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We've known since January that most of the flu circulating this season is resistant to Tamiflu, an antiviral drug typically used against the infection. What remained a mystery was whether the resistant flu strain made people sicker than forms that respond to the treatment — and why the resistant strain surged this year, a worry for public health officials who stockpiled Tamiflu in the event of a flu pandemic stoked by avian influenza.
A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that Tamiflu-resistant flu does not make people any more or less sick. But researchers say they're still in dark as to why Tamiflu-resistant infections are on the rise. A whopping 98 percent of this year's circulating H1N1 flu strains are immune to Tamiflu, compared with only 12 percent during the 2007-2008 flu season.
"We don't know what's physically happened to the virus to cause it to transmit more rapidly, but something has and even more so this year," says study author Nila Dharan, a fellow in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service, which studies major disease outbreaks. Dharan tells ScientificAmerican.com that a spontaneous (natural) genetic mutation – and not overuse of Tamiflu — is to blame. She notes that additional structural changes to the virus (that scientists don't completely understand) have enhanced the resistant strain's ability to grow and infect people.
The trend is alarming enough that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials have been huddling for the past week to consider whether to adjust the composition of the federal pandemic flu drug stockpile, of which 40 million treatment courses (80 percent) is Tamiflu, says Robin Robinson, director of the Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority (BARDA), an HHS arm that manages the stockpile.
Right now, the H5N1 subtype of avian flu isn't resistant to Tamiflu, but the fear is that it could become so if it recombines with the Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 strain, Robinson says. There have been 409 human cases of avian flu, mostly in Asia, and 256 of those patients died since 2003, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, eye infections, pneumonia and acute respiratory distress.
"It's cause for concern," Robinson says. "We need to talk seriously about what is in our stockpile and [whether] we need to change it. Right now the pandemic viruses are susceptible to Tamiflu. We want to follow this to make sure that it stays that way."
The CDC previously recommended that doctors give the antiviral drugs Relenza or Rimantidine to seasonal flu patients who do not respond to Tamiflu. Relenza accounts for 10 million treatment courses and Rimantidine for 2.8 million courses in the stockpile, Robinson says. He adds that authorities are set to decide by next month whether to reconfigure the stockpile. Officials also plan to test combination therapies of Tamiflu and Relenza in the U.S. and Asia against seasonal and bird flu.
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI've also heard information that Tamiflu does not work in reality. So that's what I tell you - this is nonsense. I'll just come out of the hospital, where the analysis confirmed that I am fully recovered from swine influenza. And I was treated only Tamiflu. I began to take it immediately as soon as he felt unwell and took a week and recovered. Severe side effects are not noticed on several occasions nausea and headache. I bought my brother a drug internet pharmacy in the United States. (not ads) www.ekpharm.org
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LOYOLA MAROON Vol. L no. 7 October 25, 1973 Gary may leave Loyola By Gary Gomez MAROON STAFF REPORTER Dr. Lee P. Gary, Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences, said he may be departing Loyola by the end of this semester. "During the summer I offered my resignation to the President, Provost, and Dean of Arts & Sciences, Father Byron, incoming. I am interested in evaluating, securing propsects of other jobs," said Gary, in response to a question asked by the MAROON at WLDC-TV's "University Press Conference, taped Tuesday morning for broadcast at 11:45 a.m. today. "I am searching for new concepts, new developments to broaden my viewpoint. I fear, from my own point of view, that one can stay in the same position too long. I'm looking for the opportunity to prevent aging within a job area. The job will be in area other than higher education. "I am not leaving because I'm dissatisfied with Loyola. I'm leaving because I think it will be better for my own personal development. On who will be considered likely candidates, I really have no comment," Gary said. The MAROON also asked Dean Gary what type of action students should take after becoming disillusioned by the national scene with the firing of high governmental officials? "I encourage students to go to governmental centers and seek employment," Gary replied. He added that in this way, vacancies will eventually be filled with energetic, academic people. Howard Murphy of WLDC, asked Dean Gary if the present condition of the library will hurt accredidation by the Southern Association of Colleges in April. "We have a sub-committee of the Standing Council on Academic Planning (SCAP), studying the library situation. Techological elements need to be introduced to the library more than mortar and brick development. Improvements have to be made in the environmental conditions, technological equipment, and access to library networks," Gary replied. Gary, who