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October 20th, 2010
10:34 pm
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10:35 pm
October 20th, 2010
10:44 pm
Run, run, pass. Punt. Run, run, pass, punt. Yeah, pretty predictable.
October 20th, 2010
10:49 pm
Dude, you're AWESOME!
You know, it's all us fans can ask for is to have the question asked. I know we can be emotional or knee-jerk, but if we can see these problems with the conservatism of the offense and the bad playcalling occurring EVERY WEEK, then the only way to make sure that the powers that be know that we the dumb fans can see that they're maybe not doing as creative or as good a job as they should be, is to ask the question.
So thanks, DOL! Who knows if anything will change (I have no faith in Mularkey), but at least they know that WE know, and that we're not happy with seeing Atlanta's vast offensive talent (especially Matt Ryan and Harry Douglas) being wasted in a TOO conservative and uncreative offense.
October 20th, 2010
10:49 pm
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October 20th, 2010
10:50 pm
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October 20th, 2010
10:58 pm
Too predictable? Does a bear Sh%% in the woods?
October 20th, 2010
11:03 pm
Only been saying that since last year.
Err…what's new??
Nice "inside story".
October 20th, 2010
11:33 pm
Pip u are exactly right I couldn't agree more. That's our offense in a nutshell. First down RUN for no gain maybe a yard or stuffed in the backfired. Second down RUN again maybe a yard. Third down PASS incomplete. Not to mention its usually 3rd and long. 4th down PUNT!! Do you all agree with that assessment??
October 20th, 2010
11:46 pm
The Falcons are predictably unaggressive. They don't play to win. They play to not lose! There is a
fear in the coaches to not look bad while playing a safe conservative game plan. The last three games the Falcons have come out looking like they don't have a clue as to who they are playing.
2nd and one is not a time for Turner up the middle!!!! Sick of seeing the Falcons safety valve consisting of Turner or Snelling sliding off their blocks and curling in behind the defesive line -ALWAYS COVERED!!!!!!!!!! Run a screen pass at least twice a game! Run the hurry up offense the whole game – that way Mularkey won't be that involved. Ryan still has a lot to learn, but I trust his
pllay calling more than Mularkey's.
Orlando, dude, I wish the Falcons offense was as unpredictable as that striped bow tie you were wearing. We would razzle-dazzle everybody;)
October 21st, 2010
12:34 am
I think that it's becoming painfully obvious that the Atlanta Falcons, despite making some great strides forward the past few years, still have some fundamental issues. The defense was also suspect during the Eagles game, but I'm sick and tired of so many 3-and-outs due to play calling like running on second and long. Why can't Tony Gonzalez get open for an entire game? Because the Falcons (still) don't have enough capable receivers out there the prevent him from being double and triple-teamed. White can make an explosive play every now and then but he has the same problem. With Turner you never know whether he'll break 100-plus yards or manage to make 40. Or even 20. Inconsistent, because it's become predictable to the point that NFL teams are exploiting it. Want to know why the Eagles came out from the initial kickoff with trick plays that caught the Falcons flat-footed time and time again? Because they saw that very weakness and came prepared to exploit it.
Overall the defense has improved, without a doubt; however Sunday's game showed in dramatic fashion that the Falcons are too conservative-minded and slow to adjust to changing tactics. The Eagles ate them alive and it was clear they were on their heels the entire time.
I still think we have some good personnel on the field, including Matt Ryan, but it may soon be time for there to be some coaching changes if this team truly is to join the ranks of the NFL elite. A good coach can begin to change things for the better for a team going nowhere, which is what the Falcons were two years ago. But it usually takes a great coach to get them to the next level beyond that. I just don't think the Falcons have that in Mularkey, and the jury's out on Smith for me at this point.
A third straight winning season is not enough this year.
October 21st, 2010
1:06 am
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October 21st, 2010
1:10 am
And when they try to mix it up they make strange decisions; how many power run teams go to shotgun on 3rd and 2? Why change up and start throwing all over the place when averaging 5-6 yards a carry like they were against the Browns?
And I completely agree with those who have pointed out they looked flat in early the last 3 weeks. They have looked completely over-matched in the first quarter on offense and defense for almost a month now.
October 21st, 2010
1:16 am
Yes,Yes and Yes again the Falcons have become predictable…Mike Mularkey use to be known as the professor in Pittsburgh but these dirty birds are a experiment waiting to happen,,,,Mularkey has too many weapons at his disposal to be so tight fisted with his play calling!…Question..Is it Mike Smith telling him to play it close to the vest?..Be it as it may,something has to be said when the no-huddle works better than our huddle,too many times on first down we run,where is the play action pass and throw it deep,Oh Im sorry that is not trickeration that is basic football.Coach Smith if it's you telling your OC to be conservative please let Mike Mularkey be like Neo in the Matrix and free his mind..I bet you dollars to donuts your scoring average will go and those missed field goals will go down!
October 21st, 2010
2:26 am
Yes, Falcon in Memphis, I DO agree with that assessment! Who's to blame?…..our OC!!! If I were the coach of this team, I'd give him through week #8 to get his act together, and draw up some more "inventive" and "creative" plays, and if it still was working, I'd give him his walking papers…..simple as that. I mean, if you and I weren't doing OUR job well, then more than likely, that's what would happen to us, right? Get it RIGHT Smitty!
October 21st, 2010
6:27 am
I know we are all fans and have had some hard seasons and that emotively its hard to watch when things don't go well, but I do have to say in the NFL these days to be 4-2 with a home stretch coming is not bad coaching or playing. Not sure our OC can block up front for some of our guys. Our DC can't keep our safety over the top when he is supposed to be. Frankly we were a couple of blown coverages and dropped balls away from being in that Philly game. That is not coaching. It's youthful errors (except Tony's dropped ball). I believe we will be fine.
October 21st, 2010
7:00 am
For sure,it is too predictable. The Falcons were exposed in Philly.They were outcoached. How they respond this week will determine the rest of the season.
October 21st, 2010
7:16 am
1. Run to the B gap.
2. Run to the outside.
3. Pass to the TE
5. Run to the A gap.
6. Run to the other outside.
7. Pass to the 1 WR.
As predictable as the sun rising on the eastern horizon.
October 21st, 2010
7:47 am
Can you blame Malurkey? His QB is getting worst after each year. The WR postion is week with only Roddy being the stand out. Had they gone after TO or Moss this would not be a problem. The pasting game sux and Mr Blanks does not seem 2 care.
