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Ground Zero, Iraq
International | MILITARY: It's a guerrilla war out there, and nearly all of that trauma passes through the hospital doors at Camp Anaconda
"Ground Zero, Iraq" Continued...
DEC. 8 AT THE ARMY'S 21ST Combat Support Hospital was tree-lighting day. But it didn't end on a festive note.
Doctors, medics, and other personnel were having a relatively light day with no incoming wounded. "We never use the Q word around here"-meaning quiet-said Col. Carol McNeill. "Then it's sure to change."
During the lull the hospital chaplain, Capt. Dallas Walker, gathered the medical team to light the Christmas tree. Men and women, doctors, nurses, medics, and administrators clumped into the intersecting tent between the trauma tent and operating rooms to sing "White Christmas" and "Jingle Bells."
Hospital commander Col. Douglas Liening stepped up to turn on the lights-a ceremony timed to coincide with the Christmas tree lighting at Fort Hood, Texas, the unit's home base. Chaplain Walker ended with prayer: "Father, we do thank You for this life that You've given each one of us. Now continue to protect us and watch out for us. And be with our dear loved ones back home."
Then it was back to work. At 6 p.m. the radio crackled to life: "Medevac, medevac, medevac." That was the first alert that wounded soldiers would be arriving soon.
This hospital is the Army's largest medical facility in Iraq outside a field hospital in Baghdad. Located near the town of Balad, halfway between hot zones at Tikrit in the north and Fallujah in the south, the 21st CSH-known in Army lingo as "the cash"-absorbs much of the war's trauma.
Medical staff here have seen more than 14,000 patients since the hospital opened at the end of April. Those include victims of combat, accidents, and general medical cases ranging from asthma attacks and hives to pneumonia and heart attacks. The 84-bed facility is a revolving door: Patients are treated quickly and returned to duty; or, in trauma cases, stabilized so they can be transported to the Army's full-fledged medical center at Landstuhl, Germany.
The hospital takes up one quadrant of Camp Anaconda, at 15 square miles the largest U.S. base in Iraq. The hospital runs on 300 active-duty personnel. They work 8- or 12-hour shifts but in reality are on call 24 hours a day.
Lt. Col. Kimberly Kesling is currently the only orthopedic surgeon on staff-and seven out of every 10 surgical procedures are orthopedic. Physicians frequently show up in off-duty shorts and T-shirt to don surgical gloves and go to work. Inside the windowless maze of tents, it's hard to know whether it's day or night. And, anyway, the lights are always on.
Why would physician specialists choose Army life? "I know this is where God wants me," said Col. Russ Martin, a general surgeon. "Pay for Army doctors is not the same as private physicians, but it is very good, very comfortable."
Col. Martin, director of resident training at the Fort Hood hospital, volunteered to deploy for Operation Iraqi Freedom because he knew there was a shortage of field physicians. "I don't see a lot of friends out there [in private practice] happy, and I am very happy with what I am doing."
At 7 p.m. more details trickle in. A Stryker, the Army's newest fighting vehicle, has rolled into a canal. Three urgent-care gurneys are prepared in the EMT (or trauma unit). Medics peel off sweaters, laugh, and sing instructions to keep tension at bay. "It's about to get hot in here," said one.
A nurse arrives with, "Who, what, when, and where?" She rubs sleepy eyes and departs after sizing up the staff level and concluding she won't be needed.
Then the final radio call: one minute out, but only one patient, in stable condition. There's no time to wonder about the changing numbers or the delay in arrival. The chopper has touched down and the ambulance flashes its headlights into the gravel path by the EMT door. An officer rolls out its back doors ahead of the litter. "Stryker vehicle rolled over into a ditch of water. It's on its head right now," he says.
The victim is conscious and moving. Once on the table, medics and nurses crowd in, slice open his pants and shirt, and go to work. His temperature is good and in a matter of minutes he is upright, wretching.
But the news coming through the ward isn't good. Two soldiers in the Stryker remained trapped under water too long. They were dead on arrival. A third was given CPR for 40 minutes before he also died. After the survivor is stabilized and X-rayed, one of the attending physicians will head outside to pronounce the fatalities.
The EMT ward clears slowly but the mood changes instantly. The medical team is sober and curt. "It is very, very hard when we lose three guys," explains nurse Capt. Shirley Daniels. "No one takes it well. We've been doing it for nine months. And it's getting old."
Central Command said attacks on coalition forces across Iraq averaged 50 a day at the height of bombings in November-the worst casualty month yet for U.S. forces in Iraq. Last week they said attacks had fallen to about 20 a day.
The slowed tempo is welcome news here. But it doesn't change the toll for the military's caregivers. The camp itself comes under attack too. Overnight, two artillery rounds are unloaded against suspected insurgents.
"It's hot and cold. You can have 28 attacks and only four wounded. Or one attack with 28 casualties," said Maj. Douglas Boyer, an internal-medicine physician.
Most here are seeing combat duty for the first time. And most will be around well into next year. March is the earliest anyone currently on duty is likely to go home. "There is a lot of trauma here. A lot of trauma," said Col. Carol McNeill, deputy commander for nursing and a 23-year Army active-duty officer. "We see multiple amputations, eye injuries, bellies opened up-the kind of things that stay with you."
The bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad sent 24 trauma victims to the 21st, including a man with a 5-foot metal window-frame rod protruding through his skull. Technicians had to saw the rod in order to carry him through the trauma unit doors. He survived, but lost an eye.
Trauma victims instantly marshal these hospital workers, but the seriously wounded rarely make headlines. During the first week of December, arriving combat casualties averaged about three a day. A soldier came in with the lower part of his face blown off. His vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, or IED, just outside the camp. When the convoy slowed after the explosion, an attacker shot him in the face.
A severely wounded soldier was driven up to the gate in a Bradley after he was hit by an armor-piercing artillery round. Medics worked to revive him, but he died in the trauma unit.
In another recent case, about 60 hospital personnel volunteered their own blood for a severely wounded soldier after failing to stop near-fatal bleeding. He needed 21 units of whole blood before surgeons located and fixed a contracted vessel from a leg amputation.
The hospital has two recovery units set aside for Iraqi prisoners of war.
"Sometimes they will bring in an American soldier, and right behind him the insurgent who shot him," said Col. McNeill. No one anticipated the hospital would take on prisoner patients, but they have to be completely healed, according to Col. McNeill, before they can be moved to a detention facility. "We treat the patient, regardless of nationality," said Maj. Boyer. But the prisoners have a separate ward guarded by military police.
Defense officials are continuing the embed policy for journalists (which put a BBC camera crew and WORLD in the trauma unit on Dec. 8), but medical personnel here are frustrated by the way news media are covering casualties. Capt. Troy Smith, a respiratory therapist, says reports should not distinguish between "war" casualties before the official end of hostilities and current casualties.
Those reports may exact political damage on President Bush for declaring an end to hostilities last May, but to the staff here, the slant makes it look like the military isn't up to the present threats. "This never was a major conflict; it was a guerrilla war from the outset and it still is. They are trying to maim our soldiers, and that's our whole focus out here," he said.
Dec. 8 may be the only reprieve combat hospital workers have for awhile. The following day the radio was crackling early with reports of bombings at both ends of the sector: A car bomber had driven up to a checkpoint in Mosul and detonated himself among U.S. troops, and soon after there was another explosion in Baquba. None of the wounded showed up at the 21st until sometime after lunch, when one of the Mosul injuries just suddenly appeared at the tarmac. He had already been operated on at a smaller hospital in Mosul, then flown here.
One of the medics who flew with him produced a baseball-sized piece of shrapnel covered in blood. He had saved the chunk, which had wedged itself into the soldier's face. Gauze draped the young man's lower face, but bleeding from his facial wounds continued and some of his vitals were wavering. Scanning his paperwork, one of the nurses noted that yesterday was his 18th birthday. Doctors readied him for X-rays and more surgery, before he would be sent up to Germany.
