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There is one thing that every sailor in the U.S. Navy shares with every other sailor: For the first eight weeks of their Navy careers, every one of them will have gone through basic training at Camp John Paul Jones, Naval Station Great Lakes, in North Chicago, Illinois. Every year, more than 40,000 young men and women graduate from the Recruit Training Camp, en route to assignments around the world.
For the last three years or so, recruits have spent a considerable amount of their boot camp training in the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall, a 56,840-sf facility designed by Wight & Company, Darien, Ill., that achieved LEED-NC v2.2 Gold, the first Navy construction project to earn that award. Recently, I was given a tour of the facility by Lt. Vincent Dasta, USN, Atlantic Fleet Commander, to inspect the sustainable aspects of the project.
The Navy, through its construction arm, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), was an early leader in green building among Federal departments. In fact, the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center (also designed by Wight) was the first U.S. government project to be LEED certified, earning LEED-NC v1.0 Bronze in 2000—practically at the birth of LEED. Currently, the Navy requires all applicable projects to achieve a minimum LEED Silver rating.
Construction of the drill hall was part of a large-scale plan to modernize and upgrade facilities at Camp John Paul Jones, according to Dasta. "When we reorganized the base, this building fit in really well," says Dasta. "This is the headquarters of the Atlantic Fleet, and we try to simulate to the recruits what the Fleet Navy is like." Instead of using the term "barracks" for living quarters, the camp is divided into five "ships," and the entry to the drill hall is known as the quarterdeck.
The massive drill hall itself is "a big, open space, very flexible, but the details make it useful to us," says Dasta. It is used for physical training, drill exercises, and weekly Olympic-style sports competitions. The recruits are assigned to 14 divisions of 88 sailors; the drill hall can hold 10 divisions comfortably for marching exercises, says Dasta, but it can handle the full complement of divisions.
One of the major uses of the space is for running, and the resilient floor provides a pliant surface to reduce stress on recruits' knees. The runners' direction is reversed every day to keep the floor from developing a wear pattern. The facility is open 24/7, so it gets a great deal of use.
Dasta says the drill hall's combined daylighting, lighting control, and shade control system has worked well over the last three years to keep the facility at a comfortable temperature while providing the health benefits associated with sunlight. Elsewhere in the drill hall are offices, a conference room, and classrooms.
Maintaining the building has been easy, according to Dasta. "Sustainment of facilities has become a big push in the last year or so, with the completion of the last of our major buildings" at Camp John Paul Jones.
The LEED Gold rating was achieved while conforming to the Navy's Base Exterior Architectural Plan, which provides guidelines for upgrading the overall appearance of Navy shore facilities.
Key LEED milestones: a 41.7% reduction in water use and a 37.2% reduction in energy over a conventionally designed building. High-efficiency air-cooled water chillers with non-CFC refrigerant, energy recovery coils, and a direct digital control system for operator-programmable systems were employed, as well as occupancy sensors and scheduling to control outdoor air. The Building Team even anticipated the U.S. Green Building Council's requirement for data collection on LEED projects by installing meters in the drill hall.
Other green elements: a solar white standing-seam metal roof, a motorized window shading system to control heat gain, and a five-year maintenance program for building operations, maintenance, and repairs.
The joint venture contractor of Pacific Construction Services and Old Veteran Construction Services Inc. (the latter a "service-disabled, veteran-owned" business) achieved an 89.6% rate of diversion of construction waste from landfill.
"We used a lot of smart conventional equipment to achieve the goals for the project," says Lois Vitt Sale, AIA, LEED Faculty, and SVP/Chief Sustainability Officer at Wight & Company. BD+C
Low-impact Development Guides Stormwater Plan
Site planning for the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall at Naval Station Great Lakes utilized the concept of low-impact development, or LID, to control stormwater runoff.
According to Tom Powers, PE, LEED AP, CRM, CPESC, a project manager with Wight, the basic principle of low-impact development is to model stormwater systems after nature—to manage rainfall at the source, using distributed small-scale stormwater management systems.
The goal, says Powers, is to "mimic the site's hydrology as it existed before development began, using stormwater features that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain runoff close to its source," with particular attention to smaller, more frequent storms. Major infrastructure improvements at Camp John Paul Jones were designed to handle the much larger 100-year storms.
Since December 2007, with the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act, controlling runoff is not a choice in almost all Federal construction projects. EISA states that "any development or redevelopment project involving a Federal facility with a footprint that exceeds 5,000 sf shall use site planning, design construction, and maintenance strategies for the property to maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent technically feasible, the predevelopment hydrology of the property with regard to the temperature, rate, volume, and duration of flow." That pretty much mandates low-impact development for Federal projects.
The strategy for the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall site had three prongs: 1) disconnect impervious areas where possible; 2) filter and infiltrate the average annual runoff; and 3) reduce nonpoint runoff through the use of native plantings.
The drill hall is situated on top of a small hill, with the building itself representing the largest source of concentrated stormwater runoff on the site. Under LID principles, the stormwater treatment areas were also located close to the building. The drill hall does not have a basement, so it was possible to excavate below-grade infiltration zones around the four corners of the building and fill them with gap-graded stone to create catchment basins with a 40% void ratio.
According to Powers, the roof runoff is then piped into the upper-layer infiltration zones and the water is allowed to percolate down through the stone following the groundwater gradient. The stormwater is daylighted and discharged to the infiltration zones via perforated pipes connected to the downspouts. The underground catchments are designed to hold a one-year 24-hour storm event and most of a two-year event; any spillover gets directed into the regional system and ultimately into the base detention facility.
For the bulk of the site, says Powers, the landscaping choice was to go with native plantings and buffalo grass, whose root systems can extend as far as eight feet deep into the soil, as opposed to only a few inches for Kentucky bluegrass. Buffalo grass needs only a quarter-inch of water per week and does not require mowing, pesticides, or fertilizers. Not having to irrigate the buffalo grass and other native decorative plantings contributed to the 41.7% reduction in water use for the drill hall compared to a conventional project. Moreover, buffalo grass grows to a maximum height of about five inches in the Great Lakes region and therefore does not present a security problem, which is important in a military facility.
Without the LID plan, the one-acre site would have had an unrestricted runoff rate of 6-7 cfs, says Powers. With LID, that has been reduced to 1.77 cfs for a one-year 24-hour storm and 2.03 cfs for a two-year storm. "We captured all the one-year storms and 99% of the two-year storms, and that's before you count in the benefit of the buffalo grass," says Powers.


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Sunday, April 30, 2006
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Estimates of the length of the Heysen Trail vary, see the trail length discussion (verging on a tedious bore).
After a hike up St Mary's Peak in Wilpena Pound (Flinders Ranges, South Australia) in June 2005, I was inspired to join a hiking club. In April 2006, I joined the Friends of the Heysen Trail, and took up the challenge of walking the 1200km Heysen Trail (South Australia), from Cape Jervis, on the rugged south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, to Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges.
A note about the GPS maps appearing on this blog. Prior to September, 2007, all Google Maps are mash-ups, drawn on-screen. Initially, I favoured the satellite image as the determining where to draw the trail, but later I started to rely on the map view to determine where to mark the track - this being more accurate when satellite images would later be updated (the map and satelite often don't closely match up). As of September, 2007, all maps are generated from a GPS unit, so can be considered accurate (particularly when looking at the map view). Of course that doesn't stop me from wandering off the trail...

