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The film opens with an adorable blond, Jay Renfro, guiding us through the day�s events as noted in his diary. It�s Friday the 13th, but it�s anything but an unlucky day. Jay tells us that the day started with Cameron going to a photographer for a photo session. The photographer is a young brunet beauty, Michael Armano. We quickly get by the clothed shots to get to the nude ones. Blond Cameron has the beginning of chest hair, very hairy legs, and a large uncut cock that arcs upward like a rhino�s horn when fully aroused. When he bends over for the photographer to get some butt shots, Michael can�t resist putting down the camera and driving his tongue into Cameron�s ass. He is sucking on Cameron�s cock when Steve Mitchel enters with some film. Steve is a cute slender youngster that wastes no time in joining in the fun. Michael unzips Steve�s trousers and is soon sucking on the stiff dick. Steve sucks Cameron. Michael returns to sucking Cameron and Cameron swallows down Steve�s stiff wonder. Before long Michael is bent over a stool being fucked bareback by Steve. Michael eats out Cameron�s ass while being fucked. It�s then Cameron�s time to get fucked and Steve is more than willing. Steve pulls out to cum on Cameron�s balls. Cameron cums in Michael�s mouth and then lets Michael cum in his. After a day recovering from this scene I was able to go on to scene two.
It�s the exhibition where Michael has invited friends over to view Cameron�s photographs. They view the pictures and wait for Cameron to show up in the flesh. He doesn�t. Michael and a humpy blond, Dion Phillips, sneak away. They head upstairs but get no further than the staircase where their passion can wait no longer. There on the staircase Michael strips Dion nude, eats out his ass, and sucks him to climax. As in all the scenes, the skuzzy cock gets an oral cleansing.
Cameron is on a train headed for the gathering and we see why he misses the exhibition. There is meat more attractive. That meat is Robert Driveman. Robert boards the train wearing military fatigues, and sits across from Cameron in the otherwise deserted train. Robert is a nicely muscled blond whom I remember seeing in several films. It doesn�t take him long to come on to Cameron and go down on his cock. Cameron returns the favor. After some fine fellatio from both parties, Robert bends over to receive Cameron�s un-condomed cock. He sits on the cock for a bouncing ride before once again getting it in a standing position. Robert shoots his load on the floor as Cameron�s cock continues to plow into him. Cameron�s load finds his way into Robert�s waiting mouth.
Back at the exhibition party slender Steve Richards has come into the bathroom for a piss. We hear it, but we don�t see it. And that�s my one and only complaint about this film. A spiky haired brunet, Kevin Mitchel, enters and observes Steve at the urinal. He hangs around until Steve comes over to wash his hands. Kevin makes his move and is soon sucking on Steve�s big bone. Steve then falls to his knees to suck Kevin. There is no danger of Steve getting any pubic hair is his mouth as Kevin has none. Both boys are naked when Steve puts a foot up onto the sink to give Kevin easy access to his ass. The fuck continues with Steve down on the floor on his hands and knees and Kevin screwing him doggy fashion. Kevin pulls out to cum on Steve�s butt; then waits to swallow Steve�s spending.
It�s midnight. A weary Jay enters the fact in his diary and heads off to bed. We see the beams of flashlights as two burglars break into the house. They make their way upstairs and enter the room where Jay is sleeping. They shine their flashlights onto him which�surprisingly�doesn�t wake him. Thus emboldened, they pull down the covers and go down on his cock. The younger burglar, Jason Hill, is quite a hunk with a tribal tattoo going down one of his muscular arms. The older burglar, Chris Clooney, is the only daddy-type to appear in the film. He is unshaven and rugged. He has a big cock. He may be older than the others here, but his rampant rod remains rock-hard throughout. (However, I dare say yours and mine would remain so too if we crawled onto a bed with Jay Renfro. I am struck by Cameron�s incredible beauty, but Jay promises more in the way of sexual fun.) Jay awakens to discover them sucking his dick. At first he is frightened, but he gives in to his stiff cock and allows it to lead him back to the bed. Jay starts chowing down on dick like a starving man. The kid is a sexual dynamo. With Jay on his hands and knees on the bed, Jason crawls under him to suck his cock while Chris fingers his ass. When Chris has two fingers up Jay�s butt, I think Chris� throbbing cock may shoot its load. He drives the throbbing cock into Jay�s delectable ass and pumps away. With Chris' cock in his ass and his own cock in Jason�s mouth, Jay is squealing in absolute delight.