is also Director of the Honors and Privileged Studies, was asked what the future of the Honors program will be after his possible departure. "It's not official I'm leaving in December. I still have a one year contract that will end in August, 1974," Gary said. "1 see HPS as the experimental arm of the college. HPS reflects the person in charge of it. I hope that person who heads the HPS in the future will contain an innovative, experimental spirit about himself." One of the last questions posed to Gary was about the validity and the value of departments using the Undergraduate Programs (UPs) as criteria for graduation? Gary said that he was opposed to using UPs for the sole criteria forgraduation.He is hoping that students who are graduating will participate spontaneously in the program. Gary added that there can be substitutes for UPs. He said that UPs were instituted because departments stopped giving comprehensive testing for graduation. Gary may w*w. . • "I am not leaving because I'm dissatisfied with Loyola. I'm leaving because I think it will be better for my own personal development." (Photo by Steven Cain) SGA votes against closed finance session Patti Breckenridge MAROON SGA REPORTER An attempt by an SGA Finance Committee member to bar students and press from that committee's meetings was voted down by the Student Government Association at this week's meeting. However, another SGA finance committee member has threatened to prevent the public or the press from attending the meetings by holding the committee's meetings at a private residence so no one else could attend. Jeanne Sheehan, Arts & Sciences' representative on the finance committee, made a motion that "the finance committee have the option to close their meetings as they see fit on the stipulation that all the minutes and procedures of that committee are made public." In a close roll call vote the motion, which was an amendment to the SGA by-laws, failed to get the two-thirds vote needed for approval. Fourteen representatives voted for the amendment, and twelve voted against it, with two abstentions. Sheehan said that finance committee members would feel uncomfortable with -■ . students or the press sitting in on the meetings. She added that this kind of situation would negatively affect the efficiency and the speed of the Finance Committee Chairman Larry Reeves, complained of a delay caused by a "hassle with the lady reporter" over admission to the meeting. (Photo by Steven Cain) Reaction to Nixon moves negative By Louis Hodges Jr. MAROON STAFF REPORTER The words "dictator" and "above the law" were often heard as the MAROON sought to sample reaction Monday following the latest events in the Watergate affair which resulted in Cox being fired. Also a telegram signed by several Loyola faculty members has been sent to Congresswoman Lindy Boggs requesting that impeachment proceedings begin. And a group of Loyola students had scheduled a demonstration dowtown yesterday afternoon calling for Nixon's impeachment. "It was a gross error on the part of Nixon to fire Cox," said Denise Fischer, and Education major. "I think it is pointing to his own guilt and in an indirect sense violating the freedom of the people of this country," she said. Although she believes that Nixon should become accountable to the nation by first producing the tapes, she is reluctant to endorse impeachment proceedings against Nixon. "To impeach someone is a very strong move. . .The repercussions are so strong," she said. On the other hand, Fred Herman, a law student, was extremely adamant in his desire to see Nixon's removal from office, but did not believe impeachment would be successful. "Nixon violated a pledge he made when he said that he would have an objective investigation with no strings," Herman said. "Nixon is the closest thing that we've had to a dictator." The only danger of impeachment, Herman said, was that the result could be a President and a Vice President neither of whom are elected by the people. "I saw it on television and said "What next?" remarked Sherry Carry a senior in Psychology. Ms. C'arr also said Nixon should be removed from office, but does not think it will occur. Mary Mencio, a sophomore in modern foreign language, who also favors initiating impeachment pro edings said "I do think it was a bad move on Nixon's part, but not unlike him." In reference to the Mid-Fast crisis Ms. Mencio said, "This is a very bad time for useto be having internal problems .If ever there was a time when we needed a show of stability it is now." Lloyd Harris, a sophomore in Communications, said that "it was kind of fruit of Nixon." "The guy (Cox) was going after the truth and he didn't want him to get it," Harris said. Harris however approves of the way Nixon has run the presidency and said "Nixon is no worse than any other we have ever had." Harris also does not think the president will be forced out of office. "Congress sis no better than Nixon himself. It seems like Nixon got a bad break,"he said. "It seemed kind of funny," said a senior in General Business, Louis McCall. "Nixon is like a dictator. He should be impeached." McCall was one of the few students interviewed who believed that Nixon would be removed from office. David Gniady, a senior in Advertising, called it "ridiculous." "This isn't a dictatorship," he said. Gniady who said he voted for Nixon because he disapproved of McGovern remarked that "if the election was tomorrow 1 wouldn't vote," he said. Betsy Smith, a Dental Hygiene student, said that Nixon's actions were "something that will bring it all to a