For doctors who treat these wounded, such episodes are all in a day's work. For the wounded, it's the beginning of a long road to recovery.


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Steven F. Johnson, MD, FACS
Cardio-thoracic surgery
Dr. Johnson is a Montgomery native who completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, where he also served as a research fellow and was chief resident in general surgery. He completed a second residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was also a research fellow in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Johnson received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's degree in physical sciences.
Dr. Johnson performs more than 300 thoracic surgeries annually, including coronary artery bypass grafting, carotid endarterectomy, heart valve repairs and replacements, aortic surgeries, pneumonectomies, lobectomies and other procedures.
Dr. Johnson is double board certified in surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. He joined Southeastern Cardiovascular Associates in July 1996.
He has two children and enjoys hunting, fishing and boating.
John E. Streitman, MD
Cardio-thoracic surgery
Dr. Streitman was born in Atlanta and raised in south Texas. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Texas A&M Health Science Center in Temple, Texas, and a residency in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He graduated Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry.
Dr. Streitman performs a full spectrum of cardiothoracic procedures including: coronary bypass surgery, valve repair and replacement including minimally invasive approaches, surgery for atrial fibrillation, lung and esophageal surgery and peripheral vascular surgery including endovascular procedures. He is trained in complex cardiac operations including thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair and re-operative cardiac surgery.
Dr. Streitman is double board certified in general surgery and thoracic surgery. He joined Southeastern Cardiovascular Associates in May 2010.
Dr. Streitman, the father of two children, is a golfer and a musician.
Elias R. Quintos, MD
Cardio-thoracic surgery
Dr. Quintos is a native of the Philippines and completed separate residencies in surgery and cardiothoracic surgery at the State University of New York in Stony Brook and Syracuse, N.Y. Dr. Quintos received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, La., and his bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the State University of New York.
Dr. Quintos has experience in an array of procedures including on and off pump coronary artery revascularization, heart valve repair and replacement; thoracic aortic repair; pacemaker implantation and removal; robotic and video-assisted lung surgery; esophageal surgery; chest wall reconstruction; diaphragmatic repair; carotid endarterectomy; anterior exposure, and the maze procedure for atrial fibrillation.
Dr. Quintos is double board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He joined Southeastern Cardiovascular Associates in February 2014.
Dr. Quintos and his wife have three children. He enjoys playing tennis, bicycling, boating and navigation.

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A prime intersection in Richlands will be closed for several hours today and Wednesday as Duke Energy Progress works to move a power pole and start phase one of a project to make turning easier at the intersection, according to transportation officials.
�Once they get the pole moved back away from the roadway we�ll be able to increase that radius,� said Warren Wethington, maintenance engineer for Onslow County, explaining that the move will make it easier for drivers to turn right on Franck Street from Wilmington Street.
While the cost was not immediately available, Wethington said the project costs will be split 50-50 with the utility company.
Meghan Musgrave, spokeswoman for Duke Energy Progress, said the N.C. Department of Transportation requested the pole be moved.
Transportation officials are advising motorists that the intersection will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday while the pole is moved.
The number of times the pole has been hit recently was not immediately available.
Once the work is complete, transportation officials will begin evaluating the turn. They hope to begin that phase of work in the spring, according to Wethington.
Amanda Hickey is the government reporter at The Daily News. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Iced Coffee
July 3, 2013
It's hot here in Oakland...not as hot as other parts of the country but hot enough to make us crave iced coffee. We thought this would be a good opportunity to try out all those different methods we have been scoping out on different websites and traditional recipes we have done before.
The Drip-From-a-Bottle-Into-an-Aeropress Method
Prima Coffee recently posted an article with a cool cold brew drip tutorial that didn't require an expensive drip brewer. A 1 liter plastic bottle with the bottom cut off and a hole poked into the cap, when turned upside down, serves as the tank in which ice and water are held. You want to make a hole small enough to allow about 40 drops a minute. Use an Aeropress funnel as a holder for the upside-down bottle. This will suspend the bottle on top of a plunger-less Aeropress containing a filter, in it's usual place, ground coffee with a little chicory and another filter (trimmed to fit) on top of the coffee. Use whatever decanter you want. Mason jars and small French press beakers work well. Get ready to sit and stare...it's gonna take a while. A fast dripping bottle takes an hour to fully empty itself. We thought the coffee turned out tea-like and lemony, with a nice mouthfeel and good body. It was surprising how clear many of the tasting notes were and that as a cold coffee, how true to our coffee review it was.
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Celebrity Moms Advocate for Autism Awareness
The panel at Prince George's Community College included names even a casual fan of television and movies would recognize but the topic was grim—autism and the African American child.
Nearly 150 people gathered at the Largo campus for the enlightening, and at times emotional, panel discussion on African-Americans and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sponsored by Autism Speaks and the Prince George's County chapter of The Links. Panelists for the event included actress Tisha Campbell-Martin and LaDonna Hughley, wife of comedian D.L. Hughley. Both are mothers of sons diagnosed with ASD.
"We recognize the importance of autism and the fact that so many African-Americas are not being covered and are not receiving access to the services," said Virgenia Embrey-Brock, president of the Prince George's County Chapter of
The Links. "This is a way to jumpstart and get this information out to residents of Prince George's. This brings the awareness that is needed to educate parents so they recognize that it's not always behavioral issues, it's a serious problem."
The women emphasized the overall message that advocating for a proper diagnosis, medical care and education is most important to an ASD child's development.
ASD is a group of complex disorders of brain development and is detected by varying degrees of difficulty in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. The disorders include autistic disorder, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive development disorder not-otherwise-specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger's syndrome.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1 in 88 children is diagnosed with ASD; 1 in 252 are girls and 1 in 54 are boys. A 2008 study by the Maryland Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Project found that of 27,022 8-year olds studied in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Hartford and Howard counties, ASD diagnoses was 12.9 per 1000 for Whites and 11.7 per 1000 for Blacks.
Campbell-Martin, whose 11-year-old son Xen was diagnosed with autism at 18 months old, served as moderator for the panel which covered a range of challenges for families with ASD children such as parenting, education, family support and diagnosis.
"African-American and Latino children are diagnosed two to three years after their Caucasian counterparts," said Campbell-Martin. "The teachers and the doctors in urban areas aren't as educated so we have to get them educated so people can have more resources and more advantages."
Significant disparities in detection and care exists for African-American families facing ASD for several reasons including lack of access to healthcare, lack of a consistent family doctor and distrust of the medical community.
"I had three doctors sit in front of me and tell me my kid needs to be on medication," said Campbell-Martin who opted for other methods for her son.
Other panelists for the event included Stacy Wiseman, an Autism Speaks ambassador and Bowie resident; Dr. Kathleen Atmore of Children's National Medical Center; Donna Hunter, a Los Angeles-based mom advocate and Betty Adkins, an autism specialist with Prince George's County Public Schools.
A huge hurdle after diagnosis is providing the proper educational environment where teachers and students are sensitive to the needs of ASD children.
Hunter, whose 22-year-old daughter Alex is autistic and non-verbal, experienced a traumatic public school incident. Her daughter, at age 10, had a particularly difficult day in class and was put out of the classroom and onto the school's football field with her desk.
"That was the beginning of the fight for me," said Hunter. "I kept wanting someone else to get in there and help me but it wasn't until then that I realized that I had to do the work."
Wiseman, a Prince George's County educator and parent of a child with ASD in the county school system, is very pleased with the specialized educational support for her son.
