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Rotherham Titans (49) vs Aberavon (7) - British & Irish Cup
Pre-Match Report
Titans are delighted that long-term absentees Neale Patrick and Laurence Pearce will start the game at lock and number 8 respectively. Patrick hasn't represented the Titans since picking up a back injury against Plymouth Albion in September 2012. Whilst Pearce will be making his club debut, following a knee injury sustained at Sheffield Tigers in a pre-season friendly last August.
Tom Carlisle has arrived at Clifton Lane this week on duel registered terms from Premiership side Worcester Warriors. The twenty one years-old fly half starts in the number 10 jersey as he looks to impress on his Titans debut.
Will Robinson and Lloyd Hayes have joined up with the Titans on a trial basis, as the club continues to look at potential recruits to the squad. Robinson, currently contracted at Hull RUFC is a winger who can cover the scrum half position, whilst Hayes who plies his trade at Chester is predominantly a centre.
Former Titan Rikki Stout has been re-registered with the club following his impressive work with the squad recently. Rikki gets the nod for Saturday at tight head prop.
Aberavon will visit Clifton Lane looking to put the record straight after losing at home to the Titans earlier in the competition. Titans ran out narrow 21-25 victors at the Talbot Athletic Ground with Dan Sanderson scoring a try and James McKinney slotting 20 points off the kicking tee.
Looking ahead to the match, Titans Head Coach Alex Codling explained, "In terms of our B&I Cup campaign I've been delighted; it's been a really positive campaign. I think at the outset it's always tough when you have the current champions in your group, but I think the way the boys played in Munster, where we were a couple of minutes away from getting the win, just highlights how successful the competition has been. Ultimately the slip-up at home against Munster is what's cost us, but that's the margins you have to face and we accept that.
"On the face of it, probably three or four weeks ago this game against Aberavon might have been looked at as a dead rubber with nothing to play for. But I think you can see from the team selection and on a personal level I'm massively excited by it, I think it's a great opportunity for the club.
"It's a rare opportunity where we can play a competitive match, knowing that the end result is not going to change our destiny in the competition, whilst at the same time it gives us the opportunity to look at players in a competitive environment, both in terms of the short term with players coming back from injury and also with potential players for next season and that excites me massively.
"Every match we play, we play with the intension of winning and that's no different this week. We know Aberavon aren't going to travel all this way and then not put in a shift and we'll need to be ready for the challenge. I see the players coming in for us this as a real positive and the players now have the opportunity to put their hands up and stake a claim for a spot against Newcastle next week."
Titans: 15 Ed Styles, 14 Will Robinson, 13 Joel Gill, 12 Lloyd Hayes, 11 Pete Homan, 10 Tom Carlisle, 9 Jimmy Williams (Capt.), 1 Jamie Kilbane, 2 Ted Stagg, 3 Rikki Stout, 4 Neale Patrick, 5 Nile Dacres, 6 Latu Makaafi, 7 Joe Ellyatt, 8 Laurence Pearce.
Replacements: 16 Jared Saunders, 17 Marshall Gadd, 18 Ross Davies, 19 Pale Nonu, 20 Alex Rieder, 21 Lee Blackett, 22 Garry Law.
Match Report
On a chilly afternoon at Clifton Lane Rotherham Titans put in a performance to warm the cockles of your heart. Right from the off Titans intent to play rugby and score tries was apparent, as a number of early penalty kicks were turned down with kicks to the corner being the preferred option.
Titans' rampant start saw them go 14-0 up inside the first 13 minutes. First Nile Dacres crashed over following good handling from forwards and backs and then Joel Gill once against demonstrated his power and tenacity when bulldozing over with two Aberavon players hanging of him. Tom Carlisle converted both tries with some accurate kicking.
Aberavon were put under the sternest of pressure as the game developed, causing the visitors to concede repeated penalties. Twenty six minutes in and referee Simon Harding sent Nathan Brown to the bin for his part in Aberavon's misdemeanours.
Shortly after Titans used their numerical advantage to score a third try through Peter Homan, following good build-up work through Carlisle and Gill. As half time approached and with Rotherham still in the ascendancy, man of the match Laurence Pearce picked up from the base of a scrum and crashed and bullied his way over the line for his first try for the club. Carlisle converted nicely to send the teams in at the break with the hosts holding a well deserved 28-0 advantage.
The second period saw much of the same in terms of the Titans dominating most aspects of the game. The set-scrum in particular was a fruitful platform for them to create good forward momentum. As the pressure mounted on the Welsh side, Stefan Andrews became the second Aberavon player to be sent to the bin, following his side's persistent infringements at the breakdown on 48 minutes.
Once again the host's quickly made their numerical advantage tell, when trialist Will Robinson sent in fellow trialist Lloyd Hayes for a neatly worked try. Both men would have been please with their contribution on debut. Carlisle tagged on the extras to make it 35-0.
Impressive breaks then followed by Ed Styles and Laurence Pearce which almost culminated in further tries. However, Aberavon's spirited and committed defence managed to hold out the rampaging Titans. This was not for long though, as on 53 minutes a penalty try was awarded to Rotherham following their dominance at a five metre scrum.
Credit must go to Aberavon however, as they never stopped competing throughout the match. Just before the hour mark their tenacity and willingness to play rugby whenever possible was rewarded when outside centre Richard Thomas crashed through the Titans defence to run in under the posts for a fine try. Craig Evans converted to get the Wizards on the board.
Six minutes from time the match went to uncontested scrums when Aberavon didn't have sufficient fit players in the front row.
Titans then rounded off a thrilling afternoon's entertainment when fly half Tom Carlisle found a gap in the Welsh sides defence and glided through from 30 metres to score. Carlisle converted his own try to leave the final score at 49-7 and Titans involvement in this season's B&I Cup as a successful one.
Following the match a delighted Titans Head Coach, Alex Codling said, "I said beforehand we'd had a really positive campaign in the B&I Cup this year and to round it off like we have against Aberavon has really pleased me. But for a bad 25 minutes we suffered against Munster, it would have been the Titans progressing into the quarter finals, but that's the margins at this level.
"The biggest positives for me today were the boys who came in on trial and our two boys who came back from long-term injury, I also thought that Rikki Stout has a fine game. Will on the wing did some great things, Lloyd in the centre had some great touches in the middle and Tom Carlisle showed what a good player he is.
"We've always known Laurence is a very powerful player and he always wants to get his hands on the ball. He's struggled with injuries whilst he's been here and it's always great to see someone like that overcome those injuries and make a comeback in the way he did today. We saw some glimpses today of what he's capable of and we know he can be unbelievably destructive.
"Ed Style's also did incredibly well today, he's not had as much game time as he'd probably have liked, but that just shows you the class of the person, when asked to put the jersey on he was outstanding and that's another huge positive for us.
The plan today, as it has been in recent weeks, was to go out there and play with some tempo. We wanted to get the ball in hand and give it a real go, obviously the nature of today's game probably allowed us to do that a little bit more and that's what we tried to do right from the off. Overall I am really delighted with our afternoon's work."
