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This is my second posting from a moving train. Today's journey is taking me from Montreal through Toronto and then on to Windsor, where Vince from Still Point Zen Center in Detroit will take me across the border. Zero Defex is playing tomorrow at a place in Detroit called The Comet. We haven't played together in a year. The rest of the guys have been rehearsing without me and I've been practicing on my own. So we should be fine.
The last gig Zero Defex played in Detroit is written up in gory detail in Hardcore Zen. The main things I recall are frozen feet and carbon monoxide. There were at least three bands and assorted fellow travelers packed into an Econoline van along with a drum kit, a half dozen guitars and some amplifiers, all rolling aro0und on top of each other to make the 6 hour journey from Akron to Detroit. The van had rust holes all over the place that allowed the exhaust fumes to seep inside until all of us were woozy. I heard a story later that the Nazis designed a van quite similar to this to kill Jews even before they reached the concentration camps.
It was the dead of winter and freezing cold. I was probably in a pair of Converse High Tops. I don't know for sure. But anyway they were thin and inadequate and my feet froze up. As soon as we got into the venue -- a club known as The Freezer! -- my frozen feet started to swell up from the warmth and itched like crazy. I had to take off my shoes and let them cool back down by walking barefoot on the frigid concrete of The Freezer's floor.
Then our start time kept getting pushed later and later to accommodate Negative Approach who suddenly decided they needed to play a set even though they weren't on the bill. I hated them for years because of that. This was really bad for us because we were set to drive back to Ohio that same night and wouldn't even get on the road until something like three in the morning. We survived, though.
Hopefully tomorrow night's gig will go even better.
Now the train I'm riding is in Brockville. Don't go back to Brockville!
I had a terrific time in Montreal, which becomes more like home every time I go. Linda Dydyk and her husband Bogdan played host. I loved them both and all of their cats. They live in NDG, a very cool part of the city. Montreal is covered in graffiti. Some of it is quite good. Most of it sucks ass. But you could say the same about the other forms of advertising that decorate the buildings.
I got interviewed by the CBC twice, by CJAD once, by The Mirror and by WatchMojo.com. On the CBC I was harassed by a Hare Krishna caller who wanted to warn the audience of the dangers of the impersonal and abstract philosophy of Buddhism. I guess I asked for that cuz I said how I hadn't been very engaged in their philosophy. It's nuts, I tell ya! Actually, it's just old-time religion with a blue god who screws hot Indian babes instead of a white god who shoots lightning bolts. But their food is terrific.
The CBC interviewer mentioned local hero Leonard Cohen and the rumor that when he flies overseas he spends 13 hour plane flights seated in meditation. She asked if I did that. I told her that Leonard Cohen probably flies first class where the seats are roomy enough to do that. I always fly coach.
Wow. We just passed a field in which stood a giant turkey fanning his tail feathers. Life is good.
I talked with a lot of people. Went out with my friend Maya to see a punk rock show. Went to eat Indian food with Thibault, the guy who got me my first gig in Montreal. That was in 2005 when I spoke at Casa del Popolo. I was there again and it was fun. I did my acoustic version of "Drop the A-Bomb on Me" to end the show and opened with a solo version of "God Part III" from Dimentia 13's Flat Earth Society album (1990). In between I got a lot of good questions and did my best to answer them. The first one was, "Can Buddhists jack off?" So you know it was a very cool audience.
I met the Chinese/Japanese girl from Montreal who I wrote about in my current book and her new boyfriend. I was happy and sad at the same time. They seem very good for each other. So that's OK, he said silently holding back a single tear.
I spent hours talking to a beautiful mysterious film maker who didn't want to talk very much. She was super cool but I should have shut up. I spent more hours talking to a beautiful bubbly journalist who told me about vandalizing locker rooms and puking multicolored Gatorade puke. I like Canada.
I met a woman who writes a blog called Full Contact Enlightenment that she says trashes me. She was nice. I haven't been able to get the blog to load up yet. The wireless on this train is free but, like I said, oh so slow. I met a guy who wanted to hypnotize me, but I didn't have time. Or maybe he secretly hypnotized me while we were talking and I am now doing his bidding! I met some students at Dawson who played "Oh Darling!" from Abbey Road on guitar and asked great Zen questions.
I visited the used book stores of the city and picked up a couple of old books about sci-fi films that I didn't have. And a copy of the Battlefield Earth DVD for 4$ Canadian. Battlefield Earth is a bad movie classic that must be seen to be understood and appreciated. I bought a red hoodie with a maple leaf on the breast.
We're passing now though wheat fields, past rusted cars and cows. The train is shakier out here than it is in the city, but we're moving faster.
Whenever I give a talk, a bunch of people come up afterward to chat. And that's fine. But I think maybe from now on I'm going to go out and try to talk to people who don't line up to chat. I think they might have stuff to say as well.
All the Detroit gigs are listed on the link to your left. So if you're in town, please show up at Still Point.<<<<<<

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State officials have approved a grant that will pay for 50 percent of the cost of a new floodgate to be built on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes.
The Courier reports the barge floodgate will be 56 feet wide and 18 feet above sea level. It's expected to offer protection for residents of Pointe-aux-Chenes, Bourg, Montegut and Grand Bois by preventing flooding during heavy storms.
In a collaboration of the Terrebonne Levee District and the Louisiana Flood Control Program, the $7.6 million grant is expected to cover half of the floodgate's roughly $15 million cost.
Terrebonne Parish, through its half-cent sales tax and bond sales, will match the state funding.
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While attending the EHR Summit by HBMA, I got the chance to learn more about the AZ REC and HIE. Here are some tweets about the things they said that worth noting with my own comments:
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AZ REC had trouble getting vendors to take their free EHR interns. #EHRSummit11
This was pretty interesting since they said that doctors were more than willing to take on their student interns, but vendors were reticent to take them on. I do love the education program that the AZ REC put together. Internships like this are valuable.
Biggest complaint the HIT students had was access to actual EHR software. AZ REC created a EHR software lab to solve it. #EHRSummit11
This is a really common complaint by the RECs. In fact, I just helped a REC get access to some EHR software to solve this problem. It's amazing to me that more EHR vendors aren't happy to provide their software for these education programs.
AZ REC has a list serv of 2500 doctors and a list for vendors. See: http://www.arizonarec.org/? #EHRSummit11
I found it interesting that they had a doctor list and a vendor list. Makes sense.
AZ REC looking at optimizing health IT for ACO's to be sustainable. I think this will be a common strategy. #EHRSummit11
The idea of REC sustainability is an important one. I think many are looking towards the ACO requirements as one pathway to sustainability. Of course, how stable are ACO's? One thing seems certain, the relationships the RECs create with doctors could be leveraged for good if done right.
