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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Maple Street Field, Framingham, Mass.
1 2 3 4 OT Total
Massachusetts Maritime (2-2, 1-1 NEFC) 21 0 0 7 0 - 28
Framingham State (4-1, 2-0 NEFC) 7 0 0 21 7 - 35
MAM: Stefan Gustafson 22 yd run (kick blocked) 9:10 1st
FRA: Phil Clain 19 yd pass from Matt Silva (Clain kick) 8:50 1st
MAM: E.J. Bennett 31 yd pass from Mike Stanton (Keith Caruso pass from Stanton) 6:39 1st
MAM: Caruso 6 yd pass from Stanton (Brandon Rodrigues kick) 0:25 1st
FRA: Melikke Van Alstyne 6 yd run (Clain kick) 12:24 4th
FRA: Van Alstyne 8 yd run (Clain kick) 6:25 4th
MAM: Bennett 7 yd pass from Stanton (Rodrigues kick) 4:58 4th
FRA: Randall Kelleher 15 yd pass from Silva (Clain kick) 2:21 4th
FRA: Van Alstyne 1 yd run (Clain kick) OT
Attendance: 1,700
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Junior Melikke Van Alstyne's (Salem, Mass.) one-yard touchdown plunge in overtime held up as the deciding score as Framingham State rallied from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to notch a 35-28 extra session New England Football Conference Bogan Division victory over Massachusetts Maritime Saturday afternoon at Maple Street Field.
The host Rams (4-1, 2-0 NEFC Bogan), who entered the contest having posted back-to-back shutouts and had allowed only six points in their last three outings, trailed 21-7 entering the final quarter of regulation and turned the ball over on downs at the visiting Buccaneers' (2-2, 1-1 NEFC Bogan) nine-yard line just 53 seconds into the frame. Sophomore Olajuwon Dickerson (Milton, Mass.) blocked an ensuing Massachusetts Maritime punt to give Framingham State the ball on the visitors' 15-yard line, and two plays later Van Alstyne rumbled in from six yards out to close the hosts' gap to seven at 21-14.
After the Rams drove down to the Buccaneer 26-yard line only to turn the ball over on downs once again with 9:29 to play in regulation, a ensuing Massachusetts Maritime fumble set Framingham State up in scoring position at the visitors' 32, and on 4th-and-6, Van Alstyne scampered in from eight yards out to even matters at 21-21 with 6:25 remaining. But it took the Buccaneers just five plays and a minute-and-a-half to regain the advantage at 28-21, as junior quarterback Mike Stanton (Quincy, Mass.) connected with fellow junior Keith Caruso (Hingham, Mass.) for three straight completions totaling 64 yards before hooking up with sophomore E.J. Bennett (East Wareham, Mass.) on seven-yard touchdown pass with 4:58 remaining.
Freshman quarterback Matt Silva (Dracut, Mass.) responded for Framingham State with a nine play, 64-yard drive in just 2:25, as he connected with sophomore Randall Kelleher (Swampscott, Mass.) on a 15-yard scoring pass on 4th-and-12 to even the score once again at 28-28, and after the visitors drove to midfield and punted with 47 seconds remaining in regulation, the Rams were unable to move the ball in the closing seconds of regulation, setting up an overtime session that saw Massachusetts Maritime win the toss and elect to play defense. Van Alstyne gained all 25 yards on the hosts' possession and plunged in for his third score of the day to give Framingham State the lead, and after leading his squad down to the Rams' 8-yard-line, Stanton's 50th pass attempt of the day was intercepted by senior Tyrone Notice (Gardner, Mass.) to end the contest, the Buccaneers' first overtime game since 1992 (a 28-21 win at UMass Dartmouth), the first that the NCAA went to the new extra session format that eliminated ties.
Like the fourth quarter, the opening 15 minutes of play saw the teams combined for four scores as well, as after Framingham State drove to the Buccaneer 21-yard line on its opening possession, a fumble recovery by junior Robert Gratzer (Pembroke, Mass.) enabled Massachusetts Maritime to capitalize with a nine-play, 79-yard drive that was capped by a 22-yard touchdown run from junior Stefan Gustafson (Plymouth, Mass.), his third of the season, and a 6-0 visitors' lead. Notice then returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards to give the hosts the ball at the Buccaneer 19-yard-line, and Silva capitalized on the next play when he connected with sophomore Phil Clain (Swampscott, Mass.) for a 7-6 Rams' edge. Stanton guided his squad to the go-ahead score on the next Massachusetts Maritime possession, as he connected with Bennett on a 31-yard touchdown pass and a two-point conversion toss to Caruso, but later in the frame Framingham State capitalized on good field position to drive to the visitors' 10-yard-line only to see Buccaneer sophomore Victor Andrade (Yarmouthport, Mass.) recover a Ram fumble and take it back 77 yards to the hosts' 13-yard-line, where four players later Stanton and Caruso hooked up for a six-yard scoring strike and a 21-7 Massachusetts Maritime lead, a score that stood until the wild fourth quarter and overtime session.
Van Alstyne rushed for 158 yards on 35 carries to go with his three touchdowns in the triumph for Framingham State, as Silva completed 28-of-46 attempts for 269 yards and a pair of scores for the Rams, who amassed 30 first downs and 454 yards of total offense. Stanton tied his school single-game record with 26 completions (set last week against Coast Guard) and threw for 322 yards on his 50 attempts to go with three scores in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime, while Gustafson (85) and senior Barry Reopell (South Dennis, Mass.) combined for 142 rushing yards. Bennett hauled in a career-high 10 receptions for 156 yards to go with his two touchdowns for the Buccaneers, while Caruso had nine catches for 119 yards and a score for the visitors, who amassed 448 yards of total offense.
Senior James Muirhead (Middelboro, Mass.) paced Framingham State with 11 total tackles on the day, while senior Chris Blydell (Lynn, Mass.) added eight stops (seven solo) for the Rams. Senior Nick Mazurkiewicz (Attleboro, Mass.) led Massachusetts Maritime with a game-high 12 tackles in the setback, while fellow senior Sean Carver (Summerfield, Fla.) added 10 total stops (seven solo) for the Buccaneers, who also received eight solo tackles from sophomore Kevin Stanton (Abington, Mass.) and the second interception of the season from junior Sheldon Roper (Northgate, Ga.).
Massachusetts Maritime heads to Worcester, Mass. next Saturday afternoon to take on Worcester State in a New England Football Conference Bogan Division match-up that kicks off at 1:30 p.m., while Framingham State travels to Fitchburg, Mass. next Saturday afternoon to tangle with Fitchburg State in an NEFC Bogan Division clash that also kicks off at 1:30 p.m.


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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
RFID refers to methods for automatic identification of objects via radio. The use of RFID systems is suitable basically wherever tagging, identifying, registering, storing, monitoring or transport is necessary.
RFID systems come in multiple variations. Despite the wide range of RFID solutions every RFID system is defined by the following three characteristics:
- electronic identification:
The system allows a unique identification of objects by electronically stored data.
- contactless data transfer:
The data used to identify the object is read wirelessly over a radio frequency channel.
- "on call" sending:
A marked object sends its data only if a designated reader asks for this process.
From a technological point of view, an RFID system consists of two components, a transponder and a reader:
- The transponder - also called "tag" - acts as a data storage holder. It is attached to an object (for example, a product or packaging) or integrated into an object (e.g. in a chip card) and can be read out without contact by means of radio technology and, depending on the technology used, can also be written on. Basically, the transponder consists of an integrated circuit and a radio frequency module. Stored on the transponder itself is an identification number and other data about the transponder or the object associated with it.
- The acquisition device - typically known and hereafter referred to only as a reader – consists of a read or respectively a write unit and an antenna - depending on the technology used. The reader reads data from the transponder and instructs the transponder to store further data. Furthermore, the reader controls the quality of data transmission. The readers are typically equipped with an additional interface to forward the received data to another system (PC, automatic control, ...) for further processing.
RFID systems use different frequency ranges from long wave to the microwave range. Another distinguishing feature of RFID systems is the storage technology used. This distinction is made between read-only and read-write systems.
The type of energy supply of the transponder and the resulting distinction between active transponders with their own power source or passive transponders, that are supplied with energy by the reader, is of fundamental importance. Because of these characteristics, groups of RFID systems can be formed and distinguished by the performance of their respective components in low-end systems, systems of medium performance and high-end systems.