Attendance: 738
Referee: Simon Harding
Titans: Dacres (T), Gill (T), Homan (T), Pearce (T), Hayes (T), Penalty Try, Carlisle (1T, 7C).
Aberavon: Richard Thomas (T), Craig Evans (1C).
Titans: 15 Ed Styles, 14 Will Robinson, 13 Joel Gill, 12 Lloyd Hayes (Lee Blackett 60), 11 Pete Homan (Pale Nonu h/t), 10 Tom Carlisle, 9 Jimmy Williams (Capt.), 1 Jamie Kilbane, 2 Ted Stagg (Jared Saunders 58), 3 Rikki Stout (Ross Davies 66), 4 Neale Patrick, 5 Nile Dacres, 6 Latu Makaafi, 7 Joe Ellyatt, 8 Laurence Pearce (Alex Rieder 60).
Replacements: 16 Jared Saunders, 17 Marshall Gadd, 18 Ross Davies, 19 Pale Nonu, 20 Alex Rieder, 21 Lee Blackett, 22 Garry Law.
Aberavon: 15 Howard Thomas; 14 Stefan Andrews, 13 Richard Thomas, 12 Will Price (Richard Carter h/t), 11 Paul Bamsey; 10 Craig Evans, 9 Dan Davies; 1 Rowan Jenkins (Neil White 56), 2 Evan Yardley (Ieuan Davies 48), 3 Chris John, 4 Rhydian Gierat, 5 Teaghan Price, 6 Lee Purnell (Sean Derrick 53), 7 Richard Morris, 8 Nathan Brown.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jones, 17 Richard Carter, 18 Mike Kennedy, 19 Ieuan Davies, 20 Sean Derrick, 21 Steffan Jones, 22 Neil White.


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Archive for November, 2012
We've got the second single from Guards for you to listen to and download. "Coming True" takes a simple new-wave riff and builds layers upon it, reaching cinematic climaxes, reminiscent of past projects we've worked on together…
Guards is a trio made up of Loren Humphrey, Richie Follin, and Madeline Follin of Cults. Together, Element and them have collaborated on countless projects, including the FUTURE NATURE and MAKE IT COUNT soundtracks, a ton of commercials and shorts, along with the music for the MAKE IT COUNT Contest Series, including the 2009 series that was set to Richie and Loren's band, Willowz.
Guards are closing out the year with an East Coast tour (dates below), and the full-length album "In Guards We Trust" will be out February 5th. For more info on Guards and past Element projects, including the music video to "I See It Coming", check out THIS blog post.
11/29 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
12/01 Washington, DC @Black Cat
12/07 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
12/08 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
12/09 Hartford, CT @ Arch Street Tavern
12/11 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
12/12 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk
12/13 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
12/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
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It's a rare thing these days, in the age of the internet and all, when you can honestly say an amateur skater paid his dues to earn what he's got, but for Nick Garcia, there's nothing truer than that. Skating his ass off, and getting noticed the old fashioned way… "The harder you work the luckier you get" and with that said, we are proud to introduce Element's newest pro, Nick Garcia.
Here's a look back at Nick's skating through the years, including video highlights, articles exposure, magazine covers, and his most recent footage and first pro ad… Congratulations Nick, you deserve it.
The Nick Garcia collection consists of the Welcome and Blue Collar boards, a cruiser shaped by Nick, and limited edition shirt. Everything is available in the Element store and at your local shop, so stock up now.


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Volume 53, Issue 6, November 2009
Foreword from the Editor53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3293643View Description Hide Description
On the stupendous beauty of closure53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3238480View Description Hide Description
Closure seems to be something rheologists would prefer to avoid. Here, the story of closure is told in such a way that one should enduringly forget any improper undertone of "uncontrolled approximation" or "necessary evil," which might arise, for example, in reducing a diffusion equation in configuration space to moment equations. In its widest sense, closure is associated with the search for self-contained levels of description on which time-evolution equations can be formulated in a closed or autonomous form. Proper closure requires the identification of the relevant structural variables participating in the dominant processes in a system of interest and closure hence is synonymous with focusing on the essence of a problem and consequently with deep understanding. The derivation of closed equations may or may not be accompanied by the elimination of fast processes in favor of dissipation. As a general requirement, any closed set of evolution equations should be thermodynamically admissible. Thermodynamic admissibility comprises much more than the second law of thermodynamics, most notably, a clear separation of reversible and irreversible effects and a profound geometric structure of the reversible terms as a hallmark of reversibility. We discuss some implications of the intimate relationship between nonequilibrium thermodynamics and the principles of closure for rheology, and we illustrate the abstract ideas for the rod model of liquid crystal polymers, bead-spring models of dilute polymer solutions, and the reptationmodel of melts of entangled linear polymers.
Viscoelastic properties of oxide-coated liquid metals53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3236517View Description Hide Description
Many liquid metals exposed to air develop an oxide film on their outer surface. This film is sufficiently solid-like to provide mechanical stability to small liquid metal droplets, yet weak enough to allow the droplets to be malleable. These properties are useful in both micro-electronics and microfluidics; however, little is known about how to characterize them. Here we probe the elastic, yielding, and relaxationproperties of oxide-coated gallium and eutectic gallium indium using a rheometer equipped with a parallel-plate geometry. By using parallel plates of different size, we show that surface stresses dominate bulk stresses. These experiments also demonstrate that the apparent elastic properties of the oxide film are highly sensitive to its strain history. Moreover, the apparent elasticity is sensitive to the stresses stored in the oxide skin. We probe these stresses and their time-dependence, with both torque and normal force measurements. We also characterize the time-dependence of the elasticity by observing free vibrations of the rheometer. We rationalize the strain history and time-dependence in terms of oxidation and show that despite this dependence, reproducible elasticitymeasurements can be obtained due to the ability of shear to produce a state that is independent of the strain history.
Observing the chain stretch transition in a highly entangled polyisoprene melt using transient extensional rheometry53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3208073View Description Hide Description
We measure the viscoelastic properties of a highly entangled narrow molecular weight polyisoprene melt with approximately 280 entanglements per chain in steady and transient shear and in elongational flows. The storage and loss moduli of the melt are found to be well described by the Milner and McLeish model. The relaxation modulus is measured using stress relaxation after a sudden shearing displacement and we experimentally determine the Rouse time by observing strain-time separability for . The transient elongational properties are measured using three distinct instruments: the Sentmanat extensional rheometer (SER) universal testing platform from Xpansion Instruments, its counterpart, the extensional viscosity fixture (EVF) from TA Instruments, and a filament stretching rheometer (FSR). The kinematics obtained in each device is sensitive to the aspect ratio of the sample and care must be taken to achieve homogeneous deformation conditions. Especially for the SER and EVF instruments, a second aspect ratio associated with the rectangular cross-section of the sample is also important. We find that the initial growth in the tensile stress follows the prediction given by the Doi–Edwards reptation model for Deborah numbers based on the Rouse time less than about . For , the stress difference follows more or less the Doi–Edwards prediction in the limit of infinite stretch rates and, for , the measured stresses are well above those that can be predicted by the basic Doi–Edwards model. When , the stress difference also exceeds the linear viscoelastic prediction. In conjunction with this strain-hardening response, a stabilization is obtained whereby the limiting Hencky strain before sample rupture is markedly increased. We compare our observations in the regime with available experiments and theories. The stabilization for is interpreted as a signature of chain stretching for elongational deformation rates faster than the inverse Rouse time.
