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The Victorian Soccer Federation has had contact from more than 30 groups or individuals interested in playing a role in the establishment of the state's club for the new Australian Premier League.
VSF chief executive Damien Bown said yesterday that interest had been registered from a diverse range of sources - government, individuals, sponsors, manufacturers and apparel producers, among others - although so far only three consortia had gone public with their plans to bid for the only Melbourne franchise that will be available in the eight-team league.
The Australian Soccer Association, which is overseeing the radical overhaul of the game, is keen for various state soccer federations to take not just a managerial role but a financial stake in the new clubs being established.
"We are very interested in where the APL sits within the strategic direction of the ASA - whether its main purpose is to be getting young players ready to play for the Socceroos or whether it is designed to be the next best thing a player can achieve in his career, apart from playing in one of the big overseas leagues," Bown said.
VSF chairman Manny Galanos echoed Bown's view.
"The VSF needs to be confident the competition is structured with a clear understanding of its role, purpose and positioning in not only the competitive Australian sporting landscape, but the global soccer market," Galanos said.


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1. You don't need to purchase a gun. Use your screw gun. Those depth gages they sell are crap in my opinion. You will get the feel of it. Just bury the head of the screw but stop before you puncture the paper face.
2. A drywall lifting tool? For ceilings or walls. You might like one if your doing the ceilings. As for the walls lift it yourself. It is easier and quicker.
3. I generally hire a couple young guys to carry rock when its more than a few sheets. 20 somethings can carry enough for a basement in a couple hours with a break even.
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1. Like Min said, you don't need a drywall gun, especially if your just doing your own basement. Personally, I prefer using a dimpler (the attachment for your drill - about $5).
2. I can't tell you how much to rent one of those lifts, I've always had an extra hand when I've needed it.
3. Pretty much anyone that delivers drywall gives you what they call "curbside delivery". You'll be lucky to get them to even put it in your garage.
Re: #'s 2 & 3, your best bet is to hire someone with a bit of experience to help you out. Hopefully, I won't get in trouble for posting this (I hope not/should not since I've been around here awhile) - I have a lot of experience in renovations and hanging drywall and could probably help you out. My contact info is in my profile - feel free to call me if you'd like.
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One concern I have: Steel studs on the ceiling. It was my understanding that those steel studs were intended for use vertically ONLY, as their strength was in the vertical plane ONLY, but that could be completely wrong too. Anyone heard or know for sure...or have tried it and it worked...didn't work...anything?
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Thanks for the advice MiniConst and Terry. I will probably call you Terry when I am at the drywall stage, thanks for offering your service.
For Jproffer, I don't really use steel to support the ceiling, you are right, the steel is kind of for vertical walls only. The ceiling drywall still go to the joists of the house mainly, on cases there is soffit, it will go to the steel , but those are normally small area and the steel should be able to substain the weight. for Large drywall ceiling, it goes to wood.
Jproffer do arise me to ask one question though, may be any of you can help, how about vertical walls around the bathroom/laundryroom, can those use steel studs?, I don't know if there are reasons such as water make steel rust, too much weight for the pipes ...etc. making using wood studs more suitable, I would go for wood unless someone tell me steel is ok for that too.
Thanks everyone for being my resource of help.
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I've never used the steel for anything...wall or ceiling, so take my concerns with a grain of salt because I truly don't know for sure. Just seems to me (me...the guy that's never used them before:D ) that steel would give if layed out like that. On the other hand, even though I've never used them, I have picked one up a time or two and individually they seem very flimsy. Hopefully (I'm assuming since everyone raves about them) they stiffen up when they're all together.
As for bathrooms and laundryroom. Water rusts steel ....water rots wood, so either way eventually deterioration is happening (but I think those steels are galvanized....look like it anyway). I would go ahead and use them in any wall you wanted to.
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Anyone use insta-back products?
from Prest-On, I saw their description in their website, seems quite neat which solve problem for drywalls ending where there is no stud. Eliminate to cut dryall. Their other products don't know if that useful. Anyone has any experience to share?
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Some tips for DIY first timer :
This message is for those who like me, enjoy doing things himself/herself but quite inexperience, I have learned some tips after renovating the basement for 3 weeks and would like to share with you before I forget:
- use steel plate and wood stud, this is the best way to construct the basement frame: economical, regid, and easy to construct.
- since using steel means you mainly use screws rather than a hammer, therefore, invest on a powerful screw gun is worth it, as it will make your job so much faster.
- concret screws, make sure you get the right length, not too long, I used 2 1/4 which should have been 1 3/4, the longer does not necessary make the fastening more strength, but definitely make you drill 3 times more effort. I think as long as the screw 1" below the concret, it is good enough.
- you need to replace the concrete screw bits quite often, for me, I need to use over 10 bits. It is not worth to use an old bit and trying to use your effort/time to make up for the worn out bit. replace a new one will make you 5 times faster/easier.
- use long philp screw bit and insert directly to the drill for driving screws, do not use extension, it makes a hell lot different as the bit vibrate a bit with extension and the driving self drilling screw just doesn't work well.
- get a telescope type extenable stick, like those cleaning windows, use it to measure the height of the floor to ceiling for setting up cutting studs, save a lot of eye effort and more accurate than looking at the tape measure, best to get the stick can extend up to 8' if not possible, use a 2x4 fix length block at the bottom as base for measurement, like I did.
- get three drills, one corded hammer drill, one cordless 18v drill, one corded or cordless regular drill, so that you don't need to change bits all the time. the hammer drill is for the floor, the 18v drill is for powerdrive screws, the regular drill is for bit to cut through metal before using the hammer drill (so that you don't damage the concret bit and need to replace all the time), also for pilot hole sometimes.
- self drilling screws, it is dead important, don't use non-self drilling ones, I got the first box wrong the first time and waste me a lot of time and get a lot of frustrations.
- If you use steel studs or plates like I do, don't follow the book for building as they are meant for wood, no need to draw those 16" lines, cross on the plate...etc., it is kind of quite different in one sense, you got a lot of flessibility with steel, and making mistakes is no big deal with steel, just unscrew and screw again... this is different from wood, which you have to pull the nails, so mistake is much less forgiven with wood.
- I am getting a metal saw tonight, cutting steel will make your hand very painful after too many cuts, will let you go how it is going.
- when drilling holes on the concrete for the screws, use the drill bit that come with the screws and the depth can be set at the level where the bit with drilling pattern just totally go inside the floor, no more or no less. This is the best depth.
Also, use 18V drill to drive in the screws, do not over power by using a Dewalt drywall screw gun etc., the bit will break and you cannot get a sense how tight the screws easily.
Framing Bathroom:
Always purchase the shower unit first before framing, when framing for the corner of the shower unit, do not put two studs touch each other at corner walls. Do not screwed the base to the frame, do it at the end, but keep dry fitting it to ensure no surprise not fitting... Only wood studs can be used for washroom, steel studs not a good idea and don't know if it will work, frame all four walls of the bathroom with wood.
