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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 1:04am
The Master's I and Open championships are set for the 2012 Lake Placid Summit Classic. Burnt Orange and Motive Pure will rematch in the Master's final, while Select Sector Spiders and Power-Tek will face off in the Open final Sunday. I covered the Open, while John Jiloty watched Saturday's Master's semifinals. Check ILGear.com for Saturday's Sights and Sounds.
The semifinals went in opposite directions, with Motive Pure getting off to a slow 0-3 start against team Saxa Hoya before finishing a 16-6 victory. Burnt Orange went up 11-2 on Graph-Tex before coming back to earth and escaping with a 12-10 win.
Motive Pure, which features a host of Princeton players with some West Genesee alums from various schools mixed in, fell to BO in last year's final 8-6. This year's squad features the same nucleus but with the additions of Jamie Hanford on D and Austin Garrison and Dan Chemotti in the midfield.
Jon Hess arrived Saturday from a wedding and looked like his usual dominant self, putting up a goal and four assists. He said he was actually considering driving up for Thursday's opener, then back to the New York City area for the wedding and then back up Saturday for Motive Pure's 3 p.m. semifinal game. He thought better of it.
As should be expected, MP's attack of Hess, Chris Massey and Jesse Hubbard looked unstoppable once they got going. Massey, who has had a great tournament so far, had three goals and an assist, while Hubbard had five goals. Garrison had two in a row dodging up top to extend their lead from 8-5 to 10-5 in the second half.
The top two plays of the day were Hess stealing the ball on the ride at midfield and zipping a pass to Hubbard down low for a goal; the best was Hess slinging a pass from X to Massey, who quick-sticked it in, one-handed, for the goal.
Andy Towers won a ton of face-offs for MP, and Genny alum Mike Zoanetti made some big saves in the second half.
Expect Damien Davis to match up with his former college mark Mike Powell in Sunday's final. Jamie Hanford should take Ryan Powell, leaving Ryan Mollett likely to match up with Casey Powell.
The Burnt Orange have a similarly strong offensive nucleus with Liam Banks, Ryan and Mike Powell on attack and Casey Powell and Sean Lindsay leading the midfield. Banks has had an excellent tournament; as he told me, when you have so much offensive talent, as long as you're moving, you'll get opportunities. Banks (3, 2), Ryan (1, 1), Mike (2G) and Casey (3, 1) Powell led BO's dizzying offense.
On Saturday, Mike was going mostly against Towson head coach Shawn Nadelen, who covered MP when he was a senior at Hopkins in the Carrier Dome, Powell's freshman year. Any young attackmen should watch Mike Powell ride: he's ruthless out there.
Graph Tex's defense featured three DI coaches in Maryland's John Tillman, Notre Dame's Gerry Byrne and Nadelen.
New Burnt Orange addition Jay Abendroth drew a lot of compliments from the Graph-Tex squad for his play gobbling up groundballs, joining a defense of John Glatzel, Tom Nee, Ric Beardsley and Chris McCartan and the two-goalie rotation of Rob Mulligan and Jason Gebhardt. Chris Cercy couldn't make it so Bobby Fazie is manning the face-off unit.
Saturday's temperatures hit 90, which isn't very common in this area, but there's a chance of storms Sunday so the championship Masters I (11 a.m.) and Open (12:30) games got moved an hour earlier.
Anecdote of the day came from Ryan McLernan of the Baltimore Crabs, who was reminiscing in the sideline with Ryan Mollett about the team they had way back in the day that featured, Mollett, Glatzel, Nee, Hubbard, Hess, Spencer Ford, Scott Hochstadt, Jay Jalbert and Jeff Sonke — and lost.
The Burning Orange vs. Graph-Tex game Sunday drew by far the biggest crowd of the tournament, so expect Sunday's BO-Motive Pure final to be the showcase championship.
Select Sector Spiders, a team made up of college-age players and recent graduates from Long Island, defeated the defending champion Burning Orange team 11-9 to advance to the final of the Open I division at the Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse Tournament. Select Sector Spiders got out to a 3-1 lead by the end of the first quarter and held a 6-3 lead at the half.
Leading the way for Select Sector Spiders was Cornell's Connor Buczek with four goals. Buczek, who just won the gold medal with Team USA at the FIL U19 World Lacrosse Championships in Finland, was playing alongside a host of well-known names from the college ranks, including Tom Compitello (Stony Brook), Kevin Ford (Hofstra), Jeff Tundo (Stony Brook) and Stephen Bentz (Hofstra).
The Burning Orange, a team made of current players and recent graduates from Syracuse University, made it a one-goal game on three separate occasions in the second half, including Kenny Nims' goal with just about four minutes left. But it was Buczek who scored unassisted with a couple minutes on the clock to seal the victory for the Select Sector Spiders squad. The Burning Orange were led in scoring by 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy winner Mike Leveille, who finished with three goals and two assists.
In the other Open I division semifinal, Power-Tek upended Sea of Green in a close 6-5 battle. Power-Tek, a team full of Colgate players, was down 4-3 after the third quarter, but outscored Sea of Green 3-1 in the final frame to advance to the championship, pitting the team against Select Sector Spiders. Kevin Colleluori (Colgate) led Power-Tek with three goals, including what turned out to be the game-winner. Matt Lalli (Colgate) scored twice and Peter Baum (Colgate), the 2012 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, scored once.
Sea of Green was a surprise winner over the Rob Pannell-led Big Red Steelheads squad, while Power-Tek advanced past a stacked Team Breakaway team that featured current NCAA stars Garrett Thul, Jack Reilly, Brandon Mullins and Mike Poppleton.


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This afternoon's Highbury memory comes from John Lynch.
I have been an Arsenal fan from the late 1950s, but have never lived near enough to be a regular visitor to Highbury, although I took the opportunity to attend Martin Keown's Testimonial in 2004 and this season's Carling Cup game against Reading.
However, I have many great Highbury memories, particularly from the 1970/71 'double' season, when I was a frequent visitor, standing variously at the Clock End, in front of the East Stand and on the North Bank.
My outstanding memory of that season is the 2-0 win over Liverpool which closed the gap on Leeds United at the top of the table, as the season was coming to its climax. Arsenal dominated the game without achieving a breakthrough until George Graham, who had been dropped for a few matches, was brought on from the bench for the last 10 minutes or so. Almost immediately, he scored an outstanding goal.
He won possession in midfield and played a succession of one-twos with Jon Sammels, who chipped the final ball into the box. I was behind the goal, halfway up the North Bank, directly in line with George's left foot volley which he hit first time as the pass came over his shoulder. The shot went into the top corner of the net before Ray Clemence could move. This remains one of the most beautiful goals I have ever seen and would be worthy of the style and quality served up by Arsène Wenger's team. George made a second goal with a defence-splitting pass which put Ray Kennedy through. His shot was blocked by Clemence, but John Radford put the rebound into the net.
I saw a similar outstanding goal, on my first ever visit to Highbury, when my elder brother took me early in the 1960/61 season to see a Tottenham game. Spurs, who were in their 'double' season, took a half-time lead of 2-0. In the second-half, the Gunners staged a comeback, with a goal by David Herd. Shortly after this, during an Arsenal attack, Danny Clapton got the ball on the right wing. Instead of crossing into the box, as expected, he pulled the ball back into the path of Gerry Ward, who was moving up from midfield.
I expected him to chip the ball forward into the area, but, instead, he hit it first time and it rocketed into the top corner for the equaliser. I know it is easy to exaggerate these things, but I think he must have been at least 25 yards out. Again, this was at the North Bank end. I was standing high up in the quadrant between the West Stand and North Bank and had a great view of the goal. The other memorable feature of that game was the attendance of over 60,000. Unfortunately, the game did not have a happy ending as Les Allen scored a dubious late winner for Spurs. (I was convinced that he fouled Jack Kelsey before scoring), but the memory of Gerry Ward's goal has stayed with me ever since.
Would you like your 'Highbury Memories' recorded in the programme this historic season? We'd love to hear of your experiences at Highbury, no matter how long you've supported the team. If you have a story you think is worth telling then write into the Club, keeping your accounts to less than 600 words, at the usual address. You can also e-mail your correspondence to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please mark your letters 'Highbury Memories'. All those who have letters printed will receive an exclusive A4 Highbury print.

