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Now that it really is 2015 in New Jersey, I can say...
Happy New Year!
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Here's to more victories on OW! I hope to complete my parts on the Patterson, Concord and Jamestown 1866.
This past year, I managed the Pioneer, Bear and Unalga - and the Perry too.
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A nice start to the year 36c
Hope you all have good weather for the next year.
Must go out and try to get rid of that pale look.
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Buon Anno Old Weather!!!
Happy New Year everyone
:)
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Thank you Silvia.
Nice pic.
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Happy New Year and all the best wishes.
I would like to take the opportunity to give you a summary of 2014.
There have been months like January, February, um, June, April, um, November, and others, I'm sure.
My sincere apologies if I've left something out. ;)
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Happy New Year to my fellow OWaholics !
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Happy New Year to everyone!
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Excellent recap of 2014, Maikel, although I might quibble a bit about your including June.
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Happy New Year to one and all - may we sail on into 2015 in good spirits and with fingers working better than ever!
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Happy New Year to all!! May your year be filled with Joy and Blessings!!
With MY luck when my ship sails in I'll be at the airport!! ;)
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Happy New Year to Everyone!
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We're among the last to see the New Year, Alaska and Hawaii are even slower than us, but we still wish you
All the best for 2015!
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We're among the last to see the New Year, Alaska and Hawaii are even slower than us, but we still wish you
All the best for 2015!
And Pommey and Howard were WAY ahead of us all!! 8)
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We're among the last to see the New Year, Alaska and Hawaii are even slower than us, but we still wish you
All the best for 2015!
And Pommey and Howard were WAY ahead of us all!! 8)
In everything (As you would expect.) %^)
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Cool picture of Navy icebreakers escorting the RRS John Biscoe through a sea of young ice in Antarctica:
https://flic.kr/p/pypdGh
A fine example of finger-rafting in thin ice.
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Neat!
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Amazing view!
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Wonderful collection of photos there. Thanks Kevin.
Morning all. So, what day is this?
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For me it's the day of the Pub Quizzers' (my 'other' life) Christmas
lunch. Last night I was just about to put the 7.5lb pudding in the pot,
when I dropped it on the floor - it was well covered so should have
been fine, but the bowl was glass and shattered. Luckily 6.5 lb of, as
yet unused, pudding mix was left in the mixing bowl and another pudding
bowl was found. I'll just say that transcribing is so
relaxing. ::) ;) ;D
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Enjoy your lunch, Joan, especially the pudding. ;)
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Cool picture of Navy icebreakers escorting the RRS John Biscoe through a sea of young ice in Antarctica:
https://flic.kr/p/pypdGh
A fine example of finger-rafting in thin ice.
I
have been showing this picture off to a lot of friends. They
agree it is fascinating (or else they pretend to do so to humor me)
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... or if they value their health ;D
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Enjoy your lunch, Joan, especially the pudding. ;)
It
was great, thanks - and the pudding looked fabulous in flames (perhaps a
little TOO much brandy..ahem!) as we sang Happy Birthday - oh
dear - we stopped and tried 'We wish you a merry Christmas'. The flames
burnt long enough to singe a bit of the pud (this is absolutely expected
as part of the fun package, most especially by the kids). ;D
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Good evening OW.
Sadly, my vacation has come to an end and I have been forced to return to Germany :(
I
just finished unpacking and shopping after over 12 hours of travelling,
and I'm gonna go to bed soon to try and fight off that jetlag.
*Sigh*
my grandma's house is such a great place, and leaving it always makes
me feel miserable... Can I have a hug, please? :'( :'( :'(
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For hanibal (and others)
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Rest up, Hanibal. You've got a big job ahead trying to bring freedom
and democracy to the Philippines with the good ship Concord.
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Sending you a virtual hug, hanibal - hope you get over the jetlag soon. Being young probably helps!
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Oh dear - HUG your pillow 'til it squeaks. Tomorrow will be a brighter day. Welcome home.
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Sleep well
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;)
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What a wonderful picture, Caro!
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Thank you very much, everybody - it's great to get all this emotional support, and all the nice pictures.
I'm feeling better now that all the travelling is done, and I'm getting used to 'normal' life again.
Plus,
I went to see my mom and chat with her about my issues and worries.
That really helped - being back doesn't seem as awful now as as it did
at first.
Thanks again everyone. I really wouldn't be the same without you all.
A very grateful Hanibal94
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Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better!
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Keep smiling!!
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Onions are eaten and grown in more countries than any other vegetable (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30549150) ;D
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Just to change the subject... I have seen this at least half a dozen
times on the Concord in the last month or so of ship time:
Sent whale boat ashore for sand.
Sometimes
they have to send the crew armed because of hostilities, so the sand is
important. Why are they getting sand every few days? Are they making
Japanese sand gardens to help with PTSD? Bulking up the morning oatmeal
to stretch out supplies? ;)
Curious mind needs to know...
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I've seen that too. Perhaps it was an early version of scouring powder?
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Onions are eaten and grown in more countries than any other vegetable (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30549150) ;D
Astonishing.
But it's a rare savoury recipe that doesn't start with 'chop so many
onions'. AND you should try getting hold of real purple shallots for
pickling these days - nightmare! :o ::)
Given it's onions shouldn't you have used a crying smiley? (joke!) ;D
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Just to change the subject... I have seen this at least half a dozen times on the Concord in the last month or so of ship time:
Sent whale boat ashore for sand.
Sometimes
they have to send the crew armed because of hostilities, so the sand is
important. Why are they getting sand every few days? Are they making
Japanese sand gardens to help with PTSD? Bulking up the morning oatmeal
to stretch out supplies? ;)
Curious mind needs to know...
refreshing a sand pit for deck quoits (to relax after a stressful day shooting insurgents of course)? :D
oh no! I know! It's for weighting down your crew to stop them running away so much. ;D
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Thank you very much, everybody - it's great to get all this emotional support, and all the nice pictures.
I'm feeling better now that all the travelling is done, and I'm getting used to 'normal' life again.
Plus,
I went to see my mom and chat with her about my issues and worries.
That really helped - being back doesn't seem as awful now as as it did
at first.
Thanks again everyone. I really wouldn't be the same without you all.
A very grateful Hanibal94
Great to hear you're bubbling back up for air!
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Just to change the subject... I have seen this at least half a dozen times on the Concord in the last month or so of ship time:
Sent whale boat ashore for sand.
Sometimes
they have to send the crew armed because of hostilities, so the sand is
important. Why are they getting sand every few days? Are they making
Japanese sand gardens to help with PTSD? Bulking up the morning oatmeal
to stretch out supplies? ;)
Curious mind needs to know...
Sometimes
googling produces more than I ever expected to get. A 47-page
instruction manual on "chipping and painting" makes it clear that sand
paper is required. If they don't have gritty holystones, would
they use loose sand instead? (The article does have a sketch of
all the kinds of brushes our British cousins have logged as falling
overboard.) :D
http://www.pomorci.com/Edukacija/80-100/Deck%20Maintenance.pdf
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Just to change the subject... I have seen this at least half a dozen times on the Concord in the last month or so of ship time:
Sent whale boat ashore for sand.
Sometimes
they have to send the crew armed because of hostilities, so the sand is
important. Why are they getting sand every few days? Are they making
Japanese sand gardens to help with PTSD? Bulking up the morning oatmeal
to stretch out supplies? ;)
Curious mind needs to know...
Sometimes
googling produces more than I ever expected to get. A 47-page
instruction manual on "chipping and painting" makes it clear that sand
paper is required. If they don't have gritty holystones, would
they use loose sand instead? (The article does have a sketch of
all the kinds of brushes our British cousins have logged as falling
overboard.) :D
http://www.pomorci.com/Edukacija/80-100/Deck%20Maintenance.pdf
Good
guess. There was a note that they were sandpapering and painting spars
or railings (I forget which) so it would seem that they have sand paper.
I like Joan's thought of weighing down the crew so they don't run away.
Mind you, three people jumped ship from the USS Olympia (I think) and
the next day they jumped right onto the Concord - I suspect the locals
weren't too fond of their three new inhabitants. We also had three
Spaniards paddle out on a bamboo raft to be taken on board.
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Sand is sometimes added to paint for the decks to improve grip.
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There's the sail-era method of putting sand down on deck during
battles to soak up blood and improve grip, but that seems a bit outdated
by the date we're talking about - plus the Concord isn't engaged in
many bloody battles from the sound of it, mostly artillery support.
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Sand is sometimes added to paint for the decks to improve grip.
This
makes sense. That's why you're the captain. Craig better be good
if/when he ever knocks you down from your exalted position...
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Maybe Sandbags?
Sandbags:
These protect against floods and gunfire. The inexpensive bags are easy
to transport when empty, and unskilled volunteers can quickly fill them
with local sand in emergencies.
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Maybe Sandbags?
Sandbags:
These protect against floods and gunfire. The inexpensive bags are easy
to transport when empty, and unskilled volunteers can quickly fill them
with local sand in emergencies.
That
makes even more sense. One time they sent an armed party to the beach
and came back with five bags full of sand. They have had musket fire
directed at the ship at times.
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Several of the British ships that I have transcribed or edited used
sandbags as additional protection to exposed areas such as the bridge
& guns, when entering a conflict area. Eg HMS Odin & HMS Clio.
eg: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM_53-53180/ADM%2053-53180-095_0.jpg
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I would say if someone was shooting at them sandbags would be a good idea.
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That makes sense to me. :)
Stumbled on a new ship grounded, apparently on purpose to prevent capsize - reason for listing still unknown.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-30677320
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I've read that the ship was only 1/3rd loaded, so shifting cargo is
my gut instinct, based on absolutely no seafaring knowledge whatsoever!
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was possibly an electrical fault with sensors which control the ballast, or ballast pumps.
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Bah, far less interesting!
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Several
of the British ships that I have transcribed or edited used sandbags as
additional protection to exposed areas such as the bridge & guns,
when entering a conflict area. Eg HMS Odin & HMS Clio.
eg: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM_53-53180/ADM%2053-53180-095_0.jpg
Changuinola 16 January 1918 7.00am: Sand Party landed
So they're at it now, as well! At least, I presume they weren't just having fun building sandcastles and paddling.
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Maybe they were practicing to be like these guys.
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;D ;D ;D
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One of my sailing friends keeps a bucket of sand on the boat for
those that wish to sail but don't want to lose touch with land!!!
:o ::) :P ;)
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That makes sense to me. :)
Stumbled on a new ship grounded, apparently on purpose to prevent capsize - reason for listing still unknown.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-30677320
This
ship has apparently now been refloated, mostly of its own accord -
after they decided to stop attempts to refloat it due to bad weather and
things not proceeding as quickly as planned, the ship went ahead and
started to float off at high tide anyway!
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All those "interfering" storms raising the sea level were really Mother Nature lending a helping hand? ;)
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I would say if someone was shooting at them sandbags would be a good idea.
Certainly
both Odin & Clio reported receiving incoming sniper fire in the
early months of the Mesopotamia Campaign, North of Basra, so indeed
sandbags would have been very welcome.
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Talking about data, this came my way - the statistics came from
2012, and the original site has a link to see the original study from
1990 so we can compare.
http://www.100people.org/statistics_100stats.php?section=statistics
Click to enlarge
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Thanks Janet - that makes me feel fortunate ....
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One
of my sailing friends keeps a bucket of sand on the boat for those that
wish to sail but don't want to lose touch with land!!! :o
::) :P ;)
;D ;D ;D
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Talking
about data, this came my way - the statistics came from 2012, and the
original site has a link to see the original study from 1990 so we can
compare.
http://www.100people.org/statistics_100stats.php?section=statistics
That is very fascinating. I might print it out for the board at work! Interesting find, Janet.
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Happy Birthday Michael for the 10th.
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Happy Birthday, Michael!! :)
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Happy Birthday
Michael!
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Happy Birthday, Michael!
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Happy birthday Michael!!! :) :)
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Several
of the British ships that I have transcribed or edited used sandbags as
additional protection to exposed areas such as the bridge & guns,
when entering a conflict area. Eg HMS Odin & HMS Clio.
eg: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM_53-53180/ADM%2053-53180-095_0.jpg
Changuinola 16 January 1918 7.00am: Sand Party landed
So they're at it now, as well! At least, I presume they weren't just having fun building sandcastles and paddling.
"Merid. to 4pm - Sent whaleboat for load of sand"
Apparently the Yorktown also had a sudden desire to build sandcastles one afternoon as well :P
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol005of040_jpg_clean/vol005of040_191_1.jpg
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Happy birthday Michael!
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May you have interesting weather for you birthday, Michael!
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Happy Birthday, Michael!
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A jolly happy birthday Michael - hope I got the number right! ;) ;D
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Happy birthday, Michael - hope I'm still in time!
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Thank you, one and all. And, yes, Helen, you're still in time.
Living on the west coast of Canada puts us well behind everyone. And,
Joan, the 30 was most appreciated, but you forget that I became a
Lieutenant on the USS Concord in February 1891, so I am well past the 30
mark!
However, slow though we are, timewise, we're well ahead of
many of you in terms of spring. Apparently the first Japanese cherry
tree has blossomed in our fair city, and in our garden the first
snowdrops have bloomed and have joined the hellebores which have been
blooming for a couple of weeks...
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Michael, you are just trying to make us jealous of your ocean
breezes - this afternoon Chicago did succeed in getting wind chills that
were above 0F for the first time this week, we actually achieved an air
temp of 10F, or -11C. Downright balmy.
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However,
slow though we are, timewise, we're well ahead of many of you in terms
of spring. Apparently the first Japanese cherry tree has blossomed in
our fair city, and in our garden the first snowdrops have bloomed and
have joined the hellebores which have been blooming for a couple of
weeks...
I
am truly impressed! Though I can boast that my Japanese Quince has been
blooming for some time - but it has no sense and blooms any time that
it wants ::) :)
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The best I can grow is my weed collection, (which by the way is growing well in all the rain we are having at the moment)
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Well that makes you the biodiversity specialist of OW then! The bugs
and beasties are probably very happy with your horticultural
arramngements ;D
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Just in case anyone is still interested in sand:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-37555/C2-ADM53-37555-119_0.jpg
Changuinola 9 February 1918 6.30am "Hands fall in. Wash & scrub decks with sand."
I know the page says January, but they mean February. :)
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Brilliant program on UK trawlers in WW1 - featuring a very
controversial case. Showing now on BBC Four - will pick iplayer ref a
bit later this evening.
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I can confirm it is a very interesting programme - saw it last time it was on!
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Think this is the programme (on iPlayer)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045ghms/world-war-i-at-home-the-trawlermen
Looking forward to watching it this week sometime.
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Oh - oops - didn't realise I'd missed it before, Thursday
Next! And someone probably did mention on chat as well...silly
me ::)
It was jolly good.
Thanks exim202...I got delayed by other things... ::)
:)
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Warming climate will force airlines to shed weight, increase costs
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/warming-climate-will-force-airlines-shed-weight-increase-costs?tgt=nr)
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Oh well -better keep on with the diet then :P ...not that I ever fly anywhere these days. ::)
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Oh
- oops - didn't realise I'd missed it before, Thursday
Next! And someone probably did mention on chat as well...silly
me ::)
It was jolly good.
Thanks exim202...I got delayed by other things... ::)
:)
Almost
everything on BBC4 has been on before! Actually I'm not sure it
did get mentioned on the Forum the previous time - I don't think I
mentioned it myself, even though I thought it was really good, because
I'd recently mentioned a couple of other programmes.
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Ah - that's interesting Thursday Next. I don't get to see the gogglebox much. :-\
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For BBC4 (and a number of other channels) the Radio Times helpfully
flags up "New" on those rare programmes which are airing for the first
time!
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Oh right! Nice to know that my license money pays for
some new stuff. I do tend to enjoy BBC2 & 4 more than 1 &
3. Though I am indulging in a Narnia film on Beeb 3 tonight. I can't do
much on OW - I got some handcream in my eyes earlier and it's agony
looking at a bright screen. Early to bed tonight I think! :)
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Ow! That sounds very unpleasant. Hope your eyes recover
before too long - and in the meantime, enjoy Narnia and an early night.
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They were enjoyed thank you Helen, and the eyes are all good today. :D
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Great to hear it's all better now! 8)
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Thanks! Yep - back facing Lieutenant Serif on the Patterson. There's a man who likes using ink. ;D
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I have no idea who you're talking about (said the transcriber who
only, only cares about pumping out WR and getting ships done) ;)
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;D
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That's good, Hanibal! As for me, I like to savour the smell of
cordite in the morning, and warm my hands by another burning ship.
;) I think, between us, we get all the bases covered.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30835560
Wow. :o
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We had a slow news day yesterday and they put that clip on the ABC
Evening News. Reasons to have a reliable experienced local driving
your boat, he sped up when he saw the water ripples before the reporter
realized what was happening. That was one scary hippo.
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:o Eeeeeek!
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http://www.vertebratejournal.org/858/dangerous-neighbors-hippopotami-and-nile-crocodiles/
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Right - well - after those video offerings and if I do ever visit
Africa, I'll leave my swimming cozie at home :o :o :o
;)
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I have read in books about hunting in Africa that being between a
Hippo and water is hazardous for your health if you are a hunter ect.
During the campaign in East Africa during WW I the British lost a number
of men who bumped into animals like elephants, rhinos and lions in
thick brush. Then there is the incident where a company of the KAR
(Kings African Rifles) got scattered by 3 rampaging rhinos! They also
had problems with hippos and crocs while crossing rivers.
I
have also read that natives who are paddling there canoes down the river
have run into irate hippos and the results were ususally bad for the
canoe and its occupant.
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Oh goodness! Right, that's that. The cozie is certainly staying at home...as am I! :o
I wonder if the animal enemy was raised in pre-action briefings? :-\
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Europe's Landscape Is Still Scarred by World War I
Photographs of the abandoned battlefields reveal the trenches' scars still run deep
Smithsonian Magazine | June 2014
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(Michael St. Maur Sheil)
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Nearly 70 feet deep, the Lochnagar Crater was formed after an explosive-packed mine was detonated during
the Battle of the Somme. (Michael St. Maur Sheil)
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Thanks Randi. Stunning photography. Well worth a look.
Good morning OW. Chilly day ahead but keeping on the right side of zero C.
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Kids have been seen with sledges which are prominently displayed in
supermarkets. The snow on the hills looks lovely in the sun but the
roads are pretty slippy.
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9C WSW21 Gusts to 46 (kmh) bcq Str-Cum 4
Off today to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Royal BC Museum (http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wpy2014/).
There
are a few of the photographs you can see on the museum's website. This
will be the third of these annual shows we've seen, and the other two
were absolutely stunning.
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The mouse, the moon, and the mosquito is so beautiful. It sounds
like the title for a great children's book - and what a front
cover that photo would make! :D
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That one, and the cheetah resting in the grass. All of them are sensational. :)
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Well done, Stornoway Coastguard: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30949499
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Well done, Stornoway Coastguard: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30949499
:D :D :D
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Gosh - that takes some real expertise..I'm so glad that we can provide it. Very brave. :) :) :)
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Incredible footage! I liked the bit where it said they had originally been sent out with a pump! ::)
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Happy Australia Day everyone!!! We'll have to pay Stuart and the others twice as much today.
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Double time AND a half if you please. ::)
(No wonder we are going broke)
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Happy Australian Day!!!
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Thanks Mate.
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Happy Australia Day from this expat Aussie also. ;D
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Happy Australia Day everyone!!!
Stuart
and the others should invite us for a barbecue - I'm sure leelaht would
be willing to contribute from Vicksburg's stock
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3344.msg102143#msg102143)
;)
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Leelaht and all others Come on down, but I warn you I burnt the snags today :-[
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5. (Nautical Terms) US and Canadian a tree stump in a riverbed that is dangerous to navigation
7. (Cookery) (plural) Austral sausages
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;D
Nice one Randi.
I would love to say I used the snags to fire up the barbie on which I burnt the snags, (but I didn't) ::)
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Smithsonian
May 2014
The Reality of a Hotter World is Already Here
As
global warming makes sizzling temperatures more common, will human
beings be able to keep their cool? New research suggests not
Douglas
Kenrick, rangy and grizzled, squints through the shimmering heat of a
late-summer afternoon in the Sonora desert. "You live here long enough,"
he says, crossing to the south side of an empty street for the
five-minute walk across the campus of Arizona State University, "and you
become like a desert animal, searching out shade." Having grown up on
Long Island, and coming from the frequently snowbound campus of Montana
State University, he relished the heat when he moved to Phoenix in 1980,
but by the end of his first full summer, it had become oppressive. "I
came from New York with the attitude that it can't ever be too hot for
me," says Kenrick, "but I was wrong." It seems likely that most people
who move to Phoenix, where the temperature reached 118 degrees one day
last June, make the same discovery, but as an evolutionary psychologist,
Kenrick wanted to do more than complain about the climate. So he did an
experiment.
His method had the elegance of all great science: He
recruited a volunteer to stop her car at a green light and he counted
the seconds until the driver behind honked the horn. He did this once a
week from April to August, on days when the high temperature ranged from
84 degrees to 108, and he found that the thermometer accurately
predicted how soon, and how many times, thwarted drivers would protest
before the light changed. "When the weather was comfortably cool, the
typical driver just politely tapped on the horn for a second," Kenrick
wrote. "When it got up near 100, though, they started blaring their
horns, yelling out the window, and making hand signals they probably did
not learn in driver's education."
But
climate is about more than ecology: It's also a force in human
behavior, a fact often overlooked in global-warming scenarios. And new
research suggests that a hotter world may, for one thing, be more
dangerous, and not just because of road rage. Craig A. Anderson, of Iowa
State University, pioneered research on climate and aggression, and
derived the formula that each additional degree of warming increases the
rate of violent crime (homicides and assaults) by 4.19 cases per
100,000 people. Solomon Hsiang, a public policy specialist at UC
Berkeley, has found that climate change historically leads to social
disruption, up to and including war. Property crime, personal violence,
domestic violence, police violence - everything you want less of,
climate change seems to bring more of, either directly by making
individuals more violence-prone, or indirectly by promoting conflict
related to diminishing resources or deteriorating economic conditions.
For
reasons Hsiang is still studying, hotter temperatures depress economic
activity. In a study of 28 Caribbean economies, he found that
"short-term increases in surface temperature are associated with large
reductions in economic output. I was stunned by how large the effect
was. I don't want to be alarmist, but I think the evidence is extremely
concerning, and it hasn't been seriously considered by policy makers."
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Smithsonian
May 2014
The Reality of a Hotter World is Already Here
As
global warming makes sizzling temperatures more common, will human
beings be able to keep their cool? New research suggests not
Douglas
Kenrick, rangy and grizzled, squints through the shimmering heat of a
late-summer afternoon in the Sonora desert. "You live here long enough,"
he says, crossing to the south side of an empty street for the
five-minute walk across the campus of Arizona State University, "and you
become like a desert animal, searching out shade." Having grown up on
Long Island, and coming from the frequently snowbound campus of Montana
State University, he relished the heat when he moved to Phoenix in 1980,
but by the end of his first full summer, it had become oppressive. "I
came from New York with the attitude that it can't ever be too hot for
me," says Kenrick, "but I was wrong." It seems likely that most people
who move to Phoenix, where the temperature reached 118 degrees one day
last June, make the same discovery, but as an evolutionary psychologist,
Kenrick wanted to do more than complain about the climate. So he did an
experiment.
His method had the elegance of all great science: He
recruited a volunteer to stop her car at a green light and he counted
the seconds until the driver behind honked the horn. He did this once a
week from April to August, on days when the high temperature ranged from
84 degrees to 108, and he found that the thermometer accurately
predicted how soon, and how many times, thwarted drivers would protest
before the light changed. "When the weather was comfortably cool, the
typical driver just politely tapped on the horn for a second," Kenrick
wrote. "When it got up near 100, though, they started blaring their
horns, yelling out the window, and making hand signals they probably did
not learn in driver's education."
There
is a 'Scientific' study that the absolute shortest measurable unit of
time is that between when the traffic light turns green and the idiot
behind you hits the horn!!!!!!! ::)
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Well cobbers..have a great national day in Oz
(http://imageshack.com/a/img540/7408/nt45Y3.jpg)
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Happy National Day to our Australian friends!
Regarding your
post, Randi, I listened to a documentary on the CBC about the lead up to
the Spanish Inquisition. According to the historian, until about 1350
or so the relations between Jews, Muslims and Christians in Spanish
cities was very good. This era was know for tolerance, culture and
scientific erudition. This relative religious harmony was brutally
disrupted by a combination of the black death and the little ice age,
according to the researcher. The colder temperatures led to crop
failures and food shortages. These cataclysmic events were interpreted
by the Christians as a punishment by God for straying from the doctrine.
Of course, Jewish minorities became the main scapegoats. This sort of
ignorance persists in many places in the world today, unfortunately, and
global warming will only exacerbate the situation - as your article
indicates.
See From Tolerance to Tyranny in this list of podcasts http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/podcasts/index.html
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Happy National Day to our Australian friends!
Regarding
your post, Randi, I listened to a documentary on the CBC about the lead
up to the Spanish Inquisition. According to the historian, until about
1350 or so the relations between Jews, Muslims and Christians in Spanish
cities was very good. This era was know for tolerance, culture and
scientific erudition. This relative religious harmony was brutally
disrupted by a combination of the black death and the little ice age,
according to the researcher. The colder temperatures led to crop
failures and food shortages. These cataclysmic events were interpreted
by the Christians as a punishment by God for straying from the doctrine.
Of course, Jewish minorities became the main scapegoats. This sort of
ignorance persists in many places in the world today, unfortunately, and
global warming will only exacerbate the situation - as your article
indicates.
See From Tolerance to Tyranny in this list of podcasts http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/podcasts/index.html
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
...Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Thanks, Craig. Very interesting!
I had been aware of the
remarkable religious harmony, but I had never heard the end of that
linked to the black death and the little ice age.
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The Little Ice Age is a bit uncertain in terms of geographical
extent and duration but there does seem to have been some unusually cold
weather in Europe about that time. I hadn't heard of this connection
either.
Not sure what you meant, Tastiger ??? Are
you taking me literally about a possible repeat of the "Spanish
Inquisition" because of global warming?
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I think tastiger is referring to a certain Monty Python sketch. ;)
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Happy National Day to our Australian friends!
Regarding
your post, Randi, I listened to a documentary on the CBC about the lead
up to the Spanish Inquisition. According to the historian, until about
1350 or so the relations between Jews, Muslims and Christians in Spanish
cities was very good. This era was know for tolerance, culture and
scientific erudition. This relative religious harmony was brutally
disrupted by a combination of the black death and the little ice age,
according to the researcher. The colder temperatures led to crop
failures and food shortages. These cataclysmic events were interpreted
by the Christians as a punishment by God for straying from the doctrine.
Of course, Jewish minorities became the main scapegoats. This sort of
ignorance persists in many places in the world today, unfortunately, and
global warming will only exacerbate the situation - as your article
indicates.
See From Tolerance to Tyranny in this list of podcasts http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/podcasts/index.html
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
...Sorry, couldn't resist.
