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MONTREAL IMPACT vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
VOYAGEURS CUP SEMI-FINAL, 1st LEG
Match Preview: Montreal Impact v Vancouver Whitecaps – this year's Canadian Championship quest begins – AFTN
It seems that whenever I give up on this team, they do something to raise my hopes, but as soon as I start to believe again they find some new way to disappoint. Maybe if I just remain completely neutral, everything will be fine! So here's my attempt to assess the current situation while remaining neither too optimistic nor pessimistic.
Canadian Championship an opportunity for 'Caps to integrate young players and bring home some hardware – Whitecaps FC
Alphonso Davies made his Vancouver Whitecaps FC first-team debut in the semifinals of the 2016 Canadian Championship. He was 15 years old at the time.
Casting a gaze toward Canadian Championship – Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Whitecaps may be struggling in the Major League Soccer standings, but it's a clean slate in the Canadian Championship. Wednesday evening they face the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo.
Match Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Montreal Impact – Eighty-Six Forever
Wednesday's tilt marks the second year in a row the Caps will face the Impact in Canadian Championship play. The Caps were beaten 5-4 in the two game series last season. They will look for redemption from that loss, and also from the more recent loss to DC last weekend. With the inconsistencies we've seen lately it remains to be seen which team will show up.
Surging Impact take first step toward Canadian title against Whitecaps – Montreal Gazette
The teams meet Wednesday night at Saputo Stadium in the first leg of a two-game, total goals Canadian Championship semifinal.
Semifinalist Impact, Whitecaps have eyes on Voyageurs Cup victory – Edmonton Journal
The Montreal Impact and the Vancouver Whitecaps are on the bubble in terms of making the Major League Soccer playoffs this season, but the Voyageurs Cup is a trophy both clubs have an eye on.
Whitecaps FC sign Residency midfielder Michael Baldisimo to MLS Homegrown contract – Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced on Tuesday that the club has signed Residency midfielder Michael Baldisimo to a multi-year MLS Homegrown contract. Baldisimo will be available for selection for the Canadian Championship beginning on Wednesday, July 18 when the 'Caps visit Montreal Impact for the first leg of their semifinal series.
Whitecaps FC sign Residency forward Theo Bair to MLS homegrown pre-contract – Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced on Tuesday that the club has signed Residency forward Theo Bair to a multi-year MLS Homegrown pre-contract beginning in 2019. Bair will be eligible for first-team competition next year.
Whitecaps sign two more academy kids to first-team contracts – Calgary Herald
Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson said he and his staff believed that having both teens training with the first team was "the best place for both players to continue their development."
Toronto FC begins quest for third straight domestic title against Ottawa Fury FC – National Post
Toronto FC's deep run in the CONCACAF Champions League competition was possible thanks to a domestic title run that got its start a year ago in Ottawa. The reigning Major League Soccer champions will return to the capital Wednesday to begin their quest to get back to the confederation final.
Ottawa Fury know Toronto FC too well – Edmonton Journal
Maxime Crepeau thinks the difference in facing upstart Blainville (PQ) FC as opposed to taking on the defending MLS-champion Toronto FC constitutes nothing short of a complete role reversal for the Ottawa Fury FC.
Ottawa Fury coach sees facing favoured Toronto as an opportunity – Edmonton Sun
His roots might be in Serbia and Portugal, but the only national championship Nikola Popovic cares about at this juncture in his coaching career is a Canadian Championship.
Voyageurs Cup a chance for Jay Chapman to get some deserved minutes – Waking the Red
Chapman has quietly been putting together the best season of his career and deserves to keep getting opportunities as the season progresses.
The catastrophic collapse of Toronto FC – Edmonton Journal
The celebration began on the frozen turf of BMO Field last December, moved to the dressing room and the noisy hallways and then onto the streets – seemingly for days. Jubilation then, inquisition now for Toronto FC.
Time for Toronto FC to face these crucial questions about 2018 – MLS
Toronto FC lost again this week, falling 2-1 to Orlando, who ended a nine-game slide of their own. The defending MLS Cup champions are now bottom of the East in points per game (0.84).
Fire land Canadian attacker Raheem Edwards in trade with Montreal – SN
Raheem Edwards has been traded to the Chicago Fire from the Montreal Impact in exchange for $400,000 in targeted allocation money.
Mathieu Choinière signs an MLS contract with the Impact – Montreal Impact
The Montreal Impact announced on Tuesday that midfielder Mathieu Choinière signed a professional contract with the first team as an MLS Homegrown Player for the rest of the 2018 season, the 2019 season and three option years.
Will Raúl Ruidíaz start vs. Whitecaps? Schmetzer won't say for sure – Sounder at Heart
While fans are on pins and needles, they won't know for certain if the Seattle Sounders' newest Designated Player Raúl Ruidíaz will be in head coach Brian Schmetzer's starting 11 against the Vancouver Whitecaps at CenturyLink Field Saturday.
David Beckham's Miami MLS plans put on hold – Sports Pro Media
David Beckham's Miami Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise plans have been further delayed while the group waits for a majority vote from the Miami City Commission in order to proceed with stadium plans.
Orlando City lifts Atlanta United supporters group ban – Dirty South Soccer
Orlando City SC has lifted the ban levied against Atlanta United supporters' groups that had prohibited typical privileges following a dispute originating from the teams' May 13 matchup in Orlando.
MLS Week 21: Ranking the games – AJC
Ranking this week's MLS games from best to worst.
U.S. Open Quarterfinals: A Look Ahead – SBI
The 2018 U.S. Open Cup is down to eight participants, and by the end of Wednesday night, the field will be dwindled down to four.
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The Vancouver Island Soccer League (VISL) Announces First Executive Director – VISL
The VISL is proud to announce Vince Greco as our first ever Executive Director. Vince will be a familiar name for many having served the league as a volunteer Board Member since 2000, including the past seven years as President.
CPL Vancouver Island Launch Party – Eventbrite
It is our pleasure to invite you to an important announcement regarding the future of professional soccer on Vancouver Island. Please join us at the Roundhouse on July 20th for a celebration of soccer in true Island manner including the announcement of our new Canadian Premier League Club team name, logo and colours.
Kelowna team triumphing in world's largest international youth soccer tournament – Kelowna Now
The Kelowna United U16 soccer team is one of seven Canadian clubs – and one of the collective 1,731 teams from 78 nations – participating in the World Youth Gothia Cup in Göteborg, Sweden this week.
What it took for Nelson to win gold – Nelson Star
On the drive back from Kamloops, I told my daughter that what her soccer team just accomplished is far from normal. Fresh off receiving her second BC Provincial B Cup gold medal in the last three years, the Nelson under-18 Selects had just accomplished something that is unlikely to be repeated in our region for a very long time.
Cowichan 2018 marks 40 years of BC Games – Cowichan Valley Citizen
The Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games — which run throughout the Valley this Thursday to Sunday — won't look a lot like the first BC Summer Games did 40 years ago.
Call for interest for 2018 TD Diploma course – BCSA
Based on the level of interest, BC Soccer is planning to host a 2-day Technical Director's course in late November or early December of 2018 (dates and location TBA). If you are interested in this course, please let BC Soccer know so they can update you.
PHOTOS: BC Provincial Men's A Cup: BCT Rovers Tigers Utd. 5, Langley Utd. 2 (XT) – BC Soccer Web
Exclusive photos for BC Soccer Web by Bill Currie.
PHOTOS: 2018 BC Provincial Cup Parade of Champions – BC Soccer Web
See the winners from the 2018 BC Provincial Cup.
Becoming a BC Soccer Referee – BCSA
Whether you are an experienced referee new to British Columbia or if you are new to the discipline of refereeing BC Soccer Assoc. has a clinic and a pathway for you. The minimum age to become a referee is 12 years old (small sided) and 14 years old (11-a-side). Please enjoy the short video showcasing some Referee programs that BC Soccer offers and continue below for more on how to become a referee in BC!
Free Physiotherapy Clinical Trial for Achilles Pain at UBC – UBC Centre for Hip Health & Mobility
Do you have Achilles pain? Interested in free Physiotherapy? If yes, join our clinical trial to look at the effectiveness of intramuscular stimulation (IMS), a form of acupuncture therapy, in treating Achilles tendon pain.
The BC Soccer Web Guide to Empire Field – BC Soccer Web
Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park is the lofty and formal name given to Vancouver's newest addition to the soccer scene. Yet, anyone who's ever kicked or carried both kinds of footballs around these parts knows the place by heart.
Introducing BC Soccer Web Syndication – BC Soccer Web
You can now add BC Soccer Web news to your website simply by adding our new RSS Feed! Find out more.
Send your Soccer News to BC Soccer Web! – BC Soccer Web
BC Soccer Web is the hub for soccer in British Columbia. We want to share your soccer news with the entire province, and you can help by letting us know! We want your match reports, club news, league standings, and info on upcoming tournaments and clinics. Whether you submit links to existing news on the web, or your own original writing, we want to share it with the soccer community in B.C.
