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Milt Wagner was a star guard for the University of Louisville from 1981 to 1986. He was a starter on the 1986 National Championship team, on the 1983 Final Four team and was also on the 1982 Final Four team. Wagner scored 1,836 points in his UofL career, good for sixth on the all-time list. He also won an NBA Championship with the LA Lakers in 1988. The original member of the Camden Connection, Wagner starred at Camden High School in Camden, New Jersey. In 1984, Wagner suffered a broken foot in UofL's second game. His son, Dajuan, starred at Memphis and was the sixth pick in the 2002 NBA draft by Cleveland.
Was your injury in 1984 the exact same injury that Mangok Mathiang suffered?
Yes, for me it was the fifth metatarsal that I broke in my foot. It's unfortunate to happen at this time, but he should have time to come back. The way technology is now you can get him back.
Your injury happened in the second game of the season and you ended up redshirting. Could you have returned that season?
We were pretty much going to play it by ear. I was going to try to come back, and hopefully we were going to make the tournament that year and I was going to try to come back tournament time, but that didn't happen. My decision was to try to put myself in the draft and take a chance on people not knowing if I was back healthy or not, or take another year to come back to prove to people that I'm able to go and 100 percent. I think it was the best decision of my life. I was able to show them that I was 100 percent and then, again, I was able to win a National Championship by coming back. It was the best decision of my life.
How long of a recovery process was it for you? Did it take some time to get over it mentally?
Yes, it was more mental than anything. I felt like I was 100 percent. I had no pain in it or anything. It's just that my timing was off as far as my game. The shots I normally make I wasn't making. I just had to pretty much get my timing back. At the beginning of the year, I struggled. I think I started out shooting 32 percent from the field and you know, we were still winning, but I was struggling as a player. As the season went on, I started getting my rhythm back, and by the middle of season, I was back to my old form. And we made that run to win the National Championship that year.
Can you believe it's been 30 years?
Wow, I know, that's something. It seems like it was yesterday.
When you think back to that season, what memories come to the forefront?
I just look at our journey. We had some young guys. We had a freshman center in Pervis Ellison, and me and Billy and Jeff Hall and Robbie Valentine were the seniors so we had a lot of experience coming back. I came back knowing that we had a special group of guys. That was one of the reasons I came back. I knew I had a chance to win a National Championship with the guys we had coming back and the freshmen we had coming in with Pervis Ellison, Kenny Payne, Kevin Walls and Tony Kimbro. Just the growing with each other through that season. I think that was the most special thing. I think me being out the previous year helped our team also because guys had played more than they normally would have played. Guys got a lot of experience for that next year.
You had heard all the talk, the back and forth from UofL and UK fans about which team is better. What are your memories about the "Dream Game†and that Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1983?
Well, when I first got here, I always heard about the rivals, and I knew we never played each other. The only way we would play would be to meet each other in the tournament. I never really felt how strong that rivalry really was until that Dream Game when we knew we had a chance to play them if we kept winning and they kept winning. We beat Arkansas and they beat Indiana, and once we met for that game, then you got to really feel how strong that rivalry was. It was unbelievable, and the way that it was played, it was just perfect. It went to overtime, and after that we just took over. I think Jim Master should have just missed that shot in regulation because after that, we just kind of hit the afterburners and it was a great game.
Was that even a different level of intensity than you experienced in any other game?
I never felt any pressure like that, as far as playing any game in my life. The intensity and then it was to get to the Final Four also. It wasn't just playing against UK – also you were able to get to the Final Four if you won. There was a lot on the table. The way the game was played was perfect. It was a great game – both teams fought – but we were able to pull it off.
That next season, you opened with UK, a 65-44 loss, but came back in the NCAA tournament and gave them a game, a 72-67 in the Sweet 16 in Rupp Arena. What do you remember about those?
They got us early in the year because we normally peaked later in the year. On those Denny Crum teams, we would start off slow at the beginning of the year, but by tournament time, we were playing some of the best ball in the country. They got us pretty good the first game and we met them in the tournament and they just had a few more plays at the end to beat us.
You are back in Louisville now, what are you doing?
I am working with a nonprofit community dental program, and I am the community outreach director for them. I go out to the Jefferson County Public Schools, daycares and community centers and we provide free dental screenings for the kids. And we also educate them about dental health.
Is there another Wagner who might be the best of the family?
Yes, I have a grandson who's 10 and his name is DJ, Dajuan, Junior, and he has a chance to be better than both of us actually. He is doing some things at 10-years-old that you don't really see in a 10-year-old. He already has that desire and that intensity level. He just wants to go out there compete, and he's already a Louisville fan so you better watch out. VT


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39 comments:
- Kate said...
I am going to vote the drinks option - get to now her and see if she is normal!
Good luck
Kate x
- December 18, 2009
- Toni said...