If only we had a "Like" button! ;D
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Smithsonian
May 2014
The Reality of a Hotter World is Already Here
As
global warming makes sizzling temperatures more common, will human
beings be able to keep their cool? New research suggests not
Douglas
Kenrick, rangy and grizzled, squints through the shimmering heat of a
late-summer afternoon in the Sonora desert. "You live here long enough,"
he says, crossing to the south side of an empty street for the
five-minute walk across the campus of Arizona State University, "and you
become like a desert animal, searching out shade." Having grown up on
Long Island, and coming from the frequently snowbound campus of Montana
State University, he relished the heat when he moved to Phoenix in 1980,
but by the end of his first full summer, it had become oppressive. "I
came from New York with the attitude that it can't ever be too hot for
me," says Kenrick, "but I was wrong." It seems likely that most people
who move to Phoenix, where the temperature reached 118 degrees one day
last June, make the same discovery, but as an evolutionary psychologist,
Kenrick wanted to do more than complain about the climate. So he did an
experiment.
His method had the elegance of all great science: He
recruited a volunteer to stop her car at a green light and he counted
the seconds until the driver behind honked the horn. He did this once a
week from April to August, on days when the high temperature ranged from
84 degrees to 108, and he found that the thermometer accurately
predicted how soon, and how many times, thwarted drivers would protest
before the light changed. "When the weather was comfortably cool, the
typical driver just politely tapped on the horn for a second," Kenrick
wrote. "When it got up near 100, though, they started blaring their
horns, yelling out the window, and making hand signals they probably did
not learn in driver's education."
But
climate is about more than ecology: It's also a force in human
behavior, a fact often overlooked in global-warming scenarios. And new
research suggests that a hotter world may, for one thing, be more
dangerous, and not just because of road rage. Craig A. Anderson, of Iowa
State University, pioneered research on climate and aggression, and
derived the formula that each additional degree of warming increases the
rate of violent crime (homicides and assaults) by 4.19 cases per
100,000 people. Solomon Hsiang, a public policy specialist at UC
Berkeley, has found that climate change historically leads to social
disruption, up to and including war. Property crime, personal violence,
domestic violence, police violence - everything you want less of,
climate change seems to bring more of, either directly by making
individuals more violence-prone, or indirectly by promoting conflict
related to diminishing resources or deteriorating economic conditions.
For
reasons Hsiang is still studying, hotter temperatures depress economic
activity. In a study of 28 Caribbean economies, he found that
"short-term increases in surface temperature are associated with large
reductions in economic output. I was stunned by how large the effect
was. I don't want to be alarmist, but I think the evidence is extremely
concerning, and it hasn't been seriously considered by policy makers."
Before
the happy day when I retired, I used to deal with customer complaints
at my place of work. Numbers received tended to be quite variable,
but whenever there was a heatwave, we would get a lot more
complaints. Obviously this is just anecdotal, and I don't have
proper scientific evidence, but it certainly ties in with Douglas
Kenrick's findings.
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Sorry to interject, Su, I just wanted to say:
I think tastiger is referring to a certain Monty Python sketch. ;)
Marvellous, Tastiger! (and thanks Caro). I just saw the sketch on U-tube ;D
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=spanish+inquistion+python&b=&fr=ie8
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Rug up you East Coasters and stay indoors and watch the Pythons
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Absolutely! I've just seen the news and the forecast sounds
seriously worrying - hope all of you in East Coast America are safely
home with plenty of supplies to keep you OK until the weather passes
over.
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Me too. I hope the worst of it passes quickly. Stay safe.
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My sister, her in-laws and my niece are in the Blizzard zone - my
husband wishes we were in that zone as well - I'm happy not to be - we
have decided this is a perfect night to watch the expanded edition of
The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey... ;D
I think Dean is in the Blizzard zone too!
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Stay safe, warm, well fed, and connected, Blizzard zone transcribers!
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Sorry to interject, Su, I just wanted to say:
I think tastiger is referring to a certain Monty Python sketch. ;)
Marvellous, Tastiger! (and thanks Caro). I just saw the sketch on U-tube ;D
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=spanish+inquistion+python&b=&fr=ie8
I
can't tell you the number of times I've said that quote, or heard
it...it's so good...I'm chuckling away at it now! ;D ;D ;D
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Stay safe, warm, well fed, and connected, Blizzard zone transcribers!
Amen to that, stay safe folks!
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Good luck all you people living along the Eastern Seaboard. I have
memories of some major snow storms to hit northern New Brunswick when I
lived there in the mid seventies. I was told about this wonderful
weather forecast site
(http://www.yr.no/place/United_States/Massachusetts/Boston/) that uses
raw data from the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium range Weather
Forecasts) to generate forecasts for anywhere in the world. The ECMWF
model is the current Gold Standard forecast model. The link I gave is
for Boston MA, and it suggests 27" (68 mm precip => 68 cm snow). (The
normal conversion is 1 mm liquid precipitation is approximately 1 cm of
snow, though it can be less than that for wet heavy snow and much
higher (1:20 for very dry powdery snow.)
You might like to compare the forecast for your area with the "official" forecast. ;)
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My
sister, her in-laws and my niece are in the Blizzard zone - my husband
wishes we were in that zone as well - I'm happy not to be - we have
decided this is a perfect night to watch the expanded edition of The
Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey... ;D
I think Dean is in the Blizzard zone too!
Nope!
It stayed East of us. Sunny and -2?C today (Wednesday) Spent the day
working at finishing up our Habitat for Humanity House with the new
homeowners so we can dedicate it Feb 8 and they can move in on the
9th!!! ;D ;D ;D
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My
sister, her in-laws and my niece are in the Blizzard zone - my husband
wishes we were in that zone as well - I'm happy not to be - we have
decided this is a perfect night to watch the expanded edition of The
Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey... ;D
I think Dean is in the Blizzard zone too!
Nope!
It stayed East of us. Sunny and -2?C today (Wednesday) Spent the day
working at finishing up our Habitat for Humanity House with the new
homeowners so we can dedicate it Feb 8 and they can move in on the
9th!!! ;D ;D ;D
Good
for you and HFH, Dean! I was on the board of HFH Yukon for about seven
years. OW and other volunteer work sucks up my time here in Victoria. I
guess a person can't do everything...
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My
sister, her in-laws and my niece are in the Blizzard zone - my husband
wishes we were in that zone as well - I'm happy not to be - we have
decided this is a perfect night to watch the expanded edition of The
Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey... ;D
I think Dean is in the Blizzard zone too!
Nope!
It stayed East of us. Sunny and -2?C today (Wednesday) Spent the day
working at finishing up our Habitat for Humanity House with the new
homeowners so we can dedicate it Feb 8 and they can move in on the
9th!!! ;D ;D ;D
Good
for you and HFH, Dean! I was on the board of HFH Yukon for about seven
years. OW and other volunteer work sucks up my time here in Victoria. I
guess a person can't do everything...
Glad
to hear you all are clear of the blast. And it's nice that father
Winter is letting you finish the house for the family. A lovely
thing.
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Good
luck all you people living along the Eastern Seaboard. I have memories
of some major snow storms to hit northern New Brunswick when I lived
there in the mid seventies. I was told about this wonderful weather
forecast site
(http://www.yr.no/place/United_States/Massachusetts/Boston/) that uses
raw data from the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium range Weather
Forecasts) to generate forecasts for anywhere in the world. The ECMWF
model is the current Gold Standard forecast model. The link I gave is
for Boston MA, and it suggests 27" (68 mm precip => 68 cm snow). (The
normal conversion is 1 mm liquid precipitation is approximately 1 cm of
snow, though it can be less than that for wet heavy snow and much
higher (1:20 for very dry powdery snow.)
You might like to compare the forecast for your area with the "official" forecast. ;)
This from the Boston Globe:
Though
Boston?s measurement of record is made at Logan International Airport,
and shows 24.6 inches so far, there were higher accumulations in other
parts of the metropolitan area.
Note that the ECMWF forecast was
for 27"! Not bad, I would say. that's why the ECWMF is the Gold
Standard for numerical weather forecasts.
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A Prayer for Archimedes
A long-lost text by the ancient Greek mathematician shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus.
By
Julie Rehmeyer
8:48pm, October 3, 2007
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/prayer-archimedes)
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Very, very interesting!! 8)
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We're learning more and more about the origins of maths both in time
and geographical location. I wonder how much has been lost because the
original text was destroyed and the contents not passed down the
generations.
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TV programme alert - at least for those in the UK. At 8pm
tonight on Channel 4 a new series begins called 'The World's Weirdest
Weather' and we are promised delights such as an upside-down rainbow,
and spider lightning. I think I may need to watch it - purely for
research of course .... :D
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A Prayer for Archimedes
A long-lost text by the ancient Greek mathematician shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus.
By
Julie Rehmeyer
8:48pm, October 3, 2007
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/prayer-archimedes)
That's astonishing! :o :D
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Science News: Collapsing Coastlines - How Arctic shores are pulled a-sea
Magazine issue: Vol. 180 #2, July 16, 2011
(https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/14593)
...
Blocks
of graphite-colored earth, as much as 10 meters wide and several meters
deep, toppled into the sea one by one like skyscrapers in a Japanese
monster film.
...
The map reveals that Arctic land today falls
back on average by about half a meter per year along more than 60,000
kilometers of twisting and winding coastline. These rates vary wildly
depending on the beach or bluff in question, Lantuit's team reported
online in February in Estuaries and Coasts.
Drew Point, an
exposed site on the Beaufort Sea, loses more than eight meters of land
each year, for instance. Other studies have shown that nearby locales
can collapse away by as much as 25 meters per year. Taken as a whole,
these erosion rates may not differ drastically from those to the south,
but temperate beaches don't ice over in the winter, Lantuit notes.
"What
is amazing is that you have those comparable rates even though you have
only four months of open water in the Arctic," he says.
The
difference rests with the ice. Not in the water, but on land. Across
much of the Arctic, the ground stays frozen year-round. Mix soil and
water, shake up the slurry, then freeze it, and you get something akin
to much of the Arctic's frozen dirt, or permafrost. Some patches of
Arctic ground along the Beaufort Sea are as much as 70 percent ice by
volume. This ice-soil mix doesn't just crumble when ocean waters lap.
The water also licks the land like a Popsicle, causing the icy parts to
melt. And where there's more ice in the soil, there's more melting and
more bits of land being drawn seaward.
...
Ice loss fuels rising
sea levels worldwide, but it's particularly bad for local coasts. In
cooler months, sea ice serves as the Arctic's blanket, keeping an
insulating layer between seashores and lapping waves. When coasts lose
this blanket, those same waves lap and siphon away soil with abandon. In
the Arctic, open water means quicker erosion, Overeem says. Along one
stretch of the Beaufort Sea, the rates of erosion sped in tandem with
lengthening open water seasons, she and colleagues reported in San
Francisco last year at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Less
ice also means worse damage from storms, like the one that inundated
Kaktovik in 2008, says storm scientist David Atkinson of the University
of Victoria in Canada. Sea ice protects the coast from such
catastrophes, which can tear down entire blocks of earth. On the
simplest level, land-bound ice keeps waves from tearing at the shore.
That blanket can also, however, keep waves from building up in the first
place.
To make a big wave, Atkinson explains, winds need a lot
of room to blow. Extensive sea ice leaves little open water -- or fetch
-- to be had, and as a result, the surf has little room to gain
momentum. "You might have a 100-mile wind, but if you only have a mile
of open water fetch, you might only get 3-foot waves," says Atkinson.
But if the ice drops away tens of miles, "now the same storm can produce
a much more damaging marine response."
(https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/14595)
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And that's scary :o :o
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Must be a boring day in Kaktovik if all they have to do is watch the coast line collapse. ;)
Not sure I would be standing where that couple is. :o
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Must be a boring day in Kaktovik if all they have to do is watch the coast line collapse. ;)
Not sure I would be standing where that couple is. :o
That's life in the north for you... ;)
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Hello OW. Does anyone know where January went? :o
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Sorry - nope - but can I have mine back again please? I'm not ready for February yet ;)
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http://www.siddhayoga.org/january ;D
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Sorry - nope - but can I have mine back again please? I'm not ready for February yet ;)
Yes,
I want to join that queue as well; I definitely had more work to do
than there was month to do it all in. And February doesn't look
like it's going to be any better. If we can't have January back,
I'd settle for a few days when the month didn't move on at all - 1st
February for a week would definitely help.
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If we are going to slow the calendar down, please could we wait
until it gets a bit warmer and the days are longer? April or May
perhaps? If January and February want to fly by that is fine by
me!
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Well, given we have a growing blizzard outside, 5 inches white stuff
on the ground with at least that much more coming this afternoon and
wind building from Strong to Gale, February has clearly made its
entrance to Chicagoland memorable. I much prefer skipping the rest
of it entirely and jumping ahead to March. :)
(http://static.chicagoweathercenter.com/media/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-01-at-9.25.02-AM.png)
WGN local TV viewer posted today
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:o :o :o
Stay warm Janet..perhaps use a bit of Craig's yoga to pass some of the time until they dig you out :)
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I absolutely love the "January Nature Gallery" on that yoga page. Yoga for the spirit. :)
http://www.siddhayoga.org/january/nature-gallery
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Well,
given we have a growing blizzard outside, 5 inches white stuff on the
ground with at least that much more coming this afternoon and wind
building from Strong to Gale, February has clearly made its entrance to
Chicagoland memorable. I much prefer skipping the rest of it
entirely and jumping ahead to March. :)
(http://static.chicagoweathercenter.com/media/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-01-at-9.25.02-AM.png)
WGN local TV viewer posted today
For
my job today I had to shovel that. Twice. :'( Winter's
great when you don't have to deal with the aftermath of a snowstorm...
Stay warm, hopefully the snow plow goes through (and doesn't cover the mailbox.) :)
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Thanks, tastiger, my mailbox is safely inside my apartment
building's lobby and so far the city has not shut down - but then the
storm is a long way from over. I stocked my pantry yesterday
and am staying nice a cozy indoors. :)
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Janet, Hope you do not need these.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/sled-dog-day/
Just stay indoors and play your
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/play-your-ukulele-day/
and eat some
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/crepe-day/
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The crepe is a definite possibility - my landlord won't allow more than one small pet, so the sled dogs are out. :)
This
feels like a "normal" blizzard, nothing record shattering - a lifetime
of survival instincts will get me thru it just fine. :)
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I am in the same snowy condition, Janet - this is the view out my
back door right now. Or rather it was 15 minutes ago - it is now
snowing again.
(http://kookabura.smugmug.com/photos/i-95vCCnW/0/M/i-95vCCnW-M.jpg)
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Janet.
I just realized that was for 2nd Feb, this is yours for the 1st.
Baked Alaska day.
Cool pics girls. 8)
I did not think anybody shot B/W pics these days.
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Our pictures are not B&W, our WORLDS are black and white :) ;D
And Baked Alaska sounds like a fabulous idea!
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Storm on it's way here from Janet. we are expecting 8" - 12" (20cm -
30cm) overnight. Just yesterday I was down on the ice in the middle of
my boat slip fixing a dock pin. Harbor is frozen solid and safe to walk
on.
For those who celebrate Feb 2 here's one for you!!!
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Not being as mobile as I was I'm glad I've just had to cope with our measly 2" of snow. Keep warm and safe folks.
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Sorry, but after 40 years of cold, snow, blizzards, mosquitoes,
black flies and etc etc etc I just can't resist... :) :) :)
:) :)
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I understand the impulse, but that is cruel, Michael. The gale
force winds chose to not develop and instead we got a much larger pile
of snow (probably something like 15-18 inches by the time it is over),
which is being supplemented now by lake-effect after-the-storm
snow. City and schools are shut down, and I'm staying nice and
warm inside.
I've decided to meditate on your pictures and pretend I took a TARDIS ride to next April. :)
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-54ce9786/turbine/ct-ct-weather-furniture-jpg-20150201/1000/1000x563)
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Since no sane groundhog to going to look outside in this snow, I'm imagining them all curled up in the their warm dens on this Groundhog Day thinking...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mdBlAQsdloo/VM8lrOH4JtI/AAAAAAAABy4/URt6etYSO88/w267-h360-no/Groundhog%2BDay.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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;D
If I remember correctly, a groundhog is a woodchuck is a groundhog is a woodchuck.
So... how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck upchucked?
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If you have four minutes, you should watch this video
(https://www.youtube.com/embed/TJdjSjOGZuw). The best part comes at
about the three minute mark...
The news article is here
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-orcas-rare-beach-rubbing-behaviour-caught-on-video-1.2939355)
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wow! Can you imagine just standing on the beach and seeing
that orca performance so close? Amazing, and the article is quite
interesting to go along with the video,
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Ditto - what an experience those young men had!!!
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Buon Compleanno
Matteo
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(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w215/speedhy/BirthdayCakeGuyRunningAnimated.gif)
Happy birthday Matteo ;D
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Have a great day, Matteo!
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Happy Birthday, Matteo!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R8Xavmyqwas/VHtVrBkVVEI/AAAAAAAABnk/O7_i7S0YBGU/w754-h501-no/Happy_Birthday_Cake.jpg)
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Can't match Janet's amazing cake - but happy birthday Matteo, anyway!
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Have a jolly fun birthday Matteo!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/8992/Zn2t2O.jpg)
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Buon compleanno,
Buon compleanno,
Buon Compleanno Cari Matteo,
Buon compleanno!
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Happy Birthday, Matteo!
I'm too busy transcribing to make the trip there, so I'm sending this lovely lady along to give you my best wishes in person...
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:D :D :D Thank you so much everyone and everybody!!! :D :D :D
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Sorry that I didn't squeak in to wish you happy birthday before you
thanked everyone, Matteo. All the best and I will consider myself
included in your thank you ;D
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Matteo
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Matteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooooooooooo,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family!
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Thank you Dean and Craig!
Since it's my first birthday as a dad, it's being a very special and happy one :D
You were included anyway, but it's a pleasure to repeat myself:
:D :D Thank you very much!!! :D :D
(Our
community is so wonderfully spread around the world that i'd have to
wait tomorrow to be sure to thank everyone... 8pm here - time for some lat/lon observations babysitting now) ;D
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;D
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Thank you Dean and Craig!
Since it's my first birthday as a dad, it's being a very special and happy one :D
You were included anyway, but it's a pleasure to repeat myself:
:D :D Thank you very much!!! :D :D
(Our
community is so wonderfully spread around the world that i'd have to
wait tomorrow to be sure to thank everyone... 8pm here - time for some lat/lon observations babysitting now) ;D
Being a dad is much better than being just another year older!!! Congratulations for that, too!
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This is a tweet I received notice of this afternoon/evening. :)
Here's the new Edinburgh University run "Scotland's War" WW1 website which launched today: http://www.scotlandswar.ed.ac.uk
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Morning all. How's your old weather?
Snow in Surrey. :P
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Dark in Bowral, cannot see, will look when it gets light.
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overcast with rain here (i'd say a classic or - Nim - 10), snowing on nearby mountains, with little chances it will come down to the plains :)
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We have a lovely day here in the west of Scotland. It didn't
freeze last night and the sun is shining with just a few light clouds.
I'm thinking of going for a walk now the paths are clearing.
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oc - Str - 10 here, "Cool and Pleasant" as my logkeeper would say!
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Saxony is just below zero C most of the time, with occasional
snowfalls and lots of overcast sky, but occasionally we get a bit of
sun.
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Well, Chicago this morning has blue sky and 0F at sunrise.
Windchill is down to -13F (-25C) wind chill. Yuk. The snow
plow piles that haven't yet been cleared from sidewalk entrances are now
a solid block of ice.
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I have just started the Futurelearn course on Moons and they gave us
a link to this external video, Waltz Around Saturn
http://vimeo.com/70532693. It is highlights from the Cassini
exploration, set to music. It may not be suitable for anyone with
photosensitive epilepsy. I just loved it, and knowing how
interested we all are in things astronomical, I thought some of you
might like it too!
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Great visuals...at work - couldn't listen to it yet because some
stinker pixie has stolen the earphones from this room yet again...aaaaggghh! ;D
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From Victoria:
SE 3-4 29.44 18 10 8 5 ocqR Nim 0
The forecast calls for 47 mm rain between now and Monday.
Toby the cat is not asking for his morning walk. :)
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That's the price you pay for crocuses in February, Michael.
Nice Saturn video, as long as you're holding on to your hat ;D
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Better rain than snow, anyway. ;D
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I
have just started the Futurelearn course on Moons and they gave us a
link to this external video, Waltz Around Saturn
http://vimeo.com/70532693. It is highlights from the Cassini
exploration, set to music. It may not be suitable for anyone with
photosensitive epilepsy. I just loved it, and knowing how
interested we all are in things astronomical, I thought some of you
might like it too!
The Saturn video is wonderful. Thanks Su.
I also watched 'Vivaldi Cum Melancholia'. Oooo. Melancholia is a strange film, to put it mildly.
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From Victoria:
...29.44...
Phwoaar, look at that barometer reading!
(I'm slightly concerned that this was my actual reaction)
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Lucky break documents warbler tornado warning
Birds fitted with data loggers for other reasons fled early from April?s killer storm
A
freak of luck has let researchers document warblers fleeing their
territories before temperatures, air pressure or other obvious weather
signs foretold the arrival of a tornado-spawning storm.
Henry
Streby of the University of California, Berkeley and colleagues had
fitted lightweight but frustratingly simple data-collecting devices on
tiny golden-winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) in 2013 to see where
the birds wintered. The devices were too simple to transmit data, so
the team had to catch the same warblers in 2014 to recover any
information.
Just as the team was assembling for data catching, a
storm triggering 84 tornadoes slashed through the southeastern United
States in April, killing at least 35 people and causing extensive
property damage. The warblers apparently sensed it coming.
Five
data-carrying birds had just returned to their Tennessee breeding
grounds after flying hundreds of kilometers. Yet the warblers left again
for storm-dodging trips that added up to 1,500 more kilometers to the
distance they had just flown. One bird even flew to Cuba and back to
evade the storm. What tipped off the birds may have been the infrasound ?
sounds lower than the normal limit of human hearing ? of the
approaching storm, which can radiate more 1,000 kilometers, the
researchers report December 18 in Current Biology.
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Bowral expected at noon 06/02/2015
ESE 16km/h , 19?C , , Humidity 62%, 5% chance of rain, Mostly clear, ,
Nothing exciting here.
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9?F (-13?C) here at 1717 in beautiful western New York USA (Niagara
Falls). Was sunny but this is the High for the day. Due to expect
0?F (-18?C) overnight with some more snow. We are running out of places
to pile it!
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Dean, your catching what came thru Chicago last night - an early
morning low of -2F is now just coming down from a high of 14F. Pretty
tho, sky varied between b and bc. I like watching that thru the
window of my warm apartment. I'm not hoping for spring any time in
February, just hope there are no more big snows.
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Dean,
your catching what came thru Chicago last night - an early morning low
of -2F is now just coming down from a high of 14F. Pretty tho, sky
varied between b and bc. I like watching that thru the window of
my warm apartment. I'm not hoping for spring any time in February,
just hope there are no more big snows.
What's snow??? Our rain let up for four or five hours and the sun came out. It's starting up again, though fairly light...
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Beautiful winter sunshine in Kidlington today. Bit of frost left from last night :D
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My friend in Terrace sent this picture. They had four feet of snow
in the past 24 hours. TERRACE BC 54.46N 128.58W
I say, "Sucks to be them." ;D
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Good grief - and I was complaining about 1.5 feet of white
stuff! Remind me to never move to the northern Pacific coastal
area, as truly gorgeous as it is. :o
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Good
grief - and I was complaining about 1.5 feet of white stuff!
Remind me to never move to the northern Pacific coastal area, as truly
gorgeous as it is. :o
But notice the shoveler. Shirt sleeves! We breed them tough in the north...
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Better him than me. ;D
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Better him than me. ;D
You got that right, and that goes for me, too!
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So glad I'm not there. :)
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There are kids in this country would give their all for a heap of
snow like that. Me? Well, I think it looks lovely from behind the
window ;)
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Having a bad day for tracing things...we had a conversation recently
about being able to access bbc iplayer programmes abroad..can anyone
recall this please?
Thanks,
Joan
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Hanibal put up a link to a program called 'Hola Better Internet'.
Look up on TFSE for it as we cannot put up anything advertising here. ;)
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Thanks Stuart....of course I would never expect to exploit the beeb. :)
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http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.msg99828#msg99828 ;)
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;)
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Working away on page two for 23 April of all these transfers
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol027of040/vol027of040_124_1.jpg)
and I thought one crying smiley doesn't cut it. We need one with
tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth.
Just saying... :'(
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Oh my gosh - I will never complain about the Thetis logkeeper
again! I think I have never topped about 20 crew names in one day,
If it were in my power, I would grant you a "tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth" emoticon.
(http://kookabura.smugmug.com/photos/i-JHxPLxw/0/Ti/i-JHxPLxw-Ti.png)
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Tell me about it, it happened several times on Yorktown too.
Before a change in command almost all men were disrated.
First action of the new commander was to return them to their original rating.
Nice, twice in succession such a long list of names. :(
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If I had known what I was getting myself into
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3341.msg96447#msg96447)
when I decided to take over the Pioneer's crew lists, I would never have
done so!
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I've decide to do the following...check Asterix's admirable lists to
make sure that changes are there. I have presumed that they went into
the database, but even so have copied them in (checking them as I go) as
I go along if I end up with them. Anyone editing the P will undoubtedly
use that thread for further information so all should be well.
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If
I had known what I was getting myself into
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3341.msg96447#msg96447)
when I decided to take over the Pioneer's crew lists, I would never have
done so!
Fortunately I have Captain Pommy Stuart to keep me honest, four eyes are so much better than two!
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If
I had known what I was getting myself into
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3341.msg96447#msg96447)
when I decided to take over the Pioneer's crew lists, I would never have
done so!
Sorry, Hanibal. :'(
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It's alright, Stuart. The ship is done and out, and so the crew list is done and out too.
But I learned my lesson - from now on, I will NEVER take over any crew list, no matter how hard people beg me to.
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I won't even try, then. ;D
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Sorry also to Michael.
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Someone posted a link to an interesting article a few days ago about
the uncertainty of determining whether an extreme weather event was
caused by global warming.
Does anyone remember where the link is? I can't remember where it was and I didn't finish reading the article.
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Have you tried looking through your browsing history, Craig?
You can open it with Ctrl+H when the browser's up.
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For some reason it only shows today's sites, Hanibal. There must be a
setting to clear it regularly since I haven't deleted anything
recently.
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What browser do you use, Craig?
I assumed it was Firefox, which
gives you several options for sorting your history - default seems to be
by date, then by website, and finally by alphabet - at least, that's
what I get.
It should look something like this:
(http://kb.mozillazine.org/images/Fx4HistorySidebar.png)
With Chrome, the search history is just one huge chronological list. At least that one comes with a search function.
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I use IE for the Forum, Hanibal. When I do Ctrl H I only get
"Today". My computer was re-booted by Windows last night so it may have
cleared my history. I use Firefox for transcribing and the Firefox
history was not cleared but there are no links there other than those to
OW.
I will look again through the postings from about 4 days
ago. This time I will search by the names of members who are most
active. I thought it was Randi who posted it but she didn't.
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Maybe this will help. http://www.wikihow.com/Access-Internet-Explorer-History
Why do you use two different browsers for transcribing and for the forum?
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It's gone, Hanibal. Nothing but today's links show up.