Velocity measurements for shear flows of CTAB/NaSal aqueous solutions between parallel plates53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3216942View Description Hide Description
Shear flows of wormlike micellar solutions between parallel plates were experimentally investigated using aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium salicylate (NaSal) as test fluids. The solution having a molar concentration ratio of NaSal to CTAB of 2.0 was primarily considered. The velocity between the plates was measured by particle tracking velocimetry. In addition, flow-induced birefringence and shear stress were measured using a parallel-plate rheometer. The measurements were carried out for shear rates at which shear thinning or shear thickening was observed. Banded velocity profiles were found at every shear rate considered in the present experiments, and the profile was stable at relatively low shear rates but fluctuated with time at high shear rates. Furthermore, multi-band velocity profiles were observed in the shear-thinning region. The results of velocity measurements in the shear-thickening region suggest that the velocity profile largely varies with time, accompanying the movement of the position of a band interface. Moreover, both birefringence and shear stress fluctuated with time at high shear rates. These results suggest that the fluctuation of the velocity profile is related to the structural change in the micellar network that leads to the change in the thickness fraction of oriented and isotropic layers or to three-dimensional flows induced by material instabilities.
Local versus integral measurements of the extensional viscosity of polymer melts53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3237024View Description Hide Description
A simple method to measure the local extensional properties of polymer melts using a modified Münstedt extensional rheometer is demonstrated. Real time imaging of the specimen during the extension process provides the local rates of strain as a function of the coordinate along the specimen. Simultaneously, the local stresses are assessed by measurements of the sample diameter along the sample and synchronous measurements of the force exerted on the bottom plate of the rheometer. The method provides a quantitative measure of the homogeneity of the deformation states via a kinematic and a dynamic fingerprint of the process. Test experiments using geometrically homogeneous samples reveal a good level of agreement between local and integral measurements of the transient extensional viscosity and thus validate the method. Furthermore, this technique is employed to assess quantitatively the impact of inhomogeneities of the deformation on measurements of the transient extensional viscosity. It is concluded that in the case of initially inhomogeneous samples, the extensional properties depend strongly on the position along the specimen and the usual integral measurements of the transient extensional viscosity are highly unreliable and unrepeatable. Higher Hencky strain measurements indicate that, although the sample inhomogeneity increases systematically during experiments, the integral viscosity data remain reliable as long as the samples were reasonably homogeneous in their initial state.
On time-temperature-concentration superposition principle for dynamic rheology of carbon black filled polymers53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3216923View Description Hide Description
Time-temperature-concentration superposition principle is disclosed to linear dynamic rheology of carbon black (CB) filled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with a wide range of CB volume fraction. The time-concentration superposition (TCS) principle is also validated in CB filled ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) alternating copolymer at . The frequency-dependent viscoelastic functions can be superposed onto universal master curves with the reference of the unfilled HDPE and ETFE. The filler network and strain amplification concepts are used for accounting for the TCS principle.
Exploring stress overshoot phenomenon upon startup deformation of entangled linear polymeric liquids53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3208063View Description Hide Description
This work explores the picture associated with stress overshoot during sudden continual (i.e., startup) external deformation of entangled polymeric liquids and proposes a specific scaling form to depict the intermolecular interactions responsible for chain deformation. Following a previously proposed idea that the stress overshoot in startup deformation is a signature of yielding, we search for ingredients that should go into the description of the force imbalance at the yield point and show that the expression for the intermolecular locking force , derived from the characteristics associated with the yield point, can be tested against experiment. New rate-switching experiments support the proposed formula for .
Influence of confinement on the steady state behavior of single droplets in shear flow for immiscible blends with one viscoelastic component53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3236837View Description Hide Description
By using a counter rotating plate-plate device, single droplets in shear flow have been microscopically studied at confinement ratios ranging from 0.1 to 0.75. The droplet-to-matrix viscosity ratio was fixed at 0.45 and 1.5. Results are presented for systems with a viscoelastic Boger fluid matrix or a viscoelastic Boger fluid droplet, at a Deborah number of 1. Although the separate effects of confinement and component viscoelasticity on dropletdynamics in shear flow are widely studied, we present the first systematic experimental results on confined dropletdeformation and orientation in systems with viscoelastic components. Above a confinement ratio of 0.3, wall effects cause an increase in dropletdeformation and orientation, similar to fully Newtonian systems. To describe the experimental data, the Shapira–Haber theory [Shapira, M., and S. Haber, Int. J. Multiph. Flow16, 305–321 (1990)] for confined slightly deformeddroplets in Newtonian-Newtonian systems is combined with phenomenological bulk models for systems containing viscoelastic components [Maffettone, P. L., and F. Greco, J. Rheol48, 83–100 (2004); M. Minale, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech.123, 151–160 (2004)]. The experimental results are also compared to a recent model for confined dropletdynamics in fully Newtonian systems [M. Minale, Rheol. Acta47, 667–675 (2008)]. For different values of the viscosity ratio, component viscoelasticity and Ca-number, good agreement was generally obtained between experimental results and predictions of one or more models. However, none of the models can accurately describe all experimental data for the whole range of parameter values.
Nature of steady flow in entangled fluids revealed by superimposed small amplitude oscillatory shear53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3236523View Description Hide Description
We carry out a systematic investigation into steady-state shear behavior of six entangled solutions based on a superposition of continuous shear and small amplitude oscillatory shear (SAOS). During steady shear in the shear thinning regime, the superimposed SAOS frequency sweep measurements reveal characteristics of viscous liquids, e.g., terminal dynamics, on the experimental time scale of the reciprocal shear rate. The residual entanglement network retains the same level of elastic stiffness as the equilibrium system does. Consistent with the convective constraint release idea, chains in the network are forced to pass around each other as they must do so to undergo steady flow. When such a sample is examined at significantly short time scales, chains are unable to pass around and the signature of this residual entanglement is that the storage modulus is greater than the loss modulus at higher frequencies than the applied shear rate. The particle-tracking velocimetric observations confirm that whether shear banding is present or not does not affect the basic "terminal flow" character revealed by the superimposed SAOS.