RFID systems can also be grouped according to their respective ranges - that is, the maximum possible distance between transponder and reader.
Usually close-coupling, remote coupling and long-range systems are distinguished.
The design of transponders ranges from glass-injection fluid via the electronic ear mark to credit card formats, different slice designs as well as impact-resistant and heat-resistant (up to 200° Celsius) storage media for the paint lines of the automotive industry. The flexible lay-out of the identification points, size, shape and field pattern of the antenna make RFID systems an extremely versatile automatic identification technology. These groupings provide both a classification of RFID systems based on potential applications and provide an evaluation of the related issues concerning information security and data protection.

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I began calculating the damage the moment I heard the xenon headlamp burst. A millisecond later followed the sound of a wheel breaking and the hiss of a punctured radiator. Not too bad, I thought. This BMW can be fixed. I was attempting to control the situation, placing a dollar amount on damaged or soon-to-be-damaged machinery. I figured if it could be saved, so could we.
Of course we were still traveling at 60 mph on rain-slicked freeway, sort of sideways. We would be hitting several more stationary objects before this 135i came to rest. As we spun out of control, so did my math. I was hearing unfamiliar noises: the snapping of airbags and side curtains firing, safety glass crumbling, steel twisting. My thoughts went from this car can be saved to this car is screwed. And we might be, too.
Despite the sensation that we were moving in slow motion, the entire event transpired over the span of a few seconds. The car came to rest in an upright position facing the traffic flow. Most drivers passed unaware anything had even happened. My buddy and I looked at each other simultaneously and uttered the same expletives.
I had been checking my handheld when all the fun started. I didn't even look up until we made contact. Some idiot in the far left lane decided to cut hard right in an attempt to make his offramp. The maneuver was so extreme I doubt he could have made it with slicks in the dry. We were in the second lane from the right and my buddy was gradually reducing his speed during a sudden downpour. I'm fairly certain we hydroplaned the moment he clipped our front bumper. After that it was like a bumpy teacup ride at a carnival.
We gingerly checked arms and legs to see if everything worked. Perhaps the most uncomfortable sensation was from the seatbelt tensioners which had locked in place. We released them with a pop and got out.
I'd been in plenty of high-speed spins, mostly on racetracks. It's always the same. You put two feet in and pray you don't hit anything hard. Time seems to dilate. You just want to stop rotating, straighten out and hope you can get back on course before anyone sees. Although I wasn't driving during this little foray, I doubt the outcome would have been different. Maybe a little more screaming on my behalf.
I had recommended my friend buy this car so the feeling of loss was perhaps even greater for me. I remember my sales pitch: The BMW 135i is a genuine hot rod, man a total sleeper. No one will expect something this size to be so fast. Plus, I doubt we will be seeing big, turbocharged engines much longer, especially something of this size. You gotta buy this car, man it's a piece of history.
Yeah, I can really sell it.
We stood in the rain just staring at the BMW. I could tell it was pretty bad as a collection of fluids puddled beneath. It was dead.
On the other hand, we were both quite alive, absolutely unscathed. Every safety device BMW builds into its cars had come into play, from the crumple zones to active seatbelt tensioners to the airbags. Given the dynamics of the crash, I'm certain the side curtains saved our noggins from serious injury.
Some 20 years ago I was in an accident in my BMW 2002. I turned left in front of a guy and he punched me in the right-front/side quarter-panel. The force of the 40-mph impact spun the 2002 like a top. Although I walked away from this one, my passenger suffered a concussion. If the other guy had been going faster, it would have been much worse. Would side curtain technology have helped? Absolutely.
Like many performance junkies, safety features are typically the last thing I look at when reviewing a car. I'm more interested in torque curves and turbos than passive restraint systems. Luckily for us, it was already built into the BMW, technology that can be found in virtually all European brands as well.
No one plans to get into an accident (that's why they're called accidents). Then again, I didn't plan on getting hit by lightning a few months ago. Perhaps karma is catching up with me. In any case, my thanks go to the BMW engineers who allowed me to walk away from this ordeal. I'd thank them personally, but a meteor or something would probably hit us.


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Learning Linux LVM, Part 2
The cvs.gentoo.org upgrade
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In my first LVM article, I explained the concepts behind LVM. Now it's time to put LVM into action. In this article, I'm going to set up LVM on the official Gentoo Linux cvs server, cvs.gentoo.org. Although cvs.gentoo.org has only one hard drive, LVM's flexibility still provides an incredible improvement over the standard static partitioning approach. I'll show you all the steps of the LVM conversion process, so that if you're interested you can perform a similar conversion on one of your machines.
Because implementing LVM is a major change to the system (involving the creation of new partitions and other potentially hazardous actions) it's a really good idea to perform a full system backup before beginning this process. If you're not going to perform a backup, I hope you're using a test box with no important data on it. I should mention that I didn't experience any problems while converting to LVM, but it's best to be prepared in case something goes wrong.
That said, let's continue. Cvs.gentoo.org had a nice new IBM 45 GB hard drive sitting in it; however, when I installed Gentoo Linux on cvs, I only partitioned about 10 gigabytes of the drive, keeping the remaining 35 GB for future filesystems. Such are the little tricks you need to employ when not using LVM -- leaving part of the drive unpartitioned is a primitive but effective way to allow for future expansion. However, with LVM there is a better approach.
The space problem
In the past few weeks, I had been noticing that my root ReiserFS partition had been slowly filling up, as you can see from this df output:
# df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 9765200 6989312 2775888 72% /
tmpfs 269052 0 269052 0% /dev/shm
Now, a 72% full root partition isn't exactly a crisis, but it isn't a wonderful situation either. ReiserFS, like many other filesystems, starts slowing down as it gets more and more full, and it was just a matter of time before my root filesystem would fill up completely and filesystem performance would take a hit.
I decided to fix this problem by using LVM to create a new logical volume out of the 35 GB of currently unpartitioned space at the end of my hard drive. Then, I'd create a filesystem on this volume and move a good chunk of the contents of /dev/hda3 to it.
If you're thinking of making a similar transition on one of your machines, the first thing you need to do is find a suitable piece of your root filesystem to move to a logical volume. For me, the choice was easy -- my /home tree was taking up around 5.7 GB. By moving /home to its own LVM logical volume, my root filesystem would then be at about 20% capacity. Since most new data is being added to /home, my root filesystem would likely stay at around 20% capacity as well -- a very healthy situation.
The beginnings of a solution
To begin the conversion, I first had to partition the unused space at the end of my hard drive. Using cfdisk, I created a 35 GB partition (/dev/hda5) and set the partition type of the partition to 8E (the official LVM partition type). After this change, I rebooted to force a reread of my partition table. After the reboot, my partition table looked like this:
# sfdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 89355 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 516096 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 0+ 247 248- 124960+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 248 743 496 249984 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 744 20119 19376 9765504 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 20120 89354 69235 34894440 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 20120+ 89354 69235- 34894408+ 8e Linux LVM
Now that I had an empty 35 GB partition, I was ready to initialize it for LVM. Here's the procedure -- first, I would initialize the 35 gigabytes as a physical volume; then, I would create a volume group using this physical volume, and finally, I would allocate some of the extents on the volume group, creating a logical volume that would contain my new filesystem and house all the files currently in /home.
To begin the process, I used the pvcreate command to initialize /dev/hda5 as a physical volume:
# pvcreate /dev/hda5
pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda5" successfully created
pvcreate set up a special "accounting" area on /dev/hda5, called the VGDA (volume group descriptor area). LVM uses this area to keep track of how the physical extents are allocated, among other things.
My next step was to create a volume group and add /dev/hda5 to this group. The volume group would act as a pool of extents (chunks of storage blocks). Once the volume group was created, I could create as many logical volumes as I wanted. I decided that my volume group would be called "main":
# vgcreate main /dev/hda5
vgcreate -- INFO: using default physical extent size 4 MB
vgcreate -- doing automatic backup of volume group "main"
vgcreate -- volume group "main" successfully created and activated
The vgcreate command did a couple of things. In addition to creating the "main" volume group, it also set up /dev/hda5 to use 4 MB extents, the default extent size. This means that any logical volumes I create from this volume group can be expanded and shrunk in 4 MB increments.