Cutting heat supply trunk:
It is not as difficult as I originally thought, and the time of doing the pipe connection and cutting an intake hole is not that long, I did three vents pipe from trunk to floor level and 2 return airs connection in approx one day. I find using the manual cutter is very difficult, using the angle grinder is the easiest but also the most scariest because of the fire work. Using a jigsaw is the safest and pretty fast, except it is kind of hard to use it in tight spot... I used combination of angle grinder, jig saw and manual cutter. I would think if without angle grinder, I would not be able to do it or do it very slow...
Even you use wood studs, do not use wood plate, use steel track, it is so much easier.
Purchasing Tools and Materials
Try to purchase used/new tools from online auction. It save you a lot of money, got to do this sooner than later to eliminate wait time. Some materials can also be purchased online, but this is very minimum.
Drain and Supply Water pipes
go back to the drain pipes and supply pipes. I find the drain pipe is not much problem and only challenge is TEE into the existing pipe, you need to cut the length out in exact right length, too short, it couldn't get in, too much, you are in big trouble because you will leave gap... I kind of cut too little and then need to trim more, and trim more... and it was done finally anyway.
for supply pipes... if you are the first timer like me, please use pre-soldered pipe parts + soldering, it just increase your confident that there is no leak, although I used some parts which are not pre-soldered and still not leak... it almost a perfect job except I made a big mistake... I installed the shower unit 90 degree off, that means in-take becomes out-take and vice versa, this is all because I didn't read the manual careful enough, instead I looked at the structure, it has a printed word "UP" and I used it as a guidence, and in fact it is dead wrong, I don't know why they print a big word "UP" there to mislead people,... for that, I need to fix the structure by cutting out some pipes and put in couplers. Teeing into existing lines still the big challenge with similar reason of the drain pipes, you need to cut the right length, I found out soldering is in fact less trouble, although I worried most, I didn't encountered a leak due to wrong soldering yet... Another tip: buy the smallest pipe cutter possible, I made the mistake went for the best looking one, and it is not useful to cut existing pipes due to limited space, I end up require to use rotary tool to do that, so rotary tool is also very useful for tight spot... forget about hand saw, it just too difficult... and ware gloves, I got burn with a hot solder in one of my figure because of rushing into trying the first soldering experience. Also, use a metal plate as sheild for things behind the pipes, don't purchase the expensive HD protecting cloth, somthing like $30 plus tax...Also, buy a $3 long mouth lighter, it is money well spent, rather than using matches or regular lighter... Mark all edges with marker on all connection when you dry fitting, then you know how depth you insert the pipes when you doing the actual fitting. Fitting 90 degree or 45 degree albrow is a real challenge, in fact, I advice don't bother dry fitting them, they are so difficult to fit, and pull out, just fit them and solder them... Make sure you spend the money on the Wrench, it is impossible to push/pull those albrow from the pipes bare hand, I did one with the help of my foot, then I purchased the wench and found out it could have been so much easier...
for threaded joins, make sure you tight it up, it is very trouble to fix later on when everything is all set, and threaded joins are the easiest ones to have leak according to my experience.
will keep you up to date in the future.
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Tools to have for renovation of basements
I will keep this message up to date, instead of keep posting new one, so come back to view this particular message time to time, these are the tools I found them very useful so far apart from those regular one like hammer(the more important one list first):
- Books (different types, for framing, dry wall, electrical...etc.) money well invest, you will never waste money on knowledge. You kind of need a book of each type of job, I got one for the basement as a whole, one for plumbing, one for electrical, one for tiling, one for drywalling... but may be you can avoid doing what I did, instead, go to library and search for all books for one subject and borrow all of them, I did that for the plumbing and surprisely, found out each book did got somthing good about somthing, no single book got everything I want... so the library is really good resource for this.
- drywall drill (I got a used Dewalt drywall drill lastnight, it is so powerful, making me change the point of view on the 18v, this one should be used mainly instead, the 18v is now becomes my secondary drill driver and I position this tool to be more important than the 18v drill).
- metal cutter(manual)
- hammer drill
- metal saw (to cut so many steels, you need this if you still want to play badminton like I do.)
- 18v drill
- chop meter saw
- jig saw
- small circular saw
- T-Jak type jak, got one from HD, much cheaper.
- long level ruler
- telescope stick (very useful)
- clamps (different types), remember, cheaper one may serve better.
- regular corded drill
- compact cordless drill driver for screw driving in tight locations.
- circular saw
- angle grinder
- laser level
- rotary tool with right angle attachment, for drilling pilot hole in tight location.
- Right angle drill, I don't have one, but think would be nice if I have one.
- those stylish gloves(not those clumsy total leather one, but those mixed with nylon and leather), not only they stylish, also very useful to handle steel.
- ear sound protection
- eye protection gogle
- right angle big ruler
- t shaped big ruler
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Permit application information
I would also like to provide home owner information regarding permit application:
- as homeowner, you can apply permit yourself, if you hire a contractor and he apply the permit on behalf of you, he must process certain registration/license...etc. so apply it yourself is the best.
- apply the permit and your property tax will increase, but not by much, for a 15000 renovation, is approx 160 per year increase. You got peace of mind, I will do it for that money.
- you get the permit approx 10 days(they say), but the time for you to come up with a solid blue print, take whatever long, then you build then they inspect...
- you need to provide drawing on the basement to them only, not the whole house...
Anyhow, I think apply a permit is better than not, because, strictly speaking, it is against the law not to.
Now that I have involved in appling the permit, I would like to give you more update, there is really good and bad, to be fair, the bad part is really time and hassle, for me, it is better because I am close by the city hall and can visit them as often as I can. The good part is they really tells you a lot you don't know, especially if you are not in the building industry. Some of the restrictions are in fact good for your construction, is for your own benefiicial... But again, the time and hassle is the price you need to pay. But the initial consultation is free, as they won't accept your application until they see an acceptable blue print, therefore, even if you really don't want to apply for a permit, you should at least go to the stage where they are ready to accept your application as by then, you got a lot of good advice from them...
I got my permit this morning, approx after 8 business day of submit the application, on it there are two surprise for me : it requires me to use 5" pipe for bathroom exhausted fan and dryer exhaust. I thought 4" is fine originally, may be it is the size of my bathroom or whatever reason, instead of trying to agrue with them, I will probably use their requirement to avoid hassle. I ended up asking the department why 5" instead of 4", they told me 5" for the fan is the code, but I can use 4" for the dryer... I am glad that I asked because at least I can use 4" for the dryer, you do the math 4" is 2/3 of the size of a 5" making everything easier...
another surprise is that return air has to be at the lower wall level, I thought I can simply open a vent from the ceiling metal sheet to save some hassle, looks like this idea doesn't fly anymore.
before you submit your permit, make sure your layout is firm, I tried to move the dryer from one location to another, and the staff said I need a revision application which cost $60, I didn't do it as I think such a small thing the inspector will let it go... but this remind me you should very firm on your layout design before submitting the application to save on revision fee.
you do not need very details such as how you wire electricity on the diagram, but other details such as heat vent location, wall dimension..etc. you need the details...
