with eight misses coming in the second half.
"The numbers we chart in practice would astound you. But it is also an empty Assembly Hall," Crean said. "It is just part of it. I don't want to get frustrated with that. We just want to continue to put ourselves in pressure situations in practice. We were shooting 72 percent in the Big Ten going into today's game."
Damian Johnson paced Minnesota (17-3, 5-3) with 18 points. Ralph Sampson III added 13 points, eight rebounds and six blocks. The win snapped a two-game skid for the Golden Gophers and moved Tubby Smith to 10-4 all-time against Indiana.
"Every time they go out, they don't give in, they don't give up," Smith said of Indiana. "It's just a matter of sustaining it and consistency, and that's what he's getting from his kids. He's getting a consistent effort. As he continues to recruit he's going to have a very good team."
Up next: Indiana will travel to Evanston on Wednesday for a 8:30 PM EST meeting with Northwestern. That game will be broadcast by the Big Ten Network.
T-shirt promotion and $5 balcony seats a success?: Indiana announced a crowd of 16,539, making Sunday's game the most attended of the season to date.
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Bremerton Carrier Stennis Certified for Combat
The USS Stennis is ready for another deployment.
The Bremerton-based aircraft carrier's strike group capped two months of pre-deployment training off the coast of Southern California on Saturday by successfully completing a Joint Task Force Exercise, according to a press release from the ship.
The strike group is tentatively scheduled to begin a six- or seven-month deployment to the western Pacific in January.
The exercise tested the ability of the strike group's three main components — the Stennis, Carrier Air Wing 9 and Destroyer Squadron 21 — to work together on strike warfare, anti-submarine warfare and anti-air warfare. Air force squadrons and ships from Canada and Chile also participated to prepare the strike group to work with coalition forces.
They were given a scenario that began with normal operations and gradually became a full-blown battle.
"We all learned a great deal, and most of all we learned to operate as a team, said Stennis commanding officer Capt. Joseph Kuzmick. "As much as anything else, you get confidence from doing this and seeing that you really can make it all come together. We learned to push our equipment to the limits, and we learned how to deal with almost anything."
With the exercise complete, the strike group is certified as ready for major combat operations.
"Overall, it was a great building-block exercise to hone our skills, and I think we're ready for cruise now," said Rear Adm. Mark Vance, strike group commander.
The Stennis left Bremerton on Sept. 23. It is expected to return by Tuesday, according to a base spokeswoman.
During its last deployment, in 2007, the Stennis spend 7 1/2 months the Middle East, participating in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It departed Naval Base-Kitsap-Bremerton on Jan. 16 and returned on Aug. 31. After returning, it underwent $240 million worth of upgrades and maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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Who Accepted Defeat Like A Man - Juan Manuel Marquez or Manny Pacquiao?
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So why do fighters use specific gloves for?
And taking blood at that late of stage when you trying to make weight is a problem.
Anyone will tell you that Winning are pillow and Reyes are the puncher's gloves.
So giving a puncher like Pacquiao pillows is going to affect the fight.
Either way Pacquiao accepted the judges decision and came back stronger with his favoured gloves.
In blood tests, they don't take enough blood to weaken you. You lose far more blood in Sparring and a fight than from a blood test. So the blood test excuse is just pathetic. The gloves excuse was just Pathetic, Morales wore the same ****ing gloves. Morales gave Pacquiao a boxing lesson, it didn't matter what gloves Pacquiao wore, he would have lost. The fact that Pacquiao feels he needs a certain glove to win shows he ain't tht great of a fighter, if your a good fighter, you should be able to win regardless of what gloves you wear. Your a professional, for goodness sake. Back in the day Fighters wore whatever gloves was given to them, and they did the Job. Don't cry and complain about gloves. You Pac****s are ****ing Pathetic.
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I have seen your recent tips (Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA Part 1, Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA Part 2 and PowerShell Support in SQL Server 2008 - Invoke-Sqlcmd Cmdlet) on PowerShell and see value in them. Unfortunately, we do not have PowerShell installed on our SQL Servers and I am not sure when that is going to happen. Until that day arrives could you give me some insight into valuable DOS commands that I can leverage in administrative and research situations on my SQL Servers?
PowerShell offers a great deal of value, but if it is not installed on your SQL Servers, then working through that process in some large organizations could take time. I would recommend moving down that path, but until that day comes, there are some DOS commands that can be valuable as well.
In an earlier tip (Accessing the Windows File System from SQL Server) we outlined some options to access files and directories, so be sure to check that out. To build on those commands let's see how to do the following:
Before we go too far down this path, using these commands in SQL Server is based on having the extended stored procedure master..xp_cmdshell enabled. In SQL Server 2000, in general this was accomplished by having SQL Server System Administrator rights. In SQL Server 2005, the master..xp_cmdshell extended stored procedure is enabled by using the Surface Area Configuration manager. In SQL Server 2008, enabling the master..xp_cmdshell extended stored procedure is accomplished by properly configuring the correct facet.
File Management
One set of logic I have used time and time again in T-SQL administrative scripts is related to file management. Whether it is from an automated maintenance task or backup\recovery\log shipping, managing files has been a necessity.
