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"I Fall to Pieces" is episode 4 of season 1 of the television show Angel. Pressed beyond her limit, Melissa comes to Angel Investigations seeking protection from a stalker, Dr. Ronald Meltzer, a renowned neurosurgeon who once operated successfully on Melissa's optic nerve. Angel soon discovers that Meltzer is also uniquely capable of detaching various parts of his own body and controlling them at some distance. He has pioneered and perfected methods he originally learned from eastern mystics -- methods he now uses to watch Melissa without her knowledge. While Melissa stays safe in Angel's apartment where Doyle and Cordelia barricade all the entrances, Angel goes back to Meltzer's office to trap him. The doctor, however delusional, is wary enough to ambush and immobilize Angel, giving himself a clear field to go after Melissa. He finds a way, piecemeal, past Cordy and Doyle's defenses, but Angel recovers faster than the mad doctor anticipates and arrives in time to permanently prevent Meltzer from reassembling himself. Now both physically safe and emotionally healed, Melissa returns the gift by teaching Angel to graciously accept payment for his services. See also List of Angel (series) episodes.
At the ATM, Melissa is having trouble getting access. Ronald approaches and informs her that he changed the PIN on her bank account. He seems unaware of his arrogance, as well as of the inappropriateness (verging on delusion) of speaking to her as if they were in a lasting relationship. The encounter scares Melissa enough that she calls Angel Investigations for an appointment. During their meeting, Melissa informs the team that Dr. Ronald Meltzer is an acclaimed neurosurgeon who performed critical surgery on an infected nerve behind her eye. He has also been stalking her for nearly seven months, ever since she allowed him to take her out -- once -- because she felt obligated to thank him. Melissa swears, moreover, that even when he's not around, she can feel Meltzer watching her. At home that night, Melissa gets ready for bed. Meanwhile in his own study, Meltzer sips a drink and seems to watch a framed photo of Melissa on his desk. When we finally see Meltzer's face, there is an empty socket where his right eye should be. Back in Melissa's bedroom, a disembodied eyeball floats behind her, following her every move.
Angel goes to ask Kate, his "friend at the police department," whether Melissa ever filed a complaint. Kate tells him that a report was indeed filed, but Meltzer's lawyers, Wolfram & Hart, took strong measures to protect their client, even going so far as to take out a restraining order against the plaintiff. Unaware of his dark past, Kate also tries to give Angel some insight into a stalker victim's mindset. She believes that even when Melissa is physically safe, fear will continue to haunt her, unless she can get angry and start to fight back, mentally and emotionally. Kate offers to detail a uniform to watch Melissa's place for a night or two, and Angel accepts. While Doyle plays bodyguard and accompanies Melissa to work, Angel breaks into Meltzer's office looking for leads. One of the books from Meltzer's shelf disappears swiftly and smoothly into Angel's jacket. When his unauthorized presence is discovered, Angel plays on Meltzer's megalomania, pretending to have a beloved wife needing emergency eye surgery from a topnotch neurosurgeon—price, of course, being no object. Angel gives Meltzer his undercover name and phone number as he leaves. In another part of the clinic, Cordelia interviews a colleague of Meltzer's who reports he has a well-deserved reputation for very difficult work with severed nerves and near-miraculous success in reattaching limbs. She goes on to tell Cordy, however, that Meltzer never shares his techniques and findings with the medical community at large.
Back at AI, Angel searches for information about the author of Anything's Possible, the book he stole from Meltzer's office, then sends an email requesting a meeting. The author, a doctor himself, tells Angel that Meltzer attended many retreats with famous yogis, and was able to master a combination of psychological and physical techniques that make the neurosurgeon an expert in "psychic surgery" as well. That night while Melissa sleeps, Ronald's hands—just his hands—crawl across her apartment floor, then crawl under the covers of her bed. When the cop on patrol spots a man lurking in front of Melissa's building, he confronts Meltzer, but backs off when the apparently harmeless gentleman reveals that he has no hands. Hearing screams a few minutes later, the cop rushes into the building and searches Melissa's room, but finds her apparently alone. Just as he lets down his guard, Meltzer's hands attack from behind and strangle the cop to death.
