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Sometimes a night or an event isn't quite memorable enough without a complete photo album to go along with it. And odds are, your friends and family all have a set of images from the same event floating around on their respective Facebook accounts – and some of these photos might be out of your reach. Kaptur, a social photo discovery platform, makes it possible to collect all of your and your friend's photographs from an event and port them into your own album, collectively all of the image memories you want and need from a single night or event.
It's not hard to see why Kaptur is embraced by its users. Photo-sharing has exploded, and it doesn't hurt that the app itself is free. But while the user experience of the site and mobile app isn't anything to brag about, Kaptur is doing something right to hit the user milestone it recently did.
Kaptur has one million users and has helped collect photos from over 10 million different events. Kaptur founder Tejapaul Bhatia announced that Kaptur, formerly exclusive to the Web, and recently for iPhones and iPads, has been recently picking up steam in the last six months with traffic doubling. The iPhone and iPad app have collectively garnered 250,000 downloads so far.
The company's core feature is its patent pending technology that's able to aggregate and organize friend's photographs from social networks. Once the photographs have been collected into an album, users can share it with friends and family through a customized URL. Kaptur avoids tooling the app with bells and whistles so it's incredibly foolproof. While the results might be simple enough, the process is one of the more awkward we've put ourselves through.
From the get go, you should know that the iPhone is a limiting experience – opt for the desktop or iPad if possible. For now, users are required to sign up and sign in with Facebook, which is the only social network integrated into Kaptur for now. Then they're introduced to a page with Kaptur's motto and a menu labeled "Get Started." This box is where all the navigation happens. You can create new albums by selecting new events based on a date or an album that's housed on your own Facebook profile, and Kaptur will then give you the option to pull in albums from specific friends or cull your friends' pictures to find relevant albums. If you'd like friends to contribute to the album, you can invite them to collaborate.
The technology is admittedly powerful enough that it's able to recognize and suggest similar events no matter how far back the event took place. If you're feeling adventurous, Kaptur offers an option to collect and display a random event. To view images in succession, there's an option to view photos in a slideshow. And you can also download the albums should you wish to keep a digital copy on your computer.
The app on the iPhone has kinks to work out. For one, because the desktop app has been ported to fit the smaller screens of the iPhone and iPad devices, Kaptur been shrunk to fit the smaller screens. It's a chore to navigate or even use for that matter. For the best experience with Kaptur on the iPhone, hold your phone horizontally since this zooms into the app. Sharing, while a feature on the iPhone, doesn't really work as intended. This is because the custom URL that Kaptur provides is meant to be copy and pasted, but unfortunately the screen size is too small for my fingers to be able to select the URL and copy it in the first place. And viewing the photos by swiping on the iPhone isn't smooth like flipping through pages on Flipboard.
While there's room for improvement, Kaptur is undoubtedly growing with $2 million raised from investors, and has inked partnerships with names and brands including Beyoncé, Red Bull, EMI, Sony, Vera Wang and others. And one million users is nothing to shrug at – hopefully it translates into money spent on refining the user experience, and more fingers crossed, we'll soon be able to pull in photos from apps like Flickr and Instagram in a future iteration.


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I don't care what DVOA says - the 49ers have the best defense in the league. The Bears are not in the same class. San Francisco is younger, faster, more versatile, harder-hitting, and not merely relying on ballhawk DB's to disguise decline up front. They've got a legit set of linebackers like any 3-4 defense does, a crazy good secondary and all kinds of pass-rushing weapons. S Dashon Goldson and LB Navarro Bowman have shaken off their youth and become stars and possibly Pro Bowlers. The 49ers are a much better matchup against the run and against our zone-read than anyone else in the league.
This, not Chicago, will be the toughest defensive test for Seattle. Okay, second toughest defensive test - the toughest was IN San Francisco, where we scored six points AFTER Russell Wilson had emerged from his early-season larval stage and started to figure things out. We've been fine since, but we haven't played a team like the 49ers since either.
Think back to that game - the most notorious case of drops by Seattle this season, and a conspicuously isolated case at that. I made a connection today when I read how punishing SF's back seven plays against opposing receivers. I realized that I'd seen the same case of pervasive dropsies in another team this year - the Cowboys in Week 2, facing Seattle. That game was where we truly established our "wear them down" identity on D, imposing our physicality on them with big hits until Jason Witten developed "short arms" and started uncharacteristically dropping everything. Their loss of execution on offense was a big reason for our blowout.
In San Francisco, it was our turn. Wilson generally looked fine, but several of our targets dropped crucial passes that were perfectly thrown, including the normally sure-handed Tate. It left most of us pandering for improvement at WR and TE. The clamor quieted down as we started winning after that, but IMO we have yet to face another defense of that caliber, at home or away. And today I started wondering just how much of that isolated week of dropsies was down to the physicality of the 49ers defense.
Let's cast a brutally honest look at our receiving corps: one thing they're not, is physical. At wide receiver, we have Sidney Rice, Golden Tate, and Doug Baldwin. All three have developed chemistry and grown into their roles on this offense. Yet we're also aware, in the back of our minds, that we're one injury away from relying on Jermaine Kearse as our #3, and Rice or Baldwin aren't known for their durability. Tate won't be winding his way through the 49ers on screens like he did Carolina, Minnesota, or Chicago. The 49ers tackle people. At tight end, we have the Carlson-esque Miller and the opportunistic Anthony McCoy earning their paycheck blocking for Lynch and Wilson, but neither has a particularly blustering reputation, and McCoy has been known to drop things. (So has Baldwin, this year.)
When the season opened, I felt that our receiving situation was a house of cards waiting to betray our developing QB. Believe it or not, I still feel that way somewhat. Not so much, but somewhat. Lynch, Wilson, Rice, Lynch, and Wilson have covered up a lot of this, and to be sure, that's not a gimmick. Our offense will always look like that.
But the 49ers are a tough, physical defense, built much like ours. Patrick Willis is the star of that defense for a very good reason - he's one of the few linebackers in this league both big AND fast enough to stand up against those freak receiving tight ends. He's our version of Kam Chancellor, except he's not a DB and frees our secondary up to handle an offense's other weapons. Against running backs and underneath routes, you have the hard-hitting Navarro Bowman, who's enjoying a fine season. Greg Cosell was talking today about how those are the two key matchups you have to overcome when you play the 49ers, and they're doozies. And they play MAN coverage in the nickel, a lot. With a safety like Goldson back there getting in WR's faces, this will be a challenge of a physical nature for our receivers.
I look at our roster and I honestly don't see a receiver built to stand up to the kind of physical punishment that, say, Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman would deal out. SF can match the intensity of those two. They don't give up a lot of big plays (33 pass plays of 20+ yards, tied with Seattle for 4th in the league), and Seattle relies on explosive plays in their offensive formula. SF tackles and they limit YAC. They are well-built to bring our offense back down to earth, if anyone is going to. Tate continues to put up his requisite sit-up-and-yell-wow-did-that-just-happen big play per game, but he's not big and he's not fast. Rice is a borderline #1 receiver, but ehhhh, he's Rice, and his absence would hurt everyone else. Our tight ends are unremarkable, though they get the job done at crucial moments.
Then we get the news that Seattle worked out Visanthe Shiancoe today, "just in case they needed a TE", according to the report. I find this interesting, since Miller and McCoy are both healthy, Miller is finally accruing touchdowns, McCoy just had himself a 100-yard game, nobody except me has doubted them for weeks, and #3 TE, despite being occupied by the disappointing Evan Moore, is usually not a glaring need. I'm not sure who would accuse Seattle of being in need of a tight end right at this moment, at least not on the surface. Not unless there were issues being masked.
A stab-in-the-dark hunch: Carroll knows his passing game is about to visit the most physical and best-matched defense they'll face this season, and he too has misgivings. We need more targets capable of running routes, getting open, competing for catches in traffic, and enabling more plays in the playbook (the read-option is great, but the route trees still look pretty limited). Shiancoe was on an injured reserve list as recently as September and has been on the decline for a while, and he's not the biggest (6'4"). But in his heyday was a good choice against a sturdy defense. New England releasing him wasn't a surprise once they finally got Gronk and Hernia-ndez back on the field at the same time. I doubt he'll experience any kind of career revival in Seattle, but Pete glancing Shiancoe's way might hint at what he thinks of our receiver situation going into Sunday's game against the 49ers.