DOS File Management Commands
|Copy and Paste Files - The xcopy command is handy when you need to copy and paste files from one directory to another. In the example below we are copying the Test.txt file in the C:\temp directory to the root of the C:\ drive. The /v switch verifies the file as it is written to the destination directory, the /q suppresses the display of messages, /y switch indicates that suppresses a prompt to overwrite an existing file and the /z switch copies the file in a mode where the file could be restarted. This command has additional options available than the copy command related to including subdirectories, archived files, verifying files, etc.
|Cut and Paste Files - When it comes to cutting and pasting files, I prefer to use the move command. It is a simple command with a single switch to suppress any prompting followed by the source file and destination directory. Another alternative is to use the xcopy command listed above and then one of the delete commands listed below for more advanced deleting techniques.
|Delete Files - Deleting files is imperative to ensure disk drives to not fill up. Although disk is cheap at some point it gets expensive to manage (people) and power the SAN\NAS\DASD devices.
|Here are a few different tips that have already been written on the topic:
|Rename Files - Since we are talking about files, in many of the scripts I have written I have renamed files so it is easy to determine that they have been processed. At the most simple level, the rename command can be called with the current directory and file name followed by the new file name.
|Create Directories - In the example code below, we are creating a new directory based on the current date with the mkdir DOS command.
|-- 1 - Declare variables
DECLARE @CMD1 varchar(8000)
DECLARE @RestoreRootDirectory varchar(255)
DECLARE @CurrentDate datetime
DECLARE @CurrentName varchar(8)
-- 2 - Initialize variables
SET @RestoreRootDirectory = 'C:\Temp\'
SET @CurrentDate = GETDATE()
SELECT @CurrentName = CONVERT(varchar(8), @CurrentDate, 112)
-- 3a - Create the current directory
-- 3b - Test the error value
RAISERROR ('3a - Restore directory not created', 16, 1)
|Remove Directories - In the example code below, we are removing a directory based on the the current date minus one.
|-- 1 - Declare variables
DECLARE @CMD1 varchar(8000)
DECLARE @RestoreRootDirectory varchar(255)
DECLARE @CurrentDate datetime
DECLARE @PreviousName varchar(8)
-- 2 - Initialize variables
SET @RestoreRootDirectory = 'C:\Temp\'
SET @CurrentDate = GETDATE()
SELECT @PreviousName = CONVERT(varchar(8), @CurrentDate-1, 112)
-- 3a - Drop the previous directory
-- 3b - Test the error value
RAISERROR ('3a - Restore directory not deleted', 16, 1)
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DOS Troubleshooting and Research Commands
|Gather system information - Winmsd can be invoked directly from the Start | Run command by typing in WINMSD. With this command you are able to get a basic set of information about the machine.
|Validating a machine is online after a reboot - Although the ping command will not tell you when your application is operational after a reboot, it will let you know when Windows should be operational so you can begin to validate SQL Server has recovered and the application is operational.
|Active Ports - The netstat -a command is valuable to provide the active TCP connections with the TCP and UDP ports the SQL Server is listening on.
|Network Cards - Another command for general troubleshooting is the ipconfig command. In this example we are listing all of the information across each of the NICs, but this command does offer more options in terms of flushing DNS, releasing DNS, renewing DNS, etc.
|Free disk space - The master..xp_fixeddrives extended stored procedure lists the free space in MB per disk drive. One situation I have run into with processes requiring a significant amount of disk space on a monthly basis is to check the free disk space prior to running the remainder of the code. It is frustrating to have a process run for an extended period of time only to find out sufficient disk space was not available in the first place. Check out the Determine Free Disk Space in SQL Server with T-SQL Code tip for additional information.
|EXEC master.sys.xp_fixeddrives
|Directory structure - The master..xp_subdirs extended stored procedure provides the ability to capture the sub directories.
|EXEC master.sys.xp_subdirs 'c:\'
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|Saturday, December 27, 2014 - 9:31:40 AM - pankaj
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Hi Jeremy,
I liked this tutorial from bottom of my heart.
It is very detailed as per my opinion.
|Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 1:24:53 AM - Dinesh DBA
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A tracert is similar to ping, but will show the details the connection takes to the server. This is a useful debugging tool for generic server access problems.
CMd:- Tracert google.com
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Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers.What is Telnet?
Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers. Through Telnet, an administrator or another user canaccess someone else's computer remotely.
Example:- 1) Telnet 127.0.0.1 1433 :- which is useful for mssql connectivity port.
2) Telnet 192.168.0.12 1433 :- reomot computer port connection.
|Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 1:10:49 AM - Dinesh DBA
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Start/Stop SQL Server from command line
You can start/stop SQL Server from command line using NET command as below:
NET Action Service Name or Service Display Name.
To START SQL Server Service, use:
NET start MSSQLSERVER
NET start "SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)"
To STOP SQL Server Service, use:
NET stop MSSQLSERVER
NET stop "SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)"
|Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 1:05:53 AM - Dinesh DBA
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sqlcmd Utility:-
sqlcmd -S myServer\instanceName. Replace myServer\instanceName with the name of the computer and the instance of SQL Server that you want to connect to.
Ex:- Sqlcmd -S . -E => will connect Local Machine with Window authetication
Sqlcmd -S FinaceServer -E => will connect FinaceServer sql server with Window authetication.
Sqlcmd - => will show network sql server installled.
|Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 12:42:38 AM - Dinesh DBA
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Sets the command path in the PATH environment variable (the set of directories used to search for executable files). If used without parameters, path displays the current command path.
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Advanced information about users Using DOS Command:- (NLTEST /user:"Username")
The following example shows detailed information about a specific user.
This command displays output similar to the following:
User: User1 Rid: 0x3eb Version: 0x10002 LastLogon: 2ee61c9a 01c0e947 = 5/30/2001 13:29:10 PasswordLastSet: 9dad5428 01c0e577 = 5/25/2001 17:05:47 AccountExpires: ffffffff 7fffffff = 9/13/30828 19:48:05 PrimaryGroupId: 0x201 UserAccountControl: 0x210 CountryCode: 0x0 CodePage: 0x0 BadPasswordCount: 0x0 LogonCount: 0x33 AdminCount: 0x1 SecurityDescriptor: 80140001 0000009c 000000ac 00000014 00000044 00300002 000000 02 0014c002 01050045 00000101 01000000 00000000 0014c002 000f07ff 00000101 05000 000 00000007 00580012 00000003 00240000 00020044 00000501 05000000 00000015 22cd b7b4 7112b3f1 2b3be507 000003eb 00180000 000f07ff 00000201 05000000 00000020 000 00220 00140000 0002035b 00000101 01000000 00000000 00000201 05000000 00000020 00 000220 00000201 05000000 00000020 00000220 AccountName: User1 Groups: 00000201 00000007 LmOwfPassword: fb890c9c 5c7e7e09 ee58593b d959c681 NtOwfPassword: d82759cc 81a342ac df600c37 4e58a478 NtPasswordHistory: 00011001 LmPasswordHistory: 00010011 The command completed successfully
|Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 12:20:04 AM - Dinesh DBA
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Verify trust relationship with a specific server Using Dos Commad--NLTEST
The following example verifies that the a-dc1 server has a valid trust relationship with the domain.
