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Phil Mickelson begins his golf year this week in the Humana Challenge at La Quinta, but he can't wait to return to the Monterey Peninsula on Feb. 5-10, where he is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am defending champion.
Pebble was the site of his most electric performance in 2012 -- an 8-under-par 64 closing round during which he rallied from six shots down to win by two over Charlie Wi and 11 over his final-day playing partner, Tiger Woods.
The victory was the 40th of Mickelson's career on a course where he initiated his pro career at the U.S. Open in 1992, and perhaps his most impressive finish ever in a tournament. Mickelson's finish, and playing head-to-head with Woods, also was good for the tournament, as the final round drew the highest TV ratings CBS had ever achieved for a nonmajor.
Mickelson, speaking by phone from his home in San Diego on Monday, remembers the day well.
"It's certainly the best round and best tournament I had all last year," Mickelson said. "In some cold and difficult conditions, I was able to have control of my golf ball, putted extremely well and doing it with somebody I enjoy playing my best with more than just about anybody in Tiger. It was really a fun week."
While Woods' return commitment to the AT&T remains uncertain, there will be no question about Mickelson, who will be shooting for a fifth victory in the event, which would tie him with Mark O'Meara for the most ever.
Mickelson seemed poised for a great 2012 season after his AT&T victory, particularly after he finished second the next week in the Northern Trust Open at Los Angeles' Riviera Country Club.
But Mickelson did not win the rest of the year and, after a third-place finish at the Masters, went into a slump during which he said he played some of the worst golf of his career. He was in contention at the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club after three rounds but shot a 78 the final day and finished 65th.
"There were a few technical things that came into play that I'd rather not dwell on," he said. "But going through that three- to four-month stretch of very poor play forced me to analyze, go back to the start and identify what areas of my game I was doing well and what areas I wasn't. I figured out I make two different swings with my driver and irons, and I can't play my best golf when I'm doing that."
Mickelson said he solved the problem when he focused on his iron play and let everything else fall into line. He started to feel improvement around the PGA Championship and finished his year strong with a fourth-place effort at the Deutsche Bank Championship and a second at the BMW Championship in early September.
"Each week I got better and better all the way through the Ryder Cup," he said. "That's why I'm so excited about this year. I don't think I would feel that way if I hadn't gone through such a tough point last year, which required me to analyze each area of my game."

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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Started by a small group of women who belonged to St. Patrick's Episcopal Church and enjoyed knitting and crocheting, the Knitters Guild of Incline Village celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
Originally, these women met on an informal basis and visited with each other, sharing patterns and ideas.
Soon the group evolved into one that found pleasure in making warm clothing and blankets for families who needed them in Incline Village and the North Tahoe area.
"The Knitters Guild of Incline Village was formed and became an important part of the Outreach Program of the church," explains Peggy Harrison, leader and one of the founders of the group. "It's a win-win situation when a member takes pleasure in using her skills to help others. Anyone with basic knitting and crocheting ability is welcome to join the Guild, and if those skills need refreshing, we can help. Patterns, yarn and needles are always available."
Most of the members live in Incline Village, and some women from Tahoe City and Truckee have also joined the Guild, which meets every Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. in the library of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village.
Several hundred items are handmade and donated to numerous organizations each year.
"Last year, the Guild donated more than 500 beautifully produced goods to these organizations," said Harrison.
Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee receives layettes for newborns and blankets for long-term care patients; hats, sweaters, scarves, mittens and other warm items are taken to the North Tahoe Family Resource Center in Kings Beach.
The American Cancer Society in Reno is grateful for chemo caps, made of very soft yarn for patients undergoing chemotherapy.
The Holiday Giving Program in Incline Village supports the Guild with an annual monetary donation that helps supplement the donated yarns, patterns and needles, and receives a broad variety of warm things for families in the community.
The Senior Center in Truckee is always pleased to receive blankets, slippers, lap robes, and such, and warm hats are supplied to the Incline Elementary School counselors for children who need them.
Guild members are also part of the Incline Village After-School Program as they teach knitting and crocheting at Incline Elementary School every Monday from 3-4:00 p.m. The students are willing and enthusiastic learners and the Knitting Club is a very popular after-school activity for both girls and boys!
For further information, please contact Peggy Harrison at 775-831-9402.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The seventh-ranked University of Kentucky women's basketball team, fresh off its thrilling 84-70 win over No. 18/15 Dayton on Tuesday, will face sixth-seeded and No. 15/16 Delaware on Saturday, March 30 in the NCAA Sweet 16 in the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Conn. Game time is noon on ESPN.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the Webster Bank Arena at (203) 345-2400 or online at www.websterbankarena.com. All session adult tickets are $54.50 for side and $39.50 for end zone seats. Students and seniors are $49.50 for sides and $24.50 for end zones. Single-session tickets are $34.50 sides and $24.50 end zones, while student and senior tickets are $29.50 sides and $19.50 end zones.
UK has compiled an outstanding resume en route to one the most successful seasons in school history. The Wildcats have won a school-record 29 games and have advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a school-record fourth consecutive season. This marks UK's third trip to the Sweet 16 in the last four years and fourth overall. UK, now 13-9 all-time in the Big Dance, looks to advance to the Elite Eight for the second straight season and third time in the last four years. The Cats earned their trip to the Sweet 16 with wins over Navy (61-41) and No. 18/15 Dayton (84-70).
Two-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and All-America candidate A'dia Mathies has once again paced UK to its record-breaking season. The 5-foot-9 senior guard leads the Wildcats in scoring (16.1 points per game), 3-point field goals made (70) and 3-point field goal percentage (.427). She is second on the team in steals (64) and assists (77). The Louisville, Ky., native is coming off an impressive performance vs. Dayton in the second round as she netted a career-high tying 34 points, her third career 30-point game. Mathies' six 3-pointers also were a career high and she added three rebounds, three steals and two assists in the win.
In the Southeastern Conference, Mathies leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage, and is fifth in scoring and fourth in 3-pointers made. She has reached double-figure scoring in 31-of-34 games this season and has compiled 1,984 career points, just 16 shy of hitting the 2,000-point mark. Mathies is UK's No. 2 all-time scorer and is UK's career steals leader with 315.
In the front court, 6-3 junior center DeNesha Stallworth (first-team All-SEC by the league coaches and second-team All-SEC by AP) and 6-1 junior forward Samarie Walker (second-team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive team selection by the league coaches) give UK a dynamic inside presence. The duo combines to average 21.8 points, 14.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game.
Delaware (32-3) earned its first Sweet 16 bid after wins over 11th-seeded West Virginia (66-53) and sixth-seeded North Carolina (78-69) in the first and second rounds, respectively. The Blue Hens, who are riding a 27-game winning streak, are led by one of the nation's most dynamic players in 6-5 senior forward Elena Delle Donne. The three-time Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and two-time All-American leads the team with an average of 25.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest. She ranks second nationally in scoring and is fourth in free-throw shooting percentage at 91.7 percent (176-192). Following Delle Donne in the scoring column is senior guard Lauren Carra with 10.7 points per game.
Sunday will mark the second all-time meeting between the programs. The Cats fell to the Blue Hens 86-70 in the teams' first meeting in the opening round of the Odwalla Classic in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2006. UK is 10-10 vs. teams from the CAA.


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Art Guild marks 50 years
Published: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
You can celebrate the Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's 50th anniversary this month.
The Guild will hold a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 27 at its gallery, 630 Belanger St., Houma.
The group started with 12 members and now has more than 75.
All present and past members and gallery visitors are invited to help celebrate the milestone.
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Diver missing off coast
Published: Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 11:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:52 a.m.
A spear fisherman from Prairieville has been missing since Saturday morning, when fellow divers last saw him struggling with an undertow, authorities and family members said.
Tim Raines, 56, was diving with a group of friends about 55 miles off Grand Isle when an undertow from a nearby offshore rig washed him about 40 feet behind the boat, according to Coast Guard officials.
Raines went under water again while swimming toward the boat, officials said.
"His friends saw him go under, but they never saw if he came back up," said Rene Ragas, Raines' son-in-law.
The Coast Guard deployed helicopters, boats and an airplane, which searched Saturday and Sunday. The search will continue today, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
Raines is married to Dana Raines. They have a son and daughter; their third child is deceased, volunteer searchers said.
Volunteers with the Blake Terry Memorial Foundation, a recovery and support foundation that performs rescue dives, were among those searching, said foundation President Cindie Roussel. They had three boats and divers searching above and below water for signs of Raines, who they say was wearing diving weights.
Foundation volunteers ended their search Sunday, saying they don't have the resources to continue.
The foundation is named after Blake Terry, 27, a mechanic and avid outdoorsman from Thibodaux who was presumed drowned in August 2011 in the Gulf of Mexico about 75 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, family and authorities said.
Like Raines, Terry had been spear fishing near the base of an offshore rig when he failed to resurface.
The Coast Guard search was called off after about 24 hours, and Terry's body was never recovered.
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5K race planned at Oak Alley
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.
