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Friday, February 12, 2010
In days past you'd need bluing tanks and all the toxic chemicals that the process entails. While bluing is still an excellent way to finish a rifle, the hobby gunsmith will likely have better results with spray-on coatings. Spray-on coatings can also provide a wide range of options for colors and finishes. There are several coating-type metal finishes on the market, but most require oven drying, which can be a problem for a hobby gunsmith.
It's better to use an air-dry coating. Two products I've used with good success are DuraCoat by Lauer Custom Weaponry, and Aluma-Hyde II from Brownells. DuraCoat is used with a spray gun or an airbrush. The company offers a kit that includes an airbrush for about $50. Aluma-Hyde comes in a convenient spray can or as a liquid for use with an airbrush or sprayer.
1. Remove the stock and any scope, mounts or sights. Disassemble the firearm as far as you are comfortable—the smaller the parts, the better. Remove anything you do not wish to coat. Cover and protect anything with masking tape that can't be removed.
2. The coatings can be applied over just about any clean surface. The best approach is to sandblast the metal parts that will be coated. The rough surface from sandblasting actually increases surface area for the coating to grip and gives it "tooth." If you don't have access to a sandblaster, it also works to just rough up the metal with a Scotch-Brite pad or sandpaper.
3. All the metal must be degreased with a solvent that dries without residue. This can be done with an aerosol-degreasing agent or by soaking in a tank full of degreaser. This is a very important step and must be done correctly for good results. Only handle the metal with clean cotton gloves after degreasing.
4. It is a simple matter to follow the application directions with these products. The key is to use several thin coatings instead of a single thick application.
5. After coating the metal, let it set undisturbed for at least 24 hours. After that, the parts can be handled, but it may take a week or longer for the coating to reach its full hardness. (Signed copies of Bryce M. Towsley's book Gunsmithing Made Easy is available from The Outside Connection Inc., 58 Sonia Lane, North Clarendon, VT 05759; 802-775-7269; www.brycetowsley.com; Visa or MasterCard accepted; $12.49 plus $4.95 for S&H.)
Materials/Tools ❑ Screwdriver and wrenches ❑ DuraCoat or Aluma-Hyde ❑ Airbrush and propellant (unless using a self-propelled product like Aluma-Hyde) ❑ Degreasing solvent❑ Clean cotton gloves ❑ Sand blaster or sandpaper and Scotch-Brite❑ Painting mask or respirator ❑ Safety glasses❑ Wire to suspend parts
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AUSTIN - The Legislative Redistricting Board (LRB) met in the Capitol Extension, Tuesday, July 24, 2001. Members include Comptroller of Public Accounts Carole Keeton Rylander; Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff, Speaker of the House James E. 'Pete' Laney and General Land Commissioner David Dewhurst. Attorney General John Cornyn chairs the board.
At Tuesday's meeting the board voted out plans that would redraw district lines for both houses of the Texas Legislature. Both plans are expected to be challenged in court.
Attorney General Cornyn called the meeting to order just after 2:15 p.m., with public testimony on amendments to plans that the board was considering. Cornyn began stating that he was amending his existing plan for the House, to place Representative Dawnna Dukes residence of Travis County within her current district and to create a new district within the city of Irving. Lt. Governor Ratliff said he opposed taking a vote today on any plan or amendment that the public has not been able to see and that even members of the Texas Senate were having trouble keeping up with all the changes.
Speaker Laney said that he intended to lay out the plan that had already passed the House of Representatives in the 77th Regular Session, saying that it is the will of the legislative process. Comptroller Rylander said her Senate plan has been public since last Wednesday and unlike others, does not split Hidalgo County twice. Commissioner Dewhurst said his plan was based on the map proposed by Senator David Sibley during the regular session, with changes suggested by Lt. Governor Ratliff.
At that time, the board took public testimony. Mayor Phil Esquivel, Jr., from Kingsville, said that separating Kleberg and Nueces counties was a mistake, since the two share a common interest, that Kleberg County should remain in District 20. Stephen Damiani, President of the Clear Lake Republicans spoke in favor of the Dewhurst and Rylander plans. Dave Welch, Chairman of the Harris County Republican Redistricting Committee, said that many of the proposed plans centered around the old district lines that he considers unfair. Of all the plans, he favors the original Cornyn and Rylander plans, saying that Texas needs compact, contiguous districts.
In other testimony, Alan Sager of the Travis County Republican Party, said that Travis County is unique in that this is where the seat of government is and that Senator Wentworth of San Antonio should be representing the central corridor of Austin, not just the western part of the county. Phillip Mangus, of the Harris County Republican Party called for changes in Senate District 15 to allow Republicans a chance to win that seat. Representative Warren Chisum submitted an amendment to the Cornyn plan that moves Childress County back into his district. Mayor Pat Steed of Childress seconded that, saying they needed to be included with the Panhandle House districts.
Next came Beaumont Senator David Bernsen, saying that Southeast Texas should not be broken up into several Senate districts and that despite extended testimony from local residents and many exhibits, that was exactly what the board has done, ignoring the people's wishes. He said, "Your sense of right is wrong. Our state thrives on bipartisanship." For the first time, Jefferson County would be divided into two districts. Under one current plan, Senator Bernsen's home is now in Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown's district. Senator Brown is from Lake Jackson, far down the coast. Bernsen said, "My plea today is to stop this mindless partisanship...you are compromising what is best and fair for the constituents that we serve."
John Gordon from Williamson County told the board that whole counties should be the basic definition of a community of interest.
Senator Jeff Wentworth chaired the Senate Redistricting Committee during the regular session. He questioned a release from the Republican Party of Texas which insisted on 95 Republican seats in the House and 22 Republican seats in the Senate. He said today's Republicans should "resist the temptation by radical Republican partisans to gerrymander this state in favor of the Republican Party." He said Republicans do not have a two-thirds majority in Texas and should not impose that kind of a legislature on the state. He called the Ratliff plan the most fair of all before the board.
Houston Rep. Harold Dutton told the board that a court challenge is 100 percent certain, that someone will have to defend whatever plan comes out. He says he's sure of that because he has been retained as legal council for the Legislative Black Caucus. He said the current path will cause serious harm to whatever plan the panel approves.
Angel Abbitua, the first vice-president of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Texas, said that Hispanic Republicans have not been given a fair opportunity to compete. Morris Overstreet, representing the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, said he was opposed to some of the plans for both the Senate and House, but could accept the plans from Lt. Governor Ratliff or Speaker Laney. He said that splitting the black community in Travis County, such as was done in the Cornyn and Dewhurst plan, was wrong and that similar problems existed in the Panhandle. He criticized what he called partisanship in the redistricting process, saying "you've got to be fair."
