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Witnessed Dishonest Spending Practice: An entire State of California department in Sacramento with these dual 55-inch monitors on their desks last spring 2011. Pretty blatant.Sacramento State of CA employee tries to work on one of his two oversized desktop monitors - this setup was duplicated thirty times over an entire room.Annual CSU, Sacramento Electronics Giveaway: Despite rigid gifting laws CSUS's academic administration annually gives away computers and personal electronics to instructors as incentives for attending a department technology seminar - no taxes, no State ID's, no serial numbers.Employee Facebook Boasting - Spring 2011, Personal Electronics Giveaway Following a Year of CA Staff Furloughs and Student Fee IncreasesThe Sac State academic workshop draws about 30-40 participants annually due to the gifts, however an excess of 7 to 10 iPads are skimmed by department administrators who are, at best, tangentially involved with these teachers. Admins pad their skimming with accessories (cover, etc) and a State of CA funded AT&T data plan. Sacramento State teaching resources supported by the iPad2 in 2011? Next to none.Local Sacramento News Footage of CSUS 2011 iPad GiveawayiPad 3's Replace iPad 2'sOf course this has occurred annually for a dozen years or more (prior to iPads it was laptops). This year (Spring 2012) the spending continued with the new iPad's (press dubbed "iPad 3"). There were 29 faculty participants receiving the academic workshop giveaways, but 36 were ordered. The remaining 7 were again skimmed by the same department administrators to replace the iPad 2's that were skimmed in 2011 and were not even 365 days old.Same Employee Post's 3rd Generation iPad Giveway to FB - Spring 2012Smaller Interim Gifts Keep Workshops FullBetween annual academic technology workshop giveaways at Sacramento State small personal electronics enticements are awarded such as this order for 15 Wacom Bamboo Tablets. These were awarded Winter 2010 for an afternoon workshop.Smaller $60 gifts keep instructors returning to academic technology functions between larger annual Sacramento State Spring iPad & laptop giveaways

I can't speak for all robotics engineers, but I can tell you what my day is like.Arrive at work, 9 AM. Read Dilbert. Delete 90% of my email without reading it. Skim emails forwarded to me describing interesting international space robotics programs, then delete. Read emails describing interesting new robotics conferences. Spend five minutes cursing US Government conference travel ban. Spend ten minutes scheming about ways around travel ban. Give it up as a lost cause. Delete.10 AM: attend weekly 90 minute program coordination meeting. In meeting spend at least another fifteen minutes scheming about travel ban.11:30-11:45: wolf down lunch.11:45-1:00: attend brainstorming session on new research proposals. Coordinate who is writing the proposal white paper. Can't describe contents (proprietary) but it is cool but probably not as cool as you think.1:00: dash down to lab to assist in tuning compliance control gains for new robotics task on space flight arm. Arm weighs 80 kg and is worth more than my entire extended family's net worth. Accordingly, suit up in anti static gear and take care not to trip over power cords all over lab floor.1:30: back in office. Meet with mechanical engineers on specifications for new research grade robot arm, intended to be dramatically less expensive than current arm. Still worth more than my house. Forced to confront limits of my own intelligence on compliance control and contact instability. Resolve to review academic literature at first opportunity.2:30: Time to code! Fire up Matlab. Start reviewing state of machine learning code last touched a week ago.2:45 Field a call from Security complaining about my request to have a paper publicly released.3:00 Field a call from Contracting complaining about my not taking required government procurement training. Ignore.3:15 hungry. Get M&Ms from vending machine.3:20 back to coding.4:00 not understanding code. Pull up pertinent paper on iPad. Paper is unclear. See if library has journals that contain related papers. Nope. Request inter library loan. Library says two weeks.4:30 victory - Matlab code works! Step five of twenty step research problem complete. Check code into repository, let colleagues know.4:45 code won't run on colleague's machine. Spend ten minutes scratching head, then call sys admin. He left at 3:30, so get answering service. Leave message we know he will ignore.5:00 get great idea for new research proposal: apply sparse coding to robotic touch sensing. Send excited emails.5:15 download pertinent papers on compliance control onto ipad for later consumption.5:45 begin futile effort to get to inbox zero before leaving.6:00 out the door7:00 cook dinner for spouse and kids. Play with dog. Become astonished, again, at dog's motor learning skills. Fifty degrees of freedom, brain the size of apple, catches ball in mid flight every single time. Wonder, again, what we're doing wrong.8:00 thirty minutes of Spongebob with son. Identify with Squidward.8:30 field call from boss about upcoming road trip.9:00 bathe. Get in bed.9:30-10:00 review compliance control literature. Realize I have misunderstood subtle but vital issue regarding contact instability. Probably most important thought I've had for a month; will ultimately save government half a million dollars. I'll receive a $500 merit raise next January, if Congress doesn't veto all government raises for fourth straight year.11:00-7:00 sleep. Dream about chucking government job, going to work for Google, getting rich and buying private Caribbean island. Wonder how hard it is to get good internet service on yacht.

