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C & R: Kickin' It Cajun Style
Champagne & Ribs, Gift of Life's popular annual event, is goin' Cajun for a cause in 2014, and plans to put a whuppin' on prostate cancer while having a heck of a time doin' it!
Everyone is invited and encouraged to bring their friends to Champagne & Ribs Kickin' it Cajun Style on Thursday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Cowboy Harley-Davidson, 1150 Interstate 10 South in Beaumont. Individual tickets for the event are $125, with sponsorships starting at $500.
Gift of Life even brought a few friends of their own to the party. Grammy-award winner and Zydecajun king Wayne Toups, who will be performing his unique blend of Cajun music, zydeco, R&B. Hometown band Mid- Life Crisis will also be jammin' classic rock 'n' roll favorites at the Fais Do-Do.
"Wayne has such a tremendous following," said Norma Sampson, executive director of Julie Rogers' Gift of Life. "His music is fun, lively and definitely a nice fit for Southeast Texas and our theme. His entire entourage has been so verbally supportive and appreciative to give back to the community."
As a special treat, T-Roy and Bigfoot of The History Channel's hit reality television series Swamp People will be on-hand for a me e t - a n d - greet to talk to fans about life in the Atchafalaya and snaggin' gators. The boys are scheduled to sign autographs as well.
And what's a swamp stomp without some good and spicy Cajun food?
Guests can expect mouth-watering jambalaya, crawfish pie, tasty boudain, duck and chicken gumbo, fancy grits, po-boys, New Orleans bread pudding, Bananas Foster and much more prepared by the Golden Triangle Chef's Association, Go Texan, Rich Courville, Zummo's and other awesome local favorites. In addition to the event's staple of champagne and fall-off-the-bone ribs, a selection of specialty and craft beers will also be available for tasting. All food and beverage is included with the ticket purchase, Sampson said. The Fais Do-Do will also feature a silent auction with many unique and exciting items.
This year's honorees are Beaumont native and urologist Dr. John Henderson; founder of Texas Home Health Charline Dauphin of Silsbee; and Jefferson County Court at Law No. 1 Judge Gerald Eddins, a Port Arthur native.
Henderson has practiced medicine in Southeast Texas since 1986 and is affiliated with Southeast Texas Urology Associates.
"I'm very honored and excited to attend," Henderson said. "Gift of Life does a lot of good work in the community with breast and prostate cancer awareness and has done a lot to help inform people of the disease process and help those who are unfunded to have treatment."
Henderson is a dedicated advocate for early prostate cancer detection, said Gift of Life founder and chair Regina Rogers, and has been a supporter of the Gift of Life's prostate cancer initiative — now in its 14th year — since its inception.
"He has advocated passionately for individuals to be screened and has helped us tremendously in raising the awareness level and motivating physicians to become involved," she said.
Henderson, one of two Zydeco Kings, will be recognized alongside Judge Gerald Eddins, also an honoree and king.
Judge Eddins won election to the court in November 2012 and was sworn in on Nov. 29, 2012. He is running for re-election this November.
Eddins practiced law at the Eddins & Bennett Law Firm for 34 years and is a Charter Life Member of the 100 Club of Southeast Texas, a Life-Time Member of the East Texas Peace Officers Association, and a member of several other local law enforcement associations, among other charitable and civic organizations.
"Judge Eddins is an outstanding jurist," Rogers said. "He has a record of excellence as an attorney. He's a man of integrity, of character and has a concern for the underserved members of our community."
This year's Cajun Queen is Charline Dauphin, a supporter of the Dauphin Educational Outreach Program, which honors her late husband, Sidney "Chief" Dauphin, and has aided more than 8,000 youth and adults in high schools, churches and community groups by teaching healthy decision making, and activities and habits that help reduce the chances of developing cancer. Charline has also been extremely benevolent to Lamar University and many local charities, in addition to helping those affected by cancer via the Charline and Sidney "Chief" Dauphin Cancer Screening and Prevention Center in Beaumont.
"Charline Dauphin has been a major supporter of our efforts for more than 12 years now," Rogers said. "She learned about the Gift of Life and felt very strongly that it was some-thing her husband would have wanted her to support. She recognized the importance of what we did and became a treasured friend as well as a loyal and faithful supporter of our efforts."
Bayou Honorary Co-Chairs are Tracy Byrd, Joe Domino, Judge Mickey Shuffield and Dr. Leldon Sweet, and Swamp Master Co-Chairs are Blair and Charlie Foxworth and Shelly and Carl Vitanza.
Champagne & Ribs is the only fundraiser for the Gift of Life's lifesaving prostate cancer initiative, which has provided nearly 7,500 free prostate screenings in addition to vital prostate cancer information and education to thousands of medically under-served men across seven counties. Gift of Life has helped extend the lives of more than 63 men diagnosed with prostate cancer — three were diagnosed as a result of Gift of Life screenings in 2013 alone, a Gift of Life press release states. The program also offers diagnostic evaluations and cancer treatment, which is entirely underwritten by the Gift of Life for medically underserved men and a sup-port group for men and their families to share information, camaraderie and support.
Henderson said an estimated 1 in 7 men would develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, an unfortunate truth that 61-year-old Beaumont resident Kurt Ploeger said he knows about all too well. Ploeger was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000 at the age of 49.
"I was shocked driving down the freeway when the doctor called and said, 'Hey, guess what we found,'" Ploeger said.
Ploeger's cancer was aggressive and took 18 months to find, he said.
"The recommendation was surgery, radical prostatectomy," he said. "They said if you don't have surgery, you'll die in five years."
Ploeger said his surgery involved nerve-splicing, where the surgeon splices ankle nerves with the ends of the nerves cut from the prostate gland immediately after a prostatectomy is performed.
Although his postoperative recovery was rough, with his surgical wound taking 18-24 months to heal, Ploeger said he had to remain optimistic because he was a single father.
"What choice do you have?" he said. "You just have to stay positive. I had to get surgery and get on with my life."
Ploeger was able to overcome his cancer with the support of his son, he said. He offered advice to those who might be hesitant to get screened for prostate cancer.
"Go get checked; it's a no-brainer," Ploeger said.
