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A back and forth battle between defending Los Padres League co-champion Santa Ynez and Nipomo boys soccer ended in a 3-3 draw on Tuesday. Santa Ynez stayed in a tie for first place in the league standings after Morro Bay and Cabrillo finished in a 0-0 draw.
Host Nipomo took an early lead with a ninth minute goal from Caleb Doane on a ball assisted by Jesus Valdez. The goal gave Nipomo a 1-0 lead into halftime. Santa Ynez tied it in the 46th minute on a goal from Diego Gutierrez. The Titans regained the lead in the 55th minute when Ben Jimenez assisted Brian Araujo on a score. The Pirates responded about ten minutes later tying it at 2-2. Aaron Robles found Doane for the senior's second goal of the game and 11th of the season to give Nipomo a 3-2 lead in the 79th minute. The game included seven minutes of stoppage time and it allowed Santa Ynez to tie it 3-3 on a penalty kick right before the end of regulation. Neither teams scored in the overtime periods resulting in the draw.
The Titans, who struggled early in the season, are 2-2-2 in league and 8-7-4 overall. Nipomo has gone 3-0-2 in the last few weeks. Santa Ynez is now 4-1-1 in league and 5-4-3 overall.
Red-hot Morro Bay had a first half goal from Joel Wilkie waved off due to an infraction in a match with Cabrillo that ended in a scoreless tie. The junior Wilkie fired a shot off the crossbar late in the game with the Pirates' sixth and final shot on goal in the match. The Morro Bay defense held the Cabrillo offense to zero shots on goal.
Morro Bay and Cabrillo are both 4-1-1 in LPL action and in a three-way tie for first with Santa Ynez.
Thursday, Morro Bay hosts Templeton, Santa Maria heads to Nipomo and Cabrillo hosts rival Lompoc. Santa Ynez returns to action Friday in a non-league game at home against Dunn.
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OK and now some real reviews with temperature results and stuff: Overclockers Club, Pureoverclock, PC Perspective. If you want to stay updated with the available reviews, keep a look here I think it is a great chassis (good build, interesting design, extensive feature) with great value
Lets see, cable management option, capability to place rad internally, tons of HDD bay, 5 5" drive bay, sleek look.. man.. this is WIN. I jist hope there is an NZXT distributor here.
That interior is gorgeous, need a windowed side panel to show it off, especially with the cable management inside, thats my only gripe of this lovely looking case (I like windows )
Awesome chassis...very nice would really like to have one. very interesting design but I have t agree, a window would have worked wonders for the overall look.
Looks very workable. Personally, I'd prefer an exterior that's a little more "understated", the alien spaceship shell is a bit much.
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well its a NZXT, so i fear that its gonna be like most of their cases, = good looks + bad quality letshope this will be much better, cause its def. a hot case
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I like it. Its one of the only cases that I like in white too. I think my next case is going to be a Fractal though- this case is pretty loud in the looks dept for my daily driver.
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Dec 26, 2010, 08:24 AM | |
The moment coefficient (maybe easier understood as a pitching moment) of a wing is dependent upon the critical shaping of the forward 25% of the airfoil, and also is dependent upon the actual implementation & trimming of the control surfaces (ailerons or elevons.) Especially when building a wing with independent servos for each control surface, the trimming of those surfaces combined with a bit of fine-tuning of the wing incidence and balance point result in the pitching moment of the wing being able to be trimmed quite effectively on most builds. (On the first dancer wings with the single aileron servo, I found through test-flying that having ~1/16 "droop" of the trailing edge of each aileron resulted in very good handling across the entire speed range.)