The Sports Medicine Center at Thibodaux Regional Medicine Center is hosting a 5K race and half-mile run/walk at Oak Valley Plantation in Vacherie on March 16.
The race, which is called "Reveille at Oak Alley", will start with registration at 7 a.m. March 16, and the race will follow at 8 a.m. The entry fee is $25 for pre-registration and $30 on the day of the race.
For information on the race, visit www.nolarunning.com.
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SAN GREGORIO -- This flat, arrow-straight section of San Gregorio Creek near La Honda looks perfectly healthy to the untrained eye, but biologist Jon Ambrose sees there is something amiss.
The streambed is too plain -- too tidy. There are no fallen trees or logs in the water, which has slowed to a late September near-trickle.
Though a lack of debris may sound like a good thing, it's disastrous for an ancient resident of these waters who recently disappeared: the coho salmon. The species relies on the wood to create deep, cold pools of water where they can escape the heat and hide from predators.
"You should not be able to drive a truck down a creek that's in a redwood forest," said Ambrose of the National Marine Fisheries Service, looking out over the creek. "And right now you could."
The lack of downed trees in San Gregorio and other creeks -- the result of well-meaning landowners either cleaning up or trying to prevent flooding -- is one of many reasons for the slow extirpation of the Central California Coast coho salmon. The spawning runs of these oceangoing fish helped sustain human life in the Bay Area for thousands of years, but their numbers dropped sharply with the arrival of Western settlers. Their population has since collapsed from about 56,000 in the 1960s to perhaps a few thousand today.
To combat this decline, the National Marine Fisheries Service spent five years compiling an encyclopedic recovery plan for the Central Coast coho. The fish is an evolutionarily significant unit, or regional subset, of the Pacific coho, which is found as far north as the Bering Sea. Smaller than its relative the Chinook salmon, the coho avoids big river systems in favor of creeks. Once abundant in streams from northern Mendocino County to Santa Cruz, the Central Coast coho was listed as endangered in 2005 and is now on the verge of extinction.
The plan, a roughly 2,000-page tome that lays out specific recommendations for 28 watersheds on the Central Coast, was released in September. Now comes the hard part: making it happen. The strategy, which would cost $1.5 billion to pull off, is purely advisory and comes with no extra funding.
Sam Herzberg, a San Mateo County parks planner and director of a group of Central Coast officials focused on coho and steelhead trout recovery, supports the plan but is skeptical whether it will be effective.
"It's got no mandates and no money to implement any of (the recommendations)," he said.
Ambrose, an author of the plan, said it will nonetheless serve two crucial functions. First, it will funnel existing sources of money as well as the energy of government and private entities toward the most effective recovery projects. Second, the plan will help educate private landowners about how to manage their portions of creeks where coho have historically been found.
The plan argues there are societal and economic benefits to reviving the coho, which has long served a vital role in human culture on the Pacific Coast. Restoration projects create jobs as well as benefit other fish species such as steelhead trout, the plan's authors contend. Creating sustainable coho and steelhead populations would give a boost to fishermen and enhance coastal tourism.
For those who work to save the coho, the plan is not only a blueprint for recovery but also a long-awaited call to action. Kellyx Nelson, executive director of the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District, hopes it captures the public imagination the way a famed campaign to save California condors did after the bird's population dropped to just 22 in the 1980s.
"The coho needs a California condor moment," Nelson said.
Dire situation
The recovery plan identifies nine creeks south of the Golden Gate that are essential to pulling the coho out of the extinction vortex: three in San Mateo County and six in Santa Cruz County.
The status of coho in the San Mateo County creeks is especially dire, according to Ambrose. Monitoring has been spotty, he said, but Pescadero Creek is believed to have none. San Gregorio Creek hasn't had any since 2008, and the 2010 and 2011 spawning runs in Gazos Creek failed.
The causes of the Central Coast collapses are varied but include:
Along San Gregorio Creek, for instance, 98 percent of the land is in private hands. Brussels sprouts farmers and homeowners along the creek have the right to take water from it using metered pumps. Portions of state Highway 84 that eroded have been reinforced with stark rock walls. The road has destabilized slopes along the creek, causing sediment to wash downhill during winter storms.
Here and elsewhere, a simple thing like removing wood from the stream, repeated hundreds of times over many years, has serious consequences. Fallen trees and logs push water down into the streambed, scouring out deep pools for juvenile salmon and sorting gravel by size, creating ideal spawning beds elsewhere in the creek. The wood also provides sanctuary during winter storms so juvenile salmon, which spend a year in the stream where they hatch before heading out to the Pacific Ocean, are not swept out before they are big enough to survive.
The recovery plan includes many recommendations, from establishing hatcheries and felling trees into streams to replacing old culverts and bridges that impede fish passage. But arguably the top job for Ambrose and other proponents is informing landowners how to take small but significant steps to help the fish.
"It's really hard to motivate people to save a fishery when they don't even know it's there," Ambrose said.
Opportunities, obstacles
One key method for improving coho habitat involves persuading landowners to use less water from local creeks or amend their water-diversion permits so they can store the water, rather than use it right away. This latter option allows people to remove water during wet winter months, ensuring there's more for the fish in the summer.
But that can be tough sell to wary landowners. And it involves a mess of bureaucratic red tape, said Nelson of the Resource Conservation District. One switch of a permit, she noted, can require approval from a handful of local, state and federal agencies.
"The irony to me," Nelson said, "is the extent to which regulations intended to protect natural resources inhibit our ability to protect natural resources."
And while some landowners may be amenable to pitching in for the coho, others will be harder to persuade. Ambrose acknowledged that distrust of government is common among rural landowners, who sometimes chafe at what they perceive as intrusive and burdensome regulations.
One way to deal with that issue is to involve third parties, such as resource conservation districts and farm bureaus, to work with the landowners.
"As time goes by people may not necessarily like us," he said, "but they come to realize that we're not there to shut them down."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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T-Mobile CEO Likes What He Hears From Charlie Ergen
T-Mobile CEO John Legere says he's "intrigued" by Dish Network Chairman Charles Ergen's vision of combining his satellite TV provider with a wireless carrier, although it sounds like the two aren't dancing quite yet.
Dish laid out its plans for combining its satellite operations with a wireless operator in April after proposing to buy Sprint. The plan included using a high-speed wireless network to deliver home broadband internet service.
"When he made his bid and made his presentation to Wall Street about what his vision was, in my opinion it was very high level, and people didn't puke all over it," Mr. Legere said in an interview Wednesday with The Wall Street Journal. "I'm intrigued by Charlie's vision of this integrated capability."
T-Mobile has been widely seen as a potential target for Dish, which owns billions of dollars worth of wireless spectrum but lacks a network. Dish's options for acquiring that network are diminishing fast. T-Mobile absorbed smaller rival MetroPCS, and Japan's SoftBank has bought up Sprint and Clearwire. That leaves T-Mobile itself. The carrier has a nationwide network, and Mr. Legere has made clear his interest in joining the industry's further consolidation down the road.
For now, however, the T-Mobile CEO is being coy about conversations with Dish.
"We're not talking with him per se" Mr. Legere said.
Dish declined to comment.
The Journal reported last month that Dish held talks earlier this year about a possible merger with T-Mobile, which is majority owned by Deutsche Telekom.
Mr. Legere reiterated his view Wednesday that T-Mobile doesn't necessarily need to merge with another company in order to survive.
Mr. Legere was in New York on Wednesday for a press event that detailed new tactics to win market share and gave an update on its turnaround efforts.


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Tech Tip 10
Complying With Harmonic Standard IEEE 519
This Tech Tip briefly describes harmonic limits recommended by the recently revised standard IEEE 519. If you have questions regarding harmonic problems or for assistance in applying IEEE 519, please contact Power Quality.
IEEE 519 was upgraded from a Guideline to Recommended Practice in 1992 and is now available from IEEE. IEEE 519 was developed to establish goals for the design of power systems which include linear and non-linear, or harmonic, loads. It defines acceptable voltage quality and limits distortion current users may demand. The recommended limits are applied at the interface between sources and loads (the Point of Common Coupling or PCC).
IEEE 519 current distortion limits are based upon the ratio of the size of the supply system to the customer load. This ratio, the Short Circuit Ratio, is calculated at the PCC between the consumer and utility. Loads that are small when compared to supply capacity may require higher distortion.
Table I contains limits for total harmonic distortion (THD) and individual harmonics. The letter h represents the individual harmonic number. For example, h equals 5 for current at 300 Hertz (5 x 60 Hertz). Note as plant load increases on a given supply system, the ratio will decrease and the limits may tighten.
Table I: IEEE 519 Current Distortion Limits
To illustrate, consider the following data:
Short circuit capacity: 108 MVA (5000A @ 12.47 kV) Customer Load: 1.50 MV Short Circuit Ratio: 108/1.50 = 72
For ratios between 50 and 100, the total harmonic distortion (THD) limit is 12%.
IEEE 519 establishes maximum voltage distortion at the PCC with each consumer. Supply voltage quality should stay within limits provided the current limits are satisfied. Table II shows the voltage distortion limits.