It is possible to specify a larger extent size at vgcreate time. Extents can range anywhere from 8 KB up to terabytes in size, and must always be a multiple of two. For example, if I wanted to create a volume group with 32 megabyte extents, I'd type:
# vgcreate -s 32M main /dev/hda5
Use an extent size that makes sense for the amount of storage you have available. If you have petabytes of storage, it would make sense to have extents in the gigabyte range. The size you choose for extents in your volume group does not affect filesystem performance, but it does have an impact on the performance of the LVM tools themselves. The fewer extents they have to manage behind the scenes, the faster the tools operate.
Once your volume group is created, you can view its information by typing vgdisplay:
# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name main
VG Access read/write
VG Status available/resizable
Cur LV 0
Open LV 0
MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
Max PV 256
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 33.28 GB
PE Size 4 MB
Total PE 8519
Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0
Free PE / Size 8519 / 33.28 GB
VG UUID 2qC2H2-iA8s-qW6F-cwXx-JVIh-I6VC-VVCGmn
Now that I had my volume group, I was ready to create a logical volume. I decided to initially make it 8 gigabytes in size and call it "lv_home":
# lvcreate -L8G -nlv_home main
lvcreate -- doing automatic backup of "main"
lvcreate -- logical volume "/dev/main/lv_home" successfully created
Then, I created a filesystem on the volume:
# mkreiserfs /dev/main/lv_home <----------- MKREISERFSv2 -----------> Block size 4096 bytes Block count 2097152 Used blocks 8275 Journal - 8192 blocks (18-8209), journal header is in block 8210 Bitmaps: 17, 32768, 65536, 98304, 131072, 163840, 196608, 229376, 262144, 294912, 327680, 360448, 393216, 425984, 458752, 491520, 524288, 557056, 589824, 622592, 655360, 688128, 720896, 753664, 786432, 819200, 851968, 884736, 917504, 950272, 983040, 1015808, 1048576, 1081344, 1114112, 1146880, 1179648, 1212416, 1245184, 1277952, 1310720, 1343488, 1376256, 1409024, 1441792, 1474560, 1507328, 1540096, 1572864, 1605632, 1638400, 1671168, 1703936, 1736704, 1769472, 1802240, 1835008, 1867776, 1900544, 1933312, 1966080, 1998848, 2031616, 2064384 Root block 8211 Hash function "r5" ATTENTION: ALL DATA WILL BE LOST ON '/dev/main/lv_home'! (y/n)y journal size 8192 (from 18) Initializing journal - 0%....20%....40%....60%....80%....100% Syncing..done.
Now that the filesystem was created, I could mount it at /mnt/newhome:
# mkdir /mnt/newhome # mount /dev/main/lv_home /mnt/newhome # df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 9765200 6989840 2775360 72% / tmpfs 291388 0 291388 0% /dev/shm /dev/main/lv_home 8388348 32840 8355508 1% /mnt/newhome
As you can see above, I was almost ready to copy over all my data in /home. Before I began, I dropped to runlevel 1 to ensure that no users or processes would be accessing or modifying files in /home as they were being copied over:
# init 1
Then, I began copying the files:
# cp -avx /home/* /mnt/newhome
The copy completed in about ten minutes. Then, I backed up my original /home to /home.old, just in case something was wrong with my copy. I created a new mount point, and remounted the new home at /home:
# cd / # mv home home.old # mkdir home # umount /mnt/newhome # mount /dev/main/lv_home /home
Then, it was time to set up the server so that my new /home partition would be available every time the machine started up. First, I modified my /etc/fstab so that it included a new /home entry:
#fs mountpoint type opts dump/pass /dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1 /dev/main/lv_home /home reiserfs defaults 2 2 /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot reiserfs noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
Once I had completed these steps, I rebooted the machine, and to my delight everything worked perfectly. After a day or so of absolutely no problems, I deleted /home.old to free up some space on my root filesystem. Yay! The transition to LVM was a success.
The beauty of LVM
While the transition to LVM is a bit of an ordeal, once the transition is complete, managing filesystems becomes tremendously easier. As an example, I decided to resize my new /home logical volume, adding about 2 gigabytes worth of space to the end of the filesystem. First, I added additional capacity to my "lv_home" logical volume, and then I used the resize_reiserfs utility to expand the filesystem so that it would use this additional capacity. Here are the two commands that did all this:
# lvextend -L+2G /dev/main/lv_home # resize_reiserfs -f /dev/main/lv_home
In about a second, I had enlarged my /home filesystem by 2 GB; amazingly, I didn't need to reboot, drop to runlevel 1, or even unmount /home to perform the resize. Everything continued to work as it had before. Isn't that great? Here's the current state of my filesystems:
# df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 9765200 1413340 8351860 15% /
/dev/main/lv_home 10485436 5609836 4875600 54% /home
You can see how LVM really can make an administrator's work a whole lot easier. In the future, I hope to move additional parts of my root filesystem over to LVM, and eventually even convert my root filesystem over to an LVM logical volume. The resources below will help you learn even more about LVM.
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Letter to My Former Self
POSTED ON: Friday, April 11, 2014 8:00 AM by ENS Charlie Hetzel,
First, congratulations to all of you who have selected Navy or Marine Corps Aviation from the class of 2014. I hope this brief note may be of some service to you as you embark on your long but rewarding path to wings of gold. To those who are awaiting their turn to put on the sorting hat that is Naval Academy Service Assignment, I hope if nothing else you may take something away from seeing the world of Navy Air from a student's perspective.
My name is ENS Charlie Hetzel, Class of 2012. During my time at the Naval Academy, I was in the 23rd Company, a Chinese Political Science major, and a member of the swim team. My interest in Navy Air came later in my time at the Academy than most, but is a decision I will never regret. After graduation I did a TAD teaching the Class of 2016 Plebe Summer Sailing before moving to Pensacola to start flight school in September of 2012. After a short wait, I completed API in January, and moved to Corpus Christi, TX for Primary flight training with the Rangers of VT-28. In October 2013, upon completion of the Primary syllabus, I reported to VT-22, the Golden Eagles, for Jet Intermediate/Advanced in Kingsville, TX. In the almost two years since our Commissioning, my classmates and I, and all Student Naval Aviators, have learned a number of lessons about the community, about being a young adult set free from the shackles of Bancroft, and about life as a JO. I hope you all can learn from these lessons in the hopes that they will help you to make informed decisions for your life and career.
1. Enjoy basket leave. It's one of only a few times that the Navy will let you literally take your money and run. Paid, uncharged leave is not something to be wasted. Come back prepared to do your job as either a TAD or as a student in API, but don't worry excessively about studying or trying to fork over a thousand dollars for civilian flight time. Unless you have 500+ hours or are an instructor pilot, no one will notice. (If you do have either of these, be prepared to relearn the Navy and Marine Corps way). Enjoy the time off and come back refreshed and ready to go.
2. Location, Location, Location. Choosing a place to live in Pensacola is exciting. Its your first time living on your own with friends, and everyone is looking to find that perfect spot. When I moved down, we thought we'd hit the jackpot. A furnished six bedroom beach house on Perdido Key seemed perfect. Well, it depends. Sure, living on the beach is great, but you'll pay considerably more, and the drive to the Schoolhouse each day is over 20 minutes. That being said, it is the beach. The three general locations to live are Perdido Key (beaches, some restaurants, Flora Bama), just outside the back gate (cheap but nice homes, short drive, halfway between downtown and Perdido), and downtown (lots of restaurants/bars, further from beach, ten minutes from the front gate). If possible have someone look at the house you want to rent before you sign a lease. Happy hunting.
3. Do something new in A-pool. A-pool is where you will sit for anywhere from a few days to three months waiting to class up for API. Don't waste it. It's the second (and last) time that the Navy is basically paying you to do nothing. Try something new, like fishing, or golf. Get a boating license, or a kayak. Write a book, I don't know, just do something other than watch every episode of How I Met Your Mother for a third time - that's what Youngster year was for.
4. Never be 'that guy.' There are two ways to do this: the career ending way, and the embarrassing way. It happens every year. The first normally involves alcohol, late hours of the night, automobiles, or endangered birds and a shotgun. Be smart and don't do something you'll regret. In Annapolis, Mids are the norm and the town knows what to expect. There's a sort of unwritten understanding between the town and the school. Not so anywhere else. If you act like a fool, no one is going to care that you're in flight school, so watch out for each other.
