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The losing streak is at 3-straight games. The schedule in early season has crushed them. Now their backs are to the wall.
San Diego State plays at Air Force on Saturday, needing a win to right the season and possibly set them off on a winning streak.
They need a win to not only right the ship, but try to salvage a fan base that has abandoned them at Snapdragon Stadium.
They need a win to play a ‘complete’ game, something they have not done since their opening day win against the Ohio Bobcats, whose QB got knocked out on a helmet hit, and haven’t lost since that setback opening day.
Brady Hoke needs a win to stop a skid into oblivious, this bad start coupled with last year’s failing-controversial failing season.
Enter Air Force, at Colorado Springs. The Falcons are (4-0), they lead the nation in rushing, are playing superb defense, and are so tough in Colorado Springs.
Aztecs football usedto be about gaudy numbers,much of it on defense. Not last year, and not this year,with a team giving up (432YPG)
The real numbers in neon lights belong to Air Force. The Falcons ran for 400-yards last weekend in blasting San Jose State. They lead the nation in rushsing (340YPG)….2nd in the nation in time of possession (36:38)….lead the nation in 3rd down conversion (58%)…average (5.4YPC) running the ball, and of all things, are giving up just (232YPG)-that ranks them 2nd.
So Saturday at Falcon Stadium has alot of meaning. A win get them to midseason and a chance to win the next 5-games in the MWC, since all those teams are lower echelon. They need a streak before they get to the final game, a home game, with Fresno State, who is unbeaten too.
Coach Brady Hoke has his hands full with a team that shows flashes, but no consistency. The chunk plays they used to own, are now being done by the other guy. (2-3) cannot become (2-4) on the season.
Coach Brady Hoke:
We are disappointed in Friday loss
Play hard-give effort-finish well..we are improving
Defense breakdowns vs Boise..gap control..over pursuit
We need 11-hats to the ball…our job is get good RBs on ground
We missed alot of tackles vs Ashton Jeanty
Air Force special program-great run success
Coach Calhoun-good coach-good staff..coached in NFL
He made a commitment to the school
I like playing Air Force-Army-Navy
Gives us a view at the unique system-disciplines
Academies run triple option because they can recruit those type of kids
Special type of coach to be at the academies
Calhoun graduated from Air Force
11-of his coaches played at Academies
You know expectations-environments in Colorado Springs
Offense-so difficult to defend..you don’t see it often..tough to prepare
QB was a track guy who can go on the edge-Zac Larrier
RBs-Ehtridge-Michel..not much of a difference-they are precise
You must defend the fullback-last year Brad Roberts was bona-fide ass kicker
Great to watch this offense because they execute
Their defense gets alot of guys to the ball
Air Force 36-minutes time of possession last three games
Cut blocks still a problem…they are conscious of not getting guys cut down
But blocks on back of guys legs still a problem
Kurt Mattix varies 4-5-man fronts..Aztec package-devise good plan
1 of hard part preparing is getting the look of their offense in practice
We have to catch up the speed of the game, how they block us-1st series
1st series of game is a learning curve for our kids-get used to speed action
We don’t talk about altitude at Colorado Springs..we don’t rotate thru lots players
We need to defend the full field, not allow an odd big pass play.
They are averaging (27Y) per completion.
Losing players to transfer portal in mid season..a new normal in roster configuration..Kids want to play.
(Cade Bennett-OG-Zyrus Flesu LB)
We practice tackling alot..need to take guys to the ground
Air Force movs real fast..OL very fast
Read keys of fullback-quarterback
Need by physical-real tough-disciplined vs Air Force
Offense has stepped up last couple of weeks
To see our young guys grow and build
Big runs are 1-block away from making chunk plays
Jalen Maden-been awesome..stepped it up last game
Coming from Oklahoma State-bunch adjustments new coaches
I feel so different as a player now
Respect Air Force-Navy-‘Army players..what they will do for their country
Amazing feel at Falcon Stadium
Lots of trash talk-get chills when you work in there
Playing at altitude was hard-have a tough time
We have to get used to how fast they play
We cannot simulate their speed in our practice
Air Force blockers are tough dudes-especially their blockers

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Audiences will experience spectacular Japanese sub-culture through music and high-energy performance at the Barbican centre this summer!
Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker – UK Premiere
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22 June – 2 July at the Barbican (The Pit)
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‘blasts the audience with the sound and fury of Japanese youth culture’
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Orchestrated by Tokyo-based artist and pop-idol Toco Nikaido, this is Japanese subculture conveyed in all its multi-coloured, cacophonous, frenetic glory.
Prepare to be equipped with a rain poncho and earplugs as twenty-five performers swarm the stage at breakneck speed, armed with an abundance of disposable props and sub-cultural references. In a frenzied homage to otagei, (ritualised dancing and chanting by groups of fans) this riotous company hurtle towards a festival-like finale that invites everyone to take part.
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Metals 2012, 2(2), 195-201; doi:10.3390/met2020195
Abstract: Rising numbers of flights and aircrafts cause increasing aircraft noise, resulting in the development of various approaches to change this trend. One approach is the application of metallic liners in the hot gas path of aero-engines. At temperatures of up to 600 °C only metallic or ceramic structures can be used. Due to fatigue loading and the notch effect of the pores, mechanical properties of porous metals are superior to the ones of ceramic structures. Consequently, cellular metals like metallic foams, sintered metals, or sintered metal felts are most promising materials. However, acoustic absorption depends highly on pore morphology and porosity. Therefore, both parameters must be characterized precisely to analyze the correlation between morphology and noise reduction performance. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between pore morphology and acoustic absorption performance. The absorber materials are characterized using image processing based on two dimensional microscopy images. The sound absorption properties are measured using an impedance tube. Finally, the correlation of acoustic behavior, pore morphology, and porosity is outlined.
Due to increasing traffic, many people are exposed to significant noise loads causing insomnia and other reactions, which impair health and productivity [1,2]. The rising number of flights and aircrafts causes an excessive air traffic noise increase. To change this development, various approaches have been developed to reduce the different noise sources like airframe noise, jet noise or engine noise. One approach to reduce this noise is the application of noise reducing liners in the hot gas path. Due to the elevated temperatures and high fatigue loading in this part of the aero-engine, conventional passive absorber materials cannot be used. Polymers are not able to bear the heat and brittle ceramic structures would crack due to the mechanical loading. Consequently, this study focuses on cellular metals, which can resist elevated temperatures as well as fatigue loading and, additionally, resemble geometrically conventional passive absorbers. Depending on the production processes, e.g., sintering of metal fibers , powder processing using a foaming agent , coating of polymer foams , or melt infiltration techniques , the characteristic dimensions of the porosity are usually in a range of 0.01 mm to 10 mm. Here, the relationship between sound absorption, pore size and porosity is analyzed and discussed. Finally, a conclusion is given suggesting suitable cellular metals for their application as liner materials.
