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Technological savvy part of senior's drive to help others
ST. CHARLES ? Brian Ricketts had no trouble falling in love with robots.
After all, as he tells it, robotics have become an essential part of his life.
?There aren?t many people that can say they have a microprocessor in their leg,? Ricketts said, with a sly grin.
For as long as he can remember, Ricketts, a graduating senior at St. Charles North High School, has been fascinated by computers, the technological devices they power and the way they run.
At the age of 7 or 9, he began programming computers.
And those speaking with the young man or his mother, Julie Ricketts, of St. Charles, easily could be overwhelmed by the tales they might share of the tinkering Brian has done with household appliances and devices.
His mother noted, for instance, that his favorite toy when he was 2 years old was a surge suppressor.
Lately, those urges have turned to video games, which Brian creates himself, and gaming systems, which he might take apart and rewrite some code to make it do things it otherwise could not.
He reprogrammed a Microsoft Xbox Kinect system to allow users to ?fly? a virtual aircraft by moving their hands or speaking commands.
?It?s how I like to spend my free time,? Ricketts said.
So when the opportunity arose for Ricketts to join the competitive robotics team, PWNAGE Team 2949, sponsored by St. Charles manufacturer Genesis Automation, he did not think on the decision too long.
?I used to be in the Boy Scouts, and I tried piano lessons,? said Ricketts. ?But then I found robotics. And I thought, ?This is where I belong.??
Ricketts joined the team in his senior year, becoming one of the later members of a group that is interested and skilled in engineering, computer programming and other disciplines related to robotics.
The team takes its robots to regional competitions against those designed by other high school teams in task-based contests.
Teams were judged this year on their robots? abilities to move about a playing court, pick up foam basketballs and throw them through small basketball hoops.
Ricketts helped program the robot and said he loved every minute of the work and the competition.
Marsha Brown, technology and engineering instructor at St. Charles North, said Ricketts? infatuation with robotics should not be a surprise to anyone.
?There are things I?m learning from him,? Brown said. ?With the programming, and the things he?s able to do, it?s just nuts sometimes.?
In a class project earlier this year, students were asked to create a machine that could accurately launch ping-pong balls.
Ricketts? team created an accurate launcher. But then they went further, making their machine mobile.
?It did shock me when it moved around the room, because no one had told me,? Brown said.
Ricketts still laughs about that project.
?You should have seen the look on her face,? he said, chuckling.
Brown said Ricketts? penchant for exceeding expectations, along with his knowledge and ability, is what sets him apart.
?He is just so knowledgable about these things,? Brown said. ?So passionate and so driven.?
Ricketts, however, demonstrated his drive in more than just robotics projects or at-home tinkering.
At age 6, he was diagnosed with cancer in his left leg. Despite treatment, the cancer spread to his knee. Ultimately, doctors amputated his leg at the thigh.
Not until about two years ago, after a fight that lasted almost a decade, did doctors declare the cancer in remission.
In the years since the amputation, Ricketts learned to walk with a prosthesis, including a recent model that includes technology to help prevent him from falling.
?So I guess you can say I have experience with a robot on my knee,? he said with a grin.
Ricketts enrolled at DePaul University and will attend classes in the fall. He will major in computer science.
He said he has not decided yet how he wants to use his technological abilities, although he did mention a fascination with virtual reality and autonomous automobiles. And he wasn?t averse to defense applications, he said.
?That would be kind of cool, maybe working with drones,? Ricketts said.
No matter what he does, Ricketts said he wants his work to focus on one thing:
?I want to make technologies to make people?s lives easier. It?s so important to me.?
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Lease Accounting Breakthrough Could Come in June ? World ...
Lease Accounting Breakthrough Could Come in June
U.S. and international accounting rule makers finally may be ready next month to resolve a debate over corporate lease accounting, that would bring $2 trillion worth of lease obligations onto corporate balance sheets. Members of the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board said Thursday they were ready to vote on a method for how new lease accounting rules will impact corporate earnings in June, which means a new draft of the rules could be finished by the end of this year.
The lease accounting overhaul is part of a six-year effort to align global accounting rules and increase transparency around off-balance sheet obligations. Companies, however, have been reticent to embrace the change as it could bulk up their balance sheets, alter fundamental ratios, and require changes to debt covenants.
