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The UTSA Summer Band Institute has the campers safety in mind at every juncture.
- All camp staff (including administration, counselors and instructional staff) have completed a Level II background check through the Texas Department of Law Enforcement.
- The Campus is manned by a 24 hour security team.
- The UTSA Campus is equipped with state of the art emergency notification and response systems.
- Students are chaperoned at all times. Campers are only permitted to be at the music buildings or dorm unless they are with a staff member. They may not explore campus on their own, and are not permitted to travel off-campus.
- Campers may only be signed out from camp by their parents or other adults that a camper's parents have given written permissions in advance to sign the student out. A sign-out permission form will be provided after you are regitered.
- Overnight students that drive themselves to camp are required to turn in their keys upon check in and are not permitted to drive for the duration of camp.
Medical Facilities
The UTSA Student Health Center is available to campers who experience health problems while at camp if they are over the age of 12.
The UTSA Summer Band Institute does not have a nurse on staff and employees of the SBI are not responsible for making health decisions on behalf of the campers. All medical care will be given by a health professional at the above listed facilities.In case of an emergency, proper action will be carried out by official UTSA Medical Staff.
Medical Concerns
If your son or daughter has an ongoing medical condition (diabetes, seizures, Chrone's, etc) or has a history of other ailments (eating disorders, depression, suicidal tendencies) please alert our administration and their camp counselor when you check-in and make sure that your child knows to alert and adult immediately if they are experiencing any signs or symptoms.
For the safety of all campers, no medications (prescription nor over-the-counter) may be kept in the dorm rooms. All medications (excluding vitamins) must be given to the counselors on check-in day.
For minor ailments, such as headaches, upset stomachs, fatigue, bug bites, etc, parents have the option of allowing our camp counselors to administer common medications. These medication include Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Antacids, Immodium, Hydrocortison Cream, and Antihistimines. A form will be provided for parents to state what medications may be administered by camp staff. If you do not wish for camp staff to be able to administer these common medications, your child will only receive them by going to the Health Center for treatment.
Camp staff will assist in administering daily prescription medications to the students as directed by the child's physician, but they are not responsible for ensuring that your child takes their medication. It is the parent's responsibility to:
- Provide exact dosing information on the medical information form
- Provide us with updates and/or changes to prescription medications usage or dosage upon their arrival
- Provide ample medication at the start of Camp
- Ensure that the medications have actually been given to the counselor on the first day of camp.
Please visit our page on packing for more details about how to pack your medications.
The UTSA Summer Band Institute reserves the right to have prescription medication administered by the Health Center if necessary or to contact parents if the student is not taking the medication as directed.


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On Wednesday night we parked about 1 mile away, rode the spectator bus over to the neighborhood and watched the choreographed spectacular! Men and women in blue shirts and white hardhats moving around the yard and surrounding area with great procession. Men were running front end loaders, installing garage doors, pouring a cement driveway, installing a metal roof - just to name a few. No sign of Ty (we heard he was in AL starting another house)...but we did get a quick glimpse of Michael.
Thursday night Hannah and I went back. We were supposed to be selling Girl Scout cookies at Publix...but decided to ditch that and head across town to ride the spectator bus again. This time we arrived just in time to see furniture being moved in. 4 truck loads of furniture were unloaded as the crowd cheered. We caught a quick glimpse of Ty as he ran up to the VIP tent area...probably to eat dinner. Johnny came and signed numerous autographs as Michael worked hard inside the house arranging furniture. Paige gave the crowd a quick wave as she exited the house and went up the hill towards the VIP tent. Michael and Jacob showed up after soccer practice and stayed long enough to see Michael come out to the crowd to sign autographs.
Today, as I was at work, I received a call from Michael. He said, "I'm on the bus!". He took his lunch break a little late and arrived about 15 minutes before the family arrived home. He found a milk crate in the neighbor's yard and stood on that - he had a great view! He was there for MOVE THAT BUS!

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Let's Roll er I mean Roll it! USA! USA! USA! USA! tools!
Bush Hosting "United 93" Screening At WH… The film focuses on the tragic drama aboard United Flight 93, the plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania after passengers fought back against their hijackers.
Um, How did Flight 93's wreckage managed to come down in three locations up to 8 miles apart unless the plane was uh shot down?
Dubya Dubya Three says War of terror is 'World War III'
US XXXXXXXXX George WMD Bush said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III?" The prez has repeatedly praised the heroism of the passengers in fighting back and so launching the first blow of what he usually calls the "war of terror".
FLASHBACK - US XXXXXXXXX George WMD Bush today declared major fighting over in Iraq, calling it "one victory in a war on terror" which he said would continue until terrorists are defeated? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/02/1051382078205.html "In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed," Bush said. Bush acknowledged however that several key war aims have yet to be achieved, including ferreting out the banned chemical and biological weapons he made central to his case for launching a pre-emptive war; setting Iraq on course for democracy; and rebuilding the bloodied nation's battered infrastructure. Our coalition will stay until our work is done."
Coalition in Iraq continues to shrink South Korea, Japan are next to quit Iraq; 'It's a coalition of the dwindling.'
05/30/06 MSNBC: Deadly car bomb - At least 8 killed in Hillah
A suicide car bomber killed at least eight people in the Iraqi town of Hillah on Tuesday, police sources said, adding the death toll was expected to rise
05/30/06 AP: Iraq Says It Has Captured Key Militant
The Iraqi government said Tuesday it has captured a key terror suspect who allegedly confessed to hundreds of beheadings. Ahmed Hussein Dabash Samir al-Batawi was arrested by a terrorist combat unit on Monday in Baghdad...
05/30/06 katu: Soldier From Estacada Killed Serving In Iraq
Jeremy Loveless, 25, was reportedly killed by hostile gunfire in Mosul after he left the cover of his medical Stryker vehicle. The exact date of his death has not yet been released.
05/30/06 SalisburyPost: Army medic still suffering from wartime injury
Sgt. James "Jay" A. Dolph...Frustrated by nearly a year of pain their son endured since he tore a tendon in his left ankle while serving as a medic with an Army SWAT team in Iraq
05/30/06 AP: Mortar rounds fired from a car kill 2 in Interior Ministry building
Authorities say the mortar rounds were fired by remote control from a car parked near a soccer stadium close to the park. One of the rounds hit the third floor of the building, killing two female employees.
05/30/06 Centcom: MND-B SOLDIER KILLED IN VBIED ATTACK (confirmed)
One MND-B Soldier, an Iraqi contractor and two members of a CBS news crew, embedded with the 4th Infantry Division, were killed during a combined patrol with U.S. and Iraqi Soldiers when a vehicle borne improvised explosive device struck...
05/30/06 Centcom: TASK FORCE BAND OF BROTHERS SOLDIER KILLED
A Soldier from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, part of Task Force Band of Brothers, was killed May 29 in Mosul.
05/30/06 MNF: Terrorists destroy Lutafiyah City Hall
Terrorists bombed the construction site of the future Lutafiyah City Hall at approximately 11:15 p.m. May 29.
05/30/06 Ministry of Defense Identifies fatalities
Two Soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards were killed in an attack by an improvised explosive device in Basra on 28 May 2006: Lieutenant Tom Mildinhall and Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly
05/30/06 Reuters: Gunmen kidnap employee of Oil Protection Facility in Balad
Gunmen kidnapped an employee of the Oil Protection Facility in Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, the Joint Coordination Centre said.
05/30/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill preacher in Sunni Mosque
Gunmen killed the preacher of a Sunni Mosque in the Shula district of the capital, police said.
05/30/06 Reuters: Two Brothers killed in Samarra
Gunmen killed two brothers on Monday night while they were walking in the street in the city of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, the Joint Coordination Centre run by the U.S. and Iraqi military, said.
05/30/06 Reuters: Two members of Mehdi Army militia killed in Aziziya
Two people from the Mehdi Army militia run by fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were wounded on Monday night during clashes with members from the Iraqi Accordance Front, a Sunni Arab Umbrella Group, in Aziziya, a small town between Baghdad and Kut
05/30/06 Reuters: Italy pledges commitment to Iraq
Italy will redouble its efforts to help the reconstruction of Iraq even after withdrawing its troops this year, new Defense Minister Arturo Parisi said.
05/30/06 AP: New details found in deaths of Iraqis
Military investigators piecing together what happened in the Iraqi town of Haditha on Nov. 19 -- when Marines allegedly killed two dozen civilians -- have access to video shot by an unmanned drone aircraft that was circling overhead...