I'm guessing that most foamie scratch-built wings are not shaped to close enough tolerances where the pitching moment is looked at too closely in advance- scratch-builders typically do their control surface linkage adjusting during test flights until they get the best handling they can from a given build, then start thinking about the next build. And, of course, a foam wing can be heat-formed to modify it's contours to a certain extent after the main wing build if desired. For those making molded wing cores & precise hot-wire cut cores, selecting an airfoil profile for high speed flight tasks with a low pitching moment would be a detail to consider.... but again, with close to full-span trailing edge control surfaces, it may not be as much of an issue with anyone outside of the competition sailplane builders. Implementations of KF stepped discontinuities in fairly simple structural elements, which result in higher lift and reduced drag, along with more precise control surface response is something that is very much of interest to foamie scratch-builders. There's still a lot to be understood as we test-fly various configurations- (the simulation software may simply not be able to adequately evaluate the affects of these stepped discontinuities on the actual in-flight performance...) and the experimentation along the way is a lot of the fun! VIKING |
Dec 26, 2010, 03:17 PM | |
Ok, I understand now that the "moment" is pitching moment or pitching tendency, but how do I interpret "goodness" from the charts? For instance, the attached pic is a comparison of the two kfm's versus several other airfoils found on the Worldofkrauss website. The KFM's moment coefficients are lower, mostly straight lines with a minor blip at about -.3, and about average in slope. Should I interpret that to mean that they are resistant to pitching from the low values, and more consistant than typical foils because they are straight lines? Or am I just totally confused (probably!)?
Or, maybe Viking's comments are right on, and all the theoretical/computer simulation/modeling is not accurate enough to predict performance of our size/types of wings and on field testing is required. |
Dec 26, 2010, 04:17 PM | |
The pitching moment of the wing is what requires a tail down force from the elevator. Less moment requires less force for stability. If the pitching moment is negative, a tail up force is required.
You want some pitching moment for positive pitch stability. Too much and you waste lift countering the moment. If you have a free flight plane, you want quite a bit of moment, so the plane rights itself quickly. This is an over simplification, and not a complete explanation, but hopefully it gives you an idea of what the moment curve is all about. Roger |
Dec 26, 2010, 08:19 PM | |
so, assuming the charts are correct (for discussion purposes), the larger negative valuse of the kfm's would indicate that they will require a tail up force to maintain a straight and level flight? I don't think I see that on my planes. Setting wing incidence to zero (regardless of high or low wing) It seems like I can just set the elevator at neutral and planes fly just fine, and aren't pitch sensitive. Could it be the earlier good lift (at lower angles of attack) that compensates?
Dec 27, 2010, 10:50 AM | |
The elevons on my KFm2 sloper wings are set at neutral and fly perfectly, right side and up side down, no reflex needed with the CG I run with. I can hover on the edge at zero ground speed, where with my non-KF'd I can't. That's with the step at 40% of the wing, not including elevons.
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??? Doesn't a negative pitching moment lead to the reflex on a flying wing to keep the nose up? |
Dec 30, 2010, 03:30 PM | |
Chord line incidence of KF3
I'm finding (especially on the recent 58" span & 62" span shaped airfoil structure MH32/KF3P wing builds) that the wings glide a bit more cleanly & efficiently if the trailing edge of the wing is shimmed up off the plane of the horizontal stabilizer. With the airfoil shaping and the resulting raised entry point of the leading edge, the wings have a fair amount of positive incidence in the resulting chord line- positive incidence relative to the wing's own bottom surface, which is flat for the aft ~80% of chord. So they simply glide more cleanly with the trailing edge raised slightly, and with the balance fine-tuned for optimum glide efficiency performance. This is something worth considering and experimenting with on some wing builds. The idea is to end up with the aircraft gliding efficiently with the elevator zeroed to the horizontal stabilizer, not trimmed out of zero alignment. VIKING |
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Jan 01, 2011, 12:33 PM | |
A thread of interest regarding KFm Airfoils
I wanted to make everyone aware of a thread that was started on one of these RC Groups forms in Modeling Science which pertains to many questions about the KFm airfoils.
