Jake Syma: 2012

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

New Vehicle, Possibly

Was in a minor fender-bender over the weekend, and just met with the insurance adjuster at 8:30am today...

At first I thought they might repair it, but when the adjuster pointed out all they would absolutely have to replace, and then didn't even bother lifting the hood because he wasn't sure it would be able to close back securely, it made me think it may end up getting totaled.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing... we had *already* been half-assed looking at new/used vehicles. It's just that we had figured we'd be trading in the car or truck on one.

First, we plan on looking at small- to mid-sized SUVs.

The kids aren't getting any younger or shorter, and we do like to jaunt off on various camping trips.

To that end...

10 Most Fuel-efficient SUVs and Crossovers

2012 Ford Escape
2012 MINI Cooper Countryman
2012 Lexus RX
2013 Mazda CX-5
2012 Nissan JUKE
2012 Toyota Highlander
2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
2012 Chevrolet Equinox
2012 Honda CR-V
2012 Hyundai Tucson

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Kindle vs Nook

So, Carrye has wanted a dedicated e-reader for some time... essentially, either the Kindle or the Nook.

I almost got her one for Christmas, but she ended up wanting something else, so now comes Mother's Day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble_Nook

https://kindle.amazon.com/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook/379003208

John P. Falcone (2012:Mar.13). "Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy?" CNet News.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20009738-1/kindle-vs-nook-vs-ipad-which-e-book-reader-should-you-buy/

Will Shanklin (2011:Nov.7). "Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare," Geek.com
http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/nook-tablet-vs-kindle-fire-how-the-specs-compare-2011117/

Daniel Ionescu (2011:Nov.7). "Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: Media Tablet Spec Showdown," PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/243301/nook_tablet_vs_kindle_fire_media_tablet_spec_showdown.html

Barnes & Noble: Compare Nooks
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Compare-NOOKs/379003181

Kindle vs. Nook (DiffEn)
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Kindle_vs_Nook

Thomas Ricker (2011:Nov.7). "Nook Tablet vs Kindle Fire vs Nook Color vs iPad 2 comparison," TheVerge.
http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/7/2544177/nook-tablet-vs-kindle-fire-vs-ipad-2-tablet-comparison

http://ipod.about.com/od/ipadcomparisons/a/comparing-ipad-kindle-nook.htm
http://mashable.com/2011/11/07/nook-tablet-chart/
http://paidcontent.org/2011/11/15/comparing-e-readers-and-tablets-november-2011/
http://ebook-reader-review.toptenreviews.com/

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Weight/Strength Training

Subject Headings:

Arm exercises
Athletes -- Nutrition
Body image in men
Bodybuilding
Electromyography
Exercise
Isometric exercise -- Physiological aspects
Muscle strength
Muscles -- Anatomy
Personal trainers
Weight lifting -- Training
Weight lifting -- Coaching
Weight training

Books:

Stronger arms & upper body / Joe Wuebben, Jim Stoppani (2009)
Men’s health Huge in a hurry : get bigger, stronger, and leaner in record time with the new science of strength training / Chad Waterbury (2008)
Bodybuilding anatomy / Nick Evans ; illustrated by William P. Hamilton (2007)
Resistance training instruction / Everett Aaberg (2007)
Practical programming for strength training / Mark Rippetoe & Lon Kilgore with Glenn Pendlay (2006)
Sports nutrition : a practice manual for professionals / Marie Dunford, editor (2006)
The new high-intensity training : the best muscle-building system you’ve never tried / Ellington Darden (2004)
Men’s body sculpting / Nick Evans (2004)
High-intensity training / John Philbin (2004)
Serious strength training / Tudor O. Bompa, Mauro Di Pasquale, Lorenzo Cornacchia (2003)
Looking good : male body image in modern America / Lynne Luciano (2001)
Stronger arms and upper body / Sean Cochran, Tom House (2000)

Theses & Dissertations:

Creatine does not enhance strength development in male college students during a 10-week weight lifting program [microform] / by David P. Stefl (1999 thesis)
The effect of static stretching on peak power and peak velocity during the bench press [microform] / by Ernest William McLellan (2000 thesis)
Effects of protein & amino acid supplementation on training adaptations [microform] / by Chad Michael Kerksick (2002 thesis)
The effects of a two-week resistance exercise overtraining protocol on muscular performance [microform] / by Eric Matthew Bernard (2002 thesis)
Muscle activity levels of three lower body sites during front squat and back squat exercises [microform] / by Timothy J. Mullen (2004 thesis)
Comparison of selected kinetic performance variables from two different weight training methods [microform] / by Jerome Michael Learman (2005 thesis)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Looking for homes...