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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Inbee Park is one round from making history by winning the first three majors of the year.
The top-ranked Park had a four-stroke lead through three rounds at the U.S. Women's Open. She shot 1-under 71 on Saturday in harsh conditions at Sebonack and was 10 under for the tournament.
Fellow South Korean I.K. Kim had a 73 to remain in second but lost two strokes to Park. With the wind whipping, the greens fast and the pin placements tricky, Park was the only player to shoot under par for the round.
No one has ever won the first three majors in a year when there were at least four.
"I'm just going to try to do the same thing that I did for the last three days," Park said. "Yeah, it will be a big day. But it's just a round of golf, and I just try not to think about it so much."
Park. a five-time winner this year, made three straight bogeys on the 11th, 12th and 13th holes to briefly look vulnerable - though she still led by three strokes. Just in time, her brilliant putting resurfaced.
She holed a long downhill birdie putt on No. 14, then made another lengthy birdie try on the 15th.
England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff (74) was third at 3 under.
ATandamp;T National
BETHESDA, Md. - A triple bogey for Bill Haas. Double bogeys for Andres Romero and Roberto Castro. They still wound up in a four-way tie for the lead in the ATandamp;T National with James Driscoll, whose third round was pleasantly dull by comparison.
Castro put the perfect finishing touch on this most wild day at Congressional when he hit his approach into the water left of the 18th green, and then chipped in for par from 80 feet to salvage an even-par 71.
Haas made nine birdies and had to settle for a 68, courtesy of two wedge shots that cost him four shots, including his triple bogey on the beastly 11th hole. Romero had a three-shot lead at one point, and then it was gone. He went from the water to a bunker on the 11th for double bogey and followed that with a bogey on the next hole. He made six pars the rest of the way for a 70.
Driscoll He had a 68, the only player in the field to break 70 all three rounds. Coming off a bogey on the 15th, Driscoll though he might be headed for another with a poor tee shot. But he knocked a 4-iron out of the rough, barely got onto the green and rolled in a 25-foot birdie.
They were at 7-under 206.
Ten players were separated by four shots going into the final round, a group that includes 19-year-old Jordan Spieth. He had a two-shot lead after opening with two straight birdies, and then went through a stretch of missing five putts inside 8 feet on a four-hole stretch. One of them was a three-putt from 5 feet for double bogey on No. 8. Spieth had a 74, though he's still in the game, just three shots behind.
Senior Players Championship
PITTSBURGH - Fred Couples birdied three of the final five holes for a 3-under 67 and a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Senior Players Championship.
Couples completed a 62 in the morning in the rain-delayed second round and had a 15-under 195 total at Fox Chapel. Kenny Perry was second in the Champions Tour major. He finished off a 63 in the morning and backed it up with another 63 in the afternoon. Duffy Waldorf was third at 11 under after rounds of 67 and 66.


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When did the ability to see evolve? According to eye-opening new research, the first light-sensitive proteins that made vision possible first appeared some 700 million years ago, about 160 million years earlier than previously known. The researchers used computer models to resolve the long-contested origin of animal vision.
The study, conducted by researchers from the National University of Ireland Maynooth and the University of Bristol, was published Oct. 29 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
So where did vision come from? The researchers examined opsins, light-sensitive proteins that exist in the photoreceptors of all beings that can see, even those that lack eyes but still react to stimuli.
Specifically, the researchers looked at simple invertebrates called Placozoa, which possess the simplest structures of any multicellular animals. As the researchers write in the abstract to their paper, "We found that the Placozoa have opsins, and that the opsins share a common ancestor with the melatonin receptors." After performing a computational analysis of genomic information from all relevant animal lineages, they developed a timeline that revealed a common opsin ancestor that they say appeared 700 million years ago. This opsin evolved over a span they calculate at 11 million years until it had the critical ability to detect light.
In a prepared release from the University of Bristol, co-author Davide Pisani said this discovery proves that sight first evolved for all life at the same time.
"The great relevance of our study is that we traced the earliest origin of vision and we found that it originated only once in animals," he said. "This is an astonishing discovery because it implies that our study uncovered, in consequence, how and when vision evolved in humans."
Related vision stories on MNN:
- Artificial retina could restore vision to the blind
- Blind dog found living in trash pile is rescued, has vision restored


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Rod Carew's path to the bigs was far from ordinary: Born on a train in the Panama Canal Zone and receiving his name from the Jewish physician that delivered him, Carew's family immigrated to New York where he attended George Washington High School (the same school as Manny Ramirez). It was there while playing semi-pro ball in the Bronx that he would be discovered by a Minnesota Twins' scout. "In Manhattan, we lived about two blocks from the old Polo Ground," Carew told columnist Ed Rumill in 1967, "The Mets were playing there then, in 1963. But offers came from other clubs. The Red Sox, White Sox, Yankees, Pirates, Tigers and Twins all talked to me about signing. The Yanks and Pirates invited me to tryout camps, but I didn't go. I worked out with the Twins when they came to New York."
Carew would burst onto the Major League scene, quickly ascending to Minnesota in 1967 after three years in the minors. A UPI reporter would credit much of the team's success that season to the nimble infielder, writing "[t]he slim Carew, whose dash and hitting ability has been a prime factor in the Minnesota Twins' pennant contention this year, has already gained one important laurel in his freshman campaign, namely being selected to the starting All-Star team, the only rookie so honored." His first of many All-Star appearances was just a prelude to his eventual Rookie of the Year award, hitting .292 with 8 home runs and 51 RBIs while batting second for a Twins team that would finish 91-71 - one game behind the American League pennant winning Red Sox.
From 1968 through 1976, between the ages of 22 and 30, Carew would hit .332, winding up a perennial All-Star, MVP candidate and winning the American League batting title in five of those nine seasons. It was 1977 and his quest for .400, however, that would solidify Carew's presence in the annals of baseball history. That season Carew would get off to a great start, hitting .349/.412/.512 in his first 21 games. On April 30th, Tigers pitcher Dave Roberts took exception to Minnesota's six early runs and would plunk Carew in his second plate appearance of the game. Carew, a tenacious competitor, would retaliated by throwing a punch at Roberts and be excused from the remainder of the game. A month later on June 26th, on Rod Carew Jersey Day at Metropolitan Stadium no less, Carew would go 4-for-5, scoring five times and driving in six thanks to a grand slam to push his average above .400 to .403 for the first time that season. For an encore the next night, the 31-year-old Carew would steal home for the 16th time in his career against the visiting Brewers.
The remarkable average notwithstanding, Carew was also on pace to break two prestigious offensive records: George Sisler's 55-year-old record of 257 hits and Joe Jackson's record of 26 triples set in 1912. Carew became a national sensation. Baseball fans across the country took notice and elected him to his 11th straight All-Star game - setting a record for most votes ever (4.29 million votes). Shortly thereafter, Time Magazine placed him on their cover declaring him the game's best hitter. Sport Illustrated trotted out Ted Williams from his New England fishing hole to deem Carew the only batter alive worthy of being included in the .400 club. Ballplayers in both leagues would marvel at his abilities. White Sox shortstop Alan Bannister would note "He's the only guy I know who can go 4-for-3" while Royals center fielder Amos Otis conjured up a down-home proverb, suggesting that "trying to sneak a pitch past him is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster." Don Sutton, then a Los Angeles Dodger, perhaps echoed the feelings of National League pitchers everywhere in response to interleague game proposals: "I hope it comes a) after I have retired or b) after Rod Carew has retired."
Carew would cool off in August (comparatively) and he would start the season's final month with a .378 average, making the .400-mark all but out of reach. Even as the Twins toiled away in fourth place, Carew hit .439 in September to finish the year with a .388 average. At the conclusion of the 1977 season, Carew would be at the top or near the top of the leaderboard in almost every major category:
- His .388 batting average would top the next closest finisher in the American League, teammate Lyman Bostock, by 52 points and winning his sixth batting title. Not only that, but his .388 average would be the highest in twenty years (matching Ted Williams's 1957 average).
- His .449 on-base percentage would be the best in the AL. (Because he was on base consistently and batting in front of Larry Hisle, Hisle was able to finish first with 119 RBIs).
- Carew's sudden outburst of power, a surprising .570 slugging percentage, would be second only to Boston's Jim Rice's .593.
- His OPS of 1.019 was baseball's best, beating out George Foster of the Red's 1.013.
- Carew's 128 runs scored was 22 more than Carlton Fisk's 106.
- His 239 hits would be the most since Heinie Manush had 241 in 1928.
- His 16 triples would be the most in the AL.
- Carew was intentionally walked 15 time by opposing teams, the most by any AL batter.
The Twins found themselves well out of postseason contention but Carew's performance was more than enough to secure him his first and only MVP award as his season was undoubtedly one of the all-time greatest in a Twins or any other team's uniform. His 1977 season was the first in a three-year contract with the Twins - a contract that was viewed as as an outrageous steal for one of the game's most preeminent hitters. During his run at .400, it was pointed out that Carew's $170,000 a year was well-below that of similar talent Joe Morgan ($400,000) and Steve Garvey ($333,000). Following his MVP season, Carew watched as two teammates in Hisle and Bostock were allowed to leave via free agency, signifying the long-harbored sentiment that the Twins have little interest in retaining high-priced players (My how things change). In the 1977-1978 offseason, Twins owner Calvin Griffith would go on record as saying "If I ever traded Rod Carew, I might as well hop on a plane and get out of Minnesota." Griffith kept his word until January 1979 when the Twins traded Carew to California for Ken Landreaux, Dave Engle, Brad Havens and Paul Hartzell.