Table II: IEEE 519 Voltage Distortion Limits
Voltage notching is common on many industrial power systems, especially those with large dc drives. When rectifying ac to dc, current is transferred from one phase to another. Since current does not transfer instantly, there is an overlap period during which two devices are conducting. During the overlap, a transient ac short circuit occurs through the two conducting devices causing a voltage notch. Six short circuits, or voltage notches, occur per 60 Hertz cycle or 360 notches per second.
IEEE 519 notch limits are divided into two parts: notch depth and notch area. These are illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Notch Depth and Notch Area
Table III contains recommended limits, where Special Applications include hospitals and airports, and a Dedicated System is exclusively dedicated to the converter load.
Table III: IEEE 519 Commutation Notching Limits
The information and diagrams presented herein are for general educational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as instructions for customer self-wiring. Customers should at all times seek the assistance of qualified electricians or utility personnel for all wiring projects.


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I just starting running in August and having now completed my first 1/2 have all new questions! Does anyone have tricks to getting passed the emotion wall (around 7-8 and 11) that took over? Physically I still had it in me, but emotionally I was spent. If it wasn't for one of my best friends running with me (she is a runner and this was not her first) I don't know how I would have overcome it! Any suggestions you could share?
Hi EDReilly,
I'm curious about the training program you used to prepare yourself for the half marathon. How did it go? The reason I ask is most training programs are designed to help you come to terms with the distance both physically and mentally. Had you run your 12-mile long run before this race, and how did you feel physically/emotionally before/during/after? You mentioned that you just started running in August, which is a very short timeframe in which to jump into a half-marathon. It sounds, at least on the surface, that you might have been ill-prepared to run this distance. If this is the case, it's a good thing your friend was there to support you! If you think that your preparation may not have been adequate, then with continued training you should have the mental fortitude to push through this distance.
It's also possible that you had a lot of pre-race anxiety, which left you drained before your race was completed. The anxiety stimulates epinephrine release, which is great at first, but this will eventually leave your body and you will end up exhausted. Hopefully the experience of having already run a half marathon will help with your pre-race anxiety in the future, and this problem will self-correct in subsequent races. Continue training and racing, and you will likely see these high levels of anxiety go down (not disappear, because everyone feels at least a little anxiety before a race!).
The only other thing I could think of is that this event was an emotional one for you for personal reasons (you're running in memory of someone, or a cause you believe in, etc.), in which case it's hard to say what can help you overcome it. Some people are overwhelmed by the emotion and spirit of an event, which is okay! That's why you had your friend there, right? If you think it's something you need to "overcome", you may want to consult a friend/family member to help you with this. Maybe it's a matter of perspective, or confidence, or something else entirely; people that know you far better than I should be able to work with you on this one.
Best of luck, and run healthy!
Great advice from Terranss, and mine is overly simplistic in comparison, but sometimes mile markers can trigger negative memories or emotional responses. For example, if you struggled at specific miles during training, then those same distances could cause anxiety during a race event. It is surprising how mental associations influence pace, performance, endurance and so on. I guess the best advice is try and determine the cause of lapses at given times. Five months is a short period of training to progress to a half-marathon, so congratulations on your strong efforts. I can only offer that the challenges occur differently for every runner. I struggle every fourth mile, just like clockwork,
and have no idea why, but I know it is coming and try to block out those forces (not looking at signs or my watch).
Wishing you best of luck
EDReilly wrote:
I just starting running in August and having now completed my first 1/2 have all new questions! Does anyone have tricks to getting passed the emotion wall (around 7-8 and 11) that took over? Physically I still had it in me, but emotionally I was spent. If it wasn't for one of my best friends running with me (she is a runner and this was not her first) I don't know how I would have overcome it! Any suggestions you could share?
I would not worry about and you might be creating something in your mind that might not be there. You may have had a little emotionaly down time simply because of your body wanting some carbs.
Unless you have a run 4, 5, 6 half marathons, and the same thing keeps happening, and a pattern develops, well, then you might have some sort of mental block.
With no extended history of running half's -- it may be nothing. I would draw no conclusions based upon 1 race -- and your first, at that.
Congrats on your finsih
EdReilly First and foremost Congratulations on a GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. Terranss gave you some good advise. However I think skypilot77 might of nailed it for you. I think your body could of been calling for carbs (Hammer Gel, Gu Chomps, Honey stingers etc etc) If you storage level wern't full or you wern't refueling while racing CARBS could be the problem.How were you doing your training runs on miles 7-8-11 ? Try brining some gel packs or flask with you on your next long training runs. Try using them before that feeling happened. Maybe one mile 4 & another at mile 7. If you need a final push try one more around mile 10. Also be sure you stay properly hydrated and replace your electrolyte's. Good Luck
2012 Races: Tony from Florida
Jan.7,2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando FL 02:09:14 PR
Oct 7 2012 Chicago Marathon Chicago Illinois 05:17:43
Feb 10, 2012 Rock N Roll Half Marathon St Petersburg FL
2011 Races:
Started running at 58 ( Nov 23rd 2010)
Half Marathon Results
Oct 31,2011 Fl Halloween Halfathron 02:18:22
Sept 4, 2011 Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Virgina Beach Half Marathon 02:28:20
April 30,2011 Country Music Half Marathon Nashville TN 02:56:02
All great advice, for me each new distance I have the same issue. Next time at the 1/2 distance I bet your mine will do better, it is a very powerful tool! Great job it's a great accomplishment!
Geez, I've run about 40 half-marathons and I still find the miles between about 7 and 11 to be mentally tough! It's the point where the intial racing euphoria has worn off and the end is not really in sight. The half seems to be the hardest for that because in shorter races you don't really have as much time to think about it. I don't notice it so much in a marathon, maybe because I know that here are just a lot of miles to run.
Wow - thank you all!!! I had hit 11 miles in our training, and while I started running in August and didn't have any trouble before with our long runs. I had been very active in a boot camp since January so endurance was built before the runs started thankfully. It really was a crazy feeling.
I didn't use any gels during the run, had one with me - I should have tried that! I did use sport beans before hand, but the cold and rainy weather seemed to hurt more than expected. And I like the idea of turning off the Garmin sounds...maybe if I don't notice the mile markers that will help.
Our next one is at the end of the month so I will see how that goes - it will be cold but we hope the rain stays home this time! Thank you all again...I now realize just how much running is NOT a solo sport!
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Deputies: Two Spartanburg robberies may be related
Published: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:49 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:49 p.m.
Deputies are looking into the possibility that a suspect in the attempted armed robbery of Fuel Stop at 2708 Cannons Campground Road may have also robbed a Li'l Cricket store, according to Lt. Tony Ivey.
A clerk at the Li'l Cricket at 1980 Chesnee Highway told deputies that at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, a man came into the store, went to the counter, pulled a pistol from the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt and told her to give him the money.
The following day, a clerk at Fuel Stop was pistol whipped in an attempted armed robbery around 6 p.m. The injured clerk was washing blood from his face when a deputy arrived, according to an incident report. The victim told the deputy a black male entered the store and pointed a handgun at him.
A struggle between the clerk and would-be robber followed. The clerk said the suspect struck him in the forehead with the firearm during the fight. The clerk removed an orange ski mask the suspect wore, according to the report. The victim said the suspect left in a gold-colored Chevrolet sedan that a black female was driving.
The Li'l Cricket clerk described the suspect as a 6-foot-1, black male. He was wearing a light gray, zipup hoodie with black stripes down the sleeves. He had the hood partially covering his face during the incident. He also was wearing a white-and-red ball cap and was armed with a silver handgun, according to the report.
Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
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Wednesday, 05/30/1990
The Pterodactyl Club, Charlotte, NC
Set 1: YEMYou Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, GolgiGolgi Apparatus, DividedDivided Sky, MSOMy Sweet One, Foam, Possum
Set 2: Reba, Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg, SlothThe Sloth, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, AntelopeRun Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy, Fluffhead, Sweet Adeline, Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove
Encore: GTBTGood Times Bad Times
Average Song Gap: 3.67
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Some recordings that circulate with this date mistakenly identify Athens, GA as the city where this show took place. Trey dedicated Golgi Apparatus to "Dave Schools and the guys from Widespread Panic".
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3D opportunity for aerospace and defense
Additive manufacturing takes flight
The aerospace and defense industry is increasingly using additive manufacturing to reduce material costs, decrease labor content, and increase availability of parts at point of use, which may have a dramatic impact on the supply chain.
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Additive manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing, is a manufacturing technique that builds objects layer by layer using materials such as polymers, metals, and composites. Figure 1 depicts the overall AM process.1 In the early stages of the 30 years of AM's deployment, the technology was largely geared toward prototyping and tooling applications; however, in recent years, AM has found success in end-part production, driven by improved manufacturability and reduced lead time compared to traditional manufacturing methods.