I got
in the habit of keeping two browsers open when I was helping prepare the
ship description pages. It was easier to flip back and forth between
two different ships. And the version of IE didn't work well at the time
when the pages got too long so I switch one to Firefox. Probably no
longer necessary but I just got used to having two.
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Okay... in that case, I can't help you anymore. Sorry.
All I can say is that I wasn't the one who posted that link, so no need to check my posts.
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My computer was re-booted by Windows last night so it may have cleared my history.
Hi Craig.
I set my PC to download and advise me. Then I can re-boot in my time.
I used to dread super Tuesday as I use to forget which one it was.
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I'm not happy either...just did a whole page of Patterson -
accidentally hit the enter key twice and somehow the page went off on
its own - can't find it at all. :'( :'( :'(
I'm off to make up the garden birds' breakfast. :(
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Sometimes I can just click on the browser arrow to restore a page
when I accidently press a key combination that kicks me out of OW, Joan.
This is with Foxfire. I think it is usually the right arrow but if that
doesn't work try the left.
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Hi all
Having a day off sick today (but not too ill to sit at the
laptop and do OW ;) ) Just thought I'd poke my nose in and say
hello.
Doing 3rd transcriber on Perry and looking forward to getting
her finished - only a year or two to go (log time, can't say about real
time... ;D ;D )
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I see you have your priorities right, exim202 ;D Nothing like OW transcribing to make you feel better.
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Get well soon exim, but not too soon ;)
I've just received a Christmas card. It was posted on 14th Dec in a town about 30 miles away >:(
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I see you have your priorities right, exim202 ;D Nothing like OW transcribing to make you feel better.
Sure does ;) Above the neck in Alaska, below cozy in front of the woodburner stove - drives away the ills...
Thanks, Jil :)
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I see you have your priorities right, exim202 ;D Nothing like OW transcribing to make you feel better.
Sure does ;) Above the neck in Alaska, below cozy in front of the woodburner stove - drives away the ills...
Thanks, Jil :)
I have you on the map in Berkshire?
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I see you have your priorities right, exim202 ;D Nothing like OW transcribing to make you feel better.
Sure does ;) Above the neck in Alaska, below cozy in front of the woodburner stove - drives away the ills...
Thanks, Jil :)
I have you on the map in Berkshire?
Haven't you heard of continental drift Stuart - it's FASTER than you think ;) ;D
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;D ;D
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Why transcribers get old and grey before their time:
From Concord, May 1900. I sit in wonder at their record keeping...
On May 12 saw Gallagher written as Galliger and McInerny as McNierny...
On the 13th it's McNeirny and Galligar...
On the 14th it's McNierney and Galliger...
:o :'(
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The joy of being a transcriber is, you don't need to figure out
which one is right and the fix all the others. All you have to do
is TYWS and smirk at the editor-to-be. ;)
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The
joy of being a transcriber is, you don't need to figure out which one
is right and the fix all the others. All you have to do is TYWS
and smirk at the editor-to-be. ;)
Yes, and I am one of the very best smirkers!!! ;D
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(http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/valentine4.gif) Happy Valentine's day OW. :)
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Yeh! Happy Valentine's Day. Love to you all and chocs all round
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/661/1LjZ4D.jpg)
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Sometimes
I can just click on the browser arrow to restore a page when I
accidently press a key combination that kicks me out of OW, Joan. This
is with Foxfire. I think it is usually the right arrow but if that
doesn't work try the left.
Thanks
Craig. I'm using Chrome. I've never had so many 'kick-outs' as I have
the last few days. I've done about 50 WR - and not one registered
>:( >:( >:( because I'm a bit clumsy with the keyboard. I
think it is the 'right' direction key - thanks for the hint. I might
try sticking a bit of paper next to it so it's really difficult to
depress and so wipe everything out. I tried using the browser controls
to get the page back - but no luck - sigh!
I think I 'll go and sort out the kitchen instead...(things MUST be desperate ;) )
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Why transcribers get old and grey before their time:
From Concord, May 1900. I sit in wonder at their record keeping...
On May 12 saw Gallagher written as Galliger and McInerny as McNierny...
On the 13th it's McNeirny and Galligar...
On the 14th it's McNierney and Galliger...
:o :'(
I don't have very fancy crew lists, but I include links to the pages so that I can (try to) check the spelling:
Smith, George (Ordinary Seaman)
14 Jan 1848 - Punished: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol003of067/vol003of067_097_1.jpg
13 Mar 1948 - Punished: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol003of067/vol003of067_127_0.jpg
23 Mar 1848 - Punished: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol003of067/vol003of067_132_0.jpg
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George Smith found a TARDIS?
13 Mar 1948 - Punished
:o
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Oops!
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;D
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Happy Mardi Gras everyone....pancakes all round :D :P
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/910/bxdFql.jpg)
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I like that one, Joan. ;D
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(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18700000/Happy-Mardi-Gras-new-orleans-18782595-650-488.gif)
Mardi Gras was non-existent in my childhood neighborhood, but I love the art of this one - and the idea of celebrating life.
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Don't be shocked, just be enlightened when you see the Doodle for the 18 Feb. %^)
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I looked it up early, for the US. 8)
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It's a great doodle. :)
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;D
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Can someone enlighten me? What doodle?
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The Google Doodle. This one is for Alessandro Volta.
You'll
have to switch to a local version to see it - in other words,
google.co.uk and google.de should be fine, but google.com will not be. Actually, this one does pop up on google.com, but some doodles are local only.
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The Google Doodle. This one is for Alessandro Volta.
You'll
have to switch to a local version to see it - in other words,
google.co.uk and google.de should be fine, but google.com will not be.
Not so - the https://www.google.com/ in the US lights up from its voltaic cell very nicely, thank you. :)
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Thank you. I've seen the light! Electrifying!! :D
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Happy Lunar New Year when it comes around.
Not sure if it is the Year of the sheep, ram, or goat but I guess it is not worth bleating about it.
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According to Wiki, sheep or goat depends on the culture. Half
of them over the 60 year full cycle are Yin=male and therefore might be
ram instead. Supposedly not for the half that are
Yang=female. A fifth of them over the 60 year cycle are made of
Wood and are blue-green.
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Just realised this is my animal (or animals.... ) - perhaps I should
go and explore a bit. I quite fancy the blue-green option.
:D
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I find the Chinese 60 year cycle calendar to be fascinating.
12 animals, 5 elements, yin & yang. Can't all be used or it
would be a 120 year cycle, and I've never figured it all out but it is
fun to look up the details of a particular year.
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And I do turn out to be a Wood Goat (!) and hence blue green - or azure dragon, which sounds even more exotic.
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And I am a Yang=female Earth Rat - its yellow and its Primal Spirit is the yellow dragon.
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Actually, there's several signs:
It
is a common misconception that the animals assigned by year are the
only signs and many western descriptions of Chinese astrology draw
solely on this system. In fact, there are also animal signs assigned by month (called inner animals), by day (called true animals) and hours (called secret animals).
While
a person might appear to be a Dragon because they were born in the year
of the Dragon, they might also be a Snake internally, an Ox truly, and a
Goat secretively.
Took
me a while, but I think I got them all with some help from here.
(http://bonniemd.hubpages.com/hub/Chinese-Astrology-Determining-Your-Month-Day-and-Hour-Animal)
Okay, so let's see: According to the year, I'm a Wood Dog, so I get the azure dragon as well.
I
managed to find something for the months and solar terms
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac#Months_and_solar_terms)
- according to that, I am a Fire Horse internally, and the Primal
Spirit of that one is the Vermilion Bird (a.k.a Phoenix).
Then, my
true animal (day) is a Sheep, and my secret one... Okay, I do not know
what hour I was born at, so I picked Noon, and got the Horse.
Gotta admit, I kinda like the idea of my secret animal being a Horse....
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That I hadn't known. So I'm...
Year
Month Day
Hour
Yang Fire
Earth
Dragon Rat, Pig
Tiger
Rat
(inner)
(true)
(secret)
Yellow Dragon
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What on earth are you lot on about? ???
I'm just a male.
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Are all our Aussie members and their families OK? The BBC
America news report this evening made the situation on the north and
east coasts sound dire.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31544694
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Hi Janet.
Just a bit of a storm (Cat4)
Some areas are getting a battering, but like you and the cold weather, they are all set up for cyclones.
Not heard of any fatalities (and don't want to either) but there is a lot of beach erosion.
Stuart.
Cyclone Lam (cat4) over the NT
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBMVDLqRKuSMYOzbTK13-GuWcyNKjhCG-uSJnDRA0UBeOvJ-KxFA)
marcia (cat4, just been downgraded to cat2) on the East coast.
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Glad to hear no loss of life yet. Take care of yourself.
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Fortunately those are not highly populated areas. The remote
terrain does make it a bit more difficult to provide necessary aid
though, so cheers (and support) to the Red Cross who is already actively
helping folks in the affected areas.
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Getting 'caught up' on editing with HMS Hood.
Temps here are -9?F (-23?C) so it's too cold for much else!!
It's been an 'interesting' winter. The last time we saw temps above freezing was 25 January!
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Perhaps that sign has one L too many?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(location) - this one is actually supposed to be very cold (according to other sources)!
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Actually, there's several signs:
It
is a common misconception that the animals assigned by year are the
only signs and many western descriptions of Chinese astrology draw
solely on this system. In fact, there are also animal signs assigned by month (called inner animals), by day (called true animals) and hours (called secret animals).
While
a person might appear to be a Dragon because they were born in the year
of the Dragon, they might also be a Snake internally, an Ox truly, and a
Goat secretively.
Took
me a while, but I think I got them all with some help from here.
(http://bonniemd.hubpages.com/hub/Chinese-Astrology-Determining-Your-Month-Day-and-Hour-Animal)
Okay, so let's see: According to the year, I'm a Wood Dog, so I get the azure dragon as well.
I
managed to find something for the months and solar terms
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac#Months_and_solar_terms)
- according to that, I am a Fire Horse internally, and the Primal
Spirit of that one is the Vermilion Bird (a.k.a Phoenix).
Then, my
true animal (day) is a Sheep, and my secret one... Okay, I do not know
what hour I was born at, so I picked Noon, and got the Horse.
Gotta admit, I kinda like the idea of my secret animal being a Horse....
Got
very confused by this but I think my secret self (if it is just based
on the hour you arrived) is an Ox (1.05 a.m.), my year is 'Dog'.
Not sure how that works out ;D
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Belated
Happy Birthday
to
elizabeth
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quote author=Randi link=topic=5.msg104024#msg104024 date=1424600131]
Belated
Happy Birthday
to
elizabeth
;D
;D ;D Here I was thinking ......Yes no one noticed!
LOL Oh well , Yes it happened another Birthday. Oh my!
Thank you
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Dear Liz, did you check Facebook? :-*
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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!
Nice to see you are still around - I was beginning to think you had left forever!
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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!!!
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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VxUTn81BsWc/VM51uBHCIBI/AAAAAAAABuQ/5BFNqusSZP0/w292-h400-no/Birthday-Cake-Kitten.jpg)
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;D
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth - from an old shipmate on Perry!
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Elizabeth.
Hope you had a great day (indoors probably, looking at the weather)
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;D Thanks to all of you. :-* :-*
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I don't often read the Siberian Times ...
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/f0064-russian-plan-to-locate-and-raise-the-wreck-of-schooner-uss-jeannette-in-arctic-waters/
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8) 8) 8)
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I don't often read the Siberian Times ...
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/f0064-russian-plan-to-locate-and-raise-the-wreck-of-schooner-uss-jeannette-in-arctic-waters/
Great little story. I hope it gets the go ahead.
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That would be so very cool. :)
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??? :D a strange thing just happened with Perry.
I logged off for an hour or so to have dinner, and when I came back an entire month or more of entries had been done. :o
Are the elves helping out? If so, what do they like being rewarded with, so that we can get them to do more? ;)
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Seems to be someone new that hasn't made it into the top 12 yet ;)
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A whole month done in just about an hour?
That's very good - I hope this is somebody who stays!
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Yeah, this is impressive. I'll take longer dinner breaks in future ;)
:-* :-* to whoever it is, anyway!
(Never thought I'd be exchanging kisses with a complete stranger, or strangers, I'd met on the internet) ;D
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Weighing Anchor: An artist at sea
Artist Jules George has
undertaken several trips with the Royal Navy during the past four years.
From the Middle East Gulf to the Falkland Islands, he has documented
day-to-day life on board HMS Argyll - a Type 23 frigate - and HMS
Tireless - a Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarine.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-31417365)
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Cool!!
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Way cool!!!! 8)
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Great artwork!! :D 8)
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Very nice 8)
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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/625/media/images/80931000/jpg/_80931542_boardingsequenceiii-25cmx32.5cm,oilonpaper2013.jpg)
I like this one a lot. Thanks Randi. :)
Morning all.
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Very evocative paintings.
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Wonderful - I love the artwork, the colours and the sense of light,
and the interesting contrast with the subject - a hard, matter of fact
world of military operation, and the people in it. Thanks Randi!
:)
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??? :D a strange thing just happened with Perry.
I logged off for an hour or so to have dinner, and when I came back an entire month or more of entries had been done. :o
Are the elves helping out? If so, what do they like being rewarded with, so that we can get them to do more? ;)
The
problem is, can anyone be sure that person actually entered any
data? I haven't worked on Phase 3 so am not sure how you sign off
each page, but I know on Phases 1 & 2 from time to time something
similar happened. I always suspected that someone new might just
be taking a look then clicking "I'm finished with this page" because
they wanted to look at another page, without realizing that meant the
page would be filed.
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Unfortunately, that is possible.
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Well, leelaht and I each did that part when we were working on the Perry, so at least the PTB can use our transcriptions.
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I don't know if it was Perry, but I also recall a period of time
travelling with the logs. So there could be a slug of
doubles. I figure if something is wildly out of whack, the PTB can
repost the whacky bit for another crack at transcribing.
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Anybody know where there is a good copy of this?
http://www.archive.org/stream/pronouncinggazet00unitrich/pronouncinggazet00unitrich_djvu.txt
(http://www.archive.org/stream/pronouncinggazet00unitrich/pronouncinggazet00unitrich_djvu.txt)
from this google search
magnok Bay Luzon Id
TIA
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https://archive.org/details/pronouncinggazet00unitrich
Comes in 8 formats, including clear original (cannot use search) scan and the garbled full text you quoted.
Index:
Magnok
(Matnoc) Gulf (chart No. 1724), E. shore San Bernardino Strait,
Sorsogon, Luzon, lat. 12? 36' N., Ion. 124? 6' E p.623
Full entry screen cap attached
With
varied spellings Magnok/Matnoc/Matnog within the same book it's no
wonder you had trouble finding it. Modern google maps go with
Matnog.
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Thanks Janet.
Michael and I are used to many speelings of crew names EVEN on the same page, so why should places be any different? %^)
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Are there problems with amazonaws.com or it's just me?
That server provides several of the images on the forum (like zooniverse user's avatars) and all our logbook pages...
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i haven't noticed anything today, but I haven't been doing too much :-\
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I've transcribed about 10 pages on two different ships so far, haven't noticed anything wrong.
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That's pretty odd...
Still down from here, my requests stop on an amazon.com machine, with no graphic shown...
Could
be something with my pretty restrictive firewall here at work (but
hadn't similar issues before - if it blocks something an access denied
page is shown, moreover requests stops at amazon and not inside the
lan), will check again later, and try tonight from home.
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Accessing jpg pages fine here too.
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No problems in Chicago. Hope you figure out what's going on by you.
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No definitive hint, but something weird for sure on my lan at work... sorry for the false alarm :(
Using
a proxy or forcing SSL with a proper Firefox extension (amazonaws works
on https as well) gives no problem both in forum and on transcribing
interface.
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Not a false alarm - I'd rather hear of a local problem than fail to
report a system problem to the PTB. I'm glad you found a
work-around.
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When some of the .mil sites suddenly stopped working for me, he
figured out the problem and found a work-around with a proxy!
(A few months ago they started working normally again ::))
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We've lost an icon in our world of imagination.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qu5dAtfGOsgBbhACW5z4pR9sTOekjprOfkR78Uu6waY=w380-h207-p-no)
Where ever you are, Leonard, live long and continue to prosper.
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Farewell Mr Spock.
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I did sciences at school partly because of him and his character :'( :'( :'(
Yes - live long and prosper in your new universe Mr Spock. :)
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The original Star Trek series was one of the few TV shows I watched.
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;D
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Some chromatic confusion? ;D ;D ;D
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;D
;D ;D ;D
The dress looked white and gold to me!
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Hmmm. I thought it was a dog.
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In case anybody is confused, here's the dress in question:
Personally, I think it's blue and gold.
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81284000/jpg/_81284606_untitled.jpg)
EDIT: Turns out the correct answer is black and blue. Here's proof:
(http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-817440-panoV9free-flfc.jpg)
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The dress in the lower picture is blue and black, yes.
In the top pic, the one that everyone is disagreeing about, it looks light blue and gold to me. Sometimes white and gold.
I prefer the kitty anyway. :)
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It is amazing just how much editing our brain does with the light
images sent it - and how easy it is to accidentally put an optical
illusion together. I've seen a fabric artist put together green
and brown quilting pieces in the evening in yellowish electric lighting
that looked absolutely identical in daylight - nobody could see they
were different colors. She could never have created that on
purpose.
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It
is amazing just how much editing our brain does with the light images
sent it - and how easy it is to accidentally put an optical illusion
together. I've seen a fabric artist put together green and brown
quilting pieces in the evening in yellowish electric lighting that
looked absolutely identical in daylight - nobody could see they were
different colors. She could never have created that on purpose.
Years
ago, when I was in Ottawa for four months learning how to observe the
weather, I took two courses at the National Gallery (Art). One was about
modern art, and it was fabulous. One of the exhibits consisted of 16, I
think, squares that were each a couple of feet on a side, joined
together to form one large square. The squares were various shades of
red: reddish orange; Crimson; purplish red; and, etc. Each colour was
unique. The squares were done by art students. Each day one student had
to bring a square of red to the class. The red had to be a pure red, not
orange-red, nor purplish red, etc. The class would vote on it to decide
if it was pure red. If "Yes", the square was saved for the exhibit, and
if "No" the student had to go back and prepare another square. Some
students were able to produce a pure red on the first try; some took as
many as three tries before they got it. When the squares were assembled,
the results showed not 16 identical squares, but 16 squares of varying
shades of red. It was an interesting display about our ability to
perceive colour.
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Red more so than any other color, I think. It is dangerous to
try to wear 2 items in red at the same time, if you bought them
separately thinking the second was the same. They never match, and
more often fight each other rather than complement.
Also
very interesting to get a complete color-blind test with a group of
friends. Standard says if you fail at only 1 to 3 of the cards,
you are not color blind. My friends and I all tested normal,
failing on only 1 or 2 cards each - and never ever the same card twice,
and never anyone perfect.
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Good morning all. Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus! :)
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Speaking of colors...
(https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/main/articles/030715_scivis_Antarctica.jpg)
Photographer
captures rare image of recently overturned berg
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glassy-blue-iceberg-goes-belly)
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Talk about blue... :)
And Happy St. David's Day back to you, Caro.
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Who thought of such a delicious thing as Taffie Day?
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Pulled my post down as I did not read the wiki link.
Sorry.
:-[
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Thank you. And to all, Belated Happy St. David's Day.
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Lagoon power plants planned for UK: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31682529
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That is a very interesting alternative for coastal communities - and it even looks graceful. Nice.
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Now we had an event yesterday here that requires good-hearted
downright-crazy people, and an effort from Chicago Streets and
Sanitation the day before to plow the snow off the Lake ice and then the
ice itself, enough to create a liquid lagoon. Air temp at the
time of the event was about 21F (-6C).
Chicago's Polar Plunge 2015
(http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-actor-vince-vaughn-ready-to-make-icy-plunge-in-lake-michigan-20150301-story.html)
Me, I don't have the courage. They did raise over $1million for the Special Olympics.
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Lagoon power plants planned for UK: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31682529
The
article says the lagoon is designed to last 120 years. I wonder if they
have considered rising sea levels in this. At some point low tide may
be higher than the sea wall.
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Now
we had an event yesterday here that requires good-hearted
downright-crazy people, and an effort from Chicago Streets and
Sanitation the day before to plow the snow off the Lake ice and then the
ice itself, enough to create a liquid lagoon. Air temp at the
time of the event was about 21F (-6C).
Chicago's Polar Plunge 2015
(http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-actor-vince-vaughn-ready-to-make-icy-plunge-in-lake-michigan-20150301-story.html)
Me, I don't have the courage. They did raise over $1million for the Special Olympics.
Good
for them! And I absolutely back you for not going in yourself
Janet...brrrrrrrrrrr! Someone dry and warm has to cheer them
on! :D
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Lagoon power plants planned for UK: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31682529
The
article says the lagoon is designed to last 120 years. I wonder if they
have considered rising sea levels in this. At some point low tide may
be higher than the sea wall.
Well
I hate to be a spoilsport. But the French in Brittany had tidal lagoons
to run mills for a very long time:
http://www.fredericback.com/cultures-du-monde/france/bretagne/architectures/les-moulins/le-moulin-a-maree.00100.en.shtml
The
anglers in the UK are very concerned about fish being minced by the
generators, and/or damage being caused by the power of the water
flooding out. Haven't had a chance to ask the Biodiversity folk at
work about this :-\
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Interesting prog on BBC4 this evening - Climate Change by Numbers
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jsdrk). Explaining the maths used in
climate science. Starts with how they deal with incorporating our not
completely reliable old data into the data sets.
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darn, can't watch unless in UK :(
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I'm hoping this is one of the shows they will share with PBS - a
surprising number of documentaries now are either PBS-BBC or
BBC-PBS. Can any Brits say if they indicated PBS involvement?
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There is no PBS involvement mentioned in the credits.
I haven't watched the program yet.
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Sigh. :'(
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Try Hola Better Internet - it's a free browser extension that allows
you to access websites via a foreign proxy server, so you can trick the
site into thinking you're in that country when you're not.
It's
available for Firefox and Chrome - I've used it to access BBC stuff from
Germany, and it works. It just takes a little longer to load because
everything has to go through the proxy.
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Just installed - very easy on Chrome from their app store, free, and it works. Thank you. :)
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Try
Hola Better Internet - it's a free browser extension that allows you to
access websites via a foreign proxy server, so you can trick the site
into thinking you're in that country when you're not.
It's available
for Firefox and Chrome - I've used it to access BBC stuff from Germany,
and it works. It just takes a little longer to load because everything
has to go through the proxy.
Hanibal...
Thanks for the tip. If seen you mention it before, but you are finally
dragging me into the 21st century! I'm downloading the BBC player so I
can download the show so I can watch it without the buffering. Popcorn
tonight!!! ;D
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Try
Hola Better Internet - it's a free browser extension that allows you to
access websites via a foreign proxy server, so you can trick the site
into thinking you're in that country when you're not.
It's available
for Firefox and Chrome - I've used it to access BBC stuff from Germany,
and it works. It just takes a little longer to load because everything
has to go through the proxy.
Hanibal...
Thanks for the tip. If seen you mention it before, but you are finally
dragging me into the 21st century! I'm downloading the BBC player so I
can download the show so I can watch it without the buffering. Popcorn
tonight!!! ;D
An
excellent show indeed - well worth dragging us non-geek dinosaurs into
the present. I'm a documentary freak, watch all sorts of things on
PBS and then go looking for other sources. :)
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Couldn't make it work for me even after I downloaded the Chrome app. I'll have to try later.
Janet, what did you do since it appeared to work for you?!
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Interesting
prog on BBC4 this evening - Climate Change by Numbers
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jsdrk). Explaining the maths used in
climate science. Starts with how they deal with incorporating our not
completely reliable old data into the data sets.
Just going to watch it now on iPlayer, thanks Jil. :)
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Couldn't make it work for me even after I downloaded the Chrome app. I'll have to try later.
Janet, what did you do since it appeared to work for you?!
Did you get the Hola Better drop down box saying did it work.
I did this time and clicked the No button.
The app tried again and I was IN.
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Couldn't make it work for me even after I downloaded the Chrome app. I'll have to try later.
Janet, what did you do since it appeared to work for you?!
Nothing,
I just clicked "BBC" on their choices and was sent to the BBC
site. Searched for and found the show, and clicked it. My
(already installed) iPlayer immediately started up in a new tab. I
thought that "did it work" dropdown was a PR question. I'm glad
to know it is functional and re-uploads the show.
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Now that everybody is watching the Beeb, you might like to check out this program too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05527mp
It will be available on the iPlayer soon after it has been broadcast tonight. :)
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Awww -not yet uploaded (patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue...) :)
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Couldn't make it work for me even after I downloaded the Chrome app. I'll have to try later.
Janet, what did you do since it appeared to work for you?!
Nothing,
I just clicked "BBC" on their choices and was sent to the BBC
site. Searched for and found the show, and clicked it. My
(already installed) iPlayer immediately started up in a new tab. I
thought that "did it work" dropdown was a PR question. I'm glad
to know it is functional and re-uploads the show.
OK.
Took some 'doing.' Had to go to Chrome and start 'HOLA' first. THEN
look for BBC and find program. Play looked like it was going to
take forever and then I wouldn't have 75 min to watch so I got BBC
downloader and now have program (I think) to watch later.
Stay tuned!! or as we say 'News at 6:00 Film at 11:00!!' 8)
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I didn't time it, but between googling "hola better" and the program
starting... I think it took about 30 secs. ;D
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I was able to watch the program, though I only watched for 30 secs
just to make sure it worked. I prefer to download, but the BBC
downloader didn't seem to work; i. e. nothing seemed to be happening. I
wasn't sure if Hola works with it or not. If it works for you, let me
know, and I will try it again.
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I don't know about the downloader because I've never used it - I've
only ever viewed stuff online, which can take a little while.
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I'll
be having a bit of a break over the summer (it's not easy to see the
screen sitting outdoors ::) ;D ) but will drop in for the
occasional bit of transcribing and forum fun, and hope to pick up
another ship in the winter. You are a lovely bunch and I've enjoyed
working and hanging out with you all!
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Enjoy yourself. Glad you found us and we look forward to seeing you again soonish. :)
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Despite your questionable taste in friends ;)
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'First human' discovered in Ethiopia (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31718336)
The
dating of the jawbone might help answer one of the key questions in
human evolution. What caused some apes to climb down from the trees and
make their homes on the ground.
A separate study in Science hints that a change in climate might have been a factor.
An analysis of the fossilised plant and animal life in the area
suggests that what had once been lush forest had become dry grassland.
As
the trees made way for vast plains, apes found a way of exploiting the
new environmental niche, developing bigger brains and becoming less
reliant on having big jaws and teeth by using tools.
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I
was able to watch the program, though I only watched for 30 secs just
to make sure it worked. I prefer to download, but the BBC downloader
didn't seem to work; i. e. nothing seemed to be happening. I wasn't sure
if Hola works with it or not. If it works for you, let me know, and I
will try it again.
Downloader did NOT work for me. I'll 'play' when I have time, but it looks like I'll have to watch in real time.
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I
was able to watch the program, though I only watched for 30 secs just
to make sure it worked. I prefer to download, but the BBC downloader
didn't seem to work; i. e. nothing seemed to be happening. I wasn't sure
if Hola works with it or not. If it works for you, let me know, and I
will try it again.
Downloader did NOT work for me. I'll 'play' when I have time, but it looks like I'll have to watch in real time.