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Heat bring down to the ground level, Heard of it?
Our local code requires to bring the heat down to the floor level for basement renovation. Have you people heard of this, and how difficult the job it is to do that. please advice. I suppose is some cutting hole on the heat pipes and connecting with all sort of heat pipes...etc.
This restriction is now seems less scarely to be as after I went back to the basement and check my heat pipes and framwork done around them already, and it seems ok to do the requirement. I also look up the book on how to cut hole ...etc. and it does not seem such a big job...
I got a reply from the government, the person in charge, in fact send me a copy of the part of the law describing this situation. Basically, it requires you to install the heat vent within 6" of the floor level close to the exterior wall.
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Plumbing question
My basement has a three pieces rough in by the builder, I saw a h shape pipes from the floor which extend all the way to the ceiling, I think this is the vent stack and for the bathroom sink to connect to. I would like to know if we can connect the wash machine directly to this h shape pipes for washmachine draining water, is this against the code as this mean the wash machine and the sink sharing the same drain pipe and vent. Another way is to get the vent from the h shape pipe but have the wash machine drain to another adjacent drain pipe which run vertically from the floor to the ceiling which I am not sure what is it for. Any advice is appreciated.
After thinking about it more, I think I will go with the second approach. drain the wash machine to a near by drain and get the vent from the vent stack of the three piece rough in. I think that make sense and comply with the code. Please if you see any problem with that let me know, I am going to do it myself as it seems a easy job. If the inspector say there is somthing wrong with my work, I then will hire a plumber....
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After talking with the permit staff
Talked to the permit examiner, he is a nice gentleman. Learn these from him:
- need to make sure return air vent on outside wall of the furnance room. It is illegal not to do so, I can understand why.
- need to make sure there is sufficient combusion air for the furnance room, therefore, need to open up a window kind of vent on the wall of the furance room for breathing air.
- probably need to cut cermant on bathroom floor if need to install washer, need to confirm with plumber....
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More update on plumbing/bathroom
I got the plumbing idea done with the help of the permit staff, I can use the same drain for the bathroom sink for the washer, sharing the same P-trap, I didn't know I can do that, but this definitely save me a lot of headache. and the pipe connection is as easiest as it could be, on the other hand, got a quote from a toronto.com plumbing company, he said cost about 8k to 10k to do a complete bathroom. Hearing that, I will do it myself, even I am the first timer, I cannot afford to spend that on a bathroom alone. I did tile my kitchen before succesfully, therefore, will continue go for the DIY approach, well, may be until my wife stop me.. she is in US right now and I got the whole freedom of doing everything for 3 more weeks...
After more investigation, I found out sharing the same P-trap for both wash machine and basin is not as good as opening up a tree below the basin but share the same drain. But this is kind of different from what the city examinier suggest, therefore, kind of still confuse in this issue.
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Is the builder so nice setting up the return air for me
I discovered a bit yesterday when looking at the ceiling of the basement, I saw metal sheet covering two rows of joists extending out from the return air tank. Although the return air tank already have a vent open on it, I wonder what these metal sheet is for, Would it be the builder so nice that they expect us to surround the furnish when renovating and then we can just open a vent from these metal sheet on the ceiling and cover the existing vent inside the furnish room and the new supply air will draw from outside the mechanic room.
Would this be so nice and easy and thoughtful from the builder, anyone here can answer me....
I think I might go to ask the builder when I have time, but they probably wondering what I am doing as the warantee period still have 4 months to expire....
Anyhow, hope someone can share some knowledge here....
I suppose I can put a piece of small tissue on one of the small opening on the metal sheet see if it attach the tissue to confirm if it is indeed connect to the return air tank. Would this make sense? or there are other way to test...
The tissue method doesn't work well, so instead, I remove the vent from the return air trunk and take a peek inside and does found out there is an opening for from the trunk to the metal sheet, this confirm the metal sheet is indeed connect to the return air trunk, this save me considerable amount of work, how thoughtful the builder is. It is kind of a waste not to renovate the basement when the builder has the mindset you are going to renovate it when building the house.
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Logitech is well known for its PC gaming peripherals, and with reason: the ones that have passed through TR, like the G9 Laser Mouse, have consistently won awards. Over the years, the company has provided an extensive range including joypads and joysticks, steering wheels, gaming keyboards and mice. The one surprising omission from its lineup has always been gaming keypads along the lines of the Saitek's Cyborg Command Unit or Belkin/Razer's N52te, but now Logitech is looking to rectify this omission with its new G13 Advanced Gameboard.
For those of you new to the idea of a gaming keypad, or Gameboard as Logitech prefers to call it, it's essentially a small custom keypad (akin to a keyboard's number pad) with programmable keys and usually with an analogue joystick thrown in, all within easy reach without requiring you to move your hand from the built-in wrist rest.
Logitech has stuck to this basic formula, but added much that makes the G13 stand out. Touches like backlighting that can be any colour of the rainbow and a fully programmable LCD display as found on the company's gaming keyboards appear to give the G13 a definite edge over its well-established rivals. However, like with so many technology products that don't have a defined set of properties, it's surprising how often manufacturers get it wrong. So let's see if the G13 is the one to beat them all.
The first things that you might notice about the G13 are its size and weight. At 650g, this is no lightweight, and combined with its broad rubber feet means it sits very solidly on your desk. It also takes up more room than most, measuring 24cm top to bottom. Build quality is excellent throughout: the G13 feels like it could take any abuse a heated gaming session might inspire you to lavish on it.
The design is very attractive with elegant and sharp lines, with its mostly black, matte finish avoiding the garishness that occasionally afflicts gaming peripherals. Overall, it gives a sense of luxury few peripherals can match. The comfortably-sloped wrist rest is padded with a soft rubbery material which provides excellent grip, though if we're being incredibly picky for those with bigger hands the 'slippery' silver Logitech inset is not placed ideally.
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what can I do with PhD in computing science?
Posted 28 February 2010 - 05:45 AM
However at the same time I'm little worried that having PhD will lower my job options after the grauation (due to overqualification).
I know that there are lots of computer jobs out there that specifies their minimum requirement as BSc in computer science...What are the chance for a person with PhD to get those BSc jobs?
If I tell my employer that I will be satifsfied with a (relatively) low wage and that I will not run away even if some academic position comes up, will they hire me?
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Posted 28 February 2010 - 09:35 PM
The PhD does have that potential pitfall. I've seen them get looked at as potential hires in the business environment, and there's a big question mark that goes over their heads. Managers question why they're there and whether they'll depart when an appropriate teaching/research position comes up. Or they'll wonder why you're not out there creating the next Google.