I agree with Kate, it's never a good idea to take a girl to the movies on a first date. Go to a pub with a pool table, that way you can impress her with your skills.
Anyway you don't have to hit the Coronas. You know, you don't need alcohol to have a good time...How am I trying to fool, break out the booze, some Ketamine, a little crack and get battered. Just remember, NO means NO. No matter how much she begs for it.
- December 18, 2009
- Beautiful but Grumpy said...
Pool sounds like a sexy option. The only danger is how she would take loosing. Or you could have a bet beforehand?... That's sexy too.
- December 18, 2009
- Dr Michael Anderson said...
Well I stand corrected.
Drinks get my vote too
- December 18, 2009
- Bamberio said...
Playing pool is my preferred option for a first date:
Drinks, a bit of healthy competition, opportunities to chalk your cue in a suggetive manner and also the ability to subtly check out your date's arse as they bend over to take a shot.
Then if you really are kicking her (apparently sexy) arse, you can retire to the bar area and imbibe some intoxicating liquor to oil the wheels of romance.
Or something.
Good luck!
- December 18, 2009
- Keren David said...
Cinema then drinks. Then you have something to talk about.
- December 18, 2009
- Pete said...
Thats what I think of the text - Total hunk???
Come on Fishy...
I reckon a nice dinner somewhere is a good call good luck dude
- December 18, 2009
- Little Sophie said...
I think I'm going to go with drinks here.
It kind of lowers the first date presure.
Pool is also a good option, but only if you don't trash her.
Girls generaly don't like it if they're brutaly beaten in any game.
Especially on a first date.
You don't have to let her win, she will know it when you do, but give her a chance to defend herself.
And don't brag about winning, you will never see her again if you do...
- December 18, 2009
- RenRexx said...
the pub. I personally can't have great conversation and play well (kind of like walking and chewing gum at the same time) but it gave me and this one guy a real fun time taking turns asking questions as we took our shots at the table.
- December 18, 2009
- Hunter said...
Pub and pool. Throw a game or two and hustle her. Maybe make a bet for date #2 if all is going well...
- December 18, 2009
- Sparkless said...
I'd pick the supper out with drinks. And if the supper goes well you can go out to the pub afterwards.
- December 18, 2009
- Meenakshi said...
Pub to impress, then drinks to know her better..
All the very best !
- December 18, 2009
- Claire said...
Pub is my vote. Cinema is not a good idea for a first date.
- December 18, 2009
- Miss OverThinker said...
My first option would be drinks - would loosen the two of you up so that the conversations are more easy flowing - I guess it has worked for me..
- December 18, 2009
- MorganBTWS said...
I say Christmas markets! I have no idea what that is, but it sounds wonderful.
Unless it's the equivalent to mall, in which case that could be really boring. So if it is, I say pool and pub. Nothing wrong with that at all.
- December 18, 2009
- Skye Blue said...
Pub and then pool.
Loosen her up with some drinks and then wow her with your talent, which may increase your chances of a second date.
- December 18, 2009
- Sarah said...
My votes (in order)
Christmas Markets
:) Have fun
- December 18, 2009
- Plentymorefishoutofwater said...
Looks like pool and pub are winning. Not sure I'll be able to stop myself rubbing it in if I win though Little Sophie.
Thanks for your comments everyone.
- December 18, 2009
- A Daft Scots Lass said...
Drinks is a little impersonal. How about coffee and dessert? A little bit more romantic and you can leave early if she turns out to be a bunny boiler!
- December 18, 2009
- Unknown said...
I vote Pool and Pub, then if she's rotten at pool you can teach her and that can be very sexy. Then maybe take her somewhere cute for coffee and dessert after wards like Gillian suggested...Good luck!
- December 18, 2009
- Aunt Juicebox said...
Drinks maybe, and pool. But even if she invites you back to her place, maybe it would be better if you don't try to score on the very first date. Just sayin'.
- December 18, 2009
- Pandorah's Box said...
Two drinks...THEN pool. It will slow you down a bit and not hamper your er...performance later ;)
- December 18, 2009
- 30-F-London said...
Fabulous news!!
I am going for the drinks option... make her laugh :)
- December 18, 2009
- Rapunzel said...
If that was the actual reply you got to your note, I don't know how to tell you this but it wasn't the hairdresser texting you...
My guess is that it will be you and Mullet Boy going on this date!
- December 18, 2009
- Wynn said...
Totally pool and a beer!
- December 18, 2009
- jgm said...
Defnitely pool.
It'll be guaranteed to be soaked in witty banter.
Good luck.
- December 19, 2009
- Lou said...
A date! That's great news!
Hmmm. Well, at Xmas markets they usually do mulled wine but i'm thinking that's not your drink of choice. So i would go with drinks at a pub or game of pool. Either option, drinks are involved and you can talk.
Just don't talk her to death.
- December 19, 2009
- E's said...