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Location: Peanut ResearchTitle: Population shifts and mating-type heterokaryosis in Aspergillus flavus Author
|Olarte, Rodrigo
|Horn, Bruce
|Worthington, Carolyn
|Singh, Rakni
|Carbone, Ignazio
Submitted to: Meeting Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/20/2013
Publication Date: 3/11/2013
Citation: Olarte, R.A., Horn, B.W., Worthington, C.J., Singh, R., Carbone, I. 2013. Population shifts and mating-type heterokaryosis in Aspergillus flavus. 9th International Aspergillus Meeting. March 11-12, 2013. Pacific Grove, CA. Interpretive Summary: none required.
Technical Abstract: Aspergillus flavus is a fungal pathogen of many agronomically important crops worldwide. We sampled A. flavus strains from a cornfield in Rocky Mount, NC. This field was planted in 2010 and plots were inoculated at tasselling with either AF36 or NRRL 21882 (=Afla-Guard) biocontrol strains, both of which are mating type MAT1-2. Subsequently, toxigenic strain NRRL 3357 (MAT1-1) was applied to all plots, including control plots not inoculated with biocontrol strains. Sclerotia were harvested from infected corn ears approximately 4.5 months after planting (2.5 months after biocontrol treatment); ninety single-ascospore isolates were isolated from ascocarps originating from plots treated with AF36 and NRRL 21882. In addition, eighty A. flavus isolates were collected from soil one month after planting (before biocontrol application) and one year after biocontrol application, for a grand-total of 250 isolates. PCR amplification revealed grouping of isolates into three distinct mating-type classes: MAT1-1, MAT1-2 and MAT1-1/MAT1-2. A significant proportion (54%) of isolates sampled prior to biocontrol treatments were heterokaryotic for mating type (MAT1-1/MAT1-2) and 39% of isolates obtained from ascospores were heterokaryotic, as well as 9% of isolates from soil after biocontrol treatments. The vertical transmission of MAT1-1/MAT1-2 to progeny ascospore isolates suggests that heterokaryosis can be maintained in subsequent generations. Furthermore, matings were performed to determine functionality of these MAT1-1/MAT1-2 strains and all isolates tested were strictly functional as MAT2. The population genetic structure before and after the application of biocontrol treatments will be discussed. Further characterization of heterokaryons and their frequency in A. flavus populations may be important in understanding the adaptation of these fungi to changing environmental conditions.


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Happy Birthday To The Man In Black
This week should really have been designated Johnny Cash week since so much has been happening with the Man In Black. Today (Feb. 26th) would have been Johnny's 78th birthday. To celebrate, all of his fans are dressed in black. … Continue reading


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I have printed and cutout WOF's Jango armor templates. My question to all of you in "the know:" what is the best or preferred method or material to scratch build? I have seen Cold Cast, Resin, PVC (also Styrene?), and vacuum formed. It's enough to make me ball up in a corner and rock back-and-forth. Please enlighten me on the Pros and Cons of each. This will take me quite a while because I have no real talents (except I can balance things on my chin, but that wont help), and I want to make sure that when I am done, there will be few to no regrets.
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Hello All,
I am new to these boards and am amazed at the armor I am seeing.
Unlike some of you, I am not looking at putting together armor for personal wearing. I have a collection of pieces at home and nothing would look better next to my lifesize Han Solo in Carbonite then a ESB/ROTJ Bobafett.
I must admit I have NO artistic talent at all and would not even try to make anything. I already have a Master Replicas Bobafett helmet. So I am not starting from total scratch.
I have looked on The Cargo Hold and have seen some pieces for sale.
Is there a online shop that anyone recommend or is there a list of members that sell the needed pieces for me to get this project going?
I guess I should start at the body suit.....I think.
Any and all help is appriciated!


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Green Bay Set for National TV Battle at Wright State
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Continuing its four-game road trip, Green Bay (13-3, 3-0 HL) plays on Friday night against a Wright State team that finished just one vote behind the Phoenix in the Horizon League Preseason Poll. The contest is set for 6:05 p.m. CT on Friday night at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, and will be televised live nationally on ESPNU.
The two teams enter their first meeting of 2013-14 in the spots predicted, as Green Bay is in first place at 3-0 and Wright State (11-8, 3-1 HL).
The Phoenix brings an eight-game winning streak to the Nutter Center after rallying for a 93-86 overtime victory at Milwaukee on Sunday. Against the Panthers, junior Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) scored a career-high 34 points and senior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) added 19 points and nine rebounds. That same duo has combined to average 43 points in league play and 39.7 points during the team's longest winning streak since winning nine-straight in 2003-04.
Wright State is a perfect 9-0 at the Nutter Center heading into the meeting with the Phoenix after rallying for a 58-53 win over UIC on Monday night. Green Bay has won four-straight and five of its past six conference road games dating back to last season.
G – #24 Keifer Sykes, G, Jr., 5-11, 175
G – #35 Vincent Garrett, G, Sr., 6-6, 220
F – #4 Jordan Fouse, F, So., 6-7, 225
F – #15 Greg Mays, F, Jr., 6-9, 222
C – #21 Alec Brown, C, Sr., 7-1, 235
LIVE COVERAGE: Friday night's game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and will also be available on Watch ESPN. Jim Barbar (play-by-play) and Malcolm Huckaby (analyst) will be on the call. On WNFL 1440 AM, Matt Menzl (play-by-play) and Andrew Gavin (analyst) will bring fans the radio call.
INSIDE THE SERIES: Green Bay and Wright State have met 48 times heading into Friday night's game, and the series is tied at 24-24. The Raiders hold an 18-8 record in Dayton, including 10 of the past 11. The exception was a 53-48 Phoenix win at the Nutter Center on Feb. 20, 2012.
WINNING WEEKLY: After averaging 27.5 points, 7.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds in wins at Chicago State and Milwaukee, Sykes was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Monday for the second-straight week, league-record fifth time this season, and Green Bay record ninth time in his career. Detroit's Rashad Phillips holds the all-time record with 10. Sykes and Brown have won a program-record seven weekly awards in 10 weeks this season.
SYKES SET APART: Sykes not only ranks among the leaders in numerous Horizon League categories, but the Phoenix point guard is the only player in the country averaging 20-plus points and 5-plus assists while shooting 50 percent or higher from the field. His scoring average of 20.5 points ranks 21st nationally in points per game.
LAST SEASON'S MEETINGS: In two meetings last season, Wright State swept the Phoenix. The Raiders won 64-53 in Dayton on Jan. 3 in the Horizon League opener for both teams, and WSU rallied multiple times to win 70-68 in double overtime at the Resch Center on Feb. 7. Brown and Sykes combined to shoot 36 free throws in the two games but also shot just 10-of-39 from the field.
HANDLE THE ROCK: In the past three three games, Sykes has dished out 23 assists while committing only two turnovers in 107 minutes. Against Milwaukee, the point guard played 43 minutes without a miscue. Sykes leads the Horizon League in assists (5.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.1) and ranks 23rd nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio.
PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES: Green Bay enters Friday's game leading the Horizon League and ranked 10th nationally in defensive field goal percentage (37.8%). Offensively, the Phoenix ranks second in the conference and 33rd nationally in field goal percentage (.481). Green Bay has shot 55 percent or higher in four of the past five games.
BLOCK PARTY: Green Bay has blocked 124 shots in 16 games this season. The 117 blocks are the third-most in a single season in program history, behind only the school-record total of 162 last season and the . With an average 7.8 rejections per game, the Phoenix ranks second nationally in blocks per game behind only St. John's (8.8).
BROWN'S BLOCKS: Brown is having the best season of his career, which includes blocks. Averaging 3.4 per game, the 7-foot-1 senior ranks 12th nationally. With 55 blocks in 2013-14, Brown is on pace to break his own school record of 89, set in 2011-12. Brown now owns each of the top-four spots on the program's single-season blocks chart (55, 59, 67, 89).
RECORDS IN REACH: Brown will be chasing a couple of records as his senior season continues. With 270 career blocks, Brown needs 44 more to break the Horizon League record of 309 set last season by Youngstown State's Damian Eargle. The 7-foot-1 senior also needs just 34 more rebounds to break the Green Bay Division I record of 766 set by Terry Evans. The senior has been the program's career leader in blocks since his sophomore season.
MOVING ON UP: Brown, the lone player in Horizon League history with 1,400 points, 700 rebounds and 250 blocks, now ranks ninth in Green Bay history in scoring (1,458 points). Sykes, with 1,202 career points, moved into 16th place with 34 points at Milwaukee. Against the Panthers, the junior passed Joe Mauel, Ryan Evanochko and Matt Rohde.