The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry was an early adopter of AM technology. The history of AM traces back to 1983 with some A&D companies beginning experimentation with the technology as early as 1988.2 Over the years, AM's adoption has increased across industries, with the A&D industry contributing about 10.2 percent of AM's $2.2 billion global revenues in 2012.3 Several reasons underlie AM's relatively widespread adoption in A&D. AM provides the flexibility to create complex part geometries that are difficult to build using traditional manufacturing. It can build parts with designs such as internal cavities and lattice structures that help reduce parts' weight without compromising their mechanical performance. Furthermore, AM machines produce less scrap than traditional machines, a critical attribute when using expensive aerospace materials such as titanium. Finally, AM's impact on economies of scale and scope make it a natural fit for A&D, which, in contrast to other mass production industries, is largely geared toward customized production. Figure 2 presents some of the performance enhancement benefits delivered by AM in various A&D applications.
AM's current applications in the A&D industry range from manufacturing simple objects such as armrests to complex parts such as engine components. Applications such as printing aircraft wings and parts in micro-gravity are foreseeable in the future.4 Figure 3 shows the current and potential applications of AM in the A&D industry; this list is not exhaustive, as AM technologies and their applications are constantly evolving.
Currently, A&D companies are at different stages in adopting AM, and there is some debate about how real AM's impact on traditional processes will be. On the one hand, A&D executives who are skeptical of AM's potential may miss the opportunities the technology can offer. On the other hand, companies keen on benefiting from AM adoption may make hasty moves that do not align with their strategic imperatives.
The article 3D opportunity: Additive manufacturing paths to performance, innovation, and growth provides Deloitte's perspective on the impact of AM, as illustrated in figure 4.5 Using the framework as the basis, we reviewed relevant academic literature and case studies and interviewed AM experts to identify current and future trends that are expected to shape the application of AM in the A&D industry.
As the AM technology evolves, its applications are bound to change; however, the larger dynamics that we have identified related to products and supply chains will not. This report will help readers appreciate how AM can aid their companies in achieving performance, growth, and innovation goals and help leaders choose the paths that best suit their organizations' value drivers.
AM paths to A&D companies' strategic imperatives and value drivers
AM is an important technology innovation whose roots go back nearly three decades. Its importance is derived from its ability to break existing performance trade-offs in two fundamental ways. First, AM reduces the capital required to achieve economies of scale. Second, it increases flexibility and reduces the capital required to achieve scope.
Capital versus scale: Considerations of minimum efficient scale shape the supply chain. AM has the potential to reduce the capital required to reach minimum efficient scale for production, thus lowering the barriers to entry into manufacturing for a given location.
Capital versus scope: Economies of scope influence how and what products can be made. The flexibility of AM facilitates an increase in the variety of products a unit of capital can produce, reducing the costs associated with production changeovers and customization and/or the overall amount of capital required.
Changing the capital versus scale relationship has the potential to impact how supply chains are configured, while changing the capital versus scope relationship has the potential to impact product designs. These impacts present companies with choices on how to deploy AM across their businesses.
The four tactical paths that companies can take are outlined in the framework below:
Path I: Companies do not seek radical alterations in either supply chains or products, but may explore AM technologies to improve value delivery for current products within existing supply chains.
Path II: Companies take advantage of scale economics offered by AM as a potential enabler of supply chain transformation for the products they offer.
Path III: Companies take advantage of the scope economics offered by AM technologies to achieve new levels of performance or innovation in the products they offer.
Path IV: Companies alter both supply chains and products in the pursuit of new business models.
Traditionally, A&D companies have deployed AM to create value through path 1—leveraging AM primarily for concept modeling, prototyping, tooling, and production of select end parts. Companies on this path are at different stages of AM adoption. While a few are using AM only for prototyping, others are using AM for short-run production.
In the medium term, with advances in AM technology and materials, A&D companies are likely to move from path I to path III in order to develop complex products with improved functionality, even new products altogether, without any major changes in their existing supply chain structures. A few leading A&D companies are already pursuing path III, and we expect increased momentum in the medium term.
Companies might also benefit in the area of maintenance, repair, and overhaul through the possibilities for cost-effective distributed production enabled by AM. Demand-driven production of spares through AM could be relevant for low-volume, complex parts; spares for out-of-production legacy aircraft; or spares required at remote locations.
In the long term, A&D companies are likely to deploy path IV—that is, they could pursue product customization along with on-demand AM that will likely lead to supply chain disintermediation and the evolution of new business models.
Detailed analysis on each of the AM paths is presented later in the report. When analyzing each of these paths, it is worthwhile to evaluate how different AM attributes may lead to changes in A&D companies' products and supply chain structures. Figure 5 lists some common attributes of AM that distinguish it from traditional manufacturing and the effect of each of these attributes on companies' existing product offerings and supply chains. Although not obvious, some product-related attributes have a bearing on a company's supply chains, and vice versa. For example, "manufacturing of complex-design products" appears to be a closely product-aligned attribute, but it also has supply chain implications: Companies that are designing complex parts need to ensure the fit of that complex part with other components sourced from suppliers. In a similar fashion, companies need to consider the impact of each AM attribute on their products and supply chain structures.7
Path I: Stasis—The path currently pursued by most A&D companies
Companies on path I do not seek radical alterations in either supply chains or products, but may explore AM technologies to improve value delivery for current products within existing supply chains.
Most A&D companies have been following a conservative strategy by adopting path I, "stasis," to leverage AM for modeling, prototyping, tooling, and short-run production without making any substantial changes to their supply chains and products.
Reduced time to market: AM helps companies quickly build prototypes with the required fit, form, and functionality, thereby accelerating design cycles, reducing time to market, and giving organizations a competitive advantage.9 Research has shown that when A&D companies switch from traditional manufacturing to AM, they could benefit from time savings in prototyping ranging from 43 percent to 75 percent, depending on the conventional techniques used.10 For example, when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) asked for proposals to improve the design of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft in 2013, Boeing additively manufactured a prototype, whose construction would have otherwise taken several months, in less than 30 days.11
Complex-design tools: AM's ability to create free-form designs helps in building tooling fixtures that are difficult or impossible to produce with traditional machining techniques. For example, traditional machining can create cooling channels only in straight lines, thus making it difficult to optimize fluid flow in corners. AM can create cooling channels that conform to the curvature of a part, a feature that is especially important for engine parts.12
Flexibility of design iterations: AM offers the flexibility to design and test products as many times as required, helping A&D companies reduce risks and uncertainties and improve product functionality at lower costs. With changes in software design files, companies can undertake multiple design iterations without expensive retooling. For example, NASA used 70 additively manufactured parts (such as flame-retardant vents, camera mounts, and housings) for the Mars Rover test vehicles.13
Tooling at lower costs: AM not only enables companies to quickly design and test products, but also helps bring down the cost of manufacturing tooling and fixtures.14 A case in point is offered by the repair company Advanced Composite Structures (ACS). ACS produces the majority of its tools using AM, leading to overall cost savings of 79 percent and lead time reduction of 96 percent compared with traditional tooling.15 Tooling using AM is particularly relevant for short-volume applications in the A&D industry, as described below by Bruce Anning, a director at ACS:
For the repairs and short-volume production work that we specialize in, tooling often constitutes a major portion of the overall cost. Moving from traditional methods to producing composite tooling with fused deposition modeling has helped us substantially improve our competitive position.16
Overall, path I, a starting point for AM adoption, leads to improved performance by reducing design and development costs and accelerating the speed at which cash flow can be realized without requiring significant changes in companies' products and supply chain structures.
Path II: Supply chain evolution—Limited AM impact expected in the medium term
On path II, companies take advantage of scale economics offered by AM as a potential enabler of supply chain transformation for the products they offer.
The A&D industry structure involves the manufacture and assembly of complex systems and sub-systems at select locations; the storage of parts in centralized warehouses; and maintenance, repair, and overhaul by skilled labor at relatively few locations. Boeing and Airbus aircraft typically consist of some 4 million parts sourced from across the globe. To avoid having an aircraft grounded, airlines commonly maintain an inventory of spares, some of which remain unused, and sometimes become obsolete with new aircraft designs. AM addresses the issue of warehousing and inventory obsolescence costs by enabling on-demand manufacturing where required. In line with Pareto's 20/80 rule, AM can co-exist with conventional manufacturing to make A&D companies' inventories leaner and save warehouse space.17
In the medium term, as AM machines become less expensive, aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul processes could benefit from cost-effective distributed production. Demand-driven production of spares through AM is relevant for low-volume, complex parts; spares for out-of-production legacy aircraft; or spares required at remote locations.
BAE Systems offers an example of AM's use in manufacturing spare parts. Earlier this year, the company received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its additively manufactured window breather pipes used in regional jetliners.18 These additively manufactured pipes cost 40 percent less than pipes made through injection molding and are manufactured and shipped to customers on an as-required basis.19
In addition to manufacturing spare parts using AM, the technology is also helpful for manufacturing parts that are difficult to repair using traditional processes. Laser metal deposition (LMD) is an AM technology in which metal powder is melted using a laser beam to form a metallurgical bond to repair parts. LMD systems can be installed at locations where repairs of high-value aerospace parts are expected. Rolls Royce offers a case in point: The company has installed LMD machines for the repair of complex engine components at its facilities in Germany.20 Starting this year, Lufthansa Technik also plans to repair high-pressure compressor blades in aircraft engines using AM. Dr. Stefan Czerner, consulting engineer at Lufthansa Technik, says, "Working with material which in some cases is just 0.2 millimeters thick is beyond even our best manual welders. We need high-precision positioning—accurate to a hundredth of a millimeter—and precisely metered energy input. The only way to do that is with a laser."21
Path III: Product evolution—AM raising the bar for product performance in the medium term
On path III, companies take advantage of the scope economics offered by AM technologies to achieve new levels of performance or innovation in the products they offer.