Go play pool at the pub. You can show off your skills a little while acting humble - women go for that. & there are many tacky puns to be made referencing pool sticks, balls, pockets...get creative.
Great blog BTW.
- December 19, 2009
- Chris said...
I'd go with the drinks first, THEN pool. And I'd suggest subtly letting her win a couple times. That's just good form.
- December 19, 2009
- charles burger. said...
I'm going with Kate, the drink option sounds top :).
And if you get too drunk, just make sure she's off her game too. That plan never fails.
The pool idea is unbelievably cute British and I just love it. I would think it's adorable, but I don't know how other British girls think about it.
Good luck with your hairdresser :)
- December 19, 2009
- Shannon said...
i'd go for drinks and pool, and make sure you go easy to start. ideally, get a team situation going and pair up with her! good luck!
- December 19, 2009
- Marc said...
Definitely not the cinema, or as we call it here in the U.S. - the movies. You only go the movies on a first date if your date looks better in a dark theater.
- December 19, 2009
- Soda and Candy said...
Maybe I'm late to this but I advise against "thrashing" her at pool which implies a bit of making sure she knows how badly you beat her. It just seems impolite. That dfoesn't mean you can't play at all though, just maybe don't keep score or at least make sure you are not a "bad winner".
My now-husband taught me how to play pool (as a pair against his friends) and said he didn't care who won as long as we were having fun, in stark contrast to my previous BF who wouldn't let me be on his team because I wasn't any good and he wanted to win.
- December 19, 2009
- Banksy said...
Well whatever you decided on Fishy, I hope all goes well, and it's a successful first date!
- December 19, 2009
- Hater Von G said...
I may be too late, but Id vote drinks.
- December 19, 2009
- Princess T said...
I vote dinner - come on, you're supposed to be wooing her! And for god's sake, offer to pick her up. And bring flowers.
And for the record, do all guys think/hope for sex on the first date? I mean really?! Haha poor suckers who date me...
- December 20, 2009
- Princess T said...
And yes I just realised my comment was after the fact, but I hope whatever you did went well!
- December 20, 2009
- Michael said...
My thing is dinner and drinks, the good restaurants and bars that treat me well, know me well. I think over dinner, you easily can get straight into getting to know the other person. You talk about food, then your mother's cooking, then your hometown and family, and then a bit about difficult career choices, what you do, what you do outside work, and that melts into the venue for drinks. At the bar/pub/club, you may dance, talk about favorite drinks, funny dating experiences, and then MAYBE the... sex stuff.
And that's my cue to stop. That's my formula. It's a bit inappropriate for me to treat all my dates the same, but I found a girl I love in the end. :)
Do you hate it too?
"If you're going through Hell, keep going."
Holy Holism!
- December 20, 2009
- JCON said...
Fish, you are hilarious.
- December 22, 2009

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John Wheeler
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Norbert Wiener
Eugene Wigner
E. O. Wilson
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Robert Bishop
Robert Bishop is a professor at Wheaton College. His research is in the history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of social science, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. He is particularly interested in chaos and complex systems and their philosophical implications. He is the area editor for philosophy of science at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy With Harald Atmanspacher, he is the editor of Between Chance and Choice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Determinism, papers from an international workshop in June, 2001, sponsored by the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene of Freiburg. Also with Atmanspacher, Bishop developed a theory of "contextual emergence," in which the description of properties of a lower level of emergence offers necessary but not sufficient conditions to rigorously describe the properties of the next higher level. The sufficient conditions are provided by "contextual" and contingent conditions. Bishop and Atmanspacher distinguish between levels of description and levels of reality, i.e. between epistemological and ontological frameworks for reduction and emergence. They say:
Broadly speaking, descriptive terms are subjects of epistemological discourse while elements of reality are subjects of ontological discourse. Both types of discourse are used in reductionist and emergentist approaches. The concept of reference establishes a connection between descriptive terms and described elements of reality (leaving aside difficult questions about reference itself). If one wants to have the option of ontic elements at each level of description rather than only at one or a few fundamental levels, a straightforward and strictly reductive scheme for interlevel relations becomes impossible and must be relaxed. The way in which ontic and epistemic descriptions are related to each other motivates contextual emergence as a viable alternative. In order to clearly distinguish between different concepts of reduction and emergence, it is desirable to have a transparent classification scheme, so that the basic characteristics of these concepts can be discussed coherently. A useful approach toward such a classification is based on the role which contingent contexts play in reduction and emergence. More precisely, the way in which necessary and sufficient conditions are assumed in the relation between different levels of description can be used to distinguish four classes of relations:Bishop and Atmanspacher situate contextual emergence in a matrix of related pictures of reductionism and emergence. He says the way in which necessary and sufficient conditions are assumed in the relation between different levels of description can be used to distinguish four classes of relations:
(1) The description of properties at a particular level of description offers both necessary and sufficient conditions to rigorously derive the description of properties at a higher level. This is the strictest possible form of reduction. It was most popular under the influence of positivist thinking in the mid-20th century. (2) The description of properties at a particular level of description offers necessary but not sufficient conditions to derive the description of features at a higher level. This version is called contextual emergence, because contingent contextual conditions are required in addition to the lower-level description for a rigorous derivation of higher-level properties. (3) The description of properties at a particular level of description offers sufficient but not necessary conditions to derive the description of features at a higher level. This version includes the idea that a lower-level description offers multiple realizations of a particular property at a higher level, which is characteristic of supervenience. (4) The description of properties at a particular level of description offers neither necessary nor sufficient conditions to derive the description of properties at a higher level. This represents a form of radical emergence insofar as there are no relevant conditions connecting the two levels whatsoever.