Rep. Tony Goolsby said "I'm really not glad to be here, because if you hadn't done what you've done, I wouldn't be here!". He liked Cornyn's original plan, saying it was a true community of interest, but that later versions spread him across five cities, keeping his home in the district by only one precinct. He also wondered why he had been paired with another Republican just this morning. "What were you thinking?" he insisted. "I don't know what happened to you and your staff. It's not being fair. It's not being honest."
Rep. Paul Moreno of El Paso said he supported the original House plan, but that Attorney General Cornyn had "dissected" the state and that he would personally be a plaintiff in any lawsuit. "You are looking bad in the eyes of those people who follow politics...this case might even go to the Supreme Court." He also called the plan unconstitutional and "totally, totally, wrong....Hurting (minorities) all over the state. Don't do it. Don't do it."
El Paso Rep. Joe Pickett did not support any of the plans put forward for the House, besides the one authored by the Speaker. He asked that El Paso be allowed to draw its own boundaries, not to have them dictated by people who do not live there.
Next up was Senator Jane Nelson of Flower Mound. Her district is overpopulated under the current boundaries and she expects it to shrink in size. She criticized the separation of southern Denton and northern Tarrant counties, saying that area is a community of interest. Given the growth, she testified that many people in Denton County expected to have their own district, but that's not the case in any of the board's plans. She said the Cornyn plan splits cities that do not need to be split, "it is not right, it is just not fair...do not take a Veg-o-matic to the constituents I represent and chop them up!", she pleaded.
Dallas Rep. Helen Giddings spoke to what she called a loss of seniority for African Americans and for women under the original Cornyn plan, saying the current plan was better.
Senator Robert Duncan of Lubbock said he had worked with Senator Teel Bivins of Amarillo on a plan that would serve West Texas, one that would combine Midland and Odessa in the same Senate district. That plan went through the session unchallenged. But he told the board today that perhaps Midland wants out of it. He also criticized the inclusion of Howard County with Senator Bivins' district and Dawson County in with Midland. He said the Ratliff plan most accurately reflects the desires of the people in that area, not "ignoring the voices of people in rural Texas."
Abilene Rep. Bob Turner spoke about House districts in the Hill Country, asking that Brown County not be placed with Kerr County, saying they are two very different areas. He recommended that Brown and Coleman counties be placed back together.
Finally, Roger Setler then testified that the best districts keep communities of interest together and are contiguous. That closed public testimony.
Lt. Governor Ratliff presented his plan which, he said, was fair as he could make it to all 31 members of the Senate. This plan was laid out July 10th and Ratliff contended that it stood a better chance of withstanding a court challenge than anything else the board had considered. "I realize this plan is not as 'Republican' as some of my supporters would like.", Ratliff said. "If we are truly to be fair, then this is the proper plan." But the board disagreed, refusing to adopt his plan by a 2-3 vote, with Speaker Laney voting with Lt. Governor Ratliff.
Commissioner Dewhurst then laid out his plan, which he said was fair and balanced. Comptroller Rylander said this had truly been a difficult task and offered an amendment adjust the count in District 31. A Ratliff amendment to this amendment to move Howard county from District 31 to District 28 failed. Attorney General Cornyn offered yet another amendment to the Dewhurst plan, saying that making certain changes to Tarrant County, changes opposed by local Senators, would make the plan "legally superior". The amendment passed, 3-2, with Speaker Laney and Lt. Governor Ratliff in opposition.
Upon questioning by Speaker Laney, Attorney General Cornyn admitted that he recently had meetings with federal Department of Justice officials in regard to trying to ensure that whatever passed was legally defensible. However, Cornyn insisted that no Justice Department official had any input as to what kind of plan Texas should adopt.
The board then adopted the Dewhurst plan for the Senate, 3-2, with Speaker Laney and Lt. Governor Ratliff dissenting.
After a short break, the board came back to discuss the plan for the Texas House. Speaker Laney introduced the same plan passed by the House during the regular session. The plan failed on a 2-3 vote, with Lt. Governor Ratliff voting with the Speaker. Attorney General Cornyn then laid out his plan, which he said provided for compact districts that did not violate communities of interest. Lt. Governor Ratliff then presented an amendment that would allow two representatives in his Northeast Texas district to not have to run against each other. Cornyn opposed the amendment and denied that his purpose in opposing it was to pair the two representatives. It failed 2-3, with Speaker Laney voting with Lt. Governor Ratliff.
Cornyn then laid out an amendment affecting Travis County, to adjust districts 51 and 46. The amendment passed 4-1, with Speaker Laney dissenting. Other amendments passed affect Hidalgo and El Paso counties, along with several others which made major changes to Laney's own district.
Before the vote on the final plan, Speaker Laney said his plan was approved by the House and was the only one that had been. "The plan passed by the House tries to be fair, our plan paired an equal number of Democrat and Republican incumbents...Your plan is an incumbent protection plan for Republicans and a incumbent punishment plan for Democrats....it goes beyond belief that incumbency was not a consideration in your plan.... Let's be honest with the people of Texas and admit that your plan is based on partisan politics."
In response, Attorney General Cornyn said that he could understand why Speaker Laney was concerned and that the overriding responsibility was not to protect incumbents. "I regret the difficulty this process has caused...I understand why you would be unhappy."
The Cornyn plan for the House passed 3-2, with Lt. Governor Ratliff and Speaker Laney dissenting.
The Legislative Redistricting Board recessed until 9:00 AM Wednesday, at which time it is expected to adopt the legal descriptions of the plans that were passed Tuesday evening.
The public can access the maps using Internet Explorer, at the web site http://www.capitol.state.tx.us, then by clicking on Redistricting Information and then RedViewer.


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4 days in Sapa trekking tour has been just launched by the Hanoi tour operator Lotussia Travel taking you to the most remote villages of the well know travel destination Sapa! The best time to do a trek in Sapa is from September to April. Try to avoid January since it is cold and foggy. It is hot, sunny in summer time starting from May till September. This Sapa trek 4 days is a guided tour, provided on private basis. You travel/trek at your own pace, with your own guide. We have support motorbike for your luggage and local porter for food and water. The tour departure is flexible and the cost is up to your group size. Please contact us for more information about rate and availability.
