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Babysitting Your Tracker[edit]
A frequent topic of discussion in APRS-related circles is:
"Must a control operator babysit a tracker, or may it be sent off into the cruel world on its own?"
The short answer per FCC rules is:
No, it does not have to be babysat and may be operated even where a control operator cannot immediately lay hands on the unit.
A careful reading of the rules (along with some understanding of how the rules are applied to different situations) will reveal the answer. While it is not as straightforward as one would think, it is not difficult to determine the correct answer for a given set of circumstances.
While we always advocate for individuals to read the rules and make up their own mind about what the FCC requires as it's your license on the line, we hope the contents of this wiki article will help guide you in your decision.
The first and most important indicator is that unattended trackers have been around for a dozen years. Every day hundreds if not thousands of these devices transmit. The FCC is very aware of their existence, yet not a single action has been taken by the FCC against unattended trackers.
A more detailed answer:[edit]
People who are not familiar with the FCC rules tend to think that you need a licensed amateur to physically be with the APRS tracker. This is not always the case. In fact, it is rarely the case. The correct answer depends upon how the station is set up. But first, some underlying regulations:
- It is well accepted that a completely unattended tracker or digipeater is within the rules. CFR 47.97.221(b)
- Amateurs must prevent unlicensed operation. CFR 47.97.5 , 7 and 115 generally. That is the crux of the argument about "unattended" operation. Digital stations can be automatically controlled. CFR 47.97.221 The key to all this is control of the station. If the control operator can prevent 'non-control operators' including unlicensed individuals from 'controlling' the tracker, the tracker is well within the rules. See above.
If the person(s) accompanying the tracker cannot change any parameter of the transmitter other than power on/off, then they cannot 'control' the unit and you are within the FCC rules. Enclosing the transmitter or transceiver inside another box so that no controls were available, or "locking" the radio so that nobody can mess with the settings, should steer you clear of possible violations. Unsure about that power on/off switch thing? Look up the "N1547C tracker" thread on APRSSIG and see below.
If the person can change the power level, modulation method, frequency, or grab a microphone and "play around", then you'd be in violation of the rules if that person exercised any of that control. Ultimately, it is better to 'box it up' to protect your license and to make sure that the unit stays configured as it was when it left your hands.
- The regulations do require a control operator (and station licensee) to cease operations if they are notified by a proper authority of their transmission causing harmful interference. CFR 47.97.109 (d) Being told to 'cease transmission' is not the same as having to be able to do so instantly, and a call on the radio, etc. to shut the unit off, along with a time-out timer or watchdog circuit on the transmitter will more than satisfy that requirement.
A control operator must be able to exercise that control over the device, but there is nothing in the rules that specifies the time lag allowed to exercise that control or how to exercise that control. The control operator can direct an unlicensed person who has physical access to the tracker to turn the device ON or OFF. This command from the control operator to an unlicensed person may be done over telephone, cell-phone, megaphone, FRS, GMRS, CB, or what-have-you.
- HF trackers are a somewhat special case. In order to be covered under section 221(b) and be automatically controlled, they must operate only in the following portions of the respective bands: the 28.120-28.189 MHz, 24.925-24.930 MHz, 21.090-21.100 MHz, 18.105- 18.110 MHz, 14.0950-14.0995 MHz, 14.1005-14.112 MHz, 10.140-10.150 MHz, 7.100-7.105 MHz, or 3.585-3.600 MHz segments.
Please see the thread titled "Re: Newbie Questions, is Ham license required?" from the TinyTrak list that occurred on October 9th, 2007. One could also peruse the APRSSIG mailing list and find threads at least twice a year that cover this unattended tracker issue.
Some important references:[edit]
A quote by Riley Hollingsworth, FCC Special Counsel in the Spectrum Enforcement Division. He's the FCC guy you'd have to answer to if you did something wrong: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/06/01/100/?nc=1
The FCC defines "automatic control" in CFR 47.97.3(a)(6) as: "The use of devices and procedures for control of a station when it is transmitting so that compliance with the FCC Rules is achieved without the control operator being present at a control point."
Another good discussion on the matter: http://lists.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig/2004-November/001620.html
Examine the FCC rules for yourself, in particular pay attention to sections about "automatic control", "beacons", "control operator", and "control point". For your convenience, here's a link to the rules: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/
In addition to looking at the definitions contained in part 97.3, be sure to look at 97.221 (automatic operation) and the sections covering station licenses (97.5), control operators (97.7) and control operator duties (97.105). In reality, you should take the time to look through all the rules since all amateurs are responsible for operating properly under the rules.
A quote from an official observer in 1996:[edit]
From: Mike Musick To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Subject: Re: Question on beacons Steve writes: > I note that people are using beacons which transmit from an > unattended situation. Do the FCC regulations now allow one > to transmit in this manner, without a station operator present > nor a supervisory remote control link? Yes, and the answer is: 97.221 Automatically controlled digital station. (b) A station may be automatically controlled while transmitting a RTTY or data emission on the 6m or shorter wavelength bands, and on... [numerous HF segments]. and: 97.109 Station control. (d) When a station is being automatically controlled, the control operator need not be at the control point. ...[qualified station types, which includes the above] So we're covered. ...mike/N0QBF (Official Observer)
Don't ask the FCC![edit]
The title seems humorous on the surface, but it's probably accurate. The article suggests asking such questions of Dan Henderson at ARRL instead of the FCC and explains why: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TinyTrak/message/15643


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > March 2005 > Government teacher earns citizenship
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AIEA, HAWAII– Four years ago, AnnaMaria Preston would have never expected to be where she is today. But a lot has changed in the 40 years since she was born in Finland, and finding herself teaching social science classes at a private, Christian university while working as a legislative aide in a state senator's office can only be viewed as God's plan for her life.
"When you don't have any other explanation … it just kind of makes you laugh at the way things work out," Preston said.
What's more, Preston has taught government and history classes as an adjunct professor for Wayland Baptist University since September 2001 and has worked as an aide to Senator Sam Slom for the last two years even though she was not a U.S. citizen.
Preston began teaching two weeks after the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, and it was a speech by President George W. Bush after the disaster that pushed her to earn her citizenship.
"President Bush gave that speech where he said, 'You're either with us, or you're against us.' I had never thought about it because as a registered alien, you can do everything except vote," Preston said.
It was a long journey, but the college professor had finally found herself at a crossroads.
Preston moved to Hawaii from her birthplace in Finland with her parents at the age of 2. After living on the Islands throughout grade school, Preston and her family moved to Connecticut where she completed her high school years. Although she was born in Finland, Preston had never lived there until she turned 21 and decided to attend the University of Helsinki.
"That was the first time I had ever lived there. You can imagine the culture shock," she said.
Having family in Finland, Preston thought the transition would be easy, but she always felt like an outsider. She completed her education with a master's degree in social science with enough credit hours to equal minors in economics and North American studies. Preston found a job in the business field, working with the emerging country of Estonia, but never felt at home in Europe. Preston eventually sold her property, packed up her belongings and her dog and moved back to the U.S. mainland, thinking that with her education and background, she would easily find work.
