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Milt Diggins '68/'78 M.Ed. wrote Stealing Freedom Along the Mason-Dixon: Thomas McCreary, the Notorious Slave Catcher from Maryland. This story of slave catching and kidnapping is told through the nefarious activities of a Maryland slave catcher and kidnapper, and his supporters. The book became a best seller for its publisher, the Maryland Historical Society, and is in its second printing. Diggins travels throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and Washington, D.C., giving talks on the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and its contribution to the nation's divide over the slavery issue.
Janice M. Imwold '71, who retired in 2014 after teaching mathematics in Baltimore County schools for 43 years, found a second career as a mathematics master teacher
with TowsonUTeach. Her first students in the program will graduate next spring, she writes, "and it gives me great satisfaction to know that I had a small part in the continuing process of educating students who will educate students" in math and science.
Gerald T. Garland '73 BUAD, managing director of Incite Consulting, was appointed to RF Industries' board of directors. He has over 18 years of experience with the wireless
telecommunications industry, most recently as senior vice president of solutions development and product management for TESSCO Technologies.
William Rowe '75 became the chief risk officer in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He has served as deputy to the chief of staff and liaison to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation since 2006.
Renee Murdock '78 BUAD became corporate responsibility officer for Key Bank's Hudson Valley/Metro New York market, where she will oversee Community Reinvestment Act compliance. Murdock has more than 30 years of banking, community development and nonprofit management experience.
Dennis Caprio '80 and his wife, Gayle, traveled to Jerusalem, Israel, last March.
Kevin Briscoe '84 BS POSC has been appointed director of corporate communications and community of Ciox Health in Georgia.
Brett Matthew Smith '84 HIST is the new athletic director for the Institute of Notre
Dame in Baltimore City.
Joel D. Albizo '85 CCST, CEO of the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, was elected president of the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards,
where he will establish the budget, interpret bylaws and lead efforts for common sense regulations.
Joe Durham '85 was promoted to commercial marketing executive for the Columbia Bank in Timonium, Maryland.
Charlie Shoemaker '86 retired after 28 years as a teacher, 27 of which were at Wilde Lake High School in Howard County, where he established the alternative learning program for struggling students.
Ken Skresz '86 DANC was appointed executive director of the Maryland State Arts Council. A certified dance and theater instructor for grades 6 through 12 in Maryland, he has designed and implemented arts education and professional development programs with a special emphasis on underserved populations. Skresz most recently worked as an educational program supervisor and coordinator of fine arts for the Maryland State Department of Education.
Todd Feuerman '87 ACCT, director of Ellin & Tucker's accounting and consulting department, co-presented two sessions at the Construction Financial Management Association's 2017 Annual Conference and Exhibition last June. The sessions were "Leasing as We Know it vs. Leasing in the Future" and "Management Succession & Ownership Transfer Techniques."
Lisa Eley '88 BIOL published Thirteen Geese in Flight, a book that documents her experience coping with mental illness as an African-American woman.
Chad Chappell '90 joined The Expo Group as national sales director. Most recently he was director of sales development for Visit Baltimore. He holds a Certified Meeting Professional designation and is a member of the International Association for Exhibitions and Events.
Alvin Anton '93 ACCT is managing director of fixed income and chair of the investment committee for Summit Financial of Hunt Valley, Maryland. Previously, he spent 13 years with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield as the senior director of investments.
Amber (Erin) Rupinta '98 CCMM, morning anchor for ABC 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina, hosted the 10th anniversary of the Carolina Music Awards, which honors Carolina music, spanning hip-hop, R&B, country, rock, American and bluegrass. She is a member of the Asian-American Journalists Association and the National Weather Association.
Michael Hardy '99 ECON joined Duane Morris as a partner in the firm's Baltimore office. He has extensive experience representing private equity investors and operating companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity securities and other strategic transactions.
Corey Witmer '99 and his wife, Perry, welcomed their daughter, Robbie June, on March 18, 2017.
Ron Snyder '00 CCMM wrote Wrestling's New Golden Age: How Independent Promotions Have Revolutionized One of America's Favorite Sports, which examines wrestling's beginnings and the hurdles participants must overcome to become superstars.
Claire Otterbein '00 ART became executive director of the Crisfield Heritage Foundation in June. She manages finances, fundraising and community outreach, along with coordinating volunteers, education programs, rentals and special events.
Marcella Tilli '01 and Matt Peluso '01 welcomed their second daughter, Giorgiana Ava, on September 26, 2016.
Kelly Holmes '01 CCMM joined A. Bright Idea Advertising and Public Relations in Bel Air, Maryland, as a senior communications specialist. She has worked over 11 years working in retail and financial marketing, conducting strategic planning, project management, creative writing, graphic design and community outreach.
Kimberly McLaren '02 KNES married Teodoro Bordador III on July 1, 2016, in Annapolis, Maryland. They now live in Louisville, Kentucky.
Charisse Montgomery '02, whose son has a rare neuromuscular disease, has released a new self-advocacy and safety book series—The Super Safe Kids—to engage children and families in improving safety and quality in the home, hospital and community.
Jennifer Dugent Wolff '04 ART was chosen from among 5,000 entries to receive a Certificate of Excellence from Graphic Design USA. Her company specializes in graphic design for print, multimedia, communications and social networking.
Shelley Morris Ferguson '05 and her husband, Donnie, welcomed their first child, Amelia Vaughn, on June 9, 2017.
Tiffany Fountaine Boykin '05 MS was appointed dean of student engagement at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland. She joined the college in 2016 as assistant dean of student services.
Kara Ball Fernandez '08 is the 2018 Department of Defense Education Activity Teacher of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic District. Her recognition includes entry in the National Teacher of the Year competition. Fernandez teaches third grade at Delalio Elementary in North Carolina.
Preston Pehrson '09 was promoted to director of player personnel for the football team at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Bryan Porter '10 MS has been appointed to the board of trustees for the Baltimore Museum of Industry. A CPA and director at Ellin & Tucker, an accounting and business consulting firm, Porter will help guide the museum as it continues educating and engaging visitors and the community.
Laura Gilman '10 MA, manager of the Kansas City aging program for Jewish Family Services, received the Field Instructor of the Year award for Avila University's social work program.
Thomas A. Cossentino '11 MUSC, an accountant with Myers and Stauffer in Owings Mills, Maryland, passed each of the four parts of the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination on his first attempt. He and his wife, Jen, were married in 2016 and reside in Hampstead, Maryland.
Matt Stuckey '11 BUAD joined Northwestern Mutual in Baltimore as an associate wealth management adviser with Bell Wealth Management Group. A certified financial planner, Stuckey has a series of securities licenses as well as a Maryland Life and Health Insurance license.
Giavanna Parmer Grein '12 published a children's book, When Nilly met Nelly, the Hungry Hungry Ele, about a young banana farmer in India and a hungry, determined elephant.
Matt Sikorski '12 and Charlotte Ridgeway '14 discovered TU ties run long and deep, even atop Peru's Machu Pichu. They spied a girl wearing a Maryland flag T-shirt and soon learned that Adrianna Morgan '16 and Alie Waller '17 were also TU graduates.
Dave Rybczynski '14 M.S. MUED is director of fine arts at Mercy High School in Baltimore. He often plays saxophone with the BSO Pops and Several Species: The Pink Floyd Experience. He also freelances on woodwinds throughout Baltimore and Washington, D. C.