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Time to Speak up!
Just a week ago we celebrated Independence Day, the day that we remember when our founding fathers and mothers threw off the tyranny of foreign empire and declared our nation's independence. It was the birth of a country that is often proud to claim itself to be a Christian nation, though that moniker is itself a myth, for from the very beginning we have been a nation committed to equality without regard to religion … at least in theory. We claim in our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Now, admittedly, we have never succeeded in fully living up to these ideals. It was a long time before women were fully enfranchised and even longer before African-Americans (and one could argue that in some respects they still aren't). There was a time when Roman Catholics received a similar bigoted reception as our Muslim sisters and brothers often do today.
Today we are facing a crisis in our nation that we have not seen in our life-times – and it is NOT a crisis being caused by desperate human beings seeking safety in the land that once offered to "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore." Political ideologies aside, before we are Democrats or Republicans or Independents or any other flavor of party, we are people who call ourselves Christian. In our rite of initiation, by which we received that name, Christian, we promised to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbor as ourselves, to strive for justice and peace among all people, and to respect the dignity of every human being. When the disciples thought that they would shoo the children away, Jesus rebuked them and said, "let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs." When Jesus taught his disciples what it looks like to follow him, he said, "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me." When they asked Jesus when he was any of those things, he said to them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me."
Today on our southern border children are still being torn away from their parents, being locked up in cages, being denied clean clothes, a bed to sleep on, adequate food to eat or water to drink, basic healthcare, the ability to even bathe. These children are sleeping on concrete floors under foil blankets, and as if this is not cruelty enough, now reports are coming out that they are being abused, physically and even sexually. These children are suffering irreparable psychological trauma due a breakdown of a system that is supposed to protect them at every level of government: local, state, and federal. This is not how we treat other human beings. This is not what Jesus meant when he commanded us to love others as we love ourselves.
We believe in a God who created all life, and made each one of us in his likeness and image. When we look into the eyes of those who are being brutally and shamefully detained with no end in sight, we are looking into the eyes of the God who created us. If we are going to call ourselves Christians, then the time has come for us take a stand for those who are being bound, and to speak up for those whose voices are being gagged. These beloved children of God deserve basic human dignity. Can you imagine how desperate these refugees must be to come to our border knowing what awaits them. If these conditions are worth the cost, then just imagine what it must be like where they come from.
I'm not normally one to pick up my picket sign and take to the streets, but these are extraordinary times when common decency, and the spirit of Love that Jesus calls us to follow, is being suffocated. But like the light that shines in the darkness, the darkness shall not overcome it! I invite you to join me Friday evening as we join voices with those all around the world who have committed to stand in the gap and be counted. A Lights for Liberty Vigil will be held in Homewood at Richard D. Irwin Park (18120 Highland Ave.) at 6:00 pm. We will stand in solidarity with those refugees being "housed" in inhumane conditions. Around 7:00 p.m. this Vigil will move to Kankakee where hundreds are being detained, right here in our own Deanery. The Kankakee Vigil begins at 7:30 p.m. near the gazebo in downtown (250 S. Schuyler Ave.). I am told that candles will be provided, but the organizers are asking that you bring your own sign. My Brothers and Sisters, we have been blessed with a voice. Let's find a way to use it. Please, if you cannot attend tomorrow evening, write a real letter to your Senators and Representatives. Let us flood the halls with Congress with letters expressing our dismay and righteous anger.
May the same Spirit of God that led the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt, also lead us.
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Dr Orner has served 9 years in the Army Reserves as a biomedical engineer and has worked in healthcare management, marketing, and IT roles for the past 20 years. Past experiences include Operations Manager, Manager of Governance, and Manager of Clinical Engineering with a large non-profit healthcare organization with responsibility for 15 hospitals and 200 medical clinics. His background also includes holding the title of National Director of Field Service and the Technical Assistance Center for a medical device manufacturer with over 100 employees reporting directly and indirectly to him. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, he has been an online adjunct since 2006.
