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The Saturday Links for 8/15/15
I'm going to make some slow cooked, 10 hour black bean soup today, so wish me luck. Today's links:
- I'm all for hearing both sides of an argument and hear is an argument from law enforcement arguing that strong encryption is dangerous: NY Times Editorial. Here is why they are wrong: 1) Tech companies are offering encryption because they're customers have demanded it AFTER our government behaved badly, 2) You can't regulate or ban math and encryption is simply math, 3) Law enforcement seems to think they should have access to anything new that comes along. Or put another way, their authority and/or access always grows, but never shrinks. If we invent a device that can record our thoughts (think mental diary), should they have access to that too? No law enforcement person ever stands up to argue for less access. 4) Any backdoor into encryption makes the entire system weaker by definition and allows bad actors like repressive regimes or pissed of spouses to have a chance to go where they shouldn't be able to go. For more on this, read this excellent piece: The rise of the new Crypto War.
- I'm a believer is business and have no problem with big businesses. In fact, one of the biggest in the world and largest in terms of worth (Apple) is one of my favorites. However it is stories like this that give you pause. DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception. My question is this: not one person involved, and it seems like there were many, had a conscious and chose to blow this whistle? This potentially effected the healths of thousands of people and there wasn't one person?
- This human interest piece includes references to math and UCLA, so you know I'm going to be interested. The Singular Mind of Terry Tao. If you enjoy stories about geniuses (that word gets thrown around a lot, but Terry Tao is a rare talent), you'll enjoy this.
- Having grown up in an airline family, this story interested me greatly. When I was a kid and flying for free, you could make a flight 80+% of the time because planes weren't as full then as they are today. Well clearly things have changed. More Than a Million People Are Getting Free Flights—and They Hate It.
- As someone who got married young by today's standards, I find studies like this interesting. Bad News: Waiting Too Long to Get Married May Increase Your Risk of Divorce.
- This is for Seinfeld fans, like me. For a Show About Nothing, Seinfeld Changed a Lot Over Its Nine-Year Run.
- To say getting our education system right is important is an understatement. Educating children relies tremendously on good teachers and there are good teachers and bad teachers. How do you measure them? It turns out that this has always been a difficult question to answer. We've always tried to do this with data and numbers rather than by subjective evaluation, but teachers and their unions have always resisted this. This is a fairly balanced article talking about research into measuring teachers. The Science Of Grading Teachers Gets High Marks.
- I'm a big proponent of legalizing drugs because 1) people should be able to do whatever they want with their own bodies as long as it doesn't harm others, 2) prohibition never works (for evidence of this, research anything that has ever been prohibited) and 3) we end up incarcerating way too many people for non-violent drug crimes which results in ruining their lives and costing tax payers an exorbitant sum. After one year of legalized marijuana, the state of Washington has released their tax revenues from its sale. Washington state gets $65 million in first-year taxes from marijuana.
- I know first hand the irrational cost of higher education in this country having gone through college and graduate school myself and now having a son in his senior year of a private four year college. This is a separate topic, but this is clearly one instance where it would be better to live in Europe. One of the biggest problems facing graduates and their parents is the soaring cost of school and the resulting debt. And it is bad even if you got to a great, reputable school. It is a tragedy when the school doesn't improve your job prospects like what happens at a lot of for profit schools. And it should be no surprise that these for profit schools end up on a list of schools that contribute the most to total student debt. These 20 schools are responsible for a fifth of all graduate school debt. Now there are some really good schools on this list, but there are also all the schools that are part of the education industrial complex. And then there is USC which is neither for profit, nor a good school🙂
- Want to learn more about the dark web (like Silk Road) and the inefficiency of allowing pharmaceutical companies to charge different prices to different countries? Great, you'll love this piece: Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web.
Song of the week: Born under a Bad Sign performed by Gary Clark Jr and John Maher. This is from the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony when they inducted Albert King. A classic blues song with ridiculous guitars.