But your MSc will open a lot of doors for you, including some that won't be entry-level -- a big advantage over a Bachelors-only candidate. A familiar pattern is: Bachelors call recruiters and beg. Recruiters call Masters and beg. I saw this myself -- after 15 years in the industry and never a whole lot of interest from recruiters, I got my Masters and suddenly my phone would not stop ringing.
Certifications can compliment a masters nicely and look very good in the interview process. But the best advice I can give you is to learn how to interview well. Make it a priority.
Not sure why you said low wage. If you know your programming, especially client-server business apps, you should be making six figures within 5-10 years of graduation. Depending on your programming skills and luck with employers it could be a lot less, though of course it could end up taking longer. HOWEVER, the current economic meltdown HAS adversely affected employment in the computer industry, so take that into consideration. Today I see about half the job postings I saw 3-4 years ago. But programming is still the fastest growing and highest-paid job in my state, and the industry routinely owns 4-6 of the top 20 jobs in the state (according to the state employment agency). And it seems likely that the recession is on the way out.
If your goal is teaching, you really need a combination of work experience and education anyway. Going back for the PhD later will also allow you to freshen up your understanding of subjects that have changed since you were last in school (real-world work tends to focus people on one or two specific areas, and they lose track of what's happening in other areas).
Not an easy call, certainly -- I know about the allure of the PhD. But you need to think about what it is that you want, both short term and long term, and carefully weigh your options. For what it's worth, I can tell you that all of these things are only trends, and that everyone I've ever met in this industry is unique, and everyone's path varies from the standard trend in SOME way. Having a good attitude and strong motivation and work ethic is worth a great deal to any manager.
Good luck!
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"No one party can fool all of the people all of the time. That's why we have two parties." - Bob Hope
"They will be satisfied when we have Canadian health care and weve eliminated the Pentagon. Thats not reality." - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs commenting on the "professional left", Aug 10, 2010.
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Good luck
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For a long time the system has put an emphasis on skilled labour and such, but it can be a bit tricky if you don't fully understand the system.
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On the flip side are people like me, with no degree and a high paying system architecture job.
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What people said above about PhDs closing some doors is true. What they didn't say is what those doors are, and more importantly, that a PhD opens other doors. A bachelor's degree closes some doors, too. It is tough for people with a technical degree, even if it is just a bachelor's degree, to obtain a job that requires one to ask "do you want fries with that order, sir?" The doors that a PhD closes are the technical equivalents of those McJobs.
If you like hard problems, the doors that a PhD opens are very, very nice doors. The academic industry churns out a lot more PhDs in technical fields than the number of PhDs needed by academia itself because of demand outside of academia. If industry and government had their druthers they would only have PhDs lead their really hard problems. Thankfully there aren't enough PhDs to fill all those spots; they have to hire people like me.
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This is modern software; there's no useful manual. After all, changing how everything works every six months or so is more important than helping people use the features you have.
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would the PhD be a good or bad thing?
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however one must realize that every thing starts in a default belief and requires a burden of proof for the default belief to be abandoned. it would not make sense for believing in positive statements' validity so the only remaining is to not believe a positive statement until
It is not closed-minded to reject claims that make no sense. If you cant accept the possibility that an idea might be false, then you are the closed minded one. An open minded person will critically examine all claims but will not accept them if there is no reason to believe they are true or if there is reason to believe they are false.
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what about someone looking for a position in a governmental security/intelligence agency
would the PhD be a good or bad thing?
Depends on the type of job you want in the intelligence agency. Here's the NSA's careers site, for example:
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CEPR encouraged by European Parliament's decision to postpone EU-Israel ACAA
Agreements on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAAs) are mutual agreements that seek to remove technical barriers to trade through the standardisation of legislation and infrastructure with neighbouring Mediterranean countries in particular.
The adoption of the EU-Israel ACAA would open up the European market to Israeli products, most notably pharmaceuticals. While it is correct to argue that trade liberalisation will benefit the EU through offering greater consumer choice and promoting competitiveness, such an approach is deeply short-sighted.
The adoption of ACAA with Israel would send out contradictory messages to both the Israelis and the Palestinians. At a time when the EU has been increasingly vocal against Israel's policies, it does not seem appropriate to offer the reward of greater access to EU markets. Trade incentives can, and should be, used as a tool for applying pressure on Israel to respect human rights law, respect international law, and engage actively in the peace process.
Consistency on the part of the EU is essential. The EU is obliged under its own legal framework to ensure consistency between trade, human rights, and foreign policy positions. The EU must learn from its past mistakes, and the experiences of the Arab protests, that sensible foreign policy must not be sacrificed for short-term economic gains.
The CEPR is encouraged that the Chair of AFET (European Foreign Affairs Committee), Elmar Brok, called for the vote on ACAA to be postponed due to the European Commission's insufficient feedback on legal questions raised concerning what Israel considers as part of its "territories" and regarding what safeguards would prevent products from Israel's illegal settlements entering the European market.
The CEPR believes that any amplification of trade relations with Israel should be postponed until Israel fully freezes the development of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, lifts the illegal siege on Gaza, and ends its policy of extra-judicial detention of Palestinian civilians.
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The last scale I got was the My Weigh UltraShip 35 purchased from http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/. That particular scale doubles at my business as the postal/parcel scale and still has more than enough precision for gram counting.
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Sunbeam postal scale from Office Depot. Grams or ounces. Tare. Pretty accurate if you keep the temperature constant.
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Corporate Social Responsibility:Doing the Most Goodfor Your Company and Your CauseBy Philip Kotler and Nancy LeeWiley [$34.95]
During the Los Angeles riots of 1992, vandals caused tremendous damage to businesses in the area. Yet not one of the 60 McDonald's (MCD) franchises there was harmed. McDonald's executives attributed this good fortune partly to its Ronald McDonald Houses, which provide support for families of children with cancer, implying that what a company reaps is ultimately connected to what it sows.
This anecdote is one of many cited in Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause by Philip Kotler, a professor of international marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and Nancy Lee, president of Seattle consultant Social Marketing Services. Charitable acts, whether designed to build community goodwill, cement employee loyalty, or expand a customer base, have become a sine qua non even in lean times, the authors convincingly argue. This book is a comprehensive guide to the whys and hows of weaving good works into the fabric of your business.
It's organized into chapters that methodically explore the advantages and disadvantages of the six most common options for social initiatives: cause promotions, such as fund-raising walks for a specific organization; cause-related marketing, such as donating a portion of sales to charity; philanthropic contributions, such as cash donations or pro bono work; employee volunteering; socially responsible business practices; and behavior-change campaigns, such as antismoking ads. The authors discuss the criteria for selecting and designing an effective program. Best practices are illustrated anecdotally, and potential problems are explored. Each of the six social initiatives gets the same thorough treatment.
