This is the third in a series of posts to unwrap my thoughts on this oft-asked, simple, but notoriously difficult question. The question is framed dichotomously, but what it really is getting at is something deeper: You've deferred being an adult for a while now, but what do you want to do with your life?
In the first post, I briefly toured the many options, even those not directly captured in the question. In the second post, I drilled down into the two major options. The outcome of that second post was, basically, that it comes down to personal preference because the two are very different and neither is actually "better", despite what you might otherwise hear.
But, actually, the choice is more than just personal. Your professional development will be markedly different depending on the choice you make. The choice really is one of immense professional importance, and probably should not be taken lightly. In this post, I want to discuss why.
Disclaimer: I want to just remind everyone that I speak from the perspective of a computer science Ph.D. student at a highly competitive Computer Science school who has done 5 industry research internships — 2 at Microsoft Research, 2 at Facebook and 1 at Google. So, your mileage may vary.
This choice that you're making — the one of academia or industry — will set the course for the rest of your career. So it is undoubtedly important. But there are are also some non-obvious consequences that I want to bring up.
In today's world, if you choose academia , your career path is typically more "certain". You will join a university, stay there till you get tenure, get tenure, and then remain there for most if not all of your professional life.
Okay, yes, there is some budge. As I mentioned before, you will have summers off and the occasional sabbatical. Most summers, though, you will probably stay at your university and continue doing your research. You'll choose to do that, probably, because you will have fewer service and teaching and other miscellaneous responsibilities over the summer. So, you'll actually be able to dig deeper into the work, yourself, instead of just delegating to your students.
Sabbaticals are a lot longer, so you typically have more options. But, if you are like most academics, you will probably spend them doing one of three things: (1) spinning off a project into a start up, (2) writing a book, or (3) temporarily joining industry. If options (1) or (3) take off, then maybe your future path will be less certain, but in most cases you take option (3) to forge stronger bonds with industry (so that you can get cool devices and data and money when you return to your full-time job), and you take option (1) just to bootstrap the process but ultimately intend to relegate the day-to-day responsibilities of the company to someone else (a non-academic co-founder, say).
Another potential inflection point in an academic career is the decision to pursue an administrative role—i.e., become a Department Head, Dean, Provost or a President. And maybe you'll switch universities once or twice because of a spousal conflict or because the university you are at is weak in your field.
But, basically, your career progression as an academic will be fairly predictable. There may be brief periods of uncertainty every now and again, but there's a good chance that where you go to work after you graduate is where you will be 30 to 40 years from that time — at least if everything stays as is.
If you choose industry, your career progression is less certain. Where you work after you graduate is likely not where you will work 5 years from graduation, let alone 30 or 40 years from then. Non or partial commitment is a tenet of the modern tech industry job. Even among my friends in the tech industry, I know relatively few who have remained at the same company for more than 5 years.
This is partially because a tech industry employee now has more choice than ever before in employer and role. There are hundreds of tech companies at all stages vying for engineering talent of all sorts: Research scientists, hardware engineers, software engineers, machine learning specialists, etc. And all of these companies are jumping at the opportunity to hire capable engineers for any of these roles. Accordingly, your experience at one company can offer you a negotiation advantage at getting an even better position at another company. I'm not sure how long this will last, but the need for more engineering talent is not poised to slow down for the foreseeable future .
In some ways, the unpredictability of a long-term industry career, especially in something as fast-growing as tech, is exciting. You are not anchored to a company, a role, or even a location unless you choose to anchor yourself. But, in other ways, the security and consistency of a long-term academic career is comforting. Academia changes very slowly. An academic job today is likely to last a lifetime, and you can basically see a shadow of your future by looking around at the professors in your own department. In academia, you don't have to think so much about your next career move: You only need to do good work.
If you choose industry, with few exceptions, your choice is permanent. It is unlikely that you will be able to re-enter academia unless you find an industry job that lets you publish frequently. But, even if you find that job, publications are still unlikely to be your top priority. If you work at Google, for example, publications matter very little in your performance evaluations unless you are a Research Scientist. But Research Scientist positions are few and far between, and even if you get one, you will not have the chance to progress very far up the chain of command unless you switch to an engineering or product management role.
If you get a more "academic" industry position — for example, a Researcher position at Microsoft Research — then you have a fighting chance if you want to transition into academia later in your career. These "academic" industry positions prioritize capital-R Research and publication in performance evaluations. However, your throughput will be much lower than your academic colleagues at a similar level because you will typically have fewer people with which to collaborate — both established researchers and students. As a professor, it is not uncommon to publish a dozen papers a year by running a lab with a handful of successful students. As an industry researcher whose job is to publish, you would be doing very well to publish at half that rate.
On the other hand, choosing academia is "less permanent"  because you can later choose to switch to an industry job if you'd like. Industry is always on the lookout for promising talent, and poaching a well-respected tenure-track professor would be a big win for industry recruiters. On the other hand, many of the skills you cultivate as a professor are not those that are useful in an industry setting. For example, you will be spending a lot of time, as a professor, raising money for your lab through grant applications. That skill is mostly useless in industry, unless you choose to spin off your own company.
Another example is the difference in focus between capital-R Research and lowercase-r research. In industry, you often have very little time to produce insights that can immediately help product designers and engineers. So, you simply will not be able to construct the perfect experimental design or do an extensive review of the literature or spend two weeks on exploratory data analysis to understand your data deeply. So if your ultimate goal is industry, an academic position would be an inefficient way to cultivate the skill set required to succeed in industry.
Your professional objectives will vary if you choose an industry job or an academic job. In academia, your objective is typically the same no matter your employer or field: do good, original Research and distribute that knowledge effectively. If you transition to an administrative role, maybe that objective changes to: make it as easy as possible for everyone under you to do good, original Research and distribute that knowledge effectively. This is your day-to-day, month-to-month and year-to-year objective. Maybe the specific things you do to accomplish that objective will change, but that will always be your objective.
In an industry role, you might also have a very broad objective: to help your employer accomplish its mission statement. At Facebook, that's to "make the world more open and connected". A Google, that's to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." However, your specific day-to-day objectives will probably be quite different. Moreover, a lot of it will trickle down to you from upper management. Maybe that's okay. You might be an adaptable person and prefer just to work on challenging problems, no matter the problem. But, unless you, yourself, are fairly high up the management chain, you are likely to have less control over your medium to long term objectives.
Your opportunities for professional development will also markedly vary depending on your choice of an academic or industry job. Apart from the clear differences in development that you can expect from cultivating different skill sets, professional development opportunities are more broad and cross-cutting in academia. It may sound odd, because if you think about being detached and cloistered, you typically think of academia. But when it comes to **opportunities** for professional growth, you are typically more insulated in industry.
First, you are heavily insulated within your organization and shaped by the opportunities they provide. This is less true in academia, because you are more likely to interact with people outside of your organization through conferences, student exchanges, sabbaticals and so on. If you don't believe me, ask yourself this: how many times does the average IBM employee collaborate with somebody from Apple or Facebook or Google? It is far more likely that a professor at Cornell collaborates with a student from MIT, on the other hand.
Second, you are heavily insulated within your role in industry. Sure, a software engineer will have to interact with user experience researcher before a product launches — but that interaction will rarely be one in which the engineer and the researcher hope to teach other skills. It is far more likely that the exchange between software engineer and UER will be transactional: The UER tells the engineer what problems she uncovered from her research and ways to fix it, and the engineer will take that feedback into consideration in the next iteration of the product. On the other hand, interdisciplinary collaborations in academia are more likely and generally have a lasting impact on both collaborators' skill sets.
On the flip side, large corporations typically have bigger and better resources than the average university. If a professional development opportunity aligns with an organization's goals, then those resources can take you far even if you put in little effort to pursue novel opportunities. I have a friend at Facebook, for example, who gets to travel all over the world to research the Facebook user experience. You are less likely to have these sorts of opportunities fall onto your lap in academia.
Finally, imagine, 40 years from now, what your career might look like if you choose academia versus if you choose industry. The set of signs that indicate a successful career are typically quite different. As an academic, the sign of a successful career in its twilight stages might be a massive citation count; an impressive student list; meta-awards won (e.g., Lifetime Achievement awards, lasting impact papers, Turing awards); service responsibilities offered; keynote talks given; and, a chaired professorship.
As an industry researcher, the sign of a successful career in its twilight stages might be how far up the org chart one has climbed; how much impact one has had at shaping organizational culture, products shipped, and industry standards (e.g., creating things like Map-Reduce); and, awards of practice won.
Which is better? Yeah, you know I can't answer that. What I can say is that this is a professionally important choice. This a choice that will significantly, substantially and perhaps irreversibly impact your career trajectory. So it's both deeply personal and professionally profound. But, it's also societally significant — and I hope to touch on that point in my next and final post in this series.
 By "academia", I mean a tenure-track professorship. As I mentioned in a previous post, though, academia could mean many things.
 In the context of this dichotomous choice, at least.


