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From Dude Ranch to Med School
While at Queens, Schoenhals:
Played defense for Royals soccer; was named to the ESPN Magazine Academic All-District Team; was team captain her senior year; was given the "Coach's Award" in her sophomore year (the only time in Women's Soccer history the Royals made it to the NCAA Conference).
Studied biochemistry as Dana Scholar and minored in Spanish
Spent her junior year abroad at Oxford University, England
Traveled to New Orleans with Queens to build a house with Habitat for Humanity
Served as treasurer for two years of STAND, a student anti-genocide organization
Tap-danced with the Queens Dance Ensemble
After graduation, she:
Moved to Wyoming to be a horse wrangler on a Triangle X ranch
Attended a two-month Spanish-language program in Costa Rica, then worked on a farm in a rural town called Puriscal
Returned to Wyoming where she spends 70-80 hours a week on a horse during the summer, and skis and works in a coffee shop in the winter
Next up?
Traveling to Kumasi, Ghana, this spring with the Moran Eye Center as part of the University of Utah
Joining the University of Utah Medical School, class of 2017
Sarah Schoenhals '10 admits it was "pretty random" that she ended up at Queens University of Charlotte. She's not even sure how she first got on the mailing list; she was living in Oregon at the time. Yet, when a soccer coach followed up with her in April of her senior year of high school, she and her mother decided to fly out and visit.
"I felt at home the minute I got there. There was nothing not to like," Schoenhals said. So, she decided to "take the chance" and go to school 3,000 miles away from home.
- Schonehals on the support of Queens faculty
Now, three years later, she credits Queens faculty and friends - actually, she calls them her "family" - with giving her the advice, support, and resources she needed to accomplish the next step in her long-term goal to be a doctor. She's recently been accepted into the University of Utah's Medical School, class of 2017. "When I interviewed there, they were very excited about my diverse background and experiences."
For her part, Schoenhals is excited about the University of Utah's international outreach program and global health department. In fact, she's going to Ghana this month to tag along with Utah faculty who run an ophthalmology clinic that does cataract surgery for children.
Evidence of empathy
Her long-term goal is to get involved with international medicine. "I love to travel, and I would love to be able to do something really useful when I travel," she said. Medicine makes sense, because, "I've grown up with everything I've ever needed. But, that's not the case for the majority of people in the world, and I feel like health care is something everyone in the world should be afforded."
Celebrating her acceptance to med school in an email to coaches and faculty advisors, she wrote, "Every teacher, coach, and faculty member I've known at Queens has helped me get to this point."
Dr. Michele Shaul, Schoenhals' Spanish professor, welcomed the news. "She is bright, always motivated and exceptionally nice and caring," Shaul said. "She will be a marvelous doctor because she is analytical and can connect disparate information to find a creative solution. Her empathy will make her particularly loved by her patients."
An atypical route
Yet, Schoenhals acknowledges the news may come as a surprise to others. Although everyone who knew her at Queens, where she was a biochemistry major, would have known she wanted to be a doctor, she took an untraditional route after graduation.
The soccer-playing scholar, who organized her own junior year abroad at Oxford University with the help of Core professor Dr. Charles Reed and advisor Dr. Andy Tucker, decided after graduation to go to work wrangling horses. Yes, you read that right.
She'd always wanted to live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. So, that's where she moved after graduation, when she was feeling a little "burned out" on school and worried she wasn't 100 percent committed to med school any longer.
Taking the time off helped her regain her enthusiasm for her dream, she said. "I am definitely not the same person I was."
Yet she remains the confident woman who struck out on her own to wrangle horses, lead trail rides, ski Jackson Hole trails in the off-season and build a home in a new community. That willingness to take chances was developed at Queens, Schoenhals said. "I feel a lot more self-sufficient and prepared to take things on," she said. "There were always a lot of opportunities...[but] you always had to search and create your own path."
Living where she does, people haven't always heard of Queens. Yet, she said, she is quick to tell others: "They trained me to be well educated and to really work for what I wanted."


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Saudi women eye lingerie shops in battle over jobs
By Asma Alsharif
JEDDAH (Reuters Life!) - The first thing Dalya does when entering a lingerie shop in Saudi Arabia is scan the area for men after an embarrassing encounter a year ago.
With colorful lace, cotton and sheer bras on display, the 26-year-old vividly remembers when she randomly picked one up to examine it only to be surprised by a male voice saying: "That bra is not your size, you need one two sizes bigger."
It was a salesman trying to be helpful, she discovered, though she was further unnerved when she realized he had correctly estimated her size.
In the ultra conservative Saudi Arabia -- where women have long been discouraged from taking up work in public places that allow male access -- even lingerie shops are still mostly staffed by male employees.
Religious police patrol the streets to ensure adherence to the country's strict segregation laws and to make sure that women, who are also not allowed to drive, are covered in loose black garments (abayas) when they are out in public.
"I was shocked because I realized that the salesman actually scanned my body, even though I was covered in my abaya, and he actually got the right size," said Dalya, whose last name has been withheld to protect her privacy.
"That made me very uncomfortable."
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I'm not an expert but from what I know it it not legal to have any gun in a vehicle which requires a CDL license to drive. I believe that is a federal law covering all 49 states.
This was part of the new (not that new) law that standardized licensing between all states to prevent truckers from operating with miltiple state permits.
I've often wondered which liberal got this bumped into the CDL rules. probably the same left leaning liberal that was keeping us from carrying in federal parks I'm guessing.
BTY if you are driving a 1ton pickup and have commercial plates on it to save on Lic. fees you just may fall into this rule as well. Esp. if your pulling a trailer rated at over 10,000 lbs. There are a number of rules involved here but you have to know your pushing the edge of the law with this setup.


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In Senate bid, Dahlberg's all in
There are 30 comments on the Lowell Sun story from Jun 12, 2010, titled In Senate bid, Dahlberg's all in. In it, Lowell Sun reports that:Unseating an incumbent can be a laborious task. That's why Eric Dahlberg quit his day job to campaign full time for the 3rd Middlesex Senate District seat, which has been held by Lincoln Democrat Susan Fargo since 1996.
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#21 Jun 13, 2010
I have been following Eric's 2 plus years as a Selectman. He is relatively quiet in the meetings and only speaks when he has something relevant to say.
However, I have heard glowing remarks and even experienced first hand the remarkable job that he has done on consituent services. Not only responding quickly but getting an answer and results.
I am impressed with the overall performance of this energetic, young man.
I am glad that he is seeking higher office that is what our town needs.
People like Fargo did nothing when they cut our town into four pieces.
