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You moved to Japan. Thought a clean bill of health and a camera could show you the plan…
Minutes to Midnight Maybe the Mayans were onto something when they said there is an ending approaching because I know I'm not the only person whose life has essentially blown up in the last few days leading to December 21st. Sure, there have been times in my life when I've felt that I have hit bottom, but little did I know that there were further depths to plunge. For the first time in my life I feel like I am sitting in the dusty rubble of my first 27 years on the planet, and trying to assess if any of the pieces of the past are worth salvaging.
Professionally speaking I thought I was starting to get it all figured out. I had decided I was going to go abroad again for another 1-2 years because I really believe that I need to go back to school and reinvent myself, and in order to do this, I need to get the funds together to accomplish this goal. Since January my sights had been set on Saudi Arabia – and a job that would make a social difference and really challenge me professionally, and a lifestyle that would ensure that I would keep my focus on my ultimate personal goal. However, since June all my attempts at getting to the KSA have met road blocks to the dismay of the universities trying to import me – I even wrote about one of these instances claiming it was the hockey gods intervening with my life LOL!
Since coming back from Japan, I got right back on the Saudi mission, and focused all my attention on getting a job and a visa in time for the start of the winter semester, which is no easy feat since most companies shy away from bringing over Canadians, as the visa process is fairly unpleasant for us in several of these Middle Eastern countries – Yes, there are places in this world that hate us more than Americans!!
Anyway, I finally found a big and reputable organization that was serious about bringing me over to the Kingdom by the end of January. They told me that I would be contacted by one of the Directors, and a few days later I was. The interview and everything went well. I was offered the job and told to expect to be in Saudi by January 12th. I should have been jumping for joy, but something inside me told me not to get worked up over it just yet.
Things seemed fine until it started becoming clear that my new boss was developing an unhealthy preoccupation with me. It started with him contacting me multiple times a day on Skype, but with nothing of importance to say, meaning he wasn't giving me updates on my visa or anything, and simply just trying to chat. Finally yesterday he really started getting weird and began messaging me purely to tell me that he was showing my picture to all of his friends (FYI for most jobs abroad you are required to provide a photo this isn't a weird application requirement in case you didn't know) and that they all thought I should be in Hollywood or a model, and from there proceeded to ask me very personal questions, which I don't think I need to share, but let's just say they involved my "intactness." I obviously didn't answer and instead reverted to my usual snarling bitch ways. I do not take kindly to sexual harassment.
Living abroad is always risky, and those of us that suffer from the wanderlust try our hardest to make sure the risks we take are as educated as possible. There is a difference between being adventurous and being reckless. In Korea not getting paid by your employer is a common problem. In Japan it is common for your employer to abuse the vulnerability that we all have to some (varying) degree by being uprooted from our home country and culture. In Saudi Arabia there is obviously a plethora of adjustments that we females need to make to our lives in order to even move there – we can't drive, we must wear abayas in public, we should not be in public unescorted, we can't date, we can't drink, and the list goes on. Of course, the real risk in moving to a country like this is that it is so sexually repressed that many men fly into a frenzy of both lust and aggression over a mere photograph of a woman with her hair uncovered. And I mean you remember some of my stories from the way some men treated me (and western women in general) in both Japan and Korea, and in those countries it is fashionable for the local women to walk around in high heels and teeny tiny shorts that barely cover their pubes! Yeah, I was well aware that this kind of thing was going to be at the forefront of the complications I would encounter in the KSA.
So back to my story… Here I am being sexually harassed by my new boss, and I'm not even in the country yet. Yeah, as much as I needed and wanted that job, there is no way I am going to knowingly go into a situation that will likely only escalate when I arrive, and well, I would personally like to not be sexually assaulted – especially in a country that would make it hard for me to contact authorities, or hop a plane unescorted. Obviously, I told him where to stuff his contract and work visa, and then notified his company about the situation.
The company was both confused and horrified. They said they were still interested in hiring me, but that they hadn't sent the Director to interview me yet because he was currently abroad. My favourite line was when the (female) HR person said, "He is evil. A liar. He is probably a rapist and not a university director!" As it turns out this creepy guy was from another job I applied for (I applied for a lot knowing that only a few would be willing to import a Canuck), and neglected to say which company he was with when he contacted the six of us for an interview. I merely assumed he was from the other one because of the timing of that company telling me they were going to send someone to interview me, and this guy contacting me. Which now makes me wonder if this was a legitimate job or if this was some sort of prostitution ring – Another possibility all women consider, but try not to dwell on when moving abroad. We never really know who will be picking us up at the airport when we arrive on the other end.
So I guess the fat lady hasn't sung on my potential future Arabian adventures, but the whole incident has definitely made me reevaluate the situation, which, in turn, has blown up my plans for the next 2-4 years of my life. Without Saudi, there will be no additional schooling, or not for a really, really long time, at least. Of course, my professional life isn't the only thing that has crumbled to bits, my personal life is in ruins as well.
Hockey. For a long time hockey has been my life. Hockey was pretty much my only hobby. Hockey games, my only source of entertainment. My love/etc life has, for the most part, swirled in and around the hockey rink. I can't even imagine my life before I was seduced by the game that we all love, which is why this NHL Lockout has destroyed what few proverbial pillars my life (as I knew it) still had standing.
Now, I'm not just talking about the fact that the Lockout has physically kept me from watching hockey. There is always hockey to watch, and I get plenty of it. However, the Lockout has killed my will to watch. Sometimes I find myself at a game and I wonder why I'm there. It feels like I'm going through the motions and doing something that no longer gives me pleasure, but because I can't remember life without hockey, I continue to go due to my failure to find an adequate substitution for my time and attention.
As hockey fans, we have really been introduced to the ugly side of the NHL this season – the side that we always suspected was there, but never wanted to acknowledge. Now this hideous greed is staring us in the face, and we all can't help but wonder why we waste our money fueling this kind of shit. Now, most of us expected this kind of thing from the owners, but it is probably the behaviour of the players that will do the most damage to the game. The players have really tried to manipulate the fans and toy with their emotions during this lockout. They have begged us to fight their battle for them, to love them, to feel bad for them and their "inabilities" to support their trophy wives and maintain their million dollar homes as a result of being locked out – all while tweeting photos of their Ferraris, wads of cash, their beach front properties, and all of their other "lockout problems."
Of course, then there are all the "heroes" that fled to greener pastures. The players that made huge productions about accepting positions on teams overseas instead of standing with their NHLPA brethren and helping to put an end to the Lockout. The same players that then returned six weeks later because they "never had a single decent meal" in that big, scary foreign country. Yeah, read what I just wrote about working abroad, and then come talk to me about your lockout problems, assholes! Quite frankly I think the biggest damage of all to the NHL will come from the fact that this lockout has made it extremely hard for us to see the players that we once hailed as role models, as anything more than a bunch of juvenile idiots in Puck Gary hats, who completely PALE in comparison to the hometown heroes of the old NHL.
So this is my life as it stands mere minutes from midnight on the eve of the end of the world. I hate everything I have ever held dear, and no longer want what I thought I wanted in life. 27 years of my life are now in rubble all around me. When the smoke clears I will see if any of the broken pieces of my past are worthy enough to be a part of the foundation of the new and impressive castle I hope to finish building someday. We are now hours away from this supposed Apocalypse. I don't believe the world will end, but I do know that the first day of my new life will definitely begin tomorrow.