This command displays output similar to the following:
Flags: 30 HAS_IP HAS_TIMESERV Trusted DC Name \\fourthcoffee-dc-01.forthcoffee.com Trusted DC Connection Status Status = 0 0x0 NERR_Success The command completed successfully
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My four year old son has pretty much given up naps, only napping twice a week, maybe.Ā While I'm fine with this, I am a big supporter of enforcing 'quiet time'...either reading books or quiet play in his room.
My son is normally pretty obedient, but with this he just has been very noncompliant.Ā When I say 'stay in your bed for the first few minutes, and read these books you picked out'...he gets up, takes all of the clothes out of his drawers, moves his furniture around in his room, gets his train tracks out, etc.
My 'theory' was to have him rest in his bed for the first 20-30 minutes, so that IF he was tired, he would fall asleep.Ā If he hasn't after that, I go in and tell him he can get up and play in his room.
Unfortunately, EVERY time I go into his room, he hasn't followed my instructions.Ā I've tried MULTIPLE different ways to help him obey, including positive reinforcement, discussions, praying, taking away priveledges, etc.Ā
I am losing patience with this situation...again, I'm fine with the fact that he's not sleeping, but I do want to continue enforcing the 'quiet time,' AND as a mom, I want to teach my children that it's not okay to disobey.Ā
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Enjoy a scenic drive along Maffra's tree-lined 19th century main street and stay a while to explore a town steeped in history.
Heritage town
Named after the town of Maffra in Portugal due to the fact that some early settlers had reportedly fought in Spain and Portugal during the Peninsula War. Maffra started to grow in 1862, when a punt conveyed hopeful miners along the Macalister River to the goldfields. During the 1890s a sugar beet industry started and operated until the weather and competition for labour from the dairying industry ended it after World War II.
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Nick started his career with Cadbury's where he held a number of sales, production, marketing, management and operational roles. He then went on to work for Guinness running the on-trade operations, Pepsico where he led the licensed trade function and the home baking side of Whitworths; before becoming part of a management buy-out of a dry dog food division of Dalgety. As the Sales and Marketing Director he created the largest supplier of own label dog food in the UK.
Nick joined the RFU to lead the development of refereeing. He spent 14 years, in a variety of roles, latterly, as a member of the Executive Committee, as the Head of Public Affairs and Operations, generating over £200m of inward investment into the sport for community based activity and facility development.
On leaving the RFU Nick became Chief Executive of one of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales' charities. He developed and expanded the charity to reach more of its target group of the unemployed over 50s, creating over 2,000 new businesses and 3,000 jobs.
Latterly, he was the Chief Executive of the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association, where as the Chief Executive, he led the organisation through a period of transformation.
Both Nick's father and brother served in the RAF, and his sister-in-law was a commercial pilot, so he has a natural affinity for all things aviation.
Outside work Nick has held a Ministerial appointment, several non-executive directorships and acted as a trustee for a range of charities.
David Prowse joined the Association in 2014 after 35 years in the RAF serving mostly in the Chinook support helicopter role operating in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He is committed to growing the membership of the Association.
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Rory joined the Royal Air Forces Association in May 2013 as the Director of Welfare. Rory came from SSAFA where he was responsible for all of the contracted SSAFA Health and Social Care services in Cyprus. He also managed the SSAFA volunteer teams. Previous to Cyprus, Rory managed Primary and Community Health Care services in British Forces Germany. He has a wealth of experience within the Health and Social care sector. Rory resigned from the Royal Navy in 2004 having undertaken a number of tri -service postings and spending much of his service career attached to the Royal Marines. His last posting was to Flag Officer Sea Training where he was heavily involved in the inspection and training of Royal Navy and foreign naval ships preparing for operational deployments.
Rachel Huxford was born in Gloucestershire and studied English Literature at University College, Durham, where she was also a member of Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron.
After a holiday job as a wingwalker, Rachel began a public relations career with the team's parent company, AeroSuperBatics Ltd.
Rachel became Head of Corporate Communications for the Air Cadet Association before joining the Red Arrows, where she headed their PR and marketing team. She was responsible for overseas ambassadorial tours to over 20 countries on behalf of the UK government. Her efforts earned her inclusion in the 2006 New Year Honours List.
Rachel's subsequent fundraising career has included roles with the RAF Association, the RAF Benevolent Fund and the Woodland Trust. She rejoined the RAF Association as Director of Fundraising and Trading in July 2015.
Rachel lives in Lincolnshire with her partner Ben (an engineer serving in the RAF) and an assortment of animals.
Johnston is a CIMA qualified chartered management accountant and a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
He has wide experience gained in senior finance and management roles in the RAF and from 2001 in the not for profit sector. He has filled a number of company secretary positions and has experience as a pension fund trustee and as a trustee Chair Of Audit Committee on a Higher Education Governance Board.
Johnston joined the RAF Association in March 2013 and is delighted to be part of the team and looks forward to contributing to its ongoing success.