Arizona HIE
The case for the benefits of good information from something like a HIE is easy. The problem is making it actually happen. #EHRSummit11
This was my gut response when the AZ HIE was talking about the benefits of having the information an HIE provides. I don't think I've heard anyone say that exchanging information would be a bad thing and produce worse clinical outcomes. Sure, they want to ensure privacy of the data when it's done, but the benefits of having the best information are completely apparent.
HINAz (AZ HIE) didn't depend on grants to create the HIE. They focused on the benefits of the HIE to users. #EHRSummit11
This seems like something that's a bit unique to AZ. Most HIE's are so focused on the grant funding. In this sense, I think that this might give the AZ HIE a chance to be successful. Plus, I loved that they did actual research into which users benefited from the HIE.
AZ HIE, Hospitals pay 50% of costs, Plans pay 50% of costs. Physicians pay nominal fee to participate (cause nominal benefit). #EHRSummit11
This is where the real fun begins. The hospitals and plans are paying for the HIE since the AZ HIE found that they're the ones that would benefit from it. They found that doctors received nominal benefits from using the HIE and so they shouldn't be charged to use it. Of course, the other beneficiaries not mentioned here is the benefit to the patients. I'm sure hospitals and plans will pass the cost on to patients, so I guess that works out in the end.


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Hence, he dismantle the entire body and create a new original with a galvanized plate material. When examined, the shape of the front like Jupiter MX135LC. Subagio also confirmed that he was imitating a duck ahead of Yamaha's models. "The MX is very sporty, fit with my concept," added the man from Malang is also a father with two children.
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Boston Cardinal O'Malley 'moved' by Vatican City crowds
Says future pope must connect with, inspire young people
Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley said he was moved by the size of the massive crowds that gathered in Vatican City and across Rome for the departure of Pope Benedict XVI.
"I think there was a note in sadness saying farewell to this man who has been our spiritual father for the past eight years," Cardinal O'Malley said to reporters in Rome. "At the same time, it was very edifying to see how much people love him and respect him. It was very moving to be in the plaza this afternoon and see thousands of people waiting for the helicopter to take off."
O'Malley spent a few moments with the pontiff, in which he expressed the gratitude of the Boston archdiocese. "We love him. We are so grateful for everything he has meant for us. I assured him he will never be forgotten and will always be in our hearts."
As the cardinals prepare to enter into Conclave, O'Malley said it is one of the most important activities he will be engaged in as a Cardinal. "This is the first time that I've been in a Conclave, and very well could be the only time in my life that I will do this."
Boston's cardinal said he was using the Internet to research potential candidates, but said no one goes into Conclave with one name in mind.
"You're faced with a number of choices," O'Malley told reporters. "We are still in a process of discernment and prayer and trying to learn more. Certainly there are some wonderful candidates there, and we all recognize their talent and their goodness and competence."
O'Malley said the future pope must be "a man of deep faith as Benedict XVI has been" and also said the pontiff must be able to connect with young people. "In today's world, the ability to communicate the faith is important; our people are anxious to have someone that will be able to touch the hearts, particularly of our young people, and carry on this new evangelization by inspiring people to come back to the faith."


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Goaltender Cedrick Desjardins is heading to familiar territory after being traded Thursday by the Montreal Canadiens for fellow netminder Dustin Tokarski.
Desjardins returns to the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he won his only two NHL appearances during the 2010-11 season.
Desjardins was 7-13-2 with a 2.94 GAA in 22 games for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL this season.
Tokarski has played seven NHL games during his career, sporting a record of 1-3-1 with a 3.54 GAA.
Tokarski, 23, has played 33 games with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch since the start of the 2012-13 season, and posted a 2.46 goals-against average and .900 save percentage. The Saskatchewan native had been with the Tampa Bay organization since being picked in the fifth round of the 2008 NHL draft.
NHL fans are shelling out more for tickets during a season scaled back by a labour dispute, according to a report.
And Team Marketing Report, a sports marketing research firm, says that NHL teams have implemented a larger ticket percentage increase than the NFL and NBA for the second straight season.
The firm found that season-ticket prices for all 30 NHL teams rose 5.7% to $61.01, based on the average price for non-premium seats. The NBA's average ticket increased 3.5% to $50.99 and the NFL's rose 2.5% to $78.38.
The company will not release the 2013 MLB ticket average until the start of the season.
In the previous season, the NHL raised prices by 4.8%, while the NBA (1.7%), NFL (1.2%) and MLB (1.2% for 2011 season) had lower increases.
The higher prices haven't hurt sales as the NHL had an average attendance of 17,652, or 1.1% more than last season's average of 17,455 through Feb. 12, according to the report.
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After being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease back in January, I made some major changes to my diet. In addition to the gluten free diet I have been following for years, I eliminated a few other foods that might be causing me problems, mainly eggs and dairy. Six weeks later I attempted to add eggs back, and realized that I definitely can't eat them at this time (I'll try duck and quail eggs in the future, but not yet.) Sadly, even without eggs and dairy, I was still battling more than a normal (for me) amount of anxiety and still not sleeping well. Inspired by the book I'm reading right now(which I love–common sense, great advice, no super crazy stuff,), Eat Dirt, I eliminated a few more foods (all grains, seeds, nuts, nightshades, and legumes). Per the author's advice in the book, I am now on a month long diet of mainly organic meat, vegetables, unsweetened coconut milk, and a little bit of fruit. I don't think this is the most sustainable way for me to eat long-term, but the idea is that my gut should do some healing and then maybe I'll be able to eat a wider range of foods again. Right now I'm eating a lot of chicken soup made with bone broth, and having a coconut milk smoothie every morning with collagen in it, which is supposed to be super good for you (It is flavorless and easily dissolves in liquid). What's crazy, is I feel amazing. It only took a couple of days for me to notice some major changes. About a week ago, I gave up my one cup of caffeinated tea per day by accident. I just forgot to make it for a few days, had been wanting to cut it out anyway, so haven't gone back. My anxiety is currently under control, and I am sleeping way better too. Seriously, it's CRAZY!!! The only downside is all those foods I can't eat. But honestly, at this point, it's not that difficult to avoid them. It takes a lot of planning, but as long as I have acceptable foods around, I am just fine. My current favorite is zucchini sauteed in coconut oil with a chicken breast. All dusted with lots of Herbamare. Simple things taste so good now.