And if in the unfortunate situation you find out you do have prostate cancer, Ploeger suggests thorough research of the disease.
"Do your homework, so that you can find out what kind of questions you need to ask," he suggested.
Henderson recommends that men begin to get medical tests for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) by the age of 50 and receive rectal examinations for prostate cancer starting at 40. African-Americans, who have a higher rate of prostate cancer, are recommended to begin getting tested at an even earlier age.
During June Men's Health Month, the Gift of Life provides free prostate cancer screenings at three screening sites where Southeast Texas men can receive PSA, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar and HIV testing: Saturday, June 14 at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont; Saturday, June 21, at Baptist Hospital in Orange and Saturday, June 28, at the Carl Parker Center in Port Arthur.
In the meantime, come out and support the cause by attending one of the best parties this side of the Louisiana swamp. Champagne & Ribs helps make these screenings Gift of Life offers a possibility.
Sampson credits Champagne & Ribs popularity, which seems to continue to grow each year, to not only the exciting and entertaining event itself, but to Gift of Life's unshakeable mission as well.
"I think people, by and large, understand that there are no other services, programs or health care initiatives for men who are underserved to receive medical treatment," Sampson said. "We pay for the cancer treatment of these men who are diagnosed. Our program is there as a security net. I hope that's a large proponent (for attending)."
In the event of a rain out, arrangements have been made to move Champagne & Ribs to the Ford Park Exhibit Hall. An announcement will be made the day of the event if the move is needed.
"It's casual, it's fun and it's for a good cause," Sampson said. "It's almost four hours of eating and drinking and music and dancing. You can just come in your jeans and be with everyone. It's a no frills, fun and different party."
Last year's event was a sell-out with more than 1,600 tickets sold. Get your tickets early by calling the Julie Rogers' Gift of Life at (409) 833-3663.
To register to attend online, visit cr.giftoflifebmt.org

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Zboril is one of a growing number of farmers, ranchers and other licensed applicators in Texas and Oklahoma who have successfully completed the Spray Drift Management CEU offered by Southwest Farm Press on its Web site (www.southwestfarmpress.com) The accredited course also is available at www.farmpressuniversity.com
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Project completed for $23 million below budget and one year ahead of
Alameda County – Caltrans and the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) today celebrated the completion of the second phase of a $49 million project that constructed a new carpool lane on eastbound Interstate 580 between Hacienda Drive and Portola Road. The project, which was completed one year ahead of schedule and for $23 million less than budgeted, was funded primarily ($29 million) by Proposition 1B, a $19.9 billion transportation bond supported by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and approved by voters in 2006.
"When the people of California voted for Proposition 1B, they wanted to see results," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "As the voters intended, with this freeway project, the people of the Bay Area can see their tax dollars at work."
Since its passage, Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission have allocated nearly $6 billion in Proposition 1B funds to improve California's transportation system.
"This project provided much-needed jobs and created transportation infrastructure that will benefit the Bay Area now and for decades to come," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
The project was completed for far less than expected because of the highly-competitive bidding market among contractors seeking business.
"Caltrans has been diligently working with its partners here in the Bay Area to deliver congestion relief while utilizing Proposition 1B funding to its maximum level," stated Bijan Sartipi, Caltrans District 4 Director. "This project, constructed by Ghilotti Construction, was completed one year early and under the project budget."
The second phase of the project is the final segment of an 11-mile carpool lane on eastbound I-580 between Pleasanton and Livermore. The daily traffic volume along this stretch averages over 170,000 vehicles. The first segment from Portola Road to Greenville Road opened in October 2009.
The project includes $2.8 Million of Regional Measure 2 (RM2) funds. In March 2004, voters passed RM2, raising the toll on the seven state-owned toll bridges in the Bay Area by one-dollar to fund various transportation projects within the region.
"It is wonderful to see this new lane open knowing that it will bring congestion relief to this vital corridor," said Scott Haggerty, Chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. "The fact that this project received Proposition 1B funding and Regional Measure 2 dollars shows Bay Area residents that their funding efforts are directly benefiting local communities."
The Alameda County Transportation Commission is a newly-formed countywide transportation agency, resulting from a merger of the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA) and the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA).
"The new carpool lane is an important step in our overall plan to reduce and manage congestion in the Tri-Valley area," said Mark Green, Chair of the ACTC.
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IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society History
Brief Timeline
- February 15, 1962 - First meeting of the IRE Professional Group on Geoscience Electronics
- April 19, 1963 - Name change to IEEE Professional Technical Group on Geoscience Electronics
- August 27, 1964 - Name change to IEEE Group on Geoscience Electronics
- 1978 - Name change to Geoscience Electronics Society
- January, 1981 - Name change to Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Early History: The IEEE Geoscience Electronics Group (G-GE)
Formation of G-GE
Robert W. Olson, Founder and First, Chairman, G-GE
The IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society is a descendant of the IEEE Professional Technical Group on Geoscience Electronics which was formed in 1961 as the 29th technical group in the former Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). The idea of forming such a group originated from a breakfast meeting of twenty interested people convened by Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner, then President of both the IRE and the AGU, and Mr. Robert W. Olson, Vice President of Texas Instruments . This meeting was held on April 20, 1961 at the Southwest IRE Conference in Dallas and resulted in a petition to the IRE Board of Directors to form a Professional Group on Geoscience Electronics . This petition was approved by the IRE on November 15, 1961.
Much of the interest in this organization came from engineers and scientists in the Southwestern United States, primarily those involved in the petroleum industry. Although the early interest was mainly in electro-seismic instrumentation, signal processing and seismic modeling, the Group on Geoscience Electronics early charter included a much broader range of geophysical and geoscientific topics. The G-GE organized sessions on geoscience electronics topics for the annual Southwest IRE Conference (SWIRECO), beginning in 1962. Sessions and papers were also organized for other meeting including the International IEEE Convention in New York City. These sessions continued until the late 1960s.
Although the first papers presented and published under sponsorship of this society were primarily motivated by electronic instrumentation for petroleum exploration, a concerted effort was begun in 1962 to broaden the scope, particularly by involving oceanographers and others interested in undersea technology and instrumentation.