Alyson Hunter was born in South Wales, the daughter of an Army Officer. After attending Moreton Hall in Shropshire, she joined the RAF in 1984 as an Administrative Secretarial Officer. Serving in a range of roles including time in Northern Ireland and as the first female adjutant to the RAF Regiment at Greenham Common, Alyson left in 1992 to manage the Outdoor Leisure Services across Cardiff.
Alyson carried out a number of roles with local government and settling in Leicestershire, where she worked for the Police for seven years as their HR Organisational Development and Change Manager. She studied with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, becoming a Chartered Fellow in 2004.
In 2005 Alyson became the Head of HR for the National Farmers' Union, a membership organisation, and one of her first tasks was to relocate the staff from London to their new HQ at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. After a spell in 2009 as the Chief Executive of a charity supporting adults and children with learning difficulties, Alyson saw the position with the RAF Association advertised in 2011 and hasn't looked back.
Alyson is married to Jim, a Chartered Financial Planner with his own pension and investment business in Leicestershire and has two step-daughters and a son. Her hobbies are skiing, yoga and going to the gym.
Gp Capt (Ret'd) Bill Mahon left the RAF earlier this year, having served in a wide variety of posts on units, at RAF Command HQ, MoD Central Staff and, more latterly, in Defence Equipment & Support, in a career lasting more than 30 years. Bill is married with two grown up children.
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Hi everyone,
I'm new in molecular cloning and protein expression. pET20 is available in my lab so I expect to use it. It produce C-ter-His-tagged protein. I plan to insert at NdeI-EcoRI site. and I notice that almost twenty amino acids (include His tag) are fused with my protein. I don't need to remove His tag but I wonder that whether these amino acids affect my protein property. (I need to determine only phenotye of the clone harboring my gene)
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Posted 02 September 2011 - 04:24 AM
Short answer: there is no way to know. You might get some insight from looking at a 3D structure of your protein, or even from checking the helix/turn/beta 2D propensity, but you have to try it.
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Posted 02 September 2011 - 07:13 PM
thank you. your answer is useful for me. I think I'll try 2D first.
Posted 03 September 2011 - 04:38 PM
It certainly can affect your protein. You should also tag the protein on the other terminus to check changes in distribution. If you have antibodies against the native protein, compare the tagged with untagged.
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I dont have antibody. but I think of tag on N-ter is easier for me, thank you:)
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According to GalleyCat, the Federal Trade Commission will fine independent bloggers up to $11,000 if they fail to disclose that they've received a product for free. This means book reviewers who get books for free, music reviewers who get music for free, stroller reviewers who get strollers for free, have to say as much in their reviews or risk massive, disproportionate penalties.
The FTC has argued that this standard doesn't apply to traditional journalism outlets because "the newspaper receives the book and it allows the reviewer to review it, it's still the property of the newspaper."
It's an innocuous but offensive requirement, but I'm more interested in the FTC's imagined relationship between publishers and record labels and journalists and newspapers.
For one thing, the free CDs, books, and movies that come to the Washington City Paper come to individual journalists, not the paper, and if we like these cultural artifacts enough to review them, we often take them home with us and keep them, though we never ever say this in our reviews because no one gives a shit. In over a year here, I've never seen someone ask permission to take something home (though I have witnessed email fights over who gets to take what when supplies are limited).
Ergo, the boogeyman of unreported paid advertising is already happening. Music writers, for instance, do it for a living. The New York Times doesn't let writers keep promos, but the Washington Post does. The great Robert Christgau even sold the stuff he doesn't like (according to my colleagues, this is still quite common and completely ethical).
And with regards to the future of music writing, where physical review copies are going the way of the podunk paper and its foreign bureau, things are about to get murkier. Will it still count as compensation if a label sends you a stream which you can access for a set amount of time for free, but which expires after two months? What if they send you files you can keep forever and ever–does the FTC have a system for tracking any of this? Does it have a system for measuring value? Is it going to raid WCP's offices now that I've admitted we get to keep all our promo shit?
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The base trim was the bare-bones model that came with very little features and options. The XR model was the midpoint between affordability and luxury. Features included a leather-covered steering wheel and color-matched handles and mirrors. Optional features included alloy wheels, a sunroof, and a body kit. The XRS trim was the top-notch model of the Matrix. The XRS was equipped with four disc brakes and alloy wheels while safety features included anti-lock brakes and an electronic brakeforce distribution system.
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Much like its predecessor, the vehicle provides an above-average performance all around. The engine does a pretty good job of hauling the whole vehicle while maintaining its fuel efficiency. Handling and ride comfort still score pretty high, despite the rather laggard response of the steering wheel. The interior styling is fantastic and the quality is evident all around. The amount of space inside, especially at the back, allows a good amount of cargo or people to be loaded.


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The three suspects, a 41-year-old Retsil man and two Bremerton women, 27 and 26, were first suspended and later fired. Nursing home administrators informed Bremerton police Jan. 27 after the suspects allegedly showed the pictures to other staff as a joke.
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Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. So go ahead, get your read on.
+ Stephen Curry is hoping for a quick recovery from an ankle sprain, but missed Team USA's practice on Thursday. Curry, Eric Gordon and Russell Westbrook are reportedly competing for the final spot on the world championship roster.
+ The NCAA's new President, Mark Emmert, isn't a fan of the one-and-done rule and would prefer the baseball model.
+ Matt Snyder weighs-in with a Big Ten edition of summer session over at FanHouse. Maurice Creek and Guy Marc-Michel are mentioned.
+ ESPN updated their Super 60 rankings for the class of 2012.
+ Northwestern guard Michael Thompson is hoping forward Kevin Coble will return to the program, writes Teddy Greenstein of The Chicago Tribune.
+ Our friends at UMHoops have been all over preparation from Michigan's upcoming trip to Europe, including video interviews with players and practice footage.
+ According to this tweet, Cincinnati guard and former IU target Aaron Thomas has a top five of Cincinnati, Clemson, Florida State, Nebraska and Purdue. Brian Snow of Rivals has more on Thomas' list.