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As I told you before in #1 above, declare the hidden control in the ASPX. With your current code, it does not look like you have added the hidden control to the page.
How did you add your other controls to your custom control? Why are you not following the same procedure to add your hidden control?
Furthermore, this.HiddenCity.ClientID and HiddenTownship are server side. That was the point of all your ugly StringBuilder code: to get the resulting control IDs to the client side.
how I can add the code with <%= %>.value like below.
With custom controls, you would be dealing with a .ASCX file rather than a .ASPX. Something is very wrong if you had to insert your custom controls' child controls directly into the ASPX.
You seem very much out of your depth with this project. I highly suggest that you talk to your supervisor regarding needing additional training regarding ASP.NET web forms.
I get the error as 'unable to set property 'value' of undefined or null reference". i need to define the HiddenField in cs file only not in aspx. please help.
Why do you need to define a new class HiddenField? Is that yet another custom control?
*sigh* What did you do to fix the problem for HiddenCity in post #18? Do the same for HiddenTownship.
I added the hidden control the way the custom controls were added in the form. after this, the HiddenCity.CleintId is not null anymore.
To me, it sounds like you fixed it.
As an aside, moving this to ASP.NET Web Forms forum. This is definitely an ASP.NET Web Forms question, rather than a C# question.
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Comes MusicFrost, a free software that lets you play and download MP3 music from the web.
Once you install the software, hit the search box with your query and MusicFrost will fetch the song for you. You will have an option to download/play the song as well as get the MP3 link directly.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that his government will reserve up to 20 million doses of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate, under a deal with AstraZeneca, bringing the total number of guaranteed doses to 174 million.
"We want Canadians to have access to effective and safe vaccines that could come from all over the world. Today, we are taking one more step in the right direction, "the Liberal leader said during a press briefing in Ottawa.
This new agreement is in addition to those already concluded with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, Pfizer and Moderna, which therefore means a "guaranteed minimum" of 174 million doses, said Supply Minister Anita Anand .
The Trudeau government also announced that Canada will invest approximately $ 220 million in the Mechanism for Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, which is expected to provide 15 million doses to Canadians.
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I really had high hopes for this. What a fantastic idea. Windows Live Local for Outlook. Just the thing to add maps and directions to my meeting requests. One of the most useful things is that I'll now be able to calculate the travel distance between the start location and my appointment location and then adjust my departure time based on the estimated travel time.
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The cast for Scream 5 continues to grow. Melissa Barrera, star of Vida and the upcoming In the Heights, has signed on for the latest installment in the long-running slasher franchise. Barrera joins an ensemble that already includes returning members David Arquette, who will be back as Officer Dewey, and Courtney Cox, who is reprising her role as Gale Weathers. Barrera is the first new cast member to be confirmed for the sequel.
According to a new report, Melissa Barrera is set to play a key role in Scream 5. There is no word yet regarding her character but plot details are largely being kept under wraps for the time being. Barrera is currently known for her role as Lyn on Vida, which recently wrapped its final season. She is also set to appear in Carmen, with the movie set to arrive later this year. Barrera is part of the ensemble for In the Heights, the adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical. Originally, it was supposed to arrive this summer but was bumped to 2021 following the theater closure in the U.S.
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Spyglass Media is producing the sequel after landing the rights to the franchise last year. The big question right now is whether or not Neve Campbell, who plays Sidney Prescott in the series, will sign on the dotted line. The actress, who has appeared in all of the entries in the series to date, previously revealed that she was in talks to return. However, her deal has not been made official as of this writing. That said, with the script already in place and with plans to begin filming in the fall, it would seem hard to imagine a world in which Campbell doesn't return.
Production is set to take place in Wilmington, North Carolina. The plan is to wrap filming before the year's end. casting is currently underway to fill out the rest of the roles ahead of filming. Paramount Pictures has partnered for the release. They intend to release Scream 5 in theaters sometime in 2021. No specific release date has been set at this time.
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Blackhawks team President and CEO John McDonough brings the Stanley Cup back to Elk Grove Village during a rally Saturday morning. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson and Blackhawks team President and CEO John McDonough parade the Stanley Cup through a crowd of nearly 1,000 Saturday at a public rally in Elk Grove Village, McDonough's hometown. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Blackhawks team President and CEO John McDonough hoists the Stanley Cup on Saturday as Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson leads a short parade to celebrate the team's third NHL championship in six years. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Blackhawks team President and CEO John McDonough, an Elk Grove Village resident, brings the Stanley Cup to what he called its Chicago-area home Saturday during a rally near the Pavilion Fitness Center. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Hockey fans take in the moment Saturday morning as Blackhawks team President and CEO John McDonough strides into Elk Grove Village with the Stanley Cup as the start of a celebratory rally. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
The Stanley Cup arrives Saturday in Elk Grove Village in the care of Blackhawks team President and CEO John McDonough. The rally Saturday was the third time McDonough has brought his team's championship trophy to his hometown. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
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If the Chicago Blackhawks keep winning NHL championships, fans in Elk Grove Village will keep getting to see Lord Stanley's Cup, team President and CEO John McDonough pledged Saturday.
The Stanley Cup continued its victory tour Saturday morning in McDonough's hometown, stopping for a 20-minute rally on a soccer field near village hall, where fans gathered for the occasion in a mix of red Hawks sweaters and rain gear.
"It was short and sweet," Denise Ambrose of Elk Grove said about the celebration. "It's good to see the Cup, even from a distance."
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson said his town was thrilled to share again in the "excitement and prominence" of hosting the Stanley Cup and saluting McDonough, the man whose leadership made the hockey squad's recent success possible.
"Rain or shine, the Cup is king in Elk Grove," Johnson said to the crowd of between 800 and 1,000 gathered on a drizzly morning. "But the real king is the man that made it happen."
McDonough called it "humbling and rewarding" to bring his team's trophy home for a third time to Elk Grove, where he and his wife raised their three children.
"I know that the official home of the Stanley Cup is in Toronto, Canada. But I feel here in the Chicago area, the official home of the Stanley Cup is here in Elk Grove Village," McDonough said, drawing cheers.