Dr. Orner holds a PhD in Business Administration, MBA in Marketing, MS in Information Technology Management, and a BS in Individualized Studies. He also completed a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Risk Management from the University of Florida and Six Sigma Lean training at the University of South Florida. He also holds multiple IT and process improvement certifications including Lean Bronze Certification, Six Sigma Green Belt, SCRUM Open, MTA, MCSE, MCSA, Network+, A+, Server+, Security+, i-Net+, Healthcare IT Technician, Project+, and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) - Supply Chain Management Principles.


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Wood, stone, bone and shells collide in this colossal meeting of nature and technology.
Berlin-based producer Fis shifts focus back to his home of New Zealand for Clear Stones, a collaborative album with veteran Māori sound artist Rob Thorne due next month on Subtext.
The album was born from sessions at Berlin's Red Bull studios where the pair recorded Thorne's many taonga pūoro (or "singing treasures"), traditional Māori instruments made from wood, stone, bone and shells.
Instruments like the Pūtātara (conch horn), Pūrerehua (bullroarer) and Tumutumu Kōhatu (stone percussion) were mixed into the noise-dub swirl that Fis has honed on releases like 2016's excellent From Pattern To Details (one of our top 20 albums of the year)
No music has been released yet, but we're willing to bet this thing will sound very heavy and even heavier once the two head out for some exclusive live dates. You can find those through a distorted audio announcement released by Subtext.
Clear Stones is out May 5. Take a look at the artwork and tracklist below.
01. 'Tor 201'
02. 'Front Ear'
03. 'Wooden Lung'
04. 'Glurn Herrin'
05. 'Whakauruuru'
06. 'Phase Transition'
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By Matthew E. Milliken
July 8, 2013
This summer, I signed up for Improv 101, a class in improvisational comedy offered by DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro, N.C. I had a lot of different reasons for doing so. Among them: I wanted to try something different; I wanted to do something funny; I wanted to explore my sense of humor; I wanted to meet new people; I wanted to get better at speaking off the cuff; I wanted to give a spark to my creative side.
Comedy, especially improvisational comedy, is a creative activity, of course. But something that surprised me was just how much the techniques our teacher, Brandon Holmes, taught us have in common with what I might have learned in a fiction writing class.
The fundamental tenet of improvisational comedy is "Yes, and —" which characterizes the improvisational comedian's ideal response. For instance, if one character, or actor, or comedian, were to say, "You owe me five bucks for the bet you lost to me last week," an excellent response might be "Yes, and I also promised to clean out your grandmother's basement," or "Yes, and I also owe my bookie $5,000 because of that big bet I put on Winnipeg to win the Super Bowl."
The point of "Yes, and —" is to keep a scene flowing and developing. A lot of the humor in improvisational comedy comes not from specific jokes made by the performers but from the additional details and twists that appear when "Yes, and —" adds layers to the scene.
"Yes, and —" initially seemed to have little in common with any of the principles of fiction writing. But later it occurred to me that "Yes, and —" is the improv comedy equivalent of ratcheting up tension. (Only the point in improv is to increase the potential for humor, not dramatic tension.)
A lot of the other guidelines Brandon taught us in Improv 101 correspond more directly to fiction-writing tips. He encouraged us to make choices and create details about the characters and the scene.
For instance: We should give a name to the other person (or people) in the scene. We should state the relationships of the characters. Our character should have some sort of goal — say, to take a road trip or to get out of doing a task. Conceive of an emotion or feeling the character is experiencing, such as joy, pain or hunger.
Brandon also encouraged us to think up details about the environment in which the scene is taking place. Are the characters interacting in a cave, with stalagmites, stalactites and dripping water? a haunted house, with cobwebs and eerie paintings? a grocery store, with aisles and displays full of produce and other foodstuffs?
These are all details that can drive and guide and shape a improvised scene. And these are all items that a novelist or short story writer might conceive and elaborate upon in various scenes throughout her narrative.
I love finding connections between seemingly disparate things. And even though I knew both improvisational comedy and fiction writing to be creative endeavors, I didn't realize how much these two activities can parallel one another.
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The kit demonstrates using the IDT ZWIR4512 6LoWPAN Low-Power Wireless Module to communicate humidity, temperature, and flow sensor measurement data to the kit's 6LoWPAN-WiFi Hub, which functions as a WiFi hub, allowing a linked device to display and graph the measured data in real time. The kit's Hub can also link to an end-user's WiFi hub, which also allows any network device to display and graph the data in a web browser.
The kit's Hub also permits sending the measurements to Amazon® Web Services with all the required permissions and setup of the data to be viewed worldwide. The end-user only needs an Amazon Web Service account. The SDAWIR03 kit uses the IDT HS3001 Humidity and Temperature Sensor and the FS2012 Flow Sensor for the measurements.