Car transfer from your hotel to Hanoi train station (this service is optional and can be arranged with extra cost). Take the overnight train to Laocai. Overnight on board train.
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After breakfast your remote trek will start around 9h00 am, of course this can be earlier since this is a private trip. Today you have the chance to discover the diversity of the tropical nature and to enjoy the beautiful mountain views all along the way. Meeting the Hmong and Dao peoples, the perfect opportunity to experience their daily lives through their various plantations.
Arrival at the small village of the H'mong in the afternoon. If the weather allows, you could enjoy a nice swim in the river. You will spend another night and share the cosy dinner with the H'mong peoples.
After breakfast, you will hike in the middle of the rice terraces, trekking towards the village of the Tay. Crossing the river will be a little fun challenge for you all. You will continue to walk all through the bamboos forest and the rice terraces in order to discover an other hill tribe with other colors and dialect, Ha Nhi tribe, the Ha Nhi people have always been known to be diligent, apart from growing wet rice on terraced fields for self-sufficiency they also grow cotton and weave fabric to make the typical costume of their ethnic group.
Arrival in their village around mid/late afternoon, if weather permit, you could take your free time to enjoy a swim in the river nearby. Dinner and stay overnight in Ha Nhi traditional house.
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Return to Sa pa by car in the afternoon. Have shower then free time for relaxing before taking the transfer back to Lao cai for the night train to Hanoi.


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The full council of 44 members, chaired by the Mayor of Gravesham, meets five times during the municipal year and determines the borough's portion of the Council Tax as well as other major issues affecting the borough. The annual meeting held in May is mainly a ceremonial meeting to elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
The public are welcome to view the meeting in the public gallery. There is a short public question time at the start of each meeting. If you wish to ask a question, it should be written and delivered to the committee section at the Civic Centre by 12 noon on the day before the meeting.
The Cabinet has ten members. Each Cabinet member will be supported by a committee which mirrors the portfolio holder's areas of responsibility.
These Committees will consider issues within their terms of reference provided that they are contained within the Council's budgetary framework and are in accordance with the Council's policy.
Each committee will have 9 Councillors and will be politically balanced.
Cllr David Turner is the Leader of the Council.
Cllr John Knight is Deputy Leader of the Council.
The Cabinet Portfolios are as follows:
Leader's Portfolio – Cllr David Turner
Legal Services
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Community Engagement
Public Health
Deputy Leader's Portfolio – Public Protection & HR Portfolio - Cllr John Knight
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Tourism & Youth Portfolio – Cllr Harold Craske
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Sport, Leisure & Arts Portfolio – Cllr Sandra Garside
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Planning & Regeneration Portfolio – Cllr Julia Burgoyne
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Councils have new powers to scrutinise crime and disorder issues. Provisions for crime and disorder scrutiny in the Police and Justice Act 2006 came into force in England at the end of April 2009.
One of the powers this scrutiny committee has is to scrutinise how the partnership members are discharging their crime and disorder functions.
This committee, chaired by the opposition party, enhances accountability and transparency of the decision-making process. The committee scrutinises Cabinet decisions as well as other issues facing the borough.
This committee looks at the overall state of the council's finances on at least a quarterly basis, considers recommendations made by internal audit and external agencies such as the Audit Commission as well as monitoring the performance of internal audit.
The main purpose of the Regulatory Board is to determine planning applications and issues relating to building control. Most planning applications are determined by planning officers and not by the Regulatory Board. The planning applications that are referred to the Regulatory Board for determination are usually major applications, contentious planning applications and applications referred by either a planning officer or a Councillor. The board meets 11 times a year to determine planning applications and building control.
The Board has also delegated some of its responsibilities to three sub-committees.
The Joint Transportation Board advises both the Borough Council and Kent County Council Cabinets on issues relating to the highways. The Board will make recommendations from time to time to the Cabinet on matters of policy relating to transportation and transport planning.
The Licensing Committee considers the Council's responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003. It also has delegated consideration of applications for public licenses for premises to sell alcohol or to run entertainment events, such as live music to its Licensing Panel.
The Licensing Committee considers the Council's responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003.
The Licensing Committee has delegated consideration of applications for public licenses for premises to sell alcohol or to run entertainment events, such as live music etc. to its Licensing Panel.
In 2007, Gravesham, Medway and Swale Councils agreed to form a joint building control partnership. On 1 October 2007 the building control departments of each council merged to form the South Thames Gateway (STG) Building Control Partnership. This committee oversees the operation of the partnership.
The administration of the Committee (not the Partnership) is undertaken by each Council in turn.
To see papers prepared for previous years, please see the following links for each Council:-
Please contact the Partnership itself if you wish to make use of its services. (http://www.stgbc.org.uk)
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Andrew Bynum reportedly will miss all preseason games
There's nothing like starting your morning with some Andrew Bynum news.
Keep refreshing the comments threads because the news isn't good for the Lakers. To which you reply in frustration: "Of course it isn't good. News involving Andrew Bynum's health is never good."
NBA.com's David Aldridge reports that Bynum will not play in any preseason games and hasn't been cleared for any basketball activities after having arthroscopic surgery this summer on his right knee. Aldridge says Bynum will travel with the team and that the Lakers hope he will be cleared to do some preseason work.
I've blogged about Bynum's extensive history of injuries, pondered whether he might stay healthy this season and analyzed what he could provide even if he were still limited. Everyone in this corner of the blogosphere has commented and debated this topic ad nauseam, and it looks like that's just going to continue.
So how will Bynum's health issues affect the Lakers during training camp? Pau Gasol will get more run, meaning it's good he rested well this off-season. Lamar Odom could volunteer to play some center after manning the position with Team USA. Theo Ratliff and Derrick Caracter will have more time to see how they fit in the system. And, maybe, just maybe, Russell Hicks cracks the Lakers roster.
Update: 10:17 a.m.:Lakers spokesman John Black said the team doesn't expect Bynum will play during the pre-season, although he added it's possible he may play toward the end of it. The Lakers have preseason games against Minnesota (Oct. 4 in London), Barcelona (Oct. 7 in Barcelona), Sacramento (Oct. 13), Denver (Oct. 16) an to be determined game (Oct. 17), Utah (Oct. 19 in Anaheim), Golden State (Oct. 21 in San Diego) and Golden State (Oct. 22 in Ontario).