Even after three championships in six years, Saturday offered the first glimpse of the Stanley Cup for many front-row fans.
"This is like something off my bucket list," said longtime Blackhawks fan Denise Roberts, 58, of Elk Grove Village, who has followed the team since she was 11. "It's been my life's dream to see the Stanley Cup."
Also in the front row were friends Matt Georgoulis, 11, of Des Plaines, Alex Kreplin, 13, of Round Lake, and Jackson Bullman, 11, of Gurnee, all excited to see the cup in person for the first time after a season of watching the Hawks skate to success. "It was a thrill," Matt said about the Hawks' run to this year's championship. "It was even better than every other year because the commissioner called us a dynasty."
Revelers in Elk Grove Village aren't expecting the fun of celebrating top-quality hockey -- and the sport's top award -- to end anytime soon. As they celebrated this year's Stanley Cup with Jim Cornelison's national anthem, streamers, fireworks and a loud rendition of "Chelsea Dagger," there were already hopes and plans for another Stanley celebration.
"If we keep winning 'em," McDonough said, "I'm going to keep bringing 'em back to Elk Grove."
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Padua (it. Padova) is 40 km west of Venice in Italy. It is the administrative center of the province, which is located in the Veneto. The River Bakilione crosses through Padua.
The town is among the cultural centers of Italy, and in more recent history is also known as an important industrial region. Padua is situated on an area of 92 square kilometers, and has a population of more than 200 000 people.
Padua is considered a pilgrimage city, because millions of believers come here each year to enter the Basilica of Sant Antonio, where the tomb of the saint himself is. The body of the deceased on June 13th, 1231, Brother Anthony was buried in the little church of Santa Maria Mater Domini. After being canonised on May 30th, 1232 by Pope Gregory IX Franciscan the monks decided to build very close to the church of Santa Maria Mater Domini a new church.
Thus in 1232 began the construction of the Basilica of San Antonio. Construction lasted 80 years as the work was delayed by the difficult political conditions and scarce funding. The new construction was given a boost by Pope Alexander IV, who issued a special pardon and any help to the completion of the basilica. The papal indulgence lasted for 6 years and on 8th April 1263 the remains of St. Anthony were moved into the third dome of the new church.
The chapel, which are the remains of San Antonio is the work of many different artists. Among them are Sansovino and Falcon. Interesting is the horse statue of General Gatamelata Venetian (Erasmo da Narni), which was made by Donatello. The Basilica itself is a Catholic church, which is one of the most important in Italy. Basilica can not but represent a huge artistic value.
The common view of Padua is that it is an amazing combination of arcade streets, beautiful architectural masterpieces and many picturesque bridges over the twisted branches of the river Bakilione. Sometimes it is called Padua city of Giotto, because here lies the largest collection of works by this master of the brush.
Among the many attractions of the city is the Cappella degli Scrovegni. It is believed that it was painted in one of the most remarkable cycles of frescoes. Wall engravings were completed in 1305 by Giotto himself, and they all imitate various scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. It is alleged that this was one of the most interesting cycles of frescoes in the world.
Palazzo della Ragione is another landmark of Padua . The construction of the palace is unique because it possesses the biggest unprotected roof with columns across Europe. The walls of the palace are covered with allegorical frescoes. On the beautiful Plaza de la Valle Prato you can see more than seventy statues. Padua is the second after that of Bologna on the "old" university, founded in 1222 which once had once taught the great Galileo Galilei.
Padua had built the first botanical garden in the world. It was founded in 1545, and still approaches its original appearance. Plants are arranged in an oval shape, which is the symbol of the world, while it passes along the water channel. The original objective of the botanical garden with its construction was to source the arena of research. The garden remained loyal to its original purpose and still is a source of research. In 1997 the garden was included in the list of World Heritage by UNESCO.
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Home Reviews Live Reviews PHOTOS: All Time Low light up Aragon Ballroom in Chicago
PHOTOS: All Time Low light up Aragon Ballroom in Chicago
Kate Scott
It's no surprise that All Time Low are still one of the most popular alt-rock bands on the planet. They've been making amazing music for over a decade and were one of the original, famous MySpace bands. With the release of their seventh studio album, Last Young Renegade, the group have proven their staying power by filling the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago to the top with screaming fans of all ages.
All Time Low were signed in 2003 when lead singer Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat were just 16 years old. Alongside their drummer Rian Dawson, the band started off in high school by covering Blink-182 songs and were signed by Emerald Moon Records in 2004. After releasing their first EP, the band went on Warped Tour in 2007 and were brought to a wide audience of pop-punk lovers. The band has developed a huge fanbase over the last 10 years, ranging from 14-year-old Hot Topic girls to college punks.
Opening their Chicago show with other pop-punk bands Waterparks and SWMRS (both of whom had their own core fan base and ramped up the crowd considerably), All Time Low seemed a little intimidated by the huge stage. The Aragon is a massive ballroom, and the stage is over 8 feet high. Unlike some of their other shows, ATL weren't able to get as close to their fans as they'd liked. Even with this barrier, they invited fans to run onto the stage for their final songs. Complete with huge amounts of confetti and balloons, the band showed why they can sell out small clubs and giant ballrooms and be connected to the fans through it all.
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The Government has announced its new enduring Employment Relations Bill is expected to pass its second reading in Parliament today.
The legislation delivers a new employment relationship in the workplace by striking a balance between protecting workers' rights and employers' interests.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government listened to the public submissions in the select committee process and has taken on some of the key concerns raised.
"The Government has also had its own constructive internal discussions to produce an improved Bill. Each party has bought their different views and the subsequent consensus reached will result in employment law that is better for workers and employers," she said.
The Bill contains multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) provisions which clarify employers have a responsibility to enter into bargaining but does not compel them to settle an agreement, and provides union representatives the right to access worksites where union members are covered by or bargaining for a collective agreement, but requires consent from employers in all other circumstances.
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters says this legislation gives small business a fair go.
"The coalition partner's contribution related to small and regional businesses. We have looked out for small and medium-sized business to ensure that the law reflects their reality. "We heard that changes needed to be made to ensure small businesses weren't unfairly treated under the legislation. This is consistent with the Bill's exemption for small business from the 90 day trial rules," said Mr Peters.
"Addressing inequality is a priority for the Green Party and we welcome all the added protections for workers in this Bill," said Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson.