Canada begins Road to 2022 this Fall in Concacaf Nations League Qualifying – CSA
Canada will play their first home match in 2018-19 Concacaf Nations League Qualifying on Tuesday 16 October in Toronto at BMO Field. The new competition kicks off an exciting era for Canada Soccer's Men's National Team on the road to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Herdman: Canada's road to 2022 and 2026 World Cups starts with Nations League – Delta Optimist
Head coach John Herdman sees a clear path to the 2022 and 2026 World Cups for Canada's men's soccer team, and it begins with the Nations League.
Canada goes to work while World Cup party continues – Eurosport
With Champagne corks still popping in Paris as France celebrated their 2018 World Cup triumph, Canada coach John Herdman was hard at work on Tuesday thinking about how to get his side invited to the party in four years time.
Canada Soccer announces Andrew Olivieri as Men's EXCEL U-20 Program Director – CSA
Canada Soccer have announced that Andrew Olivieri has been hired as the Men's EXCEL U-20 Program Director. Olivieri joins the Men's EXCEL Program to develop, plan and lead EXCEL strategies at the U-20 level.
Rattlers name two new soccer coaches – Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat College is officially moving on from its long-time, award-winning soccer coach —and, for that matter, a one-coach system.
Durham College to host 2019 Canada men's soccer nationals – Oshawa Express
The event will be held at Vaso's Field in Oshawa from Nov. 6 to 9, 2019. The Lords last hosted CCAA soccer nationals in 1999 when it was still a combined men's and women's event.
L1O Review: Stars Shine Brightest – Northern Starting XI
It was another hard-fought point for ProStars this week as they got their second draw in two games against decent opposition. This week, it was turn the reigning champions Oakville Blue Devils to come away from Brampton with the singular point despite taking a very early lead.
Ryan Murrin embracing leadership role with Western Wolves – Northern Pen
Kicking around the soccer ball every chance he gets is the way Ryan Murrin loves to spend his summer holidays because he wants to be the best he can be.
Connor Timmons Memorial Soccer Tournament ends after seven successful years – Cape Breton Post
A local soccer tournament that has raised thousands of dollars for charity has been cancelled. After seven successful years, the Connor Timmons Memorial Soccer Tournament will no longer take place, at the request of the Timmons family.
25.8 Million Canadians Make the FIFA WORLD CUP on CTV, TSN, and RDS a Resounding Success – Bell Media
A total of 25.8 million viewers watched the FIFA WORLD CUP on CTV, TSN, and RDS, it was announced today, accounting for 72% of the Canadian population.
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Toronto FC II re-signs Shaan Hundal – Toronto FC
Toronto FC II announced Tuesday the re-signing of forward Shaan Hundal to a USL contract for the 2019 season.
Iwasa earns USL Player of the Week honors – Indomitable City Soccer
The United Soccer League (USL) announced today that Sacramento Republic FC forward Cameron Iwasa had been named Player of the Week (and to the Team of the Week) for Week 18. Iwasa received 39 percent of the vote from a national panel of independent media representing each USL market.
USL Memphis to Unveil Name, Logo on September 1 – USL
Tim Howard to lead Colorado Rapids against Tulsa Roughnecks FC in exhibition as part of historic day of soccer at AutoZone Park.
Bethlehem Steel: Midseason review – Philly Soccer Page
The midway point in the United Soccer League season has come and gone, so where exactly does Bethlehem Steel stand? Well, in the most literal sense, they occupy 11th place in the USL's Eastern Conference.
Courage's Williams NWSL player of the week – Front Row Soccer
North Carolina Courage forward Lynn Williams was voted the National Women's Soccer League player of the week by the NWSL Media Association, it was announced Tuesday.
The Courage are in a race against themselves – The Equalizer
Ben Comen was a cross-country runner at Hannah High School in South Carolina in the middle of the aughts. And he has been the subject of inspirational talks by Paul Riley to the North Carolina Courage this season. If that seems an odd connection to make, consider that Comen has cerebral palsy, and that his high school athletic career was less about winning—not about winning at all, in fact—and more about perseverance.
Laura Harvey Makes Voice Known After Utah Royals Loss to Orlando Pride – Last Word on Soccer
To say Laura Harvey is upset with NWSL officiating is an understatement.
Dash's playoff dash dashed with dash of dodginess – Stumptown Footy
Houston came to town looking to stay in the playoff hunt, but fell to the Thorns 3-1 for the second time this season. Some dodgy goalkeeping cost the Dash two goals and even when the Thorns returned the favor, it wasn't enough. Despite the toasty temperatures, players and fans alike found the energy to see the crucial three points bagged.
Matildas prodigy Fowler wants to be world's best – SBS
If you're good enough, you're old enough and there's no doubt 15-year-old Matildas bolter Mary Fowler thinks she's both.
Why the Women's World Cup in France can build on the hype generated from Russia 2018 – The Independent
We needn't wait until Qatar 2022 for World Cup fever to strike again.
Manchester United provide injury update after women's pre-season game abandoned – Manchester Evening News
Man Utd Women's team are in pre-season training ahead of their first season in WSL 2 but the first game didn't go to plan.
Rianna Jarrett wins Player of the Month award – Irish WNL
Wexford Youths striker Rianna Jarrett has won the Continental Tyres Women's National League Player of the Month award for June.
Liverpool sign Roma goalkeeper Alisson for world-record £66.9m fee – The Guardian
Liverpool have signed the goalkeeper Alisson for a world-record fee of €75m (£66.9m), subject to a medical. The goalkeeper is flying to England on Wednesday night and is expected to have his medical on Saturday.
Liverpool's mega bid for Alisson has confirmed end of Loris Karius' spell as Anfield number one – Yahoo Sports
If Liverpool complete a world record deal for Roma goalkeeper Alisson, there should be a smidgen of sympathy for the club's current number one.
Khazri signs for Les Verts – Ligue 1
Tunisia World Cup star Wahbi Khazri has left English club Sunderland for Ligue 1 Conforama's AS Saint-Etienne, the 27-year-old penning a four-year deal – for a reported fee of €10m – with Jean-Louis Gasset's side on Tuesday afternoon.
Ten players whose transfer values surged at the World Cup – The Guardian
Well that was fun, wasn't it? The 2018 World Cup delivered entertainment until the very last. As ever, a number of players did their reputations no harm. With attentions now inevitably switching to the transfer window, here are 10 players who have seen their value increase significantly thanks to their impressive performances in Russia this summer.
TNS fall just short of extraordinary Champions League comeback – BBC Sport
The New Saints fell just short despite an extraordinary second-leg comeback against Shkendija in their Champions League qualifier.
Refereeing and VAR at the 2018 FIFA World Cup: A new era for football – FIFA
A few days after Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana signalled the final whistle, FIFA looks back extremely satisfied with how the referees performed at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and how the historic implementation of Video Assistant Referees (VARs) contributed to the resounding success of refereeing at the tournament.
England beat Turkey 3-2 in European Under-19 Championship opener – BBC Sport
England came from behind to beat Turkey 3-2 in the opening game of the European Under-19 Championship in Finland.
Gerrard's Rangers draws 0-0 with Macedonian club in Europa League – NBC Sports
The Scottish giants finished a disappointing 0-0 draw against Macedonian club FK Shkupi on the road Tuesday in Europa League qualification, and following the result, Gerrard did not hold back.
Usain Bolt to make run at pro soccer in Australia – Maple Ridge News
Usain Bolt is making a run at professional soccer in Australia. Now, at 31, he will try out for six weeks with the Central Coast Mariners starting next month. If all goes well, he could play for a season in Australia's A-League.
Cristiano Ronaldo won't travel to U.S. with Juventus – NBC Sports
The 33-year-old won't take part in the Serie A champions' tour of the United States this summer, which begins on July 25 against Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. Instead, Ronaldo will head to Asia for his annual "CR7 Tour," which helps promote his various sponsorship obligations as well as his global brand.
Brazil World Cup player's mother freed after being kidnapped – The Guardian
Rosângela Freda, mother of Brazil's Taison, taken by armed gang who lured her from home.
Nigerian FA crisis deepens as league suspended indefinitely – Inside World Football
The resumption of Nigeria's domestic league has been postponed indefinitely amid a leadership crisis that has caused total gridlock with a FIFA ban imminent.
World Cup Diary – Final Conclusion from Russia – Futbolgrad
The dust has settled on the 2018 FIFA World Cup. With the final whistle clouds gathered over the Luzhniki and as France lifted the trophy the sky opened up almost as if the heavens were sad that the World Cup in Russia has come to an end. It was indeed, a fantastic tournament that had a great conclusion with a 4-2 final victory by the new champions France.
'We tried not to think of food': Thai soccer players and coach speak publicly for first time since cave rescue – Edmonton Journal
The players greeted media holding soccer balls, dribbling them in a show of health and good spirits before detailing their ordeal.