Currently, a few leading companies are looking for ways to integrate AM into their mainstream applications to produce end parts with the required fit, form, and functionality. AM applications in the A&D industry range from manufacturing engine components to food trays. According to one AM expert we interviewed, "Simple areas where I see growth in AM are seat belts, food trays, arm rests . . . All these things are getting additively manufactured. One of the interesting things you will notice is that companies are looking at bionic structures for parts such as arm rests. Additively manufactured bionic parts help improve the strength and aesthetic appeal of the parts while lowering their weight."
In the medium term, with improvements in AM technologies and materials sciences, an increasing number of companies are likely to adopt path III and leverage AM to improve product performance without making significant changes to their supply chains.
Complex-design parts: AM enables product designs and dimensions that are hard to create through traditional manufacturing, thus transcending existing design and manufacturing limitations.22 In traditional manufacturing, some designs that are optimized for topology are not feasible to manufacture due to their complex shape and design. However, with AM, parts can be designed not to accommodate manufacturing capabilities but to deliver maximum performance.23 GE Aviation is using AM to create fan blade edges with complex shapes to optimize airflow; it is difficult and time-consuming to machine such blades through traditional manufacturing. By 2016, the company plans to manufacture these blade edges in large production runs using AM.24
Intricate geometries: Parts with designs such as internal cavities and lattice structures can be fabricated using AM. The AM process, while maintaining the parts' strength by providing support only where required, can keep the parts' weight low. For example, while producing Airbus A320 nacelle hinge brackets, EADS used direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) to build an optimized design that brought down the part's weight by 64 percent while maintaining its strength and performance.25 The cumulative weight reduction enabled by additively manufacturing such parts can have a significant impact on the industry. Literature suggests that removing one pound of weight from each aircraft of a 600+ fleet of commercial aircraft could save about 11,000 gallons of fuel annually, cutting down on fuel bills—which, as of 2013, typically absorbed 35 percent of an airline's annual revenues.26
Waste reduction: Aerospace parts are built using expensive materials such as titanium, and it takes cost and effort to recycle scrap produced during machining.27 Conventional machining can entail a scrap rate as high as 80–90 percent of the original billet; AM can bring the scrap rate down to 10–20 percent, given the basic distinction between subtractive and additive methods of manufacturing. Research shows that the buy-to-fly ratio of Lockheed Martin's bleed air leak detector (BALD) brackets used in engines can be reduced from 33:1 to 1:1 by using electron beam melting (EBM).28 In terms of cost comparison, even though the titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) used in the AM process costs more than the wrought Ti-6Al-4V used in the traditional process, 50 percent of the cost of a bracket can still be eliminated without compromising its mechanical properties.29
Part simplification: AM's ability to manufacture multiple A&D parts as a single component, thereby reducing assembly effort, is another product-enhancement attribute. Typically, it is easier to modify a single-component product than a system built out of multiple components; hence, uncertainty in demand becomes more manageable. A classic example is GE's additively manufactured fuel nozzles, which are additively manufactured as a single part; they formerly involved the assembly of 20 different parts.30 These nozzles, used in GE's LEAP engines, are reported to be five times more durable than those produced using conventional methods.31
Improved functionality with embedded electronics: Ongoing advances in additively manufactured electronics embedded in parts offer product innovation opportunities. The field of embedded electronics, particularly for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications, is gaining momentum. Says David Kordonowy, aerostructures research group lead at Aurora Flight Sciences:
"The ability to fabricate functional electronics into complex-shaped structures using additive manufacturing can allow UAVs to be built more quickly with more customization, potentially closer to the field where they're needed. All these benefits can lead to efficient, cost-effective fielded vehicles."32
The marriage of embedded electronics and AM is still nascent, and it currently appears relevant in the context of simple electronics. Its applicability to harsh defense environments is foreseeable only in the long term.
Ease of product customization: As discussed earlier, the scope economies enabled by AM can allow companies to customize products to customer requirements in much lower volumes than possible with traditional manufacturing. Companies that seek to develop customized versions of existing products, or develop new products altogether, need not change their production machinery. Savings in changeover time and effort enable companies to get products to their customers faster, improving their market responsiveness. One AM expert gave the following example:
"A supplier of storage cabins moved completely from plastic molding to AM to print storage cabins and handles for the first-class cabins of a large commercial aircraft. First class is situated close to the nose of the aircraft, which is pointed, and each part has to be customized to fit in the "arch" design, thus making these parts a right fit for AM. Conversely, economy cabins are situated in a straight body, so parts are repeatable."
Overall, improved product functionality as well as the development of new products using AM will offer opportunities for product innovation as well as revenue growth in existing and new market segments. Progress down path III can improve companies' market responsiveness, thus enhancing their performance and prospects for growth.
Path IV: Combined supply chain and product evolution—AM's long-term role in business model changes
On path IV, companies alter both supply chains and products in pursuit of new business models.
In the last 30 years, AM applications have expanded from rapid prototyping to rapid tooling to end-part production as well as to the production of replacement parts. Path IV, "business model evolution," foreseeable in the long term, is the most significant path in terms of its impact on A&D companies' products and supply chain structures.
Collaboration with suppliers to create new products using AM: Currently, companies are using AM to improve the functionality of existing products or to build customized products. Going forward, this will continue. Additionally, in the long run, as AM technology improves, companies will likely take a step forward and leverage AM for designing new products altogether that are difficult to design and manufacture through conventional techniques. A&D companies are likely to collaborate with their suppliers and AM providers to build improved or new products using AM. The need to choose suppliers based on their AM expertise is likely to impact A&D companies' legacy supply chains. Some companies have already taken steps in this direction. Lockheed Martin is working with Sciaky to develop structural components for the F-35 aircraft.33 An F-35 flaperon spar made through EBM can save about $100 million compared to the cost of a spar made through traditional manufacturing over the 30 years of an aircraft's lifetime.34 Savings will naturally multiply as more parts are fabricated using AM.
Acquisition of niche AM providers to build in-house AM capabilities: On path IV, A&D companies may also choose to acquire select AM players to improve their in-house AM capabilities for critical applications, thus leading to some degree of supply chain disintermediation. For example, in early 2013, GE Aviation acquired Morris Technologies and Rapid Quality Manufacturing (RQM); both companies had earlier supplied additively manufactured parts to GE.35 GE Aviation also plans to triple its AM staff over the next five years from a headcount of 70 in 2013.36
With an increasing emphasis on AM's adoption through organic and inorganic means, AM and traditional manufacturing can serve as complementary technologies to further companies' long-term strategic imperatives. Lockheed Martin's recent initiative to introduce a digitally integrated design and manufacturing process for its space applications is a good example. As highlighted by Dennis Little, vice president of production at Lockheed Martin, there are no hitches when the product advances from a 3D CAD model to the shop floor as traditional fabrication is replaced with an automated process:
"Our digital tapestry of production brings digital design to every stage of the production process for a fluid product development cycle. From 3D virtual path-finding simulations to 3D printing, we are using innovative digital technology to streamline the manufacturing process for lower cycle times and reduced costs for our customers."37
Production at or near the point of use: As AM has the potential to reduce the capital required to reach the minimum efficient scale for production, companies can set up newer facilities at or near customer locations. Currently, we see only limited examples of on-site manufacturing, but on-site manufacturing is likely to expand to wider commercial and defense applications in the long term. The US Army's Rapid Equipping Force is deploying mobile AM labs in Afghanistan to manufacture quick replacements for products on the battlefield.38 Similarly, NASA is working to install an AM device at the International Space Station.39 Printing on-demand parts in a micro-gravity environment is well within the realm of the possible.40
Significant changes in products through the use of AM will create opportunities for innovation and revenue for A&D companies. As AM's adoption increases, fueled by economies of scope, companies may choose to manufacture critical components in-house. For other applications, they are likely to work with a limited number of suppliers that have experience and expertise in AM deployments. These changes are likely to lead to some degree of supply chain disintermediation, as well as changes to how suppliers are chosen. Overall, the changes that path IV will drive in companies' products and legacy supply chain structures will cause their business models to evolve in ways that bring the value embedded in paths II and III.
What's holding back A&D executives?
In December 2013, we interviewed several experts in the field of AM to get their views on the implications of the technology for the A&D industry. We took them through a structured interview process and cross-compared their responses. Although we cannot claim a comprehensive review of all opinions that might exist, we are confident that we obtained a representative sample of qualified reviews of the AM industry.