Frantic, Melissa runs outside, only to be caught and held before she can reach the street. Her panic subsides a little when she discovers herself in Angel's concerned embrace, and she begins to sob in reaction. Neither Melissa nor Angel sees Meltzer watching secretly from behind the bushes. The police arrive on the scene and Kate comes over to ask Angel how, given the lack of evidence, he thinks the stalker could possibly be the perp. Doyle also shows up, and confesses to being deeply unnerved by the idea of a stalker-turned-murderer (with AI staff between him and his victim), as well as by the crawling hands thing. Angel and Doyle take Melissa back to Angel's apartment and, while Doyle starts the job of taping up every vent and doorjamb, Angel counsels a newly-resolute Melissa over tea in the kitchen. Cordelia buttonholes Angel and then, as they take the elevator upstairs, tells him what she thinks of his plan to go after Meltzer alone. As Angel searches the phone book for a place to get steel boxes in which to keep various body parts separate, Cordelia answers a call from Meltzer himself on the special line. Meltzer instructs "Mr. Jensen" to bring $100,000 for his "wife's" operation. Unaware that his cover has been blown, Angel shows up, with a safety deposit box but no money. Having remained seated, Meltzer feints subtly to his left, then shoots Angel in the neck with a hand-held dart gun. Meltzer explains that he developed the injector device while working with wild animals and that the dart carries a paralytic drug designed to stop the heart. Picking up a scalpel, Meltzer stands as Angel convulses and falls to the floor.
Meanwhile, Cordelia and Doyle look after the sleeping Melissa, their traumatized client finally able to relax thanks to Doyle's special mixture of whiskey and tea. Despite the duct tape all over Angel's place, when Meltzer arrives, he sends an eyeball to watch from the landing as one hand sneaks in to open the door for him. Once inside, he pauses while both eye and hand reattach themselves. Meanwhile, Meltzer's left hand creates a diversion by loudly rattling the sewer grate in an apparent attempt to jimmy Doyle's security. When there's a sudden silence, Doyle opens the grate to see, and the hand grabs him and pulls him down into the sewers. Simultaneously, Meltzer grabs Cordelia from behind and wrestles her into a closet. Awake, Melissa watches as Meltzer waits for his left hand to crawl back to him and climb his leg to reach his wrist, but she doesn't scream this time. She stands up to her terrorizer, telling him she's through being afraid of him. As Melissa's confidence increases, Meltzer rails at her, accusing her of leaving him for a "vacuous L.A. pretty-boy," and his body begins visibly to deteriorate. At that moment, Angel shows up, obviously not killed by Meltzer's drugged dart. Controlling his shock, Meltzer spits his teeth at Angel, who blocks the bite and tries to close with his opponent. When Angel comes within reach, Meltzer attacks with his scalpel, but Angel twists and the blade is embedded in his shoulder. As Angel backs up a few steps, Meltzer throws his hand at Angel's throat, but Angel breaks its grip and flings the hand away. Seeing it try to scuttle back to its owner, Angel reaches up to his shoulder, yanks out the scalpel and pins the wriggling hand to the floor. Before Dr. Stalker can recover his balance, Angel rushes him and literally kicks his head off.
The next day, the Angel Investigations team just finishes discussing the fate of Ronald Meltzer's parts when Melissa drops by the office to thank everyone. After she gives them a houseplant, the conversation quickly winds down until, at Cordelia's insistent signal, Angel reluctantly brings up the matter of the bill. To Angel's relief, Melissa seems sincerely grateful for the reminder of her other reason for stopping by. She matter-of-factly takes an already-prepared check from her purse, gladly hands it over (to a very quick Cordelia), then earnestly tells Angel she hopes never to see him again. Bemused, Angel concurs.


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Most Portlanders have encountered that instant change of mood, let's call it an M4 moment, where you thought you were doing one thing—commuting over the Hawthorne Bridge, wandering a crowded street fair, standing outside the Schnitz—when suddenly, with the crash of drums, the ring of horns, and the holler of stilt walkers, everything changes and you're wrapped up in a Sgt. Pepper's Technicolor Carnival Marching Band hallucination.
There was a time in the mid-'00s when the MarchFourth Marching Band was everywhere, pulling up in its signature fire truck, playing every festival and Alberta event, winning Willamette Week's Best Local Band, ringing the hallowed atrium of City Hall like a cymbal for former Mayor Sam Adams's swearing-in celebration, and always leaving just before the police arrived (at least that one time it put on an unpermitted parade with Tom Green for a segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno).
But you'd be excused for realizing it's been a while since you last heard their rallying cry, "Joy Now!" That's because they're now on the road 175 days a year, a modern coterie of merry pranksters touring music halls across the country.
Celebrating its 10th birthday at the Crystal Ballroom this month, the band has come of age with modern Portland. With its home-welded drum harnesses, upcycled uniforms, globe-spanning music mash-up, and entrepreneurial drive to succeed at a seemingly outrageous project (a band that supports 24 people!), MarchFourth basically plays the anthem for Portland's weird-leaning DIY makers with big dreams. And like the city itself and many of its arts organizations, over the past decade the ensemble has grown up—into a polished, professional, collaborative project that is just on the edge of full sustainability.