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Obama Should be Honest with Karzai on Afghanistan
It is fitting that Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits Washington this week after months of wrangling over the fiscal cliff. Americans descry their country's massive debt and oppose an 11‐year war funded largely through deficit spending. Karzai's trip provides the American people with a subtle reminder of President Barack Obama's proclamation that it's time to do "nation building at home." In keeping with that pledge, the president should scale‐back expectations of America's long‐term civil‐military assistance to Afghanistan when he meets with Karzai on Friday.
Some in Washington charge that opposition to an indefinite presence or ongoing assistance amounts to abandonment, defeatism, and throwing up our hands and just walking away. Not so. It stems from a judgment of whether the benefits will offset the costs. Over the last four years, U.S. officials committed increasing levels of military and economic means without offering any hope of achieving a stable, political end. Whether the effort was "clear, hold, build" or "government‐in‐a‐box," part of the problem was that Kabul's interests and Washington's were always gravely misaligned, be it on drone strikes, night raids, detention policy, regional relations, expatriate behavior, anti‐corruption measures, or foreign immunity. Those outstanding differences persist amid deeper questions over how the coalition plans to reach a broader political settlement and stem the country's slide toward civil war during its planned transition and the country's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.
Current efforts to train Afghans to fight the insurgency on their own cuts America's own costs considerably. Still, shifting from a combat to a support function should not imply a commitment of resources either indefinitely or without scrutiny. As the International Crisis Group revealed in an October report, powerful patronage networks in Kabul's defense and interior ministries have factionalized the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), reduced the effectiveness of its officer corps, and produced friction among its rank‐and‐file. From the mouth of a veteran Afghan security official: "People in the army and police are fighting for their factions, not the country."
Despite these challenges, President Obama may decide to leave between 6,000 and 20,000 troops after 2014 to prevent militant expansion. Yet, if 100,000 allied troops could not stop that occurrence, then how 20,000 could remains questionable. Moreover, what missions they will be tasked with will matter just as much as how many are deployed. After all, even though the coalition's kill and capture operations of mid‐ and low‐level fighters weakened militant strongholds, the insurgency persists, reemerging under the presence of international military forces.
More broadly, what really matters is that any commitment to Afghanistan will not guarantee that terrorists from the region or beyond will not try to attack America. U.S. officials must remember — and keep telling the American people — that during the protracted nation‐building occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans still experienced the Times Square bomber, the underwear bomber, the Ft. Hood shooter, and other failed and foiled terrorist plots and near misses. In short, a residual U.S. presence of any size in Afghanistan ensures neither success nor failure against terrorism.
By reducing expectations of an open‐ended U.S. commitment, the president would be reinforcing Afghan ownership of the mission. Toward that end, building a functioning Afghan state and a Western‐style military should not be the new condition on the ground dictating the pace of withdrawal. For now, the coalition keeps throwing money at the weak central government — and lots of it.
The United States agreed to fund the Afghan army until 2017, while international donors at the Tokyo conference last July pledged $16 billion in civilian aid over the next four years. But unless the international community and the United States in particular monitor and enforce the conditions they placed on assistance, they will be doing that country no favors. Foreign aid has a weak correlation to fostering long‐term sustainable development. Furthermore, as the last 11 years in Afghanistan have vividly demonstrated, pumping aid into an untrustworthy and perpetually unstable political structure can, "fuel corruption, distort labor and goods markets, undermine the host government's ability to exert control over resources, and contribute to insecurity," as a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report detailed in 2011.
In this respect, the international community's indefinite commitments willfully ignore the many Afghans who still view their foreign‐funded governing institutions as corrupt and illegitimate. Look no further than the near implosion of Kabul Bank, which handled salary payments of Afghan soldiers, police and teachers. Shareholders connected to Karzai and his vice president smuggled upwards of $800 million on everything from lavish cars, real‐estate in Dubai, and business ventures that won contracts at CIA‐operated bases and sites.
Foreign policy planners must tell us how many more years, lives, and dollars are worth expending before Afghan elites are willing to pull their own weight. Going forward, U.S. officials and analysts must recognize that the less ambitious we are for them, the less responsible we are for their outcome.


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Monday, December 19, 2011
Coloring a Swallow
Barn Swallow
I drew this barn swallow after being inspired by seeing a beautiful Victorian cut-out of one last week. I draw my pictures with pretty simple lines, because I like to rely on the markes for giving depth, however, I like my line work to stand alone sometimes, so added a lot of little lines that I knew would get covered up by coloring. I drew it with a 0.03 mm Multiliner SP, then photocopied it a couple times before I colored it. For coloring reference, I found this amazing website by photographer Rick Cameron.
I started with a simple base of grays to define my shadows. I don't have strong shadows in this illustration, because I wanted the top of the bird well lit, but I also wanted to showcase the vibrant belly plumage. I started with C3 and BV23. BV23 is my favorite alternate for C5...it is more purple and adds a little more richness to my cool grays.
Next, I feathered in a light base blue of B91 and B63. I layered B66 over that, (B66 is the color spotlight color that I'll feature tomorrow). I deepened the blue with the BV23 and C7. I did not blend much, rather, I kept my strokes in the direction the feathers grow so it looks more like natural color variation.
I darkened around the eye with C7, and darkened the wings with BV23 and C7. Again, I did not blend, instead I simply layered and feathered colors together . The top of the head is the only area where I blended the colors, as that is a very smooth area of feathers.
Next, I added my YR's. In looking at the photos of barn swallows, I noted that their chests are pale orange to brighter orange, depending on gender. I wanted a base that was not too vibrant, so I went with YR31. Then, I blended in YR12 and YR18. The YR18 was a perfect match for the photos I found online.
At this point, I held my image at arm's length and squinted...was it dark enough in the shadows? Did it look right overall? This is the point of self-critiquing that we discuss in the Intermediate Certification classes. This is also the point when I would clean up any spots where I went outside the lines (look at the gray tail feathers and how I fixed the mistake).
Last I needed to add a background of some sort. Usually I would just add a simple blue fade to suggest sky, but I didn't want to overwhelm someone with that much blue, so I decided to go more stylistic on my sky.
I made a mask from one of my photocopies of the bird and attached it firmly with some weak double-sided tape. Using the chisel end of the B63 I added a faint blue around the bird, getting darker closer to the bird. Then, I added larger speckles with the brush end of the B63 and a G12 marker. By airbrushing very lightly from a brush end, you can get larger speckles than if you airbrush directly with the chisel. After I was content, I added a final touch of Opaque white to the eye and beak.
Here is the final swallow. As I mentioned earlier, be sure to check out the color spotlight later this week on the Copic blog for other color combination suggestions for B66.
10 comments:
- Michelle said...
This is beautiful... I hope I can be as talented using my Copics as you are with yours one day.
Love how vibrant the Swallow is.
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- December 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Sandy S said...
Stunning Marianne.... I do love your techniques & talent...
thank you for the tutorials...
Sandy S
(copic certified going for the intermediate soon!)
- December 19, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- Kreativmonster said...
Thanks for this tutorial, Marianne, always an inspiration! And thanks for the link to the photographer, in Germany swallows are brown, black and white!
I prefer to colour animals in her natural colours, too.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year for you and your dear ones!
- December 19, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Thank you for sharing your expertise. That sounds so spammy, I know, but it's true. I have so much to learn about copics and you are the copic godmother!
- December 20, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Margaret said...
This is so gorgeous. I'm so impressed with your talent and so happy that you share it with us.
- December 20, 2011 at 6:39 AM
- Patricia St Martin said...
Beautiful! Your tutorials are always wonderful. I always enjoy them. Have a Merry Christmas and A Wonderful New Year.
Hugs, Patricia
- December 20, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- mfc.melissamade2 said...
Gorgeous Marianne! I love the contrast and the gorgeous color! Fabulous and thanks for sharing!
- December 20, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Mary said...
I am new to coloring with copic markers but I love how they look. I was wondering if you could post a "before any type of coloring or shading" copy of the Swallow so I could practice with your tutorial. I cannot draw :(
Thank you for all your great ideas and tips...
- December 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Rose Curtis said...
Love your swallow... so pretty!
- December 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- marianne walker said...
Unfortunately, I sometimes use my tutorial images for other clients, so I cannot provide a blank for you to color on this one. Sorry!
- December 21, 2011 at 9:10 AM


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Axial clamp seals
SKF axial clamp seals are designed for large and very large shaft diameters. They are suitable for use as primary seals or as secondary seals in applications where the primary seals are subjected to excessive solid or fluid contaminants. Axial clamp seals do not rotate but seal axially against a rotating counterface.
SKF axial clamp seals are made of profiled strips of non-reinforced nitrile rubber and are held firmly in position by stainless steel band clamps. They are available for shaft diameters ranging from 150 to 4 600 mm (5.9 to 181 in.).
The standard range of SKF axial clamp seals is intended for inch-size shaft diameters. Because axial clamp seals are typically installed with an approximate 25 mm (0.984 in.) gap between the ends, they may also be used for metric shaft diameters.


