Fishing Sea

I want to use 1/2, and 3/4 oz titanium spinnerbaits with a bent arm to fish for pike. I am seeking a sturdier and more permanent solution than orthodontic rubberbands.

Youdon't need a steel leader with spinner blades or buzz baits

2007-10-13 08:16:36 by dbone1507

TITAN VIRTUE SERIES TITANIUM FISHING LEADER - 13" 100LBS. TEST

I know, I know, Optimus Prime is THE Autobot leader, period, but wasn't Rodimus at least a better leader than Ultra Magnus? By the way, if you DO like Rodimus Prime - What do you think of the new toy of him in the Titanium series? I bought him and I think he's pretty cool... brings back memories...

As Hot Rod, he was a great character... The 'Prime' mantle never really sat well on him, it seemed to make him more of a cookie-cutter character. He lost the edge that made him Hot Rod. And I never understood Rodimus' transformation... as Hot Rod, he was a Cybertronian souped-up hot rod (for lack of a better word) but when he was converted into Rodimus Prime, he transformed into a Cybertronian RV?!? (I mean, if he wasn't, he sure LOOKED like an RV!)

2007-02-16 18:59:06 by Anime Fan

Short Story

“Get that gun truck moving men! We’re on a schedule here!” Sergeant Kayter ordered his men. The Sergeant was a well-built man at 35-years-old that was no more than five foot 11 inches. He had the stiff face of a man with a lot of experience, and showed it in his work. He wore a bulletproof vest and held a M16 2 in his hand at all times. He had the stern voice of a leader, one that was never questioned by his fellow troops.
“Yes sir!” a nearby private answered.
It was 2008, during the presidency of George Bush, at a time where the United States was at war with the Middle East. Here, we find Sergeant Kayter in the middle of Baghdad, one of the major cities in Iraq, searching for weapons of mass destruction and keeping the peace. They had been 5 years into the war, and along the way, lost many American lives at the hands of terrorists. Sergeant Kayter had been there sine the beginning of the war, when President Bush had sent him in 2003 to be a leader among the American troops in Iraq. As the leader, he was to bring down terror and finally establish peace among the people of the country so his troops could finally be sent home. So far, the troops had been maintaining the peace for some time, and in a few months, they would pack up and move back to America. At the moment, Sergeant Kayter and some forces were getting ready to drive through Sadr City to scout the area. Sergeant Kayter and members of Alpha squad boarded the Gun Truck. The big armored vehicle was dark black, built from bulletproof titanium material. Between the driver and passenger seat, stood a turret. The back of the truck opened up to two rows of seats where the troops would sit. Above them was another turret surrounded by metal plates for protection. The other marines took their place in the three armored cars available. They were soon off with the Gun Truck escorting the three armored cars. They had been on the road for half an hour, and in another ten minutes they would arrive at Sadr City.
“Damn! I’m starving. Can’t wait to get back home to eat real food!” An African American solider said.
“Hell yeah. I can’t wait to get back home in Illinois to see my little son. I missed his birth because I was here in Iraq.” A tall white man at the end of a row responded.
“Aw! That sucks! Man I got no kids! Just me and myself. I find it quite nice.” A Spanish man laughed.
“So boss, what do you miss the most?” The white soldier asked.
Everyone turned their attention to Sergeant Kayer. He looked back at them all in silence. He then put his hands on his face and let his head fall down to rest against his chest in thought. He was about to answer but was cut short by a loud blast as a dozen bullets blasted through the driver’s window. The driver was shot back into his chair as blood burst from his body splattering onto the windows and staining the chair he sat on. The soldiers all stared in shock.
“We got hostiles inbound! We’re being ambushed! Lock and load soldiers!!” Sergeant Kayter announced.
He could hear the gunfire going on outside the armored car and explosions taking apart the ground around them. The sergeant pressed on his headset and began speaking.
“Charlie team! Niner Team! We’re under attack!” Kayter yelled into the headset.
“Copy that Alpha Team! We’re returning fire! We’re surrounded on all sides! Givin-” Niner team responded but was cut short. Sergeant Kayter took a glance out of one of the windows in the gun truck and saw the armored car, in which Niner Team was inside, explode. Alpha team opened the back of the truck and dispersed around the car starting to fire at the enemies shooting at them. Sergeant Kayter followed his squad and did the same. Charlie team was doing their best to hold the enemies off, but it wasn’t enough. Bullets were shot from every side killing the team’s members almost instantly as they were blasted down with machine gun bullets. Kayter’s squad was the last one left. He returned fire at his enemies, and in the next second a teammate of his was shot down. Kayter looked down in dismay to see that he was the man whom missed his son’s birth.
“We need a medicccc!!” Sergeant Kayter yelled as he tried to drag the body to safety behind the car, but as he did so, a few dozen more bullets flew into the injured man’s crippled body, killing him. The sergeant turned around in fear, watching as each of his teammates were shot down one by one, until the last one was finally brought to an end. He tried his best to hold them off by himself, but it was no use. He was shot numerous times in the back and leg and could no longer shoot the gun anymore. He turned around and was knocked out as one of the terrorists hit him on the head with the back of his gun. Sergeant Kayter closed his eyes as he hit the floor.
Nothing.