First AdCom
Robert Olson called for a meeting to be held February 15, 1962 in Dallas, the main purpose of which was to organize an Administrative Committee (AdCom) for the Group. There were twenty-one people in attendance at that meeting, and an AdCom of nine members were elected: Robert W. Olson and Bernard H. List of Dallas; Marian A. Arthur, Sidney Kaufman and Frank C. Smith of Houston; W. Theodore Girn and Robert A. Broding of Tulsa; W. Harold Mayne of San Antonio; and Harold W. Smith of Austin (footnote 2). The purpose of the AdCom was to provide management of the Group, including financial planning, membership recruitment, oversight of the Transactions and selection of its Editor, setting of technical directions, etc.
The first G-GE AdCom meeting was held on April 13, 1962 at the SWIRECO meeting in Houston. This meeting resulted in the election of Robert W. Olson as the first G-GE AdCom Chairman, and additional AdCom members were added: Ben S. Melton, A. H. Waynich and Jean Lebel. A draft Constitution and Bylaws were discussed and procedures were adopted for mail ballot approval of the final documents. These documents were officially approved by the IRE Executive Committee on October 16, 1962 (footnote 2).
A second AdCom meeting was held at the SWIRECO in Dallas on October 1, 1962 and was primarily concerned with future activities, a first Group budget, etc. Bob Olson was succeeded by Professor Harold W. Smith, who was and still is with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. The Vice-Chairman in 1962 was A. E. Tilley and the Secretary-Treasurer was Edwin B. Neitzel, who was Texas Instruments Inc. in North Dallas and was Manager of their Engineering for Science Services. Other members of the 1963 AdCom included R. A. Broding, T. Cantwell, W. E. Gordon, Isadore "Is" Katz , S. Kaufman, Jean D. Lebel, Bernard H. List, C. Gordon Little, Ben S. Melton, Robert W. Olson, F. C. Smith Jr., G. H. Sutton and A. H. Waynich. The Editor of the G-GE Transactions was A. W. Trorey, who was with the California Research Corporation (La Habra). The News Editor was Edwin B. Neitzel. A copy of the 1964 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics could be purchased for $2.25 and the annual member subscription price was $12.75.
Chapter III lists the officers and members of the G-GE AdCom along with the Transactions Editors and Associate Editors, and the Newsletter Editors. The table below identifies the officers and editors of the Geoscience and Electronics Group from 1961 - 1979.
(Year)/ Chairman President/ Vice-Chm./ Secr.-Treasurer/ Transactions Editor/ Newsletter Editor/ Symposium Chairman
(1962)/ R. W. Olson/ H. W. Smith/ none/ E. B. Neitzel/ no symposium
(1963)/ H. W. Smith/ A. E. Tilley/ E. B. Neitzel/ A. W. Trorey/ E. B. Neitzel/ no symposium
(1964)/ A. E. Tilley/ B. S. Melton/ E. B. Neitzel/ A. W. Trorey/ E. B. Neitzel/ no symposium
(1965)/ I. Katz/ B. S. Melton/ E. B. Neitzel/ A. W. Trorey/ E. B. Neitzel/ no symposium
(1966)/ W. A. Drews/ E. B. Neitzel/ R. R. Ross/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ T. J. Hickley/ no symposium
(1967)/ W. A. Drews/ E. A. Wolff/ R. R. Ross/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ T. J. Hickley/ no symposium
(1968)/ E. A. Wolff/ M. E. Ringenbach/ R. R. Ross/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ M. T. Miyasaki/ no symposium
(1969)/ E. A. Wolff/ H. S. Field/ J. C. Redmond/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ M. T. Miyasaki/ C. F. Getman
(1970)/ H. S. Field/ J. C. Redmond/ J. C. Redmond/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ M. T. Miyasaki/ M. L. Sims
(1971)/ J. C. Redmond/ C. F. Getman/ M. L. Sims/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ M. T. Miyasaki/ R. Bernstein
(1972)/ J. C. Redmond/ C. F. Getman/ M. L. Sims/ S. Riter/ M. T. Miyasaki/ no symposium
(1973)/ C. F. Getman/ M. L. Sims/ J. W. Rouse/ S. Riter/ none/ no symposium
(1974)/ M. L. Sims/ J. W. Rouse Jr./ R. T. Lacoss/ S. Riter/ none/ no symposium
(1975)/ J. W. Rouse Jr/ R. T. Lacoss/ C. D. McGillem/ S. Riter/ J. Eckerman/ no symposium
(1976)/ C. D. McGillem/ J. Eckerman/ J. A. Schell Jr./ H. Kritikos/ J. Eckerman/ no symposium
(1977)/ J. Eckerman/ A. F. Gangi/ open/ H. Kritikos/ J. Eckerman/ no symposium
(1978)/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ H. Kritikos/ H. J. Perlis/ open/ H. Kritikos/ T. Walton/ no symposium
(1979)/ A. A. J. Hoffman/ H. N. Kritikos/ H. J. Perlis/ open/ H. Kritikos/ T. Walton/ no symposium
First Transactions Issues
Alan W. Trorey, First Transactions Editor
In 1963 and 1964 the Group on Geoscience Electronics was comprised mainly of U.S. engineers and scientists who were interested in such solid-earth topics as seismic exploration and recording, electroseismic effects, seismometer designs and enhanced filtering techniques applied to seismic signals. The Transactions on Geoscience Electronics (T-GE), first published in December 1963, was concerned with the publication of both theoretical and applied papers on geoscience-electronics. Papers were sought that did not have a ready outlet in existing geophysical or engineering journals. Paper submissions were few in this new journal, with four papers in volume GE-1 No. 1 and only three papers in volume GE-2 No. 1 (November 1964). Although all the early papers dealt with solid-earth electro-seismic instrumentation, this fledgling Group had much broader goals in mind.
A. W. Trorey was the first Transactions Editor and wrote the first article to be published in volume GE-1 (Dec. 1963) of this new journal. He entitled it "From Geo-Wireless to Geoscience Electronics." The intent of this article was to define the scope of the G-GE and the publication policy of its Transactions on Geoscience Electronics. Because of its historic value, this article is quoted below in its entirety:
"Once upon a time there existed in the English language the prefix geo- with the literal meaning 'earth' or 'of the earth.' From this prefix we have, quite naturally, such terms as geology, geotectonics, geophysics - or, more generally, 'geoscience.' Logically then, one would expect 'geo-science' to be a 'science of the earth.'