Modeling Science: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1329266 A fairly large amount of information has been posted on the site which might be of interest to you. Here is a sample of some of the data... http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...ying-wing.html |
Jan 09, 2011, 10:13 AM | |
Optimizing the depth & contours of the shallow KF3P discontinuities
I continue to brain-storm on how to build a foamie wing that shows the benefits of implementing stepped discontinuities in the aft 50% of the airfoil's top surface, while minimizing or eliminating the 'drag penalties' associated with deep squared step contours. On 9-27-2010, I designed the MH32/KF3P airfoil build which uses shallower depth steps and uses a (~flat) panel running from the primary step at 48% of chord back to a shallower secondary stepped discontinuity at 70% to 75% of chord. (The relative positions of these discontinuities are tapered forward towards the wings leading edge as the wing tapers towards the wing tips.) On 12-24-2010, I drew up the wing structure profile below, changing the contour of the front surface of the stepped discontinuity 'pocket' to a rounded profile which should allow for smoother airflow in the recirculating flow behind that rounded step. Dick Kline converted the structure drawing into the black silhouette, & I then did a bit of modifying from there to have this version show my optimized concept. (I've actually also added an aileron hinge line gap cover on the wing's lower surface to further minimize drag in that area.) Do these shallow discontinuity structures actually trap a continuous recirculating vortex? Or are they simply very effective turbulating structures which achieve the purpose of minimizing massive boundary layer airflow separations, while also minimizing drag? With only a ~2mm to 3mm depth to the primary step, and only 2mm max height of the secondary step structure, the recirculating vortexes themselves which are theorized to occur may not be very extensive, chord-wise, yet they may be keeping the airflow behind that shallow structure turbulated and thereby they may be effectively preventing massive airflow (lift) separations. In the case of the second shallower discontinuity which is located within 1/2" of the aileron hinge line, the shallower depth of this step in this location seems to *improve* the aircraft's response to aileron deflection at all airspeeds... again, possibly by producing a turbulated surface layer airflow that does not easily separate from the aileron's surface. (The thin clean trailing edges of the ailerons also contribute their part to the wing's precise response to aileron deflection.) I'll be adding these rounded contours to the stepped discontinuities on the 62" MH32/KF3P wing this morning, and hopefully get in some test flying with this wing mounted on the DANCER III sleek EPP fuselage before the next snow storm moves in later today. It's more challenging to evaluate a wing's performance during cold weather with irregular air.... it would be nice to have some good thermal or slope conditions to really do the test flying... But I'll see what I can observe today. VIKING ImagesView all Images in thread |
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Whereas the kids segment is dominated by a very large world at the upper age range (Club Penguin), a handful of long-established worlds (Neopets and Webkinz) and a smaller (but growing) group of worlds, the Tween/Teen sector is more distributed.
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Word/Quiz Games: These are typically text-based (with supporting graphics) that are quiz, general knowledge, logic or solution based. Examples would be Words With Friends, Scrabble and the Puzzler series. These games appeal most to adult gamers, with a slight bias towards males. Age-wise the prime segment is 25 years and older.
Nurturing: These are typically graphics-led games involving virtual pets, character/avatar customisation and other games with nurturing mechanics, including cooking. Examples would be Talking Tom, Tap Tap Hotel, Ovi Pets, Stardoll and other virtual pet games. These games appeal to kids, tweens and early teens with a strong bias towards girls/females.
Resource Management: These are typically games whereby users have to gather, harvest and manage assets within a gaming environment which often resembe a 2 or 2.5D virtual world. Importantly though, these games are typically not avatar driven. These games on SocNets heavily leverage the social graph and examples include FarmVille (and 'X'-Ville variants), Hay Day, Cafe World, Airport City, GalaStories and Sim City. These games appeal most to adult gamers and in particular women aged 30+.
Light Virtual World: These are typically games based around the principles of virtual worlds and are usually avatar-driven with elements such as room customisation and socialisation. Examples would be YoVille, Social Life, KingsRoad, Avataria, Habbo Hotel, Happy Life, sMeet, Sanalike and HeroZero. These games appeal most to young and middle-aged adults with a bias towards women.
So, here's the chart showing the Paying Conversion rates for Facebook games. Nurturing games come out top for user monetization rates with Quiz games in second place. Light virtual worlds moved into third highest place from Q2 2012.
Here's the same chart, this time showing iOS games.
Quiz games come out top for user monetization rates on iOS. Light virtual worlds come in at second place for iOS compared to third place for Facebook games.
Casual games and Resource Mgmt games performed lowest for both Facebook and iOS.
In addition to our on-going analysis and consulting performed in the virtual world / MMO markets, KZero also offers a full suite of consulting and analytics services for developers of Facebook and iOS games. This post is the first in a series examining key metrics for popular SocNet games on Facebook along with popular iOS games.By popular, we mean over 100k MAUs in June 2013 for Facebook games and over 100k downloads for iOS games.
To start with, we're looking at the Engagement Metrics, commonly known as DAU/MAU, or, Daily Active Users as a % of Monthly Active Users. This metric is extremely useful for assessing how often players return to a game during a monthly period.
