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Career Fields & Profiles
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Profile: Steven Tener, Company Convoy Commander
Career Field: Transportation, Supply and Logistics
Service Branch: Marine Corps
"A lot of the members of my family and church thought that I was going to be a leader of men. They'd always tell me that when I was young. So I kind of had my mind set up on the Military from a young age."
Growing up in Grand Rapids, Mich., Steven Tener was always looking for a challenge. He pushed himself throughout high school playing football, and when it came to enlisting in the Military, his attitude was no different.
"I wanted to be challenged physically and mentally, so that's why I chose the Marine Corps."
Steven visited with a Marine Corps recruiter and, two weeks later, was on a plane to San Diego, Calif., for boot camp. During the 12-week training process, he was selected to be a squad leader and put in a position of leadership right away. Steven had selected a career in infantry, so upon graduating from boot camp, he headed to Camp Pendleton for two months to attend the School of Infantry. From there, he was stationed in Hawaii for three years and then Michigan. During that time, he also took part in several deployments.
"My first deployment was to Okinawa, Japan. It was a unit deployment program. We basically just did different training exercises and acted as a quick reaction force to anything that would've happened in the Southeast Pacific."
Some of Steven's other deployments include traveling to Korea, where he earned a Korean Defense Medal; to the Philippines, where he helped provide security from terrorists; and to Iraq, where he served as a combat replacement in the re-attack on Fallujah — otherwise known as Operation Phantom Fury. But Steven's experiences with the Military weren't always about combat.
I pride myself on being dedicated to the Military and serving others.
"When stateside in Michigan, I was training reserves. I was also able to volunteer for four years coaching youth football and baseball in the community, as well as mentoring juvenile delinquents — kids in the system. That's how I earned my Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal … through the volunteer work I did with the community."
Today, Steven is serving as a company convoy commander in Afghanistan. In charge of a mobile unit that maneuvers throughout areas of operation, he juggles a variety of responsibilities: clearing roads to make sure they're safe for local and military travel, moving equipment or personnel from one location to another, escorting emergency ordinance operations and monitoring enemy movement. He is in charge of four Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, approximately 15 Marines and four heavy machine guns. Though Steven and his men are armed for combat, they haven't seen much thus far but feel prepared for it if and when they do.
"I definitely feel completely trained. We usually do about six or seven months of training before each deployment. They call it a work-up. You do all kinds of different training to prepare you for what you're going to see once you get in a country, and I feel my guys and I are ready."
Steven also credits his experience in feeling prepared. He's coming up on his ninth year serving in the Marine Corps. He hopes to get promoted to staff sergeant this year so he can try his hand at leading a platoon, but regardless, he plans on making the Military a career.
"I just think that the time I've spent in the Military has been invaluable to me, in building my characteristics, building my moral fibers and becoming an adult."
At 29 years old, after already traveling the globe, leading men in combat and mentoring underprivileged children, Steven Tener is certainly wise beyond his years. And luckily for the Marine Corps and citizens he currently protects, Steven is just getting started.
"My main goal right now is to do a full 20 years of service for the Marine Corps. I pride myself on being dedicated to the Military and serving others."
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Profile: Jim Hendrickson, Comptroller
Career Field: Accounting, Budget and Finance
Service Branch: Navy
My job as a deputy comptroller in the Navy is to manage the spending of funds by various groups within our branch. I put together the budget for them, make sure that it's spent properly and that they don't exceed it. I also justify or defend their budget requirements, getting them the funding that they need to execute their mission
Being a supply corps officer, when aboard a ship I am accountable not only for the funds, but all the material that we are charged with managing. We're constantly resupplying. As far as food goes, we typically carry enough for about a month. There are various contracts in place with different vendors, but you have to establish those relationships. So there's a lot of responsibility that comes along with that.
The best part about being a leader is helping those that work for you in developing their career and their leadership skills themselves.
A big challenge we faced was about a year-and-a-half ago. I was the assistant supply officer onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier, and we were deploying. As we were in our transit to the Arabian Gulf, we went around the coast of South Africa. That was the first time that an aircraft carrier actually made a port visit in Cape Town, South Africa. There was quite a logistics challenge to make that happen as far as the resupply of parts and food. Going to South Africa, where we hadn't been in quite a number of years, there was a lot of uncharted territory there. We had to build a lot of new relationships that the Navy hadn't had before. That was quite a challenge that we had to work through.
I'm hoping to go back to sea now that I'm a commander. There's a selection process to go back and be a supply officer on an aircraft carrier. Hopefully, I'll be selected to go back to sea one more time. Then, I'm looking forward to getting the opportunity to work with the Army or Air Force in a joint assignment, which will help me to make captain someday. The best part about being a leader is helping those that work for you in developing their career and their leadership skills themselves.
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Profile: Nakeisha Hills, Chief, Contingency Planning &...
Career Field: Environmental Health and Safety
Service Branch: Coast Guard
From a young age, Nakeisha Hills of Passaic, N.J., had lofty goals. In grade school, while most kids her age were concerned with going to the mall or simply getting by, Nakeisha was busy mapping out her future. She wanted to be able to help her mother, a single mom, pay for her and her two sisters' educations. Through talking to teachers and high school students, Nakeisha discovered the Military could help her achieve that goal. So, as a first step, Nakeisha joined the Navy Junior ROTC program when she entered high school.
"I stayed in [the Junior ROTC program] for the entire four years I was in high school … By my senior year I was actually the person in charge of the entire unit."
While Nakeisha excelled in the Navy Junior ROTC program, one of her instructors, a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot, discussed her post-high school options with her.
"My instructor mentioned to me that the Coast Guard was a lot smaller and that women had no gender exclusions as opposed to the other Services."
Her instructor also mentioned that the Coast Guard was seeking recruits from diverse backgrounds. As an African-American woman, Nakeisha found this information interesting. She began researching opportunities with the Coast Guard, as well as colleges.
In collaboration with a recruiter and college advisor, in the fall of 1990, Nakeisha enrolled in East Stroudsburg University and, in the summer of 1991, attended Basic Training as a Coast Guard reservist.
"[Boot Camp] was scary … I wasn't a good runner. I was a swimmer, but I wasn't a lifeguard-level swimmer. So I was kind of fearful … but I knew that it was something that I wanted more than I feared."
Overcoming those fears, in addition to fulfilling her personal commitment, made graduation an emotional experience.
"I finally was able to tell my mom that I wasn't going to be this financial burden to her … I would have my own salary … I would be able to help her."
I was determined to complete [boot camp].
Nakeisha served as a Coast Guard reservist while finishing her college degree. She drilled one weekend each month at Governors Island in New York, working as a yeoman at Support Center New York.
Upon finishing her degree, Nakeisha attended Officer Candidate School. Becoming an active-duty officer was something Nakeisha always knew she wanted because it would mean increased leadership, salary, experience and training. That's not to say, however, that going into Officer Candidate School didn't make Nakeisha nervous.