Top Photo: I am, of course, grateful that this unpleasantness with my prospective employer in the KSA showed itself BEFORE I moved there. I attribute this miracle to the fact that I changed my profile picture on Skype to a picture of me at a Xmas party a few days ago wearing the dress I seem to only wear in Lockout years. You men and the colour red! It's a shitty iPhone picture for goodness sake!


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|Oswego, Ill.
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08): Posted some of the team's best times in the butterfly and backstroke...finished second on the team in the 200 fly with a 2:39.61 and third in the 100 fly with a 1:09.46...her 2:33.82 in the 200 back was the second-fastest time on the year, while her 1:12.17 in the 100 was fourth-fastest...also notched the third-best mark in the 100 breaststroke (1:29.66) and in the 400 IM (5:26.74).
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07): Put up strong showings in the backstroke events...ranked third on the squad in the 200 back (2:25.15) and fifth in the 100 back (1:07.96)...also put up fifth-best showings in the 100 fly (1:09.35), 200 fly (2:42.08) and 400 IM (5:34.05).
AT OSWEGO HIGH: Set top times in the 200 IM (2:30), 100 fly (1:09) and 100 back (1:09)...member of the National Honor Society...graduated in the top 10 percent of her class...Illinois State Scholar.
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 27, 1987...daughter of Susan Wormley...has two brothers, Adam and Seth, and a sister, Sara...elementary education major.

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There is a danger to crabbing in open waters
Have you priced fresh crab lately? It's expensive.
Last week, it was detailed in this column that you don't need to ride on a party boat to trap a load of crab.
If you enjoy cooking and cracking fresh crab, you can save a great deal of money by setting out your own baited pots.
However, there is a danger involved.
If you crab inside Bodega Harbor, there isn't much of a problem. The water is calm, and most anything that floats can put you in position to place and retrieving your pots.
The danger can occur the minute you go outside the jetty into the open-water range.
Draw an imaginary line from Point Reyes to Bodega Head. Water to the east of that line actually is Bodega Bay; west of that line, the Pacific Ocean. Bay waters aren't anywhere near as potentially rough as the Pacific, but both can be dangerous for any sized boat, as evidenced by a recent tragedy near Bodega Bay.
A 21-foot boat was crabbing north of Bodega Bay, dropping pots in the deeper water where big Dungeness crab are known to roam. The boat's propeller got caught in the crab pots' rope.
That's never a good scenario, and in ocean water, it's terrible. The anglers raised the motor in hopes of freeing it from the rope. The trouble is there are commonly good-sized waves in the open-water range, and the closer you get to shore, they tend to break.
So, in trying to free the rope, the boat without any power control got crosswise to a wave and capsized. Nearby boats came to the rescue, but one angler didn't make it.
Another time while I was at Bodega, a 16-foot aluminum was crabbing in outside water, concentrating its effort on the western side of the jetty. It lost power, and the next thing they knew, the boat was on the rocks.
The three anglers were able to get off the boat and onto the jetty. The Coast Guard was called, and the boat was retrieved and towed to port. The boat, which crashed continuously on the rocks, was a wreck.
So, just know and understand that hundreds of anglers crab regularly in the Bodega Bay area. Incidents are minimal, but they can be devastating. Equipment and gear can get damaged or lost; lives can be lost.
If you want to crab, go for it, inside or outside harbor water. Just always be aware. Accidents happen when you lose that awareness or get in a hurry.
If you want to crab inside Bodega Harbor, don't put your pots – or rings – in the middle of the boat channel. Use your depth finder and drop your pot at the edge of the channel, which will be well marked on your scope with an obvious wall.
Current fishing
Most anglers are staying away from fishing in the high country – and for good reason. Snow has put most on the list of inaccessible. It won't be long, under current weather patterns, though, for ice fishing to be a top priority at mountain lakes you can access.
Never tried ice fishing? Read this column next week as to how it's easily done.
Port of Sacramento: Striper catching is pretty good, and most of the action is being found by those in boats. Drifting jumbo minnows, trolling a Rebel or Rapala and jigging have worked well. It's tougher for those who are shore-bound. You can soak a minnow under a bobber cast out at least beyond the channel drop-off. Mudsuckers and bloodworms also have attracted bass.
Collins Lake: They do heavy trout plants in the spring and they've done four fall plants, most recently just before Thanksgiving. Troll the top 15 feet by hauling a threaded crawler behind a flasher or small Rapala; or, fish from shore around the dam, the campground or marina with Power Bait. Action is good.
Clear Lake: Those who toss artificials for bass are finding the bite off and on, and you never know which it's going to be. However, disdained by most bass anglers, those who soak live baits are putting bass in their live wells. Some of the top action is being found around Shag Rock, Konocti Harbor, Jago Bay and Anderson Island. Also, catfish to 14 pounds are all over the lake and grabbing live minnows.
American River: Salmon season closed last Sunday. Steelheading in open-water stretches has been tough, though some are caught.
Bay Area: All the boats that were offering combo trips are back in port earlier than normal. While getting full limits of crab for everybody on board is the rule, the other fishing isn't panning out. Sand-dab fishing can be popular but hasn't found big concentrations to make it worth trying. Live bait availability is dwindling, so halibut and striper fishing inside the bay is marginal.
Contact George deVilbiss at at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Electronics reported stolen from home
Published: Monday, July 1, 2013 at 2:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 1, 2013 at 2:23 p.m.
More than $1,000 in electronics were reported stolen from a southwest Ocala home on Sunday.
The victim, who lives in the Country Town Village park at 2425 SW 3rd Ave., returned to her home Sunday after a week's absence. She discovered that two televisions, a video game console and dozens of video game disks and DVDs were missing, according to Ocala Police Department reports.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Ocala Police Department at 369-7000, Crime Line at 369-7001 or Crime Stoppers at 368-7867.
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Mounts feature wishlist
Posted 03 July 2013 - 12:40 AM
1) This thread is not to discuss the reasons why any company is going to close down.
2) This thread is for realistic suggestions, one way to determine if that is realistic is to consider if adding that technology would push the price point to where people could not afford the mount.
I'll start with my wish list:
1) Simple homing switches, great for when you accidentally bump the mount or when working remotely and you really want to be 100% sure the mount is where it says it is before you close the observatory roof
2) Connectivity options Gemini 2 is on the right track with serial, Ethernet and USB, but if they would add a wireless dongle that doesn't require special drivers it would be even better.
3) A unified driver standard like ASCOM, but loaded on the telescope side so you could have 1 driver that would control all mounts. New version comes out, no worries you can update the built-into-the-mount ASCOM version. Don't want to use the built in ASCOM, no worries, the mount should support conventional method of connectivity.
3) More manufacturers of mounts aimed at imaging to offer those handy USB ports on the mounting plate like those found on the Paramount MX. I would also love to see a 12V power distribution panel along with that USB hub
5) Cable snag free design
6) Padded or otherwise ergonomic carry handles for mounts and tripods (I'm looking at you Losmandy, your folding HD tripod keeps on trying to stab me to death).
7) reflective tape pre-installed around the bottom of tripod legs to aid in night time visibility without adding lights. Could also be of use if one of those crazy night time off-roaders comes tearing through at night, the reflections might save you and your mounts life. It also looks cool
8) Some of the Italians seem to understand that a mount doesn't need to be ugly. Software bisque also seems to understand that too. How about offering premium versions at user request with those nice clear coat paint jobs that look so deep you feel you can fall into it. It's not for everybody but it offers one way to up-sell on the same mount. Users who want a pretty mount would pay for it as a custom order and since it is provided by the manufacturer, it doesn't kill your warranty.