Nurturing: These are typically graphics-led games involving virtual pets, character/avatar customisation and other games with nurturing mechanics(such as cooking). Examples would be Talking Tom, Tap Tap Hotel, Ovi Pets, Stardoll and other virtual pet games. These games appeal to kids, tweens and early teens with a strong bias towards girls/females.
First off, here's the Engagement chart for Facebook games, showing quarterly data from Q1 2011 to Q2 2013.
Focussing on DAU/MAU, games with Nurturing mechanics have the highest engagement. This isn't too surprising due to the underlying game activities related to Nurturing, such as caring for and interacting with virtual pets and avatar customization. It's a concept well-used over in the virtual world sector for encouraging users to log-in as much as possible. Also, users (and in particular younger ones) can often feel a strong bond and sense of 'ownership' to games with the Nurturing mechanic.
The game genre with the second highest engagement (as at Q2 2013) is Quiz games. Quite often these games leverage the social graph meaning 'friend play requests' is a key driver for encouraging repeat usage. The use of daily/weekly leaderboards is also a great way of getting users to re-engage with games on a more frequent basis.
The game genre with the lowest engagement metric is Casual Games. These games are often used for 'quick game fixes', meaning that they don't typically have over-arching narratives or reasons to play on a frequent basis – the games can be played in a short user session without the need to continually return to the game in order to advance or level-up.
Here's the same chart for iOS games.
On a like-for-like basis, iOS games generally have a lower Engagement metric than Facebook games.
Nurturing, the top game genre for Facebook games is also the top genre for iOS for Engagement. Quiz games, which is second highest for Facebook games is in third place for iOS games, with Light VWs taking second place. Casual games has the lowest engagement for both Facebook and iOS games.
Next up, we'll be looking at the Paying User Conversion rate (Paying Users as a % of Active Users).
Following on from an earlier post showing early stage visuals for the Amerinet Virtual Facility (AVF), we're delighted to present a finished product.
The AVF is a 3D (Unity) environment showcasing over 50 Amerinet supplier products and services. Accessible via browser, Android tablets and iPads, the AVF includes two patient rooms, an operating room, pharmacy and lobby to display a spectrum of solutions from Amerinet suppliers that can help drive more meaningful improvements to Amerinet members.
Here's the presentation:
And following on from the last post, here's a Slideshare presentation showing early stage visuals for the Amerinet Virtual Facility.
When Amerinet (a leading US healthcare solutions organization) wanted to develop a 3D virtual medical facility, they called in KZero.
We've been working with them for several months developing the Amerinet Virtual Facility (AVF). A full 3D virtual environment containing a wide range of healthcare and medical products/services. The AVF is a sales and marketing tool, allowing customers to view and interact with products, obtain contract details and request further information.
The AVF is being developed in Unity and once launched, will be accessible via browser, iOS devices and Android tablets.
Here our some early stage visuals (and here's the Slideshare presentation) showing the initial design approach and product models. As we move towards full launch we'll be publishing visuals and fly-throughs of the full facility.
Kidswire, the supporting news site for the Digital Kids Conference has just released audio from all the presentations. How nice of them. The KZero session is here and starts from 21:48. As with all our presentations and most of our reports, can you view it on Slideshare, embedded below.
Here's the latest trailer for the upcoming Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return movie. Created by Summertime Entertainment, KZero was tasked with creating the virtual world strategy to support the film. Development of the virtual world is nearing completion, coinciding with the pre-launch promotional activity for the film. Watch this space!
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I can't tell you how many times I've heard the story about the person who is so embittered by a bad breakup that hating the other person consumes their thoughts and practically their whole life. It's okay to be angry, but eventually you have to allow yourself to move on from something like that or it will imprison you in a bad place. Let go of anger and resentment so you can fill that void with something positive. Don't let someone that has hurt you continue to do so after they're long gone.
Maybe your sweetheart isn't that sweet to you or maybe your friend isn't that friendly. Maybe you need to let go of the toxic people who are holding you back. Do a little spring cleaning in the social department. It's hard to walk away from someone and let all that history go, but let's face it, if that someone only makes you confused or upset and brings you more tears than smiles, let go and make room in your heart and in your schedule for someone deserving of you.