Getting in Shape: Gadgets & Apps
The Gadgets
Next, I already mentioned my Apple gear earlier. I'm using my Apple Watch and I'm taking the time to calibrate it correctly. It is nice to have heart rate, calories burned, distance covered, elapsed time and more on my wrist while I'm running. The iPhone is great because it has GPS, Music and can run apps that work a lot better than just using the Apple Watch apps. The only thing I don't like about running with an iPhone is it swinging back in forth in my pocket, so I also got a cheap arm band.
Finally, I've invested in a pair of Jabra Sport Pulse headphones. They're supposed to be one of the best fitting headphones on the market, which is great, but I bought them because they are purpose built for fitness. They're bluetooth, so no wires need to be connected to the phone. I hate running with wired headphones because it seems like at least twice during every running session I tug on the wires accidentally and the headphone comes out. Bluetooth also means I can connect them to my watch. Next, they have a pulse oximeter built in, so it gives me another heart rate monitor.
Jabra Sport. This app has a lot of potential and I'm looking forward to putting it through the paces. It has also the basics you would expect in a running app in that it will track your heart rate, distance, calories, route (via GPS), etc. But it also has a few other functions which are great. The first one that I've been playing with is a heart rate zoning training program. It pulls your heart rate off the headphones and then gives you spoken instructions like, "speed up (or slow down) to reach your target zone." This should make it a lot easier to reach your goals. It also has other great functions like Target Pace, Interval Training (where you can program your own intervals) and Cross-Training. The last one is very cool. You can program it to walk you through a gym session, like 3 reps of 10 pushups, 3 reps of 10 sit-ups, and it will tell you (via spoken prompts in your headphones) what your next exercise is and what to do. Very handy. I'm going to do a more in depth review of this once I've used it more.
Apple Workout & Activity Tracker. These are built in and unlike running or fitness apps, they monitor my movement all day long, which is very useful. They visualize that data in three circles, move (calories), Excersise (time spent moving) and Stand (you're supposed to stand for at least 1 minute in 12 different hours during the day). When you have a health monitor on during all your waking hours and that monitor has a heart rate monitor, you learn a lot of interesting things. More on that in another post.
Strava. I used Strava before and it is very good, so I may give it a go again, although due to the tight pairing with the headphones, I'm more interested in using the Jabra Sport app.
I'm Getting in Shape…the Geek Way
- Is It Better to Walk or Run?
- The Right Dose of Exercise for a Longer Life
- Walk Hard. Walk Easy. Repeat.
- 60% to 70%: recovery or fat burning zone
- 70% to 80%: aerobic zone, i.e. increase your heart's ability to transport and utilize oxygen
- 80% to 90%: anaerobic zone, i.e. work on your body's ability to deal with lactic acid. This is good for people interested in running really long distances or increasing their speed.
- 90% to 100%: speciality zone for elite athletes
- Lower zone: (124 * 70%) + 52 = 138.8
- Upper zone: (124 * 80%) + 52 = 151.2
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The Saturday Links for 6/27/15
I haven't posted links in a couple of weeks, so I have more than a few articles for you.
- Clean coal was always more of a marketing slogan than any sort of reality. Here's proof. Billions over budget. Two years after deadline. What's gone wrong for the 'clean coal' project that's supposed to save an industry?
- I feel like the dating sites are right up there with beer companies for how often they advertise. That's probably because beer and relationships go together. I found this article on the business of match making interesting. The Dating Business: Love on the Rocks.
- By population Estonia is only bigger than a handful of US states. How did Estonia become a leader in technology?
- Mt. Gox was the largest Bitcoin exchange. In other words, more people used it to store bitcoins and exchange bitcoins for actual currency than any other exchange. And it imploded very quickly. Maybe too quickly. How Mt. Gox Imploded.
- Not quite the roadside executions I'm in favor of, but this is a start. Pay Up, Slowpokes: More States Fine Drivers Who Dawdle in the Left Lane.
- Michael Crichton was always a favorite author of mine. He's back in the news with a new Jurassic Park movie opening up again. I enjoyed this article chronicalling his rise. His Jurassic World: Author Michael Crichton's Entertainment Odyssey and Lasting Cultural Impact.