Andrew Lingelbach '14 directed April's Wish Race 5K that benefited Make-A-Wish, the foundation that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. A childhood cancer survivor, Lingelbach is an ACSM certified personal trainer at the Merritt Athletic Club in White Marsh, Maryland.
Cari Ashkin '15 CCMM joined A. Bright Idea Advertising and Public Relations in Bel Air,
Maryland, as a communications specialist.
Kaitlin Wynne '15 ART won Gourmand's "Best Culinary Heritage Book" for her cookbook, I Nengkanno' Guåhan: The Food of Guam. Authors from as many as 200 countries participate in the annual cookbook competition, according to Gourmand International's website.
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In preparation for the Beth Moore simulcast "So Long, Insecurity", I am reading her book by the same name. OUCH! is what I have to say! Most every word is hitting home....and not in a good way either.
I have known mostly forever that I have insecurity issues and a bit of inferiority complex thrown in the mix. I have known most of that time that I tend to try to get my sense of security from the wrong sources. But to have to read my life in the pages of a book written by another...well, that's just rude!
Beth Moore mentions that whenever you look at someone and think, "They must have a great life because they are ________.", then that is probably one of the areas you are most insecure. Well....it's true for me! I have two areas that I could use to fill in that blank....areas I think of as my biggest weaknesses...areas that I think, deep in my heart, if those areas were changed, I would be happy, fulfilled, content, joyful, etc...
I am learning....slowly....that I need to be content where God has me....with the "weak" areas God has for me...putting my security in Jesus and Jesus alone! I have been a Christian for almost 34 years, and I am just know beginning to learn the tip of the iceberg about who God is and the amazing work He has already done for me! Whew....I AM a slow learner!
Where I can remember our blessings and, hopefully, be a blessing to others!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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- The Costner Family said...
I bought that book, too! I know I have insecurities, one major one anyway, and I was hoping this book would help me deal with it. Let me know if it's any good. (I'm reading "Lies Women Believe", so I'm waiting to finish it before starting Beth's book.) I'm an extremely slow learner as well. I think God is finally getting through to me on some things, but it's taken me a LONG time. Thanks for sharing your experiences; it's good to know that other Christian women are going through the same things I am.
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Does it matter if we're not media literate? Do people really need to be educated to make informed decisions on how to use what is, essentially, a piece of furniture in the corner of their living rooms? Or, as the Daily Mail might put it, is this the nanny state gone mad?
There is after all, another button apart from the red one - the off button.
As Groucho Marx once said: "I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book."
Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, upset academics last year when she asserted that media literacy will become as important a skill as maths or science. Decoding it will be as important to our lives as citizens as understanding great literature is to our cultural lives, she argued.
Her comments upset the Campaign for Real Education. It warned that such an attitiude could encourage youngsters to turn their backs on academic subjects such as maths and science in favour of media studies.
And then there is the media itself. While some tabloids feed readers a constant diet of stories on soap stars and celebrities, others carry reports blaming television for everything from aggression and violence to encouraging poor eating habits in young people.
Bizarrely, yet more studies claim such reading is beneficial. A well-publicised research report from Reading University found that slumping in front of the television before an exam gave students' brains a gentle work-out and helped them do better in IQ tests.
And a new book - Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson - is causing controversy in the United States by claiming that, far from the dumbing-down effect that many assume, mass culture is actually improving people's intelligence because it is becoming more intellectually demanding.
Given such contradictions, is it any wonder then that many are still refusing to join in the digital revolution? The Government argues that digital TV brings many advantages, including interactive services, and better sound and picture quality. But many remain unconvinced.
With the switchover from analogue to digital TV due to be complete by 2012, 40 per cent of people in the UK still do not have access to digital, multi-channel TV. And, according to the former Department for Trade and Industry, research has found that 13 per cent of households were classified as "unlikely to get digital TV and cannot be persuaded." The study found that the announcement of a switchover would trigger more to convert, but would still leave 5 per cent who were digital refuseniks. A big barrier is the cost and complexity of converting to digital.
The charity Help the Aged is concerned that it will be the elderly who will miss out most - particularly as the Government, public agencies and service providers see technology as a cheaper way to deliver services to the public.
David Sinclair, the charity's policy manager, argues that, as digital TV services increasingly offer Internet access, there is a great opportunity to address the digital divide for older people. But he doesn't think the Government is listening.
"I find it quite frustrating the lack of interest inside Government for taking this agenda on," he says. "Technology has the potential to reduce exclusion - if you look at the BBC, it is moving more and more learning content onto digital TV.
"The risks there are that the people who aren't accessing the internet are the people who have the lower educational skills anyway. So that you end up potentially excluding more, rather than the technology being able to address education."
The development of digital technology and interactive, multi-channel TV has sharpened the debate over its influence: is television destructive, ruining the art of conversation? Or does it, as Lord Reith once said of the BBC, "educate, inform and entertain"?
Digital TVhas prompted talk of a new literacy, which some argue will become as important in everyday life as reading and writing. The new skill is media literacy.
If the term sounds rather New Labour, that's because it is. In 2001, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued a policy statement, which demanded that broadcasters and other sections of the media should think about their own responsibility to foster well-informed and critical viewers. In addition, Ofcom, the new independent regulator for the UK communications industries, has been given a legal duty to promote media literacy under the Communications Act 2003.
The broadcasting industry is taking its responsibility seriously. A big concern is that as interactive, digital TV opens up access to potentially hundreds of channels, it is the public who have to become their own regulators.
We are no longer a passive audience. Viewers can use their remote controls to choose camera angles and vote for contestants in a quiz show, but also, potentially, to vote in elections.
Another huge issue is the digital divide. As technology converges, the television set will increasingly give the public access to the Internet and e-mail. A Niace survey found that people spend three hours a day watching television, more than they do any other activity apart from sleeping and working.
Women, those aged 55 and over, and the lowest socio-economic groups have the lowest access - largely mirroring those who do not have access to the Internet.
Professor Naomi Sargant, vice chairman of MediaWise Trust and a member of Niace, says there is an unacceptable assumption among much of the media that everyone has access to the Internet. "It is quite discouraging for such groups who are typically heavy TV viewers to be continually told that they can follow up programmes on broadcasters' websites."
Digital technology has also changed the nature of news gathering. As digital cameras have become more affordable, so the public have a greater role than ever before. The BBC has increasingly opened itself up to public access.
Sylvia Hines, head of New Service Development at the BBC, says: "News coverage of the Tsunami, for example, was hugely enriched by the experiences of people who were there. It's now becoming a much more porous media in that sense.
"The challenge is to make sure authorship is available to everybody rather than just the digitally-savvy few, so that we genuinely havea full range of voices."
But why is this relevant to the learning and skills sector? Niace has recognised an important role for education here. While most media literacy work has focused on children and schools, it is the adults who most need the skills.
Niace says there are many opportunities for colleges and other learning providers to work with the media to use media production technology, to foster critical thinking and to help bridge the digital generation gap.
Media literacy is one of the themes of Adult Learners' Week 2005, when Niace and its Welsh incarnation, Niace Dysgu Cymru, will work with Ofcom to promote media literacy activities, helping learners to set up film or TV discussion groups, for example, or offering access to digital cameras and editing equipment.
Niace has also produced a guide, And now press the red button... *, to encourage colleges and other providers to promote media literacy.
The Learning Skills Development Agency has also recognised a huge potential for digital television to educate. Eighteen months ago it produced a report presenting digital TV as a learning medium, and called for a business model to make TV learning a reality.
It argued that while the percentage of households connected to the Internet may never exceed 60 per cent, it predicted that digital TV will increasingly become the main source of information and services in the home.