The second type usually involves a student who thinks they're the second reincarnation of Maverick taking ridiculous selfies next to a plane they don't know how to fly, or posting a horrifyingly embarrassing video to the internet showing off their sweet new API issued flight gear. Sure it's a cool job, but let's wait until we actually do it to act like pros. People don't forget. Your reputation really does start right away, and it's never too early to earn a call sign.
5. Choose roommates wisely. Everyone wants to live with their best friends, of course, but be careful if you think it will keep you from getting work done. At least buy a good desk and some noise cancelling headphones if you think it might get rowdy. That being said, don't live alone! Living with roommates saves lots of money, and allows the growing pains of learning to pay bills, shopping for groceries (harder than it might seem), and taking care of a home or apartment to be shared among multiple people. It's also way more fun and extremely helpful, especially if you can live with the same people across multiple moves.
6. Realize that flight school does not live up to it's reputation. For some reason, everyone at the Naval Academy talks about how much fun flight school is, and how it's just a year of beach volleyball, parties, and some high flying on the side. False. That's A-pool, minus the flying. For some reason, everyone forgets about the rest, or at least stops telling midshipman about it. Probably because they have their heads buried in a book, or twelve. API is tough, but nothing to be scared of. In Primary you're consistently flying, so it gets infinitely better, but ten times harder. Be ready to be issued a plebe year amount of books and to be expected to have a large amount of information memorized very quickly. Parts of Primary involve hours that rival exam week for weeks at a time. Advanced gets even tougher, and from what I hear, the FRS takes the cake. That's not to say it's not an absolute blast as well, just realize that there are two sides to the puzzle. Be prepared for years of hard work and some long hours in the books, but know that it can all be extremely rewarding.
7. Don't let anyone influence your platform selection directly. Before you know it, it will be time for you to put down your preferences for what you want to spend your time in the Navy flying. Along the way, you'll hear countless instructors sing the praises of their communities or possibly even badmouth others. Listen to what they have to say, but realize that there exists a strong bias. At the end of the day if you've put in the work to get the grades, it's your decision. You have to look at all the options and their consequences. Be sure to look not only at the day to day missions of various communities, but also their long term career paths, locations, graduate opportunities, and ready room environments when making your decision. Be honest when an IP asks what you want to select, don't shy away from telling them you want something other than their community, because they may be able to apply the training towards your preferred platform. That being said, there's nothing wrong with being undecided. When all is said and done, there are no bad choices in Navy and Marine Corps Aviation.
8. Sharing is caring. No one gets through flight school alone. You learn as much from your peers going through with you as from the instructors and from your own mistakes. If you do something wrong, share the lesson with your friends so they can avoid the same traps you fell into. Talk amongst each other in the ready room. Instructors become fairly predictable. An IP who gives you a particular emergency is likely to have given that same emergency to countless other students. Ask around about instructors, find out their techniques, what type of questions they emphasize, etc. In our house in Kingsville now, almost nightly we end up sitting around our kitchen table talking about our various sims and flights and sharing our mistakes and the lessons learned, and its possibly the most valuable 30 minutes of learning and instruction I get every single day.
9. Don't isolate yourself from ROTC/OCS students. Going into flight school from the Naval Academy has certain advantages. You will have a pre-established group of close friends and hundreds of more acquaintances that will make adjusting to flight school much easier. Your ROTC and OCS peers will not have that luxury. At most they will know a few people from their school or OCS class, so be sure to try to involve them in your study groups and social activities. Not only will you make some great friends, but the different perspectives they bring to the table can make a huge difference both in study groups and social settings. That, and no one wants to perpetuate the ring knocker stereotypes.
10. Don't get ahead of yourself. Flight school is long. I didn't realize how long when I started. For me personally it will be two years from checking into A-pool to getting winged (knock on wood), give or take a month. Take it day by day. A few bad flights didn't ruin anyone's Naval career, as long as you end up safely back on the runway with three down and locked. If you stumble, ask for help and practice as much as possible. Sim time is invaluable. Don't forget your eventual goal, but realize the process is more important than the final result. Lastly, enjoy every day. You are about to start what can seriously be considered one of the greatest jobs in the world. You'll meet great people, fly great aircraft, and have a blast doing it.
ENS Charlie Hetzel
P.S. Don't lose money on moves! Always fill out the proper forms and go to personal property BEFORE you pack up so you can weigh your car. Also, save your home of record move. People make the mistake of using a home of record move to move a few thousand or even hundred dollars of furniture as an Ensign instead of saving that one time deal for later in life when it is much more needed.
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- Game 9 • St. Francis (N.Y.) (1-9, 0-2 NEC)
- Sunday, December 18, 2011 • 2:00 p.m.
- John J. Lee Amphitheater • New Haven, Conn.
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- St. Francis Game Notes
Yale is set to complete this short two-game homestand with a matinee contest against the Terriers of St. Francis (N.Y.), the first game between the two teams since Dec. 13, 1995. The Bulldogs are looking for their first win since sweeping the two games of the David Jones Classic at the University of Houston on Nov. 25 and 26. Yale is coming off of a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Boston University in which the Bulldogs came within two points of erasing a 20-point second-half deficit. Junior guard Megan Vasquez continues to lead the Bulldogs. Her 15.9 ppg. scoring average is fourth among Ivy League players. She has led the Bulldogs in scoring in each of the last three seasons. Yale welcomes a St. Francis team that is looking for just its second win this season. The Terriers are led by freshman forward Jaymee Veney, who has averaged 10.2 ppg. The Terriers have been without one of their best players, Jessica Kaufman. The freshman forward averaged 9.2 ppg. and 7.4 rpg. through the first five games, but she has missed the last five games.
Scouting St. Francis (N.Y.)
St. Francis is just 1-9 this season, but without a 48-44 win over Ivy League opponent Columbia, the Terriers would be coming into Yale with a 28-game losing streak. The win over Columbia snapped a 21-game slide that dated back to last season. The Terriers have struggled mightily over the last four seasons, going 9-88 since the start of the 2008-09 season, including 5-36 against non-conference opponents. The Terriers play in a competitive Northeast Conference that includes a trio of opponents from Connecticut in Quinnipiac, Central Connecticut State University and Sacred Heart. St. Francis lost eight players from last season, including three starters, but a freshmen class that includes eight new faces were added to the lineup in hopes of turning things around in 2011-12. Through 10 games this season, five of the top six scorers on the Terriers' roster are freshmen, including leading scorer Jaymee Veney, who is averaging 10.2 ppg. and 5.4 rpg. She has picked up the slack for fellow freshman Jessica Kaufman (9.2 ppg., 7.4 rpg.), who was the team's leading scorer and rebounder through the first five games of the season. However, she's missed the last five games with an undisclosed injury and it is not known when she will return.
Series History
Yale has faced St. Francis just twice before today's game. This is the first meeting between the two teams since Dec. 13, 1995. The series is tied, with both teams winning one game at home. St. Francis earned a 66-48 home win on Dec. 30, 1994, while Yale returned the favor with a 53-41 win in New Haven a year later.
Thorn in the Ivy
Today's game marks the third game this season against an Ivy League opponent for St. Francis. The Terriers are 1-1 against Ivy opponets, including a 48-44 win over Columbia on Nov. 23, and a 70-61 loss to Penn in which the Quakers trailed 27-20 at halftime and had to go into overtime before they could put the Terriers away. The Terriers are 10-27 all-time against Ivy League foes.
Fresh Faces
Eight of the players on the St. Francis roster are freshmen, and the Terriers have just two juniors and three sophomores. There are no seniors on the squad, so head coach Brenda Milano has to rely on her eight freshmen to make an immediate impact. So far, they haven't disappointed their coach. Of the 479 points scored by the Terriers in their 10 games this season, the eight freshmen have accounted for 315 of those points, or 65.8 percent of the team's total scoring output.
Nutmeg Connection
Two of the Terriers' players hail from Connecticut. Sarah Benedetti was the No. 2 leading scorer in Canton High's history (1,653 points), while Kelly Myers scored over 1,000 points and grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds while starring at Coventry High. Benedetti has started five games and is averaging 5.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game for the Terriers, while Myers has averaged 3.0 points and 2.6 rebounds off the bench.
Oh So Close ...