+ Former IU forward Lance Stemler will host a basketball clinic at Nolan Fieldhouse in Sellersburg, Indiana on Saturday, August 28.
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College basketball seasons are long and dynamic things. They're not like college football seasons, which require drilled excellence from the outset and where a midseason loss can kill your chances at winning a truly screwed-up national championship. They're not like NFL or NBA seasons, where each team is basically what they are starting in training camp. They're not baseball seasons, either, where the playoffs are such a comparably small sample size that all a fan can hope for is a division title — the rest feels like a crapshoot.
Instead, college basketball teams, the ones that compete in March, have similar blueprints: They roll the balls out in October, look terrible in November and December, coalesce in January, fade slightly in February, and, if they're really good, peak in March when the games matter most. This blueprint hits close to home; just look at Michigan State this year. Or North Carolina. Or any of the teams still playing basketball next weekend. Or any of the 20 or so teams that lost last weekend that deserved to win. That's the blueprint you're supposed to follow.
I wish we could look back at IU's season, as this TMA intends to, and say they followed the blueprint. A loss to a good Arkansas team under those auspices would have been OK. But we can't say that. Instead, they didn't push to the finish, or peak in their late games. They quit. They just quit. And for some reason, I'm not even mad.
A season that started with promise and aspirations of a run to San Antonio ended Friday night as Indiana fell to Arkansas 86-72 in the first round of the East Regional in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Hoosiers (25-8) started the season 17-1, but went just 3-4 in their final seven games including three straight losses.
D.J. White scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds in his final game for Indiana and Armon Bassett added 21 points and seven assists. The duo, however, got little help from their teammates.
Eric Gordon continued his late season slide with just eight points on 3 of 15 shooting. The freshman hit just 2 of 6 free throws, committed four turnovers and was visibly frustrated throughout.
"Eric has struggled a little bit with his shot and they did a good job staying square with him," Indiana interim coach Dan Dakich said. "He's a kid who put Indiana back relevant. He had a great year."
Indiana led 19-18 with 10:14 remaining in the first half, but the Razorbacks (23-11) closed the first half on a 19-11 run and led 37-30 at intermission.
Strong out of the gate: In each of IU's last three losses, they've trailed at halftime and in two of the games (Michigan State and Minnesota), they've trailed big early. Playing from behind is not advisable for anybody in the NCAA Tournament. And for a team that has struggled as badly of late as this one, another slow start could be a recipe for catastrophe.
Establish D.J. White: With IU's recent struggles from the perimeter, it's essential to establish White in order to free up some open looks for Armon Bassett, Eric Gordon and Jordan Crawford. Bassett and Gordon are shooting a combined 18.3 percent from three-point range on their last 53 attempts. As Terry Hutchens pointed out in today's Indianapolis Star, White took just three shots in the first 12 minutes against Minnesota and in the Penn State game, he took just two shots in the first ten minutes. That's not acceptable for a player shooting over 60 percent from the field.
Big game for Gordon: It's been a while since the freshman had a solid shooting night. In fact, the last time he shot better than 50 percent from the field was on February 16 against Michigan State. In other words, he's more than overdue for a hot shooting night. Gordon knows this is likely his only chance to make a run in the NCAA Tournament. It'll be important to get him a couple of open looks early to establish his confidence. If the Hoosiers can get him going, the combination of White and Gordon is as good as any in the country.
Bad decisions. If you can boil down IU's entire struggle with injured little meek please-govnah-don't-hurt-us Penn State yesterday, that was it. Bad decisions.
Bad decisions from the three-point line. Bad decisions in the post. Bad decisions on defense. Whatever bad decision Jamarcus Ellis made in between now and last Wednesday. Most especially, bad decisions in the final minutes of overtime, a time when inside buckets could have helped keep the Hoosiers afloat. Bad decisions when IU opted for three-pointer after three-pointer. Bad decisions that neglected D.J. White too often and made IU look too little like the team it could have been on the eve of the Big Ten Tournament.
— The optimist in me wants to ignore the various deficiencies today. Instead, it would be just as easy to chalk this game up to late-season fatigue and apathy, similar to the ugly first 30 minutes of Wednesday's win over the Tubby Gophers. Sunday's first half was a display of rampant sluggishness, followed by a second half of disorganized frenzy. Both halves yielded very few made shots for IU. Neither of those things are necessarily an indictment of the team if they happen once or twice in a row, but now, since Kelvin Sampson was fired, they have happened five straight times.
We've been over this before, but let's look at it again:
— Win at Northwestern, in a game that makes NU's gimmicky offense and Kevin Coble look like UNC and Tyler Hansbrough. Lucky that Northwestern's defense is just incompetent enough to keep IU in the game throughout.
— Win over Ohio State at home in a game that, as you were watching, felt like the Hoosiers should have been playing far more convincingly. That's gut-feeling stuff and admittedly not very tangible, but you know what I'm talking about. (Though with Ohio State's win over Michigan State, at least the Buckeyes look like a tournament team again.)
— The drubbing at Michigan State. Let's not review that one again.
— Ugly 30 minutes vs. Minnesota. Eventual win thanks to briefly revived offense.
— Sunday's loss.
See what I mean? There's a trend there, a trend of serious systemic defensive problems, of sporadic offensive lapses, and of playing down to the level of the opponent. To chalk that up to bad shooting is to do a disservice to just how mediocre IU has been over the past three weeks. Three in a row is a trend. What does that make five?
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It took a while for the Hoosiers to pull away in this one — thanks to Northwestern's back cuts and three-point shooting — but with around eight minutes to go, Eric Gordon hit a few shots, D.J. White chipped in some free throws and that was that: 75-63, IU wins. For the afternoon Gordon had 29 points — 18 of which came on three-point baskets. White racked up his fourteenth double-double with 26 points and 13 boards. Craig Moore led the Wildcats with 17 points.
