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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
I run a small gallery called, Mødestedet( meeting place) --the next show i have is the concept of 20x20
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Abdul Dube calls for contributions to the first zine exhibition in Århus with the working title "Zines in Jutlandia". Alongside the exhition Abdul
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a buddy of mine shot a pintail from wyoming and was looking for someone to mount it. he doesn't want a normal taxidermist to do it because they probably don't have a lot of experience in mounting pinnies. does anyone know of one in northeast ohio who might specialize in waterfowl? thanks

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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by BG*CV*STUCK, Nov 29, 2009.
Stuck HAS spelled Tay at SF this year. ...Rip THEN Tay.
I'm thinking big picture. Stuckey could be THE prototypical guard-center-coach. Watch out Dick Bavetta! I found your replacement!!
Well, take this "Stuckey Haters":
Wow, I never would have predicted this. Let's get the All Star voting going.
yeah I saw that on NBA TV few minutes ago and was about the post this link http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/14/players.week/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt2 He is deservant of the praise and if there was a coach of the week instead of the month, Coach Kuester would have won too. Hopefully both, depending on the teams play will get the December monthly honors when it is all said and done.
I guess every other player in the East sucked even worse than Stuckey. Where you at, MONRAMS!!!!!!
In our 11 wins this year, Stuckey has attempted 15.5 FG's per game and has shot .480 from the floor for 20.5 ppg. In our 12 losses, Stuckey has attempted 17.7 FG's per game and has shot .368 from the floor for 18.0 ppg. That means that he gives us 2.5 more points through his higher shooting percentage and he also gives us 2.2 extra possessions, which translates into about 2.2 extra points. 4.7 ppg difference solely through his higher efficiency. Now, this difference betweens wins and losses doesn't necessarily mean that he is causing them with good shooting or bad shooting. It could mean that when we are losing that we are playing against better teams and it's harder to score in general. It could also mean that he adjusts and takes on more of the burden. For instance, he has only attempted 6 three pointers in our 11 wins and he has attempted 22 in our 12 losses. These 3PA's are probably b/c we are in situations where we are down and need 3's to catch up in the end of games. Similarly, he has comitted 29 fouls in our wins and 42 fouls in our losses. Could be fouling to extend games when we're down.
Last week stats: Jennings: 20.25pts, 6.25 assists, 3.00 TO, 3.25 rebounds, 0.75 steals, 31/72 (43%) FG, 7/18 (39%) 3PT, 12/12 (100%) FT Stuckey: 26.50pts, 5.00 assists, 4.25 TO, 2.75 rebounds, 1.25 steals, 36/69 (52%) FG, 0/2 (00%) 3PT, 34/41 (83%) FT
Stucky for Rookie of the Year? ...I thought that either Amir or Afflalo were going to win that this season.
If they gave out a "Coach of the Game" award, would Michael Curry have won any of those last season? ...ok, sorry, ...back to the topic.
Stuckey has been playing well, but Jennings was injured last week (and still put up those numbers).
Why can't we congratulate stuckey as oppose to trying to rain on his parade. Sorry but some people always have something to say.
Stuckey had a great week but I think it's premature to have a parade for him.
I said Stuckey was playing well. I'm just saying if you are going to compare two guys, it's hard to make a fair comparison if one guy has a hyperextended knee. Wouldn't you agree?
It will if we can get his salary off the books, and land a free agent with $16M worth of cap space we would end up with if the cap doesn't drop, $10M if it does. Having 4 guards, of which NONE can facilitate an offense is just plain silly. We'd be primed for the future with Stuckey as ourstarting 2-Guard and backup PG, with Bengo serving as instant offense and fire power off the bench. Hindsight is 20/20, but with the lineup we have right now, we'd be tearing up the league right now had we moved Rip instead of Chauncey, and yes I was one of the IDIOTS that was ready for Stuckey to take over as our future PG, guess I was just as mistaken as Joe Dumars was. The Pressure of scoring isn't the issue, it's the pressure of facilitating the offense. C'mon man, you can't tell me you don't see how confused and awkward he looks trying to run the offense, and how free he looks when all he has to do is play his natural position and score the ball. I'm very impressed with how Stuckey has played off the ball, he seems to almost drop 25 points easily, while before it was an ugly struggle.
I look at Jennings and wonder how long can he stay healthy. One of the things that made AI GREAT was that his slight frame took a ticking and kept on clicking, it'll be interesting to see if Brandon's small frame can hold up the way AI's did.
Jennings has been playing poorly (relative to his start) for awhile now. Of the rookies, I prefer Tyreke Evans over the new Allen Iverson.
Jennings 55 pt game will be his undoing. That will always be his summit and now bigger ,stronger guards are gonna come after him harder. Mark my word, he will NOT be another Iverson.