"I kept a notebook," Preston explained. "But after sending out more than 3,000 resumes, I quit keeping the book. People constantly talk about celebrating diversity, but that's kind of a stupid thing that people say because very often, they don't celebrate diversity. They judge you immediately based on where you are from or your background. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a major problem for me."
Preston supported herself by working for temporary agencies. She eventually moved back to Hawaii and worked at a basic data entry job while continuing to look for a permanent job. She continued to send out resumes with no response and started to question her decision to leave Finland.
"Then I remembered one gentleman I had met. I was living in Colorado. The state had a workforce center. It was kind of a support system where you could brainstorm with others and critique your resume or interviewing techniques," Preston said.
While there, she met a man who simply made the comment that she would be a good teacher.
"I just laughed and brushed him off," she said. "The last thing I would ever do is teach."
But years later, as she pored over the online help-wanted ads, a simple ad caught her attention, "Wayland Baptist University looking for instructors. Master's degree required."
She called Dr. Steven Reid, dean of Wayland's Hawaii campus, who decided to take a chance on this woman who had never taught. Upon a check of her educational background, it was determined that Preston had enough college credits to qualify to teach many of the social science courses offered by Wayland.
Preston began teaching part time. She then found a job working for Senator Slom and has used her connections with local government to bolster her classes, inviting politicians to speak to the students.
"I have access to all these wonderful senators who even come to Wayland to talk if requested," Preston said.
And now, after being immersed in politics and government, and campaigning in the last election, even through she didn't have the right to vote, Preston has finally earned the right to throw away the green card she has carried for 38 years.
"I never thought about it until President Bush gave that speech. Then I thought, he's right," Preston said. "If you value what America stands for and you love this country, then you have to be a citizen."
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I watched the Rule 4 draft yesterday on ESPN 2 and it made me realize two things. First, the baseball draft isn't quite as exciting as the NFL or NBA drafts. For the most part, nobody has heard of most of the people being drafted. Of course, there is a small group of people who follow HS and college baseball players, but overall, the players being drafted are a mystery.
The second thing I realized is a little difficult to talk about. Quite honestly, it's a little embarrassing. Even so, the truth is that young players scare me. I never really realized it before, but I don't like the idea of playing young, unproven players.
For instance, Felix Pie's potential excites me, but I'm more comfortable slowly working him into the line-up than I am handing him the starting CF job. Let him pinch hit, pinch run, or go into the game as a late inning defensive replacement. Ease him into the line-up. After he proves himself in limited duty, then consider giving him the starting job.
I'm not saying that the way I feel is right. In fact, as I said, I'm a little embarrassed to feel this way. Until yesterday, I didn't think I felt this way. But when I think about how I would like to see the Cubs build their team, I want a proven veteran at every position.
If every team followed my ideas, players like Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, and Tim Linecum would be the budding superstars that they are. They would be either riding the pines or making a name for themselves in AAA. Obviously, not a good idea.
My head knows that teams need to play their prospects to and give them a chance to shine. My head also knows that from a business standpoint, every team needs good, inexpensive players to keep their payroll in check. But my heart is afraid of young players. What if they don't pan out? I know, I know. I'm trying…


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Speed and driver impairment from alcohol or drugs are the leading causes of fatal automobile crashes on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County, Long Island's busiest stretch of road, state and county records show.
Police said speed was a factor in the two most recent multiple-fatality car wrecks on the parkway. A crash on Oct. 8 killed four teens and one on Sunday left two dead and three survivors still in critical condition. The driver in the October crash also was under the influence of marijuana, prosecutors said.
Figures supplied by the New York State Department of Transportation show that from 2007 through 2011, speeding was the primary cause of 18 of the 29 fatal crashes on the Nassau stretch of the Southern State. Those wrecks killed 34 people.
State police, who patrol the parkways, said speeding and driver impairment remain a problem.
"Over the past two years, a significant percentage -- if not almost all -- of the fatalities on this area of the Southern State Parkway have been due to excessive speed and/or operator impairment," said Maj. Patrick Regan, State Police troop commander on Long Island.
Sunday's accident, in which a speeding car slammed into a tree "highlights the unforgiving nature of the Southern State Parkway when the rules of the road are not adhered to," Regan said.
Sixteen people died in 11 crashes on the stretch of parkway in 2011 and 2012, according to records from the Nassau County Traffic Safety Special Traffic Options Program for Driving While Intoxicated, known as STOP-DWI.
Six of those wrecks, which killed 11 people, involved driver impairment, records show. Three of the drivers had alcohol and drugs in their systems when they crashed, two were under the influence of alcohol only and one under the influence of drugs. Three of those crashes also involved unsafe speed, state police said.
Chris Mistron, Nassau traffic safety and STOP-DWI coordinator, said despite efforts to educate the public about the dangers of drug and alcohol impairment, the county averages about 30 drunken driving-related fatalities each year on all roads. The average is an improvement from the 1980s, when the county saw about 70 drunken driving-related fatalities a year, Mistron said.
"But one fatality connected to drugs or alcohol is not good enough -- the county will continue efforts to rid our roadways of drunk or drug-impaired driving," he said.
The Southern State in Nassau carries more traffic than any roadway on Long Island, averaging more than 229,000 vehicles each day at Exit 18, its busiest spot -- Eagle Avenue/Hempstead Lake State Park. That's more than anywhere on the Long Island Expressway, which has more lanes and truck traffic.
The Northern State Parkway carries more than 193,000 vehicles on average in its busiest section -- between the LIE and the Meadowbrook Parkway -- but average daily traffic volume elsewhere on that parkway is mostly less than 150,000 vehicles.
Fifteen crashes killed 16 people on the Northern State Parkway in Nassau from 2007 through 2011, state reports show. The number of crashes on the Northern State is half that for the Southern State, but contributing factors were similar. In 60 percent of the fatal crashes, speed was the key contributor, state records show.
Residents whose homes back up to the Southern State have called for additional guide rails to improve safety.
The DOT in April approved a $7 million guide rail replacement project along the Southern and Northern parkways, to start later this year. Sections of the old wooden rail are to be replaced with galvanized steel to meet current engineering standards. New sections of the rail -- measuring up to 30 inches high -- will be added in some areas.
According to state records, vehicles hit guiderails in seven crashes that killed nine people on the Southern State in Nassau in the past five years and one on the Northern State.


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This campsite is located in West MacDonnell National Park
Stretching 170 km across the West MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs, this is one of the most visited parks in the Red Centre. Its highest peak is 1531 m Mount Zeil, in the far west, and its gorges contain beautiful waterholes, startling white ghost gums, and retreats for wildlife. The park is connected by the 223 km Larapinta Trail, as well as by a multitude of shorter walks. A world-class bicycle path also leads through the park from Alice Springs. Most of the park trailheads are accessible by 2WD.
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When we first saw Mattel's official Back to the Future II hoverboard, the whole world exclaimed: FINALLY! Then we found out it doesn't really hover. Well today, my friends, we're one step closer to a people-led, hoverboard-inventing revolution.
First, the Back to the Future Nike Mags came out. Now, Mattel has announced that it'll be making the pink hoverboard Marty McFly made infamous in Back to the Future II. My life is complete. Well, almost.