head." Ms. Smith believes Nixon will be impeached because "all these things mounting up are giving people the courage." Dominic Gianna, Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola Law Review, said, "We are as close to a dictatorship as we can get." "Considering that he violated the agreement between himself and the Senate Judiciary Committee there are at least grounds for beginning impeachment proceedings," Gianna said. The telegram calling for the initiation of impeachment proceedings and sent to Congresswoman Lindy Boggs was initiated by Dr. Marcus Smith, Associate Professor of Lnglish. The telegram was signed by 3 members of the Loyola community. "I believe that this is a very critical junction and our status as a constitutional republic is at stake," commented Smith. That "while it is not clear what precise legal grounds would be used in an impeachment procedure, I believe that Nixon should be impeached." As the MAROON was going to press students reportedly from the law schools of Tulane and Loyola were organizing a demonstration at Lafayette Square across from the Federal Court Building on Camp Street. This will be covered in the next issue of the MAROON. /continued on page 5)
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RE: Was Soo-Ja's relationship with her daughter realistic?
I believe it was realistic. Once kids hit the teen stage they rebel and Hana was no exception. She got the bulk of her attention from Min, so she preferred Min. But he also bought her whatever she wanted (where did he get the money, that's what I'd like to know, since they didn't have much). When he wanted to go to America she was happy to go along and leave her mother. Maybe she thought her mother would follow, or maybe not. But Soo-Ja sacrificed a lot for the cause of her daughter, so much she was hardly around to interact with her. All this made perfect sense to me.
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My daughter's going away to college in the fall. She's excited about it and I told her to enjoy these years because, for me, these were the best years of my life. I see her pulling away, suddenly becoming more critical of me and I guess that's natural. The same is true of Hana and I think Soo-ja was a very understanding mother, making sure Hana knew she could do nothing to make her mother stop loving her and not over-reacting to her daughter's drama. Quick Reply Please login to post a response.


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- The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned recent attacks on development and humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of nine people and left another injured.
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- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to Afghanistan's electoral bodies – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC).
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– The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the appointment of the Media Commission as another key step towards the holding of credible Presidential and Provincial Council elections in April 2014.
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3 December 2013
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Very early this morning, after a long day of debate, the House Agriculture Committee reported the 2012 Farm Bill, H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM), out of committee by a bipartisan vote of 35-11.
The Public Health Institute (PHI) strongly opposes the $16.5 billion in cuts that H.R. 6083 makes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). If these cuts were enacted, up to 3 million individuals would no longer receive the food stamp benefits they need to obtain healthy foods and avoid hunger. Additionally, benefits would be reduced by an average of $90 per month for an additional 500,000 low-income individuals. Finally, these cuts would eliminate the automatic eligibility of 280,000 children for free school meals.
"These cuts go much deeper with a much more severe impact than the Senate proposal that commits SNAP to $4.5 billion in cuts," said Matthew Marsom, vice president for public health policy and advocacy at the Public Health Institute. "There is no question that the House bill would increase economic hardship among working families in every congressional district and seriously compromise the nutritional well-being of millions of vulnerable Americans, particularly the working poor, who are struggling to make ends meet."
PHI recognizes that the nation faces significant fiscal challenges that require Congress to make serious budgetary decisions. However, the record high rates of preventable diet-related conditions and skyrocketing health care costs are serious challenges that must be addressed. Now is not the time to cut programs that have proven to be effective in improving nutrition and reducing risk of diet-related chronic disease.
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One of the region's major roads has finally reopened after an early-morning crash.
The A12 was closed between Chelmsford and Marks Tey in both directions after a lorry travelling southbound crashed through the central reservation and overturned, blocking both sides of the carriage way.
That was just after 1pm this morning and although one southbound lane was opened in time for the morning rush hour the northbound lanes stayed shut until 2pm.
During the 13-hour investigation and recovery process a 23-mile diversion had to be set up, causing chaos to early-morning travellers.