I'm not completely convinced that Chauncey/Stuck would have been the great combo it may seem on paper. I still believe there comes a point where Chauncey has a negative influence on his team with the way he floats through the regular season, with the "It's my pre-season" attitude. I'm not so sure he would mesh that well with the way we're winning games right now with pure hustle. His style really goes against everything we're trying to do. In reality, the whole "Starting 5" crew needed/needs to be cleared out.
I believe too that one reason why JoeD moved Billups instead of Rip was his complacency attitude. Billups needed wake up call. ...and I absolutely do not care how "unpure" is Stuckey at PG spot. KGREG rant for me is clearly overreaction. Calm down, nobody will trade their "PG of the future" for aging Rip. some ppl are so in love with CP3, so in comparison everyone looks weak. But CP3 is CP3 and Stuckey is Stuckey. This team won't sink because of Stuckey, there are far more urgent needs on other areas. There were positives and negatives with "fab5" formula: cons were, some: - play 'em til death because of talance from bench is significantly lower. ...no trade because of either break the core or not. NOW JoeD can facilitate trade talks from position of strenght. ...also Q know when things do not work as hoped he can change the pace from bench safely. Q now has tools for adjustments, Flip actually had not.
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Since I am making a ROTJ Boba, I wanted to have a working rangefinder so, from some haircell ABS, and from WOF's PDF files, I made a hollow rangefinder.
Here it is after gluing every single side of the RF.
My RF compared to the Sgt. Fang solid resin RF.
Here it is after bondoing, sanding and priming it, there are still some minor imperfections but some putty filler should do the job.
I haven't put the holes in yet as I do not have the electronic part with the two red LEDs that are suppose to show through them. Need the actual measurement between the LEDs to make the holes.
I am planning on making the clear lens (bottom piece) from some clear acrylic glued together to get the actual shape then I can make a mold of it and cast it in clear resin.


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This seminar explores the U.S. American museum reception of modern and contemporary art, in particular that of marginalized fields such as 19th and 20th century Latin American and Latino/a art: conceptual, methodological and practical issues.
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This seminar will be based on a study of international cinema from the critical perspectives of Feminism and Cultural Studies (particularly Postcolonialism). Important films that raise issues of social, cultural, ethnic, and gender politics will be considered, focusing on films that represent resistance to oppression (including both dramas and comedies). Feminist and Postcolonial critical readings will serve as the basis for analyzing the films. Filmakers may include Almodovar, Bemberg, Bergman, Campion, Echeverria, Fellini, Lynch, Herzog, KarWai, Kubrick, Nair, Sverak, Von Trier, Zhang.
This course will focus on personal leadership development and finding your passion through community service. Students are placed in community nonprofit organizations for 60 hours during the semester to mentor and tutor at risk youth.
This course examines three vitally important poets and playwrights of the English Renaissance. The group represents three literaryhistorical periods (Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline), and provides a literary basis for a study of England's development from the Protestant Settlement of the 16th century through the accession of a Scottish King to the Civil Wars, Republican Period, and Restoration of the monarchy.
This course will explore the works of one of the greatest novelists, letter writers, essayists and diarists of the 20th century Virginia Woolf. The seminar aims at introducing the student to some of the wealth of materials, both primary and secondary, critical and theoretical, in Woolf scholarship, and at advancing an understanding of her originality, imagination, and brilliance as a prose stylist.
This course will investigate the novels and criticism of this recent Nobel Prize winner for literature. The class will read all of Morrison's novels, paying particular attention to her uses of African American folk culture and her relationship to the rest of the canon of American literature.
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Selected plays by Shakespeare will be situated in the contexts of the historical transformations and cultural concerns of the early modern period and the plays and nondramatic writings of Shakespeare's contemporaries.
This graduate seminar will examine contemporary fiction, poetry and personal narratives by American Indians. While we will read some precontact and early 20th century works, our primary focus will be writers from the 1960s to the present. Our studies will include developing the background knowledge and language necessary to discuss and engage in graduatelevel research into American Indian Literature. In addition, to exploring literary theoretical approaches and controversies, we will also analyze political, historical, and sociocultural contexts surrounding American Indian writings. In particular, we will explore the processes of storytelling, cultural conflict, and American Indian identity.
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Social movements are collective efforts to change society. At many times in history they have had dramatic consequences and they continue to be a focus of controversy, conflict and change today. Our particular focus will be a comparative study of 5 major movements for social justice in this country since the 1960s: the civil rights movements of African Americans, Asians/Asian Americans, African Latinos/Chicanos; the student movement; the gay rights movement; and the women's liberation movement. In the latter three movements, we will be looking comparatively at how well these movements did or did not incorporate people of different ethnicities (versus focusing exclusively on the status of European Americans) and what this has meant for the relative successes of these efforts.
This course will explore the game's evolution from a British sport dominating city culture to a definitely American national institution. A thorough investigation of the Negro Leagues will illuminate how baseball was a vehicle for African American activism. This course will also explore the everchanging nature of women's relationship with professional baseball; starting with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954) and ending with the current Women's Baseball League, Inc. The final segment of this course will be an analysis of modern day baseball's ties to the past and the ways in which the sport is evolving. Examination of illegal substance use, minorities in baseball and growing corporate involvement in professional baseball will be viewed within the wider spectrum of domestic and international politics, economics and culture.