NORTH OF NINETY: Including the last two contests, Green Bay has scored 90 or more points five times this season. This year's team is the first in the program's Division I history to have reached 90 five times in a season. With a scoring average of 78.9 points, Green Bay is on pace to break the program's Division I record for points per game. The team's current average would be the highest in the program since 1971-72.
FILL IT UP: Prior to this season, Green Bay had not scored 90-plus points in back-to-back games during the Division I era and had not done so since the 1971-72 season. Including last week against Chicago State (98) and Milwaukee (93), Green Bay has now totaled 90 or more in back-to-back games twice this season. Green Bay's 97 points against Pepperdine marked the most scored by the program since tallying 106 against Northern Michigan on Dec. 29, 2005. Against Minnesota Duluth and Pepperdine, the Phoenix scored 90 or more points in back-to-back games for the first time since the 1971-72 season when Green Bay defeated Northland (Feb. 26, 1972; 106-71) and Milton (March 1, 1972; 98-80).
PHO SLAMMA JAMMA: In 2013-14, Green Bay has tallied 55 dunks through 16 games. Led by Greg Mays (20) and Sykes (15), the Phoenix has six different players with five or more dunks. Last season, Green Bay had 50 dunks in 34 contests. The high-flying Phoenix was dubbed Pho Slamma Jamma by the Anchorage Daily News during the Great Alaska Shootout. Check out a highlight video of some of Green Bay's dunks this season.
MID-MAJOR POLL: Green Bay is appearing in two national mid-major polls. The Phoenix began the season at No. 21 in the CollegeInsider.com and has moved up to No. 6. In the Mid-Major Madness Top-15 poll which includes the Atlantic 10, Green Bay has vaulted up to No. 8.
DROPPING DIMES: Averaging 16.6 per game, Green Bay ranks 17th nationally in assists. Sykes leads the Horizon League and is tied for 48th nationally in assists. Fouse is the lone non-guard in the Horizon League ranking in the top-10 in assists per game (3.1). In three Horizon League games, Sykes is averaging 5.3 dimes and Fouse has added 4.7 assists per game.
FOUSE OF FURY: An All-Newcomer selection a season ago as a freshman, Fouse has been terrific in Horizon League play. The 6-foot-7 forward had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in Green Bay's league-opening win over Cleveland State. Fouse then had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals against YSU. Most recently, Fouse threatened a triple-double with 11 points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven assists at Milwaukee. After starting the season shooting just 39.7 percent in the first 12 games, Fouse has made 64.3 percent of his shots (18-28) in the past four games. In league play, Fouse ranks first in assist-to-turnover ratio and third in assists.
FIRST 50: The game at Milwaukee was the 50th of Fouse's career. While starting all 50 games of his career, Fouse has accumulated 331 points, 403 rebounds, 117 assists, 99 steals and 75 blocked shots.
RARE COMBINATION: At 7-foot-1, Brown sports a rare combination of size and skill. Along with leading the Horizon League and ranking among the national leaders in blocked shots, Brown is third in the league in three-point percentage. After an 0-for-7 start to his senior season, Brown has made 22 of his last 43 from long range. The big man made just six triples in his first two seasons, but he is a combined 52-of-120 as an upperclassmen. In Horizon League play last year, Brown upped his percentage to 44.4 percent (16-36) to rank fourth in the conference.
All tickets for the 2013-14 men's basketball season are on sale now. For more information about season tickets, ticket packages and more, please visit the ticketing page at GreenBayPhoenix.com.For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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Fenerbahce 0-0 Arsenal
European Cup Winners Cup, Round 1 (2nd Leg) - October 3, 1979
Attendance 40,000
Pre-match telegram from The Clock End to the team and management
To: Mr T. Neill / D. Howe of The Arsenal Football Club
c/o Hilton Hotel (Istanbul)
From all of us who stand in The Clock End who cannot be with you tonight (worst luck), we wish you the very best of luck (although we hope you don't need any).
We are with you in spirit, and Radio 2, if not in person.
So "Go Go Gunners" give 'em hell!
What the "Daily Telegraph" thought of Istanbul - By Robert Oxby (October 1979)
Arsenal's arrival in the second round of the European Cup Winners' Cup shows that their team - a blend of experienced and young players - have reached a peak of maturity.
Their goalless draw with Fenerbahce at the Inonu Stadium in Istanbul took them through 2-0 on aggregate and their performance was wholly admirable, both in skill and behaviour.
As they expected, they were subjected to intimidation by the Turkish players and, in front of a frantic 40,000 crowd, they simply walked away from any threat of trouble.
The slightest retaliation could have inflamed the volatile crowd and the presence of hundreds of armed soldiers - who jogged ominously round the perimeter with bayonets fixed - emphasised how potentially explosive the situation was.
Arsenal, greeted with total hostility, showed stoical calm, considerable skill, and a willingness to work for each other, reminiscent of Liverpool in their best European days.
It would easy be to complain that Frank Stapleton might have headed three goals, but the object of the exercise was to hold on to the Highbury lead and not to concede a goal which would have given the Turks survival.
Sir Stanley Rous, the former President of F.I.F.A., who was at the match, told me: 'This was one of the best away performances I have seen from a British Club and the absence of trouble reflects on Arsenal and on the Italian referee.'
Pat Rice, the captain, and Pat Jennings, the Northern Ireland international goalkeeper, who have played through so many European campaigns, agreed that the team had given a 'near perfect performance'.
For this, Hollins, Brady, Rix and Talbot who dominated the mid-field throughout, deseve much praise. All of them, and even the strikers, Sunderland and Stapleton, were always ready to help out the defence.
Arsenal Jennings, Rice, Nelson, Talbot, O'Leary, Young, Brady, Sunderland, Stapleton, Hollins, Rix.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


text: While RWU originally made Sean's list of colleges for its nationally ranked sailing team, it was the beautiful, waterfront campus that truly sealed the deal. Sean was an integral part of both the sailing and golf teams on campus, but also managed to find the time to take on a double major in Legal Studies and Environmental Science. While juggling academics, athletics and the overall college experience can be a tall order, Sean took it all in stride thanks to the close relationships he formed with his coaches and professors.


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There's been a gradual process of installing bus shelters around Wellington, and a couple have recently made an appearance at the bottom of Elizabeth St – where they'll no doubt be welcomed by passengers waiting in the wind and the rain.
The shelters are provided by AdShel, a commercial company that funds the shelters by selling the advertising space on the side. Being an advertising company, they're not unfamiliar with the idea of some self-promotion:
However some local wits have a somewhat more cynical view of the corporatisation of the local bus routes, and added a few amendments to the posters …
True to their word, AdShel maintained the shelters at no cost to our local Council, and the altered signage disappeared a few days later. But in the meantime, we all had a good laugh at the wit of the unknown editor.


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Myanmar's military junta is in the process of submitting a new constitution for their nation which supposedly will allow democracy to flourish. As first step in the move toward Myanmar style democracy the government stated anyone who distributes lelaflets or makes speeches against the new constitution can be imprisoned for three years. The Constitutional Referendum to be submitted to the nation allows for voting to be postponed or canceled in places affected by a "natural disaster, security breach, or other harm that could endanger the holding of a free and fair referendum." The new constitution contains a provision that will prevent opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running for public offices.
In the wonderful world of Myanmar democracy, anyone who makes speeches or hands out leaflets opposing the new constitution is guilty of a crime. Among guidelines for voting, any Monks, nuns, high-ranking Christian and Hindu officials or the mentally ill are not eligible to vote in the upcoming free election. Ballot boxes will be counted at polling stations and no outside observers will be allowed to monitor the process in order to ensure that democracy is in full operation. Actually, why bother to hold a "referendum" when the result of it is already known? The farce of what goes for "democracy" in Myanmar is an insult to the intelligence of the Burmese people.


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Reports claim the U.S. and Chinese armed forces have begun to wage an escalating, silent war on the internet
Surveillance and subterfuge are timeless traditions. In ancient Japan, daimyo ninjas carried out dangerous spy missions to the highest bidder. Their surveillance missions and assasinations created fear and chaos within their enemies.