Two very young policemen appear on the scene. They stand in the doorway and watch the hot scene that is taking place. Thankfully they don�t interfere. They simply take out their uncut cocks and start stroking them.
Back on the bed it is now Jason�s turn to fuck Jay. Jay rolls over onto his back and lifts his legs for the hunky young burglar to enter him. Jason drives his bare cock into Jay�s well-opened ass. Chris moves up to fuck Jay�s face. (Gee, just recalling this scene is making me hard!) Jay now has a cock fucking his ass and another fucking his face. Jay cums on his belly. Jason adds his load. Chris pulls out only to cum in Jay�s mouth. Jay greedily provides an oral cleaning to Chris� spent cock. Exhausted they fall asleep.
But the film�s not over yet! Having retired to the living room the horny cops now strip to go at it. Rico Suro is a muscular young man with a lightly haired chest. His partner, Patrik Maxwell, is a willowy blond with an enormous cock. Rico lies back and lifts his ass so that his younger partner�s huge cock can slide up into it. It�s surprising to see the twink boff the bigger guy, but�what the hell�he has the bigger cock. After giving his partner a pounding in both the missionary and doggy positions, Patrik jacks off onto Rico�s face and into his mouth. Rico licks and cleans Patrik�s dick. Rico then cums with Patrik chewing on his balls.
And so ends this lucky day.
I seldom give five stars all around, but to give this one any less would be unjust. It is�without doubt�one of the hottest films I�ve seen! RAW LUCK is worth every penny. The guys are unsurpassed in their beauty, the sex is scorching, and the photography is faultless. Director/Cameraman Vlado Iresh is an experienced hand at both and has given us some hot films, but nothing to compare with this one. This is the first film from Raw Productions, a studio that plans to specialize in bareback videos which seems to be an ever-expanding market. I don�t want to get into the discussion of the wisdom�or rather lack thereof�of these ventures and I do worry about the performers. However, I must admit objectively that they produce some very hot videos. None hotter than this one. If Raw Productions maintains the awesome standard they have set with this one, they will be quite a success.


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I've been trying tigre's 24/96 test proposed in this thread, and also discussed at Afterdawn.
High definition stuff is also discussed here, here, and samples are here, but yeah, we've got a listening test thread now, so might as well use it...
My equipment is an M-Audio Revolution 7.1 feeding straight to Sennheiser HD 200 headphones. I downloaded Lovely_1.wv and used foobar2000 to do resampling, replaygaining, and ABXing. At first I was using waveOut, but then I retested them all using Kernel Streaming.
Anyway, I can ABX (with less than 1% chance of guessing):
[24/96] vs. [24/96->16/44.1->24/96] (slow resampling, dither)
[24/96] vs. [24/96->24/44.1->24/96] (slow resampling)
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My results varied a bit, but all were significant. The first test I did, I was not expecting to hear any difference, so I was very careful, and got 12/12. Since then I've had 12/12s, 11/12s, a 10/10, and an 8/8 (got interrupted but still a valid result, and it was only a retest...)
The most consistently hearable difference for me is when I listen between 5.2 and 7.2 seconds. Some sort of drum gets hit at about 5.7s. The high definition one is somehow more convincing. Today I was thinking of the good one as a push and the bad one as a pull, but yeah that's not a very helpdul description..
I'm also hearing other differences, but it's hard to know whether I'm being tipped off by something while focussing on something else, or even what the actual difference is in objective terms.
So, what could be wrong? What else would be worth testing? I was thinking of noise shaping the output maybe...
I'm not that keen to do a huge amount of retesting with every possible combination, but if someone thinks of something important I'll be sure to check it.
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I assumed Unfortunateson had left the material at 32 bit floating when dropping the sampling rate.