The driver of the 44-ton lorry which overturned was initially taken to hospital, along with a passenger, after being cut from the wreckage.
They both suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries.
Police later announced the driver had been arrested on suspicion of careless driving and drink or drug-driving.
They are also appealing for anyone who saw the crash to contact Pc Phil Pringle at Stanway road policing office on 101.
Three other vehicles were involved in the incident and there was a separate two-car collision in the tailbacks on the northbound carriageway.
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Does this site have proof readers....this accident is supposed to have happened at 1pm and the photo is timed at 11.28am...come star get a grip. Sloppy work.
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During the early part of her career, Oates was viewed as a woman writer on the periphery of the women's movement. In the 1980's, her writing began to focus more frequently on stories and characters with particularly feminine or feminist concerns. Solstice, like Marya: A Life which followed it, exemplifies this development, portraying a relationship between two women in a small Pennsylvania town.
Monica Jensen, recently divorced and attempting to start a new life in the wake of her failed marriage, has relocated from New York City and accepted a teaching assignment at the local boys' academy. Sheila Trask, older and more worldly, is a successful artist, the widow of a famous sculptor; she lives alone and detached from the community in a fine old country house. The novel, which is told from Monica's viewpoint, is divided into four sections that reflect four stages in her development.
The first, titled, "The Scar," details Monica's adjustment to country life, her first casual encounters with Sheila, and her growing attraction to the other's lively personality. Sheila is the stronger of the two, and Monica, in emotional recovery, is timid, hesitant, and flattered to accept Sheila's friendly attention.
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Solstice is divided into four parts, with Emily Dickinson's poem "After great pain a formal feeling comes" serving as an epigraph to the novel. It is the story of two women seeking balance in their lives.
The novel is written in a third-person limited voice. The reader is allowed to know Monica Jensen's thoughts and feelings but can only guess at Sheila Trask's, as Monica does. The story begins with Monica's move to Glenkill, Pennsylvania, to teach at an all-boys private school, Glenkill Academy. She rents an old farmhouse that is next to Sheila Trask's estate, which is called Edgemont. Although the two women meet briefly at a party, they do not really speak until Sheila makes an unannounced visit by horseback to Monica's new home.
Sheila quickly takes over Monica's life and becomes her main social outlet. Monica works long hours at the academy and is often required to work late into the evening at home. However, she always manages to find time for Sheila. They meet weekly for dinner, and gradually, Monica finds herself spending most of her free time with Sheila, in Sheila's studio or on jaunts that Sheila suggests.
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The exterior length and wheelbase of the Sedan is slightly more compact than the prior generation Accord while still providing improvements in key interior dimensions including rear legroom and trunk volume. The result is a spacious all-new Accord that boasts a sportier appearance, more responsive handling and improved driving dynamics.
From the tip of the front bumpers to the end of the exhaust finishers, literally nothing was left unexamined when redesigning the Accord. This includes major elements like the unit-body, sheet metal, glass and aerodynamics, along with interior features and electronic systems, the engines and transmissions, the chassis components, and the many safety systems. Despite the complete generational changes, however, the 2013 Accord Sedan and Coupe are still tightly focused on providing the same long-established blend of unbeatable Honda safety and security, value for money, fun-to-drive performance and handling, and passenger comfort and convenience.


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It sounds like a riddle doesn't it? Well, in some ways it is. Plastic is an increasing burden on our landfills and recycling efforts. Wouldn't it be great if we could just zap the plastic and make it go away? Well, yes!
The answer to the riddle has apparently been demonstrated by Global Resource Corporation: a plastic is no longer a plastic when you zap it with 1200 frequencies of microwaves tuned to interact with hydrocarbons!
Quite literally, the plastic melts and/or reverts back into a liquid and/or gaseous state, in the form of diesel, combustible gas and whatever non-hydrocarbon materials may have been included in the product.
A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level - turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas.
All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and - hey presto! - a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers).
Key to GRC's process is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials. As the material is zapped at the appropriate wavelength, part of the hydrocarbons that make up the plastic and rubber in the material are broken down into diesel oil and combustible gas.
"Anything that has a hydrocarbon base will be affected by our process," says Jerry Meddick, director of business development at GRC, based in New Jersey. "We release those hydrocarbon molecules from the material and it then becomes gas and oil."