Yale nearly pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in the program's history in its previous outing, only to fall just short in the game's final minute. Trailing 38-18 to Boston University with 16:32 left in the game, Yale stormed back to cut the deficit to just two points in the closing seconds. Junior guard Megan Vasquez scored 20 of her game-high 22 points in the second half to fuel the comeback. Freshman Hayden Latham scored seven of her season-high 12 points in the second-half comeback and was a stellar 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. Down by 20, Yale responded with an 11-2 run to trim the deficit to 40-29 with 12:59 left. Vasquez scored nine of her points in that run. B.U. was on top 51-41 with 6:26 remaining, but the Bulldogs had one more run in them. This time, the Bulldogs used a 13-3 run behind another nine points from Vasquez to pull to within two points (56-54) with 35 seconds left, but that was as close as they could get. Yale trailed 30-14 at halftime. The Terriers' defense kept the Bulldogs off-balance throughout the first half, holding the Bulldogs to just five points and only one field goal over the final 11:47 of the half. Yale was just 4-of-21 shooting from the floor in the first half, including 0-for-6 from 3-point range.
Terriers Two-Step
Yale is playing host to the Terriers for the second straight game. The Bulldogs took on the Boston University Terriers on Dec. 7, and the St. Francis (N.Y.) Terriers come to John J. Lee Amphitheater for today's contest. Yale is 3-12 all-time against schools that call themselves Terriers, including 1-1 against St. Francis and 2-11 against Boston University.
Taking on the Nation's Best
Including the loss at No. 22 Delaware on Dec. 5, Yale has faced four teams that have either earned a spot in the national rankings or have received votes in either of the Top 25 polls at one point this season. Yale has faced two ranked teams, including No. 1 Baylor and No. 22 Delaware, while it has also faced Marist and Houston, which both received votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Preseason Poll. Yale is 1-3 in those contests, with the only win coming at Houston. The Bulldogs are also slated to visit Florida State on Dec. 28. The Seminoles were ranked No. 13 earlier this season. And the list of those games do not include the two games that await Yale against Princeton once the Ivy League season begins. The Tigers received votes in both Top 25 polls earlier this season.
Halejian's Helping Hand
Freshman guard Sarah Halejian has come on strong in the seven games following a scoreless collegiate debut in Yale's season opener against Holy Cross, averaging 7.1 points per game over that stretch. She scored nine points against Fairleigh Dickinson at the Hackensack, N.J. campus. Growing up just 12 miles away, the Wyckoff, N.J., native erased the memory of her scoreless debut with a strong performance in front of many friends and family who came out to support her and her Yale teammates. Halejian scored five points in the loss at Marist, but she saved her best showing for the nation's best team. Halejian scored a team-high 13 points against the Baylor Bears. She hit five of her nine shots, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range. Halejian scored another five points in Yale's loss at Delaware on Dec. 5.
Road Warriors
The Dec. 5 game at Delaware marked the end of a six-game stretch away from the friendly confines of John J. Lee Amphitheater for Yale. The rules of the road have been routine for the Bulldogs, with 14 of their first 20 games on the road. The Bulldogs can find comfort in the fact that six of the final eight games will be played inside John J. Lee Amphitheater, at about the same time that the Bulldogs hope to be making a run at the Ivy League championship.
Milestone Watch for Vasquez
Following a 22-point effort against Boston University on Dec. 7, junior guard Megan Vasquez has now scored 815 career points. She needs just 185 points to reach 1,000 career points. She now has four 20-point outings this season. She also scored 23 points in the season-opening win over Holy Cross, 21 points at Marist, and 22 points at Houston. Vasquez scored 322 points in her freshman season and 366 points last season. If she approaches her average of 344 points from her first two seasons, she should reach the 1,000-point milestone at some point during the Ivy League season. In doing so, Vasquez will become the 17th player in Yale's history to reach 1,000 career points. The last Bulldog to reach the milestone was Melissa Colborne, who closed out her career with 1,418 points, fifth on Yale's all-time scoring list. If Vasquez continues to maintain her 344-point pace, she would finish in sixth place on Yale's all-time list with 1,376 career points.
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Asha Anderson is a poet living in Nevada. Her work has appeared in various publications including Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse and Poetry Motel. She wrote and published five issues of the the zine Reddog Review before suspending the title in 2003.
During the 1970s, Asha Anderson was the assistant editor and writer for the Brijbasi Spirit, a journal published for a yoga community in West Virginia, where she lived at the time. The editor disappeared under suspicious circumstances and she and the rest of the press group left the society shortly after that as the political climate became increasingly more hostile and dangerous. Following a few years in seclusion, she reemerged in Ashland, Oregon and founded SkyRiver Press, a letterpress operation which ran briefly before being dissolved by divorce in 1987.
Opinionated and outspoken, Asha Anderson was very active in the discussions and battles in alt.zines until the newsgroup finally imploded and people drifted on to other venues. At that time, August of 2003, she established the blog Language Barrier and a few years later got involved with Ash Canyon Poets, a long standing group in Carson City, Nevada. She was the driving force behind the creation of Ash Canyon Review and website. However, due to a variety of reasons, these projects were short-lived. Following that, she launched Driftwork, the zine and website. This had an anything goes format more to her liking but she abandon it to travel in Mexico and Central America.
Asha resides in Nevada and remains connected to Ash Canyon Poets. She spends about half the year traveling.


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TREND MILL | Neon inspiration
Just a quick follow up on the neon trend post earlier this week.
We love a bit of fresh, updated neon - hint of glowing yellow peaking out from under the hem of a jumper, a brilliant pink maxi and flesh-toned tank...
But neon has a murky, dubious past. A past that those of us who lived through it the first time know all too well. It was a time when even the Rolling Stones committed full-body fashion faux pas.
Neon before it was refined for the new century:
That's more '80s in one place than I've seen in decades.
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Therapeutic foster parents needed
I am a therapeutic foster care certifier for Family Solutions. I am reaching out for help to spread the word for the need of therapeutic foster homes in Southern Oregon. In recent years there has been a huge shortage of foster parents that are able to work with children in the states care that have behavior, emotional and developmental disabilities and as a result more and more children are having to be placed out of the area or, in the worst cases, in residential group homes until a suitable family is available. I need help to try to keep these kiddos local and in loving homes. If you feel like you can help, please feel free to contact me at email@example.com or at 541-776-0497 ext. 206.
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Leave the mural — change the ordinance
A whimsical, delicate mural on Pioneer between Lithia and Main is in danger. The mural has been there for years, first on Maisys' wall, now the Book Exchange. Each time I walk by, it gives me a lift, warms my heart. But yesterday, the city demanded that the mural be obliterated — painted over — by Aug. 15.
This is such a destructive, abusive act, it leaves me breathless. Apparently, there is an ordinance. My take on ordinances is that they exist to protect citizens from overuse, ugliness and lawless behavior. Zoning ordinances should be rigid. Art, however, demands discernment by human beings. Why do we have an ordinance that when followed kills beauty and abuses common sense? If something is ugly here, Ashlanders will put up a great clamor. Has anyone ever complained about this little mural? It is everything public art should be (even if on private space). It is appropriate, fits the space, and brings a smile.
Art needs to give a new perspective, make one feel inspired or joyful, or provide food for thought. The city is about to spend thousands of dollars on public art. This can be a good thing. Ashland does many things well. I appreciate that we have no billboards or neon signs. But destroying what is essentially public art (art for the public to enjoy even on a private building) is egregious.
Take a stroll on Pioneer past the Book Exchange. Then contact the City Council. Leave the mural. Change the ordinance.
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Mitsubishi has SEER 21 and SEER 26 single head units that wholesale in the lower end of that range.
Mitsubishi is well regarded
James - I highly recommend sticking with the big guys on ductless mini splits. Fujitsu, Daikin, Mitsubishi are all really good. There is a second tier of providers such as LG, which is ok, and a ton of knock offs that I would stay away from.
Though I am not personally familiar with these newest super-high SEER models, mini-splits are certainly a mature technology, just unfamiliar to us in the US. These were predominant in Jamaica when we studied the A/C industry there in 1998. I've seen them frequently in Europe and South America too. We put one in our own server room (Petaluma, CA) many years ago and it worked great.
You should check out this old post from Dave Robinson if you haven't already (he recently updated it too).
PS - No affiliation or endorsement of any particular mfr or model.
The Mitsubishis I install connect with flare fittings, which means no brazing. No brazing means no nitrogen purge. If brazing is required to install other minisplit brands, then by all means be sure to use a nitrogen purge. A nitrogen purge is standard procedure for conventional split heat pump installations, so I don't see that it represents a hardship peculiar to minisplits.