More recently in the days of the Cold War, espionage expanded to an unprecedented scale as the CIA and Britain's MI6 waged silent war against the Soviet Union's KGB agents. Telephoto cameras, spy planes and phone bugs were the most high-tech tools employed for monitoring.
Today a new war of intelligence has begun, this time online. China, the world's most populus nation, began to exert its digital will. The U.S. military reported numerous successful attacks on Defense Department computers originating from China. While the U.S. military has not put it in these exact words, it indicates that the U.S. is on the verge of entering into a digital war with the Chinese government, much akin to the war of surveillance which occurred against Russia during the Cold War era.
The Defense department reported multiple attacks over the course of the last year. Among them was a successful June 2007 system
penetration which shutdown Homeland Security networks and potentially compromised sensitive data
. The Department of Homeland security traced the attacks back to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and blamed the breach on
lax security standards at the government contractor Unisys
. Unisys was not alone though -- in Fall 2006 hackers gained access to the Naval War College's computer network and temporarily crippled it. And also in June of last year, another attack gained access to the unclassified Pentagon email system used by the offices of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The email system had to be taken offline and reworked.
Some of these attacks likely were launched by China's burgeoning free lance hacker community.
, in a meeting with high profile Chinese hackers, recently discussed the attacks. Several of the hackers claimed knowledge of friends in the Chinese underground hacking community who launched successful assaults on the Pentagon. More interestingly, the hackers reported the
Chinese government subsidized them for successful attacks
. While the Chinese government ardently denies such claims it appears, much like Japanese warlords used the ninjas of old, the Chinese government is employing these legions of hackers to create chaos and steal information on U.S. networks -- for a price.
Meanwhile, according to U.S. intelligence, the PLA is building up its own force of elite hackers to wage cyberwarfare. A Pentagon report,
released this month
notes that China is expanding its military presence in "the land, air and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains." Further, it notes, "The PLA has established information-warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, and tactics and measures to protect friendly computer systems and network."
The Chinese foreign ministry and its spokesman Gang Qin dismissed these intelligence assessments, calling them paranoid and misleading. Gang stated in recent public comments that the U.S. needs "to drop its Cold War mentality."
However, few familiar with China's military efforts can deny that its cyber-warfare efforts seem particularly active. General Kevin Chilton, who heads U.S. Strategic Command in Bellevue, Nebraska, stated, "The thing about China that gives you pause is that they've written openly about their emphasis in particular areas -- space and cyberspace ... you can kind of connect the dots."
The government is also very concerned about possible attacks on vulnerable civilian infrastructure such as power and water treatment plants. In October 2006, according to U.S. Government Accountability Office reports, a Harrisburg, Pa., computer was hacked and software was planted that could affect the plant's water processing. It has not been officially stated whether the attack originated from inside or outside the country.
In a statement to reporters Chilton indicated that despite China's dismissive attitude, the country is entering into a Cold War-esque digital intelligence campaign against the U.S. He says its efforts focus on breaching U.S. military networks and mining data which can be used to steal weapons designs, monitor command decisions, and monitor the U.S. armed forces' state of combat readiness. He states, "Twenty years ago you'd have hired somebody to go in the middle of the night with a flashlight in their teeth to open the drawer and do a bunch of photography of files. [Today] you can do it from your home country, wherever it might be."
General Chilton also fears that future attacks may focus on crippling entire military systems, leaving entire armed forces branches without communications. He points to such an attack against Estonia's government in the Spring of 2007, effectively shutting down the majority of Estonia's government networks. General Chilton stated, "You don't shut the system down completely, but you slow it down. I would consider that an attack."
The U.S. is not alone in its belief that China is flexing its cyber-spy muscle. The United Kingdom has accused the Chinese Army of directly trying to
infiltrate British networks and steal information
, including personal financial information. It has distributed letters of warning to various financial institutions.
It will likely be virtually impossible for civilians to determine when exactly the cyberwar between China and the U.S. begins. It appears, however, the first shots have already been fired and with reports of attacks and buildup mounting, it is clear that we are heading towards a silent cyberwar with China, if we are not engaged in one already.
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I traded my MKVI GTI for the 2012 Beetle, which turned out to be a Dung Beetle (Harr dee harr harr), but thankfully VWoA bought it back and I ordered a 2012 JSW TDI CW with Pano and Nav... I was rather disappointed when a base TDI showed up instead of one with Pano and Nav, but I was told the wait would be 3 more months at the earliest and I would have to drive the Beetle until it came in, so I said no this one is fine and drove it home.
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Hello everybody! My 20L plans...
First I'd like to say hello to everybody!
I'm a college student currently and am getting back into the aquarium hobby. I have had tanks for about twelve years or so now and had many tanks from FO freshwater of many sizes to 55gallon and nano reefs! At the moment I have my 55gallon reef at my parents home and a small 2.5 in my room at school that house s some anubias nana and wisteria as well as one male guppy. My reef requires no attention (I don't even feed these fish) and the 2.5 has been running for about two weeks. I love aquariums but one thing that I realized I have never had is a successful planted aquarium.
I have a very busy schedule as I am a full time student and hold a part time job as well as work for my university. I have decided to create a tank that will have a decent amount of stability and self-sustaining qualities. I want a very naural set up that is both very beautiful as well as comfortable for the future inhabitants. I have a lot of details of this setup already planned and set in stone but I come to this community to help me fill in the details to ensure my success!
I am looking to house a group of what I believe to be Corydoras Bilineatus. I also want to add another group of schooling minnows, possibly Inpaichthys Kerri (Blue Emporor Tetras). I want to provide proper space, habitat, filtration, water flow, diet, temp, water params, etc for these fish to survive. You may have notied that both these fish are South American species and they both happen to be from the Madeira River. I would like to create a close biotope for these guys but I am not very familiar with this area of the world. The reaon that I came to this forum is that I want to include a full garden of plants in this tank as well. This is where I am unfamilliar. I want to create two seperate growing areas seperated by a large open sand bed for both species to swim freely.
With all that being said, here is what I have compiled (and already possess) so far:
20gallon long 30"x12"x12"
Hagen Aquaclear 50 power filter
Hagen theo 100w submersible heater
Retrofit 2x28w PC 6500K hood with reflectors
Some light timers and power strips
Misc. items i.e. thermometer, algae magnet, etc.
Now here are my stocking stats:
2 Corydoras Bilineatus
1 Male guppy
1 dwarf oto
2 amano shrimp
Anubias Nana
Rotala stems
Cabomba stems (Some silvergreen! Thanks fisherman)
java moss
unknown stems
dwarf lily
just to name a few!
I'll be building the light fixture for this tank today! Will post pics of the work as I get it done. Hopefully I can get a finished shot with lights on on the tank.
I think you are planning on too many fish for that size tank. And, using two different substrate materials is ok only if you want them to mix. Trying to keep them in separate areas means lots of work for you, if it is even possible, other than for short times. I suggest looking at some of the very simple aquascapes, that use mostly carpet plants, a few rocks, and nothing else. That will at least save some tank volume for the fish. A 12" high, 12" deep tank doesn't have a lot of excess volume.
Thanks for the reply! The corydora species I am looking for does not grow more than 2" max and it is important to me to provide them with enough of their own kind to encourage their schooling behavior. I did say 6-10 of each species but i am interested to know what you feel is more appropriate? i was under the impression that the wide footprint of the tank would allow for a greater capacity of fish than a 20gallon high tank.
I am actually going to mix these two substrate materials so I will be happy with the gradual mixing that regular tank behavior and maintenance will create.
Thank you for the planting suggestion! I know very little about planted tanks but I am very fond of the thick carpeting look of some tanks that i have seen.
I am waiting for the glue to dry on my light fixture I have been building this morning but here are some pictures of the progress:
Here's a quick drawing I did with the only requirement being that it spanned the inner rim of the tank.
I then transferred my lengths onto a piece of maple plywood that was 7.5" wide.
I made all the cuts on my dad's table saw, mocked up, glued, nailed, and clamped! This lumber was pretty squrrely so hopefully it sits level.
Here is a pic of the orientation of the lighting. I plan on using no reflectors at this point to keep the levels lower while I learn to balance light and fertilizers.
Here's a close up of the inf onfo on the ballast that I am using to fire these bulbs. If I remember correctly believe that I am over driving a couple of 24w bulbs.
Finally here is a pic of lights on, obviously not quite this bright in person, I have no exposure control atm.