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I've heard a lot of good things about Welcome to the NHK, but I'm wondering about the content in it. What would it be rated? PG-13 or R? It's not that I can't stomach a lot of things, I just have overly explicit sexual content and violence just for shock value.
If you could tell me that would be great! Thanks a lot!
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Duno, I saw nothing special in it except the fact that MC kept looking at porn though we only got small, user friendly glimpse.
There is no violence either, just several psychological problems.
PG-13 suits it perfectly. Rating it higher is a joke.
Unless your nerve system is weak and you get easily influenced and even then I can't see it getting rating R especially if you compare is to psychological horror Elfen Lied.
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Well, iirc Funimation rated it 17+ (I don't know if it even got a rating in Japan). There is nudity, and some potentially disturbing topics (2D>3D, suicide) are addressed.
But overall is a rather mature series, there's no "shock value" content past what I wrote above. No random blood splurts or seeing people suffer violent deaths, nor any hentai (and not much ecchi, not enough that I'd call it an ecchi show).
If you are all around mild mannered, the show may make you cringe a little at times. But it handles all of its bite maturely, so I think it would be okay for you.
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It depends on how mature the viewer is. Depression, suicide, paranoia, betrayal, abuse are not exactly themes that are appropriate for most kids of this era. Rating systems are a joke, in between, what these guys do is say 18+ if there is sex on screen (however it is depicted), and 12+ if someone is killed on screen.
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Honey Baked Apples
Serves: 6
6 large apples
6 Tablespoons Honey
1/4 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Core the apples, taking care not to cut all the way through to the bottom. Make four small pierces in the apple. Combine the honey and orange juice and pour it into the center of each apple. Pour 2 cups of water in the bottom of a baking dish and set the apples into the dish. Bake the apples for 50 minutes, or until the apples are tender. Remove from the oven and turn on the broiler. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the tops of the apples. Place the pan under the broiler until sugar is caramelized, before serving.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
RECIPE: Honey Baked Apples
4 comments:
- Glenna said...
OH yeah, that sounds fantastic right now. The weather is just turning cool in the mornings and evenings....maybe I'll run to the store for apples this afternoon...
- September 14, 2006 6:45 AM
- Gabriella True said...
I love honey!
- September 14, 2006 9:04 PM
- DF said...
Hey, I found your blog on the web as I surfed for baked apple recipes. I was happy to see that you matched my hunch that orange juice and honey in the apples would go well. Thanks for making the food blogosphere tastier!
- September 24, 2006 6:44 AM
- Gabriella True said...
DF - go with your hunches! They are on target.
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Meeting of July 15, 2009 – Age Discrimination in the 21st Century-Barriers to the Employment of Older Workers
Eric Dreiband represents companies in all aspects of civil rights, employment discrimination, and wage and hour litigation. He counsels clients on compliance with these labor and employment laws as well.
From 2003 to 2005, Eric served as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate. As general counsel, he directed the federal government's litigation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. While at the EEOC, he issued the EEOC's Regional Attorneys' Manual, which established the policies and procedures of the Commission's litigation program. He also managed approximately 300 attorneys and a national litigation docket of 500 cases during a time when the EEOC's litigation program recovered more money for victims of discrimination than at any other time in the Commission's history.
Prior to becoming EEOC general counsel, Eric served as deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. During this time he directed the federal government's enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, and other federal labor laws. For his contribution to the DOL's efforts to update the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime exemption regulations, he received the Secretary of Labor's Exceptional Achievement Award. Eric also received the Secretary of Labor's Compliance Assistance Award for leading the DOL's efforts to increase compliance with the federal child labor laws.
Before joining the government, Eric practiced law in Chicago, Illinois, where he litigated cases before state and federal trial courts, appellate courts, and administrative agencies. From 1997 to 2000 he served as associate independent counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr. For his work in that office, he received a special commendation from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Office of Inspector General for leading the investigation and successful prosecution of a former associate attorney general of the United States.
Eric has spoken and written extensively about civil rights, employment discrimination, and wage and hour laws. He also has testified about these subjects before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and is listed in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA as one of the best labor and employment lawyers in Washington.
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Roping Geologic Time
Randall Richardson, The University of Arizona
After having talked about the geologic time scale, I ask for two volunteers from the class to hold a rope that is 50 feet long. I say that one end is the beginning of the Earth (4.6 billion years ago), and the other is today. I then give out 16 clothes pins and ask various students to put a cloths pin on the 'time line' at various 'geologic events'. Throughout the activity I have a quiz going on where the students calculate percentages of Earth History for major geologic events, and compare it to their own ages. On their time scale, the dinosaurs died only about two 'months' ago! The exercise is very effective at letting them get a sense of how long geologic time is, and how 'recently' some major geologic events happened when you consider a time scale that is the age of the earth.
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Relative Geologic Time and the Geologic Time Scale
Bret Bennington, Hofstra University
Group simulation of the development of the geologic time scale illustrating concepts of correlation and relative time. Extremely effective for teaching the significance of the geologic time scale.
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Geologic Time Calculations
Francisco San Juan, Elizabeth City State University
Radiometric age determination using parent/daughter composition and a radiometric decay curve.
Metaphor for the geologic time scale
Cara Thompson
Students choose an object or concept that they are familiar with (e.g., football field, pint of beer, etc) and calculate the cumulative amount of that object or concept that represents intervals of geologic time. ...
Toilet Paper Analogy for Geologic Time
Jennifer Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
An in class demonstration of the vastness of geologic time using a 1000-roll sheet of toilet paper and unrolling it around the room.
Learning Assessment #6 - Geologic Time (2010)
Leslie Reid, University of Calgary; Michelle Speta, University of Calgary
An in-class activity that tests students' understanding of the principles of relative age, absolute age and numerical age dating.
Learning Assessment #5 - Geologic Time (2011)
Leslie Reid, University of Calgary; Michelle Speta, University of Calgary
An in-class activity that tests students' understanding of the principles of relative age, absolute age and numerical age bracketing.
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Driving Through Geologic Time - An analogy
Eric Baer, Highline Community College
An analogy of the Earth's history to a cross-country drive.
South Carolina Studies: Bringing the Geologic Time Scale Down to Earth in the Students' Backyard
John Wagner, Clemson University
Students visit Drayton Hall historic plantation near Charleston, South Carolina and are led on a field trip that starts with a discussion of documented historic changes that have affected the mansion and the surrounding property. The field trip continues with a study of Native American artifacts and ends with analysis of coastal plain deposits exposed along the Ashley River. Students use paleogeographic maps to discuss both historic and prehistoric changes to the landscape. Back in the classroom, students gather data to draw paleogeographic maps of their own school site through geologic time.
Teaching geologic time and rates of landscape evolution with dice
Kate Ruhl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Landscape evolution provides a convenient framework for understanding geologic time and rates because students can observe how processes like erosion and deposition shape their surroundings. In this example, students build 3-D sandbox models based on topographic maps and design and stage a "virtual adventure race." Sandbox landscapes are used to illustrate erosional processes,while local examples are used to discuss landscapes as transient or steady over different time- and length scales. Dice experiments illustrate radioactive decay and the shape of the age equation curve, and 14C dating, geochronology and thermochronology are introduced as "stopwatches" that start when a plant dies, a crystal forms, or a rock nears the surface and cools to a certain temperature. The sandbox model and thermochronometer "stopwatches" are combined to measure erosion rates and rates of landscape change. Ultimately, model rates (cm/hour) calculated from stopwatch times on the order of seconds can be related to geologic rates (km/My) calculated from real million-year-old samples.


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" This young local singer (very talented) died a few weeks ago. Police claimed he jumped off of a bridge. Watch this video of him being abused by police, At the end of this video, he was supposed to be on his way to the hospital after being tasered for no reason by the officer. From the police station, to the hospital, how would it be possible for this boy (who was completely out of it!) to break and window and jump off a bridge? " - Nikki
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NEW ORLEANS—A new trial will begin March 11 for a former New Orleans police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after Hurricane Katrina. The ex-officer accused of killing the man will be tried a week later.