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Paleo Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken Recipe
Some of you might have asked, "Why slow-cook meat if you can grill/oven/fry it?". The thing is, slow-cooking has its advantages. For one, it allows better distribution of flavors in the meat. Also, the lower temperature decreases the chance of burnbing the meat which makes the meat stick to the bottom of a pan and burn easily in an oven.
For a delicious slow cooked meal, try this Paleo Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken Recipe.
- 8 boneless, skinless organic chicken thighs
- 4 Garlic cloves, minced
- 1 Tbsp fresh basil
- 1 bunch fresh rosemary
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ½ onion, diced
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Combine basil, salt, pepper, onion powder and sprinkle over the chicken
- Add coconut oil and minced garlic, onions to the bottom of the crock pot.
- Place chicken on the top
- Pour balsamic vinegar over the chicken and add rosemary.
- Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.
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Caleb Jones looks into an observation hive at Waynesborough Park Saturday. Caleb's father is a beekeeper. His favorite part about having the bees? The honey. "I like being able to taste it," he said.
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With the exception of the vastly superior , Columbia's Women's Prison was the quintessential "babes behind bars" drama of the 1950s. Ida Lupino (who else?) stars as Amelia VanZant, the sadistic supervisor of the titular prison. Unable to establish any sort of relationship with a man, Amelia takes it out on her long-suffering inmates. When prison psychiatrist Clark (Howard Duff) tries to improve conditions for the women, he too is targetted for destruction by the vituperous Ms. VanZant. The cast includes...more
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This school will be split up to 3 classes: Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3. You will be put into one of these classes due to how much you know; but it could be that you want to be in this team because you enjoy the games made in that class, or you don't like coding much. In each class you will learn different ways to make games and different ways to code.
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The software we are going to use is Game Maker 8 and Blender 3D. In this you will learn how to make 2D and 3D games, use GML and Python, animate in 2D & 3D, and create 3D models and 2D sprites.
If any of the members would like to join as staff, I will be more grateful for that, as I am currently handling all classes.
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Audemars Piguet – patina macro
There is patina, and there is patina.
#AP #audemarspiguet #Patina #macromonday
From the private collection of @k2luxurywatches
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There is patina, and there is patina.
#AP #audemarspiguet #Patina #macromonday
From the private collection of @k2luxurywatches
A simply gorgeous Audemars Piguet from the private collection of @k2luxurywatches. Tomorrow for #macromonday we'll crop into this 100 megapixel image to find out just what it is that gives the dial that wonderful patina.
#AP #audemarspiguet #proimaging
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400ST. Courtesy of @horolojizz
Here's the full frame shot of that AP Royal Oak openworked that I shared a detail of earlier today.
15 image focus stack to get the entire movement in focus on this Audemars Piguet Royal Oak skeleton.
Wrapping up my #AudemarsPiguet #MacroMonday set with a shot focusing on the incredible case and bracelet finishing of the #RoyalOak Perpetual Calendar 26574 in stainless steel. #macro #watch
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar reference 26574 in stainless steel. This is the full frame 80 megapixel shot that the two crops either side of this post were taken from. A beautiful watch to shoot – thanks to @k2luxurywatches for the loan, from whom this is available for purchase. #AP #audemarspiguet #MacroMonday #macro #watch #RoyalOak #ProImaging
So then. What do we have here for #MacroMonday then? Something rather hard to get hold of at the moment! Crop from a full frame 80 megapixel shot that's coming up later… #macro #watch
One more #macro shot from the #AudemarsPiguet Openworked Royal Oak reference 15305 to get my sets of 3 realigned on my profile view.
Third time lucky! Another angle on the #AudemarsPiguet Openworked Royal Oak reference 15305, currently available from @k2luxurywatches.
This shot took some setting up, I can tell you! I just liked the way the bracelet folded under gravity 🙂 15 image stack with the focal plane parallel to the watch face in order to get the full movement in focus.


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Congress candidate Ajai Rai on Monday landed in a controversy after he went to vote wearing his election symbol on his kurta.
An FIR was today filed against Congress nominee Ajai Rai on the directive of the Election Commission for allegedly violating the election code of conduct by wearing the party poll symbol on his kurta while going to cast vote.
Senior police officials said the FIR against Rai has been lodged at the Sigra Police Station and section 126 and 130 of Representation of Peoples Act and section 171 (H) of IPC relating to poll code of conduct have been slapped against him.
The FIR was lodged against Rai shortly after Election Commission directed the district administration to do so after it analysed a report sent by Special Election Observer Praveen Kumar.
Early this morning, Rai came along with his family members to cast his vote, while wearing a badge of Congress election symbol 'hand' on his kurta.
EC orders FIR
The Election Commission had directed the Varanasi Returning Officer to file an FIR or complaint against Congress candidate Ajai Rai for displaying his party symbol and talking to media at a polling booth amounting to "canvassing" which is barred on the voting day.
Official sources in the EC said that the FIR or complaint would be filed under Section 126 and 130 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 against Rai.
Special Election Observer Praveen Kumar said in Varanasi he has sent a detailed report to the Chief Election Commissioner on the issue.
Varanasi Returning Officer Pranjal Yadav said he has seen the video of Rai going inside the polling booth in Ramakant Nagar of Chetganj area wearing Congress' election symbol.
"We have seen the video. We have informed the Special Election Observer and the higher authorities. Action would be taken immediately," Yadav said.
Kumar said that flashing of election symbol at the booth is violation of Section 130 of the Representation of People Act.
A report has also been sought from the local administration into the matter.
Rai defends action
He, however, defended his action saying that he has the right to wear the symbol as a candidate.
Rai also claimed that the case against Narendra Modi cannot be compared with his action as the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate had shown his lotus symbol after casting vote in Gandhi Nagar.
On April 30, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate had courted trouble after he flashed his party's symbol lotus while taking a "selfie", and made a speech after casting his vote in Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
Modi is also fighting Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi.
Another candidate Arvind Kejriwal of AAP also raised objections about Rai wearing 'hand' badge on the polling booth and said this was not fair.
BJP leaders also raised objections and sought action against Rai by the Election Commission.
BJP said Rai's act violated the Model Code of Conduct.
"In case of Narendra Modi, he was speaking to the media with a lotus symbol beyond a prohibited zone of 300-feet which is permissible. In case of Congress candidate in Kashi, he is inside the booth with a Congress symbol.
"Would the Election Commission take cognisance of it and take appropriate action or as in the case of Rahul Gandhi, who violated the model code of conduct by fiddling with a voting machine in Amethi, be let off on a fictitious basis? These are important issues," BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said in Delhi.