"The county has done a great job," said Wiseman about her 10-year old son Hal who attends Kingsford Elementary in Bowie. "I'm his biggest advocate and when something is wrong the principals and administrators are always there for me."
Campbell-Martin, Hughley and Hunter partnered with two other mothers with ASD children and started "Colored My Mind, " a non-profit dedicated to empowering parents with children diagnosed with ASD. Through their advocacy, the organization produced an award-winning documentary short of the same name which explores the challenges of ASD diagnosis with children of color.
However, there is hope and evidence that with the necessary support and education ASD children will blossom similarly to neuro-typical children.
"My son will say I don't have autism anymore and don't go telling my girlfriend," said Campbell-Martin. "I thought this may be too young [for a girlfriend] but I didn't know if he would ever love. So what's the harm if it's puppy love?"
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) - Every year, about 11,000 women under the age of forty are diagnosed with breast cancer, and 10% die from the disease because they're either misdiagnosed or they're told they're too young to get breast cancer. That's almost what happened to Maimah Karmo.
Karmo was only 32-years-old when she discovered a lump in her breast while taking a shower.
"I went to my doctor and she told me that you can't have breast cancer. You're too young. Women who are your age don't get breast cancer," said Karmo.
But Karmo did have breast cancer. By the time she went back to her doctor six-moths later, the lump had doubled in size.
"Gripped with fear was an understatement. I sat there shaking and I thought I was going to pass out. My daughter was the first and foremost thing in my mind. I couldn't leave her," said Karmo.
To make matters worse, Karmo's fiancé walked out in the middle of her treatment.
"There was a time when I was just so devastated by the diagnosis and I was just so alone. And not knowing another woman who had had breast cancer at my age, I didn't know where to go to for support," said Karmo. "I think in that lonely place is where I found god and found Tigerlily."
The Tigerlily Foundation is Karmo's self-proclaimed other baby. She founded the organization during her second round of chemo. Three years later, she's filling the swag bags for their first fundraising gala.
"We're there for young women between the ages of 15 and 40 to educate them, to advocate for them, and to provide hands on support before, during, and after breast cancer," said Karmo. "We're going to tell them, hey if you need help right now, we have buddies for you, we can help you pay your bills, we can provide you with home cleaning. We're the place to come to help young women breathe."
As for Karmo, she's now in remission and on a mission to help other young women beat breast cancer.
"I am better than I was before. I feel healthier, I feel happier, I feel more purposeful," said Karmo.
The Tigerlily Foundation's Annual Gala will take place on October 22, 2009 from 7 - 10 PM at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. WUSA9's Andrea Roane will be the Mistress of Ceremonies. If you would like to attend the gala or learn more about the Tigerlily Foundation, go to www.tigerlilyfoundation.org.


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As the temperatures fall, the population at homeless shelters grows, but a new mentoring program offered by Carpenter's Place and the American Red Cross aims at getting more people out of shelters and into jobs and apartments.
Kevin Neuber has been in and out of homeless shelters for years. He's spent the last month at the carpenter's place.
"A bunch of us were talking and saying without this facility we don't know what we'd do."
But Neubert hopes a new mentoring program offered by carpenters place and the Red Cross will get him back on track and off the streets.
"Get a job, get a place to live, and get out of here. I'll still come back here though and help out because of all they've done for me," Neubert says.
Tom Gates is volunteering to serve as a mentor, to help Rockford's homeless find jobs, housing and battle addictions. But simply being a friend comes first.
"I'm just going to try and be a good listener and encourage the people to keep moving," Gates says.
Organizers of the program say mentors can make a big difference in the lives of these people.
The program was announced this week in recognition of Homeless Awareness Week, but organizers hope the benefits will last years. If you're interested in becoming a mentor call carpenter's place at 964-4105, or the Rock River chapter of the Red Cross at 963-8471. Mentors must give a three month commitment to spend one to four hours a week with their mentoree.
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3D Coat's Brushes
Posted 30 March 2012 - 01:19 AM
I have recently given colleagues (avid Mudbox/ZBrush users) a brief overview of 3D Coat and whilst their comments were positive overall (mainly referring to its "potential"), the brushes really seemed to be problematic for them. The feel and general performance wasn't something they were particularly impressed by. Larger brushes tend to feel sluggish and weird artifacts often show up - even after adjusting the spacing settings, interpolation, brush alphas used and so on. Another thing was the difference between surface mode and voxel mode - there doesn't appear to be much in the way of consistency between the way the various brushes feel and perform. Some people seemed to prefer using the Grow brush as a standard brush when sculpting with voxels whilst others preferred Airbrush - the one common thing was that neither felt ideal.
As for artifacts - with each stroke, various brushes seem to start and end with a mound/dimple. Playing with the spacing settings seemed to affect this behaviour but should *any* brush really be doing this (especially default brush behaviour)? This side of 3D Coat doesn't seem as robust as it should be and I'd personally rather have fewer default brushes that work flawlessly rather than a whole bunch that all seem to have problems.
I'd be happy to post some examples of brushes that don't perform particularly well but I'd like to hear whether anyone else has shared similar experiences or feels the same. Perhaps it'd be useful to use this thread as a place where we can experiment with various brush settings and try to pinpoint things that aren't right. I'm sure that if we can help Andrew identify the issues then he'd be all the more willing to address them.
Posted 30 March 2012 - 06:06 AM
Some of the regular surface brushes with remove stretching enabled cause artifacts. I submitted a bug report a couple of months ago about it. I do not seem to have the dimple problem you mentioned. The linux version did have the dimple problem but it was squashed a few versions back.
Another consideration is the voxel resolution in voxel mode and the polygon count in surface mode and how that effects the brush behaviour...
As mentioned above 3DCoat's digital Clay handles differently plus Voxel and Surface mode are different by design. The brush behavior will be different.
I agree that voxel brushes could use a going over, Surface mode and LC brushes I feel I have more control over the outcome.
I am not a professionally trained artist so it would be interesting to see how some of the more experienced users tackle brushes in 3DCoat, of course I will put
in my 2 cents worth...
Posted 30 March 2012 - 06:54 AM
Voxel and Surface mode are different by design. The brush behavior will be different.
The subtleties of which confuse the new user. The penny might drop more if users were dropped into surface mode first.
What happens is that the first time user ( or in reality user of other apps ) has already experienced a raft of tools that do not behave to their expectation derived from other applications tools.
For example the difference between surface modes clay and standards modes clay is staggering. Surface mode clay is evidently superior yet the first time user is exposed the the more peculiar standard mode clay. Surface mode brushes do fulfill first time users expectation to a greater degree. At the moment you have to swap between two rooms to find the best brush for the job. John mentions the airbrush and grow and quite rightly - yet surface mode has no performance equivalent as yet.
The four brushes that John and many others mention should in actuality be the first top four in the toolbar of both rooms - the rest divided. Those four tools should then be easily interface swappable for the new user who prefers other favorite tools as experience allows.
Every user in ZBrush has their preferred top four brushes. What they are depends per person but each fulfill / answer a basic task orientated need and most are consensus or get the nod of respect from users as personal preference but nonetheless worthy and or equal.
In truth the work has already been blazed by zbrush in this respect - find out the four most commonly preferred brushes by task , finesse the brushes closest by task in 3dc and there's your answer for the first four brushes :-)
It's the first point of contact, the initial fulfillment of standard expectation from there the other depths of 3DC could reveal themselves. if a brush evidently behaves better with spacing on why isn't it's defaults setting for that tool set to spacing on?
The default e-panel setting is misleading - it should lead with brush pressure affects depth first - then draw with constant depth and radius regardless of brush pressure then thirdly the present default e-panel setting "brush pressure effects radius and depth" which is a better finishing setting but a lousy generic setting. Changing this would make an immediate and big difference.