05/30/06 NYTimes: More U.S. troops move into Iraq
The top American commander in Iraq has decided to move reserve troops now deployed in Kuwait into the volatile Anbar province in western Iraq to help quell a surge in insurgents attacks, two American officials said Monday.
05/30/06 AP: Nearly 300 prisoners released from prisons across Iraq
Nearly 300 prisoners who had been suspected of ties to the insurgency have been released from three U-S detention centers in Iraq.
05/30/06 AP: Three bodies found in Baghdad
Police also say they found the bodies of three blindfolded and handcuffed men who had been tortured and shot in the head. The bodies were found in central and southern Baghdad.
05/30/06 AP: Roadside bomb kills police officer, civilian dies when mortar hits
The roadside bomb in southern Baghdad killed one police officer and wounded four. In the interior ministry killing, police said a car loaded with mortar rounds and explosives suddenly exploded, scattering shells over a large area.
05/30/06 insidebayarea: Amputee soldier set to start better life with program's aid
Sgt. Joey Bozik...28, lost his right arm, left leg above the knee, and right leg below the knee when the Humvee he was riding in was struck by a roadside bomb on Oct. 27, 2004.
05/29/06 mediabistro: Doctors Remove Shrapnel From Dozier's Head
"She was hit pretty badly to her lower body and her legs. And I believe she was -- received a shrapnel wound to her head," Baghdad bureau producer Agnes Reau said.
05/29/06 FreshAir: 'Baghdad ER:' The Wounded and the Healers
The new documentary Baghdad ER goes inside the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq, the Army's premier medical facility in Iraq. Shot over two months in 2005, the film tells the stories of the hospital's doctors and wounded soldiers.
05/29/06 MSNBC: Marines' families discuss Haditha fallout
Two Marines were severely traumatized when told to photograph the corpses of men, women and children after members of their unit allegedly killed as many as two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians, their families said Monday.
05/29/06 Reuters: Policeman killed in Falluja
A roadside bomb killed a policemen and wounded two soldiers near Falluja, police said.
05/29/06 AP: Dozier critical after surgery for Iraqi injuries
CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier is reported to be in critical condition at a U.S. military hospital in Baghdad, after being injured in an attack that left two of her crew members dead.
05/29/06 Reuters: US soldier killed in car bomb attack
An unnamed U.S. soldier and an Iraqi civilian working with the military were killed along with the network's London-based cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42.
05/29/06 Reuters: Two CBS journalists among four dead in Baghdad bomb
Two British journalists working for...CBS were among four people killed when a car bomb hit a U.S. military patrol in Baghdad on Monday. American CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier was seriously wounded and 6 US soldiers were injured
05/29/06 MOD: British fatalities confirmed
Two Soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards were killed in what appears to have been an attack by an improvised explosive device in Basra on 28 May 2006.
05/29/06 KUNA: 25 militants arrested in Iraq
Iraqi Interior Ministry announced Monday 25 militants have been arrested, including three al-Qaeda members, during the past 24 hours in Iraq. The statement issued Monday said that joint Iraqi and Multi National Forces arrested 17 militants in Al-Mosul
05/29/06 KUNA: Civilian injured by bomb in Kirkuk
An Iraqi civilian was injured when a car exploded in Kirkuk. A police source told KUNA, the explosive device was planted roadside when it blew up a civilian pickup early this morning.
05/29/06 AP: 2 policemn killed in Baghdad, 2 killed in Amarah
In other violence, gunmen killed two police officers when they attacked a convoy in western Baghdad. Another group seriously wounded police colonels in nearby Ghazaliyah. Two other police officers, identified as former Baathists, were killed in Amarah
05/29/06 Reuters: Six beheaded corpse found near Kut
Police found six beheaded corpses wearing military uniforms in the small towns of Numaniya, Suwayra and Shihaimiya near Kut, 170 km southeast of Baghdad, police said. It was not clear if the three incidents were linked.
05/29/06 Reuters: Student killed in Mosul
Gunmen shot dead a student in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said...A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded three soldiers in Mosul, police said.
05/29/06 Reuters: Female member of parliament attacked near Baghdad's Green Zone
A Shi'ite woman member of parliament, Gufran al- Saidi, was wounded in a shooting incident near Baghdad's Green Zone, police sources said. They had no further details. Saidi is a supporter of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
05/29/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill Iraqi soldier near the town of Dujail
Gunmen opened fire at an army checkpoint on Saturday, killing one soldier and wounding two others near the town of Dujail... The dead soldier was the son of Mizhir Abdullah Kathim Ruwaid, one of the co-accused in the trial of Saddam Hussein
...Until Bush provides a credible justification for the territorial pissings in Iraq, he must be brought to swift justice for the war crimes perpetrated on the Iraqi people...
As details of the atrocities in Haditha continue to surface in the media, it is clear that George Bush is either completely divorced from reality or simply incapable of grasping the catastrophe he has created. In fact, he is as culpable in the deaths of the "24 unarmed Iraqis" as if he had put the gun to their heads' and shot them one by one.
The administration makes no attempt to defend its war. Instead, it has stepped up its public relations campaign to connect the conflict with the hobgoblin of Islamic fanaticism. This is a bad plan that appears to be backfiring as Bush's approval ratings continue to plummet. All the same, the war on terror is now regularly invoked to rationalize the systematic destruction of Iraqi society as well as the skyrocketing civilian death toll; now well over 100,000 Iraqis.
Bush's commencement speech this weekend at West Point is a good example of White House attempts to promote its bogus anti-terror crusade while diverting attention from America's depredations in Iraq. The speech gives us a way to compare Bush's sales pitch for war with the reality on the ground. It also allows us to ask whether Bush is a delusional megalomaniac who should not be held accountable for his decisions or a calculating despot who fully understands the savagery he's unleashed on the world.
President Bush Graduation Speech at West Point (5-27-06)
Bush speech: "America will fight the terrorists on every battlefront. And we will not rest until this threat to our country has been removed…Against such an enemy there is only one effective response: We will never back down, we will never give in, and we will never accept anything less than complete victory."
The reality: Photographs taken by American military intelligence have provided crucial evidence that up to 24 Iraqis were massacred by marines in Haditha. One portrays an Iraqi mother and young child, kneeling on the floor, as if in prayer. They have been shot dead at close range. The pictures show other victims, shot execution-style in the head and chest in their homes. An American government official said they revealed that the marines involved had "suffered a total breakdown in morality and leadership".( LA Times)
Bush speech: "This is only the beginning. The message has spread from Damascus to Tehran that the future belongs to freedom, and we will not rest until the promise of liberty reaches every people in every nation."
The reality: The killings are emerging as the worst known American atrocity of the Iraq war. At least seven women and three children were among those killed. Witness accounts obtained by The Sunday Times suggest the toll of children may be as high as six. "This one is ugly," a US military official said. The evidence points fatefully to a murder spree by marines. The stain on the American military could prove harder to erase than the photographs of sadistic prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. Comparisons are being made to the My Lai massacre in 1968 in Vietnam, in which American soldiers slaughtered up to 500 villagers."
Bush speech: "Difficult challenges remain in both Afghanistan and Iraq, but America is safer and the world is more secure because these two countries are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace…With the formation of this unity government, the world has seen the beginning of something new - a constitutional democracy in the heart of the Middle East."
The reality: Yunis Salim Khafif, pleaded for his life in English, shouting: "I am a friend, I am good. I am good" …. "But they killed him, his wife and daughters." (LA Times).
Bush speech: ""We're still in the early stages of this struggle for freedom and, like the first years of the Cold War, we've seen setbacks and challenges and days that have tested America's resolve. Yet we've also seen days of victory and hope.
The reality: "About 10 marines entered the home of a 76-year-old Abdul Hameed Ali Hassan, whose leg had been amputated because of diabetes. He was a blind old man in a wheelchair. They threw hand grenades and began firing in all directions. Hassan's granddaughter, 10 year old Iman Waleed, was in her nightclothes. Her father was in a nearby room reading the Koran. The Marines entered the room and killed him. Then they gathered the rest of the family into one room —threw in two hand grenades and started shooting them. The adults tried to protect the children with their bodies, but all were slain. (LA Times)
The massacre in Haditha reveals the yawning chasm between Bush's promises of freedom and democracy and the brutal realities of occupation, subjugation and war crimes. Haditha strips away the fabric of lies which masks the true motives behind the war in Iraq. As the details continue to appear in the news, the Bush administration is sure to lose whatever is left of its tattered credibility and moral authority. Public support will vanish accordingly.