Anyway, that's what I did this evening when testing his guitar "doodle". I used Audacity for the conversion to 44.1Khz. This evening when I listened, I found that initially the unconverted version of the guitar did sound different. However, I was only able to get 3 correct results with ABX before the samples started sounding the same and I had to abandon the exercise.
An easier exercise!
A much easier exercise is to compare the 96KHz/24-bit sample of a musical triangle located on the PCABX test page, to a downconverted version. Here is a link to the test page: http://220.127.116.11/technical/sample_rates/index.htm
I chose the Triangle Reference Presented At 24/96 version, and downconverted it to 44.1KHz at 32 bit floating point, using Audigy.
With the original sample, the striking of the triangle appeared to emanate from about midway between the front speakers of my home theatre set-up. With the resampled version, the sound appeared to emanate more from the left. This was such a clear difference of itself, I could ABX with ten tests quite easily, as follows:-.
foo_abx 1.3.1 report
I tried other software (ntrack studio 4) and it also moved the sound of the struck triangle towards the left hand speaker when converting to 44.1KHz.
I also tried headphones: the effect was much less apparent.
I note that whereas (as mentioned in other threads) it has not been possible to establish that a reduction from 24-bits to 16-bits (using proper noise shaped dither) can be ABXd with 44.1KHz sampled music at realistic recording and listening levels, there does seem to be quite a demonstrable difference between a sample rate of 96KHz and a derived 44.1KHz version of the same recording, at least with some material.
Whether that is due to vagaries in filters in creating a 44.1KHz version I do not know. As I say, I used 'Audacity' and 'N-track' for my sample rate conversion. Perhaps other converters leave the sound closer to the original.* However even the 44.1KHz version on the PCABX webpage labelled "Triangle Down- sampled To 44 KHz Presented At 24/96" seems to emanate somewhat left of centre, when I play it back on my HTPC system.
I'd also mention that a distorted guitar sound, such as Unfortunateson provided us, may not be as prone to noticeable disturbance by a changed sample rate as other music, though I have not experimented with different types of music myself. [For me, the 96KHz version of the "guitar doodle" had a more solid sound, with more edge, but there was very little in it for my ears.]
* Using another PC, and Adobe Audition, the movement in the stereo image after conversion to 44.1KHz of the triangle sample was much less, but there was still a discernable difference in the stereo image and in the sound quality, sufficent for ABX purposes.
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Time to check out some Superman items!
This TV tray uses the same art that was used for a circular puzzle in the 1970s!
This cool watch came out in 1977!
One of these days, I have GOT to get this game, which has a double-sided game board!
And now you know what the boards look like for it!
I find it odd that this Superman costume sold by Ben Cooper not only features Superman and Batman in Golden Age style art, but it also features Mary Poppins and the Spectre! Did they actually make a Spectre costume at any time?
This figural belt buckle came out in 1973!
This PVC figure was made by Chemtoy, also known for their "movie viewers"!
I like this coffee cup... I have a juice glass that uses the same Neal Adams artwork!
These Superman Colorforms were obviously from the era where there was limited color in use for the Colorforms themselves!
Superman Glasses Case? Makes perfect sense to me!
I'd love to get this playset produced by Ideal... check out all the characters included!
Very cool lunchbox!
Several of the George Reeves Superman episodes were edited together into movies and shown at least in Mexico... here's a lobby card!
More Superman next time!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Life-changing alternative gifts are also available. These include items such as food parcels. a bicycle and bedding. They are not expensive and make a world of difference to the families and individuals to whom they are given. Alternative Gifts for Chennai are available from our shop.
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Teams of supporters fly out to Chennai every January to interview the children and enrol new ones onto the scheme, and to support the project in a hands on manner. All the forms you need to start your application are HERE (you will need to log into the website to view this page). Please also register your interest by dropping us a line and keep checking out the blog.
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Toyohashi-bridge (Jah-jah bashi)
- Sawara area
place : Sawara-I, Katori City
A Bridge spanning river Onogawa, in front of the historic house of Inoh Tadataka.