Although most of the initiatives are better suited to large companies, employee volunteering is feasible for outfits of all sizes. But the stories chosen by the authors still tend to be drawn from the likes of Timberland, which pays employees for up to 40 hours of community service per year and lets them choose their own causes.
The authors do have specific advice for small companies. One example they use is that of a home supply store that promotes natural gardening. That business might offer employees an opportunity to help build a native plant garden in a local park. The company could enhance its reputation and win loyal customers through the effort. The authors provide hypothetical guidelines for developing such a program, including in this case employee recognition and media exposure. The downsides: controlling outlays of employee time, tracking results (such as new business), and managing image. "It is particularly tough with this initiative to find the balance between publicizing our efforts and flaunting them," the authors write.
Whether you are considering starting a corporate social responsibility program or expanding your company's existing involvement, Kotler and Lee have put together a well-organized survey of the combinations of good works that can help you make a difference and, they say, benefit your business as well.
Compassionate Capitalism:How Corporations Can Make Doing Goodan Integral Part of Doing WellBy Marc Benioff and Karen SouthwickCareer Press [$15.99]
Among other lessons, this book offers two key tips for giving-minded businesses: In tough economic times, start small—but start!—and if you have to cut back or eliminate programs, be creative. (You can tuck smaller versions of your initiatives under other budget umbrellas, or donate used equipment.) The book also aims to help corporations and entrepreneurs think through creative ways to do good without spending much money.
Corporate Giving:Options and StrategiesBy Sylvia Clark and Kate DeweyCouncil on Foundations [$65]
This guide is indispensable for those thinking of setting up a corporate foundation. A publication of the Council on Foundations, Corporate Giving is the ultimate step-by-step planner, organized by topic, with bullet points, charts, and the occasional succinct paragraph. It provides all you need to know about grants and foundations, employee participation, budgeting, record retention, regulatory standards—for example, even the USA Patriot Act comes into play here—and the details of structuring your own foundation.


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This past weekend, the multicultural alternative music and arts festival, Afropunk, celebrated its ten-year anniversary boasting an impressive lineup including headlining act Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, the uncrowned queen of neo-soul, Meshell Ndegeocello, a DJ Rashad tribute set and the monumental return of reigning soul messiah, D'Angelo. The festival made vast improvements upon previous years with two additional stages (for a total of four), more food and drink vendors and a significantly larger attendance at Commodore Barry Park in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The festival's acts were a disparate assortment of hip-hop, electronic and hardcore genres, all blaring within a few hundred yards of one another, but it never proved to be bothersome or distracting. During one brief port-o-potty detour, I was delightedly sandwiched between a lulling saxophone solo from Ms. Ndegeocello's stage and the fluent electro-funk groove of The Internet's Dontcha. The back end of Commodore Barry Park hosted the Gold Stage, where DJs and electronic producers performed two-hour sets on an enormous, body-bumping sound system.
The first day's highlights included performances by the experimental hip-hop project Clipping. (who reworked alt-J's Hunger Of The Pine, sans Miley sample), the brackish and unhinged guitar work of punk rock brother duo the Bots (prevailing over sound difficulties that lasted for more than half their set), Seattle hip-hop two-piece Shabazz Palaces (with guest spots from female vocalist-MC duo THEESatisfaction) and the Nashville-native country balladeer Valerie June whose old-timey, Southern flare provided a much-appreciated complementary to the predominantly raucous sounds.
British soul artist Lianne Las Havas (who commemorated her 25th birthday at Afropunk) offered up one of the festival's most emotionally rousing sets. Las Havas was all smiles, responding to the crowd with "I love you too" before she performed the unreleased track Ghost, a rudimentary but harrowing number.
Sharon Jones, after spending the better part of a year recovering from cancer, returned to close out Saturday night backed by Daptone's resident backup band, the Dap-Kings. On stage Jones was a simply unstoppable force and emitted this wild, vibrant energy that was impossible not to respond to. A few songs in and Jones points toward the front row, "You," she said, and instantly, ushers carried a young man over the crowd barrier and through the photo pit on stage to shimmy and shake with her and the band for the remainder of the song.
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After an hour, I stopped counting the minutes spent waiting for D'Angelo to start his set. The wait was justified, in part. I'd spent years waiting to see the prolific and mysterious soul artist, so I could wait a little longer. The crowd immediately surrounding me was not as forgiving. They barraged the stage with boos both before and after his set, which was comprised of neither substantive catalogue releases or (as far as I could tell) new, original material, and instead focused on covers: Our Love Has Died by the Ohio Players (dedicated to the late Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner), Cat Lewis' (Prince-appropriated) She's Always In My Hair, Black Flowers' Fishbone (performed as a duet with guest vocalist Angelo Moore) and No Head, No Backstage Pass by Funkadelic (concluded with the crowd-pleasing outro "Greatdayindamornin/Booty"). The band's sound, with Questlove on drums and the Roots' Kirk Douglas on electric guitar, was heart palpitating and absolutely massive. And when they were finished playing, barely more than an hour of dynamic hard-soul fury, I felt that I'd just witnessed something extraordinary.
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I had surgery over 7 years ago for a c4 neck fusion. It was a disastrous. When i woke up it felt like some one had hit my funny bones on both arms with a 10lb sledge hammer. Most of that is pain I am still living with today. Spinal cord swelling I was told by Dr. Loftus. He referred me to a pain specialist and didn't seem to care for any follow up. He was very nice all the way up to that time and then acted like nothing went wrong. I would never recommend him to anyone, just because of the way he treated me post op much less acting like he was above any mishaps or mistakes.
Dr. Lotus was kind and patient with me until I had surgery. When I still had pain after surgery he was less that understanding. I woke up in excruciating pain and the recovery room nurses were scrambling trying to find me something to ease my pain. Dr. Lotus barely acknowledged the problem when I had a follow up visit. He made it sound in his notes that I was making up the pain I was having . He wanted to do a procedure that would be painful. I didn't want him to touch me. Just recently my pain management doctor read an MRI that I had done post op. It should o we'd that he had dropped or placed cement in my spinal column and it was on a nerve bunch. She said that it was very likely that this was the cause of my constant pain. I would look for another doctor whoever is reading this. He doesn't care about anything but getting paid. If you have complications, too bad. He won't admit he might have done harm to me. He just blew me off and treated me like I was just trying to get pain meds. Well thanks to him I will be in pain management the rest of my life.
As a Disabled Vet, I first started seeing Dr Loftus and his Staff in 2009. Then my wife was involved in an auto crash. After many calls to his office, I was informed that my wife would have to be brought to their office. I informed the entire Staff that my wife was in severe pain from multiple pelvic fractures, unable to walk or stand and still required a bed pan, to which they replied it would not bother "them". It became clear that the Staff was treating my wife as a number and more interested in her insurance than causing her more pain and humiliation by bring her to a public office in a vulnerable state. At one point the male PA contacted me and proceeded to explain how I did not understand the process for a true Neurologist exam and basically in the most condescending matter stated I was to "over protective".Here you will be treated as a number, with very little respect or dignity and it will be on their terms and not yours, regardless of its affect on you or your loved ones.