Not seriously, but looking nonetheless.

LUBBOCK: 3111 COUNTY RD 5830

4/2, 1806 ft^2 ($125k, built in 1988, on ~5 acres)
http://www.shoplubbockhomes.com//TX/Lubbock/8393770

LUBBOCK: 2619 GANNON ST

4/3, 1818 ft^2 ($99k, built in 1980, on ~1 acre)
http://www.shoplubbockhomes.com/TX/Lubbock/8628459

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

A teacher married to a police officer... the new middle-class

This post is 100% the result of a lunchroom discussion I had with two colleagues. During the course of said discussion, I made the above statement.

this article (dated 2008) says that LPD recruits make $41k during their probationary period, which jumps to $45,558 after 18mos of service
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/012008/loc_238353024.shtml

http://lubbockonline.com/education/2012-01-30/lubbock-south-plains-have-lower-teacher-salaries-most-parts-state#.Tyl63cUS08k

$44k avg teacher salary in region 17

(which includes lubbock)

starting salary of $37k (almost $40k)

sorry, i'm conflating region 17 data with data for lisd

region 17 avg is $44,026, while lisd avg is $45,804 (almost $46k)

the starting salary was available only for lisd, and was $37,750

(so, almost $38k)

New Orleans (NOLA) PD, aka NOPD
http://www.nola.gov/sitecore/content/Root/Government/NOPD/Salary%20and%20Benefits.aspx
David Codrea: "Care to factor in benefits and pension, and that you can retire younger than practically anyone in the private sector?"

Propaganda

I'm going to focus on three main issues here:

the history of propaganda
war propaganda
anti-gun propaganda

War Propaganda:

http://www.greanvillepost.com/2012/01/27/selling-war/
[also see here]

Anti-Gun Propaganda:

How Thousands Of U.S. Guns Fuel Crime In Mexico
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132652351/tracking-gun-dealers-linked-to-mexican-violence
No mention of Fast & Furious, which new media was already abuzz about

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Military

Here I will park everything military-related that isn't parked elsewhere...

http://www.stripes.com/the-challenge-of-telling-uncomfortable-truths-1.166664

SCOTUS

Here I will be parking everything SCOTUS-related...

Gonzales v. Raich:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich#Dissenting_opinions

Clarence Thomas:

Monday, January 9, 2012

Carry Issues

Concealed Carry, Open Carry, Campus Carry, etc

It can happen to anyone; it can happen anywhere:

At home...

At work...

On campus...

On vacation...

Misc...

Woman raped while showing apartment to prospective tenant (Houston, TX)
Suspect has 'no love' tattooed on neck
http://www.click2houston.com/news/Woman-raped-while-showing-apartment-to-prospective-tenant/-/1735978/7651518/-/nsphvwz/-/index.html
UPDATE: Shooting, stabbing in Lubbock at 18th and Utica (Lubbock, TX)
http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-01-02/shooting-lubbock-18th-and-utica#.TwsU_DVrOqQ
GA Woman Kills Would Be Rapist With .22 Pistol (Atlanta, GA)
He surprised and assaulted her as she exited the shower
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/video/ga-woman-kills-would-be-rapist/
http://www.kctv5.com/story/16583012/gun-packing-woman-turns-tables-on-home-invasion-robbers
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Wilmington-police-Jogger-hit-raped-in-alley-2445573.php
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-charlotte/n-c-legislators-must-act-now-to-stop-restaurant-homicide
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/26/pennsylvania-man-65-fatally-shoots-teen-who-pushed-him-off-bicycle/ (note: and then assaulted and tried to rob him)
Texas Tech students robbed at gunpoint
http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/article_81baf290-5152-11e1-bc52-0019bb30f31a.html
Justice Breyer and wife robbed by machete-wielding man in West Indies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-breyer-and-wife-robbed-by-machete-wielding-man-in-west-indies/2012/02/13/gIQA7GxaBR_story.html
In 2004, a group of young men assaulted now-retired Justice David Souter as he was jogging near his apartment in Southwest Washington.
And in 1996, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the victim of a purse-snatching as she and her husband and daughter were walking near the Kennedy Center
Justice Breyer robbed by machete-wielding intruder at West Indies vacation home
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/13/justice-breyer-robbed-at-west-indies-vacation-home/
Police: Man shot while answering front door near downtown Houston
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Police-Man-shot-while-answering-front-door-near-downtown-Houson-140488243.html
Coffee Shop Manager Hailed As Hero (no less dead, though...)
http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/3988516.html
22 Carnival cruise ship passengers robbed at gunpoint in Mexico
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/27/22-carnival-cruise-ship-passengers-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-mexico/
Another school shooting, another failure of ‘Gun-free schools’ act
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/another-school-shooting-another-failure-of-gun-free-schools-act
Rep. Chip Cravaack: ‘What if our pilots had been armed on 9/11?’
http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/27/congressman-chip-cravaack-what-if-our-pilots-had-been-armed-on-911/
Redondo Beach double homicide shows no place is safe
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/redondo-beach-double-homicide-shows-no-place-is-safe
Armed Colo. doc helps others flee from gunman
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=1904237
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Wild animals:

Indian leopard attack shows anti-human nature of ‘gun control’ (2012)
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/indian-leopard-attack-shows-anti-human-nature-of-gun-control
Pack of wild dogs believed to have killed Ga. couple (2009)
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/081909/nat_483210456.shtml
Lubbock ready to address dog attacks (2008)
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021908/loc_248420847.shtml
Dog attack concerns growing in Lubbock (2008)
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/022408/loc_250419027.shtml
KCBD-Lubbock category for dangerous dog attacks
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/category.asp?C=128106
List of fatal dog attacks in the United States (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States

You should just do kung-fu, run away, or call 911:

GA Woman Kills Would Be Rapist With .22 Pistol (Atlanta, GA)
He surprised and assaulted her as she exited the shower
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/video/ga-woman-kills-would-be-rapist/
FL 82 Year Old Homeowner Shoots & Kills Mask Man w/ WW2 Gun
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/fl-82-year-old-homeowner-shoots-kills-mask-man-w-ww2-gun/
11 Year Old Girl Defends Home with .22 Rifle (2010)
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/video/11-year-old-girl-defends-home-with-22-rifle/
CA Businessman Kills Five Gang Members In Multiple Attacks
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/ca-businessman-kills-five-gang-members-in-multiple-attacks/
PA Mother Shoots, Kills Armed Robber Who Was Attacking Her Son
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/pa-mother-shoots-kills-armed-robber-who-was-attacking-her-son/
http://www.kctv5.com/story/16583012/gun-packing-woman-turns-tables-on-home-invasion-robbers
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Wilmington-police-Jogger-hit-raped-in-alley-2445573.php
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-charlotte/n-c-legislators-must-act-now-to-stop-restaurant-homicide
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/26/pennsylvania-man-65-fatally-shoots-teen-who-pushed-him-off-bicycle/ (note: and then assaulted and tried to rob him)

Children are too young to be around guns:

11 Year Old Girl Defends Home with .22 Rifle (2010)
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/video/11-year-old-girl-defends-home-with-22-rifle/
Son Uses Dad’s AR-15 To Defend Home (2010)
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/video/son-uses-dads-ar-15-to-defend-home/
"We don't try to hide things from our children... in law enforcement." -- Lt. Jeffrey Stauber, Harris County Sheriff's Office
11 Year Old Texas Boy Shoots Home Invaders, Defends Mother (2010)
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/video/11-year-old-boy-shoots-home-invaders-defends-mother-in-tx-2010/
Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/23/phoenix-boy-14-shoots-armed-intruder-while-watching-three-younger-siblings/

Amanda Fortini (2012:Jan.12). "Should I Buy a Gun? After falling victim to a string of traumatic crimes, Amanda Fortini considers a controversial means of protection," Elle Magazine.
http://www.elle.com/Life-Love/Society-Career-Power/Should-I-Buy-a-Gun
Tueller Drill: How Close is Too Close When Faced with an Attacker?
http://www.guns.com/danger-zone-how-close-is-too-close-when-faced-with-an-attacker.html
How will CeaseFire spin this? Homicide no longer among leading death causes
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/how-will-ceasefire-spin-this-homicide-no-longer-among-leading-death-causes
More and more women embracing gun ownership
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57348612/more-and-more-women-embracing-gun-ownership/
Concealed-Carry Myths
http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/18228/concealed-carry-myths/
School Shootings – You Can’t Sterilize The World
http://www.ammoland.com/2012/02/28/school-shootings-you-cant-sterilize-the-world/

Woodworking Projects

Home Improvement:

http://learning-to-b-me.blogspot.com/2011/03/cabinet-diy-completed-and-tutorial.html