Originally, this was made with a large gutter to send water for agricultural use from the east shore of river Onogawa to the opposite in the Edo period.
It is called, "Jah-jah" bridge by association from the sound of the dropping water that flows from the bridge.
The waterpower flows until 9:00AM-4:00PM all the year round every 30 minutes. If you can see the falling water, you might be lucky.
The bridge today is the one made for sightseeing, and water flows every 30 minutes. This is chosen to be The Sound scenery 100 of Japan".
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The nearby sights
- Historic street of Sawara(National landscape conservation area)
- Machi-gurumi Museum at-home
- Toyohashi-bridge (Jah-jah bashi)
- Memorial hall of Inoh Tadataka
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- Sawara area
The sights a little way off
- Name
- Toyohashi-bridge (Jah-jah bashi)
- place
- 1900-1, Sawara-I, Katori City
- [admission] fee
- free
- Access
By train : Getting off at Sawara Station, JR Narita-line. And 15 minutes on foot
By car : Higashi Kanto Expressway 10 minutes from Sawara-Katori exit
By High-way bus: Kanto Railways Green Bus from Tokyo Station for Hokota-station getting off at "Yasaka-mae".
Keisei bus, from Hamamatsu-cho, or Tokyo-station, by way of Sawara, for Choshi 20 minutes from "Sawara-eki Kitaguchi".
- Parking
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- Souvenir
- fish boiled in soy sauce, pickles, local sake, sweet potato cake, and Japanese cloth etc.
- Inquiries
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Can anyone explain to me why there aren't any men's pea coat patterns available? You'd think it would be one of those standard, classic things to have around, but I've been searching for months, on and off, and have found nothing. The only thing I've seen are vintage patterns that are already sold or the one from a Japanese pattern book that I can't find anywhere for sale.
I'd love to make one for my husband. If anyone knows where I can get one, I'd love to know. Thanks!
Full of patterns
in Japanese, of course
reconstructing history
edited to add link to another pattern
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Wonderful! Thank you so much! I don't know how I missed that 1870s coat, but I didn't see it. I used to live in Japan and can read a little Japanese so I think I might be able to do well wtih that pattern. Thanks!
I had the same dilema as you but I ended up getting the japanese coat bok. It's easy enough to find in LA. I know one of the places that sells it ships books anywhere so I can send you the link if you need it. its a great book and hubby actually is excited about getting a coat made.
There was an issue of Burda that had one a few years ago. It was back when I had a subscription, so I'm guessing 2008-2010-ish?
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try this link. It is an oversized pea coat
from the 80's
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you're welcome!
crisford made a beautiful, classic peacoat for her son
using Burda WOF 10-2006-129. She lowered the high-placed handwarmer pockets to the proper level. Her review is here.
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I think the seller of this Simplicity pattern is unintentionally misleading potential buyers, for though she/he is pleased to call the design a 'pea coat,' it is actually a fairly classic duffle coat, with the knee length, patch pockets, a hood option, and the toggle closings.
A pea coat is a sailor's garment, going back a couple of hundred years. The dense fabric is somewhat wind-and weather-proof; the short length (for non-officers) lets you move about for active work; and the double-breast lets you shift the closure according to the wind you are facing. The handwarmer pockets keep your fingers workable on watch. -- Edited on 12/27/12 7:12 PM --
i have one from burdastyle ($4 it's a download) that i plan to use as a base to make some pea coats (one for my 13yo, and one for a friend).
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i'll draft my own collar.
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Dana Cranston, a senior on the CSU volleyball team, was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) third team on Wednesday.
Fellow seniors Brieon Paige and Megan Plourde earned honorable-mention recognition.
CSU has had 11 All-America winners, totaling 13 awards. Seventeen programs across the country have earned as many All-America awards as CSU. Additionally, the Rams have now had three All-America selections in the past two seasons after going three years without recognition.
This is such a humbling and amazing honor, Cranston said. It shows the success of our program, and that we are doing things the right way here. Im so happy the program, university and my teammates get recognized through this.
