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Low back pain (LBP) affects roughly 25 percent of North Americans within any three-month period and is the major cause of pain and worker disability. Although 80 percent to 90 percent of people with LBP improve by 12 weeks, others will continue to report symptoms for more than 3 months. Among individuals with chronic LBP, one-third continued to be symptomatic after 12 months.
Most people with LBP resort to taking medications and people with chronic LBP often end up taking Oxycontin (oxycodone) or other opioids. These drugs are highly addictive and have not been shown to be effective or safe despite their popularity.
A new study shows that magnesium supplementation can be extremely effective in the treatment of chronic LBP and highlights the importance of seeking a more natural approach in this condition.
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Magnesium bound to citrate, carbonate, and other alkaline compounds, can be used to promote an alkaline pH. As a result, significant improvements in health may be noted. In a 2001 study conducted in Germany, supplementation with magnesium and other minerals bound to alkalinizing agents was shown to reduce symptoms in patients with chronic LBP.
In the study, 82 patients with chronic LBP received daily an alkaline multimineral supplement over a period of 4 weeks in addition to their usual medication. Pain symptoms were quantified with a standard pain rating scale.
After 4 weeks of supplementation, the mean pain rating dropped by 49 percent and 76 out of 82 patients showed a significant reduction in low back pain. Improvements paralleled increases in total blood, although blood pH rose only slightly from pH 7.456 to 7.470 (not surprising as the body works extremely hard to maintain blood pH within a very narrow range).
Intracellular magnesium increased (by 11 percent) while the levels of other minerals were not significantly changed. These results show that a disturbed acid-base balance may contribute to the symptoms of low back pain, and that improvement in pH balance may help increase the level of magnesium within cells. The simple and safe addition of an alkaline supplement containing magnesium was able to reduce the pain symptoms in these patients with chronic LBP.
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The investigators reported that all patients had a significant reduction in pain intensity at two weeks. However, in the magnesium group this reduction in pain intensity continued throughout a six-month follow up period (pre-treatment values were 7.5 at baseline compared to 4.7 at 6 months).
In contrast, these pain perception values in the control group were 7.4 at baseline and 7.2 at the 6-month follow-up. Likewise, all patients had a significant improvement in lumbar spine range of movement at the 2-week time point, although only the magnesium group improved throughout the 6-month follow-up period.
These results show quite clearly that magnesium supplementation can reduce pain intensity and improve lumbar spine mobility during a 6-month period in patients with chronic LBP who had been unresponsive to conventional care.
Often, mechanical issues like back problems require mechanical solutions. I am a big fan of bodywork for chronic LBP. There are so many different types of bodywork to choose from that can provide relief including various massage techniques, chiropractic spinal adjustment and manipulation, Rolfing, reflexology, shiatsu, and many more. Fortunately, all of these techniques can work. So, it is really a matter of personal preference. Find a technique or practitioner that you really like and incorporate bodywork into your routine.
Another option is acupuncture. In fact, in 2012 a meta-analysis of 11 controlled trials, the conclusion was that "Compared with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acupuncture may more effectively improve symptoms of acute LBP."
In regards to magnesium, I prefer easily ionized sources like citrate, malate, glycinate, or aspartate to the magnesium oxide and gluconate used in the study. These ionized forms provide significant advantages in absorption, utilization, and the ability to alkalinize the system.
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let $T$ be finite tetrahedral complex in flat 3-dimensional euclidean space. Additionally, let $T$ be 'homogeneous' in a sense that each simplex in $T$ is a face of some tetrahedron from $T$. Are there any known sufficient conditions (say in terms of Betti numbers of $T$ and possibly Betti numbers of some other complex derived from $T$) for $T$ to be homeomorphic to a 3D ball?
My understanding is that the condition on Betti numbers of $T$ itself is necessary but not sufficient (consider two tetrahedrons touching at a vertex or an edge, but not sharing any 2-simplex).
Consider another complex $T'$, which is dual to $T$ in the following sense. Each 'vertex' (0-cell) of $T'$ corresponds to a tetrahedron in $T$. Each 'edge' (1-cell) of $T'$ corresponds to an interior (i.e., not lying on the global boundary of $T$) 2-simplex in $T$. Each 2-cell of $T'$ corresponds to an interior 1-simplex in $T$. Each 3-cell of $T'$ corresponds to an interior vertex of $T$. The boundary operation on $T'$ is defined by 'transposing' the boundary operation in $T$. For example, if a vertex in $T$ is part of the boundary of an edge in $T$, then the corresponding 3-cell in $T'$ has corresponding 2-cell as part of its boundary, with the same sign (orientation).