Thank you Dr. Loftus. I have never had a better surgical experience than with you (and I have had some surgery). I had c-spine fusion. Some of the processes seemed slow because you go through an RN first (Sara is great!). Then there's physical therapy, the pain management (i.e., spinal injections). Once you go through everything though the timing to actually have the surgery happened quickly (within 2 weeks from decision). I personally appreciated the conservative approach to jumping into surgery (exhausting every option prior to) but it does get painful during the process leading up to surgery. The office staff is what you'd expect in a professional office.
Dr. Loftus is kind and up on the most recent procedures and knowledgable of the spinal conditions and long term complications and the techniques to deal with them. He also has relationships with other physicians that can assist with the multi modal care needed in the treatment of spinal problems. He did my fusion and it allowed me to walk again and corrected my structural problem.
Dr. Loftus is a very patient friendly & understanding doctor to patients searching for answers & support within a very complex system of neurologically related pain issues. He is very competent, reasonable and respectful of patient needs. I have had two spinal procedures performed by Dr. Loftus and I feel that I benefited greatly in one and moderately in another. Patients need to know that neuro-surgery is not a end all be all to every spine related ailment and that sometimes the best we can hope to achieve is to achieve relief when practical and in my experience, Dr. Loftus is a top notch professional with the needed expertiese to handle the majority of neurologically based ailments. As well, his bed side manner is among the best you will find out there in a world of surgeons limited in patient skills.
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LAX: Emergency evacuation order an accident
Furloughs of air traffic controllers contributed to significant flight delays Monday at Los Angeles International Airport.
Due to staffing shortages, some arrivals at the nation's third-busiest airport slowed considerably during at least two periods - the early morning and late afternoon. At 5 p.m., delayed flights to LAX were an average of 1 hour and 51 minutes behind schedule, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. But not all flights to LAX were being delayed: Many still showed they were arriving on time on the airport's website.
Reacting to a $600 million budget cut mandated by Congress, the FAA began implementing controller furloughs on Sunday. About 10 percent of controllers will be off daily, officials said.
"The problem with this is it is just beginning," said Mike Foote, president of LAX chapter of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. "It's going to get worse. Not better. It's going to get busier, more complicated. It's going to slow things down. "
There were also significant delays between about 8 p.m. Sunday and 3 a.m. Monday because of the marine layer that rolled in above the airfield. Usually controllers can help planes navigate through the fog, but Foote said staffing shortages have forced controllers to slow some arrivals into LAX.
"It was brutal," Foote said. "You could see it coming. We knew that as soon as the fog crossed over the top of the airport it was going to delay the entire country. "
Foote said he expected similar delays on Tuesday night due to a marine layer.
The delays heavily impacted Alaska Airlines operations at LAX, airline spokeswoman Marianne Lindsey said in an email. She said the airline canceled several flights to and from LAX on Sunday and Monday and diverted two flights on Sunday to Ontario International Airport.
According to FAA data, LAX had the worst staffing-related delays in the country Monday. Elsewhere, the most time-consuming delays occurred in Charlotte, where flights were running 15 to 20 minutes late for much of the day. Other airports had delays, but they were due to poor weather.
At other airports in the Los Angeles region, operations were relatively fluid, according to the FAA. Operations were "normal" at Ontario International Airport, Long Beach Airport and Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, according to the agency.
Flights were also on time for much of the day at LAX, airport officials said.
The airport was handling roughly 72 arrivals and departures an hour as of midday, which was within the range of normal, spokeswoman Mary Grady said.
But Grady acknowledged that airport officials knew delays might come. She urged passengers to arrive early and check with their airline about their flight's status.
"It's going to impact our passengers," Grady said. "We know it is. It did (Sunday) night. We don't want more delays and inconvenience for our passengers. "


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September 17, 2013
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Following up after a
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as the interview itself. Most people know that sending a thank you note is a good idea, but for various reasons, many neglect to do so. This is a missed opportunity to show your potential healthcare employer that you are considerate and respectful and to convey your interest and enthusiasm about the job. Good manners are often a deal breaker when it comes to getting hired, especially when it comes to job interviews in the
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Thank you notes don't have to be too formal or fancy. You can keep it short—but not too short—and simple. If you send a note that just says thank you, you win points for manners but lose a chance to increase your odds of getting the job. There are a few different things you can mention in order to make a great impression. Here are the top six must-include items for a healthcare job interview thank you note:
1. Personalize it
Use the interviewer's name, and firmly state the date of the meeting and the job title you discussed (i.e. "Dear Mr. [insert interview's name]: Thank you so much for meeting with me yesterday, [insert date], to discuss the position of
Medical Assistant
."). This will jog the employer's memory and make sure the interviewer knows which job you want, just in case he or she is conducting interviews for multiple positions.
2. Show Gratitude
Don't jump right into a list of reasons of why you are perfect for the job. Instead, begin by saying that you were happy to meet the interviewer and appreciated the chance to hear more about the company. Basically, you want to thank the employer for his or her time at the job interview. This will grab the interviewer's attention and make the person realize that you are a warm and considerate person—this goes a long way in the healthcare industry.
3. Confirm Your Interest
Next, you'll want to make it abundantly clear that you liked what you learned about the job and are very interested in the position. You don't want to be pushy, but it's great to say something that conveys your enthusiasm so that the interviewer sees you as a candidate who will bring good energy and excitement to the company. Mention something specific that you are excited about (i.e. "I really love the idea of working at a four-star hotel and am confident my skill and expertise would help maintain the hotel's excellent reputation.").
4. Show You Were Listening
Don't be afraid to get specific. You don't want to recount the entire conversation, but it's great to mention one or two specific things that came up in the interview, especially things that are relevant to the position for which you interviewed.
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Don't be afraid to add in a little self-promotion! Employers want their prospective hires to be confident and assertive. This is a great place to explain a few of your skills and share how your background and relevant experience will help you succeed in the job. Mention other work you have done in the healthcare industry. You don't want to go into too much detail here, but reminding the interviewer of why you are a strong and qualified candidate can go a long way.
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Ministry Medical Group in Rhinelander, and the Oneida County Department on Aging, will be offering, "Living Well with Chronic Conditions," a six week workshop beginning Tuesday, March 4. Participants will meet once a week for two hours from 1 - 3 p.m. The workshop will be held at Ministry Medical Group in Rhinelander, located at 2251 North Shore Drive, in conference room 2, and is open to adults with any kind of chronic health condition. The workshop was developed by Stanford University and is led by trained facilitators. The $20 fee for the workshop covers all course materials and scholarships are available to those with financial need.