2. Material Characterization
The characterization of the different cellular metals, see Table 1, is performed by using light microscopy. Therefore, all samples are embedded into a polymer, grinded and polished. The images must contain a representative area with a reasonable amount of pores, while details still contain a sufficient amount of pixels, see Figure 1(a). Since porous material is not homogenous, several images were taken to average results. In the first step, the microscopy images are binarized to generate black and white images; see Figure 1(b). In the second step, a smoothing routine is applied to remove areas of less than ten connected white pixels in a black area and vice versa to reduce noise from the image acquisition; see Figure 1(c). The pixel ratio of black and white pixels gives the porosity. Furthermore, a line segmenting method is applied to measure the average pore size [7,8]. Therefore, a lattice of parallel lines with a defined distance is superimposed on the image. The superimposing lines are rotated from 0° to an angle of 180° in 1°-step. The arithmetic average of the segment lengths in both phases is calculated for every angle. Black areas are pores and white areas are ligaments. The average segment lengths are plotted in a polar coordinate system forming an ellipse for each phase, see Figure 2. Due to symmetry, a half ellipse contains all information. If the obtained ellipses are circular, there is no preferred orientation of pores and an average pore size can be defined by averaging the segment lengths of each single angle. Average pore size and porosity of the analyzed materials are given in Table 1. In Figure 3, the porosity of the analyzed metallic absorber materials is plotted against the pore size. Sintered metals have comparably low porosity (20% to 50%) and the pore size ranges from some microns to around 120 µm. The porosity of sintered fiber felts is between 60% and 96%, the pore size ranges from some microns to some hundred microns. The porosity of metal foams is between 82% and 95% with pore sizes above 100 µm.
|Material||Alloy||Porosity||Cell/pore size *||Average pore size|
|MF-50||Haynes Alloy 230||82%||n/a||121 ± 9 µm|
|MF-450||NiFe22Cr22Al6||90%||450 ± 45 µm||380 ± 19 ** µm|
|MF-580||NiFe22Cr22Al6||92%||580 ± 60 µm||445 ± 18 ** µm|
|MF-800||NiFe22Cr22Al6||94%||800 ± 80 µm||538 ± 58 ** µm|
|MF-1200||NiFe22Cr22Al6||95%||1200 ± 120 µm||656 ± 59 ** µm|
|SF-7.5||Hastelloy X||20%||1.4~8 µm||8.6 ± 1.2 µm|
|SF-20||Hastelloy X||35%||12~25 µm||22 ± 2 µm|
|SF-115||Hastelloy X||50%||24~117 µm||113 ± 13 µm|
|SS-25||CuSn12||30%||8~21 µm||25 ± 2 µm|
|SS-80||CuSn12||25%||37~175 µm||80 ± 12 µm|
|SFF-1||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||60 *%||3~10 µm||6.7 * µm|
|SFF-15||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||77 *%||13~26 µm||18 * µm|
|SFF-25||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||80 *%||22~52 µm||29 * µm|
|SFF-50||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||68 *%||33~98 µm||51 * µm|
|SFF-100||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||84 *%||38~112 µm||99 ± 8 µm|
|SFF-120||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||92%||n/a||337 ± 83 µm|
|SFF-150||Fe-22Cr-5Al (316 L)||96%||n/a||386 ± 14 µm|
* information of producer; ** values slightly influenced by hollow struts.
3. Acoustic Absorption Measurement Using an Impedance Tube
In an impedance tube, a noise generator emits a plane wave. The angle of incidence between the surface of the absorber material and the direction of the sound wave is 90°. Behind the absorber is a sonically hard wall, which reflects the sound waves. Two microphones measure the sound pressure of incident (pincident) and reflected (preflected) waves, which gives the factor of reflection r and the acoustic absorption α in dependence of the sample thickness :
The sound pressure levels at the microphone positions x1 and x2 are defined as:
The microphone spacing ( ) gives the transfer functions of incident wave H1, reflected wave H2, and entire interference field H3. p1incident is the incident part of p1 and p1reflected is the reflected part of p1. The same applies for p2.
Solving these equations gives the factor of reflection r which can be inserted in Eq.2 to calculate the acoustic absorption α :
In this study, frequencies between 1 kHz and 7.5 kHz were analyzed. All samples were machined to fit precisely into the tube to avoid small gaps between sample and tube. Additionally, the tube was greased to avoid sample movement. The measurements were performed on single samples and sample stacks in front of an acoustic hard wall to analyze the influence of the absorber thickness, see Figure 4.
All conducted measurements show poor absorption of low frequencies, supporting results of previous studies on passive absorbers . At higher frequencies, acoustic absorption of cellular metals can reach values of more than 90%. Figure 4(a)–(d) show, that materials with bigger pores need thicker absorbers to reach high acoustic absorption in comparison to materials with smaller pores. Figure 4(e)−(f) show measurements of materials with similar pore sizes but different porosity. Materials with higher porosity show higher absorption due to reduced reflection of sound waves from the surface of the absorber material, since acoustic absorption can only be reached if the acoustic waves can couple into the absorber. Even if the porosity is high, low acoustic absorption results if the pores are too small, see Figure 4(f). Here, only cellular metals with pores taller than 50 µm showed satisfactory acoustic absorption. According to the law of Hagen-Poiseuille, the pore size is the dominant factor to influence the static air flow resistivity. The smaller the pores, the higher the static air flow resistivity and vice versa. In literature, the product of static air flow resistivity and absorber thickness is described as the most important parameter for acoustic absorption. The Delany-Bazley model is able to predict acoustic absorption using only static air flow resistivity and absorber thickness. Applicability is limited, since it is valid only for fibrous absorber with porosity close to one [11,12]. In aero-engines, the variation of the absorber thickness is limited. The maximum thickness is restricted due to the available space and the minimum thickness is defined by the requested material strength. Consequently, static air flow resistivity or pore size must be considered when selecting liner materials, respectively. Here, material with high porosity and pores taller than 50µm had the best acoustic absorption. Note, that all tests were performed at 20 °C. At 600 °C, slightly different results are expected due to changing properties of air.
One approach to reduce noise of aero-engines is the application of liners in the core-engine. Due to temperatures of up to 600 °C and the mechanical load, only metallic materials like metal foams, sintered metals or sintered fiber felts can be used. Acoustic absorption can only be reached if sound waves can couple into the absorber. To reduce reflection of sound waves from the absorber surface, the porosity of absorbers should be high, here 80% to 95%. For the analyzed frequency range, a minimum pore size of around 50 µm is needed. To reach similar sound absorption levels with material containing bigger pores, thicker absorber is needed. Consequently, metal foams or sintered metal fiber felts with pore sizes above 50 µm are the most suitable materials, since the porosity of sintered metals is too low. Note, that all tests were performed at room temperature.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
The authors would like to thank Alantum Europe GmbH and GKN sinter metals for providing sample materials. Financial support by the German federal state of Lower Saxony of the research program “Bürgernahes Flugzeug” is greatly appreciated.
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“The art of crime,” said Simon Templar, “is to be versatile,” and in these fifteen tales the Saint is as good as his word. Whilst dispensing his own brand of justice to a rich assortment of villains, he kisses a policewoman, buys a racehorse, recovers a stolen treaty, and plans “The Perfect Crime.”