Myself one of the things I absolutely adore about 3DC's brushes is the range of polishing modes hidden within all it's tools smoothing modes. They are exquisite and each a brush in their own right . This is hidden from the first time user John as they also perfect the ills of which you speak yet this is not evident at first. With time these smooth modes become such that sculpting in 3DC to my mind is more pleasurable for many tasks than ZBrush but initially more painful. The pleasure of 3DC with further investigation is truly finding all the things it does exceed ZBrush by way of intuitive sculpting and there are many. For this reason I will swap about for the present.
With regard potential , if a tool can shave time off my exposure to sitting at a computer with regard achieving certain tasks then in this sense it is already fulfilling potential . Sometimes a production assessment of potential can be clouded by an existing investment in habit.
Posted 30 March 2012 - 08:15 AM
That being said, I do realize that having brush tools (in addition to the other great tools) is necessary, and some people would like to simply stick with using brushes to build most of their sculpture. Therefore, I suggest that the 3D-Coat developers work on creating a brush which is identical to the Clay Buildup brush in Zbrush. That brush is the best brush I have ever encountered in any sculpting application. I have tweaked some brushes in 3D-Coat to be similar to the Zbrush Clay Buildup brush, but they are not quite as good. Also, a brush like the Knife brush in Mudbox would be nice. I have tried using the Pinch, CreaseClay, or Grow brush with a pointy alpha, but a dedicated Knife brush would still be better.
Posted 30 March 2012 - 08:38 AM
As for artifacts - with each stroke, various brushes seem to start and end with a mound/dimple. Playing with the spacing settings seemed to affect this behaviour but should *any* brush really be doing this (especially default brush behaviour)?
Using the lines tool options in the E panel has this happening at the end of the stroke all the time, especially when intersecting. I would be very interested if anyone knows how to prevent this easily.
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Posted 30 March 2012 - 12:59 PM
tis true .
I suggest that the 3D-Coat developers work on creating a brush which is identical to the Clay Buildup brush in Zbrush. That brush is the best brush I have ever encountered in any sculpting application.
great point Timmy.
Personally I think the greatest thing about 3D-Coat is being able to get so much good work done without using the brushes at all.
As a useful btw -to get a standard brush feel in Surface Mode > LiveClay>General Brush >check the airbrush mode>choose the small sharp alpha/brush >;set falloff to 30 and focal shift to 3 >cntrl click and make a copy of your settings and name it
......also there's another standard brush type in the surface mode brushes - strangely it's in the chisel tool with the cntrl key pressed. The Chisel tool is a gem - chisels with left click - soft builds with cntrl click and polishes through form with shift click. 3DCoat is full of gems like this.
Also there's another major difference between standard voxel mode and surface mode and something I make a point of repeating in some of my vimeo tutorials and that is that the surface mode sculpting brushes are by general rule planar in their nature like zbrush's claybuild up brushes whereas the standard mode brushes are more rounded in their nature and shape profile. For softer slower control Standard Mode is a great option - for faster roughing in choose Surface Mode.
The surface mode Move tool is like ZBrushes snakehook brush and move tool combined. It can both be used to draw and sculpt as well as smooth wonderfully. 70 -80% of what all the other sculpting tools can create can be created with the move tool alone but in Pilgway's typical modesty - no big deal is made of this but maybe should be.
Can you share LiveClay brushes yet? Being able to share brush tools may be a way to establish easier conversation with regard some useful generic artistic consensus on brush behavior - particularly so if e-panel setting would be saved with them.
Myself I really hope that Andrew allows us to have temporary swappable tools where we can be in our main tool of choice but can temporarily hot switch and cycle through a collection of tools of our choice .
Posted 31 March 2012 - 01:58 AM
Agreed. 3D Coat took a major step forward in this area back when Andrew did all the Multi-Threading work, then re-worked the Brush Engine. However, that didn't get 3D Coat to the finish line...just a closer step to it. It's still has some distance to go. I hope he makes it his mission to improve performance (and stability) until 3DC has closed ranks with the competition. It's not lacking for features, in my opinion.
I installed the newest one today and I can't say I saw any difference to speak of with the larger brushes. I was trying to paint a 4K map and even moderately large brushes just fell apart. They stop working at all, start jittering around, or just act very laggy. Same problem as always for me.
I was only painting the diffuse btw, no depth, no spec.
There is still a major need to improve brush performance for hi-res work, but at least 3DC is kick-ass for detail stuff. Small brushes and sharp detail are way better than Mudbox IMO
Posted 31 March 2012 - 10:45 PM
There are some really informative replies on here with some good tips too! We all know 3D Coat has some awesome features and we've rightly praised those areas where it excels, however, the general consensus does appear to be that the brushes need some work so I'd like to start off with a picture highlighting a very annoying problem:
For now, I've decided to stay away from more complex brushes as it'd be a good idea to absolutely nail the 'staple' brushes that any 3D sculpting software should have. The first example is taken straight from ZBrush - I've just used a simple mouse gesture on a sphere and the results are pretty self explanatory. I'm not sure why activating the 'Use Spacing' option removes the mounds/dimples at the start/end of each stroke but being as though that's the current default behaviour, I personally feel it really needs to be addressed. When sculpting, having to permanently smooth out the errors sucks away a lot of time and more importantly, breaks one's creative flow.
I've noticed that Use Spacing affects performance quite drastically and the higher the value, the more you begin to notice the mounds/dimples, which seems a little bizarre to me? It'd be nice to have a solution that doesn't mean having to take a performance hit. ZBrush in this regard comes out on top right now (especially on my computer).
Another thing that I sneakily put into the first ZBrush example is a single stroke made with the Dam_Standard - anyone that does character work will know its value for creating wrinkles or clothing etc. Yes, you can get close in 3D Coat but the point is, it takes a lot more work (smoothing off edges etc) to get the same result. I personally haven't been able to achieve a similar stroke in 3D Coat using voxels, surface mode, or any combination of strokes and alphas. For me, these brushes performing consistently form the absolute basic requirements for a sculpting package.
It'd be interesting to go into this in more detail as I feel the results and subsequent improvements would elevate 3D Coat substantially.
Posted 31 March 2012 - 11:15 PM
Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:32 AM
Now,the question is why is there a large range of difference in the stroke pattern between yours and mine. I do like this thread because if we can nail down what is causing problems then the brushes can be truly addressed.
Edit: The difference here on the most part is due to mine being a a low polygon sphere. This one is 250,000 polygons...
Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:01 AM
I seem not to get as bad of areas on the end of the stroke..
@ AbnRanger
Wow, Border size makes a difference, thanks for that tip...
The second pictures is from increasing border size in the E-Panel.
Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:24 AM
These issues are what many first time 3D Coat users are experiencing when coming from either Mudbox or ZBrush so it isn't creating the best impression to those that know and have experienced better.
Just like to add that I hope Andrew doesn't feel overwhelmed by all of this. It shouldn't be viewed negatively and I think the reason why it's important to focus on these issues in such detail is because they're so important to the long term success of 3D Coat as a sculpting package. Good brushes will underpin everything! Also, it's really frustrating because it's so close to being right yet all these little problems are holding it back.
Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:36 AM
I learned to work around the brush dotting but I would think in a production schedule with deadlines this issue would be killer. Clean strokes and solid behavior would be needed for sculpting work...
I'm glad this thread was started not as a bashing arena but as a real concerned effort to help Andrew in his development of 3DCoat. I will be out of town but when I get back I will continue...
Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:44 AM
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:15 AM
I figured ol' Frankenstein would be a good character to do some damage to with some brush experimentation so I have just created a rough base shape for us to use.