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About Georg Jensen
With a history that spans more than 100 years, the Georg Jensen brand represents quality craftsmanship and timeless aesthetic design. Georg Jensen's philosophy was to create designs possessing both functionality and beauty. His artisanal skill and artistic talent, combined with his continuous ability to identify and support design talent, was the foundation on which he built Georg Jensen in Copenhagen in 1904. Georg Jensen's style embraced the Art Nouveau lines of the day but injected them with a distinctive vigour that continues to resonate today.View Collection >


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Terry Doyle clearly impressed more than the White Sox with his strong 2011 Arizona Fall League showing.
The right-hander was selected by Minnesota with the second pick in Thursday morning's Rule 5 Draft, after posting a 4-0 record with a 1.98 ERA over eight starts for the Mesa Solar Sox. Doyle had an 8-10 mark with a 3.07 ERA in 2011, combined numbers between stops at Class A Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham, while striking out 122 and walking just 33 in 173 innings. …
Here's a Rule 5 draft FAQ. And here's Minnesota's VP:
"The separator for us was command," vice president of player personnel Mike Radcliff said. "We saw him in the AFL thoroughly, and he kind of dominated out there (4-0, 1.98). We had a lot of history with him, good report from him in college. The durability was another strong point.
"We had some concerns in the past where his fastball velocity was marginal. It's hard to judge that in Arizona, for a variety of reasons, but we saw average velocity this year, which was important. His command is good, his makeup is good, and we think he's got the ability to be a fourth or fifth starter."
And a scouting report from today's Baseball America:
Doyle is a righthander with guile who lacks a plus pitch but knows how to set up hitters. He helped his chances of being picked with an excellent Arizona Fall League performance. He certainly understands the geometry of pitching, consistently getting outs with his command and a cut fastball. Doyle's 88-92 fastball did pick up as the season progressed and he touched 93-94 mph in Arizona. Doyle confuses hitters who don't know him, as he often pitches backward, using breaking pitches to set up his fastball. He throws four pitches for strikes, including a biting slider and a high-70s changeup.
And here are the Pitch F/X results from the 3 times he pitched in Pitch F/X equipped stadiums in the AFL: November 16, November 5, October 28. And here's MLB.com's scouting report.
Best of luck to Doyle. From what little I knew of him he seemed like a good, intelligent, hard-working young man (not to mention the 3.32 K/BB ratio and 1.13 WHIP in AA). He even returned to school in the winter to teach Math after the baseball season was over.
This sucks… Another White Sox failure…
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Late last month, the Mexican government closed all health and fitness centers for a minimum of five to seven business days because of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus in that country. As I write this column, the United States is reporting more and more cases of this virus, although to date, the cases here have been less severe.
That being said, we don't know how big this virus might get. And even if this one does not become the pandemic that the media is making it out to be, another pandemic could be just around the corner. At the very least, the regular cold and flu season can cause illness throughout your club.
You must be able to answer your members' concerns about cleanliness. And if a pandemic occurs, you must be prepared for possible club closings, which would mean having to put club protocols in place.
Here are some steps to implement if H1N1 or another virus becomes a major health threat in the United States:
Have procedures in place for properly closing the club. From turning off lights to turning off the sauna, you should use your nightly closing log to ensure the club is safely closed until further notice.
Set up an 800 number or local phone number for your staff and members to call to get daily updates about when you will reopen.
Inform local media about your closure, and list your 800 number or phone number for people to find out more information.
Send an e-mail blast to all members alerting them of the club's closure and the reasons for it.
Update your Web site to inform everyone about your club's closure.
Place signs on your club's doors informing members and staff about the closure.
Germs are a big part of the health club world because we host thousands of members in our facilities each day. According to a 2007 study by researchers at the University of Arizona, one out of every five surfaces in places like airports, offices, day care centers and shopping centers are contaminated. The researchers took samples from more than 800 public surfaces in four U.S. cities and tested those samples for the presence of fecal matter and for the presence of protein, which generally indicates hygiene. They measured levels of three biochemical markers, each of which could contain illness-causing substances: hemoglobin, which indicates the presence of blood; alpha-amylase, which indicates the presence of mucus, saliva and/or urine; and urea, which indicates the presence of urine.
Based upon the results, the researchers determined the top 10 most germ-infected public places. Topping the list were playgrounds — where 44 percent of the surfaces tested positive for bodily fluids. Playgrounds were followed in order by bus rails/armrests, public rest rooms, shopping cart handles, escalator handrails, chair armrests, vending machine buttons, shared pens, public telephones and elevator buttons.
Fortunately, fitness centers weren't tested and, thus, weren't listed. However, sooner or later, they could be.
In the next part of the study, the researchers wanted to determine how easily people transferred germs from one place to another. The researchers used a dye placed on surfaces as a substitute for germs to track the spread of the dye (i.e., germs). The people in the study spread the dye from the original surfaces to their faces, hair, desktops, pens, computer keyboards and other personal items. If these people had then gone to a gym, I'm sure the dye would have been tracked there, too. It goes to show that once people pick up germs elsewhere, they can bring them into our clubs. Thus, we are as susceptible as any business to someone contracting a disease, such as H1N1, through use of our facilities.
So how do people/members/staff keep as germ free as possible, and how do we as club operators do the same?
First and foremost, as President Barack Obama said in his televised press conference in late April, wash your hands. This means doing what we've all been told millions of times but we may not follow through with all the time — washing your hands after you use the rest room, before you eat and prepare food, after you come home from work, the supermarket or anywhere else. Employees/team members should wash their hands prior to using the club's equipment and throughout the day. Trainers should wash their hands prior to each person they train, much like a doctor does before and after seeing a patient. Group exercise instructors/teachers should wash their hands after touching mats, weights and other equipment in group exercise rooms. Front desk staff should wash hands regularly after touching people's membership cards, pens and money. Kids club attendants should wash their hands when they come in to work, after touching toys and children with dirty diapers and before they go home.
Researchers recommend routinely disinfecting frequently touched surfaces both at home and at work. Are you wiping down machines multiple times per day? Are you deep cleaning the shower and wet areas daily? Are you cleaning carpets at least monthly, especially in areas like your kids club? Are you changing the water in mop buckets rather than mopping a cardio floor with dirty water from another area of the club? Do you offer spray bottles and wipes in the workout areas for members to use? If not, you should offer them, since many members seek out wipes.
Using a towel during your workouts to wipe down the equipment after use should be mandatory. If you offer towels, make sure they are cleaned at a high temperature to ensure all germs and bacteria are killed. Often, club owners look to cut back on boiler temperatures to save money. By doing so, you risk not killing all germs and bacteria.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that to stop the spread of germs, you should cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough; avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth; clean your hands often; stay home when you are sick; check with a health care provider when needed; and practice other good health habits. As club operators, you need to communicate these good, basic practices to your staff members.
Also as club operators, you must ensure that you protect your members and staff at all times. Germs are everywhere, so no matter how often you wash your hands or how clean you think you keep your facilities, you must remain diligent in your quest to keep your clubs clean. The last thing you want to hear is that a club — especially your club — was ground zero for swine flu or some other disease within your community.
Mark Mastrov, founder of 24 Hour Fitness, is now an investor in various business opportunities through his company, New Evolution Fitness Co. You can reach him at [email protected].