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Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore on May 12th, 1907. With his mother and brother, he moved to England in 1919 and attended Rossall School in Lancashire before moving on to Cambridge University to study law. His studies there came to a halt when a publisher accepted his first novel. His third book, entitled Meet the Tiger!, was written when he was twenty years old and published in September 1928. It introduced the world to Simon Templar, aka the Saint.
He continued to write about the Saint until 1983 when the last book, Salvage for the Saint, was published. The books, which have been translated into over thirty languages, number nearly a hundred and have sold over 40 million copies around the world. They’ve inspired, to date, fifteen feature films, three TV series, ten radio series, and a comic strip that was written by Charteris and syndicated around the world for over a decade. He enjoyed travelling but settled for long periods in Hollywood, Florida, and finally in Surrey, England. He was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger by the Crime Writers’ Association in 1992, in recognition of a lifetime of achievement. He died the following year.
To find out more about Leslie Charteris and his work, visit www.lesliecharteris.com.
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New Urgent Care facility in Zachary offers COVID testing, other services to locals
ZACHARY - Zachary residents in need of COVID-19 testing and other medical care can receive care at a brand new local facility.
According to a Thursday (Feb. 4) morning news release, Hulin Health opened its 26th SouthStar Urgent Care clinic in Zachary, making this location the brand’s second clinic in the Greater Baton Rouge Area.
SouthStar Urgent Care, located at 5654 Main St. Zachary, LA 70791, provides routine treatment for general illness and injuries, X-rays and diagnostic testing, rapid COVID-19 testing, physicals, and Occupational Medicine services.
Patients do not need to make an appointment to be seen, and the location follow the business hours listed below:
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Title: Selected Documents on the Pearl Harbor Attack, December 6, 1941 – December 8, 1941 Primary Creator: Archivists of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum Extent: 0.5 Cubic Feet Arrangement: Series I is arranged alphabetically after the president’s papers and Series II is arranged numerically.
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Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the Pearl Harbor …
Two Versions of FDR's Infamy Speech, a primary source-based teaching activity on DocsTeach, our online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. Students will use the interpretation tools available in the activity to analyze evidence collected during the Congressional investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. The following is an excerpt from John Koster’s Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR’s White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Early in the afternoon of December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his chief foreign policy aide, Harry Hopkins, were interrupted by a telephone call from Secretary of War Henry Stimson and told that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. Analyzing Evidence of the Pearl Harbor Attack, a primary source-based teaching activity on DocsTeach, our online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. It is the Radar Plot from Detector Station Opana in Hawaii, recorded on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor, the fateful attack that inspired the United States' active involvement in World War II, occurred 74 years ago Monday, and the Pearl Harbor …
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John S. “United States Naval Base, Pearl Harbor.” National Register of Historical Places . Has about 15 links to primary sources, that we can use in the future. On December 7, 1941, the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese navy, bringing about the US entry into the Second World War. 'A Date Which Will Live in Infamy' The First Typed Draft of Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Address Background.
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The LSU Tiger baseball team is scoreless through three and a half innings of play in their Baton Rouge Regional Championship game against the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
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Femoropopliteal artery disease is routinely treated using drug-coated balloons (DCB). However, patency loss happens in ≥10% of patients within a year of therapy, and the underlying processes are poorly understood. The study’s goal was to investigate the causes of DCB failure in femoropopliteal illness.
Data from two predetermined imaging cohorts of the IN.PACT Global Clinical Study and two randomized clinical studies (IN.PACT SFA and MDT-2113 SFA Japan) were also included. An independent angiographic core laboratory reviewed important procedural aspects. The main outcome was DCB failure (patency loss during follow-up). Binary restenosis and clinically motivated target lesion revascularization were additional goals. The clinical, anatomical, and procedural determinants of DCB failure were assessed using multivariable analysis.
A total of 557 patients with single lesions and 12-month core duplex ultrasonography with laboratory adjudication were included. The following key clinical traits were present: 87.6% of people have hypertension, 76.9% have hyperlipidemia, 40.5% have diabetes mellitus, 90.5% fall into Rutherford Classification Categories (RCC) 2 to 3, and 9.5% fall into RCC 4 to 5. The mean age was 68.8 years, out of which 67.5% of people were men. About 49.7% of lesions were completely occluded, with an average length and reference vessel diameter (RVD) of 16.37 cm and 4.66 mm, respectively. Only residual stenosis >30% was linked to patency loss in a multivariable analysis, whereas residual stenosis >30% and decreased pre-procedure RVD was linked to a higher chance of binary restenosis. The risk of clinically motivated target lesion revascularization increased over a year for RCC > 3 and residual stenosis > 30%.
Following DCB therapy, patency loss was affected by procedural and clinical parameters. In femoropopliteal artery disease, residual stenosis >30%, a smaller pre-procedure RVD, and a greater RCC may be thought of as predictors of a higher chance of DCB failure and its components.


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The last time I tried to fit a 1911 barrel to a slide and frame it took a great deal of time and effort, mostly due to efforts to go cheap. The inexpensive barrel used for the first attempt required extensive filing of rough edges and casting seams, needed reaming and headspacing despite being ostensibly “drop-in”, and ultimately had to be discarded due to a void in the chamber. Its replacement, the optimistically-named Kart EZ-Fit barrel, required time-consuming (but EZ) fitting, also needed to be headspaced, and was fairly expensive to boot.
This time around, I cut to the chase and just started with an expensive barrel. In fact, the barrel was pretty much guaranteed to be expensive, since I wanted a threaded barrel so that the 1911 could be used as a silencer host. Grabbing a Storm Lake stainless steel threaded barrel on sale managed to cut the cost slightly; as an added bonus, it was advertised as drop-in, which provided a great excuse not to fit a barrel.
Naturally, the barrel required some fitting. The first and most obvious sign of this was the bushing tab not fitting into its recess in the slide. Eyeballing the difference showed it to be a pretty near thing, and using Dykem confirmed that observation.
I hit the edge of the bushing tab with a safe-edged pillar file just to get an idea of how much metal would need to be removed, only to discover that the tab started going into the slide’s slot immediately. It only took a few more strokes with the file before the bushing would fully engaged with the slide, albeit requiring the help of a bushing wrench. I don’t like needing a tool to field-strip a gun, so I applied some lapping compound to the tab and twisted the bushing back and forth until it required only some light swearing to remove by hand.
A correctly oriented bushing is prerequisite for fitting the rest of the barrel because the hole through the bushing is (or should be) slightly angled to permit clearance during link-down; a tightly fitted barrel with a dimensionally correct bushing will bind slightly if you try to cycle it with the bushing upside down. For this reason, the bushing has to be the right way up in order to assess how the barrel will fit under normal operating conditions.
More importantly, though, it finally allowed me to assemble the slide and hand-cycle the action. It was a satisfying milestone, but also revealed a couple areas which needed fitting.
First, the barrel didn’t drop very far on link-down. Cycling the slide produced a distinctive zipping sound from the hood and lugs dragging on the interior of the slide, and drag marks were also visible on the hood itself. At link-down, the clearance between the hood and slide interior was less than 0.003 inches; Kuhnhausen recommends 0.010 inches for a duty pistol.