Baseball season is here, so Jonny and I took Mabel and our little guys to watch Gabe and Keats play last weekend. A friend whose son is on their team commented, "Now it will be Mabel eating dirt instead of Job!" So true. I laughed, and told him about the book I'm reading right now, and about all the beneficial microbes that we are exposed to when we get our hands and feet dirty. The average toddler supposedly eats a teaspoon of dirt a day! And that's a good thing! I can't say that I am going to stop interfering when Mabel puts dirt and other objects from the ground into her mouth (mainly because I'm concerned about choking!) But I do feel a new sense of intention surrounding getting outside and getting dirty. It's good for me and good for them!
Seth is spending a lot of time turning wood on the lathe. He is working on candle holders, and I am the lucky recipient of all his practice pieces. I am trying to utilize candles more often. One thing I have been attempting is to light a candle on the table while my younger kids work on their lessons. Sometimes it seems to help them focus. Other times it's a total distraction and I just have to put the candle away. Whether I get to light them or not, I just like having candles around. They make things feel cozy, which I still don't often experience in our new house. It must take a long time to feel at home somewhere new! Maybe especially if you loved your previous home as much as we did!
p.s. Thanks for all of your orders! I am working to get everything shipped out in the next day or two, in plenty of time for Easter if you wanted Easter basket play silks! There are about a dozen play silks left in the shop if you missed getting one. There's also still some goat milk soap. I fell out of my soap making rhythm, so I won't have any more ready for about six to 8 weeks. I did make labels for all the soap going out this time, and all future bars as well!


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'Tougher GCSE' exam to be unveiled by Gove and Clegg
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The GCSE exam system in England faces a shake-up which will mean a single end-of-course exam, fewer top grades and one exam board for each subject.
Education Secretary Michael Gove and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will confirm the plans for reform.
Pupils who have begun secondary school this year will be the first to take the revised exams in 2017.
Mr Clegg promised that the changes would "give parents confidence" in the exams taken by their children.
But Labour's shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, attacked the plans as "totally out of date, from a Tory-led government totally out of touch with modern Britain".
"Schools do need to change as all children stay on in education to 18 and we face up to the challenges of the 21st Century. We won't achieve that with a return to the 1980s," said Mr Twigg.
Single exam board
Details of the changes to GCSEs in England will be formally announced to MPs on Monday afternoon.
But a series of leaks have suggested that the shake-up will mean that the current system of assessing individual units of a course will be replaced by a single three-hour final exam.
The first pupils would begin studying these exams in 2015 - with the first candidates taking the new-look exams in 2017.
There is also likely to be one exam board for each subject - rather than having different exam boards competing with their own versions.
There have been claims that such competition leads to a "race to the bottom", with an incentive for exam boards to attract more business by making it easier to pass.
It is also expected to be made more difficult to get the highest grades - with the suggestion that the A* and A grades will be replaced with a top level that fewer children will be able to achieve.
A leak during the exam season had claimed that GCSEs would be abolished and replaced with an O-level for the more able and a separate exam for pupils of a lower ability.
But this prompted a dispute within the coalition over introducing such a two-tier system - which seems to have been resolved to create a single exam for all ability levels.
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Addressing the education select committee last week, Mr Gove suggested that an exam could be taken at different points between 16 and 18 years of age - allowing weaker pupils to catch up.
The changes to the GCSE exam will come alongside the raising of the leaving age - which will see young people staying in education and training until the age of 18.
Mr Clegg said the changes would "raise standards for all our children", but he added that it would "not exclude any children".
He said it would have been wrong to go back the old dual exam system - and set out what he hoped would be gained from the revised GCSEs.
"Firstly give parents confidence in the exams their children are taking, secondly raise standards for all our children in schools in the country but thirdly and crucially not exclude any children from the new exam system."
When more details of the new exam were leaked at the weekend, Labour said it supported more rigorous exams but only if they do not act as a cap on aspiration.
A reform of the exam system in England will not apply to pupils taking GCSEs in Wales - and this shake-up could see a greater divide between qualifications in England and Wales.
The Welsh government says it will not be rushed into following any changes to the GCSE and is carrying out its own separate review into the exam system.
Changes to the GCSE in England would not apply to Northern Ireland.
Former chief inspector of schools Sir Mike Tomlinson - who conducted a review of the exam system for the previous government - told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he thought the planned change was "largely positive".
He backed the move away from a modular system and plans for there to be only one board to examine in English, mathematics or the sciences.
Back to the future?
But he questioned how subjects that do not lend themselves to a single exam, such as art and dance, would be tested in a single exam.
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said GCSEs needed to be reviewed but bringing back an O-level style exam was not the answer.
"I hope that these proposals are not going to be telling us that we're going to have a system that goes back to something that we used to have in the 1950s, which was suited to a very small part of the population," he said.
Martin Johnson of the ATL teachers' union said: "A new exam certainly should not be designed on the back of a restaurant menu as a short-term political fix by ignorant ministers. This is an insult to the nation's children who will have to live with the consequences if the crackpot ideas are implemented."
"Tinkering with exams is a cheap and relatively easy lever for governments, which has been used and over-used in the past couple of decades. What would make a real, long-term difference to raising standards for all children would be improving the teaching and learning in all schools - but that's long, and hard, and expensive," said Kevin Stannard of the Girls' Day School Trust.
The plan to reform the exam system comes amid controversy over this year's GCSE English exams - with head teachers claiming that grade boundaries have been unfairly altered.
The exam regulator in England has refused to regrade the disputed papers - but the Welsh government has instructed the WJEC examining board to carry out a regrading in Wales.
In Scotland, pupils take Standard Grades, Highers and Advanced Highers rather than GCSEs and A-levels.


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Here's a Private Pilot, circa 1930. (photo credit: James Crookall)
I'm not a big fan of nostalgia. Here's why:
"The Golden Age of Aviation" was a time when the only people who flew themselves in an airplane were titans of industry, movie stars, or crazy people.
The aviation industry is on course to revert back to the 1930's. This is bad, bad, news, because if you look at what aviation was like back between the world wars, it was a terrible time.
Folks in our community complain about how private aviation is circling the drain, that it's a lost cause. I refuse to believe that. We just have too many things going for us. I believe the future of private aviation is viable, as long as we stop trying to relive the past.
The first few chapters of the book, "Free Flight," by James Fallows, pretty much lit my brain on fire. It remains one of the best, most objective, primers on the state of aviation in America. The rest of the book focuses on the trajectory of both Cirrus and Eclipse and their attempts to disrupt and reinvent air travel in the last decade.