OK!
I tried to run it as administrator, but that didn't work either, so I
just streamed it. Very good program. (I assume that when one tried to
download, BBC can figure out your location.)
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Isn't Mother Nature Grand! Northern Lights Monday night near Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Awesome. :)
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Good morning OW and a happy 503rd birthday to Gerardus Mercator. :)
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Stunning, Michael!
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They have a different doodle than Mercatur in the US:
"Thursday
marks the 105th birthday of Taiwanese-Japanese inventor Momofuku Ando,
whose instant noodles revolutionized the food world, and Google is
honoring this king of quick cuisine with a new Google Doodle."
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/6xy1lqxirmLA9i9qD6CVQqJjbGmkMBNc4tYZ6jmHaoqe-PQBMMQlV_Y8Wr6XGwjUlrQAkyOOj-0DejIuSFoFK9cYGRaC96i3G1o2xV8=s660)
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Turns out that I get a different image to both of those - because Google has worked out that it's my birthday!
(https://www.google.co.uk/logos/2012/birthday12-thp.png)
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Happy Birthday
Danny252
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:D :D Happy birthday Danny! :D :D
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Happy Birthday, Danny!!
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/birthday/birthday-surprise-smiley-emoticon.gif)
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Love that cake, Janet ;D
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(http://www.netanimations.net/slice-of-birthday-cake-with-feet-walking.gif) Happy birthday Danny ;D
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Happy Birthday from me, too!!!
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That's a good one too, Caro ;)
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Happy Birthday from me as well, Danny!
Interesting - according to your profile, you are younger than I thought (No offense!).
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Happy Birthday Danny!
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Happy birthday from me too, Danny. (It's scary that Google knows your birth date. I would have mine changed 8)).
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Turns out that I get a different image to both of those - because Google has worked out that it's my birthday!
(https://www.google.co.uk/logos/2012/birthday12-thp.png)
Googled 'Dannys birthday' and could not find the doodle you came up with.
Your not having us on there are you Danny?
Just in case you are not, Happy Birthday.
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You got too specific - they have that service for everyone.
https://www.google.com/get/googletips/card/love-doodles-get-your-own-on-your-birthday/detail/
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Your link only took me to here
https://www.google.com/get/googletips/en/landing/ (https://www.google.com/get/googletips/en/landing/)
Googled further and it says I should be able to get a greeting but it never worked in the past %^(
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Different continents get different google sites I think. Try
googling a phrase from the attached screen cap to see if you can find
the Aussie version.
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I think it works like this. If you have a Google profile (you supply
your birth date when you sign up for one of the many Google products or
services: Gmail, YouTube, Drive, AdSense etc) and are logged in on your
birthday, you will get a personalised birthday doodle.
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Millions at risk from Freak encryption bug
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31765672
Online tool to check whether your browser is safe: https://freakattack.com/
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Thanks for the warning, Hanibal.
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I just read a long and interesting article about climate change in
the Guardian (US edition) - because of their ads I cannot put the link
here, but you might try googling "don't look away now the climate crisis
needs you" - they say it is mostly excerpts from a new book, "THIS
CHANGES EVERYTHING" by Naomi Klein.
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Just had to pass this along -
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/u-s-navy-documentary-1915
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8)
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Something interesting I found:
Gibbon taunts tigers (https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPXkUXXFoCw)
This is a great example of the phrase "Brave or mad?"
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Definitely mad!! :)
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A slightly belated thanks.for the happy birthday wishes! As some
pointed out, I must have put my birthday into one of my Google accounts -
I don't remember doing it, but hey ho!
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Interesting -
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/03/02/study_climate_change_helped_spark_syrian_civil_war.html
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I read somewhere unknown a long time ago, there are always large
economic woes on at least the aggressors' side behind all religious wars
because if everyone is relatively well fed and secure, it is very had
to make them take up arms and destroy their own peace. This is my
idea of an example.
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An interesting and rather disgusting bit of naval trivia I found today:
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/2/379002.jpg?v=1)
Proof from Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_juice)
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An interesting and rather disgusting bit of naval trivia I found today:
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/0/0/2/379002.jpg?v=1)
Proof from Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_juice)
o.O I guess that's one way of having a good time, although I think I'd pass in this case...
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I'd definitely pass!
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I'm sure I remember a scene in the film called The Master where sailors were drinking torpedo fuel.
Bleh!
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Reasons to keep your chats short:
Just ask IBM's super computer Watson (as seen on Jeopardy and coming soon to health care near you).
Using
the same deep analytics technology, Watson will scan any text you write
(needs 100 words minimum), and analyze your underlying personality
traits.
Watson's got you figured out. (http://watson-um-demo.mybluemix.net/)
As
to the torpedo fuel: my dad claimed that Canadian soldiers in WW II
sometimes drank the antifreeze from their trucks. He said that the
soldiers would strain the antifreeze through a loaf of bread with the
ends cut off. He said that the men in the Royal 22nd Regiment (The Van
Doos) would go one farther and eat the bread.
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I totally believe all of that - thank goodness Watson is so
expensive and too limited to bother with retired single women. And
war is hard, I'd be surprised if they didn't find some variation on a
still - just so they don't offer that stuff to me. ;)
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I gave Watson Albatross's log book ;D
Lieut. Comdr. Z. L. Tanner
Friday January 25'th 1884
Commences and until 4 A.M. - Partly cloudy, with occasional passing showers.
Moderate to fresh breeze from E. by N. Steering course S. by W. 1/2 W. until 2.00, then N. by W.
sounding every five miles. P.L. at change of course read 36.5; at end of watch 39.6.
L. M. Garrett.
Ensign
4 to 8 A.M. - Squally, with fresh breeze from N'd and E'd, Mod. to rough sea.
at 4.15 sounded in 990 fathoms, yellow sand and shells. Run five miles N x W (p.c.)
and sounded (5.40) in 993 fms., same bottom. Run five miles N x W (p.c.) and
sounded (7.15) in 1243 fathoms, same bottom. Av. steam 47. Revols. 57. George
Kershaw, 2 C.F. confined on bread and water until further orders, by order of
Comd'g.
Officer, for disobedience of orders.
S. H. May.
Lieut.
8 to Merid. - Clear and warm. Gentle to Moderate N.E. breeze. At 8.53 stopped and
sounded (Sigsbee's Machine) in 2188 fathoms, coral sand. Hauled in Pat. log, registering
56.5. Took serial temperatures with Sigsbee's Machine, Small Machine and dredge rope.
Average
steam 48. Average revs. 50.
A. C. Baker
Lieut.
Merid. to 4 P.M. - Clear and pleasant. Gentle to Moderate breeze from N.E. At 12.50
started ahead on course S.S.W. 1/2 W. (P.L. 56.5). At 1.25 stopped (P.L. 61.5) and sound-
ed in 1345 fms (white coral sand and small shells). At 2.23 started ahead and
and at 3. stopped (P.L. 66.5) and sounded in 789 fms. (white coral sand and minute shells) At
3.25 started ahead. At 4. stopped to sound; P.L. then read 71.5. Av. steam 48. Revs.
49.5.
C. J. Boush
Ensign
4 to 6 P.M. - Partly cloudy. Moderate N.E. breeze. At 4.00 P.L. reading 71.5, sounded
in 578 fms, bottom fine coral sand and foraminifera. Started ahead at 4.20, course S.S.W 1/2 W.
At 4.55, P.L. 76.5, got bottom at 1303 fms., same character as before; went ahead on
course at 5.45 P.L. at end of watch 78.5. Revs. 50. Steam 47. L. M. Garrett.
Ensign
6 to 8 P.M. - Pleasant, with Mod. N.E. breeze. At 6.24 sounded in 2017 fathoms (coral
and shells). At 7.40 began taking serial temps. Avr. Steam 48. Revs. 52.
S. H. May.
Lieut.
8 P.M. to Midnight. - Partially clear. Passing shower second hour. Fresh breeze from N'd and
E'd. Took serial temperatures with Sigsbee's Machine. At 10.10 started ahead, course S.E. by S.
Made fore and aft sail. Put over pat. log registering 82. At end of watch pat. log read 93.9.
Average
steam 48. Average revs. 48.
A C Baker
Lieut.
Seaton Schroeder
Lieut. U.S.N.
You are inner-directed, tranquil and rational.
You
are adventurous: you are eager to experience new things. You are
philosophical: you are open to and intrigued by new ideas and love to
explore them. And you are deliberate: you carefully think through
decisions before making them.
Your choices are driven by a desire for discovery.
You
are relatively unconcerned with helping others: you think people can
handle their own business without interference. You consider tradition
to guide a large part of what you do: you highly respect the groups you
belong to and follow their guidance.
Openness 100%
Adventurousness 100%
Artistic interests 56%
Emotionality 0%
Imagination 98%
Intellect 100%
Authority-challenging 100%
Conscientiousness 89%
Achievement striving 95%
Cautiousness 100%
Dutifulness 37%
Orderliness 6%
Self-discipline 94%
Self-efficacy 86%
Extraversion 0%
Activity level 24%
Assertiveness 0%
Cheerfulness 0%
Excitement-seeking 0%
Outgoing 0%
Gregariousness 0%
Agreeableness 11%
Altruism 14%
Cooperation 100%
Modesty 15%
Uncompromising 97%
Sympathy 98%
Trust 100%
Emotional range 9%
Fiery 0%
Prone to worry 3%
Melancholy 1%
Immoderation 22%
Self-consciousness 14%
Susceptible to stress 13%
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;D ;D
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Albatross sounds like a thoroughly nice ship; perhaps more than a little introverted however? ;D
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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/625/media/images/81600000/jpg/_81600230_21d7e4b7-0ef8-45f5-a72f-496371c890fe.jpg)
Vale, Terry Pratchett.
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He will be very much missed - a great loss to readers everywhere.
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(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/661/VXzfnV.jpg)
May the turtle of the universe carry you on to greater galaxies, Terry...
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Rest in Peace, Terry - and thanks for enriching our world.
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I was also very sorry to hear of the death of Sir Terry Pratchett, 66 is not very old these days. Rest in Peace.
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I'm afraid to see what Watson thinks of Concord. ::)
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Did you try feeding him one of the paragraphs listing punishments? ;)
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I gave the Events page from the Concord's Reference topic to Watson for chewing on.
Input:
Commander J.E. Craig
Sunday; June 9 1895
Commences and until 4 A.M.
Fair and warm. Light Westerly airs, and calm. Barometer falling a little. Ciro-cumulus
clouds. Steam on stbd. after boiler. Distilling.
Lay H. Eurhart,
Ensign.
4 to 8 A.M.
Cloudy weather, overcast 1st two hours. Calms and light airs from S.E. Barometer nearly steady.
Cumulus, nimbus and cirro-cumulus clouds. Receiving fresh water on board in Equipt.
Dept. from R.H. Powers and Co. of Nagasaki, and filling both for'd and port after boilers.
Rec'd on board in Pay Dept. from R.H. Powers and Co. of Nagasaki, 100 lbs. of fresh bread, 125
lbs. of fresh beef and 125 lbs. of fresh vegetables. At 7.00 the "Charleston" made the following
general signals 6391, 3352, 3956. (uniform and time). Ran port dynamo set from 4.55 to
8.00. Steam on starboard after boiler. Distilling. No current.
W. A. Gill
Lieutenant.
8 A.M. to Meridian.
Cloudy and pleasant. Light airs from S.E. to light breeze from S.W. Cirro-cumulus and
nimbus clouds. Bar. rising slowly. At 9.30 held preliminary inspection of crew at quarters -
absent without leave O. Sundblad (Actg. GM 3 C.) and W. Cunningham (Ap. 1 C.). At 9.30
made general signal numeral 2 (sick report). At 9.45 the Commander inspected the
crew at quarters and the ship. Ran port dynamo from 8.30 to 9.30 and again from
9.50 to 10.00. Rec'd in Eng'rs. Dept. 6 Brass Pet Cocks 1/4", and 6 Brass Pet Cocks 3/8". Steam
on stbd. after boiler. Distilling. Finished taking in fresh water from shore, having received
in all 20 tons.
C.M. Fahs
Ensign.
Meridian to 4 P.M.
Cloudy and hot. Light S.W. breeze. Barometer steady. Nimbus and cirro-cumulus
clouds. Steam on stbd. after boiler. Distilling.
Lay H. Eurhart,
Ensign.
4 to 8 P.M.
Cloudy and pleasant. Light airs and breezes from S.W. Nimbus and cirro-cumulus
clouds. Bar. steady. W. Cunningham (Ap. 1 C) was brought on board by the US
Marshall Mr. Nevill 34 hrs. over leave and a reward of $9.52 was paid to Mr. Nevill
for his apprehension and delivery. Transferred to the U.S.S. Charleston for passage
to the U.S. by P.M.S.S. "Rio Janeiro" the following men with their necessary transfer
papers, bags and hammocks:- Mentirnos, M. (Act'g. B.M. 2 C.), Petersen, E. (Sea.), Conroy,
P. (F. 2 C.), and Conway, J. B. (C.P.). A French man-of war came in and anchored at
7.58. Steam on stbd. after boiler. Distilling. The Charleston at 7.30 made Int. Signal
to the fleet. "The U.S.S. Concord will sail for Chernulpo Monday 10 A.M. will take mail".
The French ships Bayard and Alger and the English Gunboat Daphne replied (same
code) Thanks. Ran port dynamo from 6.59 to 8.00.
C.M. Fahs
Ensign.
8 P.M. to Midnight.
Cloudy and warm. Light breeze from S.W. to S.W. by W. Barometer about steady. Nimbus
and cirro-cumulus clouds. A man-of-war came in and anchored in the lower
harbor. O. Sundblad (Actg. G.M. 3 C.) returned 13 hours over leave. Distilling. Steam on
stbd. after boiler. Ran port dynamo from 8.00 to 11.10 - App. H.W. Moseley standing watch
for instruction.
Lay H. Eurhart,
Ensign
G. A. Merriam
Lieut. and Navigator.
Output:
You are inner-directed, skeptical and strict.
You
are adventurous: you are eager to experience new things. You are
imaginative: you have a wild imagination. And you are solemn: you are
generally serious and do not joke much.
Your choices are driven by a desire for revelry.
You
are relatively unconcerned with both helping others and taking pleasure
in life. You think people can handle their own business without
interference. And you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just
personal enjoyment.
Openness
100%
Adventurousness
100%
Artistic interests
72%
Emotionality
0%
Imagination
100%
Intellect
100%
Authority-challenging
100%
Conscientiousness
97%
Achievement striving
94%
Cautiousness
98%
Dutifulness
11%
Orderliness
1%
Self-discipline
93%
Self-efficacy
88%
Extraversion
0%
Activity level
10%
Assertiveness
0%
Cheerfulness
0%
Excitement-seeking
0%
Outgoing
0%
Gregariousness
0%
Agreeableness
2%
Altruism
7%
Cooperation
98%
Modesty
3%
Uncompromising
45%
Sympathy
98%
Trust
92%
Emotional range
3%
Fiery
0%
Prone to worry
1%
Melancholy
1%
Immoderation
12%
Self-consciousness
4%
Susceptible to stress
0%
Needs
Challenge
33%
Closeness
0%
Curiosity
95%
Excitement
100%
Harmony
0%
Ideal
100%
Liberty
45%
Love
5%
Practicality
18%
Self-expression
100%
Stability
30%
Structure
1%
Values
Conservation
81%
Openness to change
44%
Hedonism
3%
Self-enhancement
73%
Self-transcendence
1%
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;D
And you are solemn: you are generally serious and do not joke much.
Your choices are driven by a desire for revelry.
Watson can't seem to make up its mind about Concord.
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This summary of HMS Parramatta (typical example of the trawler/minesweepers, bless 'em) is pretty accurate. ;D
Openness 96%
Adventurousness 100%
Artistic interests 6%
Emotionality 0%
Imagination 94%
Intellect 100%
Authority-challenging 100%
Conscientiousness 55%
Achievement striving 75%
Cautiousness 96%
Dutifulness 45%
Orderliness 0%
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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/625/media/images/81600000/jpg/_81600230_21d7e4b7-0ef8-45f5-a72f-496371c890fe.jpg)
Vale, Terry Pratchett.
Indeed RIP Terry, he lived very near to me, and was regularly to be seen in Frome. A lovely man who will be sadly missed.
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(http://s6.postimg.org/w7wm4h0fl/Ultimate_Pi_Day.jpg)
If you are on a am/pm clock, this happens twice in a lifetime. :)
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Adventurousness 100% and Authority-challenging 100% seem rather opposed to Cautiousness 96% :-\
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I think Watson might have read too much into the word "distilling" ;D
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I should put in the text about O. Anderson under the influence and vomiting on deck!
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Morning all. Happy Mother's Day (UK, Ireland and Nigeria) to all the mums. :)
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Happy Mother's Day, UK, Ireland and Nigeria :)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_wt4GBEkqh0/VDpAQrd6NFI/AAAAAAAABIU/L07eJ4LVxh4/w560-h456-no/All_20110508054313_Happy%2BMother%27s%2BDay%21_292.jpg)
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(http://s6.postimg.org/wxqxkq4xd/St_Pats_Day.jpg)
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Sorry, people. :'( I just can't resist...
Here is the
full news release on the 2015 greater Victoria Flower Count.
17,257,368,541 blooms counted! City of Colwood retains their title of
"Bloomingest Community". Students in Mr. Laurie's grade 4/5 class from
Ecole John Stubbs Memorial with 3,201,009,764 flowers counted! Thank you
to all who participated!
:) * 17 billion
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Michael, why did someone make children count billions of flowers? ???
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Michael, why did someone make children count billions of flowers? ???
What
better way to learn to count! Don't you just love the accuracy to 11
significant figures? Everyone in the city is allowed to count, not just
children. This is the 39th year that there has been a Victoria Blossom
count - it's our way of thumbing our noses at the people in Winnipeg,
Ottawa, Halifax and all the other cities suffering with a long cold
snowy winter. Actually, we should add one more to the count - another
plum blossom just popped on our tree... ;D
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Well, it is a cool idea and definitely leaves me downright
jealous. I'm only 2 weeks out of deep winter here in the midwest -
the best I can see is closed tree buds starting to swell. :'(
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Michael, why did someone make children count billions of flowers? ???
What
better way to learn to count! Don't you just love the accuracy to 11
significant figures? Everyone in the city is allowed to count, not just
children. This is the 39th year that there has been a Victoria Blossom
count - it's our way of thumbing our noses at the people in Winnipeg,
Ottawa, Halifax and all the other cities suffering with a long cold
snowy winter. Actually, we should add one more to the count - another
plum blossom just popped on our tree... ;D
But
for all you know another couple of blooms faded and died somewhere else
... how on earth do they avoid double counting? ???
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Another flower on my Japanese Quince popped out - and went straight
down a Great Tit's throat. :( That bird surely can't eat all
of them ;) ;D
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http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3654.msg105501#msg105501
For
those interested in the WeatherDatum Event on Monday that I went to in
Sheffield, I've put some information (some of which you might wish to
react to) on the above thread.
I'll pm Philip and Kevin to bring it to their attentions since some of Paula Goodale's work might be of great interest to them.
Right - back to flower counting everyone :D
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Michael, why did someone make children count billions of flowers? ???
What
better way to learn to count! Don't you just love the accuracy to 11
significant figures? Everyone in the city is allowed to count, not just
children. This is the 39th year that there has been a Victoria Blossom
count - it's our way of thumbing our noses at the people in Winnipeg,
Ottawa, Halifax and all the other cities suffering with a long cold
snowy winter. Actually, we should add one more to the count - another
plum blossom just popped on our tree... ;D
But
for all you know another couple of blooms faded and died somewhere else
... how on earth do they avoid double counting? ???
Here is the official site (http://flowercount.com/), which will answer some questions, and probably raise several others...
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I visited Victoria and Butchart Gardens once on a day trip when my
mom was living near Port Angeles in Washington. It is beautiful,
and I do envy you all your February joys. (And you are right, they
are trying to torment the rest of the northern half of the continent.
;D )
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I
visited Victoria and Butchart Gardens once on a day trip when my mom
was living near Port Angeles in Washington. It is beautiful, and I
do envy you all your February joys. (And you are right, they are
trying to torment the rest of the northern half of the continent. ;D )
Well, Janet, if you're ever back this way, we'll take to some of the other special places around town.
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If I travel that way again, I will indeed take you up on that. :)
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And more citizen science - schools all over the UK have been
involved in making measurements of the weather during the eclipse which
we enjoyed this morning. They're measuring wind speed and
temperature, and sending all the info to Reading University.
Apparently this is the first eclipse (certainly in the UK) for which
this has been done, so it should add a lot to the knowledge about the
effects of eclipses, especially in relation to the wind.
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8)
I have to admit I hadn't thought about that.
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I had an unexpectedly brilliant view of the eclipse. After
half an hour sitting in the garden, looking at an overcast sky and
getting cold, at about 9.20 the cloud thinned and with a few minutes to
maximum coverage the sun became visible. The cloud acted as a
perfect filter and my eclipse viewing glasses were redundant most of the
time. We only had 85% coverage in Devon, but it was still
wonderful to see. 8) :)
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And
more citizen science - schools all over the UK have been involved in
making measurements of the weather during the eclipse which we enjoyed
this morning. They're measuring wind speed and temperature, and
sending all the info to Reading University. Apparently this is the
first eclipse (certainly in the UK) for which this has been done, so it
should add a lot to the knowledge about the effects of eclipses,
especially in relation to the wind.
When
I was working in the weather office in Chatham N.B., there was a
partial eclipse. I remember that the towering cumulus and cumulo-nimbus
just flattened right out once the eclipse got underway. I can't
remember, for sure, but I think the temperature dropped a bit. The
change in cloud cover was very dramatic. If I recall, they didn't build
up again after the eclipse was over.
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I was in a good place to see it, and made myself a pinhole viewer
(two pieces of cardboard). It wasn't a brilliant image, but I
could definitely see the shape changing. I spent an hour or so
dotting in and out between watching on TV, and going out to see what was
happening 'live'. The light definitely changed a lot, to an eerie
sort of twilight, and it got colder, as the eclipse progressed.
The timing was excellent - there was cloud building up, and by the time
the moon was moving away again the sun was quite hidden by the clouds,
but for the main event it was clear.
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You are lucky!! 8.30 and clear sky & sunny. They've got the
weather forecast wrong, I thought. So I hastened to make a pinhole
camera, 10 mins later, thin cloud, you could see where the sun was but
that was all. 15 min later, thick, dark cloud. It did get quite
dark at maximum coverage, we should have seen 95% or so, but the sun
could have been anywhere. By 11.30am the sun had re-emerged.
Malicious I call it!
:'( :'(
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Fog, no sun to be seen. :(
It got quite a bit darker though.
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We had a great view through some black radiological films. The
temperature dropped about 5 degrees although the cover was only 75%.
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Got really lucky yesterday morning - we had very thin cloud over
Oxford - enough to see exactly what was going on - not enough sun to
damage the eyes. I made a viewing 'telescope' out of a cardboard poster
tube with a small hole at one end and an opaque thin plastic film at the
other...worked well - hurrah! Well - roll on the next full UK
eclipse in 2090 (I can HOPE can't I? ::) :o ;D )
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I was down in Somerset for the weekend - the cloud thinned just in
time to see it start, and we got glimpses every few minutes after that
through the thinner patches - more tantalising than watching it all
clearly. A great memory!
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Changing the topic - my total lack of transcribing today is the
fault of Richard III - I turned on a programme about the first day of
the reburial events, and emerged nearly three hours later. It was
unexpectedly moving at times, as the bones changed from the subject of
scientific research to a man (even if a king) being brought for burial.
I
was as amazed as I always am at TV's lack of comprehension of the most
basic religious facts, though. If there's a wrong end to a stick,
they'll get hold of it and hang on grimly.
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How interesting - that event totally missed being announced in the
US on any source I pay attention to, not surprisingly. It's
history from before our written history ever started with Columbus'
discovery of the new world and the large majority of Americans are not
majorly descended from the English.
It still very much catches my imagination. I'm googling to find some replay of the event.
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Here's some quick news on the reburial: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-31990721
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Oh Helen - I so agree! I think the wrong end of the stick
syndrome is positively painful. Some of the conversation with reference
to the religious side of things was grim. And the bizarre level of
interest in the change of the top level of the church instead of the
thoughts that come to the mind upon the translation of a King's body
from a science lab to a place of holy rest is beyond my ken. I think
it's shameful. I so hope that they will manage a bit better on Thursday.
I've
been a fan of RIII since about age 15. And I have to say that the
history side of it is painful too. We really can manage better history
than this. Between now and Thursday I'd be more than grateful if
the tv programme presenters concentrated on the worthy works of this
religious man who caused the City of York to write:
"'King Richard
late mercifully reigning upon us was thrugh grete treason of the duc of
Northefolk and many othre that turned ayenst hyme, with many othre
lordes and nobilles of this north parties, was pitiously slane and
murdred to the grete hevynesse of this citie'"
Yes - I found some
of it very moving too, and was very taken by the number of Leicester's
citizens that lined the roads - and the number of white roses thrown. I
thought the service in the Cathedral was intelligent and moving. I'm
going to need a big box of tissues come Thursday.
Just peeped at
that BBC article Hanibal (thanks for posting). Looks like the
pro-York-burial folk are still very, very angry. If you wanted to be
romantic RIII would be buried in York, and they'd remove his wife, Anne,
from Westminster Abbey to York Minster to be with him. But I'd
rather spend the cash on shelters for the homeless - and I believe that
RIII would understand that.
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If today was the funeral, what happens on Thursday?
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As I understand it, Richard's remains were taken to the University
who conducted the archaeological dig. The rules for human remains say
that they must be interred appropriately close to where they were
disinterred. So after much argument they are to be interred in the
Cathedral which I don't think was built at the time Richard was
killed. They decided that today they would take the remains, in
their new coffin, back to the battlefield, visit the Church of St
Nicholas which would have been the city church at that time and across
the bridge where Shakespeare had him declaiming his need for a horse.
His coffin will now be on display in the Cathedral for people to pay
their respects before the actual re-burial on Thursday.
You can
argue about the propriety of the re-visiting of sites associated with
Richard but the idea of a procession plus a lying in state is now a
normal part of a state funeral. I am sure that, despite the
arguments between different interested parties, the ceremony on Thursday
will be be a fitting tribute to a man, however flawed, who was the
crowned King of England.
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How
interesting - that event totally missed being announced in the US on
any source I pay attention to, not surprisingly. It's history from
before our written history ever started with Columbus' discovery of the
new world and the large majority of Americans are not majorly descended
from the English.
It still very much catches my imagination. I'm googling to find some replay of the event.
We
had mention of Richard III and the ceremonies mentioned on the national
news (CBC radio) a couple of times today. I was pleased to hear
something other than news about terrorists.
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That all makes sense. Including, unfortunately, all the
wrangling between different parties. But as far as national pride
goes, you can be blamed for cheating this King of his due respect to the
whole nation or you can be blamed for giving him too much
exposure. I don't believe it is possible to satisfy everyone so
forget about reaching for a middle ground.
In terms of
more pragmatic issues, the nation was just shown that amazing things can
happen if you remember to fund archaeology. This is a lousy
primary reason for it, but a very solid and good supporting
reason.