18 JanWhat is a Formaldehyde Donor?
Ever dissect a frog or mice in high school ? Their bodies were preserved with formaldehyde. As an additive it has anti-microbial properties and is used as a preservation of cosmetic products such as shampoo, lotion, sunscreen, mouthwashes, deodorants, hair colorings and facial products. Using a Formaldehyde donor is very common. It is also used as a "browning" agent in food. It helps make pretzels an even brown color. Reactions to additives that are donors have included contact dermatitis, eczema, redness and itching. They are among 1300 additives banned in Canada & Europe, but only about 10 ingredients are banned in the United States.
WHY? What most people do not realize is that cosmetics are not formally regulated in the United States. They have fallen under the pervue of the FDA for the past 80 years, but products are not required to have FDA approval. So we have to take an active role in identifying what is in our products. So keep your eyes open, read labels and avoid these four ingredients to protect yourself! We will keep you advised on other ingredients that are of concern periodically in this Blog. We hope it helps you!


New to the forums? Come on in and introduce yourself. Is there a special event in your life you'd like to share? Here's the place. This forum is for building community relations within the Sandusky community and getting to know one another.
General topics that don't fit in the other forums or groups. Forum games and other silliness should go in Just for Fun. Politics, religion, and anything that could get very heated should go in Debates and Hot Topics.
Fun and games, silly questions, fluffy posts, jokes (be appropriate!) anything fun goes in our Just For Fun section. Come on in, kick back, and let loose!
Politics, religion, and anything else that brings out tempers goes here. Remember to attack the message, not the messenger. We are all adults here. Keep it civil.
General news for Sandusky and surrounding areas.
This forum should be used to make the community aware of Sandusky area residents that need the support of the community. No issue is to large or to small to post here; from fundraisers for people and families in need to someone you would simply like to be in the hearts and minds of the community in their time of need. Please read the forum guidelines before posting anyone's personal information.
This forum is for debates on Sandusky area policy and politics. As with any political issue, posters may passionately disagree on certain topics. Please keep in mind that you are entitled to your own opinion on an issue, as is everyone else.
This forum is for the announcement and discussion of events within Sandusky and surrounding areas.
Post here to announce your group's next meeting, post public minutes and adgendas, or to announce special events.
This forum is for announcements and discussions regarding performance art events such as dance recitals, concerts, plays and musicals.
This forum is for discussing local sports teams, and yes, I think we can count the Browns, Cavs, Tribe, and Buckeyes as local.
This forum can be used to post information about local business events such as job fairs and yes, even that 1/2 off sale next weekend.


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Most people will start their research on the Internet, searching for individual car insurance providers, helping to get one that will offer them a much lower rate. There search could be prompted by an increase in their car insurance premiums from their existing company as a result of a claim that they filed recently. If this is the case, you can begin to get individual quotes from each of the businesses that you find to see which one can save you the most money. However, this could be a very time-consuming process, so the following online automobile insurance rates tips will help you streamline your search for the best coverage the lowest possible price in Grays Harbor county.
The following cheap car insurance online tips are probably ones that you have heard of before, but you may not have used. These strategies are not secret. They have been utilized by people for decades in order to get the best premiums on their auto insurance policies. The Internet has changed many things when it comes to finding cheaper rates for any type of insurance in Grayland, Washington that you may have. It gives you instant access to a multitude of companies that you may not have known about, businesses that can literally save you hundreds of dollars in premiums every month. The goal is to take your time and make sure that you are looking at every possible option. You can actually use multiple tips simultaneously. The goal is to do everything that you can to lower your premiums, especially if they have recently gone up, so that you can have more money to spend on yourself or your family.
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import cz.metacentrum.perun.core.api.*;
import cz.metacentrum.perun.core.api.exceptions.*;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

/**
 * Tests of VOOT protocol calls for subgroups.
 *
 * @author Martin Malik <374128@mail.muni.cz>
 */
public class VOOTSubGroupsIntegrationTest extends AbstractVOOTTest {

	private Vo vo1;
	private Group group1;
	private Group group2; //group 2 is subgroup of group1

	private Member member1;
	private Member member2;

	@Test
	public void isMemberOfSubGroupTest() throws InternalErrorException, AlreadyMemberException, WrongAttributeValueException, WrongReferenceAttributeValueException, VOOTException, GroupNotExistsException {
		System.out.println("VootManager.IsMemberOfSubGroupTest");
		VOOT voot = new VOOT();
		Response response = (Response) voot.process(session, "groups/@me", "");
		assertEquals(3, response.getEntry().length);
		//System.out.println(response);
	}

	@Test
	public void groupMembersSubGroupTest() throws VOOTException {
		System.out.println("VootManager.groupMembersSubGroupTest");
		VOOT voot = new VOOT();
		Response response = (Response) voot.process(session, "people/@me/vo1:group1:group2", "");
		assertEquals(2, response.getEntry().length);
		//System.out.println(response);
	}

	@Override
	public void setUpBackground() throws VoExistsException, InternalErrorException, GroupExistsException, AlreadyMemberException, WrongAttributeValueException, WrongAttributeAssignmentException, WrongReferenceAttributeValueException, AlreadyAdminException, AttributeNotExistsException, ExtendMembershipException, GroupNotExistsException, GroupRelationNotAllowed, GroupRelationAlreadyExists {
		vo1 = perun.getVosManagerBl().createVo(session, new Vo(0, "vo1", "vo1"));

		group1 = perun.getGroupsManagerBl().createGroup(session, vo1, new Group("group1", "group1 in vo1"));
		group2 = perun.getGroupsManagerBl().createGroup(session, group1, new Group("group2", "group2 is subgroup of group1"));

		member1 = perun.getMembersManagerBl().createMember(session, vo1, user1);

		User user2 = new User();
		user2.setFirstName("Karol");
		user2.setLastName("Druhy");
		user2 = perun.getUsersManagerBl().createUser(session, user2);
		member2 = perun.getMembersManagerBl().createMember(session, vo1, user2);

		perun.getGroupsManagerBl().addMember(session, group2, member1);
		perun.getGroupsManagerBl().addMember(session, group2, member2);
	}