U.S. District Judge Lance Africk set the dates Tuesday. David Warren is accused of shooting 31-year-old Henry Glover on Sept. 2, 2005. Travis McCabe is accused of doctoring a police report to make it appear that Warren was justified.
Africk ruled in 2011 that McCabe deserves a second trial because an earlier copy of the report he's accused of changing was found after his conviction.
A federal appeals court overturned Warren's conviction in December, saying he should have been tried separately from officers accused of the cover-up. His trial begins March 18.


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David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' Remade By Beck
Covers of classic rock songs by indie acts are quite the rage these days. Yesterday we wrote about the Flaming Lips taking on the Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love,' and now we have Beck performing David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' last night (Feb. 5) in Los Angeles.
According to Rolling Stone, the occasion was an invitation-only performance on a soundstage at 20th Century Fox's studios. The night was sponsored by the Lincoln Motor Company, who are using Beck's cover in an upcoming ad campaign. With only 280 people in the audience, Beck recast Bowie's uptempo classic from his 1977 album 'Low,' playing an acoustic guitar while his father, arranger David Campbell, conducted a 157-piece orchestra.
But this wasn't your typical string section. The group featured two choirs, vintage electronic instruments, a saw player and a Chinese percussionist. As Beck explained, "It was an experiment and an opportunity to try something completely irrational. I attempted to conjure some scenario that could only exist in this kind of space for a one-time performance. It's doing something you could never do on a tour. I was thinking a lot about Busby Berkeley films and multiples of musicians and dancers."
Beck performed the song three times, then gave the audience a few of his own songs, including his 1996 hit, 'Where It's At,' and another cover -- Chris Bell's power pop classic, 'I Am the Cosmos.'
The performance of 'Sound and Vision' was filmed, and will be available for viewing online, where fans will be able to choose a variety of camera angles and other visuals.


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Artist Rei Nadal offers a unique take on 'Fashion Fetish' by curating the SHOWstudio Tumblr for a one-week period from 2-8 April 2012 inclusive. Her work juxtaposes found imagery with phrases and self-portraits - postmodern poetry for the digital age - fuelled in this instance by a selection of objects, cosmetics and fashion items delivered daily to her home, and documented here.
Day One: AM
View the items delivered to Rei Nadal on the morning of Monday 2 April 2012 as part of her Tumblr curation project for SHOWstudio's Fashion Fetish season. Delivered anonymously and available for just twenty-four hours, Nadal chooses to incorporate the items (or not) into the self-portraits dotted throughout her Tumblr imagery.
Nude tulle dress by Lanvin Spring/Summer 2012
Leather leg-pieces and River of Dust 'Feet Objects' by Aoi Kotsuhiroi
Leather leg-pieces and River of Dust 'Feet Objects' by Aoi Kotsuhiroi
River of Dust 'feet objects' by Aoi Kotsuhiroi
Costume jewellery by Erickson Beamon
Black wig created by Sam McKnight
Black nails created by Marian Newman
Seven Veils by Byredo: Devised by Byredo founder Ben Gorham, the scent is based on Salome's dance of the seven veils, a story of many layers. A spicy, oriental composition, 'Seven Veils' is built around top notes of carrot and pimento berries; a heart of Tahitian vanilla flower, laurier rose, glycine and tiger orchid and a sandalwood and vanilla base.


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The soldiers who've died in Afghanistan
Wars are often reduced to their numbers—the amount spent, the casualties both military and civilian.
But it's hard to visualize those numbers. After they climb high enough, my brain reverts to the vague idea of "many" or "a lot."
When I got the list of troops who've died from the Department of Defense, I spent a good while looking at the names. "A lot" became concrete.
In remembrance of 10 years in Afghanistan, we published the names, ages and home states of all U.S. casualties reported before Oct. 3. It's interesting to note how the lists for each year grow exponentially.
The war in Afghanistan is the longest in U.S. history.


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Below is an archive of latest news.
Dates for the Summer Sailing Courses 2019 are as follows:-
July Course - 1st to 19th July (3 weeks)
August Course - 6th to 23rd August (3 weeks)
Taster Courses - 22nd - 26th July (1 week)
Further details and application forms will be available online from the end of January. Please keep an eye for further information.
Sailors young and old came together last night (Dec 29th) to celebrate the end of a great year of sailing activities at Baltimore Sailing Club's annual Dinner Dance held in Casey's Hotel.
It was once again a sold out night with dinner, prizegiving and dancing late into the night.
All members should have received the annual Christmas letter from Commodore Niall O'Neill over the past week. It contains all the information regarding the Annual Dinner Dance in Casey's on 29th December. This is always a sell out - so don't delay and book your tickets TODAY!. The AGM will be held in the Clubhouse on 30th December at 12 noon and we look forward to seeing you all either at the Dinner Dance or AGM. Any queries don't hesitate to email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The annual Laser Icicles event which was scheduled to be held in Baltimore this coming weekend has been cancelled.
We look forward to running this event again in 2019.
It is with great sadness that I must inform all members and friends of Baltimore Sailing Club of the sudden passing of our esteemed past Commodore and friend Joan Collins.
Joan has been a tireless advocate for this Club and the wider community for many years and her untimely passing is a great loss.
On behalf of the Club I would like to extend our sympathies to Pat, Odharnait, Diarmuid and the wider family.
May she rest in peace.
Niall O'Neill, Commodore
Expressions of interest from suitably qualified applicants are now sought for the Baltimore Sailing Club High Performance Fund. Closing date is Friday 21st December, 2018 - application form on the link below.
Full details of the Baltimore Spring Week 2019 have just been released by IODAI. Full details can be found here. The Optimist Training Week will be held from Sunday 17th to Friday 22nd February. Online entry is now open - costs and details are here.
Coaches and Instructors are wanted and full details can be found here.
The RS Southern Championships concluded yesterday evening after two days of great racing in Baltimore Harbour. Thirteen Fevas battled it out with Tim Norwood and Finn Cleary (Royal Irish YC) taking the RS Feva Southern title with five bullets to count (discarding a second).
Frank O'Rourke and Emma Hynes of Greystones Sailing Club had an equally impressive series never dropping out of the top 3 and winning the RS 200 Fleet. It was great to see twenty one 200's on the start line for the last Regional event of the year.
The RS Southern Championships got underway today at Baltimore Sailing Club. All roads led West as sailors travelled from across the country to compete in the last regional event on the RS calendar. 53 boats registered for racing - 21 boats in the RS 200 Fleet, 19 in the 400 Fleet and 13 RS Fevas. Three races were completed on Day One and the results can be found on the links below.
No racing today at the Danske Bank 1720 Irish Nationals. Lift outs underway and BBQ this evening. Full results are available on the link below or alternatively here.
Final standings after 5 races were as follows:- 1st "Da Fishy" - Donagh Good (RCYC), 2nd "Antix" - Anthony O'Leary (RCYC/BSC) and 3rd "Rope Dock Atara" - Robbie English and Ross McDonald (RCYC/HYC).
Thank you to our sponsors - Danske Bank and Rope Dock, competitors, supporters, race management team of Richard Leonard, Colette O'Flynn and Ciaran McSweeney and helpers that made this event such a success.
The 1720 National Championships sponsored by Danske Bank and Rope Dock are underway. Boats and crews arrived throughout the day yesterday. Some boats were still undergoing final tuning as the sunset late last night. It is great to see seventeen 1720 sportsboats travel from around Ireland and the UK to compete for the National Title.
Results can be found here. https://www.sailwave.com/results/1720_Irish_Nationals_2018.htm
The RS Southern Championships will be hosted by the club on 15/16 September next. The Club is looking forward to welcoming the RS400, RS200 and RS Feva fleets to the harbour.
The standard entry form, Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the event are on the link below.
Further information on RS Ireland website here.
The annaul Rambler 100 Team Racing Event was held on Sunday at Baltimore Sailing Club. This event encourages all young sailors to compete as helms or crew with a combined age of no more than 30 years. The competition sees two teams race - 2 boats versus 2 boats. Nearly 50 sailors signed up however, the early morning fog did nothing to dampen their spirits. The trophy was very kindly donated by George David to commerate the capsize and subsequent rescue of the Rambler 100 crew on August 15, 2011 off the Fastnet Rock.