It also helped that IU went to a zone in the second half, negating some of Northwestern's nifty screening and cutting. At one point, Northwestern didn't notch a field goal for just about eight minutes. Kyle Taber got the start at the four for the Hoosiers and saw some considerable playing time. (Clearly, Kelvin Sampson — like many of us — is realizing the Mike White/DeAndre Thomas/Lance Stemler combo has been lackluster as of late.)
Though Taber saw considerable playing time, he was just sort of, well, there. He didn't do anything particularly notable. He didn't do anything particularly awful, either. (Although, I do remember an errant pass for a turnover in the second half.) It was nice to see Sampson try something else there, even if it wasn't quite the answer. Taber does have size and if he can play some defense — which he seemed somewhat capable of today — it might be another serviceable option for IU as the season progresses.
Our guy A.J. Ratliff saw the floor for a good stretch this afternoon as well, but it's clear his shot just isn't there yet this season. He attempted six threes and only hit one.
Oh and since we've all been rather critical of Sampson, his offensive schemes and the way this team has played this year, I highly recommend you read Chris Korman's article from today. Sampson responded to a lot of that criticism yesterday. (One thing I'll say: Sampson was able to maximize the talent on last year's squad: they played well together. Why he hasn't been able to do that for this year's team, well, I don't know. But we're eight game deep in the Big Ten season, he better figure it out soon.)
The Hoosiers are now 18-3 on the season and 7-1 in the Big Ten. They play Illinois on Thursday night in Champaign, Ill.


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Hey guys, semi noob here, but looking to learn and eventually hopefully create my own carputer. I'm currently working on figuring out where and how to mount the screen before I do much further planning.
I drive a 2007 Honda accord SE v6, with the integrated radio and 6 cd changer built in and the cubby pocket beneath that on the front console. the cubby is already modded with an auxiliary audio input jack connected to the aux port on the bottom of the radio behind and above the cubby. My issue is wanting to keep things looking pretty factory so it doesn't look cobbled together, but avoid too much alteration to the car if possible, at least for a start. I also don't want to block the radio as I still use that.
As far as what I want out of a carputer, I've not chosen anything yet as far as parts (waiting till I'm certain I can mount the monitor), but I do have ideas as far as what features I want:
backup camera
phone connection integration (Bluetooth, etc)
ODB monitoring display for personal logs
other features as project progresses possible
So, all that said, for now I'm just looking into ways to mount the touchscreen. can't decide if some sort of mold on the dashboard would work, or remodel the sunglasses holder (its just the holder and personal lights, no extras) as a kind of flip down screen or something like that. also can't decide on an OS between android or linux or, if features require, an extremely stripped down windows. so any help would be very useful right now.


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It's summer (supposedly), which means that it's time for yet another intellectually stimulating Fast and Furious movie, the highly anticipated debut of the new Miller Lite bottle and, of course, CareerBuilder's annual Summer Jobs Forecast.
According to this year's survey of more than 2,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals nationwide, 29 percent of employers plan to hire seasonal workers this summer.
Although unchanged from 2012, the number of employers hiring seasonal workers is up significantly from an average of 21 percent from 2008 to 2011, indicating a positive but cautious hiring outlook.
Who's Shopping for Summer Hires? It's Not Just Retail Employers
While summer jobs are commonly associated with the retail and hospitality sectors, employers in leisure and hospitality (47 percent), manufacturing (34 percent), information technology (34 percent) and retail (33 percent) are the most likely to hire seasonal help this summer.
What's in Fashion for Employers this Season
Among the survey's other findings were the following trends:
- Summer could last all year. The majority of employers (67 percent) hiring this summer said they'll be considering some hires for permanent positions.
- Paychecks are increasing. Two thirds of employers (66 percent) will pay their summer hires $10 or more per hour – up from 64 percent in 2012 and 58 percent in 2011.
- Hiring is happening, and it's happening now. More than half of all employers (53 percent) will complete their seasonal hiring in May or June. (In other words, if your company is among those hiring this summer, if you haven't started your recruiting process yet, now is the time to start.)
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What are you dreaming about?
Worst pregnancy dreams.
ummm with my firsty they were TERRIBLE. She would fall off balconies as a baby or drown, all kinds of sad stuff. My husband cheating on me, all kinds of craziness.
They have just been BIZARRE this time around. Nothing frightening yet, just weird. For instance, the other night I dreamt I went in for my next doc apt and they told me there was another heartbeat, so I got all excited about twins. doc says nope the other one is 6-8 weeks behind my son.
WHAT?? lol. I kept thinking in my dream "Don't I need two uteruses for that?" lol.
My first bundle of joy :)
Kaiden Royce born on 3/28/2013
Ive been having super vivid real life like dreams... Two nights ago I dreamt my best friend was murdered in a home robbery gone bad. Last night I dreamt someone was breaking into my house and I even woke my bf up screaming. Holy nightmares. Wonder what's in store for tonight?!...
Jayden & Jackson June.2, 2011 (lost at 23 weeks)
My rainbow Gavin born April.5 2013
Expecting our sunshine baby Oct.31 2014 :)


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> Arizona County Dumps Speed Cameras As Ineffective
Arizona County Dumps Speed Cameras As Ineffective
Photo radar fails to reduce accidents in Pima County, Arizona so board of supervisors cancel program.
Speed cameras did nothing to improve safety on the roads of Pima County, Arizona so county supervisors decided earlier this month to cut ties with American Traffic Solutions (ATS), the for profit company in charge of the program. The automated ticketing contract expired on January 6.