Now we have someone from our town who is willing to pick up the pieces and get the job done.
I am not interested in sound bites but positive results. He has proven himself capable of that many times.
Sen. Fargo has done nothing to help Chelmsford.
Eric is out there working very hard (and very smart) to get elected. He worked very hard running for Selectman & winning (it was far from a fluke because of the Override)I think more than anything else, it represents what he will accomplish as a State Senator.
He is not flashy but he will be a very strong improvement (understatement) as a State Senator.
So best of luck, Eric. The votes and support are there and more is coming.
#22 Jun 13, 2010
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#23 Jun 14, 2010
So, Hard word pays off, since you're so impressed with Eric, maybe you could name one thing HE has done or taken the lead on to reduce taxes for Chelmsford taxpayers?
#24 Jun 14, 2010
I asked my wife if I could quit work and go knocking on doors and hold a sign in the mornings for Eric but she told me no way, she said we need two pay checks to pay the taxes and buy food and that she was not going to do it alone on just her pay check followed by saying that's the Real World and the way it works.So I'm back at work doing what I was hired to do.
#25 Jun 14, 2010
Definitely Fargo. She's got 13 years of experience, fights for the right issues, and has a proven "Clean" track record. She's had some issues with showing up and voting. She better straighten that out soon, or she's losing my vote.
#26 Jun 14, 2010
Wow I wasn't going to vote for him, but if he will stand up to the Gov't employee union goons he has my vote.
#27 Jun 14, 2010
Not listening to his constituents??? 58% of them voted against the foolish fire station project. They also defeated the first dpw proposal.
Think he was with the majority on that one. He also supported the second dpw proposal (pirced a little more reasonably.
So if any selectman has mirrored the sentiments of the voter, it has been Eric.
#28 Jun 15, 2010
It's time for Fargo to be replaced.
I worked on Martinez's 2008 campaign and I can tell you she is a terrible candidate who was reluctant to meet voters...unless of course they agreed with her 100% on the issues. Plus, she had some integrity problems with keeping her word. So, I am glad the GOP has an alternative to Martinez.
I met with Eric recently and came away very impressed. Even though I disagree with him on a couple issues he has integrity and is capable of connecting with voters. Those are important qualities for any legislator to have. Eric has my vote and full support.
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#30 Jun 15, 2010
So, that's nothing then? You can't name a single thing he's done to reduce taxes in two years?
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The Gators held day one of spring practice on Wednesday, working out in helmets and shells for the first two days before moving to full pads this weekend.
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People often do not participate in physical activity because they do not have access to safe, affordable, close-to-home places to exercise. According to the CDC working paper, How Land Use and Transportation Systems Impact Public Health, there is evidence to support the notion that "transportation systems can increase walking and biking through the provision of separate, dedicated bicycle and pedestrian facilities such as paths and walking trails." The Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) has been delivering such paths and trails for over 15 years and has recently begun to investigate the connection among building trails, physical activity patterns, and health. This grant supports efforts of the RTC to cross-educate their constituents and public health professions. Specifically, funds for this project will go toward creating a physical activity and health education track for the RTC Trail Link annual conference and will create practical take-home tools for conference participants. This project will be considered successful if meeting participants are able to demonstrate a better understanding of the intersection between the public health and the trails agendas as well as ideas for partnering.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For a pitcher trying to win in the major leagues, it was not so good.
For a guy who just a few months ago faced what could have been a life-threatening physical condition, Kip Wells' first outing of the season was not so bad - not so bad at all.
"Fortunately, my stuff was as good as it can be. I take heart in that," he said. "But obviously you want to have consistent command."
In his first start since undergoing surgery on March 6 to repair total blockage in the artery carrying blood to his brain and arm, Wells failed to hold a 4-0 lead and lasted only 3 1/3 innings as Kansas City rallied for a 10-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Walks were his main problem. He gave up five bases on balls and struck out only two in this interleague matchup between the two worst teams in the majors.
"It's frustrating," he said. "But I'll take it and roll with it and try to improve and look forward to my next outing and try to let them get themselves out more instead of putting myself in tougher situations than I have to."
David DeJesus and John Buck drove in two runs apiece and a shaky Mark Redman (4-4) won his fourth game in a row despite giving up four runs in the first as the Royals improved to 20-49.
Wells was charged with six runs and five hits and five walks while the Pirates dropped to 26-46 with their sixth straight loss.
The right-hander gave up one run in the bottom of the first and three in the second and then Royals then took a 6-5 lead with two more in the fourth inning of the sloppily played game. The Pirates tied their season-high with three errors and set a season high with 11 walks.
"It's his first time out and with what it is that he's coming back from, it was very important for him to get back out there on the mound," said Pittsburgh manager Jim Tracy. "I'm sure that he would have liked the result to have been much, much better. But I'm not going to sit here and overanalyze a first outing when a guy's coming back from surgery to repair clottage in his throwing arm."
Freddy Sanchez had an RBI double in the first for the Pirates and then Joe Randa stroked an RBI single ahead of Craig Wilson's two-run home run, a drive to almost straightaway center estimated at 442 feet.
Nathan McLouth doubled leading off the Pittsburgh second and made it 5-1 on Sanchez' RBI single.
Buck had a two-run double and scored on a single by DeJesus in the Royals' second, making it 5-4. In the fourth, the Royals scored runs on Angel Berroa's RBI single and reliever John Grabow's bases-loaded walk to DeJesus.
Redman, who was 5-15 for Pittsburgh last year and traded to Kansas City in the offseason, had not won four in a row since July 2000 with Minnesota. He has won all four of his starts this month after going 0-4 in seven starts in April and May. He gave up five runs and six hits with five walks in five innings. He also had two wild pitches.
"I can't say enough about our offense and defense today," said Redman. "They did great. It was a battle all day, leaving the ball up and just escaping jams here and there. But I got out of there with a win."
The Royals loaded the bases again in the fifth on second baseman Jose Castillo's fielding error, Reggie Sanders' walk and Matt Stairs' single. One run scored on Mark Teahen's single and a second crossed the plate on right fielder McLouth's fielding error.
Wells, whose 18 losses last year led the majors, was charged with six runs and five hits and five walks, with two strikeouts. The Royals scored a run in the first on Wells' wild pitch and made it 10-5 in the eighth on sacrifice flies by Mark Grudzielanek and Sanders.
Jack Wilson added a solo homer in the ninth for the Pirates to make it 10-6.
"It wasn't a pitcher's night," said Redman. "We came through. I had a good feeling today. Even though I gave up the four early runs, I had confidence in the guys."