(Editor's note: In March, 2018, Vancouver unexpectedly & shockingly dropped out of the running to be a host city for the United 2026 World Cup bid. For the next eight years, BC Soccer Web will continue to cover this story of mismanagement by the BC NDP that denied our province and our children this once in a lifetime opportunity.)
EXCLUSIVE: City of Vancouver documents disprove NDP "Blank Cheque" for Vancouver 2026 World Cup – BC Soccer Web
Documents obtained by BC Soccer Web show that the BC NDP never faced a "blank cheque" scenario on the 2026 World Cup bid, and that FIFA negotiations would be ongoing with all three governments through 2020.
CONCACAF boss 'disappointed' with B.C. bailing on 2026 tournament – Toronto Sun
"The BC NDP had assurances," Montagliani added. "If things weren't to their liking from a documentation standpoint (they could have walked away by 2020). The reality is they paid no attention to the file," Montagliani suggested. "They put a junior person on the file. They didn't pay attention until the eleventh hour."


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SOFA New York 2010's organizers released some sales information today. Here are some excerpts from the press release:
Approximately 18,500 collectors, curators, architects, interior designers, art advisors and new enthusiasts took in SOFA NEW YORK, presented by 58 international galleries and produced by The Art Fair Company. President and founding director of SOFA fairs in New York, Chicago and Santa Fe, Mark Lyman said, "The mood on the floor was energetic and more upbeat compared to last year. Many dealers reported their top offerings sold quickly at the preview and sales held steady throughout the fair." Lyman reported opening day ticket sales were up 60% and sales on Saturday up 72%
- Joan Mirviss of Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York sold 23 pieces by the celebrated Japanese ceramicist Koike Shoko within 30 minutes of the show's opening.
- Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon of London: Major sales at the gallery included two very large-scale thrown and glazed porcelain columns with over-glaze enamel transfers by Felicity Aylieff in the $40,000 range.
- Heller Gallery, New York enjoyed key sales of the gallery's focus show of Venetian glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra's sculpture, offered in the $50,000 + range.
- Donna Schneier Fine Arts, Palm Beach, FL reported a good show, selling an iconic Peter Voulkos stack priced at $56,000, and a major Viola Frey sculpture priced at $40,000—"one of only two of this type Frey made," according to Schneier. Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA said, "Collectors made significant decisions quickly. There seemed to be more urgency to acquire top pieces—we had four sales before the show even opened!" Ferrin sold out the porcelain figural sculptures by Chris Antemann she had on offer in the $18,000 range.
- Matthew Hall of Galerie Besson, London, reported major sales on Saturday at the gallery included two historically significant ceramic sculptures by mid-century modernist Hans Coper, offered in the five-figure range.
- Tai Gallery, Santa Fe sold 20 bamboo sculptures and baskets ranging in price from $3200 to $25,000.
- Kent Townsend's furniture at Zimmer Gallery sold well, including a macassar ebony coffee table for $21,000.
- Stefan Friedmann of Ornamentum, Hudson, NY said "Opening night was phenomenal." Among the objects he sold were a bone antler and antique ivory necklace by Jennifer Trask, priced at $14,000.

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The Silver State Games Page
Nebraska is home to so much natural beauty. It is also rich in history and culture. The state symbols of Nebraska are an important part of both. To make it fun to learn, kids can play games to learn that the Goldenrod is the state flower and the American Elm & Cottonwood is the state tree. The Tree Planters' State has never been more interesting! Have fun learning about the state of Nebraska!!
Nevada Games
Nevada is best known for Las Vegas a big tourist city in the middle of the desert boasting the world's largest permanent circus. Those who live there, know that Carson City, Lake Tahoe, and Reno are also large cities in the state. In the winter, Nevada's ski resorts open with snowy mountain recreation. Kids growing up here also need to learn what the Nevada state tree, song, motto and bird are. Kids homeschooling in Nevada can learn the Nevada state capital, Nevada state motto and the Nevada state nickname, as well as being able to identify the flag and the Nevada state seal using state games. Nevada Spelling Games can help kids learn all about the state. Many homeschool groups, such as this Nevada Homeschool Group encourage the use of online learning games to teach about their state. Learn about the state of Nevada with fun interactive games here on Learning Games For Kids.


text: Welcome to 95 Tisquantum, the spectacular beachfront property ideally located on Chatham's coveted Morris Island. Sited on a large and level piece of land with commanding ocean views, the existing five bedroom mid century modern has long been admired by passing walkers and boaters alike. Enjoy the home in its current iteration, or reimagine the possibilities for expansion or rebuilding with conceptual designs by famed architect Patrick Ahearn. The property features direct stairs to an expansive private beach while a large front yard provides ample space for lawn games and endless summer fun. Surrounded by nature, and just moments from the serene Monomoy wildlife sanctuary, 95 Tisquantum blends privacy and proximity so seamlessly while being just a short distance from Chatham's quintessential Main Street. A pleasure to show, by appointment only.


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Table of Contents
Overview of ICE Commands
All commands are issued to the Master board via either TTL Serial or USB Serial. For testing purposes, we recommend talking to the Master board via USB Serial using a terminal program such as putty.
Note: All commands are case insensitive.
There are 2 types of commands:
- Commands for the Master board
- Commands for individual Slave boards, routed by the Master.
All commands for the Master Board are prefixed with the character "#", so Commands #Slave and #Devices are commands for the master. Any command that does not start with "#" will be sent to the current slave board that the master is talking to. The #Slave command shows/sets what slot (1-8) the master board is talking to.
Sample Conversation
For example, let's say you have a Quad Temp board in Slot 2 and a Peak Lock Servo & Current Controller in Slot 5. Then you may have the following conversation over the serial:
#Slave 6 #Slave 2 2 SetTemp 3 24.56 24.56 Bipolar 3 Off Off #Slave 5 Laser Off Off
A translation of the above conversation with the ICE Master board is as follows:
|What slave device are you talking to?
|I'm talking to the device in slot 6 (Master)
|Please start talking to the device in slot 2
|Ok, I'm now talking to the device in slot 2 (Master)
|Set the temperature setpoint of channel 3 to 24.56°C
|Done, set to 24.56°C (Quad Temp in Slot 2)
|Disable bipolar mode for channel 3
|Done, bipolar mode is now off (Quad Temp in Slot 2)
|Please start talking to the device in slot 5
|Ok, I'm now talking to the device in slot 5 (Master)
|Please turn off the laser
|Ok, the laser is now off (Peak Lock in Slot 5)
Sample Command Description
The documentation for every command will look like the example below: <function=ICEfunc|0=TempMin&1=I:CHANNEL:3;F:MINTEMP:14.32&2=14.3&3=26> Sets the minimum temperature for channel CHANNEL to MINTEMP. Returns TempMin?.
Note You cannot set MINTEMP greater than the temperature setpoint. Attempting to do so will not change the minimum temperature.

TempMin is the name of the command. The arguments list shows the parameters that must be included when running the command. The datatype (integer, floating point number, ascii characters) for the argument is bracketed ([]) before the name of the argument. The Description section describes what the function does and how the arguments are used. The first line of the example section is INPUT and shows what should be typed into putty or similar terminal program and the second line is a sample of the output sent back to the terminal program after the first line is completed and ENTER is pressed.


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Annuities + IRA = Bad News
Note to self: Bankers are not lawyers. Accountants are not lawyers. Insurance brokers are not lawyers. People who sell annuities are not lawyers. And they are not going to know how a particular financial product fits into your estate plan. Case in point is a "disaster in the making" (pointed out courtesy of Natalie Choate, in turn courtesy of Mark Cortazzo CFP of Macro Consulting Group in New Jersey): An IRA owner has the account at a brokerage firm, as many of us do. The IRA owner buys an annuity contract INSIDE the IRA. The annuity contains various payout provisions and guarantees. The IRA owner has a beneficiary designation of the client's nephew or a living trust. The IRA beneficiary designation overrides the beneficiary designation for the annuity contract, which may have its own beneficiary designation. As a result, it may void the guarantees that are part of the contract. For example, if the annuity contract provides that there will be a life annuity paid to the participant's surviving spouse if he or she is the sole beneficiary, the identification of a different beneficiary on the IRA will void those survivorship annuities for the spouse. This is a danger if the client purchased the annuity after the estate plan was put in place, or even if it was done before and the client does not alert the lawyer to this fact. Another piece of evidence that doing it on your own isn't prudent.
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Jerry Brown's "Climate Change" Crusade Meets Resistance in Brussels, Bonn
Brown's real political future is apt to mirror Al Gore's.
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected President, I noted that California Governor Jerry Brown essentially designated himself as President of the Left Coast.
So it is with some amusement that I noted the headline in Politico discussing Brown's European "Climate Change" tour: Jerry Brown, President of the Independent Republic of California.
…In the raw balance of power between a governor and a president, Brown has almost no standing abroad. What he does have is a platform, and a proposition: Crusading across Europe in his Fitbit and his dark, boxy suit, Brown advances California and its policies almost as an alternative to the United States—and his waning governorship, after a lifetime in politics, as a quixotic rejection of the provincial limits of the American governor. In the growing chasm between Trump's Washington and California—principally on climate change, but also taxes, health care, gun control and immigration—Brown is functioning as the head of something closer to a country than a state.