}


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"Off the Record Q & A with a Local A.M.E."
Dr. Larry, I'm told ECG's are transmitted to the FAA as they are taken. Is this true? What is an ECG? What does it show?
Answer: A heartbeat occurs when a little spark near the top of the heart causes the heart muscle to contract. Stick-on skin electrodes pick up the electrical energy as it travels down the heart muscle to the tip of the heart, creating an electrocardiogram. An electrocardiogram, or ECG or EKG, displays the rhythm, direction and energy of the heartbeat.
In the typical evaluation, known as a 12-lead ECG, the electrical pathway is viewed from 12 different positions. Like radar revealing an airplane's course, ECGs indicate when the heartbeat deviates from the norm. Irregular heartbeats or altered pathways can indicate damaged heart muscle.
Many pilots express concern the ECG is transmitted to the FAA before it can be checked for errors, which could lead to unnecessary down time. Typically an AME obtains the ECG then reviews it with the pilot prior to sending. In our office, if we find something abnormal, we discuss its significance and if necessary, begin an evaluation to assess the potential problem. Only after this discussion do we fulfill the requirement to transmit the ECG to OKC.
Rarely will an ECG lead to a loss of license. When potential problems do appear, down time is possible while further evaluations are undertaken. When the pilot and AME work together, the pilot has the best chance of returning to work ASAP, often within the time the AME is allowed to issue a certificate – 10 to 14 days.
ECGs are required only for first-class medical exams, once after a pilot's 35th birthday, then once every 12 months over age 40.
Don't hesitate to ask your AME to review the ECG before transmitting to OKC.
Remember, ECGs are a reflection of one's wellness. Keep the heart healthy with good cardio-type exercise, minimize one's risks (cholesterol, sleep, stress, nicotine, alcohol) and the outcome should be a good one.
Gregory Barton: The Golf Guy who Writes great books!
Pilots an golf just seem to go together, and for those who carry clubs around the world on their trips show a bit more dedication than most. But when you're going to be stationed in Jakarta for a month—why not?
This is where I learned to golf. How could I not with four of the best teachers? "Your legs are too close together," one captain said. "Your legs are too far apart," another chimed in. "Use the power of your body as you swing," a flight engineer added. "Make sure you look at the ball." You know how those pilots are—always telling you how to do it better.
True Golf Story: A 747 Northwest Airlines captain had to give up golfing for a few years after he lost his clubs—he threw them into the water. Every golfer has a story.
What could be better than giving that golfer in your life a compilation of golf stories?
Gregory G. Barton's book, ON THE FRINGE and other uncommon tales of golf, was a fun read. I'm thinking this may be the gift to give that person who has everything—except the perfect game.
This well written book is filled with golf stories that only a true golfer could enjoy. If you know a golfer, or you yourself swing a club, leave a comment and share your story, or just tell G.B. hello and you'll be entered into a drawing to win an autographed book for you, or someone you love—and just in time for Christmas.
Please follow Greg on Twitter at @GGuilfordBarton He would love to hear from you.
More great news… The kindle edition of Greg's book The Nimble Men, golf is no ordinary game, is now available. This is a single story out of the compilation of stories. Click HERE for an easy download.
If you can't wait for the drawing, you can also purchase a copy of ON THE FRINGE and other uncommon tales of golf by clicking HERE.
"Everything Happens in Perfect Timing with the Universe"
Ever hear the saying when the stars and moon align? Maybe they have.
Last week I was given a trip that deadheaded me from Seattle to Detroit to Nagoya to sit for 48 hours. A flight to Honolulu to sit for another 35 hours, and a deadhead home. I was missing Thanksgiving, and spending 23 hours plus sitting in the back of planes around the world for a 7 hour flight.
I have a huge remodeling project going on at home. My middle daughter is due to have her baby any day. Holiday decorating is waiting. Recurrent training pending. Final edits on Flight For Control in the process... The list goes on. I didn't have time to sit on a plane! Or did I?
I finished my novel between DTW and NGO. I gave up the HNL layover and made it home in time for the first 1:30 a.m. call to babysit the big brother so my daughter could get to the hospital. (False alarm... my newest little granddaughter is in a holding pattern.) While nothing is organized at home, I managed to get the staining done after my grandson was sleeping last night.
The point is... as much as I have to do, it always gets done despite what perceived obstacles are thrown in my way.
In hindsight~ everything worked out as it should. Sometimes we have to sit back and accept when the Universe has a different plan than we do... it may just be better.
"Thank you all for your giving happily to MoM all year, may your Thanksgiving day be a wonderful one.... we give thanks for you all being our friends, supporters and encourager's from the USA - you and your families!
All the best wishes possible are coming from Kpong Airfield and the Medicine on the Move Team in Ghana to you in the USA as you celebrate this special day, may it be a safe and peaceful one!
Take care and enjoy the day, we wish you were all with us over here - it is a bit warmer than 'chez vous' at this time of year!"
We'll have a book signing event where proceeds go to Medicine On the Move...MOM... It will be spectacular! Everyone is invited. Date and location to be announced.
Taken earlier this year when I got checked out in a B-29.
Barry may have started his flying career by ducking a flying shoe—but he ended it as a Captain with TWA in 1988. And ending his career is open for debate, as Barry is actively involved in writing, teaching and mentoring young pilots... and getting checked out in new (old) planes.
Karlene: You're one of the most accomplished, humble pilots, who has gone far beyond the realm of just flying planes, but to writing, educating, mentoring, and teaching, too. You also have one of the most unique stories. Can you tell our readers how Barry Schiff became interested in aviation and the obstacles you faced?
The road through life is a fascinating series of forks, turns, and twists that often take us to unlikely and unpredictable destinations. No one who knows me would guess that my aviation career was a direct result of my having been a juvenile delinquent.
In front of a flight school at Clover Field in 1952 (age 14), but this is not the school at which I took lessons.
I recall the seminal event as if it were yesterday. I was 13 years old and sat nervously between my parents as we faced the vice-principal of Emerson Junior High School in West Los Angeles in the spring of 1951. "Mr. and Mrs. Schiff, I believe that Barry's behavioral problems are the result of his hanging out with the wrong crowd. I suggest that he be sent away for the summer, away from such bad influences. Otherwise," the man in the suit warned, "Barry will become worse." My parents agreed to have me spend the summer with my grandparents in New Jersey.
A month later, my parents led me toward my first airplane ride, a North American Airlines' Douglas DC-4 that would whisk me from Burbank to Wichita to Chicago Midway to LaGuardia. They could ill afford the cost of this ticket and would not allow me to forget how its purchase had wreaked havoc with the family budget.
I sat next to a window and stared incredulously at what I saw. The iron wing stretched endlessly into the night like the arm of some prehistoric monster. I knew that the wings kept us from falling but did not know how. They did not move or flap or do anything to help me understand what prevented gravity from having its way with the iron monster. Blue fire streaked from roaring engines bolted onto the wings. They snarled and shook incessantly as if to keep some imaginary enemy at bay. If I had pressed any harder against that window, either it or my nose would have broken.
Curiosity drew me to the library in my hometown of New Brunswick (partly because I got bored of throwing freshly laid eggs at the chickens running around my grandparents' back yard). There I discovered a 1945 hardbound book entitled The Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics, another seminal event. I was totally consumed by its 774 pages and found myself drawn deeper into its esoteric subject matter. There I encountered those words now so familiar: Bernoulli, Venturi, airfoil, camber, pitot. The wing, I discovered, was so elegant in the way it worked without really working at all.
As you might know, I learned to fly in taildraggers.
I could not fathom all of what I read, so I hitchhiked to nearby Hadley Airport hoping that I would find friendly pilots to help me better understand the more complex concepts. It surprised me that they did not know as much as I had expected. There I was offered a flight in a J-3 Cub, which my grandparents absolutely forbade me to accept.
Before summer's end I had read all five of my library's aviation books. I could hardly wait for the airline flight home and to tell my parents about my burning desire to fly.
The response was predictable. "You will not take flying lessons," my father barked sternly. "You will become a doctor or a lawyer or other professional." I refrained from informing him that there were professional pilots lest his belt would have found bottom, my bottom.
and instructed, Aeronca N81881. 1956 (age 18).
That did not stop me from hitchhiking to nearby Clover Field (now called Santa Monica Municipal Airport) and sneaking onto a taxiway where I stuck my thumb into the air whenever an airplane taxied by. (If I could hitch a ride in an automobile, I reasoned, why could I not do the same in airplane?) I was desperate for a flight in a little airplane, and I got one.