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Why buy property in bodrum Turkey
Property buying and investment go hand in hand in Bodrum, with the peninsula being popular for many years with a variety of international visitors from across the globe, arriving by air, land and sea.
By far the current hotspot property investment area in Bodrum is the elite area of Yalikavak with the exclusive Palmarina attracting the rich and famous, therefore, commanding extremely high rental yields for any investors money.
The peninsula offers many other resorts, peaceful fishing village like Gundogan to highly popular lively area such as Gumbet all within a short drive from the airport and Bodrum town, also making Bodrum an ideal area for anyone thinking of relocating to Turkey for a complete lifestyle change, with ample local amenities of international schools, shopping centres and hospitals etc.
Whatever your reason for buying a new home in Bodrum, investment, personal holiday home or a permanent home for all year living. the area offers everything, nightlife, beaches, excellent restaurants, nature, history, diverse culture and of course a wonderful Mediterranean climate.
Property for sale in BODRUM Turkey
Istanbul is a city of two halves with the European side of Istanbul stretching across a huge area right from the Black Sea Borders, around the Bosphorus and the northern Marmara Sea shorelines.
Many areas have in recent years undergone some major regeneration program's bringing them from slum areas to hugely sought after trendy residential areas, with large complexes hosting some excellent facilities, many aimed at a healthy and luxury lifestyle, with fitness centres, spa centres, sports fields, sauna's, and Turkish baths, and some with their own shopping malls having everything you could ever need right on the doorstep.
Suburban Areas
Istanbul European property for sale in areas such as Beylikduzu, Esenyurt and Basaksehir have become extremely popular for families and some of the city's younger workforce, as property and rental prices in these area are lower than those of the city centre along with the general cost of living. The areas also have some excellent educational and teaching medical facilities making these areas also ideal for students.
Wealthy Districts
Wealthy district of European Istanbul are suited to culture vultures and professionals with high budgets for real estate in Istanbul, these areas can be located in the centre of the city such as Sisli, Nisantasi etc, and along the shorelines in Yenikoy, Emirgan, Istinye etc, or completely off the beaten track in stunning countryside settings such as Zekeriyakoy and Kemerburgaz.
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Properties in seaside location such as Buyukcekemece to the west of the centre, and Kumkoy on the Black Sea shores tend to be purchased as second homes for city dwellers who like to escape at the weekends from the hustle and bustle if the city, to relax on the beaches and forget about work with an easy commute back to the city for that Monday morning feeling.
Real estate in Istanbul European
Budget will always be a big factor when looking to buy property in Istanbul European, Turkey and as in any big city, prices will always be higher in the centre, or by the sea or even property with sea views. Property in the suburbs will command lower prices, however, with Istanbul most of these suburban areas have excellent city centre connections making them all ideal for year round living.
Property in Istanbul European can be found in older style buildings which have often been newly renovated, in these luxury modern complexes, or if your budget allows you can also find luxury villas in some areas often quite secluded with huge gardens and pool, and if you have a really high budget Yali accommodation in Istanbul European, Turkey can also be found but these very rarely are seen in the market, and when they are they don't stick around for too long.
Accommodation for sale in Istanbul European is a brilliant investment choice no matter what are you choose to purchase, as homes are always in demand in this vast vibrant city, whether for short holiday rentals or for year round long term rentals and with Istanbul's property boom prices are only set to rise for the foreseeable future.


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A look at the minor leagues on June 19.
After getting their first win of the season Boise dropped the game on Tuesday 4-1. Offensively the Hawks had eight hits, but could only plate one run. Marco Hernandez, Wilson Contreras, and Dong-Yub Kim all had two hits. Contreras drove in the only Hawks run on the day. Gioskar Amaya and Brian Inoa also had hits on Tuesday. Wellington Cruz got the start and was pretty good in his five innings of work. He allowed one unearned run on only three hits and struck out six. Felix Pena got the loss as he allowed three runs only one of which was earned in three innings.
Matt Loosen has been good this year, but he took the loss on Tuesday dropping his record to 5-2. He pitched six innings allowing four runs, three earned on seven hits, while he striking out five. Joseph Zeller, Jeffrey Lorick, and Scott Weismann all pitched well in relief as they combined to pitch three innings of perfect baseball while striking out five. From an offensive standpoint Arismendy Alcantara went 3-for-4 with a double. Taylor Davis went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Rubi Silva drove in the other Cubs run on Tuesday as he also had a double. Alcantara also stole his 20th bag of the season.
Iowa had 13 hits, but could only score three runs as they lost to Round Rock 6-3. Alfredo Amezaga and Blake Lalli each had three hits and Lalli drove in a run. Dave Sappelt and Ty Wright had two hits a piece and Wright drove a run in. Josh Vitters hit his 10th home run of the season. Rodrigo Lopez took the loss Tuesday giving up six runs in five innings of work. Esmalin Caridad and Rafael Dolis each pitched well in relief.
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Amira Fakira was sentenced to 4 years, 4 months in prison for a Jan 31, 2010 hit-and-run. On that night, Fakira stuck cyclist Sanjay Patel while he was riding his bike home from work. Fakira did not stop, reportedly dragging Patel for over a quarter of a mile. He was not dislodged from under Fakira's vehicle until she executed a three point turn after striking another vehicle. Fakira never stopped of her own accord, but rather had her keys forcibly removed from her vehicle ignition at a later stop light by a concerned witness. Fakira was reportedly under the influence of both alcohol and prescription medication at the time of the incident.
Judge Ransom responded to Fakira and her attorney's request for leniency by stating "The court feels that even though you're eligible for probation, there is no way in good conscious I could in any way shape or form, offer you probation."


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The Prophecy Prep ICU Test is a condensed version of the full length Prophecy pre-hire assessment, measuring vital competencies that are important to successful nursing practice in the Intensive Care Unit setting.
This assessment closely mirrors the type of content that will be found on a full-length Prophecy ICU assessment. While preparing the test-taker for the overall testing experience, this 30-question exam will identify any knowledge gaps in the following areas:
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I am having trouble with my program. I finished it but, I can not get the begging to cooperate. I need to take a users input if they would like to play a game. I have to use the charAt method to take the first character of their input and if it is a N or n then the program ends. Otherwise it continues. It works but, if the enter key is pressed then the program crashes and I receive the Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 0
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Nicole Kathryn Voetmann and Bradley Charles Jungers announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.
Nicole is the daughter of Jim and Kay Voetmann of Armstrong. She graduated from Armstrong-Ringsted High School in 2005 and received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Northern Iowa. She is employed as a 6-8 reading and language arts teacher at Graettinger-Terril Schools in Graettinger.
Bradley is the son of Dale and Cheryl Kaskey of Aurelia. He is a 2006 graduate of Aurelia High School. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting and financing from the University of Northern Iowa. He is employed as an insurance agent at NorthStar Bank and Agency in Estherville.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Former Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent who began his career as a staunch segregationist and preached fiscal restraint in Washington long before it became fashionable, has died. He was 98.
Byrd's son, Tom Byrd, is president and publisher of The Winchester Star, which first reported the death. Tom Byrd's office confirmed that the former senator died Tuesday.
Byrd served 17 years in the U.S. Senate, replacing his powerful father, Harry Flood Byrd, a U.S. senator from 1933 until failing health forced him to retire in late 1965. Gov. Albertis Harrison appointed the younger Byrd, a longtime state senator who, like his father, supported segregation.
In 1966, Byrd won a special election for the remaining years of his father's term. Switching from Democrat to independent, Byrd won re-election in 1970 and 1976.
Even as an independent, Byrd got more votes than the Democratic and Republican candidates combined. It was only the second time an independent won a U.S. Senate seat.
"It's a hard way to run, but if you can win that way it's the best way to win," Byrd later said. "You're totally free of obligations to anybody. … You don't have to follow a party line."
He made a career of preaching the value of fiscal restraint. He claimed Congress could balance the budget if it could just hold annual spending increases to the 3 per cent to 5 per cent range and even criticized President Reagan military buildup as "giving the Pentagon the impression it has a blank check."
When he retired in 1982, Byrd said he was leaving public service with his convictions and integrity intact, but with regret that "Congress refuses to obey its own law which mandates a balanced budget."
Both Byrds supported Virginia's stand against desegregation, including the decision to push "massive resistance" — even school closings — to fight the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. In 1956, he had called the ruling an "unwarranted usurpation of power" by the court.
He told The Washington Post in 1982 that he had "personally hated" to see schools close, but even those many years later he didn't disavow massive resistance and suggested it helped the state avoid racial violence.
"It is one thing to sit here in 1982 and say what was done in 1954 was a mistake," he said. "It may or may not have been, because you have to look at it in the context of the times. When you have to make a very dramatic change, sometimes, most times, that needs to be done maybe over a period of time and not abruptly."
Byrd often indicated that switching from the Democratic Party to become the Senate's only independent was a philosophical move. He insisted he had not suffered for it, retaining his ranking positions on various key committees and subcommittees.
Larry Sabato, a government professor at the University of Virginia, has said Byrd's move had both national and state implications.
"It was a harbinger of the decline of partisan identification that took place in the 1970s and 1980s all across the country," Sabato said. "In Virginia, it helped bring conservatives from the Democratic Party into the Republican Party. Byrd first helped them stop voting Democrat. It was a half-step."
Byrd said he left the party after state Democrats required all candidates to sign a loyalty oath supporting all Democratic candidates, including the nominee for president two years later, George McGovern. Byrd said their political philosophies were too far apart to support McGovern.
Byrd was born in Winchester on Dec. 20, 1914. His first memory of politics was at age 10 during his father's campaign for governor.
"He would use me as a sounding board, thinking out loud," Byrd said. "I didn't always know what he was talking about, but it got me interested in politics."
Byrd graduated from Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia and served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II.
At a testimonial dinner for Byrd after the senator announced his retirement, then-Vice-President George H.W. Bush declared: "Harry Byrd has hammered out a compact and solid and shining piece of work a first-rate career of service to his state and nation."
Bush said Byrd had clout on the Senate floor.
"When he has seen a wayward spending proposal or a needless extension of federal power take flight, he has brought it down as if he were at a pheasant shoot," Bush said at the 1982 dinner.
The Virginia Byrds were not related to the former longtime Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who died in 2010.