"It was nerve-wracking, again, because I was no Mark Spitz [Olympic swimmer] … But I was determined to complete it."
Nakeisha's determination and commitment carried her through Officer Candidate School and, ultimately, a military career currently in its 18th year. Today, Nakeisha serves as the chief of contingency planning and force readiness at the Coast Guard's Sector Delaware Bay, facilitating emergency response preparedness. She and her staff maintain plans that incorporate Coast Guard assets and all of the resources other local support agencies bring to the table.
"Primarily we are the unit's arm of outreach to other agencies … like the New Jersey State Police or Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection … so that we can collaboratively respond to an incident on the Delaware River and Bay."
It is a career Nakeisha finds both rewarding and practical. Through the Coast Guard, she is able to serve her country, and at the same time, take advantage of unique military benefits such as job security, excellent health care and tuition assistance. In fact, with the help of the Military's Post-9/11 GI Bill, Nakeisha is currently obtaining her master's degree in strategic communication. It's an education she plans on applying during her extended military career. Not only did the Coast Guard allow Nakeisha to go above and beyond her commitment to financially help her mother, it also satisfies her desire to play a role in something larger than herself. That's a role Nakeisha hopes to play for a long time.
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Profile: Jacob Poulliot, Combat Controller
Career Field: Combat Operations
Service Branch: Air Force
Jacob Poulliot grew up near San Antonio as part of an Air Force family. He went to Lackland Air Force Base regularly and watched combat controllers in training. When Jacob saw them, he was intrigued and thought that might be the right job for him. Before he went to Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Jacob began researching and training for a combat control career.
"Knowing that I was going into the combat control career field, I wanted to be in the best shape I could ever be in. I talked to people who knew how to exercise, and who knew how to stay in shape. I also talked to some guys who are actually in the career field, and they helped me out."
After Basic Training, Jacob entered the combat control pipeline. The pipeline involves several different types of schools: Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape (SERE); underwater egress; air traffic control; airborne and combat control. During this time, Jacob began learning how to jump out of planes.
It's always changing, and there's always something else to do. So I plan on staying with the Air Force for a while.
"Up in the aircraft for the first time ... you realize, 'I'm really going to jump out.' It's kind of nerve-wracking at that point. The adrenaline's pumping, and you almost don't want to do it, but you know it's going to be cool. It's just a rush of emotions."
Combat controllers go through so much training because they help to clear and secure air fields in hazardous conditions or behind enemy lines. Once they establish an air field, they also act as air traffic controllers, and they guide the planes to a safe landing. Combat controllers are often attached to Army Special Forces teams, Navy SEAL teams or Marine Special Operations Command teams, and they provide additional air power for these teams during battle.
After his training, Jacob was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, for two years. He has participated in exercises in Australia, Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines, and he has been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. Throughout this time, he has maintained his training regimen so he can be ready for anything.
"We go through a very rigorous training process, which basically prepares us for any type of situation that we could encounter ... It makes us better operators working in every type of environment."
Although Jacob has reached his goal of being a combat controller, he isn't stopping there. He wants to advance in his career, and he is earning his airway science degree so he can be even better at his job.
"It's always changing, and there's always something else to do. So I plan on staying with the Air Force for a while."
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Profile: Takila McCown, Marine Inspector
Career Field: Law Enforcement, Security and Protective Services
Service Branch: Coast Guard
"I really enjoy the military lifestyle. I like moving around. I like meeting new people. I like going to new cities. I get bored very easily when I am in one place for too long, so the military lifestyle really works for me."
Growing up as the sixth of seven children in Covington, Ky., it's safe to say Takila McCown has always been a people person. Growing up in such an environment undoubtedly fostered a unique ability to communicate and relate well to others; it also presented challenges, such as her parents' ability to pay college tuition.
"Without asking, I knew my parents could not even fathom being able to afford college … The Army had come to my school, and I took the ASVAB test and talked with a recruiter who told me about the GI Bill, which I could use for college."
Excited by the idea of being first in her family to earn a college degree, Takila enlisted in the Army and headed off to Basic Training just 10 days after graduating from high school. This is not to say, however, that her parents weren't concerned.
"Because I was only 17 at the time … [my mother] didn't want her baby to leave."
Takila found Basic Training to be physically challenging but nothing she couldn't handle. Upon graduating, she began working in the Army as a food service specialist.
"I was a cook in the Army … It was a difficult job … people don't really remember to tell you, 'Hey, thanks, that was a really good meal.' … So, you really have to be customer-oriented … but I really enjoyed it and really excelled at the job I did. I was actually named Cook of the Year for the 3rd Infantry Division."
In addition to five years of preparing great meals in the Army, Takila also cooked up a family. She had a son and, though thrilled, the combined responsibility of motherhood and training deployments put her college education plans on hold.
In fact, when her contract with the Army was up, Takila took a year-and-a-half off from the Military all together. True to her desire for new experiences and environments, she took a position in the medical industry as a civilian ophthalmic technician. With a husband in the Coast Guard, however, her connection to the Military was never far off.
And then 9/11 happened.
"I felt a strong desire to join the Military again because I felt that's where I could do the most for my country … I just wanted to be part of something bigger than myself …"
It's so rewarding to be able to say you serve your country.
Takila chose to join the Coast Guard, hoping that she could be stationed near her ex-husband, which would make travel easier for their child. (Services will make an effort to collocate families, depending on the circumstances.) She also enjoyed the civil service aspect of the Coast Guard.
"[The Coast Guard] is really a Service that is more humanitarian, all of their missions are about helping people in the maritime community, and then they also deal with national defense as well. To me, service is representing your country through positive actions, and in the Coast Guard, I would be able to do that."
Initially an enlisted member in the Coast Guard, Takila served as a yeoman for a short period, and then at a military housing office, checking people in and out of accommodations. Though she enjoyed such work, Takila yearned for increased interaction with young recruits.
"I applied for a position as a Coast Guard recruiter … because I am so proud to serve for this organization that I wanted to be out there and be the first person that people have contact with that are interested in coming into the Coast Guard."
Takila's application was accepted, something she attributes to the Coast Guard's attention to detail and productivity.
"The Coast Guard is very good at matching people with their desires because when you can do what you actually want to do, you are a better performer. Because you have something invested in that. Because you really want to do it … We can't always be matched 100 percent … however, there are opportunities to be able to lateral over to the career path that you want."
Prior to reporting for duty as a recruiter, Takila worked toward the college degree she had always wanted with tuition assistance from the Coast Guard.
"I think my proudest moment was actually completing my degree with the Coast Guard's help. They paid for the schooling. And I am the first person in my family to receive a college degree, and because of that, I was able to apply for Officer Candidate School and become an officer."