Suppose both $T$ and $T'$ have 1 connected component (that is, corresponding Betti number equals one), and all other Betti numbers of $T$ and $T'$ vanish. Does this imply that $T$ is homeomorphic to a ball? If yes, would you please provide me with a reference?
For example, if $T$ contains one tetrahedron (plus all its faces), $T'$ will consist of a single vertex. For two tetrahedrons touching each other at edge or vertex (but not sharing a 2-simplex), $T'$ will consist of two isolated points.
Another example: suppose one takes a ball, picks two diametrically opposite points on the surface and pushes them inside until they meet. Then the deformed ball (with the two opposite points glued) is "triangulated with tetrahedrons". My understanding is that the obtained tetrahedral complex will have the same Betti numbers as the 3D ball, however 'dual' complex will have 1-cycle which will not be a boundary of any 2-chain.
Update: I'm looking for (reasonably) fast algorithms to check whether a given set of tetrahedrons is or is not homeomorphic to a 3d ball. The tetrahedrons are picked from a tetrahedral mesh of some nice domain. I have been looking into Betti numbers because there exist fast (linear or almost linear complexity) algorithms for computing Betti numbers of simplicial complexes embeddable in $\mathbb{R}^3$, see here. Admittedly, I do not know whether these algorithms will (provably) work for the complex $T'$, which is not necessarily simplicial.


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March 30, 2007
Santa Barbara, Calif. - For the second time this season, the fifth-ranked UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team went five games with No. 11 Pacific and picked up a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) victory Friday evening at Robertson Gymnasium. Senior opposite Evan Patak pounded a match-high 30 kills and sophomore setter Max Klineman tallied a season-high 58 assists to lead the Gauchos to a .362 hitting percentage.
Pacific (14-12, 8-9 MPSF) won the opening game 34-32 before UCSB (16-10, 11-7 MPSF) clamped down to win the next two by scores of 30-19 and 30-17. The Tigers out-hit the Gauchos .344 to .194 in game four to win 30-21, but UCSB closed out the match with a 15-11 victory in the fifth frame.
Patak recorded the 30 kills with just six errors in 58 swings, good for a .414 attack percentage. It was the sixth time this season that the two-time All-American had totaled 30 or more kills. He needs just 31 more for 2,000 in his illustrious career. Patak also added four service aces, four blocks, and three digs.
Three other Gauchos also hit double-digits in kills as middle Theo Brunner had 14, middle David Kennedy amassed 11, and outside Bryan Berman added 10. Libero Tyson Norton set a new career-high with 17 digs as UCSB dredged up 50 balls on the night.
Pacific, which hit .236 for the match, had two players with double-doubles as Pekka Seppanen posted 21 kills and 12 digs and Maor Nutkevitch finished with 14 kills and 13 digs. Simon Chen-Byerley chipped in with 10 kills and setter Garrett Morales had 46 helpers.
Pacific started strong at the net, out-blocking UCSB 6.0-0 in the first game and then holding an 8.0-3.0 advantage after two games. However, the Gauchos turned the tables and out-blocked the Tigers 10.5-1.0 over the next three sets to finish with 13.5 blocks to Pacific's 9.0. Brunner led all players with six total blocks.
Following the tight first game, it was all Gauchos in the next two as UCSB hit .417 in game two and .588 in game three. In comparison, Pacific hit a match-low .061 in the second game and .214 in the third.
In the fourth set, the Tigers took a 10-6 lead on a UCSB service error, but the Gauchos came back to tie it at 11-11 following a Patak kill. Several kills by Chen-Byerley and Nutkevitch rolled Pacific to an eight-point lead at 23-15 and UCSB could not recover.
The two teams traded points early in the deciding game until UCSB strung together a three-point streak behind a kill from Brunner, an Aaron Richman service ace, and a block by Brunner and Berman to take a commanding 14-10 lead. Following a Seppanen kill, Brunner iced the win with a kill on a set-up from Klineman.
UCSB defeated Pacific 3-2 in Stockton on Jan. 12 to open its league season.
With just four regular season league matches remaining, UCSB sits in fourth place in the MPSF and will play host to un-ranked Stanford March 31 at 7 p.m.


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by Rich Stamper
An Excerpt From: The Character of Goju-Ryu
Kata Implications for Experienced Practitioners
Chapter 12 - In The Beginning - Movement
Movement is pretty basic to martial arts practice and often taken for granted. By movement I mean stepping from stance to stance, but I will also discuss movement within a stance.