The annual WOW "Women On the Water" event in aid of Breakthrough Cancer Research and Marymount Hospice will be held this Thursday 16th August. Registration is in the Clubhouse at 1400 hours - all welcome. Adults 25 Euro, Children 10 Euro. Bring your lifejackets!. BBQ in the club at 1700 hours approx.
Peter and Rob O'Leary recently competed at the Star Europeans hosted by Flensburger Segel Club, Germany. Seventy one boats from 15 nations competed in the four day event from 9th to the 12th August.
A thunderstorm came through the fleet on Saturday August 11th during racing but that did not deter the 33 boats that managed to finish with the O'Leary's taking the race win.
We are delighted to announce that Ropedock have come onboard as a sponsor for the upcoming 1720 Irish National Championships with title sponsor Danske Bank.
The event will run from Thursday 30th August to Saturday 1st September, 2018.
The August Sailing Course commenced on the 7th August with 85 sailors participating across all levels. Club Supper 5 took place last Wednesday night with guest chefs Lisa and Andrew Kennedy cooking for another sold out event.
Thursday morning was the coffee morning for parents of the August course and everyone enjoyed catching up with old and new friends.
A Past Commodores Dinner was held on Friday 27th July last in the Clubhouse. The night commenced with a welcome address by Commodore Niall O'Neill and dinner was catered by Chris Hedges. Old acquaintances were delighted with the opportunity to catch up and new friendships were forged. Photographs on the night were taken by Sharon Walsh and are available in the Club Gallery.
Good luck to Fionn Lyden (Finn Class) and Mark Hassett (49er) with crew Oisin O'Driscoll competing at the Hempel Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. 1,400 sailors from 100 nations will start racing tomorrow and results can be found on the event page here.
Baltimore Regatta takes places this August bank holiday weekend. There will be entertainment on land and sea as the beautiful West Cork coastal village hosts it's annual regatta. On Saturday and Sunday there will be sailing in the harbour for both dinghies and cruisers including the local fleets of sloops and 1720's both of which have expanded over the past number of years. The 1720's will be competing in the Baltimore Cup which runs over Saturday and Sunday and previous article here outlines the details.
Marconi Cup News by Dee Griffiths.
What an incredible days racing in extreme conditions! It was an amazing team effort by all and in the end it was down to the wire in both the team racing and the relay events. There was really nothing between Baltimore and Crookhaven but even though they were pipped at the post, our guys should be extremely proud of themselves for being the first youth teams in both events with Baltimore 1 coming second in the team racing and Baltimore 2 coming second in the relay. Huge Congrats to the coaches and sailors. They all deserve a shoutout for their commitment, tenacity and sportsmanship.
The Baltimore Cup is to be held on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th August next. The Baltimore Regatta Race for 1720's will be on Monday 6th for those that are interested. Entry for the Baltimore Regatta race will be at Bushes Bar.
Boats can be left in Baltimore until the Nationals at the end of August.
We are happy to advise that we can now accept Credit/Debit Cards in the clubhouse in payment of courses, club merchandise, club suppers etc. Due to credit card company rules we are unable to accept club membership subscriptions via this payment system.
The 2018 Club Merchandise has arrived. If you would like to order some club gear for yourself or your sailor please call in to see the Club Stewards. They will be more than happy to take your order and money!. They are placing an order tomorrow morning Tuesday July 24th which they expect to arrive by August 10th. They will also place an order next week which should arrive by 17th August.
The July Sailing Course concluded on Friday after three weeks of fun and frolics both on and off the water. The 113 sailors enjoyed beach days, a junior laying up supper, table tennis nights, junior disco nights coupled with learning lots of new skills across all levels on the water in their boats.
The course prizegiving was held yesterday afternoon and many thanks to all the instructors, club stewards and helpers who made the course a wonderful success.
Welcome to the Summer! It seems like yesterday we were all busy booking sailing courses for the Summer months whilst knee deep in snow!. Oh how the months have rolled by and the weather has improved dramatically!.
It is wonderful to see 113 sailors take the water each day in Mediterranean type conditions under the watchful eye of Senior Instructor Pierce Ryan and ably assisted by an energetic team of instructors, boat stewards and helpers.
All members recently received a letter from our Commodore Niall O'Neill together with their annual subcription notice from the Treasurer - Mark Ginn. Also enclosed was the 2018 Programme - a copy is attached below for your convenience.
The National 18ft Class held their Irish National Championships over the weekend of the 2nd/3rd June. Eleven boats competed in this very competitive class with Ewen Barry helming "D'Good, D'Bad and D'Blaster" coming out as winners. David O'Brien, Race Officer for the event held 8 races in over the two days.
As you are all very much aware there is new legislation coming into effect tomorrow 25th May which will effect every business and organisation in the country. Baltimore Sailing Club will be no exception. As the Commodore Niall O'Neill highlighted to all members in his recent letter, he along with the Committee is working to ensure that the Club are compliant with these new regulations.
The National 18ft Class National Championships are to be hosted by Baltimore Sailing Club on 2nd and 3rd June, 2018. The Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the event are attached on the bottom of this item. Registration will be held on Saturday June 2nd from 0930 to 1000 hours followed by a briefing for all competitors at 1000 hours.
Entry costs and full details are available in the documents below. The Class website is here.
Are you a New Sailing Instructor? Have you completed Safeguarding 1 yet? You will need to have this course completed to work this Summer. Details of a course being held in Baltimore Sailing Club is detailed below.
Irish Sailing are running a Safeguarding 1 Course for any club members (volunteers, instructors, coaches, managers and administrators) that would like to get the first step of the "Safeguarding" qualification completed. This course is a Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfard and Protection and takes 3 hours. to complete.
Details of the Course
Date - Sunday 10 June 2018
Time - 10am to 1 pm (3 hours)
Attendees must be a minimum of 16 years of age and the course is limited to 16 people. If you wish to reserve a place on this course please email or text Sheila O'Sullivan to secure - firstname.lastname@example.com. Don't delay - this will fill up quickly.
Unfortunately due to weather conditions today racing was cancelled for all fleets. The prizegiving took place in the Clubhouse at 11am before sailors packed up to head home. Event was hugely successful and Commodore Niall O'Neill thanked all club volunteers who made it such a success. Full report can be found here.
Racing is underway on the first day of the CH Marine Laser Munster Championships in Baltimore. PRO David O'Brien advised the saillors at this morning's briefing that the Race Management Team would make every effort to complete 4 races today given tomorrow's weather forecast. The sailors are still on the water but the sun continues to shine.
Many club members may have been involved with Asgard, Creidne or Asgard II over the years. Sail Training Ireland is Ireland's National Sail Training Organisation. It is a charity set up by some of the former board members of the much lamented Coiste an Asgard. Since 2012, they have placed 1,600 trainees aboard training vessels from Ireland and the rest of Europe.
Mary Nolan-Hickey is running a "lap of the map" in aid of the RNLI. Mary is 65 years young and has been involved in athletics for the past 50 years - you can find her blog here. The distance she is running is said to be between 3717 km and 5000 km, no one is quite sure!. She is due to run from Schull to Skibbereen and on to Baltimore on Saturday morning next 24th March. It would be great to give her lots of support on her run.
With only 16 days to the start of the Laser Munsters it is great to see 63 entries and climbing. As expected there are a large number of Master entries in both the Radial and Standard rigs. The early entry discounted rate of €50 is available until March 23rd. The fee then reverts to the full cost of €75 until 9pm on Thursday 29th March. Online entry will then close.
Baltimore Sailing Club is delighted to announce that CH Marine are to sponsor the Laser Munster Championships 2018 to be held in Baltimore on March 31st/April 1st. CH Marine are one of the largest marine equipment suppliers in Ireland and are the official Irish Dealer of Laser Performance.
CH Marine have also confirmed that they will have their Support Van at the event with all Laser essentials on board. However, should you have any specific laser items you require please let the CH Marine Team in Skibbereen know and they will ensure that they are ready for pick up in Baltimore.
Baltimore Sailing Club is delighted to announce that it is to host the National 18ft Class Irish Championships on the weekend of June 2nd and 3rd, 2018.