A year later found me with new and better friends at school, but I was still enough of a rebel to forge my mother's signature on the application for a student pilot certificate. I also got a job at the airport working in exchange for dual instruction. I told my parents about the job but not its purpose. They had wondered why I was always so broke. I did not have the courage to tell either parent that I was taking flying lessons. I did not have to.
"My hero, the flight instructor, 1956, age 18. This in front of the hangar at Bell Air Service, where I did learn to fly"
One day my instructor called home to let me know that the Aeronca "Champ" (N81881) that I was scheduled to fly later that afternoon was in the shop and would not be available for my flight. He left that message with my father. Oops.
Enough time passed between the call and my arriving home from school for my father to develop a fuming rage. He chased me out of our apartment and into the nearby alley. At 14, I was thankfully fleeter of foot, but I did notice one of his thrown shoes sailing over my head.
I slept in a neighbor's garage that night and developed the courage to go home the next morning. When my father saw that I was determined to pursue my passion, he reluctantly agreed to allow me to continue flying because it seemed to have given me a productive direction and diverted me from earlier behavioral problems (or so he thought).
Karlene: Did you parents ever approve of your career?
Barry: My parents never really approved of their elder son becoming an aviator until I was hired by Trans World Airlines in 1964. This is when they learned that they would be given free passes to travel anywhere along TWA's global route structure.
"We figured that if that headgear helped the Japanese find Pearl Harbor that they would help us find HNL."
During his 34-year career during he flew everything from the Lockheed Constellation to the Boeing 747 and was a check captain on the Boeing 767. He also earned ever FAA category and class rating except airship, as well as all possible instructor ratings.
Working hard: Athens-JFK flight in an L-1011.
Karlene: You've flown more hours in more types than I could ever hope to fly… I think a world record. How many hours and types are you up to these days? And of course we want to know which is your favorite plane?
Barry: Currently I am at almost 28,000 hours and have flown 325 types. It is difficult to specify a favorite type because each has a different role and purpose. Having said that, I would choose a P-51 for pure unadulterated excitement, any of several open-cockpit biplanes for going on a romantic flight at twilight on a warm summer evening, the L-1011 as my all-time favorite jetliner, and the list goes on, depending on my mood and the purpose of the flight.
I wrote two novels, "The Vatican Target" and "Flight 902 is Down."
Karlene: If you could give one tip for the next generation of pilots, what would it be?
The same is true in pursuing a professional piloting career. A person should never allow himself or herself to become discouraged, never waver from the task at hand, and never let your eye to wander from the target. The goal is achievable irrespective of how tortuous the route.
Barry on the right, and his student, Griff Hoerner, after an emergency landing on a Santa Monica beach.The cop gave him a ticket for illegal parking of a motor vehicle on a public beach, but the judge threw it out of court.
Karlene: Have you always had a passion for writing, or did you begin writing because you had so much to say?
Barry: I entered the writing profession through the back door. Again, this is something that I wrote about many, many years ago.
Click HERE to read more. Let's just say he sold his little publishing company to Jeppsen.
when I started an aviation publishing business, Aero-Progress, Inc., in 1959 (age 21).
I sold that business to Jeppesen in 1963, the year before I started with TWA.
Karlene: Many articles you'd written discussed "personally developed concepts, procedures, and techniques" Would you share one technique with our readers?
Barry: The first one involved turning around following an engine failure shortly after takeoff. The "rule" said never to do this, but it seemed illogical. There were times when such a maneuver could be safe. So I researched the subject and have been writing about it every since I first wrote about it in 1959. Since then, many others have done the same.
I also developed the procedure of stopping the prop at high altitude following an engine failure to improve glide range. I also developed the concept of pressure-pattern navigation for light airplanes at low altitude.
Karlene: Your training books... Proficient Pilot 1 and 2, Flying wisdom, and Flying the golden Science, I know touch on a different area of training. Could you tell me in brief sentence what the readers will get when they read each? What your intent was when writing.
Barry: The purpose in my writing usually is to present material in a different manner so that the subject matter becomes easier to understand. I have always strived to simplify complex subjects without sacrificing accuracy.
Karlene: You flew the Spirit of St. Louis, and you tell us what if felt like taking her into the sky?
Barry: I felt privileged, honored to have a taste of what Lindbergh experienced. It was like flying across the pages of history. I didn't want to come down.
Karlene: You started your son out early teaching him how to fly a glider. But is he flying for an Airline today?
Barry: Brian started out flying for TWA when he was 21 years old and became a Boeing 727 captain. Then when American Airlines purchased TWA, he became an AA pilot.
on the occasion of my retirement flight, June 21, 1998.
Karlene: Your grandson is darling. Do you think you have another aviator in your future?
Barry: I hope so, but that, of course, would be up to him. I never pushed any of my children to become pilots. I felt it important that the desire to fly develop within their souls. All I ever did was to encourage and attempt to facilitate whatever it is they wanted to do. The passion for flight has to come from within. All I could do is hope that they would catch my infectious enthusiasm for aviation. Two of my kids did; the other two did not.
Barry and his son, Brian, and his first grandson, Brett, at the end of his final flight.
and the event occurred on Father's Day, 1998.
"I finally mastered tricycle landing gear (while filming a video about how to fly a taildragger)"
Barry has mastered more than the tricycle landing gear, he's mastered life. He's giving back too! Click HERE to learn more about the $3000 scholarship he's gifting out. Thank you Barry for all that you've given to the world of aviation!
My family has a tradition of taking turns sharing what we're grateful for during the year. I won't be with them today, but tomorrow I'll be home, and will be just as grateful for each of them tomorrow, as I am today.
Each one of us has someone we can be grateful for in our lives. The mentors who've molded and shaped our lives, and given us courage and confidence to follow our dreams. I have so many, but today is not my day.
This is Barry Schiff week, and today I'm sharing Barry's gratitude for two significant people in his life. The pilots/mentors who gave him the gift of wings.
Barry had said there had been "innumerable people who inspired, encouraged, and assisted my aeronautical growth," and today we'll meet two—Paul Blackman, and Paul Bell. While they are no longer with us, their memory lives on, as did their impact on Barry.
He kept his North American Navion at Bell Air Service, where I was working as a lineboy and learning to fly. My relationship with his magnificent airplane initially consisted only of towing it in and out of the community hangar, pumping fuel into the wing tanks, and cleaning the windshield.
To me, there was nothing more alluring in the world than that immaculate Navion (N5227K). Its sleek lines and sliding canopy reminded me of the airplane after which it had been designed, the North American P-51 Mustang.
Blackman had been a bomber pilot during World War II and afterwards became an executive in the meat-packing business.
"Barry," he asked one day. "If I checked you out in my Navion, would you fly one of my cattle buyers to Visalia this weekend?" It was a rhetorical question, and Blackman knew it.
Transitioning from an Aeronca "Champ" to a Navion was a giant leap. This was a big, heavy airplane. It had a hydraulic system and a panel so loaded with gadgets that it made me feel as though I were in the cockpit of an airliner.
After some maneuvering, Blackman had me level off at 7,500 feet over the Los Angeles Basin. During that smooth, rock-solid flight, he turned to me and said that he thought that I could hold 7,500 feet just as easily as I was holding 7,600. Blackman had no tolerance for sloppiness.
Blackman taught me a great deal about flying and patiently nurtured and molded me into a decent pilot.
That weekend I flew Blackman's cattle buyer to Visalia. His name was Harry Abdul. Eight years later, he and his wife would have a baby girl who eventually became famous as song-and-dance sensation, Paula Abdul. Little did Harry know that his 17-year-old pilot had only 120 hours in rag-covered, taildragging trainers and was commanding the Navion for the first time.
As the years passed, Blackman's and my roles became transposed. He relied on me to provide him with advice during biennial flight reviews and instrument proficiency checks. It seemed so strange teaching him techniques that he could not remember having taught me so very long ago.
Every pilot should have a mentor during the formative years of his flying career, someone to provide support and encouragement. A special gratification comes from helping someone to reach a goal. Blackman played no small role in helping me to reach mine, and I will be forever grateful.
Another such person was Paul Bell, who owned the flight school where I worked as a lineboy for several of my mid-teen years.