Our literature review and discussions with AM providers and experts highlighted that only a few leading A&D companies are proactively ramping up their existing manufacturing capabilities to be able to leverage AM for mainstream applications as AM systems improve in functionality and materials science matures.
Other executives are conservative and apprehensive about the stress that AM could bring to their operations. They are looking for successful case studies before committing capital to AM setups. It is here that the role of service bureaus becomes critical, as A&D companies can use them to access the AM technology without the need for huge capital investments and technical know-how. The following are some common reservations expressed by A&D executives.
How real is AM? Is it just another new technology or are there any long-term implications?
Currently, the benefits of AM for A&D applications have been demonstrated through research studies conducted by select A&D companies and AM providers under controlled conditions. However, the approach used to conduct these studies is not always available in the public domain, making it difficult for executives with limited practical exposure to AM to judge the studies' validity. One AM expert we spoke with said, "Of course, some of the leading aerospace companies have done extensive research, and they have all the data about the heating and cooling rates and how the structure is formed, etc.—but it is kept in-house and is not in the public domain." AM providers need to sensitize and convince A&D customers that AM performs, not just in research labs, but on the shop floor as well.
We own and understand existing manufacturing processes, but we are not so sure about AM.
As with any new technology, A&D executives have varying risk appetites when it comes to embracing AM. A&D experts have decades of experience and expertise in metals, plastics, and composites, as well as in their use in conventional machining. But their understanding of AM continues to be limited, because even though the technology has been around for 30 years, activity has accelerated only in recent years. One AM expert we interviewed said, "A lot of senior executives I speak to are not very comfortable with AM. With their collective experience in conventional machining that runs into the hundreds of years, they are comfortable with the knowledge they have about how metals behave, the properties of the materials, what can be done, what cannot be done. Suddenly a new technology comes along, and they are very apprehensive, as there is limited understanding of the grain structure and how the parts will be formed in AM."
We are a diversified manufacturer. Can AM help across the board?
A&D executives are keen to understand the extent to which AM systems can be deployed for varied applications in their organizations. We believe AM is especially relevant for diversified companies, as they can use AM systems for applications across business segments. AM can produce a "sword and a plowshare" sequentially without any change in the production machinery, thus demonstrating the technology's versatility to produce different products with reduced changeover time and effort.41 GE, for instance, uses AM for applications across segments such as aviation and health care. Christine Furstoss, global technical director of manufacturing and materials technologies at GE, said:
"We are committed to driving [AM] in as many areas as we can…We will always work with our strategic partners to do what's right for our collective companies."42
We make specialized equipment; we can't take chances with reliability.
Amid stringent regulations for commercial and defense manufacturing processes, consistency of quality is something on which A&D executives cannot compromise. As one AM expert described A&D executives' concerns about repeatability in AM applications, "A&D executives are particularly skeptical about replication accuracy, which is yet to be brought down to about the 2 micron level." An AM parts manufacturer that supplies parts to A&D customers described the gap between what the A&D industry requires and what AM systems typically deliver: "The accuracy that you can get through most metal AM machines is about 30–40 microns, while aerospace companies' tolerance limit is less than 10 microns; so currently we have the additional task of machining [the excess] away." AM providers need to improve existing systems to be able to consistently deliver high-quality parts; only then will AM likely reach its full potential in the A&D industry.
Increasing AM adoption: Challenges and potential solutions
AM's ability to manage small volumes, create complex designs, and fabricate lightweight but strong structures makes it a natural fit for the A&D industry, which is not a mass-production industry in the typical sense of the term. In its current state, the technology faces some challenges associated with size and scalability, high material costs, narrow range of materials, limited multi-material printing capabilities, and consistency of quality. Continuing advances in AM technology and materials science are likely to address these limitations and are expected to drive wider adoption of AM in the A&D industry.
Size limitations: AM underperforms traditional manufacturing when it comes to the production of large A&D components.43 AM providers are focusing their R&D efforts on addressing the size limitations of existing AM systems. Lockheed Martin is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on a big-area additive manufacturing (BAAM) system in which multiple deposition heads work in coordination to build large parts in an open environment, unconstrained by the typical envelope size.44 BAE Systems developed a 1.2-meter titanium wingspar in collaboration with Cranfield University in December 2013.45
Scalability limitations: A&D companies that use traditional manufacturing and sourcing methods face the challenge of stocking large inventories, a majority of which may be unused. On the other hand, AM systems may not be able to scale up production when required. AM providers are working to improve the build speed of existing AM systems to support the industry's bulk-production needs.46 As one AM expert suggested, AM systems where different parts can be produced concurrently or where production and unloading can happen simultaneously will help improve AM's scalability.
Narrow range of materials and high material cost: AM predominantly uses a narrow range of polymers and metal powder to manufacture A&D parts, and the costs of these materials are much higher than that of the materials used in traditional manufacturing methods. In 2013, AM thermoplastics cost about $200 per kilogram, while those used in injection molding cost only $2.47 Similarly, the stainless steel used in AM costs about $8 per square centimeter, which is more than 100 times the commercial-grade stainless steel used in traditional manufacturing methods.48
Over the next few years, advances in materials science are likely to expand the choice of AM materials and bring their cost down. One of the AM experts we interviewed said:
"Traditionally, hardware capabilities have driven materials science developments. But we are going through a change now where material developments will start to lead hardware developments … In the intermediate to long term, it should not be surprising to see AM companies getting into materials science in a pervasive symbiotic relationship—the marriage of technical science with materials science."
Limited multimaterial printing capability: AM systems that can print with multiple materials at a time offer huge design flexibility. Currently, only a few such systems are available.49 Advances in multimaterial printing capabilities will help designers make a part using different materials with varying properties. For example, one section of an aerospace part can be built from a material with flame-retardant properties, while other sections can be made of an extremely lightweight material.50
Quality consistency: Quality consistency issues, especially in producing fully dense metal parts, result from excess heat that leads to stress and voids, particularly on layer boundaries. Repeatability can be improved by embedding controls within the machines so that in-situ dimensional accuracy is ensured, as well as by subsequently conducting automated inspections. According to one expert we interviewed: "Currently, the strength in the plane of layers is not uniform. Those are issues to be dealt with. In principle, you can deal with those quite well because you have access to each layer and the entire geometry. You can see every layer being laid down. I see these [issues] as temporary hiccups to getting good-quality parts, because you can, in principle, do a 100 percent computerized inspection in a completely automated process."
The way forward
AM's capabilities speak to the core of the A&D industry's objectives and concerns. The technology enables design complexities that are hard to match with traditional manufacturing techniques. At the same time, AM helps reduce parts' weight, leading to improved fuel efficiency. The technology can also manufacture complex parts as single-component systems. And as discussed earlier, AM reduces the capital required to achieve economies of scale and scope, helping companies to enhance products and supply chains.
With these inherent attributes, AM is a natural fit for many A&D applications. It is not surprising that the technology has been increasingly adopted in the last three decades, starting from prototyping to end-part production in recent years. Figure 6 summarizes ways that AM can help A&D companies improve their production processes.
There is little doubt that AM's penetration into the A&D value chain will grow. A&D companies should carefully assess how AM can help advance their performance, growth, and innovation goals. Companies' choice of AM paths will depend on their choice of strategic imperatives and value drivers.
Historically, A&D companies have pursued path I, the least risky AM path. Even with no major changes in their product offerings and supply chains, companies can reap benefits by deploying AM in prototyping and tooling applications that help reduce product development time and costs. In the medium term, as AM technologies and materials science advance, companies are likely to pursue path III to build end parts with improved functionality. The prospect of additively manufacturing increasingly complex items at little additional cost will likely fuel the development of new products that can lead to growth opportunities within new customer segments. Also, AM's increasing use in the MRO industry may lead to a certain degree of distributed production. In the long term, A&D companies are likely to leverage AM for both product evolution and supply chain improvements. A combination of improved manufacturability and supply chain disintermediation could lead to changes in companies' business models.
As companies increasingly look to AM in pursuit of their strategic imperatives, they will need to factor various strategic considerations into their business functions (figure 7).
As shown in figure 8, depending on the extent of AM deployment, A&D companies will need to make changes that will allow them to reap benefits at each stage of the value chain. While AM opportunities, as well as the likely benefits from AM, are more significant in the earlier stages of the value chain, the technology's impact across the other stages should not be dismissed. Some benefits, such as parts simplification and weight reduction, can be obtained in current applications; others, such as production at/near the point of use, are foreseeable only in the longer term.
The comparison of what companies need to know and do and the benefits they could accrue highlights AM as an important element of the way forward for leading A&D companies.
Deloitte Consulting LLP's supply chain and manufacturing operations practice helps companies understand and address opportunities to apply advanced manufacturing technologies to impact their businesses' performance, innovation, and growth. Our insights into additive manufacturing allow us to help organizations reassess their people, process, technology, and innovation strategies in light of this emerging set of technologies. Contact the author for more information or read more about our alliance with 3D Systems and our 3D Printing Discovery Center on www.deloitte.com.