Based on these points, Brown is experiencing far less success than President Trump. While the President has managed to score several critical wins (e.g., an outstanding address in front of the South Korean Parliament, China signing a series of multibillion-dollar business agreements that bring jobs back to America), Brown is meeting robust and crippling resistance to his apocalyptic, anti-carbon message.
In Brussels, he struggled to handle "denialists".
Gov. Jerry Brown, arriving in Brussels after collegial events in Germany, sparred publicly with British politicians when confronted over his climate change record at the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Steven Woolfe, a British politician on the parliament, was first to pierce the pleasantries, accusing Brown of supporting state intervention "at a huge scale" and spending and increasing taxes "like it's going out of fashion."
Brown's climate change policy, he argued, isolates the state from much of the U.S. Woolfe dismissed California's cap-and-trade carbon market as a "tax-and-spend" policy. And he teased the governor as potentially being interested in joining the European Union.
"I am sure you are well-meaning in wanting to protect the environment," Woolfe said. "But do you not recognize that the policies you are implementing help the rich more than the poor, and make the poor suffer in the long-run?"
After California's "President" insulted Woolfe and asserted the man was shedding "crocodile tears" for the poor, the meeting's presiding officer banged down his gavel and ordered the politician not interrupt Brown.
In Bonn, he was met by eco-activist extremists who wanted to eliminate the state's fracking industry, which actually brings in revenue to finance California's many social justice programs.
Opponents of a controversial form of oil extraction repeatedly interrupted California Gov. Jerry Brown's speech pledging support for the Paris agreement on Saturday, unfurling signs and arguing that his refusal to ban hydraulic fracturing was a stain on his environmental record.
About a dozen protesters chanted "carbon trading is no solution," a criticism of his cap-and-trade system, and "poisoned wastewater" and "keep it in the ground," shots at his permissive stance on fracking, at an event with Brown and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg called "America's Pledge."
…Despite being held up as an environmental leader and championing environmental causes going back to his first time as governor, from 1975 to 1983, Brown's refusal to ban fracking has prompted protests for years.
Then, Brown brought the #WarOnTrump to Germany:
But the protests continued for much of Brown's address. At one point, when some in the crowd of hundreds rallied behind the Democratic governor, he led a chant of "We're still in."
Brown, improvising, added his own twist: "Trump's still out. Trump is still out. Trump is still out."
I will simply point out that Trump is out only of the economy-crippling Climate Accord, and that was the will of the American people. It's also worth noting that Brown will be out—of office and of his hubristic "California Climate Accord"—in 2018; whereas, Trump will be in until at least 2021 (I think his chances for re-election are astronomical).
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Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15. Explore these tools designed to celebrate the contributions of Hispanic-Latino individuals in your community. Use these resources to:
- Invite your community to join you for worship and events throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.
- Celebrate and build awareness of Hispanic-Latino culture and traditions.
Hispanic Heritage Month is an official celebration of people whose ancestry can be traced back to Spain, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Hispanic Heritage Month "pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society," according to HispanicHeritageMonth.gov.
The festival now lasts from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 every year, but it first started out as just a weeklong celebration in 1968. Twenty years later, it expanded to dedicate a whole four weeks for the celebration of being Hispanic.
The celebration starts in the middle of the month, as opposed to the end, because the 15th marks the independence days of five Latin America countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico, Chile, and Belize follow shortly after, on Sept. 16, 18 and 21. (Source: TIME)
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What Possessed Me To Do This
Well why shouldn't I?!
I graduated college in May 2015. I am not cemented to a career path or any long term commitments. I work for a bicycle shop which has allowed me to spend the past wonderful year talking about, riding, racing, living, and breathing bicycles. Not only all that but it is paired with a hiking and camping outfitter so I've had plenty of encouragement in my decision to hike from multiple successful thru hikers.
Last summer the idea to go for a six month hike popped into my head and it stuck. No matter what I did I couldn't get it out. I started seeing white blazes every time I closed my eyes. I started feeling trapped when I couldn't get out and hike in the Smokies, my home turf. Years of cycling and triathlon training have addicted me to the feeling of finishing a long race or doing well in shorter ones. Working for months on end to achieve a goal for no one but myself (with no major repercussions to giving up early) only fueled my desire to hike 2,189.1 miles. Once the goal gets in my head, it isn't going anywhere until I reach it.
I managed to talk myself out of my A.T. journey at one point this past fall. I told myself I could do it later. I needed to go back to graduate school first, or at least take a few classes, before I could "allow" myself to spend six months away from the "real world." But what more real, more raw world is there than spending six months in the woods? When I 110% committed to hiking, I entered the "Tell everyone who will listen that you are hiking The Whole Thing" phase.
The unimportant reactions to the news involved telling me to take a gun and that it's too dangerous to go by myself. The most important reactions were complete excitement because I'm about to have the best experience of my life so far.
Which brings me to:
Whys, Whens, and Ifs of the AT.
They're required, you know. Just read the book this website is named for.
To have the biggest adventure of my life is why I'm thru hiking the Appalachian Trail starting at Springer Mountain on March 28th, 2016. I want 6 months to find direction in my life and push my comfort zone. I want to spend time alone but also want to get out of my social bubble and meet new friends. I want to simplify my life.
When I finish, I will gain more comfort from being alone and a cool head in scary, difficult, and just plain unpleasant situations. I will create an unbreakable bond with friends from around the world. I will have an an unparalleled sense of achievement and stories of the "adventure of a lifetime". I'll have an unmatched appreciation for my home mountain range and all the fury, kindness, and beauty she can throw at me.
And most importantly, if I give up on the trail, I will be stuck doing things halfway and have the shame of not finishing. I will have squandered my opportunity for the adventure of a lifetime. I will have wasted a crap ton of money and most importantly, I'll have broken my commitment to myself and to the trail.
So here it goes. 2016 is my year!
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Yes. "Some babies poop after every feeding and some every three days. It's all normal," says pediatrician Tanya Remer Altmann, editor of The Wonder Years: Helping Your Baby and Young Child Successfully Negotiate the Major Developmental Milestones.
Pooping after every feeding is especially common in breastfeeding newborns, says Altmann. When a breastfed baby has a bowel movement after nearly every feeding during the first few weeks, it's a good sign – it means he's getting plenty of milk.
Formula-fed babies often have bowel movements less frequently than breastfed babies. But it's normal for them to poop after every feeding as well.
The frequency of bowel movements can slow down between 3 and 6 weeks, but Altmann says some babies continue the pattern of pooping after every feeding. "Some 1-year-olds still poop five times a day," she says.
Generally, if your baby's bowel movements are fairly consistent and he's acting like his usual self, frequent poops aren't a cause for concern. However, if there's a sudden change in your baby's pooping pattern and his stool becomes watery, check with his doctor. Very watery bowel movements might mean an infection (or even constipation). vogue chic garments for prom
Babies who have frequent bowel movements can be more prone to diaper rash. You may want to coat his bottom with a barrier cream as a precaution, says Altmann. If his bottom isn't red, it's okay to use petroleum jelly, but use a diaper cream with zinc oxide if there's redness.
You may also want to let him go without a diaper for a little while each day to let his bottom dry fully. If nothing helps the rash get better, give your baby's doctor a call.
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The Internet service is not as bad as I was led to believe. It's actually worse. There are at least 300 marathon runners in this building alone, and the hotel owners have made the Internet a paid amenity— when it works. Hence today's short entry. I'm also here with dad. He has the larger room. I … Don't. So doing tai chi in this confined space is difficult.
So I only did one tai chi form. The bare minimum, and not well. I should do more. I don't want to. I had two glasses of wine yesterday, and a LOT of sitting: in an airplane, on a boat, in a theater. This of course means I should do more tai chi, not less.
And I will. I'll do another round now. There's probably room for push-ups and squats. I'll do those too. And maybe a qi gong form. But I still don't want to.
Update: so, I did 25 squats and 25 push-ups. And another tai chi form and a qi gong form, eight pieces of silk. I still don't want to.


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Kicking off at 7pm as the sun prevails on Saturday 21 January, soak up summer in the estate's signature restaurant, The Shed, or feast on a selection of small French sharing plates while relaxing outside in the newly launched wine bar and lounge, The Deck.
Date: Saturday, 21 January
Time: 7pm
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The ancient truth that the health of the human magnetic field or bio field is crucial to the overall health of the person has been explored extensively and demonstrated as fact by the military and scientist for decades. For example, the use of extremely low frequency radio waves (ELF's) to influence a targets mind, or the use of colors to bring about certain responses such as hunger, anger etc. Start noticing that most of the fast food restaurants use the same colors in their advertisements. Compare the colors used by Burger King and Mac Donald's, Sonic and Wendy's etc. Their executives are aware that colors can influence peoples behavior. The fact is your aura or magnetic field that surrounds you is composed of many different colors and frequencies that reflects the nature of your emotions, mental health, spirituality and physical health. Your magnetic field is literally part of the blueprint of who you are. These facts aren't even debatable anymore and those in the know are well aware that when the "aura" of a person is weak that the organism experiences sickness both mentally as well as physically.higher science research institute


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Eight people were killed as violence erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri during a farmers' protest over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit, according to an official.