If you are not employing nitrogen purge, vacuum pump and micron guage with conventional split system installations, consider another line of work.
Vacuum pumps and micron guages should be used with EVERY split system installation, mini or not
If you have a lot of competition in your local area you may want to consider using mini-splits by Friedrich Air Conditioning from Texas. The equipment is made in Japan by one of the major manufacturers, so it is good stuff. If everybody has Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, and Daikin equipment it can be a good move to carry a US brand. We know of a major outfit in Hawaii that is using the technique in their market. We have had good experiences with the equipment to date.
Hawaii??? I guess we are starting to have rainy fall weather in Portland.
How can you call it an American brand if it is made in Japan. My experiance with the company is far from good. cheap price isn't everything
Steven, I used the correct terminology. There is a distinction between brand and who manufactures the product. The Friedrich products are OEM produced by one of the major three manufacturers in Japan. You can go and spend $300-$500 more to get the Japanese brand if you like. The importance here is that you get US-support and can talk to a real person if you run into an issue.
We would all like to see manufacturing coming back to the US and North America for that matter. GE got major funding from the US government to get the GE GeoSpring manufacturing back to Louisville, Kentucky. Do you think that they would have moved it back without the extra US-dollars?
I have been looking for the last 3 years for anybody to produce WaterSense showerheads in the US. Not possible - there is not anybody.
If you show me the US manufactured mini-split that you are currently using we can talk.
The last I heard about Friedrich, DOE had referred three of their room A/C models to EPA for enforcement after failing to meet Energy Star requirements. Has anybody heard anything more about this?
This doesn't necessarily say anything about their re-labeled (Japanese-manufactured) mini-splits, but it certainly has an effect on my opinion of the brand.
Tom, I actually called the factory yesterday to get information. We do not do much with room air conditioning up in the Pacific Northwest, so I was not aware of this at all.
Friedrich told me that the original test method for room air conditioners were administered by the EPA when ENERGY STAR began. The responsibility moved over to the DOE and new test methods were established. A total of 6 out of 36 ENERGY STAR listed failed the new test procedure. All of these units were delisted by ENERGY STAR. Friedrich has introduced new models that qualify under the new testing procedures.
It looks like a change in testing methodology that caused the de-listing. We currently see similar things going on around the topic of heat pump water heaters. The ENERGY STAR rating is given based on a fictional climate that does not really exist. Many of the HPHWs won't meet ENERGY STAR requirements if a Northern climate was used.
Be careful...just because a particular set of climate conditions rarely or never exists nearby does not mean they don't exist elsewhere. A heat pump water heater that struggles in an unheated Maine or Minnesota garage or basement positively flourishes in Florida.
Conversely, it is understandable for northerners to place little priority on the importance of right-sizing AC for proper dehumidification when their cooling season consists of just a few 3-5 day "heat waves" that carry north ambient dewpoints we combat 5 straight months per year
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A Full Eleven Warriors Blog on Rodriguez
So, I haven't been to Eleven Warriors, one of the better Ohio blogs, for about a month, or before the game in Columbus. I happened to run over, and whaddaya know, they have a full column by Johnny Ginter focusing on Rich Rodriguez and Michigan.
LINK: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/12/17692/the-rodriguez-redemption#more
I guess this is what you can expect when they are going through a bowl ban and have nothing to write about in terms of Ohio football. The piece has been up for a day or so, is about Michigan, and actually references mgoblog and Brian several times. For some of you, it will be an interesting read.
I'm not going to put a whole bunch of quotes in: if you're interested, go to the link. If you're not, well, I didn't waste your time. Basically, Ginter goes through the whole thing of Rodriguez being a decent coach who made some missteps, was never given a real chance by Michigan, being both mistreated and having some rotten luck.
However, I'll put in two quotes that were intriguing.
So now you have a choice, Buckeye fans. Do you root for the guy, knowing that each successive victory angers the Wolverine fanbase in a vague, irritating way? Or do you root against him, forcing him to walk the earth as a shadow, forever branded with the mark of Cain that is Michigan football?
You can link to see which way Ginter goes.
The other quote is from a Michigan fan in the comments, regarding our blog:
You could send MGoBlog into a complete meltdown with this post. Not because it is in any way inflammatory; it isn't. But because anything related to Rodriguez now seems to divide Michigan fans. Through no fault whatsoever of Brian Cook (always fair to Rodriguez, and sometimes critical of Rodriguez such as when Brian Cook was about the first person anywhere to doubt the wisdom of Greg Robinson), the mostly anti-Rodriguez MGo readership -- with many notable exceptions -- sort of convulses in a denial of service attack whenever Rodriguez's name comes up.
I kind of agree with this analysis, and can see why Brian wants to just roll his eyes, disappear, and put his fingers in his ears when RR comes up . . . "LA LA LA LA LA LA I Can't hear you LA LA LA LA have you gone away yet LA LA LA LA LA."
Hopefully we'll be able to have rational and non-meltdown discourse on RR at some point in the future.
One thing for sure (unrelated to the Eleven Warriors Blog) is a terrible legacy of RR: his recruiting, even for the different "spread" scheme, has set Michigan back, and left Hoke at a disadvantage. It irks me to have heard the "cupboard bare" complaints about Carr, when Hoke and Mattison and Borges have not complained once (that I've seen) about the players they inherited, but have made do and coached them up.


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$29 Billion Spent Dealing With Patent Trolls In The US Alone Last Year
from the for-what-benefit dept
Even more amazing is just how rapidly this cost has ballooned over the past few years. Check out this table from the report:
The report then goes further to try to figure out whether the trolls are actually benefiting innovation and getting more money to inventors, as the trolls and their supporters like to claim. Unfortunately, the research shows quite a different story -- with very little of the money actually flowing back to either inventors or actual innovation. In other words, we're talking about a pretty massive economic dead-weight loss here. Money flowing from actual innovators and creators... to lawyers, basically. Innovators grow the economy. Lawyers do not. This is a massive weight on the ability to grow the economy and to remain competitive. We've basically created a tax on innovation that flows to lawyers.


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The past four months, however, have been like no other that I have ever experienced and to be completely honest with you, they have scared me.
Between multiple deaths in my immediate family, extended hours at work and easily the worst four months of surf ever recorded, I have never surfed less in my entire life.
For the first time ever, the scary idea that surfing was no longer fun or fulfilling started to creep into my mind. A few days out of the water would turn into a week. A one-day outing in sub-par waves would occur, and then tragedy, work, etc. would claim most of my time. On the rare occasion when the surf actually picked up some and was fun, my schedule or personal situation prevented me from partaking in it.
As a result of this, ultimately my accrued days of surfing over the four-month time frame added up to about 12 days. When you're used to surfing between four and five days a week, these 12 days add up next to nothing.
The overall end result was both a physical and mental degradation in my overall health. The body became soft and listless while the mind lost focus and became somewhat hazy. The smallest of irritations became major problems, while the lightest physical task became very tiring. Overall ambition and, for lack of a better word, "stoke" began to fade away. I was coming very close to forgetting a very important part of me — that of being a surfer.
Then, one day in November, I went out. The sun was out and the surf was up a bit. Crowds were light, wind and tides were right and due to the recent time change, my wind of opportunity was extended. I threw my gear into the back of the old '57 Plymouth wagon and headed to one of my favored high-tide breaks.
Though the surf was not large nor the shape that good, for the first time in those many past months, things clicked and I fell back into the game.
When it came time to leave and go open up Bird's Surf Shed, I exited the surf feeling refreshed and ready for the day. My mind was clear and my body sore. My stoke level was on the rise. I had a few minutes to kill, so I made a quick stop at my best friend Joe Roper's repair shop just to shoot the breeze. We talked about some of my boards he's restoring and reminisced over some classic photos hanging in his shop and then it was off to work. Robin Prodanovich was shaping in the Shed's shaping room and new customers were waiting at the door. My right-hand man, Isaac Wood, showed up dripping wet from his surf session and within a few minutes, Skip Frye dropped in, too. He had come by to pick up his favorite sunscreen from the Headhunter company.
Soon we were all talking about the waves we had surfed this morning. Although all three of us had surfed the same break, each of us had done so at separate times. Skip took off to shape boards and Isaac said he'd watch the Shed so that I could go out and surf a second session.