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Sapphire HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition Review
Almost a month ago the HD 7970GHz edition cards were introduced, bringing along all the enhancements inherent with a maturation of the manufacturing process. Most notable was higher clock speeds hence the GHz Edition moniker. The Sapphire HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition is built upon this improved process silicon. Not content to deliver a card based on the reference design, Sapphire has thrown away the book and put together its own design using a custom 12 layer PCB, double sided Black Diamond chokes and DirectFET technology; all part of its Lethal Power Suite. Cooling is via an all new Vapor-X implementation designed for this card to manage the thermals while keeping noise in check with new 90mm fans.
The stock GHz Edition cards from AMD have 1000MHz clock speed with a boost clock of 1050MHz, with the memory a constant 1500MHz. Compared to the standard HD 7970 clocks of 925MHz on the core and 1375MHz on the memory there is a significant boost in clock speed and ergo, performance. Sapphire has upped the ante with clock speeds of 1050MHz with a boost clock of 1100MHz or 50MHz higher than the standard GHz Edition. Memory speeds are constant at 1500MHz. How does it get better than that? Sapphire has added the Lethal Boost button to bump the clock speeds even higher to 1150MHz with a boost clock of 1200MHz and 1600MHz on the memory using AMD's Power Tune feature. Pricing will of course be higher than a reference version at around $680 but you get a full custom design that should offer improved stability and cooling long term. Let's see what the Sapphire HD 7970 Toxic Edition has to offer.
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Inside the outer sleeve is a plain box that holds the HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition. It is split into two levels with the top level holding the card in a formed cardboard shell while the lower level holds the accessory bundle in a separate box. Pretty much standard packaging from Sapphire. If it works why change.
The bundle included with the Sapphire HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition contains all the parts necessary to get the card installed in just about any configuration with an HDMI cable, DVI to VGA adapter, Mini-DP to DP adapter, two dual 4-pin to 6-pin PCIe power adapters, Mini-DP to DVI active adapter, quick start guide, Lethal Boost button instructions and a registration guide with a link to Sapphire's free TriXX overclocking utility.
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Purchasing a new home can be a very stressful experience. Most people are making the largest single purchase of a lifetime when selecting a primary residence. In addition to the monetary implications of such a large purchase, the actual process of buying a home contributes significantly to this stressful event of purchasing a home. Especially in today's markets, buyers must be well informed and have a good understanding of a property's underlying value before making the purchase decision. Prospective buyers saw real estate values plummet across the country during the mortgage meltdown.
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Even in a difficult market, once buyers are able to select a residence that meets their personal and financial criteria, it is important for them to remain diligent until the property closes. Buyers should not let the home of their dreams escape them over minor differences during the buying and negotiating processes. Let's examine some of these minor roadblocks and maybe you will be able to overcome, or at least recognize, them when you decide to purchase your dream home. (For a background, see our Investopedia Special Feature: Subprime Mortgages.)
Prospective buyers should not let minor aesthetic differences hinder their big picture view of their dream house. If appliances or the decorative theme are not up to your expectations, keep in mind that most of these things can be easily modified over time.
Perhaps more important when viewing the interior of the home is to check for overall structural soundness and try to focus on potential rather than current appearance. So, how do you do this? A good strategy is to secure a licensed home inspector prior to closing on your deal. The inspector will provide a detailed analysis and cost breakdown on actual required repairs. Depending upon which state you reside in, the home inspection can be part of the actual contract. The home inspector will assess every aspect of the home's interior and exterior. The inspection findings may be legally used as leverage in the home buying process:
If the cost of repairs exceeds a preset dollar amount, the contract can be revoked if that is explicitly stated in your contract. For example, if the home inspection requires $8,000 worth of repairs for "structural soundness," but your contract states that you will not purchase the home unless repairs are below $1,000 then you have legal recourse for getting out of the deal. Typically, you are responsible for the non-refundable cost of the inspection, but most people are willing to incur that cost in order to save thousands of dollars down the road. The idea here is to focus more on the integrity of the home itself as a first step rather than your distaste for the current interior design or décor. (To learn more, see Do You Need A Home Inspection?)
Sweat Equity
Buyers should not get discouraged when their potential dream homes require some old-fashioned manual labor to get it up to their standards. Real estate professionals refer to this as "sweat equity." Sweat equity is a time investment by the potential buyer to clean, redo and repair the potential property once the purchase is complete. Rarely are homes purchased that require no effort on your part. New construction is perhaps an exception, but a poor real-estate market can be littered with short sales and foreclosures - many of which are neglected, vacant properties. Also, many purchases are older properties with excellent construction characteristics but needing some "elbow grease."
Similar to the aesthetic differences mentioned above, leveraging resources such as a licensed real estate sales person or family and friends is a good first step. Licensed real estate agents are likely to point out things that can be accomplished by the typical home buyer versus those things that would be better served with professional assistance or advice. (See Do You Need A Real Estate Agent? for more.)
Financial Differences of $5,000
Although $5,000 is not a trivial amount of money, that sum and slightly higher should not interfere with purchasing your dream home. Based upon your due diligence and research, you have done or have had your real estate agent do a market analysis of your potential dream property. You have already done your part to minimize your price risk and now the deal needs to happen but there is not an agreed to price.
So, where can you find anywhere between $5,000-10,000 to make your transaction successful? Here are some considerations: Look into government incentives like the first time home buyer credit or repeat home buyer credits that were available for home buyers until middle of 2010. Such incentives may be used for down payment assistance which could essentially covers your price difference. Secondly, ask your real estate agent (if you are using one) to trim their commission. Asking for 1-2% reduction in commission can be a good source of additional funds. real estate agents make $0 if your deal doesn't go through, so they have as much incentive to keep your deal alive as you do. If none of these apply to your particular situation, then you may need to be creative. Asking the seller to buy down your mortgage points is also a viable option. Check with your mortgage broker and get a quote on how much a buy down of one point would cost. It will likely not be enough to cover a $5000-10,000 deficit immediately, but over a 30-year period this will save thousands of dollars.
(To learn more, read Mortgage Points – What's The Point?)
The Bottom Line
Purchasing a home is a long-term investment. The process of buying a home can be taxing. Many of today's homes will be purchased as short sales or bank-owned properties. These distressed properties typically will take longer to close than the traditional, seller-owned properties. Remaining patient and diligent and not letting minor repairs or a few thousand dollars in price will likely pay dividends for years to come. (For more, see 10 Tips For Getting A Fair Price On A Home.)


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Oct. 5, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's tennis team posted its second shutout of the season as it defeated NEWMAC foe Wheaton College, 9-0, on Tuesday. Serena Lin and Mariah Hoover led the Engineers (5-2, 5-1 NEWMAC) to the victory as the duo lost only a total of four games during the match.
Hoover and Lin opened the day by blanking Darby McDermott and Briana Jackson, 8-0. Elaine Ni and Joanna MacKay recorded an 8-5 win over Jamie Weiss and Maya Milic-Strkalj. Lisa Shank and Yi Wang moved up the No. 3 spot and defeated Eden Gudonis and Mallory Farmer by an 8-5 margin as well.