Two SUVs were set on fire by angry farmers, reports said, after they hit a group of protesters.
Four of the dead were travelling in the vehicles, an Uttar Pradesh government official in Lucknow said.
Lakhimpur Kheri District Magistrate Arvind Kumar Chaurasia said four farmers and four others were killed.
The farmers had assembled there to oppose Maurya's visit to Banbirpur, the native village of Union Minister of State for Home and MP Ajay Kumar Mishra.
Maurya's visit to Banbirpur village was cancelled in view of the violence.
The violence broke out after two SUVs allegedly ran over a group of anti-farm law protesters, who were demonstrating at the Tikonia-Banbirpur road.
Farmers alleged that the Union minister's son was in one of the vehicles, a charge denied by Mishra.
Mishra told PTI over the phone that three BJP workers and a driver were beaten to death by 'some elements' in the protesting farmers after a car in which they were travelling turned turtle following pelting of stones.
Mishra said neither his son nor he was present at the site when the incident occurred.
He said the incident happened when some Bharatiya Janata Party workers were going to receive Maurya, who had come to attend an event at Lakhimpur Kheri.
Earlier a UP government official in Lucknow said six people, including two farmers, were killed.
"A cavalcade was going, which was shown black flags (by farmers). The cavalcade was moving as per routine. When two to three vehicles of the cavalcade were left, a vehicle of it started turning upside down, and two farmers came under it, and they died," the official added.
"After this, the vehicle which was behind it was damaged. Passengers and the drivers were brought out of the vehicles and they were beaten to death," the UP government official added.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar has reached the spot and the situation is now under control, he added.
Meanwhile, the incident drew a sharp reaction from the opposition parties and farmer bodies.
In a Hindi tweet, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav sought Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's resignation.
'Had a talk with Tejinder Singh Virk ji, a farmer leader who was seriously injured in the incident,' said Akhilesh, blaming BJP workers for the incident.
'In view of his critical condition, the government should immediately provide him with the best treatment. There is only one demand, the chief minister should resign,' he said.
In an another tweet, he said the 'trampling of farmers by the son of the Union Minister of State for Home' is an inhuman and cruel act.
'UP will not tolerate the oppression of the BJP. If this situation continues, the BJP people will not be able to move in a vehicle, nor will they be able to de-board it,' he said.
Akhilesh Yadav is likely to visit Lakhimpur Kheri on Monday.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Lakhimpur Kheri on Monday, UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh said.
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary in a Hindi tweet alleged that the cavalcade of the Union minister ran over the protesting farmers.
When the heinous act of suppressing the protest is 'hatched' by the minister, who could be safe, he said.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) also alleged that the son of the Union minister ran over the protesting farmers.
'Three farmers have died. Tejendra Singh Virk has been injured. Rakesh Tikait is leaving from Ghazipur,' the BKU said.
Meanwhile, Tikait in a video message on Twitter said, "Farmers in Lakhimpur were returning after the protest when they were attacked.
"Some of them were run over, while the fire was also opened on them. According to information we have so far, several people have died in the incident."
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He demanded that the Union minister tender his resignation immediately.
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Women have had to fight to be credited with inventions, and sometimes never get it…yet the long list of female inventors in U.S. history begins in 1809 and includes independent innovators from all walks of life.
Before women in America got the vote in 1920, my German grandmother said their role was "kinder, kirche und kochen" (children, church and cooking)—which was considered proper and preferred by most men of that era.
It is also claimed that men regularly took credit for their wives' inventions. For example, Susan Hibbard invented the turkey feather duster in 1874, and her husband tried to patent it. She took her case to the patent court, claiming the patent should be issued to her. Details of the case are vague, but the story is that when he was asked by the court to define the novel feature of the invention, he failed.
Patent number 177,939—Improvement in feather dusters—was issued to Susan Hibbard on May 30, 1876.
Cotton gin's inspiration
Another example in which a woman did not receive proper credit for innovating is the cotton gin, the inventor of which is still argued today. In 1792, Catharine Greene, the widow of Continental Army Gen. Nathanael Greene, met Yale graduate Eli Whitney and hired him to tutor her children. Whitney patented the cotton gin in 1794.
Details of how the gin was invented vary and are therefore unclear, but according to the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Institution, Catharine and her slaves participated in the invention.
No sound factual evidence exists, but the rumor is that Catharine had a drawing of the gin that may have been made by her husband before his death. She revealed the drawing to Whitney, who made a prototype of the gin. Whitney tested the prototype with the slaves, who made suggestions for improvements that he carried out. Then he applied for a patent in his name.
This speculation has some logic because Gen. Greene could not have patented the gin if he was indeed the rightful inventor. He died in 1786, four years before the United States Patent and Trademark Office began operating.
Catharine Greene deserves credit for sponsoring the invention. Even though her name was not on the patent as co-inventor, it should have been if she had contributed to any of the patented features. However, female inventors were not much acknowledged by the men of that time. The first U.S. patent granted to a woman was issued to Mary Kies in 1809, for a method of weaving silk thread with straw for women's hats.
'Lady Edison' prevails
Margaret Knight's first invention, at age 12, was a safety device that would stop a textile machine if something got caught in it. By the time she was a teenager, the invention was in general use in the mills.
She is also known for inventing the first machine to make the flat- or square-bottomed grocery bag. Knight designed the machine that produced the complicated series of folds still used in principle today. When we view her patents (Nos. 116,842 and 220,925, issued in 1871 and 1879), we see machines that any robotics engineer would be proud to claim today. They are truly remarkable.
But claiming credit for her invention was not without a struggle. A man named Charles Annan was aware of the prototype being built for her and filed a patent on it. Knight was not about to yield to this villain and took him to court. He contended that no woman could develop a machine as complex as the one he claimed was his.
Knight demonstrated how her machine was developed and how it worked, and the court dismissed Annan as a fraud. It granted Knight her patent. She went on to patent 18 more of her 100 or so inventions, including a rotary engine, before dying in 1914 at age 76.
Knight, whose story was detailed in the April 2016 Inventors Digest, has been dubbed "Lady Edison" and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
A diverse, long list
During my research for this article, I came upon 56 female inventors. My quandary was which subjects to choose. One of my criteria was that the inventor had to be independent—that is, not working as an employee, etc., for a company other than her own. Engineers, physicists and the like, whose jobs are in research and development, are often granted a large number of patents because their work is cutting edge. They aren't up against prior art.
Though I don't begrudge any inventor getting credit for inventions that are sponsored by a business, I believe the stories of independent inventors are more to the point for those of us who invent as a sideline and have to pay big bucks for patents out of our savings.
Helen Blanchard was granted 28 patents, mainly for sewing-related items. Her invention of a sewing machine (U.S. Patent No. 141,987) is another remarkable example of complexity and elegance. She also invented a hat-sewing machine, (No. 860,123), several sewing needles, surgical needles, and methods of holding and feeding components to be sewn. She died in 1922 at age 82.
Beulah Louise Henry, a descendant of Patrick Henry, is best known for her invention of the bobbin-less sewing machine. Although she began as an independent inventor, she eventually worked as an inventor and consultant for hire. Beulah Henry was granted 49 patents and produced 110 inventions that covered a wide range of technology. She died in 1973 at age 86.
It's hard to know who to leave out of this fascinating list. Hedy Lamarr, the movie star, invented a radio control for torpedoes used in World War II. She varied the frequencies in synchrony with the ship's transmitter to prevent tracking by the target defenders. Her story was told in the October 2015 Inventors Digest.
Bette Nesmith Graham—mother of musician Michael Nesmith of Monkees fame—invented Liquid Paper for the correction of typos. It's still popular, even though the typewriter has gone the way of the telephone booth.
Today, inventing is at least becoming closer to an equal-opportunity venture. Inventors Digest does an excellent job of publicizing women's inventions and their stories.


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In this modern society, social networking sites have become the norm. More people than not are on either Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or other social networks. And for the general public it is a great way of communicating with friends, family and businesses.
Likewise, Twitter and Facebook offer you opportunities to promote offers and discounts to your targeted audience and those who have 'liked' your page or chosen to follow you on Twitter.
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Of course, whether we do this is entirely up to you. Some customers like having these links added, others don't.
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Having the ability to have comments and testimonials from customers on there can also be a blessing and a curse. With people free to write whatever they want when they first post something, there is a danger that difficult customers will deliberately write disparaging and spiteful comments on your wall to put off others.