"They're 'a little ol' marching band' just as Portland is a 'little ol' city in the Pacific Northwest': neither is going to be hemmed in by what other people think," says Adams, now the executive director of City Club. "Portland marches to the beat of its own drum, and MarchFourth makes sure that beat is always changing."
The band started when five friends—John Averill on bass, Dan Stauffer on percussion, Nathan Wallway on stilts, and dancers and twins Faith and Nayana Jennings—roped in two dozen other musicians to play a one-off Mardi Gras party on March 4, 2003 (thus the multivalent name). But when the US invaded Iraq two weeks later, they decided to march in the first antiwar protest, playing their six cover songs on repeat. The effect was musical alchemy, transmuting anger into a clapping, dancing crowd of followers.
"Here was this band that was even more joyous and fantastic than Pink Martini," recalls Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, who was among the crowd. "From the beginning it was this perfect Portland progressive project that was musical, activist, galvanizing, and inspiring, even in the bleakest situations."
Pink Martini hired MarchFourth to open several concerts, which sparked corporate gigs and local events, which in turn bought MarchFourth time to hone its unique, percussion-driven mixed drink of New Orleans brass, Latin big band, funk, Balkan, Afrobeat, Middle Eastern, and whatever else members found inspiring. The ragtag rabble grew into 30-plus musicians, dancers, and stilt walkers. They were admittedly sloppy, but their sloppiness paled next to their spectacle and enthusiasm.
Given the group's size, few onlookers envisioned a life beyond beloved local house band status. But band members' ambitions were ignited by a last-minute madcap trip to Germany during the World Cup in 2006. They went to perform at the Altonale Festival, where they beat out 50 groups from around the world for "Best in Show," but they picked up Cup-related gigs along the way. "The whole world was in Germany," says saxophonist Robin Jackson, who has since left the group to cofound Joy Now, a circus, music, and performance program taught by band members. "The magic was out of control. We marched down the red-light district; we invaded the subways and busked on the streets."
So the band started to tour. First to one-offs, like New Belgium Brewing's Tour de Fat festivals and an appearance with Pink Martini and Carol Channing at the Hollywood Bowl. Then in 2007, MarchFourth bought a bus off eBay for $10,000, fixed it up (naming it "Razzle Dazzle" after Channing's trademark song), and went on a national tour: 22 cities in seven weeks with some 35 people on board. "This band is not going to be sustainable if we hang out in Portland," says bandleader Averill, who continues to split management duties with the four other founders. "Without a bus, MarchFourth doesn't work. We cook on the bus; we sleep on the bus. It's kind of like a mobile home for 24 people."
The bus led to a booking agent in 2010, which was the final catalyst. Distant gigs were no longer just fun field trips: MarchFourth was now a touring act. It put 250,000 miles on Razzle Dazzle before she died in Arizona, spurring them to raise $50,000 via Kickstarter for a newer model.
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With the transformation came a shift in personnel. Part-timers with day jobs and families pulled back, making room for new, mostly full-time members willing to scrape by on a small day rate in order to be part of something magical, supplemented by side projects such as making merchandise for the band's pop-up boutique. Against all odds (and presumably rational thought), MarchFourth Marching Band has become the primary occupation of two-dozen people. "One of the biggest assets is the fact that there's no one central figure," says Nayana Jennings, the founder in charge of general management. "People can come and go because it's greater than the sum of its parts."
Over the years, MarchFourth has streamlined, added electric guitar, moved into more rock-influenced original material, and released four records, shedding its early exuberant sloppiness for a tight, hard-driving show with polished dance routines that's earning it invitations to ever more prestigious festivals, from the Telluride Jazz Fest to Jam Cruise. The goal now is for the band to be truly sustainable, providing a fully livable wage and health insurance. Managers believe it's possible if they keep building audiences the old-fashioned way (while crossing their fingers for a late-night-show invitation or viral video), because they've learned that, just as they transformed that antiwar protest 10 years ago, they have the same effect everywhere they go.
