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Derek Heeren, Ph.D., P.E.
Contact Information:
241 L.W. Chase Hall
Lincoln: East Campus
Personal Links:• CurriculumVitae.pdf
• Heeren Research Website
• Water for Food Global Institute
Professional Memberships:• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
• Nebraska Section of the ASABE
• Central Plains Irrigation Association
• Soil Science Society of America
Water for Food Global Institute Faculty Fellow
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Biosystems Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2012
- M.S., Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2008
- B.S., Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2004
- Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Oklahoma
- 58% Research
- 40% Teaching
- 2% Service
Areas of Research and Professional Interest
- Sprinkler irrigation
- Variable rate irrigation (VRI)
- Irrigation management based on remote sensing
- International irrigation development
- Vadose zone hydrology
- Mechanized Systems Management (MSYM) students
- MSYM student club
- Graduate students
Aug 11, 2016: BSE harvests bumper crop of awards at ASABE conference
Sep 08, 2015: Fountain Wars team building momentum for future
Courses Taught
- MSYM 452/852 Irrigation Systems Management (fall semesters)
- AGEN/MSYM 854 Irrigation Laboratory and Field Course (summer of even years)
- MSYM 855 Advanced Irrigation Management (spring 2020, 2022)
- AGEN/BSEN 957 Modeling Vadose Zone Hydrology (spring 2018, 2021)
- MSYM 462 Equipment Systems (spring semesters)
About Derek Heeren
The overarching objective of Derek's research program is to enhance and improve both the sustainability of water resources (water quantity and water quality) and the profitability of agricultural production in Nebraska and the Great Plains. His current research interests include sprinkler irrigation, variable rate irrigation, irrigation management based on remote sensing, international irrigation development, and vadose zone hydrology. The objective of his teaching program is to prepare students to be wise managers of irrigation, water resources, and agricultural systems. He is focused on irrigation education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Derek is the Partnership Coordinator for the partnership between the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI) and the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands, which includes a double degree program (M.S.) in Advanced Water Management for Food Production. Before starting his research and teaching career, Derek spent two years working at a civil engineering firm in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. Derek grew up on a farm in southeastern South Dakota and developed an interest in conserving natural resources while participating in FFA land judging and natural resources competitions.
Honors and Awards
- A. W. Farrall Young Educator Award. 2018. Amercian Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
- Distinguished Alumnus Award. 2017. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University.
- Honoree, recognized for performing highly impactful research. 2017. UNL College of Engineering.
- ASABE Superior Paper Award. 2016. For the refereed journal article: Heeren, D. M., G. A. Fox, and D. E. Storm. 2015. Heterogeneity of infiltration rates in alluvial floodplains as measured with a berm infiltration technique. Transactions of the ASABE 58(3): 733-745.
- New Faces of Engineering recognition by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 2012.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAR Graduate Fellowship. 2011-2012.
Selected Publications
Recent Refereed Journal Articles:
- Barker, J. B., W. E. Woldt, B. D. Wardlow, M. S. Maguire, B. C. Leavitt, C. M. U. Neale, and D. M. Heeren. 2020. Calibration of a common shortwave multispectral camera system for quantitative agricultural applications. Precision Agriculture (in press), doi: 10.1007/s11119-019-09701-6.
- Franz, T. E., S. Pokal, J. P. Gibson, Y. Zhou, H. Gholizadeh, F. A. Tenorio, D. R. Rudnick, D. M. Heeren, M. McCabe, M. Ziliani, Z. Jin, K. Guan, M. Pan, J. Gates, and B. D. Wardlow. 2020. The role of topography, soil, and remotely sensed vegetation condition towards predicting crop yield. Field Crops Research 252, doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107788.
- Bhatti, S., D. M. Heeren, J. B. Barker, C. M. U. Neale, W. E. Woldt, M. S. Maguire, and D. R. Rudnick. 2020. Site-specific irrigation management in a sub-humid climate using a spatial evapotranspiration model with satellite and airborne imagery. Agricultural Water Management 230, doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105950.
- Singh, J., D. M. Heeren, D. R. Rudnick, W. E. Woldt, G. Bai, Y. Ge, and J. D. Luck. 2020. Soil structure and texture effects on the precision of soil water content measurements with a capacitance-based electromagnetic sensor. Transactions of the ASABE 63(1): 141-152, doi: 10.13031/trans.13496.
- Lo, T., D. R. Rudnick, J. Singh, H. N. Nakabuye, A. Katimbo, D. M. Heeren, and Y. Ge. 2020. Field assessment of interreplicate variability from eight electromagnetic soil moisture sensors. Agricultural Water Management 231, doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105984.
- Koehler-Cole, K., R. W. Elmore, H. Blanco-Canqui, C. A. Francis, C. A. Shapiro, C. A. Proctor, S. Ruis, D. M. Heeren, S. Irmak, and R. B. Ferguson. 2020. Cover crop productivity and subsequent soybean yield in the Western Corn Belt. Agronomy Journal, doi: 10.1002/agj2.20232.
- Barker, J. B., S. Bhatti, D. M. Heeren, C. M. U. Neale, and D. R. Rudnick. 2019. Variable rate irrigation of maize and soybean in West-Central Nebraska under full and deficit irrigation. Frontiers in Big Data 2(34), doi: 10.3389/fdata.2019.00034.
- O'Shaughnessy, S. A., S. R. Evett, P. D. Colaizzi, M. A. Andrade, T. H. Marek, D. M. Heeren, F. R. Lamm, and J. L. LaRue. 2019. Identifying advantages and disadvantages of variable rate irrigation – an updated review. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 35(6): 837-852, doi: 10.13031/aea.13128.
- Halihan, T., R. B. Miller, D. Correll, D. M. Heeren, and G. A. Fox. 2019. Field evidence of a natural capillary barrier in a gravel alluvial aquifer. Vadose Zone Journal 18:180008, doi:10.2136/vzj2018.01.0008.
- Lo, T., D. R. Rudnick, B. T. Krienke, D. M. Heeren, Y. Ge, and T. M. Shaver. 2019. Water effects on optical canopy sensing for late-season site-specific nitrogen management of maize. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 162: 154-164, doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2019.04.006.
- Mendes, W. R., F. M. U. Araújo, R. Dutta, and D. M. Heeren. 2019. Fuzzy control system for variable rate irrigation using remote sensing. Expert Systems with Applications 124: 13-24, doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2019.01.043.
- Finkenbiner, C. E., T. E. Franz, J. Gibson, D. M. Heeren, and J. D. Luck. 2019. Integration of hydrogeophysical datasets and empirical orthogonal functions for improved irrigation water management. Precision Agriculture 20(1): 78-100, doi: 10.1007/s11119-018-9582-5.
- Barker, J. B., D. M. Heeren, K. Koehler-Cole, C. A. Shapiro, H. Blanco-Canqui, R. W. Elmore, C. A. Proctor, S. Irmak, C. A. Francis, T. M. Shaver, and A. T. Mohammed. 2018. Cover crops have negligible impact on soil water in Nebraska maize-soybean rotation. Agronomy Journal 110: 1-13, doi: 10.2134/agronj2017.12.0739.