9) Hand controller holders on all mounts, the lack of inclusion of such a simple item to me is just lazy design and has nothing to do with cost.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 12:52 AM
10Micron already does this, but I'm thinking even cheaper encoders like the Renishaw LM10 magnetic strip encoders (the 1000HPS which has the same capacity as the Mach1, costs more than the Mach1 - and that's entirely due to the encoders I'm fairly sure)
Posted 03 July 2013 - 12:57 AM
Posted 03 July 2013 - 01:03 AM
Posted 03 July 2013 - 01:05 AM
Reasonable-cost absolute encoders on both axes.
10Micron already does this, but I'm thinking even cheaper encoders like the Renishaw LM10 magnetic strip encoders (the 1000HPS which has the same capacity as the Mach1, costs more than the Mach1 - and that's entirely due to the encoders I'm fairly sure)
I second that.
I'm in love with the specs of the ASA mounts.
Renishaw encoders - periodic error is no more.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 01:07 AM
I'm thinking, if manufacturers are to benefit from this discussion, we should ask the people posting to say what level mount they expect to see the features in and for what use.
For me, all my list is for upper mid-level mounts for imaging purposes
Posted 03 July 2013 - 01:23 AM
Remember they had a 1st generation encoder iEQ45 but it was about $4000 to $5000, which is shouting distance to a used Mach1. I assumed the revised one with "their own encoder" would be significantly less, i.e. $2500. The only way to hit that price point is with the LM10 (which is actually OEM'ed by Renishaw from a company in Slovenia).
I'm waiting for my LM10 and magnetic tape, and see if it will perform better than the Baumer shaft encoder whose mechanical mounting errors I can't tame...
Posted 03 July 2013 - 01:27 AM
I don't believe that's possible though. But if say somebody came out with an Atlas-class mount, with a true imaging capacity in the 30-40 lb range, for $3000 with encoders (or, a nice Maxon motor and gearbox, and a nice Ovision-class worm gear - to keep the fundamental PE below 10" p-p and the motor gearbox harmonics below 3" p-p) I think it would sell.
If such a beast existed it would probably kill the G11 and a lot of people - me included - might not go for the Mach1.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 04:30 AM
I'd go for Ethernet rather than USB, but both are more expensive in hardware and development time than simple serial or RS232. By simple serial I mean RS232 style serial signals at TTL logic levels.
A useful wireless approach seems to be what Celestron have done, a dongle that plugs into an Aux port on the mount. people who want it can buy it, those that don't don't. If the interface goes out of fashion the mount is not lost.
Orlando's extensive experimenting seems to indicate that accurate encoders may not be practical without increasing the price excessively. Hope I'm wrong.
A unified driver standard would be nice but requires that the mount manufacturers cooperate to define and implement it.
One thing to bear in mind with all these software things is that the cost of developing them is almost independent of the number sold. If you are selling millions of printers - or tens of millions of phones - the development cost is spread so thin that you can justify spending a fair amount on it. But mounts are made in the thousands, not the millions. If it costs, say $250,000, to develop this that's $250 on the cost of every one of 1000 mounts while it would be $0.25 on the cost of 1,000,000 printers.
I've worked in software development for a scientific instrument manufacturer's for nearly 30 years and have seen that this sort of thing is always much more difficult than people think.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 05:09 AM
Would simple home switches be accurate enough to maintain alignment? They need to be accurate to about an arc minute of movement on each axis.
They would be accurate enough to allow you to plate solve and sync even at ridiculously long focal lengths. Without homing switches, if you loose your position, especially if you are not remotely at the mount, it is a pain re-establish where you are as plate solve often fails to work if you are too far from your starting point and are operating at long focal lengths.
As for connections becoming obsolete, the good thing about USB connection is that all the new connections have been designed to be backwards compatible with the previous standards. So I would say an investment in the connector would not be obsolete.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 05:14 AM
One way to get around cn_register's issue with the massive software costs associated with designing such functionality is..
To have an open-source mount.
It doesn't have to be open-source hardware (hardware is hard to do).
Somebody has already written Arduino code that emulates the Synscan motor controller. So you can actually plug a Synscan handset into his Arduino contraption and it will work just like an Atlas or Sirius. With the massive benefit that you're freed from the tyranny of the Atlas gear ratios, and are free to use whatever super-premium motor and gearhead you want to use.
The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that there might actually be a market in souping up the venerable Atlas (in other words, something like a full hypertune with replacement RA worm and worm wheel, and replacement stepper motor gearboxes to reduce gear noise). Kind of like what AMG is to Mercedes... or Breyton to BMW. Weak analogy.
Would people buy a $2500 Atlas which has a guaranteed periodic error under 10", and gear noise below 2", and guaranteed 0.5" RMS guiding?
Or, getting back to the "wish list" - if somebody made up the CAD and GCode for a generic mount that anybody could have fabricated, and there were an open-source control software like OPENDrive - http://www.smolinski...OpenDriveSW.pdf
That might work. I think the people wishing for mount features don't need a wide variety of choices - probably a mount that can carry 30-40 lb for imaging would cover the vast majority of wish-makers. So it could be a single design, with modularity to add the parts you need.
And then control it with a RasPi (which is dirt cheap - $35 - and is a very powerful and tiny Linux box, probably more powerful than the Linux box inside 10Micron mounts).
Posted 03 July 2013 - 05:21 AM
Posted 03 July 2013 - 05:25 AM
Maybe after I put my encoder control project (which I also plan to open-source, once it works) to bed..
Posted 03 July 2013 - 06:24 AM
As for connections becoming obsolete, the good thing about USB connection is that all the new connections have been designed to be backwards compatible with the previous standards.
So why wont my Meade LPI work under 64bit windows 7????
Its not the USB interface, its the drivers that sit behind it all.
If no one updates them, its just dead meat.
( And just for fun,the Meade LPI uses the same PID/VID as the Swann Versacam, and even that wont work under W7 64 bit.
Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia
Posted 03 July 2013 - 06:35 AM
Products become obsolete sooner or later, fact of life. Products have product life cycles and companies sooner or later stop supporting old products. Exceptions are there for premium products like Astro-Physics mounts, but these are exceptions
Besides, that is also where my proposal for a unified mount driver standard comes in. It allows anybody to write drivers for the mount.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 06:50 AM
Obsolete drivers are a separate issue compared to choice of connector.
Thats utter bollocks in this scenario. I have a device that complies with a certain specification that now wont work because someone has changed the spec and the original supplier wont update to suit.
You can have a serial port device, but if nobody writes a control program for it for windows 7
rs232 is natively understood by Win7. Any application that uses native rs232 will work in Win7 etc, without any need for redeveloping "drivers" etc.
Any std windows program ( 32 or 64 bit ) that is written to access a std serial port will "just work" in win7.
Its only the programs that require a specific USB driver that seem to have problems.
Besides, that is also where my proposal for a unified mount driver standard comes in. It allows anybody to write drivers for the mount.
And what happens when they become "obsolete" ?????? ( like my LPI ), buy a new mount ???????
Sorry, but its not so simple.
Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia
Posted 03 July 2013 - 07:00 AM
I also disagree about rs232 just working. Try operating an RS232 rotator without software written for it. You would have to have write your own software for it, you are a skilled programmer so you can do that, but for most people, although the rotator is serial port, it is still obsolete if the manufacturer will not write a control program for it for the latest operating system.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 07:26 AM
I also disagree about rs232 just working. Try operating an RS232 rotator without software written for it. You would have to have write your own software for it,
Just to put this in context, try operating "ANYTHING" without software "written for it".