Once upon a time there existed a breed known as 'wireless engineers' (even though wire was not unknown in the devices they created). The electronic vacuum tube turned them (on this continent) into 'electronic engineers' - people who spent much of their time assembling wire and vacuum tubes together in such a way as to permit us all to learn about the virtues of Ovaltine at the twist of a dial.
Associated with these efforts, however, was the early discovery of an ionosphere, a matter of considerable interest to the 'communication engineer.' Furthermore, it was early realized that extraterrestrial (non-geo-) phenomena have considerable influence on the behavior of the ionosphere. Naturally, these matters required investigation - investigation which carried the communications engineer into many of the fields normally studied by the geoscientist. It did not take much of this to create the 'electronic scientist,' at best a vague term embracing, in varying degree, nearly all branches of science, geo, or otherwise.
Meanwhile the geoscientist had suffered similar experiences. Although initially concerned only with truly geo phenomena, it did not take him long to become interested in extraterrestrial phenomena. We have, for example, various theories of the history of the earth which require, among other things, an understanding and knowledge of gravitational forces in the solar system; we have within the earth telluric currents dependent upon extraterrestrial phenomena; we have numerous methods of investigating the earth's interior which are affected by non-geo phenomena and which often depend upon measurements of extraterrestrial entities. In studying these and other phenomena, the geoscientist (and the geoengineer) have come to depend heavily upon electronic instrumentation for the gathering and processing of geoscientific information.
We find then, both from the point of view of the electronic scientist and the 'geo' scientist, that geo, in modern day parlance, no longer means of the earth but means anywhere, since that which occurs anywhere may have an effect on earth. Furthermore, both groups study, in varying degree, nearly all branches of science.
Logically then, it would seem that any journal entitled TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE ELECTRONICS should solicit and accept for publication any good paper in virtually any area of science, including even biology, zoology, and the behavioral sciences. If such a policy were followed, however, the TRANSACTIONS would not serve a useful purpose. To be of benefit to the scientific and engineering community, papers which already have well-defined outlets available to them in other existing journals should not normally appear in the TRANSACTIONS. Furthermore, papers need to be of mutual interest to both the electronic scientist and the geoscientist. As we have seen, there is a large area of interest common to the two groups. Both are interested in similar natural phenomena and both are involved with electronic instrumentation used in the study of these phenomena.
This, then, defines our publication policy. Even though the boundary of this policy is vague at best, it will be the guide used by the editorial staff in deciding whether or not the subject matter of a paper is suitable for publication in the TRANSACTIONS. The papers in this first issue have been selected by attempting to follow this policy."
. . . . A. W. Trorey
In addition to this lead-off paper by Editor Trorey, there were four other articles in Volume GE-1 No. 1, December 1963:
(1) "Real-Time Digital Computer Acquisition and Computation of Gravity Data at Sea," Ralph Bernstein and C. O. Bowin, pp. 2 - 10. Ralph Bernstein was a member of the Marine Systems Department of IBM in Bethesda, Maryland. C. O. Bowin was a Research Associate in Geology on the staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
(2) "Characteristics of Magnetic Tapes Used for Seismic Exploration," by Paul R. Hinrichs, pp. 11 - 16. Dr. Hinrichs was with the General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas.
(3) "Electromagnetic Modeling Studies of Lithospheric Propagation," Glenn L. Brown and Anthony F. Gangi, pp. 17 - 23. Dr. Brown was manager of the Nuclear Physics Division of the Space-General Corporation, El Monte, California. Dr. Gangi was manager of the Antenna Department of that same company.
(4) "Field Experiments on the Electroseismic Effect," by R. A. Broding, S. D. Buchanan, and Daniel P. Hearn, pp. 24 - 31. R. A. Broding was the Senior Vice President and Director of R&D with the Century Geophysical Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma. S. D.Buchanan was employed by Douglas Aircraft Company, Tulsa. Daniel P. Hearn was employed by the North American Aviation Company, Tulsa.
Editors of the Transactions on Geoscience and Electronics
A. W. Trorey served as Editor of the Transactions for 1963 - 1965, for issues GE-1, GE-2, and GE-3. A new Editor, Alex Hoffman (Texas Christian University - Fort Worth) was named in 1966. Dr. Hoffman was a professor of physics and mathematics at TCU, and a former student of Professor Harold W. Smith, the 1962 Chairman of G-GE. Under Alex Hoffman's leadership the Transactions on GE expanded to quarterly publications starting in February 1968. He served as Editor of the Transactions on Geoscience Electronics from 1966 - 1972. From 1972 - 1976, the Editor was Stephen Riter. Dr. Riter was with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. From 1976 - January 1981, the Editor was Harry Kritikos. Professor Haralombos N. Kritikos was with the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
G-GE Expands Scope
Edward A. Wolff, G-GE Chairman 1968, '69
In 1967 the first Transactions article dealing with oceanographic under-sea instrumentation was published. By November 1968, the Transactions published a Special Issue on Oceanographic Instrumentation (volume GE-6), guest edited by Gilbert Jaffe. The lead article was entitled "Oceanographic Instrumentation: A Crisis of National Neglect," by Harvey D. Kushner. This article, quoting from a 1967 speech by then Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey, outlined some of the then-current problems of oceanographic instrumentation and exhorted the Federal Government to provide assistance in the advancement of state-of-the-technology and improvement in the quality of oceanographic instrumentation.
By 1968 the Group on Geoscience and Electronics had thus established a significant technical presence in two fields - geophysics and oceanography. The addition of a third field - meteorology - was soon to follow. This expansion of activities was spearheaded by Edward A. Wolff , the new G-GE AdCom Chairman. In an editorial published in the May 1968 Transactions, Ed Wolff emphasized that the society should not only be concerned with individual geoscientific disciplines, but also their interactions. He wrote:
"Although land, sea, air, and space are convenient categories for compartmentalizing the interests of G-GE, its members are well aware of the fuzziness of the boundaries and the interrelationships between the regions. There is interest in the water under the ground and the ground under the water; in the land-air and sea-air interfaces, their effect upon t he weather and the effect of the weather on the surface; in the use of space platforms for the measurement of the shape of the earth, atmosphere, and the ionosphere; and for the exploration of natural resources on earth. Also, there are the systems used on land and sea to support the airborne and spaceborne instruments.