We tend to emphasize the completed stance – the posture, balance, weight distribution, being locked in, being rooted and so on. We tend to neglect the transitions from stance to stance or within a stance, and tend to view these as simply the movement required to get from one good stance to the next. When doing this we severely limit our effectiveness for practical, actual application.
Most instructors teach a smooth, quick transition from stance to stance. This is good and appropriate. But then many of the instructors insist upon a fully established stance prior to executing a hit, kick or block. This becomes a sequential action and the momentum of the stance movement does not carry into the technique. This reduces the effectiveness because it uses strength only, not a combination of strength and momentum.
Another factor is lack of understanding of focus. Focus does not mean locked or tense. When locked or tense at the instant of impact, a lot of the energy is held back by the locking action. While the lock-in is important, it should occur well after impact. For example, when breaking a board, one should punch through the board with the tensing well past the board's surface. If a lock or tensing takes place when contact is first made with the board, much of the energy will be lost. The locking-in is only important from a form standpoint and as a defense if the hit is not successful. The lock makes it difficult to be thrown by one's opponent if she evades the hit. But focus is another topic and we're discussing movement here.
Let's consider normal walking. When taking a step, the body moves and then the foot moves forward under it. To move the foot first and then move the body over it is unnatural and results in the "keep on trucking" step. Most of us do not stick the foot out first when walking.
Think about a baby's first steps. The baby usually reaches out with his arms in the direction he wants to go and his body leans in that direction. He will then fall forward and either take a step or do a nose dive. Walking is a series of falls interrupted by taking steps. This is why we fall up the steps when our foot hits the edge of the step. If we placed the foot on the step first and then moved the body over it, we wouldn't fall. We've become so used to walking that we lean and step at the same time in most cases.
Because so much emphasis is placed on foot positioning and the mechanics of stepping in karate, we tend to become very foot conscious and may lose the natural way of moving the whole body. Before the feet move the body should be driven forward.
This is different from normal walking where the body simply leans slightly before stepping. For fast, powerful stance transitions, the body should be driven forcefully while the feet are still planted, much like a sprinter at the starting blocks. To put the foot out first or even to just lean in the direction of travel is slower and less dynamic than to drive the body first. To do this requires that the body be relaxed just prior to movement. All the driving muscles must be allowed to perform without resistance from opposing muscles.
After driving the body forcefully, the soon to be supporting foot must move quickly. The impact of the hit or kick should take place while the body is at its highest speed prior to establishing the next stance. This action makes use of both strength and momentum. Usually the movement slows as the stepping foot reaches its destination.
Consider an arrow shot from a bow or a bullet from a gun. These projectiles do not need a strong stance or contact with the ground to be effective. They do need a solid foundation to push from initially, and this equates again to the sprinter at the starting blocks. The most powerful punch or kick starts relaxed, drives the body forward, and uses all of one's strength in the application of the technique - prior to locking in well after the point of impact was passed. The foot that is not stepping should be solid and driving throughout the execution of the technique.
Most of the kata have many steps or body movements. Why? If the purpose of kata was to teach us a strong stance and hit, kick or block, that could be accomplished without stepping movement. Naturally, it is understood that it is necessary to be within reach of the opponent. How to use the necessary movement is one of the things kata teaches. Some kata teach different ways of moving.
Master Jack Dempsey was known as "Jack the Giant Killer". He weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds and routinely beat boxers who were well over two hundred and fifty pounds. He used what he referred to in his book as a falling punch. He would drive his body forward and down when punching as though falling. This added momentum to his strength.
The same concept is used when evading an attack. One of the most important things that is often not emphasized is getting our vulnerable body parts out of harm's way. We tend to rely on blocks to deflect and don't move our bodies out of the range of the attack. If our head or chest is the target of an attack, the foot should not move first. The target area should be driven forcefully out of range and the foot moved along with the body. The foot should move first only if it is the foot being attacked. A deflection may accompany the body movement. Boxers don't stand and block, they move. When defending or attacking, the body should move first or at least along with the stepping foot.
This same rationale applies to cases to "toe-to-toe" close-in situations. Here, the feet may not move, but the body should move in and back or to the side as appropriate. These movements should be forceful – in to add momentum to the attack, and out to evade the opponent's attack. A standard practice routine is to shift from shiko-dachi to zenkutsu-dachi with a reverse punch, and back to shiko-dachi. This usually only teaches half of what's intended. It teaches using momentum without stepping for a punch, but not the very important aspect of driving the body forcefully out of harm's way. This exercise was intended to teach dynamic body movement in both directions.