The sensors are mounted in a 5cm clear plastic cube that contains a ZWIR4512 Wireless Module to communicate with the Hub. The 6LoWPAN-WiFi Hub and the Sensor Cube are powered by a separate AC/DC wall mount adapter. If using only the HS3001, it can be powered from coin cell batteries. The Hub utilizes a Raspberry PI Zero W to provide the WiFi hub function interfaced to the ZWIR4512 Wireless Module. The Hub uses the Raspbian LXDE Lightweight Desktop Environment, which is a Debian-based computer operating system for the Raspberry Pi.
Many of the Hub functions are written in Python. The Hub microSD card is fully loaded and ready for operation. The Sensor Cubes use the software modules provided with the IDT ZWIR4512 6LoWPAN radio module. The sensor interface is either I2C or an analog voltage. The Cube can be expanded to operate other 3.3V I2C capable sensors.
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Prize: Wireless Flow Rate, Humidity & Temp Sensing Kit
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by  swathic  on Jul 2, 2019
Introduction: The SDAWIR evaluation kit using the 6LoWPAN ZWIR4512 low power wireless module to communicate humidity, temperature, and flow sensor measurement data to the kit's 6LoWPAN-WiFi hub is used in the present project. The hub functions as WiFi hub, allowing a linked device to display and graph the measured data in real time in Smartphone or on PC with http://demo.isg. For more details on product visit to the URL https://www.idt.com/products/interface-connectivity/6lowpan-wireless-modules/sdawir-wireless-flow-rate-humidity-and-temperature-sensing-evaluation-kit In the present work, my aim was to sense the water flow rate to supply water for the plants by the drip method. If the plant is small it requires less quantity, if the plant is growing accordingly water should be...
by  aspork42  on Apr 24, 2019
About this kit: This is an evaluation kit from a company call IDT designed to get some IDT hardware in the hands of engineers to build new products around. It features two main modules - one as a base station and one as a remote sensing station. The base station is a RaspberryPi Zero W with a custom hat (expansion board) featuring a low powered wireless chip, the ZWIR4512. The remote sensing station also has the ZWIR4512 chip to handle wireless communications to the base station, and also to serve as a controlling IC to two sensing modules. Those sensing modules are a gas flow sensor (FS2012-1010NG) rated from 0-10 liters / minute and a temperature and humidity sensor (HS3001). Both of those are sold from IDT. There is more about that in posts 2 and 4. I have posted individual portions...
by  gam3t3ch  on Jun 4, 2019
I thought there would be more to it then meets the eye. But I was sadly mistaken of how closed the system and how reliant it was on AWS. There is no problem with using a cloud service to run your devices off but this device does not and will probably never be what it should be. Reasons why I say that and then we will get into it more. Setting up data logging on a offline or record-able format without the internet is next to nothing. You will get the real time view on the local dashboard but if you want anything more you will need to have it set up with AWS. This is a big bummer as I was hoping it would play a role in my project that I wanted to do so at this point it's really not possible without a internet connection to use the functionality of the unit to its fullest...
by  thamizharasan  on Apr 30, 2019
<br />IDT (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.) develops system-level solutions that optimize its customers' applications. IDT's market-leading products in timing, serial switching and interfaces are among the company's broad array of complete mixed-signal solutions for the communications, computing, consumer, automotive and industrial segments. ZMDI (Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG) is a global supplier of sensing and digital power semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, mobile sensing, information technology and consumer applications. These solutions enable customers to create the most energy-efficient products in sensing, power management and lighting. ZMDI's strength in the automotive and industrial segments provides IDT immediate design-in leverage for...
by  lui_gough  on May 20, 2019
IDT SDAWIR03 Wireless Flow Rate, Humidity and Temperature Sensing Evaluation Kit RoadTest By Gough Lui – May 2019 As someone who is excited about the Internet-of-Things (IoT) revolution and who knows a thing or two about networks and radios as a licensed radio amateur, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to give the IDT SDAWIR03 Wireless Flow Rate, Humidity and Temperature Sensing Evaluation Kit a try. It features a 6LoWPAN radio module operating in the sub-GHz band which is something I have not tried before. Unlike common technologies such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, this has the ability to form mesh networks, consume less energy and perhaps even reach further distances without the crowded clutter of the 2.4GHz band. It is with thanks to Integrated Device Technology (IDT) and the team at...


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The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has an interesting article on the settlement of New Zealand. The short version of the story is that since Pacific rats are human commensals they can serve as proxies for human expansion across the Pacific. Based on this idea, the authors of the paper used radiocarbon dating to date the first appearance of Pacific rats in New Zealand. The long version of the story serves as an instructive example on the repeatability of science and a rebuke to creationists who accuse evolutionists of arbitrarily accepting or rejecting radiocarbon dates based on their conformity to evolutionary theory. This post will explore the first part and I will return to the latter two issues in a separate post.