He said the EC should ensure that its approach does not give any indication of discrimination. Another BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar called Rai's act as a "petty little issue".
"I don't want to give reaction on petty little issues. Let's see what the Election Commission does on the issue? Will Election Commission deal equally with all candidates or it goes soft on some people," Javadekar said.
Rai, who is at the centre of the allegations, said he was wearing the Congress party symbol in a "routine" manner.
"I am a Congress candidate…that (the symbol) is on my I-card too…definitely I was not informed. I use it usually during campaigning. This is normal and routine. It is placed on my heart," Rai said.
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Women: Stanford 77, California 62
By Lara Boyko
From beginning to end, it was all about No. 1-seed Stanford (31-1, 18-0 Pac-12) as it defeated No. 2-seed California (24-9, 13-5 Pac-12) and claimed its ninth conference tournament title with a 77-62 win.
"I thought our team worked hard defensively," said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer. "We got out and got some transition. For us, I think the big difference, we got great games from Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike, but the big difference for us is how Amber Orrange played. I thought she really stepped up big on the big stage, knocked down her free throws, took the ball to the basket, ran our team and worked hard defensively."
Stanford jumped out in front quickly in the first half by building up a 12-point lead in the first seven minutes of the game. California chipped away at this lead and even cut the deficit down to four with a 10-2 run over four minutes. However with Stanford outscoring California 16-10 in the paint and 12-6 off of turnovers, Stanford held onto the lead and went into halftime with a 37-31 lead.
"I think any time you put yourself in a hole, it's hard to dig yourself out," said California's Layshia Clarendon. "Even if you play even, you've already put yourself down. So that was a tough start."
The second half was all Stanford as well. California could not get stops on defense and with Stanford finding an outside game to compliment its inside presence, the hole kept getting deeper for the Bears. Stanford led by as many as 21.
"We just didn't get any stops," said California coach Lindsay Gottlieb. "I felt like today we really wanted to focus on that, because we thought if we could grind it out on the defensive end, we could play the way we wanted and to play on the offensive end."
Stanford shot 45.3 percent for the game and was led by double-double performances from Nnemkadi (29 points and 12 rebounds) and Chiney (17 points and 12 rebounds). Included in Nnemkadi's total were three three-pointers, which were her first shots from the three-point line made all year. Rounding out Stanford's leading scorers was Orrange with 13 points. Stanford was nearly perfect from the free throw line by going 14-for-16.
California struggled on offense, shooting 31.8 percent from the field. The Bears were led by Clarendon's 20 points and Brittany Boyd's 13. Reshanda Gray was held to just nine points.
Both teams will learn their fate from the NCAA Tournament selection committee on Monday, with Stanford most likely getting a No. 1 seed.
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Kimberly Brandon, ASU
Brittany Boyd, CAL
Layshia Clarendon, CAL
Chiney Ogwumike, STAN
Nnemkadi Ogwumike, STAN
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Bristol makes a great base for exploring the surrounding countryside. You can choose to visit dramatic caves, country houses, castles and wildfowl centres, all within easy reach of the city.
The Cotswolds are the largest designated 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' in England and Wales and world famous for its quintessential Englishness in its totally preserved in 'aspic' 400 year old 'chocolate box' limestone villages where time has stood still for over four centuries.
Places to visit near Bristol are Bath and the 'must see villages' include of Castle Combe, Lacock and Painswick (known as the Queen of the Cotswolds).
Towns and villages further afield but well worth the journey in the beautiful North Cotswolds include Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden and Broadway.
To appreciate some of the natural beauty of Somerset, visitors to Cheddar Caves and Gorge can discover illuminated caves, dramatic cliffs and Britain's biggest gorge.
Cheddar Gorge is in the Mendip Hills North Somerset and is a huge geographical structure carved from carboniferous limestone on top of red sandstone running some 120 metres in height. Much of the gorge has no river but shows all the characteristics of being formed by river erosion.
Cheddar is of course also the home of cheddar cheese. The caves in the limestone are an ideal place to store and mature the cheese. Locally produced cheese is on sale at many outlets in Chedar village including the Caves.
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7 miles south west of Bristol, the National Trust's Victorian Gothic Revival estate of Tyntesfield was home to four generations of the Gibbs family. Restoration of this 19th century estate is still underway, with two new rooms, the Oak Room and the Morning Room, having been added to the visitor route in 2007.
To the north of Bristol in Gloucestershire, Berkeley Castle is England's oldest inhabited castle. Visitors can discover the cell and dungeons where Edward II was notoriously imprisoned and murdered and stroll around the beautiful terraced grounds. Admission also includes the Butterfly House.
For something special, a unique tour with Charles Berkeley, the heir to the Castle, can be pre-booked throughout the season, subject to availability. Morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea and homemade cakes can be arranged in either the Castle Tea Rooms or, for pre-booked groups of up to 60 people, a separate upstairs room, 'The Old Laundry', is available. A joint ticket with the nearby Jenner Museum can be purchased. Edward Jenner's discovery of a vaccine made from cowpox against smallpox has now been developed into one of the most important parts of modern medicine.
Near Tetbury, Westonbirt Arboretum – The National Arboretum is the largest arboretum in the UK featuring a historical collection of over 3,000 different trees and shrub species, many of which are rare or endangered. Guided walks through either The Old Arboretum or Silkwood can be arranged. Led by knowledgeable guides, this is an ideal way to find out about the history of the arboretum and the many unusual plants. Westonbirt belonged to the Holfords, a wealthy Victorian family from 1665 until 1926.
A short drive north of Berkeley, the world famous conservation and education centre, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge Centre is home to the largest collection of waterfowl in the world. With an astounding array of wildlife from water voles to waders and hares to dragonflies; Slimbridge is the only place in the world where you can see all six species of flamingo.
Travelling along a six mile section of the former Midland Railway east of Bristol, the Avon Valley Railway offers passengers the opportunity to see the River Avon valley from a different perspective. Bitton Station, midway between Bristol and Bath, where the Railway is based, has been painstakingly restored from a derelict state to provide visitors with refreshment and toilet facilities, a railway shop, a pleasant garden and outdoor seating. As well as a number of themed trips, Avon Valley Railway is now offering a combined rail and boat trip to include a 40 minute scenic boat trip along the Avon valley on board the River Princess.
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The House swiftly approved a bill Tuesday requiring drug testing of unemployment and welfare recipients suspected of substance abuse.