"The biggest challenge," it said, "is making TV learning exciting and relevant enough to turn passive viewers into active learners."
Heather Rabbatts, managing director of 4Learning, Channel 4's education arm, says the digital revolution represents enormous opportunities for learners.
"It isn't the role of broadcasters, the British Film Institute or the UK Film Council to replace the education system," she says, "but in conjunction with the education system to find a way of contributing to how people learn and understand the world."
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Ran across this cool website where you can hear "Live" ATC over the internet - all over the world! Try Australia, or England, how about Okinawa Japan?
And then there's also this other cool website that has "near" real-time air traffic flying in/out of airports...
Try: http://www.passur.com/sites.htm
Wish I were at home working on my kitplane project instead!


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Ideas the Fall/winter all seem to have and "Owl" or "Squirrel" theme. We try to stay away from the "Squirrel" theme because of my youngest son current nickname "Squirrel King". Squirrels chase and steal his food at college. They wait for him, too. I saw this for myself.
Polka Dot Owl Magnets
Materials: 4 Art Minds Wooden Owls (HWPW-VC 82586-1203), 4 magnets, White craft glue, toothpick, Craft Smart paint, White, Black, Sailing Sky, Grape Taffy, Magenta, Pool Blue, Dark Orange, Matte Varnish
Paint each owl White.
Using a different color for each owl (Sailing Sky, Grape Taffy, Magenta, Pool Blue) paint half circles for the wings and use the handle end of a large paintbrush to add circles for the eyes.
Paint beaks with Dark Orange.
When all colors have dried completely, use the handle end of a paintbrush to add smaller White circles to the colored eyes.
When the white circles have dried completely, use the handle end of a paintbrush to add black circles to the white circles.
Dip a toothpick in White and add a dot to the black of each eye.
Using a toothpick for small dots and the handle end of a paintbrush for larger dots, add White polka dots to the owls' wings.
When everything is dry, add a coat of matte varnish.
Glue a magnet to the back of each owl.
Washi Tape Hooty Owl
Materials: Wooden Owl, Paint/paintbrush, Mod Podge, Washi Tape, Cutting mat/Exacto knife, Hot glue gun
Start by painting the owl oyster white. The eyes are turquoise and the beak is coral. Allow paint to dry completely before adding the Washi tape.
Once the paint dries, carefully apply the Washi tape.
Flip the owl over onto his Washi tape side on your cutting mat. Trim the excess Washi tape with your Exacto knife.
Next, apply a thin layer of Mod Podge to the Washi tape side to seal it. Allow Mod Podge to dry.
Using your hot glue gun, apply the owl's eyes to finish it off!


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The northbound HOV closure runs from about Southeast Eighth Street to just past Northeast Eighth Street. The southbound closure will be from about Northeast 12th Street to past Northeast Eighth Street. The closures started last night and are scheduled to last through 5 a.m. June 25.
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Modeling the Nao Robot in MapleSim
Engineers at Maplesoft used MapleSim to develop a model of Nao, a 58cm tall humanoid robot created by Aldebaran Robotics. The model simulated the movements of the robot, allowing the engineers to simulate its behavior accurately and teach it to do new tricks such as perform Tai Chi, dance, play volleyball, and draw a picture.
Nao is a small humanoid robot created by Aldebaran Robotics. Standing 58 cm tall, Nao is used to teach students around the world programming, and to give engineers and software developers a platform for experimentation and robotic applications. Nao was even adopted recently by a financial institution in Japan to use as bank tellers!
Engineers at Maplesoft decided to see if they could create a model of Nao in MapleSim, the advanced system-level modeling and simulation tool that applies modern techniques to dramatically reduce model development time, provide greater insight into system behavior, and produce fast, high-fidelity simulations.
Building the Model
Nao is a highly complex multibody mechanism with 25 degrees of freedom. Using MapleSim's multibody library, Maplesoft engineers created a model using Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) convention to define the robot's joints coordinate frames. CAD models were then imported to define body mass, rotational inertia and center of mass. Because MapleSim is a physical modeling system, the model diagram corresponds closely to the physical system itself.
Servo motors appear at each joint to drive the movement. Signals from the controller trigger the motor to reposition each joint. In combination, these individual servo motors determine how Nao moves.
The engineers were also able to model the contact between Nao's foot and the floor. This was done by creating custom components in MapleSim, and supplying the mathematical equations that govern friction and normal force. These components were included in the model at each point of contact on the ...
The engineers were also able to model the contact between Nao's foot and the floor. This was done by creating custom components in MapleSim, and supplying the mathematical equations that govern friction and normal force. These components were included in the model at each point of contact on the base of each foot.
The MapleSim model also includes a Li-ion battery pack model from the MapleSim Battery Library that powers the motor, so that the behavior of the battery and its interactions with the rest of the system can be modeled as well.
Sensor readings of each joint were exported from Aldebaran Robotics Choregraphe™ to MapleSim via a time lookup table. These were then used as the command signal for each joint.The model responded in the same way the physical robot did. For instance, the MapleSim model can perform Tai Chi as adeptly as its physical counterpart.
Teaching Nao New Tricks
Now that they had a model that simulates the movements of the Nao robot, the Maplesoft engineers then wanted to see if they could not just simulate its behaviour accurately, but also teach it do to something new.
Using MapleSim's ability to extract and analysis the mathematical equations of motion of a model, as well as its multibody analysis tools, they determined the symbolic solution to the inverse kinematic problem for the motion of the robot's arm. With this solution, they could calculate the joint motions necessary to place the arm in an arbitrary location in space. They used this information to add a new custom component to the model that takes the desired end position and calculates the movements needed to achieve it. Then, they taught the virtual Nao to draw.
They created an application that allows a human to sketch a shape, image, or word using a mouse. The sketch is analyzed to determine the coordinates of the lines, and then the information is fed into the simulation model. The result? Nao moves his arm and draws the same thing!
Further leveraging MapleSim's ability to solve inverse kinematics problems, Maplesoft engineers have also taught Nao other new tricks, including various dances, playing volleyball, and tracking a quadrocopter.
Why This Is Interesting
If you are working on a robotics research or design project where understanding multidomain interactions are important, then using a multidomain modeling platform like MapleSim, as this example demonstrates, will allow you to bring together all aspects of your project into one place.
-3D Multibody Modeling: Take advantage of 3D Multibody modeling, simulation, and visualization capabilities
-Parameterized Models: Conveniently access system parameters to quickly apply design changes and consider a family of designs or products
-Multidomain Support: Augment the dynamic mechanical system with accurate models of electric motors, controllers and batteries
-Virtual Testing and Analysis: Investigate system-level behavior and interaction of multidomain subsystems, without the need to build expensive and unpredictable physical prototypes
-Component Sizing: Easily run batch simulation and parallel processing, and collect data that can be used to assist in component sizing
-Full Access: Leverage direct access to equations and a full programming language to expand the same simulation model to be part of model design and trajectory optimization tasks
-Optimized Code Generation: Generate highly optimized c-code from the model for an essential part of model-based control design
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Searching, Exploring and Visualizing Data using Maple
With the ever-expanding sea of available data and data repositories, navigating the vast quantities of information can be a difficult task. Maple, the advanced computing software from Maplesoft, is a powerful, interactive data visualization tool. Maple makes it easy to: searchfilterexplorevisualize dataThis paper presents several examples of how Maple can be used to search and filter large data repositories, explore and visualize the data in innovative ways and use the data to predict future behavior.