Back at America at a private military base, a general received what would be his last Intel . This general was Conner George, a leading strategist and officer of the military for ove

I think it is a great reflection of what we have gone through. A+

2008-11-02 14:34:07 by shnarbis b

The answers to what you are searching for will be found here



William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate - Pardongate

Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed.

DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct.

Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings.

Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.

James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments.

Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.

Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..

Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.

Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison.

Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison.

Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.

George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison.

Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.

John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator

Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page.

James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997.

Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.

Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000.

Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison

Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.

John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison

Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland.

Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges.

Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison.

Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.

Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.

Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts.

Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.

Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours.

Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.

Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors.

David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.

Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.

Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.

Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.

Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner.

Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI.

James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.

John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement and three years of probation.

Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison.

David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.

John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine

Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.

Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement.

Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute

Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison.

Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.

David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.

James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.

Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.

William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty to one felony count and sentenced to probation.

Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.

Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.

Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office.

Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.

Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.

Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.

Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use

Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.

Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.

Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.

Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.

Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000.

George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government.

Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury

Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.

Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.

Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker - received a two-year term for tax evasion.

Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.

Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
Or is it the Clinton, what ever you can get away with mentality?

What they will do is to point at the one conservative that messes up and say it all is equal, versus looking at the quantitative numbers and then do an analysis.

so 1 = that entire list.

Talk about fuzzy math.