Fallows nails it when he explains that there are two kinds of people. There are "the Enthusiasts," (You, me, and most anyone reading this.) and "the Civilians." (everyone else.)
On Enthusiasts
"…The typical gathering of pilots is like a RV or hot rod–enthusiasts's club. People have grease under their fingernails. The aircraft business is littered with stories of start-up companies that failed. One important reason is that, as with wineries or small country inns or literary magazines, people have tried to start businesses because they loved the activity, not because they necessarily had a good business plan."
On Civilians
"Civilians–mean most of the rest of us– view airplanes not as fascinating objects but as transportation. Planes are better than cars, buses, or trains to the extent that they are faster. Over the last generation, most civilians have learned to assume that large airliners nearly always take off and land safely. …From the civilian perspective, the bigger the plane, the better. Most civilians view people who fly small planes the way I view people who bungee-jump or climb Mount Everest; they are nuts."
– James Fallows, "Free Flight, Inventing the future of Travel"
Fallows calmly explains how travel for most of us has gotten worse, not better in the last 30 years. He stresses that the hub and spoke system adopted by the airlines post deregulation has contributed to the misery. He cites former NASA administrator Daniel Golden, who noted in 1998 that the average speed door to door traveling on commercial airlines had sunk to only around fifty or sixty miles an hour.
The book concisely charts how we got into this fine mess. He compares how air travel works today to that of the world before automobiles. In the last generation, the airlines have benefited the most from investment in development and infrastructure. Today we pack most people onto what may as well be very fast train lines that go from major metro to major metro. Cornelius Vanderbilt would be so proud.
The other side of the coin is what General Aviation has evolved to for the folks who have the means to fly private jets. The industry has done a fabulous job of responding to the needs of the very small percentage of us who can afford to operate or charter turbine aircraft. This equipment flies higher and faster than most airliners, and can get people to small airports much closer to almost any destination. Fallows shows how this is analogous to travel by limousine. Remember, when cars first appeared on the road, they were considered too complicated and too dangerous for mere mortals to operate. Anyone who could afford one, hired a professional driver. I'm sure Andrew Carnegie was chauffeured from point to point too.
So for the most part, we have trains and limousines. It's like some bizarre alternate history world where Henry Ford never brought us the automobile.
I refuse to believe that we're simply on the wrong side of history here.
It's actually a pretty great time to be a pilot. The equipment has never been more reliable, the tools keep making it easier, and the value proposition keeps getting more compelling compared to other modes of travel when you note that moving about the country on the airlines or the highways keeps slowing down due to congestion. For the first time in history, for most of us the country is no longer growing smaller. It's getting bigger.
A few examples of what excites me about the future of aviation, and what I hope can prove to be disrupters looking forward…
- ICON A5 – A 2 seat jet ski with wings that you can tow behind your pickup.
- Cirrus Vision SF50 – 5 Seats, single jet engine, it's going to define a completely new category for very light jets. I imagine it to be like a Tesla and an iPad mashed together in one 300 knot machine.
- Whatever it is that Elon Musk builds next – please, please, please, let it be a flying car.
The future is bright, as long as we don't go backwards.


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LAS VEGAS — Dale Earnhardt Jr. tied Bill Elliott's record of 10 consecutive wins as NASCAR's most popular driver, and was just as nervous accepting it Thursday as he was when he received his first honor.
"It's real hard to get up there and express your emotions and express to people how much it means to you," Earnhardt said. "When you win it repeatedly, it gets tougher to show people and tell people how much it means to you because each time you win it, it means a little bit more. Words do an injustice to spelling out what it really means to you."
Earnhardt won the award Thursday at the Myers Brothers Luncheon at The Encore at Wynn. The award is presented annually by the National Motorsports Press Association, and Earnhardt has won it every year since 2003.
He thanked his enormous fan base for sticking with him during his acceptance speech.
"Aside from honesty, one of the qualities I admire most in a person is loyalty," he said. "Loyalty is a word that I use quite often to describe our fans, and as I stand here to accept this award for a 10th time, I think it's a great example of loyalty in its truest form. I thank the fans, all the fans who support this sport, and I am pleased and humbled and honored to accept this."
Fans vote from February through September on 10 most popular drivers. The field was then reset and fans voted again through the final 10 weeks of the season.
More than 934,000 votes were cast and Earnhardt beat Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart. Rounding out the top 10 were Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Bobby Labonte.
Elliott and Richard Petty are the only other drivers to win it more than five times. Elliott holds the overall record with 16 most popular awards, but withdrew his name from eligibility following his final win.
Earnhardt had his best season in years, snapping a four-year losing streak with his June 17 victory at Michigan. He was a strong title contender for most of the season, then missed two races during the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship with a concussion.
Because he missed the two events, he finished 12th in the final Chase standings and will not be a participant in Friday night's season-ending awards ceremony. His acceptance of the most popular driver award was his only official role in the champion's week activities, and Earnhardt admitted there were nerves to getting on stage and speaking in front of the crowd.
"But I take a lot of pride in being able to get an opportunity to tell fans how much I appreciate their support that they have, especially through everything they've been through," he said. "They go through a roller coaster of emotions season after season and they still after all this time have stuck with us, so we must be doing something right. The fans are very loyal."
Earnhardt wins 10th most popular driver award
LAS VEGAS — Dale Earnhardt Jr. tied Bill Elliott's record of 10 consecutive wins as NASCAR's most popular driver, and was just as nervous accepting it Thursday as he was when he received his first honor.


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A San Diego real estate mogul who appeared on the reality show "Secret Millionaire" is making no secret of his deepest desires.
KGTV-TV in San Diego ( https://bit.ly/YHaLtj ) reports that 63-year-old Marc Paskin has paid to have a billboard that sits above Interstate 5 and reads "All I Want for Christmas is a Latina Girlfriend."
Beneath that it reads: Email Marc: ChristmasLatina(at)aol.com.
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The Cup was taken from the airport to 7 The Steak House in Minneapolis, where the Boston Bruins were holding their scouts' dinner and celebration. The entire team of scouts came in from around the world to celebrate the Bruins' Stanley Cup victory and then to put their year of unheralded work to the test through the two-day draft. Cam Neely, the team president, was in attendance and welcomed each of the team's scouts: Mike Chiarelli (Amateur Scout, Ontario), Adam Creighton (Pro Scout, Ontario), Scott Fitzgerald (Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting), Jack Higgins (Amateur Scout, Ontario), Jukka Holtari (Amateur Scout, Europe), Denis LeBlanc (Amateur Scout, Quebec), Dean Malkoc (Amateur Scout, Western Canada), Mike McGraw (Amateur Scout, Midwest United States and USHL), Tom McVie (Pro Scout, West Coast), Ryan Nadeau (Director of Hockey Administration, Amateur Scout, Eastern U.S. and Canada), Wayne Smith (Director of Amateur Scouting), Svenake Svensson (Scout, Europe) and John Weisbrod (Director of Collegiate Scouting).