- Because I work in tech and I favor meritocracies, I'm generally in favor of opening up our borders especially for high skill workers. However, this seems like an abuse. Pink Slips at Disney. But First, Training Foreign Replacements.
- Stupid lawsuits are always funny. Angry lawyer-inventor reads "Stupid Patent of the Month," files first lawsuit vs. EFF.
- Ever wonder why there are so many stupid people online. Some are paid to be there and to be stupid. And some of these paid users are paid by foreign governments. Here's an example of one. The Agency.
Song of the week: Joel Jorgensen from Angels doing an acoustic cover of Maroon 5's She Will be Loved.
How the World Views Us
Pew does an annual survey of how people from one country view the government from other countries. The US is incredibly partisan and you'll often here some people say they don't care what others think of the US, but I do care. And I find it fascinating, especially the changes over time. Pew has research back to 2000. First the results:
Pew Research Center: America's Global Image
Interestingly, the Philippines is the country that views us the most favorably, with 92% of respondents having a favorable view of the US. Other strong scores come from Italy, South Korea and Ghana. Russia and predominantly Muslim countries have a much lower opinion. Go figure.
For me, the first big result is that the world does not agree with our use of torture after 9/11. I agree with this completely. It tarnishes our image overseas, we lose the moral high ground and worst of all, it doesn't work. In fact, only four countries polled had over 50% of the people surveyed agree that the methods were justified: the US, Israel, India and Uganda. Not exactly a quorum. This is despite the fact that the world overwhelming supports our role in dealing with ISIS. So they're clearly not against our policies in the Middle East, but rather some of our more deplorable tactics.
The next result is comparing Bush to Obama. I know this will get some people fired up, but it needs to be pointed out. Of all the countries polled that have sufficient data going back to 2000 or 2001, our favorability rating dropped under Bush in all measured countries except for Russia and South Korea. Under Obama, our favorability rating has improved in every country except for Russia, Jordan and Lebanon.
There's also some great info on the world's view of China and Asia. Definitely worth a read, if for no other reason to understand how our policies abroad effect the perception of the United States.
Katie and Denton
A shout out to a couple of friends. They had a couple of projects they needed help with, so here I go. Greek Life Consultant and Premier Coffee Consultants of New England.
Why I fly the way I fly
For the past year I've been flying a lot between San Jose, CA and Providence, RI. Both of these things have a couple things in common in that they're both important cities (one is the 10th largest in the US and the other is a state capital) and they both have medium sized airports. To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct flights between the two, which leaves me two choices:
- Go to bigger neighboring airports like SFO and Logan and take those non-stop, or
- Use the San Jose and and Providence airports, but make at least one connection.
When I first started I chose option number one, but for the last ten months or so I've exclusively chosen option number two. My rationale for this is simple:
- Once you add in travel time to and from the bigger airports (SFO and Logan), you add about an hour of drive and/or train time to the total transit time. This is an hour on each side of the flight, which adds two hours to my total transit time.
- If I can find a one stop connection that is less than about 1.5 hours at the connecting airport, I actually spend less time in transit.
- The smaller airports are just WAY, WAY easier to deal with. There is less traffic getting in, shorter walks in the airport, shorter lines for food, etc. Just about everything is better at these airports.
Today, fivethirtyeight released a new post that supports this idea even further. Basically in addition to all the other crap you have to deal with a larger airports, the flight delays are much bigger there than smaller airports. It seems as if there are three major factors that go into whether your flight will be on time: the airline you choose, the typical weather at your chosen airport and how much flight traffic that airport gets, but worse weather effects larger airports more.
So my strategy is simply this:
- Fly into smaller airports whenever possible, even if that means needing a connecting flight
- Fly a good airline. Lately I've been taking Delta and it has been great. The fivethirtyeight article seems to indicate this has been a good choice.
- Avoid bad airlines.
- Never, ever, ever fly United. Shocker, fivethirtyeight has them as the worst airline for on-time performance
- Never, ever, ever fly American. Shocker, fivethirtyeight has them as the second worst airline for on-time performance.