Upon graduating Officer Candidate School, Takila began working as a marine inspector, the job she holds today. Marine inspectors board vessels and ensure they are compliant with maritime regulations. All ships entering U.S. waters must adhere to these standards to maintain a safe environment for everyone aboard, and it's a responsibility Takila does not take lightly.
With a college degree under her belt and a career helping others, Takila holds a special place in her heart for the Coast Guard. It has given her both a sense of purpose and a concrete example of what she can do when she puts her mind to the task.
"It's so rewarding to be able to say you serve your country … and know that no matter where you come from, you can accomplish anything. The Coast Guard has been able to help me realize that."
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Profile: Thomas Mahoney, Intelligence Officer
Career Field: Intelligence
Service Branch: Air Force
These days, Air Force Maj. Thomas Mahoney is attending the Army's Command and General Staff College. He's one of a handful of Airmen each year who attend a sister Service's school to learn more about the culture and operations of a different military branch.
Tom has come a long way from the young man he describes as "not what you would call a stellar student." It's a transformation he's been working on his entire career.
As high school graduation neared, Tom realized his academic record would keep him from applying to colleges. He knew he wanted to continue his education, however, and started to look for an opportunity to prove himself. He found inspiration in his family's military history and then, after speaking with a few recruiters, he joined the Air Force, which he felt was the best match for his goals. During the enlistment process, Tom took the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test and was matched with a career field.
"I actually scored well enough to go into any of [the career fields I was interested in], but when I was at Basic Training, they gave me an additional test that told them that I was maybe a good fit for going into the intelligence career field."
Tom served for five years in that capacity, gathering and organizing information to help his commanding officers make important decisions. When his term ended, he felt he was ready to return to academic life and was accepted to Penn State University. He wasn't finished with the Military, however.
"When I was enlisted, I really enjoyed the intelligence career field, and I watched the officers that I served under, and … I really respected them and what they did, and I thought that that would be actually an interesting way to maybe carry on my career."
Tom approached the Penn State ROTC detachment with a letter of recommendation from his former squadron commander. After passing the qualifying exam, Tom was accepted into the school's ROTC program as a general military cadet. He found the experience similar to Basic Training in some ways, but with more of a focus on leadership, history and military customs and courtesies.
Tom also attended technical school, where he studied various intelligence disciplines and prepared to lead enlisted Airmen in his field. Combined with his own experience in the enlisted ranks, this training prepared him for life as an officer — and beyond.
I'm proud of our country and proud of everybody that I serve alongside of.
"What we learn in the Military and what we practice in the Military is really transferable to a lot of civilian careers. You're learning communication, leadership, management, in addition to all the technical skills that you pick up along the way."
When Tom re-entered the Air Force as a second lieutenant, he was placed in charge of 30 service members, and the success of their missions became his responsibility. As an intelligence officer, that meant piecing together the information gathered by his team into a coherent picture that could guide future operations. He enjoyed analyzing data and interpreting it, knowing his opinions and insight were valued. Tom also found pleasure in leading a very smart group of Airmen.
"Leading them can be both a challenge, but also very rewarding ... I don't think there's any better feeling that you can get out of a job."
As a major, Tom's day starts early. By 7:00 a.m., he is often at work compiling information for his commander. After that, he focuses on more long-term initiatives and in-depth analyses of specific issues or events that the commander has identified as concerns or interests to the Military. He also spends part of each day dealing with personnel issues, doing performance reports or making sure his team's needs are attended to. And that's just in the office. Tom has deployed recently to Iraq.
"You can usually see the impact that you have when you're deployed a lot sooner. You know there might be some follow-on actions where it's very apparent that the information you provided let the commander take some action. So, in a lot of ways, that's very gratifying."
From his enlisted term to the present, Tom has never stopped working to better himself and the people he leads — a trait that has led him to his current experience at the Army's Command and General Staff College. No doubt he will return with the knowledge he has gained there and tackle the next challenge with enthusiasm. After all, that is what has taken him from a young man uncertain about his future to a confident leader. And he wouldn't have it any other way.
"I'm proud of our country and proud of everybody that I serve alongside of, and every decision I've made along the way, whether it was joining the Air Force in the first place … or coming back in as an officer, I don't regret any of it, and I'd do it all over again."
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Profile: Dexter Nunnally, Signal Officer
Career Field: Communications Equipment Technicians
Service Branch: Army
"My parents were going to have to pay for my college as well as my sister's. Around the same time, my father was taking care of his mother with Alzheimer's. So I [joined the Military] to ease the financial burden and pay for my own education."
In a selfless act, Dexter Nunnally, from Atlanta, Ga., began his career in the Military to help his family. He was a sophomore in college at Morehouse University when he decided to put school on hold and enlist in the Army to take advantage of the GI Bill benefits, which would eventually pay off his student loans and remaining future tuition.
"I was enlisted for about four years before I found out about the Army's Green to Gold Program … it's another way for enlisted Soldiers to receive officer commissions other than Officer Candidate School."
The Green to Gold Program allows enlisted service members to temporarily leave Active Duty to study full-time and receive a college degree. In exchange, each Soldier returns as a second lieutenant and serves an additional term (term length varies based on each individual agreement). The program enabled Dexter to return to Morehouse University to complete his degree at no expense to himself. This was a tremendous help to his family.
While enlisted, Dexter served as a signal Soldier. Upon completing his degree and becoming an officer, he chose to stay in the Signal Corps. The Signal Corps is responsible for military communications and allowed Dexter to acquire hands-on leadership training as an armor officer in Korea. Eventually, he became a platoon leader in a signal company to gain more experience in equipment training, cable placement and other communication technology. While learning these skills, Dexter was also practicing leading others.
"In the 11th Signal Brigade, I had about 290 Soldiers that I was responsible for."
After successfully demonstrating his leadership ability to his superiors, Dexter was selected as one of 20 officers to attend the Captain's Career Course at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. A year later, he interned at the Pentagon.
I had about 290 Soldiers that I was responsible for.
"I got an idea of how the Army and Department of Defense actually function and a better idea of the big picture …"
During his time at the Pentagon, Dexter worked with the communications staff while simultaneously obtaining a master's degree — paid for by the Army — from Georgetown University.
Upon graduating, Dexter was deployed to Afghanistan.
"There, I was responsible for the communications network for the commanding general and making sure that he had communications with his headquarters at all times. So that was a very unique challenge."
After redeployment from Afghanistan, Dexter was subsequently deployed to Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division. He served with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, where he was responsible for the entire brigade communications network.
Looking back, Dexter was particularly proud of his service and leadership in the combat zone.
"One thing we can be proud of was that we didn't lose any Soldiers during the deployment because communications were down. That was a crowning moment of my career so far."
Today, Dexter is a student at the Army's Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., as part of a 10-month training program. His next assignment is to United States Northern Command as a joint staff officer.