All i am saying is that something written to work with bog std rs232 will work on dos, win98SE, win2000, winXP, Vista, Win7, Win8, as long as the rs232 port actually uses true rs232 protocols.
If you want to use a USB2rs232 converter inbetween, you need a specific driver that is written to suit. The problem isnt the rs232 protocol, its the *BLEEP* implementation of it provided by several providers of USB to serial converters.
Ie the real problem is the driver writers have taken shortcuts and dont do what they are supposed to.
you are a skilled programmer so you can do that,
Actually i am not, i am a Mechanical engineer who dabbles in microcontrollers.
I know quite a lot about the uProcessors used by Meade but thats it.
I couldnt understand a USB driver if my life depended on it.
But i do know that drivers arent all the same
and they dont all work properly.
Finding the real source of the problem is half the battle
Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia
Posted 03 July 2013 - 08:14 AM
on the USB port originally assigned to it by the software.
The fix is to label the cable & the USB port on the laptop
& only use that.
Software usually has bugs.
The QHY9 still works perfectly.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 10:10 AM
How about a wireless handbox controller. I bought one for my Meade LX200R 10". But they quit making them for some reason. Everything you buy has a wireless remote controller since the 1980's but most mounts still have a wired controller. And they have short cords so I have to buy extensions. I also think they should have wifi connection to my laptop.
It would be nice If I could plug my DSLR camera into my mount and that be controlled by it. My focuser too. And I would like my mounts wifi to transmit my DSLR's live view to my laptop.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 10:14 AM
Posted 03 July 2013 - 10:31 AM
The RasPi is proof that with enough volume, anything is dirt-cheap.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 11:44 AM
It really gets me why telescope mounts are so slow to catch up with modern technology.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 12:33 PM
In terms of the complexity of software and devices with usb - I make devices based on the PIC18F4550 microcontroller, which has a USB stack and voltage source built in. If you connect it to a PC as a HID device, then there is no special "driver" installation required - and an app can talk to it directly with no separate installation.
This PIC chip allows a bootstrap mode so that firmware updates can be installed over the same USB port.
So I actually like working with USB devices and apps that talk to them.
I also have code that talks directly to things like astro cameras that do require device drivers and are not HID - but I still talk to them via a supplied SDK and it's no big deal - and the result is high throughput and low latency.
I think the main problem nowadays is that everything is in a state of flux and you don't know what the next big connection will be. I guess usb 2.0 might go away and rs232 would still be around in some form.
Right now I think the mount is the only thing in my setup that is rs232 - and I guess it's ok for it to stay that way. I just wouldn't want a lot of them.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 02:04 PM


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Credit System
The course unit is the basic measure of academic credit. For transfer of credit to other institutions, the College recommends equating one course unit with 4 semester hours. Half unit courses equate to 2.0 semester hours. The College offers a small number of quarter unit courses in music and these courses equate to 1.0 semester hour. Half unit and quarter unit courses may not be accumulated to qualify as course units for graduation; however, these courses are included in GPA calculations. Half unit and quarter unit courses may be accumulated to qualify as course units for graduation toward the 36 unit Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education Degrees.
Requirements for the Degree
The College confers four undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), and Bachelor of Science in Music Education (B.S.M.E.). The Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.) will replace the B.S.M.E. The general graduation requirements are the same for all degree programs except where indicated for B.Mus., B.S.M.E. and B.M.E degree students.
- 32 course units
- 36 course units for the B.Mus. and B.M.E. degrees
- Minimum accumulative GPA of 2.00 and a GPA of 2.00 in the major field
- Fulfillment of the goals of the Gettysburg Curriculum
- Minimum of the last year of academic work as a full-time student in residence at Gettysburg College or in an approved College program.
- Discharge of all financial obligations to the College
A list of the specific courses that may be used to satisfy the curricular goals may be found on the Registrar's web page. Curricular goals may be satisfied, with or without course credit, by students who can qualify for exemption. (See Exemption from Degree Requirements). Individualized study courses and internships may not be used to fulfill curricular goals.
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The overarching goal of the Gettysburg College Curriculum is the development of lifelong learners who
- Are able to acquire and process information and ideas in multiple ways
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Students demonstrate their progress toward achieving these goals through their performance in a range of courses or comparable faculty-sponsored experiences, their completion of a major field of study, and their ability to demonstrate connections across the curriculum.
Multiple Inquiries Goal
The development of an understanding of multiple frameworks of analysis and of proficiency in reading texts that span the breadth of human expression. The divisional requirements are designed to begin this process of development. Students must take:
- One course in the division of the arts
- One course in the division of the humanities
- One course in the division of the social sciences
- Two courses in the division of natural sciences, at least one of which must have a laboratory component (B.Mus. and B.S.M.E. degree students complete one science course with lab)
- One course in quantitative, inductive, and deductive reasoning
Through these courses, students encounter the perspectives and modes of inquiry and analysis that characterize academic disciplines, an encounter that continues in greater depth in the major field of study.
Integrative Thinking Goal
The development of a critical and open mind that seeks to adopt well-argued points of view through the active consideration and integration of alternative methodologies, perspectives, and foundational presuppositions. This process of development receives special emphasis in the curriculum in three different ways.
- The Interdisciplinary/Course Cluster Requirement, normally completed by the end of the sophomore year, in which students take two designated interdisciplinary courses or a two-course cluster that emphasizes interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary approaches to a common theme. The Course Cluster is a noncredit integrative experience connecting two courses that is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U). Through these experiences, students gain an understanding of the connections and tensions among approaches to common issues, texts, and phenomena.
- The Capstone Requirement, a course or faculty-sponsored experience in which students bring together what they have learned in their major curriculum and demonstrate mastery over the chosen area of concentration.
Effective Communication Goal
The development of proficiency in writing, reading, and the use of electronic media. Central to these skills is the ability to articulate questions clearly, identify and gain access to appropriate kinds of information, construct cogent arguments, and engage in intellectual and artistic expression. Emphasis on this goal begins in the first year of study and continues in the major.
- First-Year Writing Requirement, a course that introduces students to the essentials of college-level writing. The course may be Introduction to College Writing (ENG 101), a specially designated First-Year Seminar, or an introductory course in a particular discipline.
- Major Field Communication Requirement, a course or series of courses or experiences through which students demonstrate they have learned the communication conventions of their chosen field of study. The means through which students will learn these conventions and demonstrate their mastery are determined by the individual departments.
Writing Policy
Since the ability to express oneself clearly, correctly, and responsibly is essential for an educated person, the College cannot graduate a student whose writing abilities are deficient. Instructors may reduce grades on poorly written papers, regardless of the course, and, in extreme cases, may assign a failing grade for this reason.
Informed Citizenship Goal
The development of the skills, understandings, appreciations, and moral dispositions enabling students to be committed members of and meaningful contributors to their local, national, and global communities. Three requirements have been developed to assist students in achieving this curricular goal.
- Second Language Requirement, satisfied by successful study through the intermediate level (equivalent of 202). Beginning with the class of 2014 (those entering Fall 2010 or later) all students must complete one year of language study or its college-level equivalent, as a college graduation requirement. The two-course sequence will be in the same language. Students who are native speakers of a language other than English may petition for exemption from this requirement.