Haditha is summary-event, much like My Lai. It epitomizes 6 years of failed leadership, unprovoked aggression, and human rights abuse. It reframes the war as a vicious and excessive attack on a civilian population to establish control over vital resources. It was executed with the cynical belief that the mountains of carnage could be papered-over by jingoism and propaganda. That illusion has begun to shatter; exposing the ocean of suffering it has left in its wake.
Who'll believe Bush's rosy scenarios after they've heard the testimony of children who watched while their parents and siblings were butchered in front of their own eyes?
Lawmakers 'brace' for Haditha fallout
Military investigators strongly suspect that what happened in the western Iraqi city of Haditha last November was a rampage by a small number of Marines who snapped after one of their own was killed by a roadside bomb?
'Her head was... spattered on his boots' - Drone taped
UK paper prints massacre cartoon: Bodies as stripes
Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV'
Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products.
Coalition in Iraq continues to dwindle
It's a coalition of the dwindling. The U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq is losing two of its most important allies — Italy and South Korea — and up to half a dozen other members could draw down their forces or pull out entirely by the end of the year. The withdrawals are complicating America's effort to begin extracting itself from the country, where a fresh onslaught of deadly attacks on coalition forces is testing the resolve of key partners such as Britain and Poland to stick with the mission despite the dangers.
Parents: Iraqi Massacre Traumatized Marines
"He had to carry that little girl's body," she said, "and her head was blown off and her brain splattered on his boots."
In Haditha, Memories of a Massacre
The Apache Killing Video
This video has caused a great deal of controversy. Originally shown on ABC TV, it was first shown as an object lesson as to what happens to Iraqi Insurgents who dare show weapons before US forces. However, as time goes on, doubt has begun to surface as to whether the people shown blown to pieces with the 30mm cannon on the Apache were really insurgents, or just harmless farmers.
Anti Iraq-war protesters hit with pepper spray
Protesters chanted "Out of Olympia, Out of Iraq" as they rocked a chain-link gate to the port late Monday, and at least three tried to use wooden boards to pry the gate open, The Olympian newspaper reported. A 50-ton piece of equipment was moved to reinforce the gate on the other side. Police and sheriff's deputies clad in riot gear fired at least four rounds of pepper spray in an hour after asking the demonstrators several times to stop, authorities said. No one was arrested, but paramedics were dispatched to treat some activists.
So when do we get invaded to remove the rogue government that spies on its own people, gases its own people during anti War protests, stages "terrorist" attacks, holds crooked elections, attacks other nations without cause, and uses torture on innocent people looking for WMD that don't exist?
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The CCRI Lady Knights softball team traveled to Franklin MA to play the Bulldogs of Dean College for a pivotal doubleheader to decide who will host the Region XXI softball tournament this coming weekend. The Lady Knights lost both games 15-8 and 7-4. With the losses the Lady Knights' record falls to 10-12 on the season and 7-3 in Region XXI play. Dean College will host the Region XXI tournament Sunday the 27th with the IF game being played Tuesday the 29th.
Game 1
CCRI- 8 Dean -15
In the circle for the Lady Knights was sophomore Macayla Paiva (West Greenwich, RI) who had a rough outing throwing six innings giving up 15 runs, 11 earned on 14 hits with four walks and four strikeouts. After CCRI scored two in the first Dean answered with eight runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an 8-2 lead. CCRI answered back with four in the top of the second cutting the lead to 8-6. Dean would tack-on runs in the third fourth and fifth and four in the sixth which would be too much for CCRI to come back from.
Offensively for in the top of the first Taylor Butler (North Kingstown, RI) had a one out single followed by a Sam Archambeault (Harrisville, RI) single, Butler would score on a passed ball, Co-Captain Liz Coburn (Chepachet, RI) reached on dropped third strike, followed by a Jess Brosnahan (Warwick, RI) RBI single. In the second, Paiva led-off with a single, Co-Captain Alex Place (East Providence, RI) reached on error, Butler followed with an RBI single, Archambeault reached on fielder's choice, followed by Sarah Deal (North Kingstown, RI) with a 2-RBIs single, four runs scored to make the game 8-6. CCRI scored one more in the fourth after Dean added a run in the third when Butler led-off with single, Archambeault reached on error, and Deal had an RBI single. But that is all the scoring the Lady Knights could muster as Dean would score again in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
For the game the CCRI offensive leaders were: Butler was 5-5 with an RBI and three runs scored, Brosnahan had three hits and an RBI while Deal had two hits three RBIs and a run scored. Archambeault and Paiva also added two hits and two runs scored apiece.
Game 2
CCRI- 4 Dean- 7
In the circle for the Lady Knights for game two was freshman Taylor Butler who pitched well throwing six innings allowing seven runs, three earned, on seven hits, walking two and striking out four Bulldog batters. Butler was limiting the potent Dean offense as the game began but The Bulldogs scored single runs in the second, third and sixth. Butler did get into some trouble in the fourth inning where she gave-up four runs on a lead-off single, a run scored on error, one out single, and then a two-RBI double. But overall it was a good performance but CCRI could not match the Dean offense.
The Lady Knights scored two on the top of the first when Place, Butler, and Deal singled. Place and Butler would score on a Jess Brosnahan two-RBI single. CCRI added another in the sixth when Deal reached on error, Spear reached on fielder's choice, Spear scored on a Brosnahan two-out RBI single. The final run for CCRI came in the seventh when Butler reached with two outs on an error, Deal singled, Spear hit an RBI single.
Overall for CCRI freshman Jess Brosnahan led the way with two hits and three RBI, while Sarah Deal had two hits. Ashely Spear added a hit, runs scored and an RBI, while Butler added a hit and two runs scored and Co-Captain Alex Place a hit and run scored. Amber Boucher (Warwick, RI) and Co-Captain Liz Coburn also added a hit apiece.
The Lady Knights will travel to Dean College in Franklin, MA on Sunday to compete in the Region XXI Softball Championship in a best of three versus the Bulldogs of Dean. Games one and two will be at 1pm and 3pm with the IF game being played Tuesday the 29th also at Dean College in Franklin, MA.
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Rugz D. Bewler 1st single "Pause Time" (produced by Grand Staff), off his new project By Any Means Necessary dropping October 18th.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Mr.285 - Wow
Check out Mr. 285 new song Wow From his latest mixtape "Celebration" i enjoy listening to it and i know you will too, just click the link below to download it.
Retro Sushi - Champagne And Hoodies
Retro Sushi - Champagne And Hoodies from Inception L.L.C. on Vimeo.
Another dope song as well as a dope video wouldn't mind working with these guys to be honest, check em out and be on the look out for more
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Down N Dirty Boyz- Hold Up Wait
Down N Dirty Boyz - Hold Up Wait from Dion Norris on Vimeo.
One of my first music videos I shot(well Co-Shot) , we had to work with what we had, and to say the least it came out good, this is the first time you seen Down N Dirty Boyz on this site and won't be the last either. So you already know what to do, follow us and we'll follow you.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sean Hickman - Dumb
Sean Hickman drop his Saturday mixtape, you know i had to download it, you should do the same
go ahead and follow @seanXmixtape , now sit back and enjoy the music.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
FunKi Stylist Photo Shoot
FunKi Style Photo Shoot 1 from Dion Norris on Vimeo.
FunKi Style Photo Shoot 1.5 from Dion Norris on Vimeo.
FunKi Style Photo Shoot 2 from Dion Norris on Vimeo.
Videos From Kiara Brown aka FunKi Stylist, first photo shoot. Lucky i had the pleasure to watch this young talented lady work and bring everything together. She had a wonderful cast of models as well as great make up artists (Brittany Hardy & Charlotte) and a amazing hair stylist (Makeba Evans). You can follow these wonderful individuals
Kiara Brown@FunKi_Style
Briana Myrie-@theonly_B
Raven Joyner-@tastetheburst
Mercedes Pleasant-@Mercedespleasnt
Meron Berhe-@MizzBerhe
Makeba Evans-@forevermakeba
Brittany Hardy-@thoroughbred_B
Charlotte -@charlierosegold
Monday, August 15, 2011
K-Noe Brown x Mr.Lo Nuttin Like Us
Dope song, and the video was well executed!