Direct visualization of yielding in model two-dimensional colloidal gels subjected to shear flow53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3237154View Description Hide Description
Colloidalgels can undergo a solid to liquid transition, and the yielding and subsequent microstructural reorganizations are responsible for the complex rheological properties of these materials. In the present work, video microscopy is used to study the details of the microstructure during the yielding transition, using planar monolayers of model aggregated suspensions subjected to homogeneous interfacial shear flows. The microstructural heterogeneity of the quiescent structure on both local and larger length scales is characterized in detail. The pertinent length scales can be directly linked to the aggregation pathway. The large scale heterogeneity in the microstructure, rather than the local scale properties, determines the length scales observed during the initial yielding of the gelstructure. The break-up and subsequent reaggregation leads to a local compaction and increasingly more heterogeneous structure. As the surface coverage increases, the heterogeneity and deformations become more and more localized. The experiments shed light on the pertinent length scales in colloidalgels and how they evolve upon initial yielding, which should be relevant for understanding the thixotropic response and guiding modeling efforts of the macroscopic rheological behavior of flocculated suspensions.
Slip velocity of concentrated suspensions in Couette flow53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3213090View Description Hide Description
We present measurement of wall slip velocity in concentrated suspension of non-colloidal particles. The slip in non-colloidal concentrated suspension mainly arises from wall depletion effect since the non-hydrodynamic effects such as those arising from particle-wall interactions can be small. In this work, we provide a simple methodology for the determination of slip velocity, which requires less experimental work compared to other methods available for slip corrections. The experiments were carried out in a cylindrical Couette geometry of a rheometer. The rheological measurements were carried out first with serrated cup and serrated rotor geometry. Next, the serrated rotor was made smooth by a wax coating while the cup remained serrated. The serrated geometry offers no-slip boundary and the measuredviscosity is the true viscosity of suspension, whereas smooth rotor showed significant slip at a higher concentration of particles and the measuredviscosity was significantly lower. Comparing the wall shear stresses from the two measurements, we have determined the slip velocity at low shear rates. We have also carried out Stokesian dynamics simulation of simple shear flow of suspension bounded between smooth and serrated walls. The slip velocities from the simulations were calculated by similar analysis as done in the experiments. The simulation and experimental results are in qualitative agreement. It is observed that the wall slip velocity varies linearly with the apparent shear rate. The slip velocity determined from experiments is found to increase with the decrease in viscosity of continuous phase. These observations are in agreement with the previous experimental studies on non-colloidal suspensions.
Transient anomalous diffusion of tracer particles in soft matter53(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3238546View Description Hide Description
This paper is motivated by experiments in which time series of tracer particles in viscoelastic liquids are recorded using advanced microscopy. The experiments seek to infer either viscoelastic properties of the sample [Mason and Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1250–1253 (1995)] or diffusive properties of the specific tracer particle in the host medium [Suh et al., Adv. Drug Delivery Rev. 57, 63–78 (2005); Matsui et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103, 18131–18136 (2006); Lai et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104, 1482–1487 (2007); Fricks et al., SIAM J. Appl. Math. 69, 1277–1308 (2009)]. Our focus is the latter. Experimentalists often fit data to transient anomalous diffusion: a sub-diffusive power law scaling (, with ) of mean-squared displacement (MSD) over a finite time interval, with longtime viscous scaling . The time scales of sub-diffusion and exponents are observed to vary with particle size, particle surface chemistry, and viscoelastic properties of the host material. Until now, explicit models for transient sub-diffusive MSD scaling behavior [Doi and Edwards, The Theory of Polymer Physics (Oxford University Press, New York, 1986); Kremer and Grest, J. Chem. Phys. 92, 5057–5086 (1990); Rubinstein and Colby, Polymer Physics (Oxford University Press, New York, 2003)] are limited to precisely three exponents: monomerdiffusion in Rouse chain melts , in Zimm chain solutions, and in reptating chains . In this paper, we present an explicit parametrized family of stochastic processes (generalized Langevin equations with prescribed memory kernels) and derive their closed-form solutions which (1) span the complete range of transient sub-diffusive behavior and (2) possess the flexibility to tune both the time window of sub-diffusive scaling and the power law exponent . These results establish a robust family of sub-diffusive models, for which the inverse problem of parameter inference from experimental data [Fricks et al., SIAM J. Appl. Math. 69, 1277–1308 (2009)] remains to be developed.


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Car Runs on... Chocolate?!?!
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It's true. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that Andy Pag and John Grimshaw from UK will cover over 4,500 miles of African terrain on chocolate waste.
It appears that chocolate production results in a byproduct that can be converted into biodiesel. There is even a way to produce hydrogen by feeding diluted caramel and nougat waste to E. coli bacteria!
According to Edie News, the team will drive a Ford Iveco Cargo rig for most of the voyage to Timbuktu, Mali, carrying "two 4x4 Land Cruisers that they will have to use for the last 200km of the journey." All three vehicles will run on chocolate waste-derived biodiesel.
Forest Gump was right. Life really is like a box of chocolates: you never know what clean fuel you are going to get.
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NCAAs: Flying Blind and Finishing First
All hail the Platypuses!
The results are in from the Journal's first Blindfold Brackets contest, and we have a winner. Matthew Rocco of Freehold, N.J., all of 20 years old, struck gold by correctly predicting that Kentucky would top Kansas to win the NCAA men's basketball tournament. He has won a personalized hedcut, the hand-made stipple drawings that are staples on the Journal's front page.
Rocco, a journalism student at Manhattan College in Bronx, N.Y., describes himself as a casual college hoops fan – just the kind of person Blindfold Brackets were designed to help.
To review: the Journal took all 68 teams in this year's tournament and shielded their identities by giving them pseudonyms. The Wildcats became the Platypuses. The Jayhawks became the Nurse Sharks. The idea was to eliminate the biases people bring to their brackets and letting them decide purely on more objective ratings of the teams' strengths and weaknesses. Kentucky accounted to 14.3% of all predicted winners in the contest, while KU was our readers' clear favorite, with 69.4% picking the Jayhawks to run the table.
Using a strategy that favored defensive-minded teams, Rocco says he would have sent Missouri to the Final Four if left to his own devices – the same Missouri team that suffered March's biggest upset in its opening-round game against Norfolk State.
Rocco correctly pegged three of the Final Four teams, hitting on Ohio State and missing on Michigan State. (Of course, the Brackets also led him to pick New Mexico upsetting Louisville, the fourth Final Four team, but who's counting?)
He also benefited from a bit of late hustle – after hearing that Syracuse big man Fab Melo had been ruled ineligible, Rocco churned out two more quick brackets to go with his original three. The latter of those two post-Melo bracket proved to be the best in the field.
Overall, Rocco says, "I was surprised to see my bracket did so well."


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I detached my shadow and sent it skipping and scampering along. The short bulbous shade would return later in the evening, tired and stretched to the point of dimming. As always on hot lazy Sundays I would sit in the front porch swing of my family's home and enjoy its wanderings. I was cooled as it stretched across the rich cold springs, which fed the creek, and elated as it climbed those grandfather Cypress trees to peer into owls' nests.