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- For detailed information on additive manufacturing technology and processes, refer to the report, The 3D opportunity primer: The basics of additive manufacturing, Deloitte University Press, March 6, 2014, http://dupress.com/articles/the-3d-opportunity-primer-the-basics-of-additive-manufacturing/.
- Newsela, "These 3-D printers use plastic and metal, not paper," July 16, 2013, http://www.newsela.com/articles/manufacturing-3d/id/563/, accessed December 27, 2013.
- Terry Wohlers, Wohlers report 2013: Additive manufacturing and 3D printing state of the industry (2013).
- Mark Betancourt, "Printed in space," Air & Space Magazine, November 2012.
- Mark Cotteleer and Jim Joyce, "3D opportunity: Additive manufacturing paths to performance, innovation, and growth," Deloitte Review 14, January 2014, http://dupress.com/articles/dr14-3d-opportunity/?icid=hp:ft:04.
- Ibid.
- These attributes will be detailed in future reports that comprise the Deloitte University Press series on additive manufacturing.
- Attributes are listed in descending order of impact on product offerings based on literature review and our qualitative assessment. In the A&D industry, AM's impact on products appears more significant than its impact on supply chains as detailed later in the report.
- For a detailed discussion of AM's role in product development, refer to our report, Complexity is free, but complex, Deloitte University Press, March 5, 2014, http://dupress.com/articles/3d-printing-complexity-is-free-may-be-costly-for-some/.
- Stratasys Inc., A new mindset in product design, 2012.
- Chris Haddox, Phantom Swift: Putting rapid into rapid prototyping, Boeing, August 11, 2013, http://www.boeing.com/boeing/Features/2013/09/bds_phantom_swift_09_11_13.page, accessed January 21, 2014.
- S. S. Bobby and S. Singamneni, "Conformal cooling through thin shell moulds produced by 3D printing," Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Note that conformal cooling channels are also used in automotive end parts as detailed in our report: 3D opportunity for automotive: Additive manufacturing hits the road, to be available from Deloitte University Press.
- Richard E. Crandall, Where will additive manufacturing take us?, APICS, January/February 2013, http://www.apics.org/industry-content-research/publications/apics-magazine/apics-magazine—landing-page—everyone/2013/01/28/where-will-additive-manufacturing-take-us-, accessed February 5, 2014.
- Mark Cotteleer, Mark Neier, and Jeff Crane, 3D opportunity for tooling: Additive manufacturing shapes the future, Deloitte University Press, April 7, 2014, http://dupress.com/articles/additive-manufacturing-3d-opportunity-in-tooling/.
- Stratasys Inc., Additive manufacturing reduces tooling cost and lead time to produce composite aerospace parts, 2013.
- Stratasys Inc., Additive manufacturing trends in aerospace: Leading the way, 2013.
- S. Hasan and A. E. W. Rennie, The application of rapid manufacturing technologies in the spare parts industry, The Open University, 2008, http://oro.open.ac.uk/38110/1/The%20Application%20of%20Rapid%20Manufacturing%20Technologies%20in%20the%20Spare%20Parts%20Industry.pdf, accessed January 20, 2014.
- BAE Systems, BAE Systems produces and certifies 3D printed part for use on BAE 146 jetliner, January 20, 2014, http://www.regional-services.com/Content/Section/article_1_JAN_20_2014, accessed April 16, 2014.
- Ibid.
- Ingomar Kelbassa, Patrick Albus, Jens Dietrich, and Jan Wilkes, Manufacture and repair of aero engine components using laser technology, RWTH Aachen University, 2008.
- Laser Community, LMD in production, http://www.laser-community.com/allgemein/bmw-and-lufthansa-go-for-additive-laser-metal-deposition_4158/, accessed April 17, 2014.
- Mark Cotteleer and Jim Joyce, "3D opportunity: Additive manufacturing paths to performance, innovation, and growth," Deloitte Review14, January 2014, http://dupress.com/articles/dr14-3d-opportunity/?icid=hp:ft:04.
- D. Brackett, I. Ashcroft, and R. Hague, Topology optimization for additive manufacturing, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, August 17, 2011.
- David H. Freedman, "Layer by layer," MIT Technology Review, January/February 2012, http://m.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/426391/layer-by-layer/, accessed December 27, 2013.
- Michael Molitch, "3D printing industry, AM benefits environment says EADS and EOS," 3D Printing Industry, http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/10/29/benefits-environment-says-eads-eos/, accessed December 5, 2013; Altair, Topology optimization of an additive layer manufactured (ALM) aerospace part, 2013.
- Boeing, Additive manufacturing in aerospace; examples and research outlook, September 2011; American Airlines, 2013 10-K, http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=117098&p=irol-sec, accessed May 14, 2014.
- Abhiram Mokasdar, A quantitative study of the impact of additive manufacturing in the aircraft spare parts supply chain, University of Cincinnati, July 26, 2012.
- Ryan Dehoff, Chad Duty, et al., "Additive manufacturing of aerospace brackets," Advanced Materials & Processes, March 2013.
- Ibid.
- Kevin Michaels, "Aerospace's next disruptive technology; Additive manufacturing holds huge implications for OEMs, suppliers and the workforce," Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 29, 2013.
- Ibid.
- Reuters, "3D printing is merged with printed electronics," March 23, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/idUS186286+23-Mar-2012+BW20120323, accessed January 28, 2014.
- 3ders, "Lockheed Martin and Sciaky partner on electron beam manufacturing of F-35 parts," January 17, 2013, http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130117-lockheed-martin-and-sciaky-partner-on-electron-beam-manufacturing-of-f-35-parts.html, accessed December 19, 2013.
- Ibid.
- GE Aviation, GE aviation acquires Morris Technologies and Rapid Quality Manufacturing, November 20, 2012, http://www.geaviation.com/press/other/other_20121120.html, accessed February 7, 2014.
- Tim Catts, "GE turns to 3D printers for plane parts," Businessweek, http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-27/general-electric-turns-to-3d-printers-for-plane-parts, November 27, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013.
- Lockheed Martin, Revitalizing manufacturing with next-gen production technology, October 7, 2013, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2013/3dprinting.html, accessed January 27, 2014.
- Shawn Brimley, Ben FitzGerald, and Kelley Sayler, Game changers: Disruptive technology and U.S. defense strategy, Center for a New American Security, September 2013.
- BBC, "NASA plans first 3D printer space launch in 2014," September 30, 2013, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24329296, accessed February 7, 2014.
- Mark Betancourt, "Printed in space," Air & Space Magazine, November 2012.
- Although inserts and supports might vary; Mark Cotteleer and Jim Joyce, "3D opportunity: Additive manufacturing paths to performance, innovation, and growth," Deloitte Review 14, January 2014, http://dupress.com/articles/dr14-3d-opportunity/?icid=hp:ft:04.
- Gillian Rich, "GE: 3D printers to 'touch' half of its manufacturing," Investor's Business Daily, October 7, 2013, http://news.investors.com/100713-674161-ge-sees-3d-printers-in-its-manufacturing.htm, accessed February 20, 2014; Tom Ayres, "GE to bring 3D printers to half of its manufacturing," Digital Manufacturing Report, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, October 7, 2013, http://www.digitalmanufacturingreport.com/dmr/2013-10-07/ge_to_bring_3d_printers_to_half_of_its_manufacturing.html, accessed February 20, 2014.
- Richard Hague, "Q&A: Additive manufacturing—Add up the benefits," Engineer, January 2014.
- Christopher Holshouser and Chad Duty, "Out of bounds additive manufacturing," Advanced Materials & Processes 171, no. 3 (March 2013).
- 3ders, "UK unveils 1.2m titanium wingspar 3D printed in one piece," December 21, 2013, http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131221-uk-unveils-titanium-wingspar-3d-printed-in-one-piece.html, accessed December 26, 2013.
- Gary Anderson, "10 reasons to be bullish about the 3D printing industry," 3D Printing Industry, November 19, 2013, http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/11/19/10-reasons-bullish-3d-printing-industry/, accessed February 17, 2014.
- Morgan Stanley Research, Cost-benefit analysis: 3D printing versus traditional manufacturing, September 5, 2013.
- Ibid.
- Ellie Zolfagharifard, "The rise of multi-material 3D printing," Engineer, May 9, 2013, http://www.theengineer.co.uk/channels/design-engineering/in-depth/the-rise-of-multi-material-3d-printing/1016242.article, accessed February 17, 2014.
- Hod Lipson, Frontiers in additive manufacturing, National Academy of Engineering, spring 2012.


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EDWARDS, Colorado - Edwards-based marketing and advertising firm Hill Aevium has been named a winner in the 2012 W3 Awards that were announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.
Receiving over 3,000 entries, the W3 Awards honors outstanding websites, web marketing, web video and mobile apps created by some of the best interactive agencies, designers, and creators worldwide. Hill Aevium won silver awards in two categories, both for website design.
In redesigning a new website for the Glenwood Hot Springs, Hill Aevium strived to provide an immediate introduction to the overall resort experience.
"We relied on experiential words such as 'swim, stay, spa and fitness' rather than operational silos such as 'The Pool, The Lodge, The Spa," said Creative Director Pati Martinez. "We are thrilled that the number of unique visitors to the website increased by 9 percent and the number of people who clicked through to the reservation system increased by 19 percent."