One way to help beginners become effective is to require that stances and hand techniques start and stop at the same time. Usually what happens is that the stance movement is half completed before the hand technique starts. This gives the illusion of speed, but is not the fastest way to close and hit. Better to start the hand and foot at the same time and force the foot to keep up. Ending at the same time helps assure that impact with the target occurs prior to locking-in.
New students are usually taught to step and then punch, or step and then block. This is so that they can concentrate on the step first and then concentrate on the punch or block. As soon as possible, they should be taught to step and punch or block at the same time.
All of this might be obvious to you, but the fact is that I often see very experienced practitioners who attack sequentially rather than with simultaneous movement and who can't get out of harm's way.
The kata teach us how to move, but we tend to learn only how to have strong stances. We need to study our kata textbooks with a direction and a desire to learn from them.
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Broadway comes to LSC-Tomball February 21-23, 7:30 p.m., with the drama department production of "I Never Sang for My Father" in the Performing Arts Center.
This moving and perceptive work, by one of our most distinguished playwrights (Robert Anderson), probes into the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son — and which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both.
The play tells the story of Gene Garrison, a New York professor who wants a change in his life (and plans to achieve it by marrying and relocating to California); his mother, who is sympathetic to his needs; his sister, who was disowned; and his controlling father.
The production has the added aspect of being LSC-Tomball's entry into the 2012 ?2013 Texas Community College Speech & Theatre Association (TCCSTA) State Play Festival (this year hosted by Lone Star College-Tomball on February 27 - March 2, 2013).
"This is an intimate show about family. We are very excited about working on it and performing it for the community and for the state festival. I am always very proud of my students and how hard they work," said professor and director of theatre Sherri White.
Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for senior citizens and LSCS employees, $8 for 18 years old and younger, and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased online here.
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NEW YORK – We need to wait for the Earth to stop spinning three times the speed of light for the official analysis. But for now, there is the detailed breakdown of the draft in technical terms:
Everyone knew going in the only predictable part about Thursday night at Barclays Center would be the unpredictability, and still it was a jolt. It was so swirling that the player the NBA previously referred to as Giannis Adetokunbo became Giannis Antetokounmpo by the time he, Giannis A., went to the Bucks at No. 15. It was so upside down that Hakeem Olajuwon, the first player announced by new commissioner David Stern in 1984, was back on stage — famous red bow tie and all — either as the full-circle sendoff to Stern's final draft or because Olajuwon could still get backup minutes for about 60 percent of the teams.
There has never been a hectic draft like it. The line of possibilities for Cleveland, with the wide-open first pick, were long in a year with no obvious choice — which is a kind way of saying no one deserved it. Then, when his name was called, Anthony Bennett was taken aback anyway.
"I'm just as surprised as everyone else," said the UNLV power forward with the versatile offensive game. "I didn't really have any idea who's going No. 1 or who was going No. 2. I heard everything was up for grabs. But I'm just real happy, glad that I have this opportunity, and I just got to thank God for everything."
It was a surprise because most other front offices had it down to a race among Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore and Alex Len, but hardly a reach. Bennett was the third-best prospect on the board in the estimation of some teams, and the Cavaliers do have a history of making the bold move, as in Tristan Thompson at No. 4 in 2011. Now, Bennett and Thompson will be competing for at least a portion of the minutes.
There were the trades. Dallas, trying to shave as much money as possible to build the war chest for free agency, moved from 13 to 16 and then from 16 to 18 before keeping Shane Larkin. How very NFL draft of them. Golden State went from not having any picks to buying No. 26, trading back to 29 and then trading back to 30 and taking Nemanja Nedoovic.
Then there were the surprises. No one could have imagined the Bobcats spending No. 4 on Cody Zeller until word of the possibility leaked earlier in the day. Noel, arguably the best prospect of all, lasting until the Pelicans at No. 6. McLemore, ditto, lasting until the Kings at No. 7.
There was also the really big surprise. Noel to the 76ers for Jrue Holiday as the point-guard solution in New Orleans and a pick in the loaded 2014 draft that is only top-three protected. Nice work by the Pelicans.
Hectic? On what would have been one of the busiest nights for the league anyway, the seismic shift of the Celtics continued with reports of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry being traded to the Nets, who play in the arena where the draft was being held. Two future Hall of Famers and Brooklyn redoubling efforts to make a push in the Eastern Conference, that's all.
Meanwhile, out on the main stage, Trey Burke had been taken ninth by the Timberwolves. Unexpected, number one. And traded to the Jazz? Unexpected part two.
"Well," he said, "it was kind of a shocker that the Timberwolves selected me. So I was kind of thrown off a little bit. I was happy at the same time. I was excited. I got to walk across the stage that I've been watching since I was a little kid. Once I found out I was getting traded, it was kind of like, 'What do I do?' I had the hat on and everything. So I really didn't know what to do. They told me to sit in the back room until it was confirmed. Now that it's confirmed, I'm happy to be in Utah."