The summerhouse was shaded and scented by wisteria, jasmine, and roses, and the buzzing and bumping of many hummingbirds could be heard. Inside one of these small ruby-throated birds my young cousin Lilly cavorted on wing. Her laughter, was like tiny distant bells, as she buried herself in one luscious flower after the next, drinking deep of its sweetness. In a broom closet, off the kitchen, Uncle Henry Mayhew had drawn his leathery wings tight around him for a nap. When he awakened, the black-green oily membranes would unfold and he would emerge from his cocoon, pink, wrinkled, and rested; the universe's oldest babe!
All around, and inside the large Victorian house with its attics, gardens, sheds and secret cool caves in miles of hedgerows, family, most of whom were visiting, were resting or playing after Sunday dinner. Young southern bucks dressed in bronze skin and jeans played football on the front lawn, which stretched to the blue top country road a quarter-mile distance. Children of cousins from San Francisco changed into hares while other cousins rode winds and bolts of lightning in a storm cell pushing in from the west; from Mississippi.
Marion Mayhew Walsh formed a silver bubble around herself and cousin Jason, a freshman at Boston University, and encouraged his hand to travel along her thigh under a simple sheath of a dress. Cousin Marion was a stage actress of some note, most known for her earthy portrayals of Tennessee Williams' heroines. She tended to let her characters charms melt with her own, the dynamics drawing men to her like a moth to flame.
It was a typical summer Sunday and soon homemade ice cream, flavored with strawberries and peaches would be produced on the back stoop by the men, who rolled up starched white sleeves to crank the score of wooden churns. My shadow was rippling on a large stone that dripped cool thick moss and sprouted ferns when Aunt Pearl called the men to begin the weekly ritual of making ice cream.
I sat on the step next to Jason and with fevered whispers and elfish grin, he gave me the details of his encounter in the barn. Cousin Marion, I noticed had the scent of fresh cut hay mingling with her lilac perfume, when she breezed past us to settle in with others under the mimosa. Primly she sat with her ankles crossed, her scant dress suddenly less revealing, on the lawn furniture, which had been freshly whitewashed this spring.
Others began to appear, their hair and eyes blown wild. Emily had left the blossoms of the summerhouse and was now darting among the fragile pink and white fluff that flowered on the canopy hanging over Marion and others of the brood.


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"Juveniles Are Different: Miller's Limits on Punishing Juvenile Offenders"
New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement's Fall 2012 Symposium
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"Juveniles Are Different: Miller's Limits on Punishing Juvenile Offenders," focused on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent jurisprudence regarding the constitutionality of life without parole sentences for juvenile defendants.
Our featured panelists examined the legal and doctrinal challenges raised by the Court's recent sentencing law decisions, the scientific and medical evidence relating to juvenile development cited in those opinions, and the state litigation that will result from Miller's pronouncement.
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This year's tale of unexplained phenomena comes from West Point, nestled in New York's Hudson Valley, not too far from Sleepy Hollow. In 1972, cadets sleeping in Room 4714 of the 47th Division Barracks reported seeing an apparition that looked like a 19th century soldier.


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When she designed TwoTwoSix, a residential property in Sheung Wan named after its Hollywood Road address, the London-based architect—whose client list includes Marks & Spencer, DKNY and Volvo—focused on the minutiae.
In the bathroom, she chose yellow metals for bath fixtures to create a sense of warmth. The living room mixes different types of low-level lights with natural light.
Hong Kong developer Blake's hired Ms. Crawford to bring her vision to the five-story building, which has one two-bedroom, two-bathroom residence on each floor. Currently, only the second-floor apartment is ready for move-in—the rest are under construction. Still, the third-floor apartment, which has 1,450 square feet, sold in September for 21.5 million Hong Kong dollars (US$2.77 million), or HK$14,828 (US$1,912) per square foot. The remaining apartments are being priced at HK$21-23 million, with the penthouse reserved for offer.
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I spoke to a couple Atascocita High School journalism classes this week and in one class I told them about how upset Mack Brown was when I described the Texas Longhorns as patsies, following a 63-14 spanking Oklahoma put on his squad.
Brown couldn't believe I would list UT alongside Arkansas State as a weakling on OU's schedule. I pointed out to him that that was indeed a bit unfair, because Arkansas State had put up a better fight against the Sooners that season.
He was, to put it mildly, a bit peeved.
I thought it was funny.
The next year when Texas prepared to take its then annual beat-down at the hands of the Sooners, Brown admitted that his team was a bit on the soft side the year before.
AHS journalism teacher Monica Rhor told me that one of her students included that tidbit in a class assignment about my visit, but the student thought I had said the Longhorns played like piglets, not patsies.
Well, welcome to 2010.
At the risk of offending all those fine piglets, who will grow up to be slices of bacon on breakfast plates of yours truly, the mighty Longhorns played like piglets Saturday against Iowa State, which entered with the 112th-ranked defense, 104th-ranked offense and had lost to Oklahoma 52-0 the week before.
Brown wasn't happy.
This time Brown didn't wait a year to chastise his team. He did so in the locker room immediately after the game.
"I told the players it's hard to figure out whether you blame coaches or players," Brown said after the game. "The players didn't get ready to play, and it's the coaches' job to get them ready to play.
"You can blame whoever you want. It doesn't matter. It's everybody's fault. It's called a team for a reason. It's called a family for the same reason. It's everybody's fault. I come in here and blame me — obviously, it's all of us. We can blame players. It doesn't do any good. All you can do is bench them."
Tell them they played like piglets. It might help.
Has 2010 dropped us into some sort of Bizarro World?
The Rangers are in the World Series, Baylor is going bowling, the Texans are in first place, Iowa State beat Texas (in Austin no less), Oregon is the No. 1-ranked team in the country, Boise State might be the best football team in the land and TCU is the best team in the State of Texas.
I would have included the fact that the Cowboys are in last place on that list, but as storied a tradition as they have, that happens more often than any of the above.
Not that they will finish in last place this season, but the Cowboys have finished in last place in their division three other times in the past 10 years. (OK, at 6-10 they were in a three-way tie for second place in 2006, but technically that was last place.)
The Rangers, Texans, Iowa State, Oregon and Boise State are all experiencing firsts.
It took the Rangers only 39 years to advance to their first World Series. (The Astros' Fall Classic-free streak lasted 44 years.)
The Texans haven't been around that long, but let's celebrate this first-place status now, before the trip to Indianapolis next Monday night.
Before last week, the Ducks had never held the top ranking in the Associated Press poll, which has been around since 1936. Boise State has never been ranked as high as the No. 2 ranking they were in each of the three major polls (AP, USA Today coaches' poll and Harris poll) last week.
TCU has been the best in Texas before.
Of course, the last time was probably 51 years ago. We'll give them that one. Despite finishing below Texas in the polls, the co-champs in the Southwest Conference beat the No. 2-ranked Longhorns on the field (in Austin no less).
That was the last major conference championship for the Horned Frogs.
They were in that ridiculous, everybody-including-your-mama-gets-a-trophy-and-orange-slices-for-participating five-team tie for first place in the SWC in 1994, but unbeaten, probation-laden Texas A&M was the best team in the state that year by a wide margin.