October 21st, 2010
8:33 am
Yes! It is very boring too! Matt Ryan is not as good as we all thought.
October 21st, 2010
8:33 am
Joe Tess, did you miss the school bus again this morning? Boy, you are never going to graduate from the 3rd grade if you keep missing the bus!
October 21st, 2010
8:37 am
Yeah the Falcons are way too conservative, predictable and inflexible. I'm hoping Smith and company are keeping something up their sleeves. I'm not so sure any coach is capable of abandoning their core philosophy mid-term and gutting their staff at this point in the season would be counter-productive.
October 21st, 2010
8:38 am
While I believe the O is boring and predictable, I'm not sure what can be done about it. We have good talent, but we do not have elite talent anywhere (Roddy may be the exception, but being only 6′-0 limits his abilities compared to other elite receivers).
I'm not sure if he's up to the task or if Mularky's capable of pulling it off, but it would seem that Harry Douglas is the one weapon that could gut defenses that over-compensate for the run or double Roddy or TG. I'd like to see HD become our Wes Welker.
Oh and about the OL – all run-first O's bring more defense closer to the line, which makes pass blocking more difficult. I can't really say if they're not that good, or the scheme is the problem. Regardless, Ryan is not getting enough time to stretch the field like we're all clamoring for.
October 21st, 2010
8:50 am
Yes, we are predictable. I understand execution plays a part but we are easy to game plan against placing a very high premium on execution, especially on those first downs. Also, I in-game adjustments are not obvious.
October 21st, 2010
8:52 am
Everyone in the NFL knows what we are going to do on the 1st play of every game. Run, Run, Run! Turner is no longer a Burner!
October 21st, 2010
8:59 am
Agreed, Angus. Less than 2 seconds is not enough time to read progressions or look off defenders. "Run first" also has too many defenders in the box to run slants so it's up to the coachs to devise counter plays.
October 21st, 2010
9:17 am
The offense is very predictable. Quick defenses like Philadelphia dominate when you run those slow developing running plays with Turner. It gives them plenty of time to get into the backfield and snuff the play. The Eagles could stop the run and cover every receiver downfield on 90% of the plays. Are they that good? They weren't against other teams this year when they gave up plenty of yardage and points. Coach Smith needs to look at the offensive coaching because it is holding back our offense and the team as a whole.
October 21st, 2010
9:21 am
October 20th, 2010
10:49 pm
Dude, that isn't D. Led's beat…………………
Is your last name Woods………….?
October 21st, 2010
9:25 am
I cannot believe it, I agree with Seen…………holy s__t.
All except for that crap at the bottom about that team we beat a few weeks ago…………I think the final score was 27-24…………….!!! Falcons win in their backyard, on their turf, in front of their sackless, hapless fans.
October 21st, 2010
9:29 am
Look, I can't pick it up but teams are seeing something that is giving away our offensense. Ryan is lousy at disguising his passing. And have you noticed how it appears some teams are right on Ryan's snap cadence……….they are not just prediciting the snap, they know it.
Ryan, just once, look the defense away, pump fake……………and maybe a screen pass wouldn't hurt.
October 21st, 2010
9:30 am
offensense………………….lol………….it is also giving away our next play………lol
October 21st, 2010
9:46 am
Roll Tide!
October 21st, 2010
9:52 am
It's really hard to read if Mularkey is trying to hide a weak link or if he's the weak link. Sometimes it seems as if we are forcing ourselves to be a running team. I've seen numbers suggesting we are balanced as far as rushing and passing but I like to go by what I see game in and game out. I don't what the stats say about our rush production on first downs but I know what I see with my own eyes running on first downs…diddley-poo.
October 21st, 2010
9:55 am
Zero imagination……………….
Just for fun, let's put Roddy in the wildcat, Ryan out wide……………let the defense dictate where we go next………….how about a good ol screen pass out of that formation, put one TE out wide, another TE on the line, double back set, ends up being a Packer Power sweep……….now that's fun…..
October 21st, 2010
10:05 am
Who is this FalconJim on today? An IMPOSTOR on a Falcons blog? Imagine that.
Since 1966, I have always felt the Falcons offense has been too predictable.(Maybe not when June Jones was O.C.) It could be familiarity with the home team to some degree, but for 44 years, from Norb Hecker to Mularkey, Falcons offense has usually been boring and predictable.
October 21st, 2010
10:08 am
Screen Pass? SCREEN PASS?
Huh, duh, what?
October 21st, 2010
10:10 am
Joe missed the bus along with DOL.
October 21st, 2010
10:10 am
RISE UP Sunday at the Dome and walk out during the first series. Have "Free Dunta" written on an undershirt, or your chest, and pull up your shirt and show it to the cameras.
Of course you can come back to your seats after you and your breatheren all RISE UP and walk out.
October 21st, 2010
10:19 am
Being complimented by BugKiller is like being complimented by Adolph Hitler and Himmler!
October 21st, 2010
10:23 am
Cincinnati offense
PTS 20.0 (17th)
YDS 351.4 (11th)
PASS YDS 248.0 (7th)
RUSH YDS 103.4 (18th)
Cincinnati defense
PTS 20.4 (16th)
YDS 317.6 (13th)
PASS YDS 206.6 (13th)
RUSH YDS 111.0 (18th)
Falcons offense
PTS 21.7 (12th)
YDS 357.3 (9th)
PASS YDS 222.5 (17th)
RUSH YDS 134.8 (7th)
Falcons defense
PTS 16.8 (5th)
YDS 337.3 (18th)
PASS YDS 239.5 (25th)
RUSH YDS 97.8 (9th)
No doubt the Bengals will come at us with a passing attack, we could be in for a long day.
How many spots did we drop in the pass defense category……….10? Thank God we're home for 3 games, but I tell you, I am worried we could end up 1-2 during the next 4 weeks. Sorry guys but unless we amp up on offense I don't see us scoring any more than a field goal or two against the Ravens, I have had that marked as a loss for weeks. Tampa Bay is still a dangerous team. But let's get back to the next game, got to take those Bengals to the shed…………….!!!!
October 21st, 2010
10:26 am
Falcon Jim, we are saving that screen pass for the last play of the Super Bowl to win the whole damn thing………………..!!!