Being settled is a good thing, too. Especially on this night.


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New Globe poll shows dead heat in Senate race
A new Boston Globe poll shows the race between Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren in a dead heat, with ample opportunity for both candidates to win the nation's most expensive Senate race eight days from now.
The survey indicates Brown holds a razor-thin 45 percent to 43 percent lead over Warren among likely voters, well within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Brown's lead evaporates, with 47 percent for each candidate, when voters who are undecided are asked which candidate they are leaning toward.
The poll is a reversal from a September Globe survey that showed Warren ahead 43 percent to 38 percent, as well as several other recent polls that have found Warren with a slight lead. The shift underscores the belief long held by both sides that the race, active for more than a year, would be competitive until the end.
The poll comes a day ahead of what is supposed to be the candidates' fourth and final debate, scheduled for Tuesday evening. Debate sponsors, a media consortium including the Globe, have not made a decision whether to postpone or cancel the debate, as the full effects of Hurricane Sandy on the region are not yet known.
The poll suggests Brown may be pulling off a difficult feat in politics, retaining his personal popularity among voters, even as he continues a relentless attack on his opponent.
Brown, a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, may also be benefiting from a slight uptick in support for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney among Massachusetts voters. The poll shows that Obama leads Romney 52 percent to 38 percent, a substantial margin, but down significantly from last month, when Obama held a 27 point lead over Romney in Massachusetts.
That finding suggests Obama's thinner lead could be having a spillover effect in the Senate race, because even a small trim in his margin of victory would make things easier for Brown, who needs support from hundreds of thousands of Obama voters to defeat Warren, a Democrat.
If the gap at the top of the ticket is indeed shrinking, that would be good news for Brown. He has had some success with Obama voters, but they still support Warren in overwhelming numbers. Brown drew 12 percent of likely Obama voters, compared with 73 percent for Warren.
The poll of 583 likely voters was conducted from Wednesday through Sunday by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
In recent days, several political handicappers at the national level had begun to give Warren the advantage. The Washington Post's political blog and the right-leaning Rasmussen Reports both moved the race last week from "tossup'' to "leans Democrat,'' while the Rothenberg Political Report moved it from "pure tossup'' to "tossup/tilt Democrat.'' The New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blog calls the seat "safe Democratic.''
They based those ratings in part on the fact that Warren led in 11 of 14 public polls taken in September and October, by between 2 and 6 percentage points.
The Globe's poll showed both Brown and Warren remain popular among voters.
Among those surveyed, 54 percent said they viewed Brown favorably, compared with 37 percent who viewed him unfavorably. That's slightly off from last month, when the split was 53 favorable and 33 unfavorable.
But Warren's popularity has suffered more than Brown's amid an onslaught of attack ads over her legal work for corporate clients. She was viewed favorably by 49 percent of respondents, compared with 42 percent who viewed her unfavorably. That's down significantly from last month, when 53 percent offered a favorable opinion and only 36 percent said they viewed her unfavorably.


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Tech Mini-Baja Team Competes with the Big Boys, June 11, 2008
Hands-On Experience Catapults Mechanical Engineers into Workforce
by Thomas Guengerich
Right: New Mexico Tech's 2008 Mini Baja Team. Standing, from left: Hollis Dinwiddie, Tim Ramirez, Ryan Davis, Ryan Waggoner, Matt Tibbetts, Fabian Vigil, Cody McFarland, Nathan Cunningham, Rick Holets and Derrick Monroy. In front are Aaron Dawson and David Boyd-Gerrells.
SOCORRO, N.M., June 11, 2008 – The recently resurrected Mini-Baja team at New Mexico Tech put on an impressive performance, finishing 17th at the national competition May 26 to 30 in Illinois.
Senior Ryan Davis led the 11-member team during its yearlong quest to build the best durable all-terrain race vehicle. The other seniors on the team were Tim Ramirez, Cody McFarland, Fabian Vigil and Ryan Waggoner. The juniors on the team – expected to be the team leaders next year – are Aaron Dawson, Nick Karler, Nathan Cunningham, Rick Holets and David Boyd-Gerrells. One sophomore was on the team – Matt Tibbets.
The Tech students proved that they can compete along side well-funded teams from larger universities, such as Michigan, Oregon State, Purdue, Northeastern, Villanova, Arkansas and many others.
Left: Tech's Mini Baja vehicle undergoes testing.