Cranston joins Sherri Danielson (1984 first team, 1985 second team), Diane Saba (1987 first team), Angela Knox (1987 second team), Catie Vagneur (1999 second team), Courtney Cox (2000 second team), Angela Knopf (2000 and 2001 first teams), Soraya Santos (2001 second team), Mekana Barnes (2007 third team), Plourde (2011 third team) and Katelyn Steffan (2011 third team) as CSUs all-time honorees.
CSU track gets verbal commitment
With football recruiting news pouring in the past few days, leave it to CSU track and field to pick up a big verbal commitment Wednesday.
Karlee Schwartzkopf, a senior at Mountain Vista in Highlands Ranch, made her commitment to Colorado State University known the way many athletes do today, via Twitter.
Verbally committed! Officially a CSU Ram, Schwartzkopf tweeted.
Schwartzkopf, a distance runner, competes in the 800, 1600 and 3200 in track and will also run cross country.
Windsor's Sean Glenn committs to South Dakota
Windsor defensive end Sean Glenn has verbally committed to play football at the University of South Dakota, starting in the fall of 2013.
Glenn and his father traveled to Vermillion, S.D. last weekend to meet with coach Joe Glenn (no relation to Sean), defensive line coach Kurt Troutman and recruiter Adam Breske.
After making his decision Glenn tweeted Officialy a South Dakota Coyote. Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way. I am so grateful. Division 1.
In an email to the Coloradoan Glenns father, Brent, said that Sean will major in pre-med.
Despite missing the first two games of the season injured, Glenn led the team in sacks with seven this year. He had 69 total tackles.
Former Fossil hoops player earns award
Cody Mivshek, a former Fossil Ridge high School basketball player, won the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Male Athlete of the Week for last weeks play.
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior guard averaged 18.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in a pair of wins. Mivshek shot 60 percent (12-20) from the field and 79 percent (11-14) from the line. On the season, Mivshek leads the team in scoring at 11.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
Augustana hires football coach
Augustana hired Jerry Olszewski from St. Olaf College as its new football coach Wednesday.
Daren Wilkinson, CSUs quarterbacks coach under Steve Fairchild, had been one of three finalists who interviewed for the job last week at Augustana, an NCAA Division II school in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Wilkinson, a former Colorado State University quarterback, had been the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at South Dakota State from 2004-07.
The other finalist was David Brown II, the head coach at Missouri S&T.
Olszewskis record in five years at St. Olaf was 32-18, including a 7-3 record this season.
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Commissioner Rosenworcel Remarks at the APCO Emerging Tech Conference
Download OptionsReleased: December 4, 2013
DECEMBER 4, 2013Good afternoon. Thank you Derek Poarch for that kind introduction. Thank you also to
APCO for having me here in Boston today. This is always a great event. But this conference
was made truly special with remarks yesterday from Boston public safety officials.
For me, it is fitting to join you in Boston during the holiday season. I am a born and bred
New Englander. That means I like the snow; believe water at the beach should give you a proper
chill when you swim; and believe that maple syrup, lobster, and fried clams are the best stuff on
earth—in that order. But more importantly, I know what it is like to root for the Red Sox—
during seasons when the World Series is not in reach. In short, coming to New England is
coming home.
It is also appropriate that I am joining the public safety community this time of year.
Because spending time with APCO and its members feels like seeing family around the holidays
. . . and I actually mean that in a good way.
I have enjoyed spending time with so many of you over the past year and a half in office.
As many of you know, my very first speech after being sworn in was at the APCO Annual
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office visiting 9-1-1 call centers across the country. I feel privileged to say I have been able to
hear from so many of you personally.
Plus, every visit is time well spent. Because in Washington what is trite is true: leaving
town is a good thing. Staying in town means getting caught up in debates that are untethered
from the real world. Sitting down with public safety officials in urban areas, rural areas, and
everything in between reminds me that our policies can have real effect on real lives. It reminds
me that the people who answer our 9-1-1 calls are everyday heroes. Because when crises mount,
they answer their phones with steely calm and help ensure that help is on the way. I know.
Because I've seen it.