Those who fail tests would have to go to drug treatment and job skills training paid for by the state and federal government. Those who apply again and fail again would lose assistance for a year.
The bill also would prevent anyone who is convicted of a drug felony after July from getting welfare for five years. A second conviction would result in a lifelong ban.
"We're trying to help people get job training and substance abuse treatment," said Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., R-Olathe.
No one spoke in opposition to the bill, and it passed on a vote of 106-16. All south-central Kansas representatives voted for the bill except for Democrats Carolyn Bridges, Gail Finney, Roderick Houston, Patricia Sloop and Ponka-We Victors, who voted no, and Republican Rep. Les Osterman, who was absent after undergoing heart surgery last week.
The Senate has already approved the bill; it's likely the Senate will agree to a couple of minor tweaks approved by the House before advancing the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback.
The bill allows for testing of House and Senate members as well if reasonable suspicion arises.
A person's demeanor, missed appointments, police records or failed drug tests with a potential employer would qualify as reasonable suspicion.
Those who fail a first test could request a second test at a different testing facility, but if they fail the second test, they must pay for it.
An opponent of the bill said "reasonable suspicion" is a subjective term and could be used as it has been in the war on drugs to unfairly target women of color.
Most people who get temporary assistance for needy families, typically referred to as welfare, are women, and requiring drug tests unfairly targets them, said Elise Higgins, a lobbyist with the Kansas National Organization for Women.
Setting up a drug test program and related expenses are expected to require the state to hire four full-time employees and would cost about $1 million next year. That includes about $461,000 in state money.


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At INSA Toulouse, students are encouraged to play an active role in their education and spend a significant part of their studies working on full-scale projects, according to the method tested successfully by scientific universities in the USA and northern Europe.
From the beginning of their studies, the students are guided step by step in the construction of a Personal Professional Project, in coherence with their centres of interest and abilities. Their involvement in associations and community activities are given full credit in their programme.
INSA Toulouse has established a skilful balance in the various fields of study: sciences and technology, general culture, human and social sciences, sports. The course has an international dimension, being organized according to the European model (Bachelor-Master-Doctorate) to facilitate international university exchanges.
In addition to technical skills in a specific field, INSA engineers acquire the skills required to integrate the industrial world easily, such as the ability to work in a team, to take on responsibility, to cooperate and to lead, to adapt to different professional contexts and cultures.
Via the n+i network and CampusFrance, INSA-Toulouse offers forty places in its year 4 to foreign graduates with a BSc in Engineering or equivalent. These students are fully integrated on the specialization programmes.
This programme is a two-year top-level engineering course for international students
Discovering company life - Professionalization of engineering studies at INSA Toulouse is guaranteed by:
Business - Management - By motivating students to enter a competition for student business creators, by encouraging them to complete their scientific education with sound knowledge of management, by establishing partnerships or agreements with companies for internships, INSA is decidedly open to the economic and industrial world.
A 'hotel' for companies - INSA welcomes on its science park innovative start-ups in biotechnologies and nanotechnologies and, in partnership with the Centre Régionaux d'Innovation et de Transfert de Technologie, offers services adapted to very small companies.
INSA Toulouse belongs to the n+i network since the begining in 1999. 12 to 18 foreign students join INSA very year coming from aound 20 countries around the world (China, India, USA, Mexico, Columbie, Thailand, ....).
The recruitment of foreign students follows the n+i calendar.
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When it's playoff time, Kevin Harvick knows how to lock-in. On Sunday, Harvick stampeded past Martin Truex Jr to win the AAA Texas 500, clinching his position in the Championship 4 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in two weeks. Harvick also checked another track off the list where he had not previously won.
More importantly, Ford (and explicitly Harvick's Stewart-Haas Racing Team) fired a salvo at Toyota's dominance, whose teams had won all the playoff races so far (except for the Talladega wildcard).
At the outset, Kurt Busch, a Stewart-Haas teammate, secured the AAA Texas 500 pole with not only a track record qualifying speed approaching 201 MPH, but also the fastest lap at any 1.5-mile intermediate speedway ever, validating that the team's development work with the switch from Chevrolet to Ford at the beginning of the season is now paying dividends.
During the race, Harvick tracked down Toyota driver Truex Jr with a power move around the outside with just nine laps to go, after loosening Truex up with air at the bumper, extremely impressive given Truex has already won six races at intermediate tracks this year. Also noteworthy was Harvick completed the pass without spinning Truex out or ramming him from behind.
Harvick explained in victory lane, "I knew I had a really good car. I knew I had to do something different. I started driving a whole lot deeper in Turn 1—a whole lot deeper. I started doing that earlier in the race, but I was afraid I didn't have the brakes to continue to do that all day. So, I waited until the end and was able to get on the outside of Martin and got him loose and brushed across the back of him and was able to get by on the outside down there."
Truex, despite his second-place finish, also clinched his berth in the Championship 4 race based on his playoff points total. Kyle Busch, last week's Martinsville winner, is also locked into the Championship 4, leaving only one spot up for grabs at Phoenix among five remaining playoff eligible drivers. Expect the Zoomtown USA desert race to be blazing, as drivers gamble to secure the final spot.
With Texas hosting playoff races for all three of NASCAR's main series, several other takeaways stood out.
Downforce Leads to Sizzling Speed
Remember all the aero package rules changes that took downforce out of NASCAR Cup cars at the start of the season? It's back.
The engineering teams have regained the majority of downforce that was removed, given the blistering qualifying speeds. Five NASCAR drivers exceeded 200MPH in the final round of qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway. That's crazy fast for a 1.5-mile oval, especially since the track was reconfigured with a repave last year that lowered the banking through Turns 1 and 2 so that drivers would have to lift off the throttle.
Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin, qualifying 2nd on the front row, summarizes tersely, "The biggest thing is just the development, and trust me, I don't know of any driver that was comfortable running the speeds that we're running right now."
Critically, aero push was obvious at the Texas race. For some fans in the stands, the most entertaining activity was watching lead cars try to pass lapped cars without wadding everybody up, given the absence of on-track passes at the front. Todd Gordon, crew chief for Penske driver Joey Logano, observed that Logano would drive up through the field to 10th to 15th place and then his car would simply stall out.
Our mid-race Twitter poll of fan reaction reinforced this snooze fest, with almost 60% suggesting the race was a "couch nap", while only 7% agreeing that the race lived up to the "No Limits" credo of excitement for Texas Motor Speedway.