- Freiberger, R. P., D. M. Heeren, D. E. Eisenhauer, A. R. Mittelstet, and G. A. Baigorria. 2018. Tradeoffs in model performance and effort for long-term phosphorus leaching based on in situ field data. Vadose Zone Journal 17:170216, doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.12.0216.
- Barker, J. B., D. M. Heeren, C. M. U. Neale, and D. R. Rudnick. 2018. Evaluation of variable rate irrigation using a remote-sensing-based model. Agricultural Water Management 203: 63-74, doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2018.02.022.
- Barker, J. B., C. M. U. Neale, D. M. Heeren, and A. E. Suyker. 2018. Evaluation of a hybrid reflectance-based crop coefficient and energy balance evapotranspiration model for irrigation management. Transactions of the ASABE 61(2): 533-548, doi: 10.13031/trans.12311.
- Miller, K. A., J. D. Luck, D. M. Heeren, T. Lo, D. L. Martin, and J. B. Barker. 2018. A geospatial variable rate irrigation control scenario evaluation methodology based on mining root zone available water capacity. Precision Agriculture, doi: 10.1007/s11119-017-9548-z.
- Barker, J. B., T. E. Franz, D. M. Heeren, C. M. U. Neale, and J. D. Luck. 2017. Soil water content monitoring for irrigation management: A geostatistical analysis. Agricultural Water Management 188: 36-49, doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.024.
- Lo, T., D. M. Heeren, L. Mateos, J. D. Luck, D. L. Martin, K. A. Miller, J. B. Barker, and T. M. Shaver. 2017. Field characterization of field capacity and root zone available water capacity for variable rate irrigation. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 33(4): 559-572, doi: 10.13031/aea.11963.
- Heeren, D. M., G. A. Fox, C. J. Penn, T. Halihan, D. E. Storm, and B. E. Haggard. 2017. Impact of macropores and gravel outcrops on phosphorus leaching at the plot scale in silt loam soils. Transactions of the ASABE 60(3): 823-835, doi: 10.13031/trans.12015.


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Play It Again Sam…
I just got done watching the Webinar "A Novel Strategy for Treatment of and Protection Against EPM." It looks like the research on EPM has come a long ways…and has a long ways to go. Fudge is hoping for the vaccine(s). The quantity of treatment successes are far better than with the drugs that Fudge took. I did like the picture on the last slide of the person dancing on the bar.
The webinar was recorded, and is available here: "A Novel Strategy for Treatment of and Protection against EPM"
Just one question…Who came up with the name "Pathogenes Inc. Multiplex Sarcocystis neurona Antibody Detection Pack?"
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I wrote this post on May 9, a few days before Mother's Day, but never hit the "publish" button.
I never liked Mother's Day, and I never understood why. Until today. For the first time it became crystal clear to me why I don't like Mother's Day. Today I'm wondering why it took me so long (26 years and four months to be exact) to realize this profound sadness I associate with Mother's Day.
Let me back it up a bit. My oldest daughter is expecting. We pray that in a few weeks we will hold a precious little boy in our arms. In a household of only women that is something to celebrate. My boss in Germany jokingly called us "Das Weibernest" because of only females living under our roof.
The more we talk and look forward to this little guy's arrival the more I have been thinking about my firstborn, my son. Today, it hit me: My son made me a mother. I was a mother way before I held my oldest daughter in my arms.
It was a dark night in January, 26 years ago. At 24 weeks pregnant I had been admitted to the hospital. As the evening progressed my contractions became stronger. The nurse on duty would not come no matter how hard I would press that call button. When she finally came to my room and I told her what was happening, she brushed it off, told me to go back to sleep. I asked to see the doctor, but she wouldn't call him.
My baby moved inside me, I felt his panic. I started to panic. I pushed that button again and again, but no one came. I was alone. I felt abandoned. I didn't understand what was happening. As those hours dragged on, and morning finally came, there was a shift change in nurses and I finally got some attention. But it was too late. The nurse knew that my baby was coming, there was no stopping it. I was rushed to the delivery room. And a few minutes later I gave birth to my first and only son. There was a lot of commotion around me, a lot of whispering, nobody wanted to tell me what was happening. My son died minutes after being born. No one had expected for this baby to live…
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One of my first-ever blog posts, eight years ago, was for waffles topped with homemade lemon curd. Looking back at that post, I can appreciate how much my photography skills have developed and improved since then, and I've been meaning to update my lemon curd recipe with new photos that are more appealing than the ones I shot in the window-less kitchen of the condo where my husband and I first lived together, and where this baking blog of mine began.
Lemon curd is a staple for bakers, and having a great homemade lemon-curd recipe on hand is essential.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Top Best Electrostatic Air Purifiers for Home in 2020
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Check out the Best Electrostatic Air Purifiers for Home
1. VicTsing 150ml Mini Aroma Essential Oil Diffuser
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The XPLUS Essential Oil Diffuser works as both an essential oil diffuser that gives your home a nice smell and a night-light that has seven auto color changing lights that make a room lively. It is a perfect addition to any living room and kid's bedroom. This unit is extremely silent and works for 8 to 10 hours continuously. You may also use the limits that you would want to diffuse the oil. This is a great choice for individuals looking for a diffuser that can help them in spreading aroma in bedrooms, office, or living room.
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You can use your favorite essential oil to fill the room with an aroma that will make your life comfortable. You can use this lovely dehumidifier to increase the humidity in the air in dry weather to breathe easier as well as relieve cough and sinus. To ensure that it does not burn the unit features an auto-shutoff when the water runs out. Another benefit that comes with this model is the fact that is super portable making it easy to use in any room in your house.
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Many advantages come with selecting a HEPA air purifier. The HEPA filtration mechanism has the ability to capture up to 99. Nine percent of allergens and impurities found in the indoor air including pollen, dust, smoke, pet dander and mold spores. This unit also features a carbon pre-filter that helps to get rid of the bad odors in a home. In addition, this unit has a radial blower that has the ability to purify the air in a large room, three-speed settings as well as filter replacement indicator that lets you know when it is time to replace the filter.
10. POLEND Amazon Alexa Compatible SMART Essential Oil Diffuser
Before concluding the list of the best Electrostatic Air Purifiers for homes, we have this essential diffuser from Poland that is not only reasonably priced but features the latest technology that allows you to control it via an app. This is also a multipurpose device that you can use to fill your room with either aroma or humidity. Also, this device features seven pleasant color options and is very easy to use. Moreover, there is no limitation of the essential oil that you can use. You simply need to select your favorite essential oil and fill the room with the aroma you enjoy.
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Since there are many electrostatic air purifiers, it may not be easy for you to pick the most appropriate choice. Let us look at some of the tips that will help you in picking something that offers you the performance you need.