Thanks for looking and answering the multitude of questions from my op!
i think hoppy's commen about stocking is well made... although i believe if you do plan to overstock adequate filtration will be a necessity, perhaps an external canister.
my 20L is overstocked 185% its size, i keep about 60 critters in there including inverts. but my tank is heavily planted and a 2217 runs the show. my fish are happy.
although be prepared for territorial disputes especially if they start spawning (ie my GBR's got to aggressive and resulted in a atality during spawning) ...nature just takes place.
i happy for your desicion to start a tank in college, i'm sure you'll find the thing that keeps you going is waking up to your tank and taking care of it. for someone like myself with the stress (good stress of course lol) if marriage work family etc, i find it is a source of peace and meditation that helps me make giod desicions in life.
good luck and feel free to pm with any questions (although i'm sure you known more than me lol). i do trims almost weekly and ROAK my plants to hobbyists like urself :)
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Ha I kinda thought that my AC50 was over filtering! Shows what I know :) So please do you have any specific reccomendations for stocking numbers? (Keeping in mind schooling behaviors?)
and fisherman I know exactly what you mean by a source of peace and meditation! I set up this litle 2.5 and simply watching the wisteria in the current and watching my little guppy eat and forage has been very reaxing for me. The feeling really pushed me to set up another tank that I can get serious about. just read your entire thread and I must say I am VERY impressed. I had been thinking that I could create great drama in the aquascaping by only using two species of plants and suggesting the natural battle between them of surviving in natural waters, but the variety of heights, colors, shapes, and textures in your tank is really stunning!
I do not know what species would fit into my little Madeira biotope so if you had any specific suggestions of maybe one type of thick growing stem plant and a smaller showier plant I would be very grateful! I'm really unsure of where to even find this information as well. Thanks!
well unfortunately your talking to a guy who thinks the world is ending and must collect every specimen of aquarium plant and animal on the planet to prevent its extinction!! lol
typically i would shove anything green leafy rooty with a rhizome into the dirt... but i think it depends on how much maintenance you want to deal with. i mean you can go along way with a low- med tech planted tank.
i'm only dosing excel and dry ferts and i find myself trimming every 7-10 days ontop of weekly water changes. that unto itself is alot of work but can also be rewarding. everybody is different, some people plant and forget some people are constantly rescaping, some people go minimal and just grow one species, but grow it very very well.... it all depends on you.
personally i find that as much as i love stems, many if them grow like weeds. as a beginner i was totally psyched i could get a weed to grow... but eventually hacking rotalas in half every week (as pretty as they are) gets old.
for instance this past ROAK i thinned out about 26 stems stems or
more. only about 8 stems are left in my tank to date. i've since removed hygro polysperma, chainawords and other fast growers for the same reason, too muh maintenance. especially for an exel only tank. i can only imagine what kind of growth i would get when i start juicing co2!
the good thng about my 20L is its
manageable in size. you can get as tedious and meticulous as you want or not, still manageable either way. downside is also its upside... its 12" in height. stems can reach the top in no time, can't really keep tall large plants like spiralis, vals, swords etc.. yet its easy to plunge your hand in for maintenance and its easy to achieve a high light condition in a shallow tank (cheaper lighting).
so i guess what i'm saying is for plants.... go for the noah's arc and edit as necessary. better to start heavily planted than not. it takes less planning and instant gratification because you get a plant you like and pluck it in immediately.
fir fish however, i think you need to be more conciensous. not all species will do well in a small tank. especially if you plan to overstock. i would give aqadvisor.com a shot to help you figure out some possible combos.
remember imagine them as adults in your tank, not the cute little baby sizes you see them in the LFS. everyone loves corys for instance and i shoved them in my nano not knowing any better. they quickly outgrew my nano and it wasn't pretty. you know they were restless tothe point that they almost jumped out of the tank. i have since moved them to my 30B and now i have cory fry lol.
since your in college its definetely something to think about. if your fish decide to breed lol.
i guess i talked your ear off enough... i have a plant and fish list in my journal thread if you want a reference point. feel free to pm me as well if you want, i'm just a beginner but i can share mu experiences and what i've learned :)
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Hey there!
I really appreciate your time and your feedback! Don't worry because there are too many cool things in the world for it to end this soon :)
Thanks for the site reference, this is what it told me:
Recommended temperature range: 75.2 - 80.6 F. [Display in Celsius] Recommended pH range: 5.5 - 7.5. Recommended hardness range: 1 - 15 dH.
You have plenty of aquarium filtration capacity.
Your aquarium filtration capacity for above selected species is 274%. Recommended water change schedule: 19% per week. Your aquarium stocking level is 55%.
That was six of each. That does give me some confidence, however I heed your warning. Whatever I do I always take stocking very slowly and will never let my fish live uncomfortably!
I want to answer the test of your post as soon as I get some time.
from here:
"Corydoras bilineatus was collected in Bolivia, Departmento Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Beni, system of the upper Rio Marmoré. 14°-18°S and 62°-68°W at an elevation of 161-327 m above sea level. The typus locality was a large standing pool in October 2001 with dense floating plant cover of Pistia stratiotes, Eichhornia, and Salvinia. The roots of Pistia serve as substrate for egg laying. C. bilineatus from the typus locality live in relatively cold-water temperatures of only 18-22 °C (64-72 °F). In contrast, specimens from the Northeastern low lands (Trinidad) live in temperatures that about 3° C/F higher. The pH ranges from 6.04-8.40 with 20-1000 mS depending on locality. C. bilineatus occurs in rather large groups that contain hundreds of individuals."
If you want to simulate this habitat, you'll have to forgo your original plant choices in favor of floating plants, but it will be a very easy tank to maintain and the dense floating plants will help remove nitrates from the water.
I would recommend a substrate of fine sand, a few rocks and nice pieces of driftwood, fallen leaves if you want them (but not tons). and a dense canopy of floating plants. Eichornia and Pistia get too big for a 20L, so I'd go with Salvinia natans.
I actually do have hopes that I may be able to breed both the corys and the tetras eventually, plus it will give me another reason to start a new tank! I felt pretty comfortable about my stocking plans until the aquaclear filter arrived in the mail today and let me tell you it is so much smaller than I thought it would be. This thing is tiny and I'm not used to having such a small filter on a tank!! It's rated for a 50gallon tank and the flow rate is 10x turnover per hour but still...
Thanks for your help so far !
Well the components of my tank are quickly coming together. The 100 watt hydor Theo heater came along with the aquaclear 50 HOB. I got a 50pound bag of pool filter sand from a local pool supply place, a small rickety table from goodwill, and managed to set it all up with water! I've got one 15 pound of flourite ordered that I'm going to mix with the sand. Anyhow, here are some pics! Sorry that they suck and are from my phone, as soon as I have livestock to photograph I'll do a better job!
I got this table for less than $8 at goodwill. It was very rickety but I took it all apart and reassembled it with better hardware and wood glue, adding supports into the design. Now it is absolutely solid, I danced around on it just to make sure and I weigh a good 170.
I then took it outside and refinished the entire thing in plastidip, waterproofing the entire table in a coat of rubber and helping it match the color of the rest of our furniture.
I hung a power strip as well as a digital light timer on the back of the stand to keep all of the cords out of view and just when I finished setting up the tank, sand, lights etc. the UPS guy walked in and delivered my filter and heater. I hooked them up and before I tidied up the cords I snapped this pic of lights on. The background is krylon fusion black and blue that I did this morning.
Lastly I filled the tank with water, placing a plate on the sand to help keep it all in place. Even after spending thirty minutes rinsing the sand outside today I still get this cloud!
Well my roommates and I are excited to see it lit up and in its place in the living room. I hope that being next to a cold window doesn't present a problem but it's the only place it could go!
I am running the filter and heater to help dial in the temperature and make sure that everything is working. I am going to place some detritus from my 2.5 into this tank to hopefully help seed it, in a few days Ill add some plants after I test the water. Then over the next couple weeks I'm going to try to stabilize the ph using some peat in the filter to see if I can get it around 7.0 or lower.
Once the flourite comes in the mail I'm going to distribute that throughout the tank, then go searching for good pieces of slate, as that's the only thing that I can find around here without buying lfs stock.
Hopefully within four weeks if everything is looking great then I can get my hands on some corydoras bilineatus and introduce them into their new home. We shall see how everything pans out.
i think the stand and setup so far looks great man :) lookng forward to see how it develops!