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Affiliated rolls out InView at Security Summit '13
The big news emanating out of Affiliated Monitoring's Security Summit '13 was (as expected) the roll out of InView, the company's new video monitoring platform. Compatible with a host of DVR and NVR manufacturers, the suite signals Affiliated's entrance into video verified alarms.
In his welcome speech, Affiliated president Stanley Oppenheim told dealers they can expect to provide services in the coming years that they may not even be thinking about now. And, based on vice president Daniel Oppenheim's keynote, InView may be the platform that tries to bear that philosophy out. The suite is designed to continuously add new functionalities, Oppenheim said, and though he couldn't disclose all that was in the pipeline, it's safe to say he expects the offering to be a powerful generator of RMR.
Befitting the introduction of InView, the morning session consisted of a sales strategy panel with Larry Folsom, president of American Video and Security and CEO of I-View Now, and Deanna Blair of Videofied, who describes herself as a "video verification evangelista." The panel was moderated by Mike Zydor, managing director at Affiliated.
In the discussion, Folsom talked about the positive correlation between sales and demos with video verified alarms. Demos are a crucial step in selling verificatio technology, he said, because there's no better way to demonstrate its unique value to subscribers. Both Blair and Folsom also stressed the importance of honing in on a specific market, and leading instead of finishing with video verification when pursuing a sale.
After an InView demonstration led by Affiliated's Aaron Salma and Larry Weintraub, we were led by Ashley Owens, Affiliated territory manager for the south, on a tour of the central station. This proved to be a major highlight of the summit. The place is sleek, and it's hard to imagine that just a few years ago the venue was a furniture warehouse. The main space for operators and dealer relations personnel is spacious, and still has ample room to accommodate personnel growth in the future. The interior of the facility underwent a wholesale revision. I was told by Jesse Rivest, regional sales manager at Affiliated, that the mezzanine overlooking the much of the central's interior did not even exist when Affiliated bought the facility.
The tour concluded with us given access to a room housing two enormous, bright yellow Caterpillar generators which, should the need arise, allow the facility to run without external power assistance for 24 days straight.
This blog is beginning to stretch the limits of its medium, so I'll plan to follow up with more highlights from the show in a future post or in the summit roundup.


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By Renee O'Quinn
City Manager Jeff Baxley made a recommendation that the city enter into a contract, subject to the city attorney's approval, with Contract Callers, Inc. of Augusta at the Baxley City Council meeting held Nov. 8. Councilwoman Betty Livingston made a motion approving Contract Callers contingent upon the city attorney's approval. Tim Varnadore seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved. The following four companies presented proposals for collection service of water and sewer delinquent accounts, as follows: I.C. Systems, Inc. of St. Paul, MN; Conrad Companies of Escondido, CA; Client Services, Inc. of St. Charles, MI and Contract Callers, Inc. of Augusta.
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- Horse Racing
Dettori did not take performance enhancing drug
Frankie Dettori's failed drugs test at Longchamp in September was not for a performance-enhancing substance, his solicitor has confirmed.
Christopher Stewart-Moore revealed in a statement on Tuesday that the jockey would be the subject of an investigation by France Galop next week after returning a positive test on September 16.
However, Stewart-Moore insists Dettori, who ended an 18-year association with Godolphin last month, had not taken a performance-enhancing drug.
"There are a large variety of substances which are banned by France Galop," Stewart-Moore told BBC Sport.
"We are not going to say which substance he has tested positive for as that would be in breach of their rules, but it's not a performance-enhancing drug."


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Hubble's Famous Plate of 1923: A Story of Pink Polyethylene
David R. Soderblom
Presented at the 100th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO, May 22, 2011; received March 26, 2012; accepted April 18, 2012
On October 6, 1923, Edwin Hubble used the Mount Wilson 100-inch telescope to take a 45-minute exposure of a field in the Andromeda galaxy. This is the now-famous plate marked with his "VAR!" notation. I will discuss this plate and that notation. I will also tell the story of flying copies of that plate on the deployment mission for HST in 1990 as a Hubble memento and then locating those copies afterwards, and how copies were flown on Servicing Mission 4 on 2009 as well. This has led to an effort in which AAVSO members joined to identify and re-observe that noted star, arguably the most important object in the history of cosmology, but largely ignored since Hubble's time.


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Investigators have charged two Cottondale teenagers with assault, saying they threw a brick from an overpass Sunday and seriously injured a mother who was driving with three of her children.
Shane Adam Herren and Jordan Isaiah Price, both 16, were charged with first-degree assault at 3:15 p.m. Monday.
"We discussed all potential charges with the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney's (Office), and first-degree assault is what was recommended based on the elements of the crime," said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Capt. Loyd Baker.
Herren and Price threw a brick, estimated at about five pounds, from the Keene's Mill Road overpass of Interstate 20/59 at 9 p.m. Sunday, Baker said.
The woman, 40, received injuries to her neck and chest when the brick broke the windshield of her vehicle. Her children were not injured. She underwent surgery and was listed in critical condition at DCH Regional Medical Center Monday evening. Her name was not released.
The woman's family declined interview requests through hospital staff, said DCH spokesman Brad Fisher.
Investigators collected evidence at the overpass that they linked to the teenagers, Baker said without elaborating. They questioned the teenagers Sunday night, but didn't have enough evidence to make arrests until Monday, he said.
The investigators spent Monday morning interviewing residents of the rural Keenes Mill Road. Witnesses provided information that led back to the teenagers, Baker said.
Herren and Price could face further charges because other vehicles were damaged, including a tractor-trailer that was struck by debris and a vehicle with a flattened tire. Baker said that his office received complaints Monday from other drivers who said their vehicles were struck Sunday night.
Authorities arrested the teenagers at Herron's home on Keene's Mill Road at 3:30 p.m. Monday. They are next door neighbors, Baker said.
One of the teens is home-schooled and the other did not attend school on Monday. They are both being charged as adults and were being held on $30,000 bonds Monday afternoon.
In 1999, University of Alabama professor Julie Laible was killed when three teenagers threw a 72-pound concrete rock from an overpass in Florida. Laible, 32, received a fatal head injury when the rock crashed through her windshield. The teens were found guilty of murder.