There is a large diversity in the geoscience disciplines to which members apply their electronic engineering talents, as well as a large commonality of engineering problems associated with the measurement of these phenomena. Many of the problems of data transmission, processing, analysis, and display are shared by systems in the different environments.
G-GE provides a forum for the exchange of information that is more stimulating because of the diversity of the application."
In this editorial Chairman Wolff clearly foresaw that the Group (and later the Society) would become involved in interdisciplinary geoscientific studies and instrumentation. This certainly proved to be the case. The Society's Transactions and IGARSS meetings have expanded into vital means of disseminating information to the international community about underlying geoscience and remote sensing instrumentation and data processing issues. This includes such international programs as the Global Change Research Program, NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, and large-scale remote sensing mission activities in Europe, Japan, etc.
G-GE activities significantly increased in 1969, under Chairman Wolff's leadership. Annual dues were increased 25% to $5, and the group conducted its first annual International Geoscience Electronics Symposium. G-GE also arranged a session on oceanography at the IEEE International Convention in New York as well as technical sessions at the first Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston that April. The number of Transactions pages planned was increased to 300, and the group presented the first award in its newly adopted awards program. The G-GE AdCom also that year voted for full group participation in the National Telemetering Conference and allocated an initial contribution of $2000 for this purpose.
During the 1970's, G-GE successfully resisted an IEEE political problem. There was a faction in the IEEE hierarchy that believed that small was bad, at least in terms of membership. G-GE membership had declined to about 1200 by 1975, thus becoming the second or third smallest group in the IEEE. This faction of the IEEE was pushing for a merger of G-GE into the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AES). They did succeed in merging the two Washington chapters, although the jointness was soon forgotten with the preponderance of AES members. However, G-GE itself survived as a separate group, and soon became a more multidisciplinary organization.
Charles F. Getman , Chairman of the GE-AdCom in 1973, published a statement about the Group's expanding scope in the January 1973 Transactions, excerpted in part below:
"Traditionally the geophysical environment that has concerned the group has included the earth, water, atmosphere, and more recently, space. The interest has been focused on the instrumentation systems needed to understand these environments. By systems we mean all the electronics from the sensors to the data display devices. This includes all the various sub-systems and components without which a complete system could not be synthesized. Included for example are sensors, telemetry, communications, transmitters, receivers, data processing, and data interpretation systems. "The Group normally does not delve deeper into the scientific aspects of the phenomena being studied than is necessary for sensor design and data analysis. The output data are of interest primarily as the product of the instrumentation system. In recent years however the development of automatic interpretation techniques based upon advances in data processing and the theory of detection and pattern recognition have necessitated the better understanding of fundamental environmental phenomena by the systems designer. Consequently, there has been an increased emphasis on contributions and activities which bridge the gap between the scientist and the engineer."
"The AdCom has been reorganized and revitalized. Membership is up. The Newsletter is back. G-GE is again actively represented on several conference committees. This has been a good year and next year will be even better!
What this means to you is that G-GE is now better able to represent your professional interests. The reorganization of this TRANSACTIONS is a good example. Our new Editor, Harry Kritikos, has assembled several associate editors representing specific interest groups. The areas already identified for emphasis include Radio Meteorology, Solid Earth Geophysics, Marine Geophysics, Extraterrestrial Geophysics, Environmental Monitoring, Computer Processing of Geophysical Data, and Microwave Remote Sensing. A number of special issues are in the works."
Section V provides a summary of the Transactions on Geoscience Electronics issues from 1963 - 1979, including the names of the Editors, Associate Editors and Guest Editors.
G-GE Sponsors International Symposia in 1969, 1970 and 1971
The First Annual International Geoscience Electronics Symposium, sponsored by the IEEE Geoscience Electronics Group was held from April 16 - 18, 1969 at the Twin Bridges Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Arrangements for this symposium were handled by the host Washington G-GE Chapter. The Steering Committee Chairman of this meeting was Charles F. Getman, who was then with the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office in Washington. This meeting turned out to be a great success, with 376 engineers and scientists in attendance. There were 63 papers presented in 13 technical sessions on topics such as earth resources surveys, oceanographic and meteorological remote sensing, earth seismology instrumentation, and environmental pollution. No digest of papers was published for this symposium, but a Special Issue composed of selected papers from this meeting was published in the October 1969 (GE-7) Transactions on Geoscience Electronics. The banquet speaker at this first symposium was Professor Paul S. Bauer. The registration fee for IEEE members was $17.00. Total receipts for the meeting were $6812 expenses were $5423.82, for a net meeting surplus of $1388.18.
The 2nd International Geoscience Electronics Symposium was held April 14 - 17, 1970 in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Twin Bridges Motel. The General Chairman was Michael L. Sims . There were 70 papers presented in 18 sessions, and a 100-page Digest of papers was published. This successful meeting included an awards banquet on April 16, with the speaker being U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson. In his address, he called for the creation of a World Environment Institute to provide an international, interdisciplinary approach to global environmental problems. As a result of his suggestion, a G-GE team composed of Enrico Mercanti, Mace Miyasaki, and Ed Wolff began a survey of the world's environmental community and possible implementation arrangements for a World Environment and Resources Council (WERC). In 1971 the G-GE obtained support from the IEEE Technical Activities Board and TAB Vice-President Harold Chestnut to hold a first exploratory meeting from the world environmental community to form the WERC. This meeting was held in Washington, D.C. on August 26-27, 1971 at the time of the IEEE G-GE 1971 Annual Symposium.
The 3rd International Geoscience Electronics Symposium was also held in Washington, August 25 - 27, 1971. The General Chairman was Ralph Bernstein, with the IBM Corporation. There were 47 papers published in a 78-page Digest (Call No. QE-1.I73). Unfortunately, attendance at this third meeting was only about 150, much lower than the previous two years, and substantially less than was needed for the meeting to be a financial success.
G-GE Chapters
The first Chapter of the G-GE was formed in Houston, Texas with approval on December 11, 1962. The Chairman of that chapter was L. B. McManis.