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I picked up some Salvinia auriculata today from my lfs! Also found a source for Salvinia Natans although I want to see how these do first. (upon a closer inspection it appears that these may be two different species of salvinia. Although the leaf shape and texture appears to be the same, the darker brownish green ones grow linearly while the bright greens seem to be spreading radially...)
Tank's been running at a constant 78 degrees for twenty four hours and I have been adding waste from the filter media of my smaller tank. Hopefully in a week I can put a fish in here. Tomorrow a bag of flourite is coming in the mail and I'm going to add it to the tank. I'm also going to go on a mission to find the perfect piece of driftwood! I'm also going to collect some local slate as I don't have a clue what else to use.
Flourite is really messy. You might want to consider setting up little "planting containers" using cheap sandwich storage plastic boxes, then sinking those into your substrate and hiding the border of the boxes with rocks/driftwood. It'll make your flourite go much farther and keep your substrates from mixing*.
*until your cories start playing in it!
Well I had some spare time between classes today and I decided to make this up!
and here it is retaining the sand! A bag of flourite is on the ups truck right now and it'll be here around five.
I went out into the woods today to find a cool piece of wood! I took this picture just to show how cool TN is.
found a really neat stump that ive been working on today, hopefully it will become water-logged soon.
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Take off those permanent clamps and use small hose clamps. They work just fine.
Quote from: Budzo on Nov 25, 2012, 06:11:35 PMReplace the valves with one if these:http://www.ferracci.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=272Anyone know, off the top of their head, what size we need?
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1/ Have you ever been cited (ticketed) while boating? How many times in how many years on the water?
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Depends on how strictly. Common sense goes a long way. However, if someone is operating a boat in an unsafe manner, I have no problem with the local marine constabulary cracking down on them.
Is this the kind of place you want to visit because you know you'll be safe? or the kind of place you'll avoid for fear of a guy with a glock and a flak jacket driving 250 HP of flashing blue lights?
What really makes me nervous are the USGS RIBs driven by 20-somethings going way too fast (and for no apparent reason) around LA/Long Beach Harbor and with machine guns manned by even younger "kids". Although, that sort of behavior seems to be less common lately.
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Never. My brother was once given a ticket by USCG while out working on his clamboat. The ticket, written by an apparent 15 year-old, was for a dirty air breather element (Royal 8, updraft). It was not dirty. That said, it's the only time I've ever heard of a silly move by CG for whom I have great respect.
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Looks like something motivated by childish , power tripping envy, rather than seeking a result. Envy is an admission that they have made a screwup of their lives, not the kind of people who should be making policy. It involves decreeing a certain percentage of people guilty, regardless of their inocence. And they expect us to "Respect the law?"
Respect is something to be earned , not childishly demanded.
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I have never been ticketed in 20 years although they have pulled along side for a chat. I dont know of anyone who has been ticketed but have seen the CG and police at many boat ramps in the summer handing out tickets to stink pot weekend warriors with no life jackets or drunk before hitting the water.
Anyone running around handing out tickets for stupid things is going to be bad for tourism and boating. If its for real safety issues I dont have a problem but ticketing a guy simply to generate revenues is a real bad idea. Sounds like your police chief is the gung-ho type looking to create a problem where one doesnt exist. The chief is the real problem by the sounds of it and probably is not a boater
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1/ Never in 30 or so off and on
2/ None, but I have seen some that should have
3/ Well the jet skiers (I used to be one) would hate it, sailors likely like it. I will say there has been a lot of complaining about boardings on the Hudson River. I think it has hurt use of the river. The local marine trade groups have been working hard to try to get the multiple organizations to communicate. Some folks were boarded and inspected 3 or 4 times a day by different organizations. Here on the Hudson we seem to have so much homeland security money floating into the local PDs that every one gets a new boat and they seem to all think they are supposed to board every boat on the river. Never has been much of an issue for sailors though, they seem to bother the power boaters more. I guess they figure they drink more, and have more girls in bikinis. Seems to be slowing down quite a bit, perhaps all the post 911 funding has run out.
By the way the above is not a political commentary just the result of throwing money out there without a plan thinking it will increase security.
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1 - never ticketed or stopped
2 - don't know anyone who said they were ticketed. My adult kids were once stopped on my dinghy for no registration, just given a warning.
3 - I would avoid a harbor if they are a PITA, but don't mind at all if they enforce the 5 mph limit in our harbor, which they often do, or if they pay attention to BUI or unsafe operation. In fact I prefer that enforcement.
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1) Ticketed once in over 25 years of boating, totally my fault, no hard feelings.
2) Not too many that I know of.
3) I like your HM's approach, as long as there aren't a lot of complaints or issues. In my neck of the woods, much more of the "enforcement" is really turned into a revenue stream. I have a few friends who are on different police forces and they will tell you that they will pull you over for anything in the hopes of finding something to write you up for. Once the word gets out that your harbor is essentially a speed trap there will be far less visitors, and more hard feelings by the locals.
Great question by the way.
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1. Never
2. None
3. Avoid It
Sounds like your harbormaster is a really nice guy, your police chief a real jerk
Our Police Chief is a nice guy, too.
I know the HMs, in both towns where I keep boats on moorings, by their first names. Good men! TCB. No hassles. The CG is present too and they have an issue requiring "blue lights" from time to time but rarely. Those events are often related to crimes or emergencies. I was stopped one day by the Coasties in very agitated condition. They were going through the motions and displaying weapons! Yikes! After about 2 minutes of their "investigation" a very similar power boat came into view from the same direction I had come. A brief "buzz" among them, a quick, "you are O.K." as I was handing over life vests for their inspection and they took off after the other boat. A legitimate case of mistaken boat identity. Drugs!
I have put my own notices on the yacht club bb regarding dangerous wakes from members with large power boats being irresponsible. Once even felt it necessary to confront one jerk in a public forum at the yc. "Summer people."
A low profile for our "keepers" is by far the best way to go. There is a high degree of mutual respect among boaters Downeast. We do not need another layer of authority feeling the need to exercise it.
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I don't want to answer because you can't knock on wood on a computer. But I like your description of your harbor master.
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You're local to me so will use local references. Was close to the Harbormaster in Duxbury. He was a delight. He knew who was trouble and who was not. Always helpful and very knowledgeable about anything to do with boats. He had a program of gradually escalating discussions, warnings then action . The harbor was a friendly place. From what I know he had more trouble with shell fish issues then boaters.
A prior Harbormaster in Plymouth was a hard butt. Seemed to have "his boys" and if you were not in that club life could be difficult. Fortunately, it seems he ran afoul of the powers that be. The new group is very professional. Perhaps not as warm as they could be but fair and very skilled.
Point is a bad harbormaster with poor interpersonal skills or judgment has a major impact on the tenure of the harbor. Folks who have had a bad experience will migrate elsewhere with loss of income to the town.
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DescriptionWhile the Sultan of Persia is fighting a war in a foreign country, his Grand Vizier Jaffar orchestrates a coup d'état. His way to the throne lies through the Sultan's lovely daughter. Jaffar kidnaps her and threatens to kill her if she refuses to marry him. Meanwhile, the man the Princess loves is thrown into the dungeon. He has only one hour to escape from his prison, defeat the guards on his way, and stop Jaffar before the terrible marriage takes place.
Prince of Persia is a 2D platformer that is commonly regarded as a progenitor of the cinematic platform genre. Rather than following the more common jump-and-run mechanics, it focuses on careful advancement through fairly complex levels, emphasizing the protagonist's vulnerability and survival aspect. Rotoscoping technique is used to give more realism to the animation of the characters' movements.
The protagonist must avoid deadly traps, solve some simple jumping and environmental puzzles (such as stepping on pressure plates to raise portcullis), and engage in sword fights with the guards. The player character has an infinite amount of lives, but has to restart at the beginning of a level each time he dies, and must complete the game within an hour. The hero starts with three units of health, which can be replenished with small health potions or permanently increased with large jars.
The Game Boy Color and SNES versions of the game feature additional levels and new enemies. The Genesis version has a new intro, an altered set of graphics and four new levels.