Baylor has been bowling many times but has not been to a postseason game since 1994, when Atascocita's aspiring journalists were toddlers.
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Our home pitch is at Sedgehill School on Beckenham Hill Road, London SE6 3QW (use the Beckenham Hill Road entrance to the car park by the astro). It's near Beckenham Hill station, which is served by two trains an hour from central London (Elephant & Castle/Blackfriars) and it's on the 54 bus route (Woolwich-Lewisham-Catford-Beckenham-Elmer's End)
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The Cathedral watcher
As the 19 th century drex to a close, there used to be a watcher who never left the top of the tower. His name was LE PAON (the peakcok) He pursued his cobbler's career While supervising the city and watching out for the outbreak of fires. He was a very knowledgeable civil servant, who soon grew tired of living in such barren surroundings in order to brighten them up, he decided to grow some beans ( the Soissons variety); he grew them in wooden cases which he placed along the parapets. His lush plantations hung on to the banister and crowned the tower with an amazing amount of greenery, which people enjoyed looking at "this is the genuine Soissons variety", he would tell everyone of his visitors, and , being keen on the beauty of small things, he would make a point of saying " When god created the first flower, he said be a rose! (sois rose); when he created the bean, he said sois son and go in peace!
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Alexander Dorin: "Srebrenica Massacre" is a Western MythMay 23rd, 2009 | By De-Construct.net | In Bosnia, Bytes 'n Bits, Featured Articles
Srebrenica — The History of Salon Racism
"In the West, the popular mythology about 7,000-8,000 Muslim men being executed in Srebrenica in 1995 is still alive and well, but independent research shows some 2,000 Bosnian Muslim fighters were killed in battle for Srebrenica and that is the number of bodies Hague investigators were able to find", said Swiss researcher Alexander Dorin, who has been investigating Srebrenica events for the past 14 years.
In his latest book titled "Srebrenica — The History of Salon Racism" (Srebrenica — die Geschichte eines salonfahigen Rassismus) published this month in Berlin, Dorin focuses on manipulations with the number of Muslims who lost their lives in Srebrenica.
"Regarding the events in Srebrenica in 1995, the media manipulations still reign in the West, claiming that after the town fell to Serbian hands some 7,000 to 8,000 of Muslim fighters and male civilians were killed. However, the researchers around the world have shown this bears no relation to the truth," Dorin told Srna News Agency.
According to data he had gathered, Dorin discovered that at least 2,000 Muslim fighters were killed in battle for Srebrenica. He added the facts are showing that neither civilian nor military leadership of Republic of Srpska (Serb Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina) ever ordered execution of the Muslim fighters and POWs.
"2,000 is approximately the number of bodies Hague investigators were able to find up to this day. To that number the Muslim side added several hundred Muslim fighters, most of whom came from abroad, who were killed in battle few years before the fall of Srebrenica, in Han Pijesak and Konjević Polje," Dorin said, adding that this is evidenced even by the Muslim documents captured by the Bosnian Serb Army.
Bosnian Serb Army Fought Against Orić's Cutthroats, Not Against Muslim Civilians
"Prior to the fall of Srebrenica, Naser Orić's troops withdrew from this small town, leaving 25,000 civilians behind, although a certain number of civilians, some of whom were armed, was withdrawing together with Orić's fighters," Dorin said.
He said that Bosnian Serb Army "did not kill a single Muslim civilian of those who remained in Srebrenica or Potocari, while it did engage Orić's column, which was breaking through to Tuzla in several groups, in fierce fighting."
"There is no way the Serb Army could have captured seven or eight thousand Muslim fighters and male civilians and execute them somewhere, partly because that was technically impossible," Dorin said. He explained that, among else, there was never enough Serb soldiers who could carry out a crime on such scale.
In his research, Dorin was using various sources, including statements by the Muslim fighters and commanders, as well as testimonies given by Dutch UNPROFOR troops who were stationed in Srebrenica at the time.
He pointed to a very interesting investigation carried out by the Bulgarian reporter and author Germinal Civikov, who wrote a book about the case of Croat Dražen Erdemović, former member of the Bosnian Serb Army, whose testimony represents the key Hague "evidence" of "Srebrenica massacre", who claimed that his commander Milorad Pelemiš "ordered him and few other soldiers to execute some 1,000-1,200 Muslim POWs".
But the analysis of that case, said Dorin, proves Erdemović invented most, if not all of that story.
Dorin explained that director of the Belgrade Center for Investigation of War Crimes Milivoje Ivanišević analyzed the lists of alleged Srebrenica victims. Ivanišević discovered that, a year after the fall of Srebrenica, some 3,000 Muslim men who were supposedly killed in 1995, were voting in the Bosnian Muslim elections.
In addition, at least 1,000 of the alleged 1995 "Srebrenica massacre victims" have been dead long before or after Bosnian Serb Army took the town over.
"It is perfectly clear that Muslim organizations listed as Srebrenica victims all the Muslim fighters who were killed in the fights after the fall of Srebrenica," the Swiss researcher said.
According to Dorin, some Western reporters wrote back in 1995 that part of Srebrenica Muslim population, after the town's takeover, migrated to other countries. This includes an American journalist who wrote that around 800 Srebrenica Muslims went abroad — from Serbia.
"It was not possible to conduct an in-depth investigation, since no one can search the entire world to pinpoint each and every name [from the lists of alleged Srebrenica victims]. Still, the available evidence already shows there were immense manipulations at play," Dorin said.
A number of photos of Muslim fighters taken during their breakthrough to Tuzla, which Dorin obtained from the Muslim sources, show Izetbegović's fighters in uniforms, with many of them wounded.
"On these photos one can see a number of wounded fighters who survived the battle against the Serb Army. Muslim side is now presenting its fighters who did not recover from their wounds as the victims of an execution", said Dorin.
He pointed out that some Muslims have admitted at least 2,000 of their Srebrenica-based fighters were killed in the battle.
Dorin also reminded of the statements by the Muslim politicians given to media about an "offer" American president Bill Clinton made to Bosnian Muslim war leader Alija Izetbegović back in April 1993, to have "the Chetnik [Serb] forces enter Srebrenica and massacre 5,000 Muslims, which would result in the [US-led NATO] military intervention" against Bosnian Serbs.
At the same time, Dutch UNPROFOR troops testified that Serb Army treated Muslim civilians in an entirely correct manner, while Srebrenica Muslim warlord Naser Orić with his fighters was massacring Serb civilians in the most monstrous fashion for years in Srebrenica municipality, and pillaging and destroying their property all the while.
… For Those who Want to Know the Truth About Srebrenica
Despite all the evidence about what really took place in Srebrenica and the fact there was no 'massacre', Dorin doubts the Hague verdicts in regards to Srebrenica events can be contested or overturned, being that this "so-called tribunal has convicted a number of people for the alleged Srebrenica massacre without any evidence whatsoever".