Grab it here: FRANKENSTEIN
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:21 AM
We clearly all manage to get decent results out of 3D Coat which is why we all obviously use it. The issue seems to be that a lot of us have to adjust our painting style or spend ages configuring settings in order to achieve the results we're looking for. This obviously means that the default brushes aren't doing a great job and that there's a great deal of room for improvement - I think that's probably the key point we all need to focus on. I am happy to provide a test head or similar for us to test stuff out on - it'd probably good to be testing these brushes out on something with a reasonable poly count and with absolute targets we can try to create (wrinkles, hair, features, etc).
That would be great John to have a test model so we are all working and testing brushes and behavior on the same model...
I think you nail it for it for having to adjust brushes and create some workarounds to get the brush where we need it. A solid default brush would be better and then we could fine tune as needed.
Posted 01 April 2012 - 09:12 AM
To be honest for me 3dcoat is good mainly for concepts,you can start and define the shape at a level that after can be used in other software(let's say it's useful for a prototype),but if you need a final version the brushes(or the tecnology)don't allow to do it.
A part from the issue pointed out above I would like to be able to smooth the difference between height you can have when you start to do a complex height shape following your path stroke,it could be really useful for some detailing work,practically it's like when you do fur combing in some software and you smooth only the length of the fur and not it's direction(with 3dcoat the results are always bumpy).
Posted 02 April 2012 - 08:56 AM
I have myself been pushing for the addition of all spacings and e-panel settings being recorded with all brushes to set better defaults and thus reduce some of the findings you describe. There are at present irregular behaviors with settings that get saved or not with tools. My extrude settings in my latest version do not for example get saved between application uses , nor keep their spacing settings.
Of note between applications: take a tool like extrude or draw - the two closest to the polygon burying facility of the a dam standard in ZBrush - at different sizes they effect the surface differently . in ZBrush much of the effect is the same/similar at larger or smaller sizes but not so in 3DCoat. In 3DCoat brush size is everything and will dramatically alter your marks. Is this then a flexibility or weakness of the tool? The Airbrush tool depending on size can dramatically pinch/ sharpen edges or not - often a larger brush will pinch more than a small one.
Also of important note here: many of the standard mode tools set to e-panel strokes modes are realtime "additive" on new empty layers based on voxel information beneath them (much like the zbrush canvas response for tools but genuine 3d instead - this too is wholly different to the ZBrush approach and plays some part in what you describe. Thus for a like for like comparison , the discussion would be best simplified to surface mode responses solely.
To repeat, better performance is already an option if e-panel setting and spacing settings could be saved.
If this is added we all would benefit right now.
p.s: the subject of brush control a "repeat last stroke option" in 3DCoat would greatly assist control when building precisely over stroke paths.
p.p.s: Perhaps a community poll on development focus priorities may assist Andrew target his time based on user feedback? Where does brush development stand as a priority compared to other wishes?
Posted 02 April 2012 - 02:05 PM
I believe the defaults need to be sorted out but as demonstrated in my previous images (and your own examples), there are some issues with the brushes that need to be resolved as they interrupt and affect the quality of any sculpt within 3D Coat. The bumps and lumps we all often have to spend time smoothing out do appear to be visible in a lot of the organic sculpts that 3D Coat users create (not their fault either). The level of detail and quality regularly seen on ZBrush Central appears to be somewhat unattainable with 3D Coat's sculpting tools - if that quality is possible, then it probably requires a lot more time.
I've worked in the games industry for 14 years creating both concept art and 3D in-game art. I state that because I know that most of my colleagues, friends and former colleagues are completely aware of 3D Coat but all prefer ZBrush or Mudbox when it comes to creating details and finishing off a model. I know sculpting isn't necessarily the main attraction of 3D Coat and there's much more to it, but I believe it'd be worthwhile for Andrew to spend some time improving the brushes. Therefore, the point of this thread is to try and identify the weaknesses and provide some feedback from artists so that Andrew has a chance to make it right. As it stands, I fear that 3D Coat will put off a lot of experienced artists and when the voxel technology catches on, it could spell trouble for Pilgway. This software has a lot of potential but at some point that potential has to become consistently stable and predictable enough to be production ready if its to be taken seriously and used by professionals.
Posted 04 April 2012 - 08:21 AM
I could cry seing those pics. Not because they're spot on, but because these issues have been raised so many time with the resultat that we know I can't take it anymore and decided to move on.
Thank you John for trying to make the words cross the border, I hope you're sucessful, cause honestly I abandonned a while ago. I'll come back to see if this goes somewhere.
This software reminds me of silo, so much potential, but no long term view...
At least Silo still has a chance now that T.y.R.R got hands on code:
Whoa - where did you find this out about Silo?!
So I'm a long time 3d modeler, pro and lately not pro (I work fulltime in the game industry as a designer right now) - I've literally used every modeling product since 3dstudio r4 (except blender, yuck) and photoshop since version 2.
Just an observation about this thread - this improving the brushes stuff has been literally talked about since 2 years ago.
Granted, the optimizations have helped a lot. I can get more detail out of a lower resolution mesh and the brushes are a lot more responsive. But I can't get consistent results using ANY of the toolset. I just find myself flipping through the brush types, tweaking settings and hitting undo a lot trying to do things that are no-brainers in zbrush. Nevermind the bazillion usability issues, most of them small, but they add up and when I get inevitably frustrated I usually head back to zbrush and dynamesh and suck up the weird interface paradigm.
I would still never be able to finish a sculpt in 3dcoat, the voxel resolution demands and the brushes would literally drive me insane to attain the zbrush 'crispness' and LoD needed.
3dcoat needs serious battle-testing and a group of pro/semi-pro users dedicated to creating projects in 3dcoat who can help Andrew create a roadmap and drill down on what's essential to get 3dcoat to the next level of USABILITY. Listening to the squeaky wheels in the forums will only confuse the long-term direction and architecture of this product. Like what was the last major update? Painting on voxels? Gah!
As a long-time silo user, it's heartbreaking because the parallels between the two are staggering. Both products have/had so much potential to beat out the current industry 'giants' but both seem to have focused on short-term sales goals instead of a proper product architecture.
Bless Andrew and his herculean work ethic - he's trying to support a product that has a feature list a mile long. But he needs to focus and FINISH one area, get it usable by actual artists, then move on to the next area of the product.
There's still hope, I think. At least the finished work gallery submissions are showing potential.
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At the end of every year, Stephen King, a columnist for Entertainment Weekly, makes a list of his top ten movies and books for the year. Below are my top tens for the year.
Note: A few of the items were published in the last few years, but I read or watched them this year, so I am including them on the list. All are available at your local library!
Top 10 Books
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
- In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
- One Day by David Nicholls
- The Lost Girls: Three Friends, Four Continents, One Unconventional Detour Around the World by Jennifer Baggett, Holly C. Corbett, and Amanda Pressner
- Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia De Rossi
- Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman
- Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
- Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
- Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
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- Inception
- The Town
- The Hangover
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (still in theaters)
- Easy A
- Toy Story 3
- Letters to Juliet
- Ramona and Beezus
- The Time Traveler's Wife
- Avatar
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Dangerous Function
This is a Vulnerability. To view all vulnerabilities, please see the Vulnerability Category page.
Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 02/17/2009
Functions that cannot be used safely should never be used.
Certain functions behave in dangerous ways regardless of how they are used. Functions in this category were often implemented without taking security concerns into account.
Risk Factors
- C functions that don't check the size of the destination buffers, such as gets(), strcpy(), strcat(), printf()
- The gets() function is unsafe because it does not perform bounds checking on the size of its input. An attacker can easily send arbitrarily-sized input to gets() and overflow the destination buffer.
- The >> operator is unsafe to use when reading into a character buffer because it does not perform bounds checking on the size of its input. An attacker can easily send arbitrarily-sized input to the >> operator and overflow the destination buffer.