Let go of life's junk. Maybe that literally means cleaning out the tangible junk in your life. Cleaning house and home or a storage closet or a bedroom can make you feel extremely accomplished. I have a big family and therefore a lot of stuff, so I have to do this often as they continue to grow, acquire new hobbies and interests…and shoes. It feels so good to clean it out and donate it! Let go of the junk and start to live a better life.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Today, Jaguars defensive back Terrance Knighton returned to the field with his teammates.
Knighton spent the first two days of training camp relatively on the sidelines after a devastating eye injury in April.
Knighton was at a nightclub in Jacksonville when a fight broke out. Knighton tried to get in the middle of the brawl and in the process, a broken bottle hit him in the face, rupturing his left eye.
"I got to the hospital and I seen how much my eye was bleeding and you know, I couldn't see and the doctors was telling me, 'Well, what can you see?' And I was like, 'I can't see anything,'" Knighton explained.
The defensive tackle could not see anything out of his left eye for three weeks.
"I did not think he was going to be able to retain the eye to be able to play again," shared Dr. Frank Bowden of Bowden Eye Associates. "He could just see light and dark and that's bad."
Dr. Bowden performed two different surgeries within one week, including an emergency procedure one Saturday night when Knighton called complaining of severe eye pressure. It took twenty stiches to hold together Knighton's splintered eye. RELATED: Jaguars' Knighton has eye surgery after 'incident'
"You know it just started to sink in you know like, well I play football," Knighton said quietly. "I mean, I gotta be able to see."
Knighton said the most difficult part of his injury was wondering why it had happened. He said the first two months after the injury were incredibly difficult, but Knighton finally realized it was out of his hands.
Dr. Bowden gives Knighton credit for taking control of his recovery, learning about the medications he is taking and keeping close tabs on how his eye feels.
"You know, sometimes I forget I have an eye injury," smiled Knighton. "You know, [be]cause I'm out there working out and driving ... It just feels good to finally be able to function again on my own."
Dr. Bowden said Knighton's eyes should not be "the limiting factor" in the defensive back's play this season.
Knighton said he finally understands why his injury happened and what he is supposed to learn from it. "I wouldn't change it," nodded Knighton.
"I think it's a lesson learned you know what I mean and you know at this time in my life, being 26 years old I think, you know, it was time for me to have a eye-opener."
Last Wednesday, Knighton went into the doctor's office for a routine eye test. His left eye tested 20/20, but Knighton will continue to see Dr. Bowden every couple of weeks throughout the season to keep an eye on his healing.
Bowden explained that eye injuries can take six months to a year to fully heal. To help protect Knighton's eye, he will be wearing a helmet with added eye protection all season.
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1954 game by Milton Bradley. Box is soiled and rubbed on edges and has two torn corners. Has board and 164 plastic game pieces(no parts listed so I'm not sure if this is the original number of pieces which came with the game....perhaps someone could tell me). The cover on this version is not the same TV series cover as the 1970's version....it pictures the game board.


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Thousands of jumbo squid have beached themselves on central California shores this week, committing mass "suicide." But despite decades of study into the phenomenon in which the squid essentially fling themselves onto shore, the cause of these mass beachings have been a mystery.
But a few intriguing clues suggest poisonous algae that form so-called red tides may be intoxicating the Humboldt squid and causing the disoriented animals to swim ashore in Monterey Bay, said William Gilly, a marine biologist at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, Calif.
Each of the strandings has corresponded to a red tide, in which algae bloom and release an extremely potent brain toxin, Gilly said. This fall, the red tides have occurred every three weeks, around the same time as the squid beachings, he said. (The squid have been stranding in large numbers for years, with no known cause.)
"It's not exactly a smoking gun, but it's pretty circumstantial evidence that there is some link," Gilly told LiveScience. [See Photos of the Stranded Humboldt Squid]
Decades old mystery
For decades, beach lovers have reported bizarre mass strandings where throngs of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also called jumbo squid, fling themselves ashore, said Hannah Rosen, a marine biology doctoral candidate at the Hopkins Marine Station.
"For some reason they just start swimming for the beach," Rosen told LiveScience. "They'll asphyxiate because they're out of the water too long. People have tried to throw them back in the water, and a lot of times the squid will just head right back for the beach."
Before this, scientists in 2002 and 2006 noticed mass squid strandings from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to Alaska, Gilly said.