While the assembled dined, Tom McVie provided incredible entertainment, regaling the group with stories, telling jokes and truly expressing what this Stanley Cup victory meant to him.
Tom was a career-minor league hockey player who, regrettably, never got to step into an NHL uniform during his legendary career. After a couple of seasons with the Toledo Mercurys in the old International Hockey League (IHL) (1956-57 and 1957-58), 'Dobie' tore up the Western Hockey League (WHL). Through parts of sixteen seasons, with stops in Seattle, Portland and Phoenix, McVie scored 362 goals, with ten of those seasons scoring 20+ goals. He had a career-best 45 goals with the Portland Buckaroos in 1961-62. But in the six-team NHL, spots were rare and Tom never visited 'The Show.' That is, not as a player.
Tom joined the Boston Bruins' organization seventeen years ago and has served them in a number of capacities, including coaching the AHL Providence Bruins in 1997-98 and scouting for eleven of those seasons.
This was a special night for Tommy, who is loved by the rest of the staff, and although it was an organizational celebration, the evening was very much a night for 76-year-old Tommy McVie.
After dinner, the Stanley Cup was carried up to the restaurant's rooftop patio, and there, the general managers and scouts from other NHL teams were able to congratulate the Bruins on their successful season with the Stanley Cup displayed for all to see.
Once the night was winding down, the Boston scouts decided to stage their own parade, taking turns carrying the Stanley Cup above their heads as they marched along 7th Street to their hotel. Once they'd arrived at the Marriott Minneapolis, the Cup was displayed in the hotel lobby for fans and those employed in some capacity by the NHL or its member teams.
The Stanley Cup was displayed in the arena's concourse, and a crowd surrounded the historic trophy throughout the day.
That evening, with boys and their families sitting on pins and needles, the proceedings began with the NHL's Colin Campbell paying tribute to E.J. McGuire, the former Director of Central Scouting, who had passed away April 7, 2011. E.J.'s wife and two daughters were introduced on-stage. And after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said, "It's time to get started,",the McGuire family, in unison, announced that the Edmonton Oilers would begin the draft by making the first overall selection.
Highlights of the First Round include the selection of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Red Deer Rebels first overall by the Edmonton Oilers. The Colorado Avalanche chose second and picked Gabriel Landeskog. Third choice went to the Florida Panthers, who selected Jonathan Huberdeau.
The newly-announced Winnipeg Jets, who made their team name official with the seventh overall pick, chose Mark Scheifele from the Barrie Colts. Thousands of fans who made the trip down from Winnipeg let out a Godzilla-like roar when their team's turn to choose arrived. Scheifele, who was coached by Winnipeg Jets' Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk while playing in Barrie, pulled an NHL jersey over his head, as the Jets have yet to introduce their logo and uniform.
The Stanley Cup champions chose ninth, and selected Dougie Hamilton from the Niagara IceDogs. The draft's home team this year, the Minnesota Wild, shook the rafters when they selected Jonas Brodin with the tenth pick.
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The Foundation automatically produces IP logs for each project (bug 220977). This page describes how the automatic IP Log is generated (by the system) and maintained (by the project team) and processed (by Eclipse Legal).
- 1 What is an IP Log?
- 2 What is the Automated IP Log Tool?
- 3 Using the Automated IP Log
- 3.1 Correcting Errors In General
- 3.2 Third-Party Code
- 3.3 Unused Third-Party Code
- 3.4 Works With and Pre-Req Dependencies
- 3.5 Pending Contribution Questionnaires
- 3.6 Committers
- 3.7 Contributors
- 3.8 Keeping the IP Log Current
- 3.9 Choosing the Set of Projects
- 3.10 Submitting the IP Log to Eclipse Legal
- 3.11 Problems with the IP Log?
What is an IP Log?
An IP Log is a record of the IP contributions to a project. This includes such as a list of all committers, past and present, that have worked on the code and (especially) those who have made contributions to the current code base. The expected contents of a log is described on the Project IP Log page.
What is the Automated IP Log Tool?
The Automated IP Log Tool automatically generates an IP Log using information that is available to the Eclipse Foundation. The list of committers, for example is generated using information provided by the Dash project which itself pulls information out of eclipse.org CVS and SVN repositories.
To fully leverage the value of the Automated IP Log Tool, you need to:
- Keep your project metadata up-to-date
- Mark IP Contributions in Bugzilla
- Create contribution questionnaires (CQs) where appropriate
Your project's metadata is used to determine the identities of the source code repositories that Dash needs to scan to find out committer information. Specifically, you need to specify, in the "source repository" section, a list of paths to CVS, SVN and Git repository locations. With this information specified, not only will the Automated IP Log tool be able to build the "Committers" section of the IP Log for you, but your project's Project Summary page will also be updated to accurately reflect your project's commit activity.
The Automated IP Log tool populates the "Developers" section with information gathered from Bugzilla. This section lists contributions from non-committers. To aid the tool in generating correct results, you need to mark Bugzilla attachments with the +iplog flag. In setting this flag, the Automated IP Log tool assumes that the person who attached the bug is the contributor. Only non-committer contributors are recorded in the generated log. To comply with the website terms of use, the person who attaches the contribution really needs to be the person who has permission to make it available. You should ensure that this is the case before including the code in your project's repository and flagging the entry.
Alternatively, you can flag an entire Bugzilla entry with +iplog. Doing so, however, indicates to the Automated IP Log tool that every single comment made by a non-committer in the bug report represents a potential contribution. For your own sanity, it's a good practice to ask contributors to provide and attach patches that can be individually marked. Marking an entire bug represents an ongoing maintenance issue as new comments added to the bug from non-committers will show up in the generated log (bogus entries will have to be excluded - see below).
The Third-Party Software section of the log is populated from our IPZilla Bugzilla instance. The IP Team will mark your contributions in such a way that they will appear in the log. If third party software is not appearing properly, contact the EMO IP Team to make corrections.
The rest of this document is concerned with tuning the output of the Automated IP Log generator.
As of June 2009, we have started work on a new generation of tools that will be ready in the Winter of 2010. These tools will use the mechanisms indicated above.