By 1968 activity had expanded to five regular chapters located in Houston, Los Angeles, Washington, Tulsa and Providence. In 1968, the Houston Chapter was chaired by R. J. Schwartz, the Los Angeles Chapter by Martin N. Kaplin, the Washington Chapter by Edward W. Bisone, the Tulsa Chapter by John L. Shanks and the Providence, Rhode Island Chapter by Arthur S. Westneat. Since G-GE was one of the smallest IEEE technical societies, attendance at chapter meetings ranged from poor (4 - 5) to excellent (over 30). Chapter chairmen arranged for dinner speakers, local plant tours, and other activities of interest to G-GE members.
- 1 Brief Timeline
- 2 Early History: The IEEE Geoscience Electronics Group (G-GE)


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Sandy shows Europe forecasting lead
Sandy is calling new attention to a long-running debate about whether the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is getting the money and resources it needs to track and predict life-threatening storms.
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Yes, NOAA's National Hurricane Center nailed the forecast track four days out, projecting that the ferocious storm would slam into the New Jersey coast and giving officials time to warn of deadly flooding and wind.
But some wonder if the public could have gotten warning even earlier.
A model used by a European weather agency was the first to cite the possibility of an East Coast threat from the storm, prompting a flurry of online commentary by meteorologists and The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog.
The Post noted the scary model track Oct. 22 — a full week before landfall, at a time when Sandy was still called Tropical Depression 18. The European model "brings this storm to the mid-Atlantic coast next week … as a hurricane or possibly a hybrid tropical/Nor'easter storm," the newspaper's weather bloggers wrote. "It simulates flooding rain, strong wind and destructive storm surge and coastal erosion affecting every state in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast."
( Also on POLITICO: Full coverage of Hurricane Sandy)
The Post noted that NOAA's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center also mentioned the existence of the European model's scenario in one forecast discussion, saying that if it proved true, it would create "a powerhouse capable of whipping the Atlantic into a frenzy and churning up dangerous tides."
But it wasn't until Oct. 24 that the hurricane center's official forecast track for Sandy began steering the storm away from the open Atlantic, and an additional day before it was solidly pointing to the northeastern United States.
The forecast never deviated much from that track afterward.
Still, as residents from North Carolina to New England begin the long recovery, some scientists cautioned that the United States is falling behind Europe in its ability to forecast major storms.
"We have tremendous weather forecasting capacity. But we're still losing to the Europeans," said Heidi Cullen, chief climatologist at Climate Central, a nonprofit that communicates science to the public.


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AIDS Day Brings Awareness to Guam
December 5, 2012
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WestCare, the Department of Public Health and Social Services, and Guam's Alternative Lifestyle Association (GALA) held a community outreach event commemorating World AIDS Day on December 2, 2012. The theme for the WestCare and GALA collaboration at Agana Shopping Center was, "Working Together for an AIDS-free Generation." The goal of the day was to reduce the incidence of HIV in Guam.
The World AIDS Day event featured quilts that memorialized people with AIDS. Representatives from GALA and WestCare health educator Lolita Muñoz offered information about HIV and other STDs, demonstrated the proper use of contraceptives, and distributed free contraceptives. Muñoz emphasized that new rapid testing technology delivers results within minutes, so that HIV-infected persons can link to services much more quickly.
GALA President Tim de La Cruz declared that the World AIDS Day outreach events were an important way to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS and to clear up misconceptions about HIV and STDs. The day concluded with a candlelight vigil honoring those with AIDS.
Pacific Sunday News
12.02.2012; Jerick Sablan
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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BACK TO BASICS: Competitor Research – How to Beat Giants in the Search Results
by Paula Allen, August 21, 2013
What does it take to beat a giant? Sometimes trying to fight your way up the ranks of search results may feel like an impossible battle; no matter how much you improve your site, establish quality connections and wait patiently, those giant sites above you simply will not budge.
Competitive research strengthens any marketing project, but for search engine optimization, you can't do without it. The search engines rank highest those sites they consider the most relevant, trustworthy and high-quality for a given user's search query and perceived intent. So what better way to find out what the search engines will reward than to look at the victors?
Once you've identified your top competitors, you'll want to use a tool to save time with your research and determine what the search engines are rewarding for that keyword. It's amazing how much of an opponent's optimization strategy you can see and analyze in an instant. Tools such as our SEOToolSet® can expose all kinds of details about a website, as well as track your SEO progress over time. For a quick analysis, try free options such as these for starters:
Now that you're better armed for battle, we'll look at how to beat the giants through some strategic competitor research. (Disclaimer: This article deals primarily with on-page attributes you can research and optimize. There are also other SEO factors that contribute to rankings.)
Sizing up the giants
The top 10 organic (non-paid) search results are the ones you want to examine for your competitive research. You may think that only businesses offering the same service, product or information you do should qualify as true competitors. But in the search engine results pages (SERPs), those first-page results are ALL competing to take your place. And so far, they may be winning!
So, who are those unbeatable websites among the top 10 competitors for your targeted keywords? Let's look at four types of giants and what you can do to better compete.
#1: Wikipedia
This information giant often squats in the second or third position of search results. Is it a competitor? Not in the sense that you offer the same things (unless your site is an encyclopedia). But you may be competing against it for placement on the SERP.
Can you beat Wikipedia? Depending on the searcher's intent, possibly yes. As Bruce Clay points out in his training courses, Wikipedia answers the who, what and when, but seldom addresses the how. That could be your edge. But to satisfy the search engines, your content must still cover the subject equally well for research-oriented searches.
First, visit the page that's ranking for your keyword for an in-person look. Then plug the URL into your research tool and answer these questions:
#2: Ehow, EzineArticles, Yahoo! Answers, Wikihow, etc.
These user-submission sites offer practical how-tos that search engines often rank high for information-based queries. Like Wikipedia, these results may not seem like real competitors. But if Google thinks an Ehow article is more relevant than your website for a targeted keyword, you should find out why.
#3. Brands
What kind of competitor research will help if you're a David going up against a Goliath brand name? Google gives a lot of weight to well-known brands. But you know how the battle ended for David, so it may still be worth a shot.