2007-10-17 08:16:10 by Dr.NO

Finding a cure for a disease is a task for highly trained research scientists, right? Not always! Four teenaged girls from Vancouver have challenged the belief that only adults make medical breakthroughs. They’ve created an award-winning idea that may someday
improve life for many people.
Patricia Lau, Robin Massel, Olivia Maginley, and Katie Mogan are grade nine students at Point Grey Mini School. Their invention won top place in their division of Toshiba’s ExploraVision contest for 1999. This competition asks young inventors to select an area of research that has meaning in their own lives—such as medicine or the environment—then to design an invention. The hope is that the invention could actually be built by the year 2020, as technology advances.
The four teens decided to develop a treatment for osteoporosis, a disease in which a person’s bones become brittle and fragile.
Osteoporosis is most common among older women, and Robin Massel’s grandmother has the condition. Watching someone she loved begin to break bones helped Robin realize how important it“Osteoporosis is a major problem. As females we’re at high risk to get it some day,” says Patricia Lau. “As well, 1999 was named the
Year of the Elderly by the United Nations.”
Although they chose to tackle a very difficult problem, the girls
insist they had a fantastic time working on the project.
Robin organized the team. Her group had won second place the
previous year, and she was determined to make another try for the
top prize. In September, 1998, she asked three friends to join her.
Olivia is a talented writer who helped with the research and writing. Katie provided the illustrations for the storyboards they submitted with their entry, and Patricia designed the computer graphics. Robin’s previous experience earned her the role of group leader. Recognizing each other’s strengths contributed to the team’s success.
The would-be inventors haunted libraries, probed the Internet, and even obtained advice from a medical specialist. But some of their greatest support came from closer to home. Robin’s mother, Lynn Massel, acted as community sponsor for the group. A science teacher herself, she oversaw their meetings every Friday and helped them direct their research. She suggested the girls break up their project into tasks that could be more easily managed.
The team’s science and math teacher, John O’Connor, was also on hand with guidance and support. Point Grey Mini School is home to many innovative projects supervised by Mr. O’Connor. He gives particular praise to this group of students.
“Intellectual ability is not enough,” he remarks. “The students
who really succeed also have to be self-directed and tolerant of each
other. This team had those qualities.”
Keeping the project on track wasn’t always easy. Finding time to meet presented a challenge. The teens also discovered that inventing involves trial, error, and yet more trial. Sometimes the ideas they came up with just wouldn’t work.
“We originally thought of using plastic to harden the bones,” says
Patricia. “But when we found out plastic would be rejected by the
body, we had to come up with something else.”
So what did the four girls invent? It’s a high-tech solution called
WEBS (Woven Engineered Bone System).
“We, the scientists, are very excited to present WEBS to you at this press conference. It took many years of research and collaboration to come up with this technology. We made major breakthroughs to create the WEBS. The titanium alloy Tibond was created to be magnetic, and form very strong bonds once in the correct position. We created Cartigel as the vehicle for Tibond to move to the inside of the porous bone. Our next challenge was the Spider, which photographed the inside of the bone, and then created a force field to line the Tibond in the three-dimensional web position, and finally fixed the WEBS in place. This slide shows the amazing WEBS in the bone.”
;1]Here’s how their treatment should work—when the medical technology of the future catches up.
First, a substance the girls call “cartigel” is injected into a patient with osteoporosis. Cartigel contains special material to harden bones. The patient then steps into a tubular chamber called a “spider.” The spider is hooked up to a computer, which reveals an image of the inside of the patient’s bones. An electromagnetic field around the spider puts the cartigel into place. Finally, a low-voltage electrical current transforms the cartigel into a solid, three-dimensional web inside the bones. When the patient exits the spider chamber, he or she has stronger bones.
In spite of the cheering sections at home and school, the process of creating something new took its toll on the girls. They began the project in early October. By winter, their red-hot enthusiasm had cooled. But they persevered and were ready to submit their idea in early February. When they learned it had won the regional level of the competition, excitement spurred them on.
The next step was to create a video about their WEBS invention. They had six weeks to do it. Showing yet more creative flair, they decided to film themselves playing the roles of characters who discover a cure for osteoporosis! Then there was nothing to do but wait —until they found out that they were the winners. In early June, the girls flew to Washington, D.C. with their families and teacher to accept their award. Each girl received $10 000. The money will go toward further education, but the experience they gained has no price tag.
The competition sponsor now owns their idea, which may be used in the future. “We don’t think it will happen exactly as we described it in our project. Scientists may actually get it to work another way,” Patricia comments.
According to the girls, being young can be an advantage when it comes to inventing. When you’re fifteen, or thirteen, or eleven, you believe that anything is still possible. An open mind allows a free flow of new ideas.
“We’re naive, and that can be an advantage,” says Katie. “If you
want to create something, just go for it. It’s a lot of fun.”
“If you have an idea,” echoes Patricia, “don’t let anyone stop you
from trying it. Follow your dreams.”
1. RESPONDING TO THE ARTICLE
a. With a partner, create a list of what you think are the key reasons for the girls’ success.
b. What motivated the girls to develop their specific invention? What aspects of the girls’ submission do you think would have captured the interest of the
contest judges?
c. Do you think that the girls would have achieved as much working individually? Explain. Have you ever been part of an effective team?
What made your team work well? What could your team have done better?
2. VISUAL COMMUNICATION CREATE DIAGRAMS
In a small group, make a list of common diseases and disabilities. Together, brainstorm ideas for an invention that would help a person who is coping with one of those diseases or disabilities. (You might want to do some general research about the disease or disability first.) When you have come up with your invention, draw diagrams that illustrate what it might look like and explain how it would work. Label your diagrams carefully and write captions for them. Present your invention to the class, using your visuals to help you communicate your ideas.
Before you make your presentation, look carefully at your diagrams. Do they clearly show how your invention works? Is there enough detail in each diagram? Are your labels and captions easy to read and understand? If necessary, revise your diagrams to make them more effective.
3. MEDIA DRAFT INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Imagine that you are a journalist who has been asked to write an in-depth magazine article about the girls’ invention. You have arranged to interview the four inventors so you can gather information for your article. What questions would you ask? Reread the article, especially the parts in which the invention is described. Draft the ten questions that would best help you learn about all the different aspects of the invention. Give each question a specific focus so the response will provide the details you need.