But the cause of the mass squid deaths was an enigma. The strandings seem to happen whenever schools of squid invade new territory, leading some to suggest the creatures simply get lost and don't realize they are out of the water until it is too late. The squid washing ashore are juvenile size, about 1 foot (0.3 meters) long, and hadn't been traveled to Monterey Bay before this fall. This season's stranding, which started Oct. 9, happened around the time Humboldt squid entered the bay.
Deadly algae
Other scientists have proposed that red tides that release a lethal toxin called domoic acid may be intoxicating the squid and disorienting them. But when researchers tested the stranded squid for domoic acid, they found only trace amounts of the chemical, Gilly said.
The poisonous chemical mimics a brain chemical called glutamate in mammals, though domoic acid is 10,000 times more potent than glutamate. The similar structure means domoic acid can bind to glutamate receptors on neurons. In turn, the receptor opens channels that let calcium into the cell. At high levels the poison causes brain cells to go haywire and fire like crazy, so much that they fill up with calcium, burst and die, Gilly said. [10 Weird Facts About the Brain]
Humans who eat shellfish contaminated with this red-tide toxin get amnesic shellfish poisoning, because the toxin destroys their brain's memory center called the hippocampus. Sea lions that eat similarly poisoned anchovies or krill go into seizures or become disoriented and behave bizarrely.


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I'm trying to teach myself Python, I love Instagram, and I have this little thermal printer. So I decided to make an ASCIIGRAM - ascii Instagram feed.
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As an educator, Lesley graduate Joanie Andruss believes that the experience of cultural exchange is vital to effective teaching in an interconnected world.
Monday, May 13, 2013
In February, 2013, Joanie Andruss earned her Master of Education Degree in the Self Designed Master's Degree Program in the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences at Lesley University. And, she couldn't have been happier about it, until she received a special letter. Her excitement mushroomed when she learned that she won a Fulbright Award to work in Montenegro with English Language Learners in 2013-14.
Joanie grew up in magnificent rural settings from Southeast Alaska to Eastern Oregon. She became a nature enthusiast at a very young age, and had the unique childhood experience of growing up as a student of nature. Her family imbued her with reverence for the earth and all of its riches. As an undergraduate student, Joanie observed a lack of environmental awareness in her fellow teaching candidates.
Joanie articulates her passion for her work brilliantly: "The lack of awareness in my fellow teaching candidates propelled me into my graduate studies in which I've pursued the question of how to build cultural and ecological sustainability awareness among pre-service teachers."
Joanie added that, "Marion Nesbit was my faculty adviser, an inspirational person at Lesley, where the culture of learning is so advanced, I was able to combine intercultural competency, global citizenship, and sustainability awareness. And, I was encouraged to apply for this Fulbright Award."
When Joanie's faculty advisor, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Marion Nesbit, PhD., was contacted about Joanie, she was proud and moved by her gifted student's achievement, "It was a true privilege and pleasure to serve as Joanie's core faculty advisor over the course of her degree program. Joanie's work was masterful, as she applied Integral Theory and methodology to cultivating critical global citizenship in teacher education." Dr. Nesbit went on to share, "I believe that these master's accomplishments at Lesley provide a terrific foundation in transformative international education and cultivation of global citizenship for Joanie's Fulbright service in Montenegro."
More thoughts from Joanie, this extraordinary recent Lesley graduate: "In order to explore the world and deepen my understanding of global sustainability issues, I have sought opportunities to conduct research in Sāmoa and American Sāmoa. This experience allowed me to take a group of education students to the South Pacific, many of whom had never left the confines of Idaho, thereby sparking a sense of travel and expanded perspectives in a group of new educators. Considering that I have just turned 25, I feel very grateful for the richness of these opportunities. As an educator, I believe that the experience of cultural exchange is vital to effective teaching in an interconnected world."
Joanie is awaiting further details of her Fulbright, and she encourages students at Lesley to apply, "I encourage anyone interested in pursuing a Fulbright to apply to a country or program that best fits their passions and skills."
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So I'm in a class which deals with peer editing papers from all the classes at my school. Today we were editing papers written on the subject of what business would you create and how? It was meant as a practice for the CAHSEE and was supposed to be serious.