Using the Automated IP Log
To start with the Automated IP Log, you need to first navigate to the page. The URL is of the form: http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ip_log.php?projectid=[projectId] (e.g. http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ip_log.php?projectid=dsdp.rtsc). A link to the IP Log is provided in the project summary page for each project.
Note that the log found at this URL is marked "Tentative". This is automatically-generated content that is only considered official when it is actually submitted. To submit the log for review, you must log-in (using the link at the bottom of the page), correct any errors that you find (see below), and click "Submit".
Note that you can adjust the set of projects that contribute data to the log by clicking the "Adjust" ("the set of projects to match the upcoming release") button. A log can be submitted for multiple projects; you might do this if your project provides a "roll-up" release and download that includes code from one or more subprojects.
Note that, while you can submit a log for multiple projects, you can only edit the log for a single project. If you are doing a roll-up release, first edit the logs for each of the individual projects, and then submit the log for the combination.
When the log is submitted, it is reviewed by the IP Team. They may have questions, or ask for clarifications. You may be asked to resubmit the log after you have made some changes. When the process is complete, the IP Team will email you a PDF that contains the official log; you should make this available for your consumers and adopters to review.
Correcting Errors In General
In order to correct errors in the IP Log, you must:
- Be a committer on the project
- Be looking at an IP Log for a single project (because if there are multiple projects, we can't figure out where to record the corrections)
- Have the same email address for your Foundation email and your bugzilla email.
- Be logged in to the Eclipse website. The login mechanism uses the Friends of Eclipse login, so when you click "login" in the bottom menu, you will be taken to the Friends of Eclipse login. You do not need to be a Friend to use this login page: use your bugzilla login.
When all of that is true, extra correction form fields will appear on the page along with a "Make These Corrections" submit button at the bottom. Like any html form, fill it out and press the button to save the corrections.
Third-Party Code
The Third-Party Code section of the IP Log shows the approved Contribution Questionnaires from ipzilla. The CQs listed in this table are those that:
- state=approved, or
- RESOLVED/FIXED or CLOSED/FIXED (regardless of state), and
- contain the keyword "nonepl"
Correcting Errors
- Missing CQ. If a CQ is missing from this list, (a) check its status, resolution, and state: make sure that they match one of the above cases, and (b) check to ensure "nonepl" keyword is included in order to identify the code as third party. If not, contact Eclipse Legal.
- Extra CQ. If a CQ is listed but does not belong to this project, then contact Eclipse Legal to have the ipzilla database corrected.
- Missing or Incorrect License. If a CQ is missing the license information, contact Eclipse Legal to have the correct license information added to the database.
Unused Third-Party Code
If the project has CQs that approve the use of certain third-party code, but that code is not currently being used for this release, it is listed in the separate Unused Third-Party Code table. The CQs listed in this table are those that have one of the following keywords:
- obsolete - this third-party code was used in previous releases, but it has been superseded or is obsolete and thus is no longer being used in this release and there is no plan to use it in a future release.
- unused - the project requested approval of this third-party code in anticipation of using this code, but at this time the project is not using this code in this release. The project reserves the right to use the code in a future release.
- withdrawn - the project requested approval of this third-code code but subsequent to receiving approval and prior to using the code, decided not to use said code. This code has not been used in any release, is not being used in this release, and there is no plan to use it in a future release.
Correcting Errors
- CQ Is Being Used. If a CQ is listed as unused but is actually being used, contact Eclipse Legal to have the keywords on CQ removed/changed.
- CQ Should Be Unused. If a CQ should be in the unused list instead of one of the other lists, contact Eclipse Legal to have the appropriate keyword added.
Works With and Pre-Req Dependencies
If the project has Works With, Pre-Req, or Exempt Pre-Req Dependencies, these will be listed in a separate table. These are also Contribution Questionnaires from ipzilla. These CQs are:
- state=exempt_prereq
- state=prereq
- state=workswith
Correcting Errors
- Missing Pre-Req. If an pre-req is missing from this list, first check that to see if there is a CQ for it. If there is no CQ, submit one (using the portal). If there is a CQ, check that its state is "workswith", "prereq", or "exempt_prereq" - if not, contact Eclipse Legal.
Pending Contribution Questionnaires
If the project has any pending and not yet approved or rejected Contribution Questionnaires, these are listed in a separate table. These represent potential IP issues and thus must be considered carefully during a Release Review.
Correcting Errors
- Unneeded CQ. If the code represented by a pending CQ is no longer needed by the project, use ipzilla to withdraw the CQ.
The Committers section of the IP Log uses two information sources to generate the two lists:
- The list of all committers who have committed code to any of the source repositories from the Commits Explorer. This is the basis of the "Past and Present" list. The commits explorer list is driven by the project meta data
source repositoryitem(s).
- The list of all past and present committers from the Foundation's internal database of committers and projects. Committers here but not in in the "Past and Present" list are put on the "Never Active" list.
Correcting Errors
- Should Be Active. If a committer is listed as "Never Active" but should be listed in the active "Past and Present" table, then you should check the project meta data via the portal - there are directories missing from the "source repository" item. If the project meta data is correct, you can use the "make active" checkbox to submit a correction.
- Question Mark. If a "xxx???" person is listed as a committer, that means that the unix login "xxx" committed code to the source code repository, but there is no record of "xxx" as having been a committer on the project. This is a potential IP cleanliness problem, so contact the EMO to resolve it (do not just use the "exclude" checkbox correction without understanding why the data is incorrect).
- Extra Committer. If someone is listed as a "Never Active" committer, but you know that they were never even a committer at all, then there is an incorrect record in the Foundation database - contact the EMO. On the other hand, if someone is listed as a "Past and Present" committer, but you know that they were never a committer, then something larger is awry because there are source code check-ins by that person. Use the commits explorer to determine what check-ins they made and contact the EMO if there are any errors. In both cases, after resolving the issue with the EMO, use the "exclude" checkbox to correct the IP log.
- Missing Committer. If someone who is/was a committer with a unix account and is missing from both the "Past and Present" and the "Never Active" tables, then the first thing to check is the "source repository" project meta data item via the portal - usually the problem is one or more unlisted source directories.
The Contributors section of the IP Log uses two information sources: bugzilla (driven by the project meta data
bugzilla item(s)) and Git repositories (specified by the project metadata
sourcerepositories items.
For Bugzilla, the automatic IP Log considers:
- all people who were not committers when they attached:
- an attachment to a bug
- and the attachment is flagged with "iplog+"
- and is attached to a RESOLVED/FIXED, VERIFIED/FIXED, or CLOSED/FIXED bug
- For example, see bug 69671; the contribution is in a flagged attachment so it shows up in the CDT IP Log.
