The original article can be found at http://fabolousblog.blogspot.com/
Sean talks about the use of his TomTom GPS navigator being less stressful and efficient for drivers. This really appeals to me to buy this GPS because it could prove to be a very useful tool to use for driving. I'm going to drive to North Carolina once school is out and I am reasonably nervous about the drive because it's more than 10 hours. I am almost positive that I'm going to invest in the GPS called TomTom to help my drive be less stressful. I imagine that the majority of the United States will do the same thing in my predicament. With the world becoming more technology advanced, the use of GPS systems will become more common. The GPS navigators will be, at one point in the future, be used by every driver in the United States. Maps will no longer be needed to be used for travel, it will all be technological. I feel that the due to the increasing sales that GPS systems are having, that the United States drivers as a whole are going to begin to travel longer distances by car rather than flying because of the rise in plane tickets and accessibilty of the advanced GPS systems. I hope my GPS experience is as less stressed as Sean's experience was.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Evaluation: Lacrosse
Lacrosse is one of the most unique sports available. However, I did not have the opportunity to participate in this sport during high school because my high school didn't offer it. Now that I'm at Ithaca College, I have the chance to watch this sport. I have attended a few games and find the game really cool and exciting. It's said to be the fasting game played on two feet and I believe it because with the skilled athletes sprinting back and forth and the ball whipping across the field creates an exciting sport. I really wish that the sport had been offered at my high school because I think I would have enjoyed this fast pace game. The game has so much to it such as speed, finesse, strength, power, agility, concentration, hand eye coordination, and much more. All of this really makes this game impressive to the spectator and appealing to other athletes. I think that the sport is on the rise in America because it was just recently sactioned as a high school sport and state playoffs for lacrosse are now required and supported. Eventually, this will help create this sport onto a more nationwide level. Most people outside of the Northeast have never witnessed a game but this exciting game could be one of the most popular sports in decades to come.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Evaluation: New York Yankees
What comes to mind when New York Yankees are mentioned? Some say the evil empire, a bunch of overpaid athletes but the real fans say the best baseball team that has won numerous championships. Personally, I was raised a Yankee fan being that I'm from New York (Sorry Mets, just not a fan). I'm not one of the many bang wagoners that choose to join the teams heritaged history but a true fan. Nowadays they have possibly the best lineup in baseball. We have one of the best clutch players in the league in Derek Jeter and one of the best statistic leaders with Alex Rodriquez. The rest of the lineup is full of the best players around the nation, some even out of the nation with Hideki Matsui from Japan. Our biggest question over the past years has been our pitching staff. There have been allegations with Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte using illegal performance enhancing drugs. Roger is not currently on the roster, but Andy is, and pitched a great game today allowing the Orioles to only one run. We have the number one prospect in the league in Joba Chamberlin. He came up through the farm leagues of the Yankees and has been having an impact on the game since last year. Yes, the Yankees do now use the farm league teams for prospect. We were hated on for not looking for talent within the organization but now we do more than people would believe. As of now the Yankees are a solid 10-10 with a few star players out of the lineup. I think that this year is the year for the Yankees and will add yet another championship to there long list of 26 World Series Championships.
Respone to Shuttle Bus at IC
The original article can be found at http://ccoppin.blogspot.com/
After reading the Chris's Blog I absolutely agree with both, him and the article. Being that I just wrote my proposal paper on the parking here at Ithaca College, I found a lot of problems with it. One of my solutions was this shuttle bus system, however I didn't hear about it until after I finished my proposal. My proposal and that of the article were very similar. As Chris said, it would help cut down on the emissions that are affected with numerous cars being used because it is a hefty carpool system. The big thing that it would cut down on, would be the number of cars on campus. There are always problems with the number of cars on campus because they take up lots of space, and cause problems for public safety and other students. This shuttle bus would allow much more space because kids will not feel the need to jump in their car(possibly shovel off the snow) then drive to class, and vise versa. They would simply jump on the bus(that should be nicely heated) and ride to class. The shuttle would be perfect to fit into the sustainable society of Ithaca College because it would cut down on emissions cost immensely. I really hope that the college implements this shuttle system!
After reading the Chris's Blog I absolutely agree with both, him and the article. Being that I just wrote my proposal paper on the parking here at Ithaca College, I found a lot of problems with it. One of my solutions was this shuttle bus system, however I didn't hear about it until after I finished my proposal. My proposal and that of the article were very similar. As Chris said, it would help cut down on the emissions that are affected with numerous cars being used because it is a hefty carpool system. The big thing that it would cut down on, would be the number of cars on campus. There are always problems with the number of cars on campus because they take up lots of space, and cause problems for public safety and other students. This shuttle bus would allow much more space because kids will not feel the need to jump in their car(possibly shovel off the snow) then drive to class, and vise versa. They would simply jump on the bus(that should be nicely heated) and ride to class. The shuttle would be perfect to fit into the sustainable society of Ithaca College because it would cut down on emissions cost immensely. I really hope that the college implements this shuttle system!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Response: Registering For Classes 2008
In response to Registering For Classes 2008 found at http://jordanraeberry.blogspot.com/
I agree with Jordan! The homerconnect network is a terrible network. Whether it is based from Ithaca or another location, the servers are not adequate enough to handle the load of people registering for classes. I know for the first semester I had no problem but that was because it was broken down by orientation sessions. I was in the second session of six and it was relatively easy to get the classes I needed. However, I first encountered a problem with homerconnect when I logged on, or attempted, to select housing for 2008-2009. My computer loaded the web page amazingly slow. My roommate tried to do the same but his wouldn't even load. Luckily mine loaded eventually and I got the housing that I wanted but it was only because I set my standards low, and chose the towers residence hall compared to the terraces. I felt that the servers at homerconnect are not capable of handling the load of users that Ithaca College presents. When anywhere from 2-6 thousand people try to log onto a server, there will always be trouble but everyone had trouble. It was considered a housing fiasco for this year. Some kids where not able to log on and others where not able to get the housing halls that they wished to get. Today the seniors registered I know some people that logged on at 7am when it opened and they were not able to log on until 25 minutes later. That's ridiculous! How is it a tuition of this sort of standing and financial ability can have these sort of problems with technology? Something needs to be done. I think the homerconnect network should get new servers, with more capabilities to handle more people, otherwise this problem will continue.