Dexter's 20-year anniversary with the Army is right around the corner, and with it, the option to retire with full benefits. However, he is not sure he is ready to stop serving quite yet — if he does decide to return to civilian life, plenty of opportunities will be open to him.
"As a signal officer with my background, I could go into any private industry and work as a systems administrator. Having commanded a company as a platoon leader, they will look at my management skills obtained from those positions."
With two degrees paid for by the Military and direct leadership and communications experience as a signal officer, Maj. Nunnally is a strong example of what the Military offers service members: a chance to not only learn and succeed, but to lead future generations toward the same goals.
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Profile: Jason Stovall, Paralegal Specialist
Career Field: Legal Professions and Support Services
Service Branch: Army
I attended the University of Texas, in Austin, pursuing a degree in aeronautical engineering. I had to work part time, which was very difficult because a lot of employers want you to dedicate the majority of your time to your job. They don't understand that you're in college and that's what you're really focusing on. So I decided to take a break and take some time off to gather my thoughts.
Since I have family that has been prior military, it was suggested to me that I think about joining the Military. That was the first time I considered going into the Military. I felt like I wanted something different than just the regular routine.
I enlisted in the Army in March of 2005 as a combat engineer, with plans to go into Special Forces. I got my initial request for assignment, Hawaii, which was great! While I was there, they offered me a variety of opportunities to go to school and advance my career before going to Special Forces. Unfortunately, during the physical training portion, I injured my knee. Luckily, I was given an opportunity to continue to serve my country and was told I'd have to switch jobs.
You get limitless opportunities to learn and experience so much more.
I chose paralegal specialist, and the Military sent me back to school in Fort Jackson, S.C. They trained us in writing legal memos for attorneys, doing legal research and transcribing. They touch on everything that you would possibly come into contact with in the paralegal field, whether you're a court reporter, in criminal defense or in criminal prosecution. That's because every time you change duty locations, the possibility of changing job specialties is there also.
I am always training to improve myself as well. Just because I'm a paralegal doesn't mean that's the one and only thing I'm going to do for the rest of my life in the Military. If I have to get deployed, just knowing my job and duties as a paralegal isn't always going to be enough, so knowing how to react to emergency situations is a must.
As a paralegal, an average day usually consists of preparing legal documents for the attorneys I work for, investigating or interrogating some of the witnesses that we have for court, scheduling appointments and researching law.
In court, my job is to make sure that the facts come out and that everybody receives a fair trial. A military court-martial is very similar to a civilian court hearing. We go through the same process. If I were to do my job as a civilian paralegal, I would feel confident enough to be able to do it just as well or better because it is so closely related.
The most important value that I've learned in the Military is integrity. Integrity is a value that a lot of people lack because many times they aren't able to be responsible for what they do and who they are. Just by joining and being in the Military, you get limitless opportunities to learn and experience so much more.


text: From Confucius to rise of the Khin dynasty. 1. Of the attention paid to the study of the Shih from the death of Confucius to the rise of the Khin dynasty, we have abundant evidence in the writings of his the grandson Ȝze-sze, of Mencius, and of Hsün Khing. One of the acknowledged distinctions of Mencius is his acquaintance with the odes, his quotations from which are very numerous; and Hsün Khing survived the extinction of the Kâu dynasty, and lived on into the times of Khin. The Shih was all recovered, after the fires of Khin. 2. The Shih shared in the calamity which all the other classical works, excepting the Yî, suffered, when the tyrant of Khin issued his edict for their destruction. But I have shown, in the Introduction to the Shû, , that that edict was in force for less than a quarter of a century. The odes were all, or very nearly all 1, recovered; and the reason assigned for this is, that their preservation depended on the memory of scholars more than on their inscription on tablets of bamboo and on silk. Three different texts. 3. Three different texts of the Shih made their appearance early in the Han dynasty, known as the Shih of Lû, of Khî, and of Han; that is, the Book of Poetry was recovered from three different quarters. Liû Hin's Catalogue of the Books in the Imperial Library of Han (B.C. 6 to 1) commences, on the Shih King, with a collection of the three texts, in twenty-eight chapters. The text of Lû. i. Immediately after the mention of the general collection in the Catalogue come the titles of two works of commentary on the text of Lû. The former of them was by a Shăn Phei of whom we have some account in the Literary Biographies of Han. He was a native of Lû, and had received his own knowledge of the odes from a scholar of Khî, called Fâu Khiû-po. He was resorted to by many disciples, whom he taught to repeat the odes. When the first emperor of the Han dynasty was passing through Lû, Shan followed him to the capital of that state, and had an interview with him. Subsequently the emperor Wû (B.C. 140 to 87), in the beginning of his reign, sent for him to court when he was more than eighty years old; and he appears to have survived a considerable number of years beyond that advanced age. The names of ten of his disciples are given, all of them men of eminence, and among them Khung An-kwo. Rather later, the, most noted adherent of the school of Lû was Wei Hsien, who arrived at the dignity of prime minister (from B.C. 71 to 67), and published the Shih of Lû in Stanzas and Lines. Up and down in the Books of Han and Wei are to be found quotations of the odes, that must have been taken from the professors of the Lû recension; but neither the text nor the writings on it long survived. They are said to have perished during the Kin dynasty (A.D.265 to 419). When the Catalogue of the Sui Library was made, none of them were existing. The text of Khî. ii. The Han Catalogue mentions five different works on the Shih of Khî. This text was from a Yüan Kû, a native of Khî, about whom we learn, from the same collection of Literary Biographies, that he was one of the great scholars of the court in the time of the emperor King (B.C. 156 to 141),--a favourite with him, and specially distinguished for his knowledge of the odes and his advocacy of orthodox Confucian doctrine. He died in the succeeding reign of Wû, more than ninety years old; and we are told that all the scholars of Khî who got a name in those days for their acquaintance with the Shih sprang from his school. Among his disciple's was the well-known name of Hsiâ-hâu Shih-khang, who communicated his acquisitions to Hâu Ȝhang, a native of the present Shan-tung province, and author of two of the works in the Han Catalogue. Hâu had three disciples of note, and by them the Shih of Khî was transmitted to others, whose names, with quotations from their writings, are scattered through the Books of Han. Neither text nor commentaries, however, had a better fate than the Shih of Lû. There is no mention of them in the Catalogue of Sui. They are said to have perished even before the rise of the Kin dynasty. The text of Han Ying. iii. The text of Han was somewhat more fortunate. Hin's Catalogue contains the names of four works, all by Han Ying, whose surname is thus perpetuated in the text of the Shih that emanated from him. He was a native, we are told, of Yen, and a great scholar in the time of the emperor Wăn (B.C. 179 to 155), and on into the reigns of King and Wû. 