"We strike a chord in the consciousness of America wherever we travel," says dance team coordinator Aaron Lyon. "People believe in what we're doing: 'There's that traveling band of misfits who are doing it together, altering the way people live.'" —Aaron Scott
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A musical fixture in the folk scene during the '90s, this Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter collaborated with everyone from Emmylou Harris to Merle Haggard, her distinctive vibrato able to confess as well as testify. After a 16-year absence of original material, she's back with a critically lauded new album. —Gino Cerruti
Low | Apr 5 at 8
Releasing its 10th studio album, The Invisible Way, produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, on its 20th anniversary, Low proves its career is like its music, slow burning but incredibly resilient. The trio, fronted by husband and wife Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, is known for stripped-down shows so transcendent that they've kept audiences sitting cross-legged and spellbound on the floor. —AS
Jeff Bridges and the Abiders | Apr 7 at 8
Bridges may have won an Academy Award for his role as an aging country singer in Crazy Heart, but he wasn't content just to act. He released his second album of country tunes (with production by the renowned T-Bone Burnett) in 2011 and has been touring whenever he's not on a movie set. The Dude definitely abides. —GC
Blind Pilot with the Oregon Symphony | Apr 27 at 7:30
Like Pink Martini, the resident masters of crossing from music club to symphony stage, the indie-folk group Blind Pilot casts a musical spell so joyous that it wraps up listeners of all ages, making it impossible to leave a concert anything but beaming. —AS
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Police: Woman killed in hit-and-runBy Lucia Suarez
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Vyto Starinskas / Staff Photo Vermont State Police photograph the scene of a fatal crash on Route 4 in Mendon near the Cortina Inn on Friday evening.MENDON A 45-year-old Rutland County woman died after she was struck by two cars while crossing Route 4 in front of the Cortina Inn in Mendon Friday night, according to police.
Vermont State Police Sgt. Thomas Mozzer said Drury Morgan was crossing the highway from the Mendon Mountain View Lodge after picking up a paycheck where she was employed.
Emergency services were called to the scene around 5:15 p.m.
Just after 8 p.m. Mozzer said they were unsure if Morgan had a Killington or Mendon address.
She appears to be wearing dark clothing, said Mozzer at the scene. Initial reports say she had consumed alcohol ...
He later said they received two independent reports saying Morgan had consumed alcohol earlier Friday night.
The first vehicle, described as a station wagon similar to a Subaru and possibly green, was traveling east when the driver hit the woman, police said. Mozzer said they believe the driver left the scene, heading east.
Police briefly stopped a vehicle in Pittsford, but quickly ruled it out as being involved in the accident.
The second driver, Joseph Ferrero, of Huntington Station, N.Y., stopped and called 911, the police sergeant said. The vehicle had some minor damage to the mirror and windshield on the passenger side.
Mozzer said no criminal charges would be filed against Ferrero, but that if the first driver is located, he or she will be charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death resulting.
He said the crash is still under investigation.
The Rutland City Fire Department and the Rutland County Sheriffs Department went to the scene and started resuscitation efforts on the victim without avail.
Route 4 was restricted to one lane while police investigated the crash, delaying traffic in both directions. No further information was available at press time Friday night.
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FILA announced rules changes this weekend. In my opinion they did a poor job of making the announcement, which is the last thing FILA needs to do right now, but that is for another time.
There is a discussion of the rules over in the freestyle/greco forum, so I will summarize freestyle only here and ask what the folkstyle fans think and whether this makes for a better or worse transition from college. No offense to Greco, but since it is even further from folkstyle, I'm leaving it out.
Main changes:
Two 3-minute periods
Cumulative score wins (no winning periods)
Takedowns and all turns are worth 2 points (Push outs still worth 1 point)
Takedowns can occur outside the circle
Passivity - First call results in a warning. With your second passivity call they start a 30 second clock - you must score in those 30 seconds or you give up a stalling point.
Ties - I assume when both wrestlers have equal scores, the winner is chosen the same way (highest point move or whoever scored last). HOWEVER, if the score is 0-0 after 2 minutes in the period, the referee must call passivity on one wrestler and begin the 30 second clock. So there will never be a 0-0 tie.


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County commissioners had two weeks to consider Sharon Gaskin's vision for restoring and maintaining the historic courthouse in Wewahitchka.
Tuesday they unanimously agreed that they like what they saw so far.
Commissioners approved a short-term agreement with Gaskin and North Florida Child Development, Inc. with an eye on a long-term lease for the courthouse in Wewahitchka that served for decades as the county seat.
"It is a treasure to the county," said Commissioner Joanna Bryan. "I think the county should work with Ms. Gaskin to restore that building."
The issue is pressing.
The county has moved staff and constitutional officers out of the courthouse and will stop paying for utilities when the fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
As Commissioner Ward McDaniel noted, the building could only "go down" from that point unless maintained.
Gaskin, president and CEO of NFCD, and her company, which operates from Gulf County but provides early childhood learning and other services in five counties, have proposed partnering to avoid that deterioration.
In her latest proposal to the BOCC Gaskin asked for a 10-year lease at $1 per month.
NFCD – which currently pays $2,200 a month in rental payments – would also assume all utility bills and any basic upkeep and maintenance.
The lease would also contain language by which the county and NFCD agree to pursue funding, especially grant funding, to help restore the courthouse, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
"We've got to keep that building," said Commissioner Ward McDaniel. "That is our history. I think we are very close (to an agreement)."