And it draws the attention of lots of foreigners like me to see England give due notice to its rulers.
In my opinion. :)
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Warning to members living the northeast US - a fast moving storm hit
Chicago at the start of rush hour today and is dropping around 5 inches
of white stuff on us. :(
I suppose this counts as spring as a thaw is expected by Wednesday.
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5 inches of snow as spring! I'm so glad I live somewhere with rather gentler weather ....
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Oh
Helen - I so agree! I think the wrong end of the stick syndrome
is positively painful. Some of the conversation with reference to the
religious side of things was grim. And the bizarre level of interest in
the change of the top level of the church instead of the thoughts that
come to the mind upon the translation of a King's body from a science
lab to a place of holy rest is beyond my ken. I think it's shameful. I
so hope that they will manage a bit better on Thursday.
I've been a
fan of RIII since about age 15. And I have to say that the history side
of it is painful too. We really can mange better history than
this. Between now and Thursday I'd be more than grateful if the tv
programme presenters concentrated on the worthy works of this religious
man who caused the City of York to write:
"'King Richard late
mercifully reigning upon us was thrugh grete treason of the duc of
Northefolk and many othre that turned ayenst hyme, with many othre
lordes and nobilles of this north parties, was pitiously slane and
murdred to the grete hevynesse of this citie'"
Yes - I found some
of it very moving too, and was very taken by the number of Leicester's
citizens that lined the roads - and the number of white roses thrown. I
thought the service in the Cathedral was intelligent and moving. I'm
going to need a big box of tissues come Thursday.
Just peeped at
that BBC article Hanibal (thanks for posting). Looks like the
pro-York-burial folk are still very, very angry. If you wanted to be
romantic RIII would be buried in York, and they'd remove his wife, Anne,
from Westminster Abbey to York Minster to be with him. But I'd
rather spend the cash on shelters for the homeless - and I believe that
RIII would understand that.
I'm
glad it's not just me, Joan! I think it's ignorance rather than
anything more sinister. I liked Cardinal Nicholl's reply to a
question about Richard III being a Catholic (intended to discover a
problem I suspect); he simply said 'well he didn't have any
choice'. That's one of the points they regularly miss - being a
Catholic then wasn't a choice between various churches, it was simply
being a Christian. However I agree with you about the service; it
was beautifully done and redressed the balance a good bit.
On the
history I'm pretty agnostic - having been educated in Scotland we
didn't do this period at all, so I didn't grow up knowing there was any
debate. Shakespeare seems to have a lot to answer for - but then
he was a dramatist not an historian.
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I agree - and apparently everyone on my block had terminated their
snow-shoveling contracts because this is what I walked out into this
morning. I'm turning hermit until the sidewalks are either
shoveled or thawed.
The good thing about spring snow storms is that they never survive more than a few days. :)
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Good idea to go hermit Janet - icy pavements can be very unforgiving! :o
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Oh
Helen - I so agree! I think the wrong end of the stick syndrome
is positively painful. Some of the conversation with reference to the
religious side of things was grim. And the bizarre level of interest in
the change of the top level of the church instead of the thoughts that
come to the mind upon the translation of a King's body from a science
lab to a place of holy rest is beyond my ken. I think it's shameful. I
so hope that they will manage a bit better on Thursday.
I've been a
fan of RIII since about age 15. And I have to say that the history side
of it is painful too. We really can mange better history than
this. Between now and Thursday I'd be more than grateful if the tv
programme presenters concentrated on the worthy works of this religious
man who caused the City of York to write:
"'King Richard late
mercifully reigning upon us was thrugh grete treason of the duc of
Northefolk and many othre that turned ayenst hyme, with many othre
lordes and nobilles of this north parties, was pitiously slane and
murdred to the grete hevynesse of this citie'"
Yes - I found some
of it very moving too, and was very taken by the number of Leicester's
citizens that lined the roads - and the number of white roses thrown. I
thought the service in the Cathedral was intelligent and moving. I'm
going to need a big box of tissues come Thursday.
Just peeped at
that BBC article Hanibal (thanks for posting). Looks like the
pro-York-burial folk are still very, very angry. If you wanted to be
romantic RIII would be buried in York, and they'd remove his wife, Anne,
from Westminster Abbey to York Minster to be with him. But I'd
rather spend the cash on shelters for the homeless - and I believe that
RIII would understand that.
I'm
glad it's not just me, Joan! I think it's ignorance rather than
anything more sinister. I liked Cardinal Nicholl's reply to a
question about Richard III being a Catholic (intended to discover a
problem I suspect); he simply said 'well he didn't have any
choice'. That's one of the points they regularly miss - being a
Catholic then wasn't a choice between various churches, it was simply
being a Christian. However I agree with you about the service; it
was beautifully done and redressed the balance a good bit.
On the
history I'm pretty agnostic - having been educated in Scotland we
didn't do this period at all, so I didn't grow up knowing there was any
debate. Shakespeare seems to have a lot to answer for - but then
he was a dramatist not an historian.
I
think Shakespeare pretty much had to say what his patrons wanted - one
of those patrons was Elizabeth I, grand-daughter of Henry VII who
defeated Richard at Bosworth. Henry's own claim to the throne was
pretty shaky so the Tudors were hell bent on blackening Richard's
reputation to help justify his seizing the crown. It's an early
example of spin!
My own reading round the subject has left me
believing that Richard was pretty average for a medieval monarch, no
worse and no better.
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The schoolboy sailors sent to war in an obsolete battleship (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31712158)
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A wonderful way of remembering those lovely boys.
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Interesting.
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Amazing - the life styles that we've been lucky enough to avoid?
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Amazing - the life styles that we've been lucky enough to avoid?
In my case, yes! I'd be dead meat on a stick if I ended up on the Front.
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Amazing - the life styles that we've been lucky enough to avoid?
In my case, yes! I'd be dead meat on a stick if I ended up on the Front.
:o
:o :o now there's a horrid thought! Actually, wouldn't you end up
working for the intelligence department (like Bletchley Park in WW2)?
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:o :o :o now there's a horrid thought! Actually, wouldn't you end
up working for the intelligence department (like Bletchley Park in
WW2)?
Probably yes - I'm not sure how physically fit you had to be for the regular troops.
But if I had the choice, I would definitely take Intelligence.
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A few of you know that I've been doing some work for Penguin
Watch....very exciting news..they can fly. Filmed on 1st April - proof
from the BBC itself ;) ;) ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
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It's still three days until April fools day. Someone's getting an early start ;D
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What - 3 days early? - you're not kidding me are you?! ;) ;D
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;D
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You should have waited a couple more days. I for sure am sharing it on my facebook on April 1st. ;D ;D ;D
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Brilliant video! Thanks, Joan. ;D
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Loved that video! Thanks for posting, Joan
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Brilliant - especially loved the shot of one landing in a tropical tree!
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1,000-year-old onion and garlic eye remedy kills MRSA (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-32117815)
...
It
seems Anglo-Saxon physicians may actually have practiced something
pretty close to the modern scientific method, with its emphasis on
observation and experimentation.
...
Dr Lee said there are many similar medieval books with treatments for what appear to be bacterial infections.
She said this could suggest people were carrying out detailed scientific studies centuries before bacteria were discovered.
...
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And what I say to that is - LISTEN to old wives tales - after all,
they made it to being old! ;D Fantastic story, just wonderful.
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The Ancient Egyptians used honey to treat certain types of wound
infections. It isn't apocryphal, I translated the hieroglyphs
myself on one of my courses!! They distinguished the results from
'closed fractures' (skin unbroken), abrasions over the wound but no
exposed bone and 'open fractures' (fractured bone exposed to the
environment). The abrasions were sometimes treated with honey and
oil. OK, there were a few incantations used but you have to make the
patient feel that the gods were on their side - otherwise known as the
induced placebo response. I quoted some fairly recent articles from
reputable medical journals in my discussion of the papyrus.
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Time and time again, the "uneducated" village herbalist had very
valid concoctions that really worked. They kind of threw a bunch
of stuff together, and if it worked kept every ingredient. So
modern pharmacists have to study which thing is providing the
medication, but they are very real.
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Hey! That was chat number 10000 :o
It's a wonder we get any transcriptions done ;)
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;D
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Well, I certainly do - dunno about the rest of you, though!
Hanibal94 has passed the 300.000 WR mark!
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Look on the bright side, if the rest of us transcribed as much as you do, you wouldn't have anything to brag about ;)
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The
Ancient Egyptians used honey to treat certain types of wound
infections. It isn't apocryphal, I translated the hieroglyphs
myself on one of my courses!! They distinguished the results from
'closed fractures' (skin unbroken), abrasions over the wound but no
exposed bone and 'open fractures' (fractured bone exposed to the
environment). The abrasions were sometimes treated with honey and
oil. OK, there were a few incantations used but you have to make the
patient feel that the gods were on their side - otherwise known as the
induced placebo response. I quoted some fairly recent articles from
reputable medical journals in my discussion of the papyrus.
I'm
VERY impressed by your talent! :D And honey is a well known
remedy - my mother had leg ulcers for weeks until I persuaded her to
use manuka honey dressings - 10 days later - all fixed!
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Hey! That was chat number 10000 :o
It's a wonder we get any transcriptions done ;)
Well - we are clearly great at multi-tasking! ::) ::) ;D
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Look on the bright side, if the rest of us transcribed as much as you do, you wouldn't have anything to brag about ;)
Well,
if everybody transcribed as much as I did, the whole project would have
been done a long time ago, and the scientists would have their sweet
sweet data.
But then we'd all be sitting around with nothing to do until the new ships come (if they ever come...), and I wouldn't have had the time to develop and improve myself through interaction on the forum.
Plus, as Randi said, I wouldn't be special at all, and I wouldn't have anything to brag about.
What the heck, it's OK the way it is. Would be nice to have a few more high-power transcribers, though.
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;D
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Of course you meant to say some scientists would have their data.
All those scientists waiting for the non-meteorological data would be neglected. ;)
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"Would be nice to have a few more high-power transcribers, though."
If I ever get super-bionic fingers I'll be after that Captain's hat of yours Hanibal :D
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Of course you meant to say some scientists would have their data.
All those scientists waiting for the non-meteorological data would be neglected. ;)
Ah yes. I do keep forgetting the history side of the project because it's so boring and dusty HERESY!!! One does not simply insult people for having different preferences!
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"Would be nice to have a few more high-power transcribers, though."
If I ever get super-bionic fingers I'll be after that Captain's hat of yours Hanibal :D
If it's a race you want, Joan, it's a race you'll get!
Go ahead and put some bang where your bark is - if you can!
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The other thing to remember is that, if I remember correctly, the
U.S. Navy made the logs available IF we agreed to transcribe ALL the
miscellaneous events. I think the PTBs convinced them that ALL was
neither necessary nor realistic, so we would just transcribe those that
were noteworthy. In any case, it is possible that if we said we were
doing only the weather, the Navy might not have given them to us at all.
Just saying... :-\
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They did not put stipulations on a full transcription, but I guarantee they WANT a full transcription very much.
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They did not put stipulations on a full transcription, but I guarantee they WANT a full transcription very much.
And they have more and bigger guns than us!!! ;)
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"Would be nice to have a few more high-power transcribers, though."
If I ever get super-bionic fingers I'll be after that Captain's hat of yours Hanibal :D
If it's a race you want, Joan, it's a race you'll get!
Go ahead and put some bang where your bark is - if you can!
;D
;D ;D Hanibal - if I ever find some bang I'll let you know - I think I
may be bang proof from birth (bang suspected to be missing from own gene
pool etc etc) ;) ;D
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They did not put stipulations on a full transcription, but I guarantee they WANT a full transcription very much.
Well
- it occurs to me that, if the database were still open to additional
entries of events later on then those doing the editing of histories
might have the time to add more in. I agree that the planet is quite
happy to be saved asap...but being able to add more details of the
history later would be good - and presumably the Navy just accessing the
edits is not going to be sufficient unto the needs thereof?
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Here's a thought....
The US Navy has 325,143 personnel on
active duty and 107,355 in the Navy Reserve. You would think they could
spare a few people to give us a hand. ;)
Just think, if each of those people did just one WR, collectively they would have done more than Hanibal! ;D
Janet,
you live in Chicago. Maybe when your Commander-in-Chief is next in town
you could suggest it to him. I recall that he's from the Windy City.
You must chat with him now and then. :)
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Sorry to interrupt the current thought thread - and this is not a
penguin take-over, but I thought that this - and it's NOT and April 1st
gag, is quite astonishing:
Full article from ABC TV: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/03/30/4205494.htm
(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201503/r1405433_20116394.jpg)
Penguin and egg. So WHEN are they going to find a galaxy like a ship? :D
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Here's a thought....
The
US Navy has 325,143 personnel on active duty and 107,355 in the Navy
Reserve. You would think they could spare a few people to give us a
hand. ;)
Just think, if each of those people did just one WR, collectively they would have done more than Hanibal! ;D
Janet,
you live in Chicago. Maybe when your Commander-in-Chief is next in town
you could suggest it to him. I recall that he's from the Windy City.
You must chat with him now and then. :)
Brilliant
idea...although the ability of the Patterson Officers to complete a
weather log gives me cause for concern. "Weather direction - Variable,
Wind speed - zero" ::) Is the Navy really up to the
job? :-\
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Joan,
You have a point! :'(
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Then again all we need is a proper training plan..fetch me a
blackboard and chalk, get them sat down in serried ranks of school
desks...we can prevail! 8)
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The
other thing to remember is that, if I remember correctly, the U.S. Navy
made the logs available IF we agreed to transcribe ALL the
miscellaneous events. I think the PTBs convinced them that ALL was
neither necessary nor realistic, so we would just transcribe those that
were noteworthy. In any case, it is possible that if we said we were
doing only the weather, the Navy might not have given them to us at all.
Just saying... :-\
They did not put stipulations on a full transcription, but I guarantee they WANT a full transcription very much.
Scuse me for being overanxious here, but does this all mean it's bad for me to skip almost all the events like I do?
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Nope. As long as at least one person does them. You and Craig can
race ahead on Concord, because Stuart and I will transcribe the Events
as well. (I do more on a given page than he does but, even so, I don't
come close to entering all the data on the events page.)
That's
why I always thought people should have a choice of being WR people,
Events people or both, and the WR pages would be done three times and
the Events pages just once. You and Craig could be WR people and I would
be a "Both" person. If the WR pages were far ahead of the Events page,
then the system would preferentially put me on Events. If the Events
pages were well ahead of the third stream of the WR pages, then the
system would preferentially put me on WRs. People would know that Events
pages were being done just once, so they would take extra care to get
them right.
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Cor - that's a good idea!
I do some events on the Patterson,
but tiny little hints about the geodetic survey seem to be not worth
bothering with - those details must be available in full elsewhere.
Perhaps I ought to be mentioning who went out with which launch of on
their science jaunts? :-\
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First, all our funding comes thru NOAA and climatologists - WRs,
dates and locations remain the only absolutely required data. All
of our data counters are allowed to go on putting out lots of WRs and
skimping on the rest.
Second, the Archives' desires give our
citizen historians full permission to slow down to do any comment
transcriptions they want. Please go on transcribing whatever
history interests you.
Third,
Here's a thought....
The
US Navy has 325,143 personnel on active duty and 107,355 in the Navy
Reserve. You would think they could spare a few people to give us a
hand. ;)
Just think, if each of those people did just one WR, collectively they would have done more than Hanibal! ;D
Janet,
you live in Chicago. Maybe when your Commander-in-Chief is next in town
you could suggest it to him. I recall that he's from the Windy City.
You must chat with him now and then. :)
Oh
how I wish - I'd have to find a chauffeur to get me up into the far
north suburbs the next time he stops at Great Lakes Naval Station.
Anyone here happen to know his travel schedule? ;)
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This may or may not be my last post until April 12th.
I am
leaving for Sweden for Easter vacation with family this evening, and
while the place we're going to supposedly has really good Internet now, I
have not tried it out myself on my own laptop, so I cannot say for sure
whether it will work.
If it works, I will let you know. If not, Happy Easter everybody, see you all on the 12th when I get back.
Gotta go now. My last exam is today - the one from the Math part of my course. It's probability this time.
Hanibal94
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Enjoy your Vacation
Good luck on the exam ;)
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Ah yes. I do keep forgetting the history side of the project because it's so boring and dusty HERESY!!!
Mmm, narrow-minded view, try open up for the views of others. :)
You
keep staring at your own number of weather records, but those who do
(full) transcribing of event pages don't get any credit to show for it,
whilst doing as much, or perhaps even more work than you do.
So your own comparison to others is wonky, to say the least.
If it's a race you want, Joan, it's a race you'll get!
Please remember, it's not a race, it's science. :)
Success with your exam and enjoy your holiday. :D
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Have a good vacation, Hanibal. And share joy with historians
for their discoveries as well as counters like yourself. Both are
doing good work. :)
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Enjoy yourself. Hope the exam goes or went well, depending when you
read this. There are bits of the history which are boring, at least I'm
not having to stand on a stage over the side of the boat with a scraper
or paintbrush in my hand for 4 hours. It doesn't take that long to read
it or even type it and move to something else but it does give a very
definite flavour of life in port for a sailor. The exciting bits
only happen occasionally, interesting bits more often but, especially in
peacetime, life is fairly mundane - bit like housework really.
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Enjoy hour holiday, Hanibal! We'll be here till you get back. And I
imagine you'll probably do well on your probability exam! :D
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Enjoy Sweden Hanibal! Have a good break - we'll miss you.
The exam? The probability of probable success with 'Probability' is high! ;D
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Chances of success are high. ;D
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Chances of success are high. ;D
I think that was what Joan was trying to say. %^)
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Chances of success are high. ;D
I think that was what Joan was trying to say. %^)
Odds are that's more than a possibility!
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Chances of success are high. ;D
I think that was what Joan was trying to say. %^)
Odds are that's more than a possibility!
Maybe 'Yes' Maybe 'No'
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;D ;D ;D
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Good news! I was able to get access to the good Internet here in
Sweden, so I won't be suffering from withdrawal symptoms like last year!
As
to the probability exam - I believe I passed it, because I managed to
answer everything, and while I know now that I did get half of one
question wrong, the rest should still be correct.
Plus, my final
grade for this part of the course isn't just based on this exam - it's
also based on a little programming project I had to do on the
QuickSelect algorithm (Ask Google if you don't know what that is). And I
know I did really well on that project, although I haven't gotten the
grade yet (It will take months before I get them - these professors are
so slow!).
Now to tend to my OW daily quota (Vacation or not, I'm still keeping it up!):
- 1 date (weather and events) each on the Albatross 1884 and Jamestown 1866
- 5 dates on the Concord
- as much as I feel like on the Patterson
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;D
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Hanibal, remember to do some of this:
(http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys%20Summer/1lg144palmshammock.gif)
(I know, Sweden doesn't have palm trees - substitute appropriate supports. ;) )
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Hanibal: check out this thread:
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.msg106369#msg106369
(Hint: try reply #10041)
It's very good advice!
;D ;D ;D
PS - glad the exam went well :D
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Saturday?s lunar eclipse will be total, but brief
(https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/saturday%E2%80%99s-lunar-eclipse-will-be-total-brief)
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Nothing in the UK though!!...oh dear I'll have to stay in bed at 4.01 a.m. ;) ;D
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I wouldn't help me to wake up at 3am because we have thick clouds with the possibility of light snow. :(
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(http://0.tqn.com/d/webclipart/1/5/G/K/6/Easter-Egg-Boat.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D Fab floating bunnies!
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/540/dWWNmr.jpg) greetings to you all
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MjTHNAcVquA/VR8Db7iX3tI/AAAAAAAACIk/l9J3wg35neU/w827-h387-no/Easter.JPG)
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Happy Easter Old Weather!!
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Happy Easter to you all - joy and peace and new life be yours.
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(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9cqZUceaNIs/hqdefault.jpg)
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Happy Easter everybody!
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter!
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I'm just needing to say, please send good wishes and prayers to
northeastern Illinois - a supercell storm spawning multiple tornados has
traveled thru about 80 miles of countryside and small towns about 50
miles north and west of Chicago. This is mostly rural farm country
dotted with small towns, and they are far enough removed from the Lake
to be have storm cellars and safe rooms. Much damage an injury in
the towns, so far 1 confirmed death in the town of Fairdale. Also
up to 4 inches of rain and hail.
This is downright scary. The good news, it was no where near densely populated cities.
(http://s6.postimg.org/vbka4m0dp/Illinois_tornado_April_2015.jpg?noCache=1428637208)
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Done ;)
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Acidic oceans helped fuel extinction (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32236676)
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Hi Janet,
I was thinking of you and all the
other people in Tornado Alley last evening when we heard the news about
the tornadoes. You definitely were in our prayers.
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Thank you, Michael, the amazing news is that there are still only
1 dead 2 dead and 11 injured 25 injured, 1 seriously. Everyone got themselves into storm cellars fast enuf.
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Terrible weather out in the US - glad to hear that the damage has
not been worse -but sad to lose any life or finds someone damaged by it.
Stay safe! :)
Randi - amazing article about acidic oceans...that's pretty scary too! :-\ :(
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The Illinois storm made it to the UK news (briefly) - some truly
terrifying pictures. I can't imagine what it's like to live in a
place with such extreme weather - but as you say, they are prepared for
it with storm cellars and the like.
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The Midwest and Great Plains are wonderful and plentiful
lands. No one has ever called any part of them "gentle". We
just grow up living with it.
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Source of puzzling cosmic signals found - in the kitchen
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/source-puzzling-cosmic-signals-found-kitchen)
;D
link repaired ;)
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The proof that there is Intelligent Life on other planets is the
fact that they have NOT tried to contact us!! ::) ;)
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;D
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+15 C and sunny! I can't believe it! The snow's almost gone! I even
saw a crocus in bloom and the daffodils are pushing up. Time to get out
the bike. :) :) :)
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Cooling down here.
Next week going on a months holiday to Hawaii to warm up. :D
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Source
of puzzling cosmic signals found - in the kitchen
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/source-puzzling-cosmic-signals-found-kitchen)
;D
link repaired ;)
Cor!
That's me done with opening the door without stopping it first. 1) I
don't fancy being fried and 2) I don't cook enough for Martian visitors
to come to dinner :o ::) ;D
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Cooling down here.
Next week going on a months holiday to Hawaii to warm up. :D
Stuart
- just head up here - it's been scorching the last few days. Really
needed the old sun tan lotion! Then again, compared to Hawaii, we
don't do much in the way of grass skirts in Kidlington. ::) ;D
(Have fun!)
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Thanks Joan.
Glad to hear you have had some good weather for a change and so early in the season.
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Pygmy goats race in Oxford Cambridge Goat Race (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-32264655)
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/82255000/jpg/_82255426_82250447.jpg)
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Pygmy goats race in Oxford Cambridge Goat Race (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-32264655)
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/82255000/jpg/_82255426_82250447.jpg)
:o
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Fantastic! Strangely enough the
Univ website didn't feature this (I wonder why? ::) ) which is a
great pity. Did Cambridge win I wonder? They'd need a compensation prize
after getting such a comprehensive thrashing on Saturday. :o ( ;D
)
OH! just read the article...5 out of 5 races won for the Dark Blues. (hehehehehe!)
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That must have got Cambridge's goat ;D (sorry about that :D).
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;D Nice one Craig!
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Quit acting the goat, Craig!
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Don't worry, Craig.
Hanibal94 is just kidding.
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Evidence of liquid water found on Mars
Curiosity's landing site of Gale Crater was once home to a lake (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32287609)
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Don't worry, Craig.
Hanibal94 is just kidding.
Groooooooooan ;) ;D ;D
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Don't worry, Craig.
Hanibal94 is just kidding.
Randi, That was just plain Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!! ;)
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Don't worry, Craig.
Hanibal94 is just kidding.
Thanks, Randi. I was feeling a bit sheepish about it. :D Perhaps I can volunteer for ship's mascot. ;D
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Or ewe could volunteer to help them ram their way through the ice ;D
I fear someone will lambast us if we keep this going much longer.
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Or ewe could volunteer to help them ram their way through the ice ;D
I fear someone will lambast us if we keep this going much longer.
You people goatta stop this silliness! >:( ;)
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The US Google Doodle today is fun - 155th anniversary of the Pony express. And they made it a game. :)
https://www.google.com/doodles/155th-anniversary-of-the-pony-express
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The US Google Doodle today is fun - 155th anniversary of the Pony express. And they made it a game. :)
https://www.google.com/doodles/155th-anniversary-of-the-pony-express
I got 79 out of 100 on my first try. Some of it was a challenge even for me!
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I got 16 pieces of mail- but I got lots of cactus spines,
several sore heads, a few lasso burns, and one flump of snow...BEAT
THAT! yessssssss :P ;D
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;D
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A grand total of 5, plus lots of everything else - lassooed, thrown
into cacti, barrels of water, thrown off, and a lot of snow until I
learnt to recognize the warning signs. I'm just not fast enough!
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Know what you mean Helen. My horse was hoarse with telling me off
when I rode into every fence, rock, tree and pond ::)
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I'm surprised the horse let me back on again after the way I treated it!
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;D ;D ;D
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In reply 9982 about the schoolboy sailors. I believe a number of
them were killed when the armored cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue
were sunk by the German submarine U9. Ten were assigned to the HMS
Monmouth but they were transferred off St Vincent to the HMS Carnarvon
one of the ships we did the logs of. Lucky for them the Monmouth was
sunk with all hands in the battle of Coronel. One of the boys won the
DSC at age 15 during the Anzac landings. making him the youngest
recipient of this award. I understand right after 9/11 a warship of the
RN was sent to join the US Navy for operations against Afganistan had a
16 year old female sailor on board. They offered to send her home but
she refused.
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There is nothing at all wrong with the courage and patriotism of the
young, male or female. It just hurts us a little more when they
are killed.
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At least one boy sailor won the VC, in his case at the Battle of Jutland. His memorial is in Chester Cathedral.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cornwell
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What an amazing story. And great words on his monument. But so sad to have so little time in this world. :'(
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I split off Hermione - Replica 18th Century French frigate
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4340.0) so we can keep
track of it ;)
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Breathing poison in the world's most polluted city (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32352722)
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Oh good grief - reminds me of Middlesborough years ago when they
tolerated dirty on the basis of 'where's there's muck there's brass'.
But even Redcar wasn't as bad as Delhi!
Hope they get sorted out - soon :o
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Now that is something that is going to absolutely kill tourism. What horror for the residents.
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Happy birthday Janet, from the wandering moderator. ;D
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Happy Birthday
Janet
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r82TVNoNtTc/TF7EJs8D16I/AAAAAAAABrY/o1ALB63DwNU/s1600/birthday+cat.JPG)
You'd better hurry if you want some cake ;)
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:D :D Happy birthday Janet ! :D :D
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All the best, Janet!
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Thank you all - Randi, we will just have to cut the kitty his own (nibbled on) slice.
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Have a great birthday, Janet!
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Also,
Happy Earth Day, Everyone!
(http://www.bdtrends.com/images/news/20140331/large/free-earth-day-animated-clip-art-1.jpg)
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Happy birthday, Janet - hope you enjoy the cake and the earth (and any cats which may be around)
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Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Janet....
Happy Birthday to you!!!!