'He laboured,' it is said, 'to unfold the meaning of the odes, and published an Explanation of the Text., and Illustrations of the Poems, containing several myriads of characters. His text was somewhat different from the texts of Lû and Khî, but substantially of the same meaning.' Of course, Han founded a school; but while almost all the writings of his followers soon perished, both the works just mentioned continued on through the various dynasties to the time of Sung. The Sui Catalogue contains the titles of his Text and two works on it; the Thang, those of his Text and his Illustrations; but when we come to the Catalogue of Sung, published under the Yüan dynasty, we find only the Illustrations, in ten books or chapters; and Âu-yang Hsiû (A.D. 1017 to 1072) tells us that in his time this was all of Han that remained. It continues entire, or nearly so, to the present day. 4. But while those three different recensions of the Shih all disappeared, with the exception of a single treatise of Han Ying, their unhappy fate was owing not more to the convulsions by which the empire was often rent, and the consequent destruction of literary monuments such as we A fourth text; that of Mâo. have witnessed in China in our own day, than to the appearance of a fourth text, which displaced them by its superior correctness, and the ability with which it was advocated and commented on. This was what is called the Text of Mâo. It came into the field rather later than the others; but the Han Catalogue contains the Shih of Mâo, in twenty-nine chapters, and a Commentary on it in thirty-nine. According to Kăng Hsüan, the author of this was a native of Lû, known as Mâo Hăng or 'the Greater Mâo,' who had been a disciple, we are told by Lü Teh-ming, of Hsün Khing. The work is lost. He had communicated his knowledge of the Shih, however, to another Mâo,--Mâo Kang, 'the Lesser Mao,' who was a great scholar, at the court of king Hsien of Ho-kien, a son of the emperor King. King Hsien was one of the most diligent labourers in the recovery of the ancient books, and presented the text and work of Hang at the court of his father,--probably in B.C. 129. Mâo Kang published Explanations of the Shih, in twenty-nine chapters,--a work which we still possess; but it was not till the reign of Phing (A.D. 1 to 9) that Mâo's recension was received into the Imperial College, and took its place along with those of Lû, Khî, and Han Ying. The Chinese critics nave carefully traced the line of scholars who had charge of Mâo's Text and Explanations down to the reign of Phing. The names of the men and their works are all given. By the end of the first quarter of our first century we find the most famous scholars addicting themselves to Mâo's text. The well-known Kiâ Khwei (A.D. 30 to 101) published a work on the Meaning and Difficulties of Mâo's Shih, having previously compiled a digest of the differences between its text and those of the other three recensions, at the command of the emperor Ming (A.D. 58 to 75). The equally celebrated Mâ Yung (A.D. 79 to 166) followed with another commentary;--and we arrive at Kang Hsüan or Kăng Khang-khăng (A.D. 127 to 200), who wrote a Supplementary Commentary to the Shih of Mâo, and a Chronological Introduction to the Shih. The former of these two works complete, and portions of the latter, are still extant. After the time of Kăng the other three texts were little heard of, while the name of the commentators on Mâo's text speedily becomes legion. It was inscribed, moreover, on the stone tablets of the emperor Ling (A.D. 168 to 189). The grave of Mâo Kăng is still shown near the village of Ȝun-fû, in the departmental district of Ho-kien, Kih-lî. The different texts guarantee the genuineness of the recovered Shih. 5. Returning now to what I said in the second paragraph, it will be granted that the appearance of three different and independent texts, soon after the rise of the Ha dynasty, affords the most satisfactory a evidence of the recovery of the Book of Poetry as it had continued from the time of Confucius. Unfortunately, only fragments of those texts remain now; but they were, while they were current, diligently compared with one another, and with the fourth text of Mâo, which subsequently got the field to itself. When a collection is made of their peculiar readings, so far as it can now be done, it is clear that their variations from one another and from Mâo's text arose from the alleged fact that the preservation of the odes was owing to their being transmitted by recitation. The rhyme helped the memory to retain them, and while wood, bamboo, and silk had all been consumed by the flames of Khin, when the time of repression ceased, scholars would be eager to rehearse their stores. It was inevitable, and more so in China than in a country possessing an alphabet, that the same sounds when taken down by different writers should be represented by different characters. On the whole, the evidence given above is as full as could be desired in such a case, and leaves no reason for us to hesitate in accepting the present received text of the Shih as a very close approximation to that which was current in the time of Confucius. 285:1 All, in fact, unless we except the six pieces of Part II, of which we have only the titles. It is contended by Kû Hsî and others that the text of these had been lost before the time of Confucius. It may have been lost, however, after the sage's death; see note on .

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Twitter's Earnings: Three Things to Watch For
Twitter will unveil its first quarterly report as a publicly traded company. Topeka Capital senior analyst Victor Anthony joins MoneyBeat with his preview of what investors should know. Photo: Getty Images.
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Amuse this. Anyway, after that I got yelled at for being mean to Scheme and academia. Hey, I thought that was what blogs were for.Advocates of Scheme often find it amusing that the Scheme standard is shorter than the index to CLtL2.
Now the other thing that happened. Paul Graham released a new Lisp called Arc for which his guiding star is the brevity of the *application code* written in Arc. (He also likes a language to be small but I cannot be mean to him because he once was nice enough to give me a tip on how my RoboCup team could play better defense.)
Mr. Graham further mentioned that Arc development includes a Web app library because he wants there to be a real-world application "pushing down" on the core language design. This reminds me of my cherished Cells library whose twelve-year evolution has always been pushed by application development mostly because I am just a simple application programmer not smart enough to come up with fancy theories in the abstract so I just use things till they break and then fix them just well enough to get them working again. But I digress.
The idea of having an application shape Arc went down well -- no one whined about it and on Usenet that is tantamount to a standing ovation -- but Mr. Graham's choice of brevity as a pole star in navigating his Arc led to a raucous of blogwar and I still had that defender of academia challenging me with "Hey, McCarthy was an academic". Things got ugly, the lights went out, I took a chair over the head, and here is what we (I) decided.
First principles are Good Things. In Lisp, every form returns a value. That first principle works great. This despite Tilton's Law of Programming:
All X all the time is the root of all evil.
Examples: Prolog where it is all logic and unification and Smalltalk and Java where it is all objects. So how did "every form returns a value" get past Tilton's Law? Beats me, must be a Deep Truth somewhere about the power of the functional paradigm which is not all that hard to understand if one has worked on even a small amount of stateful code. At any rate, we will not reject out of hand the idea of one idea shaping a language, but we do see that we gots to pick the right idea.
Next question: are we OK with shorter being better, all other things being equal? Yes, that is correct. Note that reductio adsurbum counterexamples such as APL and K and Perl do not work because in those cases the shorterness takes us out of the space of all other things being equal. Changing Lisp's lambda to Arc's fn makes it shorter without making it obscurer, but changing lambda to a hieroglyphic would.