October 21st, 2010
10:35 am
Sid, yea, I think it is time to untie the "rope a dope."
October 21st, 2010
10:41 am
Sid for the win. This is the NFL, you have to mix it up to be competitive. How bout a play action pass on first down. Lets say you pick up 6 yards. Now maybe try to run the ball with 4 yards to go, better yet how bout a quick pass to the running back off of an "I" formation featuring Mohali and Snelling. The bottom line is this mix it up, and stop being so conservative. Play to put up 70+ point instead of playing not to lose.
October 21st, 2010
11:17 am
Earlier this year, I was blaming Matt for not throwing the deep ball. Now I think its the offensive coordinator that lack the creativity to move the offense. Defenses are putting 7 and 8 men in the box to stop the Falcons running game. The defensive backs are sitting on the Falcon's curl routes waiting to make a big play or int. The Falcons offense must stop being predicitable or we are in for a long season.
October 21st, 2010
11:31 am
Fisrt play of every game, Turner up the middle. First down of every series of downs, Turner up the middle, second down of almost every series of downs, Turner up the middle.
My little girl knows this, and she hardly pays attention to the Falcons games.
October 21st, 2010
11:34 am
I think that definitely the play calling is too conservative… I also think that we are doing an average job at run blocking and a piss poor job a pass blocking… Baker has been letting to many guys thru and every 3rd down play turns into a Grease Fire with ryan scrambling for his life… We need a Meat and Potatoes draft next year… Revamp that O-line … Fire the OC & DC in my opinion
October 21st, 2010
12:24 pm
My 11 year old can predict what Falcons will do on every play. The funnies comment I heard came from Abraham – "they had trick plays we didn't know about"! DAHHHHHH thats why it was a trick play. Why doen't Falcons have trick plays? Why don't the Falcons coaching staff and team watch teams like the Colts, Giants, Texans and Kansas? Even the Eagles Rookie Quarterback out played us. how embarassing! Falcons need trick plays, they need basic football (playbook 101), they need to be more diverse in who they play and when. We already know Turner is going to run the first three plays, even when he only makes 3 or 4 yards a play. We know that Ryan will throw to White 50 times, then give to Turner 30 times, then throw to Gonzaless. Ryan never looks for an open player if the person he is suppose to give the play to is covered. Ryan doesn't read the field and can't make a last minute to change a play. You always need Options B, C, and D if A is covered.
October 21st, 2010
12:28 pm
Sawthat1nce. Seems you and I are like lots of Falcon watchers when it comes to knowing the play before it happens!!


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Buddhist Belief – Challenges
"Medicine King, now I say to you, I have preached various sutras, and among those sutras the Lotus is foremost!"
~~~ from the Burton Watson translation of the Lotus Sutra
What is involved with meeting the challenges of later life? How do those challenges relate to following Buddhist Beliefs? How do we stay inspired? Do we still have inner resources to draw on for wisdom? So many questions looking for answers.
Now that I have been including the primary Lotus Sutra chant, Nam myoho renge kyo, in my meditations, I feel the answer to one of those questions, (Do we still have inner resources to draw on for wisdom?), is a resounding, YES! As I chant this with my meditations and other times through the day, I think about how this sutra came into being. This was a lesson taught by the Buddha in the latter years of his life. Since it was written by someone who was aging I wonder if it is especially understandable by older people? I know I feel a connection to it. This sutra was written and then stored for many years. Some scholars say it was stored for 500 years or more. They also felt the sutra was held back because the monks hadn't reached the point where they could understand it. I'm not a monk by any means and I know as I study it I feel as though I'm studying one huge koan!
The primary teaching of the Lotus Sutra is its extensive instruction on the seventh paramita, skillful means, and the perfection of a Bodhisattva. This sutra also refers to the Buddhist traditions of Mahāyāna. As I said earlier, I am only beginning my study of this sutra and it is not easy to understand. I keep looking for different translations and explanations and am slowly finding more and more sources. Throughout all of them, one factor remains constant – this sutra is a special teaching that supersedes everything else that the Buddha has taught, but the Sutra never actually states what that teaching is. This is said to be in keeping with the general Mahāyāna Buddhist view that the highest teaching cannot be expressed in words.
Again, in my feeble attempt to put what I'm learning into words we can all understand, this sutra talks a lot about the parent/child relationship of all the former Buddhas, to those of us who are the children needing to be taught. I'm coming to the conclusion there are hundreds, if not thousands of Buddhas available to help as I progress through this stage of my studies and my life.
I feel I am learning as I continue to include the chant, Nam myoho renge kyo, of the sutra in my meditation. My quandary was how to be at this stage of my life and also learn how to be with "what is" – when the "what is" is not as I had hoped it would be. Oh, I have moments, plenty of them, where I would like to be anywhere but where I am. Most of those moments come when the two-year-old is having one of his tantrums. Or, now that he has figured out I am always attached to an oxygen tube and am only able to reach so far, he will pick up something he knows is off limits to him and then stand just out of my reach and give me a look of defiance that says, "I dare you to try and take this from me!". The teenagers have a pretty good grip on how to push my buttons as well.
However, I have the luxury of being able to spend most of my weekdays in solitude. My wife works outside the home, the teenagers are in school, and the two-year-old goes to the sitter. I do treasure the weekdays. At the same time, the learning process is happening every moment. The way things are right now, is the way they're going to be for the foreseeable future. I haven't reached the point of true acceptance of this reality as yet, but I am learning ways to adapt. The changes happening to my body are rather harsh realities, but I feel following the teachings of Buddha are showing me how to still tap into the peace within.
I feel it is time for me to move on to a different topic with the next post. I don't know yet what that topic will be, but I feel you've read enough about all the changes taking place in my home-life. Thanks for bearing with me as I unloaded!
Metta ….May I be well and happy. My I live in safety. May I be healthy and strong. May I live with ease. May all beings be well and happy. May all beings live in safety. May all beings be healthy and strong. May all beings live with ease.
Namaste — Be in Peace.
Ron Rink
Just click the links that are sort of Grey in color to take you to where you can learn more about each book and how you can purchase a copy for your own library.
Stephanie Kaza — Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume
Stephanie Kaza, an amazing writer and Buddhist teacher I knew from my 36 years living in Vermont, gathers key Buddhist thinkers to reflect upon aspects of consumerism, greed and economics. Certainly, many other authors have examined consumerism from the lens of their religious traditions, but this book's Buddhist perspective is unusual, and its pairing of consumerist critiques with core Buddhist concepts is generally fruitful. Check this one out! Hooked!