Pittsburgh 1B Sean Casey was not in the lineup Tuesday after getting hit just above the right elbow by a pitch on Sunday. He was day-to-day. ... The Royals sent eight men to the plate in the eighth but had only two official at-bats. ... The Royals sent LHP J.P. Howell to Tampa Bay on Tuesday for outfielder Joey Gathright and infielder Fernando Cortez in the first deal by Dayton Moore as KC's general manager. Gathright could be in the lineup in center field as soon as Wednesday. RHP Zack Greinke, who has been on rehab assignment in Double-A Wichita after being on the DL to deal with emotional issues, had a meeting with Moore on Tuesday in Kansas City.


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Microsoft has announced that their all-singing-all-dancing Xbox 360 console will have 43 new media apps by end of the year, as the tech giant tries to consolidate its position as the go-to device for the living room.
When Microsoft's console was first release 7 years ago, few would have predicted quite how much it has changed. Over the last 24 months Microsoft has been aggressively trying to make sure the Xbox is the number 1 choice for consumers who want to add smart apps functionality to their lounges, but who don't have a fancy Smart TV or set top box.
Music and video apps, clearly, have become a major unique selling point for Microsoft's console, with the likes of Youtube, Vevo, Netflix, Lovefilm and Sky Player all now available on the console in the UK.
Microsoft has even launched some of its own apps, such as the recently launched Xbox Music service that hopes to rival the likes of Spotify and Pandora.
Microsoft's own Major Nelson proudly announced the new additions via his blog, and the list is certainly impressive. However, not all 40 apps will be coming to every country; due to licensing limitations. Here's the list for the UK.
- Indieflix
- Livesport.tv
- Napster
- Sainsburys
- Gametrailers
- Fightbox
- All3M
Other apps are listed as coming to the "majority of LIVE regions" and may well come to the UK, including popular YouTube gaming channel Machinima, Crunchyroll and the music streaming service Deezer. The latter is an interesting choice, as you'd would have thought that Microsoft would want to prevent a competing music streaming service from making its way onto the Xbox 360.
Elsewhere Microsoft will also be launching a Karaoke app, the app gives you access to 8,000 songs to sing to your heart's content, in most LIVE regions. In the game, your avatar takes to the stage on screen to rock out as you sing, while the Xbox SmartGlass app can be used to control the music playback, browse for songs and even view lyrics. This is bound to be a hit over the festive season with families.
To view the full list of apps coming to Xbox LIVE, hit up Major Nelson's blog here.
It's thought that 2013 Microsoft release two new consoles; first will be the set top box, tentatively named Xbox TV, which is expected to be released in time for Christmas 2013. And it will launch alongside a next-generation Xbox hardware, with the cheaper model focussing of casual games and the all-important media streaming.
Apple Eyeing-up The Living Room, too.
It's clear that the living room is there for the picking, and this leads us on to Apple and its plans to try and grab some of the market with their much mooted Apple TV. While it hasn't really been mentioned that much in 2012 – a new report suggest that Apple has begun early testing of their TV.
The Wall Street Journal says that its manufacturing partner Sharp and Hon Hai, knows as Foxconn, are working with the American tech giant to test out designs for a large-screen, high resolution smart TV.
It's been rumoured that Apple has been testing early prototypes internally for years before they even begin to send the product to external manufacturers. Apple, of course, already has its own media set top box, but it's clear they want to take that one step further with a full-blown TV – but will their brand-name alone be enough for consumers?
It's unclear quite how much impact Apple could have in the television and media industry, due to the entwined, long-standing broadcasting contracts and the popularity of many "smart TVs" which are available to consumers now. Interestingly a survey from Morgan Stanley suggested that the brand alone name may be enough – and consumers would be willing to pay a 20 percent premium for an Apple-branded set.
The idea of Apple producing a television set was brought back to the stage this month by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who hinted in an interview with NBC that a new product offering may be on the horizon. "When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years," Cook said. "It's an area of intense interest. I can't say more than that."


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A contest for China's soul is now underway in that giant country, pitting two powerful forces and two very different stances toward the outside world against each other. The outcome will have a major impact on whether China succeeds in becoming a nation capable of having truly constructive and durable relations with the outside world.
On one hand, China's economic revolution has helped position it in the world as a confident powerhouse of trade, a more responsible global powerbroker, and even as a reassuring military presence. On the other hand, China remains trapped by a past and a mindset steeped in a sense of victimization, which tempts it to export blame for internal problems.
The main question is whether China can escape the pull of this old psychological syndrome – which kept it preoccupied throughout the twentieth century with debilitating sentiments of weakness, insecurity, and humiliation – and allow itself to be guided by a new outlook on the world, and even on old enemies.
The anti-Japanese demonstrations are a symptom of the old syndrome, fueled by grievances born at a time when China was, indeed, aggrieved and humiliated. With China's growing economic clout, rising standard of living, and increasingly respected place in the world, one would hope that the Chinese and their leaders would find a way to let go of the dead. Yet, even as the luster of the "China miracle" dazzles the world, the Chinese seem loath leave behind their dark feelings of victimization.


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By Frank Trippett, Alan Ota and John Snell/Portland
Oct. 31, 1988
Launched last year on a farm in Clackamas County, Ore., the Ecclesia Athletic Association camp professed a wholesome purpose. Founder Eldridge J. Broussard Jr., once a basketball star at Pacific University, said Ecclesia, an outgrowth of the Watts Christian Center in Los Angeles, would bring ghetto children into the clean rural setting and train them through a disciplined program of athletics.
In time, however, neighbors noticed that the children, as one observer said, were "like zombies, never talking, never laughing." The neighbors asked the Oregon children's services division to investigate, but to no avail. Last week four adults came to the Clackamas County firehouse with the body of an eight- year-old girl who had died from multiple injuries to the head, chest and limbs. She was Broussard's eight-year-old daughter Dayna.
Chastened authorities who inspected the two-story, four-bedroom Ecclesia house discovered 53 other children, ages three months to 16 years, living in Dickensian horror. Behind the building's curtain covered windows, the children were kept in rooms strewn with sleeping bags but no beds. There was only one working toilet, no refrigerator, and the only food was some tomatoes and a head of lettuce. The youngsters were malnourished, and most had bruises, welts and wounds. "It was Lisa Steinberg times 50," said Bart Wilson, a manager of the Oregon children's services division, alluding to the six-year-old New York City girl beaten to death last year.
According to Donald Welch, director of the Clackamas County juvenile - department, floggings were "systematic." Adult staff members, he said, would deal out up to 800 blows with "paddle, electrical cord or similar device," while other children looked on. Four adults, including two who delivered the dead girl to the firehouse, were charged with first-degree manslaughter and held in lieu of $250,000 bail. The children were placed in the protective custody of juvenile authorities.