It also reminds me that there are gaps in our present policies that deserve our attention,
our efforts, and our commitment to step up and address. After all, doing so will give those
everyday heroes more and better tools to do their job. And that can make us all safer.
But rather than dive straight into policy, I want to take the next few minutes to tell some
of your stories. Then I'll close with one of my own.
First, let me take you back to the summer before last. A fast-moving storm known as a
Derecho blew through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. These were not the usual warm winds of
late June. These were gusts of up to 80 miles per hour. And they were accompanied by sheets of
rain and bolts of lightning.
The damage left in the wake of the Derecho was substantial. This was Mother Nature at
her most angry. We had downed trees, blocked roads, power outages—and serious failures in
our communications systems.
The problems at our 9-1-1 call centers were especially stunning. At too many public
safety answering points, there was an eerie quiet in the aftermath of the storm, as calls into 9-1-1
quickly and implausibly ceased. Public safety experts immediately suspected there was
something wrong. It turns out they were right.
During the Derecho, 77 public safety answering points spanning six states lost some
connectivity. This affected more than 3.6 million people. Seventeen 9-1-1 call centers lost
service completely. This left more than two million people without access to 9-1-1 during and
after the storm.
It was many hours before calls returned—and in some cases days. This is unacceptable.
It puts the safety of too many people at risk. The numbers I just shared with you make this clear.
But the point was driven home to me in my visits to call centers that experienced the storm,
especially those run by APCO members Steve Souder and Carol Adams.
I am proud to say that testifying before the House of Representatives, I said we needed an
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I am prouder still to say that the staff at the FCC has done extraordinary work to
understand what happened. They worked with carriers, reached out to public safety officials,
and combed through lots of paper. As a result, we now know that as many as nine generators
failed to start, disabling hundreds of network transportation systems. We know that back-up
generators and switches failed. We also know that power failures undermined network
monitoring capabilities.
So we understand what did not go right. Now we need to do something about it. That is
where I have good news to report. As soon as next week the FCC is poised to adopt new policies
to improve the reliability of 9-1-1 and continuity of communications networks. I am grateful that
our new Chairman, Tom Wheeler, has made this a priority so early in his tenure. His efforts
have my full support. I am hopeful that the action we take will help make sure that these
devastating kinds of 9-1-1 outages do not happen again.
Next story.
Shanika Parker had just finished working the night shift at her job outside of Indianapolis
this past summer. She was on her way home to Merryville when exhaustion got the better of her.
She dozed off behind the wheel. The next thing Ms. Parker knew, her car was upside down—
and quickly filling with water.
Ms. Parker acted fast. She called 9-1-1 from her cell phone. But when the operator
asked her where she was, Ms. Parker could answer only: "I don't know. I don't know. Can you
please help me?"
Using location information from her cell phone, local police were able to trace the call.
Using their knowledge of the area, the responding officers were able to figure out that her car
slid into a pond next to an interstate on her way home. When the officers arrived on the scene,
they found the overturned car. Mud was oozing through the windows and doors. Time was
rapidly running out.
Fortunately, this story ends well. But by the time the police pulled Ms. Parker out from
the car she had only eight inches of air left.
Ms. Parker issued a public statement thanking the police. But the police could not have
found her without location information from her cell phone. The officers said that the area was
so remote that if they had not located her when they did, Ms. Parker would not have been found
for days. This is what first responders can do—what you can do—when you have the right tools.
Because the dispatchers were able to use cellphone location information, Ms. Parker
survived. The fact that the call was made outdoors was absolutely critical.
You know that. But most consumers do not. Most consumers would probably expect
that first responders could find them wherever they went. That includes inside buildings. After
all, many of us are now used to checking maps on our smartphones and seeing that little blue dot
trailing us around, capturing our precise location and sometimes even offering us services based
on our location. If companies on the web can find us wherever we go, shouldn't first responders
be able to as well?
That would make sense. But right now that is not the case. So what happens when the
cellphone call to 9-1-1 is made indoors?
Next story.
Mary Thomas suffered a stroke in New York this past June. Ms. Thomas knew
something was wrong. She mustered up the strength to call 9-1-1. But the stroke had taken its
toll. Her speech was slurred. She was unable to clearly tell the dispatcher—an Emergency
Medical Technician named Joann Hilman-Payne—where she was.