Boats will travel from around Ireland and the UK to compete in this event. Last year's National Championships were held as part of Cork Dinghy fest in Cork Harbour. The Ultra and Ultimate Fleets will be represented and it is expected to be highly competitive dinghy racing ahead of the UK Championships to be held in mid July in West Mersea Yacht Club. Full details can be found on the National 18ft website here.
The 1720 National Championships 2018 will be organised by Baltimore Sailing Club in conjunction with the 1720 Class Association and sponsored by Danske Bank from Thursday 30th August to Saturday 1st September, 2018. The event will be held in Baltimore, County Cork.
All roads led to West Cork for the Optimist and 420 sailors starting their mid term breaks on Friday 9th February. The 420 sailors were in Schull and the optimist sailors headed to Baltimore for the week. The week threw all weather conditions at the sailors from snow showers, hail showers, sun and winds ranging from light breeze to 30+ knots. Despite this the organisers, parents, volunteers, coaches and sailors gave it their all. The week concluded last Friday 16th February with the annual regatta for all sailors.
Club Employment Opportunities for Summer 2018 are now advertised here and the application form for all jobs is posted at the end of the page.
Please note that the closing date for all completed applications is 8th April, 2018. Applications (scanned copies only to be sent by email to firstname.lastname@example.com). Further information and details on the link here.
Application Forms for all Summer Sailing Courses 2018 are now available on the website.
Junior Taster Course Application Forms and explanatory sheet can be found here. TASTER COURSE MORNING SESSION IS NOW FULL (2 Feb 2018). Still places left on the afternoon and full day Taster courses.
All other sailing course application forms can be found here.
If you are experiencing difficulties opening any of these documents we would suggest you try using a different browser (Google Chrome) or download Adobe Reader. (Safari does not work in all instances).
Are you interested in developing your Racing Knowledge?
You may have seen in last week's Irish Sailing Newsletter that there are courses available for those wishing to upskill in this area - full details here.
The Club are interested in compiling a list of all members interested in developing their racing knowledge. Those members who wish to assist and contribute to running events by hearing protests and promoting rule observance etc.
Who is your sailor of the Year 2017?
Over the past 12 months - Afloat have picked out 28 individual sailors and pairings who have excelled in their respective disciplines, be it offshore, dinghy, cruise or powerboat.
On Friday, February 9th, the Judging Panel will announce the Sailor the Year at the Irish Sailing Awards to be held in the RDS, Dublin and you can have your say by voting in the poll on the Afloat website.
The Laser Munster Championships 2018 will be hosted by Baltimore Sailing Club on Saturday 31st March and Sunday 1st April. The Club is looking forward to welcoming the laser sailors and families back to Baltimore over Easter again this year. This event is open to all rigs - radial, 4.7 and standard.
This event is the first in the Irish Laser Association 2018 calendar and represents the final chance (along with the Ulster Championships) for Irish sailors to get some ranking points for the Master Worlds which will be held in Dun Laoghaire in September. Qualification information is available here for those interested.
The 1720 European Championships are to be held in Howth Yacht Club from Friday 25th through Sunday 27th May, 2018. The Notice of Race is now available to view or download from the event website www.sportsboatcup.com.
The organisers are expecting to have up to 100 boats racing. Online entry is open here with an early bird discounted rate of €155.
We look forward to welcoming optimist sailors, siblings and parents to Baltimore Sailing Club again this year over the February mid term break. IODAI are hosting their annual Spring Training Week from Sunday 11th to Friday 16th February, 2018.
Baltimore Sailing Club finished off 2017 in the same manner it started - with a wave of activity. December 29th saw members fill Casey's Hotel for the Annual Dinner Dance. Commodore Michael Walsh thanked all the members, volunteers, instructors, assistants and helpers for a wonderful year.
The Baltimore Laser Icicles will take place on Saturday December 2nd 2017.
NOR & Entry Forms Now Available
The 2017 1720 National Championships will be organised by the Baltimore Sailing Club (BSC) in conjunction with the 1720 Sportsboat Class Association from Thursday 31st August to Saturday 2nd September. The event will be held in Baltimore, Co. Cork.
Adult "Try Sailing" Tasters and Course 2018
Baltimore Sailing Club would like to encourage more adults to participate in its sailing activities. One initiative to support this goal is to further strengthen our adult sailing programmes.
This years Munster Laser Championships (All Rigs) takes place this year on the 15th/16th April, 2017
The event is run by the Irish Laser Asociation.
The first two RS200's will be in Baltimore at Easter and there will be an information day at the Club where the two boats will be available for viewing, information and possibly sailing.
The 2017 summer sailing course dates have now been announced and we are now taking booking for places. Please download the application forms for the course from the individual course information pages.
We are delighted to be hosting the International Optimist Dinghy Association Ireland's annual training camp in Baltimore Sailing Club for the week of 19th Feb to 24th Feb 2017.
Cork Harbour National 18ft Class South Coast Championships take place in Baltimore Sailing Club, 4th – 5th June 2016
We are delighted to have had the International Optimist Dinghy Association Ireland visit Baltimore Sailing Club for the week of 13th Feb to 20th Feb for their annual training camp.
The event has unfortunately been cancelled due to forecast adverse weather
Baltimore Sailing Club, Baltimore, Co. Cork has had to cancel the Laser Icicle Event on Saturday and Sunday 5th & 6th December 2015 due to forecast adverse weather.
Gardai in Schull are asking our members to be extra vigilant over the next few weeks. The August Bank holiday week is the start of a busy few weeks with Calves week Schull regatta and Crookhaven regatta all happening. Please report any suspicious activity to the Gardai Schull on 028 2811 Gardai Schull on 028 2811 Or Bantry Gardai Station 027 20860.
This years Munster Laser Championships (All Rigs) takes place on the 4th / 5th of April 2015.
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The 2015 1720 National Championships will be organised by the Baltimore Sailing Club (BSC) in conjunction with the 1720 Sportsboat Class Association from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th June 2015. The event will be held at Baltimore, Co. Cork.
Club members Emily Whitaker and Conor Horgan are in Malta to compete in the 15th Annual Euromed Championship. They are part of the ISA Optimist Squad who have travelled for the first time to race in this event.
Baltimore Sailing Club, Baltimore, Co. Cork will host a Laser Icicle Event on Saturday and Sunday 6th & 7th December 2014.
On Saturday 20th of September 2014 the inaugural RCYC Inter Club Cup was sailed in Cork. Event organiser Nicholas O'Leary and his team with Race Officer Bryan Hassett set up two parallell race courses with an exclusion zone between the race areas.
The 2014 1720 National Championships will be organised by the Baltimore Sailing Club (BSC) in conjunction with the 1720 Sportsboat Class Association from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August 2014. The event will be held at Baltimore, Co. Cork.
The Baltimore Lifeboat Fundraising Committee would like to thank the Commodore and members of Baltimore Sailing Club for the very successful auction last Friday evening.
Club members Harry Durcan, Amelia Greene, Keelin Greene, Conor Horgan, Eoin Horgan, Conor Walsh and Emily Whitaker are taking part in the 2014 Volvo Gill British Optimist National & Open Championships in Weymouth.
Baltimore Sailing Club is organising an afternoon of fun events on land and sea. A rally on the water, a swim, a tug-of-war, finishing with a barbeque and a free glass of wine, prize giving and a raffle !!!
After a week of light winds and a mix of inshore and offshore racing, Ireland's team of three boats lifted the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup on Saturday evening last.
Congradulation to Baltimore Sailing Club who won all three cups in the 2014 Marconi Cup Junior Team Racing this year. Winning the Relay Racing, Team Racing and the overall combined Marconi Cup 2014.
The village of Baltimore in West Cork was en fête yesterday (20th July 2014) with the opening of the newly-rebuilt clubhouse for Baltimore Sailing Club by Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine & Defence.
Congratulations to Peter O'Leary, Jouen Jacob and Cathal Cottrell all members of Baltimore Sailing Club who took first place in this years 1720 European Championships. Sailing under the Baltimore Sailing Club Burgee, Peter, Cathal & Youen sailed a blinder for the series which eventually came down to the last race. "Jacobs Bar" also crewed by Jamie Donegan and Andy came out on top for 2014.