I was out the door in five minutes flat on the way to my favorite low-tide reef break. More waves shared with a few friends as the sun set and I was through. As I walked up the many long stairs to where the Plymouth was parked, I enjoyed the feel once again of sore muscles and a clear head.
If there is a moral to this story, maybe it's as simple as just relaxing and enjoying life more. Whether you surf, golf, play tennis or whatever, don't lose sight of who and what you are. Keep your stoke level on high!
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CHICAGO — The need for the fitness industry to reach out to children in low-income families is becoming even greater as a new study shows an increase in obesity in that population.
The prevalence of being overweight increased from 1989 to 2000 in children aged two to four years from low-income families, according to an article in the December issue of the "Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine," one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Children who are overweight are at risk for diabetes, gallstones, sleep apnea and high blood pressure, the article states. As adults, they are also at an increased risk for coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) compared with those not overweight as adolescents.
Researchers from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, examined the change in the prevalence of overweight and underweight in children ages two to four years from low income families participating in federally funded programs. The overall trend in the study showed an increased prevalence of overweight in all sex, age and race/ethnicity groups between 1989 and 2000. Of the 30 states included in the study, 28 had an overweight prevalence of more than 10 percent, compared to 11 states in 1989. Also in 2000, three states had overweight prevalences of more than 15 to 20 percent while two had prevalences of more than 20 percent. During the study period, underweight decreased with nine states in 1989 and 23 states in 2000 reporting a prevalence of five percent or less. The researchers did not find a geographic concentration in overweight prevalence.
"In addition, national data representative of the U.S. population also showed increases in overweight prevalence over time, indicating that overweight is a national problem, not a problem exclusively associated with publicly funded programs or low income," wrote the researchers, who called for expansion of prevention and intervention efforts.


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OAKLAND — Several hundred bolts and rods on the eastern span of the new Bay Bridge apparently will not need expensive replacements or repairs because they resist corrosion better than 32 anchor bolts that snapped last year, designers of the bridge conclude.
New test results on more than two dozen bridge rods and bolts selected from more than 2,000 installed on the new span show that they will hold up in San Francisco Bay's salt water environment at the stress levels the bridge is under, reported representatives of T.Y. Lin International, the designer of the new bridge.
The recommendation was welcomed as good news by the head of the agency that collects tolls to build and maintain the new $6.4 billion east span between Oakland and Yerba Buena Island.
"We may not need to pursue the expensive work we feared we would last year," said Steve Heminger, the executive director of the Bay Area Toll Authority. "We're not through this work yet. There is still more testing and more answers we need."
Heminger said the latest tests — simulations of how bridge rods and bolts hold up and resist corrosion in a marine environment — were the most critical to show the security of the new span.
Marwan Nader, a T.Y. Lin engineer, delivered the news of the tests Thursday afternoon to a meeting of a bridge panel, including the chiefs of the three agencies overseeing the project.
"As the engineer of record, I conclude that the rods in service are safe," Nader told the panel.
Instead of replacing the metal pieces, vigilant maintenance will be needed to make sure they remain in good shape, Nader said.
In March 2013, 32 of the 96 rods that secured critical seismic shock absorbers to the bridge deck snapped when they were tightened, five years after they had been installed on the span and left exposed to the elements.
Large seismic saddles were added to the structure to make up for the instability of the broken rods, but officials worried about the strength of more than 2,000 other bolts and rods installed elsewhere on the bridge.
Experts last year came up with a preliminary recommendation that fixes or repairs might be needed on 700 rods and bolts.
Heminger said more testing results are expected in the next few weeks to corroborate the results made public Thursday.
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Bombyx mori
The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori (Latin: "silkworm of the mulberry tree"). It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk. A silkworm's preferred food is white mulberry leaves (monophagous). Domestic silk moths are closely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silk moths are different (having not been selectively bred) to their domestic cousins; they are not commercially viable in the production of silk. Sericulture, the practice of breeding silkworms for the production of raw silk, has been underway for at least 5,000 years in China,[1] from where it spread to Korea and Japan, and later to India and the West. The silkworm was domesticated from the wild silkmoth Bombyx mandarina, which has a range from northern India to northern China, Korea, Japan, and the far eastern regions of Russia. The domesticated silkworm derives from Chinese rather than Japanese or Korean stock.[2][3] Silkworms were unlikely to have been domestically bred before the Neolithic age; before then, the tools required to facilitate the manufacturing of larger quantities of silk thread had not been developed. The domesticated B. mori and the wild B. mandarina can still breed and sometimes produce hybrids.[4]:342
Mulberry silkworms can be categorized into three different but connected groups or types. The major groups of silkworms fall under the univoltine ('uni-'=one, 'voltine'=brood frequency) and bivoltine categories. The univoltine breed is generally linked with the geographical area within greater Europe. The eggs of this type hibernate during winter due to the cold climate, and cross-fertilize only by spring, generating silk only once annually. The second type is called bivoltine and is normally found in China, Japan, and Korea. The breeding process of this type takes place twice annually, a feat made possible through the slightly warmer climates and the resulting two lifecycles. The polyvoltine type of mulberry silkworm can only be located in the tropics. The eggs are laid by female moths and hatch within nine to 12 days, so the resulting type can have up to eight separate lifecycles throughout the year.[5]
Eggs take about 14 days to hatch into larvae, which eat continuously. They have a preference for white mulberry, having an attraction to the mulberry odorant cis-jasmone. They are not monophagous since they can eat other species of Morus, as well as some other Moraceae, mostly Osage orange. Their droppings are black. Hatchlings and second-instar larvae are called kego and chawki in India. They are covered with tiny black hairs. When the color of their heads turns darker, it indicates they are about to molt. After molting, the instar phase of the silkworm emerges white, naked, and with little horns on their backs.
After they have molted four times, their bodies become slightly yellow and the skin becomes tighter. The larvae then prepare to enter the pupal phase of their lifecycle, and enclose themselves in a cocoon made up of raw silk produced by the salivary glands. The final molt from larva to pupa takes place within the cocoon, which provides a vital layer of protection during the vulnerable, almost motionless pupal state. Many other Lepidoptera produce cocoons, but only a few—the Bombycidae, in particular the Bombyx genus, and the Saturniidae, in particular the Antheraea genus—have been exploited for fabric production.
If the animal is allowed to survive after spinning its cocoon and through the pupal phase of its lifecycle, it releases proteolytic enzymes to make a hole in the cocoon so it can emerge as an adult moth. These enzymes are destructive to the silk and can cause the silk fibers to break down from over a mile in length to segments of random length, which seriously reduced the value of the silk threads but not silk cocoons used as "stuffing" available in China and elsewhere for doonas, jackets etc. To prevent this, silkworm cocoons are boiled. The heat kills the silkworms and the water makes the cocoons easier to unravel. Often, the silkworm itself is eaten.
As the process of harvesting the silk from the cocoon kills the larvae, sericulture has been criticized by animal welfare and rights activists. Mohandas Gandhi was critical of silk production based on the Ahimsa philosophy "not to hurt any living thing". This led to Gandhi's promotion of cotton spinning machines, an example of which can be seen at the Gandhi Institute. He also promoted Ahimsa silk, wild silk made from the cocoons of wild and semiwild silk moths.[6] Ahimsa silk is promoted in parts of Southern India for those who prefer not to wear silk produced by killing silkworms.[7][8] Ahimsa silk is also known as peace silk. In the early 21st century, the organization PETA has campaigned against silk.[9]
The moth – the adult phase of the lifecycle – has lost the ability to fly, contrary to the wild B. mandarina, whose males fly to meet females. Silkmoths have a wingspan of Script error: No such module "convert". and a white, hairy body. Females are about two to three times bulkier than males (for they are carrying many eggs), but are similarly colored. Adult Bombycidae have reduced mouth parts and do not feed, though a human caretaker can feed them.