Example program
See this simple C program :
main() {
char buffer[25]; printf("\nEnter Text : "); gets(buffer);
It appears to be correct, but it posesses a security problem. If you enter a short piece of text such as "Hello", the above program works fine. But if the entered value is longer than the allocated buffer, such as the text "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", the program may crash due to a segfault, or otherwise behave inappropriately.
What happens when the above program runs
cmain() calls the main() procedure.
In Assembly
_cmain proc far /* In C, all function names begins with an underscore */ xx call _main xx _cmain endp _main proc mov ebp, esp add ebp, 19h /* 19h = 25 dec. Creates buffer array in the stack frame */ lea eax, strEnterText /* Gets the address of the string "\nEnter Text : " */ push eax /* pushes this address to stack for printf function */ call _printf /* calls the printf function */ push ebp /* pushes the address of the buffer array */ call _gets /* calls gets() */ /* The gets function stores the entered charecter from stdin to memory pointed by ebp */ /* if the number of charecter got from stdin is greater than the SIZE of the buffer */ /* the buffer overflow occurs. */ xxx _main endp
As return addresses of all functions are stored on the stack, if the buffer array is overflowed, then the returned address of the functions may be overwritten by the user inputed data.
How this program can be exploited
Once the bounds of the array are known, text can be entered so that the return address on the stack is overwritten to point to a different location in memory which the program is not supposed to access at that time, such as other malicious code.
The length of the buffer could be easily discovered through trial-and-error.
You should never use a function which extracts data from the user without no bounds checking. A better alternative is "fgets".
To get input from stdin use this:
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I tested speedball ink with a squeegee and 200 mesh screen.
The lettering didn't bleed. It looks good but the ink is very thick in the lettering itself. Should it be this thick?
I am used to handstenciling with a stencil brush and mylar stencil ....so it doesn't look like my normal lettering when I hand stencil letters....
Is this correct ?


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Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Joe Johnson, Brook Lopez and the Brooklyn
Nets got out to a fast start and held off a late Thunder run to snap Oklahoma
City's lengthy home winning streak in a 110-93 decision on Wednesday.
Johnson made five of Brooklyn's nine 3-pointers and netted a season-high 33
points, while Lopez added 25 in putting an end to the Nets' seven-game skid
against the Thunder.
Deron Williams totaled 19 points, 13 assists and five steals for the Nets, who
improved to 3-1 under interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo.
Oklahoma City, which had won 12 straight at Chesapeake Energy Arena, pulled
even after trailing by as many as 23 in the first half, but got outscored 25-8
over the final seven minutes.
Kevin Durant led the way with 27 points, but was ejected for the first time in
his career after getting hit with two technical fouls during the Nets' final
push. Russell Westbrook chipped in 26 points and 10 assists, but committed six
of the club's 20 turnovers.
The Sports Network


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Donors Help Launch Mission: Lifeline to Streamline Care
When 67-year-old Erv Inniger began to feel a sudden tightness in his chest, he knew something was seriously wrong. Inniger, a former athlete who exercises every day, had never experienced heart problems. However, when he walked into a trainer's office at North Dakota State University that day, the trainer immediately called 911.
Within the next 37 minutes, the team at Sanford Health's Heart Hospital saved Inniger's life by diagnosing and repairing an artery that was 100 percent blocked. Sanford Heart's lifesaving system of care team was ready and their efficient response to his symptoms allowed him to survive a heart attack with no permanent damage to the muscles of his heart.
Sanford Heart in Fargo has been nationally recognized by the American Heart Association for the commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for all heart attack patients, a program called Mission: Lifeline. Sanford's streamlined procedures provide patients with faster, targeted care.
"I'm here today and I have no damage to my heart because of the choices they made," Inniger said. "I owe my life to them." Generous support of the Sanford Health Foundation and Sanford Heart allows for the education, training and equipment necessary for lifesaving processes.
Posted Date: May 2013


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I am planning my first hunt there this year. Looking forward to it. I think we will be going in December.
I've hunted SD for mulies for several years, lets see how others have faired in this great prairie state.
I am planning my first hunt there this year. Looking forward to it. I think we will be going in December.
I've been curious about SD myself, granted it is a ways away from Washington. I read a few articles saying some good things about the "walk-in only" areas which would be perfect for getting away from the roads. Is it draw for non-residents or OTC for most areas?
There are no deer in South Dakota.
Rifle draw, archery is OTC.
Did you guys see Nate Simmons SD hunt on Video Trailer? Can't wait to see that hunt!
South Dakota has some big mulies if your gonna work for it. Def look at the Walk-in Areas. We have a large spread of private land we hunt in SW South Dakota. Right next to our private land one of the ranchers put all his land in the Walk-in Area program. Lots and Lots of land.
I've been thinking about going back to SD to hunt. I was a resident for 13 yrs but spent all my time hunting whitetails East River. Now I'm kicking myself for not spending more time West River!!!
Rob, where you living now?
Iowa......I'm heading in the wrong direction!
Work for it is correct. We've still encountered people 4 miles back into some land that just looks plain useless. But its that small area of 80 acres that holds them...that you got to get to. We know of 150 plus mulies in a spot that gets hunted hard...people are just too lazy or are trigger happy. Biggest tip i can give is that the mulies usually rut about 2 weeks after the whitetails where we go...at least the majority of the whitetails. There are a ton of road hunters which can really blow.
And as far as no deer in sd, i've walked draws and pushed out 100+ deer.


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19th Century MODERN
To many, "modern design" suggests the simple lines, abstract decoration, and machine-based methods and materials that gained widespread popularity in the twentieth century. The objects in this installation, however, demonstrate that the development of modern industrial design and the emergence of a taste for abstraction began much earlier.
The Industrial Revolution, which originated in England in the late eighteenth century and changed the course of Western history, led to fundamental changes in design. As more and more things were made by machine, the means of production began to influence the appearance of objects. Designers learned to work symbiotically with machines, making the most of what machines did best, and a new machine aesthetic developed that was characterized by simple decoration based on geometry or organic forms. Although this process can be detected as early as the beginning of the nineteenth century, it accelerated in the last quarter of the century as influential writers and proponents of design reform in the United States advocated a shift to simpler, pared-down designs. Many of the objects on view here were made during that time.
Innovative approaches were sometimes hidden by traditional surface decoration, and objects that were more conservative continued to dominate the market. However, a taste for more abstract design slowly emerged, leading to the profound changes in international art, architecture, and design that took hold after 1900. In addition to changes in the appearance of objects, the nineteenth century saw the development of assembly-line production, cost-effective approaches to materials and techniques, and strategic marketing and advertising—all of which worked to shape the modern consumer economy we recognize today.
Many of the more modern-looking objects on display here were protected by a patent, a contract between government and industry to protect an invention from being used by others without permission. In the United States, an inventor has to submit an application showing that the design is new and useful, accompanied by a scaled drawing (examples of which are reproduced in this installation). The Founding Fathers thought that patents were so essential to the economic growth of the newly independent United States that the right to grant patents is included in the Constitution. The patent mark is usually prominently indicated on the object; it functions both to ward off patent infringement and as a marketing tool, signaling newness and innovation to the consumer. By the end of the nineteenth century nearly a million patents had been awarded in the United States, far more than in any other country, reinforcing the reputation of the United States as the land of invention and mechanization.


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ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) - Virginia State Police agents are investigating a barn fire on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that if it is determined to be arson, the Monday night fire would be the 39th in Accomack County since Nov. 13.
No one has been injured and all the structures have been abandoned.
Investigators believe most cases are the work of the same arsonist. But they aren't ruling out the possibility that some may be the work of a copycat.
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.


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Viking PROTECH
The Viking PROTECH is a flexible drysuit designed for maximum comfort in a wide range of applications, particularly suited to military use. Front entry design. Vulcanised seams allow for peace of mind when diving under all situations. The PROTECH is easy to clean and repair which helps to minimise downtime.