Stephanie Kaza — Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking
Another one from my Vermont friend — Stephanie Kaza, a biologist and professor of Environmental Studies at University of Vermont, combines Zen Buddhist practices and teachings with her 40 years as an environmentalist for this guide to enlightened environmentalism, proposing a belief in the interdependence of people and nature as the genuine way to "go green": "When we come to see ourselves as part of the green web of life… we are naturally drawn to respond with compassion." A good read for Buddhists or anyone from any religion. Mindfully Green
Anam Thubten — No Self – No Problem
No Self – No Problem
shows how to realize the ultimate meaning of life in each moment by dissolving all notions of ego-identity. It asks that spiritual seekers wake up to their true nature, which is already enlightened. Based on Buddhist wisdom traditions, this easy-to-read book discusses in simple, but profound and inspiring language, how we can live a life full of love, satisfaction, and happiness. No Self – No Problem
Sharon Salzberg — The Kindness Handbook
"It takes boldness, even audacity, to step out of our habitual patterns and experiment with a quality like kindness–to work with it and see just how it might shift and open up our lives. This book is an invitation to do just that. — From The Kindness Handbook
Eckhart Tolle's amazing best seller, A New Earth
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's wonderful book, My Stroke of Insight: Nirvana is just a breath away!
And this one by Sharon Salzberg and is entitled: A Heart as Wide as the World: Living with Mindfulness, Wisdom and Compassion".
This is a new one for you by Pema Chodron entitled: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Always remember this wonderful quote from Buddha ….
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
~~~ Buddha
Shanti everyone, … (A sanscrit word meaning, "Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.")
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
~~~ Buddha
Have a peaceful day!! —
Ron Rink
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One Response to "Buddhist Belief – Challenges"
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February 6th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
I found your blog by typing in buddhist and detachment. My very vigorous husband was diagnosed with cancer last summer and began a whirlwind course of treatment "the most aggressive approach" which unfortunately backfired and his 10 day stay in the hospital stretched into a 56 day stretch, which knocked the spunk right out of him. Now he is a changed and much more limited man, but still has to fight the same cancer. We have to accept the fact that his days are numbered (all of our days are numbered, right?) but he thought he'd live to be old, now we are a lot less confident about that. I am subscribing to your blog to hear what you say about all this. Thank you


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ROUND #270 - D&D Variants Round 3/3
Dungeons & Dragons is home to a myriad of monsters pulled from myth and folklore and a few of it's own creation. Flipping through volume upon volume of monsters for players to confront there are always a few that stick out. Monsters we consider "classics" in the context of D&D. Last summer we did a series of rounds all focused on the central theme of familiars. This year we're going to be taking classic monsters of the D&D universe, and giving them a little twist. Again, there will be three rounds, three D&D monsters and three twists given to them.
Chaos Tarrasque
The Tarasque has it's origins in French folklore, as a river monster. In Dungeons and Dragons it has a bit of a different reputation. The Tarrasque is the monster that cannot be stopped, and cannot be killed. This is a colossal beast with immunity to almost all kinds of magic and incredible regenerative ability. The only measure preventing the Tarrasque from truly destroying everything remotely edible (and everything surrounding anything remotely edible within a several mile radius) is that the Tarrasque spends almost all of it's time asleep. Waking every few years for just a few days to rampage around like the monster it was meant to be. As physical descriptions go, the Tarrasque has, in D&D always been a creature of towering height (at least 40'/13-14m), it's somewhat reptilian in form, covered in horns and has a thick carapace; that's all I'm going to give you this week, so be creative.
Your task this week is to create your very own Tarrasque. The twist this week is that your Tarrasque has been subject to the laws of the plane of chaos. After a brief stint there, the creature has been subject to all manner of mutations: limbs, mouths and eyes where they don't belong, gaudy changes of colour and pattern, absurd proportional shifts. It's really up to you the degree to which your Tarrasque has been twisted and mutated by the plane of chaos, but they should at least be visibly mutated (if not actively be mutating) in some way.
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- Your creature must be large (at least 40' tall), scaly and covered in horns.
- Your creature should have mutations which either twist or add on to it's form in some significant way.
- Your creature should be recognizable as the D&D monster: The Tarrasque.
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Here's the beginnings of my entry. Did a page of crude silhouettes to feel for the overall form and stuck several together into this nasty customer. It was my first time doing a sketch in photoshop with light blue, printing it out, inking by hand right there on the page and scanning it back in. I must say I'm pleased with how clean it came back to me; the blue dropped right out with a Levels adjustment.
a question, any limit to how big it can be? the approx. 40 ft is limiting!
could l suggest maybe looking at big creatures like elephants/rhinos and whales to get inspiration from? a big animal wouldn't be able to support its weight and organs would be crushed with some of your silhouettes. think tonnes of mass being held up by tiny legs...they would snap! When making your silhouettes, try going for bigger shapes. the feet if its terrestrial should have a feel of balancing out the weight. extremes of flat foot (bear/elephants) to pinpoint (crab) work well. you might even make it not carry its weight on its legs at all! think a crocodile/whale
the ink drawing has gone a bit too far from the Tarrasque base. looks closer to being a chimera of a frog and cow.
if you make the first silhouettes head actually on the ground, l think that would be interesting!
I mean no harm with my crit, l just want to see you do well considering the effort you're putting in and thought l could offer something
Here's what I got goin on so far.
Getting started with something...
Meteor Panda - You'll note it says "at least", i.e. 40 ft. is the minimum height. I have said nothing about maximums.
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After not participating in awhile, I couldn't resist such an awesome topic. Here's a WIP shot that I've been sketching out for the past couple of hours.
Sozo: That one looks like bad news
Some more sketching. Stomp stomp.
Niiiice topic! I need more chaos on mine. Hmmmm....
started out
Gonna enter this time
This sounds like a pretty fun topic, so I guess I'll crawl out of hiding and enter.
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Here's a wip. I didn't account for the chaos theme from the outset so i'm having some trouble getting it to gel with the rest of the image.
I want to finish this one!
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final sketch
Our heroes realize they might be in over their head.
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kaiju-like tarrasque
Does this thing need visible walking legs? Or will a slithering mess of limbs suffice?