There are several theories as to how New Zealand was peopled. The first proposed that New Zealand was colonized around 800 AD by a small population with a low growth rate which rendered them archaeologically invisible for several centuries. The second proposed that New Zealand was settled circa the 12th century AD. This latter was supported by radiocarbon dates from the earliest archaeological site and mtDNA (which indicated a larger, late arriving population. A third proposed – somewhat more extreme than the first – proposed that New Zealand was colonized around 0-500 AD by a small population with a low growth rate that remained archaeologically invisible for about 1,000 years. This population was also assumed to be somewhat transient. The support for this third theory came from AMS radiocarbon dates on rat bones that put their introduction into New Zealand at approximately 200 BC (more on these dates in the next post).
The new research dated new rat bones from two caves (Earthquakes 1 and Predator Cave). It also looked at the dating of rat gnawed vs. intact seeds from several sites in New Zealand. The research specifically focussed on plant seeds from plants that had been driven to extinction by the Pacific rat (or the rats have been implicated as a possible cause). All the rat bones date to 1280 AD or younger. The un-gnawed seeds are the oldest, whereas, none of the gnawed seeds date to before approximately 700 years BP. This current research dovetails with dates on rat gnawed snails.
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AMS radiocarbon dates on 30 Pacific rat bones and ~100 woody seed cases are consistent in showing that the Pacific rat was widespread in New Zealand by ~1280 A.D. The dates provide no evidence for the presence of rats at any time during the preceding millennium, as suggested by previous dating of rat bones … Our findings, based on several lines of evidence, indicate that the Pacific rat was introduced by the first human colonists from central East Polynesia to both main islands of New Zealand ca.1280 A.D.
Wilmshurst, J.M., Anderson, A.J., Higham, T.F., Worthy, T.H. (2008). Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(22), 7676-7680. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801507105
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Is the Tide Rising for Coastal Rowing?
Coastal rowing has been on my mind a lot recently. Apparently I am not alone.
A few weeks ago, the FISA World Rowing Coastal Championship (WRCC for those in the know) wrapped up in Thessaloniki, Greece. By all accounts it was a highly successful event, with great participation and exhilarating conditions on the last day.
US Rowing is "going coastal", announcing plans for up to 10 coastal regattas in 2015, including the purchase of a fleet of boats and creating a new responsibility for the program within its staff. Likening coastal regattas to NASCAR racing, US Rowing feels that the excitement of the sport will attract attention to rowing generally, and coastal rowing eventually may itself become an Olympic sport. There are many kilometres of coastline in the United States, offering a multitude of opportunities for the growth of clubs and events.
Rowing Canada is also seeing potential for growth, with a recent news articleand coverage of coastal regattas in Quebec and Ontario. North America seems to be catching up to what the Europeans have known for a long time.
Coastal rowing has been labelled the "mountain biking" of rowing. On their website, FISA describes it as "the extreme version, the adventure side of rowing." This can be true and is definitely part of the appeal. There is also an extra component to coastal rowing. Additional skills are needed, such as being able to read tides and currents and even learning to surf the swells and waves.
The opportunity is not exclusively in racing, however, and it does not always have to involve overcoming adverse conditions. Coastal boats are wonderful for rowing travel. I already use coastal boats in Bellagio on my Italian & Swiss Lakes Rowing trip and for several rows during the California Dreaming – San Francisco Bay area. The coastal boats allow us to enjoy destinations and conditions that would not be accessible with normal recreational or Olympic class shells. The FISA Development Tour – Maldives 2015 will exclusively use coastal boats – combining recreationally exploring coral reefs and the great adventure of the Zero Degree Channel crossing – rowing 70 km to cross the equator. I am investigating full coastal tours in Québec, Canada and Brittany, France for 2015. Others are already offering coastal day or longer trips. The volunteers of Coastal Rowing Australia seem to have a lot of fun on their tours – who wouldn't in such lovely locations!
Maryellen Auger of Little Harbor Boathouse in Marblehead MA (has found that a big barrier for people trying coastal rowing is fear. Flat water rowers can be intimidated by the water conditions, the size and weight of the boats and just the concept of launching out onto the great huge ocean. This will start changing as knowledge of the sport grows.
Maybe coastal rowing can really become like mountain biking – which not only features daredevils, death-defying single track and wild, heart-stopping descents, but is also a sport that many recreational cyclists enjoy on a Sunday with the kids. Let's catch this rising tide.
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- November 4, 2014 at 6:43 am
The Channel Islands are well Known throughout Europe for their excellent offshore races and regattas. Guernsey in particular, because of their wealth of knowledge and experience of offshore rowing (several club stalwarts are 'Atlantic Rowers') were chosen by FISA to hold the inaugural Worlds Offshore Rowing Championships in 2006, which were an outstanding success and FISA have gone on from there. A Guernsey team of rowers/designers/builders build most of the boats now used in the Channel Islands and also further afield. Please take a look at The Guernsey Rowing Club website for further information. http://www.guernseyrowingclub.org.gg
- November 4, 2014 at 9:05 am
You would be very welcome indeed, Brittany, Normandy, and the Channel Islands rowing fraternity have some long and strong friendships and I am certain you would be made very welcome throughout the whole area.