So the first responders turned to technology. The tower information for Ms. Thomas's
phone gave an address for the call. But the address was wrong. It turns out that on the Upper
East Side of Manhattan, it can be easy to get lost. Lots of buildings, lots of floors, lots of
apartments stacked high in the sky. In fact, first responders in New York followed several false
leads trying to track the call. All in all, they searched for eight hours before they found Ms.
This is an incredible story. Because thanks to the superhuman efforts of the EMT who
stayed on the line—for a full straight eight hours—Ms. Thomas never lost consciousness and
was taken to a hospital to recover. Wow.
The next story is the last story. It's my story.
As you know, as I've traveled across the country I have visited public safety call centers.
So I have seen so many of you at work in so many interesting places.
But my trip to the police department and 9-1-1 call center in Anchorage, Alaska was
among the most memorable. First of all, it's Alaska. The summers are glorious, the salmon is
legendary, and the occasional Bull Moose walks down the street. The police department sits at
the foothills of the Chugach Mountains. The view is incredible. But I turned away from the hills
and I watched the call center at work—the dim lights, the digital maps, the steady ring of phones,
and the authoritative tone of those answering them. Then, standing inside, at the suggestion of
one of the officers, I used my wireless phone to call 9-1-1. My call came in. My call was
answered by someone less than two feet from my phone. But the system reported I was down
the road, around the corner, and for good measure—across the street. Not comforting.
If you take one thing from these stories from Indiana and New York and Alaska, it is that
location accuracy matters. First responders need to know where you are when you make that
critical call to 9-1-1.
So here is what usually happens:
If you call 9-1-1 from a wireline phone, your phone number and your location are
automatically reported.
If you call 9-1-1 from a wireless phone outdoors, your phone number and your location
are reported—sometimes to within 50 meters, under FCC location standards.
But if you call 9-1-1 from a wireless phone indoors, cross your fingers—because FCC
location standards do not apply.
This absence of policies governing indoor calls to 9-1-1 from wireless phones is an
unacceptable gap in our public safety communications. And it's time to do something about it.
The numbers make this clear. Today, over 70 percent of calls to 9-1-1 are made from
wireless phones. That is over 400,000 calls per day. But more than that, a growing number of
those calls are made indoors. Wireless services are increasingly a substitute for traditional
wireline services. In fact, for more than one in three households their only phone is a wireless
phone. And that number is only going to grow.
So I think it is no longer acceptable for FCC policies governing location accuracy to
disregard the way we reach out for help. More of us reach out for help using wireless phones
than ever before. We love our wireless phones. Having them in our pockets, our purses, and on
our persons makes us safer wherever we go. But when the unthinkable occurs and you call 9-1-1
on your wireless phone, no matter where you are—indoors or out—you want first responders to
find you.
To be clear, the FCC has already done some work on this front. We have established
working groups as part of the Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability
Council—CSRIC—to examine and make recommendations on indoor location accuracy
standards. We supported testing location technology in real-world environments. We held a
workshop just last month on indoor location accuracy. And as we speak, a CSRIC working
group back in Washington is delivering a report on setting up a permanent test bed for indoor
location technology.
But I think the time has come to formalize our efforts and make more progress. I think it
is time for a rulemaking at the FCC to tackle this indoor location accuracy issue head on.
Technologies to extend the reach of our location data have been tested. FCC action can explore
whether other technologies, such as Wi-Fi hotspots, can be used to complement existing
technologies. And FCC action can encourage development of new technologies and new
standards. But most of all, FCC action can help make sure that no one is left waiting for help
indoors because first responders can't find them.
Let me end here.
I want you to know that we are making progress. We have studied what happened to 9-1-
1 during the Derecho. And very soon we will turn what we have learned into policies that will
strengthen the reliability of 9-1-1 and the continuity of our communications networks. That is
good stuff.
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the FCC and wireless carriers and public safety officials and stakeholders of all stripes to make
sure that the wireless phones we rely on can help make us even more safe and secure—even
when we call 9-1-1 from indoors.