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The capacity here includes the areas that the air purifier can handle as well as the amount of water that a diffuser can hold. The capacity will depend on the areas you would want to freshen the air. Pick a model that has the ability to clean medium-sized to large rooms with ease. Additionally, a diffuser should offer you a runtime of at least 6 hours.
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An auto-off timer will help to prevent any damage to the diffuser when the water runs out. Additionally, a timer will enable the user to regulate the amount of time that they would want to run the air purifier.
- Type of filter
The best electrostatic purifier should have the ability to get rid of impurities in the air. If you are allergic or asthmatic, you should select a model that has HEPA filters. These filters capture impurities and germs in the air that are up to 0.3-micron size. This will help you to get clean and odorless air avoiding coughing or sinus infections.
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You should also select an air purifier that will give you more than cleaning the air. Lucking most air diffusers will not only help you to freshen the air but also acts to add humidity to dry weather, acts as aromatherapy diffusers, air ionizers as well as a cool night light.
We understand that not everyone has time to go through numerous products listed on the market trying to find the model that suits him or her best. For this reason, we have included all the information you need to know about electrostatic air purifiers to help you in narrowing down your choice. We hope that our detailed guide is sufficient to enable you to make the right decision.


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A teenage girl almost committed suicide in her toilet. She did that cuz of a broken heart. She was immediately rushed to the hospital. She lost a lot of blood. Fortunately, she's in a stable condition right now. I heard this story from a friend. This incident happened not far from where I live.
I understand why some people are willingly to hurt themselves...so that the pain they feel in their heart would disappear and they would rather feel physical pain. I've been there... It's not worth it... Cutting oneself does not solve the problem that you are facing. You have to have the courage to stay strong. Cutting urself only makes u look weak. And furthermore...people might lable u as...'EMO'...lol~ ok, that was a joke. ;p It's better to move on rather than thinking about hurtful things that has happened to you. Always look on the bright side. Only time can heal a broken heart. Eventhough it takes a long time.
I know a few people who cuts themselves after being heart broken. Don't make yourself look weak. Don't hope for others to sympathize you. Stay strong. Stand tall. Have courage. Have faith. Talk to someone about it.


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76oh2 replied to BLUNT's topic in BMW Neue Klasse DiscussionOne thing you can always try (even though I don't see why the wires would be dirty) is soaking the sending unit in acetone to clean the wires. Also, make sure all your terminals are clean along the wiring harness from battery, to sending unit, to gauge, to ground (and also check for loose/fraying wires). Besides that, idk what your problem could be...
2002 commenorative keychain
76oh2 replied to Koblenz's topic in Parts For SaleDamn I shoulda never taken mine out of the box haha! On a side note though, i might try to do a 3d printed replica. I already have the main piece CADed. I would just need to figure out what to do for the actual keychain part. Heres a pic of a blown-up version I printed as wall art for a buddy (changed "2002" to "S14" by request)
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76oh2 commented on 76oh2's blog entry in Not Bad For a First CarIt was a lot of fun! My trunk has no torsion spring on it, so when doing the trunk scene the first time, the actor accidentally got his head smacked by the the lid when it was slammed shut. Luckily he was okay. Thanks! They're all extremely talented musicians originally from Boston. The singer and drummer are actually Berkeley-trained. They're all great people that play great music and I feel lucky to call them good friends.
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untilI wish I could go. Alas, I left my 02 in SoCal
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76oh2 posted a blog entry in Not Bad For a First CarHey everyone. I know I haven't posted in a while, but I just wanted to share a music video with everyone. The band is Convey and they're all really good friends of mine. I had the awesome opportunity of using my car in the video and it turned out amazing! We all had a lot of fun shooting this and I hope everyone enjoys!!! CONVEY - Speed Dial I tried embedding the video, but it didn't quite work Either way, the youtube link should work! Some sexy screenshots CGI headlights!!! The band in my car Not the first person to be shoved in the trunk.... And 1 awesome dirt burnout!
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76oh2 replied to Robotin's topic in SoCal 02's's DiscussionIf you ever feel like coming up to Ventura County, I can help you out! I manage a shop, S14 Fabrications, and I'm a machinist
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76oh2 replied to 76oh2's topic in BMW 2002 and other '02I'll be sure to keep the faq in the loop! Also I'm fairly certain that I have access to a laser scanner, which will make life easier (for initial setup at least) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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76oh2 posted a topic in BMW 2002 and other '02Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone had an accurate CAD of a stock M10 rocker arm or at least accurate dimensions that I could CAD from? I am very interested in doing some FEA/optimization on the rocker arm, but unfortunately I currently don't have access to any of the spare rockers I have (so I'm SOL unless someone has some info that they could share). Any help would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Logan P.
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76oh2 posted a blog entry in M10 Slide-Valve Throttle BodySo I've been messing around in SolidWorks and this is what I have so far. Obviously this currently wont work, but it gave me a good idea of sizing and overall design
I'm not 100% sure about the injector placement on those. I know you can run injectors higher up in the system for better mid-high rpm performance.
I thought I recognized the car in your profile pic! If you don't need it, I would gladly borrow it until I can eventually get my manifold. Really pretty car by the way!
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76oh2 posted a blog entry in M10 Slide-Valve Throttle BodyWouldn't it be great if someone made a direct bolt-on slide valve throttle body for the BMW 2002 when converting to fuel injection? I'm pretty sure that nobody does, but I'm going to change that! First off, a little bit about me: I'm currently a freshman at San Jose State University, Mechanical Engineering Major. I have many years of experience building racecars and have worked with slide valve applications on early Porsche 911's. Also, I am part of my university's Formula SAE team, where each year we design, manufacture, and race a formula-style racecar. Also I have a 1976 BMW 2002, which is built as road/track car. The Plan: I am planning on using designs of Porshce slide-valve throttle bodies to design the M10 throttle body. I am utilizing SolidWorks to do all of the CAD work. The motor will likely be injected using a Megasquirt injection system, but I'm not 100% certain yet. I am also planning on utilizing CFD to optimize throttle body components so there is maximum airflow. The throttle body itself will be machined out of aluminum. Also, I am planning on running velocity stacks. Currently I am CADing the base of the throttle body. Unfortunately, all I have are traces on paper of the base of a stock intake manifold. I have an extra stock manifold that i can get dimensions from, but its currently down in SoCal and I wont be able to get it until next month. Luckily though, I can still CAD with rough dimensions, and then I can make everything precise once I get my manifold. Also, If anyone has CAD files of an M10 intake manifold of any style (stock, side-draft, etc.) that they can send me, I would greatly appreciate it, as it would save me a bit of work!