And yes, those two examples are over 5 years old, but I will never forget and I will use every opportunity to bring them up again.
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Tour Code: CET01
Tour Duration: 3 Days
Destination: Beijing, Guilin, Yangshuo
Tour overview: Collecting the must-sees such as Li River in Guilin and Yangshuo, this 3 day Guilin highlights tour is specially designed for foreigners who work in China and want to see Guilin's picturesque natural beauty in their limited spare time.
- Tour Summary
- Day by Day Itinerary
|Tour Dates
|Services Provided
|Meals Included
|Day 1
Arrive in Guilin, be met at the airport and transferred to hotel.
|Day 2
Full day tour to take the Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo,visit West Street , in the evening enjoy the Impression of Sister Liu .
|Day 3
|Morning drive back to Guilin, visit Elephant Trunk Hill , Reed Flute Cave ,then be transferred to airport for your flight back to Beijing. Details...
Price Inclusions and Exclusions
Price IncludeA. Entrance fees:To scenic spots as listed above in the itinerary.
B. Meals: All meals as specified in the itinerary.
C. Private Transfers: Among airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in the above cities by the private air conditioned vehicle.
D. Guide and Driver: As outlined in the itinerary, a well selected English-speaking guide and driver will accompany you throughout the entire tour in that city. They do not fly with you from one city to another.
E. Hotels: Hotel Based on two persons sharing one room with twin beds. All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.
F. Luggage Transfers: Between airports and hotels.
G. Service Charge & Government Taxes.
H. Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
I. Arrangements: The tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges.
Price ExcludeA. Entry or Exit China International Airfare or train tickets.
B. Visa Fees.
C. Excess Baggage Charges.
D. Personal Expenses: Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the itinerary.
E. Meals: Any meals which are not specified with "B", "L" or "D".
F. Single Room Supplement.
G. Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
H. Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
Day 1 Beijing / Guilin
Transfer via: Flight on our arrangement
Upon your arrival in Guilin, you will be greeted by our local guide and then transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned car. For the rest of the day you will enjoy some leisure time.
Day 2 Guilin / Yangshuo (B, L)
Transfer via: Private vehicle
Sightseeing: Li River Cruise, West Street, Impression Sanjie Liu
Guilin is famous for its picturesque scenery, and the best way to see it is from the deck of Li River Cruise ships. In the morning you will depart from your hotel and be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier (about 1 hour drive) for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise. You will enjoy the unique mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank.
In the afternoon you will disembark at the old town Yangshuo. Having a history of more than 1,400 years, West Street is the oldest street in Yangshuo. You will have some time to explore the old town's lovely attractions.
Thie evening, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the amazing Impression Sanjie Liu. This is a totally different performance from the conventional form.The theater is the nature itself.The sceneries of the four seasons are changing,the weather is changing,so does the performance is changing to match up with the changeable nature.In this stage,only the half of the performance is created by man,and the other half is belonged to the mysterious nature.
Day 3 Yangshuo / Guilin / Beijing (B, L)
Transfer via: Flight on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave
After breakfast, we will drive back to Guilin. First you will go to see Elephant Trunk Hill. Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk drinking out of the river; it is the symbol of Guilin city.
Then we will head to Reed Flute Cave, which is a vast and very impressive cave system, and one of the most important sights of Guilin. Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts", you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites and learn how they are formed.
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Liverpool Township Trustees scheduled meetings
EAST LIVERPOOL – Liverpool Township Trustees have scheduled three regular meetings this month – 7 p.m. Sept. 2, 15 and 29 at the Administration Building, Ada Street.
EL?BOE?Buildings and Grounds Committee to meet
EAST LIVERPOOL – The East Liverpool Board of Education's Buildings and Grounds Committee will meet 8 a.m. Sept. 5 at the Westgate Administrative Center to consider matters related to the Westgate roofing project as well as other permanent improvements.
Wayne Township Trustees meeting
LISBON – The Wayne Township Trustees will meet 6:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Township Administration Building, state Route 164.