The Tech team's vehicle performed admirably in the tests of acceleration, maneuverability, the rock crawl and the hill climb. The Tech squad was in 10th place heading into the fifth and final competition – the four-hour endurance race.
"That's the hardest part," Ryan Waggoner said. "After you beat the crap out of your car in all the other events, you have to drive it for four hours."
The Tech car had one small design flaw – the CV shaft proved to be too weak. During the four-hour race, the CV shafts broke eight times. The CV shafts were problematic in earlier testing, so the team had two spares. "When the first two broke, we put the spares on," Waggoner said. "A few of us stayed back and fixed the broken ones. The car was running well and we were passing people, but we kept having to return to the pits and repair the CV shafts. We were working frantically."
Davis said the team realized the CV shaft represented a weakness during testing. They redesigned the shafts and thought the problem was fixed. Nevertheless, the Tech team logged enough laps to score 204.44 points in the endurance run, but still slipped to 17th place overall.
Right: Tech's Mini Baja vehicle of 2008.
"It was a great trip and we impressed a lot of schools with our design," said Tim Ramirez, a native of Cuba, N.M. "We pushed the limits and went small with everything."
"Most of the other cars were longer and wider," said Cody McFarland, an Alamogordo native. "We thought we could be more efficient by being smaller. We built it so we pushed the envelope, but we stayed within the rules."
Prior to the performance tests, the vehicles were ranked in three static categories: cost, design and sales presentation.
"I was really proud last year when they finished 33rd," professor Warren Ostergren said. "To finish 17th is really great. I'm really proud of the fact that the team is headed in a really good direction."
Left: "We're not in New Mexico anymore." Tech's mini-Baja races through Illinois.
The Tech team scored 663.04 points, just behind Iowa State University and just ahead of the University of Michigan's Maize Team.
Cal State Poly-Pomona was the class of the competition, scoring 893.61 points and winning by 58 points.
The Mini-Baja project is an option for students in the Design Clinic class in the mechanical engineering department.
"They enter the class as juniors and learn from the seniors," Ostergren said. "The seniors are great mentors for the juniors."
The two-year cycle allows Tech students to maintain a bit of continuity in the Mini-Baja program – in theory. The program was dropped in 2004, just two years after the Tech Mini-Baja team finished fourth overall nationally and was second in the endurance race.
"When I became chair of the department in 2006, I decided to start the Mini-Baja program again," Dr. Sayavur Bakhtiyarov said. "I think it is natural to have this at New Mexico Tech."
Through Ostergren's class in Design Clinic, Tech offers 13 different design projects. Mini-Baja is just one of the options for upper-level students to learn the process of collaborative mechanical engineering design.
"This is part of the learning process," Bakhtiyarov said. "We have 13 design projects and they are all from the real world. … The Mini-Baja team is a big help in recruitment too. They bring the car and demonstrate it during Engineering Weekend and during Research at Tech Day. That's a big help to the department and to the campus."
Hollis Dinwiddie, a former Mini-Baja team member with two Tech degrees, is the team's academic advisor. The project is equally divided between theory and practicality.
The team brainstorms on ideas and concepts, then picks the concept and the direction. Then the team sets out to manufacture a working vehicle.
"As a student engineer, you don't understand how it works until you start doing the machining yourself," Ramirez said.
Every team uses the same engine – a 10 horse-power engine by Briggs and Stratton, which is the major sponsor of the event, along with the Society of Automotive Engineers. The team designed and built everything – the chassis, pedals and steering and drive train. After deciding on a concept, they conducted computer modeling and analyses, followed by building a prototype.
"The best part is seeing everything come together," Waggoner said. "You spend a whole year designing this project. When if finally comes together and you get it running, it's a lot of fun."
The team spent $10,650 to build its vehicle, which was about average. However, Bakhtiyarov said the Tech team is one of the poorest in the competition, financially speaking. Ostergren said some schools have immaculate high-tech machine shops. Bakhtiyarov said some schools have as many as 100 students contributing to a Mini-Baja team.
Davis and his team members spent thousands of hours working in the machine shop north of the campus police station. The team often worked on their vehicle past 2 a.m., including during finals week.
"They're actually working on real-world design problems," Ostergren said. "Employers are interested in bringing up students quickly – not just in design work, but the design process too. Students need the technical design skills, but if they know the design process, they can step into a job anywhere. … When these students look at job offers and internships, you can see the effect of this program."
Each team member said their Mini-Baja experience was more than just a resumé builder. The experience was a critical to getting internships and job offers.
Fabian Vigil has accepted a job as a design engineer with Honda Research and Development in Columbus, Ohio. He said his experience with Mini-Baja design and implementation in a team environment was crucial to landing that job.