You got a twitter, i know you do.
@KNOE_BROWN x @IAMMRLO
It was directed by @Cricketrsm and produce by @NateQwest
oh and if you not following me then you should now
Def Sound x Nikko Gray- Everything Goes Our Way
I can not wait until their project come out, you know its going to be dope.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Flyboy Stackz- 3 Strikes {Prod. By Beatsmith}
Dope song, but this mixtape sound more like a album, just imagine what the album would sound like?
Follow him @MrFlyboyStackz
Retro Su$hiI-Don't Want To Miss It
One of my favorite song off this mixtape, however i listen to the whole mixtape every time.
You can download it here
Thursday, August 11, 2011
J*Davey x Def Sound -Quicksand
One of my favorite song as well as one of my favorite groups
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Rugz D. Bewler-Renaissance
New Rugz D. Bewler video check it out
"Renaissance" from Rugz D. Bewler on Vimeo.
He still making music dopeshit
If you wear nothing but j's then you going to fall in love with the fall clothing line......................all that need to be said!
Missing The 90's Nick
was kind of lame, but i like the ideal, and the memories from the shows
Friday, August 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Aleon Craft- Sunday
Artist in Atlanta, ALEON CRAFT, saw him perform @Inide Fest. 2011 been a fan since
Def Sound - (A) Gain
Dope Video and a catchy song, Again
STS x Ming-Sole Music
Dope shit, Dope artist check out more of his stuff.
REi x Dave Flyer -Lemon Pepper Wings
Chill mode
Chill mode
The Choking Bunny -Kim Joyce
Kim Joyce @ New Era ATL Honor Roll CG 1 Year Anniversary
Friday, July 29, 2011
SALE SALE SALE x VIRGIN WKND
Help us push the last couple of shirts we have left, there will be a special surprise for those who do!
so what you waiting for, go gear up, and don't forget go "Live Life Like The WKND"
HardWood-Jacobi Red (Cover)
Been working with this artist on some stuff coming soon, but in the mean time listen to this cover, it stays on repeat, just dopeness, go download it..............what you waiting for go download it.
you can follow him @jacobired
Juanita's Tales (Episode 3)
Dopeness at its best
The Choking Bunny x D.F&Y -Honor Roll CG 1 Year Anniversary
This was a great event to go to, to be honest im glad to say, i know these young talented guys.
For those who dont know, they have been on here before.
Follow them @HonorRollCG
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The college library is spacious, well equipped, maintained and provides excellent reading facilities to students and staff.
Features of our College Library
- It has separate reading room and reference section with the seating capacity of 55 persons.
- Library is well stocked with about 39676 books of different subjects.
- It has 2175 reference books and more than 100 encyclopedias.
- Library also subscribes to 20 journals and 15 magazines besides 9 national and regional dailies in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
- More than 350 M.Ed dissertation are also there in the Library
- There is a separate 'New Arrival' corner in the library.
- Book exhibition is a regular feature of the library.
- All the books are classified and cataloged.
- Cataloguing has been computerized. Xerox facility is provided to the students and the staff.
- Book Bank facility is provided to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe, economically backward and physically handicapped students for the whole academic session.
- 4 Computers with Internet Facility are also available for the students and staff
- OPAC : Online Public Access Catalogue is also available in the college Library
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The Exeter-Milligan girls landed in fourth place and the Timberwolf boys took fifth place in the 2015 Mustang Invite on April 8 in Friend. The E-M girls scored 67 points—just behind Hampton and Bruning-Davenport/Shickley and the Timberwolf boys scored 51.5 points.
The Giltner girls easily claimed the top spot in the Crossroads Conference (CRC) laden track meet. McCool Junction outpointed High Plains, 95-89, to take the top spot in the boys' team race. Sterling was third in the boys' team standings, while Giltner was fourth at the 11-team invite.
Timberwolf Trystan Brandt enjoyed a solid day for E-M in Friend on April 8. Brandt zipped to gold in the 200-meter dash in 23.80 seconds at the Mustang Invite. Brandt also finished second in the 400-meter dash (54.80) and took third in the long jump with a leap of 19-feet, 8.25 inches.
Samuele Columbo had a solid meet last week, as Columbo placed second in the triple jump (39-3.50) and fifth in the long jump (19-5.75). Timberwolf Jack Dinneen was fourth in pole vault by clearing 11-feet and Dinneen also took sixth in the 1,600-meter run in 5:31.50.
Additional scoring was turned in by Sam Zeleny, fifth in the 800-meter run, 2:16.70; and Broc Mueller, third in the discus, 117-3; and Derek Luzum, fifth in the high jump, 5-6. The Timberwolf 1,600-meter relay team of Zeleny, Dinneen, Columbo and Luzum placed sixth with a clocking of 4:02. The E-M 3,200-meter relay squad of Patrick Murphy, Luzum, Dinneen and Zeleny placed fifth in a time of 9:48.30.
For the E-M girls, Maitlyn Thomsen struck gold in the long jump with a winning effort of 16-.75 feet. The Timberwolf 1,600-meter relay team was also victorious by defeating a solid field in a winning time of 4:36.90.
Thomsen picked up three additional individual medals in the 200-meter dash, 28.80; and the 400-meter dash, 65.50; and the 100-meter hurdles, 17.70. Teammate Amber Pribyl placed third in the 400-meter dash at 65.60. Kelsey Bigelow took fifth in the 800-meter run, 2:44.40; and fifth in the pole vault, 7-0.
Timberwolf Marietta Purtschert took third in the 3,200-meter in Friend in 13:57.70. Purtschert was also third in the long jump, 14-11.25. Madison Horne rounded out the E-M girls' scoring with a sixth-place effort in the triple jump, 30-7.50.


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The websites that we're using are:
- Tofugu (such a funny name! I love it)
- This is a Japanese language and culture website. It has a nice, professional look and it has lovely pictures.
- Learn Japanese | Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese
- Right now, I'm using this website for Hiragana, which has proved most helpful.
- Hiragana Writing Practice | Characters | Japanese-Lessons.com
- I've only used this website for the writing sheets.
- Japanese Hiragana Stroke Order - Learning Print Sheets
- I haven't explored this website much, but their writing sheets are so cute and very helpful.
- Poll Maker
- This isn't a Japanese site, I just used this site to make quizzes for me and Charisma so we can be quizzed on what we just learned! (Japanese Test that I made).
Our mother said that if we got REALLY good grades in our freshmen year (which is 9th grade. I'm still not use to the whole sophomore, junior thing....) then we can go to our community college and take Japanese there!! In 10th grade!! So that is my goal. To get really good grades in my freshen year to get Japanese (and go to college.. hehe!) in my sophomore year. Oh I am so excited! :D
Can anyone recommend any good Japanese books that I should buy (or look into buying?)
Well everyone, have a good day!


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E2: With clear signal from Washington, growth in biofuel industry can continue
WASHINGTON (Nov. 28, 2012) – On Wednesday, the Senate showed there is strong bipartisan support for initiatives by the Department of Defense to diversify its fuel sources and decrease its dependence on oil – initiatives that could help the private sector as well.
By a margin of 62 to 37, the Senate voted against a proposal in the National Defense Authorization Act that would have prevented the military from buying biofuel to meet its energy needs.
After the vote, Environmental Entrepreneurs co-founder Nicole Lederer made the following statement:
"The Senate rightly stood behind America's military with this vote, but it also stood behind American businesses.
"From commercial aviation to the Internet, the military has historically led some of our nation's greatest economic transformations – and the military's leadership on biofuels is no different. Military programs are already driving innovation, private-sector investment and job creation in the biofuel industry. Now that the market has a clear signal from Washington, that growth can continue."
According to a recent E2 report, more than 14,000 jobs and $10 billion-plus in economic activity could be created if the military meets its previously announced biofuels goals. The Air Force and the Navy – two of the biggest users of oil in the world - want to get 50 percent of their fuel from biofuels by 2020.
Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Castellaw, an E2 member and president of the Crockett Policy Institute, said:
"The military has been on the forefront of energy innovation for 150 years. Biofuels are just the next stage of innovation that will help our military's energy security future, help improve the effectiveness of our military operations and help improve our economy."
For more details on the potential economic impacts of the military's biofuel programs, see E2's reports here.
