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NEIGHBORHOODS 4E MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007 Reno Babe Ruth champs DRIOne program will have 2,000 types of vegetation a op If flf 'We're the only laboratory in the world that does what we RYAN BANTA Scientist in DRl's Ice Core Lab 9m St- 1 II Water'I guess I don't want to grow up' From IE "I'm still a kid," said Dawson, a 43-year-old field service engineer. "I guess I don't want to grow up. The people that are wakeboarding like me aren't doing the big tricks the 20-year-olds are doing, but we are more energetic and more outgoing than our parents were at our age although the injuries do take a little longer to heal." Dawson is recovering from a kite surfing accident that shattered his heel, but said the thrill of wakeboarding is incomparable. "Wakeboarding is another extension of playing in the water," he said. "It is a lot more freestyle, you can surface, do 360s and kick up a big spray." Johnson, a mortgage planner, agreed.

"The environment, the recreation and the health aspects of this exhilarating sport are fun for the spectator, as well as the participant," said Johnson, 38. "The benefit of this club is that you have people at different skill ievels that are more experienced, who are willing to share their knowledge. The love of a sport brings people together." SUBMITTED TOTHE RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL South Reno Babe Ruth 1 4-year-old team concluded their state tournament on Wednesday as state champions. Pictured are, back row from left, Coach Matthew Washell, Manager Todd Ferguson, Chad McSkimming, Chris Trissel, Tyler Washell, Eric Meyer, Matt Page, Raymond McBroom and coach Steve McCarty. Front row from left, Daniel Ferguson, Mark Farthing, Jace Puckett, Griffin McCarty, Taylor Higgins and Sean DeWeese.

Bat boy Daniel Page is in front. Not Pictured is Garrett Felling. This team now advances to the Pacific Southwest Babe Ruth Regional Tournament beginning Aug. 1 in Murray, Utah. VOLUNTEERS in snow.

This can include dust, salt and lead. Certain elements peak and fall as the seasons change, which allows them to gauge where in time they are. Depending on snow fall, a year can be captured in a centimeter or a yard of ice, Banta said. The machine rapidly melts, measures and records elements captured in the ice. In a day, they can process from 15 to 30 meters of ice.

On Wednesday, they were processing snow from the dateOA.D. These instruments are precise to a degree that is nearly unfathomable. It takes them eight hours to calibrate the machines. The machines can measure one part per quadrillion, or a ratio about equivalent to a drop of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, Banta said. "At these small amounts can we see anything?" Banta rhetorically asked the crowd.

"The answer is a resounding In the 1890s and early 1900, Banta said the machines read a sharp increase in lead which just happens to coincide with the Industrial Revolution. Before the Industrial Revolution, a spike in the presence of lead typically indicated a volcanic eruption, Banta said. In 1973, the level of lead began a sharp decrease, which comes a year after the passing of the 1972 Clean Air Act. Banta said he hopes this insight into the world's ancient climate patterns will shed some light on its future. From IE "My grandson is in there listening to everything, but my stomach won't take it," Spears said.

"It's just so fun and exciting that it's here in Reno. The Desert Research Institute is known worldwide, and we're very lucky to have it in this neighborhood." The images are projected in stereo, meaning the image for the left eye is projected at 30 frames per second while the image for the right eye alternates with it at the same speed. While the projector is beaming the two alternating images at 60 frames per second, the bulky glasses alternately shutter the right and left eyes allowing the wearer to only see right or left eye perspective. The speed of the shutters is so rapid it's not perceivable by the naked eye and gives the illusion of a three-dimensional perspective. One program still being designed will include 2,000 types of vegetation, with so much visual authenticity the plants sway in the breeze.

The virtual plants have a much more important purpose than landscape design or aesthetics. DRI technical director Bill Sherman, visualization scientist Phil McDonald and others are working on a fire simulation program that will allow them to create landscapes complete with vegetation that will burn at the same rate and intensity as the real thing. McDonald said plant life has an infrared signature unique to its type. Using satellite images of hillsides, DRI is building a program that might be able to recognize the types of plants in an area, the combustion rate, and from that, create an interactive landscape that might al- wr w. AUTO UPHCLSTERY Serving Reno Since 1978 775-329-4501 1825 Market St.

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