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CALCUTTA – The Beaver Local Board of Education will meet in special session at noon today in Room 2 of the high school, for the purpose of a work session and to enter into executive session for personnel matters. No action will be taken.
BWD engineering committee to meet
WELLSVILLE – The Buckeye Water District's engineering committee will meet 10 a.m. Sept. 2 at the Buckeye Water District Office, Clark Avenue, to discuss the Old Fredericktown Phase 1 project.
Chester City Council meeting cancelled
CHESTER – The Chester City Council meeting scheduled Monday, Sept. 1, has been cancelled due to the Labor Day Holiday.
The next council meeting is 6 p.m. Sept. 15.
Area Briefing
Proposed landfill meeting
WEST POINT – A meeting to discuss the proposed landfill in Madison Township will take place 6 p.m. today at West Point Church of the Nazarene.
Village Council's Finance Committee to meet
WELLSVILLE – Wellsville Village Council's Finance Committee will meet 10 a.m. today to discuss finances.
Area Briefing
Hancock County BOE meeting
NEW CUMBERLAND – The Hancock County Board of Education will meet in regular meeting 5 p.m. Monday in the Board Room.
East Liverpool BOE meeting
EAST LIVERPOOL – The East Liverpool Board of Education will meet 6 p.m. Monday at the Westgate Administrative Center, West Eighth Street.
BOE Audit/Finance/Legal/Policy Committee to meet
EAST LIVERPOOL – The Board of Education Audit/Finance/Legal/Policy Committee will meet at 5:15 p.m. Monday at the Westgate Administrative Center, 810 West Eighth Street.
The purpose of this meeting is to provide information about current audit issues and to discuss fiscal software systems.
BPA meeting
SALINEVILLE – A BPA meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at Village Hall.
Skin cancer screening rescheduled
LISBON – The free skin cancer screening for residents of the general health district, scheduled for Aug. 26 at the Columbiana County Health Department has been rescheduled for Sept. 23. For information, or to schedule an appointment for September, call the Health Department at 330-424-0272.
Homestead Reduction expanded
LISBON – Recent changes in Ohio Law have expanded the Homestead Reduction for 100 percent disabled veterans and their spouses. Currently, a "disabled veteran" is defined as a person who is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States (including the reserve components or the National Guard) who has received a permanent total disability rating or a total disability rating for a service-connected disability or combination of service-connected disability for which the Code of Federal Regulations identifies as a 100 percent evaluation. If a veteran meets the definition found in R.C. 323.15(F), under R.C. 323.152(A)(2), that person can receive a reduction in taxes equal to the taxes on $50,000 of true value (as opposed to the current Homestead Reduction of taxes equal to the taxes on $25,000 of true value).
In order to qualify, the disabled veteran must provide a letter or other written confirmation by the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs, or any predecessor or successor agency, showing that the veteran qualifies as a disabled veteran as described above. That information needs to be submitted to Nancy Milliken's office along with the new DTE 1051 application form, which her office will make available. Applications will be accepted starting Jan. 2, 2015 through June 1, 2015.
For information, call the Columbiana County Auditor's Office at 330-424-9515.
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BPU?meeting cancelled
EAST LIVERPOOL – The Board of Public Utilities meeting scheduled for today, Thursday, has been cancelled.
Village Council special meeting
SALINEVILLE – A special meeting of Salineville Village Council is 7 p.m. today, Thursday, at Village Hall to discuss hiring and personnel issues. A council workshop is 10 a.m. Friday at Village Hall.
Area Briefing
BPA meeting
LISBON – A BPA Meeting is 5 p.m. today (Tuesday); and a Regular Council Meeting and any needed committee reports will be 6 p.m. at Village Hall.
BOE Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting
EAST LIVERPOOL – The Board of Education Buildings and Grounds Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at the Westgate Administrative Center, 810 West Eighth Street.
The purpose of this meeting is to consider matters related to the Westgate roofing project and related permanent improvements.
Fall oral rabies baiting in Columbiana County
LISBON – The Columbiana County Health Department reports that the district staff along with the (USDA-APHIS) United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will be distributing Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) baits in the county between Aug. 19 through Sept. 19, 2014.