This course will provide intensive training in research methods and is restricted to psychology students in their junior year who are in the COR program.
This course will focus on personal leadership development and finding your passion through community service. Students are placed in community nonprofit organizations for 60 hours during the semester to mentor and tutor at risk youth.
This course will focus on data collection and analysis techniques for words rather than numbers. Practice conducting interviews, focus groups, and observation. Analysis of participants' words, field notes, and documents using computer software and methods such as content analysis, narrative analysis, and grounded theory.
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This course will focus on the development of New Hispanic Cinema as it has affected films produced in the United Sates and Latin America. Focusing on fourteen directors and fourteen films, we will explore major themes and trends of the New Hispanic Cinema, among them: "Nueva Ola" in Argentina, "Cinema Novo", burgeoning Cuban revolutionary cinema, and "Magic Realism" in cinema of the Southwest United States. Apart from the historical and aesthetic context of these films, we will also look at the authenticity of the work in terms of depicting the cultural, political, and social phenomena of a particular region or country.
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Hello all
I've been thinking about this for quite some time and now I feel I'm ready to head to Madrid to start a TEFL course.
I've been reading up on a college (actually advertised on this site also) called Canterbury. It looks perfect for me.
The only problem is the accreditation. The website tells me that this course is accredited by the College of Teachers, London. I can't see either whether the course is a true TESOL course.
How can I find this out for certain?
Also, has anyone had any experience with this particular college and/or course?
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For my first post I figured it was only good manners to say hello and introduce myself!
I'm known as "Stomper" on a multitude of forums (501st related forums mainly). I'm a prop-builder (with a 100% good reputation) that makes weapons and other various accessories and kit for armor with many, many sales transactions under my belt (I've see some TDH members who are past clients of mine). I've (recently) taken an avid interest in all things Mandalorian since Karen Traviss' release of the Republic Commando series of books, which obviously delves into the whole Mando world.
I would like to get into making Mando armor, and since this is THE place to go to learn how to do it... HERE I AM!! I'm amazed at the talent I have seen displayed here, and I look forward to learning much, as well as contributing to this forum community in the future!
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In a recent study, researchers found a link between quitting smoking and better mental health. They looked at data from a large national survey on substance abuse and mental illness. The survey had 2 parts. It included an initial interview and a follow-up interview 3 years later. About 34,000 adults participated. More than 4,800 of them were smokers.
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There are issues with trucking as well as with delivering on own bottom. Rock chip damage, banging from pot-holes, break-ins enroute ... all can be distressing.
In my personal opinion, trucking is likely the least bad choice between the coasts of the US, but otherwise it is better to hire a crew or deliver yourself.
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I am searching for a C-37 and I think I found what I want, located in Houston Texas. I am in the Chesapeake Bay. I am all wisted up trying to decide if I should ship it by land or have a Delivery captain bring it up. Expense, wear and tear on the boat, unforeseen expensive repairs,budget all have me wondering which way to go. What do you think?
Don't know if you decided yet--just found this thread and figured I would add my two cents.
If you haven't decided whether to ship your boat yet, I found trucking to be expensive but hiring a delivery captain & crew to bring it from Seattle to NY was prohibitive.
Be aware that while there are a good many honest truckers (and I would like to believe most are), in this economy there are a LOT of scam artists trucking boats.
If you want some tips on hiring a trucker read my web page:
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Hiring a Transporter to Haul Your Boat - Beware of Global Yacht Hauling Inc.
Some of the information was used in a Boat/US article earlier this year, which is linked on the web page. The page is part of a web site I created to expose Global Yacht Hauling, Inc. from Michigan. who I lost $7500 to. You can check the links on the left of the page; you can read stories from a number of innocent boaters who were also ripped off by Ed Perrin and Global Yacht Hauling.
Bottom line, I finally used Associated Boat Transport to haul my boat from Anacortes, WA to Baltimore (7 days) and was very pleased.
We just had our boat shipped this summer to California from the Chesapeake Bay. Lewis Specialized Trucking, Inc did a great job. We couldn't have been happier with the service.
We were extrememly nervous about the whole evolution, but they delivered the boat on time and without a scratch. We highly recommend them.
Good trucking seems best
Your story is sad/amusing. I had Asylum trucked from IL to CT, no choice, and the trucking firm did a great job. The rerigging in CT had a few wrinkles that I had to iron out over time but I was very pleased.
After I got my Masters License, I did some deliveries and associated with others guys who did. Seems to me there are a lot more risks with a water delivery. There are many good captains but the schedule is always tight and we all know that schedule should not win over the weather, but it does. There are also some not-so-good captains out there and it is hard to tell without a lot of due diligence.