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76oh2 posted a topic in SoCal 02's's DiscussionHey guys so the Friends of Steve Mcqueen Car and Motorcycle Show is coming up on June 7th at the Boys Republic campus in Chino Hills. This year they are celebrating the 1968 film "The Thomas Crown Affair." It is an absolutely awesome show and there are sooo many beautiful vintage BMW motorcycles. However, when I went last year, I had the only 2002!!!! There were only 2 other BMWs at the whole dang thing, one an art car/race car, and the other some ok 80's bmw. LETS CHANGE THAT!!! (a pic of my car from last year.. felt kinda awkward parking in a row of corvettes!) For more info, go to: http://SteveMcQueenCarShow.com Seriously guys, this is an amazing car show, so lets show people how amazing our 02s are!
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"Da Funk" von Daft Punk ist tanzbar in Just Dance 3.
The dancers are two male robots.
P1 is a blue robot and with yellow and red highlights.
P2 is a yellow robot and with blue and turquoise highlights.
During the first two Gold Moves, the coaches turn black, and white gears can be seen. In their remake, they seem to have become skinnier as the shading has been toned down.
The routine takes place in a factory with conveyor belts and several nuts and bolts, along with pieces of machinery. During the second last verse, moving pink and green stripes can be seen on the floor. At the beginning and the end two hooks take pick up the deactivated dancers.
Gold Moves
There are 3 Gold Moves in the Classic routine:
Gold Moves 1 and 2: Punch the air beside you repeatedly.
Gold Move 3: Lift your hands and then lower them.
Sweat Mashup
The Sweat Mashup has 2 Gold Moves:
Gold Move 1: Pump your fists in the air. (Apache (Jump On It))
Gold Move 2: Put your right hand in the air. (I Don't Feel Like Dancin')
Sweat Mashup
Da Funk has an unlockable Sweat Mashup.
- I Was Made For Lovin' You (Sweat) (JD3)
- The Power (JD2)
- Apache (Jump On It) (JD3)
- She's Got Me Dancing (JD3)
- Holiday (JD2)
- Body Movin' (JD2)
- Move Your Feet (JD2)
- I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (JD3)
- I Was Made For Lovin' You (Sweat) (JD3)
Appearances in Mashups
Da Funk appears in the following Mashup:
- This is the first song by Daft Punk in the series. It is succeeded by Get Lucky on Just Dance 2014.
- This is one of the songs with robots dancing to the song, along with Rock n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain), Satisfaction, Idealistic and P1 of Nitro Bot.
- The Friends section in the World Dance Floor's menu shows P2's avatar.
- P2's avatar will be on Just Dance 2016.
- AI, the computer dancer that is automatically against you if there is nobody dancing to the other song in a Battle, uses P1's avatar in Just Dance 2014.
- In the Sweat Mashup, She's Got Me Dancing's pictogram color is changed to dark blue.
- In the Sweat Mashup only I Was Made For Lovin' You Sweat Dancer appears more than once.
- Da Funk is one of few to have next to no change in shape in it's avatar between Just Dance 4 and Just Dance 2014.
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The Windows Azure Pack Tenant Site offers a variety of functionality to Tenants and for Service Providers it's absolutely required however for Enterprise customers there are typically various processes involved in adding disks to VMs, removing disks, deleting VMs, etc.
Inframon have been heavily involved with several customers to help them use Windows Azure Pack within their enterprise and help them to map their processes into it. Many of their processes involve various tasks that must be undertaken on a Virtual Machine prior to it being deleted or where they want to offer the ability for a Tenant to add a disk of any size.
Additionally there may be areas of the Tenant Site that are not required, for example if the Windows Azure Pack Administrators are not offering any VM Roles to Tenants then the VM Role option shouldn't be shown to them, unfortunately this functionality is not part of the standard options available from Microsoft.
Hiding the VM Role Option
As can be seen from the screenshot below the VM Role option is available:
If the user was to select the Virtual Machine Role | From Gallery option then an empty list of VM Role options would be shown:
This could lead to inquiries from Tenants as to why this list is empty. If this option wasn't available for the Tenant they would be none the wiser!
To hide this option there are several files that need to be altered but PLEASE NOTE THIS NOT SUPPORTED BY MICROSOFT
Removing Virtual Machine Roles from the New Tray
To remove elements from the New Tray in Windows Azure Pack the following file can be amended:
A new JavaScript function can be added:
<script type="text/javascript"> setInterval(function(){ //Custom JS functions here },100); </script>
This runs the code within the function every 100ms in Tenant's browser. Adding this line of code will remove the VM Role instance:
This makes the code in the file overall look like this:
Restarting the MgmtSvc-TenantSite in IIS then refreshing the Tenant Site shows the Virtual Machine Role has disappeared (mostly):
The sub menu options are still shown for Quick Create and From Gallery. To remove these further changes are needed however these are to two JS files:
- C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-TenantSite\Content\VM\Scripts\Extension\VM.Menu.QuickCreate.js
- C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-TenantSite\Content\VM\Scripts\Extension\VM.Menu.Gallery.js
This file is responsible for registering the Quick Create options for the VM Extension in the Tray. To prevent the Quick Create VM Role option from appearing the file should be amended as follows:
(function(global, $, resources, constants, undefined) { "use strict"; var roleView = new global.VMExtension.View.VMRole.QuickCreate(), instanceView = new global.VMExtension.View.VMInstance.QuickCreate(); /* global.ExpFx.registerSubMenu(constants.extensionName, constants.roleMenuName, { name: "QuickCreate", displayName: resources.viewQuickCreateName, description: resources.viewRoleQuickCreateDescription, template: roleView.template, label: resources.viewQuickCreateVMRoleLabel, opening: function() { roleView.onOpening.call(roleView); this.data = roleView.viewModel; }, open: function(args) { return roleView.onOpen.call(roleView, args); }, ok: function(args) { return roleView.onOk.call(roleView, args); }, close: function() { return roleView.onClose.call(roleView); } }); */ global.ExpFx.registerSubMenu(constants.extensionName, constants.instanceMenuName, { name: "QuickCreate", displayName: resources.viewQuickCreateName, description: resources.viewInstanceQuickCreateDescription, template: instanceView.template, label: resources.viewQuickCreateVMInstanceLabel, opening: function() { instanceView.onOpening.call(instanceView); this.data = instanceView.viewModel; }, open: function() { return instanceView.onOpen.call(instanceView); }, ok: function() { return instanceView.onOk.call(instanceView); }, close: function() { return instanceView.onClose.call(instanceView); } }); })(this, this.jQuery, this.VMExtension.Resources, this.VMExtension.Constants);
This file is responsible for registering the Gallery options for the VM Extension in the Tray. To prevent the From Gallery VM Role option from appearing the file should be amended as follows:
(function(global, $, resources, constants, undefined) { "use strict"; var instanceView = new global.VMExtension.View.VMInstance.Gallery(), roleView = new global.VMExtension.View.VMRole.Gallery(); global.ExpFx.registerSubMenu(constants.extensionName, constants.instanceMenuName, { name: "FromMarketplace", displayName: resources.viewFromGalleryName, description: resources.viewInstanceFromGalleryDescription, label: resources.viewInstanceFromGalleryLabel, execute: function() { instanceView.launch(); } }); /* global.ExpFx.registerSubMenu(constants.extensionName, constants.roleMenuName, { name: "FromMarketplace", displayName: resources.viewFromGalleryName, description: resources.viewRoleFromGalleryDescription, label: resources.viewRoleFromGalleryLabel, execute: function() { roleView.launch(); } }); */ })(this, this.jQuery, this.VMExtension.Resources, this.VMExtension.Constants);
Once these files have been amended and the MgmtSvc-TenantSite site restarted in IIS the options have completely disappeared:
The Tenant can only provision from Standalone Virtual Machines.