"Studies show that drivers become familiar with the fixed sites and decelerate as they near the camera, only to accelerate once clear of the site," County Administrator C.H. Huckelberry wrote in a memo to the board of supervisors. "The crash rate throughout the entire Pima County road system declined 19 percent since 2008. Isolating just the eleven camera sites, however, indicates the three-year crash rate across the camera locations decreased only 13 percent, which is lower than expected."
At some sites, accidents increased, and at others they decreased, suggesting the photo ticketing had no effect on safety. The county analysis found accident severity also stayed the same. Collision rates may not be the only factor motivating supervisors. From the beginning, the county has had problems with ATS and the tiered per-ticket compensation arrangement that was part of the contract.
"When the program went 'live,' an initial controversy existed when the vendor (ATS) billed for the entirety of the 'initial' tier of citation essentially creating a 'minimum' threshold amount for which the county was responsible regardless of the quantity of citations actually paid," Pima County Sheriff's Captain Karl Woolridge explained in a memo.
The county eventually escaped the mandatory minimum charge, but officials were not pleased with the attempt to extract more money from the contract. ATS offered to install several other photo ticketing options to keep the program alive. Red light cameras were rejected as predatory devices.
"The city of Tucson was embroiled in controversy regarding red light enforcement to include the length of yellow phases at city intersections and the actual boundaries of the intersection which were often far beyond the painted crosswalks and stop bars on roadways which contributed to driver confusion," Captain Woolridge explained.
Officials also noted the unpopularity of automated ticketing machines has resulted in camera removal in Pinal County and rejection of the statewide freeway camera program. Despite initial claims that continuously recording the license plates of all passing vehicles would help locate stolen cars, the sheriff's department found the feature of "limited usefulness" with the speed cameras. Official rejected the offer to install dedicated automated license plate reader (ALPR or ANPR) cameras.
The ATS cameras generated 15,498 tickets worth $3.7 million last year.
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Ben Askren Joins Evolve MMA, Likely Headed to…One FC (?!!!)
(Askren, seen here attempting to grapple with the current One FC welterweight champion.)
Poor, poor Ben Askren.
Despite being one of the most talented/accomplished wrestlers in the sport (if not the most talented/accomplished), and despite his blatant attempts at trolling his way into the UFC, it seems that "Funky" simply does not meet the standard of the world's premier MMA organization. If only he had been born in Tuvalu, perhaps this glaring oversight could have been avoided. Dana White recently spoke with USA Today about the former Bellator champion's future:
He's a nice guy. You know, we just won't be signing him. There's competition for him at World Series of Fighting. This kid will probably sign with them. I don't know (since) they've got to come to an agreement and a deal. But if he does, there's actual competition for him there.
I think it's crazy that he's ranked in the top 10. He hasn't fought anybody (Ed note: Way to kick Jay Hieron while he's down) and has no challenges. The best thing that could've ever happened to that kid was leaving Bellator. Now he has the opportunity to go to World Series of Fighting and show what he's got.
You're right, Dana. There is
plenty of some competition to be had at WSOF. Unfortunately, it appears that Askren is well on his way to signing with One FC, who we weren't even aware had a welterweight division until earlier today. Join us after the jump for the details.


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I love this lens! This is my first lb, I have thought about buying them before but always held off. But I knew the moment I saw the composer I was going to buy it. I bought the holga lens too, will shoot that tomorrow.
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Louis F. Dow Studio Fine Art Printmaking
Welcome to the studio
DowStudio.com is the Internet portal for the art - drawings
and fine art prints - of Master Printmaker Louis F. Dow.
On this site, you can find out about Louis, learn about how he
makes his art and see many examples of the art.
Check out the buttons at the right to navigate to various parts
of the site.
On many pages are short "blurbs" that explain about various
aspects of printmaking and drawing and on about some of the
personal approaches Louis uses when making art. These often
have links to more complete explanations.
On the "Contact" page, there's an opportunity to contact
Louis with comments, questions and ideas or to inquire about
purchasing or commissioning art.
A "monotype" is any unique (mono-)
piece of fine art made using some
kind of printing process (-type). In
the case of the monotype pictured
above, Alpine Village, the image was
built up on a flat plexiglass plate
which was then placed on a press bed
and covered with a piece of fine art
paper. Running the plate and paper
through the press causes the image
to transfer from the late to the paper.
© Louis F. Dow
Alpine Meadow
Alpine Meadow
About Louis Dow
Dow has been a professional printmaker for over 35 years,
running professional, commercial printmaking studios in Los
Angeles, Indiana and Miami. At each of these locations he made
his own art; worked with artists from around the world who have
an interest in printmaking, especially etchings and monotypes
and monoprints; did workshops and was generally supportive of
aspiring and accomplished printmakers and artists.
He also makes, proofs, editions and repairs etching and other
types of relief and intaglio plates for artists, publishers and
collectors. Louis began his adult life as a musician and later earned a Masters of Public
Administration from the highly respected City Management school of the University of Kansas. He held
several "real jobs" in public administration, including being City Manager or Assistant in several
Although he truly enjoyed public administration and public management, he wanted to see if it was possible
to live his live without a real job and decided to return to the arts; learned to draw and began a focus on
Printmaking, particularly etchings and monotypes.
© Louis F. Dow
Insets, top to bottom
Le Synagogue
: Etching &
Colligraph, hand color; 24x36
Black Flowers
: multi-plate etching;
Invitation to the Dance
Colligraph; 17x30
Glacier Park
: Monotype; 44x30
Printmaking -
Printmaking isn't commercial printing, it isn't posters or reproductions, letterheads or invitations.
Fine Art Printmaking is simply various techniques for making fine art that include some kind of
printing process. Included in Printmaking are such techniques as etching, wood- and lino-cuts,
hand lithography, monotypes and monoprints. While drawings aren't a printmaking technique,
many printmakers also make drawings and many printmaking techniques involve some drawing so
drawing is often part of a Printmaker's portfolio.
What does "printing process" mean?