He trained me to become a flight instructor. No, not just a flight instructor. He taught me how to be a teacher.
And then when I was 18 he hired me as his chief flight and ground instructor. He showed great confidence in me and incessantly encouraged my aeronautical growth.
Sadly, both men are gone.
Thank you Barry for sharing these stories and your gratitude of your mentors. We are all grateful for you.
Who are you grateful for today?
Leave a comment and get, yet, another entry into the autographed book giveaway.
Removing the financial stress of learning how to fly!
How much stress can one person take?
"If only we knew. Crystal ball anyone? Given what we put ourselves through on a regular basis, it's obviously an amazing amount. Fortunately, our bodies have incredible resiliency. Nevertheless, everyone has a breaking point. Do you know what yours is? Unlike the planes we fly, it's challenging for us to tell when the effect of stress will cause calamity, and unfortunately, we don't replace body parts before they fail.
Thank you Dr. Larry... and now, a special Thanksgiving gift.... from Barry Schiff!
Time to Remove the "Financial" Stress of Learning How to Fly!
Barry Schiff is spending the week with us, and today he is reducing the financial stress of learning how to fly. He is running a scholarship to give $3000 toward one lucky winner to learn how to fly, up to their solo!
Why is Barry Providing a Scholarship?
"Aviation has been good to me in a wide variety of ways. I cannot imagine how any other vocation or avocation could have provided me with such a lifetime of gratification and joy. Along the way and especially during my early years, there have been innumerable people who inspired, encouraged, and assisted my aeronautical growth. I would like to honor them."
Words we can all live by.
How is Barry Giving Back?
The contest is open to any young man or woman who will have reached his or her sixteenth birthday by February 1, 2012.
Before flight training can begin, however, the winner must obtain and provide a copy of their student pilot certificate.
He or she must also provide parental consent to begin flight training if less than 18 year of age on February 1, 2012.
He or she must not have reached their twenty-first birthday by the same date.
Click on "Email Barry" on the bottom of the left-hand column.
Attach a 500-word, double spaced, essay describing why you want to learn to fly.
Grammar, spelling, and punctuation will count.
Contestants must provide your snail-mail address, email address, birth date, and telephon number... all will be kept confidential.
$3000 toward flying lessons at any flight school of their choice as long as it is in the United States.
And more..! Barry tells me, "Almost all of the headset manufacturers have donated headsets. An aviation artist, Rick Broome, has donated a beautiful (and expensive) print. A pilot in Dallas, George Shanks, donated an AOPA membership. Mostly though, people have stepped forward with money to sponsor a number of other solo scholarships. I don't have permission, though, to give their names. Their generosity completely blew me away."
Thank you Barry, and Mike, for giving back and supporting the future of our children. Good luck to everyone entering the contest. Remember to leave a comment here and you'll get another entry into the drawing for chance to win an autographed book from Barry.
How does a young man with a passion for flight become a successful author?
Not only did they record the low frequency ranges, but they recorded numerous other sounds of aviation—marker beacons, localizer, VOR, and DME identifiers, and a ground-controlled radar approach as the controller talked a pilot through an instrument approach by providing precise heading and sink-rate instructions.
Barry's small business, Aero-Progress, Inc., was eventually purchased in 1963 by Times-Mirror for its subsidiary, Jeppesen. If you're a pilot—you know the power of that name.
The stars were definitely shining on Barry. During that year, the editor of Private Pilot magazine, Robert Said, contacted Barry to tell him he liked his recordings and asked if he'd be interested in writing an article for their new magazine.
Barry said, "I was flabbergasted. I barely squeaked through English Composition and didn't know the difference between a split infinitive and a dangling preposition. (I'm not sure that I do now.) But the prospect of being published had great appeal.
Said was a Pulitzer Prize nominee and told Barry, "It is more important to write something about which people are interested, than it is to be a proficient grammarian."
When Barry said, "Reading some of my early material makes me cringe in embarrassment," I smiled. I'm sure we've all been there. But Barry's words of inspiration on how to succeed in writing resonate with me, as they are so true.
My favorite words-of-wisdom from Barry is the necessity of being thick skinned.
"Most rewarding are occasional letters detailing how I wrote something that might have made someone's flying a little safer. Conversely, there are those who are spring-loaded to jump on and chastise me for my errors. One cannot write for the public and be thin-skinned. To paraphrase a printer's axiom, "everyone makes mistakes, but writers publish theirs."
Barry also developed the procedure of stopping the prop at high altitude following an engine failure to improve glide range, as well as the concept of pressure-pattern navigation for light airplanes at low altitude.
Wait until you see what Barry is doing for future pilots! You won't want to miss tomorrow…Wednesday Wellness is dedicated to relieving stress, compliments of Barry Schiff.
Leave a comment for Barry, and you'll be entered in the drawing to win an autographed book, Test Pilot, 1001 Things You Thought you Knew about Aviation. Drawing to be held December 22nd.
For we who fly, it's home"
For anyone who has discovered his or her passion, and is living it, knows the meaning of being home. For pilots, it's in the sky. For writers it's sitting at their computer. For artist's it's behind the a lens of a camera or at the end of a paintbrush. Could there be anything better than making a living doing what you love?
In honor of Thanksgiving, I have an extra special week all about Barry Schiff—Barry defines the meaning of home by welcoming you into his.
Barry is an accomplished pilot, author, motivator, and he's continually giving back to the community that's become his life. I'm honored to have the opportunity to share his story.
Throughout the week you'll have many opportunities to enter a drawing to win one of Barry's autographed books—the drawing will be held December 22nd.
And one day this week, you'll learn how to enter Barry's 500-word essay for $3000 toward your solo!
It's people like Barry who motivate us all. Who are you going to motivate this week? Who will you give thanks to?
Could a pilot be assigned a trip to deadhead from Seattle to Detroit for an 18 hour Layover. Then Deadhead 13.5 hours to to Nagoya for a 48 hour layover. A 7.5 hour flight to Honolulu, for a 35 hour layover. Followed by a deadhead to Seattle?
Is this fiction... or the glorious life of an airline pilot on reserve over the holidays?
What's the craziest thing you've ever done for work?
Many young people have dreams and aspirations of greatness, but it takes someone with work ethics, energy, and ambition, to reach those dreams. Dipeet is that person. Depeet is originally from India where he started his love affair with airplanes. This was after watching "one" plane pass over his house every evening after he returned from school, for four to five years of his life. The Aviation Bug captured Dipeet at a young age, and he's been working hard toward his dream of becoming a pilot ever since.
Depeet focused his life to immerse himself in with aviation in anyway possible—Teaching at Air Cadets, volunteering in aviation related events, and becoming a member of Air League. All of which have proven positive experiences for him. He's currently living in London, and has been there for the six years. He also won and completed a flying scholarship.
What was the best moment of his life? Soloing! He's even written a diary to included the details— time, date, place, technical details, fun experiences— everything he could recall. Dipeet plans on writing a book one day, too.
Karlene: Depeet how did you catch that flying bug?
Depeet: 'Bug' of flying was already into me even before my first flying experience. I use to watch Airplanes take off from Mumbai international airport from my aunt's house which literally next to the airport. I use to run from one end to another to have a second glimpse of take off. I use to record the Airline name and time when I saw it. At that time, I was 10 or less and had no idea why I had ever done that. Moving to London in 2005 and visiting Heathrow airport in pouring rain or harsh cold winter to see airplanes take off and land one day, it soon flourished into a more specific interest when I took my first flying lesson and the instructor said "you have controls"; this confirmed my earlier thoughts that being a Pilot is one of the most exciting professions that exists. Since that day I have made the Internet my best tool to find out about everything possible regarding this ambitious career. I have loved it ever since and can't wait to do what I have always wanted to: to fly! I have joined the club of aspiring Airline Pilot.
Karlene: You're amazing with all the volunteering you've done. Can you tell me about your aviation events and how you got started teaching at Air Cadets, and volunteering in aviation related events, as well as your involvement in Air League?
Dipeet: I use to be at Air Cadets was given this fantastic opportunity to teach Aviation subjects for First Class & Leading Cadet level which included Principles of flight, Airmanship 1 and 2 along side I also had a bonus, loving flying very much and knowing a 'little' bit more I was given an opportunity to teach on Flight Sims to cadets giving idea of basic instruments, circuits and general handling before they go of to have real experience in the Grob Tutor aircraft.