- November 5, 2014 at 6:52 am
Rowing off-coast is exhilarating! Yesterday's 5 miler around Tinkers Island was a placid, tranquil row. The same row with swells and chop brings the thrill of driving off the swells increasing speed and momentum! The "fear" factor for most subsides quickly once a rower experiences the stability of the open water rowing shell and gains confidence in varied water conditions. I've heard more than one skilled oarsman say "open water rowing improves traditional sculling performance." I'm enthusiastic about U.S. Rowing's "Going Coastal" initiative! The east coast has a spectacular coastline for rowing and the waters on Boston's North Shore are some of the best! If you're an experienced rower looking to advance or want to take give coastal rowing a go, there's a Coastal Rowing Intensive with Coach Gordon Hamilton June 5-7, 2015 at Little Harbor Boathouse. For details visit: http://www.rowingforall.com/events/sculling-intensive/.
- November 6, 2014 at 6:48 am
Having learnt to row down on the coast of Devon, my experience began 18 years ago in French coastal boats, and my passion continues to this day. I've been lucky enough to row on the seas in Devon, France, Guernsey – a great place to row and race, and I do miss the Little Russell Regatta, and raced in the inaugural Worlds Offshore Champs over there,Italy and I've also had the pleasure of rowing in Noosa with Creagh and the gang at Coastal Rowing Australia, then finally in Greece at the WRCC a couple of weeks ago. I've now moved up North and managed to talk quite a few of the members of my current rowing club to have a go at coastal rowing, even though we are a traditional fine boat club. We've been successful at races down in Devon and 5 other rowers from the club now have got the bug for the excitement of coastal rowing and joined me in Greece. The mountain bike analogy is a good one, I've also heard coastal rowing being described as the rally driving apposed to the F1 fine boat, however the 2 compliment each other so well. I'd suggest that anyone who has the opportunity to give it a go, takes on the experience, you'll not regret it. Coastal rowers are an incredibly friendly bunch of people who share a passion for the sea and all that it can throw at you.
- November 6, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Coastal rowing has taken off in Africa too – a new recreational club has been established in Cape Town, South Africa, and undertakes recreational tours to a variety of destinations in the region.
- November 6, 2014 at 1:55 pm
- December 1, 2014 at 5:41 am
Hi Ruth
Enjoyed your comments about coast rowing. I am glad to see that there is interest in Canada. Of course there are many different types of open sea rowing with many boat types linked to local geographic conditions and customs. I rowed in sliding seat shells in Canada for many years. I now live near the sea in Catalonia and row in an eight-oared llagut, a type of boat based on traditional fishing boats. We get out on the Mediterranean two of three times a week and its great. There are few lakes and rivers around here suitable for sliding seat rowing so rowing llaguts is the only real option in most areas here. Up in the Basque country they row 14-oar traineras based on old whale chasing boats. Years ago I raced ice canoes (four rowers) in Quebec and that could also be considered as traditional rowing. Any way, it's great to see that coastal rowing is gaining some recognition regardless of the type of boats.
- March 2, 2015 at 8:41 am
I currently race and row on the ocean and own my own boat. My one concern is that i heard that only one type of boat is being allowed by the U.S. to race in and they are quite expensive.
- October 19, 2015 at 5:38 am
I began open water rowing in a Bolger Dory in 1996 on the Chesapeake Bay. Since then I have rowed many different sliding seat and fixed seat boats from Anchorage , AK to Pierre Part, LA- this month (october 2015) has been very special since my wife and I have had the opportunity to coastal row in Concarneau and Douaranenez, Brittany, France with Avrion Mer Concarneau and Avrion Mer Douarnenez. We would love to get more involved in US Coastal Rowing. brian and carol schexnayder, baltimore, md 410-786-3864 email@example.com
- January 15, 2016 at 2:49 pm
Hi Ruth,
As well as the FISA type boats, with open transoms and a wide beam that are raced in the channel islands and in Europe, there are other types of sliding seat coastal rowing boats raced on the South Coast of the UK. The boats are a lot finer than the FISA boats, and it has a long (200 year) history with intense leagues and rivalries between clubs. These races are fast and furious, and the skill required in the rough is immense! If you're interested, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwm4mWEIiz4 shows a windy regatta last year.
Best Regards, Pete
- August 29, 2017 at 12:00 am
Hi Ruth, from sunny east coast Oz I see some activity… I'm chasing plans for a wooden ocean rowing double but so far nothing. Apparently there is a Guernsey builder – but there was no response to my email. Any ideas? thx.


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