In a joint discussion at FASB headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, members of both boards said they were open to voting on two methods for representation of lease costs, that they have?discussed with companies and investors since April?. The first option, which the boards proposed in their first draft of a lease accounting proposal, recognizes leases, or the right to use a piece of property or equipment as a new ?right of use asset? on corporate balance sheets. It requires a depreciation method that front-loads, or concentrates the cost of the lease into its early years. The second option would bring leases on the balance sheet, but let companies expense their rent payments equally over the course of a lease, similar to what they do now. Board members said they wanted to vote in June on whether to allow companies to use only one method or the other, or some combination.
?I think we?re stuck with at least considering seriously two different lease models,? FASB member Thomas Linsmeier said at the meeting. ?While he said it is tempting for the board to choose just one model, he said he?s become convinced that there are ?fundamentally different? types of leases. Some leases he said are just another form of financing, where a lessee is choosing to take out a lease rather than finance the purchase of the asset. But other leases, such as real estate leases, simply let companies buy access to a property for a certain period of time, and don?t have all the same financing components.
?Just because you write ?lease? at the top of the paper does not mean they all convey the same rights and obligations,? FASB Chairman Leslie Seidman said.
Some board members said they were supportive of adopting two forms of leases, citing input from airline companies who said they would be happy to use the ?right of use? model for their planes, but wanted to use traditional straight-line rent expenses for their real estate leases.
Other board members, including Patricia McConnell from the IASB, said they wanted to stay with just one model, rather than two for the sake of ?simplicity,? but debated whether the ?right of use? model or the straight-line method would be best.
Two other methods of asset amortization that the boards discussed with companies and investors over the past few months were largely rejected as ?non-starters? on Thursday because board members said auditors and companies found them too complex and difficult to apply.
The accounting rule makers have faced fresh criticism on the lease project in the past few days. U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Congressman John Campbell ( R-CA) from the U.S. House Financial Services Committee?sent a letter signed by 60 lawmakers?to the FASB this week saying that they wanted FASB to do a comprehensive study on the costs of lease accounting before making a final rule.
The board members, however, said that on Thursday that they still believe investors want to see lease obligations on corporate balance sheets to get a clearer picture of corporate liabilities. The boards have ?unqualified, overwhelming support for putting leases on the balance sheet,? IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst said at the meeting.
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Parenting Questions to Avoid | SmartFem
?You have how many children?? ?This is one of the first questions I am asked when people meet me. Five. I have five children. Not twenty. Not forty two. Five. Trying to send your children home with me won?t work, either. I will notice. Especially since I drive a seven passenger van, not a school bus.
It doesn?t help my case when I mention that we also homeschool.While many people are supportive,I have heard statements which are ? special.Below,are some of the more memorable questions and statements I have heard over the years.
On having a large family:
- ??Five children? Do they have different fathers??
They do all have the same father. To be honest, though, I am beginning to become suspicious about if I am really their mother.
Yes. I do. Are you asking me to explain it to you?
- ?Have you heard of the Duggars?
Yes, I have. ?No, we are nothing like the Duggars.Remember where I said I have five children, not twenty?
The first time I read about the Duggars and how organized their children are,I spent the rest of the day in tears.Meanwhile, my younger boys took this opportunity to conduct an impromptu experiment that involved a full box of baking soda and a full bottle of vinegar, in hopes of creating the world?s biggest experimental volcano.
- ?At least, you have someone to take care of you when you get old.
Maybe. My children have already discussed it.They think they can trade off on me living with them, but they are still in negotiations about their father. ?They?re afraid he?s going to eat all their food, ?run around naked and buy Legos, ?just so he can spread them throughout their houses. He has already told them that is his plan.
On homeschooling:
- ?I couldn?t possibly homeschool. My children need to socialize.
This statement stands out,because it?s always made when my children are playing. Some days I want to say, ?It makes them more grateful when I let them out of the basement.?
- ?How can you stand to be around your children all day?
I can?t. That?s why I hide in my office whenever I get the chance. Sometimes I even run away from home to socialize.
- ?You?re home all day. You have time. I?m just too busy.
I am a freelance writer, teach my children, referee fights so they don?t turn into boxing matches, make sure my house remains standing and still manage to have time to talk to you. I am so glad I am not as busy as you are.
No matter how big or small your family is, I am sure you have heard many different statements about your parenting choices. What are the most ridiculous comments you have heard?
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