Do your own homework.

400.

2008-03-05 03:57:14 by Regiona ast

Finding a cure for a disease is a task for highly trained research scientists, right? Not always! Four teenaged girls from Vancouver have challenged the belief that only adults make medical breakthroughs. They’ve created an award-winning idea that may someday
improve life for many people.
Patricia Lau, Robin Massel, Olivia Maginley, and Katie Mogan are grade nine students at Point Grey Mini School. Their invention won top place in their division of Toshiba’s ExploraVision contest for 1999. This competition asks young inventors to select an area of research that has meaning in their own lives—such as medicine or the environment—then to design an invention. The hope is that the invention could actually be built by the year 2020, as technology advances.
The four teens decided to develop a treatment for osteoporosis, a disease in which a person’s bones become brittle and fragile.
Osteoporosis is most common among older women, and Robin Massel’s grandmother has the condition. Watching someone she loved begin to break bones helped Robin realize how important it was to find a remedy.
“Osteoporosis is a major problem. As females we’re at high risk to get it some day,” says Patricia Lau. “As well, 1999 was named the
Year of the Elderly by the United Nations.”
Although they chose to tackle a very difficult problem, the girls
insist they had a fantastic time working on the project.
Robin organized the team. Her group had won second place the
previous year, and she was determined to make another try for the
top prize. In September, 1998, she asked three friends to join her.
Olivia is a talented writer who helped with the research and writing. Katie provided the illustrations for the storyboards they submitted with their entry, and Patricia designed the computer graphics. Robin’s previous experience earned her the role of group leader. Recognizing each other’s strengths contributed to the team’s success.
The would-be inventors haunted libraries, probed the Internet, and even obtained advice from a medical specialist. But some of their greatest support came from closer to home. Robin’s mother, Lynn Massel, acted as community sponsor for the group. A science teacher herself, she oversaw their meetings every Friday and helped them direct their research. She suggested the girls break up their project into tasks that could be more easily managed.
The team’s science and math teacher, John O’Connor, was also on hand with guidance and support. Point Grey Mini School is home to many innovative projects supervised by Mr. O’Connor. He gives particular praise to this group of students.
“Intellectual ability is not enough,” he remarks. “The students
who really succeed also have to be self-directed and tolerant of each
other. This team had those qualities.”
Keeping the project on track wasn’t always easy. Finding time to meet presented a challenge. The teens also discovered that inventing involves trial, error, and yet more trial. Sometimes the ideas they came up with just wouldn’t work.
“We originally thought of using plastic to harden the bones,” says
Patricia. “But when we found out plastic would be rejected by the
body, we had to come up with something else.”
So what did the four girls invent? It’s a high-tech solution called WEBS. “We, the scientists, are very excited to present WEBS to you at this press conference. It took many years of research and collaboration to come up with this technology. We made major breakthroughs to create the WEBS. The titanium alloy Tibond was created to be magnetic, and form very strong bonds once in the correct position. We created Cartigel as the vehicle for Tibond to move to the inside of the porous bone. Our next challenge was the Spider, which photographed the inside of the bone, and then created a force field to line the Tibond in the three-dimensional web position, and finally fixed the WEBS in place. This slide shows the amazing WEBS in the bone.”
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WEBS (Woven Engineered Bone System).
Here’s how their treatment should work—when the medical technology of the future catches up.