ORV baits will be distributed in 14 eastern Ohio counties along with areas on the corridor of the Ohio River in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Rabies is a viral disease that affects animals and people and is still virtually 100 percent fatal. Raccoon-rabies variant (RRV) is of particular public health concern because it can infect so many domestic animals and people. Ohio's effort to keep RRV from spreading throughout Ohio began in 1997 and was so successful in subsequent years that states including Pennsylvania and West Virginia how have baiting programs.
Baits will be distributed by plane in rural areas of the county and ground baiting by health departments in urban and suburban neighborhoods. A helicopter will also target urban and suburban areas, parks and preserves.
If you find an ORV bait, leave it alone, unless they are where children or pets play. To move the baits safely, wear gloves or use a barrier when picking up the baits, toss intact baits into a wooded area or other raccoon habitat. Bag and dispose of any damaged baits in the trash. Make sure to wash potential exposed skin with soap and water if bait is damaged.
If your pet is eating the bait, don't panic. Eating a large number may only cause an upset stomach. Avoid the pet's saliva for 24 hours to prevent contamination.
For information, contact the Rabies Information Line at 614-752-1387 or the Columbiana County Health Department at 330-424-0272.
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BWD?Personnel Committee meeting
WELLSVILLE – The Buckeye Water District's Personnel Committee meets 10 a.m. Thursday at the Buckeye Water District Office, Clark Avenue. Personnel to be discussed.
County Board of Elections to meet
LISBON – The Columbiana County Board of Elections will meet in regular session 1:30 p.m. Friday at the board office, Dickey Drive, Suite 3.
Extended hours offered for school immunizations
NEW CUMBERLAND-The Hancock County Health Department is offering extended hours for school immunizations on Monday.
Immunizations will be administered 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at the health department clinic, 100 N. Court St., New Cumberland. No appointment necessary.
West Virginia law requires all incoming seventh- and 12th-grade students to show proof of immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and meningococcal disease.
Children enrolled in Medicaid, or who are uninsured or under-insured, may qualify for free immunizations. The health department accepts most insurance plans.
For more information, call 304-564-3343.
Area Briefing
Village council meeting canceled
SALINEVILLE- The village council meeting scheduled for Monday, Aug. 4 has been canceled.
East Liverpool BOE special meeting
EAST LIVERPOOL – The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the Westgate Administrative Center, West Eighth Street.
The Board will consider matters related to the employment of school district personnel, physical plant improvements at Westgate and entering into a contract for services with the Columbiana County Educational Services Center.
BWD Finance Committee to meet
WELLSVILLE – The Buckeye Water District's Finance Committee will meet 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Clark Avenue offices. Topic will be equipment purchase.
Land Revitalization Corporation meeting
LISBON – The Columbiana County Land Revitalization Corporation will meet at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 6 at the Columbiana County Board of Commissioners meeting room, (Courthouse), 105 S. Market Street.
County Park District Board meeting
LISBON – The Columbiana County Park District Board will meet in regular session at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the County Development Department, Maple Street.
Wayne Township Trustees to meet
WEST POINT – The Wayne Township Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7.
Wellsville BOE special meeting
WELLSVILLE – The Board of Education will have a special meeting at 4 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Superintendent's office. The reason for the meeting is New Hires, Negotiations and Personnel.
Area Briefing
Township Board of Trustees meeting
EAST LIVERPOOL – The Liverpool Township Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Administration Bldg, 353 Ada St.
BOE announces meal price policy
NEW CUMBERLAND – The Hancock County Board of Education has announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children of parents who are unable to pay full price.
Application information available at www.wvschoolmeals.net.
Garrison to attend Columbiana County Fair
LISBON – Jennifer Garrison, Democratic Candidate for Ohio's 6th Congressional District, will be in Lisbon, today, Friday, for the Columbiana County Fair at the Democratic Party tent. Jennifer will arrive at 3 p.m. with her good friend, County Treasurer Linda Bolon.