I did a quick something loosely based on this challenge. Didn't really follow the description so I won't enter this round, but I thought i would share it.
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Players to watch: Claire Holba, Sr., MH; Kate Nowak, Jr., S; Katie Osborn, Sr., S/DS; Riley Taubert, Sr., OH.
Outlook: Losing a group of talented seniors is nothing new for coach TR Harlan and this year is no different. Holba leads a team that will have plenty of sophomores on the floor by the end of the season.
Quote: "I've known this year was coming for three years. We're very inexperienced because even most of our seniors are going to be in new roles." -- Harlan
Players to watch: Sofjia Cucuz, Sr., OH; Zarah Cecich, Sr., S; Gabby Raspopovich, Sr., OH; Alle Geisen, Sr., L.
Outlook: Under a new coach in former Andrean head coach Alison Duncan, the Bulldogs have a different offense and defense but the same stable of athletes. There are six seniors on a team that had more than 50 arrive to tryout, including Rutgers-bound Cucuz. With that athleticism comes good ball control, but the Bulldogs are still hoping to reach the point they can shake the late-game mistakes that sent them to too many fifth-game losses in 2009.
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Players to watch: Ashley Jammerson, Sr., MH -- regining team MVP; Megan Dicken, Jr., MH; Mackenzie Malon, Jr., OH/DS; Mandy Banashak, Jr., S;
Outlook: Under a new coach in former assistant Luke Starkey, the Pirates return team MVP Ashley Jammerson and the competitive mindset to turn around a 3-27 season. Minor changes to the offense and defense and Merrillville hopes to be a better force in the DAC thanks to height and a new youth movement.
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Players to watch: Sarah Puckett, So., OH; Megan Daurer, Jr., S; Megan Nilson, Sr., DS.
Outlook: The Wolves graduated six seniors from last season's squad that finished in second place in the DAC. First year coach Kylee Caudle spent three years as an assistant with Michigan City and is excited for the challenge.
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Player to watch: Alicia Ciesielski, Sr., OH
Outlook: Portage coach Erin Plumley enters her second year as the head coach of the Indians. The team must adapt to life without graduated seniors Jordan Steiger and Dani Bryan.
Players to watch: Jordan Snapp, Sr., MH; Kate Workman, Jr., L; Tarrah Lasky, So., S.
Outlook: The Vikings have plenty of experience this season and not just from the senior class. Coach Katie Lenard is pushing the theme "whatever it takes" and her players have bought in during fall practices.
Quote: "Every single girl on the team has come into the fall ready to work hard and do whatever is asked of them. We have a lot of girls stepping up to be leaders." -- Lenard
Great Lakes Athletic Conference
Players to watch: Katie Kruszynski, Jr., OH; Emily Curosh, Sr., S.
Outlook: The Pioneers didn't lose a single player to graduation from last season's third consecutive sectional title team. What returns is a squad that has grown as a unit and added young talent to back it up. Still strong up front, the Pioneers will be working early to key on passing before preparing for another postseason run.
Quote: "Last year, this team worked hard and had great attitudes and they're coming back with all of that and more talent." -- Coach Stephanie Ihnat.
Players to watch: Abby Delgado, So., L; Lajuana Mitchell, Jr., MH; Ashley Wolf, Sr., S/OH.
Outlook: The Gladiators are young, with just two seniors and five sophomores helping to round out the team. But those sophomores already have call-up experience, having played last year. Losing four to graduation -- three starters -- means all will be counted on that much more. The taste of last season's five-game loss in the sectional has driven the returners this year.
Quote: "They came really close to winning in that sectional, and then dropped the ball on that. In that third game we started letting down and not playing as hard. Hopefully from that they've learned to play until they're done. -- Coach Amy Woynaroski.
Players to watch: Christina Brown, Jr., MH/OH; Alexandria Woods, Sr., S/L; Salena Perkins, Jr., OH.
Outlook: A new coach in 2007 Hammond High grad Danielle Lewis means that the Wildcats will have an alum in their midst. Young in age, but not in experience, reaching a sectional final last year showed Hammond it could fight. With top hitters like Brown and passers with hands like Woods back in the mix, the goals are to shoot even higher this season.
Quote: "I think the biggest thing they learned last year is that they can compete with everyone out there. At the beginning of the season it was, 'Oh, we're playing Highland, that's a loss.' By the middle of the season, they started to believe they could win any game." -- Lewis
Players to watch: Tricia Miles, Sr., OH; Lindsey Welch, Jr., MH; Guadalupe Navarro, Sr., S.
Outlook: The Governors suffered through their lean year last season with youngsters moved into new positions to prepare for this year. The chemistry that comes with familiarity has turned Morton into a team with more precise passes and a stronger defense.
Quote: "I think the experience of playing at the varsity level at such a young age is a great strength. Some of these players were out there as sophomores and they are working so much better together as a team." -- Coach Anna Boyle.
Greater South Shore Conference
Players to watch: Rose Mullaney, Sr., L; Alyce Jakubielski, Sr., MH; Stephanie Rarick, Jr., S.
Outlook: The strength of an incoming freshman class has helped propel Noll's program, adding competition for the upperclassmen and a promising future for the underclassmen. There's height in the shape of Jakubielski, who returns after an injured season. Staying healthy will be the key, again, as Noll's 2009 season was lost mostly to a flu epidemic late in the year.
Quote: "I think more than anything else, this is a group that works as a team together. I told them, I'm not going to have a set lineup every game, because I want to keep it competitive. They know how to compete against each other, push each other, then work together." -- Coach Emilio Torres.
Players to watch: Latiana Harris, Sr., OH; Alyssa Nieto, Sr., MH; Darcy Kwiatkowski, Sr., MH;
Outlook: Under a new coach in Calumet grad Brianne Cercone, the Warriors are finding a different offense and defense than what they've been used to. What hasn't changed is that the key to Calumet's success still goes through Harris, the team's top player and go-to weapon.
Quote: "I think for the most part, the whole game is going to be the same. But Latiana is changing and getting better and the other girls see that and say, 'I want to get better, too.' You're starting to see a lot of that." -- Cercone
Players to watch: Joanna Smee, Sr., MH; Nikki Frizzell, Sr., S; Stacy Pruitt, Sr., L; Kelsey Lemley, Jr., OH; Amber Dwyer, Jr., S/DS.