Whatever does not have a hydrocarbon base is left behind, minus any water it contained as this gets evaporated in the microwave.
This follows on the heels of another new waste disposal technology utilizing plasma (the fourth state of matter after solids, liquids and gases).
It seems these are the ways of the future!
Though, one jokingly hopes the no equivalent technology can be adapted that works on living flesh in a similar way or we may have just invented our first 'death ray'...


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Debating between a ZaggMate case (brushed aluminum) or the newer ZaggFolio case---both w/ wireless keyboards for my new iPad (3Gen).
Anyone have either of these and if so...you are happy?
Debating between a ZaggMate case (brushed aluminum) or the newer ZaggFolio case---both w/ wireless keyboards for my new iPad (3Gen).
Anyone have either of these and if so...you are happy?
I have both cases.
* keyboard is cramped. I find I make alot of typing errors with the zaggmate.
* no protection for back of iPad (the aluminum *can* scratch unless you're very careful)
Zagg folio
* more space between keys, easier to type faster & more accurately
* protects back of iPad
* adds a little more weight but is super protective
* comfortable to use whether on your lap (as a laptop) or on a desk/table
* available in varying case and keyboard colors
I prefer the zagg folio. You may want to try both to see which works best for you. I believe Best Buy carries both.
I agree with Karen! I have both and the folio is much better
I have the ZaggMate case, and absolutely love it. Don't think I could have an iPad without one.
I do need to get some kind of back cover on the iPad though. Will have to research them, to make sure the iPad will still fit into the Zagg.
I carry my iPad around with me everywhere I go, and I feel confident enough that nothing will happen to the iPad. I am pretty careful.
My iPad like my iPhone, I don't want to add a lot of bulk to them. So the Zagg is good with me
This good to know. I had the Zagg mate in my first gen iPad and hated it. Just bought he Zagg Folio w/ keyboard for my new third gen iPad and it's a world of difference. I assumed it was the same keyboard, but now I know it's not.
iPad 3rd gen 64 GB 4G
Title says it all..: Does Zaggfolio fit 1st Gen iPad? Thx in advance
I have the Zagg Folio and I used to have the Zagg Mate and the Zagg Folio is just way better.
Zagg Mate:
-Cramped Keys
-Offers no protection to the back of the iPad
-Scrathes the back of the iPad
Zagg Folio:
-More space between keys
-Offers quite a lot of protection
-The iPad doesn't get scratched
On the whole the Zagg Folio is better. On top of this, the esthetics of the Zagg Folio are better, as it comes in different colors for the case and the keyboard and with adoption for being leather. I recommend the Zagg Keyboard for working and also for just writing stuff.
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The Zagg Mate is for 1st Gen. iPad. However, the Zagg Folio was made for 2nd generation iPad, and thus works with 3rd generation, but does not support the first generation.
How does one disassemble the ZAGGMATE? I've had mine for two years and it has been flawless . . . Until now. Somehow, either there is crud under the on/off switch or a possible break in the solder at the switch, but I' m having trouble switching it on. At first it was intermittent. Now, well, as you said, it is all but dead. Since it's well out of warranty, I might just disassemble it a try to repair it. I have come to rely upon it and, since it is discontinued and I still limping along with an iPad 1st gen, I can't just replace it.
Standing by,
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Love my ZAGGmate for 1st gen iPad. Unfortunately it has died.


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I spend around 2-3 hours a day listening to a podcast that contains technical information on a steep career learning curve. I was trying to play catch up on this podcast that publishes once a week but was recorded around 90 weeks ago. So over the last three months I've been listening to one weekly podcast a day.
The input actions and projects from the podcasts could be research this website, research this tool, test this tool, read this book, subscribe to this podcast, read this article etc. I could input between 10-15 projects/actions a day. These get inputted onto my PPC and then at the end of the day this is sync'd to my Outlook client. These appear as tasks under the category of None.
I am as of this morning up-to-date on the podcast BUT I have a very long list of actions and projects to sort through in the None category. I currently have around 120-150 projects on the go as it is. When I sort through this None list it could be in the 300-400 range.
What I would like to know is do I spend the time sorting through this list creating actions and projects from them and then review them to look at adding more to someday/maybe or do I place them all in Someday/Maybe now, review my current project list and then shuffle around?