The best delivery I ever did was my own boat when I moved it from CT to NC. I took my time and had a great time. When I realized there was little money and no fun in meeting a tight schedule, I stopped doing deliveries.
Those special ships are great, but they have a fairly limited number of routes. I sold a 30' boat to an American in Thailand. It was trucked to Baltimore and put onto a one-off cradle as deck cargo on a freighter. The total bill was about $30K.
Actually you can move boats by water also, they have special ships that you float in, they add supports and then drain the water. IIRC, costs to ship a 31 over to Thailand was 12-15k a few years back.
Well, the story is more sad than interesting. My boat was in Key West, a very expensive place to truck from because of the limited hours when a truck can move and the need for an escort. Also, I really didn't want to deal with the hassle of having the boat decommissioned for trucking and then recommissioned on arrival. All told, it would have been an expensive trip. I've crewed on a few deliveries with a first rate captain, so I decided that a water delivery would be less hassle and less money. My friend was unavailable but he recommended a colleague very highly. Said colleague has a great resume and sounded great on the phone; said he'd delivered several 31s on extensive trips, so I hired him.
I knew it was not going to be fun from the first phone call I got from him when he arrived in Florida. First, this very experienced captain suddenly sounded like a constant whiner. He criticized the quality of the survey, the condition of the boat, etc., etc. But he set out nonetheless. The weather really wasn't all that good further up the coast and he probably never should have departed. Once a day, he called and began a tale of woe that made it sound like the boat was sinking. By the time he actually described the problem, it was usually something fairly easy to fix, or actually not broken. I grew to dread his calls, but did begin to realize that when he said the boat was sinking, he really meant that some minor line needed replacing. When he got to the north end of Florida, he basically said he wasn't going any further. He said he had a crew member with diarrhea and the head was broken (worked fine when I tested it) and a wheel pilot that was malfunctioning (there was a spare aboard). Plus, the weather was deteriorating and he would have had to do the whole trip on the ICW, which would have taken far longer than he planned (and he had capped his daily fee). Frankly, I couldn't wait to get home off my boat, so he found a decent marine on Amelia Island and did some decommissioning (some of which had to be redone). I hired one of the truckers I had previously contacted and arranged for them to pick the boat up and deliver her to Annapolis. Because of the weather, it took almost two weeks before she made it on a truck and to MD.
I ended up paying for most of a delivery by water (I'd already paid a deposit of about 60% and the captain sent me a bill for more; I told him I'd be glad to meet him in court), plus I paid for trucking and associated costs. It was an expensive lesson for me: everyone said to deliver by truck and I decided I didn't want the hassle. So I ended up with two sets of hassles and a bigger bill.
I'm sure there are good captains out there, since I've worked with one myself. But if I ever need to move a boat again, it will be by truck (unless a move by water is the only option, like to the Bahamas).
As I said, not so interesting.
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Truck it. If you want to hear the saga of my attempt to have my new-to-me PSC 31 delivered by a skipper from Key West, Florida to the Chesapeake, only to have to hire a trucker at the Florida-Georgia border, bring some tissues and a six pack.
Al Lorman
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What happened?
Truck it. If you want to hear the saga of my attempt to have my new-to-me PSC 31 delivered by a skipper from Key West, Florida to the Chesapeake, only to have to hire a trucker at the Florida-Georgia border, bring some tissues and a six pack.
Al Lorman
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Ship it. Pick a good outfit that specializes in yachts with an unblemished rep. The cheap fly-by-nighters may not check the bridge clearances on the route, among other things. Don't ask me how I know.
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Can i use the 2 liter bottle DIY Co2 in my 5.5 gallon? im not sure if i should use the larger bottle or smaller bottle because ive read in the forums that it is very hard to OD co2 with DIY. Can i use a wooden diffuser and suction cup and put it under my power filter to suck up the bubbles? or is that not going to work? i don't want to make those reactor things because i have no space in my tank. Right now i have a 1/2 liter bottle available, but i don't think that will work too wel? should i go with the 2 litter bottle or is there a better alternative like those fat juice bottles? if i did use a juice bottle (the thick ones) would i need to modify the yeast/sugar mixture and by how much? :D
o yea i forgot to mention... if i use the 2 liter bottle, it is too big for the space i have around the tank, and i will have no way of hiding it. if i go with the 1/2 liter bottle... i can hide it. :o
It certainly is possible to overdose a tank, even with the Hagen, and certainly with a 2 liter bottle on a 5.5 gallon tank.
I've read of people who nearly OD'd a 10 gallon with a Hagen. You probably couldn't run it at the lowest setting with that small of a tank. It reallly depends on your water.
It is unwise to begin with CO2 until you know your starting pH and KH. Then you can establish what your target pH will be (about 0.8 to 1.0 lower generally), and the lower limit of pH will be, below that you will risk killing your fish. All this comes from the CO2 charts. And your water parameters.
So, what is your starting pH and KH?