Next issue: the shorter specs of Scheme and Arc. Would you walk up to a working programmer and start jumping up and down about this amazing new language guess what it's spec fits on one page!!! The working programmer would worry about you. Yeah it makes the compiler easier to write but do we working programmers tell you compiler writers our problems?
Small specs. Pfft. Ever walk into an auto garage and see one of those huge red chests filled with drawer after drawer of tools? Those chests are the seven years of med school for a mechanic. We civilians might think it an overwhelming selection but the mechanic knows it by heart, even those tools used like every two months.
Mr. Graham talked at one point about a language being small enough to keep in one's head. I think the mistake there is the assessment of how big that small can be. People using something a lot (and I hope we are talking about designing a language for someone using it every day) can keep quite a bit in their heads. Meanwhile, hey, these are computers, a good IDE lets us zero in on documentation with a minimum of keystrokes to get the details of a keyword we forget, including zero keystrokes cuz as I finish typing the name of a function my IDE status bar shows the expected parameter list.
On the flip side of big, a scanty starting tool chest means everyone either reinvents the missing bits or grabs one or another incompatible library off the shelf which is why Scheme programmers cannot share their work. Some of them point to specific implementations such as DrScheme and say Hey, it has everything! in which case what was the point of the small standard? You now have a big language unlike anyone else's. Juusst peachy.
All that has been achieved with a small starting standard is making my code incompatible with someone else using some other big Scheme implementation. Lisp went through that without trying to because it too started small, insanely small, but then they cured the natural outcome (a fragmented community) when that threatened its DARPA contracts by creating Common Lisp the standard and everyone saluted and conformed. They still lost the DARPA contracts but those will be back eventually because the standard now has the Common Lisp community all pulling in the same direction: I can use Other People's Code and they can use mine.
The subtext here is that CL may be a big language but I use all of it (except series, but give me time, it has only been thirteen years). One of the classic auto mechanic sayings is that any given task is easy when you have the right tool, and all of us shade tree mechanics forced into retirement by ever more complex automobiles remember how great were those moments when someone handed us the right tool and we were able to put down the Vice-Grips.
Brevity of application code? Great! Brevity of spec, not so much. Scheme needs to close up shop because if they fix what is wrong with it (hygienic macros, NIL not being false, a tiny standard) they end up with CL.
Arc is differentiated by its use of syntax to yield shorter applications, so it can stay, but it does need to add some drawers to the tool chest. And academia needs to start writing applications at the same time they are having bright ideas so they stop designing cool things that happen to be useless for programming. More on constraints later.


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- 12 ounces skinless catfish, white fish, tilapia, cod, or orange roughy fillets, ~1/2 inch thick
- Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse fish and pat dry with paper towels.
- In a shallow dish or pie plate, stir together ½ cup flour, ½ tsp. salt and dash of pepper.
- In another shallow dish, stir together ½ cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts mixed with ½ cup dry bread crumbs.
- In a small bowl, beat together 1 egg plus 1 Tblsp. water
- Dredge fish fillets in flour, shaking off excess.
- Dip in egg mixture
- Roll in nuts and breadcrumbs
- Saute in butter until done (use medium heat, so the nuts don't burn)
- Line a baking pan with foil. Lightly grease the foil.
- Place the coated fish in the prepared pan.
- Bake, uncovered, at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Terri's Notes
-use your favorite fish, trout, perch, walleye...fillets work better than chunks.
-the nuts will get dark, but it brings out a nice rich flavor.
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The World Wide Web turns 25 this week. In this Radio Rewind, we revisit a 1999 conversation with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web's inventor. And we talk with Lee Rainie, director of the Internet Project at the Pew Research Center, about the web of the future, which he says many experts liken to electricity—invisible and omnipresent, operating in the background of our daily lives.


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This exhibition documents and illustrates critical figures and events while tracing the evolving concept of freedom from founding until 1968. Among the highlights are: a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence, a printed draft and the official copy of the US Constitution, Lincoln's handwritten notes for speeches, and letters by leading figures such as Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the more poignant descriptions of the meaning of freedom to the common man are found in the personal letters of Civil War soldiers, which speak to the pain and pride of fighting for national ideals.
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This traveling exhibition is composed of six freestanding sections. It will require a total of 60–70 running feet of display space. The loan period for this exhibition is four weeks. Sites are required to pay a loan fee of $1350, which covers shipping and administrative costs, and a refundable $250 deposit.


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"Many people underestimated us and were saying we were going to lose, but we proved them wrong," said GCHS senior Shaylee Dalton, who scored Grand's first two goals of the game.
GCHS sophomore Skyla Sheldon added the third goal for the Lady Devils. Junior Abbie Camps picked up the shutout as Grand's goalkeeper.
The Lady Devils' originally were scheduled to play a contest against Gunnison on Sept. 10, but that game was postponed because of heavy rain and has not yet been rescheduled.
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To get to the Georgia Dome to see Wilson play the Falcons!
Zing! Sorry couldn't resist.
Go Hawks!
djb28 wrote:Was griffin being pulled in a radio flyer?
Austin Hawk wrote:Luck and RGIII walk into a bar....
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Becoming a Champion
by Ellen R. Braaf
Are Athletes Born or Made?
There's a joke in sports that says, "You need to pick your parents wisely." That's because, to a great degree, you inherit your athletic ability. Body type often influences which sport best suits an athlete and how successful he or she will be. Long "gorilla arms" and big "paddle" hands help swimmers pull themselves through the water. A small, light body (5 feet 4 inches/110 pounds) is a plus for a jockey who sits astride a racehorse, but not for a basketball player whose fellow National Basketball Association (NBA) players average 6 feet 7 inches and weigh 225 pounds.
Nature can also stack the deck for athletes in ways that can't be seen. Genes that you inherit determine the make-up of your skeletal muscles—the kind involved in movement. That can give an athlete a natural advantage in certain sports or activities.
Which Twitch Is Which?
There are two main types of skeletal muscle fibers—fast-twitch and slow-twitch. Everybody has both kinds, but the amount of each can vary widely. It's something you're born with that really can't be changed.
All muscles work by contracting. Fast-twitch muscle fibers contract quickly but fatigue, or tire, easily. You use them when you need quick bursts of energy. People with a high percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers might excel as shot-putters, weight-lifters, and sprinters.
For high-endurance activities, you call your body's slow-twitch muscle fibers into action. These fibers produce a steady supply of energy for activities that last longer than a few minutes. For marathon runners, cross-country skiers, and long-distance cyclists, a high percentage of slow-twitch fibers is an advantage.
Who's the Boss?
Genes provide the blueprint for your body. They influence the way your body looks on the outside and the way it works on the inside. But sometimes—like 5-foot-3-inch Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, the smallest player ever in the NBA—you can say to your genes "Hey, you're not the boss of me!"