(All B.Mus. degree vocal performance students are to complete four courses in language, one year minimum studying each in two of the following approved languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish)
- Cultural Diversity Requirement, two courses designed to help students achieve a fuller appreciation of human diversity through exposure to alternative historical and cultural traditions and modes of analysis. Students must take one Global Understanding course that has a principal focus on peoples whose practices and beliefs have been shaped in significant ways by a historical tradition separate from that of Western Europe. Students must also take one Conceptualizing Diversity course that has a principal focus on dimensions of diversity within the United States or on the study of the varied dimensions of diversity in a conceptual or comparative context (whether in the United States or elsewhere). A course listed as both Global Understanding and Conceptualizing Diversity may be used to fulfill the requirement in only one area. In all cases, two cultural diversity courses must be taken.
- Science, Technology, and Society Requirement, one course with a focus on the methodological analysis, historical context, or discussion of the social ramifications of some aspect of natural science or technology. (Applicable for students entering fall 2007 forward.)
A major field of study, including a capstone experience. (See Major Requirements following this section.)
No course used to obtain a bachelor's degree elsewhere may be counted toward the requirements for a Gettysburg College degree.
Each student is responsible for being sure that graduation requirements are fulfilled by the anticipated date of graduation. The College normally requires students to complete degree requirements in effect at the time of their original enrollment and the major requirements in effect at the time that students declare the major at the end of the first year or during the sophomore year.
Major Requirements
Each student must successfully complete the requirements in a major field of study. Most majors consist of eight to twelve courses and may include specific courses from one or more other departments and/or programs. No more than twelve courses may be required from a single subject area, with the exception of the B.Mus. and B.S.M.E. degrees. Since the general graduation requirements are essentially the same for all degree programs, students completing the major requirements leading to two different degrees must choose which degree to receive at graduation. (Requirements of the various majors are listed in the department and program introductions in the Courses of Study section.)
The following are major fields of study at Gettysburg College:
Bachelor of Arts:
- Africana Studies
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Art Studio
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese Studies
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Classics
- Computer Science
- East Asian Studies - China
- East Asian Studies - Japan
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Studies
- French
- German Studies
- Globalization Studies
- Greek
- Health Sciences
- History
- International Affairs
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Mathematics
- Music
- Organization & Management Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Spanish/Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
- Theatre Arts
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Bachelor of Science:
- Biology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies
- Health Sciences
- Mathematical Economics
- Physics
Bachelor of Music:
- Music Performance with tracks for Keyboard, Strings, Voice, Winds and Percussion
Bachelor of Music Education
- Music Education
Bachelor of Science in Music Education:
- Music Education
Optional Minor:
Students may declare a minor concentration in an academic department or area that has an established minor program. Not all departments offer minor programs.
A minor shall consist of six course units, no more than two of which shall be 100-level courses. Because of the language required, an exception to the two 100-level course limitation may occur in classical studies. Students must maintain a 2.00 average in the minor field of study. Although a certain minimum number of courses constitute a minor field of study, all courses in the minor field will be considered in determining the minor average.
Minors are offered in all major fields listed earlier, except for management, music education, music performance, psychology, Chinese, biochemistry and molecular biology, Globalization Studies, International Affairs, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Organization & Management Studies, and Public Policy. The Health Sciences minor will be retired with the class of 2016. Students entering after Fall, 2012 may not declare the Health Sciences minor. In addition, minor fields of study are possible in the following areas:
- Business
- Civil War Era Studies
- East Asian Studies
- Elementary Education
- Film Studies
- Greek
- Judaic Studies
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Middle East and Islamic Studies
- Neuroscience
- Peace and Justice Studies
- Secondary Education
- Writing
Academic Internships
Through the Center for Career Development, students at Gettysburg College have the opportunity to participate in internships during their four years of study. All students who wish to participate in an internship should register with the Center, which is the repository for all internship information on campus. The Center maintains information on thousands of internship sites located in both the United States and abroad. The Center staff will also assist students in looking for an internship site close to a student's home. Internships taken for academic credit are carefully designed to provide a program with a substantial academic component, as well as practical value. These internships are generally advised by a faculty member within a student's major field of study. Academic credit is awarded by the appropriate department once the student completes the requirements of the department. Internships provide students with a valuable opportunity to apply academic theory to the daily task of business, nonprofit, and government settings. This experience also helps students identify career interests and gain valuable work experience. Students are encouraged to begin the process of finding an internship early in their college career.


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The Lord of The Rings have the best and more complete universe ever times infinity ^^
And i do like the Warcraft Universe, but only the time before wow expansions.
What's your favourite fantasy setting, everyone? Keep in mind I'm not talking about fantasy stories, just the background universes. For me it's probably Westeros or Faerun, though I have some gripes with both of them.
I often do encounter fantasy stories that take place in a shoddy universe, and that just puts me off. Then there's shoddy stories in a really good universe, which is rare but it happens.
The Lord of The Rings have the best and more complete universe ever times infinity ^^
And i do like the Warcraft Universe, but only the time before wow expansions.
Warhammer, and Warhammer 40000, in terms of diversity I think is the best. In terms of story and drama, I would go with Westeros. But for Epicness I think the Silmarrilion time frame, the 1st and 2nd Eras, is the best.
I'm a little biased as I'm OLD... but I'd say that on my list of top 5 would be:
1. World of Greyhawk- Hard to argue with the original "fantasy RPG" setting. I've played and written there for almost 30 years and I'm still in love with it.
2. The Land (from the Thomas Covenant series) amazing history and richness. I realize it's very "middle earth" but it does have it's own soul and character.
3. Middle Earth- Of course the classic and father of them all. I read the Rings trilogy when I was 10 and they are still some of the best books I have ever read.
4. The Kingdom of Shendenflar- Never heard of it? Well that's because it's my own campaign setting. I've been working on it for nearly 25 years and it's hard not to love something you've been with for that long. Sure it doesn't have the sweeping "epicness" of Middle Earth or any of the others but there is a lot of history and adventure there.
5. Faerun- The middle child of fantasy RPG settings. Epic in scope and detailed unlike any other.
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I love Middle-Earth!
As an RPG setting, I like the Forgotten Realms, but not all of it. Most of my campaigns are in the Sword Coast or the Silver Marches.
My blog:
My current project:
Thyrdain: personal fantasy campaign setting map
The Malazan Empire and the other continents of Steven Eriksons Malazan Book of the Dead series.
the elder scrolls . . . because mroe or less its treated liek science fiction.
middle earth is booooooooooooring, I dont mean the books re boring . . . but the world is just soooooooo boring.
For me, it's whichever setting I am working on at the time. Currently, I am still in the development of the Kaidan (Japanese horror) setting for PFRPG. It's my own project development being published as an imprint under Rite Publishing (but still my IP). I happen to be half Japanese, and have spent a lifetime of study of all things Japanese, especially history, folklore, legends and ghost story tradition. Having played RPGs since 1977, I've been consistently unsatisfied with the various oriental settings created for D&D and other game systems over the years. While both Bushido and Sengoku were great games set in Japan, they were set in Japan, not a fantasy Japan-based setting - something closer to my goals.
Japanese horror has not been a genre developed for RPG games, so Kaidan is my attempt to create that niche. (Kaidan is a Japanese word that means 'ghost story').
So far, under Rite Publishing, I've published 5 adventures, including an introductory trilogy of modules, 3 Kaidan race supplements, 2 faction guides, and a haunts guide. I am currently working on both maps and content for the main setting handbooks after a successful Kickstarter project last summer, and a new possible map product/complex encounter product series - where my Japanese Bathhouse Map WIP is a part.