Here are some suggestions for an SEO strategy that could at least keep you alive on the same SERP with a giant brand:
#4. Authority .gov and .edu sites
Official authority sites are hard to beat in direct combat. Government and university websites may have PageRank as high as 7 or 8 (on Google's scale of 1 to 10), giving them tremendous clout in the search results. Nevertheless, remember that ranking comes down to quality content, trustworthiness, and relevance to a particular user's query and perceived intent. You probably can't beat a .gov site for trustworthiness; however, in the areas of content and relevance, you have a chance. Here's what to look for:
Pre-battle pep talk: The best way to use competitor research for SEO
Of course, what you don't want to do is copy a competing site's content. Not only would that be unethical, but it also wouldn't help you rank. Search engines can detect duplicate content, and you can be sure that your site, not your high-ranking competitor, would be the one filtered out of the results.
So what should you do with the behind-enemy-lines intel you gather through competitor research? As you watch your website competitors' maneuvers, count their troops and assess their weaponry, you'll find out their strengths and weaknesses. More importantly, you'll see the on-page areas you need to improve in order to compete better in the search engines. And you'll develop an SEO battle plan to do what they do, only better.
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Harrison C. White Award Statement
The W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award honors scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline. Harrison Colyar White is perhaps the most influential sociologist of the last half-century. Daring, original, and provocative, White has made transformative contributions to the study of organizations, stratification, culture, and economic sociology. His contributions, however, transcend specific sub-fields, embodying a powerful new vision of the fundamental nature and dynamics of social structures.
Trained originally in physics, Harrison White reimagined the nature of social organization, seeing—and finding innovative ways to measure—the otherwise invisible structure behind the buzzing complexity of social life. His agenda-setting work on "vacancy chains" envisioned organizations, and also labor markets, as structures constituted by the movement of vacancies: sequences of positions linked together by the movement of occupants between them, as those hired to fill positions vacated by others create new vacancies in their turn. In Canvases and Careers (with Cynthia White), he produced an unsurpassed analysis of the transformation of an art world, as the Academic system of French painting gave way to Impressionism. The Whites showed how aesthetic change could arise from a shift in the institutional structures that produced artists, organized their careers, and evaluated their art.
Harrison White is best known for the body of work that revitalized and transformed network analysis. Along with several collaborators, he created an innovative theoretical approach (and related methods) that could capture not only ties among individuals, but patterns of equivalent relationships. Grouping together those who had the same pattern of relationships to others, these methods revolutionized the sociological view of social structures, cultural structures, organizations, scientific communities, and many other arenas of social life.
White also stimulated the growth of economic sociology with his innovative work on markets. He argued that markets were not really made up of independent actors linked only by information about supply and demand, as conveyed through prices. White instead envisioned markets as cultural constructions created by comparison processes through which firms, attempting to reduce uncertainty in their local environments, orient themselves to the behavior of other firms, setting prices and defining markets as they watch their immediate competitors.
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After falling below 77 cents on Nov. 22, cotton prices (Mar14 futures) have attempted a recovery.
As I write this on Dec. 2, this is welcome news. Cotton prices fell 170 points on Nov. 22, but then advanced 179 points on Nov. 25 and another 91 points on Nov. 26 to bring us back above 79 cents. Prices closed the week at 79.35 cents per pound.
With this "recovery", it's hopeful the recent downturn is over and a new floor of support is now in place around the 77 cent area March futures. If this floor holds, a price range of 77 to 82 cents can be expected.
Prices have begun to strengthen on the basis of strong U.S. export sales at these price levels and reaction to China beginning sale of cotton from its reserves. As expected, China began auctioning cotton from its huge national reserves on Thursday and this will continue through Aug. 1. Sales were only 25 percent of the available amount on Thursday and 59 percent on Friday. Chinese mills have complained about the quality of the fiber and about the price, which is significantly above the price paid for competing imports from countries like India and the U.S.
U.S. cotton exports remain good
U.S. export sales have been good with China being a major buyer. Initially, market concerns over the pending sale of Chinese stocks were among the reasons for the recent downturn. China, however, still continues to buy (import) cotton despite the availability of stocks and export supplies in the rest of the world (ROW) are relatively low. As long as Chinese mills are allowed to do so and as long as export sales are good, the new support level should hold. Chinese sources report that the China crop is expected to be 30.7 million bales compared to the current USDA estimate of 32.5 million. This should add further support to prices.
New crop (Dec14) futures prices are currently around 77 cents. With the recent developments mentioned above, there is suddenly beginning to be some concern about reduced cotton acreage in 2014. Clearly, current prices at less than 80 cents will not likely attract acreage. If more cotton acreage is needed or warranted, the market (Dec14) will have to improve enough to bid it in. Few if any growers are likely going to begin taking price protection at less than 80 cents.
New USDA numbers will be out on Dec. 10.
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So, today, I must must write about the most shocking, scandalous, jaw-dropping thing I came across this weekend. (And, no, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Ricky Gervais.) The item of intrigue was a story on Salon.com, entitled… wait for it… "Why I can't stop reading Mormon housewife blogs: I'm a young, feminist atheist who can't bake a cupcake. Why am I addicted to the shiny, happy lives of these women?"
Um, click.
How could I not?? I mean, apparently, there's like an entire subculture of Zooey Deschanel-bang-sporting, craft-spinning, brood-mommying, hubby-looooooving Mormon housewives out there. As writer Emily Matchar puts it,
young stay-at-home-moms who blog about home and hearth, Latter-day Saint-style.
The women behind "Rockstar Diaries," "Underaged and Engaged," "Nie Nie Dialogues", and "Say Yes to Hoboken" blog about their kids. Their husbands. Their love of hot chocolate. Their love of baked goods. The themed headbands they craft for their pals at the themed dinner parties they host. And how happy they are.
Matchar says that, although their lives bear no resemblance to her own,
On an average day, I'll skim through a half-dozen Mormon blogs, looking at Polaroids of dogs in raincoats or kids in bow ties, reading gratitude lists, admiring sewing projects.