Individuals struggling with chronic health issues can learn ways to cope with these challenges and improve their quality of life through the Living Well with Chronic Conditions. The workshop empowers those living with conditions and allows them make the best of their situation through:
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• Communicating with family, friends, and health care professionals
Enrollment for Living Well with Chronic Conditions is limited and pre-registration is required by February 28. For more information, or to register, please contact the Oneida County Department on Aging at 715.369.6170, or 1.800.379.7499.
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The spectacular marine life of the Raja Ampat islands is being nurtured by locals and eco-resort owners alike, writes Johnny Langenheim.
ANDREW and Marit Miners' daily commute involves a leisurely 10-minute ride in a rowing boat, accompanied by schooling fish and occasional dolphins. Their home - a grass-thatched cottage powered by wind and solar energy - sits high on a limestone karst facing a blue-on-blue vista that stretches to a misty chain of atolls on the horizon. The nearest place with any infrastructure is Sorong, a dreary and dilapidated industrial port in West Papua, four hours away by speedboat.
Four years ago, Andrew decided this far-flung marine frontier in the remote eastern waters of the Indonesian archipelago would make a great place for a resort. So he persuaded Marit to leave Bangkok, where she ran a clothing business, gave up his job as a guide on a dive boat, secured funding from 40 friends and acquaintances and built the Misool Eco Resort.
You could think them crazy to set up home and a business somewhere so remote but this area - known as Raja Ampat, or Four Kings, after its major islands - hosts the greatest concentration of marine biodiversity on the planet, a fact scientists discovered only in the past decade. It took me and a photographer two days to get there from Bali, with an overnight stop in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, and another night in Sorong (Raja Ampat regulars wryly pronounce it "so wrong"). The journey is well worth the effort.
Andrew and Marit's DIY approach has produced a low-impact enclave that wouldn't look out of place in the Maldives. The wood - all 600 tonnes of it - used to build the year-old resort came from fallen trees. Biological waste is used to fertilise the gardens, creating a closed system and feeding plants such as lemongrass, ginger and heliconia. The whole aesthetic is by turns whimsical and quietly sophisticated, with weathered wooden walkways connecting nine water cottages, a restaurant pavilion and a dive centre, all fringing a shallow cove on the edge of the resort's house reef. There are crayons on the driftwood table by my bed and a view inspiring enough to make me use them.
Stingray, octopus, reef shark, bumphead parrotfish, barracuda - I spot all of these. Not on a dive, but from the verandah of my cottage - a cosy little thatched folly with a cushion-strewn bed under a diaphanous mosquito net and a bathroom open to the sky.
Under the water lurk stranger beings - elaborately armoured scorpion fish, weird-patterned carpet sharks, neon nudibranchs with wispy rainbow filaments and tiny pygmy seahorses. The scale, density and variety of the coral are unlike anything I've ever seen. Scientists estimate 75 per cent of the Earth's reef-building corals can be found in Raja Ampat and new marine species are being discovered seemingly every other week.
Things are just as interesting above the water. One afternoon, we wend our way by boat through the limpid channels of a marine lagoon studded with jungle-drenched islets. On one of these rocky outposts, we see 5000-year-old petroglyphs depicting dolphins, hand prints and other, nameless symbols.
"Nowhere else I know has such spectacularly beautiful scenery both above and below water," Andrew says. "It's the combination that's so special - reefs to rainforests. And we have this 425-square-mile [1100-square-kilometre] marine protected area at the very centre of the greatest concentration of marine biodiversity on the planet - that's huge."
Andrew came to south-east Asia 17 years ago to escape the winter doldrums of his native Cornwall, became a dive master and took to the endlessly varied waters of the Malay archipelago on board a converted phinisi sailing boat. These elegant wooden live-aboards, built by the seafaring Bugis people of Sulawesi, are popular with divers. Over seven years, he witnessed reefs and marine life diminishing everywhere through a mix of destructive fishing and unregulated tourism. Then he came to Raja Ampat.
"It might sound dramatic but this place is of global importance," Andrew says as we take afternoon tea on the verandah of the circular restaurant pavilion, a daily ritual here. Three baby reef sharks glide back and forth a few feet away, a surreal counterpoint to my Earl Grey and shortbread. "Scientists reckon that coral species here may be more resistant to [stress-induced] bleaching. We're also part of the Indonesian throughflow, which carries coral spawn and larvae down into the rest of Indonesia, restocking many of its reefs."
When I remark on the profusion of baby sharks on their doorstep, Andrew and Marit exchange meaningful smiles. "This place used to be a shark-finning camp," says Marit, a Swedish-American with a flair for good design (she handled the interiors) and smart marketing. "You only see babies because the adult population was almost destroyed [by the practice of harvesting shark fins and dumping the rest of the carcass at sea]. They're coming back but it will take a decade for things to stabilise again."
The change of use is encouraging, all the more so because local people have a vested interest in conservation. A no-fishing zone means nothing unless you can enforce it, so having secured funding from campaigning group WildAid, Misool Eco Resort now has a boat crewed by local people running patrols four times a week and is lobbying to extend the no-take zone.
The next day, I find myself in the sparse, neatly kept home of Hadir Yelkom, an elder of Yellu village on Misool island itself, an hour's ride by speedboat from Misool Eco Resort. He welcomes the businesses that have moved in: "Before, we couldn't stop outsiders from fishing here illegally because we couldn't catch them in our long boats," he says, referring to the encroachment by big industrial boats from other parts of Indonesia and as far afield as the Philippines. "The local businesses gave us speedboats to chase them and now they don't come any more." Having a bunch of fierce-looking Papuans confiscate your fishing gear before politely asking you to leave is clearly a strong deterrent.
For its part, Misool Eco Resort employs more than 60 people, many of them from Yellu. But the village does more than provide a workforce, it's also the leaseholder and proprietor of a vast tract of marine territory that not even the Indonesian government would dispute. The three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the area - Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund - have recognised the value of this clan-based system of ancestral tenure and are concentrating their efforts on making conservation goals dovetail with those of local people, using sustainable tourism as an economic incentive. Working closely with government and local communities, they've managed to establish seven marine protected areas. But the NGOs weren't the first people to engage with this place; rather, a few intrepid pioneers who came for reasons other than conservation. After a week at Eco Misool Resort, I meet the man I'm told blazed Raja Ampat's watery trails. Max Ammer operates Papua Diving, run from two resorts on the island of Kri, close to Raja Ampat's biggest island, Waigeo. He first came to Raja Ampat 20 years ago, in search of military hardware abandoned when the war in the Pacific ended abruptly with the atomic bomb. He sold vintage parts retrieved from jungles and underwater wrecks to collectors, made a tidy sum and diversified into dive tourism, building Sorido Bay, the area's only other luxury resort, a collection of seven bungalows and a first-floor lounge restaurant that resembles a traditional longhouse. His other project, Kri Eco Resort, a 10-minute walk around a headland, is more basic but visually captivating - six houses on stilts around a jetty, with a backdrop of electric-green rainforest.