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Sculptures by the Sea is the 19th annual exhibiton which runs from 22 October to 8 November 2015 in Sydney. It is one of the largest outdoor exhibitions in the world, and it get around 500 thousands visitors. It is one of the best known and most popular cultural events in Sydney.
Consulate of the Czech Republic in Sydney is partner of the Czech participation in this exhibition.
The exhibition this year presents more than 107 works of art from Australia and 18 other countries (eg. Brazil, USA, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand or Sweden).
Czech Republic is represented by artist Jakub Geltner. His interactive exhibition named "Nest06" is part of the project "Nests", which is focused mainly on the landscape and the looks of the cities.
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Jakub Geltner (*13.12.1981)
Jakub Geltner is an artist of the new generation of young artists who does mainly installations in public spaces and 3D visualization. He often displays topics related to the role of architecture and design in the city, housing estates and impact of modern technology on people.


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Boat Painting pt. 2
The Finish
By the end of Part One of this article, the boat had been cleaned, the hardware removed and bagged, the nicks, dings, and gouges repaired and filled, and the boat has been faired.
The time is almost at hand to start applying the finish. The money shot. But not quite yet...
The first step in Part Two is to wait. A day or two should suffice. The fairing compound you've used, whether it's epoxy based or polyester based, will shrink as it cures. You want to allow as much time for shrinkage as you can, but you still want to finish in a timely manner.
Epoxy takes weeks to reach full cure and will continue to shrink until that cycle is complete, though at a diminishing rate. After 24 hours (at normal ambient temperatures of 60-75 degrees), the epoxy should be about 90% cured. After that, the rate of shrinkage slows down significantly, but not completely.
Polyester fairing compounds will shrink more than epoxy and will do so at a slightly more even rate. This means that while most shrinkage of epoxy occurs in the first 24 hours, polyester might take 48 hours to get to the same point, (the variable here is the amount of catalyst added to the polyester based fairing compound), but polyester's cure rate is less of a parabolic curve than epoxy's.
I'm not saying you should wait three months after fairing, but you should give it a few days to settle down. Then go back and check it again. Is there print through of the fiberglass weave underneath? Have low spots reappeared? Is it perfect? And, if it isn't, does that mean you have to break out the fairing compound again?
Not necessarily. Obviously, only you can tell when the surface is good enough. If it passes the fresh water gloss test to your eyes, then it's time to move on. If not, you will have to decide if the next step; application of the surfacing primer, is going to absorb the surface imperfection, or if you need to repeat the steps for fairing. If more fairing is in order, give it another day or two after applying the compound before checking again.
Side note: Surfacing primer is not a substitute for fairing compound. Its dry film thickness is 6-8 mils which is about as thick as three sheets of paper, and that's before block sanding it smooth in preparation for paint.
The next step is to sand the whole boat with 150 grit sandpaper. Use the same block sanding techniques descriped in Part One to ensure a fair surface. This is the final sanding step prior to applying primer.
After sanding, vacuum the whole boat using a shop vac with a brush attachment. Be thorough, (as always), and pay attention to the areas surrounding the boat. If your are working in your garage, vacuum the walls, the shelves, the floor, your grandfather's barcalounger in the corner; whatever's near you.
Side note: Dust does more than add blemishes to the finish. It mechanically weakens the bond between coatings. To do all this work only to have it compromised by a lackadaisical attitude toward dust control doesn't make sense.
You know what comes next; wipe down the whole boat with denatured alcohol using the two-rag method described in Part One.
Sidenote: Draping 1 mil overspray sheeting over everything near you will not only keep dust down, but will also protect your weed whacker from the inadvertent paint or primer drip. It's cheap enough to replace after each round of sanding and will make a world of difference when applying a high gloss finish.
Side note: Just to reiterate, this article is intended as a guide for the recreational boat refinisher. The assumption is that you don't have access to professional spray equipment, or the requisite experience shooting LPUs to give you a professional finish. This article further assumes that you have a healthy fear of the occasional dying that occurs when inexperienced painters start messing around with atomized isocyanates without proper safety equipment. For this reason, this article assumes you'll be rolling and tipping your finish, (a finish that, if applied properly, will be indistinguishable from a professional spray application).
For minor variations in the fairing process, Awl-Quik surfacing primer, thinned with T-0031 brushing reducer, is a brushable, easily-sanded, medium-build primer that also works as a final prime coat prior to topcoating. It is a two-part epoxy primer that lives in the gray area between high-build primer and Awl-Grip 545 finish primer, yet, unlike most compromises in boat painting, this one actually does both pretty well.
You should mix the primer in a graduated mixing pot that has both fluid ounce measurments and mixing ratios.You want a mixing pot that is big enough to hold the right amount of paint, but, if it's too big, you'll create so much surface area that's exposed to air, that the solvents will evaporate too quickly.
I use one-quart paint pots most of the time. One-quart pots will allow you to mix up to 24 oz. of thinned paint or primer without spilling. This usually means I'll have to mix up two batches of primer for one full coat over a 16' – 18' boat, but I would rather mix it up twice and have it flow better, than mix up a bunch at once and have it begin to kick before I'm finished with the application.
Side note: Paint is another matter altogether and goes on considerbly thinner, but I'll save that bit for later.
Like I said, it's a two part epoxy primer, and, like all epoxy primers, it needs to be measured carefully. Precision is rewarded with LPUs. Mix equal parts base and catalyst, (to get 24 oz of primer, you should add 8 oz of each), but don't add the thinner yet! Mix the primer for five full minutes, stirring slowly to avoid air bubbles
Side note: The primer base contains the solids that make the primer both high-build and easily-sanded. When opening the can, the primer will appear white and ready to go, but don't be fooled. Most of the solids will be in a clay-like clump at the bottom of the can. Mixing this stuff is a paint in the ass, but it needs to be done thoroughly prior to adding the catalyst.
After the base and catalyst have been mixed, cover the pot with a clean something to keep airborne dust out of it, and leave it alone for the next 15 minutes. All LPU coatings have an induction time where the two parts have to chemically react prior to coating. The induction time varies with product, so always check the manufacturer's recommendations first.
After the induction time, (15 min), you can now add the reducer, (50% by volume of catalyzed primer - 16 oz of primer gets 8oz of reducer). The thinner is the same as with the paint, Awl-Grip slow brushing reducer #T-00031.
Before we get to the application, I want to talk about the ancilliary materials first. A roller cover you use to paint your den and paint brush from Home Depot is going make all your hard work look like garbage. Here is where the costs tend to pile up and, coincidentally, here is where most people make the mistake of cutting corners. For every hour of painting, you'll probably have 20 or 30 hours of preparation behind it. Don't go amateur at this point, because every corner you cut is going to be visible for the life of the finish (decades, not years).
If you can't find the products I recommend, or suitable alternatives, locally, you can order them online from a number of marine suppliers. In the Pacific Northwest, Fisheries Supply in Seattle. In Southern California and the Southwest, San Diego Marine Exchange. In Florida and the Southeast, Merritt Marine in Ft. Lauderdale. And in the Northeast, Jamestown Distributors. (Incidentally, all of those mentioned can also mix up custom colors of Awl-Grip if you want to color match your existing gelcoat).
I'm sure there are others I'm unaware of. I avoid West Marine for two reasons; they are prohibitively expensive and it seems like for every good product out there, they have substituted it with an inferior "West Marine" brand product that they tell you is just as good. On the other hand, they can often get the product you want from one of their wharehouses in a timely fashion, which isn't always the case with some of the others.
One last thought on the subject, then I'll get back to the products. Some of the paint products, by law, cannot be shipped by air. If there is not a distibutor locally, you should order your paints, primers, catalyst and reducers well in advance to ensure they'll be there when you need them.
OK. The materials for prime and topcoat applications.
Tape: I have avoided the mention of tape because the assumption is that all hardware and other impediments have been removed from the boat already. Still, there is always a need for tape, whether it's around fittings that can't be removed or for two-tone paint jobs.
Not all tape is equal. Not even all blue painter's tape is equal.
If you look at the inside of the cardboard on a roll of 3M blue painter's tape, you'll see a number. #2090 is the stuff you see at Home Depot. It is a medium-adhesive standard crepe paper tape that we all have laying around. It's fine for use in filling and fairing or for running beads of sealant. You can use it for priming, though I prefer not to. This tape is rated for 14 days, but should be removed and replaced after 7 days. Never allow any tape to adhere for more than half of it's stated rating. Just because it can be removed cleanly after a certain time is no guarantee it will be.
For priming and topcoating, #2080 is better. It has lower tack adhesive that is safer to use on freshly painted surfaces. This is 30 day tape.
For finer paint lines and more conformability to curves, 3M Perfomance Masking Tape #233 (green) is excellent tape, but don't use it on top of recently painted surfaces. It's high-tack adhesive can lift fresh paint.
For graphics and razor sharp paint lines, 3M fine line is the best, but also the hardest to use. It deforms easily and it's low-tack adhesive will allow rolled and tipped paint to bleed underneath if not properly burnished.
If you're only going to buy one type of tape for all situations, get the #2080.