FWIW, The hagen system is clean and neat and hangs on the back of the tank, and it fits the 5.5 gallon tank. All the needed parts are included. The unit does not leak, since it hangs on the tank it will not siphon water if you remove the top to refill. The mix is very good but you can run your own mix when it runs out. The diffuser never plugs up like an airstone can. After 4 airstones dissolved in my DIY setup due to the carbonic acids I gave up. The airstones also gummed up which required a bubble counter to scrub the goo out of the gas. All those connections leaked initially and were a bit of a chore to get sealed, even now I have to occasionally scrape the DIY set clean and reseal. The smaller tanks both have Hagen systems.
maybe i should just go with the flourish excel. i can still have nice plants right? just not as fast growing? or can i use a 1/2 liter bottle for Co2?
Excel is great for low light situations, but it can be toxic to fish if overdosed. I don't think you can use enough Excel safely to match the light level you have already.
The planted aquarium is all about balance (and patience!).
Light, carbon, ferts - the holy trinity of planted aquariums.
The thing about the DIY CO2 is it is hard to control. I really don't know if 1/2 liter is enough or too much for a 5.5G tank. You won't know until you set it up, fix all leaks and test the water to see how low the pH goes and therefore how high the CO2 is. The recipe you use, the volume and freshness of the yeast, the type of yeast, the room temperature, the length and composition of the airline you use, the porosity of the airstone you use and if or when it gums up if you don't have a scrubber inline, and your tank's water parameters, filtering system and circulation patterns... all these variables affect the CO2 you will get in your aquarium with DIY, compared to what I get in mine with DIY.
For that reason, I suggest the Hagen system. Most of those variables are controlled, and you have a built in means to adjust the CO2 diffused in the water by raising or lowering the level of the input line. You can easily choose 100%, 75%, or 40% of max output. I have no way of slowing down my DIY output short of dumping the container and remixing it with less sugar and a guess as to what the rate might be initially. With a 29 gallon tank, this is not a big issue, with a 5 gallon tank it might mean the difference between fish and no fish some morning.
For $16.50 plus shipping, it is a no-brainer. Get the Hagen. While you are at it, buy the testing kits you need, you will save so much buying online that the shipping cost is absorbed and you still come out ahead. The more you buy, the more you save on things you need to get anyhow. Ferts for example, you will need some.
Heck, get two Hagens, so you can plant the 10 gallon and then you'll have enough spare CO2 resistant tubing to make a good DIY for the 20 gallon after you get rid of the goldfish and turn it into a planted tropical tank.
If you just like to tinker, you'll have only 3 packets of mix in the kit, then you'll need to either buy more or start making a mix yourself. Let's see, beer yeast, champagne yeast or bread yeast? Sugar or gelatine? Baking soda? Yeast nutrient? Water temp? Sterilization or save the yeast cultures?
And anyway, once you get the CO2 going and stable, you will really, really need to know about ferts with that light level.
darn. where am i going to get all that monie? :shock: maybe i'll just go with the hagen... and if the fish are stressed i'll turn it down. hehe.
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Crack Reef - A dive which can give everyone a buzz, both depth junkies and shallow reefers. This site sees another extraordinary shallow coral garden flourishing under the sun's rays, and a gradual descent which becomes a slide into the void of the South China Sea. Show more
You'll begin with a descent down the wall to either of the 2 ledges at 30 metres. From here you can peer over the lip and down the slope to check for resting leopard sharks. Ascend a few metres to a prominent alcove, and search the gorgonians around for pygmy seahorses. Several of the fans between 21 and 27 metres have resident seahorses.
If there is a mild current running then you can drift along with schools of neon fusiliers racing past. Eventually you'll arrive at some steep sloping buttresses which look like subterranean mountain footpaths. If you ascend up these natural causeways, you'll find yourself back near the top of the atoll, with its busy coral community, which allows for both excellent macro and micro photography opportunities.
The reef top here has mainly hard coral varieties such as porites, elkhorn and warty corals, but there are communities of sinularia and lobophyton soft corals too. Try spotting the foxface rabbitfish, or some of the tang and bristletooth species that reside here.
Dogtooth Lair - This dive site is named after the schools of large dog-tooth tuna frequently found cruising along this stretch of Layang Layang, especially along the drop-off. Watch out for these awesome creatures; you might see juveniles in small groups or the solitary big fellas, over a metre long and with a large set of pointed gnashers to match. Show more
Out in the blue you might also catch sight of small schools of pickhandle barracuda, big-eyed jacks, or more unusually, hammerhead sharks and the elusive sunfish.
The reef itself is a sloping sand bank of predominantly acropora coral fields with sandy channels, just before the site plunges into the 2,000 metre abyss of the South China Sea. As you move round to the north east the slope gets steeper before becoming a wall. There are quite a large number of yellow gorgonians from 20 metres down, and this is where you're likely to spot blue-masked angelfish and schools of round batfish.