I've always preferred niche settings vs. more vanilla worlds like Middle Earth. Both Ravenloft and Kara-Tur are inspirations to my work with the Kaidan project. Although I am enjoying Westeros - waiting for the next book release in the series.
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I have spent many years gaming in the Forgotten Realms setting and it is the one I have the most invested in. Currently we are playing a Spelljammer campaign in the Forgotten Realms Sphere.
I am thinking about trying a campaign in The Dragon Riders of Pern world. Does anyone know if there is a RPG based on Pern? I've read all the books and it is a very richly detailed world with a lot of history.
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I can't believe I forgot Pern !! That would be such a great RPG Bogie. The quest back to technology could make for a fascinating game. If you ever decide to go forward with that, let me know I'd love to help. and from now on you can call me J'on..
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May 23, 1949: The Brooklyn Museum will open to the public tomorrow (May 24) an exhibition of about 40 photographs by Walter Rosenblum. The exhibition will be held in the Museum's Photographic Gallery on the second floor and will remain on view through June 26.
Mr. Rosenblum's work often shows his serious interest in social problems, chiefly on New York's Lower East Side where he was born. He has recorded many scenes with great skill and simplicity, often catching the spirit of the district in candid shots of such subjects as "Block Party 1943", "Children Playing", etc. His experiences are always forcefully communicated with natural freshness and understanding, and always with technical facility and a keen sense of composition. Photographs of the battlefront in France, Spanish refugee children at Marseilles, and other subjects round out the exhibit.
Mr. Rosenblum was born in New York City in 1919 on the Lower East Side. He has been connected with Eliot Elisofon of Life Magazine, Survey Graphic Magazine, Mademoiselle, and the Food for Victory drive of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
From 1943-45 he was photographer for the Army in the European theatre and participated in the landing at Normandy on D-day. He was the first photographer to enter Munich and Dachau. He received the following decorations: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Presidential citation, Purple Heart, Arrowhead Award, ETO ribbon with four battle stars, Good Conduct medal, and the Victory ribbon.
He was one of the six photographers in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition "New Workers" in 1943 and is represented in their permanent collection.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1947 - 1952. 04-06/1949, 056.
Summer approximately 1949: The exhibition of photographs by Walter Rosenblum scheduled to close on June 26 has been extended and will remain on view in the Photographic Gallery through July 13.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1947 - 1952. 07-09/1949, 077.


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Top 50 trucking companies: Emerging from the shadows
"Customers understand it…Yield improvement is very important right now. It's been three or four tough years, and we need to rebound in terms of profitability in order to reinvest in our businesses." - Bill Logue, President and CEO of FedEx Freight
April 01, 2011
Road ahead
The coming capacity crunch and carriers' new found emphasis on profits means only one thing for shippers: higher freight rates.
On the TL side, analysts and executives say privately that shippers can expect rate increases of perhaps as much as 7 percent to 8 percent, net of fuel surcharges. On the LTL side, which has slightly more excess capacity currently, rate increases of 3 percent to 5 percent are more likely.
"As our volumes grow, we're working on the yield side," says FedEx Freight's Logue. "Increasingly, we are looking at every account and asking ourselves: 'Is this a good long-term decision for this shipper?' I would say everybody is in that same situation."
Con-way's Stotlar couldn't agree more. "Everybody is committed to getting margins back to recapitalize their fleets," he says. "The industry seems to be in lock step that we have to improve margins. We were successful in getting rate increases last year and that continues into 2011."
NEMF's Shevell says rate increases are essential for carrier survival in an era when a new Class-8 truck costs about $125,000, diesel is threatening to break the $4 plateau, and increased wages for qualified drivers are necessary as government programs such as CSA 2010 threaten to eliminate as many as 150,000 unsafe long-haul drivers.
The days of shippers beating up their carriers over rates and then dropping them in favor of a cheaper-priced carrier are ending, Shevell predicts. "There are shippers who laugh and say we'll give it to the next carrier, but it's coming to a point where the next carrier will be gone too," adds Shevell.
In fact, there's only a few regional carriers left in the Northeast and Midwest. Shevell is warning shippers that the same mega-consolidation that has happened to airlines and railroads could be happening to trucking, which would be a disadvantage to shippers.
"When that happens, capacity is going to be tight," Shevell warned. "The shippers who gets capacity will be the ones who have taken care of their carriers. The days of running roughshod on rates are over."
That's because capacity is tightening. Although it's difficult to gauge precise trucking capacity at any time, most carriers say they are approaching the "sweet spot" when tight capacity enables them to raise rates year over year in the mid-single-digit range. This last occurred during the period from 2002-2006 when carriers say they enjoyed the best pricing power since deregulation in 1980.
"Our view is that capacity is at its equilibrium," says Schneider's Rourke. "The spot market is indicative of what's available in terms of capacity. What we're seeing is that the truckload industry appears to be at or slightly short of capacity; so there's little doubt that rates are certainly going up."
Schneider is predicting overall rate increases of 5 percent to 7 percent, net of any increase in fuel surcharges. Analysts agree. "It's a positive environment for carriers," says analyst Ross. "Pricing (discounting) got a little too aggressive the last two years. Most of those guys at the top are unprofitable, and we think there will be capacity constraints. That's good for the carriers."
And probably not so good for shippers - at least those shippers who have enjoyed rock-bottom freight rates the past three years.
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Chivas USA will attempt to keep its early-season
momentum going when the club entertains Vancouver Whitecaps FC at The Home
Depot Center on Saturday.
Both teams have gotten off to strong starts so far with Vancouver having its
two-game winning streak halted in Houston last weekend, while Chivas has
earned seven points from its last three contests after a 3-0 defeat against
Columbus to open the season.
First-year head coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola has his Chivas side in its best
form in years with the club leading MLS in goals scored following a four-goal
outburst against Chicago last weekend.
It marked the first time the Goats scored four goals in a game since May 5,
2010 against New England.
Since that disappointing loss to the Crew to open the campaign, Chivas has
outscored its opponents 8-3 over the past three matches, and goalkeeper Dan
Kennedy likes the direction his team is heading following a road win against
the Fire.
"I said all preseason with this group, everyone is so new so it is important
that we get off on the right foot and build team chemistry together on the
field, and that's what we are doing," Kennedy said. "I'm proud of all the
guys. It's not easy to come in this environment and win."
As good as Chivas has been in recent weeks, the club has had very little
success against Vancouver in its brief MLS existence.
The Whitecaps are unbeaten in five games against Chivas in MLS, and the Goats
have not scored on Vancouver in 304 minutes.
After winning its first two games of the season, Vancouver sustained a 2-1
defeat at Houston after going up 1-0 on a goal from Darren Mattocks.
And while the Dynamo has proven to be formidable at BBVA Compass Stadium
having gone unbeaten in its last 27 regular season games, Vancouver had
chances to put an end to that streak.
"There are simple things that could have made life easier for us tonight,"
Vancouver head coach Martin Rennie said. "We hit both posts off one shot and
that was a key moment as well. We probably had four clear chances and tonight
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The goal from Mattocks was his first of the season, but he could be poised for
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BTW.. I have no desire to argue nor personally attack anyone's opinion. I was just sharing mine.
Hunters arguing amongst hunters is about as foolish as it gets.
Think about it.
BTW.. I have no desire to argue nor personally attack anyone's opinion. I was just sharing mine.
Hunters arguing amongst hunters is about as foolish as it gets.
Think about it.