Broussard, 35, was in Los Angeles at the time but returned to Oregon last week. After first refusing to comment on the case, he later made a bizarre appearance on the nationally televised Oprah Winfrey Show. Grinning and smiling, smirking and haranguing, Broussard evaded all direct questions while blaming the death of his daughter on "the media." His only display of emotion came when he broke into tears as he complained about the media's treatment of him. His program has been unfairly likened to a cult, he said, and he has been called, in his own phrase, a "new Jim Jones." Broussard denied that children in the house were beaten. They were merely "spanked," he said.
So far, only one parent of the Ecclesia children has expressed a lack of confidence in Broussard or made any effort to return them to their homes. Broussard himself has vowed to make an all-out effort to regain custody of his young wards. Oregon officials are expected to oppose his effort with equal adamancy.


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Accelerating Inflation Boosts Bets for BOJ to Delay Easing
Accelerating inflation is prompting analysts from HSBC Holdings Plc. to Daiwa Securities Co. to push back forecasts for when the Bank of Japan may add to record monetary easing.
The percentage of economists predicting an expansion of already unprecedented stimulus between April and June fell to 33 percent from 56 percent three months ago in a Bloomberg News survey of 36 economists conducted Jan. 10-15.
With the BOJ's preferred benchmark gauge showing inflation at more than half of its target 2 percent pace, the central bank may wait to assess trends in wages and the effects of a sales-tax increase in April before deciding on any extra stimulus. Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and his board will keep policy on hold when a two-day meeting ends today, according to all economists in the survey.
"The speed of inflation is the main reason for pushing back my forecast," said Maiko Noguchi, senior economist at Daiwa Securities and a former central bank official. "The BOJ can take a breath and watch developments in prices and the impact of the sales-tax increase."
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 1.2 percent in November from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 2008. For the final quarter of 2013, analysts estimate inflation was 1.1 percent, according to a separate poll, nearly three times economists' 0.4 percent forecast in a survey in April last year.
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A gauge of inflation expectations indicates that investors see the pace of price gains picking up further. The five-year breakeven rate, derived from the difference between Japanese government bond yields and those on inflation-linked debt, was at 1.84 percentage points at 9:48 a.m. in Tokyo, near a 1.89 reading on May 23 that was a record high in data going back to 2009.
The yen rose 0.1 percent to 104.22 per dollar. The Topix index gained 0.2 percent.
The pickup in inflation hasn't convinced economists that the BOJ can achieve its 2 percent inflation goal without extra monetary stimulus. The number of analysts forecasting the central bank will add to its easing in July or later doubled to 48 percent from three months ago in the latest survey. The rest of the economists see additional loosening this quarter.
Economy Minister Akira Amari said yesterday that there's still a risk that the economy could fall back into the trend of declining prices that persisted for 15 years.
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Inflation may start to fall short of the BOJ's forecast trajectory in the second quarter, said Izumi Devalier, an economist at HSBC in Hong Kong.
"In that event, we expect the BOJ to deliver additional stimulus and stick with its inflation target," said Izumi, who last month pushed back her call for easing to the third quarter from the second quarter because inflation accelerated more than expected.
Economists have revised their forecasts before. In May, 17 of 27 economists in a Bloomberg survey said the BOJ would add to easing in October. Three months later only five predicted such a move by the end of the year.
The strength of Japan's economic recovery will be tested after a national sales tax is increased to 8 percent in April from 5 percent, a move that economists forecast will trigger a 4.1 percent annualized contraction in the second quarter.
Kuroda said last month that risks from the higher levy will be "not so high," while adding that the BOJ will adjust monetary policy without hesitation if necessary.
"The BOJ may act for political reasons after the sales tax is raised to show its stance to support the economy, given Abe's efforts to end deflation," said Mitsumaru Kumagai, chief economist at Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo.
Wages, Yen
Chances of the BOJ reaching its price target within its two-year timeframe are just 30 percent, said Yoshimasa Maruyama, chief economist at Itochu Corp. in Tokyo.
A decline in the yen of nearly 18 percent against the dollar last year boosted the cost of imported energy, driving up consumer prices. Without a similar tumble, inflation pressures will ease, Maruyama said. At the same time, limited wage growth will reduce the spending power of consumers hurt by the higher sales tax, with the economic weakness capping inflation, he said.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged companies to increase salaries to set in motion what he terms a "virtuous cycle," where higher consumer spending leads to increased profits, investment and stronger economic growth.
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest brokerage, will raise salaries for about 4,000 staff in April, the company said on Nov. 29.
Labor cash earnings, the benchmark for wages, will increase 0.6 percent in the fiscal year starting April 1, according to the median forecast in a poll of 16 economists by Bloomberg News last month. Overall consumer prices will climb five times as much, increasing 3 percent on the higher sales tax, a separate Bloomberg survey showed.
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May 31st, 2006
This preliminary investigation by ECOS documents the socio-economic and environmental impact of oil exploitation in the Melut Basin in Upper Nile State, Sudan, as told by inhabitants of the area and photo graphed from satellites. It focuses on the Melut and Maban Counties, Renk District, which fall into concession blocks 3 and 7, held by the Petrodar Operating Company Ltd. under a Production Sharing Agreement with the Sudanese Government.
Afghan Pipe Dreams: Will Oil and Gas Giants Build a Central Asian Pipeline? Where?
by Pratap Chatterjee
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June 28th, 2002
Not everybody is convinced that Turkmenistan will be the source of a future pipeline in Central Asia. Joseph Naemi, another Iranian born businessmen who splits his time between Sydney, Australia, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is working on the possibility that Afghanistan's other major northern neighbor may be a better business bet
Statement from Amnesty International on Gov. Ridge's Signing of Mumia Abu-Jamal's Death Warrant
by Sam Jordan
Amnesty International USA
October 14th, 1999
The death warrant for the December 2nd execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal signed yesterday by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge serves no purpose other than putting Abu-Jamal on 'death watch' and causing him cruel and unnecessary suffering.
MEXICO: Girl's Murder Sad Symbol of Corporate Power, Child Labor, Female Exploitation on the Border
by Dan La Botz
Mexican Labor News and Analysis
March 2nd, 1999
Irma Angelica Rosales, a 13-year-old girl, was raped and murdered on February 16 in the town of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, just a cross the border from El Paso, Texas. Her very brief life and violent death symbolize everything that is wrong with the social system which U.S. multinational corporations and the U.S. and Mexican government have created on our common border.