Undoubtedly, NASCAR needs to reexamine the 2018 rules configuration, or the momentum the sport has shown this year in terms of fan interest may regress just like the number of on-track passes for the lead.
XFINITY Playoffs Sputter
The quandary of Monster Energy Cup drivers dropping down to XFINITY Series races to steal the show is still a thorn in the side of NASCAR's playoff system expansion to all three series, with the "win and advance" setup. Despite rule changes curbing some participation, NASCAR Cup drivers continue to claim the checkered flags in the XFINITY playoff races, to the detriment of XFINITY playoff contenders.
Saturday night, the craze continued, just as it has through all five XFINITY playoff races, as the top three finishers were all Cup regulars, with Erik Jones leading 137 of 200 laps in claiming the top spot. Ryan Blaney finished 2nd, and Kyle Larson claimed the final podium spot in 3rd.
XFINITY races have become two separate competitions within the main event, which chills the excitement when XFINITY playoff contenders can't get to victory lane. Surely, this is not what NBC envisioned when the network introduced its novel interview of the race winner right on the front straightaway after crossing the finish line to capture the winner's excitement. Instead, these interviews lack passion, with the XFINITY playoff contenders relegated to pit lane commentary on point standings.
The XFINITY Championship 4 for the Homestead-Miami title race is determined next week in Phoenix; right now, there likely will be no magic Cinderella contender that advances based on claiming race victory, so the Champion contenders would instead be set by points, with Elliott Sadler, William Bryon, Justin Allgaier, and Brennan Poole currently holding the four magic slots. Sadler, the point leader, has yet to win a race this season.
Chevrolet Fading Fast from Championship Spotlight
For the first time under NASCAR's elimination playoff format, Chevrolet may not have a contending driver in the mix for the Monster Energy Cup Championship.
With Chase Elliott and Jimmie Johnson below the cut line by 49 and 51 points, respectively, these two remaining Hendrick Motorsport playoff contenders are in the basement of the standings. Either of these Chevy drivers must win at Phoenix to advance to Homestead-Miami, with wild strategy gambles necessary, given the general speed malaise that seems to be afflicting this team.
For Johnson, he finished 27th at Texas and was 3 laps down at one point, at a track where he has won seven times, including the April race earlier this season. More striking, Johnson, usually the calm and collected seven-time Champion, expressed displeasure:
"We've got to figure something out," Johnson said. "I'm definitely disappointed. And, I honestly just feel bad for my team. These guys are working so hard. And to work this hard and not see any speed go back in the car and have bad results as the last three weeks have been is pretty disappointing."
For Chevy, having unveiled the 2018 Camaro ZL1 race car to replace the aging Chevy SS platform after this season, the testing that has shown improved aerodynamic performance cannot come soon enough when the actual cars hit the track next year at Daytona. We will likely have to wait until then to potentially see a Chevrolet in victory lane.
By Ron Bottano
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Sax player and bandleader Joshua Redman's latest 7-song set, Trios Live, combines two live jazz club performances of two of this trios – distinguished by the presence of a different bass player in each.
The performances captured at Jazz Standard in New York City feature bassist Matt Penman, while the music from Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. features Reuben Rogers. Both trios Along include drummer Gregory Hutchinson.
"This album is dedicated to all those folks, all around the world, of all ages, identities, allegiances, and persuasions, who come out, day to day, night after night, to see and hear live jazz," Redman says as part of the album's liner notes.
Take a listen to "Soul Dance" from the album:
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
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Meet Our Staff
Dr. Paul Naylor
Paul was born and raised in Macomb, Illinois. He began his relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ as a child and was baptized as a teenager. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 and worked as a Mechanical Engineer in Northwest Arkansas for five years. In 1995, Paul married his wife, Kendra. He was called to pastoral ministry and began attending seminary in 1998. Paul began serving the Lord as an Associate and Youth Pastor while attending seminary and graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina with a Master of Divinity Degree with Biblical Languages in 2000. Paul and Kendra have been blessed with two children. Samuel was born in 2001 and Christen was born in 2003. Paul pastored churches in Arkansas and Florida before coming to the First Baptist Church in LaPlace, Louisiana in May of 2010. Paul earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2014.
Paul has a love for Jesus and a desire to see others come to know Him as Lord. His ministry is focused on the preaching and teaching of the word of God and pastoral ministry to his church and community. Paul's wife, Kendra, invests in their family as she homeschools Samuel and Christen and helps make their home a wonderful place to be. Samuel and Christen are gifted in music and use their gifts to glorify the Lord. Paul enjoys time with his family and has an interest in cars. He follows Major League Baseball and has been a Los Angeles Dodgers fan since he was four. He also enjoys college and professional football.
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Radiation Pattern Optimization of a 6 element Yagi-Uda Antenna
This example, optimizes a 6 element Yagi-Uda antenna for higher directivity at zenith (elevation = 90 deg). The design frequency and typical dimensions of the metal structures are chosen for VHF operation [2]. The design of a Yagi-Uda is a challenging task owing to the sensitivity of the pattern to physical parameters. This example will design a Yagi-Uda antenna by using a direct search based optimization approach. The Yagi-Uda antenna is a widely used radiating structure for a variety of applications in commercial and military sectors. Arguably, the most popular use of this antenna was in reception of TV signals in the VHF-UHF range of frequencies [1]. The Yagi is a directional traveling-wave antenna with a single driven element, usually a folded dipole or a standard dipole, which is surrounded by several passive dipoles. The passive elements form the reflector and director, with the name identifying the position relative to the driven element. The reflector dipole is positioned behind the driven element in the direction of the back lobe of the antenna radiation while the director, as the name suggests, is placed in front of the driven element, in the direction where a main beam would form.
This example requires the following product:
- Global Optimization Toolbox™
Design Parameters
We begin the process of designing the Yagi-Uda antenna using optimization techniques. Choose the design frequency at the center of the VHF band [2].
freq = 165e6;
wirediameter = 19e-3;
c = physconst('lightspeed');
lambda = c/freq;
Create Yagi-Uda Antenna
The driven element for the Yagi-Uda antenna is a folded dipole. This is a standard exciter for such an antenna due to the required higher input impedance. Adjust the length and width parameters of the folded dipole. Since we model cylindrical structures as equivalent metal strips, the width is calculated using a utility function available in the Antenna Toolbox™. The length is chosen to be at the design frequency.
d = dipoleFolded; d.Length = lambda/2; d.Width = cylinder2strip(wirediameter/2); d.Spacing = d.Length/60;
Create a Yagi-Uda antenna with the exciter as the folded dipole. Choose the reflector and director length to be . Choose the reflector and director spacing to be , respectively. These choices are an initial guess and will serve as a start point for the optimization procedure.