The diving here is as spectacular as at Misool but different, with lots of hard corals and thick schools of big pelagic fish.
Like Andrew and Marit, Max has close links with locals and conservation groups. He employs about 100 staff, most of them Papuan, and is committed to investing in their training and education - many of his dive masters used to be fishermen.
Like so many hitherto-unexplored frontiers, Raja Ampat is emerging as a viable "destination". The resorts
I stayed at had guests from Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany as well as Asia - most, though not all of them, divers.
The diving vanguard will soon be followed by other adventurers, as both Misool Eco Resort and Papua Diving plan to offer kayaking trips, and rock climbers will be drawn to the rugged monoliths that dot the islands.
And I'm told the birdwatching is world class. The challenge will be to develop tourism in tandem with conservation and the community. These resorts are excellent examples of how that may work.
Trip notes
Getting there
Garuda flies daily from Sydney to Denpasar, Bali, priced from $745, and from Sydney to Jakarta, priced from $866. 133 133, flightcentre.com.au.
The most direct way to travel to Sorong, for a scheduled speedboat transfer to Misool Eco Resort, is from Jakarta on Express Air flight XN800, priced from $593. +62 021 658 65656, expressair.biz.
Staying there
Seven nights in a one-bedroom cottage at Misool Eco Resort (misoolecoresort.com) costs from $2151 a person, including speedboat transfers to and from Sorong on scheduled transfer dates, all meals and one night with dinner in Sorong.
A seven-night package at Kri Eco Resort (+62 951 328 038, papua-diving.com/Resort-Kri-Eco.html), with full board and four dives a day, is priced from $1820 a person.
Further information
All visitors to Raja Ampat must pay a 500,000 rupiah ($61) conservation fee. This can be done in Sorong at the JE Meridien Hotel or at the resorts.


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Very nice new park. Very clean. Nice laundry and private baths. Management very accommodating and easy to work with. Owners very nice. Work campers very helpful and friendly. We will stay here again.
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PHILADELPHIA (October 10, 2004) -- Botox, a household name for wrinkle reduction, could be assuming a new role as a pain reliever. In a study presented today at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2004 conference in Philadelphia, women injected with Botox in the pectoral muscles following the surgical removal of their breast experienced significantly less pain and shorter hospital stays.
"As surgeons, our top priorities are the safety and comfort of our patients," said Julio Hochberg, MD, ASPS member and co-author of the study. "We are always searching for ways to decrease pain for breast reconstruction patients and found that using Botox after surgery significantly decreased the pain and discomfort they experienced."
The study examined women who had mastectomies, followed by breast reconstruction with tissue expanders. The tissue expanders, balloon like devices, were placed beneath the pectoral muscle and slowly inflated to allow time for the tissue to stretch and ultimately accommodate a breast implant.
Unfortunately, tissue expansion causes muscle spasms and additional pain. By injecting the muscles with Botox, the spasms, pain, and discomfort significantly decreased.
In this study, Dr. Hochberg found patients who received Botox injections used 89 percent less morphine in the first 24 hours after surgery, had their hospital stay reduced by one day, and required three fewer physician visits than the control group to achieve the targeted tissue expansion before placing the breast implant.
"Many general surgeons could clearly see the relief my patients received when I administered Botox to the affected muscles," said Dr. Hochberg. "Now, many of these surgeons are using the injectable for their own patients to help manage pain after certain surgeries of the chest and abdomen."
For referrals to plastic surgeons certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery and to learn more about reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery, call the ASPS at 888-4-PLASTIC (888-475-2784) or visit http://www.plasticsurgery.org. ASPS is the largest organization of board-certified plastic surgeons in the world and the foremost authority on cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. With nearly 5,000 members, more than any other plastic surgery organization, ASPS is the definitive voice of the plastic surgery specialty. Viewed throughout the world as the pinnacle of information for new techniques, advances and plastic surgery trends, the society represents 94 percent of all the board-certified plastic surgeons in the U.S. Ninety-four percent of all ASPS members perform cosmetic plastic surgery and 89 percent of all ASPS members perform reconstructive plastic surgery. ASPS, founded in 1931, represents physicians certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery or The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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Minix Neo C USB-C Multiport Adapter (Dock) Includes VGA or HDMI
The Minix Neo C USB-C "Multiport Adapter" is dock for the Apple MacBook that has two USB-A ports, Gigabit Ethernet, pass through charging, two camera card slots, and either HDMI or VGA depending on the model. It has some design and feature aspects that set it apart from similar products.
X-Doria Revel Apple Watch Case is Colorful, Durable
X-Doria has introduced the Revel line of four colorful Apple Watch cases. They simply snap on and leave all ports accessible. The case is flexible yet durable. John's been using one with his Apple Watch for two weeks, and it has grown on him.
Satechi USB-C Hub is Small & Has Pass Through Power
The owners of the 2015 12-inch MacBook have a small problem. There is only one USB-C port and no USB-A ports. The assumption has been that 3rd party hubs would solve that problem, and now, post CES, new ones are shipping. The Satechi USB-C Hub with pass through power and two USB-A ports is small, light, and does a specific job very well.
ParcSlope Sets MacBook or iPad Pro at Pleasing 18 Degree Angle
When resting an iPad Pro or MacBook/Air/Pro on a desk, having it inclined at a comfortable angle is desirable for many users. The ParcSlope from Twelve South is a beautifully made steel stand that achieves this. It's especially useful for drawing with an iPad Pro. John Martellaro takes a closer look.
Simulation Curriculum's SkySafari 5 for iOS: Impressive New Features
SkySafari is an excellent sky simulation and charting app for iOS. With it, you can view the sky at any date and time, identify objects in the sky, read about celestial objects, learn the constellations and even control an amateur telescope. On December 15, SkySafari 5 Pro was released, with the Basic and Plus versions to follow soon. The suite of apps has impressive list of new features.
iPad mini 4 Reflections: Why it's Time to Upgrade
For the past two months I've been using Apple's new iPad mini 4 and recently I went back to my previous iPad mini 2. Like many iPad mini fans I skipped the iPad mini 3 because all it offered over the iPad mini 2 was Touch ID without any performance boost. The iPad mini 4 changed that, of course, bringing the iPad Air 2's guts and power to the mini form-factor. I wondered, though, does all this new speed – and RAM – matter for daily use? Turns out it does.
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There is now a pretty good selection of charging docks for the Apple Watch. Some provide a place on the base plate to rest a charging iPhone, but the Belkin Charge Dock goes one step farther and provides a vertical support and Lightning connector for the iPhone in addition to a pre-installed Apple Watch charge disk. The design, while good, introduces compromises. Find out more in John Martellaro's review.
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