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Happy Birthday Janet
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Happy Birthday Janet! :D :D :D
Here's something for the top of your birthday cat cake ;D
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/538/JbfWAF.jpg)
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I've subjected myself to the scrutiny of Google's Earth Day Quiz and am
proud daunted to report that I came out as :
"You're
a mantis shrimp! Mysterious and beautiful, you?re not afraid to use
your powerful claws to attack, stun and dismember prey"
::) ;D
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I am somewhat confused because I got this:
"You're a pangolin!The practical sort, you know just when to curl up into a ball to thwart predators."
Umm... okay?
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So did I, Hanibal - beats a wooly mammoth any day. According
to Wiki, they are unique mammals who live quiet lives in the warm
tropics. :)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Tree_Pangolin.JPG)
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;D You might be mystified by yours Hanibal - but I'm
sticking with the first half of mine, 'mysterious and beautiful'.
Yeh! ;) :D
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Happy Birthday, Janet (or is that Pangolin?)
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Janet
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Jaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family!
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Thank you all - yes it has been a happy day. :)
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So
did I, Hanibal - beats a wooly mammoth any day. According to
Wiki, they are unique mammals who live quiet lives in the warm
tropics. :)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Tree_Pangolin.JPG)
And
guess who's a wooly mammoth! Hmmmm. However, think how wonderful
the world will be when I'm cloned and there's lots more of me to work on
OW... ;D
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I personally deeply respect woolly mammoths. I just don't want to fit one into my studio apartment. ;D
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Citizen Science conference - including 'studying those involved'. London May 11 ish:
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/getting-involved/special-interest-groups/citizen-science/
Anyone we know going?
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Happy Birthday, Janet!
Sorry I am a day late!
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At my age, plus or minus a day doesn't matter much. Life is
more to be enjoyed than scheduled. Thank you. :)
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On holiday at the moment at Dale Fort Field Centre
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Fort) on a peninsula in Milford
Haven. Those who were here for Phase 1 & 2 might have 'seen' it in
the logs, although I think they usually just mentioned St. Ann's Head
Light at the actual entrance to Milford Haven. Boat trip to Skomer
tomorrow, hopefully there will be puffins!
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Oh, COME ON!
Just when I had finished typing in the last WR
on a 24 WR page, a window popped up asking me to restart the computer to
configure some Windows updates - and with the "Restart Now" button
highlighted!
So I hit the Enter key before I could stop myself,
meaning that instead of adding the WR to the page, I restarted the
computer and lost all my progress on a 24 WR page!
(http://static.businessinsider.com/image/52a626436bb3f70905327d8a/image.jpg)
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(http://www.smileys4me.com/getsmiley.php?show=243)
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I really, really hate it when they do that - it's the assumption
that nothing can possibly be more important than whatever they want you
to do NOW.
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Janet - really cool smiley - love it 8)
Hanibal. Reap
your revenge..send them a separate customer query for each and every
lost entry (that's about 240 per page isn't it?) OR
just remember
that if Jung's Theory of the Communal Subconscious is true, you can
simply think them into a tizzy at their end. Serves them right.
>:( ;D
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LOVE that smiley, Janet! Thanks for finding it - I totally feel that way sometimes!
And
also, I second what Helen said. Same thing for when an antivirus report
saying "Your computer is clean. No threats detected" pops up while I'm
typing out a WR - that always throws me off track, and I have to close
the report, switch back to OW and fix what I missed before going on. If
you didn't detect any threats, then DON'T INTERRUPT ME, YOU DUMB THING!
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The one that gets me is when Windows has updated - and it always
seems to take ages - and I have started to set up all my workspace. It
always seems to be one of the last programs to open and you get a
message to restart AGAIN so that it can load the necessary fix to allow
it to work with the Windows updates.
It's on occasions like that
when I feel sympathy for the bloke who shot his computer. Not
possessing a gun it would be either a bath of water or dropping it off a
high structure.
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This story puts our gripes with computers into perspective
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31712158
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Gallipoli news on the Beeb... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32432725
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From Joan's BBC article: World War One's forgotten Anzacs: The
Indigenous Army (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-32281865)
Very moving.
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The
one that gets me is when Windows has updated - and it always seems to
take ages - and I have started to set up all my workspace. It always
seems to be one of the last programs to open and you get a message to
restart AGAIN so that it can load the necessary fix to allow it to work
with the Windows updates.
It's on occasions like that when I feel
sympathy for the bloke who shot his computer. Not possessing a
gun it would be either a bath of water or dropping it off a high
structure.
I
have my Mac set to only search for updates when I ASK it to. I usually
do that at the beginning of the month. If Apple finds something it
thinks is 'very important' it asks for permission (Is now a good time to
do this?!) BEFORE even attempting to download the data! One of
the reasons 'I'm a Mac, I don't do Windows.' ;)
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You can configure Windows to do that too.
I have Windows configured to notify me but not to install.
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You can configure Windows to do that too.
I have Windows configured to notify me but not to install.
That's
how it works with me - but these updates were classified as "Optional",
so I couldn't just wait until it was time to shut the PC down and let
them install themselves. I had to start it manually.
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Another small interruption from PenguinWatch...catch a load of this!
Even the penguins look a little impressed - and they are one tough
crowd to please! What a sunset...
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/480x360q90/911/WSyxib.jpg)
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Gorgeous colors there. :)
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There is an opportunity to chart the damage from the Nepal
Earthquake for rescuers. Given the terrain, I'm sure this will
give them help.
http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/nepal_earthquake_2015/map/3f6xhy3s
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There
is an opportunity to chart the damage from the Nepal Earthquake for
rescuers. Given the terrain, I'm sure this will give them help.
http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/nepal_earthquake_2015/map/3f6xhy3s
Thanks for posting this link, Janet.
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While trying to bookmark the Tomnod link, it seems that Google Chrome have decided to update how bookmarks work. :'(
It
now seems to want me to "Star" pages rather than bookmark them.
Viewing starred pages presents a bewildering array of pages in no
apparent order. Thankfully it does not seem to have messed up
existing bookmarks. And starring something does seem to add it to
the Bookmarks bar, but just at the end - it is not giving me the option
of choosing a folder to put it in. If anyone can work out how to
just bookmark pages like I could before, please enlighten me!
Edit:
After Googling Google Chrome Bookmarks it seems you can do it from the
Tools menu, or by pressing Ctrl+D. I suppose I will get used to
it, but it seems a lot more complicated. And I have now had to
bookmark "Bookmark a Webpage - Chrome Help" and "Manage Bookmarks -
Chrome Help" until I've got to grips with this. Chrome has also
set up Auto Folders for me in addition to the ones I have set up for
myself. Like they would know where I want to put stuff!
>:(
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Happy Firefox user ;)
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I ran into that some time ago, and hate it. But there are a few work-arounds.
In
the dropdown you get when you click the little yellow star (see
attached screen cap) whether or not the star is yellow, click "Add to
folder" and they will give you a list of all your current folders.
Pick one, or click the little arrow on the right to see any of their
subfolders. Choose where you want it to go. (Clicking "view
all bookmarked items" in that drop down opens the bookmark
manager.)
Open Bookmark Manager, and click the little gear
icon in the upper right corner. Under 'View' check 'List' instead
of 'Tiles'.
You see all of the bookmarked sites unorganized
only while "all items" in the left sidebar is selected. Get out of
that immediately by selecting one of your folders, which includes
BookBar.
Then in the left sidebar, select Bookmarks Bar and select and move any extra sites into their desired folders.
If
you want to alphabetize the bookmarks inside any folder, that option is
under the gear icon and not in the right-click drop-down.
NOTE:
I totally ignore all the auto-folders they are starting for me, I find
them wildly random with none of my preferred organization. And
they do not steal anything out of my created folders, thank goodness.
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Happy Firefox user ;)
Me too! :) :) :)
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Happy Firefox user ;)
Me too! :) :) :)
Me
three! I've been going through a bunch of annoyances with Chrome - I
hate the way the page jumps up and down whenever you backtab, and I
didn't like having to see my most-frequently-visited sites whenever I
opened a new tab.
But this bookmark problem is the last straw - I'm switching over to Firefox now, both at home and at work.
I have imported my bookmarks and browser history from Chrome, and deleted everything on that - history, cookies, the whole lot.
I'm keeping it as a backup browser just in case, but I do not intend to use it again anytime soon.
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Me four. :) Morning all. Forecast top of 11C, with rain. Spring, huh?
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me five. That jumpy thing that you mentioned Hanibal - did my head in completely.
I
had trouble with Firefox a few months back but now it seems good.
Though I've noticed, but perhaps this is just the 'Patterson Effect',
that the drop down boxes sometimes include the stuff that should be in
another box ( and NO it's not me putting the wrong stuff in the wrong
box :o ;D )
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I'm getting used to Firefox, but it's going well - I imported all my
Chrome bookmarks, and the most important of my extensions.
One difference I noticed at once is that if you scroll up and down, the screen flows instead of jumping like Chrome.
But it's no big deal. I can manage fine.
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I am prepared to forgive Chrome quite a lot because I find Sheen so
useful! I really can't go back to Firefox unless there is an
equivalent app. But it is so annoying when something that was
working fine is messed up! The Auto Folders might be good for a
laugh, and maybe they work OK for people who mainly use the internet for
social media and shopping. But I understand that Chrome is used
quite extensively by businesses and is the most popular after IE. I
wouldn't think these changes would work very well for these users.
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Hopefully they won't ;)
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As far as I'm concerned, the auto-folders are invisible. I
refuse to use them, and they never intrude on my created folders. I
don't care what Google thinks they should do.
And I have figured
out now how to make the bookmarks manager to work for me, same as the
old one. So I'm back being comfortable.
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I'm sticking with Safari! (They do make one for PC's also.)
I use Chrome only for some of the video links that my older version of Safari won't load.
(To
'upgrade' Safari to a newer version would require an OS update which
would 'kill' a couple programs I have much time and effort invested in
and which I volunteer on the Help Desk for.) :P
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Do they offer a pith hat and mosquito netting with this browser, Dean? ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nope! Just a way to search the Internet - the Serengeti - any maybe find a few mosquitos along the way! 8)
I could make several comments about pith helmets but since this is a family spot.............. :o
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Here's an interesting animated graphic from NASA. I'm assuming
we've been adding to this data, especially the last topic. :)
Climate Time Machine
(http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate-time-machine) - This
series of visualizations shows how some of Earth's key climate
indicators are changing over time.
the annual Arctic sea ice minimum from 1979 to 2014.
sea level rise
changes in the concentration and distribution of carbon dioxide from 2002-2009
changing global surface temperatures from 1884 to 2014
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That graphic is wonderful for putting all those equations and
numbers into something dramatic and easily understood. Almost as good as
throwing a snowball in the U.S. Senate. :'(
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The US Congress - both houses - are not in my good books right now. But they might be able to understand this.
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I still insist that the opposite of PROgress is CONgress!!!!!!! ::)
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I sincerely wish I could disagree, but I can't. :)
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If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around and it hits a Congressman... does anyone care?
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;D
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;D ;D ;D
(got any trees to throw at the UK elections? PLEEEEEEASE... ::) )
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Thank your lucky stars you aren't in Scotland - we've only just got
over the Referendum AND I think we've got Holyrood next year.
I
don't know how the Americans cope with Presidential's every 4 years and
then the mid-term. Do they ever get respite from campaigning.
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;D ;D ;D
(got any trees to throw at the UK elections? PLEEEEEEASE... ::) )
Amen, amen! :D
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I
don't know how the Americans cope with Presidential's every 4 years and
then the mid-term. Do they ever get respite from campaigning.
Unfortunately,
no. Used to be, all the national level campaigning started only a
year before the 4 year election, mid-term elections never involved
anyone above the state level. It has badly overgrown since then.
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I still insist that the opposite of PROgress is CONgress!!!!!!! ::)
I suppose one could always EGRESS, or do I digress? ;D
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;D ;D ;D
(got any trees to throw at the UK elections? PLEEEEEEASE... ::) )
Amen, amen! :D
At least we have a small respite today, in the shape of the Royal baby!
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Has the next incumbent of the royal list arrived? I should pay more tax now in support.... ::)
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Yes, indeed - Prince Harry's just been shunted back to 5th in line. It's a girl, by the way.
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Oh! (I'm sure harry won't care at all ;) )
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;D ;D ;D
(got any trees to throw at the UK elections? PLEEEEEEASE... ::) )
How about some Ents? Would that help?
Just make sure to return them by summer 2016 so that we Americans have them for the presidential election!
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Hello from an annoyingly cloudy La Silla Observatory
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory), in Chile! Today's
weather:
| Hour | Wind | Force | Barom. | Dry Bulb (F) | Wet Bulb (F) | Weather | Clouds | Coverage |
| 5pm | NNE | 4 | 22.67 | 52 | 40 | bc | Cir | 9 |
I think I win with my pressure reading ;)
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You win, Danny. :o
I hope the clouds break for you.
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;D ;D ;D
(got any trees to throw at the UK elections? PLEEEEEEASE... ::) )
How about some Ents? Would that help?
Just make sure to return them by summer 2016 so that we Americans have them for the presidential election!
Consider it a done deal! ;D
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Hello
from an annoyingly cloudy La Silla Observatory
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory), in Chile! Today's
weather:
| Hour | Wind | Force | Barom. | Dry Bulb (F) | Wet Bulb (F) | Weather | Clouds | Coverage |
| 5pm | NNE | 4 | 22.67 | 52 | 40 | bc | Cir | 9 |
I think I win with my pressure reading ;)
22.67 - that IS impressive! Don't get too light-headed!
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You've got to watch all those dangerous lows.
And ents sound like a superb idea to break up the usual election mess. I'm looking forward to seeing them in action.
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Orcs might be more appropriate.
Hope you get clear skies, Danny!
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Orcs might be more appropriate.
I don't think so. They smell.
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Hello
from an annoyingly cloudy La Silla Observatory
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory), in Chile! Today's
weather:
| Hour | Wind | Force | Barom. | Dry Bulb (F) | Wet Bulb (F) | Weather | Clouds | Coverage |
| 5pm | NNE | 4 | 22.67 | 52 | 40 | bc | Cir | 9 |
I think I win with my pressure reading ;)
8) Hope the clouds are clearing!
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Hello
from an annoyingly cloudy La Silla Observatory
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory), in Chile! Today's
weather:
| Hour | Wind | Force | Barom. | Dry Bulb (F) | Wet Bulb (F) | Weather | Clouds | Coverage |
| 5pm | NNE | 4 | 22.67 | 52 | 40 | bc | Cir | 9 |
I think I win with my pressure reading ;)
8) Hope the clouds are clearing!
They
cleared about 2am local time yesterday - although before that I was
having great fun watching how the weather system off the coast, the
humidity, and the pressure were interacting to form clouds right above
us!
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Here's something cool I heard about: The USGS map collection just got a lot easier to use.
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/amazing-collection-historical-maps-just-got-easier-see/
I bet a lot of our members would be interested in this.
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Here's something cool I heard about: The USGS map collection just got a lot easier to use.
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/amazing-collection-historical-maps-just-got-easier-see/
I bet a lot of our members would be interested in this.
I'll copy this post into the EO, Hanibal. Thanks.
Note:
old maps are mostly within the lower 48 states on this. Marine
charts are still held by NOAA's Coast Survey historical collection
(http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/search).
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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/82789000/jpg/_82789411_tuvulu3_cut.jpg)
An artwork that gets your feet wet is about to be unveiled in Venice at the 56th International Biennale.
It's
the national pavilion of the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which will
be one of the first places in the world to disappear if sea levels
continue to rise. (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32598360)
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That should frighten all of us bigger nations who have cities at sea level - potent warnings.
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It should. :(
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Yep, pretty much. http://gcaptain.com/oceans-wrath-summed-up-in-four-epic-minutes-video/
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Hello
from an annoyingly cloudy La Silla Observatory
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory), in Chile! Today's
weather:
| Hour | Wind | Force | Barom. | Dry Bulb (F) | Wet Bulb (F) | Weather | Clouds | Coverage |
Newcastle Brown Beer bottles had RUST around the cap rim.
I think I win with my pressure reading ;)
8) Hope the clouds are clearing!
They
cleared about 2am local time yesterday - although before that I was
having great fun watching how the weather system off the coast, the
humidity, and the pressure were interacting to form clouds right above
us!
I
left sydney in a 4mtr mean wave height just before they closed the
harbour and left three cruise ships out at sea for a few days.
Arrived in Wellington, NZ to an earth tremour.
Does that rate a mention on the weather stakes?
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Do you find a little black cloud hovering over your head? If not, then it is just your luck. :)
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I
left sydney in a 4mtr mean wave height just before they closed the
harbour and left three cruise ships out at sea for a few days.
Arrived in Wellington, NZ to an earth tremour.
Does that rate a mention on the weather stakes?
Sounds like an eventful trip - have fun!
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Awhile back there was a reply about midshipmen lost when HMS Goliath
was sunk well one of the Midshipmen survived and wrote a book about his
experiences which is on archive.org "From Dartmouth to the
Dardennelles".
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I
left sydney in a 4mtr mean wave height just before they closed the
harbour and left three cruise ships out at sea for a few days.
Arrived in Wellington, NZ to an earth tremour.
Does that rate a mention on the weather stakes?
A little more exciting! However, last night our wind force was a definite "8" - it's fun walking around in that...
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Danny, i know just what your saying. ;D
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Happy Mother's Day!
(https://derpicdn.net/img/2013/5/11/321866/full.png)
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BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tkllh) for this week looks
interesting. The Weather Experiment
(http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/the-weather-experiment/9781448155972)
by Peter Moore, about the history of meterorology.
The first part should be available on iplayer later today.
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Awwww- nice one Hanibal! We had mom's day over here a few weeks back. Hope you gave your mum a big hug :D
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BBC
Radio 4's Book of the Week (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tkllh)
for this week looks interesting. The Weather Experiment
(http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/the-weather-experiment/9781448155972)
by Peter Moore, about the history of meterorology.
The first part should be available on iplayer later today.
Yes,
I'm looking forward to this - "Book of the Week" (the 12.30am repeat)
is part of my regular going-to-bed routine. Should segue nicely
into the Shipping Forecast. 8)
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Awwww- nice one Hanibal! We had mom's day over here a few weeks back. Hope you gave your mum a big hug :D
I did, yes - and that's not all.
Last year, I used the picture above to make her a sweet card for her 50th birthday,and she really liked it.
So for this year, I made another one:
To the one who gives me hope
when all seems lost.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/134/e/4/some_days____by_fillyfooler-d4zsvjm.jpg)
I love you, Mom.
Happy Mother's Day.
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Wonderful!
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Sounds like you are lucky in your mom, and she is lucky to have you. :)
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Sounds like you are lucky in your mom, and she is lucky to have you. :)
As are we!!!!
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Sounds like you are lucky in your mom, and she is lucky to have you. :)
As are we!!!!
And so say I! :) :) :)
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Sounds like you are lucky in your mom, and she is lucky to have you. :)
YES.
A major problem for many young people on the autistic spectrum is that their parents don't understand autism.
So these kids don't get the help they need, which just makes the whole situation worse.
But
in my case, my mom went and read a bunch of books and newspaper
articles and stuff on autism and Asperger Syndrome. She was able to
figure out my problems, and help me overcome them - a process that is
still ongoing, because this is something that cannot be cured.
Gotta
admit, when I look back at my past self and some of the horrible ways I
acted at the time, I feel totally ashamed. I have no idea how Mom
managed to put up with it all.
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She managed because she is a Mom.
Doesn't mean you don't owe her a lifetime of thanks. :)
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Part of the reward is seeing you grow into someone who has so much
more insight into his own behaviour and its effect on others including
her. The fact that you care enough to create a card for her and
that you realise it will give her pleasure I'm sure also gives her a
sense of achievement. You are you, and you are as you are, but
that doesn't mean you can't grow into someone who is much easier to live
with.
But you and your mother are proof that, although autism is
a state of being, the way this is managed can achieve very positive
results for you, her, and the rest of society.
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Beautifully put, Rosemary.
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Doesn't mean you don't owe her a lifetime of thanks. :)
Too true!
Part
of the reward is seeing you grow into someone who has so much more
insight into his own behaviour and its effect on others including
her. The fact that you care enough to create a card for her and
that you realise it will give her pleasure I'm sure also gives her a
sense of achievement. You are you, and you are as you are, but
that doesn't mean you can't grow into someone who is much easier to live
with.
But you and your mother are proof that, although autism is
a state of being, the way this is managed can achieve very positive
results for you, her, and the rest of society.
Wow... that was deep. Thanks Rosemary - reading those words made me feel warm inside.
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I agree with Rosemary - you have become a very nice man. 8)
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I agree with Rosemary - you have become a very nice man. 8)
And I'll second that, very happily :D
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And I'm in on thirding it .... :D
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Me too!!
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FIY
Tomnod has just received new images taken after the latest
earthquake in Nepal. The search for damaged areas needs to start
from scratch again.
http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/nepal_earthquake_2015/map/3m5x8y52
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oh my goodness me - I never heard of Tomnod before - that's a powerfully wonderful thing :o :-*
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I like getting email for when they are starting a new search, it feels useful.
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http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-study-shows-antarctica-s-larsen-b-ice-shelf-nearing-its-final-act#
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oh dear that's just so depressing... :( :( :'(
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Not a good time to buy property in Florida. :(
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Morning all and a BIG happy birthday to DJ. ;D
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Happy Birthday
DJ
(http://rlv.zcache.co.uk/ham_radio_man_cave_birthday_card_customize_it-r788fa063331e4a1aa9176bd0b7404933_xvuak_8byvr_324.jpg)
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Happy Birthday, DJ!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R8Xavmyqwas/VHtVrBkVVEI/AAAAAAAABnk/O7_i7S0YBGU/w687-h456-no/Happy_Birthday_Cake.jpg)
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Happy Birthday DJ!!!
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/538/JvS6pf.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/eyJvS6pfj)
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Happy Birthday, DJ!!
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::) ;D
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Happy Birthday, DJ, from me, too.!!!
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And from me too!
Please do drop in sometime! It's a pity you aren't around nearly as much as in the past!
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Trapping humidity out of fog in Chile (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32515558)
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Neat! I have read about that sort of thing before in Africa but this
is has more potential because of the unlimited sea water.
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Thanks for the cool birthday wishes. :) I appreciate that.
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For those interested in trees then this pic may be for you.
After 32 days and stitching together 126 separate photos, we are left with this breathtaking portrait of The President.
"The
President" is one of those trees. The giant sequoia stands 247 feet
tall, measures 45,000 cubic feet in volume, and is an estimated 3,200
years old.
The trunk is 27 feet wide and the his mighty branches hold 2 billion needles, the most of any tree on the planet.
On top of that, he still adds one cubic meter of wood per year - making him one of the fastest growing trees in the world.
(http://toco.distractify.com/postimage/201409/41/de19747bcbd79ad457971fa173f4952e_970x.jpg)
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Whew!!
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Whew!!
;D
Great photo of an amazing tree!
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Whew!!
;D
Great photo of an amazing tree!
Oh, yes. :)
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WW2 not WW1 but a civilian Navy collaboration which actually worked.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32821805
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Thanks!
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It's wonderful to see those 'little ships' setting out to sea again. :)
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Some of you may have already read about this interview with Prof
Dame Julia Slingo, the chief scientist at the Met Office but here it is
in case you haven't.
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/05/the-carbon-brief-interview-prof-dame-julia-slingo-obe/?utm_source=Weekly+Carbon+Briefing&utm_campaign=35afe37dcf-Carbon_Brief_Weekly_230415&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3ff5ea836a-35afe37dcf-303420325
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She did mention 'historical data' as being useful and an active
field of interest for the Met Office so even if we didn't get a public
mention we can give ourselves a pat on the back.
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One for Randi
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;D - I've seen that one ;)
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First time I have seen one of these. (at Pearl Harbor)
Pity it was in a reflective plastic case.
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Interesting, not only has the ship image been updated over the 18
years between the 2 certificates, but the verbosity is greatly
reduced. :)
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the Quintinshill rail disaster,
the deadliest rail accident in UK history. Slack working practises
resulted in local passenger train being hit by two express trains, one a
fully loaded troop train, with a total of three passenger trains and
two goods trains being destroyed. The disaster resulted in approximately
226 deaths (the number is uncertain due to the severity of the
accident).
The National Archives have an article on the incident,
which also discusses the rather strange public reaction when those
involved were given prison sentences:
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/centenary-quintinshill-rail-disaster/
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:o
A very interesting read Danny, thanks for sharing it!
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Interesting indeed.
Perhaps after 31 similar accidents in 12.5
years the Board of Trade decided that they had to do something since the
railways hadn't :-\
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A program about the Quintinshill crash is available on the Beeb's iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05vqx7v/britains-deadliest-rail-disaster-quintinshill
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It is a disgrace that those in power can turn a blind eye to all the
warnings that occur, and remain at large whilst those left toiling
under poor direction and review pay the heaviest price. Whomever
was responsible for allowing bad practices to exist should surely have
received the highest penalty? I hope those people understood their
guilt.
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A program about the Quintinshill crash is available on the Beeb's iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05vqx7v/britains-deadliest-rail-disaster-quintinshill
I watched it last night, it's very interesting.
They
showed a similar carriage to the ones that would have been used by the
troop train - out-dated at the time but brought back into use as they
needed extra rolling stock to transport all the troops. It was mostly
wooden construction and had massive gas canisters strapped under the
carriage to provide the lighting, no wonder the fire was so terrible.
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Interesting indeed.
Perhaps
after 31 similar accidents in 12.5 years the Board of Trade decided
that they had to do something since the railways hadn't :-\
It
was even worse in the 19th century - it took a long time to convince
railways that just blindly sending trains one after the other, after
waiting a suitable time interval, was not a good way to avoid trains
running into each other!
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The great 'Mars bake-off' begins (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32847369)
Public webcams mean you'll be able to follow the assembly of the Mars rover from anywhere in the world
Neat idea!
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Just to change the subject... I have seen this at least half a dozen times on the Concord in the last month or so of ship time:
Sent whale boat ashore for sand.
Sometimes
they have to send the crew armed because of hostilities, so the sand is
important. Why are they getting sand every few days? Are they making
Japanese sand gardens to help with PTSD? Bulking up the morning oatmeal
to stretch out supplies? ;)
Curious mind needs to know...
I am reading Two Years Before the Mast,
and they use sand when holystoning the deck - quote under Holystone in
the OWpedia
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3209.msg52138#msg52138).
The Wiki article also mentions the use of sand and water with the
holystone.
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Well Holy doly Randi I think you have the answer. ;D
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Interesting, first Earthquake I have heard of in the UK, (mind you, I have been away for 43 yrs)
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-05/22/kent-earthquake-2015-quiz
(http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-05/22/kent-earthquake-2015-quiz)
Take the quiz for interesting info.
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There was an earthquake right where I live about a month ago - and I felt it!
(The following was in German, I ran it through Google translate and corrected some stuff, but not all of it)
Leipzig.
One of the strongest earthquakes in eastern Germany for several decades
has shaken the region Halle-Leipzig on Thursday. By international
standards, it was with a thickness from 3.3 to 3.6. Damage was not
initially known. In Merseburg Castle, the seat of the administration of
the Saale circle, it wobbled slightly, reported the Office. In Leipzig
computers and glasses in the cupboard vibrated according to the
"Leipziger Volkszeitung" (online edition). The quake was felt also in
Thuringia.