In the shallows there are patches of blue and fire coral that attract speckled butterflyfish and clouds of blue anthias. This site, and Layang Layang in general, has some of the most colourful varieties of parrotfish in the ocean, in every conceivable shade of purple, turquoise, yellow and chocolate imaginable. Bluefin trevally roam the area looking of pick off unwary fish. There are lots of lots of pennant butterflyfish, normally found in pairs, but here they're found in droves.
D'Wall - It seems the derivation of the name of this dive has got lost in time. Most likely the written form of a lazy, Asian pronunciation of 'The Wall', it is one of the only genuinely vertical walls in Layang-Layang. In fact, the wall is so steep here that it actually overhangs for the majority of the dive, so it's a good idea to bring a torch along. Show more
There is a large shelf in the wall at about 40 metres, which it would be wise to use as the maximum depth marker to your dive. Making your way down to this level, you'll witness the tremendous colours of the wall, peppered with colourful nudibranchs, some enormous barrel sponges, large drooping fans of red, blue and purple, and the radiant violet of large tropical anthias.
But don't keep your head wedged in D'wall at all times. There may be sharks here too. Grey reef sharks and, at the right time of year, schools of hammerhead sharks will be cruising past the atoll.
Back at 25 metres you'll first come across a small triangular cove, which a dozen or so giant trevally use as their lair. A little further on is another larger shelf, adorned by black coral bushes, and also inhabited by trevallies, groupers and emporer angelfish. Examine the orange gorgonians to the left of the entrance as here you will find pygmy seahorses, and sometimes giant frogfish nearby.
Shortly after the ledges, the wall will change abruptly into a slope, signalling the start of your ascent. Spotted sweetlips watch you suspiciously as you swim up to the coral gardens at your safety stop level. Once there you can check out the orange-spined unicornfish, yellow breasted wrasse and skunk anemonefish. This is such a large and amazing dive site, it needs several visits to feel you've seen it all. D'End.
Gorgonian Forest - Many people consider this to be Layang Layang's signature dive site, and is one of the main areas for hammerhead sharks. Currents can be strong here and this draws in the bigger fish. It also creates fabulous horizontal visibility, commonly in excess of 50 metres. Show more
Drop in here onto a gentle slope packed with marine life. Move down over the stands of bottlebrush corals and warty corals, take a look at the large giant clams, and watch out for hawksbill turtles resting out from the current.
At 12 metres, you'll join the main wall proper and descend into an amazing array of large barrel sponges and the colourful fans which give this site its name. The fans of yellow and orange sway gently in the current, from where they begin at 22 metres or so right down to over 40.
When the current is running, vast quantities of fish pull in here, and this is really what makes this dive site so special. Lunar fusiliers and giant fusiliers will race past along the reef slope. Small packs of giant trevally hunt over the reef surface, and large dogtooth tuna swim past, sometimes stopping to check you out when their curiosity gets the better of their quest for food.
As you drift along, countless reef fishes, such as redtooth triggerfish and pyramid butterflyfish, dart about on the slope. Large species of grouper are common here, as well as large congregations of midnight snapper, and smaller groups of harlequin sweetlips and round batfish. Unicornfish frequent this portion of Layang Layang Island, either feeding in the nutrient-enriched blue or stopping on the reef slope's cleaning stations.
However, to focus solely on the seascape would be to miss the likely presence of scalloped hammerhead sharks, especially around April and May. Sometimes these bizarre looking sharks appear alone, and other times in great schools with a mix of the young and mature. As you gaze admiringly at them, they may venture in towards the reef or slowly slink off into the blue.
Navigator's Lane - This site lies on the northern side of Layang Layang atoll, just to the east of Crack Reef. It boasts of a huge variety of corals - both hard and soft - sea fans and whips. Show more
As a result of its rich coral gardens in depths of 5 to 15 metres, the reef life here is abundant, and it's possible to make either a classic multilevel dive, or just a tranquil exploration of the shallows, depending on your mood.
Hammerhead sharks in particular are regular visitors to this site, so you can look forward to some big fish action with these apex predators of the sea.
Besides additional encounters with grey reef sharks, manta rays, eagle rays, barracudas and the like, this dive has enough marine life for macrolife enthusiasts as well, with brightly coloured nudibranchs, and commensal and anemone shrimps in abundance.
Shark's Cave - This is one of Layang Layang's most famous dives and it has an abundance of sharks of various varieties. Scuba diving in Layang Layang is mostly about big fish action and this site is a good bet for plenty of large pelagic fish. Show more
The first and deepest of 2 large sandy ledges is an overhang, running in depth from 30 to 40 metres, down an incredible sheer wall. Schooling jacks often congregate here, forming loose balls of shimmering silver.
Moving on westerly with the wall on your right, you'll move past purple fans and some giant barrel sponges. Take a close look on the walls as giant frogfish and green painted frogfish can be found hanging in the black coral bushes, and painted lobsters stare out from the cracks in the wall.