"The most gratifying part is the learning experience of design and working with others," Vigil said. "In a lot of engineering jobs, you only have to do one part of a project. We got to see the whole thing."
Cody McFarland, the team's salesman, will be working for aeronautics firm Lockheed Martin in Las Cruces. Waggoner will soon start work for the Lee Ranch Coal Co. near Grants. Davis will work for Merrion Oil and Gas in Farmington. Ramirez, who did an internship with GM in Lansing, Mich., accepted a job offer from global mining company BHP Billiton in Farmington.
"The Mini-Baja project prepares us for the real world in a lot of different aspects," Waggoner said. "One is working on a team. … We have different subcommittees and we have to integrate our work and the systems have to be compatible."
Vice President of Academic Affairs Peter Gerity has a special connection with Mini-Baja. He spent many years involved with professional racing teams and spends his free time restoring sports cars at home.
A mechanical engineer, Gerity enjoys working with the Mini-Baja team at Tech.
"They are learning the most valuable lesson they can learn in higher education," he said. "It absolutely requires total teamwork. They recognize through real life, hands-on experience that each team member is important. You don't learn that from reading a book. For mechanical engineering students, Mini-Baja is the gold standard. It really gives students a leg up as they enter the industry."
Each team member also was responsible to help find sponsors. The major sponsors were BHP Billiton, Merrion Oil & Gas, M&R Trucking and Sun Loans, all of Farmington, and Socorro businesses First State Bank and Gambles True Value hardware.
The team had numerous other business sponsors in Socorro that offered free or discounted merchandise or small donations.
The team was also assisted financially by vice presidents Peter Gerity and Van Romero, and president Daniel H. López.
Dinwiddie was on the Mini-Baja team in 2001 and 2002. He now works as a mechanical engineer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
"This is the closest thing to having a cutting edge project with real deadlines," Dinwiddie said. "This is a make-or-break project. You have to succeed or your failure will be really big. They spend a year working on a project that culminates in one weekend. The intensity is extremely high."
"The most challenging part was the long hours and the hard work," McFarland said. "We spent a lot of late nights in the shop fabricating parts and putting it all together. … but when you go to nationals and do well, it's all worth it."


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Plan For John Brown's Escape
By Isaiah A. Woodward
Prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, John Brown was under sentence for leading the Harpers Ferry insurrection. While Brown was awaiting trial in the Charles Town, Virginia prison, several abolitionists formulated a plan to effect his escape.
The plotters included their plan for the escape in a letter to be delivered by Colonel J. Lucius Davis to John Brown prison.1 This letter was supposed to have consisted of "words of religious consolation" to the insurrectionist, but in reality the words above the drawing as shown in the John Brown document referred to the plan for his escape. The secret writing at the top of the John Brown escape document states
Dear Brown. Be of good cheer. Now friends are coming. Say you are prepared. Five hundred will be at C. Say this was from Maria Child. Be watchful-For W. L. Garrison.2
On October 26, 1859, the Virginia Governor, H. A. Wise, was informed by a Virginian living in New York City that a group of abolitionists were planning "to rescue John Brown and confederates."3 Fearful of a plan to rescue the insurrectionist the Virginia authorities had a company of armed soldiers escort John Brown on a "litter" to the courthouse in Charleston Virginia.4 During the trial John Brown and his followers were closely guarded. As a result of the Virginia governor's security measure in Charlestown, John Brown's escape as planned the abolitionists did not materialize. Instead the death penalty of the court was carried out in 1859. Hence, Captain John Brown was prevented from escaping into freedom.
1 P. Mumfuss to Colonel J. Lucius Davis, New York, December 6, 1859. Brown Papers (MS). The John Brown Papers are in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia. These manuscripts cover the period of John Brown's life from 1857 to 1859.
2 Maria Child to John Brown, New York, December 6, 1859. John Brown Papers (MS).
3Alfred M. Barbour to Governor H. A. Wise, New York, October 26, 1859. John Brown Papers (MS).
4 The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, October 31, 1859. According to this paper John Brown had "a bayonet wound in his kidneys and three sabre cuts on the forehead," nevertheless, he was carried into the Charlestown court.
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The great smart phone debate will probably get you talking.
"I think there's an iPhone/Android person like there's a Mac/PC person," Alex Harbour said.
Are you Team Android or Team iPhone? Some people swear by their iPhone.
"This is my fifth one in four years -- they just keep getting better," Gene Rilder said.
Others can't get enough of their android
"I like the customization," said Katie Mingo. "There's so many options, menu after menu, and I like control over things."