Apologies for the delay in posting the Munster Lasers Championship Results.
Unfortunietly this is outside the control of Baltimore Sailing Club.
Over the Easter weekend the Danske Bank Laser Munster Championships took place for the three Laser classes – 4.7, Radial and Standard classes. 100 sailors participated in the event from the newly built Baltimore Sailing Club in West Cork.
Event Start Date: Sat 19 Apr 2014
Event End Date: Sun 20 Apr 2014
Discounted Entry Fee: €47
Discount Ends: Fri 11 Apr 2014
Baltimore Sailing Club are now inviting applications for the position of 'Senior Sailing Instructor' (ISA accredited) for the July and August 2014 sailing courses.
Baltimore Sailing Club member Fion Lyden has been noninated for the title of Irish Youth Sailor of the year for 2014. This award is presented by the ISA to recognise the outstanding achievement by a sailor competing in ISA Performance Pathway boats during the year
We have a few remaing place on this years July and August Courses. If you wish to book a place on either of the courses please return your application as soon as possable as we only have a limited number of places remaining.
All of Baltimore Sailing Club are so proud of Revelin Minihane (Longtime BSC Member) with Team Oracle USA on winning the Americas Cup 2013.
Chez Youen Cruisers Trophy; The B J Marine 21s Trophy; Munster Ruffians Championship; Field Cup Hare Island Sloops Trophy; the Fahy Cup for 1720's; the Baltimore Sailing Club 1720 Championship cup.
First day starter. Ongoing results at this address
Due to unfavourable weather conditions the Laser Icicles which were due to take place in Baltimore this coming weekend 5th & 6th of January have been cancelled.
The 2013 Laser Icicles event will take place in Baltimore harbour on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of Janurary 2013
Peter O'Leary (BSC) wins Ireland's most prestigious sailing championship, with Young Fionn Lyden (BSC) sailed a magnificent regatta and beat off two Olympians to claim the silver.
The Corona Cork 1720 European Championships were once again sailed out of the beautiful West Cork coastal village of Baltimore from 30th August to 1st September 2012 and were attended by 18 boats from Ireland and the UK,
Two of our Junior sailors do us proud in Irish Laser National Championships. Mark Hassett and Darragh McCormack from Baltimore Sailing club top the fleet in 4.7 and Radial.
Eoin Lyden and Brian Stokes are the new RS Feva Irish National Champions for 2012…. They showed superb seamanship on the Saturday to maintain their high finishing positions despite not having their Gennaker for three of the four races sailed that day.
This year's 1720 European Challenge Cup, sponsored by Corona Extra, are to be held in Baltimore, West Cork from Aug 30th to 2nd September 2012. This year's event is set to attract in excess of 25 boats.
The Baltimore Regatta takes place again this Bank Holiday weekend.
George David owner of RAMBLER 100 will be returning to Baltimore Sailing Club on the 29th of July to present in person the winners of the RAMBLER 100 FASNET Youth Racing Team event with the new Trophy which he has commissioned.
The Bank Holiday Weekend of the 7th and 8th of April will see the Munster Laser Championships 2012 visit Baltimore Sailing Club once again. 150 + boats expected. (Event Sponsored by Rolfs Country House Baltimore)
Results [Click Here]
The International Optimist Dinghy Association Ireland are running an Optimist Training Clinic in Baltimore Monday 13th Feb until Friday 17th Feb 2012.
Baltimore Sailing Club will host the 2012 Laser Icicles on Saturday and Sunday 7th & 8th January 2012.
Results Click Here
The Topaz National Championships were held on the 24th and 25th of September in Baltimore Sailing Club.
Perfect sailing conditions off Sherkin Island today with a steady 12-16 knot breeze provided champagne conditions for Mark Mansfield and Terry English and the crew onboard Gut Rut to secure the championship with a 10 point lead and a race to spare.
Bookings are now being taken for the BSC annual Dinner Dance to be held at Caseys Hotel on Thursday 29th December 2011. Please download the form below.
Current 1720 National Champion Mark Mansfield leads the 1720 Corona Euro Championships in Baltimore after a long day close sailing in steady 10-14 knot conditions.
Ongoing provisional results will be posted at the link below race by race:
Live Twitter feed will be on the water from this address:
Baltimore Sailing Club have just setup a new Twitter Account - we intend to use this to give feedback on events and provisional top results... during events.
The Bank Holiday Weekend of the 23rd and 24th of April saw the Munster Laser Championships visit Baltimore Sailing Club once again. 152 boats competed.
The Bank Holiday Weekend of the 23rd and 24th of April saw the Munster Laser Championships visit Baltimore Sailing Club once again. A total of 152 boats competed in fine sunny weather.
The results for this event are available by clicking on the links below.
This year's European 1720 Championships, sponsored by Corona Extra, are to be held in Baltimore, West Cork from 1st to 3rd September. This year's event is set to attract in excess of 20 boats.
Saturday 10th September & Sunday 11th September 2011
Baltimore Sailing Club host the Topaz National Championships this year
Ireland have won the Commodores Cup !!!!
Sailing history has been made... Irish team of Antix (Anthony O'Leary BSC & RCYC) Mariniers Co ve (Dave Dwyer BSC & RCYC) and Roxy (Rob Davies) sweep the boards at Cowes.... Well done lads!! ANTIX top individual Boat and Mariners Cove Runners Up.
Peter O'Leary wins Gold medal in the Start Class at the ISAF World sailing cup final regatta at the London 2012 Olympic venue -
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The Heir Island Sloops will have their 'World Championships' in Baltimore on the weekend of 25th and 26th June.
Baltimore Sailing Club will host The Sloop World Championships on the 25th and 26th of June 2011
This year 'Wednesday Night Club Suppers' booking's will be taken in the club house on Saturday afternoons onward - after Saturday Sailing and Prize Giving.
The Bank Holiday Weekend of the 23rd and 24th of April saw the Munster Laser Championships visit Baltimore Sailing Club. The event was a great success again this year, with 152 boats competing in the two day event.
The Annual sponsored walk in aid of the RNLI took place on Easter Monday starting at 14:00 in the square. Over 90 people took part and once again raised alot of money for this important cause.
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by Sunless » Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:09 amI got the new mutant gun in the daily lottery, is it any good?
by MistaT » Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:38 pm
Meh. not really.
Did you join the group yet?
by Chesscub » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:43 amThis season of PvP sucks sucks sucks. I'll be lucky to stay Gold.
by CountD » Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:38 pmplease open chap 11, I'm getting bored with pvp
by Chesscub » Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:03 pm
When there isn't a new chapter, I grind Epic Boss missions for CPs.
How are you doing in PvP this season?
by CountD » Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:07 pm
Gold, but I've kinda lost the will to fight/attack.
I predicted pvp would get tougher as the game wore on (people spending $ to get powersuits, etc), but this is ridiculous!!!
If I attack, i seem to win. If I idle, the AI seems to lose it for me. meh.
and countdown to C.B. nerfing...lol!
How are you in pvp? any secrets?
by Chesscub » Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:24 pm
I think the only way to win is to play at this point. AI is poor. If you have Signpost, I doubt it triggers it every turn on AI. If I do nothing I drop down. I went from Diamond (5%) to Silver (40%) in the course of a day.
I've got CB training for Level 9 so maybe I won't drop down. Right now I've been fiddling around with the make up of my team to get something that will at least maintain my score.
I've tried pairing Captain Britain with Mockingbird since they both give the debuffs.
And I want that Chakra Punch.
by ThatGuyRoman » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:36 pmWolverine is awesome now, Captain Britain is also a formidable addition.
by MistaT » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:38 pmI've been doing pretty good this season, finally found a combo that works well against pretty much everyone and not too many people use.
Lvl 12 Bruiser Ms Marvel
Lvl 12 Scarlet Witch
Agent - Infiltrator trench, Heavy Ion Beam, Sudden Support, Curative Reach, & Digital Decoy.
The name of the game for me is keep Carol alive. If there is a scrapper on the opposing team (about 60 - 70 percent of the time there is) I will win 9 times out of 10. Wolverine and Ghost Rider still give me trouble as they are capable of taking out characters in one round.