First, a substance the girls call “cartigel” is injected into a patient with osteoporosis. Cartigel contains special material to harden bones. The patient then steps into a tubular chamber called a “spider.” The spider is hooked up to a computer, which reveals an image of the inside of the patient’s bones. An electromagnetic field around the spider puts the cartigel into place. Finally, a low-voltage electrical current transforms the cartigel into a solid, three-dimensional web inside the bones. When the patient exits the spider chamber, he or she has stronger bones.
In spite of the cheering sections at home and school, the process of creating something new took its toll on the girls. They began the project in early October. By winter, their red-hot enthusiasm had cooled. But they persevered and were ready to submit their idea in early February. When they learned it had won the regional level of the competition, excitement spurred them on.
The next step was to create a video about their WEBS invention. They had six weeks to do it. Showing yet more creative flair, they decided to film themselves playing the roles of characters who discover a cure for osteoporosis! Then there was nothing to do but wait —until they found out that they were the winners. In early June, the girls flew to Washington, D.C. with their families and teacher to accept their award. Each girl received $10 000. The money will go toward further education, but the experience they gained has no price tag.
The competition sponsor now owns their idea, which may be used in the future. “We don’t think it will happen exactly as we described it in our project. Scientists may actually get it to work another way,” Patricia comments.
According to the girls, being young can be an advantage when it comes to inventing. When you’re fifteen, or thirteen, or eleven, you believe that anything is still possible. An open mind allows a free flow of new ideas.
“We’re naive, and that can be an advantage,” says Katie. “If you
want to create something, just go for it. It’s a lot of fun.”
“If you have an idea,” echoes Patricia, “don’t let anyone stop you
from trying it. Follow your dreams.”
1. RESPONDING TO THE ARTICLE
a. With a partner, create a list of what you think are the key reasons for the girls’ success.
b. What motivated the girls to develop their specific invention? What aspects of the girls’ submission do you think would have captured the interest of the
contest judges?
c. Do you think that the girls would have achieved as much working individually? Explain. Have you ever been part of an effective team?
What made your team work well? What could your team have done better?
2. VISUAL COMMUNICATION CREATE DIAGRAMS
In a small group, make a list of common diseases and disabilities. Together, brainstorm ideas for an invention that would help a person who is coping with one of those diseases or disabilities. (You might want to do some general research about the disease or disability first.) When you have come up with your invention, draw diagrams that illustrate what it might look like and explain how it would work. Label your diagrams carefully and write captions for them. Present your invention to the class, using your visuals to help you communicate your ideas.
Before you make your presentation, look carefully at your diagrams. Do they clearly show how your invention works? Is there enough detail in each diagram? Are your labels and captions easy to read and understand? If necessary, revise your diagrams to make them more effective.
3. MEDIA DRAFT INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Imagine that you are a journalist who has been asked to write an in-depth magazine article about the girls’ invention. You have arranged to interview the four inventors so you can gather information for your article. What questions would you ask? Reread the article, especially the parts in which the invention is described. Draft the ten questions that would best help you learn about all the different aspects of the invention. Give each question a specific focus so the response will provide the details you need.

That is some raw audacity. Not even asking for help, but just for some stranger to completely do your homework for you. Not only that, but also to post the question in a forum completely unrelated to the topic (although I wouldn't be surprised to find this pasted into many forums hoping for an answer)

2008-03-05 23:29:20 by Queen B