Also what happens next week when the next podcast is released? I really need to keep on top of this. But ultimately this is only one podcast that I'm listening to in order to increase my knowledge and make progress. This is before I even open up my RSS feeder.
Grateful for any help.


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I am a co-founder of an advanced tech start-up. We are in the pre-financing stage. We are in negotiations with a Finder. The finder is knowledgeable about the industry and will play a role not only in making introductions, but as the operator of a separate organization which, on behalf of the investors, will provide advisory and audit services to ensure that the company in staying the course.
The proposed terms of the deal include both a contingency (cash) and up-front equity.
My question: Is up-front equity typical under any scenario?


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The Griffith Observatory: "Centered in the Universe"
"Space… the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before."
Cue music, roll credits, and, oh yeah, inspire a generation of kids in the 90's to look up at the stars and go "whoa".
Needless to say, I was one of those kids. Star Trek (The Next Generation, specifically) was my first experience with science fiction and with space. Unlike the Galaxy-class starships in the show, however, space is real; we can see it, measure it, and, for those lucky few with space suits, immerse ourselves in its not-actually-vacuous vacuum. And, even though I never had any aspirations of being an astronaut, I did start looking at the night sky differently. I watched it with new eyes; really taking in its beauty.
Space really is an awesome thing and it's that awesomeness (a word rendered more and more meaningless by the day) that inspired the creation of the Griffith Observatory. When Griffith J. Griffith looked through the 60-inch telescope at Mount Wilson he was deeply moved. According to John Ansen Ford, Griffith had said that "If all mankind could look through that telescope, it would change the world!"[i] With that, Griffith set out to make accessible to the public and, in 1912, gave the City of Los Angeles one hundred thousand dollars for the construction of the observatory.
Since moving to Southern California in 2008, I've only been to the Griffith Observatory twice and it is the second trip of the two that is the impetus of this paper. Earlier this month, I went with my friend Lea to see the planetarium show "Centered in the Universe". Now, I am a very science-minded person, so when you stick me in a building that is filled to the brim with that much science and awesome (this time used in the colloquial sense) I get… excitable. Going through the halls before the show time, I was, with no exaggeration, bouncing. Even though I had seen most of it before, having grown up wanting to be a scientist (but having no head for math), everything was just too damn cool. Thankfully, Lea is just as geeky and just as enamored with space as I, so at least I wasn't annoying to her. I can't speak for the other guests, though.
As energized as I was, though, I had a foe in that planetarium. See, most planetariums have two qualities in common.
- They are dark.
- The audience is meant to lie back in order to watch the show.
These on their own are not bad. However, combine that with the fact that I went to see the show on a Thursday (this same day I have this class and the same day I wake up at 7 am for another class) and the fact that I commute by bike, and, suddenly, the situation begins to become perilous. What tipped it over the edge was the seats… my god, those seats. Outside of a Lay-Z-Boy showroom or a Mercedes S-class sedan, those seats must have been the most comfortable seats I have ever been in. What began as an exciting and harmless trip to the planetarium ended up becoming a tooth and nail fight against the force of gravity against my eyelids. And, while I never actually fell asleep, there were, admittedly, a few moments when the narrator's voice became… fuzzy.
"Centered in the Universe" is a film that transports you through time and space. From the Great Library of Alexandria, where we see Ptolemy charting the stars with an armillary sphere, to the surface of Mars, the film shows us how the night sky has shaped our cultures as a species. It shows us the stars and what our ancestors saw in them; shapes, creatures, people… stories. And, using the line that is both the stuff of poetry and science, it shows us how we fit into the universe and how the universe fits within us; that we are stardust.