Second, the breech end of the barrel hood dragged on the breech face, leaving a faint polishing mark. It was the work of moments with a file and some stones to get rid of the drag, allowing final barrel link-up position to be solely controlled by what was happening inside the slide. But what was happening inside the slide? Lacking x-ray vision, I turned to the next best things: Play-Doh and lipstick.
The Play-Doh was for figuring out how deep the locking lugs on the barrel engaged with the corresponding recesses in the slide, and how many of the lugs met up. Although modern steels will let 1911s get away with surprisingly little in the way of lug engagment–both in the number of lugs locking together and how deep they lock–it’s good to know what one is dealing with. Kuhnhausen recommends using modeling clay, but I use Play-Doh because a) it comes in various neat colors, b) it smells nice, and c) I don’t have modeling clay.
The graphite prevents the Play-Doh from sticking to the interior of the slide, reduces tearing when retracting the slide, and makes a terrific mess. Still, you can’t argue with results.
First, the depth of engagement was good. The lugs themselves measured 0.051 inches deep. Careful eyeballing with a depth gauge and Play-Doh contact suggested about a 0.047 inch engagement on all lugs–not bad at all. The first lug looked like it was in contact, and maybe the second. The third lug was dubious, but things may change after the first time they sustain several tons of pressure.
Note that in the above photo it looks like the Play-Doh impression is slightly off-center. I think this is because of uneven Play-Doh application, but if barrel or slide lugs are canted, there’s not much I can do about it with these parts. The standard approach to adjusting barrel cant consists of removing material from lower lugs and/or the edges of the rear barrel hood; however, this pre-fit barrel has no extra meat to work with. Given that there are no other indications of a canted barrel such as uneven wear marks on the slide stop pin or the barrel hood dragging against one side of the slide, it looks most likely that Play-Doh was simply applied with insufficient rigor.
Next up was fixing the clearance between the barrel and the inside of the slide when linked down. As mentioned previously, the clearance was insufficient and the barrel hood and lugs rubbed on the inside of the slide. Far from being a mere fitment issue, rubbing indicates several potential problems. In order of increasing badness:
- Friction between the barrel and slide slows down and can disrupt slide cycling.
- Barrel and/or slide lugs can become rounded or flanged through edge contact with their counterparts.
- If clearance problems are caused by stopping on the link, then firing it without fixing that will eventually tear the bottom lug off the barrel or break the slidestop pin.
That last bullet point needs more explanation, but since it turned out to be related to the cause of the clearance issues and I took photos while fixing it, I’ll explain as we go.
Sometimes barrels don’t clear the slide enough because they don’t go down far enough. To continue in this vein of brilliant insight, barrels don’t go down all the way because something is holding them up. I can think of five ways the barrel could be prevented from going down:
- Recoil spring guide holds the barrel up due to dimensional problems with the guide and frame.
- Bushing hole is bored incorrectly and doesn’t let the barrel tilt.
- Barrel cutout in slide is too tight (or barrel too fat) and the slide holds the barrel up.
- Barrel feet don’t have enough clearance for the link and it binds near the end of its travel.
- Frame bridge doesn’t let the barrel link down far enough.
Note that all of the above assumes that the slide and barrel are correctly dimensioned, and the slide correctly fitted to the frame. If the barrel is too tall or the frame too short, or the slide fitted to the frame too low, then none of the above could apply and there would still be clearance problems. In those cases, though, the solution consists of throwing out or machining the frame and/or slide.
Fortunately, the cause was among those in the list above. I started with the assumption that one of the issues from the bottom of the list was the most likely and began diagnosis accordingly. The first step was to apply lipstick.
To the barrel. I applied lipstick to the barrel.
One could use contact marking fluid, but I don’t like the stuff because it flows a little too easily and stains like crazy. Lipstick is just as messy, but it’s easier to control the thickness of the coating and seems to wipe off more easily.
Lipstick was applied to the sides and underside of the chamber area to check for interference with the slide and frame bridge, respectively. The rear of the barrel feet will detect whether they’re contacting the front of the frame bridge. The lipstick on the barrel lugs was done to look for any unrelated weird contact with the slide lugs and didn’t show anything interesting, so that’s why you won’t see any further reference to the lug lipstick. (Side note: “The Lipstick Lugs” would be a great band name.)
Inserting the barrel into the slide, cycling it, and then disassembling revealed two things. First, it showed how having a tight bushing gets old really quick during the repeated assembly and disassembly involved with building a 1911. More importantly, it revealed the culprit behind the insufficient barrel clearance.
The bottom of the barrel was stopping on the frame bridge top before the lugs could contact the front of the bridge. This happened on my last build, leading me to suspect 1911 frame builders intentionally leave this area a bit oversized to permit adjustment for the barrel. This frame had some casting marks on the top of the bridge, so I predicted that by the time the marks were gone, the barrel feet would be stopping on the front of the bridge. To be fair, there was a bit of exploratory surgery going on: If the barrel feet didn’t go back far enough or the frame bridge didn’t go forward far enough, then lowering the bridge wouldn’t do anything and it would be time for some extremely unsavory tweaks involving the link. However, I wanted to clean up some of the casting marks anyway; if doing so started to show contact between the feet and bridge, then it would indicate I was on the right track.
Last time around I adjusted the frame bridge by wrapping a bit of sandpaper around a 1/2 inch socket, whose outer diameter of about 0.7 inches matches nearly exactly the radius of the frame bridge. It worked well then, and worked just fine now. (To be honest, it wasn’t until all the sanding was done that it occurred to me that I now had a lathe and could turn a rod of the exact diameter.)
In the above photo, you can see the some residual low spots as the top of the bridge is made even. I checked for barrel foot contact with the frame at several points in the process.
Almost there. The benefits of lipstick appear in the photo above, where it looks like there’s uneven contact. That’s actually because I built up the lipstick to detect incipient contact, and the layer I applied was a little uneven.
The sign that the barrel feet are about to contact the bridge comes when the fillet at the top of the feet starts to impinge on the forward edge of the bridge.
This isn’t mere contact, but two pieces of metal being jammed into each other. It happens because the lowering frame bridge changes the relief angle on the front of the bridge, so the solution is to file it back into proper proportion–but very carefully, lest too much of the bowtie get removed.
At this point, the finicky business of lowering the bridge became even more finicky due to dealing with two locations whose metal removal required coordination. It’s necessary to alternate between locations: File the bridge relief until there’s no more contact with the barrel, then check for foot contact. If it’s not there, lower the frame bridge until foot contact or, more likely, bridge relief contact results, then repeat.
To be extra safe, I started by not even changing the location of the bottom of the relief, but just angling the top farther back; there’s plenty of room on the top of the bridge, but considerably less on the bowtie.
There are no photos of this process because the amount of metal removed at each step isn’t readily visible. Instead of boring everyone with a series of nearly identical photos, I’ll just skip to the point where they become interesting.