The State Agency for Geology and Mining Saxony-Anhalt
reported a vibration of thickness 3.6 around 8:38 o'clock. It was one of
the strongest earthquakes in recent decades in East Germany. The
epicenter was located about 15 kilometers southeast of Halle, the quake
center in a depth of about 22 kilometers. The region lies near the
tectonic fault zone Leipzig-Regensburg.
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Lest we forget.
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Amen.
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It seems that some parts of the US have extreme weather. Hope all
our US transcribers are safe and that the emergency services manage to
rescue the people affected by the floods.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32867226
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So far, it has been a miserable year for the south and the west. In different ways. Thank you.
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I say 'amen' to that too :)
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Please - can anyone point me to a short discussion (but hot) we had
about a video of a lecturer talking about the virtues of OldWeather
Forum compared to problems that arose with War Diaries (she referred to
'faux historians')
Thanks so much,
Joan
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this one, Joan? I searched for "faux"
DAILY ZOONIVERSE: New Planet - PH3 c (http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/01/05/phvii/)
Great: 'missed by computer algorithms but ... easy to find for human eyes'. ;D
This
so proves the point that a diligent human eye and brain can still leave
computers standing...pah! ;D (Oh - did I hear someone
mention 'faux historians? :-\ ::) )
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Is this what you were thinking about?
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=23.msg105560#msg105560
On rereading your question, probably not :-[
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Sorry - should have said - I found that one, Craig - it's where I allude to that longer discussion.
Thanks Randi - but that's from Paula Goodale's Datum Collector's Weather day in Sheffield.
I have a feeling that it was late November 2014, clearly before 6th January 2015.
Perhaps it was taken down :(
And I think it might originally have been in OW in the News.
FOUND IT!!! YEEEEEHA
http://ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2014/12/01/citizen-history-and-its-discontents-postscript/
Thanks folks! :-* :)
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I don't remember any discussion like that :-\
Could it have been via PMs/emails or in the Editorial Office?
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Please
- can anyone point me to a short discussion (but hot) we had about a
video of a lecturer talking about the virtues of OldWeather Forum
compared to problems that arose with War Diaries (she referred to 'faux
historians')
I remember the discussion and the recording, but I'm on my way out right now, I'll try to find it later.
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I don't remember any discussion like that :-\
Could it have been via PMs/emails or in the Editorial Office?
It was in the Editorial Office
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It was indeed in the Editorial Office and I've located it, but the
link will presumably be inaccessible to many readers here, so I will PM
Joan with it!
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Well, you have the recording that started the discussion, so I'll retire gladly from the hunt. :)
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thanks so much everyone, especially Thursday Next (got your
PM). Silly me not thinking to look in the Edit Suite. ::)
::) :)
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I've received an email from a gentleman named Steve, who is looking
for a tsunami record off the coast of Queensland, Australia, in
1918. He is not a member here, but will be reading any
responses. Does anyone remember which ships were down under that
year?
Thursday, May 28, 2015 8:34 AM (Chicago time)
Dear Team,
Do you have any ships off the Queensland coast June 7th 1918?
Cheers Steve
Thursday, 5/28/2015 10:03 AM
don?t
know which ship was where around Australia. The best that I can
do is do point to the list of ships by ?by FLEETS, STATIONS, CAMPAIGNS
etc.? on our ROYAL NAVY LOG BOOKS Index page. I can tell you that 3
of our ships are from the Royal Australian Navy - Sydney (RAN), Una
(RAN), and Warrego (RAN). I hope this helps.
Might I ask why you are interested?
Take care, Janet
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:23 AM
There was a large earthquake off shore that generated a tsunami.
The only record of it appears to have been taken by the British Admiralty, given to a 3rd party, and never returned.
...
The ships may have been unaware that there was a tsunami.
It would be nice if you posted a question for me on the forum. Thank you.
Interested
in any ships within about 600 km of the Queensland east coast on June
7th 1918, regardless of whether they do or do not mention the earthquake
or waves.
Steve
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Not sure what Steve is looking for but this query in Google brought up some data.
tsunami queensland June 7 1918
I think he may be part of this group.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/aeesorg/ODBvYBT1uLo (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/aeesorg/ODBvYBT1uLo)
Stuart
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After I posted this, I tried to use Gordon's custom google search
(http://www.google.com/cse?cx=009877456310598106759%3Azxs0-uu4kew&cof=FORID%3A0&q=%227+June+1918%22&sa=Search#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=%227%20June%201918%22&gsc.page=1/)
on the NHN home page for just "7 June 1918", but its too much for
someone without any personal interests in the search. Between the
almost 300 ships and all the casualty lists and other things, it
produced 10 pages of possibles. Maybe that google group may want
to go through them.
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The closest ship of ours that I know of was HMAS Una, but she was over 1,000 miles away in New Guinea.
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I know you've been watching all the Aussie ships closely, so that's
probably the truth. Sigh. Wish we could do better for them.
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reply 10246 talks about the worst British railway disaster. The
French had a bigger one. At Modane 12 December 1917 over 1000 men were
killed in a railway disaster.
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I have to say, Europe's 19th century trains managed to completely
out-do US railroads in disasters. I really had no idea.
Downright scary, actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_Wreck_of_1918
The
Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville,
Tennessee. Two passenger trains, operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis Railway ("NC&StL"), collided head-on, costing at least
101 lives and injuring an additional 171. It is considered the worst
rail accident in United States history,[1] though estimates of the death
toll of this accident overlap with that of the Malbone Street Wreck in
Brooklyn the same year.
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For all the Cat lovers in OW.
You now have an excuse for any strange things you do.
From New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630230.200?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2015-0528-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS
(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630230.200?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2015-0528-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS)
::)
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;D
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For all the Cat lovers in OW.
You now have an excuse for any strange things you do.
From New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630230.200?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2015-0528-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS
(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630230.200?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2015-0528-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS)
::)
That would be me!!! :'( :'( :'(
Don't tell Toby the Cat I said that. Please, don't let him know.
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I can't read the article because it's subscription-only. Could someone post it here please?
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I
have to say, Europe's 19th century trains managed to completely out-do
US railroads in disasters. I really had no idea. Downright
scary, actually.
There's two points that might be important:
1.
A lot of big railway disasters took place during wartime, where the
situation was often very difficult. I wonder how many large railway
accidents occurred during the Civil War?
2. European railway
systems are in general much denser and carry many more people. The
numbers are probably more favourable in terms of accidents per passenger
miles travelled.
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Point 1 caught my curiosity, so I googled 'civil war railroad
disasters' and found only 3 with their own sites, and this list of the
whole.
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/railroad-accidents-kill-soldiers-during-civil-war.113583/
They say the worst one killed 60, it was carrying over 800 Confederate
prisoners of war. Which is more than bad enuf in my book.
But they list exactly the same problems as Britain had - absolutely no
attempt to schedule the traffic on by what all is on the tracks, along
with completely inadequate infrastructure to handle the growing
weight. Scheduling each engine to go take care of itself seemed to
be the rule here too.
That density is everything I think - we
have an extraordinary amount of space, and most of us forget how rare
that is world wide. Calculated from Wiki numbers.
Demographics of the United States 2015
Density 84.5 people/sq mi
32.5 people/km2
(total square miles 3,537,500 sq mi)
Demographics of the United States 1860
Density 10.6 people/sq mi
4.0 people/km2
(total square miles 1,773,461 sq mi)
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I can't read the article because it's subscription-only. Could someone post it here please?
I cannot post all the article, as it is, as you say, subscription. But I will post some of it.
There's
a feline parasite that makes us take unnecessary risks and could even
cause psychosis. And up to 4 billion of us are unknowingly infected
IMAGINE
there were a parasite living in your brain ? an alien interloper with
the power to alter your neurochemistry, manipulate your behaviour and
change the way others see you. It might even rob you of your sanity. You
are not the only person affected. The creature has taken up residence
in the brains of billions of people, and many more are at risk.
This is not fiction. This mind-snatcher actually exists.
<snip>
You
may have heard of it. The microbe in question is Toxoplasma gondii, a
single-celled protozoan that infects many birds and mammals but
reproduces sexually in just one group: cats. Humans generally acquire it
by eating undercooked meat and unwashed fruit and vegetables, or from
cleaning litter trays of cats that have recently been infected.
<snip>
In
the mid-1990s, for instance, researchers including Joanne Webster, now
at Imperial College London, UK, discovered that toxoplasmosis makes
rodents more active and less fearful: a suicidal combination that
increases their likelihood of being caught by cats. The consensus was
that the parasite could not pull off a similar trick in humans. But one
man suspected otherwise.
Evolutionary biologist Jaroslav Flegr at
the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, decided to
investigate its effect on human behaviour. His findings surprised many
people. In 1994, Flegr and colleagues reported that men infected with
the protozoan were more likely than uninfected men to disregard rules,
or to be excessively suspicious or jealous. A few years later, he used a
computer-based test to show that infected men and women have
significantly delayed reactions compared with uninfected individuals.
The work attracted little attention at the time.
Then, in 2002,
Flegr tested people responsible for traffic accidents in Prague for
infection. The results confirmed his hunch: car drivers and pedestrians
injured on the city's roads were more than twice as likely to be
infected as a comparable group of people living in the same area. As in
rats, the parasite appeared to be linked with reckless behaviour. The
finding, which has since been replicated by other groups, has encouraged
others to question whether Toxoplasma is more harmful to humans than we
imagined.
<that's all I think I can put here for copyright reasons.>
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Happy birthday
to the lovely Helen. :)
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Have a great day, Helen!
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All the best, Helen!
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Happy Birthday
Helen J
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Enjoy a nice slice of angel food cake ;)
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Helen:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family!
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Happy Birthday, Helen.
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Many wishes for a Happy Day today and for the next year, Helen!
Hooray for you.
Michael
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Happy Birthday, Helen! Hope it's a good one.
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Happy Birthday, Helen!
Hope you've had a great day!
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Haaaappeeeeee birthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Helen! :D :D :D
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Happy Birthday Helen from Down Under. 21 again etc, etc.
Joan, are you flying the flag incorrectly for a reason?
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Try
Hola Better Internet - it's a free browser extension that allows you to
access websites via a foreign proxy server, so you can trick the site
into thinking you're in that country when you're not.
It's available
for Firefox and Chrome - I've used it to access BBC stuff from Germany,
and it works. It just takes a little longer to load because everything
has to go through the proxy.
I don't know if this is the same thing...
Hola rocked by botnet accusations (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32958624)
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Actually it might be. I've had some strange reports from
things lately, like sending 2 emails from me were emails 3 and 4. I
just removed, to be safe.
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Thank you all for your birthday wishes - I've had a great long
weekend celebrating with my family, going out for meals, and generally
having a good time. Today gets a bit more serious - packing up to
move on to San Francisco. I hope once I'm settled there and am
over the jetlag I'll be back on the good ship Patterson transcribing
away for dear life.
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Good luck, Helen. Exciting times, eh? :)
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That's a very long move. Be gentle on yourself while packing.
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Wow! How long do you expect to be in San Francisco?
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I'll be there for three weeks, Randi. It's work; my community
has sisters there and I'm going to be with them, and attend their
Chapter meeting. But I can't pretend it isn't a lovely place to
have to go to for work!
I'm planning to make a return visit to an
interesting museum of historic ships down on the waterfront; I've been a
couple of times already and there's always something new to see.
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Have a great visit Helen :D
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Indeed, Helen, have a great visit. Bad timing on my part. Rather
than visit our daughter in San Fran this spring we're all going to
gather with the one in Toronto, otherwise I would have dragged you to
our favourite vineyard. :)
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Looking for more options for the Shipopoly chance cards, and community chest cards folks. Can you help please? :D
So far we've got the following:
Chance
Your ship is struck by a mine. Go directly to Drydock.
Your ship has to be pulled off a mud bar. Pay M15 to each player and miss a turn
The Navy Yard?s repair team works overtime on your repairs. Get out of Drydock free
Your ship is overrun by insurgents. Move immediately to the Naval Fines Office. If you pass GO do not collect M200
Your ship is the best turned out in the July 4th Navy Parade. Collect M100 from the Bank
You get seasick, even worse than Lord Nelson! Transfer directly to Base Ship ?Tamar?. If you pass GO do not collect M200
You
are too busy noting an aurora borealis event, and bump into an iceberg.
Advance to SHIP?S REFIT. If you pass GO do not collect M200
Your log
keeper accidentally uses the bridge?s flower vase water instead of ink.
Go directly to the Drydock jetty (Shore Leave) and miss your next turn
You are distracted by a field of floating lemons. Go back three spaces
You are Lieutenant Scrawl. Go back to FAMAGUSTA
You are the USS Concord. Move directly to Manila. Collect M50 from all other insurgents (players)
You
seize an enemy schooner and its cargo. Collect M150 from the Bank and
proceed to the Crow?s Nest. If you pass GO collect M200
You chance on a ship stuck on rocks. Charge each player M15 to pull the ship off the rocks
You are a whaler in the Arctic after October 23rd and are stuck in ice. Miss your next turn
You discover gold in the mud near the Yukon. Go directly to the Donkey Boiler. Collect M200 if you pass GO
You deliver vital food to the Russian Navy. Advance to Scapa Flow
Community Chest
The women of the American Mission in Nanking buy every crew member a Christmas present. Collect M50 from the Bank
Pay M50 to the Bank for transfer to the local Police as bounty for the return of AWOL crew
Pick up several hundred survivors from a sinking ship. Collect M200 Prize Money from the Bank
Buy
a ticket for the Panama Canal. Pay M150. Advance one square then move
to the next square in another ocean/sea. If you pass GO collect M200
Pay Bank M50 for the Community Chest to have their Pest Control clear the ants from your barometer
Your gunship is upgraded from 4? to 6? guns. Advance to GO
Your crew steal a launch and lose it whilst AWOL. Pay the Bank M75 insurance waiver fees
You are the weather log keeper on USS Patterson. Pay M75 to the Bank to buy training lessons
Buy 20 bolts of cloth to mark a geodetic Survey Signal Station. Pay Bank M100
You are assessed for general ship upgrades. Pay M15 per Sail Ship and Pay M25 per Cruiser
If you own the Donkey Boiler and/or Bilge Pump pay M50 per unit for an upgrade
You provide half your ship?s store of chocolate to another needy ship. Receive Naval Care Award M100 via the Bank
Report a spectacular aurora borealis. Receive award of M100 from The Astronomical Society via the Bank
Provided food, water, and an orphanage to a starving village. Collect M50 financial assistance from the Bank
You rescue troops at Galipoli. Receive a medal for heroic action. Collect M75 from the Bank
You catch seal poachers. Collect M75 from the Bank
A
mix of good things and bad things are valuable. If you can think of
events let me know and I'll simply choose a benefit or penalty that's
suitable unless you'd like to suggest something.
Looking forward to see your brain-pickings!
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FYI - the beta tests for our new interface are starting. And
meeting discussion got us this information, for those who want to
play with beta test any new Zooniverse projects, from Grant.
Hi ,
Anyone interested in being a Zooniverse beta-tester should visit betas.zooniverse.org (http://betas.zooniverse.org/)
Cheers
Grant
@mrniaboc
Just
click the button so it turns green - you are already signed in to
Zooniverse there, so no added info needed. Click again to opt
out. :)
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To those of you who don't know already: I am leaving for vacation on the island of Madeira quite early
tomorrow today - it's 1 am where I am right now.
I will be gone until June 12th, with no laptop and no ability to transcribe or visit the forum.
Keep up the good work - I hope to do more on the Patterson when I get back.
Hanibal94
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I like true vacations, they are refreshing. Enjoy Hanibal. :)
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THAT'S what I call a proper holiday. When you visit Funchal you can
think of all our sailing ships that visited there on their way to Round
the Horn.
Enjoy the flowers of Madeira, I hear they are very special at this time of year. and RELAX :D
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A question for car people. My sister gave me a giant box of old
family photos, negatives, slides etc, with hardly any documentation,
although a very few are labelled, and then in a most unhelpful way
like "Here we are in front of our home," or "Greetings from all of
us." Many are just stuffed in random order in random envelopes
with old negatives of different formats all mixed together, so dating
them is tricky. For example, I dated my Dad's trip to Mexico by reading
the date on the license plate on a car in Los Angeles (1938). Here's
another one. If I can date this photo within a year or so, I will be
able to date several others. Does anyone know what year and model this
car is? That's my Dad behind the wheel, looking for all the world like
my son when he was about 20.
I'm the kind of person who has
difficulty distinguishing between a Volkswagen and a Rolls. Even though I
searched Google images, I drew a blank. :'(
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Looks similar to a lasalle-convertible-coupe-model-50-1937 minus the headlights
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"search for google image" gives me this one. (similar by cosmetics, I am NOT a car person that knows brands etc.)
http://uniquecarsandparts.com/car_spotters_guide_usa_1940.htm scroll way down or search for...
Hudson Eight Convertible Coupe. In 1940 Hudson introduced coil-spring IFS and Weathermaster fresh air and heat control.
(http://uniquecarsandparts.com/images/car_spotters_guide/1940/hudson_2.jpg)
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I think Janets looks closer to the pic than mine.
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Blowing it up and reading the hubcaps I think it's an Edsel! I'd say late 30's early 40's??!!
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1940 hudson convertible images match the picture very well - better than the example used.
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Wiki says Edsel didn't start until 1955. I do remember my
father buying one of the first Edsels, and while I'm a senior citizen
for sure, I do NOT remember WW2 or earlier, as I wasn't more than a
twinkle in my father's eye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel
Marketing research and development for the new intermediate line had begun in 1955 under the code name "E car",[3]
which stood for "experimental car." Ford Motor Company eventually
decided on the name "Edsel", in honor of Edsel B. Ford, son of the
company's founder, Henry Ford (despite objections from Henry Ford
II[3]). The proposed vehicle marque would represent the stand-up of a
new division of the firm alongside that of Ford itself and the
Lincoln-Mercury division, whose cars at the time shared the same bodies.
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"search for google image" gives me this one. (similar by cosmetics, I am NOT a car person that knows brands etc.)
http://uniquecarsandparts.com/car_spotters_guide_usa_1940.htm scroll way down or search for...
Hudson Eight Convertible Coupe. In 1940 Hudson introduced coil-spring IFS and Weathermaster fresh air and heat control.
(http://uniquecarsandparts.com/images/car_spotters_guide/1940/hudson_2.jpg)
Janet,
You
get a gold star! You get ten gold stars! That's why you're a mod and
I'm just a lowly transcriber. thank you, thank you, thank you. This must
have been taken shortly before my dad joined up for WW II!
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You are welcome. It was fun, no one in our family every bought
a convertible, something to do with the upper midwest winters - this
one looks cool.
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You
are welcome. It was fun, no one in our family every bought a
convertible, something to do with the upper midwest winters - this one
looks cool.
As
far as I know, it was never in our family. My dad's family was very
poor, having suffered a terrible fire in the 1930s and my grandmother
was raising six children on her own. No convertibles for them!
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One of these nice coincidences - here I am in San Francisco, and the
Patterson is currently anchored in the Bay - makes the time disappear
into nothing.
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Lovely to see where she anchored for real. Glad life gave you such a nice treat. :)
Hunter's Point Shipyard since 1870, San Francisco Bay
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Great picture, Janet - thanks very much.
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You are welcome.
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One
of these nice coincidences - here I am in San Francisco, and the
Patterson is currently anchored in the Bay - makes the time disappear
into nothing.
8) 8) 8)
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Don't unpack, Helen, the Patterson will be leaving for Alaska soon ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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I think I may be going to be added to the list of deserters, as I've no intention of leaving this lovely city yet!
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Enjoyed this one!
Antarctic ice kept with chips and peas in Bourne (http://Antarctic ice kept with chips and peas in Bourne)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-33051256
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I hope they don't confuse the chips with the ice cores when they do their analysis. ;D
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I hope they don't confuse the chips with the ice cores when they do their analysis. ;D
Or put the ice in their iced Tea!! :o
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I hope they don't confuse the chips with the ice cores when they do their analysis. ;D
Or put the ice in their iced Tea!! :o
It The Antarctica Ice does taste nice with Whiskey (or it may have been a psychological feeling)
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Are you sure it's the ice which tastes nice?
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Hello again everyone!
I got back very late from Madeira last night, so no time for computer stuff.
But now I'm here, and I have today off, and then it's the weekend so now I can catch up.
My
dad and I had a great time - we did a lot of hiking, some swimming
(although the ocean was still a bit cold) and on one day, we went
sea-kayaking and snorkeling. It was quite a good vacation.
One
thing that surprised us was the effect the mountains have on the local
climate: On the south side, where we were most of the time, it was warm
and sunny most of the time, but on the one day we checked out the north
side of the island, it was cloudy and rainy. And often, the clouds came
in low enough to actually feel them - when we hiked up to the top of
Maderia's highest peak one day, we actually ended up above all the
clouds, even though the peak is only about 1860 meters high!
Enjoy the flowers of Madeira, I hear they are very special at this time of year. and RELAX :D
My dad and I did see a bunch of flowers, yes.
But
the main thing that caught our attention were the lizards. They were
almost everywhere, lazing in the sun only to disappear into the rocks
when we came near. When we were having lunch one time, I found out that
spitting cherry pits at them was very amusing - they would think the
pits were food and fight over them, but couldn't actually eat them. Heh
heh heh.
OK, better get to catching up on all the topics and stuff.
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Welcome back, Hanibal! Glad you're back on the team. I'm pondering
Shipopoly, but the number of times I'll be away are an impediment. Maybe
in the winter, once daughters are married off and people stop coming to
visit me (Stuart!). ;D
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Welcome back Hanibal. Sounds like a pretty good vacation to me.
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Hanibal94
Happy 210'th Birthday
to You
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Happy birthday Hanibal!
:) :) :)
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal!
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal.
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Hope you're having a great day, Hanibal!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANIBAL! HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD ONE! MADEIRA CAKE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY THEN - THAT'S LIZARD-COVERED! ;) ;) ;D
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal!
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Happy Birthday
Hanibal
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HANIBAL
I hope you've had plenty of celebration and not too much (or any) work
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NO!
It's:
Shipopoly (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4338.0)
Yes folks - Shipopoly game 2 awaits!
If you'd like to join in the fun and games and sink like I did at the end of the first ever game WIN sign up here: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4338.0
There's even a prize this time! A wonderful piece of art by our very own Caro!! :D :D :D
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Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone. :)
It was good - my family and I had cake and homemade vanilla ice cream, and I got some nice DVDs: Inception and Interstellar. 8)
Plus, my dad and I are gonna see Jurassic World at the cinema this evening - tonight's the one time it's playing in English in Leipzig.
Oh, and now I can legally drink booze in the USA (not that I want to - I hate the taste of alcohol)!
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Philae comet lander wakes up, says European Space Agency (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33126885)
Philae awakening provides extraordinary opportunity (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33128288)
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8) 8) 8)
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Yes!! I thought its landing place would become the sunny side sooner or later. :)
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal94!!!!!
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Philae comet lander wakes up, says European Space Agency (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33126885)
Philae awakening provides extraordinary opportunity (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33128288)
Brilliant news - saw a wonderful story about one of the scientists hugging a taxi driver when she heard the news!
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Good-morning all.
Happy Birthday Hanibal.
Welcome back Philae.
I think todays Doodle is funny.
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Belated Happy Birthday, Hanibal!!! Best I can do right now.... just
in from visiting sisters, dropped off the suitcase, and off for
dinner...
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Thanks Dean, Stuart and Mike! :)
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I can't seem to post to the Shipopoly topic.
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I can't seem to post to the Shipopoly topic.
Actually, you did manage it - see attachment.
Are you having local Internet problems?
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Must be local. I got no response when I hit send and I went back to the topic my post wasn't there.
Also, my browser timed out a number of times on the OW site.
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I'm getting good reception, no skipping problems, so it isn't the zooniverse system.
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Some nice unusual (for our area) mammary clouds, they did not develop into full blown ones.
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For anyone interested in the WW1 scuttling of the German Fleet in
Scapa Flow a contemporaneous description is given in a letter from a
young RN sub lieutenant to his family
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33152438
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It's a Facebook thing.
::) Stratus, me.
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Ditto ;D
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Me too! ;D
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Cumulus for me. :)
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Noctilucent for me. I will look up what they look like tonight.
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Cumulonimbus for me. Please don't ask.
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Bad news, people - I'm gonna have to take a long break from
transcribing because of a serious problem: My right wrist is hurting too
much.
It started about 3.5 weeks ago, because I did way too many
pages in order to finish the Jamestown 1866 and pass 100.000 on the
Patterson.
I thought it would get better after my
no-computer-vacation in Madeira -> and at first it did, but now it's
back and it's been getting worse.
This is a very hard decision for
me, but I have no choice -> if I don't stop now, it'll get so bad I
won't even be able to use my mouse with my right hand anymore.
I will wait two weeks, see how I'm feeling then. But I will still use the forum during this time.
When I do come back, I intend to take it slowly - only a few pages at first, maybe 5 per day.
And when my wrist has fully recovered, I will never do more than 1.000 WR per day. Never again. It's not worth it.
Please, don't let my loss demoralize you - just keep going without me!
Hanibal94
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Take a well earned break and get better, BUT just keep Shipopoly going please.
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You can't argue with your body, Hanibal. Perhaps you can look into voice recognition while you are recovering. :D :P
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Take care of yourself, and look for ways to keep your body happy long term. You are important to us.
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Take care, Hanibal!!
As to clouds - I'm going Cirrus/Cirrostratus ???
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Cloud nine for me (it's not on the chart) ;D
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Sorry to hear about your problem, Hanibal - you're being very
sensible to give it a proper rest. Your faithful crew on Patterson
(well, this member anyway) will keep slogging on in your absence.
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Sounds like Repetitive Strain Injury, could be worth checking your
keyboard technique, cos if it gets really established it can plague you
for ever. A good rest is a great idea, but if it starts to plague you
just doing your regular computing for your course then don't be afraid
to consult a medic.
OW will miss you - our stats will plummet. Take care, enjoy the summer and drop in the forum.
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Hope the rest works Hanibal and take it gently when you re-start.
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Sounds
like Repetitive Strain Injury, could be worth checking your keyboard
technique, cos if it gets really established it can plague you for ever.
A good rest is a great idea, but if it starts to plague you just doing
your regular computing for your course then don't be afraid to consult a
medic.
I'm
pretty sure that's what happened. As I said, I did way too much in just
a few days, so I think I "overloaded" my wrist because the technique I
developed is great for transcribing lots of WR, but not so great for
hand health.
I've adjusted my typing technique to make it better for
my hands - I keep them straight and level with my forearms, instead of
bending my wrists back and forth liek I used too. That should help.
And yes, I will stay in the forum, and I will continue to moderate the Shipopoly game. I can still do that.
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I'm sorry to respond late, but I had to catch the bus this morning :-[
Take care of yourself!!!!!
PLEASE
show better sense than I did. If it doesn't get better soon, think
about seeing a doctor or physical therapist. Maybe you can get some
exercises that will help. About two years ago I started having trouble
with my shoulder and I kept ignoring it hoping that it would go away by
itself. It only got worse. I had ultrasound treatments, manipulations,
and exercises. It took awhile, but it is fine now. Last year I started
having a little bit of trouble, but I started doing the exercises and
that fixed it.