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Greetings PA 4-H!
I hope each of you are enjoying your fall and the beautiful changing of the leaves. This fall has gone so fast, however; winter follows all too closely. Now what goes best with winter? You may be thinking hot chocolate or an open fireplace but I'm thinking STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE!
The registration for State Leadership Conference is now open! Sign up today! This year we have great events planned ranging from workshops on 'How to Teach a Workshop' to our speaker for Saturday night, Mr. Rhett Laubach! Prepare to receive your "License to Lead" at this one of a kind event just for you, the Pennsylvania 4-H youth! This awesome event may only be three days in State College, but you will meet friends and make memories which will last a lifetime, and that's not all! You will learn leadership skills to take back to the clubs in your county which will last a lifetime!
Also a quick reminder to keep collecting your tabs because they go to a great cause called the Ronald McDonald House located in Danville, PA. These tabs help to pay for families to stay there when their children are receiving treatment at Geisinger Medical Center.
The quote for this month is one which I have posted on my mirror in my dorm. I hope you get as much from it as I do.
"You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act."
-Barbara Hall
Enjoy your classes, register for State Leadership Conference, and keep collecting those tabs!
Great job so far PA 4-H! Please contact me with ANY questions you might have!
Jessica Lehman
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Sabrina was our server and was very good. The pasta meal with shrimp, mussels, and salmon was very good as was the 12 oz New York strip. Both were reasonably priced at $18.99 & $19.99. They have happy hour but we were there after it...More
Mike, Thank you very much for your review. We truly appreciate all feedback from our customers, and we're delighted to hear you enjoyed your visit! Looking forward to seeing you again. Warm Regards.
Stopped in on a Friday night for an adult beverage after we had dinner. The place had live music playing music from the 70-80s with mostly Rock that is very popular. Lots of people in the dance floor and the place seemed to only get...More
Thank you Mike for your review. You are correct, the owners are from Wisconsin, as well as most of the management. We like to think of ourselves as the Lambeau of Fort Myers Beach. I'm happy to hear you enjoyed your visit to Castaways. Our...More
Our family of 6 arrived just after 8pm. We were given full menus to review, but when the waiter came finally after 15 minutes, were told we couldn't order off the menu given to us. We were then given a very limited menu. Why give...More
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We stopped in for a family/friends dinner. The staff working was fun to work with and made us feel at home. The service was quick and the food was good. One person ordered a pizza which the crust was slightly overdone. Will definitely go there...More
Was originally going to go to the Sandbar Grille next door, but after sitting and waiting 10 minutes with no one serving us we walked out and into the Castaways. We were quickly seated and got drinks and ordered an appetizer (mussels). Smart move, as...More
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What a great place, Great service, great food (pizza was amazing), great drinks, you have to try the "Dark & Stormy". We had a blast. I absolutely recommend this place for a great night out.
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I've been quite pleased with myself for managing to do a bit of writing, even if it's only a teeny tiny bit each day since the 30th of March. I'm still working on Behind the Scenes and although not all of what I'm writing is good the fact that I'm actually putting pen to paper is a big achievement for me.
Right now I'm trying to take a NaNoWriMo approach to getting it written. For
years I've been saying I want to rewrite the story and get it updated; when I
started writing it not everyone had mobile phones, mobile internet access was
virtually non-existent and lots of places were still on dial-up. I had two
choices, to either set it definitely in a time in the past, or bring it a little
more up to date. I'm kind of doing a bit of both. There wasn't really any reason
not to give the characters mobile phones or internet access, so I'm letting them
have those creature comforts, especially since it's helping to close up some
plot holes.
I'm trying to just churn out as many words as possible. Or rather, I'm
getting as much of the story onto paper as possible. I'm not giving myself a
deadline and I'm not giving myself a set word count per day. If I write five
pages I'm happy, if I write five lines I'm equally happy.
The sticky points come when I'm deviating from the original version because
then I panic about coming up against things later on that I've changed and not
knowing how to fix it. But I'm trying to take each page as it comes and trusting
that one way or another things will work themselves out.
I'm also trying to challenge myself a wee bit. The original story began as a
challenge to myself to write a car crash without describing what was happening.
The whole thing was told almost entirely in third-person limited POV of the main
character, Abby, occasionally switching to follow a minor character or two. Now
I'm switching between four people's third-person limited POVs and it's kind of
fun to work out which POV I should use for a particular section or pushing
myself to go with something different.
The bit I've been working on this week has been the big reveal. Jack has been
concealing something from Abby about the family and their relationship… it's all
a bit soap opera but I'm loathe to change it as it's such a huge part of the
plot. In the original I just followed Jack and Abby as they had the conversation
and she left.
This time I did Jack revealing the truth to Anna first of all, from Anna's
point of view, before going to tell Abby. Then the next chapter is from Alex's
perspective when Abby arrives on his doorstep. Originally the whole arrival
thing was told from Alex's point of view but it was pretty much just a
paragraph. This way it's a challenge to get all the information across about how
everyone's feeling when you don't actually see the two main players in the
conversation through either of their eyes.
I might get to the end of this draft and decide that it doesn't work at all,
but right now it's a fun thing to play around with while I'm working out exactly
what I'm doing.
I'm also kind of psyching myself up to share a little snippet. It'll be under
the proviso that it's still very much a draft of the story and I'm still working
out all kinds of kinks, but I think it would be really cool to see what other
people think of it.


text: With the Ontario election two days away, every vote is worth so much the lawyers are already busy. The Tories are saying an unfortunate misunderstanding (actually, an "innocent mixup") led to dozens of Liberal supporters in two London and Ottawa ridings receiving letters directing them to the wrong polling station Thursday. They did apologize.


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Pillows were already soaked with sweat when I rose from my almost two-hour slumber. I didn't get to bed early because I attended the dinner organized by Janette Toral at Max's Restaurant in Park Square 1 in Makati in which afterwards had a nightout with blogger friends. My tongue was also burnt by the aromatic 'passion' (p'shinn) tazo tea from Starbucks.
Luck was evading me last night because the 100 dollars flew away from my hands. The four-leaf clover dropped on the head of Rens that made him won the obsessed prize. Jehzeel was also fortunate that evening because he nabbed another one of the ten 100 dollars and got the check from his google adsense worth more than a hundred bucks; he went home with more than 200 dollars. I should have grabbed the butter knife and robbed these two kids. It could help me get to the Philippine Ad Congress. Oh well, nevermind! I may not have bagged a hundred bucks but I'm glad I've won new friends. Do I sound bitter?
I'm also proud to say that my nominees and friends now belong to the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs/Bloggers of 2007, a genius project of Janette Toral. The Top Ten are:
- An Apple a Day
The Philosophical Bastard
- The D Spot
- CokskiBlue
- Make Money Online with a 13-Year Old
- Culture Shiok!
- Kubiertos
- FruityOaty
- The Dork Factor
The Anitokid Chronikos
- Gibbs Cadiz
- Confessions of a Hopeless Romantic
I guess I'm the only one in our circle not bagging any title or any sumptuous prize—except for being an ultimate virgin. Kevin won a Nokia phone during the blog awards and now named a coveted title. Shari received the Best Personal Blog in PBA. Aaron bagged the Best Boy Blog in Candy Magazine. Neil got the 100 grand jackpot from a noontime TV show and Rens got hundred dollars. When will luck knock on my doorstep? Though, I'm not a loser at all because I already have several freebies and consolation prizes. Still, winning friends is more than having any titles, money prizes or getting devirginated. I just can't avoid being sarcastic.