One paper of astonishing oddness came across my desk. Grammar and spelling wise it was exceptional for the sophomore normal English papers, but... the content... Well here's what it said more or less:
I would start a business selling cupcakes. I would call this business Fluffycakes, because that name is cute and sweet and no one would suspect a thing.
My workers would be 5 yo Chinese sweatshop workers trained in North Korea.
My patrons would be dogs, polar bears, and guys named Steve and anyone else who wanted cupcakes.
I would advertise by getting a dog, attaching a sign to it that says "Buy Fluffycakes so I can eat tonight" and sending it door to door.
I would get the initial money needed to start the business from grave robbing.
The writer was a lot more eloquent and detailed but my whole class wrote responses to it... It was a lot darker than that too. It was entirely coherent and great writing though, which is what was so weird. I wondered if they were high or something...


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The embedded DRAM is expected to be used to enable the use of anti-aliasing and high definition graphics with almost no cost to system performance.
"The next-generation Xbox platform will provide gamers with a highly advanced graphics experience," said Todd Holmdahl, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Product Group. "NEC Electronics' cutting-edge embedded DRAM technology plays a vital role in enabling our graphics engine's performance, while its manufacturing process provides a reliable resource that can deliver the volumes required to support what will be an extremely popular gaming platform."


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Obese people face nearly threefold higher odds of dying from a flu infection and should be given priority access to flu shots, according to the authors of a new study challenging well-accepted assumptions about who is most at risk of death from influenza.
The global study by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., suggests obesity should be considered a new and dangerous risk factor for serious complications from flu.
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...got cut off at the airport. I see a couple circumstances for failsafe behavior.
In manual mode, if the autopilot doesn't have a solution, the kill/deadman switch needs to engage. I think this has to be the default setting. It should probably enable that way for each flight unless specifically changed each time. The reason for that being that every flight is different and unless you have a specific plan for failsafe and operate mindfully in a manner that makes sure the specific failsafe you set is the correct choice, you're back to square one and should kill the throttle so you don't crash under power.
If the autopilot has the sensor data and proper information to make a decision then obviously engaging an auto mode failsafe would be the safest thing. In the most simple case the autopilot only knows it's altitute. In that case you would loiter for some set time then descend before battery/gas runs out. Shortly before landing it should cut throttle completely and glide in. For this mode you need a defined crash/ditch area. The geofence could work for this for now. A quad could land normally as long as it knows it's location.
In a more normal case the autopilot has all sensors working and simply returns to base or executes it's mission as desired.
In any case, if control is lost it must cut power before hitting the ground. So if you lose manual control and have enough information to switch to auto it should. If the autopilot loses control (physical damage or sensor failure) and the auto doesn't know where it is or can't effectively control the craft... it needs to reduce speed as best as possible and cut power right before it crashes.
All of those failsafes should be possible to disable, and whatever crazy scheme you want put in place. But you would ONLY use that if you're operating far enough away from other people that the craft couldn't possibly reach a populated area. If you're flying in farmland the potential for crashing into someone would be remote enough to be an acceptable risk in some circumstances.
I think all of this is pretty straight forward. You're always expected to take the safest course of action and that's always going to be killing the throttle unless you have a safer option. Totally losing control without cutting the power is never going to be acceptable because it puts people at greater risk. You just get further from your safe operating area with less chance of regaining control and less idea where it's going to crash. Cutting the engine also might well reduce radio interference or raise the voltage enough to regain control and glide back.
Jake, I do machine safety as part of my job. I'm quite aware of how things work. Unfortunately, technical details are often lost on lawyers, which is why things sometimes seem to be black and white, when they should not be.
So when I'm programming the emergency stop feature of a machine (something I do often as my job), I have to ask myself "How fast should this machine stop?" It's often possible to program the drive system to try to stop it within 0.1 seconds. A person such as yourself might say this is the obvious was to go.
The problem lies in the REALITY of the physical world. If I program the drive to stop that fast, it is very likely to result in a mechanical explosion, potentially causing shrapnel in the area of the drive system. Or it could also result in an electrical fire due to overloading the capacitor bank and/or braking resistor. I therefore have to design the system to stop as quickly, yet as SAFELY as possible.
Now, if something happened, and somebody were injured because a machine did not stop fast enough, yes, I'm sure I will end up in court in front of lawyers and will have to argue the point. But I would win, because the weight of physical reality, and previous case laws, back me up.