When I say "it", though, I am making a bit of an error. I really should be saying "they". See, "Centered in the Universe" is not a traditional sort of film. It's really more like a theatrical experience with the film and a live, in-person narrator acting in concert to spin the narrative yarn. And the technology behind the film is no slouch either. While most film makers are content with IMAX or even traditional movie theater projectors that use bulbs, the planetarium decided, "No, that simply will not do". Instead, they use two digital LASER projectors and a dedicated, fiber optic star projector. [ii]
This massive array of technology does come with some unique issues, however. Due to the nature of the screen being hemispherical, the film had to be composed with its shape in mind. As a result a 180 degree fisheye lens was the only type that could be used during filming. In addition, the post production aspects were also challenging. With the image size of the film being nearly six times the size of traditional films, the computers used for editing and effects were pushed to their limits and beyond. [iii]
However, the combined efforts of all those who contributed to this experience is absolutely and emphatically not in vain. "Centered in the Universe" is a unique experience that can, in no way, be duplicated at home. YouTube will never be able to replicate it and you'll never find it on The Pirate Bay. In many ways, this is like the experience of enjoying a theater performance where the actors go into the audience: it is an experience that must be enjoyed in its original form to be truly appreciated. In order to experience it, you must simply do exactly that. This film, even in my drowsy state, left an impact on me and I will certainly go back and view it again, Red Bull in hand.
[i] Hansen, C., Wang, M., & Cook, A. (2013, 11 18). A HISTORY OF GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY. Retrieved from Griffith Observatory: http://www.griffithobs.org/obshist.html
[ii] Griffith Observatory. (2013, 11 18). The Samuel Oschin Planetarium. Retrieved from Griffith Observatory: http://www.griffithobservatory.org/bsoplanet.html#laser
[iii] Devor, M. (2007, Summer). "Centered in the Universe". Frinds of the Observatory Update, pp. 4-9.
How feline tendencies sparked my interest in electronics.
Curiosity is a strange thing. Some people consider it a curse. Others, a gift. Some, the means of feline demise.
Personally, I'm grateful for my inherent curiosity. To me, nothing is ever a black box; an unknowable device. Things work and they work for reasons and if I don't or am not allowed to know those reasons then I am left a little more than slightly unsatisfied. This behavior, near as I can tell, started when I was a kid. I would always ask my dad or my mom to explain to me how things worked. "Where does electricity come from? Why does the car need gas? Why doesn't the tape work anymore?" (I had pulled the tape out of the cassette.)
At one point or another, my parents game me a small screwdriver set and, perhaps unsurprisingly to them, most of my toys with any sort of electronic components were rather unceremoniously disassembled; parts strewn, wires haphazardly cut… the floor of my room began to resemble the bastard son of a Radio Shack and Toys'r'Us. These parts were then scotch-taped to various machines I had built from my K'Nex. Motors connected to wheels and various LED's mounted to the front would turn a motionless, dull model into real car that drove! (And crashed!) Thankfully, my parents never discouraged my chop shop approach to learning and, eventually, I was even able to put things that I had taken apart back together as a functioning whole.
Though I didn't know it, there was a word for what I was and am: a Maker. Not just a "maker", as in "a producer of goods", but a "Maker". Capital "M". As in a person who hacks things, making what was old new and new again. Chevrolet actually coined the term back in 1960, calling makers people who "build for use as well as building for fun".(1) Makers, connected by institutions like hackerspaces and online communities like Instructables, have become a cultural force, prompting the innovation of technologies aimed at passionate hobbyists and tinkerers; technologies like small scale 3D Printers, suitcase sized CNC(2) machines, and portable 3D scanners. In 2005, however, one particular product was created that sparked a massive change in the accessibility of one of the maker community's most powerful tools: the microcontroller.
A microcontroller is, simply put, a small computer on a chip and, despite their often limited computational horsepower, they provide the ability to imbue a project with some intelligence and even autonomy. For a person building a thing, this means they don't have to manually change the state of their thing; they just have to program their microcontroller to do it for them. If you wanted a device to beep when a button was pressed or a light to turn on or a motor to spin, you could now do that with a few lines of code in which you could define the exact conditions that needed to be met before any action was taken; the microcontroller was bridge between the virtual and the physical world. The reigning king of hobby level microcontrollers since the early 90's was Parallax's BASIC Stamp but buying one was an investment: $100 for the starter kit. For most beginning hobbyists, including myself, this was too high of a barrier to entry.
All of this changed in 2005 with the release of the Arduino.(3) Designed to be learned on, the Arduino was small, easy to use, and, most importantly, cheap. Costing only $35, the popularity of the Arduino boomed and very quickly became the de facto microcontroller for beginning Makers. Not only that, but other types of people began using it too: fashionistas wanting to experiment with e-textiles(4), libraries wanting to run their own hardware(5), and even scientists in need of cheap lab equipment(6). The Arduino fostered a new age in interactive projects and opened doors to a world where anyone who wanted to become a Maker could do so.