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- "הנסיך הפרסי" -- Informal hebrew spelling
- "הנסיך - דו קרב בארמון" -- Hebrew spelling
- "Prince of Persia® Retro" -- iPhone/iPad title
- "Prince de Perse" -- French Amstrad title
- "PoP" -- Common abbreviation
- "Pers Prensi" -- Turkish title
- "Jordan Mechner's Prince of Persia" -- Game Boy Color title
- "プリンスオブペルシャ" -- Japanese spelling
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- Genre: Cinematic Platformer
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- Setting: Middle East
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1001 Video GamesPrince of Persia appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
AnimationsThe animations were modeled from live video. In particular, the Prince climbing onto a ledge was spliced from two different takes: Jordan's brother pulling himself up a ledge to his chest, and a reversed clip of his brother on top of the ledge climbing down. The technique use to animate the characters is called Rotoscoping. It was also used in one of Mechner's other games, Karateka.
Commodore 64 versionAccording to the Prince of Persia Unofficial Website, a Commodore 64 version was not released at time. There was a preview created that played the theme and showed some scenes but the game never emerged. It is unknown why. The Commodore 64 port was at last made by an independent coder in 2011. Information is available at popc64.blogspot.com
Development and releaseAn excerpt taken from the, as of 2012, defunct official Prince of Persia 3D web site http://www.pop3d.com/
Today, several dozen artists and programmers are involved in the creation of a computer game. But in the 1980's, computer games were normally created almost entirely by one person. And for Prince of Persia that person was Jordan Mechner, a then 25 year old recent college grad. Jordan created the story, characters, and levels for Prince of Persia. He programmed the game and drew the graphics. And when Jordan needed help, he didn't go far from home. His dad composed the original music. And his brother served as the Motion Study actor for the Prince. Truly a labor of love, Prince of Persia took nearly 4 years to be completed.
Mechner scored gold in 1989 when Prince of Persia was released. Described by PC Review as "an ever-present in any compiled list of classic games of all time," it has sold nearly 2,000,000 copies and won numerous awards, including "Game of the Decade" from Generation 4/Canal+ in 1997. The game was published first on the Apple II platform, but soon made it to virtually all platforms in existance at the time including: DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, NES, SNES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, Sega Mega Drive, Sega CD, Game Gear, Commodore 64, and FM Towns. It's popularity was not confined to just the United States. In all, the game has been published in the United States, Canada, England, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea, and Israel.
ManualThe manual for Macintosh/IBM release of the game had a figure of Prince in the right bottom corner of each spread. If you flip through the book, Prince would jump.
References to the gamePrince of Persia was alluded to in Episode 705 (Escape from the BronxMystery) of the TV show Science Theater 3000. During an underground chase scene, Tom Servo quips: "It looks like Prince of Persia."
SNES versionThe North American Super NES release was censored --- a scene found in the Japanese version's introduction sequence showing the hero being tortured is missing from the US version. As a result, the music loses sync with what is happening on-screen.
Source codeOn April 17, 2012, Jordan Mechner released the source code of the Apple II version. You can find it here.
- Amiga Power
- May 1991 (Issue #00) - #12 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"
- Computer Gaming World
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #84 in the "150 Best Games of All Time" list
- February 2006 (Issue #259) – Introduced into the Hall of Fame
- Issue #4 - #42 in the "Top 100 Video Games of All-Time" list
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- November 1999 - #43 Best Game of All Time
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- Issue #37 - #9 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll
ZX Spectrum versionA version for the ZX Spectrum was in development by the same people that made the SAM Coupé port but it was never released due to licensing problems with Domark. Later a Russian team released an unofficial Spectrum port of the game.
Information also contributed by Big John VW, Chentzilla, leileilol, LepricahnsGold, Mickey Gabel, NewRisingSun, PCGamer77, Sean Gugler and William Shawn McDonie
Related Web Sites
- Game Map (Sega Master System) (Maps of all levels of the game.)
- Original PoP motion capture footage (Grainy digital video showing the original movement studies used for the sprite animation.)
- Princed: Prince of Persia Level Editor for PC (Prince of Persia related project that has inside a level editor and a graphic and sounds editor for the PC version.)
- Prince of Persia C64 (Home of an unofficial port, playable per emulator or flashed cartridge)
- Prince of Persia: Original Trilogy (Modding Community) (Provides an overview of level editors and related tools that can be used to customize Prince of Persia, and makes available for download all known modifications (mods).)
- Prince of Persia: Special Edition mini-game (As part of a promotion for PoP: the Sands of Time, Ubisoft released a small dungeon (with a 9-minute deadline) in the Prince of Persia 1 style (Prince character sprite from Pop2), playable online through your Flash-enabled browser.)
- Prince of Persia Unofficial Website (This site contains information and cool stuff concerning many of the Prince of Persia games, including versions 1, 2, and 3D.)
- The Making of (The making of PoP by EDGE.)
- Walkthrough on Games Over (Full solution for Prince of Persia)
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30 January 2008 - Point Reyes, California
Movement turned my eye down the gulch to the right. Out of the
coyote brush rose a burly bull elk in full battle regalia. It was almost February and he was now solitary, waiting only for his giant rack to fall. His gaze was fixed on mine, looking for a sign that would tell him if I was friend or foe. One bipedal step was all it took to send him on his way. The winter wind was coming off the coast, and it looked like it was fixing to storm. I continued my walk northward through coastal scrub high above the Pacific Ocean.
Meadowlarks flushed as I advanced up the slope. A harrier hawk
cleared the lip of a small crest just above me, snatching a sparrow
as its flock fled for cover. Over the next rise, I saw more elk, a herd this time. More than 20 strong, they trotted down the hill and
simultaneously stopped to have a look. They were all medium-sized
bulls, relegated to a bachelor herd.
Skirting around the flank of the hill and then ascending to the top,
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glancing back, eyes popping out of their heads as if to say, "Which
one of us is he going to take?" I continued on large trails that the elk use to get down to the marshes on the bay below. There was a slight rain. Every few minutes the sun would break through bringing the first glimpses of spring to the ground. The hills had a scattered cover of bushy lupines and irises in the wetter spots of the deep loam soil. Not only were the elk abundant here, the bay was home to hundreds of waterfowl: buffleheads, scaup and goldeneyes. Further out were surf scoters and brant. Deep piles of shells at the water's edge told me that this had been great human habitat too. Miwok Indians sustained themselves here for thousands of years.
Then I had to remind myself that only an hour before I had crossed a cattle guard that interrupted a 10-foot hog fence with a high wire up top. On the other side of the fence was one of those brown and white National Park Service signs that said "Tule Elk Reserve, Collection of Antlers Prohibited." This was the boundary that separates the elk on the extreme tip of Tomales Point from the lion's share of the Point Reyes National Seashore, still occupied by dairy cows and milking barns. My companion and I were seven months into our walk of the range of the redwood tree; which in places coincides with the historical range of the tule elk, piecing together what once was and what is today with a view toward the future.
Early accounts by frontiersmen described herds of tule elk like buffalo in the Great Plains. It is estimated that before the arrival of Europeans, over half a million tule elk ranged between the Central Valley to the coast. Human numbers were of a similar magnitude then. By the end of the Gold Rush, these elk were almost extinct. In 1874, cattle baron Henry Miller protected what he believed to be the only two remaining tule elk in existence, located on his land. He offered a $500 reward for information on people disturbing the elk, and the elk multiplied. Two decades later, he worked with the state and federal governments to translocate excess elk to free range on public lands. Two of these translocations were successful. Thus began the effort that saved the tule elk from following the path of the golden bear. Today there are 22 breeding herds of tule elk all over their original range, numbering in the thousands. Yet humans now outnumber the elk in this same habitat by well over 1,000 to 1.
In 1978, 10 tule elk were reintroduced in a 2,600-acre reserve here at Tomales Point. Today there are almost 600 – too many. Recently, 30 elk from Tomales Point were released to free range in the much larger Limantour Wilderness on the southern end of Point Reyes, but there are still too many. It would be easy to say, "Remove the dairy cows from Point Reyes and let the elk roam freely throughout." But San Franciscans would likely be disappointed if they couldn't find on the shelf their famous local cheese, yogurt and ice cream that they have enjoyed since the 1850s. There is probably a way to have both. Finding space for the tule elk that does not simply shunt our consumption demands farther from home should be the guiding principal in their reestablishment. The human footprint is heavy and increasing. Yet if we take a look at the tule elk today, seemingly impossible progress has been made in a century. It is not difficult to imagine a time when these seed populations will meld together. By that time, people will have learned how to reestablish ecological connectivity in this Pacific corridor and at the same time keep the landscape productive for humanity. This is the future.