After about 5 more minutes you'll come to second ledge at 25 to 30 metres deep. Giant trevally and dogtooth tuna patrol the entrance way. This ledge is much larger and can be penetrated for about 5 or 6 metres. Within the cave, you'll find whitetip reef sharks asleep on the floor. Make sure that you don't block their exit out of the cave though, as you don't want to become the object of an attack from these otherwise docile creatures.
Heading back out again into the open sea, you may encounter sightings of hammerhead sharks, grey reef sharks, manta rays and eagle rays, all gliding past you in the open waters.
This is one site where you're sure to be pushing your "No Deco" limit, so pretty soon you'll need to work your way back up the wall and onto the reef flat at the top of the atoll. Hundreds of pyramid butterflyfish swarm off the wall as if in greeting, and some big schools of whitemargin unicornfish circle the reef edge.
Into the shallows for your deco stop, you find lots of triggerfish - clown, pinktail, and redtooth - squirrelfish, Japanese surgeonfish, and various types of brightly coloured parrotfish, amongst the brown soft corals. Orange-fringed arc eye hawkfish make good subjects to study, as they perch proudly on the fingers of the finger or table corals.
Snapper's Ledge - This is a very easy site, and a particularly good spot for drift diving. Show more
Drifting along with the current, you'll find yourself face to face with some excellent coral such as gorgonians and black corals. Look out for some colourful nudibranchs within them.
On the fish life front, you'll come across multitudes of reef fish especially colourful parrotfish, fusiliers and pufferfish.
The Runway - If you're the type of diver who loves underwater explorations, especially of the poking your nose (or camera) into crevices, fissures and gullies variety, then the Runway is a "must do" for you. Show more
Here, you'll find fish swimming vertically along the vertical walls. It's quite an experience watching jacks, surgeonfish and fusiliers cascade down these walls, definitely something not to be missed.
Out in the blue, swirling schools of shad create glittering balls of silver, attracting hungry tuna and grey reef sharks on the look out for a free meal. Sometimes you can sense the panic of the fish, as they scatter at lightening speed, in anticipation of a pelagic strike.
Occasional sightings of hammerhead sharks and manta rays cruising the waters around this site have also been reported, so keep a sharp eye out for them.
The Tunnel - The site is located just to the south of Layang Layang Island Resort. It is rather sheltered and as a consequence offers few of the opportunities for diving with the pelagics that other sites of Layang Layang can boast. Show more
Instead, it posesses a tableau of hard coral formations of staghorn corals, plate corals, table corals, mushroom corals and brain corals. The site gets its name from the vertical fissures that the coral colonies make, forming 'chimneys' which scuba divers can examine close up for moray eels and macro marine life in the form of molluscs, squat lobsters and small crustaceans.
This is a great site for a night dive, watching the nocturnal antics of mantis shrimp, crayfish, crinoids, starfish, hermit crabs and sea urchins. Additionally, there are the usual reef fish like the pufferfish, parrotfish, boxfish, scorpionfish and turkeyfish.
The Valley - Some divers have pointed out that when initially entering the water at this part of Layang-Layang, their expectations plummet when greeted with the sight of this flat area with a gentle slope. Show more
However, the area is blessed with formations of large hard corals, and is a haven for turtles and fish like groupers, sweetlips, snappers and squirrelfish. Within the dozens of overhangs and crevices, a sharp pair of eyes will find you nudibranchs, flatworms and a variety of crustaceans. Even on the sandy patches, life abounds. Here, you'll find garden eels and ribbon eels.
Watch out for the nests of triggerfish here, lest you get bitten for wandering into the path of these territorial creatures. Closer to the edge of the reef, you'll have encounters with schools of amber jacks, reef sharks and hammerhead sharks. There are a variety of anemones as well, in particular, try to spot the golden anemone, a rare variety few divers have spotted before. An excellent diving site in hindsight.
Wrasse Strip - This is where the tropical sun shines down through shallow transparent waters, creating a colourful reef garden most divers only dream of. How this site became to be named Wrasse Strip is unknown but it certainly doesn't have more wrasse species than any other site around Layang Layang Island. Show more
However, it does have redcheek wrasse and slingjaw wrasse. The slingjaw wrasse is easily identifiable by its long trailing anal fin and red, yellow, black and white body markings. It can extend its upper and lower jaw to more than half of its own overall length, in order to create a tube that's perfect for feeding on crustaceans and small fishes amongst the reef. Take a moment to watch it go about its work as it is quite a sight to behold.
The whole of Wrasse Strip seems to be just a big cleaning station. Everywhere you look you'll find sleek and bignose unicornfish patiently hovering just above the corals stands, allowing the cleaner fish to do their work. The shallows are also a popular spot for juvenile manta rays and eagle rays to pull in for a hygiene appointment too.
The reef is an idyllic sloping bank of predominantly brown, sarcophyton and flowery soft corals with the occasional dense stand of elkhorn corals. There are many rubble patches that host red fire gobies. Presumably these patches of rubble are the left-overs from a turtle or titan triggerfish snack. These triggerfish are fairly common throughout Layang-Layang.