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Computers On Verge of a Quantum Leap
3D transistor could transform computing
- Computer scientists working at the nanoscale to keep up with technology demands
- Silicon chips in all our electronic devices now contain billions of transistors
- Tiny nano-sized switches are building blocks of modern computing
- Quantum computing could supersede traditional computers soon
(Matthew Knight and Nick Glass @ CNN) -- We swipe, we tap, we scroll and click, but rarely do we pause to think about what goes on in the maze of electronics beneath our fingertips.
But next time you are marveling at the computer hardware in your hands spare a thought for the tiny transistors in our computer chips. Without them all our modern gizmos wouldn't work.
"I think transistors really are the unsung heroes of the information age," says Kaizad Mistry, vice president at the world's leading chip maker, Intel. "These tiny little switches ... these are the things that our computers, our servers, our smartphones and laptops (depend on)."
Since Intel introduced the first commercial microprocessor in 1971, all chip manufacturers have been striving to increase processor speeds by cramming more and more transistors -- the tiny switches that control electrical signals -- onto surfaces no bigger than the size of a fingernail.
Intel's landmark 4004 chip contained 2,300 transistors, each measuring a few micrometers (a millionth of a meter) across. Today, the most advanced silicon chips contain billions of nano-sized switches controlling the flow of electrical currents.
Peter J. Bentley, University College London
Measuring one billionth of a meter across, objects at the nanoscale are almost impossible to imagine.
Imagine that a marble measured one nanometer across, says the U.S. government's National Nanotechnology Initiative by way of comparison. If it did, then a meter would be equal to the diameter of the Earth.
"Nanoscale devices are important because our societies have gone crazy about information," says professor Peter J. Bentley from University College London and author of "Digitized: The science of computers and how it shapes our world.
"The amount of data produced and consumed every day is reaching unthinkable levels, and it increases every day. But that data has to be stored somewhere, and processed by something," Bentley told CNN via email.
"So basically, we either keep getting smaller so that we can store and process more information in the same small size for about the same power cost ... or we will have to start rationing data usage per person because the computing power needed will eventually use more energy than the planet can support," he added.
In a bid to keep pace with Moore's Law -- Intel founder Gordon E. Moore's assertion that the number of transistors on a chip should double roughly every two years -- Intel have developed new "3-D" or "Tri-Gate" transistors, each one measuring 22 namometers across.
Peter J. Bentley, University College London
"For the last 40-50 years, the transistors we've made have conducted electricity along a planar surface of a silicon wafer. A 3-D transistor is a new concept, a new architecture for making tiny transistors ... it's just a fundamentally better switch," Mistry says.
"What we've done is create these pillars or fins on the surface of the wafer and now the current can flow on all three sides of that fin so in any given footprint you can have more of a current conduction."
Intel's Ivy Bridge chip contains an astonishing 1.4 billion transistors that switch on and off more than 100 billion times a second and run 4,000 times faster and use 5,000 times less energy than the 4004 microchip.
"The Tri-Gate transistors are a very nice redesign of the traditional planar transistor that sits inside the chips," says Bentley.
"One of the key problems with keeping up with (Moore's Law) is heat dissipation. Traditional chips are getting way too hot. The Tri-Gate transistor will almost certainly help in that respect as it can operate at lower voltages."
Smaller 14 nanometer transistors are currently being developed, with Intel planning a release date in 2014. But it won't be long before computer chip manufacturers will be having to think even smaller.
"We have just about hit the limits now," Bentley says. "Already we are so small that quantum tunneling -- where electrons magically zip through solid objects because of quantum effects -- can cause real problems in chip design. Go smaller and quantum effects will stop the transistors working at all."
Our only choice is to learn how to perfect the science of quantum computing, he says.
Peter J. Bentley, University College London
Quantum computers work in a different way from conventional computers, manipulating objects like electrons and photons to perform processing tasks.
Rather than using transistors which switch on and off the zeros and ones or binary digits (bits) of information, quantum computers work with quantum bits (qubits) which can represent all combinations of zeros and ones simultaneously.
"In theory, (quantum computers) would be able to solve difficult problems by finding one elusive solution out of gazillions because they kind of look at all the solutions at the same time," Bentley says.
In May, Google and NASA announced they were teaming up to share one of the world's first commercial quantum computers.
The machine made by Canada's D-Wave Systems will be installed at the new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center in California.
Crunching enormous amounts of data is expected to spur advances in climate and economic modeling as well as improving understanding of human genetics. But that's all still quite a long way off, says Bentley.
"In practice, there are bound to be many practical limitations, so we've got to spend the next few decades perfecting this radical new technology before we'll really know how far we can push it."
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Once again, the fates that determine our weather were kind to Chestnut Hillers. Last week's concert in Pastorius Park featuring Cheers Elephant on Wednesday, July 13, went off without a hitch. The temperature was warm, but a gentle breeze and excellent music-making made for an enjoyable evening.
The four members of the Philadelphia-based band are Derek Krzywicki on guitar and lead vocals, Jordan del Rosario on lead guitar and vocals, Travelin' Mat on bass and vocals, and Robert Kingsley on drums. Together they served up a heaping helping of psychedelic rock with a touch of folk for added flavor.
The principal characteristics of the band's performance last week were highly energized tempi, swanky pulsating rhythms, seamless vocals, engaging harmonies and a superb blend and balance of ensemble. Non-musicians often take a tightly synchronized ensemble between the individual members of a band for granted, as though it just happens naturally. Nothing could be further from the truth, especially in uncontrolled outdoor situations such as Pastorius Park, where there are serious questions concerning the ability of the band members to hear each other playing and singing. It takes endless practice sessions and a natural ability to blend your own performance into those of the other band members.
Cheers Elephant's music, original and cover, is appealing and enjoyable to hear, and their stage manner was welcoming and unaffected last Wednesday. But it was the fine tuning of their playing and singing that most impressed me and the sizable audience on hand to see and hear them last week, as well.
Cunningham Piano Company, 5427 Germantown Ave. in Germantown, will host a solo piano recital 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 27, in its second floor recital hall. David Bryant, a member of the faculty at Eastern University in Radnor, will perform music by Bach, Mozart and Haydn.
Of equal interest to that of the pianist and the program he'll be playing is the instrument on which Bryant will perform. It is a fully restored Steinway & Sons "Centennial Grand Piano" that the New York-based piano maker built as part of its exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Centennial Hall (now the home of the Please Touch Museum) in Fairmount Park. The fair helped the nation celebrate the 100th anniversary of the writing of the Declaration of Independence in what was then the Pennsylvania State House and is now known as Independence Hall. Eleven years after the writing of the Declaration, the same site hosted the convention that scrapped the Articles of Confederation and wrote the Federal Constitution of the USA.
The 1876 model of the concert grand piano that was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition was the first to offer 88 keys and include the "sostenuto" pedal in the middle of the damper pedal on the right and the "una corda" (soft) pedal on the left.
Bryant earned his bachelor of music degree from the University of the Arts and his master's degree from Temple University. He also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and is the director of music at the First United Methodist Church in Phoenixville.
His program will open with Bach's "French Suite No. 5 in G major," composed in 1722. Known formally as a "sonata de camera," or chamber sonata, the suite's movements are a collection of dances popular in the previous century taken from various European countries. They are Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte, Bouree, Loure and Gigue. Bach also composed "English" suites (larger by at least one movement than their "French" counterparts) and partitas (the most contrapuntally complex of all Bach's suites).
The Bach suite will be followed by two sonatas, which is the classical form derived from the baroque "sonata da chiesa," or church sonata, minus the slow first movement. The first is Mozart's "Sonata in A minor," composed in 1778. Haydn's "English Sonata in E-flat major" will bring the program to a close. Sonatas have been described as "dramas of tonality" since the key relationships within and between the various movements are strictly controlled by tradition.
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#1 I recommend liberals begin arming themselves08-09-2009, 12:20 AM
KingOfLostSouls (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-08-09 04:17 AM
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I recommend liberals begin arming themselves
be prepared to defend yourselves from the reich wing.
I'd like to say its only a matter of time before they shed blood
but they already have
just ask george tiller.
these town hall riots are just the beginning. the GOP has spent decades building a fundamentalist domestic army, and now we have a black president who's a member of the democratic party for them to focus their anger and hated of freedom at. they have spent a generation building a movement based on hate.. they hate YOU. they hate me. they hate everything they can find that does not fit into their world view of dominance. just listen to what frank schaeffer has said abot them
be prepared to defend yourself at all times when around conservatives.
they will stop at nothing to destroy everything around them in their mad pursuit of hatred and tyranny.
they are the useful idiots of the new millenia.
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks."
--Samuel AdamsMADem (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-08-09 04:25 AM
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2. Oh please. Is this the "New Theme of The Week?"
I've seen three or four flaky posts with this same theme. This sounds like the nonsense that some cut and paste from a certain conservative website.
There isn't going to be any great gun battle in the streets.
Find another fantasy. Get some help.
Go rent that old VHS tape where the Russkies invade America if you want to get your "Battle in the Streets Against Tyranny" freak on.
Sheesh.Union Yes (748 posts) Sat Aug-08-09 04:27 AM
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3. Guns are anti-liberal anti-progressive wmd's.
I recommend all gun nuts go join the Rethug party where you'll find open arms awaiting.Lorien (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-08-09 07:47 AM
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20. Gandhi's methods were Progressive. The methods of the
French Revolution were not progressive in the least. Violence is NEVER progressive.
Can you imagine a bunch of holier-than-thou pussy-ass Liberals with guns? Oh, what a fun weekend that would be....
You have to have heart to be able to pull the trigger to kill a man, and I don't think the Liberals care enough about America to fight for her...Obama-if you're being run out of town, get out in front and pretend that it's a parade!!!
They'll send the National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement after people.
Soon another Civil War will begin, and the Moonbats are going to be on the losing side.
Hey DU! Remember John Titor?
I know some of you do :DCU's Paranormal Expert.
Keep your powder dry, your sword sharp and your wits intact.
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sounds like most of the DUers take this guy far less than seriously.
BTW don't be such fools as to assume that all leftists can't or won't fight.
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Guns are anti-progressive.
What a co-inky-dinky, so am I.Hey careful man! There's a beverage here!
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If you want the power of a desktop in a laptop (or, obviously, if you want to do some serious gaming) you're going to need a gaming laptop. They give you all the power you want and then some, eschewing the current portability trend of slimming down. So can MSI's GT680, advertised as the "World's Fastest Notebook", really deliver?
It's got the futuristic spaceship and glowing lights look down, certainly, and it looks impressive. This is a big laptop, and feels bigger than its 15.6-inch screen would warrant. That's because it's not the thin, light, carry-everywhere laptop you'd normally buy. This is a gaming powerhouse, and it needs the space for a Core i7 Sandy Bridge system, two hard drives, a high-end DirectX 11 graphics card, and the airflow needed to keep them all cool when running at full blast. There are plenty of vents, and you can feel the air blast when running at full power. The tough plastic case is topped off with a glossy lid - you can dazzle your opponent but you'll need to keep the polishing cloth MSI includes handy to wipe off the fingerprints.
The case is surrounded the strips of highlight LEDs, and you can get several different special effects with the lights: "breathing" (where they pulse on and off slowly), pulsing in time to any music you play, and a game-synchronised mode where lighting enhances stereo effects. In this last mode lighting patterns move from left to right in time with moving sound effects. It may sound a little weird, but it adds to the mood of games, especially immersive single-player games like Portal.
The chiclet keyboard is comfortable, with well-paced keys. The usual gaming direction keys (W, A, S and D) are coloured red, standing out from the rest of the keyboard to keep your fingers on target. There are similar markings on the arrow keys and on the separate numeric keypad. A touch panel under the screen mixes indicator LEDs with special functions, letting you quickly trigger lighting effects, additional adaptive cooling, and MSI's Turbo engine - which lets you overclock the graphics card when you are connected to mains power. That's the basis of the "fastest laptop" claim; it makes a difference in gaming and with hardware-accelerated software, but you do pay the penalty in battery life.
There's a large touchpad, with a pleasant slightly roughened surface. It's responsive and comfortable to use, though it is slightly offset on the large wrist rest. Unlike the touchpads on most modern laptops it's only single touch, so don't expect to pinch-zoom your games! You do get an alternative, as MSI bundles a USB gaming mouse with the GT680. It's a nice ergonomic shape and works well, but feels a little flimsy and doesn't have the features of many more capable dedicated gaming mice - in fact it's really a standard desktop mouse masquerading as a gaming mouse and the materials aren't going to stand up to heavy play.
The GT680 has all the ports you'll need and then some. On the left side you'll find two USB 3.0 ports, a media card slot, and a USB 2.0 port. It might look as though there's an Express Card slot, but don't be fooled by the rubber blanking plate - it's just a dummy. Power, Ethernet, VGA, HDMI and eSATA are all on the back, where cables won't drape all over your desk or lap. The right side has a full set of audio connectors, and an additional USB port (for the gaming mouse), along with the Blu-ray drive.
The gaming graphics aren't stinted though. The glossy 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 display is crisp and clear, with well-defined blacks and good contrast. It remains responsive when playing games at full resolution and with 1080p video content. A lot of that performance is down to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M graphics card, which has 1.5GB of DDR5 graphics memory. That's more than enough for most purposes, and lets the GT680 rival desktop performance. You can't get full frame rate at the full resolution in complex games, but downgrading to 720p is no hardship and cranks the frame rate right back up.
Sound quality is excellent, with a 2.1 DynAudio array and THX sound processing. The bundled sound software lets you manage sound outputs when audio equipment is plugged in to any of the multiple audio ports (no combined headphone and microphone socket here). The subwoofer means game sound is immersive, and the THX software keeps you involved even when wearing headphones. Good game sound usually means good performance with other media, and music and soundtracks are crisp and clear.
Gaming machines need plenty of memory, and MSI hasn't held back here either. 8GB of RAM is standard, and there are slots for up to 16GB. There are various disk drive options for the two disk bays; our sample mixed a 120GB SSD with a 500GB hard disk. It's a cracking combination, with a fast disk for your data, and a faster one for boot and for applications. That way you get the best of both worlds - flash speed with plenty of storage. There's also the option of using two 500GB disks in a RAID array to get faster performance loading game textures as well as higher capacity (and keep your data safe).
You're going to need the massive 87wh 9-cell battery if you're planning on gaming on the go. We were able to get an hour and a half or so life when playing full-screen games and watching HD-quality video - so if you're taking the GT680 on the road you'll need to carry the hefty power supply (it comes with a MSI-branded backpack that should help take the weight). Switch on the low power mode and you can stretch to 3 hours (for the times when you're web browsing rather than gaming).
Turn on the MSI GT680 for the first time, and it'll ask you what software you want to install. We were impressed to see that you're not presented with a bundle of pre-installed applications, but instead get a choice of what goes on your Start menu. Applications include Corel WinDVD for Blu-ray video, MAGIX's Music Maker, Photo Manager and Video content creation tools, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter edition, and Nuance's PDF viewer. There are also DirectX samples like the Stone Giant tessellation demonstration/benchmark tool and a full version of Assassin's Creed II.
Fast, powerful and packed with features, the MSI GT680 has quickly become one of our favourite notebooks, and not just for Portal 2. DirectX 11 and a Core i7 Sandy Bridge system with 8GB of RAM give you the performance you need, while the high resolution screen has space for everything from Office to the highest end games. It looks good and performs well - and even has a reasonable battery life. What else do you need?