The cocoon is made of a thread of raw silk from 300 to about 900 m (1,000 to 3,000 ft) long. The fibers are very fine and lustrous, about 10 μm (0.0004 in) in diameter. About 2,000 to 3,000 cocoons are required to make a pound of silk (0.4 kg). At least 70 million pounds of raw silk are produced each year, requiring nearly 10 billion pounds of cocoons. [10]
Due to its miniature size and ease of culture, the silkworm has become a model organism in the study of lepidopteran and arthropod biology. Fundamental findings on pheromones, hormones, brain structures, and physiology have been made with the silkworm.[citation needed] One example of this was the molecular identification of the first known pheromone, bombykol, which required extracts from 500,000 individuals, due to the very small quantities of pheromone produced by any individual worm.[citation needed]
Currently, research is focusing on genetics of silkworms and the possibility of genetic engineering. Many hundreds of strains are maintained, and over 400 Mendelian mutations have been described.[citation needed] Another source suggests 1000 inbred domesticated strains are kept worldwide.[11] One useful development for the silk industry is silkworms that can feed on food other than mulberry leaves, including an artificial diet.[citation needed] Research on the genome also raises the possibility of genetically engineering silkworms to produce proteins, including pharmacological drugs, in the place of silk proteins.
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories[12] has used research from the Universities of Wyoming and Notre Dame in a collaborative effort to create a silkworm that is genetically altered to produce spider silk. In September 2010, the effort was announced as successful.[13]
In January 2010, the National University of Singapore, together with Republic Polytechnic, was in the process of creating "super" silk.[14] The "super" silk is produced by coaxing "silkworms to spin stronger silk by exposing them to an electric field before they spin".[15] Silk produced through this new method is so strong as to be bullet-proof.
Researchers at Tufts developed scaffolds made of spongy silk that feel and look similar to human tissue. They are implanted during reconstructive surgery to support or restructure damaged ligaments, tendons, and other tissue. They also created implants made of silk and drug compounds which can be implanted under the skin for steady and gradual time release of medications. [16]
The domesticated variety, compared to the wild form, has increased cocoon size, growth rate, and efficiency of its digestion. It has also gained tolerance to human presence and handling and living in crowded conditions; it cannot fly and lacks fear of potential predators. These changes have made it entirely dependent upon humans for survival.[17] The eggs are kept in incubators to aid in their hatching.
Silkworm breeding
Silkworms were first domesticated in China over 5000 years ago.[18][19] Since then, the silk production capacity of the species has increased nearly tenfold. The silkworm is one of the few organisms wherein the principles of genetics and breeding were applied to harvest maximum output. It is next only to maize in exploiting the principles of heterosis and cross breeding.[citation needed]
Silkworm breeding is aimed at the overall improvement of silkworm from an economical point of view. The major objectives of silkworm breeding are improving fecundity (the egg-laying capacity of a breed), the health of larvae, quantity of cocoon and silk production, disease resistance, etc. Healthy larvae lead to a healthy cocoon crop. Health is dependent on factors such as better pupation rate, fewer dead larvae in the mountage, shorter larval duration (the shorter the larval duration, the lesser the chances of infection) and bluish tinged fifth instar larvae (it is observed that bluish colored fifth instar larvae are healthier than the reddish brown ones). Quantity of cocoon and silk produced are directly related to the pupation rate and larval weight. Healthier larvae have greater pupation rates and cocoon weights. Quality of cocoon and silk depends on a number of factors including genetics.
Specific purposes apart from commercial purpose are given attention by advanced countries to breed development for specific purposes like sericin production, sex-limited breeds, thin/thick filament production, etc. Disease-resistance breeding is important, as the major reason for crop losses is pathogen infection. Efforts are being made to select breeds which are tolerant or resistant to various pathogens.[20][unreliable source?]
Hobby raising and school projects
In the USA, teachers may sometimes introduce the insect lifecycle to their students by raising silkworms in the classroom as a science project. Students have a chance to observe complete lifecycles of insect from egg stage to larvae, pupa, moth.
The silkworm has been raised as a hobby in countries such as China, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Iran. Children often pass on the eggs, creating a noncommercial population. The experience provides children with the opportunity to witness the lifecycle of silkworms. The practice of raising silkworms by children as pets has, in the nonsilkfarming country of South Africa, led to the development of extremely hardy landraces of silkworms, because they are invariably subjected to hardships not encountered by commercially farmed members of the species.[21] However, these worms, not being selectively bred as such, are possibly inferior in silk production and may exhibit other undesirable traits.
The full genome of the silkworm was published in 2008 by the International Silkworm Genome Consortium.[11] Draft sequences were published in 2004.[22][23]
The genome of the silkworm is mid-range with a genome size of about 432 megabase pairs (Mb).
High genetic variability has been found in domestic lines of silkworms, though this is less than that among wild silkmoths (about 83% of wild genetic variation). This suggests a single event of domestication, and that it happened over a short period of time, with a large number of wild worms having been collected for domestication.[24] Major questions, however, remain unanswered: "Whether this event was in a single location or in a short period of time in several locations cannot be deciphered from the data". Research also has yet to identify the area in China where domestication arose.[25]
Like many insect species, silkworm pupae are eaten in some cultures.
- In Assam, they are boiled for extracting silk and the boiled pupae are eaten directly with salt or fried with chilli pepper or herbs as a snack or dish.[26]
- In Korea, they are boiled and seasoned to make a popular snack food known as beondegi번데기.
- In China, street vendors sell roasted silkworm pupae.
- In Japan, silkworms are usually served as a tsukudani (佃煮), i.e. boiled in a sweet-sour sauce made with soy sauce and sugar.
- In Vietnam, this is known as con nhộng.
- Silkworms have also been proposed for cultivation by astronauts as space food on long-term missions.[27]
Silkworm legends
In China, a legend indicates the discovery of the silkworm's silk was by an ancient empress Lei Zu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor and the daughter of XiLing-Shi. She was drinking tea under a tree when a silk cocoon fell into her tea. As she picked it out and started to wrap the silk thread around her finger, she slowly felt a warm sensation. When the silk ran out, she saw a small larva. In an instant, she realized this caterpillar larva was the source of the silk. She taught this to the people and it became widespread. Many more legends about the silkworm are told.
The Chinese guarded their knowledge of silk, but, according to one story, a Chinese princess given in marriage to a Khotan prince brought to the oasis the secret of silk manufacture, "hiding silkworms in her hair as part of her dowry", probably in the first half of the first century CE.[28] About 550 AD, Christian monks are said to have smuggled silkworms, in a hollow stick, out of China and sold the secret to the Byzantine Empire.
Silkworm diseases
- Nosema bombycis, a microsporidium, kills 100% of silkworms hatched from infected eggs. This disease can be carried over from worms to moths, then eggs and worms again. This microsporidium comes from the food the silkworms eat. If silkworms get this microsporidium in their worm stage, no visible symptoms occur. However, mother moths pass the disease to the eggs, and 100% of worms hatching from the diseased eggs will die in their worm stage. To prevent this disease, it is extremely important to rule out all eggs from infected moths by checking the moth's body fluid under a microscope.
- Beauveria bassiana, a fungus, destroys the entire silkworm body. This fungus usually appears when silkworms are raised under cold conditions with high humidity. This disease is not passed on to the eggs from moths, as the infected silkworms cannot survive to the moth stage. This fungus can spread to other insects.
- Grasserie, also known as nuclear polyhedrosis, milky disease or hanging disease, is caused by infection with the Bombyx mori Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (BmNPV). If grasserie is observed in the chawkie stage, then the chawkie larvae must have been infected while hatching or during chawkie rearing. Infected eggs can be disinfected by cleaning their surfaces prior to hatching. Infections can occur as a result of improper hygiene in the chawkie rearing house. This disease develops faster in early instar rearing.
- Pebrine is a disease caused by a parasitic microsporidian, Nosema bombycis Nageli. Diseased larvae show slow growth, an undersized, pale and flaccid body, and poor appetite. Tiny black spots appear on larval integument. Additionally, dead larvae will remain rubbery and do not undergo putrefaction after death.
Traditional Chinese medicine
In traditional Chinese medicine, silkworm is the source of the "stiff silkworm", which is made from dried fourth- or fifth-instar larvae which have died of white muscardine disease (a lethal fungal infection). It is believed to dispel flatulence, dissolve phlegm, and relieve spasms.[citation needed]
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Further reading
- Kelly, Henrietta Aiken (1903). The culture of the mulberry silkworm. Washington DC: Department of Agriculture, Government Printing Office. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bombyx mori.
- Student page on silkworm
- WormSpit, a site about silkworms, silkmoths, and silk
- Information about silkworms for classroom teachers with many photos
- SilkBase Silkworm full length cDNA Database
- Silk worm Life cycle photos
- Silkworm School Science Project Instruction
- Life Cycle Of A Silkworm 1943 article with first photographic study of subject