One way to do that—and a key to peak performance—is training. Most elite athletes train to improve both overall fitness (strength, flexibility, speed, and endurance) as well as sport-specific skills.
How Fitness Training Works
Athletes lift weights to improve muscle strength and power. Muscles can double or even triple in size with exercise, but training doesn't make new muscle fibers. Instead, it increases the size of the muscle fibers that are already there, filling the cells with a protein that makes muscles contract more powerfully.
Exercise causes microscopic tears in the muscles. This is why you feel sore the day after you exercise. But as the tears heal, the "protein-making machinery" in the muscle fiber is turned on to rebuild—and strengthen—muscles.
Muscles "damaged" by exercise become a bit shorter, like a cord that's been cut then sewn together. Stretching helps restore a muscle's length and improves an athlete's flexibility. Increased flexibility reduces injury and improves performance. Flexibility can give a swimmer a longer stroke. The longer the stroke, the faster a swimmer can move through the water.
Endurance training—swimming, cycling, rowing, and jogging long distances—helps athletes perform at a faster pace while using less energy. The bodies of well-trained athletes become better at getting oxygen to their working muscles. Their lungs take in more air. Their hearts get bigger and stronger, pumping out more oxygen-rich blood with every beat.
Feel the Burn
If you eat turkey at Thanksgiving, you gobble up fast-twitch (white meat) and slow-twitch (dark meat) muscle fibers.
You can't see your fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers, or determine what proportion you have of each, without having a doctor remove a muscle sample from your body and examine it under a powerful microscope. But you can feel the presence of fast-twitch muscles.
- Rest your back against a wall, standing with your feet slightly apart about six inches from the wall.
- Slowly slide down the wall, bending your knees, until you're nearly in a sitting position.
- See how long you can hold that position. The buildup of lactic acid causes the achy feeling in hard-working fast-twitch muscles in your thighs. In that position, blood circulation to your thigh muscles decreases so lactic acid isn't removed quickly from those cells.
- Stand up and walk around. Does the achy feeling go away as the blood flow to your thighs returns to normal and your muscles relax?
Easier Done Than Said
What goes on inside your muscles when you raise your hand in class to answer a question? It's complicated.
A muscle is a bundle of very long cells called fibers that stretch all the way from one end of the muscle to the other. These fibers have inner strands called myofibrils which are made up of tiny threads of protein that hook together and slide over each other to make the muscles contract. When the right muscles contract, your arm goes up. Whew!
- gene: A tiny part of a plant or animal cell that determines a characteristic that will be passed on to the plant's or animal's offspring.
- What are some of the traits mentioned in this article that are passed along from a parent to a child?
[anno: Answers could include athletic ability, body type, kinds of skeletal muscles.]
- What are some of the traits mentioned in this article that a person might develop on his or her own?
[anno: Answers could include overall fitness, muscle size and strength, flexibility, speed, and endurance.]
- Think of your favorite physical activity. Does this activity involve short time periods of high-energy activity? Does the activity involve energy being used over a long period of time? Do you think you use more fast-twitch or slow-twitch muscle for this activity?
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Home from the hospital
My purpose in writing about my prostate cancer is to encourage men to get tested. The PSA test caught mine very early, and despite it's moderately aggressive nature, I'm probably 100% cured. If anyone you know has to go through this, please don't hesitate to recommend me as a resource. The truly scary part is not knowing what to expect.
On a local web forum, one of the frequent posters said that he had to renew his blood pressure meds just as I had, and his doctor requires a checkup. The problem lies in the fact that he doesn't have insurance. I checked on the county health department web site, and while they offer some blood tests for free or reduced costs, they apparently don't do PSA screening. If anyone knows of a no-cost/low-cost PSA test service, please let me know about it.
I had surgery on Monday and came home yesterday. I snoozed on the couch most of the afternoon. It's kind of nice to wander around the house in a bathrobe, PJs, and slippers all day.
The pre-operative preparation was a chore. I couldn't have any solid food on Sunday, not even a glass of milk, so I was a cranky old man. Thankfully, the surgery was scheduled at 7AM. The anesthetic killed my appetite, so I wasn't really hungry Monday afternoon and evening. Lyndsay and Mary ordered cheeseburgers from the dietary department, something they actually encourage at the hospital, and they were very good. Oklahoma Surgical Hospital is plush!
The surgery went well. The after effects mostly involve some abdominal pain and what feels like gas pain, but is more likely bladder spasms. Part of it was removed, and since the bladder is a muscle, it's letting me know. I'll have a catheter until Monday and by then there's no doubt I'll be thoroughly sick of the thing. Normally I sleep on one side or the other, but with the catheter and bag I can sleep only on my back or – with difficulty – my left side.
It's almost impossible to get a good nights sleep in a hospital, and this one was no exception. I probably didn't sleep longer than an hour at a time. Since I was awake so often, I developed a nearly obsessive fascination with the breakfast menu. I hadn't had solid food since Saturday, so the prospect of breakfast was very appealing. Still, I behaved myself, limiting it to a blueberry muffin, a banana, orange juice, and the obligatory coffee. Dietary opened at 7AM. I called at 7:01.
Late night television is truly weird. Besides the noise of chat shows, reruns, and news, I found a Spanish language infomercial that went on for at least an hour touting a penis enlargement device. The ad featured a bevy of women smiling hugely.
Last night I had cling peaches for dinner and a granola bar for breakfast early today. I made some oatmeal around mid-morning. The post-surgery instructions advise against getting constipated, and believe me, if simple coughing hurts this much I don't want to think about straining.
As I write this, it's late afternoon on Wednesday. Duchess the Wonder Dog stares at me longingly, wagging her tail in the hope that I'll take her for a walk. It's not to be. Maybe we can get back to our regular routine next week, though she won't be going to the park because I'm not allowed to drive for two weeks. Still, I'm seeing rapid improvement. I had great difficulty getting up and down yesterday, and walking upright was painful. Today, I'm still feeling it when I get up and down, but straightening up is much easier. I don't bend easily, though, and reaching the floor is nearly impossible. Putting a bowl of cat food down for Tiggr required some ingenuity and an old Sierra cup.