He cited a case of the Serb Vidoje Blagojević, convicted to a long prison term even though he had no connection to Srebrenica events, while "the mass murderer Naser Orić was acquitted of all responsibility for killing the Serbs".
"That court routinely discards everything that proves Serbs are not the monsters they have been made out to be. That tribunal has a purely political function. It has no relation to the justice and truth", Dorin told Srna.
The Swiss researcher does not expect his book about Srebrenica events will be able to break down the stereotypes. He said the book was written for those who wish to learn the truth about the events Western mainstream media sold as "Srebrenica massacre" and even "genocide", in order to justify their war against the Serbs.
Dorin added that mostly left-oriented Western newspapers and organizations have shown an interest in his latest book and have offered cooperation.
Alexander Dorin's book about Srebrenica events is expected to be translated both into Serbian and English language.
- Agony of the Serbs in Srebrenica Death Camps
Book by Ljiljana Bulatovic-Medic, available only in Serbian for the time being, "Screams and the Omen", a harrowing testimony about the agony Bosnian Serbs were subjected to by their Muslim neighbors in Srebrenica death camps during the Bosnian civil war (1992-1995), was promoted on December 3, 2008, in Belgrade, by the Association of Writers of Serbia.
With the third book in the edition "The Real Srebrenica", Ljiljana Bulatovic-Medic has given a valuable contribution to establishing the full truth about the martyrdom and bloodcurdling sufferings of the Serbs in Srebrenica, which is to this day entirely ignored by the Western officials and the mainstream media.
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- Srebrenica Christmas Massacre
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"In July 1995, 450 poorly armed soldiers of the Dutch battalion were supposed to 'defend' the entire well equipped 28th division of the Bosnian Muslim army, which counted some 10,000 troops! Why didn't they defend themselves? I always wandered why is everyone protecting Muslims and no one is protecting the Serbs…"
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Former President of the Serbian Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina Radovan Karadžić said that U.S. government, in collusion with other countries, was supplying arms to Bosnian Muslims, one of the warring parties in the Bosnian civil war (1992-1995), in violation of the United Nations arms embargo.
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The vast majority of what passes for analysis of the Yugoslav break-up and wars, and later events such as the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is marked by a blatant disregard for either evidence or accuracy. In stark contrast, John Laughland's excellent book on the ICTY and the trial of Slobodan Milosevic is a powerful critique based upon a detailed analysis of both the procedures and rules governing the ICTY in general, and Milosevic's trial in particular.
It is difficult to do justice to the utter arbitrary lawlessness of the ICTY. In the first place, the ICTY is not a court as is generally understood nor can it be compared to apparently similar bodies like the International Court of Justice. The ICTY is an explicitly prosecutorial institution, in which the Office of the Prosecutor is part of the Tribunal and is set up, in its own words, for the 'sole purpose of prosecuting persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia'.
- Sarajevo, Al Qaeda Safe Haven
According to the documentation of German Interpol and Austrian War on Terror Police Department, the highest representatives of Bosnia-Herzegovina [Muslim-Croat] federation Haris Silajdzic and Bakir Izetbegovic, as well as Hasan Chengic, were the key organizers of the crimes committed by the El Mujahedin unit in central Bosnia during the 1990s war.
- Srebrenica Myth
- Srebrenica Serbs
- "Srebrenica Massacre" Invented by Bill Clinton and Alija Izetbegović
"After 14 years of investigating events that took place in Srebrenica in 1995 I can attest there was no genocide over Muslims in that enclave — the myth about the massacre of Muslims was invented by the late Bosnian Muslim war leader Alija Izetbegović and then-U.S. president Bill Clinton," Swiss researcher Alexander Dorin, author of the book Srebrenica — The History of Salon Racism (Srebrenica — die Geschichte eines salonfahigen Rassismus) told Belgrade daily Press in an exclusive interview.
- Srebrenica: The Real Picture
- Indictment Against War Criminal Naser Orić
- More Proof of Srebrenica Manipulations
- Srebrenica ID, by Milivoje Ivanišević
Milivoje Ivanišević, a publicist and war-crimes investigator in former Bosnia-Herzegovina, in his essay "Searching for the Truth," proves that there are at least two sides (he refers to them two "Identification Cards" or "IDs") for Srebrenica, which are tied to the events that took place in July 1995.
The Srebrenica ID Card, full 34-page report by Milivoje Ivanisevic in PDF format, published in Serbian in May 2007, by Glas Javnosti, and translated by Milo Yelesiyevich.
- Srebrenica Forensics: 1919-1923 Victims in Total
- Srebrenica Serbs
- New Evidence Against Srebrenica Warlord
- Dutch Soldiers to Testify in Karadzic's Defense
Some 15 Dutch soldiers of the former Netherlands battalion stationed in Srebrenica during the Bosnian civil war came to Belgrade on Wednesday, offering to testify in the Hague tribunal on behalf of Dr. Karadzic, a member of Radovan Karadzic's defense team Milivoje Ivanisevic told Vecernje Novosti.
- Clinton's Big Lie: "Srebrenica Massacre"
When former Bosnian viceroy, a mouth-frothing Serbophobe Paddy Ashdown (who didn't blink an eye while shamelessly lying under oath in the Hague, in an attempt to smear the Serbs with another nonexistent crime), ordered forming of the "Srebrenica Commission" under the banner of the Bosnian Serb Government in 2004, he probably never imagined his ploy to falsify "Serb confession" would eventually backfire. Satisfied with the boastful headlines his crafty little maneuver produced in the Western mainstream media, Ashdown went on his merry way into oblivion, leaving his Srebrenica Commission investigators to disclose their actual findings.


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I normally weight train 4 days a week, 1.5 hours a day (Tues.-Friday) and perform my long run on Monday. I'm to the 20 mile mark and have decided to get on a marathon training plan for late March, 2009. The 16 week plan looks good but I don't think I can keep up with the weight training and running at the same time. Many times squats, deadlifts, etc. in the later part of the week leave my legs like rubber. The primary focus for me is the marathon plan. Do I just cut back on weight training and do maintenance while I'm on the marathon plan or other?
I would reduce the intensity of your lower body weight training but continue to work on core strength and upper body. You must have a good base running program already since you are up to 20 mile long runs on Mondays. I am not sure what your 16 week plan involves, but it should include a day each week for recovery to prevent overworking your muscles and injury. I also find that I perform better if I take it easy the week before a marathon. Remember to taper.
There are several correct answers to your query depending on your own mental and physical abilities. I too am training for a marathon and lifting weights 3x per week. By the end of the week my body is drained, but a day of rest usually cares for that. While you definitely want to push your limits, listen to your body. If it is saying you need a day or two off, take it. If decreasing the intensity helps, do that. You will need to experiment to find out what works for you.
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Lol- Strenght training and marathon running??? Welcome to the biggest contradiction of all time...
I am a marathon runner and I LOVE to lift weights, so I have a lot of first hand experience (good and bad) with your question...