Many of the sites at Layang Layang allow for deep diving and will satisfy even the most zealous shark chaser, but there is something for everyone here on the breathtaking coral slopes to which no written description can do justice. Another unforgettable dive at one of the world's great destinations.
Wreck Point - Contrary to expectations and despite its name, this is not a wreck dive, but is instead a very pleasant coral garden and wall dive. There used to be an old freighter wreck here, but all that remains of it today is a few pieces of scrap iron on the seabed. The site lies to the south west of Dog Tooth Lair. Show more
What makes this site unique is the entry point. You'll descend on to a 7 metre deep sandy shelf with some small and rather picturesque coves and inlets, appealing to explore. These rock formations are covered in soft brown corals and table corals. Take your time over the sandy patches as, with a bit of patience, you can spot razor fish (sand divers) hovering above the sand.
Follow the lip of the shelf out and down onto the main wall, a steep slope running down into the Layang-Layang abyss. If conditions allow, turn left and swim with the wall on your left side. Clouds of indigo anthias hover over the barrel sponges and small violet sea fans that adorn the slope. In the crags you'll find lots of soldierfish and squirrelfish, such as the sabre squirrelfish - a species identifiable by its yellowish fins, large size and prominent cheek spine.
Open water fish that you might find here include rainbow runners, bigeye trevallies, barracudas and white tip reef sharks.
As you make your way slowly shallower, the wall ends abruptly at about 8 metres deep with a colourful hard coral garden. Light flickers through the water, brightening up this sparkling scene. Bronze big eye bream and double bar goatfish form small schools. Bird wrasse move amongst the scleratinia, and the beautiful lyretail hogfish (tangerine head, and white rear with a few small dark speckles) hide out in the shallows. This is the spot where you'll make your safety spot before surfacing right next to the Layang Layang aircraft landing strip.
Located within the equatorial belt, Layang Layang has an equatorial climate. Temperatures range from 28°C to 32°C. Although an equatorial climate comes with fairly high humidity, the cool sea breezes make staying on the island very comfortable.
The dive resort opens only from March to October, ensuring diving only in the best weather, and the hammerheads and other big pelagics are present at Layang Layang more or less throughout this time, with a greater frequency of sightings around the March - May period. The resort usually closes between November and February because of the heavy monsoon rains that fall here, and you cannot dive here at that time.
In the absence of the marquee creature, the scalloped hammerhead, there is still a lot of good scuba diving to be enjoyed here with healthy walls covered in hard and soft corals and boasting an impressive array of reef fish. Being a tiny speck in the South China Sea, nutrient-rich currents continually wash over the reefs here bringing in the marine life. Other residents during the season include barracudas and big-eye trevally. Occasional visitors to the island that require more luck than exact timing can include manta rays, thresher sharks, whale sharks, melon-headed whales and even orcas.
Normally the visibility is very good, exceeding 30 metres although it can drop. Water temperatures remain quite constant during the short season here, usually hovering around the higher end of the 25 to 30°C range. You should expect visibility in the range of 10 to 40m. The seas can pick up at any time in the waters around Layang Layang outside of the calm lagoon where the resort sits. It is not unusual to surface from a dive in bigger waves than were present upon entry.
Layang Layang is a small island in the South China Sea, not far from the shores of the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is part of an atoll with a calm shallow lagoon on one side and a deep drop-off into the open ocean on the other. The tiny island consists of little more than a landing strip, a navy base and a dive resort. Special local rates apply at the resort for Malaysians, Singaporeans and expatriates living in those countries with work permits.
No liveaboards regularly make it this way out into the South China Sea so there is only "one show in town" for diving Layang Layang.
Review our map below of Sabah, showing the location of Layang Layang Island. Here, you will find information on how to get to Layang Layang.
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 20 - 40m
Currents: Gentle
Surface conditions: Calm
Water temperature: 25 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~20
Recommended length of stay: 5 - 8 days


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The NCAA levied a $60 million sanction against Penn State University after reviewing the outcome of the Freeh report which identified the failures of the institution to protect the victims and putting the institution's needs above the law. Penn State was obligated to comply with child welfare laws and Title IX; it failed. Laws were in place. In the case of Title IX, the institution had required policies and procedures in place. The institution did all of the things it was supposed to do on paper and ultimately, but ultimately this was no more than "lip service" to its legal and ethical obligations. The lesson to be learned from Penn State is a pretty simple one. The organization reflects the values and ethics of its leadership. When a law like Title IX gets passed, whether it is the sexual harassment provisions of the law or its athletics participation requirements, if the institution does not embraces its purpose, educate its staff and make certain that all employees clearly understand their obligations – then Sandusky happens. No one in the formal leadership – presidents and senior administrators – or in the informal power club – Paterno, made it clear that compliance with the law was an expected zero tolerance obligation.


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