It is for the exact same reason that I argue that shutting down the motors, absolutely, on loss of signal will make the situation more dangerous than attempting to more intelligently manage the situation.
@Vernon - I suspect PPM_Encoder.h is the latest code used both for APM2 and later APM1, judging by the comments at the start.
I agree that if you want to start discussing Failsafe options, another Discussion should be created - it's gone way beyond relevance for the current one.
That's not going to work for Auto or Loiter where you might not touch the controls for minutes at a time. The PPM Encoder has no knowledge of what mode you are in.
Also, if you go into the Radio Calibration page and leave the RC controls alone, you will see (well, I do) that the values can flicker +/-1 or so.
Joining this late, but what's the point of arguing the legalities of not having failsafe? I think that we'd all like to have failsafe as an option for the APM. Why don't we figure out what the technical obstacles are and work to add this feature to the AC and AP code?
Well, it's important to understand the law when trying to design something to operate legally and be accepted by the government. Because this wasn't taken into consideration in the first place we now have a board that is semi-difficult to change and may well be illegal (or at least against the regulatory guidelines) to operate in the UK.
The thread wouldn't have gotten so long winded except for the fact that the main man tried to call this a "feature" rather than admit it was a bug or design flaw. So it's taken a lot of argument and fact finding just to get over the denial stage. To his good credit he only got ornery rather than going Nazi on this thread.
I would like to see the APM operate in a legal manner. In my opinion there always has to be some type of deadman switch since IME it is generally considered reckless endangerment to start a dangerous machine if you have no guaranteed way to stop it if it goes out of control. Others here are more worried about their gear than public safety or legality and are trying to make an argument that it's ok to crash under power because of the chance that it might recover or land a little softer if it remains under power.
I just want people to understand that a jury wouldn't see it that way and they could go to prison for quite a long time if someone was killed or injured. I think I've made that point as clear as I can, so I'm pretty much done trying to convince people to act in their own best interest. They've been warned and if they persist in wanting to crash under power I wouldn't be surprised if this thread gets entered into evidence at their trial.
Well, from a legal standpoint, I don't know of any RC equipment maker providing failsafe as a legal requirement nor can I see anyone being able to make the legal case that not providing it is grounds for negligence. But, I'm not a lawyer.
Technically, failsafe doesn't have to be based on loss of signal. Because we are an autopilot, We have an IMU that can tell us our acceleration and elevation. Basically, if we're heading for the ground at a high rate of acceleration, we're in trouble, loss of signal or not. We can add code that detect this situation and in the case of a x-copter, stop and hover at a safe height. For a plane, we can do the same with a loiter.
i started a new discussion on this subject here what do you think the APM should do on fail safe i wanted to to post as a new topic but can't figure out how ? this discussion should be moved there
thanks Brad
I'll repost this in the new discussion.
Jake, even the much vaunted 9X failsafe (I'm snickering) does not shut off the throttle on a gas engine. So, where's the failsafe?
Kevin, I have 6 Nitro powered airplanes. Some of them are pretty fast! This one is almost 200mph.
Not a single one has a spring on the throttle. I've never even heard of such a thing in 20 years of doing this. Maybe they are doing it now, or maybe they're doing it on gas engines. I have no idea. But this was in no way Standard Operating Proceedure when I last flew, nor was it in the MAAC safety code.
But radio range check before every flight, was.
I honestly don't see how you could possibly have a spring strong enough to force an unpowered servo to close, that also wouldn't cause a problem for that servo if you were trying to fight that spring for the whole flight. Well, I have some coreless servos now that have little resistance when unpowered, but something like an HS422? No way.
Jake: Pull the plug? What plug? What are you talking about? There's no spark plug on a Nitro engine.
I do not think the argument you have put forth makes any sense either. That's not my argument, I never made it, don't try to create a strawman.
My point was simply that the 9X failsafe is NOT logical, it's stupid. You are suggesting that the 9X has a wonderful failsafe that is defeated by the APM, and that's false. The 9X failsafe is stupid, and the APM just fails to fix it.
One solution to your problem is to never start the engine until the APM is booted. Another solution is to not cause reboots while driving (watchdog reboots). And finally, don't put an APM on a fast nitro powered ground vehicle. What really are you trying to do?
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