The Windows Azure Pack Tenant Site is a complicated entity that is made of up multiple files, each of which can be manipulated as required. Things to remember with this:
- Do not expect support from Microsoft on this
- When Microsoft update the Tenant Site all changes are lost so document your changes
- Test the interface changes on a Windows Azure Pack Express installation and not on your production environment
This is by no means the limit of what can be achieved with modifications to the Tenant Site. Control functions can be removed, such as the ability to Delete Virtual Machines, Attach options can be removed (potentially just disks or NICs). For customers where functionality has been removed we have typically created a Service Request in System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager and presented it through Request Management for WAP from GridPro.


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This blog post is intended to demonstrate the integration between API Gateway powered APIs and the Dropsource mobile app development platform through Swagger or OAS (Open API Spec). API Gateway provides features for documenting your API and exporting Swagger files, which you can upload to Dropsource and have your API ready to use for your new app.
We'll demonstrate this using the example "Pets API" in API Gateway. Follow the directions below to set up an example API and use it to make a simple app in Dropsource.
Create Your API
Sign in to your AWS account and open the API Gateway Console.
Click the Create API button
Select Example API radio button
Click Import
Unfortunately there's a small error in the Pets model that the example API provides. The model claims that the id field of a Pet is a string, but it's actually an integer. So we need to navigate to Models in the API Gateway menu and find the Pets model, modify the type of the id property to be "integer" instead of "string", like this:
Deploy the API by clicking the Actions dropdown and selecting Deploy API
Export API
- From Stages in the left menu
- Select Export tab
- Hover over Export as Swagger
- Click JSON
Sign Up for Dropsource
Sign up for Dropsource and follow the directions to confirm your account.
Create A Project
Once you've confirmed your email you'll be logged in and taken to the Dashboard where you can create a new project.
This tutorial will use an iOS project to demo the functionality, but you can do the same thing in Android. You will be prompted to start the initial Dropsource tutorial, but can skip that tutorial and follow this one instead.
Create a Page With Elements
Once you've skipped the tutorial, you can create a page by selecting Pages on the left, and clicking the + button.
- Don't select any page type
- Select Elements in the left side-bar (it's underneath Pages)
- Drag out a Table View from left onto the page
- Move it so the edges align with the edges of the page
- On the right bar, under Styles change the Content dropdown to Dynamic
Drag out a Table View Cell onto the table, we only need one because it'll be cloned for each item in the table
Drag out three new Label elements onto the Table View Cell you just dragged out.
Arrange them horizontally, each cell in the table will now have three labels when the app Runs
Import the Pet Store .json file into Dropsource
In the right bar click the API Tab, it's the rightmost tab, click the + button
Click the Choose button and select the .json file you exported from API Gateway, let it import and then close the API Import modal.
Select the GET /pets endpoint from the dropdown and click the Add button, then click the box for the new endpoint that appears.
We'll use the endpoint to just get a list of pets returned from the mock API,
To do this, click the Responses tab
Click and drag the Data Source box onto the table, this binds the response for the endpoint to the table.
Next, we want to set the type, id, and price of each pet returned to the labels, do this using the same drag and drop method we used for Data Source.
Drag type onto the first label, id onto the second, and price onto the third
When this is complete, you should see green dots next to each item
Now that we've configured where the response data should display in our app we just need to define when this request runs. The best spot for this when the page loads.
Select the page by clicking the Element Tree tab in the right bar, then clicking the top level element
Next, click the left tab to see the properties of the page, and click the Events tab where you'll see the Page Loaded event.
Click the Add button
Click the + button to add a new action, and use the search box to search for "Run API Request" and select it from the search results
Click the Edit button, select the GET /pets request using the menu, click DONE, and then Save, this will set the request to run when this page loads.
Test Your App
Click the blue TEST button in the top right of the editor, this will launch
Once the build finishes, click the notification that appears to open the build history list and then click Test in Web Simulator for Build 1 to open the in-browser mobile simulator.
Click Tap to Play in the simulator to launch your app.
Because we've only created one page, that page will load automatically and display a list of pets returned by the API.
That's it! You now have a simple app returning data from your API. Dropsource can do the same for POST, PUT, and DELETE API endpoints, enabling much more complex apps to be built. Combining this with our flexible (but native focused) UI builder can yield polished and production-ready apps.
With your free trial you can also test the app on a physical mobile device or download the native source code. I encourage you to see what you can build with your own API-Gateway powered API or any API you have a Swagger (Open API Spec) file for, you can even combine them and work with multiple services.


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Mankin's research on climate variability and change is motivated by the risks global warming poses to ecosystems and people. Using both observations and process-based models, his efforts focus on constraining three of the major sources of uncertainty in climate changes, past, present, and future: the chaos innate to the climate system, the complexity of how people and ecosystems induce and respond to climate stress, and how model choices influence model answers. In his previous career, Dr. Mankin worked overseas as an intelligence officer.
Coffel, E., R. M. Horton, J. M. Winter, J. S. Mankin, (2019). Nonlinear increases in extreme temperatures paradoxically dampen increases in extreme humid-heat, Environmental Research Letters, 10.1088/1748-9326/ab28b7
Schultz, K. & J. S. Mankin, (2019). Is Temperature Exogenous? The Impact of Civil Conflict on the Instrumental Climate Record in Sub-Saharan Africa, American Journal of Political Science, 10.1111/ajps.12425
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Mankin, J. S. , R. Seager, J. E. Smerdon, B. I. Cook, A. P. Williams, R. M. Horton, (2018). Blue water tradeoffs with CO2-enriched ecosystems, Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2018GL07705


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Clara Hardie
Founding Director & Violin Teacher
Clara Hardie teaches private lessons & group classes with DYV. She is passionate about promoting DYV nationally as a social justice Suzuki studio model. Clara co-founded the organization in 2010 with her teacher trainer and Suzuki Royal Oak Director Mark Mutter to make violin accessible to youth at Capuchin Soup Kitchen where she worked at the time. She grew up in Marquette, playing Suzuki violin from age 5 and traveling to Europe with the Blue Lake International Youth Symphony at age 16. Clara is trained to teach Suzuki Violin Books 1-6. She attended University of Michigan to earn a BA in Social Science Theory, education she applies daily in her work teaching and directing.