Numdirs = 4; refLength = 0.5; dirLength = 0.5*ones(1,Numdirs); refSpacing = 0.3; dirSpacing = 0.25*ones(1,Numdirs); initialdesign = [dirLength refSpacing dirSpacing].*lambda; yagidesign = yagiUda; yagidesign.Exciter = d; yagidesign.NumDirectors = Numdirs; yagidesign.ReflectorLength = refLength*lambda; yagidesign.DirectorLength = dirLength.*lambda; yagidesign.ReflectorSpacing = refSpacing*lambda; yagidesign.DirectorSpacing = dirSpacing*lambda; show(yagidesign)
Plot Radiation Pattern at Design Frequency
Prior to executing the optimization process, plot the radiation pattern for the initial guess in 3D.
fig1 = figure; pattern(yagidesign,freq);
As expected, this antenna does not have a higher directivity in the direction we desire, i.e. at zenith (elevation = 90 deg). Overall the initial Yagi-Uda antenna design is a poorly designed radiator.
Set up Optimization Parameters
Our optimization will include the parasitic element lengths and the inter-element spacings. We establish lower and upper bounds on the allowed reflector length and director lengths as well as the spacings in terms of . We choose a 60 degree sector around zenith to compute the directivity, with the ultimate goal of maximizing the directed radiation in this sector as compared to sidelobes and the backlobe.
dirLengthBounds = [0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40; % lower bound on director length 0.495 0.495 0.495 0.495]; % upper bound on director length refSpacingBounds = [0.05; % lower bound on reflector spacing 0.30]; % upper bound on reflector spacing dirSpacingBounds = [0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05; % lower bound on director spacing 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23]; % upper bound on director spacing LB = [dirLengthBounds(1,:) refSpacingBounds(1) dirSpacingBounds(1,:) ].*lambda; UB = [dirLengthBounds(2,:) refSpacingBounds(2) dirSpacingBounds(2,:) ].*lambda; parasitic_values = [ yagidesign.DirectorLength, ... yagidesign.ReflectorSpacing ... yagidesign.DirectorSpacing]; elang = [60 120]; % elevation beamwidth angles at az = 90
Direct Search Optimization
The Global Optimization Toolbox™ provides a direct search based optimization function called patternsearch. We use this function with two options specified with the psoptimset function. At every iteration, plot the best value of the objective function and limit the total number of iterations to 30. The objective function aims to maximize the difference between the maximum directivity of the main beam and the maxima of sidelobes and the back-lobe. Pass the objective function to the patternsearch function by using an anonymous function together with the bounds and the options structure.The objective function used during the optimization process by patternsearch is available in the file yagi_objective_function.
The evaluation of the directivity in different directions corresponding to the angular region defined for maximum radiation as well as maximum sidelobe/ and the backlobe level is given in the function calculate_objectives available within yagi_objective function.
patternoptions = psoptimset(@patternsearch);
patternoptions.PlotFcns = @psplotbestf;
patternoptions.MaxIter = 50;
optimdesign = patternsearch(@(x) yagi_objective_function(yagidesign,x,freq,elang),...
Maximum number of iterations exceeded: increase options.MaxIterations.
Plot Optimized Pattern
The optimized antenna pattern is now plotted at the design frequency.
yagidesign.DirectorLength = optimdesign(1:4); yagidesign.ReflectorSpacing = optimdesign(5); yagidesign.DirectorSpacing = optimdesign(6:9); fig2 = figure; pattern(yagidesign,freq)
E and H-Plane Cuts of Pattern
To obtain a better insight into the behavior in the two orthogonal planes, we plot the normalized magnitude of the electric field in the E and H-planes, i.e. azimuth = 0 and 90 deg respectively.
fig3 = figure; pattern(yagidesign,freq,0,0:1:359);
fig4 = figure; pattern(yagidesign,freq,90,0:1:359);
The optimized design shows a significant improvement in the radiation pattern. There is higher directivity achieved in the desired direction toward zenith. The back lobe is small resulting in a good front to back ratio for this antenna. Let us calculate the directivity at zenith , the Front-to-Back ratio and the beamwidth in E and H-planes, respectively.
D_max = pattern(yagidesign,freq,0,90); D_back = pattern(yagidesign,freq,0,-90); F_B_ratio = D_max - D_back; Eplane_beamwidth = beamwidth(yagidesign,freq,0,1:1:360); Hplane_beamwidth = beamwidth(yagidesign,freq,90,1:1:360);
Comparison with Manufacturer Data Sheet
The optimized Yagi-Uda antenna achieves a forward directivity of 10.2 dBi, which translates to 8.1 dBd (relative to a dipole). This is close to the gain value reported by the datasheet (8.5 dBd). The F/B ratio is 30 dB. The optimized Yagi-Uda antenna has a E-plane beamwidth of 55 deg while the datasheet lists the E-plane beamwidth of 56 deg. The H-plane beamwidth of the optimized Yagi-uda antenna is 67 deg, which is slightly broader than the datasheet listed value of 63 deg. Furthermore, impedance matching over the band has not been considered.
Tabulating Initial and Optimized Design
The initial design guesses and the final optimized design values are shown in the table below:
yagiparam= {'Director Length - 1'; 'Director Length - 2'; 'Director Length - 3'; 'Director Length - 4'; 'Reflector Spacing'; 'Director Spacing - 1'; 'Director Spacing - 2';'Director Spacing - 3'; 'Director Spacing - 4'}; initialdesign = initialdesign'; optimdesign = optimdesign'; T = table(initialdesign,optimdesign,'RowNames',yagiparam)
T = 9x2 table initialdesign optimdesign _____________ ___________ Director Length - 1 0.90846 0.77438 Director Length - 2 0.90846 0.77438 Director Length - 3 0.90846 0.77438 Director Length - 4 0.90846 0.77438 Reflector Spacing 0.54508 0.10758 Director Spacing - 1 0.45423 0.16789 Director Spacing - 2 0.45423 0.29289 Director Spacing - 3 0.45423 0.41789 Director Spacing - 4 0.45423 0.29289
[1] C. A. Balanis, Antenna Theory. Analysis and Design, p. 514, Wiley, New York, 3rd Edition, 2005
[2]Online at: http://www.skymasts.com/Downloads/Products/S6Y.pdf