What I would suggest doing is only lifting weights 3x a week, but doing a total body routine where you go lighter on your legs or lifting weights after your hard runs.
If you lift 3x a week and use the other 3 days a week for your 3 key runs (intervals, tempo, long run) then you can rest your upper body on days you run and not work your legs as hard on days you weight train.
There are advantages and disadvantages to weight training for a marathon (and this is what I mean by a contradiction)...
Studies have shown that weight training is very benificial to marathon runners. One of the "dangers" of running a marathon is that you could potentially incur an overuse injury, however weight training corrects a lot of biomechanical issues b/c it gives your body balance.
The good news is that if you are coming from a weight training background, you will probably find that after you run 20 miles in the actual race, speed has less to do with finishing and it comes down inevitably to mental and physical toughness.
This is where weight training comes in handy. Honestly after 20+ miles your lower body feels more like it's lifting weights than it is running (at least it does to me).
The downside is that if you stack on too much weight it will slow you down (again, this is coming from first hand experience).
What I would suggest is to try to strike a balance between challenging your body in the weight room, but to try to not let it negatively impact your running.
If you are lifting more for muscular endurance, this is going to help you more obviously than if you are just trying to do a 1 rep max and trying to bench press a Buick.
I would say my most successful finish times were when I was lifting 60-70% of my max doing 8-12 reps with 30 seconds to a minute rest in between sets of 3 of 4.
While "bulking up" will not help you as I learned from my slower race times, lifting gives you a kind of mental toughness that will help you come race day. My "war cry" (for lack of a better word) when I attempted my first marathon was that I was going to make my body strong enough to be able to handle what I was going to put it through.
Instead of trying to run 100 miles a week, I ran more like 40, but I made sure that they were higher quality miles in lieu of junk miles and I was able to run faster on days when I was doing running workouts b/c I had allowed myself to recover through cross-training every other day (and I would always take 1 full day off after my long runs for adequate recovery).
I have found after 25 marathon finishes including some moderately decent ones (my marathon PR is 3:28) is that if I lift too much I get burned b/c I start to weigh too much, but believe me when I say that you have to turn into a noodle either.
Typically my week goes:
Sun- 30 mins on the exercise bike followed by 30 minutes of circuit training where I lift 3 sets of 8-12 reps w/ 30 sec-a minute in between sets. I usually skip legs and just do upper body
Mon- 60-90 mins w/ intervals thrown in and lunges and some squats after I run (my legs are usually trashed any way from running hard)
Tues- Sunday's workout
Wed- 60-90 minute temp run
Thurs- Sunday's Workout
Fri- a 2-3 hr long, slow jog
Sat- Off
I kind of look at my week like a puzzle in that if I hammer my legs through running and lower body work one day I need to very gently ride the exercise bike the next day to keep from getting too "beat up".
I have found that any more than 30 minutes of weight training seems to be overkill for me b/c I start to get too heavy and I start to lose focus on what I'm trying to do. If I let my time in the weight room get too out of proportion, it is kind of like using an A-bomb to try to kill a cockroach in in lieu of using a "smart" bomb (or if you prefer- it can turn into using a sledgehammer where only scalpul is needed).
My point here is that both will get the job done, however a reasonable amount of restraint may be required if you're use to lifting very aggresively.
Someone else on here also mentioned core stability work and I would agree with them. You may want to use dumbells and a swiss ball instead of a doing typical bench press because it helps you balance your internal stabilizers. It's not that bench pressing is bad for your running, but a swiss ball with weights will accomplish the same thing, but you have the benefit of forcing yourself to keep your balance.
This might sound blasphamous to you if you have a lot of weight training in your background, but 20-30 minutes of yoga 2-3x a week will probably help you after a 30 minute weight session. I was pretty skeptical as to yoga's benefits, but it will protect you some from getting hurt.
Even at my absolute "skinnest" I was still doing weight training. Strength training also accelerates your metabolism as I'm sure you know.
I would also HIGHLY recommend eating a high carbohydrate diet as well. While protein is helpful, if you are lifting and running, I would say a good 70% of your diet should probably be carbs.
One last thing that might help you...
I kind of thought I was a nut job for wanting to hit the gym and lift weights until I read "Run Strong" by Kevin Beck. That book is loaded with advice on lifting for running, namely figuring out how to balance your running distance with weight training. That is just a good book period btw b/c Beck is just the editor. Each chapter is written by an expert in their field for (running, nutrition, flexibility, etc.) so you have a lot of highly qualified people contributing, but it is condensend to a specific subject.
Hope some of this is helpful.
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A quick question would be "How soon?". Well, right after I got an account from Sun Download Center, plus the time to upload the big BFU archives and source codes tarballs. So it's really soon unless there are too much traffic on the internet such that my cable connection becomes as slow as a 56Kbps modem. Then you will see the files listed here, and of course you need to follow some instructions here to download and install it on your favorite OpenSolaris distributions, and you need to run a modified version of Iperf or Ping-Pong to see the benchmark results. What is more, if you want to dive a little more deeper, read the man pages here and try to find and understand them in the source codes.
I have been working on PEF for a while, and finally we archived this first milestone. It took us a long time to reach this point, and it is still a long way to go. Among all the obstacles we have encountered, performance issues are the most nasty ones. Even now there are several performance curves glued on my cubic, and they constant reminds me what we have archived, where we were and where we need to go.
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One person is arrested after police say at least three storm drain covers were stolen in Knox County. Police say the unusual thefts are causing several problems for the city of Corbin.
Most of us drive over them every day, but when a storm drain grate is missing, it can do a lot of damage to your car and the people inside. That's why corbin police are working to track down the thieves.
Corbin police officers say workers at local scrap yards are keeping an eye out for any stolen grate covers.
"they think they can take it to a recycling center and sell it as scrap metal. they are pretty heavy. ones that we're had stolen weigh about 100 pounds a piece.> Sgt. William Rose says.
Sgt. Rose says it cost $102 dollars to replace a single grate, but says the grates are made with scrap steel, which is useless to most scrap yards and recycling centers.
Gary Kelly with Corbin Public Works says, "I talked to the scrap company and it's 10 dollars for that type of metal. So they got 10 dollars and it's going to cost the city of corbin $204."
Some of the stolen grates are discontinued, which means they will take longer for the company to reproduce.
Police say stealing these covers is not only a crime, but is dangerous. They say anyone walking along could fall into the hole or cause damage to anyone's car that drives over it.
"You're going to tear up the whole front end of your car. Because one wheel, if you hit it with just a single wheel, it's going to drop down in. The grate over there in question is a four foot deep box, so the car's just going to bottom out right on top of that," says Gary Kelly.
Sgt. Rose says, "We've got a lot of kids ride bicycles around town, small kid fall in a hole like that, he'll get hurt pretty good."
Gary Kelly says he hopes to have these grates replaced by Wednesday.
Sgt. William Rose says one person was arrested in connection with the thefts. Police will not release any names right now, but say more arrests are possible.