Lin posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Weiss in the top singles spot. In a rematch of last season's three-hour battle, Ni dismissed McDermott in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Hoover continued the trend as she defeated Jackson, 6-0, 6-2. Wang notched a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Meghan Doyle while Jusleen Karve earned a 6-3, 6-2 win. Shank closed out singles play by defeating Eden Gudonis, 6-3, 7-6 (4). In the lone exhibition match, Karina Pikhart fell to Milic-Strkalj, 6-0, 6-1.
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Final Team Score: MIT 9, Wheaton 0
1. Mariah Hoover/Serena Lin (M) def. Darby McDermott/Briana Jackson (W), 8-0
2. Elaine Ni/Joanna MacKay (M) def. Jamie Weiss/Maya Milic-Strkalj (W), 8-5
3. Lisa Shank/Yi Wang (M) def. Eden Gudonis/Mallory Farmer (W), 8-5
1. Serena Lin (M) def. Jamie Weiss (W), 6-1, 6-1
2. Elaine Ni (M) def. Darby McDermott (W), 6-3, 6-2
3. Mariah Hoover (M) def. Briana Jackson (W), 6-0, 6-2
4. Yi Wang (M) def. Meghan Doyle (W), 6-4, 6-1
5. Jusleen Karve (M) def. Mallory Farmer (W), 6-3, 6-2
6. Lisa Shank (M) def. Eden Gudonis (W), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
7. Maya Milic-Strkalj (W) def. Karina Pikhart (M), 6-0, 6-1


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Take a poll of the children in this school and odds are Caroline would win the popularity contest. When Caroline walks down the halls, kids come running and shout greetings. For the past several weeks, this 9-year-old has been putting smiles on the faces of children who live in a place where smiles have been in very short supply.
Take a poll of the children in this school and odds are Caroline would win the popularity contest. When Caroline walks down the halls, kids come running and shout greetings. For the past several weeks, this 9-year-old has been putting smiles on the faces of children who live in a place where smiles have been in very short supply.
Making people feel better is all in a day's work for Caroline, a little brown-and-white Yorkshire terrier who is currently in the middle of the most important assignment in her seven-year career as a certified pet therapy dog. Caroline and her owner, Mount Saint Mary College Professor Debra Herlic, have been offering their own unique brand of one-on-one comfort and companionship to homebound folks and those in local nursing homes and hospitals. That changed the day after the Newtown school shootings.
The call came from Therapy Dogs International, the organization that put Caroline through her paces. Herlic was asked to join other pet therapy teams at the hastily-created crisis and counseling center inside Newtown's Reed Intermediate School. The Newburgh college professor and her four-legged partner spent winter break interacting with grief-stricken students, parents, teachers and first responders. Canine caregivers touched lives. When Newtown students returned to classrooms, Herlic and Caroline were among those on hand to ease the transition.
Grief counselors were summoned to help Newtown residents of all ages cope with their nightmare. For those children who failed to connect with them — some who had lost a brother, sister, close friend or beloved teacher — the special relationships forged with Caroline and other therapy dogs helped draw them out and express feelings previously unspoken. Herlic knew they were making an impact when a cafeteria worker chased them down in a school hallway. She wanted to meet the terrier that all the kids had been talking about.
Even Herlic's nursing students at Mount Saint Mary College have felt the positive vibes that come from a pet therapy encounter. Herlic has been known to bring her sidekick to class with her. She's learned her students benefit from the stress relief that comes with a visit by Caroline — especially around exam time.
Herlic and Caroline will remain honored guests at Reed Intermediate School. By popular demand, the tandem will continue to brighten the mood in classrooms every Monday through the end of June. The pair also will attend special after-school activities and PTO meetings.
Caroline, and canine comrades from groups including the Hudson Valley Golden Retrievers Club, have been an important part of the ongoing healing process in Newtown. Herlic says a child told her she sees smiles when she looks into Caroline's eyes. That's fitting, since Caroline and the other pet therapy dogs have been helping plenty of youngsters rediscover theirs.
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"Today, with the coming introduction of the NVIDIA 780i chipset, NVIDIA is looking to make serious changes to what is possible with enthusiast systems by launching a new technology platform. The name of the new standard is ESA - Enthusiast System Architecture. Its goal is to provide information and control to enthusiasts not just for NVIDIA motherboards and video cards, but to provide that information and control for many other components in an ESA-enabled system. The actual protocol is OS independent. This is very important for the future of ESA, as it will eventually allow ESA to operate with any platform."


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Circular cropping values in PTGui
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Every time you have to fill in the cropping values in PTGui for circular fisheyes you always
have to start from the beginning to approximate where these values are situated.
In the following images you can see an explanation of these values in portrait and landscape
The values used are from a Canon 10D and a Sigma 8 mm Lens.
Values for landscape orientation
Values for portrait orientation
How about a table with values for all common camera and lens combinations?
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Let me just reiterate this for a second to make sure it really sinks in. Over the past several months, many people have bought a Galaxy Nexus. It's a very compelling device, and certainly worthy of the Nexus flagship moniker. It was the first device to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich, a major improvement over Gingerbread, and came packed with functionality.
Then Apple's lawyers get their hands on the device. They examine every little bit of software on the device. What can we use in our patent trolling campaign against Google? Is there anything in there we can sue over? We have a gazillion patents - sure, all on trivial bullshit, but heck, the judges have to assume they're valid because the USPTO has granted the patent, so triviality is of no concern. Look at this, this search widget searches multiple sources. Completely obvious and logical, but you know what, we have a patent on that. Bingo!
The judge has to assume Apple's patent is valid - the USPTO is a respectable, thorough, and careful organisation, right? Right...? - and so, grants a preliminary injunction. The Galaxy Nexus has to be taken off the shelves entirely because this one tiny bit of functionality infringes on some obscure nonsensical software patent. I mean, we also execute thieves for stealing a loaf of bread, right? Eye for an eye is so 6000 BC.
Google and Samsung have to respond to ensure minimal interruption to device sales. So, they do the only thing they can do: they prepare a software patch that removes the ability to search multiple sources from the search widget. In other words, the widget now only searches the web, and not on the devices itself. They then proceed to send this patch out to all Galaxy Nexus devices in the United States, regardless of carrier.
The device you bought will see its functionality reduced, post-sale.
It's basically Tim Cook shoving his hand through the internet, slapping you on the wrist, taking away functionality from a device you own, and then flipping you off, all because some mindless 9-to-5 office drone at the United States Patent and Trademark Office with 2.3 kids, dog, cat, and a wife who works at WalMart, granted a stupid mindless software patent on an utterly trivial nugget of functionality.
This is the reality we live in today. This once so exciting, mysterious and groundbreaking industry has gone mainstream, and with that, the lawyers and trolls have taken over. It is now entirely impossible for any developer to write any line of code without infringing on someone else's patents. The incumbents own most of them, so if you dare to compete, you're boned.
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The purpose of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) is to develop the science of spatial learning and to use this knowledge to transform educational practice, supporting children and adults in acquiring the scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) skills required for effective participation in an increasingly high-technology society and global economy.