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Canvas Stretcher 60″ Gripper width Gallery Wrap and Standard Stretch. Includes Inmes Long Nose Stapler, 10,000 Staples, Stapler Hose and Fittings,
Stretching canvas has never been so quick and easy PLUS You can gallery wrap the sides. Safely stretch giclees, canvas transfers and oil paintings. Gallery wrap option allows you to staple on the side and backs of stretcher bars. The unique clamping mechanism grips canvas without harmful piercing. The Tensador II 125G+ is easy to operate and is designed to stretch canvas from 8″ x 10″ through 48″ x 48″. The T-125G allows stapling on the back or sides of the canvas stretching bars. Pheumatic filter and air pressure with foot activated safety pedal. Canvas clamp opening 1/2″, adjustable foot levelers, durable powder coat finish. Requires 1 1/2″ of canvas from the back side of the stretch bar for gallery wrap or 3/4″ from the back of the stretcher bar to staple on the sides of bars. Gallery wrap staple requires staple gun with 1 1/2″ nose length or greater. Proudly manufactured in the USA by Mounting & Laminating Supplies. Machine dimensions – weight 68 Pounds, width 56″, depth 21″ height 55″. Air pressure requirement, 60 psi. One year defective parts warranty.
Tensador II G+ is a simple effective devise that insures proper and uniform tension of canvas. Tensador II G+ is designed to stretch canvas from 8" x 8" through 48" x 48" or 60" x 60" depending on the model. Pneumatic air filter controller and foot activated safety pedal assures safe and reliable operation
The unique gallery wrap on the Tensador II G+ provides access to the back side of the stretcher bar. This operation uses the furnished staple gun with a long nose to reach the back side of the bar. Gallery wrap or stapling on the back side of the stretcher requires 1 ½" for canvas past the back side of the stretcher bar to staple on the side 3/8" is required. . The Tensador II G+ can accommodate most any commercial stretcher bar size from ½" – 2 ½" thick.
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About Lauren
Lauren is a native Texan from Dallas. She graduated from Hillcrest High School and attended the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University where she got her BA in Marketing.
Lauren strives to provide the best market knowledge, expertise of the buying and selling process, and personalized service to her clients.
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Regional History
History of Timbering
County Histories
Calhoun County
Franklin County
Gadsden County
Gulf County
Jackson County
Liberty County
Wakulla County
History: Gulf County
1829 - The settlement of St. Joseph was established on the eastern shore of St. Joseph Bay.
1834 - The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal Company was formed.
1835 - Colin-Mitchel Supreme Court decision regarding the validity of the Forbes Purchase
1835 - Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal Company incorporated
1838 - Florida's first constitutional convention held in St. Joseph
1839 - St. Joseph & Iola Railroad put into operation
1840 - Calhoun Course opens in St. Joseph
1841 - Yellow Fever strikes St. Joseph
1844 - Hurricane demolishes what was left of St. Joseph
1845 - Florida becomes a state
1861 - Florida secedes from the Union
1861 to 1865 - Civil War
1862 - Salt Works important to the war effort
1867 - James Bennett Stone purchased approximately 6,000 acres in Gulf County (still Calhoun County at that time) for $125.74. This land purchase included part of 7,000 acres that had belonged to the Lake Wimico & St. Joseph Railroad on the Bay of St. Joseph and the entire land area of the old city of St. Joseph. The present day city of Port St. Joe is now situated within the confines of this land.
1907 - Apalachicola & Northern Railroad proposed
1909 - Port St. Joseph founded
On May 7th the first excursion and passenger train over the Apalachicola & Northern Railroad left Apalachicola at 8 am and arrived in St. Joe fifty minutes later. Arriving passengers were greeted with a picnic lunch at the beach provided by the ladies of the M.E. Church of Apalachicola as a fund raising event. The round trip fare was fifty cents.
1910 - Calhoun Timber Company comes to Port St. Joe
1911 - Battle over the division of Calhoun County begins
1912 - Port St. Joe experiences growth
1913 - Incorporation of Port St. Joe
A marker to commemorate the assembling of the First Constitutional Convention at St. Joseph was erected at the site of the former city. It was dedicated on January 11, 1923 in a huge celebration sponsored by the citizens of Apalachicola and Port St. Joe.
1925 - Gulf County founded
1930 - Port St. Joe experiences hard times
With his wealth and great vision, Alfred duPont had a dream of rehabilitating the charred and cut-over lands of Northwest Florida and improving the economy of the area, with Port St. Joe being the planned center of activity. DuPont had purchased thousands of acres in Gulf County and several surrounding counties in the late 1920�s. Several years later a new papermaking process was invented by Dr. Charles H. Herty and caught the attention of Mr. DuPont. He began to see a future in the paper industry. He died on April 29, 1935, but his wife and brother-in-law, Edward Ball, followed through with his plan and on May 25, 1936 incorporation papers were filed for the St. Joe Paper Company to begin construction of a paper mill at Port St. Joe. Almours Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of the duPont Companies that took over the St. Joseph Land and Development Company in 1934, organized the paper company. The company began formal operations on March 17, 1938.
Some of Gulf County and St. Joseph�s prominent settlers:
Major Benjamin Chaires - Said to be the first millionaire in the territory, Chaires owned several large plantations near Tallahassee, as well as large interests at St. Marks and St. Joseph. He was one of the most prominent figures in the beginnings of St. Joseph and played a major role in developing the Tallahassee and St. Marks Railroad. At the time of his death he was President of the St. Joseph Railroad and Canal Company and was in charge of building the railroad to Iola. He died on October 4, 1838, just two months prior to the start of the Constitutional Convention.
Peter W. Gautier, Sr. - Plantation owner and President of the Board of Trustees at the Webbville Academy at Webbville in Jackson County. Later owned a plantation at St. Joseph and promoted the development of the Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal. He was an active citizen in the history of St. Joseph.
Robert Beveridge - The founder of Marianna in Jackson County, Beveridge was also a promoter of the Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal. Along with Peter W. Gautier, Sr., he was one of the directors of the Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal Company and an active citizen in St. Joseph's history


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All have a slightly flared base, making them easy to press on.
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Miami condo market acting as if it is 2007: Condo market in Miami is saturated with units and inventory is growing.
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There is a major leading indicator in the housing market and that involves inventory and sales. These two economic points can signal trouble ahead. And we saw this trend unfold in the last housing crisis when over euphoric builders chased bubbles across the country. The sad part is that most Americans are too broke to afford a home. So the condo market in Miami is seeing a big surge in inventory while sales decline – obviously these two indicators feed into each other. The euphoria in real estate is running red hot and it is no surprise that Florida is at it again. Is this simply an isolated market or is there something larger brewing in the nationwide housing market?
Miami condo glut
There is a major glut of condos in Miami. It might be hard to see this given that virtually every news article on housing is positive. Yet housing turns very slowly and by the time the market reverses it is too late for many. Like a game of musical chairs, once the music stops someone is going to be left out.
The chart highlighting the situation in the Miami condo market is rather clear:
Inventory is now off the charts. Back in 2013 inventory was very low as investors swooped in to pick up many units and the excess from the bust was being gobbled up. But now, inventory has increased dramatically since 2013. This inventory increase is coming on the back of a massive drop in sales volume.
You have to understand how real estate cycles play out. Builders make plans and start projects during the euphoria phase. These massive projects come online one, two, even three years later and are built around financial models from a few years ago. As we know, the stock market today is hyper inflated and has hit record high levels. We say that it is inflated because price-to-earnings ratios are genuinely out of sync with historical norms. You also see this in real estate where local area rental prices simply do not justify current home values.
Miami is an interesting market because of a few reasons. First, there is a major condo segment of real estate sales. Condos are the thing in Miami. Second, Florida tends to have many booms and busts because the state is an investor haven. Money flows in and out of the market extremely fast. This tends to cause wild rides in real estate values. You also have the "coast" factor which tends to capture the imagination of real estate investors nationwide.
You can see the pattern by looking at how this played out last time around:
You see how inventory soared from 2004 to 2007. Condo inventory then peaked over 20,000. While we are not close to that, there is an unmistakable trend unfolding here.
I am fascinated by the power real estate has on people and how quickly people can forget a big bust that happened only recently. The patterns really don't take experts to understand. It is rather clear if you look at the two charts above. Yet people are once again chasing a new normal and expecting a different outcome. Maybe something is different this time around in Miami.