My agent is pretty well equipped to handle Cap. Combat reflexes + Mirror Image + Backfire. Radiation exposure is a great debuff, stacks 4X and each time it stacks the damage increases. Plus HIB is a quick action weapon allowing for a support (either CR or DD) action.
Scarlet Witch is mainly for support, but I got her Attack and Accuracy stats pretty high, so that she does good damage.
Haven't found a team yet that I can't take down, not saying I win everytime, but I would estimate I'm at around at least an 80% success ratio. Some days its even higher. I had been hanging around the bottom of Diamond and would fall back to Gold by the next day and have to climb back up, but the last few days I've made a push to get into Vibranium. Haven't had succes yet (closest was top 3.4%), but by hanging out in the top of Diamond I am no longer falling out of it by the next day, just a little lower.
I think I could make it to Vibranium if I had more time to play, but with my driving schedule, I can only give the game about an hour or two of playing time.
by Sunless » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:21 am
I sent a request to join. Not been added.
by Sunless » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:23 amSent another request
by Chesscub » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:15 am
Is your Ms. Marvel the default one or the Original one (with built in 7th sense)?
Now that my Mockingbird is at level 6 with Critical Intel she's much more useful. I did a couple of PvPs and Captain Britain did a level 9 attack for about 30K of damage without any Enraged on him.
I'm finding Mutant's End to be a good PvP weapon since so many are running Wolverine or Phoenix Emma Frost. Peels off a good 3000 of damage at a shot and if it does a follow up it'll trash a character quickly.
by MistaT » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:38 am
We need to find out who is in charge of the group so they can add you in.
Anybody know who that is?
by MistaT » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:41 am
No its the 70's costume that you can get the bruiser class. Seventh sense + blaster damage is reduced by half, effectively negating their class benefit.
by Chesscub » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:00 pm
Only issue is that most people I've run into aren't running blasters. I'm now seeing a lot of Valkyries. Ouch.
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It took awhile to get this post up! This was originally posted on Keepapitchinin on January 10th and extensively discussed there, and I just noticed it was mentioned in the "Bloggernacle Back Bench" in the Deseret News.
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The Church genealogical database NewFamilySearch (NFS) has been frustrating for so many people, particularly those who do actual genealogical research and care about accuracy. NFS allowed people with no particular skill to upload sketchy aggregated online family trees (usually culled from Ancestral File, Ancestry, and RootsWeb) and have their data look as valid as the correct information.
Family Search recently released a replacement for NFS. It is called Family Tree. So far, I'm impressed. It has solved some of the worst of the problems with NFS and whereas it was hardly worth correcting NFS, I've found it worthwhile to go in and start correcting the record in Family Tree.
Here is a guide to getting started. (In addition to this brief tutorial, there are some good tutorials in Family Tree. Click on the "Help" menu in the top right corner.)
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First, every time I start working on Family Tree, I open up two windows: one for Family Tree and one for Family Search.
In the Family Tree window, I select the person I want to work on. For this tutorial I chose my ancestor Elizabeth Ann Pugsley Hayward. She was an early Utah politician who introduced the 19th Amendment into the Utah Senate for ratification and was one of the first women to serve as a delegate to a national political convention. She was vice president of the Utah Woman Suffrage Association and president of Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Elizabeth's Family Tree entry has not had much work done on it.
First I'll check the Vital Information section. I just compared the information against her death certificate, personal genealogical records, and a biography written by her daughter. It all looks more or less accurate.
If I did need to edit something, I would click on the entry and edit it, using the standard data formats as shown.
I'm not going to correct "Salt Lake City, Utah" to "Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States" as recommended by Family Tree since it was Great Salt Lake City and Utah Territory at the time. Although I could edit the entry to perfection, I will leave it as is for now.
I will return to "Vital Information" later and show how to add sources.
The next section is Other Information. None of the alternate birth names are correct, so I will delete them.
I click on the alternate name then click "Delete." The program asks for a reason, so I add a reason:
Family records, church records, and Elizabeth's death certificate all agree that her birth name was Elizabeth Ann Pugsley. She was listed as "Elizabeth A. Pugsley" in the 1860 United States Census.
The edited version looks like this:
Other information could be added in this section such as military service, naturalization, occupation, and religious affiliation.
Next is the Family Members section. Elizabeth had nine children. Six of them died young. After the fourth death, she copied a poem into a little notebook:
Oh the stillness of the room
Where the children used to play,
Oh the silence of the house,
Since the children went away.
This is the mother life—
To bear, to love, to lose;
Till all the sweet sad tale is told
In a pair of little shoes,
In a single broken toy
In a flower pressed, to keep,
All fragrant still the faded life
Of them who fell asleep.
Someone has added a tenth child to the family, so I will remove her. I move my mouse to the child's name and click on "Edit Relationship." That brings up this screen:
I click on "Delete Relationship" in the top right and enter a reason for deleting the relationship:
As noted in that screen, I will add a note to "Discussions." (See below.) I also sent an email to the person who originally added the child to the family, explaining why I removed her.
I should go through each of the children and correct and source their information, but will save that for another time.
Now to Sources. No sources are shown. I will start adding sources from Family Search.
I click over to my Family Search window and enter some search terms. (Disclaimer: I am very familiar with this family and its related sources. If I were doing work on a family I wasn't so familiar with, the research would take more effort than what I show here—this is a quick guide to Family Tree, not a primer on acceptable standards of genealogical proof.)
Here is the search result:
Three of the sources are for Elizabeth and four are for her daughters. I'll start with her 1860 United States Census entry.
I click on "My Source Box" at the top right, then on "Add to My Source Box" in the drop-down menu. A screen will confirm that the source was added. I repeat this for all the sources I see for Elizabeth. Next, I will do a search for "Elizabeth Hayward" with residence listed as Salt Lake City between 1850 and 1950. I just added her additional United States Census records to the Source Box.
Now, I will return to Elizabeth's Family Tree entry on my other screen. I scroll down to Sources and click on "Go to Source Box." This is what the Source Box looks like now:
I click on "Attach" for each entry and note why I am adding the entry. For example, for the 1940 Census I type:
United States Census entry for Elizabeth Pugsley Hayward. Name spelled incorrectly, but it shows her living in the household of her daughter and son-in-law.
I click in the top left corner to go back to Elizabeth, and now her "Sources" entry looks like this:
Other sources from Family Search can be added in the same manner. For sources from outside Family Search, click on "Create a Source," and add all requested information. I will add a link to my materials about Elizabeth on my personal blog:
Family Tree is still working out some bugs: when I clicked "Save" on the last screen, I saw this alarming screen:
The screen went away with a screen refresh, so I won't worry about it.
Now I'll go back and add sources to the Vital Information. I clicked on one of the vital facts, Elizabeth's death date, and then clicked on "Tag."
I chose the two sources that support the death information, and here's the result:
Next, a note about the Discussions section. This is a good place to leave information that doesn't fit elsewhere.
Here is a note I left about the nine Hayward children:
Here is a note I wrote on another ancestor's NewFamilySearch entry last year. It was merged over into Family Tree:
And, finally, after you've spent some time working on an ancestor's entry, look up at the top of his or her screen and click where it says "Watch." Family Tree will send you a weekly email that shows changes made to your watched entries.
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In closing, here are three rules of thumb:
• Don't change information in Family Tree unless you have documentation to prove your claims.
• Be polite. Even if people don't have the same understanding and documentation as you do, they are (more or less) working toward the same goal, and they may have family stories or photos that they could share.
• Don't spend so much time obsessing over genealogical details that you lose track of the real purpose of genealogical work and your ancestors' stories and personalities and life experiences, and what they mean to you. As Walt Whitman said:
I believe of all those men and women that fill'd the unnamed
lands, every one exists this hour here or elsewhere, invisible
to us,
In exact proportion to what he or she grew from in life, and out
of what he or she did, felt, became, loved, sinn'd, in life.
I believe that was not the end of those nations or any person of
them, any more than this shall be the end of my nation, or
of me;
Of their languages, governments, marriage, literature, products,
games, wars, manners, crimes, prisons, slaves, heroes, poets,
I suspect their results curiously await in the yet unseen world,
counterparts of what accrued to them in the seen world,
I suspect I shall meet them there,
I suspect I shall there find each old particular of those unnamed


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Woods builds a 4-shot lead at Torrey
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The fog lifted Sunday and revealed a familiar sight: Tiger Woods in command at Torrey Pines.