Repression, Inc: The Assault on Human Rights
by Julie Light
February 4th, 1999
It has only been in recent years that transnational corporations' complicity with human rights abuse has come under more systematic scrutiny. The international press, citizens' movements and traditional human rights organizations have sounded the alarm on a series of cases. Among those we cover in this Issue are labor abuses in global sweatshops, oil and gas companies' complicity with brutal military regimes in countries such as Burma, Nigeria and Indonesia and the growing prison industry in the United States.
The Death Penalty for Corporations Comes of Age
by Russell Mokhiber
Business Ethics
November 1st, 1998
In two surprising recent cases, a law school professor and a circuit court judge seek to revoke the charters of corporate lawbreakers.
Prisons for Profit, cont.
by Eric Bates
The Nation
May 4th, 1998
Alex Friedmann doesn't look like the kind of guy who would incite a prison riot. Slight and bespectacled, Friedmann measures his words carefully and is quick to point out his own biases. So it came as a bit of a surprise a few weeks ago when Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in the world, abruptly transferred Friedmann from its medium-security lockup in Clifton, Tennessee.
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May 1st, 1998
The Texas Prison Labor Union (TPLU) was established in 1995 by Texas prisoners and outside supporters. The state had just completed a $1.5 billion prison expansion program, and it now incarcerates close to 150,000 prisoners in a vast network of more than 100 prisons.
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Boris Johnson today revealed how he would boost Britain's economy after the Olympics — by cutting taxes, axing red tape and building an airport.
He urged David Cameron to stop "pussyfooting around" and fund a series of major building projects in London.
The Mayor also hinted for the first time that he may stand as an MP after his four-year term which would allow him to run for leader of the Tory Party.
Mr Johnson told the Standard: "The way to get business really motoring in the UK is to cut taxes, cut regulation, create the infrastructure and get behind it. That's what you should do." He also:
- Revealed plans for an elevated network of cycle lanes alongside Overground rail tracks.
- Insisted George Osborne "is up for" big infrastructure projects such as an airport in the Thames Estuary but criticised "inertia" in the Government.
- Hailed the Olympics as showcasing Britain and told of his pride that London was able to "dazzle the world".
His "ideal world" plan for promoting business and the hint he may run as an MP is likely to trigger most debate.
It comes after a poll for the Standard showed Mr Johnson received a bigger popularity boost from the Games than the Prime Minister. The Ipsos Mori survey found that 61 per cent of people said they had a more positive view of Mr Johnson following the Games compared to 43 per cent for Mr Cameron.
Mr Johnson has faced questions about his ambitions to lead the Conservatives and did nothing to dampen speculation as he told the Standard: "This is the time to be ambitious about London and what it can do for Britain."
He added: "One of the ways of doing that would be to commit to further infrastructure — Crossrail 2, more river crossings, a massive house building programme for the city."
Mr Johnson called the Government's decision to delay the publication of a consultation into Britain's airports "totally mad". The Mayor favours a four-runway hub built in the Thames, dubbed "Boris Island". "The Government needs to stop pussyfooting around," said Mr Johnson.
"Heathrow is fundamentally not in the right place." He said Mr Osborne is "actually very much up for big ideas like this". But he warned that the Prime Minister is yet to be convinced, blaming the "institutional inertia of the Government".
Saying Mr Cameron's government must be more "ambitious" he added: "There's a real opportunity to capitalise on the Olympics. [To] look at London as the motor that can drive growth." He launched a passionate defence of Transport Secretary Justine Greening, who he said "gets" the need for a new airport.
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He dismissed claims that he could run for a seat in Parliament while still serving as Mayor as "nonsense". But when asked if he may stand as an MP after his mayoral term he said: "I honestly don't know the answer to that question."
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I'm convinced that some day I shall be amongst these brightly lit bicyclists and tour this awesome city by bike, while screaming what little french words I have remembered from school. "J'aime le fromage!"
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Start time: Sunday – May 30 – 7am
Start location: Saint-Anne-des-Plaines
Length of bike route: 75, 100, 125, 150km
Finish location: Saint-Anne-des-Plaines
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Start time: Friday – June 4 – 8:30pm
Start location: Saint-Joseph Blvd
Length of bike route: 20km
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Start time: Sunday – June 6 – 9:15am
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Length of bike route: 50km
Finish Location: parc Jeanne-Mance
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Editor's Note: Erik Lopez has become a maverick in the Miami art scene. His formal education brought him to College of Wooster in Ohio, where he specialized in photography and drawing.
As a teaching assistant, he taught drawing and art history classes at The College of Wooster during his undergraduate studies. He was given the distinctive honor of a Copeland Fund Grant, which he used to document the tattoo subculture in Paris during the summer of 1998. In 1999, he returned to Miami to further advance his vision of the lowbrow lifestyle.
In 2004, he founded Miami Art Lab—part gallery, part lounge, with a contemporary spin that's distinctive among his Gables' neighbors.
Sadly, Miami Art Lab closed it's doors in 2005. Erik continues to be involved in the lowbrow lifestyle by being the co-founder of the clothing line Lowbrow Luxury. Here is his story about starting Miami Art Lab and his design company, Art Blur.
I read an article, in GQ of all places, that prompted me to fulfill a lifelong dream—business ownership. The article had a simple message—control is happiness.
When I was studying art in college, I knew that someday I'd have an art gallery to call my own; a place where I could be surrounded by the best art from around the world. Five years after graduation, I thought about achieving that dream.
For 20 years, my mom has owned and operated her own business. I've seen her struggles and I've seen her successes. After college, I worked at a series of small businesses and experienced the same struggles, and a few successes. When I started working full-time at my mom's business, I was trying to get design gigs and art shows part-time.
When I was student, I never thought about paying rent, electricity, phone, water, insurance, alarm, maintenance, trash disposal fees, city license fees, county license fees, state license fees, federal taxes, sales taxes, attorney fees, accountant fees, advertising and marketing costs, selecting and getting products into a retail establishment, writing contracts, writing press releases, and having to put a smile on my face for clients when I was having a bad day. I never thought about dealing with suppliers, in my case artists, who, on occasion, aren't punctual with getting their work to me in time for a show that I've spent hard-earned money publicizing.
Before I thought, "Oh, you just open the doors and make money." Yeah, no.
It's definitely a struggle. I'm still working at my mom's shop, continuing my design work (Art Blur), trying to get galleries to sell my paintings and working at my gallery the rest of the time. My wife also works a full-time job and three part-time jobs to help pay the bills.