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roddy6667 said:
This happens about every 10 years. It is so predictable that it is arguably not the worth the ink, electronic or not.
It can't be news to anybody who can read and is over 30 years old.April 14th, 2017 at 6:14 pm


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Abstract: A signal mass piezoelectric six-degrees-of-freedom (six-DOF) accelerometer is put forward in response to the need for health monitoring of the dynamic vibration characteristics of high grade digitally controlled machine tools. The operating principle of the piezoelectric six-degrees-of-freedom accelerometer is analyzed, and its structure model is constructed. The numerical simulation model (finite element model) of the six axis accelerometer is established. Piezoelectric quartz is chosen for the acceleration sensing element and conversion element, and its static sensitivity, static coupling interference and dynamic natural frequency, dynamic cross coupling are analyzed by ANSYS software. Research results show that the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer has advantages of simple and rational structure, correct sensing principle and mathematic model, good linearity, high rigidity, and theoretical natural frequency is more than 25 kHz, no nonlinear cross coupling and no complex decoupling work.
1. Introduction
Many motion controlled and measured systems, such as vehicles, automatic navigation, earthquake prediction devices, robot control systems, health monitoring of machine tools and other areas require determination of spatial vibration characteristics. This spatial vibration information can be described by the six-DOF acceleration motion. Six-axis accelerometers which can perform the simultaneous measurement of the six spatial components (three translational and three rotational) of acceleration are used as important sensing elements for detecting spatial vibration information.
At present, six-DOF acceleration sensing methods can be classified into the single-mass-spring-damper six-axis acceleration sensing approach (SPMSD approach) and the integrated six-axis acceleration sensing approach based on multiple single-axis accelerometers (MSAAs approach) [1]. The SPMSD approach was mainly used to develop six-axis accelerometers, that sense the six-DOF acceleration by accessing the displacement of an inertial mass relative to the rigid body or the deformations of the elastic elements of the spring—dampers connecting the inertial mass with the rigid body. The MSAAs approach was explored in the research of gyro-free strapdown inertial navigation systems and six-DOF acceleration measurement systems, and senses the six-DOF acceleration by accessing and decoupling the outputs from the MSAAs positioned and oriented on a rigid body according to appropriate configurations.
According to the type of conversion element used, the six-axis accelerometers based on the SPMSD approach can be classified into elastic style [2], electrically suspension style [3], superconducting suspension style [4], spring photoelectric style and so on [5]. These sensors have advantages of compact conformation and high degree of integration, however, they have the disadvantages of complicated production process, high cost, narrow scope of application, difficult miniaturization and so on, meanwhile, due to the fact the SPMSD approach is similar to the research idea of elastic style six-axis force/torque sensors, there are two bottleneck contradictions, including the degree of complexity of the structures and the difficulty of decoupling, high stiffness and high sensitivity [6].
According to the number of single-axis accelerometers used, six-DOF accelerometers based on the MSAAs approach can be classified into six-single-axis accelerometer style and nine-single-axis accelerometer style [7]. These six-axis accelerometers have the advantages of a simple research idea, simple production process and so on, however, they have the disadvantages of high cost, complicated structure, and large volume. They are also difficult to install and realize structural miniaturization.
In order to overcome the shortcomings of the six axis accelerometer based on the SPMSD and MSAAs approaches, in this paper, a novel six-DOF accelerometer sensing principle based on a single inertial mass is presented. Piezoelectric quartz is chosen for the force sensing element and conversion element. The operating principle of the proposed six-axis accelerometer is analyzed, a structure model is built, a numerical finite element model of the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer is set up, and its static sensitivity, static coupling interference and dynamic natural frequency, and dynamic cross coupling are analyzed by ANSYS software. The research results show that the measurement principle of the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer is correct.
2. Measurement Principle and Structure Model
The mechanical structure of the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer is shown in Figure 1a. This piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer belong to the disaggregated structure piezoelectric sensor type. Piezoelectric quartz is chosen for the sensing element and conversion element of the six-DOF accelerometer. The piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer is composed of a cover (1), pretension bolts (2), cylindrical inertial mass (3), piezoelectric quartz crystal chip groups (4), pedestal (5), signal output electrodes, insulating filler and other major parts. The quartz crystal groups are clamped between the inertial mass and the pedestal, and are symmetrically distributed on the upper surface of the quartz crystal chip group's mounting boss. To improve the impedance characteristics and anti-jamming performance of the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer, the piezoelectric quartz crystal chip groups are designed for a double-layer structure.
2.1. Measurement Principle
The spatial layout structure schematic of the quartz chip groups within the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer is shown in Figure 1b. Assuming that the measured linear acceleration and angular acceleration are ax, ay, az, amx, amy and amz, the piezoelectric quartz crystal chip groups response outputs are AX, AY, AZ, AMX, AMY and AMZ. Eight quartz crystal chip groups are evenly distributed on the same circle. Four groups of Y00-crystals are distributed on the nodes of X and Y axes and the quartz crystal chip groups distribution circle, and are used for the measurement of ax, ay and amz. Four groups of X00-crystals are distributed on other locations and are used for the measurement of az, amx, and amy. Each group quartz crystal chip group corresponds to a one-channel output signal and can obtain 6-channel signals via pretreatment of 8-channel signals, and the six-axis acceleration can be measured via operation of a decoupling matrix. Equation (1) represents the 8-channel signal to 6-channel signal conversion expression in which the subscript letters represent spatial axes and the value index indicates the number of quartz chip groups, F represent the inertial force that generated by acceleration:
Due to the influence of the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer structure, the layout of the quartz chip group, the quantity and production level (among other factors), the arrangement of the quantity of quartz crystal cells and the production level, the actual conditions do not fully meet the above assumption in practice. Therefore, the acceleration transfer coefficients of kax,kay,kaz,kamx,kamyandkamz were introduced into this study, and the acceleration coefficient calculation study will be shown in the subsequent papers.
2.2. Structure Model
To simplify the analysis, the following assumptions are adopted: the rigidities of the quartz crystal chip groups are identical, with equal sensitivity and symmetry uniform distribution. The inertial mass is a rigid body with the same stiffness in all directions, equal sensitivity, and uniform distribution. The directions of az, amx and amy are distributed according to the lever principle on quartz crystal chips, and ax, ay and amz are evenly distributed.
Figure 2 shows the block diagram of the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer structure. The designation O-XYZ represents the coordinate system of centroid of inertial mass and O1-X1Y1Z1 denotes the installation layout position coordinate system of quartz crystal chip groups. The quartz crystal chip groups are arranged along the same circle with radius is R, the distance between the quartz chip group 2 and 4 is r = Rcos45°, and the distance between the centroid of inertial mass and the surface of quartz crystal chip groups is b, the inertial force that generated by acceleration acting on each quartz crystal chip groups can be expressed by Equation (2):
According to Equations (1) and (2), we can obtain the following relational expression of the six-DOF accelerometer's structural model:
As can be seen from Equation (3), due to the influence of the sensor structure, the cross coupling interferences of six-DOF accelerometer take place in the ay, amx, ax, amy directions.These interferences are different from traditional nonlinear coupling, and can be eliminated using a mathematical compensation method.
3. Experiment of Numerical Simulation
To verify the effectiveness of the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer structure model, ANSYS software is used to pre-assess the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer's static and dynamic characteristics. ANSYS software has powerful analysis capability in the coupled field, which is the preferred software in the field of piezoelectric analysis. However, its physical model modeling function is weak, making it unsuitable for creating complex physical models. So the analysis process of the six-DOF accelerometer primarily applies a modeling approach and load application method. Table 1 lists the main structural dimensions of the sensor examined in this paper.
3.1. FEM Model
Modeling approach
In the first step, the physical structural model of the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer is built with CAD software (i.e., SolidWorks, PRE/E), and the physical structural model is imported into the ANSYS software. In the simulation process, coupling unit SOLID98 was chosen as the element type of the quartz crystal, and the piezoelectric coefficient matrix, the elastic coefficient matrix and the dielectric matrix can be defined according to the characteristics of the piezoelectric quartz crystal. Unit SOLID95 was chosen as the element type of the other components of the six-axis accelerometer, and stainless steel was chosen as the material of the six-axis accelerometer's other components. The piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer's work coordinates and quartz crystal chip groups' local coordinates can be constructed according to the operating conditions of the sensor and digestion type of the quartz crystal chips. Finally, according to the actual computational requirements, the meshing method is determined to complete the meshing of the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer.