Outlook: What is old is new again as Linda Llewellyn returns after a 20-year hiatus to coach the Eagles. This team is loaded with seniors, who just want more experience and to give themselves a chance to win.
Quote: "They all have the same goal in mind and that's to be competitive. Lake Station has been down in the dumps for a while. Whoever we play, we're going to give them a game." -- Llewellyn
Players to watch: Katie Clancy, Sr., OH; Erin Shikany, Sr., L; Meghan Roder, Sr., S.
Outlook: The six-time defending state champions may have lost a talented senior class, but the cupboard is not bare for the Blazers. Second team all-state selection Katie Clancy is one of the best players in Northwest Indiana.
Quote: "This team faces the same scenario as we did in 2006 when we graduated four all-state players. We were able to be successful then because we have good overall team play." -- Coach Troy Campbell
Players to watch: Jena Hook, Jr., MH; Hayley Styck, Sr., MH; Kyra Zylor, Sr., L; Morgan Lang, So., S.
Outlook: The Spartans graduated a class of five seniors from the 2009 20-win season. They're rebuilding only insomuch as moving players from a successful JV into their new varsity positions. If they can pick up early knowledge, this team can find success by October.
Quote: "We really have some athletes on this team. If they buy into the idea that stats don't matter, they can do a lot of good things." -- Coach Kristine Lang
Players to watch: Desi Swartz, Jr., S; Abby Anderson, Sr., L; Meghan Davis, Sr., MH; Katie Buehler, Sr., OH.
Outlook: The Ingots won't be towering over their opponents, but they plan to take over with their defense. This team finished with a .500 record last season and a five-game win that put it in the sectional final was a taste of success that has fueled the offseason.
Quote: "I've never seen a group of girls like this one. They work harder and meet every challenge all the time, adapting to what they have to do. If it's offensive, they'll step up there; if it's defensive, they're right to the ball." -- Coach Patty Sparks
Players to watch: Shannon Doyle, So., S.; Ashley Dobbins, Sr., MH; Haley Plothow, So., OH; Whitney Maas, Jr., OH.
Outlook: First-year coach Shyloh Karshner takes over an inexperienced yet talented team that will gain maturity throughout the season. Doyle could emerge as one of Northwest Indiana's best young players after playing on varsity as a freshman.
Quote: "We're young, but we're scrappy and we're working towards becoming more technically sound." -- Karshner
Outlook: After finishing in the sectional semifinal last season, the Oilers are under the new direction of coach Jennifer Smith, who was hired in June to take over the program.
Northwest Crossroads Conference
Players to watch: Ana Nicksic, Jr., S.
Outlook: Still young with a crop of juniors, Andrean graduated three and were looking to fill roles at defensive specialist. What they found instead was that after an extensive tryout, the 59ers had too much depth this year to cut, fielding a roster of 15 players. The rotation in and out, even through the back row, will keep Andrean fresh and confident.
Quote: "This team is very balanced this year. We have a lot of good talent at every position, but what's great about this year is that we have a lot of depth and can move kids into every role." -- Coach Naveed Nizam
Players to watch: Kelsey Bonewits, Jr., MH; Regina Hope, Sr., S; Sam Marker, OH, Sr.; Lindsey Sopetti, Sr., OH.
Outlook: The Panthers are tall, lean, fast and return most of the skill that propelled them to a few upsets in last season's conference play. With that kind of talent back, there is an easier move for Griffith to start making even more noise in the NCC. Focusing early on serve-receive will keep the Panthers on track in time for conference play.
Quote: "We've always been in the middle of the pack in the conference. I have so many seniors that are learning that if they want to be in the top two in volleyball, they can, if they just live up to it." -- Coach Cathy Dilbeck
Players to watch: Brooke Fowler, Sr., OH; Alexis Jordan, Sr., OH; Liz Quinn, L, Sr.; Mackenzie Matlon, Sr., S.
Outlook: For another -- and final -- year, the Trojans have the outside tandem of Brooke Fowler and Alexis Jordan. As young as the Class of 2011 struggled gaining experience as sophomores and juniors, this is the year they'll expect to reap the rewards. There are seven seniors on this team with aggressive serving and a mentality to key on serve-receive.
Quote: "The quick turnaround from tryouts to the beginning of the season, it's nice to see them giving 100 percent. We've talked about quality vs. quantity in practices and they're making sure to take advantage of all the time they have." -- Coach Rachel Paplomatas
Players to watch: Riley Spears, Sr., OH; Tara Pulley, Sr., L; Grayce Roach, Fr., OH; Morgan Flahtery, Fr., MH.
Outlook: The Brickies have found strength in their defense and a strong back row. With returners up front, they've also found height in the middle. What they'll lack is experience all the way around, so the fast-paced early games could prove problematic. As in last years upsets against some of the Region's better programs, Hobart expects to ride that wave of beating the teams that see only a 2009 .500 record.
Quote: "I can see us winning some of those games that maybe right now, no one expects. ... I think this will be one of those years that the conference goes back and forth with who beats who." -- Coach Kristi Hoese
Players to watch: Carissa Thiel, Sr., MH: Anna Sacco, Jr., MH; Sarah Jonas, Jr., S; Jamie Schiessle, DS, Sr.; Jessica Sharkey, Jr., OH; Chloe White, Jr., L.
Outlook: The Red Devils lost an all-area libero to graduation, but return both tall and skilled middles, a talented setter and the memory of last season's five-game loss in the sectional semifinal. Lowell was able to fly under the radar through the first round of conference play last season, but after a second-place finish in the NCC, the target has returned to the Red Devils' backs.
Quote: "We are constantly going through fundamental skills and goal-setting. This group is not going to stp until they make that happen. They're looking to steal a conference championship and move into the sectional title game again." -- Coach Kim Kilmer
Players to watch: Heather Boyan, Sr., MH; Kayla Macadlo, Sr., OH; Tiffany Mazura, Sr., MH.
Outlook: The Mustangs already have three commitments to college programs with returning Times Player of the Year Boyan headed to Western Kentucky and Mazura and Macadlo going to Vincennes. Both setters -- Jenna Cecil and Christine Lissy -- also return, keeping the offense a well-oiled machine. The loss of Illinois-bound Anna Dorn means there's a space to fill in the middle.
Quote: "We're so deep, but that's a good problem to have. Our JV was really strong last year and we have a lot of girls coming from that team that are ready to play." -- Coach Tracy Afman
Porter County Conference
Players to watch: Nicole Bender, Sr., MH; Jackie Nowicki, Sr., OH; Morgan Marshall, So., DS.