Rolling pans: I have only two recommendations when it comes to rolling pans. First, buy two 6" pans. Two pans because one is to hold the paint while the other is used dry to remove excess paint from the roller, and 6" because, on a small boat, a 10" roller is too big to use and a bigger pan allows the solvents in the paint to evaporate too quickly. My second recommendation is to buy an armload of disposable paint pan liners and throw them away after each coat.
Rollers and Roller Covers: As mentioned above, get a 6" roller. Also get a 3" roller for tight spots. As for the roller covers, these are very important and the wrong one will be a nightmare. For LPU and single-part poly paints, only use a solvent-resistant foam roller cover. Any napped cover is going to hold too much paint.
LPUs are incredibly thin paints. Film thickness of a coat of Awl-Grip is about 2 mils. That's as thin as a single sheet of paper. Too much paint (the most common problem for first-timers) leads to drips, sags, and solvent pop, (this is where the paint skins over before the solvents have had a chance to evaporate, the solvent builds up pressure behind the skin until it erupts like a tiny voncano – commonly mistaken for fish-eyes which is actually the result of a contaminated surface).
The advantage of a foam roller is the amount of paint it holds. Even then, you should roll out the excess in a dry pan to avoid drips. If you have to use napped roller covers, the nap should be no longer than 1/8".
Brushes: You're going to need three or four good brushes. By "good" I mean high quality Badger Hair or, if you can find them, Ox Ear-Hair. Yup, hair from an Ox's ear (How would you like to have that job? A livestock ear-barber). There are several manufacturers, the most widely available of which are Corona and Redtree. And there are several different tips available. For tipping, avoid flat or chisel tipped brushes, oval tipped will allow a clean brush stroke through the paint.
For a small runabout, I recommend, at a minimum, a 3" and 1" brush for tipping, and another 1" thinner brush for corners and around hardware. The thicker (not wider, but thicker) a brush is, the better the tipped surface will be, however one small thin brush that can get into tight corners where a roller can't reach is nice to have.
The signs of a good quality brush, aside from the genetic make up of the bristles, are a tight skirt that doesn't lose bristles (look for double crimps around the skirt), and most importantly, flagging of the bristles. Flagging is nothing more than split ends. Hold a brush up to the light and spread the bristles apart. Each bristle should split into two in the last quarter inch. Flagging doubles the amount of contact between the brush and the work surface.
Now is the time to plan your attack. When you start, you don't want to stop until your finished. Look at the project piece and decide where to begin in order to paint the whole thing without losing your wet edge. This is not as easy as it sounds. The most dificult aspect of rolling and tipping is keeping a wet edge. Many times, I've painted complex area of boats, like the smooth drainage channels between the non-skid on the deck of a sailboat, that's led me to have two or three wet edges going at the same time.
On a hull, the decision is easy; start at one corner of the transom and work your way around the boat. On the topside it gets a little trickier. There are curvy bits and other parts going off in different directions. Think of the primer as practice for the topcoating. You'll have three chances to figure out how to get all the way around the boat without a lap line anywhere. If you find yourself with two wet edges, don't panic. Just work in smaller increments, first one, then the other until you either finish or are able to rejoin them into a single wet edge.
Side note: Sadly, this is sometimes just a physical impossibility. In such a case, take a tip from the guys who install laminate countertops in kitchens. When a single sheet of laminate isn't big enough to do a whole counter, they don't put the seam right there in the middle of the counter. They hide it behind sinks or other places where an unsightly seam is minimized. Do the same with your lapline if you have to have one.
Primer Application
OK. You're ready, the boat's ready, and the primer is ready. Now how do you do it? Before I continue, I have a confession to make. I can't get good flow with primer. Not with 545 and not with Awl-Quick. I've talked with Ted, the technical pro at Awl-Grip North America, about this several times. He has the same problems. We've exchanged a few tricks with each other about it, but the best I can get it is "close".
Because Primers have such higher solids content than topcoats, the solvents have to burn out quick in order to keep the thick primer from sagging. The fast evaporating MEK is the culprit here. The result is a finish, that with traditional rolling and tipping technique (no, you haven't missed anything. I haven't explained it yet), leaves brush strokes and laplines everywhere.
The best technique I have found, is to roll on a full coat, wait a few seconds and then just graze the surface with a foam brush soaked in T-00031 brushing reducer. This extra reducer on the skin of the primer gets it to lay down, eh, ok.
At other times, I have used a roller and not tipped it at all, knowing that roller stiple is easier to sand fair than brush strokes. And other times, I have used Pre-Val disposable sprayers, (these will not atomize primer to the degree where they will kill you, but a NIOSH approved respirator is necessary for any spraying under any circumstances - and advisable for minor nuisance fumes even when rolling and tipping). Actually, the Pre-Vals do a pretty fair job of laying on an even coat. I don't dismiss them out of hand.
Most important in applying the primer is learning to keep a wet edge. For that reason, I recommend the first method mentioned. Being able to practice three times before topcoating is invaluable experience. If you have to spend a little more time sanding the primer smooth, then so be it. It's an investment in the end result.
With the boat primed, you are now ready to prep for the topcoat. While all the previous prep work was required to get the boat's profile ready for the topcoat, it is the next step that will dictate how fine your finish will be.
For this step, good lighting is key to success. Natural light on a sunny day is best, but Halogens placed at four corners of your work area will be fine.
You are about to sand the primer perfectly smooth.
For this process, you're going to need soft sanding blocks and 320 grit paper. Lots of it. The blocks that I like to use most for this step are 3M's No.20 wet-or-dry sponge pads for the flat areas and slight curves, and 3M's Stickit Soft Hand Pad for areas of detail. These pads are perfectly suited to the task.
The goal is to remove 100% of the roller stipple, orange peel, or brush strokes, leaving a perfectly smooth surface. The danger is in accidentally sanding through the primer. LPU topcoats, as I've said before, have a very thin finished film thickness and very low opacity, (this means they don't hide the substrate very well – some colors worse than others). That's why it's so important to have a uniform color below.
The sanding pads mentioned above are hard enough to sand the surface flat, but soft enough to conform to minor variations caused by imperfect fairing, and nobody is perfect. For $10, the cost of the pads, you can save yourself hundreds in time and materials lost by having to put on an unforeseen third coat of primer.
Side note: For those of you who've been paying attention, you may have noticed the conspicuous absence of my use of DA and RO sanders. The truth is, after the initial sanding of the boat, nearly 100% of the work is done by block sanding. Mechanical sanders have their place and I love them, (in fact I've spent way too much money on them over the years), but painting a boat is finesse work. Using a DA for finish work is like using a chainsaw to build a doll house.
When sanding the primer, I have only two tips I can give you, the rest is in your hands and discernible only to your eyes. First, make sure to look at the surface from all directions. What may look, and even feel, fine from one direction might show a sea of stipple from another. Second, use light pressure on the sanding pads and take long strokes. You will be in shape by the end of this process.
With the surface complete, all that's left is to add the paint. By this time you should have intimate knowledge of the surface of the boat. You should know every hill and valley, every problematic corner, and every stretch of uninterrupted expanse of paintable surface. This knowledge helps you anticipate problems and will make your topcoating experience much more enjoyable. If you're just reading this article, you may not fully grasp the importance of this paragraph, but I assure you, when you get to this point in the process, you confidence level will be sky high.
It's now time to prep the area for topcoat application. This should be second nature by now. You want the area Surgically clean. Vacuum, wipe, then vacuum and wipe again. When the area is spotlessly clean, go in the house or out to the car (or right there in the street if you're not the bashful type), and change your clothes. I would avoid the big baggy linty sweater for this procedure, but mostly you just want a clean set of dust-free clothes that isn't going to hang in the paint.
When you return, wipe down the boat one more time, but don't run the vacuum again, the exhaust will stir up the air too much.
You can now set up your mixing station and lay out your brushes, rollers, tack cloth and extra reducer. ("What the hell is a tack cloth and why do I need extra reducer?" you ask.)
A tack cloth is simply what it sounds like, a light cloth with a bit of stickiness that will remove the last vestiges of dust as you're painting. We'll talk more about it's use in a minute, but for now, the only thing that's important is knowing the right tack cloth from the wrong tack cloth. Detco, (the parent company of Sterling – Awl-grip's competitor) makes the best tack cloths for LPUs. Awl-Grip also makes tack cloths, and they're fine, but I like Detco's better. The thing to remember when buying tack cloths is get the white ones! The yellow ones are intended for wood working and have far too much adhesive. That adhesive can transfer and contaminate the surface. The white ones have much lower tack and are suited to fine finishes.
You should also have a few ounces of reducer, an eye dropper, and some mixing sticks handy. When painting, you may find the reducer evaporating from the paint. A few drops stirred in along the way will help to keep the finish even. But we're jumping ahead. Just make sure you have everything set up where you can reach it easily if you need it.
Side note: Even if you intend to work alone, a second person standing in the corner ready to help if you need it will come in very handy. I wouldn't recommend a child as they need to be careful and non-distracting.