- all people who were not committers when they commented on a bug:
- that is flagged with "iplog+"
- and RESOLVED/FIXED, VERIFIED/FIXED, or CLOSED/FIXED
- For example, see bug 190154 in which the contribution is in comments #0 and #11. Then see the BIRT IP Log. Note that comments #1-10 and #12 were excluded by the project lead using the exceptions mechanism.
In plain English, this means there are two different ways to mark a contribution in bugzilla. If the contribution is an attachment to a bug such as a patch, the attachment itself should be marked with the iplog+ flag. If the contribution is in the form of a comment in the bug, then the iplog+ flag should be set on the bug itself. Since this will mark all non-committers who commented on the bug as contributors, you typically then need to use the exceptions mechanism to exclude comments that are not contributions. Typically these two mechanisms are mutually exclusive: if the contribution is an attachment, you do not also need to set iplog+ flag on the bug itself (unless the bug also has other contributions in the form of comments).
For contributions made through Git, the automatic IP Log grabs all commit records with a author who is not a project committer. For more information, please see Handling Git Contributions.
Correcting Errors
- No Name. If the contributor record for person X shows an email address but no name, then person X has not entered a name in bugzilla. Have X go to bugzilla Preferences and enter their correct name.
- Error Messages. If the tentative IP log shows errors (red error messages) in product name or component name, then the team should check their project meta data via the portal - the product name and (optional) component names must be an exact match with bugzilla, capitalization and all.
- Extra Contributor. If a person (person X) is listed as a Contributor but the team knows that their patch was never used/is not currently in use, there are three solutions: (1; preferred) remove the "iplog+" flag from the bugzilla attachment, or (2) use "exclude" correction to modify the IP log (if contributor status is based on a comment instead of an attachment).
- Missing Contributor. If person X should be listed as a Contributor but is not, then be sure that person X has attached a patch to a fixed bug and that patch is flagged with "iplog+". All external code contributions should come through bugzilla patches, so if a code contribution first comes through email, the contribution must also add a patch. Note that person X must add the patch because if person Y adds the patch for person X, then person Y will be listed as the contributor.
- Committer is Listed. If committer X is listed as a Contributor, check the following:
- First, a committer can be listed as a contributor if he or she was a contributor, contributed some code, and then later became a committer. He/she will be listed as a contributor for the patches he/she submitted before becoming a committer.
- Check that person X's email address in bugzilla matches any one of their email addresses on file with the Foundation. Have person X use the the portal to check to verify their email addresses. If their bugzilla address does not match the Foundation committer records, we have no way to associate their bugzilla records with their committer status.
Keeping the IP Log Current
Keeping the automatic IP log current is fairly simple:
- Make sure that all third-party code and dependencies are filed as CQs. You can use this script to view all content in your download directory organized by CQ. Anything showing up red on this scan may need a CQ.
- If a non-committer patch is accepted, mark it with the iplog+ flag.
- If a non-committer bug without a patch is accepted, mark the whole bug with the iplog+ flag and then go to the automatic IP log to exclude the non-contribution comments.
- Use the portal to deactivate inactive committers
Choosing the Set of Projects
The simplest case is an IP Log for a single project. However, many project teams work together to create a unified release across a set of projects. In this case, the IP Log must also be an aggregated/unified IP Log across the same set of projects. At the bottom left of the IP Log page is a "adjust the set of projects" link. That link leads to the selector page. Use the checkboxes to select a set of projects and generate a unified IP Log for all of those projects.
Submitting the IP Log to Eclipse Legal
Single or unified-multi-project, either way the IP Log can be submitted to Eclipse Legal for review using the link at bottom center of the page. Click that, fill out the reason, and voila, the a frozen copy of the log is sent to Legal.
You must send your IP log to Eclipse Legal at least three weeks in advance of your scheduled Release Review to guarantee your review date. Sending your IP log in late will jeopardize your review date due to Eclipse Legal's workload.
Problems with the IP Log?
If you're having trouble updating the IP log or if the IP log is not showing enough information, please file a bug (use this link) and we'll work hard to make things right.
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Applying the Modus Tollens argument to Fermat's Little Theorem really helped me to understand logical implication. I never knew that FLT was actually a compositality test.
Theorem (FLT): given integers $a>1$ and $n>1$, if $n$ is prime, then $a^n$ is congruent to $a\ (\bmod\ n)$.
By the contrapositive, if $a^n$ is not congruent to $a\ (\bmod\ n)$, then $n$ is not prime. Thus $n$ is composite.
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First-place Giants can plot their own path to the postseason
Like recent years, the defending Super Bowl-champion Giants have had their share of ups and downs this season.
Unlike recent years, and despite the rollercoaster ride, New York controls its own destiny.
With three games left, the Giants (8-5) have a one-game lead in the NFC East on Washington (7-6) and
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That hasn't been the situation often here at the Meadowlands — a smooth ride ahead, a cut-and-dried path the postseason. This time around, there is no help needed. Just win out and get ready for the playoffs.
"It's a much better feeling this way," defensive tackle Chris Canty said Monday, a day after the Giants defeated New Orleans, 52-27. "We don't have to look over our shoulders and worry about anyone else. We have a three-game season left and if we win those three games, then we can control things.
"We'll take it one game at a time, but I like being in this position much better."
Not that it will be easy, of course. New York closes with Atlanta (11-2), Baltimore (9-4), and Philadelphia (4-9). Two of those clubs are headed to the postseason.
At one point Sunday, it appeared as if the Giants were going to get some help in their quest for the division title, as both Washington and Dallas trailed late to Baltimore and Cincinnati, respectively. But the Redskins and Cowboys rallied, forcing the Giants to be emphatic vs. the Saints if they were to maintain the edge.
Consider the message sent. Eli Manning threw for four scores and five Giants had at least two catches in the win.
"We have to take care of our own business," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "We've determined our own future and we do know what's at stake. After yesterday, nothing has changed in terms of the divisional standings. We understand everything. We have to keep concentrating at a higher level and hopefully we can build from the win yesterday. The facts are the facts."
The quest continues Sunday in Atlanta, against a team that has already clinched the NFL South and is undefeated at home (6-0).
"We're prepping to play a very good Atlanta team that has only lost two times," Coughlin said.
That said, Atlanta lost to Carolina, 30-20, on Sunday, and may well ease off the pedal now that the Falcons have a division crown. The Giants defeated Atlanta, 24-2, in the playoffs last season, New York's first of four postseason victories en route to the title.