SILC was established to achieve two goals: to found an integrated, interdisciplinary field of spatial learning and to use the knowledge it produces to improve STEM education. Realizing the first goal requires bringing together multiple lines of work on spatial thinking and learning from a variety of traditional disciplines (e.g., cognitive science, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, STEM disciplines), and integrating them to achieve new insights and synergies directed at understanding spatial knowledge and skills, particularly those that are important in the STEM disciplines. Realizing the second goal requires using this knowledge to develop a set of powerful tools for spatial learning that can be honed into effective, deployable educational techniques and practices for STEM learning, including advanced technology (e.g., intelligent educational software), effective curriculum units (e.g., in elementary school mathematics), engaging activities (e.g., in children's museums), and general assessment instruments (e.g., testing children's spatial skills, testing adults' STEM-relevant spatial skills).
Spatial learning is the acquisition of spatial knowledge and skills, and the use of spatial knowledge and skills to facilitate learning in both spatial and non-spatial domains.
Spatial learning is crucial for addressing the increasing demand for a scientifically and technologically sophisticated workforce. Spatial learning provides the foundation for a wide range of reasoning skills in STEM-based activities, from solving mathematical problems to designing new products to understanding graphical depictions of complex systems. For example, geoscientists visualize the processes that affect the formation of the Earth, and engineers anticipate how forces will affect the design of a bridge. Physical scientists also use spatial models and diagrams, such as the periodic table, to reflect systematic regularities in the physical world. However, spatial learning and the evidence-based use of spatial visualization tools are often neglected in efforts to improve STEM education.
Spatial skills are a strong predictor of entry into STEM disciplines in college as well as into STEM careers. Large representative data sets show this predictive effect even when spatial skills are measured in early adolescence, decades before the STEM outcomes are known (Shea, Lubinski & Benbow, 2001; Wai, Lubinski & Benbow, 2009; Webb, Lubinski & Benbow, 2007). Many shorter-term, experimental studies tell the same story. For example, spatial skills influence the ability to interpret graphs and solve problems in physics (Kozhevnikov, Motes & Hegarty, 2007), and affect success in training for medical careers (Hegarty, Keehner, Khooshabeh & Montello, 2009; Wanzel et al., 2002). Research on how to increase the level of spatial functioning in the population could therefore significantly improve the overall effectiveness of the workforce, as well as increase access to STEM disciplines among diverse populations, thereby reducing gender and SES differences in spatial functioning and increasing social equity.
Substantial improvement of spatial learning skills is possible and there is evidence that such improvement matters to STEM success. Meta-analyses by Baenninger and Newcombe [Baenninger, M. & Newcombe, N. (1989). The role of experience in spatial test performance: A meta-analysis. Sex Roles, 20(5/6), 327–344. DOI] and by Uttal, Meadow, Hand and Newcombe [Uttal, D. H., Meadow, N. G., Tipton, E., Hand, L. L., Alden, A. R., Warren, C., & Newcombe, N. S. (2013). The malleability of spatial skills: A meta-analysis of training studies. Psychological Bulletin, 139(2), 352-402. DOI] show that spatial skills are malleable, and work by Sorby (2009) shows that intervention to increase spatial skills in low-scoring prospective engineering majors increases their chance of completing an engineering degree.
The time is right for a full-scale investment in developing the science of spatial learning. Making this investment now could lead to tremendous future benefits. For comparison, consider how substantial investments in reading research approximately 20 years ago catalyzed progress in that field, leading to advances in the understanding of cognitive and neurological processes that in turn provided the foundation for developing effective strategies to combat illiteracy and reading disability. We are now in a comparable position with respect to spatial learning as rapid progress can have a major impact on education and literacy in mathematics and science.


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"Honolulu 1848
Mr. Dominis' house stood a considerable distance back from the street having a carriage way and garden in front. It was a square frame building with broad piazzas around both the upper and lower stories. Inside a wide hall ran from the front door to the back, on one side were the parlor and dining room and on the other side two rooms that were sometimes used as bedrooms but were then unoccupied. Upstairs was another wide hall going across the house with bedrooms opening on it. All the floors were covered with white matting. All the long French windows had green outside blinds and everything looked so spotless and cool it was very refreshing in the warm climate. We were taken to a pretty bedroom and found it extremely pleasant to have so much space to move about and dress in after the little stateroom we had occupied so long.
At dinner we were introduced to Mr. Baker and Mr. Williams, two gentlemen who took their meals with Mrs. Dominis, but did not sleep in the house. Mr. Baker was a good looking, lively young man and we soon became friendly. Mr. Williams, though a young man who was so deaf it was difficult to converse with him. Evy had learned the finger alphabet for the deaf and dumb and could talk to him in that way. John was only sixteen and he and I were very good friends in a short time. Mrs. Dominis was so kind and pleasant we soon felt quite at home. Mr. Brewer's house was quite near and Uncle Charlie came to see us most every day. The house, the garden, and the climate were all charming, but we were anxious about out mother. It was two weeks after our arrival when John came back from the office one morning and said the ship was coming in. We became very excited. I ran upstairs and out on the piazza from which we had a glimpse of the harbor, hoping to see the ship but I could not distinguish it at that distance. I ran down again to ask John more questions. He said it would be some hours before she anchored and her passengers could come ashore. John went to the wharf to meet my mother and bring her and the children to the house. At last we saw the buggy (which John had procured somewhere, there were only a few in Honolulu at that time) coming through the gate. Our mother and little Matilda were in the buggy while Fanny and the Mexican nurse girl with the baby were in one of the native carts. As I ran down the steps to meet them I heard Fanny exclaim "Is that Essie?" in the most astonished way. If she was surprised at my appearance, I was equally so at hers, though only eleven years old her dress came to her feet, the waist low in the neck with the waist line almost under her arms. She wore a large old-fashioned bonnet of red silk and her hair was rolled up on her head. I still had short skirts with the pantelettes that all young girls wore at that time. My hair was braided and tied with ribbons. I still looked like a child. I suppose Fanny expected me to be a young lady. I was delighted to see my mother again, but she did not look exactly as I remember her. She had lost her bright complexion and was quite pale and her hair, which she had worn in short curls on her forehead was now plain and smooth. But after a few days I became used to her appearance. I suppose she must have been anxious about us and wondering how we would appear after our long separation. Four years at my age had changed me from a little child to a girl, almost grown. I was pleased to hear her say I was much prettier than she had expected me to be. I had not thought before of my own looks. I had never imagined myself pretty. I was used to hearing people speak of me as a sweet child and supposed they only said that because I was not pretty and they wanted to say something nice. I must have improved in appearance during the voyage for I was surprised when people in Honolulu seemed to think me pretty.
My little sister Matilda (she was not called Tilly until she went to school) was a beautiful child, she was about three years old, her hair of golden brown, curled in soft rings around her head. Her eyes were deep blue and her features almost perfect. I was charmed, but found it difficult to talk to her as she could not speak English and I only a few words of Spanish. She had named herself "Maniche." No one knew why and she was called by that name for some time.
When mother saw how odd Fanny looked compared with other girls she made her some dresses like mine and braided her hair in a girlish way. She was quite pretty then but not nearly as handsome as she was at sixteen. Our mothers dresses were of handsome material but little out of style. She had a big old-fashioned bonnet but fortunately we had brought some with us for mother and Fanny. Aunt Clara had foreseen they might be useful.