Jennifer Garrison is a Democratic Candidate for Ohio's 6th Congressional District. The 6th Congressional District includes all or parts of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble, Scioto, Tuscarawas, and Washington Counties.
Garrison resides in Marietta, Ohio with her husband and 3 children. She served three terms in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2005-2010 representing the people of the 93rd District. Garrison has won national recognition for her work since 2010, representing approximately 1,000 landowners through the Southeastern Ohio Landowners Association and helping them negotiate with energy companies to get profitable leases on their oil and gas minerals in the Marcellus and Utica Shale.


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This invention relates to a child's game of the kind where an object is to collect as many game pieces as possible.
During the past few years, so-called pog have become popular. This child's game consists of a large number of stiff cardboard discs each bearing on one surface thereof a pattern or picture. A very large number of different patterns or pictures is available so that, on average, a child would have to collect quite a large number of pogs before collecting two pogs bearing the same pattern or picture thereon. Thus, an object of the game is to collect as many different patterns or pictures as possible.
Pogs form part of a child's game which extends beyond the mere collection of different patterns or pictures. For example, children can drop pogs from different heights, each child taking a turn and each successive child attempting to aim his "pog" so as to fall on the pog of his predecessor. When this happens, he claims not only his own pogs but also those of his predecessor. In such manner, he can increase the number of pogs in his collection at the expense of his playing partner.
Alternatively, pogs can be thrown: the playing partner who manages to throw his pog the furthest claiming all of his partner's pogs also.
Pogs, as they are currently known, suffer from several drawbacks. First, they are made of cardboard which is, inevitably, fragile and apt to become tattered and dog-eared in time. In cross-section, they are absolutely rectangular so that each pog, when laid on top of another, rests thereon with its lower surface in absolute, planar contact therewith. As a result, there is no natural tendency for an individual pog to up-turn consequent to a blow being applied to an edge thereof. Moreover, they are apt to slide one on top of the other when stacked together. Thus, whilst pogs are eminently suited for the kinds of games described, they are not particularly well suited for games of the kind where playing pieces are stacked one on top of the other, since doing so would nevertheless allow each pog to slide relative to its neighbor. Of course, such a drawback would easily be overcome by applying some kind of recess or internal depression to each pog. However, this is difficult to do with cardboard discs: particularly in a manner so that the discs maintain their pressed shape with time.
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a child's game of the kind described wherein the aforementioned drawbacks are significantly reduced or eliminated.
According to a broad aspect of the invention there is provided a game comprising a plurality of substantially rigid playing discs each having an upper and lower surface bound by a circumferential ridge which is up-raised with respect to the lower and the upper surface so as to provide a recess in the upper surface for accommodating therein a corresponding protrusion in the lower surface of an adjacent playing disc placed thereon, the upper surface having a visual image thereon;
the playing discs being stacked one top of another and each player being provided with a turn for striking a topmost one of the playing discs towards a periphery thereof so as thereby to upturn a number of the playing discs in the stack, said player claiming for himself said number of discs whose upper surface is downmost;
an object of the game being to maximize said number of upturned playing discs.
Optionally, the game further includes a tool for striking the discs: the tool either being in the same of a disc-shaped element having a mass which is substantially greater than that of each of the playing discs or, alternatively, is hand-shaped having a handle for holding by a player.
Preferably, the playing discs are formed of a ferromagnetic material so as to be susceptible to attraction by a magnetic tool, thereby extending the range of possibilities to which the playing discs may be put.
In order to understand the invention and to see how the same may be carried out in practice, some preferred embodiments will now be described by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows schematically a side elevation of a playing disc according to the invention;
FIG. 2 shows in cross-section a stack of playing discs;
FIG. 3 shows semi-pictorially the stack shown in FIG. 2 spread out so as to reveal different visual images on the upper surface of each playing disc;
FIG. 4 illustrates pictorially a hand-shaped tool for striking an uppermost disc in the stack shown in FIG. 2;
FIGS. 5a and 5b show, respectively, in end and plan elevations a disc-shaped tool for striking an uppermost playing disc in the stack of FIG. 2; and
FIG. 6 shows schematically a magnetic tool for throwing towards the stack of playing discs shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 1 shows, in end elevation, a playing disc 10 having upper and lower surfaces 11 and 12, respectively, bound by a circumferential ridge 13 which is up-raised with respect to the lower surface 12 so that when the upper and playing disc 10 is placed on a flat surfaces 11 and, the circumferential ridge 13 is vertically displaced with respect to the flat surface so that striking a periphery of the playing disc 10 tends to up-turn it so that its lower surface 12 becomes uppermost.