We are persevering through the struggle, knowing that with our constant effort, we will make a go of it. We will succeed. That's the mentality that a small business owner must have. You gotta have tenacity. That, and a big set of balls.
I've been an artist and designer my whole professional career, and I've been fortunate enough to make a little money at it (seriously, I mean a little). With the saved money, I invested in a small condo in Florida. I fixed it up and gave it that "curb appeal" and then I sold it for a small profit. I repeated the buy property, spruce it up and sell process a couple more times. Then I decided to take the leap—and finally rent.
It's kind of the reverse of what most people do, but I never rented before.
Well, with all the money that I saved and having made a profit from my last condo sale, I had to spend it on something of value. A lot of it went to paying off some credit card debt that my wife and I had accrued from our recent, and quite lovely, wedding. But, the bulk of it went into starting my own gallery—Miami Art Lab.
It costs about five thousand dollars more than whatever you think it's going to cost to open a business. I found this out as time went on, gathering all those licenses, buying furnishings for the space, getting "set-up" to receive money with credit card machines, bank accounts, credit lines and so on. I was truly fortunate to have free help from my friends and family, from painting the gallery, to helping me keep my financial books, and making display cases that feature some of the artists' products. Friends in the community helped me publicize the gallery's grand opening, and wrote articles about the space and even gave me discounts on things that are important to any business, like light bulbs.
I used to hate asking for help. Now, I know that owning your own business isn't something that you can do "on your own"— you always need help. I now look forward to returning the favor to everyone that helped me.
Here I am, sitting behind my new computer, with nobody telling me to hurry up, and to take care of my personal business off the company's clock. My new boss is pretty relaxed, and he lets me wear whatever I want to work. It's nice to be in control.
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I have to echo what some of the previous posters have said as far as not pressuring him. I was in a situation like this in my early 20s, except I was the one who suddenly had issues. I always had a very healthy libido and the problems started with a genuine medical issue- I got ovarian cysts and sex was horribly painful. I was nervous even after the cysts resolved, and then my BF started making comments and I just ended up shutting down because I felt so pressured - it was basically horrible performance anxiety. Eventually the whole relationship fell apart.
I'm not saying that sex isn't an important part of a healthy relationship, but I wouldn't consider it the most important, or even in the top 5. My last relationship was with someone who was flat out lousy in bed. I was willing to look past that because he was great in almost every other respect. Granted, after we broke up, I did joke around with a few of my close friends that it was a sign that I wasn't meant to have to settle for bad sex for the rest of my life, but that's a different story
Try to be patient and give him a bit of space to get his confidence back.
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The Martinos Imaging Center at MIT hosts a suite of tools and facilities for studying brain activity in humans and animals.
Human MRI | Small Animal MRI | EEG | MEG | Mock MRI | NIRS
Human Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The center has two 3T Siemens Magnetom Tim Trio 60 cm whole-body MRI with EPI, MR angiography, diffusion, perfusion, and spectroscopy capabilities for both neuro and body applications. The scanner is equipped with several interchangeable radiofrequency coils including some custom coils that are sized for children. The visual stimulus system for fMRI studies is projected through a wave guide and is displayed on a rear projection screen (Da-Lite). Eye movements can be monitored with an eyelink eyetracker. Audio stimuli are delivered via sensimetrics insert earphones. Behavioral responses can be monitored via a button response and trigger interface.
The center has a 9.4T Bruker Biospec 94_20 MRI scanner for high resolution scanning of small animals. The 20-cm bore is suitable for small animals including rodents, ferrets and squirrel monkeys. There is animal preparation room adjacent to scanner.
The center is equipped with a 128-channel Biosemi ActiveTwo electroencephalography (EEG) system. This system uses active electrode technology, which eliminates the need for scalp preparation during set-up while still providing excellent signal quality and improving the experience for research subjects. The EEG system is housed in a double-wall insulated, sound-attenuating, audiometric testing booth.
The MEG lab features an Elekta Triux scanner with 306 SQUID channels plus 128 channels for simultaneous EEG. The scanner is installed in a Vacuumschmelze 3-layer magnetically shielded room with active compensation coils. It is equipped with a high-fidelity projector and a 44" back-projection screen for visual stimuli, earphones for audio stimuli, a pair of electrical somatosensory stimulators, one-finger response pads, and a MEG-compatible eye tracking system.
A replica of the 3T MRI scanner is used to acclimatize subjects (especially children) to the scanning environment. The mock scanner includes an audiovisual system and touch-pad response device similar to those used in the real scanner. The mock scanner also simulates the noise and vibration of the real scanner. This allows subjects to become familiar with the procedures in a 'kid-friendly' environment prior to entering the real scanner, thereby allowing more efficient use of scan time and improving data quality.
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Our NIRS hub consists of a TechEn CW6 system with 16 sources and 16 detectors, as well as custom made headgear for infants and adults. The console computer can also be used for data analysis and anatomical registration with MGH's HOMER2 software package.
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I know this sounds crazy, but I need to replace my wonderful linear tight 2003 325i steering rack with a much-hated overboosted rack from 04/99 - 09/01
I recently suffered a permanent injury, and need softer steering or I will have to sell my car - I would rather commit this unthinkable steering sin than drive a different car.
The moreover boosted it the better, I believe 2000 e46s are ideal. part number ending in 438.
I am willing to pay up to $400 depending on how many miles the rack had, and how abused it may have been during its life (honor system I suppose). I'm also willing to pay up to $200 for anyone who would like to help me install it (Northern California). if you sell me the rack, you do not necessarily have to help me install it.
I am also willing to trade my ..xx-065 rack for an over boosted rack. Based on my research, and the general feel of my car, I think I have one of the more sought-after racks that BMW made for the e46. my rack has 64,000 miles on it. according to a realOEM.com I have 32136755065.
there are several sites offering part number 438, but I have heard numerous times that it is very difficult to know what level of steering boost you will get because many sites (and even ZF has been rumored to do this) supposedly just send you any rack from any e46 since most are interchangeable. I am not sure if this is just hearsay
Sorry to hear about your injury. I'm local and am interested in this. I have a 2001 325iT (with the boosted steering) and would be interested in this. I'll send you a PM.
glad to hear people are interested. Got your PM - I just sent a reply to the e-mail address you gave me. I've also been talking to Kalim about softening my reverse compression spring. Good to know there are a bunch of active members in the Bay Area.
i have a rack from my 99 328i, its not the one that came with the car but i think its the same thing. if your interested pm me and i can get the numbers off of it for you
Hey bdub,
I am definitely interested. So far just you and mtnbound have replied. It would be awesome if you were able to send any reference numbers on the part so I can look them up against the list of overboosted racks.