Ashley Nelson
Violin & Viola Teacher
Ashley Nelson teaches private lessons & group classes with DYV. She grew up in Detroit and is deeply connected with many strings programs and performing artists in the city. Ashley is a wonderful, warm teacher and the daughter of musicians. Ashley is trained to teach Suzuki Violin Books 1-2. She graduated from Wayne State University with a BA in Violin Performance. Ashley has 10 years of experience teaching in Detroit through Community Music School, Crescendo Detroit and Sphinx. Here is Ashley on youtube.
Graham Emberton
Violin Teacher
Graham Emberton teaches private lessons & group classes with DYV. Graham previeously taught at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Camp, Chicago's DePaul Community Music Division and Butler Community Arts School. He is trained to teach Suzuki Violin Books 1-5, which he recieved from Dr. Laurie Scott, Rolando
Freitag, Nancy Jackson, and Libby Armour. In Violin Performance, Graham received a BM from Butler University, MM from DePaul University, and an Artist Diploma from University of Memphis. Graham also loves to perform. He's played with Lansing Symphony, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Chelsea Chamber Players and Britten-Pears Orchestra in England Chelsea Chamber Players. Here's Graham playing at the Chamber Music Institute Final Concert at Glenn Korff School of Music.
Romona Merritt
Violin & Viola Teacher
Romona Merritt teaches private lessons & group classes with DYV. Romona taught Suzuki viola at Alabama School of Fine Arts for 16 years and played with the Alabama Symphony for 17 seasons. She received a Bachelors of Music Performance from North Carolina School of the Arts and a Masters in Music Performance from University of Minnesota. She was awarded the Sphinx 2018 MPower Artist Grant. Her teacher training includes Suzuki Violin Book 1 and 2 with Carrie Reuning-Hummel; Viola Book 4 with Joanne Martin; Violin Book 3 and 4 with Mark Mutter; and Viola Book 5 and 6 with Elizabeth Steun-Walker. Here's a video of Romona playing at the Scarab Club with a chamber group.
Jerry Sloan
Development Manager
Jerry Sloan is helping DYV acquire the funding and other resources that it needs to fulfill its mission. Jerry has over ten years of experience in the field, including previous roles at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Detroit Public Television. He is an active member of the Southeast Michigan Grant Professionals in the Arts group and has reviewed grants for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Michigan Youth Arts, and CultureSource. If you would like to make a contribution to DYV, please contact Jerry via email.
Rebecca Rosen
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DYV Program Manager Rebecca Rosen grew up playing cello and hopes to receive her Suzuki teacher training and start a cello program for DYV in 2019! She spent the last 5 years working with kids in after-school programs throughout Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Detroit. Prior to her work with DYV, Rebecca organized educational programming for the Threads Arts Festival in Ypsilanti, and was Project Manager for the Global Feminisms Project at the University of Michigan. Rebecca received her Bachelors in Cognitive Science with a Minor in Music from U of M. She is a songwriter and performer. Rebecca is currently teaching herself electric bass when she's not writing songs for larger groups to play. Check out Rebecca playing & singing for a 2017 submission to Tiny Desk Concert.


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New Hampshire ski resort to receive transformer upgrade
USA, New Hampshire: New Hampshire's Cannon Mountain is undertaking several energy efficiency initiatives expected to reduce energy consumption at the ski area by about 30 percent.
The planned measures include replacement of Cannon's main-trunk power line and upgrading the transformer, as well as other upgrades and replacement of older, less efficient equipment, reports PennEnergy.
The cost of the project is valued at $5.1 million.
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She was never part of the plan. She was never to become anything. She was simply a payment, and once the debt was settled, she would be nothing to me. She thought her life changed in a blink of an eye the moment she came home to see her father strapped to a chair, a gun being held to his head. It was my life that changed that day, not hers.
The blood of my enemy ran through her veins, and no matter how much she wanted to save me, she never would have. I am a monster; I can't be saved. I would consume the world in a blaze of fire before my need for vengeance was ever fulfilled.
They say the truth will set you free… I thought she had betrayed me in ways I never expected, but in the end, it was I who had committed the ultimate betrayal.
Doubts ruin, truths hurt, and just one lie can destroy an entire army. If being the king has taught me anything, it's that everyone wants the truth, but no one wants to be honest. The monster inside of me has been set free, and I will stop at nothing to destroy my enemies. I am a living, breathing, killing machine...
This war has just begun.
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J.L. Beck is the Author of Bittersweet Revenge, Bittersweet Love, Bittersweet Hate, Bittersweet Symphony, Bittersweet Trust and Indebted. She lives in Elroy, WI with her husband Brandon, and daughter Bella.
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It's June! Which means I completed my second year as a music therapist and martial arts instructor at The Parish School. Whoo! June also marks the start of my second year teaching music and martial arts to all the campers at Camp Acorn. I am excited!
Today was the first day of camp and it was filled with lots of great energy. I enjoyed seeing old students and meeting new students, connecting with them in music. The music bonded us in melody, rhythm, and movement. In the afternoon, there was much enthusiasm for martial arts. Students entered the room, punching and kicking with their warrior yell. We worked hard in learning some foundational martial arts.
Throughout June, I will be posting what we are doing in music and martial arts, with photos, and sometimes even quotes from the students. This is a great way for parents and families to see what they are doing, learning, and talking about.


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While waiting for the T today, I began to ponder the following abstract problem. Many calculations in geophysics these days take advantage of generating so-called ensembles of results, each initialized at a slightly difference place, in order to describe the range of possibilities for simulations or solutions of truly complicated systems, often physical. The term is also used in conjunction with projections of, say, weather models, all initialized with the same data, producing such ensembles of outcomes. And the term is also used with respect to historical collections, such as the ensemble of tracks of hurricanes in the Atlantic, especially those which are land-falling.
So, to the degree these simulations themselves are Monte Carlo elections from a parent population, I wondered the following: If the ensembles are run and stored, and then students of whatever subject or phenomenon randomly select from among the stored ensembles, in the manner of a frequentist bootstrap, does the resulting distribution of variability still capture the original parent population's statistics? My intuition says "No", that the resulting sampling results in a distribution which while it may retain the parent's central tendency, it has a smaller variance. However, the interesting puzzle is (a) to demonstrate that, and (b) to develop the theoretical connection as to why it is true, if it is true.
I also wonder if the Bayesian bootstrap might not have one up on the frequentist one here, since with many priors, the set of possibilities which are elected is wider than merely that which has been observed in the single dataset in hand, and so its variability could at least in principle be bigger than that of a single realization.
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A Primer on Early WikiLeaks Coverage
WikiLeaks calls the coordinated media coverage "an
extraordinary moment in journalism"
Campaign Desk,
October 22, 2010
By CJR Staff
Around 5 p.m. on Friday, the online secret-sharing site
WikiLeaks released almost 400,000 previously classified
with their last document dump, WikiLeaks shared the
documents with a number of news organizations before
they were widely released. Here's a basic rundown of
those outlets' initial coverage. The French newspaper
Le Monde was also given access to the documents.