The lipstick is not very visible at all against Dykem underneath because there is good solid contact that is squishing it flat. You can also see, on the left, where slightly uneven contact with the barrel feet has rubbed off some of the Dykem–pretty conclusive proof of contact.
You can see an impression of the bowtie on the feet of the barrel:
At this point, the barrel was linking down as low as it was going to go, but there were still scrape marks on the hood.
To clean up the last of the scrapes, I hit the rear of the hood with some sandpaper.
Note that the file in the above photo was not used; only 220 grit sandpaper, followed by 600 and 800 to remove sanding marks. Also, the lack of Dykem on the lugs shouldn’t be taken to mean I was sanding them–they just didn’t get coated completely.
That did the trick, reducing the scrape marks between barrel and hood from “dimensional interference” to “honest wear.”
In case you’re wondering why I went to so much trouble to eliminate scraping between the barrel hood and slide, there’s a good reason and a silly reason. The good reason is that it makes cycling smoother and eliminates a source of interference between two parts, reducing the number of factors at play during operation and potentially improving reliability. As a nice side effect, cycling is now smooth and slick.
The silly reason for working so hard on barrel hood clearance is because I want to blacken the stainless barrel to match the black trigger and make the entire gun look cool. Scrape marks would ruin the effect. And if you can’t indulge your aesthetic foibles when building a 1911, why bother?
Returning to the realm of functionally relevant dimensions, lowering the frame bridge moved the barrel ramp closer to the frame ramp:
There’s supposed to be about a 1/32 inch gap between barrel and frame ramps to provide clearance for the bullet ogive as it slides from the frame ramp to the top of the barrel ramp. If the gap is too narrow, it introduces a risk of the bullet nose striking the bottom of the barrel ramp and inducing premature link-up. The gap above looks a little bit tight to me, but I’m going to leave it as-is unless there are feeding issues, in accordance with time-honored engineering principle: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
This chapter was longer than anticipated, which just goes to show that, where 1911s are concerned, even when everything works correctly, everything still takes work.
In fact, the barrel isn’t even completely fitted at this point. The remaining operation is headspacing the barrel, though; that can be broken into its own chapter–which is coming up next.


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A new year comes with new hopes and fresh determination. Since the new tennis season has already begun, and as the wise old saying goes, "well begun is half done", the players in the top tennis fraternity have already gotten off the blocks. The end of 2013 was only a beginning for what to expect in 2014, and to respond to the challenge of either to stay on top or to fight the odds to get there.
Speaking of ladies first, Serena Williams was and still is, almost unbeatable. The bigger the tournament, the less likely she is to lose. She is the one and only contender in the ladies section and with due respect, rest all are only challengers - and ironically even they don't seem to pose any kind of challenge. As if the bulldozing of 2013 was not enough to cement this fact, the younger Williams started the year 2014 by comfortably sweeping the field at the ATP 250 Brisbane International. And the field was full too. Serena overcame Maria Sharapova in the Semi's and Victoria Azarenka in the Finals with consummate ease in straight sets. Well, if these two cannot push her any significantly, God knows who can. Williams with 17 GS titles, and in her 20th year since turning pro, is gunning for more GS glory to overcome Martina Navaratilova (18) and Chris Evert (18), and to stand in the same stead of Steffi Graf (22) and Margret Court (24). Though Azarenka seemingly push her many a times, she has not yet found any winning formula. Maria, on the other hand, has just suffered her 14 consecutive defeat at the hand of Williams to make the pro tennis look childishly lopsided. She can only try. As of now, there seems to be no stopping her and if anybody other than her wins the Aussie Open, that in itself can be called a major shock. But actually, that's where a lot of glory lie.
In the ATP world, no man is as happy as Ms. Williams. Yet, many more fancy their chances than Maria and Vika. The resurgence of Rafael Nadal and dethroning of Novak Djokovic from World No. 1 has kind of renewed their rivalry once again. Djokovic has retained a 'Nadal-less' Australian Open but could not get his hands on the French (courtesy Nadal), nor Wimbledon (courtesy Murray) and faced a beat-down at his favourite Arthur Ashe arena, again by Nadal. Of course, some of the credit in these loses also goes to the lack of hunger and tentativeness Novak showed. Nadal surely is way too happy to have come back in a fairytale fashion (with steroid usage exclamations surrounding him), having one of the best years he has had in his decade long career. Rafa, with 13 titles, is now chasing Federer in the number of GS titles and the ever argued claim of best ever, and for that Novak is his biggest hurdle. But, Rafa has started 2014 by winning the Qatar Open and coming on top of some hard fought matches. Andy Murray seemed to come around for good last year after winning his 2nd GS title and 1st Wimbledon, but it was not to be. He could not retain the same motivation at the US Open and missed the last part of the season with a lingering back surgery. He returned in Doha as the second seed to Nadal, but found himself dumped in the second round by Florian Mayer. So, his level is still uncertain and he does not seem likely to give a Nadal-esque performance post injury. Djokovic, on the other hand, is firing on all cylinders post USO. He went undefeated post US Open and defeated Nadal twice; also extending Nadal's wait for the elusive Year End trophy to at least one more year.
The loss of US Open final has seemingly got Djokovic out of a deep slumber. His pride is hurt and he seem to be doing whatever he can to reach the summit again and hopefully to stay longer this time. In an unconventional and surprising move, Djokovic has signed former star Boris Becker as his new Head Coach, and one can definitely say that it is a weird move. Becker has so far zero experience at pro level coaching and was sitting in the commentary box post retirement. Nole's former coach Marian Vajda is retained for few not so important tournaments, when he seems to be doing perfectly well for Djokovic ever since turning pro. Yet, one thing is clear that Novak is shaking things up and getting out of his comfort zone to achieve greater goals this year. Aussie Open is the place where both Nole and Rafa would want to start by stamping their authorities and gain an advantage over the other for the rest of the year.
And well, it may be for the first time since 2003 that Roger Federer is not discussed in the list of possible contenders at the start of the year. Still a World No. 6, yet he seems to be on an unending slide. He has nothing to prove and yet he wishes to contest on. Federer had a significantly poor 2013 by his lofty standards and one cannot see how it can go worse in 2014. Federer also like Novak, though both are in very different phases of their careers, is shaking things up a lot to get his hands on a few more trophies and Grand Slams, if possible. He has severed ties with coach Paul Annacone and is currently working with Stefen Edberg, his childhood idol, on a trial basis. Moreover, he has committed to the new Wilson 98" racquet that he tried after Wimbledon last year, and will play with that stick henceforth. At over 32, Roger Federer retains his class and elegance for short spans and patches but does not seem to have the same feet movement and pin point precision of his prime. He lost the Brisbane Final yesterday to Lleyton Hewitt, a former champion but ranked 60 now and is also aged 32. Despite all that, he will be around this year and Wimbledon will be his best chance to rise both in confidence and number of GS titles. All said and done, we might just be watching the last days of another legend and that has to be savoured while it lasts.
Hopefully, Tennis this year will move ahead with the Stephens, Robsons, Del Potros, Gulbis', Janowiczs, Raonics, Dimitrovs and unheard names to topple the reigning order and to take the game to ever new heights. With the hope of New Year, the longing to see a New Season, to watch the tacticians in the New Coaches, to follow the battles reaching New Levels, let us join in the fun.