I'm not alone, either. Two of my closest friends — both chronically overworked Ph.D. candidates — procrastinate for hours poring over Nat the Fat Rat or C. Jane Enjoy It. A recent discussion of Mormonism on the blog Jezebel unleashed a waterfall of confessions in the comments section from other young non-religious women similarly riveted by the shiny, happy domestic lives of their Latter-day Saint sisters.
Which begs a question: Who knew?
Apparently everyone but me. Seriously, though, it begs another question, too: What gives? What's the appeal? Matchar has a theory:
Well, to use a word that makes me cringe, these blogs are weirdly "uplifting." To read Mormon lifestyle blogs is to peer into a strange and fascinating world where the most fraught issues of modern living — marriage and child rearing — appear completely unproblematic. This seems practically subversive to someone like me, weaned on an endless media parade of fretful stories about "work-life balance" and soaring divorce rates and the perils of marrying too young/too old/too whatever. And don't even get me started on the Mommy Blogs, which make parenthood seem like a vale of judgment and anxiety, full of words like "guilt" and "chaos" and "BPA-free" and "episiotomy." Read enough of these, and you'll be ready to remove your own ovaries with a butter knife.
…Indeed, Mormon bloggers like Holbrook make marriage and motherhood seem, well, fun. Easy. Joyful. These women seem relaxed and untouched by cynicism. They throw elaborate astronaut-themed birthday parties for their kids and go on Sunday family drives to see the fall leaves change and get mani-pedis with their friends. They often have close, large extended families; moms and sisters are always dropping in to watch the kids or help out with cake decorating. Their lives seem adorable and old-fashioned and comforting.
This focus on the positive is especially alluring when your own life seems anything but easy. As my friend G. says, of her fascination with Mormon lifestyle blogs, "I'm just jealous. I want to arrange flowers all day too!" She doesn't, really. She's just tired from long days spent in the lab, from a decade of living in a tiny apartment because she's too poor from student loans to buy a house, from constant negotiations about breadwinning status with her artist husband. It's not that she or I want to quit our jobs to bake brownies or sew kiddie Halloween costumes. It's just that for G., Mormon blogs are an escapist fantasy, a way to imagine a sweeter, simpler life.
There's been a lot of talk in recent years about "the New Domesticity" — an increasing interest in old-fashioned, traditionally female tasks like sewing, crafts and jam making. Some pundits see this as a sign that young women yearn to return to some kind of 1950s Ozzie and Harriet existence, that feminism has "failed," that women are realizing they can't have it all, after all. That view is utterly nonsense, in my opinion, but I do think women of my generation are looking to the past in an effort to create fulfilling, happy domestic lives, since the modern world doesn't offer much of a road map. Our parents — divorced, stressed-out baby boomers — are hardly paragons of domestic bliss. Nor are the Gen X "Mommy War" soldiers, busy winging snowballs of judgment at each other from across the Internet. (Formula is poison! Baby wearing is child abuse!)
Gosh! Kinda makes you want to chug a couple of root beers, huh?! But in all seriousness, I think she's onto a couple of things. One is the allure of the (seemingly) simple, unquestioned life. I think that one of the things that's become such a big burden to today's women is the questions that come with the unprecedented freedom we have to live our lives whatever way we want. Whenever everything isn't coming together as perfectly as a–well, a "vintage-y owl throw pillow," for example, we wonder if we've chosen the wrong life for ourselves. It's pretty tough not to get sucked into the Life Would Be So Grand If Someone Else Would Just Tell Me What The H-E-DoubleHockeySticks To Do fantasy.
(And, you know, who doesn't love an escapist fantasy from time to time? Hello, Beverly Hills 90210 The Brenda Years, when every problem was solvable with a MegaBurger. 90210 is clearly not reality–and who knows how lovely these lovely young things' lives really are? But sometimes we don't want the nuanced truth. We want a MegaBurger.)
And then, of course, there's the trap of the grass is greener syndrome: the fact that, time and again, it seems that whenever we play that comparison game, the one constant is this–that we seem categorically unable to image that whatever road we did NOT choose to travel might in fact be as bumpy as the one we did. And when we're presented with something that looks perfect, why would we question it?
Of course, we've said all of this before. And I think there's one other explanation: I checked out some of those blogs. And they're pretty flipping cute.


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On this Sunday, the traditional day of rest, we didn't see much resting going on — just a lot of doing.
Dr. Michael Sleeth is an ER doctor turned author and pastor. His book, "24/6," calls for a return to one full day of rest.
"I think we have a heritage of being a people who value work. We have a work ethic," said Sleeth. "That used to be balanced with a day of rest, but now we just have a work ethic."
Society used to make this easier, but now businesses are open and work never stops.
The brain makes chemicals to counteract stress, which is fine, except if we're always stressed. The immediate concerns are hypertension, anxiety and depression.
"I think there is a point where we're working ourselves to death," added Sleeth.
The long-term concerns?
"You go a lifespan over 70 years, that's 10 years of rest," he said. "To take 10 years of resting away from the average person changes their character. To take it away from an entire nation may result in some profound changes," said Sleeth.
So, what's rest?
"I tell people, 'figure out what work is for you and don't do it.' That's what '24/6' is about. For some people, what is restful may be working in the garden. For some people, it may be kicking back in the recliner," said Sleeth.
People who rest, plan for it and it's a commitment. People still can do things, including take walks and eat family dinner, but it has to be for you.


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Before he graduated from WAC in 1995 with a B.S. in Political Science, he was also the founder of the Washington College Musicians' Union, which has been sponsoring on-campus practice spaces and student band shows ever since.
He later went on to play that Hammond organ and guitar with a band called the Number Nine Line in the clubs of Baltimore in the late '90s. He was the co-writer with his twin brother Davy of all their original songs. They recorded one EP and a track for a tribute album to British eccentric singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
In 1999, the Number Nine line pulled into its last stop, and with the end of the band he stopped doing music. A fractured wrist soon after the last gig was a large influence on that decision, as was some of the now hard-to-find tubes in the Black Beast giving out.
However, in 2004, some of the core musicians of Botch! reunited and started writing original songs. After playing a few gigs, they folded. But it was enough to get him playing again. He has since played bass guitar and sang with a Buddhist chorus in the DC area. He has also been playing off and on with some of his former Number Nine Line bandmates.
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Water - 5 tbsp
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