A "printing process" simply involves the process of transferring imagery usually by means of a printing press. So, in Printmaking,
there is some kind of plate - in etching a copper or zinc plate, in lithography, a stone or aluminum plate, in wood-cuts a block of
wood serves as a plate, and so on. The image is built up on the plate using any of a wide variety of techniques and then transferred,
usually in a press, to paper or some other substrate. The result is a "Print," also called an etching, or a woodcut or linocut, or a hand
lithograph (not to be confused with photo or ofset lithography which is standard printing, like posters or invitations), or a monotype
or monoprint.
© Louis F. Dow
Insets, left to right
Santa Monica
: hand-colored
etching, 20x24
Dante's View:
Monotype & Mixed
Media, 40x60
Custom Original Monotypes
Monotypes are pieces of original fine art made using some
printing process. The studio can make original, one-of-a-
kind monotypes in almost any custom color and style. We
often make fine art that will match color and stylistic
schemes. Prices are based mostly on size.
Generally $300.00 - 3,ooo.00
While we make etchings in a wide variety of styles, they
often have a more "traditional look." Etchings are the
medium of Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, and Blake. Etchings
are often smaller - Rembrandt did some as small as
postage stamps - but are conveniently available in sizes up
to 24x36 inches. The Studio has developed a technique,
mixing an etching with a colligraph, which allows for wide
ranges of colors and textures while keeping costs
reasonable. Cost depends on size and difficulty of printing.
Generally $300.00 - 5,000.00
Strictly speaking, drawing isn't a printmaking technique,
but it's common for printmakers to also make drawings
and that's certainly the case at Dow Studio. We do both
pen & ink and pencil drawings and make color available via
either colored pencils or other color media. Prices depend
on size and technique.
Generally $200.00 - 10,000
© Louis F. Dow
Insets, top to bottom
Fr. Wilhelm
: Monotype & Mixed
Media, 30x44
Etching & Colligraph with
hand color, 12x18
The Exchange Floor:
Drawing, 30x44
"Printmaking is the
GRAND OPERA of art. A
Printmaker employs
almost all of the tech-
niques artists use,
imagery, chemistry,
composition, technique,
and lots of problem
solving, to make a print.
-Louis F. Dow
© Louis F. Dow
Stories about Los Angeles
Only a few people know that I have a brother in Los
Angeles who was critically injured in a catastrophic
house fire on December 29. I rushed out to L.A.
that same day and was able to see him that night.
He was badly injured, burns all over his head, arms
and hands, lots of damage to his lungs because of
smoke inhalation - and inhalation of other junk,
damage to his kidneys and heart. He's still in the
Intensive Care Unit of the Grossman Burn Clinic,
where he's getting absolutely wonderful care, and
he's slowly regaining consciousness. He's
undergone several surgeries to do skin grafts and
still more procedures to try and clear out his lungs.
He was on dialysis for a while to help his kidneys,
but fortunately, that's over now.
It was apparent from the beginning that he was
going to need a lot of care for who knows how
long, but longer than what anyone anticipated
when I first flew out, so, after a week seeing him
every day in the I.C.U. I flew back to Miami, hastily
loaded a car up, and drove back as quickly as
possible to L.A. That excursion took about 5 days.
I'm back now, spending a lot of time every day with
him, helping with the therapy supervising his care
and just giving a lot of moral support. I've been with
him every day except for several days when I flew
back to Miami
While I'm here, I'm doing pen & ink and colored
pencil drawings. I'm mostly using some of my older
monotypes as "hooks" for the imagery . . . and I
think they're turning out pretty good. In fact, I think
they represent a new level in my ability to execute
this type of drawing. I'll post some images as soon
as I have them ready.
On this page:
-The Rehearsal
Pencil Drawing,
Below, you'll see three sets of images. The first shows drawings, the middle is etchings and the last (though not least) are
Monotypes, Monoprints and Colligraphs. Click on an image to see a larger version.
© Louis F. Dow
A Cautionary Note:
While I'm in L.A. reaching my by
postal mail is difficult, so it's best
to not try, use e-mail instead.
© Louis F. Dow
Pencil Drawing, 30x44


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Re: Indiana Jones: The Quest for Death...aka Harrison says kill Indy!!
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Yes, I have heard that according to the Young Indy shows, Indy himself survives all the way into the early 1990s.
Lucas considers those wraparounds apocryphal, and has since the VHS releases of the late-90s which excised them. They aren't even on the DVD box sets.
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Tiny baby shoes are just so cute that I could eat them up! Even though babies don't really need to wear shoes until they start to walk, we still occasionally splurge on an extra cute pair for a special occasion. With the holidays quickly approaching, we wanted to share our Top Picks for Holiday Shoes for Baby with you. These shoes will be great for any holiday occasion from … [Read more...]
Robeez 2010 Spring Collection Now Available
Robeez has introduced its 2010 Spring Collection! New for spring 2010 is their Eco-Collection, a line of shoes for baby made from recycled leathers and rubbers and 100 percent organic canvas. In addition, the spring fashions include adorable sports, animal and flower prints for boys and girls. The new styles are absolutely adorable that we had a hard time chosing our … [Read more...]
Robeez is Having a 30% Off Sale on Winter Sport Booties
For a limited time, Robeez is having a 30% Off Winter Sport Booties Sale! These adorable booties are now offered at a low $26.99! I even found a couple pair of booties on their site that were $18.99 and $23.99 which is more than 30% off! Plus, if you order 2 or more pairs you get free shipping!! SHOP ROBEEZ BOOTIES SALE … [Read more...]
Robeez is Having a Super 50% Off Sale!
For a limited time only, Robeez is having a super sale, offering savings of up to 50% on select styles. This sale is "while supplies last" - so if your little ones are in need of some new shoes or you need a great baby gift - hop on over to Robeez and check it out! SHOP Robeez Sale … [Read more...]