Internal stitched and taped seams
External vulcanised seams
Easy to clean exterior when contaminated
Easy to repair in the field to minimise downtime
Extremely flexible and comfortable
Viking PROTECH
Material is a blend of natural and synthetic rubbers (NR/EPDM), on a stretch Polyamide / Elastane lining. Total material weight is 1250 +/- 100 g/m2.
All black.
Internal seams stitched together with an elastic tape for security. External seams vulcanised with a 25 mm rubber tape. Vulcanization is a chemical bonding process, ensuring watertight seams.
Additional layers of anti slip textured rubber are applied to areas at risk of wear. The shoulders and zipper are reinforced.The waistband is reinforced. The trouser rear reinforcement extends around the thigh and across to the front of the legs, and down to the boots.
BIO micro organism approval
HZ approval
BIO micro organism approval
90 cm non magnetic, medium duty zipper. (Non mag HD zipper fitted to PROTECH BE Navy).
Standard configuration includes the following mounted on rubber backing discs:
Central chest: Viking Push protected inlet valve (Non mag valve fitted to PROTECH BE Navy)
Hose: CEJN fitting, 80 cm long. (Non mag hose supplied with PROTECH BE Navy)
Upper left arm: Viking low profile adjustable exhaust valve. (Non mag valve fitted to PROTECH BE Navy)
Alternative valve options:
Apeks inlet valves
Apeks exhaust valves
5 mm neoprene lined boots, with non slip outsole, and heel fin retainer.
Alternative Options:
Nitrile safety boots with steel toe cap & midsole, PVC non safety boots.
The Viking PROTECH is fitted with a Surveyor latex neck seal as standard.
Alternative options:
Bellows latex neck seal, neoprene neck seal, quick connect collar system which allows for quick changing of broken seals.
Viking PROTECH suits may be fitted with a wide range of hood options as follows:
Surveyor latex hood + thermal inner hood, Nautic neoprene hood with smooth face seal, Smoothskin hood, Turbo black rubber hood, Magnum black rubber hood.
If the suit has been fitted with a Quick Connect collar system, then specific latex and neoprene hoods are available for fitting.
Latex PRO cuffs are the standard fitment.
Cuff options:
HD latex cuffs, bellows latex cuffs, short conical cuffs.
Glove ring options:
In order to make the suit completely waterproof, it is possible to fit a rubber cuff ring system with fixed external rubber ring, and loose stiff plastic ring which holds the latex seal in place. The alternative is a plastic bayonet glove ring system with a plastic ring mounted on the sleeve, and a replaceable cuff held in place with a plastic ring.
Both systems then make the fitment of a latex or Viton®/Butyl or Nitrile/Chloroprene glove possible.
Each suit comes supplied as standard with the following items:
Suspenders, carry bag, user manual, repair kit, zip care materials.


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Homestand Highlights: June 25-30
The I-70 Series presented by Sprint returns to Kauffman Stadium as the Royals host the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-game weekend series, June 24-27, to complete Interleague Play for 2010. The series includes a special Saturday afternoon game set for 1:10 p.m. The Royals then welcome the Chicago White Sox to Kansas City for a three-game set, June 28-30.
TRAFFIC UPDATE: The Royals would like to alert fans that Stadium Drive is currently closed at Raytown Road. To access parking on the west side of Kauffman Stadium, fans may proceed on Raytown Road past Stadium Drive and will be able to enter the Truman Sports Complex through Gate 5. To access parking on the east side of Kauffman Stadium, fans may continue on Raytown Road approximately one mile past Gate 5 and enter the complex through Gate 4.
Friday, June 25 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. Royals presented by Sprint, 7:10 p.m.
? Hy-Vee/Pepsi Fireworks Fridays – A spectacular fireworks show after every Friday home game.
Saturday, June 26 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. Royals presented by Sprint, 1:10 p.m.
? 610 Saturday – Enjoy great food, live music and activities for fans of all ages prior to the game in the Outfield Experience. www.royals.com/610saturday.
Sunday, June 27 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. Royals presented by Sprint, 1:10 p.m.
? Salute to the 1985 Royals World Series Poster presented by James Printing to the first 20,000 fans. As an added bonus, a limited number of posters that will be distributed at the gates have been signed by Royals Hall of Fame second baseman Frank White.
? Fun Run presented by Sprint. All fans can run the bases after the game (conditions permitting).
? Bases Loaded 4-Pack – www.royals.com/basesloaded.
Monday, June 28 – Chicago White Sox vs. Royals, 7:10 p.m.
? Hy-Vee Royal Nite – All Hy-Vee Level tickets (excluding Hy-Vee Reserved Box) are just $5. www.royals.com/fanvalue.
Tuesday, June 29 – Chicago White Sox vs. Royals, 7:10 p.m.
? T-Shirt Tuesday – The first 20,000 fans receive a retro All-Star t-shirt commemorating the 1973 All-Star Game in Kansas City courtesy of Commerce Bank.
Wednesday, June 30 – Chicago White Sox vs. Royals, 7:10 p.m.
? 1985 World Series DVD – Relive one of the most dramatic games in club history with a commemorative copy of Game 5 of the 1985 World Series, a 2-0 win for the Royals over St. Louis which staved off elimination and set the stage for the club's dramatic seven-game series win. The DVD is part of the Kansas City Royals 1985 World Series Collector's Edition DVD box set, featuring complete TV broadcasts of all seven games and available beginning July 27.
? 1980s Special Edition INK College Night – The Royals are celebrating the decade of break dancing, jellies and the Rubik's Cube with a special 1980s edition of INK College Night. An '80s-themed costume contest and trivia showdown will take place in the Outfield Experience prior to the game with special prizes awarded to contest winners in both categories. www.royals.com/college or www.royals.com/80snight.
? All You Can Eat Seats – www.royals.com/allyoucaneat.
Fans may purchase tickets online at royals.com, by calling 1-800-6ROYALS, at area Hy-Vee stores or at the Kauffman Stadium Box Office.


text: Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam were seen filming scenes for Crimson Peak in Toronto, Canada on April 23. They were shooting a ballroom scene inside a castle. There were about 50 fans waiting at the set and Charlie, Tom, Jim and Jessica walked over at the end of the night and signed photos and took photos with every single fan waiting. The cast were extremely pleasant.


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|Girls prepare to begin golf season
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
Three letterwinners return to the girls' golf team this year with hopes of making it to the state tournament.
Seniors Caitlyn Kramer and Alyssa Cordova and junior Makayla Spitz earned letters by representing Holyoke at the regional tournament last year.
"They have set goals to compete hard, to do well at regionals and to make it to state this year," head coach Garrett Gordon said of the three.
Gordon is assisted by Nick Flaa.
They were the only team to play three golfers instead of four, something Gordon hopes changes this year. With another year of experience, Gordon believes someone will be able to step up, play more varsity tournaments and fill the fourth slot.
Returning letterwinners for the Holyoke girls' golf team are pictured from left, Caitlyn Kramer, Makayla Spitz and Alyssa Cordova. The three placed 11th last year at the regional tournament. —Enterprise photo
"Our goals are to continue to improve from last year," Gordon said.
Gordon noted that the underclassmen on the team have been able to learn from the veteran girls who have shown great dedication and hard work while on the course.
Also on the team this year are junior Kelsey Kramer and sophomores Alex McCallum and Kaylee Ham.
Fleming juniors Taylor Bernard and Dominique Slack will also be joining the Lady Dragons this season.
Freshman Kaely Zilla has stepped in as the team manager.
The Dragons will head to Burlington Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m. for the first competition of the year.