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Reorder Buffer Structure with Shelter Buffer for Out-of-Order Issue Superscalar Processors
Mun-Suek CHANG Choung-Shik PARK Sang-Bang CHOI
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The reorder buffer is usually employed to maintain the instruction execution in the correct order for a superscalar pipeline with out-of-order issue. In this paper, we propose a reorder buffer structure with shelter buffer for out-of-order issue superscalar processors not only to control stagnation efficiently, but also to reduce the buffer size. We can get remarkable performance improvement with only one or two buffers. Simulation results show that if the size of reorder buffer is between 8 and 32, performance gain obtained from the shelter is noticeable. For the shelter buffer of size 4, there is no performance improvement compared to that of size 2, which means that the shelter buffer of size 2 is large enough to handle most of the stagnation. If the shelter buffer of size 2 is employed, we can reduce the reorder buffer by 44% in Whetstone, 50% in FFT, 60% in FM, and 75% in Linpack benchmark program without loss of any throughput. Execution time is also improved by 19.78% in Whetstone, 19.67% in FFT, 23.93% in FM, and 8.65% in Linpack benchmark when the shelter buffer is used.


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How to Grow Garlic in the Fall
I think we can all agree that garlic is one of the most useful ingredients in the kitchen. Did you know that it’s also easy to grow? It doesn’t require a lot of attention once it’s been planted. You can plant it in either the spring or the fall. Planting your garlic in the fall allows it to take root before going dormant for the winter. This makes for an earlier harvest in the summer. Here is everything you’ll need to know about fall planting for garlic.
Choosing your garlic:
Did you know there are 2 types of garlic? Garlic comes in hardneck and softneck varieties. Hardneck garlic, as the name implies, has a hard neck. It tends to be hardier and does better in colder climates. It also develops scapes. These are long flower stalks that should be removed in early summer so that all of the plant’s energy goes towards developing the bulb. These scapes are edible and have a more mild garlic flavor. On the other hand, softneck garlic is best for growing in warmer climates. The neck remains flexible and this type of garlic does not develop scapes. Within each category of garlic, there are dozens of different varieties, each with its own unique flavor to choose from. The best choice for you all depends on your growing location and personal preference.
Where to get it:
No matter which type of garlic you choose, you will need to track down a local, certified organic seed garlic. You can use garlic from the grocery store in some cases, but it’s not ideal and may be more difficult. Often times garlic from the grocery store has been treated to prevent it from sprouting. Buying specific seed stock from a local source ensures a quality garlic that is adapted to grow in your region. In most cases, a quick internet search will result in different local farms with many varieties of seed garlic to choose from. This year, we decided to plant Georgian Crystal, a hard-neck variety with a robust flavor and a little bit of heat. It’s also very hardy which is important for our growing zone.
When to plant it:
You’ll want to plant your garlic about 3-4 weeks before the first hard frost is predicted for your region. This will allow you to plant early enough that the roots take, but not so early that top growth emerges which could be damaged by frost.
Where to plant it:
Plant garlic in a sunny, well drained area. You do not want to plant it in a spot where onions or other alliums were grown this year. For best results, work organic matter into the soil before planting to supply adequate nutrition to support growth.
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How to harvest it:
Come springtime, you should notice some top growth coming up. If planting a hardneck variety, this is around the time you will see the scapes which can be snapped off to direct energy towards the bulb. By summer, each clove will have turned into an entire bulb. When you notice the bottom leaves starting to die back, it’s ready to harvest.
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To cure your garlic, bundle the plants to hang in an area that has good airflow. This will encourage drying and prevent rotting. After hanging for about a month, cut the tops down to about 1”. Cut the roots and brush any excess dirt off the papers. You will want to store your garlic in a cool location out of direct sunlight. Enjoy your tasty garlic and be sure to save the largest ones to plant again in the fall!

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Doing our part to reduce stigma of COVID-19
The pandemic has caused a huge amount of stress on all of us – within our families, in our workplaces, and in our communities. While we are hopeful a return to ‘normal’ will be coming soon, the pandemic is not yet over and we must all remain focused on limiting the spread of COVID-19 and mitigating the harm it can cause to our health, including our mental health well-being.
COVID-19 Stigma: threat to our health
Unfortunately, throughout the pandemic, many people have been experiencing social stigma, exclusion, discrimination, and mental health issues. Lack of understanding about COVID-19 has sparked feelings of fear, anger, and other unfair treatment against people who have contracted or have symptoms of COVID-19.
Stigma and discrimination are known barriers that prevent people from getting tested or accessing the care, treatment and support they need.
In our schools and workplaces this harm can mean:
- exposing workers to high levels of guilt and stress
- creating divisions in our workplaces and in our union
- causing people to delay or avoid health services
- making it harder to monitor, stop or slow outbreaks, and impede contract tracing
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Stigma and discrimination may also discourage workers from reporting COVID-19 cases to WorkSafeBC.
CUPE members in K-12 and early learning are strongly encouraged to file a WorkSafeBC claim in any and all instances where they have reason to believe they contracted COVID-19 while at work (more information on why reporting is so important was covered in our April 30 bulletin).
Spreading rumors and perpetuating the stigma around COVID-19 can be harmful to you, your fellow workers, and the solidarity of our union.
We can all do our part to reduce stigma around COVID-19!
- Be careful of the language you use to describe COVID-19 or someone who has the virus
- Stay focused on positives, such as the steps being taken to contain COVID-19 and the preventative steps we are all taking to keep safe
- Raise awareness by sharing messages based on facts, and correct any misconceptions that people believe or have spread
- Respect privacy. There is no need to tell others if someone you know is infected or you suspect are infected
- Show support, kindness and empathy to those who have, or are tested for, COVID-19
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Is Turkey safe to visit?British holidaymakers
Foreign workplace warns against go to the country’s eastern regions after Ankara’s attack on Kurdish territory
Uk holidaymakers going to Turkey are increasingly being encouraged to prevent the regions close to the border that is syrian following Ankara’s incursion into Kurdish-held territory.
Great britain Foreign and Commonwealth workplace (FCO) updated its travel advice for Turkey the other day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took advantageous asset of the withdrawal of US troops from Syria to launch an attack on armed forces roles into the de facto autonomous region referred to as Rojava.
“This can lead to tensions that are heightened edge areas,” claims the department’s site. “If you’re in provinces Syria that is bordering should stay vigilant and carry on with to date with developments via neighborhood news and also this travel advice.”
Uk residents are warned in order to prevent travel, including for company purposes, within six miles of Turkey’s edge with Syria. The FCO additionally warns against all but crucial go to other aspects of Sirnak, Kilis (including Kilis town) and Hatay, also to the neighbouring provinces of Diyarbakir, Tunceli and Hakkari.
Despite worldwide condemnation for the Turkish attack, and allegations of cultural cleansing against Kurds, Ankara has defended the armed forces procedure – dubbed “Operation Peace Spring” – as a genuine counterterrorism workout.