No reason to turn this thread bad fellas. Please do not attack anyone for their opinions we all have the rite to them. Thanks and let's keep this going with respect to all. Thanks
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
I like to see lots of animals but I dont think exceding the holding capacity is a good thing. An area can only feed so many and when there are more then the area can support the herd becomes unproductive, fawn recruitment is low, ect. It all needs to stay balanced to have a healthy herd.
Trophy hunting is like anything else, you can take it too far as indicated by our Wisconsin friends. To use hunting as a serious competition is wrong and no one should ever make fun of a child for shooting whatever it is they are excited about.
I think most of us public land hunters get along so well because we don't have land that we can post up tight and "grow" deer. We hunt truly free roaming and intelligent animals of which everyone has a fair chance at. I have no problem if people are hunting does, bucks, trophies, or fawns. If someone wants to shoot a doe or small buck then I look at it as one less hunter to contend with the rest of the season. If a hunter is out there looking for a big deer, then I know some smaller deer will get passed by and I might have a chance at those same deer years down the road. I'm a trophy hunter, but not like those Wisconsin hunyuks referred to by the thread starter.
I think most guys on here are of the similar mind. I know that I mostly hunt for mature deer. However, I have taken smaller, and don't base a hunt solely on whether I shoot a trophy. The hunt itself is why I go out hunting. Its why I spend money buying equipment, spend time planning, looking at google earth / maps...........it is all part of the hunt. The killing is just the final act. the cherry on top. and frankly, the sad part. I never "enjoy" killing in the sense most people "enjoy" things. Its a different kind of enjoyment. Its not the same as I "enjoy playing basketball" or I "enjoy a TV show" or "enjoy a good meal"...........its different. I cant exactly explain it.
But I have a story for you that show the difference b/w "that trophy hunter" and myself (not singling out anyone, just a certain type of trophy hunter).
I shot the buck above (around 120" 10 pt) when I was 16 yo. It was my 2nd whitetail ever. I was hunting a state park / public land that you had to draw a tag for in Wisconsin. It is now open to anyone, and that place is ruined, but that's another story! The rest of my family was hunting a private land that borders this state park. My family had hunted this property for 30+ years, we would spend time outside of hunting with the family....fishing, thanksgiving, stopping for visits, remodeling their kitchen and ect. The son of the property owner never hunted until we got him into hunting. as time went by, he became more and more obsessed with "the big buck" craze. he eventually "took over" and enrolled the land in QDM. he refused to let anyone shoot does or any bucks not "trophy" sized....and that included kids just starting out hunting like me. So I opted to apply for the state park tag and drew, after 3 years of passing bucks and does without harvesting a deer on his property I drew the state park tag and shot this deer on that was about a mile as the crow flies from the private land. When I got the deer back to their farm where we stayed, all the son said was "that buck wouldn't be big enough here" and promptly told everyone in our party that if one of us "shot a small deer like this" we would all be kicked off. We shot a 160" and 140" buck over the next 2 years, and In 3 years he refused us hunting anymore. Traditions lost. friendships lost. all b/c of the big buck craze. Not to mention, hurt and disappoint that I felt after being excited about my deer, and to have those excited feelings dashed.
and I have seen or heard of many similar stories like mine. friends becoming enemies. neighbors fighting. all in the name of "trophy hunting"..................so yes, I am a bit jaded. That being said, I still try to shoot mature deer, and enjoy doing so. I don't get tons of excitement from shooting does or small bucks. So I am not sure what I am. But I know I am not like the guy in my story above. and to this day, he considers himself a "trophy" hunter.
P.S - yes I am bitter! LOL
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There's one way for a hunter to know if they're a trophy hunter. Just in case they're confused on the question.
Do you save points? Even though i've shot what many would call a trophy. I've never saved a point. I've built up some points by failing in the draw, but i've never bought a point for the sake of building them up to hunt a trophy unit.
I dont see how saving points necessarily makes you a trophy hunter. I am building points in several states right now. I do hope to get a big buck when I do draw but that is not the only reason. I look for good units I can draw with 3-5 points so I can have a better hunt with less pressure, better access, ect. On years I dont draw (like this year) I hunt units with leftover tags or OTC so I always have someplace to hunt.


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More Christian realism
It is unlikely that what these Trappist nuns in Syria have to say about Obama's plan of attack will be heard in the Congressional debate, exemplifying, as it does, the Christian realism so alien to the Obama administration and both major political parties. It would be nice if even a few of our otherwise outspoken bishops would join their demonstrably loud voices to those of these brave women.
Here is some of that open letter of the Trappist nuns of Azeir, Syria. The rest is in the link above:
The people are straining their eyes and ears in front of the television: all they're waiting for is a word from Obama!
A word from Obama? Will the Nobel Peace Prize winner drop his sentence of war onto us? Despite all justice, all common sense, all mercy, all humility, all wisdom?
The Pope has spoken up, patriarchs and bishops have spoken up, numberless witnesses have spoken up, analysts and people of experience have spoken up, even the opponents of the regime have spoken up…. Yet here we all are, waiting for just one word from the great Obama? And if it weren't him, it would be someone else. It isn't he who is "the great one," it is the Evil One who these days is really acting up.
The problem is that it has become too easy to pass lies off as noble gestures, to pass ruthless self-interest off as a search for justice, to pass the need to appear [strong] and to wield power off as a "moral responsibility not to look away…"
God have mercy on them. On us.
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It would be nice if even a few of our otherwise outspoken bishops would join their demonstrably loud voices to those of these brave women.
FWIW - I've shared on dotCom a passage from a letter from Cardinal George that appeared in our church bulletin, urging that peace be pursued rather than military action. I've also mentioned that a homily by a parish pastor from last weekend urged the same thing. I think our church leaders, some of them, anyway, are speaking up about this.
"I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among Mine angry and defrauded young?" from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18 (http://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/653/17)
That said, there is also this: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Of what will American ultimately be praised/accused?
Among the confused information, the pleas of local Christians are powerful. It is surprising how, even with modern means of getting data, the testimony of honest people close to the events is still some of the most compelling information.
That is why some people, wondering about the truth of the Christian faith, find themselves best convinced by the witness of the first Christians. What they saw and heard was extraordinary enough to cause them to change their lives and be ready to die for it: the testimony of honest people close to the events of the resurrection can be viewed as compelling information.
I find no compelling reasons to believe the vast majority of human beings on planet earth are not sincerely hoping yet another romp into the lunacy of a righteous war, or any war, occurs. That you too share that hope places you not in a misunderstood, unheeded minority but rather in the mess with most of rest of us.
As truly admirable as so many of the beliefs and actions of the Trappist nuns clearly are, your remarks fail on a very important point. That point being responsibility.
The Judeo/Christian religion has a very long and convoluted history of at once damning and defending what common sense easily finds indefensable in any just religion, a just war. The same expression of contradictory absolutes can be found in Islam. Furthermore, to consider oneself a Christian one must believe beyond debate there is one and only one way to God. That way is through Christ. Islam disagrees. How exactly, short of not being a Christian, does one not be seen as a problem in a nation with centuries of belief in yet another, only way to God? The food and comforting words are welcome but a religion that does not address our mortality is not much of a religion.
Rationalization, however clever, won't do. There is no such thing as a "sorta" son of God or a "sorta" God. Absolutism and the tragically contagious arrogance it produces lies at the core of this madness. If God truly speaks to a person they can only be immediately reminded of how little they know. Least of all a wisdom so profound it provides one with a certainity as to the only way to God.
There are, in fact, practical ways in which one can easily enough identify the means and motives that drive a nation towards the utter madness that is war and predict the likely winners and losers. Follow the money.
