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New, Slimmer GPS-Based Outdoor Rescue Beacons
Rescue beacons like the SPOT Messenger and ACR personal locator beacons (PLBs) offer outdoor lovers an invaluable safety tool. If ever you find yourself in a life-threatening situation, rescue is just a simple click of a button away. While the devices use different infrastructures, their aim is the same: transmit your location via satellite to a team of rescue personnel who can come give you the assistance you desperately need.
While these type of devices might be overkill for many a user, it's not to hard to envision just how vital they could be in the right...wrong... situation. Two factors that have made them a bit impractical are the price tag (PLBs typically cost in the $400 to $600 range and SPOT costs around $150 for the equipment, but is a subscription-based service) and size. While expense remains a factor barring some from using these safety accessories, size is something that both SPOT and ACR have addressed recently. Each company has released a new, slimmed-down model that should make carrying one of these lifelines easier than ever.
I've personally been testing out an original SPOT unit, and while it's worked well for basic communications so far, I can attest to the fact that it's bulky size can get in the way. I prefer to wear it on the front of my belt, so that it remains accessible. However, when hiking, particularly on steep terrain, the SPOT unit tends to bang up against my leg and stomach, making it rather uncomfortable. In short, a slimmer unit could do a lot toward complementing the safety benefits of a SPOT or PLB with a bit more comfort and usability.
SPOT 2 Messenger
The new SPOT 2 Satellite GPS Messenger is 30% smaller and lighter than the original SPOT, weighing in at just 5.2 ounces and measuring 3.7 x 2.6 x 1 inches. In addition to the slimmed-down profile, the Messenger gets a few other enhancements including an advanced chipset, improved antenna for more effective communication in heavy foliage and other obstructed areas, GPS acquisition light, illuminated buttons, covers over the 911 and Help buttons to protect from accidental activation, and a new function.
While the original SPOT contained a four-operation system (Get Help, Check-In, 911 and Track Progress), the new Messenger adds a fifth function: Custom Message, which allows you to send a pre-programmed message to contacts in your profile, giving you another option in addition to the Check In and Help functions, which also communicate with preset contacts. Rather than text, the buttons are now designated using internationally-recognized symbols, which hopefully you'll actually recognize before needing to use them.
The slimmer SPOT Messengers are available in either orange or silver for a retail price of $150. Each unit includes a neoprene armband. Basic service costs $100 per year.
Note: SPOT recalled some of its SPOT 2 units due to battery and messaging problems. For more information, click here.
ACR Sarlink
ACR PLBs operate on the Cospas-Sarsat system, a global cooperative that monitors and administrates the worldwide rescue initiative. The Sarlink and Sarlink View are the latest models for outdoor users. ACR describes the Sarlink as one of the smallest, lightest 406 GPS PLBs in the world (2.25 x 5.88 x 1.29 inches). It weighs in at 8.9 ounces. The Sarlink also contains a bright LED strobe light, for on-ground solicitation of help. Unlike SPOT, which relies on GPS, the Sarlink uses three levels of signals--GPS, 406 MHz and 121.5 MHz.
Unlike the multi-functional platform provided by SPOT, ACR PLBs were originally designed solely to get help in an emergency and featured a one-button interface for this purpose. ACR recently added subscription packages for sending non-emergency messages and location information to contacts. The basic 406 Link package allows you to self-test the unit and runs $39.95 per year. The Plus package enables you to send 'I'm Ok' information and location to up to five contacts.
ACR also offers the Sarlink View, which provides an LCD screen that shows coordinates and assists with optimizing the unit.
The SarLink retails for $400 while the Sarlink View is $649.
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Gusty Breezes and Missed Putts at Puerto Rico Open
(Photos courtesy of Rob Hayashida of Golf Views)
ARMCHAIR GOLF is in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, for the Puerto Rico Open.
RORY SABBATINI TYPIFIED PLAYERS I watched on a windy Saturday at the Puerto Rico Open. Putts didn’t drop for the South African and the frustration showed. In fact, of the several groups I watched, I didn’t see any player hole a putt of more than a few feet on the grainy, undulating greens. And on a few occasions, I saw players miss short par putts.
It’s only the third year for this PGA Tour stop, and I imagine the players are still learning the subtleties of the Tom Kite-designed course, including the apparently tricky putting surfaces.
Sabbatini, who opened with a forgettable 77, was paired with Mark Calcavecchia (68) and 2008 Puerto Rico Open champion Greg Kraft (72). Course designer and Champions Tour player Tom Kite shot a respectable 73 on the lengthy layout. John Daly posted a 69. With preferred lies in play, I expect the tournament record of 14-under par to fall.
Cejka’s Break
What are players doing on their breaks between the first and second rounds? Hanging out at the resort mostly, except for Alex Cejka, who completed his opening round of 67 early on Saturday.
“I’m going to fly home and see my kids and come back tonight,” he said.
–The Armchair Golfer
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Paranoid Schizophrenic Girl: Urges to Kill
Rebecca Stancil often seems like a typical 9-year-old girl, playing a sweet child's game of rock, paper, scissors with friends and attending pool parties in her Simi Valley, Calif., neighborhood. But at her darkest moments, she'll deliver a chilling discourse on how to acquire a power tool to kill her mother, who has at times had to lock herself in her bedroom to protect herself from her own daughter. In December 2008, after attempting suicide, Rebecca was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder.
Schizophrenia - Rock-paper-scissors - Mental disorder - Mental health - Health
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