Thank you—and thank you for the important work you do every day.
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Today's biggest Spring Clean event was in White Center, with hundreds of volunteers – many of whom gathered at the plaza in Greenbridge to celebrate afterward. We have more photos on our partner site White Center Now. Just a few miles north, in Highland Park, this was Spring Clean day too, with multiple locations – we photographed volunteer Craig at the SW Kenyon street end slope near 14th SW:
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I'll be going to Koh Samui, Koh phangnan and Ko Tao for 4 weeks with my girlfriend this summer. We will be taking £2000 each how would you recommend us taking our money?? Either cash, travel cheques or travel card or anything else??
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There's ATMs everywhere. I tend to take out a £100/£150 each time (you get charged on each withdrawal) and keep about the same somewhere safe/hidden for emergencies.
I havent used travellers cheques for years.
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I agree with Johnny. ATM is the way to go if your only gone for 4 weeks. There pretty accessible is most places and the fee is pretty reasonable. Taking it all
In cash is risky and travelers cheques could creat alot of headaches. One thing I'd do is have a spare card Incase you lose one. I lost my card traveling once and man was it a headache.
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For just 4 weeks and all in Thailand, I'd say ATM for the bulk of your money is the best way to go too. Just make sure you've got a 4-digit PIN and let your bank know you are travelling. There are ATM fees and foreign exchange fees, but just think of it as the cost of doing business. Besides, you'll typically get a better rate from an ATM withdrawal than at a foreign exchange window, which makes up for most of the fees.
Having said that, I think it is smart to always have some back up funds in the form of cash or travellers check or both. A back up ATM card is a smart idea that I'd recommend as well, but even that can't help you if the power is out or the ATM network offline for a few days. I usually travel with the equivalent of about $100 in travellers checks - not much - just to have the emergency backup. If I haven't used them by the end of the trip, then I cash them and use the money for a fun splurge or shopping just before flying home. If TC's are too much of a hassle for you, just have the spare money tucked away in cash somewhere instead. Cheers.
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Yep, ATM is plan-A followed by a credit card and/or a few TCs as backup plan-B. The islands are notorious for power cuts, but there are also many backup generators in place and ATMs are very reliable. And just in case you forget, keep cash, cards, etc. with you at all times or use a hotel safe. Don't leave valuables in your main backpack or unattended in the room/bungalow. Beware of tourist buses to the south, as sold at travel agents on Khao San Road, as theft from the baggage compartment is common and you don't usually notice until you're on the islands. If you take a bus use the southern bus terminal (Sai Tai Mai) where buses are government-licensed, or Lomprayah which is a reliable company, or take a train.
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Cash is best for islands. Mind you conversion rates are better in Bangkok.
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if taking tc's its best to have them in decent demominations £50 plus travel cards from thomas cook is a good deal -who do a good travel card -usable in ATM's at least you have some sort of insurance with tc's and cards if all goes down **** alley
safe travels
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if taking tc's its best to have them in decent demominations £50 plus travel cards from thomas cook is a good deal -who do a good travel card -usable in ATM's at least you have some sort of insurance with tc's and cards if all goes down **** alley
safe travels
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At atms you can use either credit cards or debit cards. Most people have at least a couple of these so use one of them and have the other hidden away as a backup. Always good to have a little bit of cash say $100 stashed away somewhere as well in case you need a little bit where no atm is present. Most places that there aren't atms you can at least find a currency exchange or bank that will take cash off your credit card for a fee.
That is what I did and didn't have any issues on my trip, in total I had 2 credit cards and 2 debit cards with me and only ever needed the 1 credit card and at odd times the debit card when for whatever reason my credit card wouldn't work.
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150B fee at any Thai ATM other than AEON which you will find in large shopping centers, not on the street.
about 3% surcharge for foreign ATM's
Krung Thai bank, a bank you will find anywhere allows foreign tourists to apply for an ATM card.
You could bring your money in as travelers checks, and then have this bank put them on to an ATM card for you.
You also get discounts at certain places and travel insurance.
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