Holyoke Enterprise March 21, 2013


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For a couple of reasons, I decided to use a commercial SSL certificate from godaddy instead of the self-signed certificate that was created during the install.
I found this page: http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?tit...l_Certificates and followed the instructions for godaddy certificate at the bottom of the page. Everything seemed to be going fine all the way up until I restarted tomcat. I ran 'tomcat restart' and it took awhile but didn't give me any errors. 'zmcontrol status', however, is showing that tomcat is down. I tried 'zmcontrol stop' and 'zmcontrol start' and got the same results.
I copied the old /opt/zimbra/apache-tomcat-5.5.15/conf/keystore back into place and it started back up fine.
I then found a couple of posts that said that I needed to run this:
keytool -delete -alias tomcat -keystore /opt/zimbra/tomcat/conf/keystore -storepass zimbra
keytool -delete -alias my_ca -keystore /opt/zimbra/tomcat/conf/keystore -storepass zimbra
Both said they had an error running the second command. One said the error was "Alias my_ca does not exist", which is the same error I saw when I ran the command. A couple of questions about this:
1. Am I supposed to be replacing my_ca with something else? If so, what?
2. Are these commands just modifying something in the file /opt/zimbra/tomcat/conf/keystore? If so and I am replacing that file with a new one, is it even necessary to run those commands?
Finally, since tomcat is failing to start up, what log file do I look in to see what errors are causing the problem. I didn't see anything obvious in /opt/zimbra/tomcat/logs/
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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19444 Beacon Park Pl., Bradenton, FL 34202
- $1,450,000
- 111 Days on site
- Est: $5,372/month
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- Beds: 3
- Baths: 3 Full
- Single Family Home
- 3,321 sq ft
One of America's Most Beautiful Communities. You begin to understand how unique The Concession is when you see 250-year-old live oaks, majestic towering hardwoods, soaring eagles and other precious wildlife abound. There's a feeling of sanctuary here. In all, only 236 home sites ranging in size from one-half to over an acre, are positioned over 700-acres of towering pines, sprawling oaks, and natural wetlands. Exclusivity, luxury and architectural integrity characterize this gated community, yet the residents will define it. Builder models on-site and viewable daily. Click here to learn more about this listing.
- Single Family Home
- Beds: 3
- Baths: 3 Full
Listing Details
- Laundry Room
- Dryer, Washer
- Appliances
- Convection Oven, Dishwasher, Disposal, Microwave, Refrigerator
- Flooring
- Carpeted, Ceramic, Wood
- Lot Features
- Water View
- Lot Size
- Approximately 22651 Square Feet
- Parking
- Attached Garage, Parking Space (3)
- Pool
- Hot Tub/Spa/Jacuzzi
- Features
- Block Exterior, Deck, Patio
- Tax Amount
- $3,644
- Cooling
- Ceiling Fan, Central Air, Central Cooling
- Assessed Taxable Amount
- $211,200
- Tax Amount
- $3,644
- Last Transaction Date
- 04/03/2014
- Last Transaction Purchase Price
- $299,000
- Property Type
- Vacant
- Lot Size (Sqft)
- 22,695
- Lot Size (Acres)
- 0.52
- Architecture Type
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Nearby Elementary Schools
- Robert Willis Elementary School
- 14705 The Masters Ave
- Gilbert W Mcneal Elementary School
- 6325 Lorraine Rd
- Sea Of Strengths Academy
- 7313 International Pl Ste 90
Nearby Primary Schools
- Pinnacle Academy, Inc.
- 7824 Panther Ridge Trl
- Pinnacle Academy, Inc.
- 6215 Lorraine Rd
- The Florida Center For Child And Family Development
- 4620 17th St
Nearby Middle Schools
- R. Dan Nolan Middle School
- 6615 Greenbrook Blvd
- Out Of Door Academy-Upper School
- 5950 Deer Dr
- Sea Of Strengths Academy
- 7313 International Pl Ste 90
Nearby High Schools
- Out Of Door Academy-Upper School
- 5950 Deer Dr
- Lakewood Ranch High School
- 5500 Lakewood Ranch Blvd
- Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranch
- 751 Rye Wilderness Trl
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, who got this year's annual Thanksgiving Turkey awards?
Here's my belated list:
The Democrats in the state Senate get a big fat 28-pound turkey award. Despite the heroic work of some of the best members of that group, Liz Krueger of Manhattan and Michael Gianaris of Queens, the folks who are fiercely holding onto leadership power (like John Sampson, D-Brooklyn) just won't let go.
Each of these folks deserves a turkey wing for their efforts. And if that wasn't bad enough, several of the so-called Democratic guys and gals who held power the last time out are either in jail or on their way there.
It is no wonder that Gov. Andrew Cuomo keeps finding ways to support the Republicans in the Senate, despite the fact that he ran down to the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina to give a stem-winder speech to the Democratic delegation about the need to defeat the evil Republicans.
Then, of course, there are the turkeys in the other party led by the photogenic Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre. Frankly, the behavior of these people is enough to make you lose your stuffing.
If certain key Democrats in the Senate like Jeff Klein of the Bronx and his followers resemble members of the world's oldest profession for selling themselves to the Republicans, it is the Republicans who deserve the very rear end of the turkey for their procurement of these errant Democrats. 007 has nothing on these guys; they go along picking off a Democrat here and there to make sure that the red Republicans in New York continue to rule even though the state is dark blue in color and the Assembly is truly reflective of the state's political composition.
Of course, a turkey neck award goes to the pro-fracking folks who know damned well how dangerous fracking is yet are willing to risk the health and lives of our children who will be the ones drinking water that may be polluted by dangerous chemicals.
The industry has spent millions of dollars pushing for the drilling. The fact that the New York City drinking supply is considered off-limits to the frackers tells us a great deal. If the New York City water supply is considered untouchable, then why is it OK to risk the water under the Marcellus Shale? We know that we don't yet have the technology that will allow us to proceed safely. The Department of Environmental Conservation lacks trained inspectors to ascertain that we are doing it right.
evidence indicates that we should proceed very, very slowly on this. So why do the frackers not look in the mirror? It's all about money and we all know it. That mirror would show them a bunch of big fat turkeys. Come to think of it, I wonder where they'll roast? really wonder how some of these people can sleep at night considering their shenanigans in gerrymandering (with Cuomo's help) districts in which they can't lose. I just keep thinking of all those brave kids in Afghanistan and Iraq who gave their lives and limbs to fight for democracy. is tempting to give a turkey bone to the governor for this seeming inconsistency, but that would only offend him and that is the last thing I want to do. they got their hands on power a few years back, they blew it so badly that voters tripped over one another in their haste to kick them out. The Democrats were incompetents and political prostitutes of the first order. In fact, so many of the members of their own party were put off by their behavior that a group of them they formed their own independent subset, the Independent Democratic Conference. They sold out to the Republicans for some committee chairmanships and other trinkets, including lame opponents in their reelection efforts.
Sunday Freeman columnist Alan Chartock is a professor emeritus at the State University of New York, publisher of the Legislative Gazette and president and CEO of the WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network.


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Birth Name: Peter Facinelli
Born: 11/26/1973
Birth Place: Queens, New York, USA
Born: 11/26/1973
Birth Place: Queens, New York, USA
Born in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, NY on Nov. 26, 1973, he was the son of Italian immigrants and the youngest of four children. After a year of college at St John's University in Jamaica, NY, he developed a passion for acting, and began studying the craft at the New York University-affiliated Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. Among his teachers were such noted stage and screen stars as William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, and Giancarlo Esposito. After logging numerous roles in the Company's productions, he made his feature film debut as the Devil in Rebecca Miller's "Angela" (1995). A spate of challenging roles in TV movies soon followed, including a teenage hustler in "The P... Continue Bio >>
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