Outlook: The Wolves return just three players with varsity experience, but that hasn't kept coach Linda Eleftheri from having a positive attitude towards the upcoming season.
Quote: "Our goals are to improve every single match and by the time we get to sectionals, we can be very competitive." -- Eleftheri
Players to watch: Kim McKeague, Sr., MH; Gaby Roggero, Sr., OH/DS; Alex Plazsa, So., MH; Emilee Gricus, Sr., S/MH.
Outlook: While the Wildcats continue to work on their consistency, what they're finding a lot of at Hanover Central are players with heart and flexibility to change positions. The defense is going to be speeding, making up for the loss of three senior starters.
Quote: "Our main goal is consistency. We want to win games and we want to do that doing what we do the right way. That's really going to be big for our team." -- Coach Shelley Evers
Players to watch: Rachelle Cook, Sr., L; Alix Shircliff, Sr., OH; Lynn Tokarski, Sr., MH.
Outlook: Injuries have already taken their toll on the Hawks as coach Kelly Dickensheets is down to just seven healthy varsity players. A brutal schedule in the first week of the season will be an early test.
Quote: "I'm pretty happy with my seven, but I told them that they have to be very careful. We can't afford any more injuries right now." -- Dickensheets
Players to watch: Sarah Clemens, Jr., MH; Jenna Jessen, Jr., OH; Taylor Bennett, Sr., S.
Outlook: Entering her second year in charge of the Fillies, coach Karyl Van Dyke is excited to put her own stamp on the program. With an experienced team filled with juniors and seniors, Van Dyke hopes the team can shake things up in the PCC.
Quote: "I think the juniors are putting a bit of pressure on the seniors, which is a good thing. This brings out a little bit more competitiveness. I like that." -- Van Dyke
Players to watch: Stephanie Evert, Sr., OH; Whitney Goodpaster, Sr., L.
Outlook: Coach Nancy Allen returns to the bench after going on maternity leave last season. Waiting for Allen is a group of 15 freshmen and sophomores who are eager to put their stamp on the LaCrosse volleyball program.
Quote: "I see a lot of growth for us in the next couple years. Once the younger players get used to the varsity level and going harder, I think they'll develop." -- Allen
Players to watch: Shelbi Westerhouse, Sr., MH; Taylor Rhew, Sr., S; Logan Rassel, Sr., OH.
Outlook: Although Matt Bien took over the team towards the end of last season, this year is his first opportunity to prepare the team for the entire season. With 24 girls in the program, Morgan Twp. is looking at the highest numbers the school has had in recent years.
Quote: "This is a real opportunity for us to build a program here." -- Bien
Players to watch: Aimee Hanna, Sr., OH; Stephanie Balon, Sr., OH; Stephanie Campbell, Sr., S; Shelby Worthen, Sr. L.
Outlook: The Satellites are driven by a strong core of seniors and are expected to make some noise in the PCC this season. Hanna and Balon make for a strong combination on the outside and both players are effective anywhere on the floor.
Quote: "Our experience will help us. Instead of having to start over with new girls, these girls already know what to expect and they know what is going on." -- Coach Ashley Rinker
Players to watch: Sarah Lawson, Sr., L; Vickie Flanders, Jr., MH; Lauren Chambers, Jr., MH.
Outlook: The road to a state championship is long and coach Scott Campbell doesn't want to get caught looking too far ahead despite the overwhelming talent the Senators return this season. Lawson is one of the best liberos in the area and is the only senior on a hungry team.
Quote: "The girls have high expectations and there is a bit of a 'state or bust' mentality. At the same time, we're keeping them humble. We still have a long way to go." --- Campbell
Players to watch: Faith Rohn, Jr., OH; Rachel Eizenga, Sr., S/RS; Ally Rohn, 8th, S; Taylor Lindbloom, Jr., OH.
Outlook: The little school that could is adding more and more IHSAA teams to its schedule, gaining Region attention for the home-schooled squad. Faith Rohn, a second-team all-area player last year, returns for her junior year with sister Ally, just an eighth-grader, setting her up. Calvary showed what it could do with an unbeaten record last season against the public schools, upping the ante by adding the Kankakee Valley tournament to its schedule this season.
Quote: "Our strength is still our hitting, especially with Faith up front. We're a little weak in the middle on defense (after losing a libero to a broken finger), so we're still trying to find someone to fill that role." -- Coach Melinda Carr
Players to watch: Kristen Vander Meer Sr., MH; Kira Tolkamp, Jr., RS.
Outlook: The Knights are playing under their third coach in as many years, this season with Lori Leo. While young, and not tall, Covenant has found that it has players who can jump high enough to erase any height discrepencies. A team that was two games above .500 a year ago has made goals that will improve that record and their game throughout the season.
Quote: "We said that we need to improve every year and right now, just being a great passing team is going to help us get there. That's one of my goals for them." -- Leo
Players to watch: Deauntra Pryor, Jr., OH/MH; Zhanaja Harris, Jr., MH/OH; Ziana Gibbons, Sr., S; Corina Sullivan, Jr., L.
Outlook: The Cardinals have nine juniors, the core of whom have played together since middel school. While not tall, E.C.C. can still be counted on for speed, making up for the lack of height. With more club players in the system, the expectations are high for the Class of 2012.
Quote: "They push each other and since they been playing together for a while now, especially this group of juniors, now that they're all on varsity, they're working together again for the same goal." -- Coach Cynthia Wilson
Players to watch: Allie Mattocks, Sr., OH; Lesly Park, Sr., OH; Tricia Gilbert, Sr., RS; Paige Kiger, So., S.
Outlook: The Bombers have shown a dominating killer serve-receive in practice, with Mattocks and Park taking the load of the blocks and kills. Juniors Ashley Kleinkort and Tori Robertson will be called upon to roam the middle and pick up the extras.
Quote: "We've got the ability to be one of the top teams in our conference. All of these seniors have played varsity since they were sophomores, so they should know what they need to do now to win." -- Coach Linda Kaufman
Players to watch: Caitlyn Sennell, Sr., MH; Emily Henrich, So., S/OH; Shaina Jacks, So., OH.
Outlook: Entering her fourth year as coach, Alissa Schnick is thrilled that a majority of her players competed in offseason camps and she expects that the extra work will pay off this year.