The courthouse also has pressing maintenance issues.
There is a leaking back wall and a problem with mold in the rear of the building, rendering that area unsafe.
Further, there is water in the basement of the building that is near electrical infrastructure.
County administrator Don Butler suggested any lease agreement define where NFCD can and can not be within the courthouse.
Commissioners also wanted county attorney Jeremy Novak, who was absent, to sign off on any lease contract, and Butler suggested a Monday meeting.
In the interest of more deliberation in the process, Bryan moved and commissioners approved – Commissioner Warren Yeager was also absent – a motion that allows NFCD to assume responsibility for monthly utility payments Oct. 1.
"That will keep the doors from closing," Gaskin said. "We can work out a long-term lease. I need to make sure the building is safe for my employees, too.
"I'm excited about it. I'm ready to work on it. I'm glad they made the decision to move forward."
Bryan's motion included direction that NFCD will operate on a month-to-month lease for up to six months while the county and NFCD work through a lease agreement.
Two weeks ago Gaskin likened the importance of the Old Courthouse on the north end of the county to the south-end landmark the Cape San Blas Lighthouse.
Operating Head Start and Early Head Start among other programs in five counties, NFCD has an overall budget more than $4 million. She said 70 percent of her operations are in Gulf County.
She said if the courthouse became an untenable location she might have to move her headquarters to another county.
Primarily, though, Gaskin made clear the attachment to the courthouse.
"I will take it on to save it," she told commissioners. "I would hate to see it be closed. I don't want to see that happen."
The commissioner most vocally opposed to turning over a public building to a private entity, Commissioner Carmen McLemore expressed support for Gaskin's vision.
"I really have no issue with it," McLemore said. "I think it is the best thing going for the north end of the county. I just want to make sure the attorney is okay with it."
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During the coming week, the new Wewahitchka offices for the Clerk of Courts and Tax Collector, to be located in the old Health Department Building on N. 3rd Street, will be equipped with a new phone system.
Until the system is up and running the Clerk's office can be contacted at 227-5630 and the Tax Collector at 227-5628.
The federal lawsuit filed by a local political action committee against the BOCC and three individual commissioners roiled another meeting as commissioners considered how to pay the $10,000 legal bill.
The discussion led to an outburst from McLemore saying Bryan was a member of the PAC – she is not a listed member on the website nor has been – and adding that she jeopardized the county's position in another lawsuit with recent comments to the contractor on the Americus Ditch project.
McLemore also criticized Bryan for approving a motion several meetings back – which passed 3-2 with McLemore and Commissioner Tan Smiley dissenting – that moved the county forward on research to explore the potential for a return to county-wide voting.
Bryan said, "The truth is an absolute defense" as it pertained to threatened litigation and that she does not work for the county attorney, does not work for McLemore, and "I am not playing this game with you."
She said criticism of BOCC action pertaining to the Voter's Rights Act demonstrated that McLemore didn't understand the law or disregarded it.
The discussion, which consumed the first 15 minutes of the meeting, was the latest salvo what has been a prickly relationship between Bryan and McLemore.


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C programming environment announced for NXT
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Dear Robotics Educator,
Thank you for registering to receive the Robotics Academy Botline.
The Robotics Academy is pleased to announce the release of RobotC™ at http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/robotc/ RobotC is a new C-based programming environment designed to work on the RCX, the NXT, and the VEX robot controllers. It provides a common user interface regardless of the actual controller in use. Programs written for one platform can easily be ported to a different platform with little or no change.
Teaching C-based programming in today's classroom can be very challenging… It becomes harder when you have to change programming languages and environments as new learners advance and migrate to more powerful controllers and robots. At the Robotics Academy we're making the job easier. With the new RobotC programming solution, hobbyists, teachers and students move from the RCX to the NXT to Vex to the larger FIRST robot controllers using a single common programming environment.
RobotC is designed for both beginners and advanced users. Advanced features can be disabled and hidden from beginners under administrative control. A graphical drag-and-drop interface simplifies program creation. It includes an extensive library of how-to videos, sample programs, code 'snippets' and curriculum support now in development at the Robotics Academy.
The secret to RobotC's cross-platform architecture is a small platform-specific Virtual Machine (VM) layer that provides the glue to each specific hardware platform. VM technology is the same architecture used by JAVA for its cross-platform support. It's relatively easy to add future support for additional controllers to RobotC based on feedback and demand.
RobotC was successfully trialed in live classrooms this past winter semester. It's ready for broader exposure and feedback. At http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/robotc/ you can download the software and take it for a test drive. At the site you will find sample code for multiple controllers, helper links, step-by-step videos, a bulletin board so that the larger community can compare notes, and a bug tracker which will enable the Robotics Academy to be responsive to your needs.