Terrorists are “very more likely to perform assaults in Turkey”, based on the FCO, which adds: “Terrorist teams, including groups that are kurdish Daesh also known as Islamic State or Isis and far-left organisations, continue to plan and perform attacks.”
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A small-lot housing project was approved Tuesday night by the Clovis City Council, despite opposition from some residents of a nearby large-lot neighborhood.
The 175-home project by The McCaffrey Group is on 18 acres at the southeast corner of Ashlan and Locan avenues.
The project originally was split evenly into two 9-acre projects with 225 apartments on one site and 68 homes on the other.
But a tough real estate market prompted The McCaffrey Group to downsize the project to meet the changing demand.
The developer changed the plan to create an 18-acre project with 197 small-lot homes, but that concept ran into neighborhood opposition.
The developer then returned with a 175-home plan that added a buffer between its project and a larger-lot neighborhood to the east.
Resident Virginia Bushnell said The McCaffrey Group went a long way to "meet our needs."
Resident Dale Drozen opposed the plan, saying the narrower streets would be difficult for fire trucks to navigate, and the higher density would require more park space.
Brent McCaffrey said his firm felt neighbors were largely supportive after the company made changes.
The project will have a homeowners association that will pay to maintain streets and small parks. There also is space in the development for a possible clubhouse and pool.
In recent years, small-lot projects have drawn opposition from residents of neighboring large-lot developments, who have worried about more traffic, crowding in schools and potential effects on home values.
Small-lot homes have become popular in Clovis because they meet local market demand, said Mike Prandini, chief executive of the Building Industry Association of Fresno and Madera Counties.
"It appears the smaller lot, entry-level home from $170,000 to $190,000 is selling the best," Prandini said. "It's meeting what the market can afford."
In other action, the council issued a proclamation to Martin Dominguez, an Allied Waste Services trash truck driver, who returned a bank deposit bag with $1,063 in cash and checks to a Clovis resident while on his route last month.


We are still about 8 eight months away from the launch of the iPhone 15 series, but many rumors and leaks have already begun to appear, the latest of which is a recent report claiming that all phones will come with comprehensive design changes that will include curved and thin edges compared to previous phones, which will give them an aesthetic and luxury just like Apple Watch Series 7.
iPhone 15 Pro will feature a new design
The iPhone 15 series is expected to be officially unveiled this fall, and rumors about its design are already circulating. According to a leak source called ShrimpApplePro, both iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra with thinner bezels and nicely curved edges.
Rumors also say that the iPhone 15 series will have the same screen sizes as the iPhone 14 series, including a 6.1-inch screen for iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro and a 6.7-inch screen for the iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Ultra.
- Related articles: Specifications, launch date and price of iPhone 15
This isn't the first time the source has made this claim about the iPhone 15 series with curved edges. The design looks similar to the iPhone 5C, with a square front but a rounded back, or the latest MacBook Pro, with a rounded tablet-like shell design. Additionally, the source claims that the iPhone 15 Pro models will have a design very similar to that of the Apple Watch, with curved edges that will have a similar form factor.
If this news is to be believed, it will be good news for Apple users who are eager to see a similar design for smart watches. As the launch date approaches, more rumors and information about the iPhone 15 are expected to emerge, which may give us a chance to get a clearer look at what the final design will look like.


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Jesus is king is the ninth studio album released by Kanye West. It was released October 25 2019 through his label GOOD music and distributed by Def Jam. The record is a heavily gospel influenced Christian hip hop record, however this is not the album that West promised his fans when he announced it over a year prior, on September 17 2018. Initially announced as the project Yandhi, the alleged follow up to West’s 2016 album Yeezus, the announcement gained a lot of traction as fans were ecstatic that they were getting a new Kanye West album so soon after Ye (West’s 8th studio album). West boasted features from artists such as Ty Dolla Sign, Lauryn Hill and posthumous vocals from XXXTentacion. However, fans excitement was to be soured as West missed the initial October 29 (2018) release date, with West claiming that the album wasn’t yet finished.
Kim Kardashian, West’s wife, tweeted out a new release date – November 23rd – however, again, fans were to be disappointed as November rolled round, West announced that he was postponing the album indefinitely.
It would not be until August 2019 that fans of Kanye West would hear anything new about the ever speculated Yandhi, although not exactly how they wanted it. Kardashian announced the new album as Jesus is king via photo of a notebook with the track list and release scribbled down.
This announcement caused quite a stir as the new name and track list indicated the album was going to be completely different to the album that was promised the year previous. The change in direction for Jesus Is King seemed to have stemmed from Wests recent reconnection with Christianity. Jesus Is King would go on to miss its September 27th release, it would be pushed back two days to the 29th. This release was also missed. At this point, understandably, fans were getting very frustrated with West. They had been promised this album for over a year at this point, West had gotten their hopes up and crushed them on multiple occasions. At this point it was a fair assumption that the album was never coming, that it would be an eternity of delayed release dates. But finally, on October 25th 2019, Jesus Is King was finally released to the public.
After all the waiting, the speculation, the leaks and the broken promises, was the record worth it? According to the majority of the Kanye West fanbase; no, it wasn’t. After being promised the weird and alien West that people got on Yeezus, the gospel sound of Jesus Is King just wasn’t the fix that fans were after. Critically the album was not a hit either, with the record getting mixed reviews across the web. However, that didn’t stop the album from reaching number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (Billboard.com).
Somehow, despite all the delays, changes in direction, poor reviews and poor reception, West still managed to top charts and break records. But can Kanye West keep this up? Will fans continue to support him as he continues to move away from the music that made his following? With West announcing Jesus Is King Part II (featuring Dr Dre), it will be interesting to see where West can take his career from here.


Okay, It is Sunday night and I am looking at the websites I normally look at, mostly conservative sites. Usually they have one or two updates about the coronavirus. Tonight - nothing. It is almost like it is now a non-story. Went to a search engine and entered coronavirus. The first three pages were from left and far left sites and had no new news except that Americans were leaving the cruise ship. No updates or news about how many new people now have the virus. It is just weird after being hit with the stats everyday since it was discovered. Maybe tomorrow it will be back in the news. If it isn't, I will start to wonder if there is a clampdown on the news.


Channel One’s Mikey Dread
The long-awaited ‘Dub to Dubstep’ tour kicks off later this week, marking the beginning of a six-date showcase of one of the world’s leading music genres. A collaboration between the scene’s leading artists and DJ’s, the tour starts in Leeds on 28 November and will visit cities including Birmingham, Bristol and London.
Dub to Dubstep is a unique exploration of the connection between dub, reggae and dubstep. The tour features five leading dub artists, working in collaboration with Channel One, the UK’s pioneering sound system.
Celebrating their 30th Anniversary, Channel One will bring their custom-built soundsystem to each venue, with Mikey Dread as Selector and Ras Kayleb as MC. The tour will also feature four leading dub artists; The Uplifter, JazZstepPa, Kromestar, and Rob Smith aka RSD.