A less-accurate way to tell, and/or a way to doublecheck, would be to put your last seven digits of your VIN into realOEM.com and check the production date and the part number of your factory-installed steering rack.
If your car was produced after April 1999, it should be over boosted.
My apologies if you already knew all of that information.
Sorry to hear about your injury, but if only you were closer to ohio. I'd be willing to get rid of the one from my 2000 323i Touring for yours, i still have only 85k miles on my car. oh well, bump for you.
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It looks like the Dolphins and the Jets are kicking up the heat for this Sunday's clash at MetLife Stadium. To no one's surprise the war of words started when Rex Ryan said his team needed to put 'hot sauce' on running back Reggie Bush prior to New York's Week Three contest in South Florida. During the game Bush was forced to the sideline with a knee injury and Jets' All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis sustained an ACL tear effectively ending his season.
"What goes around comes around," said Bush when asked by reporters his reaction to Revis' devastating injury.
This week Ryan urged the former Heisman Trophy winner to issue an apology for attributing 'karma' as the cause of New York's injury woes.
"I don't expect one, but maybe Darrelle Revis does," mentioned Ryan of a possible apology from Bush. "I'm sure he got caught up in the moment. He was injured and obviously nobody likes to get hurt. That certainly wasn't my intention and I hope he understands that. He doesn't ever have to say anything to me or reach out to Revis, but I would expect him to, just for the simple fact that Revis is his peer. He's one of the elite players in this league."
Ryan clarified his initial 'hot sauce' remarks insisting that none of his players were out to intentionally harm Bush, but the Dolphins' tailback isn't buying that explanation.
I don't believe that," said Bush. "I don't believe that at all, but it is what it is."
When asked whether he expected a reprisal from the Jets for his 'karma' comments, Bush replied:
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In the end it came down to Auburn or Massachusetts for the 6-foot-5 small forward. Anderson is a solid shooter, though the form is awkward, can get to the rim some, and is an above average athlete. At times during the summer Anderson took a back seat to other talented teammates, but he is someone who attracted a lot of high major interest throughout the process.
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Kaufman and Booker each lay claim to a famously savage lampoon of Harold Macmillan's stuffy Home Secretary Henry Brooke.
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Tehran handed over information related to detonators that can be used for several purposes but also for a nuclear weapon under a key November interim nuclear deal, the quarterly report showed.
In meetings with the U.N. atomic watchdog in April and earlier last week in Iran, Tehran provided "information and explanations, including showing documents, to substantiate its stated need and application of EBW (Explosive Bridge Wire detonators)," the report by IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said.
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Hope keeps people happy and healthy so dont always tell the truth
(cross-posted from Troppo)
Interest rates in Australia have just been reduced by 0.5% in the hope that this will stimulate the economy. Will it work? Uncertain. But will politicians say it will work in the coming federal budget? Almost undoubtedly.
Perhaps displays of optimism are not such a bad thing, even if they are unwarranted.
In a study that just came out, we (myself, David Johnston at Monash and Gigi Foster at UNSW) found that optimistic expectations are key to making people happy with their lot in life. People are much less affected by regret than previously thought, nor do they tell themselves things will be bad in the future so that the present will be a pleasant surprise: people systematically over-estimate how rosy the future should be and this is crucial for their well-being.
Our study, of which the working paper version is here and the on-line article is here (for those with access) has the following highlights:
- In a sample of over 10,000 Australians followed for 9 years (the HILDA), it turns out that people's expected future health has about 1/6th the effect on current happiness as their actual current health, with any difference between the health that was expected and that eventuated having very little effect.
- Future imagined health was more important to Australians over 35 and to women than to men and those under 35, for whom future imagined health was not important for happiness.
- As a result, we concur with the medical literature that has long argued that hope is important in itself for health, as witnessed by the strong placebo effect. In the medical literature hope has now become the default standard for new medicines in that new medicines have to be better than placebos if they are deemed to be of real use. Our advise is also to err on the side of optimism whenever possible.
Now, to classically trained economists, the fact that hope itself is a consumption good quite apart from realised consumption may be surprising, but in the reality of economic policy the big lesson from this kind of finding has been incorporated long ago: always pretend the economy will keep going strong or will soon improve unless there are really strong indications to the contrary. Hang on to see many an overly optimistic statement in the Federal budget next week …. and rightly so.
For more information on the study, see here.
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So, don't tell people the truth about our worldwide economic problems because people might worry too much? Not telling the truth leads to one never identifying and actually fixing the core problems and to mal-investments that only exacerbate the problems.
Totally agree with this, but I am not sure how to debate this, as there are way to many ends to the discussion that I am just not able to see. Keeping the morale up is good, and keeping your soldiers in the dark is a technique advocated by the strategist Sun Tzu. What I do know is that media has a lot of negative influence on the world. We have become so desensitized to the stories of wars and diseases that we are subconsciously thirsting for good news. Just take a look at videos on youtube promoting happiness and community and note the positive comments that the videos are getting. I think that it is important to not lie to the public, but it is also important to provide positive reinforcement and to foster a positive attitude within the people. This is a very difficult debate, because it reaches into the very freedoms we have as people. Perhaps I will write something on my blog on http://www.errant.ca.
yes there is a loss in being optimistic to do with not being prepared to see bad things coming and do something about it. Its a balancing act.
yes, the role of some media seems to be to talk badly about things. Not all though: many a magazine is an optimism-fest. Every time I read a science magazine I am full of hope we will solve all problems soon.
I agree though that in many ways the sniping you see a lot in the media, particularly by anonymous bloggers, is the exception rather than the rule: in daily interaction where people see each other, optimism usually rules. Except in France of course.


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Garmin 60cs or 60csx with car mount.
I use the 60 Csx but it has some features I don't need. I wanted the big storage for maps and waypoints that it can handle.
This is a discussion on Looking for a nice GPS Unit within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Anybody experts on these? I want one good for driving directions AND hiking or general use also. Looking for recommendations so I have a place ...
Anybody experts on these? I want one good for driving directions AND hiking or general use also. Looking for recommendations so I have a place to start. Thanks!!!!
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Garmin 60cs or 60csx with car mount.
I use the 60 Csx but it has some features I don't need. I wanted the big storage for maps and waypoints that it can handle.
Procrastinators are the leaders of tomorrow.
I've have been using Delorme's topo software for years. They now offer a hand held. Their topo is one of the best..
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Magellan eXplorist 500 here - nice display, uses SD cards, can do turn-by-turn directions with the optional software.
Battle Plan (n) - a list of things that aren't going to happen if you are attacked.