So, after the dinner and announcement of the top ten, we (Jake, Doc Tess, Shari, Kevin, Jhed, Rens and I) proceeded to the nearest money changer to have Rens' bucks exchanged. Shortly, we headed back to Park Square 1 and had more chit-chats with other bloggers in Giligan's Island. Ederic, Poytee, Coy, Jeff, Gibbs, Rick and Benj were already there and seems to be already having a good time. Unfortunately, Rens have to leave early—for the nth time—and was not able to witness the fun we had that night. We were still grateful because he left us a treat even his presence was not there.
Few hours later, the gang decided to break the fun because it was a weekday. Almost all had priorities that morning. I almost crushed Benj's hands when we shook hands and bid farewell to each other. Sorry Benj, I didn't mean it. Please don't be mad at me or bash me.
We went out the bar minutes later after Benj's gang left. We stretched our feet to Starbucks 6750 branch and had more talking there. We still met Gibbs and Rick in there. I ordered the Passion (p'shinn) Tazo Tea and burnt my tongue after my first sip. So yeah, my tongue is sore now and the tea's aroma is stuck in my system. I didn't finish my tea and went home around 2am. Jake chose to go home at that time too while the others; Jhed, Doc Tess, Kevin and Shari were left in the coffee shop. I heard they went home by 7am. That was survival of the fittest.
So there, that's quite a few. Oh yeah, I also brought home a tag watch. I really dunno how to use it yet and I guess all else who saw it were curious and puzzled. Do you know how to use this? I can post this in eBay and auction it for more than a hundred bucks.
C'mon! It's not a sex toy.
Before I forget, to those I nominated that got through the top ten you owe me 25 dollars each!
More Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs EB pics found here


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At Your Service!!!
Lee F. Kichen
June 2008
Federal Legislative Update
To Be a GI or not to Be a GI Bill?-Apologies to William Shakespeare, but, at this writing, Congress has not yet completed final action on the Wartime Supplemental Funding appropriation which contains the GI Bill. With The Pentagon transferring monies from Navy and Air Force accounts to pay Army bills, there is less urgency to pass an emergency war spending bill. Last month, both the House and Senate included major improvement in GI Bill benefits in the now stalled supplemental appropriation. The House version would pay for it by increasing income taxes on millionaires by one-half of one percent. The Senate version offered no specific costs offsets for it.
The administration and The Pentagon claim the GI Bill provisions (which enjoy overwhelming bipartisan support in both House and Senate) are so good that they'll hurt retention by luring troops to leave service for school. They prefer a lower-end, cheaper version. There have been some reports that White House may agree to GI Bill legislation if Congress adds an even more costly provision to let service members transfer GI Bill benefits to family members. If this reports are valid this could be a major reversal of the White House's usual objections to high cost military and veterans quality of life programs.
In all likelihood, the GI Bill provisions will probably stay as is, and Sen. John Warner (R-VA) will offer the transferability plan as an amendment to the FY09 Defense Authorization Bill coming up for Senate action later this month. More likely than not, the Senate will reject the House plan for ½% surcharge on millionaires to pay for the GI Bill. Our view is that we may have a better chance for a cleaner GI Bill if it is included in the National Defense Authorization Act instead in the more contentious wartime supplemental bill.
Last month, we were extremely critical of Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) for not supporting the more generous education package contained in S. 22. Senator Martinez heard our concerns and voted for the S. 22 language. We are incredibly pleased with Senator Martinez's vote and appreciate his bipartisanship. Jack McDermott, VFW State Commander called the United States Senate passage of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, "One of the most important actions in the past fifty years to improve veterans benefits. This is a milestone in bipartisanship. The fact that 72 Democrats and Republicans came together on a 'GI Bill for the 21st Century' is testimony to the fact that veterans issues can serve to transcend party lines. I am extremely gratified that Senator Mel Martinez joined his fellow Floridian Senator Bill Nelson in voting for this bill. It took a lot of moral courage for Senator Martinez to break with the White House and support this bill. Senator Martinez, after listening to our position recognized that America's veterans who served selflessly are deserving of an education package comparable to the one received by World War II veterans. Senator Martinez really came through for the newest generation of veterans. It is clear to us that Senator Martinez and Senator Nelson understand that, like the World War II GI Bill, this bill will pay dividends for many years to come."
Buchanan Tabbed for Veterans Health Subcommittee-
House VA Committee Reviews Health Bills- Last week, VFW provided testimony to the House Veterans Affairs' Subcommittee on Health. The Committee reviewed five health-related bills designed to improve and enhance health care options for veterans using VA. VFW supported the following bills:
H.R. 4463 "The Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act," would enforce and ensure higher uniformed professional standards as well as addressing recruitment and retention among health care professionals within VA.
H.R. 5888, a bill that would allow veterans to be reimbursed for emergency medical treatment provided them outside VA facilities.
H.R. 6114, legislation that would simplify and update National standards for HIV testing within VA.
H.R. 6122, "The Veterans Pain Care Act of 2009" would direct VA to implement comprehensive policies on pain management for veterans seeking care in VHA.
To read our testimony or for more on the hearing visit the House VA website at: http://veterans.house.gov/
Senate Holds Hearing on Current VA outcomes for PTSD-The Senate Veterans Affairs' Committee held a hearing to discuss VA's response to veterans seeking help for mental health issues related to their service. Members of the Committee are concerned that VA has not remained focused on balances between care and compensation with regard to mental healthcare. Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-HI) asked the panel members ( all VA witnesses) how VA is ensuring that best practices for dealing with PTSD, both in VHA and VBA, are in place throughout the system. Others wanted to make sure that the issues or problems regarding PTSD or other psychological problems related to service, receive accurate diagnoses from VA, proper care, and appropriate benefits. For more on the hearing visit the Senate VA website at: http://veterans.senate.gov/public/
TRICARE Bill for Reserve Retirees Introduced: The VFW attended a press conference yesterday and offered its strong support for the "TRICARE Continuity of Coverage for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2008." The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH). This legislation would provide TRICARE Standard coverage for "Gray Area" retired Reserve members and their families. These are retired members who are qualified for a non-regular retirement but who have not yet reached 60 years of age. The full cost of premiums would be the responsibility of the beneficiary. A bill number should be assigned within the next few days.
State Legislative Update
2008-09 BUDGET IMPROVES CARE FOR VETERANS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs 2008-09 budget provides strong support for Florida's military veterans and their families. Florida has the fastest growing veteran population in the United States.
"The $59.7 million veterans' affairs budget reinforces the state's commitment to our more than 1.7 million veterans," said FDVA Executive Director Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins Jr., U.S. Navy Reserve (Ret.). "Despite the challenges of a lean budget year, Governor Crist and the Florida Legislature made a tremendous effort to ensure that Florida continues to be a leader in providing services to those who have honorably served our nation."
The 2008-09 budget controls costs and improves quality of care for veterans residing in Florida's State Veterans' Homes. It also enhances education opportunities for children and spouses of deceased or disabled veterans. The Fiscal Year 2008-09 budget includes the following:
Authorizes the transfer of funding of $8.3 million from contracted services to state salaries and benefits, which enables the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs to in-source certified nursing assistants and food service workers to establish a single staffing model for the State Veterans' Homes Program. Currently, FDVA contracts these positions at three of its homes. Research indicates that the department can better control costs and provide a higher quality of care and food to residents by having in-house staff perform the services.
Provides $1.3 million for major repairs and maintenance of buildings and fixed equipment at Florida's State Veterans' Homes.