"We have to see how we match up, and realize where our strengths and weaknesses are," Coughlin said. "Knowing the obvious, what we have to do over the next three weeks, is plain and obvious. It has to be part of our approach."
Another standout performance from David Wilson would help. He became the first player in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards and have more than 200 yards in return yards in a single game. Wilson's 327 all-purpose yards set a new team record.
"David has given us an added playmaker," Coughlin said. "The timing is great for David to come to the front. He's gained experience all year, but he gained valuable experience last night as well. People now have to worry about defending him."
Canty was asked if his team played better when they felt pressure.
"I don't necessarily agree that we're not going to play well unless our backs are to the wall," Canty said. "We don't need our backs to the wall to give our best effort. We haven't had our best effort yet, but we need it to be sooner than later. We expect everything from Atlanta."
The Giants have lost their last two road games.
"We have a tremendous opportunity to go there and take on that talented team," Canty said. "We're a good football team on the road, so this is going to be a test for us. But we're where we want to be."
NOTES: Coughlin will not address the injuries to RB Ahmad Bradshaw (knee), WR Hakeem Nicks (hand) and WR Victor Cruz (hamstring) until they are further examined by team physicians. ... The Giants have topped 40 points three times this season, and have surpassed 35 points five times. ... New York is 3-0 vs. the NFC South already with only the Falcons remaining on the slate.


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Behind the Scenes: My Travel Bug®'s Mission to Space
Guest Blog Post By Robert Cizaukas (Username: Cizzors)
This journey all began on August 29, 2013. I read a story in the Waterbury Republican American Newspaper titled, "Waterbury native to spend 6 months out of this world". It was an interesting story about a Waterbury Public School graduate, Rick Mastracchio (Username: AstroRM) who had become an astronaut and was headed to the International Space Station (ISS) in November 2013. I had never met Mr. Mastracchio, but had previously read about his accomplishments. Later that day, I was out geocaching with my brother-in-law, Tony Jannetty (Username: DavidPuddy) working on the 31 Days of Geocaching streak when the newspaper article about Mastracchio came up in conversation. We had previously talked at length about the ISS geocache and the Travel Bug® that had been there. Tony said that he had an idea that he thought I should pursue: If I could get Mastracchio to take a Travel Bug up to the ISS, it could be an inspirational and educational opportunity for the children of Waterbury – a once in a life time experience with space travel and geography. We brainstormed what the program would look like and how we would find a way to contact Mastracchio to pitch the idea to him.
I had a lot of interest. I was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut and graduated from the public school system. Waterbury is a city that faces many of the same problems that other urban areas around the United States experience, including in its public school system. As a City of Waterbury Police Officer, I have the opportunity to currently serve as the Lieutenant in charge of the Waterbury Police Activity League (PAL). Waterbury PAL is a nonprofit organization run by police officers designed to promote partnerships between law enforcement, the community and youth through educational, recreational and athletic activities. I have used geocaching as an interesting way to engage the at-risk youth that we service.
To get in touch with Mastracchio, I began to doing online research and asked around. Through a co-worker that had gone to school with a relative of Mastracchio, I was able to get in contact with him. Mastracchio was interested in finding a new way to engage children in his mission and began emailing me directly with questions about geocaching and Travel Bugs. Finally, Mastracchio informed me that he would take the Travel Bug with him to the ISS. Mastracchio was excited to use this Travel Bug as an educational tool and had many of his own ideas on how to make this project even more exciting for the children participating in the project. I had originally planned to work with Waterbury's Chase Elementary School on this project because Mastracchio had graduated from this elementary school and I thought this could be a truly inspirational project for the children of that school to know that through hard work anything is possible. I activated the Travel Bug (TB5JJN1) and took it to the school for pictures with the kids. I explained the project to the children and teachers and, shortly after, sent the Travel Bug to Mastracchio.
Mastracchio came up with an idea of adding 11 hitchhiker tags labeled "Exp 38" to represent Expedition 38, the mission that he was taking the Travel Bug® on. Mastracchio wanted to add 10 additional schools and give each school a hitchhiker from the Travel Bug® that had been to the ISS. I contacted additional schools about the project and visited classrooms to explain what we were planning. All of the schools quickly signed on to be part of this once in a lifetime experience.
To make this an interactive experience for the children involved, Mastracchio took pictures of the Travel Bug® along the way and posted them online for the students involved to see where the Travel Bug® had traveled and to engage them in classroom discussions about the locations and significance to space travel. Students have also been posting their own pictures and questions on the Travel Bug page. Mastracchio took the time to view the page and answer questions about NASA, Space Travel, and the ISS. Mastracchio is scheduled to launch from Russia on November 6, 2013 at approximately 11 pm ET, and I expect all of the excitement related to this project to continue for the entire six months that he is on the ISS.
Geocaching has decided to award a souvenir to anyone that attends a Geocaching in Space event on November 6th or 7th. I setup the first of over 500 Geocaching in Space Events around the world in Waterbury (GC4PEVR). These events will be an excellent way to celebrate the launch of Mastracchio and the Travel Bug®. Mastracchio commented that all of the attention the expedition was getting from geocachers is "incredible".
An amazing and unexpected part of this project has been the notes that geocachers from around the world have posted to Mastracchio and the students on the Travel Bug® page. The students involved have been reading these posts regularly in their classrooms and have been learning about each country the geocachers are from. Many of the posts are in languages other than English, which is offering additional learning opportunities for the students as they decipher what is posted. The teachers and students have embraced this project, making cards, posters and pictures that we have posted to the Travel Bug® page for everyone to see.
From the very beginning, Tony and I envisioned that this project would be an educational opportunity for one urban school of children to learn that, through hard work and dedication, anything can be accomplished, like Mastracchio has proven. Mastracchio will use the Travel Bug® to teach the students about what he does, so it might inspire some young person to strive for something he or she never expected they might be capable of. This Travel Bug® project continues to exceed our expectations as more and more countries from around the world become involved. I am very thankful to Mastracchio, Geocaching HQ, Tony, the Waterbury Public School System, and geocachers around the world for supporting this educational effort. Everyone involved is elated in anticipation of this Travel Bug® launching to the ISS, and are extremely excited to see this epic geocaching adventure unfold.
See you on the trails……
Get Involved!
Follow Rick Mastracchio on Twitter
Attend a Geocaching in Space Event (Events vary between November 6 and November 7 depending on your global location)
Leave a message of support for Rick Mastracchio and to the students in Connecticut on the Travel Bug page – and read messages between the two.
Want to know more? Check out the Geocaching in Space FAQ and Geocaching into Space Event Center.
Any other questions or comments? Ask away in the comments below!