Blame it on Sixto - now that is a viable plan.
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Hiking and road directions can be mutually exclusive in GPS. I have numerous GPS (retired military aviator, active federal land manager, and general techno lover) and have owned several models and makes over the last 16 years. I currently own 5 GPS units for the field (2 Garmin GPS 12 - no longer made & 3 Garmin 72 - I keep different sets of waypoints and routes in each), 1 for the car and mapping programs for 3 States that I hunt in. Below is what I use daily, both in my private and professional life.
I have a Garmin i3 in my truck for driving in the city. You can get the preloaded version (i5) from Costco for $250.00 For the field I use the Garmin 72 ($150). Simple and has what it needs to get you there. As a compliment to and as a all around great tool I also have Terrain Navigator ($100) (maptech.com) on my computer for my State. It has all the topo maps for the state and you can download or upload waypoints to the Garmin 72 with a $30 cable interface AND you can hook the Garmin to a laptop and use it as a moving map display.
I have been using a GPS when they were first available to the military (early 90's) and for personal use ever since. I don't leave home without them. You will read about all of the short comings of the system. It is simply that folks are trying to do too much specialty work with an unit that is for general (all things to everybody) use. Specialize and you will enjoy your experience much more.
Oh.......a GPS is no substitute for a hard copy map and a compass in the field. A GPS is a great tool to locate where you are on a map once you learn how to read a map and use UTM coordinates.
For in a car, the specialized tools work the best.
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Thanks All, from all the research I have done so far, looks like the Garmin 60CXS is the best all round unit if you only want to own 1 GPS. Looks like to me you load different mamory cards for what you want to do with it.
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Good choice.
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Of course you can get the cards and swap them out. It doesn't take long. In reality it probably is faster to swap the card than to switch the maps in the interface and reset the unit. Hmmm. I'm a geek, what can I say.
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I'd second Scott's pick. I use a 60CSx and have used it for driving, hiking, and Geocaching.
The "x" version uses an newer, more sensitive chip set which means less loss of signal, especially in dense woods..... Important if you are going to go hiking. It also uses a memory card fro loading maps. The cards currently run up to 2 GB, but there is a limit of loading only 2025 map segments.
If you happen to need one that floats there is a 76 C(S)x that is almost identical to the 60 series except for case shape and control layout.
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Procrastinators are the leaders of tomorrow.
I'm taking mine to CA with me tomorrow, want to see if I can do a cache or two, and maybe a 10K walk Thursday afternoon when my conference ends.
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OK....What is all this cache stuff I have been reading about? Is it a game or what? How do you know where they are,...... whatever they are? Sounds kind of fun!!!!
Nothing Wrong With Shooting as Long as the Right People Get Shot.
Clint Eastwood, Magnum Force, 1973
http://www.geocaching.com/ It is fun and interesting!
EOD - Initial success or total failure
WAAS is cool, but it is not why you were receiving a signal in your hotel. That was due to the powerful SiRF chipset.
Whatever doesn't kill you postpones the inevitable.
I have a Garmin Map 60cx and love it. It gets much better reception than my old GPS, and that is very important when hiking or hunting under tree cover or in mountainous areas. It will give driving instructions and I was able to load a very detailed topo map into the micro SD chip port. There are many other great features. It gets a big thumbs up from me.
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Cadillac SRX First Generation Forum - 2004 - 2009 Discussion, 255/55/R18 or 265/60R18, which? in Cadillac SRX / XT5 Forums; Hi, (Newbie!!!!) I've read plenty of forums to know that I could go with same size all around. Most have ...
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255/55/R18 or 265/60R18, which?
Hi, (Newbie!!!!)
I've read plenty of forums to know that I could go with same size all around. Most have selected the 255/55R18's which I'm highly considering. I haven't seen many (if any) threads on 265/60R18's so I wasn't sure whether or not they will fit without issues or it just doesn't look good.
I don't like the open/clear space between the tire and the body, and that's why I was considering a bigger tire but I don't want it to look cheesy either.
Has someone had a similar experience to share? Does anyone have pics of both to see how the difference would look or is there a site that simulates how the two would look on my SRX.
Thanks and excuse the additional tread on tires.
PS I notice I have a 17" spare tire. Is that something I should consider changing to 18" because my tires all 18's? If yes, anyone selling one?
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Would think the 265/60/R18 should not be a problem since GM puts 20" wheels on that are 31" diameter. You will have about 5% error on speedometer. 60 mph will be 57 mph. Do not know if there is an easy fix to change the speedometer readout. Possibly someone has tried the 265's or can advise if any potential problems with the sizing.
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Re: 255/55/R18 or 265/60R18, which?
I am going to run a 255/60-18 and 275/55-18 rear.
Your 265 all around does sound interesting, maybe a 275/55-18 all around but Im just not sure about the front and not sure I want to deal with issues.
Re: 255/55/R18 or 265/60R18, which?
I would like to get more feedback to help me decide. I came across these sites and thought I'd share
Interactive car and rim ...
Tire Calculator to compare stock and another size...
Thanks for the replies sent s far.
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Well I will get the SRX up on the hoist this weekend and have a look, I think I may go with a 275/55-18 all around. I will post my measurements, diameter should be fine and they are only 1/2" wider than the 20"s but not sure if the wheel wells are the same on the 04 and 07's.
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|Re: Consolidate snickers projects into runtime and compiler
|Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:17:56 GMT
Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: >>I use IntelliJ and am not familiar w/ Eclipse. Eclipse can read maven >>and project files? >> >> > >Yes, thanks to Brett. Actually, with asn.1, what I'm doing is : >1) co the trunk >2) maven -Dmaven.eclipse.workspace=/<my workspace> -Dgoal=eclipse >multiproject:goal >3) 13 seconds after, I can import the generated projets into eclipse >(you better have the MultiProject Import plugin installed !!!), and >that's it ! >4) With the mevenide plugin, you can launch goals, check project.xml and >maven.xml, ... > >At least, it works for asn.1, and only asn.1 :( > >For other projects, that's quite different. LDAP is almost OK, but it >need some fix to generate antlr BEFORE generating .projects files (it's >a kind of prerequiste : you need the java files) > >Apache is much more complicated : run Maven multiproject, then >'mavenize' again (mavenize is a script I wrote that does the eclipse >generation). Antlr should run before, then the maven plugin to generate >schema, and then, you are ready ! > >It does not work for MINA, SEDANG and APSEDA, but I didn't investigate >the processus, as I don't need them actually. > > Odd, I thought this was a standard multiproject setup. I wonder what's wrong with it.
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