The New York Times
Just as it focused on
dump, The New York Times focuses heavily on the
involvement of
today. Reporters Michael R. Gordon and Andrew W. Lehren
do the bulk of reporting in four main stories posted
online Friday afternoon, which were published in a
package with an introduction, overview, links to
selected documents from the war logs, and two harrowing
slideshows. Reportage is expected to be bolstered over
the weekend, with a profile of WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange to be published on the weekend.
The Times's current online lead WikiLeaks story is
"Leaked Reports Detail
which details the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' backing
of Iraqi militias.
The piece draws on specific incidents from the logs to
demonstrate that
low-profile, arranging for Hezbollah to train Iraqi
militias in
to insurgents. Other times the Iranian forces sponsored
assassinations; at others, they sought to influence
Gordon and Lehren's reporting is strong, and they
provide much needed context to the documents-Quds
Force-backed attacks continued during Obama's term, for
instance-with jarring summaries of specific incidences
and weapons halls, tagged with links to the original
reports. For example:
The provision of Iranian rockets, mortars and
bombs to Shiite militants has also been a major
concern. A Nov. 22, 2005, report recounted an
effort by the Iraqi border police to stop the
smuggling of weapons from
quantity of bomb- making equipment, including
explosively formed projectiles," which are capable
of blasting a metal projectile through the door of
an armored Humvee.
Most striking is the account of a particularly brazen
plan to carry out a kidnapping against American
According to the Dec. 22, 2006, report, a militia
commander, Hasan Salim, devised a plan to capture
American soldiers in
To carry out the plan, Mr. Salim turned to Mr.
Dulaimi, a Sunni who converted to the Shiite
branch of the faith while studying in the holy
Shiite city of
report noted, was picked for the operation because
he "allegedly trained in
precision, military style kidnappings."
Those kidnappings were never carried out. But the
next month, militants conducted a raid to kidnap
American soldiers working at the Iraqi security
headquarters in
The documents made public by WikiLeaks do not
include an intelligence assessment as to who
carried out the
military officials said after the attack that Mr.
Dulaimi was the tactical commander of the
operation and that his fingerprints were found on
the getaway car. American officials have said he
collaborated with Qais and Laith Khazali, two
Shiite militant leaders who were captured after
the raid along with a Hezbollah operative. The
Khazali brothers were released after the raid as
part of an effort at political reconciliation and
are now believed to be in
The Times's second report appears at first more in line
with the outraged approach being taken by the Guardian
and Der Spiegel. Lehren teams with reporter Sabrina
Tavernise for "A Grim Portrait of Civilian Deaths in
deaths-a particularly numbing example being the
incident in which a sniper accidentally shoots a
employed interpreter. Almost jarringly, though, it
opens with a defensive tone. The second paragraph
begins, "The reports make it clear that most civilians,
by far, were killed by other Iraqis." And there is
little emphasis, unlike at other outlets, on the fact
that many of the civilian casualties revealed in the
logs were previously unreported.
A third story, also by Tavernise and Lehren, "Detainees
Fare Worse in Iraqi Hands," reports on abuses carried
out by the Iraqi army and police forces against
prisoners. Despite the headline, though, the
not exonerated; Lehren and Tavernise note that "while
some abuse cases were investigated by the Americans,
most noted in the archive seemed to have been ignored,
with the equivalent of an institutional shrug: soldiers
told their officers and asked the Iraqis to
investigate." Readers learn that the most serious
abuses often come during arrests, when there is
resistence, and damningly, the authors point out that
the "worse examples of Iraqi abuse came later in the
war." The implications are dark:
It is a frightening portrait of violence by any
standards, but particularly disturbing because
Iraq's army and police are central to President
Obama's plan to draw down American troops in
Iraqi forces are already the backbone of security
officially gone, and are also in charge of running
its prisons.
Elsewhere, Gordon and Lehren burrow into one specific
report for a shorter story to reveal that the three
American hikers taken into Iranian custody for
illegally crossing into
on the Iraqi side of the border.
On first read it appears that for the Times, the Iraq
war logs reveal much about that country, ours, and
The Guardian
The Guardian calls its package "
and goes high with revelations of "serial detainee
abuse" and "15,000 [previously] unknown civilian
deaths." (A subhed on the homepage bills the Guardian's
coverage as the summary of "five years of carnage.") As
of this posting, there are two ambitious multimedia
components, the most impressive-and difficult to
stomach-being "every death mapped," which breaks down
the new data on both civilian and military deaths into
little pink dots scattered across the country.
The lede for the Guardian's introduction to the package
doesn't mince words, saying that the WikiLeaks
documents detail "torture, summary executions and war
crimes." The intro focuses on the sheer volume of
incidents, while breakout stories-on detainee abuse, an
Apache helicopter that killed insurgents trying to
surrender, civilian deaths at checkpoints, etc.-turn
the data into vivid anecdotes.
The paper puts the most emphasis on the 15,000
previously unreported civilian deaths revealed in the
logs. It also emphasizes repeatedly the fact that U.S.
and British officials have both denied the existence of
military data on civilian deaths, noting a 2002 quote
from General Tommy Franks: "We don't do body counts."
The story on deaths at checkpoints is the best of the
Guardian's more anecdotal stories; a very good subhed
also provides context on checkpoint violence from both
the soldier and civilian perspective: "Fear of suicide
bombers means troops have shot drivers and passengers
who were simply too scared or confused to stop."
The Guardian's coverage of detainee abuse highlights a
coalition "fragmentary order" called "Frago 242." A
"frago," as the story explains, is a military order
"which summarises a complex requirment. Frago 242 was a
decision not to investigate any instances of detainee
abuse in which coalition troops were not directly
involved (in other words, torture by Iraqi soldiers or
police). The result was that
treated victims of torture, documented the incidents,
and sent them through the proper channels, only to hear
back that no investigation was required. The Guardian
explains that Frago 242 resulted in both isolated and
"systematic" instances of detainee abuse being buried-
that is, until WikiLeaks brought them to the surface. -
Michael Meyer
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English focuses on the same secret U.S.
military order not to investigate Iraqi torture. "The
reports reveal how torture was rampant and how ordinary
civilians bore the brunt of the conflict," reporter
Gregg Carlstrom writes. "The files record horrifying
tales: of pregnant women being shot dead at
checkpoints, of priests kidnapped and murdered, of
Iraqi prison guards using electric drills to force
their prisoners to confess."