The people in Honolulu at that time were divided in two sets. The Missionaries who disapproved of dancing and of course never went to parties. The other set were composed of Consuls of different countries and the business men, with their families. There were few young ladies in the town then so we were quite an acquisition. Evy being seventeen was really entitled to be considered as such but, Fanny and I though so young were invited to all the parties and had as many partners as if we were quite grown up.
The Dominis family mentioned in Essie's memoir is the same Heather over at Nutfield Genealogy has written about extensively. Heather is related to the Dominis family through her aunt who is the very same Mrs. Dominis mentioned in Essie's memoir! Small world isn't it?!
Heather and I are also related in another way: Essie's sister Mary Gertrude Smith Mott was married to Comfort Gordon Healey (they were my 3rd great-grandparents), a cousin of Joseph Edwin Healy (Heather's 4th great-grandfather). Our shared Haley ancestor being Comfort Haley (1754-1821) of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Comfort was married twice, first to Abigail Allen (1753-1795) who is Heather's ancestor, and second to Mrs. Hannah Ellis Tinkham (1765-1862) who is my ancestor.
My Aunt shared Essie's story with Heather not long ago and since then Heather has been making our ancestors proud by sharing it with fellow Dominis descendants and the people of Hawaii. I'm jealous that Heather will be going to Hawaii soon and will get to see all the places mentioned in Essie's memoir, including Washington Place where the Dominis family lived and welcomed Essie and Evy in 1848. Be sure to check out Heather's wonderful posts on the Dominis family and Hawaii over at her blog Nutfield Genealogy. This collaboration of posts was Heather's idea and I would like to thank her for coming up with it and for being so patient with me as I slowly transcribed and got my act together. This has been so much fun that I hope we'll be able to do some sort of collaboration again some day.


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Well this was a tough test, to read as well as write I suppose.
Electric motorcycles will be relegated to golf-cart status unless some BIG new battery technology comes along, or dare I say it, a hybrid config like the Chevy Volt, Pirus, etc. that would put it in the same mileage range category as the Yamaha.
And I must point out once again that technology (for Yamaha at least) has taken a GIANT STEP BACKWARDS when they released a 290 lb. 250 single cylinder four stroke. I mean for cripes sakes, my '72 DT2 250 weighed 275 lbs. soaking wet, full of gas and oil, ready to ride. How or why Yamaha would foist a 300 lb. 250 on the riding public is anybodys guess.
Maybe someone can duct tape one of those Harbor Freight 1000 watt generators on the luggage rack of the E Bike and have something that works, instead of something that almost works.
Good luck all you e bike builders, you'll need it.
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One oddity about the Zero. The headlight looks like it is from 1965. I would expect some super bright and tiny LED emiiter thing that uses no juice would be the call. Perhaps that tech is not quite ready yet, but LED lights in general are getting mainstream now.
I think in the near term, electric tech is going to make a bigger splash in cars - the Chevy Volt is a pretty amazing vehicle. The smaller "package" that is a motorcycle presents unique challenges to this technology. Electric cars have big money behind them too. Money makes things happen.
Electric motor tech is certainly there, the difficult problem that needs solving is of course energy storage. I use that term because who knows if "energy storage" will even take the form of "batteries" as we know them now.
One thing about us clever humans, if we can conceive it, we can, given enough time and effort, make it reality. I really believe that. Perhaps someday tech will exist that allows 2 gallons worth of gas equivalent electrical energy to be stored in a small device of some kind. Call me a Star Trek optimist!
Regarding the Yamaha - build a 450cc version of this bike. Set the suspension up for a 45 year old guy who can still ride at a good clip off road. Sell lots of them like Suzuki has with their now very long in the tooth DRZ400 (many apologies to my DRZ!). Don't let Husky and KTM have all the fun!
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The 2009 Zero S had projector lights, but to homologate for multi-markets, they used standard H4 halogens (I think they're H4s). Besides that, Zero says the lights, turn signals, instruments, horn, etc. take a pittance of the energy budget. While Zero may sooner or later use LED signals and tail lights (it certainly would make sense), their people say the real solution is finding more juice for the real energy hog, the motor.
FYI, better batteries may already exist for military apps, but cost and availability are other issues. I've been told secret lightweight batteries exist that are portable by combat soldiers, not available for any consumer apps. Besides alleged military-spec sources, there are a few other battery companies making excellent li-ion chemistries that may be more potent. Zero makes its own battery. It is non toxic though, so not sure if that is a design parameter the designers are insistent upon for future development, and whether it limits it.
In a month or so, Zero may announce more juice for the 2011. Not earth-shattering-more if rumors are correct. Just a bit more like 10-12% maybe?
I agree that if this was a financed priority, electric motorcycle manufacturers could do more.
As for Yamaha - I have heard of WR450Fs being converted to street legality. Don't know the details at this moment.
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Kudos to Motorcycle.com and Jeff for publishing the first electric vs. gas shootout (at least the 1st I've seen, and I take most of the magazines). There will be more comparos, and they will become more and more interesting as the electrics develop. This one is very well done.
Kudos to Zero for telling it like it is, and not letting the marketing hype get the best if them. It's impressive they'd even allow a gas/electric comparo with their product at this point. A fledgling industry like electric motorbikes can be seriously set back by the wrong BS early in the game. I have a sense Zero isn't going down that road. Even though I wasn't knocked out by their bikes at Daytona last year, they were there, and they were letting their product speak for itself.
And - Thank You - Mr. Cobb, for pointing out perhaps the most important "E-Factor" of all: An electric motorcycle can get you laid.
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It seems that electric and gasoline motorcycles each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
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Thanks Morbo! Glad you liked the review. Zero now has some experienced motorcycle industry people in key places working for it. They are building a new facility and say they are financed to keep moving with better bikes. We'll look forward to seeing those, and what other comparos and reviews we can dream up.
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Good review. I have to admit: the Zero actually presented itself better than I thought it would, primarily in the "performance" category. So far as "refuel/recharge" it is what it is. Although battery and charging technology is stepping-up almost daily; I believe we're still looking at decades before it reaches current internal-combustion standards. Unless fuel-cells get a heluva lot smaller and more-efficient in a hurry.
Neat note on the "ignition" key: but it's not really all that new - my IVECO 110Z (truck) has one essentially identical to that design, and it's an '83.
Altogether, it appears to me that Zero is doing quite well.
One quick question: you mention that the DS motor doesn't quite put-out the Oompah-Loompahs that one would expect from its claimed rating, and explained the reasons why. If a sudden major-breakthrough in battery energy-density were to happen say, next year; would the firmware of the controller be flash-upgradable to take advantage of a "bigger" battery, and give you all the marbles?
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If you are talking about existing Zero owners potentially upgrading, they'd have to find a buyer for their used $3k battery, then buy and install the new miracle battery. (Or just sell the whole bike and get the new one, likely as not).
We had more tech questions for these issues for Zero's people, but they were already on holiday, or something, I'm told.
It's true though: electric bikes at this moment have the opposite problem gas bikes did in 1904. The motors already exist to run with a GSX-R1000, if only the "fuel" were available. In the early days of gas bikes, they had fuel, just not engine technology. Funny, huh?