A fixture on the scene since 2003, The Uplifter is an established DJ, who brings his performances to life with animated art projections, live percussion and vocalists. He will be joined by JazZstepPa, one of the UK’s leading dubstep acts that have already attracted attention from BBC Radio 1. Another sought-after dubstep DJ, and BBC 1 Xtra and Rinse FM resident, Kromestar, will also feature in the line-up. The final act to take to the stage as part of the exciting tour is Rob Smith aka RSD, who has produced a number of songs including Massive Attack’s first single Any Love.
Brought together by Punch Records and Vagabonz, Dub to Dubstep runs from 28 November until 12 December 2009, and promises to bring together a fusion of dub and reggae beats, through the sound system, acts and DJ’s that will be taking to the stage.
28 November – Beaver Works, Leeds
3 December – The Rainbow, Birmingham
4 December – Trinity, Bristol
9 December – The Den, London
10 December – Digital, Brighton
12 December – Old Firestation, Bournemouth
For more information, visit www.punch-records.co.uk.
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Gibson Limited Edition J185-EC Quilt Acoustic:
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The Lyrachord Mid-Depth bowl blends the best elements of Ovation’s Super-Shallow and Deep Bowl designs. Acoustically, the Mid-Depth bowl delivers plentiful projection and rich tone, yet even smaller guitarists find it comfortable to hold and play. It’s no surprise Ovation’s TX models all feature a Mid-Depth body. Its proprietary Lyrachord construction and roundback design let it outperform typical “box” guitars. For decades, hardworking musicians have relied on Mid-Depth Ovation guitars to cut through the mix, whether played acoustically in a living room or run through a concert hall sound system.
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The origin of the Egyptian Arabic term darabukka probably lies in the Arabic word "darab" ("to strike"). Goblet drums were seen in Babylonia and Sumer dates from as early as 1100 BCE. On Celebes one large form serves as a temple instrument, set on the floor when performed, which could be a survival of the ancient use of the drum.
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GRAND Magazine Salutes the
2013 Electrical & Fire Safety Student Contest Winners
Timothy P. Colbert, a fifth-grade student of PalenciaElementary School in St. Augustine, Florida, is the 2013 National Grand Prize Winner of the Electrical Fire and Safety student contest, sponsored by Electrical Safety Foundation International (EFSI), as featured in the May/June issue of GRAND. Tim will enjoy his grand prize — an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. — accompanied by his mother, Julie, and older brother, William.
Tim’s winning entry on how to promote electrical and fire safety at home and in the community was to produce a musical video with lyrics he wrote set to a popular Pointer Sisters sound track. Tim suggested showing his message-driven video in classrooms at schools throughout the country, as a pubic service announcement on TV and at movie theaters prior to featured films, and on YouTube.
Included in Tim’s entry were the lyrics to his electrical and fire safety musical video. He went on to stress that the music video would have to be entertaining in order to capture everyone’s attention, especially kids and grandparents. Tim even offered to produce the video in his own living room with his father’s iPhone video camera!
GRAND Magazine also extends our congratulatons to the semi-finalist winners of the 2013 ESFI Safety Contests. The following classrooms received Walden Media DVD/BOOK sets for their winning entries.
School: Muraco Elementary School, Winchester, MA
Teacher: Brenda Turney, 5th grade
Students: Nicole Hu, Mia Jurkuns, Sam Pointon, Dasha Smolina
School: Shoal Creek Elementary School, Kansas City, MO
Teacher: Mrs. Caywood, 5th grade
Students: Charlie Ballard, Jillian Fleming, Bracie Hayakawa, Ryan Johnston, Haley Jungmann, Hannah Leonard, Ryan Mata, Grace McIntosh, Ben Millus, Spencer Montag, Vincent Restivo, Elizabeth Simcoe, Drake Vogelbaugh, Jaden Webber
School: Licking Heights South, Pataskala, OH
Teacher: Chris Sommer Kamp, 4th grade
Student: Kyrie Thomas
School: Eastern Lebanon County Intermediate School, Myerstown, PA
Teacher: Shirley Ericson, 3rd grade
Student: Connor Kramer
School: Rizzuto Elementary School, LaPorte, TX
Teacher: Christine Delong, 4th grade
Student: Oscar Lopez
School: Pleasant Green Elementary School, Salt Lake City, UT
Teacher: Kelly Price, 4th grade
Student: Ryan Cutler


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Fails of the Weak: Halo Edition is a hilarious video collection of mess-ups, bloopers, accidental deaths, vehicular carnage, ill-timed explosions and other ridiculous moments from gamers from around the world. AchievementHunter.com stars Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo provide their unique brand of comedic commentary over hysterical user-submitted gameplay clips taken from the blockbuster video game series Halo. Interviews with theentire Achievement Hunter cast round out this collection of the greatest game fails ever assembled.
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building.


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The Effect of Obesity for Individuals and Society
By Mary Elaine Ramos | February 20, 2012 5:31 PM EST
Obesity is an important issue that modern society is facing due to the health problems that it causes to individuals which in avertedly affects society. In this issue of The Medical Journal of Australia, the role of exercise in maintaining health from childhood, adolescence period, and reproductive years were examined.
The importance of exercise and fitness was also emphasized in this research as exercise in itself is a good habit regardless if a person is trying to lose weight or not. Aside from that, the researchers also proposed that exercise and fitness are better in terms of predicting cardiovascular and all-cause mortality as opposed to obesity.
Skouteris and colleagues observe that it does indeed seem to be good to start young. They look at existing guidelines for physical activity in preschoolers (what would our grandmothers have thought of guidelines for preschoolers?), and acknowledge that we really have no idea about appropriate guidance. Guidelines are inconsistent, and their basis uncertain. Furthermore, there is a lack of information about what is a normal level of activity, and a lack of knowledge about what activity (moderate or intense?) should be measured and how to measure it.
Nearly one in four Australian adolescents are overweight or obese, according to Morley and colleagues. Being male, less wealthy, inactive, sleep-deprived and frequently hooked to a computer or TV is characteristic of those at highest risk. The most important factor was found to be low socioeconomic status, but the way this is associated with obesity is still to be ascertained. One thing Rissel and colleagues have confirmed is a significant association between soft drink consumption and obesity in school students.
McIntyre and colleagues argue that overweight and obesity are now endemic in pregnant women. They found that, despite some missing data, the overall prevalence of overweight and obesity had increased little over a decade, but the obese had become more obese. In a large cohort, about one in 20 pregnant women had a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or higher. As with adolescents, obesity was associated with lower socioeconomic status. The authors confirm that being overweight or obese confers significant maternal and neonatal risk, requiring more obstetric resources. From an obstetric point of view, it is challenging to care for people who are this large, and more challenging to safely deliver their babies. Women need to know that obesity, like tobacco and alcohol, is a risk factor in pregnancy.
Despite all the unknowns in our understanding of overweight and obesity, the simple principle of energy in and energy out should underpin much of our thinking. Magarey provides some practical suggestions for redressing the imbalance between food consumption and exercise that is so prevalent in our society. If we want our children to enjoy a long and healthy life, we need to work on this equation.
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