Load application method
This approach includes the installation constraints and acceleration loading on the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer. The constraints set adhere to the sensor's installation status and the preload force is applied through a section of the inertial mass. The degree of freedom of the pedestal's mounting surface is zero. The measured accelerations are applied to the key point, which is established on the Z axis and located in the same plane as the upper surface of the inertial mass. Additionally, the key point and the upper surface of the inertial mass are built in the rigid region.
3.2. Static Characteristics Simulation Analysis
In the piezoelectric coupled field process based on the ANSYS software, the potential difference between the surface of piezoelectric quartz crystal chip can be obtained, so in the paper, the relationship between the potential difference and the acceleration was selected instead of the relationship between the acceleration input and the potential output. Figure 3 show the curves of the input acceleration and the output potential in the directions of ax, ay, az, amx, amy and amz. The symbol U represents the potential. According to these curves, it can get the six-DOF accelerometer's C matrix as shown in Equation (4):
Table 2 shows the static sensitivity and cross coupling characteristics of the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer, which was derived from Figure 3 and Equations (4). It can be seen that the input load is linear with output potential, the static sensitivity is 0.697 V/g in the ax direction, 0.695 V/g in the ay direction, 0.792 V/g in the az direction, 0.00174 V/(rad/s2) in the amx direction, 0.00174 V/(rad/s2) in the amy direction, 0.00302 V/(rad/s2) in the amz direction. The cross coupling interferences of the piezoelectric six-axis accelerometer only take place in ay, amx, ax, amy directions, and these interferences are the linear coupling interferences, which are different from traditional nonlinear coupling and can be eliminated using a mathematical compensation method (the compensation method can be obtained via our other paper about the calculation of six axis force sensor [8]), and these results were consistent with the results based on the structural model of the six-axis accelerometer.
3.3. Dynamic Characteristics Simulation Analysis
Research on the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer's dynamic characteristics involves the study of its natural frequency. Modal analysis, harmonic analysis and other methods based on ANSYS software can be used to estimate the natural frequency of the six-axis accelerometer. Figure 4 shows the natural frequency of first six ranks and its vibration modes for the six-DOF accelerometer, Table 3 shows the modes traits of the first six ranks. Since the structure of six-axis acceleration sensor belongs to a symmetrical structure type, the natural frequency of the inertial force in the direction X and Y, the inertial torque in the direction Z are the same, the minimum theoretical value of six-axis acceleration sensor's natural frequency can reach to 25 kHz, however, the six-DOF accelerometer's amplitude frequency characteristics of each frequency point can't be obtained with the modal analysis method.
To study the amplitude frequency characteristics of the piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer, the harmonic analysis method was chosen. Figure 5 shows the amplitude frequency characteristics curves of six-DOF accelerometer. As can be seen that the linear acceleration and the angular acceleration of the X,Y,Z directions are 26.2 kHz, 26.2 kHz, 48.0 kHz, 47.2 kHz, 46.4 kHz and 26.5 kHz, and there is a resonance point at 25.8 kHz in the angular acceleration of X and Y direction. Table 4 shows the dynamic cross coupling characteristics of the six axis acceleration sensor, which take place at the frequency point of 18.6 kHz. This frequency point is the 0.707 times lowest resonant frequency of the six-DOF accelerometer. It is different between the dynamic cross coupling and static cross coupling, there are some nonlinear components in the dynamic cross coupling characteristic, and as the test frequency declines, the dynamic cross coupling of the six DOF accelerometer will drop slowly.
3.4. Simulation Analysis of Combined Loading
Figure 6 shows the strain cloud of the six-DOF accelerometer's core parts, Table 5 shows the input and output decoupling results, on the condition that the composite loads acted on the six-DOF accelerometer. It can be seen that these static cross coupling interferences are different from traditional nonlinear coupling and can be eliminated using a mathematical compensation method. Due to the cross coupling interferences of six-axis accelerometer take place in the ay, amx, ax, amy directions, so in these directions there are some relatively large calculation errors.
4. Conclusions
In this paper, the feasibility of the six-DOF acceleration sensing principle based on the SPMSD approach has been explored. On this basis, the principle and characteristics of the six-DOF acceleration sensing method based on signal mass piezoelectric six axis accelerometer has been proposed and analyzed. According to the research results, the following conclusions can be obtained:
The six-axis acceleration sensing principle and the structure of the single inertial mass piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer can effectively provide the 6-axis acceleration information.
Due to the influence of the six-DOF accelerometer's spatial structure, there are some cross coupling interferences of six-axis accelerometer take place in the ay, amx, ax, amy directions, and these static cross coupling interferences are different from traditional nonlinear coupling and can be eliminated using a mathematical compensation method.
According to the one-dimensional miniature piezoelectric accelerometer research approach of the literature [9], if this six-axis acceleration research approach were to be combined with MEMS technology, miniaturization of the single inertial mass piezoelectric six-DOF accelerometer is expected to be possible.
Compared with commercial single or multi-axis linear accelerometers or angular accelerometers, although the sensitivity of piezoelectric six axis accelerometer is slightly lower, its natural frequency is expected to increase 2–5 times.
This work is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2012AA040107), the Natural Science Foundation Project of ChongQing China CSTC (No.CSTC2012JJA40024), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 1061120131205).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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|Thickness (mm)
|Outside Diameter (mm)
|Elastic Modulus (Pa)
|Density (Kg/m3)
|Inertial mass
|Mounting boss
|Mounting pedestal
|Quartz crystal chip
|Static Sensitivity and Cross Coupling
|Natural Frequency (Hz)
|VIBRATION Mode
|The linear vibration of inertial mass along the X-axis
|The linear vibration of inertial mass along the Y-axis
|The rotational vibration of inertial mass along the Z-axis
|The folded vibration of inertial mass along the bisector of X and Y-axis
|The folded vibration of inertial mass along the Y-axis
|The linear vibration of the outer edge of inertial mass along the Z-axis
|Load Category
|Input Value
|Output Potential Difference
|Output of Decoupling
|Relative Error
|490 m/s2
|488.70 m/s2
|490 m/s2
|491.09 m/s2
|490 m/s2
|489.48 m/s2
|92,395 rad/s2
|92,464.11 rad/s2
|92,395 rad/s2
|92,501.62 rad/s2
|65,333 rad/s2
|65,332.21 rad/s2
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Weight: 102 grams
The light produced by the product is very good, excellent in fact, but the light is poorly made.
The first thing that happened is the plug (or cover) to the charging port fell off the light. This happened after only a few rides (less than 6). The loss of the plug didn't affect the light's performance but most of my rides where in dry (non-rain) conditions. I only did a few rides where there was rain. So,I can't say what would have happened if I'd have ridden in heavy rain or ridden many times in rain.
Just a few day ago, I took the light off the charger. There was an immediate problem. The light worked but I couldn't turn it off. It performed the normal functions, flashing and continuous, but it would not turn off. I had to let the light's battery discharge to make the light go dark. I haven't been able to make it work properly since then.
The problem is that I purchased the light less than a year ago. I'd expect it to last much longer than a year. I will add that the battery still seems to be working fine but what good is that if the light doesn't work.
I gave it two stars because the light performed very well while it worked. I subtracted three stars because its life span was too short and the construction quality is too low.
I won't buy from this manufacturer again.
I have several headlights from Light &Motion and think they're great. Unfortunately this taillight doesn't deliver. It's a tall taillight meaning that if you have a saddlebag, it will not fit on your seatpost. So instead the instructions suggest clipping it on the saddlebag and this is the problem. The clip is weak and you can expect the light to fall off quickly. Say goodbye to $80. There are better designed and bright taillights on the market so skip this one.
I don't ride at night but I still felt that a taillight was warranted for day riding considering traffic, etc. My riding partner has the same light and I saw that it was quite visible even on bright days and with a considerable amount of distance between us. In fact his fell off once on a ride and we hadn't noticed where it came off. We went back on our route and about a mile back I saw a flashing red light in the tall grass and was able to retrieve his light. If it hadn't been flashing there would have no way to see it. He also told me that after having his for a year he had not experienced any problems with it.
The L&M website claims the light can be mounted on helmets. The mounting bracket is designed to work only on seat posts which slope toward the taillight's direction. Helmets slope the away from the taillight's direction making a helmet mount useless. On a helmet, the light shines toward the sky, not towards cars.