Provides an increase in funding from $1.1 million to $1.9 million for Scholarships for Children and Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans and Service members.
The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is a state agency responsible for assisting, without charge, Florida's veterans, their families and survivors in improving their health and economic well-being through quality benefit information, advocacy and education. FDVA also provides long-term health care services through five veterans' nursing homes and one assisted living facility.


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For the first time in nearly a year, I'm at the Panera Bread in Smithfield after an Anchorwomen soccer game typing away my postgame notes.
In full disclosure, I did not know how much I'd miss this little routine of mine 'til today. Last year, after each RIC soccer game, I'd have my Acura take me to the nearest casual wi-fi equipped dining spot so I could dutifully convert my fresh postgame thoughts to written form onto this blog. And it's only fitting that I resume this ritual only minutes after I caught up with last year's senior captain Kerry Donahue and her mother Pam, both of whom took in this afternoon's RIC-Keene State game.
It was great to see them again - it's difficult for me to believe that it's also been nearly a year since I last saw them in the aftermath of last year's LEC semifinal loss to WestConn on a cold Danbury night. Kerry was one of the best collegiate defenders I'd ever seen. And Pam? Her homemade Rice Krispy treats are still 572% better than those pre-packaged imitations at the supermarket.
As for today's game - it was played under a cool blue sky and surrounded by brilliant oranges, subtle siennas and lively yellows. The air was a warm seventy degrees Fahrenheit. There was barely a hint of a breeze throughout. It was the quintessential New England autumn day.
On the pitch, the final score was 4-1, Keene State. That line is somewhat misleading: The final two goals were scored in the waning minutes after the Anchorwomen had kept the game 1-1 for 65 minutes. On paper, it looks like they're still sliding. Their last victory took place back in August, a 4-0 victory over Pitt-Bradford. On the contrary: the first sixty minutes displayed a confident bunch of players who menaced an opponent that should have taken care of them by the 20th minute.
The Anchorwomen were relentless - they pressured the Owls for a good 85 minutes before thet ran out of gas in the final five and conceded two unlucky goals. It was almost the exact opposite of their 2-4 loss to Bridgewater State, in which they morphed into a firing squad an lit up the board for two goals in the final eight minutes. If only the two sides could have been combined...
Mike Koperda's club continues to build off of these tough games, win, lose or draw. They are getting better*, and they will continue to do so for the remainder of the season. They know they're all but finished from Little East Conference playoff contention. That's the reality. There's nothing that can be done about the past. In essence, each game is a mini-playoff for these ladies. Spoilmakers? Why not? If they can do their best to knock out a few play0ff-caliber teams from contention, then all the better.
(*You may be sensing a theme here. No, I am not seeing a psychiatrist. Nor have I drank any Kool-Aid lately. So I challenge anyone to join me at any upcoming Anchorwomen game and tell me with a straight face that they're watching a bad team.)
Anyway, I was talking to Kerry at the half, and she said that despite the team's record (1-12-1), the team she joined as a freshman in 2004 also had its struggles before finding its form. But because they were all coming up together as a unit, they were able to get on the same page quickly. And you know what? That crop of freshmen in '04 ended up only three minutes away from clinching the school's first LEC Finals appearance.
Will this year's squad follow suit and achieve the same level of success come 2011? I don't know. But what I do know is that I have no doubt about the improvement I've witnessed through this season. I've seen some bad soccer, and let me tell you, I haven't seen it at Mount Pleasant at all. These ladies are not bad players. They are good, but very few are great. But ask Babe Ruth about fielding a team of great players:
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. "
This team, as a whole, has played marvelously at times. It has also played horribly. But, the moments of the former have already begun to outweigh the latter. There's been some crisp soccer played by Fleming, Tavana & Co. and there hasn't been any indication to suggest that they're going to let up before their season finale on November 1st.
Don't get me wrong. I am not Aladdin. I do not have a genie. But if the last few games are any indication, this will team will be a serious contender before I finally exit with my Master's.*
(*Tentative completion of said graduate studies: May 2067.)
So, just before my battery dies, I look outside my table window and release a subtle chuckle.
It's been a year since I last found my Saturday schedule with Anchorwomen soccer and post-game Panera Bread.
Who knows where this crop of Anchorwomen will be a year from now?


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Count It All Joy
Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Aug 29, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: From what basis or foundation do we respond to disasters or difficulties we might face?
In light of what we have just experienced as a community- take time- talk about- how we respond
to difficulties, trials, disasters, loss, in our lives.
A number of people- in congregation- experienced difficulties or loss at one level or another.
I would like to give us a chance to share how the Lord helped you through tropical storm Fay.
We certainly can begin with Thanksgiving and Praise.
How do we respond to difficulties in our lives
Mtt 24:4-8
End time verse- not saying Fay was an end time event.
Difficulties do seem to be on the increase.
1Pe 4:12-13
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;
13 but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. NASU
How do we respond when difficulties come our way?
What is the foundation on which- base our response?
Psa 23:1
Shepherd- One who tends a flock of sheep.
From- sheep's perspective- Shepherd is the one who-
makes sure they have food to eat-
he leads them to good pasture
provides protection from wild animals
tends to their every need
Therefore the sheep can say ...
I shall not want NASU
I have all that I need NLT
I don't need a thing MSG
I shall not lack AMP
It speaks to me of the sovereignness of God.
Psa 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
Jesus exercised control over the weather, raised the dead, healed the sick.
Is He God of everything or not?
Does He rule over every aspect of Creation, including myself, circumstances, natural disasters?
If that is true, then regardless of the situation or circumstances I face ...
I shall not want NASU
I have all that I need NLT
I don't need a thing MSG
I shall not lack AMP
Therefore I can ...
2 Thess 2:18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. NLT
When I think of green pastures and quiet waters …
I think of the Georgia Mountains or
the mountains in NC-
beautiful mountain meadows, streams and water falls.
It is in places like this that we can indeed find a quietness and peace.
However, I think that what is being said here is that in the worse of external circumstances,
we can find God's peace internally.
Even in the middle of great outward turmoil, God can and will "restore my soul."
This speaks to me of God taking me down the roads in life that He has ordained for me.
Those roads are not necessarily designed for my personal comfort, but "for His name's sake."
Ps 23:3 He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name. NLT
I am not here to fulfill my dreams and goals in life.
I am here to fulfill God's purposes for my life in such a was as to bring honor to Him.
In that process I believe God will give me the desires of my heart, as He brings my desires
into alignment with His desires.
Psa 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
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I'm a Nexus One user and will be upgrading to the Nexus S. The Nexus One is the best phone I've ever used, and prior to the Nexus One I used an iPhone 3GS. Like most of you, I was disappointed with the announced specs of the Nexus S because the hype prior to the announcement seemed to promise more than what was finally announced. However, I still believe this is the phone to get for the upcoming year and here are the reasons why.
1. No HSPA+ (or T-Mobile "4G") - As of a month ago I wouldn't have even considered getting a new phone without "4G". However, 2 weeks ago I had a chance to do a speed test using my Nexus One against my friend's HTC G2 (which has HSPA+), and I was surprised to find that the difference wasn't as great as I had expected. Whenever he had 4G I also had 3G, and the differences in speed was usually something like I was getting 3mb/s and he was getting 4.5mb/s, which isn't a big deal. A lot of times he did not have HSPA+, and in those scenarios for some reason my phone was actually faster. In fact, at one point in time he was getting EDGE while I had 3G. I can't explain these results, but that's what I witnessed.