It's Christmas of 2010. I'm in college and, like most college students, I have more time than money and I had spent months reading about this new device that I had only just heard about. I knew of the Arduino and I had read about countless amazing projects that people had made that were powered by this little bit of blue PCB.(7) And, finally, now was my chance. My dear Aunt Emma, the saint that she is, gave me a gift card for Christmas; not to Target, or Walmart, or Barnes and Nobel (which I also would have loved), but to Amazon.com! No later than 5 minutes after I had thanked her profusely for her generous, thoughtful gift, I had hopped onto my computer and ordered my first Arduino: the Duemilanove. Standard shipping would have gotten it to me in 3-5 days but BY GOD I needed it now! I clicked "overnight" and the next day I sat in my garage on a lawn chair and waited for the rumbling of the big brown truck with my Arduino inside. As soon as I had signed his electronic pad, I ran to my room and set upon the box, rending it open and extracting its contents with the ferocity of a wolf on a lamb and the glee of a child with a signed affidavit of Santa Claus's existence by the man himself.
Forget "new car" smell; "new microcontroller" was a smell that, at that moment, could only bested by the scent of a beautiful woman's perfume floating in the air. Following the online tutorials, I plugged an LED(8), typed in some code, and sent the program to the microcontroller. It blinked! Igor had flipped the switch and IT WAS ALIVE! The LED began blinking every half-second and wouldn't stop; just as it was supposed to. Taking a leap, I stripped an audio cable and connected the Arduino to a speaker, then sent it some code that I had found on the internet. Without fail, it had begun playing the "Imperial March" from "Star Wars", one beepy, boopy note at a time.
From then on it was almost as if I was a kid again; hacking apart old printers for parts, my parents raising their eyebrows as I trundled up and down the stairs to my room with another victim to go under my screwdrivers. Whenever I had the money, I would buy another Arduino because I had very quickly learned that the optimal number of Arduinos one should own was N+1. I made devices that would monitor the status of the washing machine and send a signal upstairs when it was done with a load; I replaced the brains in my remote controlled cars and added sensors to make them little robots; there is an Arduino in my bicycle right now to control the turn signals on it! And it's controlled by Bluetooth!
Without a doubt, I went a little Arduino crazy, but it's a crazy I'm more than happy to live with because it opened up to me a whole world of creativity that I would never have been able to experience otherwise. Innovations like this are what allow us to push beyond what we know and peel away the outer shells of those closed systems. Take cellphones, for instance. They are, for most people, black boxes. But, recently, a man built his own cell phone based on a standard Arduino.(9) Why? Because he could. For me, the philosophy is the same. Arduinos, small 3D Printers, Tabletop CNCs, HackerSpaces… these are all products of the Maker mindset. Why should I have to settle for a mass produced product that doesn't fit what I need exactly when I can make something that does?
The Arduino is a device that let me bring a bit of digital control to my analog world. It changed my understanding of what I could do with electronics and became a vehicle for me to learn more about science, technology, and engineering. But it also acted as a way for me to expand my creative horizons. It might be hard to understand if you've never done it yourself, but it's not hard to find out what you're missing. Just $35, some time, and a healthy dose of curiosity.
2. CNC: A common term for computer controlled manufacturing tools such as mills, lathes, saws, and drills.
3. Arduino. (2013, 09). Arduino Board - Serial Interface. Retrieved from Arduino.cc: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardSerial
4. Buechley, L., & Eisenberg, M. (2007, November 30). The LilyPad Arduino: Toward Wearable Engineering for Everyone. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 12-15.
5. YOUNKER, J., & RIBARIC, T. (2013, June). Beyond Open Source Software: Solving Common Library Problems Using the Open Source Hardware Arduino Platform. Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research.
6. D'Ausilio, A. (2012, June). Arduino: A low-cost multipurpose lab equipment. Behavior Research Methods, 305-313.
7. PCB: Printed Circuit Board, traditionally green.
8. LED: Light Emitting Diode – a semiconductor diode that emits light when a voltage is applied to it and that is used especially in electronic devices. (LED, 2013)
9. xiaobo__. (2013, July 17). ArduinoPhone. Retrieved from Instrutables: http://www.instructables.com/id/ArduinoPhone/


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