Replaced the VIS180 with a Orfos Flare Pro, Much brighter and points more toward cars. The VIS180 would work better on a helmet if it could be mounted horizontally.
First of all I have owned this for about a year. I do like the brightness, modes, and usb charging. I dont like the removal and strap. As already mentioned the strap is very long (good to fit lots of seatpostsseattubes?) but there is not a nice way to control the tail. it just sticks out. not a killer but annoying. The removal from the strapclamp is vertical slotted so you need lots of clearance above the light so if you have a tool bag and a med to short post you cant easily take it on and off without undoing the strap. I would recommend only for some bikes.
I feel that I need to revise my first review in fairness to Light and Motion. If you read my previous review, it stated that I had lost the light in its first outing. I then contacted them directly letting them know what had happened. To my surprise, they replaced the light free of charge with proof that I had a receipt. When I received the new light, I still felt like the mounting that they advise on their website will not work on clothing or saddle packs. What I did instead was to take the seat post mount that they provide, and zip tied the mount to my saddle bag. Since then I have subjected numerous miles of gravel roads, and to date the light has stayed on. I deducted a star just because if your follow the instructions for using it without the mount, you stand a good chance of losing it. That said, it is a well built light that has a great company that stands behind it!
I'm a Light and Motion fan. I transitioned back to a Stella Headlight after twice having Lupine battery issues and I use a Light and Motion Urban 800 as another of my main headlights for commuting in the Canadian winter - I'm impressed with both, but my Vis 180 taillight gave out after 1 winter commute. I can see moisture in it - a taillight normally takes a beating in the rain and roadspray but I do expect more than one season from a $XX light. This is one piece of kit that I made the mistake of buying elsewhere.
I am sure that my light is the previous 50 lumen version. The high pulse setting is great during the day and the low flashing setting is more than adequate in the dark but the high flashing is better if there are street lights. It has been on my commuting bike with fenders almost all of that time but it has also made it throught 2-3 long very wet fenderless rides without any problems, even after it was several years old. The pulse mode is good for a day group ride without being annoying but it really needs to be pointed down and out of the other guy's eyes.
It really needs to be attached to a round tube with the silicone band. I tried clipping it to a jersey pocket a couple of weeks after I bought it as someone else did to their bike bag and mine too was lost. I did choose to immediately replace it.
Now after 5 years the light will still run for 3 hours on high but will only hold a charge for 2-3 days at which point it will not turn on. for the first couple years it could sit for 1-2 months. The price was $XXX then which was reasonable because there was really nothing else like it. Today, however, I think there may be some cheaper competitors. If someone were to steal it off my bike I would buy it again but I would wait for it to go on sale.
First of all, I am a big fan of Light and Motion products, but this one broke my heart. It seemed to be a good solid build, and according to my research, a great light. That said, the mounting system failed on its first outing, and was lost. I had it placed on the back of my saddle bag as per the instructions on L&M's website. I made sure it felt solid before I left, and after a 25 mile ride, it fell off somewhere. At $XXX I should expect better. Now my dilemma is to decide if I should put out the money again and hope for the best, or try something else.
Great light, mounts almost anywhere. The above poster says its not quick release once you put it in its mount. This is incorrect, once in its mount, to release all you do is push in on the light (pressure toward the mount) and at the same time move the light vertically, and it's released. If anything, it's faster than a quick release. Battery life is amazing. Have received many comments on how it's visible from the side.
I use a rear light more and more during the day. Ii makes me more visible. I have bought them for my adult children and encourage their use at all times. They are light and easy to use.
I bike during the day on heavily trafficed urban streets, this light gives me the comfort of additional visibility to vehicular traffic
This is a nice, bright light with nice side amber lights. I like the pulsing option which is not obnoxious for riders behind (versus blinking lights). The mounting strap is really long for regular seat posts, with nowhere to place the extra slack. I thought it would work nicely on my aero seat post (on Colnago K.Zero), but the light won't stay in place if the road is not perfectly smooth.
The Viz 180 may well be the most visible eye catching tail light on the market today, but it suffers from a fatal design flaw. The on/off pattern control button and the USB port are located exactly opposite each other with only small embossed USB trident and international C- control symbols on the black rubber covers to distinguish the two from each other. Reaching over your saddle (perhaps in a poorly lit garage) to charge the light, it is very easy to mix the two up and pop the control cover off, which is impossible to reseat.
I would not recommend it to a friend.
While Functions as Expected may not seem glowing, I had high expectations for this tail light and the Light & Motion Vis 180 has not let me down. Bright with sufficient different light modes and secure mounting option for seatpost (which is what I intended). I use it mainly for commuting on a CX bike.
Pros This light really is crazy bright, and the side lights are bright enough to attract attention from motorists. I like the fact that the light has a pulse mode, and that it's rechargeable.
Cons I've only been using it for a few months, but the mounting strap seems a bit flimsy for the job. I've reefed on the strap to get it to stay put on my mountain bike, but it still slips around a bit.
Size is right for seatpost, battery life is good, brightness is great even on lower battery-saving setting.
This is a powerful and well-built light. It's a bit heavy for what I use it for (night urban commute). The clip system is not quick-release once you've put it into the mount it's meant to stay there. Of course it's still quick to remove by undoing the strap, but it wasn't what I was expecting.
I love light and motion lights, including this one but a few notes. Power button can be a pain to turn off after a ride. The strap is oddly long and doesn't seem super secure on the bike. Heavy light. But I do love that it doesn't strobe light cars and just brightly pulses.
Yes it's expensive but how many cheaper lights have you broken or lost?
If you commute at night your safety is worth the extra $$$.
Pros Super bright, excellent build quality and durability. Long battery life. cool factor.
Cons curious mount philosophy but very secure. Optional rack mount is a fail.
Working on a second as mine was stolen off the bike.
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Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) recently issued a notice asking stakeholders for their feedback on the power tariff petitions filed by the three power companies by January-end.
As per sources, the discoms have shown a combined revenue gap of over Rs 2,000 crore in their average revenue requirement (ARR) petitions for financial year 2018-19 . This estimated gap would be scrutinised by DERC for tariff announcement for 2018-19 fiscal year.
The power companies have been unhappy with the decision of last year's tariff order where DERC had said there was no need for a hike. This year, discoms have already started making representations on why a tariff revision was necessary and also simultaneously appealing to DERC to rethink on some of the tariff-related decisions taken last year.
The total expense estimated for 2018-19 shown by BSES discoms is Rs 10,157 crore for BRPL and Rs 5,405 crore for BYPL. The estimate expense for Tata Power Delhi is Rs 7,085 crore. "As against this, the estimated revenue is Rs 9,140 crore for BRPL, Rs 4,718 crore for BYPL and Rs 6,597 crore for Tata Power. Accordingly, the total revenue gap estimated is Rs 1,017 crore for BRPL, Rs 687 crore for BYPL and Rs 488 crore for Tata Power,'' said petitions filed by the discoms, adding that their combined revenue gap is approximately Rs 34,000 crore.
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P,S. on Ms Smith
Life as it is carried on by humans must be like a wineskin, supplied with no instructions or specifications as to how much should be poured into it and at what speed or how long the skin will last. Smith and the fates have obviously colluded in deciding that hers should be stuffed with as much as possible, and quickly.
This is actually a common thing, yet it never fails to boggle my slow as molasses mind, which is why I keep taking notice.
No mention was made of whether her baby girl attended the ceremony.
If she did, we can at least comfortably assume that, though she is Smith's child, she didn't join the happy couple and the wedding guests in the swim that they took around the boat to celebrate the occasion.


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Don't brand my Public Space – DON´T BRAND ME!
Professor Lars Harmsen and Professor Alexander Branczyk invited us to participate in the exhibition titled "Moving Plot – Moving People". The exhibition is asking the audience to participate and actually use the artwork. Together with Alexander Branczyk we put up a tape art wall and asked people to place their personal advertising into the skyline. Therefore we prepared "take part" sets with copperplate tape, LEDs and a batterie. That way one can even illuminated the new personal advertisements. Together we also made our own lowfi LED jackets that we were wearing during the evening.
The exhibition is part of a semester project of the design school FH Dortmund and is going on until 2. of march 2014.
Thanks to Christian Spiess for the pictures!
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As they grew older, though, the songwriters found their attitudes shifting, changing. Tempos slowed, track lengths expanded and I Used To Be A Sparrow was born.
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