The playing disc 10 is preferably formed of tin metal of the kind used in manufacturing tin cans. In this case, the playing disc 10 resembles a lid of the tin can (prior to assembly thereof with the cylindrical wall element) except that during the manufacture of tin cans and prior to final assembly thereof, the edge of the lid is exposed presenting a sharp edge which is, of course, unsuitable for a child's game. To this end, the circumferential edge of the lid must be folded so as to present a substantially round edge to the playing disc, thereby rendering the playing disc absolutely safe. At the same time the upper surface of the playing disc must be slightly depressed, as explained above, in order to provide an internal recess shown in dotted line in FIG. 1 so that the lower surface 12 projects slightly beneath the circumferential edge 13.
Owing to the fact that each playing disc 10 is slightly recessed, the playing discs can be stacked one on top of the other so as to form a stack of playing discs 15 as shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 3 shows some of the uppermost playing discs in the stack 15 spread apart to reveal on the upper surface 11 of each disc a visual image shown symbolically as IMAGE #1, IMAGE #2 . . . up to IMAGE #6. In practice, of course, very many different images may be provided so that one object of the game becomes simply to collect as many different images as possible. To this extent, it may be desirable to distribute a relatively small number of selected ones of the IMAGES so that, throughout a given population of children, the selected discs will be relatively rare.
Although the playing discs 10 may be used in a manner similar to the pogs described above, the provision of the up-raised circumferential edge 13 renders the playing discs 10 of the invention amenable to a variety of different games. Some of these will now be described but only to the extent that different components are required. It will be appreciated that the game is amenable to modification subject only to the imagination of the player.
FIG. 4 shows a hand-shaped tool depicted generally as 16 and having a hand-shaped operative end 17 connected to a handle 18 provided with protrusions so as to aid gripping by a player. The hand-shaped tool 16 is preferably formed of an integral plastics molding. In use, the hand-shaped tool 16 is held by a player who then strikes the uppermost playing disc in the stack 15 (shown in FIG. 2) with the object of up-turning as many playing discs 10 as possible. When used in this manner, the player claims for himself or for herself those discs which are successfully up-turned so that their lower surface 12 becomes uppermost.
FIGS. 5a and 5b show in end and plan elevations, respectively, an alternative tool 19 in the form of a disc-shaped element having a mass which is substantially greater than that of the playing discs 10. The tool 19 is also preferably formed of plastics and is used in a similar manner to the tool 18 so as to strike an edge of the uppermost disc in the stack 15.
FIG. 6 shows schematically a magnetic tool 20 having a length of string 21 attached thereto a remote end of which is held by a player so as to throw the tool 20 towards the stack 15 and effect magnetic contact with as many of the playing discs 10 as possible. By such means, some of the uppermost discs in the stack 15 can be removed by the magnetic tool 20 and those which are successfully removed in this manner are claimed by the player who threw the magnetic tool 20.
What all of these games have in common is the use of a substantially rigid disc having a circumferential edge which is up-raised with respect to of the disc, thereby enabling a plurality of playing discs to be stacked one on top of the other so that the protrusion extending from the lower surface of each playing disc is accommodated within the recess in the upper surface of an adjacent, lower playing disc.
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|Oct 19, 1982
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|Stack and avoid game
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|Jun 3, 2004
|Eran Ben-Yaakov
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|Jones Cory H
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|U.S. Classification
|273/317, 273/353, 473/370, 273/290, 473/516, 473/588
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Sep 30, 1996
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