Despite finishing with a bogey on the easiest hole of the back nine, Woods began to pull away from the field with a 3-under 69 in the third round to build a four-shot lead in the Farmers Insurance Open. Woods has only lost twice on the PGA Tour in 40 previous times that he has held the outright lead through 54 holes.
Because fog wiped out all of Saturday, players were going as long as daylight allowed before returning Monday to complete the tournament. Woods, who was at 14-under 202, was likely to get in about six holes before darkness, and he didn't bother switching to a red shirt for the start of the final round.
Brad Fritsch, a PGA Tour rookie from Canada, had a 70 and was at 206. Erik Compton finished birdie-eagle for a 71 and was alone in third, five shots behind.
Asked about trying to chase Woods, Compton started laughing.
"I'm trying to chase myself," he said.
Woods has won seven times at Torrey Pines as a pro, including a U.S. Open, and another win Monday would give him the most wins on any course.
The tournament staff followed the final group along the back nine, ready to change the hole locations to get ready for the final round. Players had about 30 minutes to get something to eat and hit a few balls before going right back out.
Woods had superb control of his tee shots and was rarely out of position on a day that began under a light drizzle and soon gave way to patchy clouds and clear views of the Pacific surf below the bluffs.
Starting with a two-shot lead, he stretched that quickly with a tap-in birdie on the second hole and a beautiful tee shot to a left pin on the downhill par 3 to about 4 feet. The South Course played even longer with the soft conditions, and only seven players broke 70. Aaron Baddeley had the lowest score of the round with a 68.
Woods managed to stretch his lead with pars, though he was always on the attack because of his position in the fairway.
He missed a downhill birdie putt from 4 feet on the par-5 ninth, and then came back with a wedge that landed near the hole at No. 10 and spun back next to the cup before it settled 4 feet away for a birdie putt that he made.
He led by as many as six strokes until Fritsch birdied the last hole and Woods, playing in the group behind, ran into trouble. His tee shot rolled up near the lip of the bunker, and he advanced it 70 yards into deep rough.
He swung hard through the thick, wet grass into a greenside bunker, and then missed his 8-foot par putt.
Still, it was an ominous sign.
One week after he missed the cut in Abu Dhabi -- thanks to a two-shot penalty he received after his ground for taking relief from an embedded lie on the fifth hole when the rules didn't allow for it -- he looked good as ever.
Woods has a 49-4 record on the PGA Tour when he has at least a share of the 54-hole lead, and it's even more daunting when the lead is his alone. The only two players to come from behind to beat him over the final 18 holes were Ed Fiori in the Quad City Classic in 1996 when Woods was a 20-year-old rookie, and Y.E. Yang in the 2009 PGA Championship a Hazeltine.
In worldwide events, Thomas Bjorn (Dubai), Lee Westwood (Germany) and Graeme McDowell (Target World Challenge) have made up deficits against him on the last day.
"I played well. I played really, really well," Woods said after his third round. "It seemed like I was always in pretty good position."
He was in the rough off the tee only five times in the third round, though always at the right angle to approach the green. On his only other bogey, he missed the green by about a foot and his chip came out hot and ran some 7 feet by the hole.
Because of the quick turnaround, Fritsch didn't play in the final group with Woods despite being the closest player to him. He still felt the energy playing in the group ahead, with a large gallery lining both sides of the fairways.
"I've never played in this atmosphere before, especially in front of Tiger," Fritsch said. "So I think I handled it well. It was fun, and I've got to do it over again."
Fritsch chipped in for birdie on the par-5 ninth, but then missed the green at No. 10 and the fairway at No. 12, both leading to bogeys. He made pars the rest of the way until a closing birdie.
Compton had the best finish, with some theatrics to go along with it.
His 20-foot birdie putt on the 17th hung on the lip of the cup as the gallery groaned. Compton pointed at the ball just as gravity took over and the ball disappeared, and he slammed down his fist as the crowd erupted with cheers. Then, he hit 2-iron from 240 yards into the middle of the green, and his eagle putt banged into the back of the cup and dropped down to put him in third place.
"It was one of the coolest moments I've ever seen for me as a professional," Compton said. "That was kind of neat. Tiger's behind me, I'm trying to fight back, and it was on the lip. Stayed there for a minute and then just the crowd's reaction, my reaction ... I don't even know what I did. But it was great."
The day wasn't so great for Billy Horschel, who started the third round two shots out of the lead and had to birdie the last hole to salvage a 76. He fell nine shots behind.
The plan was for the final round to end at 5:30 p.m. EST for television, which would mean Horschel and as many as 15 other players wouldn't have time to get to Phoenix for a qualifier and their only chance to get a spot in the Phoenix Open.


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Thursday, August 19
2010 Wyndham Championship TV Schedule and Tournament Notes
THE 2010 WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP is underway at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Arjun Atwal is the first-round leader after firing a 9-under 61.
Purse: $5.1 million
Winner's share: $918,000
Defending champion: Ryan Moore
The field
Tee times
The live report
The course
Tournament website
2010 Wyndham Championship Leaderboard
Nine hours of weekend TV coverage are scheduled for the 2010 Wyndham Championship.
Fri, 8/20:
GOLF 3p - 6p ET
Sat, 8/21:
CBS 2p - 5p ET
Sun, 8/22:
CBS 2p - 5p ET
PGA Tour radio coverage
−The Armchair Golfer
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Buenos Aires: Argentina legend Diego Maradona has revealed he no longer wants to work in football.
The former Al Wasl coach has spoken of his disillusionment with the game following the dismissal and swift replacement of Matias Almeyda by River Plate.
"After how disgusted I was with the way they fired `Pelado` Almeyda and by Sunday they had Ramon Diaz, I no longer want to work in soccer," he told Racio Nacional.
"To present the new coach in three days, it disgusts me. I don`t want to do it again."
Elsewhere in Argentina, the former Boca Juniors favourite refused to be drawn on the subject of Juan Roman Riqueleme`s future with the club, instead stressing the player`s need to find a new team while he still has the ability to play football.
"What happened between Riquelme, [Carlos] Bianchi and [Daniel] Angelici is their problem. What I think is that he has to play again. I don`t think for Boca, but he has to return to play."


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Qeshm is the largest island in the Persian Gulf, with rocky coastlines that protects a mountainous and often beautiful interior. The coast is dotted with small villages and towns. Qeshm Island is free duty zone.
Get in
The simplest way is to get on a speedboat at Bandar Abbas main harbour. There are lots of them departing each few minutes. The ride takes between 20 to 40 minutes depending on the boat. The rates were about $US2-3 in January 2008. A car ferry leaves regurelaly from Bander-e-Pol, about 60km west of Bandar Abbas. Total cost of return ticket for one car and two persons is 180,000 IRR (rates of November 2011). It is allowed to go on the island with a foreign vehicle (they will want to see your Carnet de passage).
Unlike Kish Island you need a visa for Iran if you are arriving from another country, you don't get it on arrival.
There are flights from major cities to Qeshm Island by Qeshm Air.
There is a daily flight from Dubai costs about US$ 40.
Get around
Qeshm Island is very long (approximately 150kms from east to west), and its main attractions are far away from each other, and therefore taxis are strongly recommended.
The cheapest and safest way to get a taxi is through a hotel, although hailing them of the streets is easy. Haggling is recommended but some drivers will give quote the exact rate (Be wise and distinguish between these two behaviour): hotel staff cab advise in advance of the legitimate rates to destinations.
In emergencies wave to any vehicle to attract a lift (but remember, don't show a "thumb up" sign as its considered an obscene gesture, and be prepared to pay the driver. The minimum fares between 10,000 IRR and 25,000 IRR.
Meet friendly people and listen to the traditional music.
Qeshm is a duty free zone, meaning it is possible to buy things here free of duty. Here there are many bazaars in Qeshm and the near town of Dargahan where shirts cost around $US2 and trousers for $US5.
Like mainland Iran, alcoholic beverages are not served on the Island. The tea is light, good in taste and is kept at every home, shop and other social places.
Get out