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Yes... I asked the same question under a different section of the boards. They followed me too. I thought maybe they were just starting out and hadn't completed setting up yet. But I definitely wouldn't submit until there is more info.
A publisher tracking down authors without seeing any of the author's work is always worrisome to me. Brian, please let us know if you do get an answer.
They tracked me down on Twitter too. I didn't really question it until I saw your posts, so thanks for raising the question Tracy and Anita. I asked them for more details with a Twitter message, but haven't heard anything back. I might try a followup with another message or by email.
They just mentioned that they will release more details in another day or two, so that's promising!
I, too, was followed on Twitter. When I sat down today to consider submitting, I noticed they are no longer following me. Did this happen to anyone else? All of the above comments are helpful, so thank you!
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OnePlus One Phone Smash promotion now live
When OnePlus officially revealed its One smartphone earlier this week, it teased that interested consumers would be able to apply to smash their existing device in exchange for 1 of the first 100 OnePlus One units. That program is now officially live and accepting applications.
The OnePlus One Phone Smash program asks that anyone interested in a device apply to smash their current smartphone in exchange for the opportunity to buy a 16GB OnePlus One as well as 3 invites to buy the device that can be shared with others. Applications will be accepted through May 2 and winners will be notified by May 6. It's worth noting that only the following smartphones are eligible for the Phone Smash program:
- Apple: iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s
- BlackBerry: BlackBerry Z10, BlackBerry Z30
- HTC: HTC One (M7), HTC One (M8) HTC One max
- LG: LG G2, LG G2 Pro, LG G Flex, LG Nexus 5
- Motorola: Motorola Moto X
- Nokia: Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia Lumia 1520, Nokia Lumia 925, Nokia Lumia 920
- Samsung: Samsung Galaxy Note II, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy S 4, Samsung Galaxy S5
- Sony: Sony Xperia Z, Sony Xperia Z1, Sony Xperia Z2, Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Another tidbit that's worth taking note of is that only people that are 18 or older and live in a OnePlus One launch country can apply to the Phone Smash program. The eligible countries include:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- United States
Finally, OnePlus warns that you shouldn't smash your phone until the company reaches out to you about your application.
While getting a OnePlus One for $1 is a pretty awesome deal, asking consumers to smash their phone in exchange for a cheap device doesn't seem like the best promo I've ever seen. Perhaps OnePlus could instead select 100 applicants and have them donate their phone. If you truly, desperately feel the need to smash your device in exchange for a cheap OnePlus One, though, you can find the application for the Phone Smash program right here.


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On Oct. 8, 2011, at 4:15 p.m.., in front of family and friends, the couple exchanged romantic wedding vows in a chapel-like setting inside Crown Pointe Hotel in Bell Tower. The flower girl was Emily Augustyn, 11, and Brian, the couple's 1-year-old son, was the ring bearer. The couple's immediate family, bride's mother, Erica Mumm; bride's grandmother, Theresa Mumm; bride's grandfather, Eric Mumm; and groom's mother, Brenda Martinez, were intricate parts of the wedding plans. A reception immediately followed in the ballroom.
Lee Flowers, ministerial, notary, officiant and owner of A Amore Weddings in Cape Coral, performed the ceremony and provided ceremony accessories. Pete Fournier, professional photographer, captured the ceremony elements, followed by additional wedding photos immediately afterward.
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To feel as though something is caught or stuck in one's throat. Can refer to actual hoarseness or the inability to speak due to fear. I have such a frog in my throat from this cold that I can barely talk! Elise couldn't say a word in the meeting and looked completely terrified. She must have had a frog in her throat.