I had totally loved it I had gained an amazing new experience on how to confidently teach the right stuff, make sure its understood and in return make sure the results from exams are great. Fortunately everyone I had taught passed. I am an Air League student member, which is an Educational Trust which provides flying scholarships, engineering scholarships, balloon scholarships along with gliding to help young people support their ambitions to fly and get that initial step towards it. Being a member we also go to places like RAF valley, RAF Lyneham, sim visits to fly with BA pilots! It's great fun great way to make a network really.
Karlene: What is your favorite part of teaching and/or volunteering?
Depeet: I would honestly say volunteering because the teaching I did was by being a volunteer, helping out at flying events to raise awareness again by being a volunteer, simply helping the Air League a lot by being a volunteer because they provide us so many things like flying, gliding, career advice, activities, etc. I would really like to help in whatever I can.
I also love teaching not that I am an expert of anything, but I love to see people go 'what on earth is that' and after 2 weeks they pass an exam with flying colours knowing exactly what they didn't know before! Its great to see someone progress. I was very nervous at first but it was aviation subjects I had extra interest in it so I was able to teach at a standard.
Karlene: Tell me a little bit about the scholarship you won. How did you win it?
Dipeet: Keeping ongoing love for aviation always inside my heart, I decided to apply for the Air League Flying Scholarship competition 2011 through www.airleague.co.uk I had won the Flying Scholarship which was 12 hours towards my PPL. For me it was extra special because it was my first official flying career start so I started from 0 went all the way to Solo in 9 days in 10 hours! Best 12 hours of my entire life, it was so amazing to be flying specially after all those years you have waited for and going Solo in matter of days being in a Cessna I cant describe how brilliant it has ever been to me.
The way I had won it was writing the best possible essay I could, and spell checking it 100 times before sending it off. Once you are through the initial you go to an interview round. I decided not to be over confident and start to plan from square 1, which is 'why do I like airplanes', 'what do you know about becoming a pilot' not that I dint have an answer to that but I wanted to make it have a steady progress on preparing for this date.
Preparing for the interview was a challenge in itself I had to practice my speech, communication tactics, putting all my hard earned research into 1 format, being up to date with current affairs in aviation and most of all learning to be yourself in that controlled environment. Finding out in real honesty of what I was good at and where lied my weaknesses, long term planning and most of all interest in flying 'that bug'. So I think that was the main reason why I had got it because its to prove your commitment and have clear goal towards why you want it will certainly get you in a nice position.
Karlene: Do you have any family members who fly?
Dipeet: Unfortunately NONE! I am in fact the first ever person in my family and family (cousins, uncles, anyone else) to ever go flying. I can't truly understand why they are not interested. It's a downside not being in an airline environment, which I really wish I did, but it also makes me to all the research and work myself to prove that I really want it. But I am planning to start a a new flying trend in future so there will be next time.
Karlene: What are your ultimate goals with flying?
Dipeet: My very short-term goal at the moment is finish off my Private Pilot's License. My medium term goal is to get the Airline Transport Pilot's License and what I would call my main career goal is to fly for British Airways as First officer and work really very hard to become a Captain and ultimately working even harder for the ultimate aim which is to become a Training Captain. Because I would always love to stay in the industry as a Pilot no matter what. If possible help others when I have enough experience in my life. Nothing better then helping young people to fly, I love it when other pilots help me I would do the same when I am old.
Karlene: If you could give anyone advice, what would it be?
Dipeet: As a student just like any other person, I would always say to anyone before starting to fly make sure you hold a medical certificate! I cant stress enough on how valuable it is along side when training make sure YOU use every hour in sky to best because flying school are doing their job to get you through but it is YOUR responsibility to learn, adopt it and enjoy it. Because flying isn't like 'yea that will do' it is a job of 'knowing your stuff up to date' and also keep loving airplanes it is very hard to start fund etc. I have the same problem of on going funding talks but that wouldn't let me work towards what I want to be, what I have always aspired too. I can't wait to turn my dream into reality its just fascination and all will be rewarded sometime in future. Many pilots honestly say it is though job and it is but if you love it you should be ready for it. Better then 9-5 at an office.
Karlene: What has been your greatest struggle and how did you overcome it?
Dipeet: My biggest struggle in this day and age is the funding! It's the biggest pain for any student pilot who really wants to make this a career. The way I am still overcoming this is by saving as much as I can, correct planning, right decisions, taking decisive actions and some sacrifices for couple of years for this well worthy career of flying. To over come it is simple: Believe in yourself make things happen don't wait for someone else for to do it for you.
Dipeet, I know you're going to make all your dreams come true. Keep working hard like you are, and never give up. Continue to believe in yourself... I do! And don't forget to drop on over to Critique Sisters check out the advice I gave you for writing your book.
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Editor's note: During the weeks The Daily Tar Heel did not publish while transitioning to the summer paper, we received many letters. Though we cannot publish all of them, we appreciate your submissions and we thank you for your readership and engagement.
During Student Body President Ford Runge's administration at UNC in the 1970s, I became the first black Student Body Secretary. My godparents were faculty members Blyden and Roberta Jackson. They and my parents encouraged me to be involved in campus activities. I write today, nearly 45 years later, to encourage current students to be involved in a campus matter. Write to your state legislators to express your concern that a statue is miring the reputation of our great institution of higher learning. When I was a student, the disparaging saying was: "When a virgin walks by, Silent Sam will fire his weapon." In this current era of "Me Too," ask the North Carolina General Assembly to remove the statue now. They cannot be silent too when the statue has been so offensive so long in so many ways to so many.
The interview with Ms. Maya Little justifying her vandalism of Silent Sam deserves a response. I don't dispute her right to express in even hyperbolic terms her disgust at the treatment of her ancestors by our country since the time of its inception. Slavery was and will always be indefensible. That said, the Silent Sam monument was erected in remembrance of the more than 200 male students who lost their lives in a war that many in the Confederate Army believed was unwinnable for the South. Since only a small percentage of white Southerners owned slaves, the Confederate army was largely composed of persons who had no economic interest in the preservation of slavery. They only had blind loyalty to their states. The war was a monumental tragedy that should have been avoided. Is it not proper for us to remember those students?
Sam is a standing reminder of the folly of wars fought for the wrong reason. Some of the language on the statue's bronze tablets should be changed to remind us in simple terms of the UNC soldiers who died young for a lost cause. As a student of history, Ms. Little should understand that history must be told and not buried in some Orwellian purgation.
Her loathing and vandalism of this statue are, in my judgment, excessive and counterproductive.
I wish her luck in court.
On Monday, Maya Little went to the Orange County courthouse, following in the footsteps of Chapel Hills' civil rights activists who were tried there in the early 1960's. At the time, protesters held sit-ins to demand integration of town businesses. These actions resulted in hundreds of arrests.
Most people believe that civil disobedience is a necessary and legitimate method for acting against injustice. But in the case of Little's action at Silent Sam, many are saying she went too far. Beyond the detractors who object to the deed outright, there are those who agree with her mission, but not her methods. Others debate whether she committed civil disobedience at all, since she purposefully defaced the statue.
To make sense of all these opinions, I urge everyone to consider Chapel Hill's first wave of civil disobedience. Although there were citizens sympathetic to the cause, their support was not always unconditional. Often, they agreed with the mission, but not the methods. As a result, the outrage over breaking a trespassing law at a sit-in nearly drowned out the outrage over an unjust system that denied people of color their civil liberties.
This community still faces some of the same challenges in supporting activism. With so few people willing to take a public stand, those on the front lines risk much and face overwhelming odds – all at an enormous personal cost. Nonetheless, one student chose to take a stand in her own way. For that, Little is to be commended, not criticized.