We're all waiting and seeing what comes next. (And that key is funky. It folds down almost flat). Glad you liked the review. Thanks!
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For fast electric bikes, check out the "KillaCyle. It runs a sub 8 second quarter mile.
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dont think one piece with reality...seriously if u watch it thinkin that it WILL get boring but u gotta admit its just like dragonball Z its just full of suprises and yh who knew reindeers could talk? and walk on 2 feet? u see what i mean? just gotta watch it with ur heart as a anime fan not in a way that viewers would compare with life
|2006-11-06, 03:28
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|2006-12-17, 03:58
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Well i didn't like OP at first....but after Bellemere.....i was crying like a lil bitch for a good 10 minutes.... But my favorite thing about one piece is just how all the characters interact with each other....i tried to pick my favorite character but couldn't i just love them all. Its like one character highlights the other and they all combine together to be super cool. And i just get so pumped up when they build up the arc and then that music turns on the one with the beat.....dum dum dum.....dum dum dum dum.....then u know the bad guys about to get their ass whooped.....u know what i'm talking about
|2007-08-31, 02:22
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What got me into One Piece was definately the Kuro Arch.
That guy was so out there, I mean he really just kind of faked this entire relationship with this sick, frail girl for three whole years just so he could eventually kill her and take her inheritance.
That got me, it clasped onto my heart and refused to let go. I never thought that a cartoon character could flush out my own morals like that. From then on, it was all about, "What will they do next?" Then the characters started to develope and the conflicts became much greater(war and even some rascism/elitism in the Arlong Park Arch)
What I find to be the best thing about One Piece though is it's theme, fighting for your dreams. Even the villians do it; Kuro went to extreme lengths to set up this cushy life for himself, Krieg was so driven to be the strongest that he even tried to keep fighting while unconcious, and Arlong truly believed that he was part of the "Master Race" even going so far as drawing up plans to conquer East Blue.
It's the kinda show everybody can relate to but at the same isn't too serious that you can't use it to escape to an extent. Yeah, that fits nicely...
Anyway, that's why I like One Piece!
Oh, and let's not forget...
"Sogeki no shima de... umareta ore wa!"
|2007-09-06, 16:50
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Well despite wat people say one piece is not for everyone and there are people who genuinely dont like it even after watching alot of the episodes. but hopefully u r not part of that demographic. I really started to like it when i stopped watching the for kids dub and watched it in japanese. Then the arlong arc kinda made me like it more then the alabasta arc made me sure it was a good show. But then i didnt like it more than naruto (or bleach) it was pretty much even with them like goku and vegeta kinda, each one temporarily better than the other. it wasnt until the water 7 arc that i realised one piece was better. Water 7's many good twists and revelations just made me think that plus even after all that there are still many mysteries and adventures left while naruto has mostly revealed all its secrets and is nearing its end. Not to mention its freakin hilarious
|2007-09-07, 04:24
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I am really fan of One Piece.
Charecters are just brilliant (specially Strawhat crew members)
Storytelling is epic (Each Arc grows to brilliance at end with suprises)
Adventure feeling (Huge sea with adventures and each island arc is just awesome (manga) )
History (Where did World govermet came? What and who was civilization what they destroyed? What happened during Lost History? What and where did Devil fruits came? What are super weapons of ancient times? Why World Goverment is ready to annihilate entire countrys to prevent even hint of Lost History to be revealed?)
Humour (it's just awesome all strawhats can be just silly )
|2007-09-09, 15:22
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This is just a guess, but I'm guessing the Lost History was probably a time when the world was just like ours today. This has been used time and time again so I hope OP doesn't use the "nuclear wars destroyed earth and caused us to go back in time" story (think Fist of the North Star).
|2007-09-11, 14:48
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: United Kingdom (England)
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One Piece is awesome.
It is the most original manga you will ever read and the anime is no exception. The characters are vivid and colourful and they never lack personality. Luffy is the most amazing character in any anime I have seen. He is cheerful, funny, optimistic, and a bit of an idiot. But his determination to protect his friends and his true strength is always incredible to read about. He is a quirky character that never gives up for his friends. Why does he protect them, until he's almost dead? He's not afraid of dying, and he will happily accept his fate whataver the case.
The other characters are no exception. A swordsman that wields three swords, a talking reindeer, a cook who only uses his legs to fight with, a robot that's fueled by cola? How original do you want it to be?! The action sequences and the artwork is inspiring and it has that UBER-COOL factor that most animes obviously have, but this one stands out. It has charm.
Of course, there is no one part in One Piece that isn't absolutely hilarious, that is until you hear about somebody's life that has been ruined by the next villain, and Luffy beats them to a bloody pulp, of course, and he doesn't take any shit.
If you want to see One Piece in all its glory, check out the Water Seven arc.
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This is a reroute from my Lusty Vegan column over on www.ieatgrass.com.
When you're "young," and you live in a city, it's sort of expected that you spend a decent amount of your evenings in bars. Being a wall flower by nature, much of my bar time is spent people watching, and because most of the people in bars are trying to get laid, I spend a lot of weekends watching people trying to get laid.
I need to preface this with a few facts you should keep in mind while reading. The first is that I live in a completely brogasmic city, littered with men who work in finance and have well groomed facial hair. Most of them make good money for their age bracket, have nice apartments or places by the shore, and swollen pectoral muscles. I hate to stereotype (no I don't), but this is what the majority of the men in my city are like.
Tons of women like these types of men. I'm not one of those women. So when I critique these bar pick-up scenarios, it's important to note that maybe these moves work on some women—they must, right? I suppose they work on the ones who swoon over a well tanned bicep and strategically manicured chin strap.
You also need to keep in mind that most of these efforts in seduction were not aimed at me. This isn't a humble brag. I'm no man magnet, and I'm certainly not the type of girl these guys normally go for. I spend most of my bar nights dancing erratically, like one of my feet is shorter than the other, and interjecting the bar banter with ill-timed sarcasm that I then have to repeat four times because the bar is bumpin' that obnoxious Nicki Minaj song about spaceships.
Sorry for the hopelessly long preface, but what can I say? Foreplay is my thing. Here are some really trashy pick-up techniques that I have seen fail hard.
The anti-compliment. Call me crazy, but "you have the nicest tits I've seen all evening" is not a compliment. I know that it's hard to compliment a girl's physical appearance without seeming cheesy ("has anyone ever told you how beautiful your eyes are?), or comment on their outfit without seeming super metrosexual ("hot shoes") but go for something organic. And if you're so drunk that the only organic thing you can think of is "nice tits" then you should probably just keep to yourself.
The pussyfoot introduction. While sitting with my room-mate at a bar a while back, two attractive girls came up to us and explained that, "not to be awkward," but their two guy friends over there think we're very pretty and want to come talk to us. They then pointed to some manchildren in the corner. I don't care if you're a Chris Hemsworth doppelganger. If you aren't confident enough to approach a girl yourself, she probably won't want to go home with you. If any of my guy friends asked me to lay the groundwork for them, I would probably begin to doubt the existence of their genitalia. Also seen this happen when one guy (usually the dude with the gf) comes over to talk to a girl for a few minutes, gets her smiling, and then introduces her to his buddy and slowly backs out of the conversation.