Anyhow, my point is HSPA+ is not as big a deal as T-Mobile makes it out to be. Off of the top of my head I think HSPA is advertised to do 7mb/s on the Nexus S and HSPA+ is something like 21mb/s for the G2. In reality it's more like 3mb/s in most places with 3G for both phones while occasionally the G2 will get HSPA+ and get 4.5mb/s. Obviously this varies based upon your location, but HSPA+ has a much higher theoretical throughput speed, but in reality the difference isn't huge. I am disappointed that the Nexus S doesn't include this feature, but it's not a deal-breaker for me.
2. No expandable memory through microSD card. This was the first thing I noticed when glancing through the Nexus S specs the first time. It sucks but again it's not a deal breaker. I have a 16GB card in my Nexus One and never have I removed it once. What's extremely important to me is that the Nexus S has a lot of internal memory. I can finally download as many apps as I want without having to worry if the developer enabled the save to SD feature or not. That was the #1 issue I had with the Nexus One, which had an internal storage amount measured in megabytes, not gigabytes.
I've read some comments asking how this may affect apps which require external storage. The answer is there's some type of partition software included in the Nexus S which will create a virtual sd card partition for those purposes.
One downside to not having microSD card for me is when setting up the phone I have to search for apps not available from the market one by one again from the internet. However, I only have to do this once so it's not a big deal.
3. No dual-core processor. Not an issue at all. If the Nexus S doesn't have a dual-core processor and it's the official developer's phone, you can be sure any upcoming apps this coming year will not require a dual-core processor. Dual core processors may succeed in setting high benchmark numbers, but the bottom line for users should simply be "speed". Whether the speed comes from hardware power or software optimization shouldn't matter. From what I've seen on video, the Nexus S is fast.
4. No HDMI output. I'm not certain about this, but there may be an accessory that will connect the micro usb port to hdmi. The Samsung Galaxy has a cable that can do this, search on Google. However, this is not a function I think I will use... I imagine it will use up battery quickly and heat up the phone (just my guess).
5. The phone feels "plasticky". Yeah, that's a bummer... but what are you going to do when Samsung's making the phone? Well, I do believe there is hope. If you look at the Nexus S, the front is completely covered with glass while the back is a single plastic cover. As long as any 3rd party manufacturer can make a metallic cover then we'll have our metal phone.
6. It doesn't shoot HD video in either 720p or 1080p, and the camera is only 5mp. This shouldn't matter. The camera sensors in cellphones are too small to take any high quality photos or videos, and therefore should only be used for quick/convenient purposes. Shooting in 720p or 1080p will actually be less convenient because your video sizes will be too large to send to friends without file conversion. 5mp vs 8mp shouldn't matter either. In fact, a 5mp camera sensor should have less noise than a 8mp camera sensor.
7. No FM radio. Would be nice if FM radio was included, or maybe even a FM transmitter as well. But it doesn't... o well.
So the 7 points above are what I consider to be the shortcomings of the Nexus S and how I justify or work around them. Below are what I consider to be strengths of the Nexus S and what I'm excited about.
1. Samsung's Super AMOLED screen is the best available. Samsung is the leading manufacturer in display panels, from TV panels to cell phones screens. Those of you who own a Nexus One knows it's impossible to see anything under sunlight. Super AMOLED corrects this problem. The touch screen should be more accurate as well, and will improve upon multi-touch functions. This was a big issue with Nexus One when it first came out. In fact, I returned my first Nexus One because the screen would go crazy at times, only to realize the second one had the same problem. Froyo (android 2.2) fixed most of my touchscreen issues, but having used iPhones before I'm still less pleased with my Nexus One's touchscreen than my iPhones/iPads. I'm hoping Samsung's display will be better in terms of touchscreen.
2. Battery life. My Nexus One's battery life isn't good. It's definitely a lot worse than my iPhone's. I'm always very conscious of how much battery I'm wasting, so as a result I leave my screen as dim as possible, turn off all unused antennas, and never use anything that wastes battery such as video wallpapers. A few months ago I started carrying a spare battery around... lol. I don't expect the Nexus S to improve on this too much, but early reviews indicates an improvement. I'll probably still carry a spare battery. Not a big issue as the battery is replaceable... a BIG PLUS over the iPhone.
3. Stock Android. This is the main reason to purchase this phone. If you go into the Android Market, pick a random app and read its reviews, you will inevitably find comments such as "this freezes on my Droid" "this is incompatible with Sense" or similar reviews. Due to the fragmentation of Android devices, I feel only the Nexus brand can be completely trusted. It is the official developer's phone, so almost all apps will not have issues with the phone. Because it's the official Google phone, there's also a larger community built around it. This forum is an example of this. After owning a Nexus One for a year, I'm so glad I got the phone because of its longevity thanks to its timely updates.
I was reading a T-Mobile My Touch 4G forum and users were discussing how to kill off processes initiated by crapware pre-loaded on their phone. I do not want that. Don't forget the Nexus phones create wifi hotspots for free as well.
4. Front-facing camera. This is very important for me as I webcam with my girlfriend a lot.
5. Full integration of VOIP into the phone menu. This is convenient and I hope Skype will eventually support this. However, I don't mind using the official Skype to call out either, or just use Skype-to-go. It's still a nice touch.
6. NFC technology. [*NFC makes me think of football... GO BEARS! NFC North] Anyhow, obviously this technology is useless at this point. However, should it become useful in the next year it'll be fantastic. I'd love to go out and not have to carry a wallet but just have my phone as an E-wallet. It will be nice if it works for public transportation (Anybody know if it's legal to take a picture of your Driver's license in your phone and use that instead... otherwise it's still necessary to carry an ID I guess.)
7. Minor improvements. A slightly larger screen, faster processor, thinner profile, curved screen, less bezel around the LCD are some minor improvements I look forward to. Combine it with the much better super amoled screen, improved battery life, nfc, front cam, voip integration, and it being the new "official" dev phone, it's enough for me to upgrade.
Anyhow, that's my take on the Nexus S and why I'll be getting two (one for my gf). Most of the comments I've read are just repeats of "no microSD card, no HSPA+, no dual core... fail, major fail". Well, I share the same sentiment, but what are we gonna do? This is the Nexus brand phone for this year, so if you choose to not upgrade then you're stuck with a Nexus One for another year (not a bad thing, but why?). I understand the Nexus S is purposely crippled in hardware specs, but it's still better than all the current available options out there. If I wait for the LG Star or whatever dual-core phones coming out next week there may be bigger software issues in regards to the user interface and more incompatibility with apps, not to mention a smaller community to support it and the eventual dreadful waiting for operating system updates. I'd rather use a clean android OS on a single-core phone than a Bada/Sense-skinned dual core phone. When Google feels multi-core is necessary than it will include it in the next Nexus phone.
A smartphone is a device most of us use everyday, not just as a phone but also as a web browser/mp3 player/video player/camera etc... I feel the spending is justified and not wasteful given the improvements. This is why I encourage everyone to march out there and upgrade with me on Thursday! [Oh yeah, I'm due for a T-mobile equipment upgrade anyways so it's a little easier on the decision] :-)


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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
DNA getting along
Our sperm and egg have finally(and probably for the first time, according to my Doctor) met. And, they like each other! They are growing at a lovely rate. Today they are all at 8 or more cells, which she said is "perfect and more than perfect." It makes me so happy to think about it. Seven perfect embryos.
The longer Mr. S and I tried to get pregnant(and didn't) the more I thought about this desire to "make" a baby together. I knew I wanted to be pregnant and to carry and birth a child. But, once we got the not-s0-good sperm news, I wondered if it would be possible.