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anyone know if this will be sanctioned by the FLL?
- Jun 15, 2006, 3:35:00 AM
Seriously doubtful.
I don't believe FLL permitted to use any of the alternative programming environments for the RCX? Lejos, BrickCC, etc?
One of the reasons is that those environments opened up programming techniques which weren't available to the 'official' software. That would create an uneven playing field.
Further, it's not technically a lego product, and it would be hard for collaboration if one team had C based software and another had RoboLab.
I love that multiple environments come out for the smart bricks -- and hope we see a Java implementation soon too.
- Jun 15, 2006, 6:18:00 AM
Me too!! So if is Mr Bagnall up to?
- Jun 15, 2006, 7:29:00 AM
sorry that last message was from me..
- Jun 15, 2006, 7:31:00 AM
If the below link does work than just search amazon for JAVA AND NXT
- Jun 15, 2006, 7:33:00 AM
The firmware used in RobotC is almost certainly the same firmware used in Robolab 2.9 which is sanctioned by FLL so there is a very good chance that it will be okay.
- Jun 17, 2006, 12:29:00 AM
This software appears to be only for Windows 2000. I am looking for a program to use with our Macs at school. I have been very pleased with MacNQC. It allowed my 8th grade students to write programs in a simplified code environment and it was very easy to use. Anything like this out there for the NXT for use on Mac OS X.
- Jul 3, 2006, 7:07:00 AM


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Most of the 27 species of ducks which frequent Kansas are produced in states and the Canadian provinces to the north. Although 14 species of ducks are known to have nested in Kansas, the major portion of the resident breeding population, estimated at about 20,000 pairs, is composed of wood ducks, blue-winged teal and mallards.
From 1984 through 2003 the total number of ducks reported during the 14 surveys conducted annually (two per month, September through March) on major waterfowl areas in Kansas varied from a high of 3,959,000 in 1998 to a low of 1,194,000 in 1991, and averaged approximately 2,081,000 annually. Generally speaking, duck numbers and harvest declined from levels experienced during the 1970's, when an all time high of 10,015,000 ducks were reported during waterfowl surveys in 1972, and the average number observed each year (1970-79) was 5,820,000. This decline in Kansas duck numbers is largely due to loss of breeding habitat in Canada and states north of Kansas, aging of our reservoirs, and changing agricultural practices in our state.
The five most common ducks observed during the 14 annual surveys in Kansas include the mallard, northern pintail, green-winged teal, gadwall and blue-winged teal. Kansas is about half way down the Central Flyway's eastern tier of states, an area crossed by some of the major migration routes of ducks. Of the five most common ducks, blue-winged teal are the first to arrive, peaking in September and early October. The next major influx of migrants occurs in late October and early November. Northern pintail begin a major buildup in late October, with green-winged teal and gadwall arriving and peaking during the first half of November. Mallards are the last of the top five to arrive, peaking in late December. The mallard is king in our state, with numbers observed commonly reaching 300,000 during the second half of December.
Although the migration chronology of Kansas ducks varies considerably from year to year, depending on weather, there is usually a gradual increase in duck numbers beginning in late August and peaking during December or early January. While data summarized on a statewide basis may show a gradual buildup of ducks, the numbers observed on a particular wetland may have migration characteristics quite different from the "state average". A common misconception is that there is a gradual movement of ducks, north to south, during the fall and early winter periods. However, a shallow marsh near the Oklahoma border may have peak numbers in late October while a reservoir near the Nebraska border may not see maximum numbers until late December. Within Kansas, the type of habitat has a greater influence on the timing and species composition of the duck migration than does the location.
Over the long term, the fall and winter populations of ducks in Kansas should roughly correlate with the breeding population index for these species. However, numbers observed are influenced by habitat conditions in our state. Even in years of high flyway populations, poor habitat conditions in Kansas will lower fall populations and harvest in Kansas. Conversely, in years of low flyway populations, good habitat conditions in Kansas will raise Kansas fall populations and harvest.
During the past six years (1999-2004), Kansas duck hunters averaged approximately 119,000 duck hunting days, and harvested about 228,000 ducks annually. The highest Kansas duck harvest reported occurred in 1971, when an estimated 430,000 ducks were taken. In recent years, mallards have comprised about 50 percent of the total harvest, followed by gadwall at about 14 percent, and green-winged teal at 12 percent.
The future of ducks, unlike geese, is troubling. The long term degradation and loss of wetlands and native prairie on their breeding grounds is a serious problem that is difficult to address. The combination of the agricultural Conservation Reserve Program and record breaking rainfall allowed breeding numbers to rebound during the 1990's to levels similar to those observed during 1970's. However, discontinuance of the Conservation Reserve Program, or a return to normal rainfall levels on the breeding grounds, will have severe negative impacts on duck production and fall flights. Federal and state agencies, along with a number of private organizations are working to maintain quality breeding habitat, but the task is difficult and far from being accomplished.