Now that everything is laid out, you can start mixing up the paint. It is very expensive paint, but a little bit goes a long way. If you've followed this tutorial and are using the right roller covers, brushes, and the surface is truly smooth, one quart of base and one pint of Awl-Cat #3 Brushing Converter (this is the catalyst for the paint), properly thinned will be enough product to paint two coats on the hull of a 30' boat. Yes, really.
For the topside of a 17' runabout, I will mix up 8-10 oz of base color mixed with 50% converter (4-5 oz) for a total of 12-15 oz of mixed paint. Adding reducer after the paint has catalyzed – give it about 45 minutes to be safe – will bring the total amount of mixed and thinned paint to approximately 16-20 oz.
Side note: Awl-Grip and Sterling both recommend thinning the paint 25 – 35% (of the volume of mixed paint prior to adding reducer) for brushing applications. The variables behind those numbers are temperature and humidity, the higher the temperature and humidity, the more reducer is necessary. This is true.
What they don't say is that their number one concern is coverage, not finish quality. They want to ensure that enough product is put on the boat to protect it. Therefore, they err on the side of paint that's been mixed too thick, not too thin. For a better finish, I add about 5% more reducer than the manufacturer's recommendations for the ambient conditions. If your measurements are accurate, this should be just about perfect.
While mixing the paint is similar to the primer, there are a few preventative steps that can help the finish quality:
Strain the paint. A fine mesh paint strainer will capture dust and debris that may have inadvertently fallen into the open can of base color.
Use one, (or three), paint pots; not two. You can pour the base and catalyst into a single pot by measuring carefully, or you can measure out the paint and catalyst into separate pots and then combine them into a third. What you can't do is pour them into separate pots and then pour one on top of the other. The reasoning is, one pot will contain 100% of the product + 90 something % of its counterpart, the remainder being what has clung to the sides of the now nearly empty pot. The end result is an improper base:catalyst ratio.
Use pour spouts to keep the can clean. They can be bought almost anywhere. Plastic pour spouts that attach to the inner ring of the can will keep the paint can clean, assist in pouring accurate measurements, and make resealing the can much easier. At fifty cents a pop, there's no reason not to have them around.
Crater-X is a proprietary product for use with Awl-Grip. While it is not a substitute for proper prep work, it will help minimize the cratering and fish eyes that can occur when the surface is not 100% contaminant-free. The ratio is 1/2 oz per gallon of mixed paint. This ends up being about a half dozen drops in 16 oz of paint. I do recommend this safety precaution
With the paint now mixed and ready to go, the time has come to finally paint the boat. By this time, you should have your route around the boat already planned and practiced by applying the primer.
Side note: If you have a two person team to apply the paint, one person should tack the surface and roll the paint while the other tips the paint. If you are doing it by yourself, don't panic. I do it by myself all the time. Just work in small areas so you don't over extend yourself, don't rush it.
Rolling and Tipping
First. Take the tack cloth out of the package and unfold it completely. Now loosely ball it it up, (it should look like that scrubby loofa thing your wife has hanging in the shower). Everytime you use it, you want to turn it over and reconfigure it a little so it doesn't get dirty using the same side over and over. Just a light and quick glide over the surface will make any dust cling to it like a magnet. Tack about two feet of boat ahead of you and then set it somewhere reachable when you need it again in thirty seconds
Next, load the roller completely with paint. Now remove as much as you can back into the pan. Then roll it into a dry pan to remove a little more, then roll the surface of the boat. Wait! You did it wrong! No, I'm just having a little fun with you. But there are a few things to know that will make it better and easier for you.
First, roll one roller-width horizontally, then re-roll that area vertically, then tip it horizontally - this whole routine can be done the other way around, the important thing is to switch directions, this ensures even coverage and minimizes holidays (missed spots).
When tipping, you want to start behind the rolled on paint and "land" the brush on the forward stroke, just lightly grazing the surface of the paint. The bristles should barely bend at all. One single stroke to remove the air bubbles caused by the roller, then let the paint do its thing. Don't keep brushing it, that makes it worse.
It's OK if the paint doesn't look fantastic the second you tip it out, it's not supposed to. Trust that the paint is going to level out. By the time you finish, your starting point is going to look great. An hour after that it's going to look even better. A day later it'll look even better than that.
With the roller, overlap the tipped paint by an inch and work on the next chunk, rolling then tipping, rolling then tipping. Tack off the next panel when necessary. After a few minutes, you'll find yourself in a rhythm.
Remember, keeping a wet edge is the key to a beautiful finish, so work in manageable sized areas. The manufacturer states you can work a panel of about six square feet without laplines, but that doesn't mean you should. Limit your working area to about two square feet and you'll have all the time you need to be thorough.
When you've finished. It's perfectly OK to just stand there staring at what you've been able to do. I do it all the time. Pat yourself on the back. Have a beer. But don't forget to clean your brushes.
Bring your brushes away from the boat and clean them with T-0003 fast spray reducer. Clean them thoroughly and lay them flat or hang them up, but don't just throw them in a pot of thinner and walk away. These are the tool that did right by you, so do right by them.
Every hour or so, go out and stare at the boat again. It really is beautiful.
The first topcoat and the second topcoat are identical. Nothing changes about the applications. But use the first one to work out the kinks. If you have a run or sag in the paint, thin it just a little less next time. If you have brush strokes that didn't fully level out, add a touch more thinner next time.
For a truly fine finish, wait 24 hours, then sand the boat down with 400 grit and re topcoat.
End note: I'm exhausted by writing this, and I'm sure I'll think of other things to add here and there. This is all off the top of my head, so I'm sure I've missed somethings worth knowing. Regardless, everything you need to know to apply a beautiful finish is within these pages. If you choose to follow this tutorial to paint your boat, I sincerely hope you'll share some pictures with me. The same goes for any questions you might have.
Good luck and have fun.
Post script: Awl-Grip sells an application guide that is ridiculously comprehensive. I highly recommend spending the $5 if you're going to use their product (It can be downloaded for free from their website too). Sadly, Sterling's application guide is nothing more than a four-page brochure.


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The story begins in a small cabin in the deep dark woods…kidding kidding
Before I got started in Podcasting and even before writing for MyMac.com, I belonged to a Washington DC based user group called the Washington Apple Pi (wap.org). They had a monthly journal (hard copy…like cavemen) and as a frustrated writer without a project, I decided to create a somewhat original story that involved Apple history. I also love Film Noir with Humphrey Bogart movies being some of my favorites, so being "inspired" by that, I started to write a detective story around a stolen Apple prototype computer (at the time the lampshade G4 iMac was a thing).
I used a lot of people with their names slightly changed as well as incorporating Mac trivia for the main characters and started to write. It was originally released through the WAP Journal over about a year period, just as user groups were starting to fade. By the time the story was done, I was also writing for MyMac and Tim Robertson was kind enough to let me republish it through his website. I made some changes (as writers with any excuse will do) and it was done. Or so I thought.
A few years went by and when feeling nostagic over the death of my mother who loved listening to the old radio serials from the 40s and 50s on tape (again…like cavemen), I decided to rewrite it (again) as an audio drama which is where it sat for many more years. I casually mentioned it to a good friend over in the UK (Karl Madden of the Mac & Forth podcast) who offered to help me finish it. Which with a lot of Skype calls and Apple Pages collaboration, we completed it last year. Where it sat (again) as with one son getting ready to graduate from college and another just starting, time was not a luxury that I had.
Well things have straightened out and even with a full time job, 2 podcasts, and three other writing projects, I found myself wanting to take another crack at this, this time without excuses. So I blew the virtual dust off the story and solicited for volunteers for the various parts. Which is where we are today.
As far as a schedule for release goes, it's completely up to the people who decide to join me. There's no money and not much promise of any in the future. The book itself is available on Amazon and Apple's iBook store, but I think as a self-published novel I've had maybe 50-60 sales. Any profit was eaten up by doing a print run of thirty that I tried to sell at a conference that had me bringing back about 25 copies. Once completed, I'll probably make the collected set available for sale, but unless this goes all Serial, I doubt much will come of it.
There's no pressure, no timeline for release, and the only milestone is that I won't release anything until the entire story is complete. I don't want to leave people hanging for the next chapter.
Some have suggested doing a Kickstarter or Patreon to raise funds, but as this is a labor of love with my name on it, I don't want to disappoint anyone. A website is cheap enough and I have all the other audio tools I need because of the podcast. Still working on getting that mono old time radio sound, but I have a neighbor who's a sound engineer for NPR so I'll get that sorted one way or another.
Once the actual production is complete, the episodes will be released every two weeks with a short interview podcast in-between for all the people involved so we're looking at a total run of 24-28 weeks of content.
Like with podcasting for me, this as I said is a labor of love that one way or another I will get done. I hope that you'll join us but all I can offer is a smile and links to your stuff through social media and the website. It could be huge, but by keeping my expectations small, I'm guaranteed to not be disappointed.