The question of using a sperm donor came up. Part of me, especially the me that existed on the day my period arrived, would think, "yes, let's do that!" But most of the time I wanted the chance to make a baby together. At least to try.
This is something I don't take for granted.
I realized, in my twenties, that this is not an option everyone gets. If you are in a same-sex couple, the closest you can get to both being biologically related to the child is to have a sibling/cousin, etc donate something to you. I do wonder if they'll perfect something, soon, to get dna from two eggs, or two sperm, so that both parents can be in the dna of the new child.
I also know that not everyone needs to be biologically related to their child. I have a friend whose father told me he never wanted to "father" a child(biologically) but he is thrilled that he got to adopt his wife's two daughters. I've seen them together, and it is wonderful.
I am highly aware that it isn't biology that makes the parent or the love. I have step-parents and half-siblings and, especially with my half-siblings, feel no difference at all. Knowing children who've been adopted, I've seen the bond they have with their parents and family. If that is the route we take, I will be ready to do it.
I fear I am being insensitive in writing about this issue. Please let me know if you feel I am. I wanted to talk about this. I am so grateful we've had this opportunity. It is crazy to me to think that our little embryos are becoming blastocysts, and one or two of them will(hopefully) be a part of our life for a very long time. Eyes, nose, hair, skin color, we have NO idea what will happen, how our dna will combine. It is exciting.
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I found your comments incredibly insightful and sensitive. Love grows regardless of where and how planted! I am happy for you both to have this opportunity and wishing that all your babydreams come true!ReplyDelete
I'm so incredibly happy for you, Mr. S, and those 7 happy embryos!ReplyDelete
I dont think you are being insensitive at all. We are also in this spot, where we want to at least try to make a baby together. If it doesnt work out at least we know we tried at will move on.ReplyDelete
Good luck with your ET tomorrow. I'll be praying for those little one(s) to be nestling in.ReplyDelete
Good luck Good luck Good luck!!!!! I had the same feelings when I realized there was actually a true joining of my husband and I out there in the world, and then nestled in my uterus - after so many years of trying. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!ReplyDelete


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Sometimes I have the feeling I couldn't be better. My body shows so much energy, I'm feeling young, and I've felt some first spins of a satisfactory intellectual prowess. And somehow that is what makes me fall. Is that all of my potential, the best I can do? If I'm believing in this, I'm sure to find I've come to make all I could, and there in the hypothetical highest ground, only a fall could be expected.
And here I mean that One Fall, when I won't ever be able to recover, when there's the ultimate desistance. I'm so afraid of it that any hint of it makes me desperate. This thirst for development that's so firmly installed in my soul always makes me find new things to accomplish, new edges to polish, so I can find in it a sign the fall is very far away. If only I could tell I'll always feel I haven't accomplished nearly enough… but maybe even that fountain of strength will drain someday, as nothing lasts forever.
I have the unconscious feeling that one stumble is a sign of development, as opposed to an easy flight towards success, meeting no hindrances. Nothing can be this easy. And it appears to me that every fall can be treasured, as they can propel me even further. So maybe I shouldn't worry about every fall being that dreaded one, but how can I tell if it isn't exactly the worry that makes the change? And I shouldn't hope to depend on it, as even it fear can drain off someday.


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|Reviews for Another Round Of Goodbyes
| BlueEyedBrigadier chapter 1 . 10/11/2008
*sigh*...this is some beautiful work here, xfirefly9x, but it honestly pisses me off. Not because of the topic or anything, but the true frustration that it will have taken something like the disappearance and possible death of Inara for Mal to seriously clue in to the fact that their relationship may be full of confrontation...but it was powerful and it was healing in its own strange and unique way.
Then again, this comes from Mal's perspective and we have no clue if Inara had good reason to pack up and leave again (i.e. danger to the crew related to her or her role as a Companion, rather than the usual "I hate you, so kiss me stupid!" kind of sexual tension). Certainly adds to the angst ;)
| writtenwordlover chapter 1 . 10/10/2008
What happened? Where is she? Definitely needs a sequel.
| KristieM chapter 1 . 10/10/2008
This would make an awesome prologue to a nice angsty Mal/Inara fic... I'm just sayin' ;)
| ancientesha chapter 1 . 10/9/2008
love it. ;x ;)
| chrysalis escapist chapter 1 . 10/9/2008
Oh dear! I find it amazing how few words you need to capture this feeling, the agony of not knowing, the possibilities and also the wondering why.
| GillianRose chapter 1 . 10/9/2008
Oh, this really captures the agony of worry, of going through all the different possibilities, of trying to make sense of something that is so painful and bewildering.


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God At Work
A daily devotion for April 19th
20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." 23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. (Genesis 3:21)
Here is the beginning of animal sacrifices: God sheds blood in order to make clothing for Adam and Eve. He made them from the skins of animals, and therefore those animal lives were sacrificed to clothe Adam and Eve. This is but a picture, as all animal sacrifices are but pictures—a kind of kindergarten of grace—in order to teach us the great truth that God eternally attempts to communicate to us as men and women. Ultimately, it is God Himself who bears the pain, the hurt, and agony of our sins. As John the Baptist said,
Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away [who is continually taking away] the sin of the world! (John 1:29). Paul uses a wonderful phrase in Ephesians:
accepted in the beloved (Ephesians 1:6 KJV). When we have acknowledged our guilt, when we have acknowledged that what we have done is contrary to what God wants, and we stand there with nothing to defend ourselves and no attempt to do so, but simply in honest acknowledgment of our own doing, then we are
accepted in the beloved.
In our area where I grew up in Montana, we had many sheep farms. Spring was the lambing season when the little lambs were born. But spring in Montana is not like it is in California. Sleet storms can come whirling down out of the north, and snow can still be three or four feet deep on the prairies. Often there are long, protracted seasons of bitter cold during lambing season. When the sheep must bear lambs in that kind of weather, many of the lambs and ewes die. As a result, sheep farmers have many mothers whose newborn lambs have died and many newborn lambs whose mothers have died. It would seem that a simple way to solve the problem would be to take the lambs without mothers and give them to the mothers without lambs, but it is not that simple. If you take a little orphan lamb and put it in with a mother ewe, she will immediately go to it and sniff it all over, and then she shakes her head as though to say,
Well, that's not our family odor, and she butts it away and refuses to have anything to do with it. But the sheep farmers have devised a means of solving this. They take the mother's own little dead lamb and skin it and take the skin and tie it onto the other little orphan lamb. Then they put the orphan lamb with this ungainly skin flopping around—eight legs, two heads—in with the mother. She pays no attention at all to the way it looks, but she sniffs it all over again, and then she nods her head. The little lamb goes to work at the milk fountain, and all is well.
What has happened? The orphan lamb has been
accepted in the beloved one. There came a time when God's Lamb lay dead on our behalf, and God took us orphans and clothed us in His righteousness, and thus we stand
accepted in the beloved, received in His place. That is where repentance brings us. That is the way you begin the Christian life. But if you think that is where it ends, you are wrong. We must be continually repenting of those areas where we fail or fall back upon a way of living that God has said is not right. I must repent of my self-dependence—and so must you.
Teach me, Lord, to continually repent. Thank you for clothing me in the righteousness of Jesus, that I may beaccepted in the beloved
Life Application: Repentance not only begins the Christian life, but is the daily basis upon which the whole Christian life is built. How are we at daily confessing our self-dependence?
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