Hill Aevium earned a second silver award for their work on the Crazy Mountain Brewery website. Crazy Mountain, a popular craft brewery in the Vail Valley, approached Hill Aevium to redesign their website in preparation for the launch of their microbrewery to some of the largest distributors in the United States. This brewery is a testament to the children's book "The Little Engine That Could." "Can't" is not in their repertoire and the site had to represent the uniqueness and professionalism that they bring to the micro brew business.
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It seems that there was a bit of confusion concerning a shoutout we ran in Friday's column. We had an anonymous pat on the back that named the local do-gooder as Jean, when in fact her name is Jane. We trust you'll forgive our transgression. So without further adieu, our shoutout part two:
"A big thank you to Jane Hendrix, the Peak 7 Trail Goddess!! Jean cuts all the entrances to the trails so locals and visitors can easily access and enjoy our beautiful trails and mountains. It looks like the work of six men, but it's just Jane. Thanks for your hard work!"
Word on the street is that it's supposed to be blowing snow today, so we figure it's about time to wrap this here column up, strap on our boots and hit the pow that Ullr has seen fit to bless us with in the Summit.
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A year long study will determine the emissions of ammonia, methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide from the barns and wastewater storage pond of a large freestall dairy. Additionally, bioaerosol transport from the barns to downwind locations will be assessed. The emissions of ammonia, methane, and nitrous oxide from dairy liquid storage ponds will also be assessed in order to determine the factors affecting these emissions and develop better methods for predicting emissions from these systems. An assessment of the transport of pathogens from sprinkler irrigation of dairy wastewater will also be undertaken to determine the risk of pathogen drift to human receptors and potential health risks. A better understanding of the type and amount of constituents released into the air from animal production and manure storage areas are expected results. This information will allow us to develop emissions factors and assess the risk of pathogen drift from these systems.


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I worked out of Copenhagen a couple years ago. I lived in a hotel downtown and was amazed with the cycling-specific infrastructure the city provided as my bike was my only real means of transportation. WorldChanging.com reports on an effort in Portland to study cyclists behaviors so that other cities can use the findings to best cater to the needs of cyclists. If the results are anything like Copenhagen I'm all for it.
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You only have to visit Copenhagen to see how strong the cycling culture is. It's really interesting how so many people in Britain are put off cycling as they do feel in intimidated on the roads.
The contrast between cultures in Britain and much of continental Europe is pretty stark (I remember the last time I was in Amsterdam and quickly found out that bikes were the kings of the road). Things are changing, slowly, as the government is pushing schemes like cycle to work. An initiative that is hopefully going to get employers and employees to recognise the benefits of bikes over cars for transportation (not to mention fun).
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Ninety miles is the distance from the southern tip of Florida to Cuba. Trumpeter Nicholas Payton bridges it in a single note. Unreal. Late Sunday, he performed this trick -- repeatedly -- at the Monterey Jazz Festival: played one looooong note, squeezed and moaned and shouted like a blues prayer against the backdrop of a lit-up Cuban-Puerto Rican rhythm section.
Known as Ninety Miles, the band was bridging distances, consolidating a tradition, and it was all being funneled through Payton's trumpet. Co-led by Puerto Rican saxophonist David Sánchez, this sextet left its audience vibrating like a tuning fork in the venue known as Dizzy's Den, one of eight festival stages. For this listener, it was the best performance of the festival, exhilarating and exhausting; one of those "thank God for music" events.
The 55th annual Monterey festival was a strong one, maybe most notable for its giving expression to a new generation of players. They may not be famous -- yet. But they are coming into their prime and advancing this tradition. Among them are the four members of the Ninety Miles rhythm section: drummer Henry Cole and bassist Ricardo Rodriguez (from Puerto Rico), conguero Mauricio Hererra (from Cuba) and pianist Zaccai Curtis (he's just from Connecticut). These combustion experts stoked fires for Sánchez and Payton, master players at midcareer.
I'm afraid there's not time or space to review many of the dozens of performances at Monterey, which attracted crowds similar to last year's: about 38,000 revolutions of the turnstile at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. But here are a few of my favorites from this rich musical weekend.
Sunday. Jack DeJohnette and Bill Frisell. Their duet performance was wide-open and inspired. Old friends, the drummer and guitarist played "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and DeJohnette began pounding on his tom-toms, a pouncing tiger. A Malian folk anthem turned into a march across the desert -- you could taste the sand. There was rockabilly, blues, electric Miles distortion, twanging Americana; everything became everything, and DeJohnette kept hunting through his kit for new timbres.
Saturday. Trumpeter Christian Scott, who packed the Night Club, is coming into his powers, big-time, at age 29. His music is full of the swirl, spirit and striving of '60s jazz, but with new flavors. Fed by guitarist Matthew Stevens and drummer Jamire Williams, the band sounded at times like Radiohead in Africa, under the spell of Coltrane's rushing spirit, with Scott pointing his horn toward the heavens and straining after big, ecstatic tangles of notes, a man on a search. Wild, free and full of the blues.
Saturday. Pianist Gerald Clayton, 28, playing with his trio (Joe Sanders, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums) in the Coffee House Gallery. His tune "Sunny Day Go" was spacious and often very quiet, lit up with neon detail and a super-sharp rhythmic sense, including a touch of Keith Jarrett's funkiness. Wing-tipped Gilmore -- Roy Haynes' grandson -- was the secret weapon, never overplaying, opening up the music, prodding it, picking his moves, like a basketball player with unexplainable court sense.
Saturday. Singer Catherine Russell was a charmer on the Garden Stage, delivering classic blues and swing tunes with relaxed authenticity. Daughter of Luis Russell -- he was Louis Armstrong's music director -- she is a woman with roots; you hear echoes of Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. And Bessie Smith: Russell sang "Kitchen Man" with salacious swagger, and the audience responded. Couples were laughing, embracing and dancing under the stars.
Saturday. Tony Bennett, 86, still lunges after those high notes like a kid jumping to grab apples off a high branch. He's a man in love with the art of song: "They All Laughed," "Steppin' Out With My Baby," "Sing You Sinners," "But Beautiful." In the Arena, he sang them all, phrasing with beauty, exuding style. And is there anything better than hearing Bennett sing "The Way You Look Tonight"?
Friday. Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez kissed his fingertips; then his band's performance in the Night Club took off with a blast of positive energy. Like the Beatles or samba, this music just felt incredibly good. Great melodies. Joyous vocal harmonies, worked out in three and four parts, tight as a drumhead. This is inventive and accessible pop music that threatens to grab an audience far beyond the Cuban restaurant on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan where this foursome regularly performs.
Friday. Ambrose Akinmusire -- 30-year-old Oakland native, new trumpet master -- played a set with his quintet that felt like slow deep breaths, or swimming underwater. His tunes have weight and wisdom. They don't travel predictable pathways, nor do his improvised lines, which skip, somersault and follow their own Ambrose-ian logic. His duet in Dizzy's Den with pianist Sam Harris was one of the saddest and prettiest things I've heard in a long while, speaking to the inevitable passage of time.
Friday. Vocalist Gregory Porter performed in the Night Club for an adoring crowd. If you love a singer who sinks roots into spirituals and '60s soul, into ballads and Blakey and the African-American tradition generally, and who does it with charm and understatement, and communicates to his audience so genuinely that it talks back at him -- "Kill it, brother!" -- then you're likely to fall for this young singer. With his kinetic band, he played until after midnight and blew me away.
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WINTER HAVEN | All lanes of U.S. 17 South reopened by 5:40 p.m. Friday after a fire near Snively Avenue in Eloise led officials to close them, according to Polk County Fire Rescue.
The structure fire was reported in a building at 126 U.S. 17 South around 3:46 p.m., and firefighters responded about 10 minutes later, according to PCFR spokesman Brad Ruhmann.
He said the blaze appeared to be under control by 5 p.m.
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cognitive surplus
Mirror mirror on the wall, what's the most important open source project of them all?
Micheal Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat, moderated our October 2011 Open Your World Forum webcast with Clay Shirky. Tiemann and Shirky explored how the principles of open source are being applied to further advance our collective cognitive surplus.
Today Clay Shirky joined us for a webcast on how open source takes advantage of the "cognitive surplus"—the way we use our free time more constructively for a greater cause.
Clay Shirky, known for his books Cognitive Surplus and Here Comes Everybody, studies the effects of the Internet on society and economics, and he wants you to think about how you spend your free time. Are you contributing to the trillions of hours of television passively consumed each year? Or are... Read more
We like to highlight the values of the open source way like collaboration, meritocracy, transparency, and sharing here on opensource.com. We share ideas, best practices, content, images, opinions, and much more. But has "sharing" changed with the increased use of social media?
We asked opensource.com contributors for their recommendations for some can't-miss summer reading. Some books are new. Some are recent favorites. All offer examples of how the open source way is being employed in areas beyond technology. From coaching individuals to unite as a team, exploring the... Read more