To the world:
Nazi Germany is gassing and incinerating Jews by the the millions.
Proposed Response: Lets not attack Nazi Germany. Instead, lets all pray and fast; that should take care of it,
Problem solved.
A word from Obama? Will the Nobel Peace Prize winner drop his sentence of war onto us?
Here is my problem with this: President Obama is not the one "dropping a sentence of war" onto Syria. Syria IS at war. There IS, beyond disputation, an extant war in Syria which has resulted in over 100,000 deaths.
I am not here advocating that such demands us, as a moral imperative, to take action, but I wish to clarify this problematic false dichotomy being foisted upon the national debate... i.e. between "War" and "No War." The decision is not between war and no war; there IS war. The debate is whether or not the United States ought to undertake military intervention amid this civil war taking place in another sovereign nation.
Just as a Tomahawk missle strike cannot POSSIBLY be construed as anything other than "an act of war," neither can the situation in Syria, in which thousands of non-combatants have been slaughtered by the Assad regime, be described as anything other than war.
War is there. The debate is over our response.
A Problem from Hell
by Samantha Power
656pp, Flamingo
"The debate about why it is so difficult to get the governments of rich and powerful countries to do anything effective about massacre, persecution and genocide raged with especial intensity throughout the 90s.
What were the mechanisms of denial that allowed political leaders to procrastinate in the face of such plainly evil developments, and why, when action was in some cases finally taken, was intervention so clumsy and the restoration of damaged societies so often mismanaged?"
Etc .....
Bob: Paying and fasting is just the first step. If we pray and fast, maybe we'll be able to better hear God trying to tell us what to do next.
I heard another suggested course of action: the US have drone technology. They claim to have intelligence of what happened in Syria: then, use their drones to kill the guy who conducted the chemical weapons attack. It's a warning to the guy's hierarchical superiors that if use of chemical weapons happens again, next time, it might be their turn to be targeted by drones!


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FS#840 - Default Template Folder isn't used for "New from Template"
Opened by Husky (Husky) - Saturday, 22 June 2013, 21:50 GMT+2
My Default Template Folder in "Application Preferences" is on F: (USB Port).
Yes agreed, after testing - this is not working for me also!
For me now in 3.1.3 this seems to work OK.
For me yes and no.
I have the choice between the folders regarding "Application preferences" "Load/Save: Templates" list and an NON existing default folder "C:/Programme/QCAD pro 3.1.4/libraries/templates".
QCAD doesn't remember my last choice what means I have always to navigate again to my preferred folder.
The questions now are:
Why is a Path/Folder listed (and always first pointed!) which isn't listed in my "Load/Save: Templates" list? Can I get rid of it?
Is it possible that QCAD will remember the last choice?
I second this, would be nice to have a default template directory similar to a default library path.
If the default template library path was part of the template list one could move the desired default path to the top.


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I ve a Zimbra Community Server 7.1.3 installed on an Debian 5.04 / 64Bit.
Suddenly my disk crashed (read errors on bad blocks :( ) and now I m trying to restore the zimbra-dir.
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2) I dont know what are the correct english words to start a search: I want to know, which part of /opt/zimbra-dir is easy replacable (from an clean installation or a backup) and which dirs includes some individual properties or the changings happens on zimbras life. The store-dir and conf-dir is easy - they are important ;) But there seems to be some other folders, containing important stuff.
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Once A Knight - Foose Customizes Titus' 1956 Chevrolet ConvertibleWritten by on January 1, 2002 First Look At Chris Titus 56
Hobby insiders have been read-ing Spinnin & Grinnin with Christopher Titus in the pages of Goodguys Gazette for many yearsso its gratifying to see one of our own succeed on television. When Tim Allens show Home Improvement closed production in the late 90s, viewers that werent already Fox Network regulars quickly shifted their attention to Titus, another situation comedy that includes hot rods and customs as part of the shows script.
It was especially intriguing to those of us who noticed the unusual automotive props on the setsome of which looked very much like real development sketches and scale models of advanced hot rod and custom concepts. The reason the props look authentic is because they aretheyre created by talented SoCal designer Chip Foose, who has opened his own Huntington Beach design office.
We spotted the chassis on these pages under construction at Foose Design and couldnt resist asking the typical who, what, and why questions. It seems the project started with Titus wanting to freshen up the interior of his 56 Chevy convertible. After several conversations with Chip and Sam Foose (their fertile imaginations fanning the flames), Chris enthusiasm was soon running full-throttle for a very trick 56 ragtop. Shortly thereafter, talent was lined up to make the radical ragtop a reality.
At this point in the project, the custom-designed chassis is well under way at Foose Design and the body is also in-progress at Fooses Fords in Solvang, California. Sharp observers might notice that the custom chassis found under Real Mad and NewMad from Steves Auto Restoration in Portland, Oregon, are quite similar to this onebecause Darryl Schroeder was involved with the design and construction of those two vehicles as well. Darryl hints that a production chassis is being planned in the future for any tri-year Chevy enthusiasts who might want one.
The details for a production chassis will likely vary in minor ways to make them more universal. For example, the production chassis will not be designed for a 2-inch body channel. Nor will the centersection be produced with original rails. The rear portion of the frame-rails will be designed to return to the same width as the centersection of the rails to allow for the mounting of a gas tank between the rails. This will allow the stock body to bolt to the chassis without cutting the bottom of the firewall or the inner panels that form the rear seat braces.
This exciting contemporary custom will very likely see some airtime (if it hasnt already by the time youre reading this) and will keep viewers on the edge of their living-room seats waiting for the next installment. It might even provoke a few viewers to want a similar custom for their very own. If everything works as planned, Foose Design will soon offer a comparable chassis to the owners of tri-year Chevys.
Stay tuned!
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This Chip Foose illustration shows a two-tone '56 Chevy convertible that's very low due to a mild 2-inch channel over the framerails. Other custom details include a laid-back windshield with custom mirrors, slightly modified taillamps and side trim, plus a custom floating grille. Large-diameter wheels fill the recontoured wheelwells.The '55-'57 Chevy framerails are identical, with only a minor change in bumper bolt holes for the '57. All the stock body-mounts will be retained, but a custom radiator is planned for the Titus project. The other minor change in this chassis is at the rearmost section of the frame, which is slightly more narrow than stock. A custom gas tank will be fabricated and mounted behind the rear seat.A GM Performance Parts Ram Jet 350 will provide plenty of scoot and the appearance of period-perfect design continuity under the hood. It's relocated 21/2 inches rearward from the original V-8 engine's position.A cast aluminum–bodied Tremec T-56 six-speed trans nests behind the small-block Chevy. Additional tubular driveshaft tunneling will be added for even greater chassis strength.What you see here is a late-model, forged-aluminum Corvette C5 IFS mated to narrowed and raised framerails from a '56 Chevy convertible. The plan is to allow the use of very large-diameter (20- or 22-inch) contemporary wheels and low-profile tires. The black Aldan high-performance coilover shocks are by Jim Andrews of J. F. Andrews Enterprises in Gresham, Oregon.The steering design employs a Corvette C4 front-mounted rack and pinion. Note the custom mount for the radiator.New bracketry is welded to the narrowed framerails. The outside brackets are for the upper control arms, while the center bracket is for the black Aldan coilovers. Notice how tubular reinforcements have been added to the framerails, which are also designed to accommodate the lower control arm mount.
And here's the bottom of the rear suspension. With approximately 5 inches of vertical travel, the IRS has a good range of movement for comfortable operation and ride-height adjustment.


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