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Jim Feiore Fri Jun 28, 13 22:09:07
Someone came by here the other day and told us this property was in foreclosure. We are interested in purchasing this because it connects to our property. Could you please let me know something about this? Thanks.See this property: 2809 GENE RAINWATER LANE, DANDRIDGE, TN
Jayna Webb Mon Jan 07, 13 00:27:57
i was visiting Dandridge and saw this property ,It was listed as being abandended. figured it would be put on the market as repossed. If this is the case I am interested. Please let me know anything you know. ThanksSee this property: 1652 SAMS DRIVE, DANDRIDGE, TN
Dalphine Estep Tue Aug 07, 12 19:04:35
We were in Dandridge looking at houses. We came upon this one, We found records that the house was abanded. I would like to know if the county might be selling it for taxes. Thank yOU, dALPHINE tSTEPSee this property: 1652 SAM DRIVE, DANDRIDGE, TN
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This mod is a complete overhaul of FOT. Aimed at revising the single player camp. of FOT, to make the game more non-linear and to give the player more choice. This mod is a weapons bonanza, as all of the weapons (one version) from Fallout, and Fallout: 2 will be added. Not including all of the new firearms that the team has already added into the game. The original missions are being modded to allow the player a few different ways to finish the a mission. Every item/weapon/armor is being re-balanced to make each one distinct. Even the sounds are left unchanged as each weapon, will have a distinct set of sounds instead of them all using the same default sounds. The special encounters are being overhauled to make then more useful (particularly the ones without a point). Commodities will reflect in value i.e. a military ration pack will be worth a nice chunk of change. Atmosphere is the key and that is what this mod strives for.
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This is good! The strange thing is...that when I mod my armor/weapons I get the same White shadow all over the place. Like here you can see that white line around each pistol. And i can't get rid of that too.
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Matrix's Ammon Carver Sits Down With Celebrities From the Oscars
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Throw Down: Mechanical vs. Electronic Shifting
With SRAM finally getting ready to launch their long awaited electronic drivetrain system, all three major manufacturers will now offer electronic shifting. This got us thinking about how far these systems have come in just the last few years (never mind how far since Mavic Mektronic, if any of you guys remember that), and also wondering if electronic will ever fully replace mechanical shifting.
SRAM prototype units (or maybe full production, hard to tell since some units had clearly covered up logos) were spotted on the bikes of the Bissel Pro Cycling team at the Tour of California. SRAM is keeping such a tight lid on them that even Belgian superstar Tom Boonen and Paris-Roubaix winner Niki Terpstra were chased way when they came to investigate.
If the pro's are racing them, then that means that they must be in the final stages of getting ready to launch. With the unveiling, SRAM will join Shimano Di2 and Campagnolo EPS in the electronic drivetrain market. The race now is not to be first to market, but who can add new features and make the technology economical enough to appeal to every cyclist– but will this justify an upgrade for most riders?
We take a look at the pro's and con's of both electronic and mechanical shifting to see who comes out ahead when we looked at a few key features.
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1. Shifting Performance
Hands down electronic wins this one—especially when it comes to front shifting. We were skeptical at first too, but trust us, after one ride you'll understand.
While the power and feel of mechanical shifting has been refined to an art-form these days, it's just tough for cable-actuated spring mechanisms to match the power and precision of electronic computer-controlled servo motors.
Because the motors are so powerful, it's now possible to shift the drivetrain, even while under load, without fear of damaging components (though it's still possible to snap a chain). Many systems also include novel features, likeShimano's add-on climbing and sprinting remotes, or Campagnolo's ability to sweep the entire cassette with one shift.
Winner: Electronic
2. Ease of Maintenance
This one goes to mechanical. Electronic shifting is pretty straight forward to get adjusted. You simply use the shift levers as barrel adjusters, and once you have it set, you don't have to worry about adjusting it again unless you switch bikes or crash.
Mechanical shifting on the other hand can be finicky to set up—especially with some of the newer 11-speed designs. It also requires fairly frequent adjusting since the springs and cables eventually lose tension.
The upshot though is that problems with mechanical shifting are very easy to diagnose, and seldom require anything more complicated than replacing a cable or some housing. It can seem complex, but it's one of those things that after you've done it once, you kind of have it figured out.
Electronic shifting…not so much. Beyond fine tuning adjustment, any real issues with your components will require them to be serviced by a trained technician. Which is probably good, since not too many of us have the engineering expertise to a) realize what's gone wrong, or b) even know where to begin to fix it.
Winner: Mechanical
3. Reliability
Electronic. We know, we know. Its battery operated. But take it from us…most people will have to recharge their batteries maybe twice a year. And the battery will give you plenty of warning that it needs to be recharged—but in the meantime each charge will be good for about 1100 miles or more. And besides… you remember to charge your laptop and your phone, so surely you can remember to charge your bike every now and again too.
But all that aside…in our experience we've had fewer of the weird quirks and random mid-ride issues withelectronic than mechanical. We've never seen anyone drop a chain on an electronic system, and the automated front derailleur trim means that you can cross-chain without really having to worry about anything (not that you should worry about cross chaining anyway, it's not as bad as it's hyped up to be).
Plus, you don't have to worry about snapping derailleur cables, having to fine tune barrel adjusters or any of that nonsense. It just works without any of the finicky-ness of mechanical, and seldom goes out of adjustment.
Winner: Electronic
4. Compatibility
Draw. Once, many years ago in the dark ages, few frames were electronic compatible. And even if they were, you had to choose between a mechanical- or electronic-specific frame. So if you ended up upgrading, you needed to get a whole new bike. All that has changed now, and most frames are dual compatible.
Electronic shift systems still have some wonkiness with compatibility (10-speed 7970 Di2 can't be used with 10-speed 6770 Di2 for example, and Super Record and Record EPS systems are not compatible with Athena), but these days so do mechanical systems. With the increasing complexity of 11-speed mechanical systems and redesigned front derailleurs, fewer mechanical groupsets are cross-compatible, even within brands.
Winner: Draw
5. Upgradability
Electronic. Obviously, the digital nature of these systems means that the possibilities are wide open. In a world of apps and smartphone integration, engineers are only just beginning to play with what electronic shifting systems can do. Currently Shimano offers the ability to custom program some features of Di2 systems, for instance to allow for customized shifting combos. But there's even more in the pipeline. From systems that talk to your compatible Garmin or cycling computer and tell them what gear you're in, how much battery is left and more, to API's that integrate with power meters to automatically shift to maintain a consistent power output, there's no telling what the future holds for electronic shifting.
Plus…if rumors are to be believed (and please don't quote us on this…), it appears that SRAM's new electronic drivetrain will be completely wireless, which only makes it even more upgradable. This effectively makes each of the levers and derailleurs a standalone computer, which operates solely on software. They could in theory be wirelessly updated in the future for more speeds or improved functionality, or whatever else the boys in Chicago decide to dream up.
Winner: Electronic
Ultimately, choosing which drivetrain to select for your bike is a personal choice. At our offices and stores we have lots of folks on electronic shift systems…but we also have plenty who have opted to stay with mechanical for the time being.
Electronic shift systems are definitely more expensive, but the benefits are pretty clear. More powerful, precise, and dependable shifting performance, with almost unlimited upgrade potential.
For many though, the tactile feel and cost-benefit aspect of mechanical makes it a still worthy choice. Especially with new approaches to engineering things like front derailleurs and shift levers, some of the very best mechanical systems are beginning to approach the performance of electronic.
At the end of the day, it's up to you. So tell us: for your next bike, which would you prefer? Tell us in the comments section.