We have our preferences – we gravitate to what we're used to. But, is one technically better than the other?
"Android is more popular, it's used by the masses," Tegna money man Matt Granite said.
He says budget wise, the Android has more options.
"One hundred percent of the time, there's a cheaper Android alternative to an iPhone product, but keep in mind. when you say Android you're referring to the operating system." Granite said. "The devices range in price."
But it's not always about the money.
"Is an Apple or iPhone device more reliable?" Granite said. "Yes, there are plenty of Android devices that are just as reliable as iPhone, but as a whole, since Apple builds the hardware, makes the software, and builds the ecosystem, Apple has the edge when it comes to reliability."
One iPhone user isn't buying it. Lately, he hasn't been satisfied with the phone.
"They used to be a fantastic device. The app ecosystem made sense, " Anthony Claudia said. "Now, not so much, I'm thinking about switching."
And this would be considered a rare move.
"There are some Android users that might migrate to IOS, to the iPhone," Granite said. "But there are not a lot of iPhone users that go the other way."
On the fence? Which way should you go?
"For first time cellphone users, iPhone is still the easier to use of the two," Granite said. "If you are a Windows-based, hardcore individual you will still find that iPhone slightly easier."
Easier, fancier, cheaper, what means the most to you? For many of us, it comes down to the convenient choice.
"I just always used my upgrades," one iPhone user said.
Or for some of us, it's always been the default phone.
"It was the first smartphone I got," Android user Emma Franklin said.
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NHL Lockout Causes Couples to Lock in, Like in the Sexy Way
In America, we traditionally see a jump in the NLMI (National Love Makin' Index) anytime there's a big blizzard or some other kind of catastrophic weather event that keeps us locked indoors with people who we are attracted to. (Mark our words, in eight months we there will be a bunch of New York babies named Sandy. Poor kids.) Blizzards don't scare Canadians, though, so up there an NHL lockout is what it takes.
It's not looking promising that there will be a resolution to the NHL lockout in time for a December 1 puck drop, and we all know how Canadians love their hockey. So what's a puck-less canuck to do? Hint: it rhymes with several words in the previous sentence.
Canadian sex shop owner Vinay Morker told the Toronto Sun that his boutique enjoyed a 15% jump in sales during October, and he credits the newfound free time of the local Oilers fans:
When Oilers fans, mostly guys, have to break their routine of seeing every game, they have more time, and there's nothing better than spending it with your spouse or girlfriend.
From that last sentence, it sounds like Morker didn't pre-order his copy of Black Ops: 2. Either way, if the NHL lockout has left you twiddling your thumbs, sex is definitely a fun alternative to hockey. Wrap it up, though, or you'll end up with a little baby Stanley.


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- CNN's main Facebook account and Twitter page were among those compromised
- Several CNN blogs were also affected
- The posts were deleted within minutes and the accounts have been secured
- Some posts claimed the Syrian Electronic Army was responsible
Some of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were compromised Thursday.
The affected accounts included CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN's Security Clearance. Blogs for Political Ticker, The Lead, Security Clearance, The Situation Room and Crossfire were also hacked.
The posts were deleted within minutes and the accounts have since been secured.
Some of the posts claimed that the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of pro-Syrian regime hackers that has aggressively targeted major news organizations and activists, was responsible.
"Syrian Electronic Army Was Here...Stop lying... All your reports are fake!" one of the posts on CNN's Twitter account said.
Another post Thursday night on a Twitter account purportedly tied to the group said it was retaliating for "viciously lying reporting aimed at prolonging the suffering in Syria."
Last year the Syrian Electronic Army claimed credit for a 20-hour-long outage of the New York Times website.
The group also claims to have hacked other major American and British news organizations, as well as Columbia University and rights group Human Rights Watch.


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Four Cedar Key residents have filed letters seeking appointment to to the Cedar Key Water & Sewer District Board.
They are asking to fill the vacancy created by Board Member Chris Cowart's election to the Levy County School Board. The District board is expected to choose Cowart's replacement at the district board meeting on Monday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m.
The applicants are:
• Software engineer Matt Chatowsky,
• Former Mayor Pat O'Neal,
• Clam farmer Chris Reynolds, and
• Former CK Chamber President Tina Ryan of Ryan Management.
The District charter only requires that the board member be a registered voter within the district.
The board oversees a $3 million annual budget, which includes capital projects, such as establishing a desalination addition to the water system and replacing water and sewerage lines. It also sets the property tax millage for the district.
The application letters submitted by the four are attached to this story as PDF files that open in Adobe Reader and can be downloaded.
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