The stingy. Out once, I happened to be waiting by the bathroom listening to the conversation of a pair of bros next to me. They were scoping out some girls at the bar and—I wish I was joking—making a plan to go talk to them AFTER they had bought their own drinks. They watched the girls approach the bar, order their drinks, and then made a beeline for them as soon as the full vodka tonics were acquired. I was so horrified at the stinginess of the entire situation that I stink-eyed them for the next twenty minutes. Seriously—ladies, this is for you too—if you see someone you're interested in, offer to buy them a drink! It's an ice breaker, it's genuine, and it says "I like how you're put together" without you actually having to say that gloriously awkward statement.
To further my rant, ladies, please try and pick up men at bars! My room-mate is quite skilled at it—a total tigress. It's fantastically intimidating.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Other Side of the Curtain
I sense in myself the perspective that I wouldn't want to live this way my whole life and I would easily end up in a sub-specialty like colon/rectal (which sounds bad, but is actually cool because I have a fondness for the digestive system - don't know why), but once there I'd have to still do plenty of clinic/office time just so I could perform my half-dozen specialty procedures which I fear would eventually bore me. How awful.
So now I'm peeking over the curtain and considering another field: Anesthesiology. It's chock full of procedures (which are my favorite), they get to play with some of the most powerful drugs known to man, virtually no clinic, call is generally more limited and when called it isn't to consult but to do a procedure (intubate/epidural/general anesthesia/what have you). Anesthesiologists can also have a much more varied practice where they can be in the OR, on the labor floor, and in the ER or ICU securing a difficult airway all in one day. People tend to not realize this, but anesthesiologists are critical care specialists (as would make sense since they put people into a state of respiratory arrest multiple times daily) and often run the codes at the bedside. Plus, an anesthesiologist's day is defined by shift parameters so that when a case in the OR is running late, the anesthesiologist is relieved by the night shift at six or seven pm and goes home to eat dinner with his/her family while the surgeons go on working late into the night. And to top it all off, the compensation for anesthesiology is great - typically even better than a general surgeon.
In addition, there's virtually no overhead for an anesthesiologist's practice (which equates into significant freedom of where to live and where to work), they also get to wear pajamas (scrubs) to work all day, and they get to potentially participate in the full range of surgical procedures - pediatrics, plastics, brains, hearts, trauma, etc. - without being pigeonholed in a given specialty. The residency is also shorter, the people tend to be more personable, and the training is far less malignant.
Sounds pretty good, eh?
Some concerns: Would I get bored sitting in the 'cockpit' watching vital signs during those long cases? Will I be jealous of the surgeons and down the line regret my decision? (I have the same worry mirrored that if I'm a surgeon would I regret not choosing anesthesia? Though general surgery residencies have a 20% attrition rate, with most residents leaving for anesthesia. Comparatively, leaving anesthesia for another field is rare.)
Do CRNAs pose a real threat to the practice of anesthesia as we know it? (I doubt it.) Will socialized medicine reign in America to the point that I'd have to fill out more red tape and work longer hours for less compensation? (Same concern I have for most of medicine.)
12 comments:
- Baal Habos said...
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
- March 12, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- zdub said...
Have a few radiologist friends ad they love their specialty. Regular hours, good pay, directly involved in diagnoses, plus there is always new technology to learn and play with. The downside seems to be that its also a specialty that can be outsourced since readings can be done remotely (Australia & India in particular.)
- March 13, 2009 at 1:13 AM
- Orthoprax said...
The great thing about medicine is that it's broad enough to satisfy the personalities and interests of almost anyone who goes into it (which is ironic since on paper med-school applicants tend to look like carbon copies). I think diagnostic radiology is a great specialty but I personally find it extremely boring. I didn't go into medicine to sit in front of a computer screen.
But that's me - it takes all types.
- March 13, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- Baal Habos said...
> didn't go into medicine to sit in front of a computer screen.
What's wrong with that? Then you can blog in-between patients ;)
- March 13, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Nice Jewish Guy said...
They say that anesthesiology (very much like being an airline pilot, I suppose) is hours of sheer boredom punctuated by (potentially) moments of sheer terror. I suppose for those moments, you need to be calm, on the ball, and know your s*it.
- March 13, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Orthoprax said...
"What's wrong with that? Then you can blog in-between patients"
You think I'd still have the time to keep to my busy schedule of one post a month?
Sure, there's a lot of truth to that and I've seen that analogy many times. There's a lot of stress at takeoff and landing but most of the flight is a matter of cruising - and once in awhile you need to be the guy who can land safely in the Hudson.
- March 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Miri said...
I can't exactly say that I have any context or experience from which I am capable of giving you advice. But I did choose a career which is long hours, practically no pay, and infringes on home life (though certainly not to the extent of a surgeon on call) not to mention the fact that it is essentially a long uphill battle against beuraucracy, stupidity, and futility. But despite the fact that I know exactly what I'm getting into, I'm still doing it because I also know I love it, and I know that it's what I really ought to be doing. My point is, if you think you feel that way about surgery, it might be worth all the insanity. If you don't necessarily feel that way about surgery, it definitely isn't worth it.
- March 14, 2009 at 1:44 PM
If you're set on cutting, some surgical subspecialties have at least fair lifestyles and reasonable residencies such as opthy, derm, uro, ortho and ENT. If needles are enough, interventional spine is great.
- March 14, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Orthoprax said...
Thanks for dropping by. The key issue is really do I feel that strongly about surgery? I like it and all, and I do think the work is cool - but do I have the sheer passion for it to slog through the residency and marry myself to the specialty?
I just finished an elective week in ophtho. It's not terrible, and sure it's a lifestyle specialty, but it just doesn't excite me. I had once said to one of the residents I was working with that I like the 'coelomic' specialties - think chest and abdomen - the ones where you can go inside and manipulate them big organs.
This is the same reason why I really don't have interest in either ENT or Ortho (besides for the point that my grades are probably not stellar enough to catch a spot in those fields). Derm is only remotely a surgical field.
Urology happens to be something on my short list.
- March 15, 2009 at 1:13 AM
Be very careful to hedge your bets in the match if you go for something competitive like urology or even radiology. Urology wasn't that much less competitive than ENT when I was a medical student just a few years ago. Derm was perhaps the most competitive field and even harder to get than ENT and ortho.
- March 16, 2009 at 8:31 PM
- Ben Avuyah said...
I usually feel bad for the anesthesiologist, who is usually flipping through a people magazine to pass the time. That is, until a surgery gets dicey...then I wish I where in his seat.
It is nice shift work though... I don't really think there are any "on call" issues...you are either at work or not.
you know my opinion...surgical subspecialties ! The only way to fly ;-)
- April 14, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Orthoprax said...
Anesthesiology and surgery pull me in different ways. One of the strong points for anes is indeed lifestyle considerations. For surgery it is plainly for the coolness of the work.
So which is more important to me? Do I live for my work or work to support a lifestyle? The wrong choice could potentially leave me deeply dissatisfied.
Do I really like surgery enough for this kind of commitment? Maybe.
- April 14, 2009 at 7:07 PM


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