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Pay close attention to brand when you shop. There are 2 CP's out there. Central Pneumatic from Harbor Freight and Chicago Pneumatic. The Chicago ones are old line American and are some of the best available. Most of those tools are legendary for long, dependable service. The Harbor Freight stuff is all fair copies of good brands but is built sloppy with inferior materials. They will do the job in most cases but are throw-away. When it breaks, you just get another one.
If I were starting out from scratch, I might buy one of those kits just so I would have everything at once but I would assume I would be replacing it as I went along.
like everything else, you get what you pay for. that said, however, the coleman tools aren't all that bad. some really suck, but some are okay. i have the 3/8" air ratchet and the mini die grinder, as well as the 3" cut off wheel. i do make my living with these tools, and the ones i have seem to be holding up pretty good. if you get the die grinder, get good burrs, though. it is a little weak, but with a sharp burr it keeps up alright.
the impacts suck a##, though. rated at 250lbs/ft, not even close. (i don't own one, but my snap on gun was getting rebuilt) i hammered on a wheel nut with one for about five minutes without budging it. hit it once with my blue point 3/8" gun and ziiiip.... off she came. (that gun is only 200 lbs... go figure)
the air hammer has too fast of a blow rate, it's really hard to control. the chisels and punches are really not all that good either
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I Have had a Coleman tools set mow for two years now and I have had no problems with any of the tools, They are in my opinion good for the Weekend Warrior ! Just keep up the maintenance on them and they should be fine
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Just my opinion, but you get what you pay for.
Back in my rookie days at a Chrysler dealership, I bought a CP impact. I was poor, so I thought this will do for now. Boy, was I wrong. Tossed it in the can after about 20 minutes of use. Absolute junk.
The cheapo tools are all made by the same factory in China, they then just put different labels on them.
I bought an IR 231 and will never look back. picked it up slightly used for 100.00 from a mechanic I worked with and that was money well spent. Loads of torque. As with any tool, take care of it, and it will take care of you.
Personally, I would avoid that Coleman kit, has more fluff than anything else.
Checkout Ebay and search for Ingersol Rand air tools. Cost more, but well worth the investment, even for casual use.
i have that kit, and it's great. got it over a year ago and it's been put though alot allready, tools are quite tough
and montea i have a da sander by ir and have the same problems with it, both with oil spillage and with air consumption, i think it's just the nature of the tool
IR has some very nice stuff. I have IR and Snap On/Blue Point, and never have any problems. I would rather have all my stuff IR, but beggers can't be choosers.
(IR is Ingersol Rand)
|i just bought a coleman DA sander and its such a pos. it says it only uses 6@90 psi and my air compressor puts out 5.8@90. in like 15-20 seconds the air compressor kicks in again and never shuts off and about minute or so the tank is so empty. i think that the rating on the DA sander is totally wrong. somtimes when u press the triger it doesnt do nothing gota turn the sanding disk a bit by hand to get it going. while sanding it spews oil all over, i just put in 2-3 drops like the manual says. im gona take it back and try somthing else
Same attitude as mikeweyman about the impact, I actually felt guilty handing over a cheapo CH impact to a buddy (he didn't know any better and was smiling at his first air tool).
I started off with the cheap air tools, and have learned my lesson. I am not a mechanic, yet work on my sleds, bikes and truck, and I have to say...don't waste that $100 on the cheap things, as you will have to buy others later on when you actually have to do some work with them (esp. the impact and air hammer/chisel)
I have had good luck with the Ingersol Rand tools, and Auto Pro tools from NAPA...and think I have given away all my old cheap air tools as they just wouldn't do the job I thought they were for.
Its a good thing you said something, Thank you. I actually just got home from PepBoys a couple mins ago. I went over there to look at the kit, and decide on buying it. They were sold out. Must be a sign.
Anyone else have experience with the Coleman Powermate tools?
the impact gun is all but garbage, it has about 225 ft lbs, wich is nothing compared to a good one wich runs 500 plus lbs.
i bought the impact gun and tried to return it, they wouldn't take it back so i had to buy a good one. i have one for free if you're ever in eastern canada. lol.mike
the die grinder you can grab with a gloved hand and stop it.
Thank you for the reply.
I do not plan on using them for any sort of profesional use, just the typical home use on the cars and what-not.
Of course, I would maintain them, as I do all my tools. thats easy.
Do you think this would be a waste of money or a worthy investment in a good starter kit?
I have found over the years that with power tools, specifically air tools, the question of quality depends on the use. If you plan on making a living with them, they will likely not last long. If you are only going to use them occasionally, at home, they may do alright if you maintain them with oil. The impact probably won't have as mush power as one of the name brands, although they all varry anyway.
Basically.... it is all in what you expect them to do. A good high power impact can cost you $200+. Same for the air ratchet. The sockets most likely are not the highest quality, and may not fit as good as name brands, but may be alright for what you want them to do. Then again, you do get alot of little stuff and a nice case for it all.
Coleman Air Tools
How well built are the Coleman Powermate Air Tools? Are they reliable?
Reason I ask is, Pepboys has a deal right now for a 62 pc. Colaman air tool kit for $100.
This is what it contains:
(1) 1/2" Impact Wrench w/connector
(1) 3/8" Ratchet Wrench w/connector
(1) 1-5/8" Hammer w/connector
(1) 1/4" Die Grinder w/connector
(1) Air Duster w/connector
(1) Blow Gun w/connector
(8) 1/2" Drive Socket Set
(1) 4mm Hex Key
(1) 3" Extension Bar
(1) 3/8" to 1/2" Adapter
(1) Mini Oiler
(1) 1/4" Quick Connect Coupler
(1) Tape Sealer
(1) Oil Container
(1) Spring Retainer
(4) 125mm Round Chisels
(1) Carrying Case
(1) 1/8" Collet
(1) 1/4" Collet
(5) 1/8" Mounted Grinding Stones
(5) 1/4" Mounted Grinding Stones
(1) 1" Sanding Drum
(1) 3/4" Sanding Drum
(5) 1" Sanding Drum Sleeves
(5) 3/4" Sanding Drum Sleeves
(2) Wrench for Die Grinder
(1) Inflation Needle
(1) Rubber Tip Nozzle
(1) Safety Nozzle
(1) High-Pressure Nozzle
(1) Tapered Nozzle
(1) Dual Head Tire Chuck w/connector
(1) 1/4" M/M Connector
(1) 1/4" F/M Connector
(1) 360º Swivel Connector
Would this kit be worth buying? What are your thoughts on it?
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Intralase Laser Eye Surgery
The IntraLase Method is a 100% blade-free technique used to perform the critical first step in the LASIK procedure: creating the corneal flap. The creation of the corneal flap prepares the eye for the second step of the LASIK procedure where an excimer laser is used on the inner cornea to correct vision.
LASIK Self Evaluation TEST
Find out if you are a candidate for LASIK eye surgery by clicking on the button below and completing the simple LASIK survey. A LASIK coordinator will be in contact with you to discuss your unique visual system. If you are seeking LASIK eye surgery in Los Angeles or Long Beach, California please feel free to call us directly or just contact us through our website. Our Los Angeles LASIK specialists are looking forward to helping you see your world clearly!
Crystalens - IOL Implants
The Crystalens® accommodating intraocular lens is an intraocular lens used after cataract surgery or as a lens alternative in presbyopic lens exchanges. This intraocular lens was engineered with a hinge design to allow the optic, or the part of the lens that you see through, to move back and forth as your focus on an image changes. The Crystalens® accommodative intraocular lens is permanently implanted during surgery and functions in a similar fashion as the natural lens of the eye. Once the surgery has been completed your eyes can focus on far or near objects in a comfortable way with no discomfort. If you are experiencing presbyopia or cataracts please feel free to consult us about the possibility of utilizing the new Crystalens® accommodative intraocular lens to rejuvenate your eyes.
Optical - Glasses & Contacts
Providing the highest quality eyecare is the number one priority at Eye Physicians of Long Beach and our Optical Department upholds this standard with excellent customer service and great eyewear customized to fulfill the needs of each need of our patients. Whether you need contact lenses or eyeglasses, we offer a wide variety of the highest quality contact lens brands and eyewear for every one of our patients. The latest frames styles from designers such as Christian Dior, Gucci, Maui Jim, Nike, Silhouette and many more are available in our beautiful Optical Store.
Our flexible patient/client payment program, specifically designed for healthcare expenses, makes it easier for you to get the treatment or procedures you want and need.


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