The site bolsters these findings with a dozen or so
feature articles, focusing on individual topics such as
civilian deaths at checkpoints, additional revelations
about the helicopter squadron "Crazy Horse" that was
responsible for the deaths of two Reuters journalists
in 2007, a closer look at
bombing in August 2007, and the story of the murder of
a Catholic archbishop by al-Qaeda in
2008. In the "Showcase" section of the site, thirty-
four reports are provided for readers in full and
translated into plain English, but with most names
The Al Jazeera site has several interactive features,
such as a Flash timeline of IED attacks much like the
one The Guardian produced for the previous WikiLeaks
dump. The data has been fed into several easily
readable graphs, charting and mapping the casualties,
roadside bombs, and reports of detainee abuse. All in
all, Al Jazeera's coverage of the secret files is
straightforward, except perhaps for a six-and-a-half
minute documentary video posted prominently throughout
the site, a video that is awkwardly edited and features
weird, cable-TV-style reenactments and dramatic
readings of some of the reports. - Lauren Kirchner
Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel's English-language coverage of the
logs is relatively thin, compared to the Times and The
Guardian's packages, at least as of Friday evening. But
it does feature a very thorough interactive map of
casualties and "events," called "An Atlas of Horror."
If that proves too hard to absorb, the map can also be
collapsed into "One Day in
2006 with several civilian deaths by IED attack as well
as a surprising number of "criminal events (murders)"
in which unidentified civilian corpses were discovered
by coalition troops. Der Spiegel also, like Al Jazeera,
embellishes on the story of the "Crazyhorse" apache
helicopters, who were involved in several "dubious"
attacks. And one feature in the package takes a step
back and dicsusses the ethics of publishing the secret
reports, analyzing the shifts in reactions of the
government to this latest leak, as opposed to the
previous leak of 75,000 reports from
Lauren Kirchner
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a U.K.-based
nonprofit, had three months to analyze the
logs. The result is approximately twenty stories, all
of which are published and freely distributable under a
Creative Commons license. ("Steal our stories," the
homepage blares.)
The site seems primarily concerned with documenting
ostensible war crimes-or at least bad behavior-on the
part of coalition soldiers. The lead story, titled
"Biggest document leak in history exposes real war,"
calls the documents "the uncensored detail
did not want us to know." Other stories on the site
emphasize civilian deaths and torture at coalition
hands: an Apache helicopter crew that killed insurgents
who were trying to surrender; Iraqi-instigated prisoner
abuse that went uninvestigated by the
and so on. A story dubbing December 2006 the war's
bloodiest month notes that 3,784 people died during
that time period, a body count that far exceeds that
which was officially reported. There's also a Flash
timeline of important events in the Iraq war, a
glossary of relevant military terminology, and at least
one article that is translated into Arabic. - Justin
Channel 4 (
program about the documents on Monday. In advance of
that, its website has published several articles and
video clips reporting on and analyzing the data. The
lead story features a graphic seven-minute video that
claims the documents "expose the lie that the
no body counts" in
interview with the uncle of a boy who was killed by a
Hellfire missle: "The children came towards us
screaming `Alawi has been blown to pieces.' We
collected the remains bit by bit. His head was more
than 100 metres away."
Other stories emphasize Iraqi-on-Iraqi tortrure that
was apparently condoned by
2005 George W Bush said: `Any activity we conduct is
within the law. We do not torture..' The above examples
President's claim was inaccurate."), and report that
more civilians were killed at checkpoints than
insurgents. In another story, Channel 4 reports that it
actually traveled to
of an incident in which a car came under fire for
failing to stop at a checkpoint (the car's driver was
killed), and notes the drastic difference between the
survivors' version of events and the military's version
of events.
Chief correspondent Alex Thomson offers a robust what-
it-all-means analysis, and ends on this note:
The reality today is that there are one million
war widows across
mortuary in
the body of missing loved ones. Because of the
numbers of names in these leaked secret Sigacts,
that search might just get a little easier in
That is just one of several significant truths
revealed by this sudden avalanche of hitherto
secret information. In that regard, its
significance is hard to underestimate.
We'll be watching for the station's full program on
Monday. - Justin Peters


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There's nothing worse than living in a haunted house; our homes are our place of respite, they should provide a sense of safety and protection and give us the opportunity to rest and rejuvenate from the world. It's not so easy to do that if we have to live amongst a gaggle of spirits too.
It's not just the drain on your energy or feelings of restlessness that you will experience in a haunted house, but the fact that you may not feel safe which will not promote rest but also that you may feel that you have no control over the situation.
Busy Home, Busy Mind
In some houses, the spirit activity can make your home feel like Piccadilly circus, and that's not good in a home. It's also impossible in this situation to control the type of spirit that is present, although, in my book, good or bad spirits all need to leave – it's the only way to create the cleanest and calmest environment for your soul.
I'm often called upon to help my friends and family check out the vibes in their future homes, and am always surprised when my friends pull out of a house where I have said that I'm not sure about the energy. Even if they love the house. It's as though they too could feel something, but they were not sure.
Are You Living In A Haunted House?
But what do you do if you happen to own and live in a haunted house? Especially one that is not giving you good vibes?
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The amount of force utilized during supra-maximal towing with surgical tubing and other devices determines training effectiveness. A force that causes athletes to break form is too much. Force that does not result in faster stride rates and shorter ground contact time is too little. The study below examines these and other factors to provide guidelines for coaches utilizing any sprint-assisted training program.
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of towing force magnitude on the kinematics of supra-maximal sprinting. Ten high school and college-age track and field athletes (6 men, 4 women) ran 60-m maximal sprints under 5 different conditions: Non-towed, Tow A (2.0% body weight 1⁄2BW ), Tow B (2.8% BW), Tow C (3.8% BW), and Tow D (4.7% BW). Three-dimensional kinematics of a 4-segment model of the right side of the body were collected starting at the 35-m point of the trial using high-speed (250 Hz) optical cameras. Significant differences (p , 0.05) were observed in stride length and horizontal velocity of the center of mass during Tow C and Tow D. For Tow D, a significant increase (p = 0.046) in the distance from the center of mass to the foot at touchdown was also observed. Contact time decreased significantly in all towing conditions (p , 0.01), whereas stride rate increased only slightly (,2.0%) under towed conditions. There were no significant changes in joint or segment angles at touchdown, with the exception of a significant decrease (p = 0.044) in the flexion/extension angle at the hip during the Tow D condition. We conclude that towing force magnitude does influence the kinematics of supra-maximal running and that potentially negative training effects may arise from towing individuals with a force in excess of 3.8% BW. Therefore, we suggest that coaches and practitioners adjust towing force magnitude for each individual and avoid using towing forces in excess of 3.8% of the athlete's BW.
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The ideal "training zone" for supra-maximal towing may vary slightly from one athlete to another. The amount of force applied must be enough to increase stride rate, decrease ground contact time, and avoid altering form and technique. The findings of this study provide a documented guideline for determining the force/body weight ratio for maximum effect.
Clark, DA, Sabick, MB, Pfeiffer, RP, Kuhlman, SM, Knigge, NA, and Shea, KG. 2009. Influence of towing force magnitude on the kinematics of supra-maximal sprinting.
J Strength Cond Res Jul;23(4):1162-8.


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Choose your loan amount, repayment frequency and repayment lifetime to get an immediate estimate of how much you'll likely have to pay back.
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