Don't smoke. If you've started stop, immediatelyDiseased Pictures.com.Do you like lying in the sun?Think you look great with a tan? Maybe you go to a tanning parlor?All the diamonds in world, all the monitors in the world, all the iPads in world, can't cure the stupidity of wanting a tan when you reach 69.Ask me. I'll tell you all about it. If you don't think showing you these pictures took every ounce of courage I have, then you don't know one thing about me. If you understand how much it did, then you know how much I want you to listen and how much it means to me that you do.I was stupid. I didn't listen. Do you want wrinkles and thin skin from sun damage like I have and do you want bruises from just lightly touching the side of a box and having your skin peel off?Go ahead, enjoy lying in the sun without sunblock. There was none when I was growing up but I sure as hell had a great tan.Do you think I'm not sitting here with tears in my eyes because I know you won't listen, then you know nothing about me my fellow Quorans.Don't gain weight. Exercise. Keep your weight at a normal level that's good for your body. Weight does all kinds of bad things for you body.I've been fat, I've been thin, thin is healthier.I know that everyone has their own opinion on this subject so I went to the NIH and got theirs.What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity?Being overweight or obese isn't a cosmetic problem. These conditions greatly raise your risk for other health problems.Overweight and Obesity-Related Health Problems in AdultsCoronary Heart DiseaseAs your body mass index rises, so does your risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD is a condition in which a waxy substance called plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart.Plaque can narrow or block the coronary arteries and reduce blood flow to the heart muscle. This can cause angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh) or a heart attack. (Angina is chest pain or discomfort.)Obesity also can lead to heart failure. This is a serious condition in which your heart can't pump enough blood to meet your body's needs.High Blood PressureBlood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If this pressure rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in many ways.Your chances of having high blood pressure are greater if you're overweight or obese.StrokeBeing overweight or obese can lead to a buildup of plaque in your arteries. Eventually, an area of plaque can rupture, causing a blood clot to form.If the clot is close to your brain, it can block the flow of blood and oxygen to your brain and cause a stroke. The risk of having a stroke rises as BMI increases.Type 2 DiabetesDiabetes is a disease in which the body's blood glucose, or blood sugar, level is too high. Normally, the body breaks down food into glucose and then carries it to cells throughout the body. The cells use a hormone called insulin to turn the glucose into energy.In type 2 diabetes, the body's cells don't use insulin properly. At first, the body reacts by making more insulin. Over time, however, the body can't make enough insulin to control its blood sugar level.Diabetes is a leading cause of early death, CHD, stroke, kidney disease, and blindness. Most people who have type 2 diabetes are overweight.Abnormal Blood FatsIf you're overweight or obese, you're at increased risk of having abnormal levels of blood fats. These include high levels of triglycerides and LDL ("bad") cholesterol and low levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol.Abnormal levels of these blood fats are a risk factor for CHD. For more information about triglycerides and LDL and HDL cholesterol, go to the Health Topics High Blood Cholesterol article.Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors that raises your risk for heart disease and other health problems, such as diabetes and stroke.You can develop any one of these risk factors by itself, but they tend to occur together. A diagnosis of metabolic syndrome is made if you have at least three of the following risk factors:A large waistline. This is called abdominal obesity or "having an apple shape." Having extra fat in the waist area is a greater risk factor for CHD than having extra fat in other parts of the body, such as on the hips.A higher than normal triglyceride level (or you're on medicine to treat high triglycerides).A lower than normal HDL cholesterol level (or you're on medicine to treat low HDL cholesterol).Higher than normal blood pressure (or you're on medicine to treat high blood pressure).Higher than normal fasting blood sugar (or you're on medicine to treat diabetes).CancerBeing overweight or obese raises your risk for colon, breast, endometrial, and gallbladder cancers.OsteoarthritisOsteoarthritis is a common joint problem of the knees, hips, and lower back. The condition occurs if the tissue that protects the joints wears away. Extra weight can put more pressure and wear on joints, causing pain.Sleep ApneaSleep apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep.A person who has sleep apnea may have more fat stored around the neck. This can narrow the airway, making it hard to breathe.Obesity Hypoventilation SyndromeObesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a breathing disorder that affects some obese people. In OHS, poor breathing results in too much carbon dioxide (hypoventilation) and too little oxygen in the blood (hypoxemia).OHS can lead to serious health problems and may even cause death.Reproductive ProblemsObesity can cause menstrual issues and infertility in women.GallstonesGallstones are hard pieces of stone-like material that form in the gallbladder. They're mostly made of cholesterol. Gallstones can cause stomach or back pain.People who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of having gallstones. Also, being overweight may result in an enlarged gallbladder that doesn't work well.Overweight and Obesity-Related Health Problems in Children and TeensOverweight and obesity also increase the health risks for children and teens. Type 2 diabetes once was rare in American children, but an increasing number of children are developing the disease.Also, overweight children are more likely to become overweight or obese as adults, with the same disease risks.The best things you can do at age thirty to be great at 50 or 69 are all of the above and laugh, laugh, laugh. Laugh at yourself, laugh at the absurdity of life, laugh at the goodness and the badness of every situation because guess what, everything changes so don't worry as much as you do.If you could see me now, I'm down on my poor, crackling knees begging you to at least consider stopping smoking, stopping tanning and starting to lose weight and exercise. I'm asking you to do this with all my heart.