I agree with Jordan! The homerconnect network is a terrible network. Whether it is based from Ithaca or another location, the servers are not adequate enough to handle the load of people registering for classes. I know for the first semester I had no problem but that was because it was broken down by orientation sessions. I was in the second session of six and it was relatively easy to get the classes I needed. However, I first encountered a problem with homerconnect when I logged on, or attempted, to select housing for 2008-2009. My computer loaded the web page amazingly slow. My roommate tried to do the same but his wouldn't even load. Luckily mine loaded eventually and I got the housing that I wanted but it was only because I set my standards low, and chose the towers residence hall compared to the terraces. I felt that the servers at homerconnect are not capable of handling the load of users that Ithaca College presents. When anywhere from 2-6 thousand people try to log onto a server, there will always be trouble but everyone had trouble. It was considered a housing fiasco for this year. Some kids where not able to log on and others where not able to get the housing halls that they wished to get. Today the seniors registered I know some people that logged on at 7am when it opened and they were not able to log on until 25 minutes later. That's ridiculous! How is it a tuition of this sort of standing and financial ability can have these sort of problems with technology? Something needs to be done. I think the homerconnect network should get new servers, with more capabilities to handle more people, otherwise this problem will continue.
Parking Incident
I recieved a call from Kathy of the Parking Services this past Tuesday at 11am. By the time I was able to call her back it was 12pm. She told me that she wanted me to move my car parked in freshmen parking lot M to parking lot Z. LOT Z!!!!! The farthest lot away from my car! The reason behind all this chaos is because she said that there needed to be drilling in the area where my car was parked. What could they possible be drilling for at this time of year? There was no formal e-mail sent out to inform me that on April 8th, 2008 I was not going to be able to have my car there. Instead they called me on short notice. She also stated that if I didn't move it by 2pm then my car would have to be towed. TOWED?! How could I get towed for having my car parked in the correct lot? I think this is rediculous! Giving me 2 hours to move my car is not adequate time to move it. I had a class at 1pm and was forced to rush around before class to make sure my car was not going to get towed. To add into the fun of the day, my passenger window happened to stop operating because it would not go back up after I drove to the Z lot. I had to manually push it up then tape it (with tape I attained from a NYSEG worker, thankfully he was there). I can't believe our parking services here at Ithaca College are so rediculous. Why is it that our parking department is one of the hated services on campus? Well, I can guarantee it's because they are never prepared, organized, or justified. My proposal for my final essay in this class will be written on the Parking Dept due to this incident.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Respone to Locked Out
In response to Sara's Blog: Locked Out, find at http://saraswritingblog.blogspot.com/
After reading her article I feel her pain. First of all I use to suffer from asthma as a child and there was nothing more frightening then having your breathe instantly taken away from you. You can't communicate to people what's wrong or anything, all you can do is make hand gestures and struggle to breathe. I'm lucky and was able to grow out my child asthma but I still have the respect for the people that still suffer from it. I could not imagine having to walk to the health center then explaining whats wrong with me through a glass door barricade. I have dealt with the system from the first hand experience. Me and my buddies got in a fight one night off campus and after we came back to the dorms we thought my friend could have broken his nose and wanted to get it checked out. We took the long, lengthy hike from the towers to the health center to be stuck outside, just as Sarah described, explaining to the lady through the door to let us in to seek immediate medical attention. We finally got in and the service was too relaxed, there were only 2 or 3 people working and they were not in any hurry to service one guy fast medical attention, when he was the only one needing help. After a half an hour the lady working determined that we should go to the hospital. I think an adequate doctor or nurse should be able to determine if someones nose is knocked off the cervix easily. How could it take her 30 mintues to look at his nose? We eventually found our own ride to the hospital and everything was taken care of, but it was mildly ridiculous. Something needs to be changed about this flawed Ithaca College policy.
After reading her article I feel her pain. First of all I use to suffer from asthma as a child and there was nothing more frightening then having your breathe instantly taken away from you. You can't communicate to people what's wrong or anything, all you can do is make hand gestures and struggle to breathe. I'm lucky and was able to grow out my child asthma but I still have the respect for the people that still suffer from it. I could not imagine having to walk to the health center then explaining whats wrong with me through a glass door barricade. I have dealt with the system from the first hand experience. Me and my buddies got in a fight one night off campus and after we came back to the dorms we thought my friend could have broken his nose and wanted to get it checked out. We took the long, lengthy hike from the towers to the health center to be stuck outside, just as Sarah described, explaining to the lady through the door to let us in to seek immediate medical attention. We finally got in and the service was too relaxed, there were only 2 or 3 people working and they were not in any hurry to service one guy fast medical attention, when he was the only one needing help. After a half an hour the lady working determined that we should go to the hospital. I think an adequate doctor or nurse should be able to determine if someones nose is knocked off the cervix easily. How could it take her 30 mintues to look at his nose? We eventually found our own ride to the hospital and everything was taken care of, but it was mildly ridiculous. Something needs to be changed about this flawed Ithaca College policy.
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