For weekly updates on waterfowl numbers on Wildlife Areas during the fall and winter period go to the regional waterfowl reports.
Waterfowl Hunting regulations are set annually. Click here to view the latest Kansas Hunting & Furharvesting Regulations Summary.
Youth Waterfowl Seasons: In each of the duck zones, two days are set aside for youth waterfowl hunting (ducks and dark geese). Hunters 15 and younger may hunt under the supervision of an adult 18 or older. The adult may NOT hunt.
Youth Season Daily Bag Limit: 6 (which may include no more than 1 canvasback; 2 scaup; 2 redhead; 2 pintails; 3 wood ducks; and 5 mallards(2 hens). All ducks, coots, mergansers, light geese and dark geese are legal to take.
Youth Season Possession Limit: Double the legal daily bag.
Legal Methods of Taking Waterfowl
Bow and arrow, falconry, or shotgun no larger than 10-guage. Shotguns shall not be able to hold more than three shells.
Illegal Methods of Taking Waterfowl
No person shall take migratory game birds:
1) With a shotgun capable of holding more than three (3) shells, in the magazine and chamber combined.
2) With a trap, snare, fishhook, net, rifle, pistol, shotgun slug, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, poison, drug, or explosive.
3) With the use or aid of electronically amplified or recorded bird calls, or imitations of bird calls or sounds.
4) From a sink box (a low floating device, having a depression affording the hunter means of concealment beneath the surface of the water).
5) From or by means of any motor boat or sail boat unless the motor has been completely shut off and/or the sail furled, and its progress from there has ceased.
6) By the use or aid of live decoys. All tame, captive ducks and geese must be removed 10 days before hunting.
7) By driving, rallying, or chasing birds with any motorized conveyance or any sail boat to put them in range of the hunters.
Wanton Waste
By regulation, hunters must attempt to find any game crippled or killed. Retrieved animals must be kept until: 1) cleaned, 2) eaten, 3) taken home, 4) taken to a taxidermist or processor, or 5) given to another person.
Possession of Live Birds
Wounded waterfowl reduced to possession shall be immediately killed and included in the daily bag.
Transporting Harvested Waterfowl
One fully-feathered wing and /or head must remain attached to waterfowl when transported.
No person shall ship migratory game birds unless the package is marked on the outside with: 1) the name and address of the person sending the birds, 2) the name and address of the person to whom the birds are being sent, and 3) the number of birds, by species, contained in the package.
Giving or Receiving Waterfowl
No person may receive, possess, or give to another, any freshly killed migratory game birds as a gift, except at the personal abodes of the donor or donee, unless such birds have a tag attached, signed by the hunter who took the birds, stating the hunter's address, the total number and species of birds, and the date such birds were taken.
Tagging Requirements
No person shall put or leave any migratory game birds at any place (other than at his personal abode), or in the custody of another person for picking, cleaning, processing, shipping, transportation, or storage (including temporary storage), or for the purpose of having taxidermy services performed, unless such birds have a tag attached, signed by the hunter, stating his address, the total number and species of birds, and the date such birds were killed. Migratory game birds being transported in any vehicle as the personal baggage of the possessor are not considered as being in storage or temporary storage.
Electronic or Mechanically Operated Decoys
The use of electronic or mechanically operated decoys that do not produce bird sounds is legal.
Waterfowl Baiting Regulations
Baiting regulations differ between doves and waterfowl, and are among the most troublesome for hunters to understand. For detailed information on waterfowl baiting go to http://www.le.fws.gov/HuntFish/waterfowl_baiting.htm
Some general baiting rules that waterfowl hunters should remember:
- They may not place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter salt, grain or other feed that could lure waterfowl to, on or over the area where they are hunting.
- They may not hunt a baited area until 10 days after all bait or feed has been completely removed.
- Hunters are responsible for ensuring that the area they plan on hunting has not been baited before they start hunting.
- Hunters may hunt all migratory game birds over natural vegetation that has been mowed or manipulated in other ways, or where seeds or grains have been scattered solely as a result of a normal agricultural planting or normal soil stabilization practice.
- Hunters may use natural vegetation to conceal or construct a blind.
- Hunters may hunt waterfowl over standing crops, standing flooded crops and flooded harvested cropland.