Quote: "All of the girls really took advantage of the camps, especially our two sophomores. Open gym doesn't always make you better and our girls put in the work this summer." -- Schnick


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Geno Smith shakes off struggles in performance against Oakland
For one week at least, Geno Smith looked like the answer to the Jets' quarterback woes.
Against a Raiders pass defense that came into the game No. 23 in the league in passing yards allowed, Smith was tidy in a game plan clearly scaled back after three weeks of struggles. Smith finished 16-of-25 for 219 yards with a passing touchdown and rushing touchdown.
It was a reprieve for one week from the nonstop barrage of questions about whether Smith was still the starter. Last week, the Jets' offense was horrible and Smith was benched at halftime despite the fact they were down just 6-0. Smith, to his credit, rebounded.
"That's the mark of this young man. He's a resilient guy; he's shown that he can bounce back," head coach Rex Ryan said. "It was an excellent performance on his part and really the team in general. I think the way the offensive line protected, the way the receivers got open and made some great catches for him. Really, overall, a bounce back for us offensively and as a football team."
The Jets sprinkled in the run along with getting Smith moving out of the pocket by design. It kept the Raiders guessing and opened things up underneath.
It was the first time since Oct. 27, in a blowout loss at the Bengals, that his completion percentage was over 50 percent. He also threw his first passing touchdown since Oct. 20.
The majority of the routes were simple out patterns with very little coming down the field. Even the majority of the big yardage plays, such as Kellen Winslow's 28-yard completion, were yards gained after the catch from short passes.
The strategy worked as the Jets efficiently moved the ball down the field, making use of runs from their quarterback.
Smith calls his style "within the pocket," but he had five rushes for 50 yards, including a third quarter rush of eight yards for a touchdown to put the Jets up 27-10.
"That's the thing, it's about learning when to pick your spots and when to pull it down," Smith said. "Usually on every single play, we have three or four reads, and I'm the type of guy that is going to sit back there until the last second and try to find those guys. That's just my mentality as a quarterback."
He said it was a point emphasized by quarterback coach David Lee and veteran backup David Garrard this week.
"I have David in my ear — both Davids, Lee and Garrard — in my ear every single day telling me, 'You're going to have to make a few runs, you're going to have to make two or three runs here or there.' Sometimes I have to brush it off and it turns out to be right," Smith said. "Every single game that we've played where I've had those runs, they've ultimately sparked the team, and kept drives and being touchdowns."
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Thanks to State Senator Mark Leno and the Natural Resources Defense Council, a state resolution (SJR 20) passed through the legislature in August of 2014 that salutes the 50th anniversary of the state's leadership and innovation in coastal planning and management and proclaims February 16, 2015, and each third Monday in February thereafter as "Safeguard Our Coast Day".
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It's been a while since I've posted! I've spent the last month working on trying to prove analyticity of the asymptotic velocity under the conditions that $d_0 \neq 0$, and I have run into snag after snag. We realized that while trying to bound the terms in the power series expansion mentioned previously as $\delta$ tends to $1$, my advisor noticed a striking similarity to what I was trying to accomplish and what he and coauthors had tackled in 1982. Essentially, though the terms in the series are poorly behaved, by inverting the series (which involves summing over paths in $\mathbb{Z}^d$), certain paths (paths which split into two disjoint parts) will have no contribution, and you end up with a nicely behaved sum. And it suffices to have analyticity of the inverse.
But the arguments don't exactly line up, and without getting into the details, it's been a tough road trying to employ their methods. I certainly need to brush up on my Fourier analysis of operators, which I'm working on doing.
Otherwise, I've come back to the Scaled Disorder CLT result I wrote up, and considered generalizations. Immediately, if the random perturbation of the environment decays faster than $\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}$, where $n$ is the length of the walk, then the walk is diffusive. This is trivial given my result. I'm interested in whether or not my method will work if the initial homogenous environment, $p_0$, is not assumed to be symmetric. I don't see why not, and I might get started on this next week.
Bricmont and Kupiainen in 1991 proved that for a random perturbation of a simple random walk in $d \geq 2$, the walk is diffusive (scales weakly to a Brownian Motion). This is one of the few results on limiting behaviour for random walks in perturbations of drift-less environments. The case where there is an underlying drift is considered heavily by Sznitman, et al. Bricmont and Kupiainen's result doesn't imply mine, as my result deals with scaling the disorder with the length of the walk, but it should be no surprise that what I have proven is true given their result. However, it's possible that my martingale method might work to extend their result to perturbations of symmetric walks, instead of the stronger simplicity assumption. I'll investigate this as well.
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
Blood in urine facts
- Blood in urine can sometimes be visible only with a microscope.
- Evaluating blood in urine requires consideration of the entire urinary tract.
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- Management of blood in the urine depends upon the underlying cause.
What is blood in urine (hematuria)?
Hematuria, or blood in the urine, can be either gross (visible) or microscopic (blood cells only visible through a microscope). Gross hematuria can vary widely in appearance, from light pink to deep red with clots. Although the amount of blood in the urine may be different, the types of conditions that can cause the problem are the same, and require the same kind of workup or evaluation.
People with gross hematuria will visit their doctor with this as a primary complaint. People who have microscopic hematuria, on the other hand, will be unaware of a problem and their condition will most commonly be detected as part of a periodic checkup by a primary-care physician.
What are the causes of blood in urine?
The causes of gross and microscopic hematuria are similar and may result from bleeding anywhere along the urinary tract. One cannot readily distinguish between blood originating in the kidneys, ureters (the tubes that transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder), bladder, or urethra. Any degree of blood in the urine should be fully evaluated by a physician, even if it resolves spontaneously.
Infection of the urine, (often called a urinary tract infection or UTI) stemming either from the kidneys or bladder, is a common cause of microscopic hematuria. Urine is naturally sterile and should not contain bacteria. Kidney and bladder stones can cause irritation and abrasion of the urinary tract, leading to microscopic or gross hematuria. Trauma affecting any of the components of the urinary tract or the prostate can lead to bloody urine. Hematuria can also be associated with renal (kidney) disease, as well as hematologic disorders involving the body's clotting system. Medications that increase the risk of bleeding, such as aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin), or clopidogrel (Plavix), may also lead to bloody urine. Lastly, cancer anywhere along the urinary tract can present with hematuria.
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