Duck regulations include species and sex specific restrictions. The ability of hunters to identify and select desired targets before shooting is important in managing the harvest and allowing maximum hunting opportunity without jeopardizing the future of our waterfowl resource. For help with duck identification go to -- http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/waterfwl/waterfwl.htm
A number of population and harvest surveys are conducted annually that are utilized in the development of waterfowl management programs and regulations. To view data for Kansas and the Central Flyway, go to http://www.flyways.us/
Information obtained from band recoveries reported by hunters and other individuals is, along with harvest and population data, critical to the management of our waterfowl resources. Information derived from banding includes the distribution of the harvest from a particular banding area, the timing of the harvest and most importantly, the harvest rate. This information is utilized annually in the development of harvest frameworks and final regulations. To report a band call 1/800/327/2263 or go to http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/call800.htm
Since most ducks are migratory birds crossing state and national boundaries, regulations and management practices that affect their population numbers must extend beyond our state and include other agencies. Establishing waterfowl regulations is an annual process that can be roughly divided into two areas. The first involves the activities of the states and provinces, working through their respective Flyway Councils in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to develop season frameworks. "Frameworks" set the limit on maximum season length and bag limit, shooting hours, and the earliest opening and latest closing dates of the season for a particular species. This process of developing frameworks begins in December and doesn't end until August.
Once the frameworks are established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has the ultimate authority for the welfare of our migratory bird resources, the states begin the second part of the annual regulatory process. This second phase involves developing and adopting season dates, bag limits and shooting hours specific to their jurisdiction. A state can always be more restrictive than allowed by the frameworks, but it cannot be more liberal. The primary consideration when developing frameworks is the long-term welfare of the species or resource. Although this consideration is still present when states develop their specific hunting regulations, greater emphasis is placed on providing the greatest amount of hunter opportunity and satisfaction within the limits of the frameworks.
The basis for a rangewide approach to duck management was provided by Fredrick Lincoln, who initiated the first large-scale banding in the United States in 1922. As Lincoln received bands from his ducks, he became convinced that waterfowl management would have to be tailored to the different migration routes. In 1935, he suggested that four flyways be established across the United States and that management regulations be tuned to the situations that prevailed in those flyways. Adoption of his proposal was slow, and it was not until 1948 that the Flyway system was implemented.
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Should we avoid port splitters?
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- Philo said...
These splitters can be used if you know precisely what you are doing - including having an idea of the schematics of the sensors...
- the motors can be parallelled but the encoders output will conflict and won't work.
- You may parallel any number of touch sensors. But you will have trouble knowing the one which is closed - and if one is pressed you will not see others.
- You may parallel touch sensors with one i2c sensor ("digital").
- With some restrictions you may parallel touch sensor with light or sound sensor (but you won't be able to read sound or light while the button is pressed)
- You should be able to parallel i2c sensors, but load resistors inside sensors make it difficult (you may only have one resistor load per port). Mindsensors has a trick to enable that ("Auto Detecting Parallel Architecture"), but then care must be taken because of maximum total length of cable that may make i2c link unreliable.
And finally there is the issue of limited power available from NXT (180mA shared between all ports)
- May 31, 2008, 12:47:00 AM
- Robotica said...
Thanks Philo
I can only add that using a splitter can:
- result in unclear sensor readings.
- be harmfull for the NXT internals.
So a pasive splitter(like this one) is not adviced.
- Jun 1, 2008, 1:41:00 AM
- Daniel Daugherty said...
If using i2c they will work fine. As long as you can control the pull up resistors on your hardware. Or multiple analog sensors that you just need to know that one of them is triggered.
- Jun 3, 2008, 11:17:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
Again, they might work fine... if you know exactly what you are doing. for instance, many of the "stock" I2C sensors out there have fixed, and identical, addresses - a problem. Second, the power consumption thing can throw people for a loop - you can't just chain more and more sensors onto the output ports (which is exactly what this sort of thing "seems" to allow), and still have normal function. As to multiple analog sensors... as Philo said, you don't know which one is triggered, and in some cases (multiple light sensors ganged together) interpreting the result gets very very tricky.
- Jun 3, 2008, 12:48:00 PM
- Fay Rhodes said...
In other words, if you don't know what you're doing, you risk ruining your NXT. So, give it a pass.
- Jun 13, 2008, 7:59:00 PM
Hello all,
I'm not that good in electronics. I got this splitter and my idea is simply use touch sensors with different resistances. This way, with some care I can even match the values with all 6 possible combinations (3x 1 pressed, 2x 2 pressed and the all 3 pressed). Am I right?
And... has anyone opened a touch sensor, to put the resistances?
Many thanks all,
Ricardo Oliveira
- Jun 21, 2008, 8:22:00 AM
It can be used for networking more than two NXT's, using Sensor Port 4.
PS: I found this on YouTube:
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These splitters can be used if he know precisely what did his doing.
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