(http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/273/2/f/rainbow_dash_get_well_soon_by_mlr19-d6oq1og.png)
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Hanibal - t a k e g o o d c a r e
o f y o u r s e l f, p l e a s e!!! :o :)
:) :)
Your body has set your limits now. Nothing you can do but
listen. Sounds like you have a good plan of action in resting
completely.
Just to add to all the excellent advice above, the old
trick of cold the hot then cold then hot bathing of the wrists can help a
lot (cold to get down any inflammation, hot to increase body repairing
blood flow). Getting your technique right is a must, perhaps you need an
ergonomically sculptured keyboard? :-\ ;)
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Clouds - Caro have you got any room for another one on that stratus
cloud please? And can I tie myself onto something whilst we're up there -
and would that also come with a parachute? :o :o
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Hanibal - sorry to hear about your wrist problems and taking a rest
is definitely the right thing to do. I've had rheumatoid arthritis
for many years which has seriously affected my hands and wrists.
I'm right-handed but a few years ago changed to using the mouse with my
left hand. It did not take long to adjust. There are a
number of different ergonomic mice on the market - different styles suit
different people. A lot of people swear by the vertical mice, but
they don't suit me at all, so it's a question of finding what is right
for you as an individual if you think this might be worth
exploring. I personally like the Handshoe mouse and I have two
connected to my computer as they are different for right- and
left-handed. I mostly use the left-hand one, but switch to the
other one if the left hand gets painful. Hope it gets better soon!
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Take it easy, Hanibal. :)
Happy Father's Day to all the dads celebrating today. Happy solstice too.
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No wonder I could not fit all I wanted to do in today.
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;)
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To all of our OW dads :D :D
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Happy Father's Day!!
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Is anyone else working on a 'Talk' ridden Zooniverse project and
having trouble messaging in it (either comments or personal messages)
please?
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No, sorry. I do play in other projects on occasion, but not much in Talk.
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No, sorry. I do play in other projects on occasion, but not much in Talk.
A fine choice if I may say so Janet, ;) ;) :D
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I sent you a test PM, Joan. ;)
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Got it :D Thanks very much - looks like the system was just
very slow. I sent a message to Darren to say all is now well :D
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The 4 April 2015 issue of Science News had a review of the book Rust by Jonathan Waldman.
I thought this quote might resonate with those of us who have noticed the occasional mention of scraping and painting ;)
The
No. 1 threat to the U.S. Navy isn?t a foreign adversary. It?s
corrosion. And many admirals say they?re losing the battle. What the
Department of Defense spends dealing with corrosion each year would buy
two brand new aircraft carriers or a few dozen fighter jets. The annual
bill for the United States as a whole is an estimated $437 billion ?
about 3 percent of the nation?s gross domestic product. Corrosion?s cost
is, in fact, higher than that of all natural disasters combined.
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I totally believe that. Maintenance for a large navy is very
large, and salt water acts on every piece of iron/steel it can
find. (Wooden hulls don't last that long without maintenance
either.)
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I have heard of something similar - not just the ships, but the whole military as well:
(Taken from Cracked.com, "5 Myths About the Military You Believe (Thanks to Movies)", edited to remove bad words).
When
Maverick hops into his F-14, or Will Smith goes after a giant alien
flying saucer in his F-18, what never makes it onto screen is the
absolute mountain of tedious maintenance that goes on to make that
possible. An older aircraft needs a mind-boggling 40 to 60 man-hours of maintenance per hour of flight.
A newer aircraft like an F/A-18 will have "only" about six hours for
every flight hour ... but that number goes up as the fleet ages.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/9/6/43596.jpg?v=1)
Better join quick!
Try
to picture a video game or an old G.I. Joe play set from your childhood
that featured this (real) maintenance schedule: You wash the plane
every 14 days and take the panels off and hand-wipe interior of the
plane every 28 days. You do flight control maintenance every 56 days,
and take everything apart once a year. And don't forget phase
inspections for metal fatigue, the independent inspections by military
higher-ups, the conditional inspections after the plane has had a hard
landing, the engine inspections after every 150 and 300 flight hours,
inspections of the flight recorder after every 10 flight hours ... and that's on a plane that's working perfectly. This isn't even touching on the time spent fixing stuff that breaks.
It's not just planes -- it's every piece of equipment. It all needs constant upkeep and babysitting. In
the Navy, out of the 250 to 300 ships in the fleet, only a hundred are
up and working at any one time. The rest are in maintenance.
Generally, that's one year off for every six months of use. Our guns,
too, are notorious for getting jammed easily in sand and need constant
attention (good thing none of our wars are fought in deserts these
days), and tank crews spend more time maintaining their vehicles than
anything else.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/9/8/43598.jpg?v=1)
"Jeeze guys, did anyone NOT spill their drink in here? Slurpee Friday was the worst idea ever."
So
even if servicemen and women are 1) serving during a war and 2) getting
deployed to combat zones, the majority are in support roles. Not just
fixing the aforementioned machinery, but cooking meals, driving trucks,
trying to use the computers, trying to fix the computers, trying to put
in orders for new computers and so forth.
In a combat zone like
Iraq, for every one soldier whose job description includes combat, 2.5
people are in support positions
(http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-Policy-Weapons-346/2009/9/Support-Troop-Combat-Troop.htm)
doing all of the tedious but lifesaving work that makes his job
possible. So if you're like the vast majority of those who serve, the
rest of your life will most likely not be spent telling war stories, but
rather explaining to that 15-year-old punk in Starbucks that you got
the scar on your face from tripping over an unsecured air conditioning
cable on the way to your bunk.
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Interesting, thanks!
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Arctic warming bolsters summer heat waves
Slowing jet stream spawns weaker continent-cooling storms
By Thomas Sumner
2:00pm, March 12, 2015
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-warming-bolsters-summer-heat-waves
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:-[ :-[ :o :'(
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For those of us in the UK who missed seeing the Aurora Borealis last
night (why do I never hear about these things until after the
event? :( ) there will apparently be another good chance on
Wednesday night:
http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/06/23/large-solar-storm-brings-spectacular-views-of-the-aurora/
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I hardly ever hear about them either and when I do the weather's no
good. Forecasting clouds for Wed night round here :'(
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Yes. the weather forecast seems to be the same for Devon, too >:(
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For
those of us in the UK who missed seeing the Aurora Borealis last night
(why do I never hear about these things until after the event? :( )
there will apparently be another good chance on Wednesday night:
http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/06/23/large-solar-storm-brings-spectacular-views-of-the-aurora/
If
you want automatic email notifications of when there may be an aurora
you can log in to Aurora watch {http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/} and
sign up for their email notifications.
I got the notifications for last night, but there was nothing visible here.
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I follow @aurorawatchuk on Twitter.
Posted about 20 minutes ago:
AuroraWatch UK @aurorawatchuk
Geomagnetic
storm declining. NOAA predicts arrival of CME & storm Wed/Thur. For
up-to-date info see http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk
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Good news, people - My RSI seems to be going down. It's still there, but it isn't bugging me as much as it used to.
I've
been using support pads for my wrists, and am trying to not keep the
same position at work all day long, but to switch back and forth between
straight up (back at 90 degree angle to thighs) and leaning back. That
should help my arms and my back stay in shape.
So I've decided to return to transcribing - but not much. Just a little on the Albatross 1884 for now.
Oh, and I'm never gonna do more than 1000 WR per day EVER. It's not worth it.
I
know I made promises like that before, but I ended up not keeping them
-> well this time, I do intend to keep it. Can't believe I had to
hurt myself to "get it".
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As a retired academic, your behaviour is not untypical of your age
group. If you learn after 1 sharp lesson you are doing well. :)
Many students I met took several lessons to get the message, sometimes they never learned and disaster struck.
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Take care and slow down!
You will go faster in the long run ;)
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For
those of us in the UK who missed seeing the Aurora Borealis last night
(why do I never hear about these things until after the event? :( )
there will apparently be another good chance on Wednesday night:
http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/06/23/large-solar-storm-brings-spectacular-views-of-the-aurora/
If
you want automatic email notifications of when there may be an aurora
you can log in to Aurora watch {http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/} and
sign up for their email notifications.
I got the notifications for last night, but there was nothing visible here.
Actually,
I have previously signed up to the email notifications from Aurora
Watch - they just seem to send them out a bit late in the day for
me! I will have to take a leap forward and get myself a smartphone
or a tablet so that I can check my emails at all hours, instead of
cutting myself off at around this time of the evening when I log off my
desktop. But I worry that if I had a mobile device I would just be
permanently connected to the internet and would never get anything done
ever again! ;D
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Computer Problems :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
I will be online a bit less for the moment and probably taking it to the shop early next week.
I can probably check in using Dad's computer from time to time.
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Ouch. Hope the computer-hospital makes it better fast.
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I hope the bill doesn't Byte to much.
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Thanks!
It's been running well for about 5 years, so I can't complain too much.
I just opened it up and gave it a thorough cleaning. I suspect the problem is heat-related.
I
think I will be OK till next week if I don't keep it on for long
periods of time, so I should still be able to check in fairly
frequently.
:-\
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Go down to your local store and work in the refrigerated room. Simple! ;) ;) :D
Hope it's better soon! :D
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You might remember I was having trouble with my old computer last
summer as the basement began to warm up - the fan was coming on too
often. Vacuuming the computer was essential but I also bought a more
efficient fan and heat sink to go on top of the processor. That seemed
to help. My basement hasn't warmed up above 20 C so far this summer so I
don't know how it will do this year.
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I don't seem to be able to log into Old Weather to transcribe! I'm
using the same old username and password. I even typed both in, just in
case Firefox forgot them.
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Michael, I also am having strange signin problems. I'll send
word of yours to the PTB to add to my own. The PTB I know for this
are on Chicago time, so they won't get it until tomorrow.
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Michael,
I also am having strange signin problems. I'll send word of yours
to the PTB to add to my own. The PTB I know for this are on
Chicago time, so they won't get it until tomorrow.
Thanks,
Janet. No rush for me. I'm sorting through about 830 crew and officers
who have been transferred etc as the Concord is decommissioned for her
second time. I won't be able to transcribe tomorrow in any case.
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I heard back from Ed, the developer working on the sign-ins.
He said he didn't know the old system was case sensitive, and will fix
it soon. We're just helping them break in our new shoes. :)
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I managed to log in fine, even with a username containing upper and lower case letters.
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I
heard back from Ed, the developer working on the sign-ins. He
said he didn't know the old system was case sensitive, and will fix it
soon. We're just helping them break in our new shoes. :)
Hi Janet,
I am having sign-in problems this morning.
I have tried to recover password and it seems that does not work as well.
Here is what I got:
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Hi Silvia. We'll see what we can do. It may take a while.
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Thank you, Caro :)
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I already sent MAPurves and my own problems, and our designer was
answering in the late evening! I'll add your encounter to the
list.
I note that you (lollia paolina) and I are among those who
need to take the spaces out of their usernames, and we both were labeled
"unknown entity" with an "error".
They are working on it now.
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pommystuart can get in.
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I can get in OK - but I have a lower case name and no spaces.
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A heads-up to all: You should be able to log in on old stuff with
either your user name or your display name from the new system.
We
also, I believe, have fixed some of the issues that people were having.
If you had an issue, please give it another shot, and let me know if
you're still having difficulties!
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Darren, I'm still blocked - signed off last night to try the new name JanetJaguar and now no sign-in name works for me.
Fixed!!
A note from Ed:
...logging at https://www.zooniverse.org/ may have some issues at the moment. http://login.zooniverse.org/ should work fine.
Thank you, Ed!!
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Happy Canada Day to those it applies to.
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Thanks Stuart - only 6 1/2 hours to go (5 hours in Newfoundland).
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I'm checking to see if my picture has changed here - I changed it to the Jamestown ( :-* Caro) over in Talk -
Nope - it is still the Foxglove here -
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We are somewhat separated from the rest of the Zooniverse. You
have to get your zooniverse avatar url. Then open the
Profile/Forum profile option here. Choose "specify avatar by url"
and put in the new url. Then click "change profile" in bottom
right corner.
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(http://happydailyimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Happy-Canada-Day-2.jpg)
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A
heads-up to all: You should be able to log in on old stuff with either
your user name or your display name from the new system.
We also,
I believe, have fixed some of the issues that people were having. If
you had an issue, please give it another shot, and let me know if you're
still having difficulties!
I am sorry to report the problem is still there: no log in.
I have tried both URLs:
https://www.zooniverse.org/
http://login.zooniverse.org/
but none of them works.
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Sylvia, show me precisely what you want with letter case and I'll
ask them to rename you manually. Is it LolliaPaolina or are you
changing?
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Hi Janet,
my username is written in lowercase so it should be lolliapaolina.
I have tried that variation as well, but did not work.
If they think LolliaPaolina would work best, they can change it that way.
Anyhow, lolliapaolina would be very nice, too :)
Thanks a lot for your help :)
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Just wanted to mention that I have made some new OW rankings, inspired by the ones popzeus did in the days of yore.
You
can find them here,
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4363.0) I update once a day
in the evenings (German time; UTC+1).
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I am sorry to report the problem is still there: no log in.
I have tried both URLs:
https://www.zooniverse.org/
http://login.zooniverse.org/
but none of them works.
Silvia, Ed says
Hi Janet, her account should be repaired.
To
clarify she should be able to login as "lollia paolina" still,
and she can update her non-spaced name at her leisure by logging into
the main zooniverse.org.
Darren says
Let us know if this isn't fixed for some reason, Janet. Thanks!!
Do let us know.
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Thank you all, it seems everything is working fine now :)
I can sign in as lollia paolina and I am very happy about that :)
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Anybody tried the new Beta interface yet?
Its a bit messy and lacks information but that is why it is being trialed.
I had to annotate the data page with the fields and then it lets you enter data.
I think I made some errors in the row heights and it has come back to haunt me. %^(
Persevering with it for a few days then back to Concord.
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A lot of people have tried it: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4367.0 ;)
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Missed those postings.
I only got OW pages to Annotate.
(Zooniverse only sent me the links on the 1-7-15 so I did not know to look further in the post so soon.)
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Vigorous discussion going on, and whole forum invited, whether or
not they are on the normal beta test listing. Glad to have more
conversation. :)
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This is from NASA's Earth Observatory Facebook entry.
https://www.facebook.com/NASAEarthObservatory/photos/a.10150660751157139.441503.57242657138/10153465461122139/?type=1&theater
Please tell me, does or does not this meteor crater look like Zooniverse logos? 8)
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It sure does - and so does this black hole from the awesome movie Interstellar!
(http://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/maxresdefault.jpg)
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;D
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Interstellar is awesome!
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oceannews.com Paul Allen has found the wrecks of the US cruisers
Astoria and Vincennes sunk at the battle of Savo island in 1942. Awhile
back he found the wreck of the Japanese Battleship Musashi sunk in 1944.
Allen in on the hunt for more shipwrecks.
The replica French Frigate L'Hermoine has arrived in New York City for the 4th of July celebration
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To the Americans.
Happy Independence Day America.
From England.
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Interstellar is awesome!
Oh
Yes! It had great characters and story (loved the AI!), amazing music
and visual effects, and was just so mind-blowing in general - I wish I
had never seen it so I could watch it for the first time again!
In
this age of adaptations, prequels, reboots, ripoffs and sequels,
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Prequel,_Remake,_Rip-off_or_Sequel)*
it's so great to see someone do a completely new, 100% original blockbuster and succeed critically and commercially.
*:
Yes, I know there are some good unoriginal movies around too, like
Guardians of the Galaxy, the new Planet of the Apes series and especially Mad Max: Fury Road. But good new stuff is so rare, and that's why I like it so much.
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and especially Mad Max:
One of my friends was a bit part actress in Mad Max and the Thunderdome, she was one of the girls with him at the dome.
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I loved Interstellar too: a '2001: A Space Odyssey' of its time.
Happy Independence Day to US citizens everywhere. :)
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Happy Independence Day America!
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Happy Fourth, USA!!
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(http://i.imgur.com/B5aTato.gif)
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Yes, Happy Birthday, USA!
And, in Australian time where it's already 05 July,
Yes, Happy Birthday, Stuart!
I've
dressed the house in rainbow fashion, fired a 21 gun salute with the US
flag at the main, and then a seven gun salute with the Pirate Flag at
the fore. No-one replied. :'(
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Happy Independence Day!
Anybody else having trouble with the heat? I've been dealing with temperatures of 30 - 37 C this day, and more tomorrow.
Right now, I'm sitting in front of the PC with no shirt on, a wet towel draped over my shoulders, and a fan blowing in my face.
I have to do all that just to make it bearable.
If somebody tells me global warming is a hoax, I'll introduce my fist to their mouth.
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Yes they have, Michael, now. :D
(https://breaaire.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/confetti_canon.gif)
(https://breaaire.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/confetti_canon.gif)
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Happy Birthday to you also, Stuart. :)
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Happy Independence Day!
Anybody else having trouble with the heat? I've been dealing with temperatures of 30 - 37 C this day, and more tomorrow.
Right now, I'm sitting in front of the PC with no shirt on, a wet towel draped over my shoulders, and a fan blowing in my face.
I have to do all that just to make it bearable.
If somebody tells me global warming is a hoax, I'll introduce my fist to their mouth.
-7c 70km down the road from my place yesterday, -2c here now.
Modified - added picture of the waves on my garage roof.
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You're just a winter bunny enjoying us northerners' discomfort. ;)
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I guess I can't complain - it has reached only 28.4C so far today. My forecast for tomorrow is 34C, but I'm skeptical.
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Just remember As Randi once said:
He who goes forth with a fifth on the fourth will not go forth on the fifth. 8)
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Good morning all and
Happy birthday Stuart
:)
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Happy Birthday
Stuart
(http://img.cakesdecor.com/image/upload/c_limit,h_1000,q_80,w_540/khjwzm6zkbgsmhu0zqwc.jpg)
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Happy Birthday, Stuart - I hope I'm still in time ....
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Happy Birthday, Stuart. Nice that you are keeping cool. ;D
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Speaking of age...
'World's oldest calendar' discovered in Scottish field (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23286928)
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Speaking of age...
'World's oldest calendar' discovered in Scottish field (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23286928)
Great find, Randi!
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Happy Birthday Stuart!!!
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Happy Birthday, Stuart! Have some good cake.
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Thanks folks. :)
I did survive the grog and lovely cake.
Off we go again for another year. ::)
(I will say, some days I feel like I have been around since the Warren Field calendar was constructed.) :-\
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Warren Field calendar eh? - you look like a spring chicken if you're THAT old ;D ;) ;)
Happy birthday you old salt !!!
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/537/tc6NiO.jpg)
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Stuart:
Just remember.......
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A bit late but... Happy Birthday Stuart!
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An interesting Doodle coming at you soon.
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"A team of astronomers and computer scientists at the
University of Hertfordshire have taught a machine to 'see' astronomical
images. The technique, which uses a form of artificial intelligence
called unsupervised machine learning, allows galaxies to be
automatically classified at high speed, something previously done by
thousands of human volunteers in projects like Galaxy Zoo."
https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2659-analysing-galaxy-images-with-artificial-intelligence-astronomers-teach-a-machine-how-to-see
:o
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"A
team of astronomers and computer scientists at the University of
Hertfordshire have taught a machine to 'see' astronomical images. The
technique, which uses a form of artificial intelligence called
unsupervised machine learning, allows galaxies to be automatically
classified at high speed, something previously done by thousands of
human volunteers in projects like Galaxy Zoo."
https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2659-analysing-galaxy-images-with-artificial-intelligence-astronomers-teach-a-machine-how-to-see
:o
8) 8) 8)
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Hello Liz. :)
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Happy Birthday
Alessandro
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/cf/d7/8d/cfd78da496e8ae773a8b542fc87e67bd.jpg)
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Indeed. Happy Birthday, little one. You make your daddy happy.
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Happy Birthday Alessandro! May it be the first of many.
When you get old, perhaps your dad can add some of your quotes to this: https://instagram.com/livefromsnacktime/
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Thank you everyone !!!
(on his behalf of course)
:D :D
When you get old, perhaps your dad can add some of your quotes to this
Hehehe... will do! ;D ;D
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A year already?
Tanti auguri, Alessandro
:)
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Indeed! Happy Birthday Alessandro!
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Thank you Caro and Michael!!
Yup it's one year already :o ::)
Sometimes
it seems he's been with us forever, sometimes it seems he was born just
yesterday... i'm still trying to understand where the trick is :P
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Well winter has arrived in Australia.
Its snowing in ernest the Snowy Mountains thanks to a Low which has travelled all the way from Antarctica. (The term Mountains is used very loosely)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-09/nsw-braces-for-cold-snap-that-may-bring-snow/6607776
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-09/nsw-braces-for-cold-snap-that-may-bring-snow/6607776)
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Stay warm down there.
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Thanks Janet, it's warm by your winter standard but I have got soft down here. ;)
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Thank you Caro and Michael!!
Yup it's one year already :o ::)
Sometimes
it seems he's been with us forever, sometimes it seems he was born just
yesterday... i'm still trying to understand where the trick is :P
It's called eight hours uninterrupted sleep!
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33 reasons why we can't think clearly about climate change.
Latest New Scientist.
Pity I cannot reproduce them here.
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I'll receive my issue in a couple of weeks after it has been bounced
off of Pluto a few times and then put on a slow boat from China. That
might be the 34th reason for us Canadians ;D
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Welsh government responds in Klingon to UFO airport query (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-33479808) ::) ;D
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OK - what happens when the Klingons reply in Romulan? ;D
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"I've always suspected that Labour ministers came from another planet. This response confirms it."
Haha! I love that.
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Hello OW.
Pluto is big news, so I thought you might like to see
this visualisation made by our former developer, Stuart Lynn, of New
Horizons' journey.
Stuart now works at CartoDB.
http://bl.ocks.org/stuartlynn/raw/11f37f40aa844245163b/
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Neat, the maths used to get New Horizons there is incredible considering the technology levels.
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Good to see what one of our alumni is up to - and the mission is
incredible, especially given when it set off and the technology
available at the time.
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That is so cool a map. Thanks Caro. :)
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That's a really great map - and an incredible mission too! I am very impressed.
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I am looking forward to seeing some of the photographs from the
fly-by. Apparently it will take 16 months to transmit all the
material back to Earth.
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I am completely fascinated by this whole voyage and experience, and
looking forward to new pictures trickling in all year long. It's
wonderful.
But this image is just pure fun.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ4ejHkUsAAEAnm.jpg)
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;D 8)
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I
am looking forward to seeing some of the photographs from the
fly-by. Apparently it will take 16 months to transmit all the
material back to Earth.
See this page for some info as to why it takes so long.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ANew_Horizons/Archive_1#baud_rate
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ANew_Horizons/Archive_1#baud_rate)
Also half way through this article.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-horizons-emerges-unscathed-from-pluto-flyby/
(http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-horizons-emerges-unscathed-from-pluto-flyby/)
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Well we had snow today,only the fifth time I have seen it in Bowral in 35 yrs.
Together with that we had a power out for 12hrs and a blown lighting section of my power board.
I now have to get used to a romantic candle night in.
Tried to post 125kb pics (of the snow, not the night in :o) but they failed security checks ???
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:o
Hope you get the lights sorted soon (or not!)
I
had a similar problem with a photo and I think Caro suggested using the
snipping tool to make a copy. Unfortunately I can't find the discusion
to confirm.
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I don't remember any discussion, but I've had that problem
periodically. Sometimes re-saving the photo in a different format
works (jpg or gif). Using the snipping tool to copy almost always
does work. I don't know why.
I hope your lights are back
on, and the snow gets coped with. If snow is that rare, drivers
won't know how to keep safe, so be careful if you really need to go out.
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Try again with only one at a time.
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You got it. :)
The advice is: 'Restrictions: 4 per post, maximum total size 256KB, maximum individual size 256KB'
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Turned out my size reduction app sometimes does not like NEF files.
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awww - really pretty, Stuart. :D It's hot and steamy
here - the other day I could have used some of that white stuff :)
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Stuart, that's the prettiest kind of snow created - wet and sticky
enough to trim every branch and twig with sparkling icing, and soft
enough to do no damage. Also perfect for snow ball fights.
Thanks for the picture.
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I just read an article saying this is the heaviest winter on Australia's east coast in decades.
Oh, and here's a picture taken in Orange, New South Wales:
(http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-874028-galleryV9-zrzg.jpg)
Now there's something you don't see every day!
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:o ;D
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Great pic Stuart and also Hanibal. The kangaroo in the snow does look really weird.
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The kangaroo must think it's pretty weird too. :)
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I'd be worried about my tail getting frostbite if I were a Roo in that lot :o :o
Hang on - if I were a Roo in that lot I wouldn't know about frostbite would I? ;)
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Australian Navy photo: how awesome is this? :)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKJ_4OaUsAAIaAW.jpg:medium)
@Australian_Navy
HMAS Choules at sea as part of our #workingNavy during Exercise #TalismanSabre
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Australian Navy photo: how awesome is this? :)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKJ_4OaUsAAIaAW.jpg:medium)
@Australian_Navy
HMAS Choules at sea as part of our #workingNavy during Exercise #TalismanSabre
:o 8) 8) 8)
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That's a really impressive night sky - the milky way is so clear :D :D :D
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I love that - what a brilliant night sky. Us northerners have indeed been deprived.
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Hello all. :D IS anyone else having trouble getting into the
'Talk' Zooniverses please? Can't get into Talk on PenguinWatch, and
can't get into Plankton Portal at all (says the sign in system is not
working).
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PenguinWatch:
I get to http://www.penguinwatch.org/ OK, but when I
click on Discuss I get http://talk.penguinwatch.org/ with the circle
going around, and around, and around, and around, and around, and
around, and around
Plankton Portal:
I get a popup that says "It appears we've run out of data!"
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yep - that little circle's pretty busy today...oh well...I guess
someone will spot it soon. Zuzi (yshish) tends to do all that end of
things - though she's away for 2 weeks. She always sends off the
messages about these problems -I have no idea who they go to. I just
have to keep my fingers crossed that Darren will sort it out. ::)
I think Plankton's been a bit dodgy since they re-did it. Or perhaps they really are out of pre-processed data.
Thanks for checking them Randi! :) :) :)
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I haven't checked all the projects but the three I looked at were 'out of data'.
The old style projects, OW, Solar Stormwatch and Moon Zoo, seem to be OK.
I've tweeted @the_zooniverse.
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I was able to access Plankton Portal and Penguin Watch just fine - both the projects themselves and the Talk.
Didn't check anything else except Notes from Nature - also working fine.
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Yep. All seems to be OK again. Phew.
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I get PW Talk.
I get to the PW Classify screen with the image but
nothing happens when I click. I have never done it, so I do not know
what to expect.
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Me too - everything is working again, I can get into all the old projects!! Thanks, Zooniverse HQ!!
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Is PW really working? I can't mark anything by clicking or by dragging.
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It is, for me. I just counted 11 adults.
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If leaving little crosses behind counts, it is working for me. Got me into Talk also.
Note, this is in my 'old' account, nothing brand new.
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Hi folks! Interesting replies.
Yes Janet - getting a cross onto a peng etc is what happens - so that's fine.
Randi - did you ever get a picture that allowed you to do marking? - I think you need to do the 2 second tutorial first.
Thanks for checking that Hanibal!
I've
just been on PW and it's very patchy. classifying looks to be OK,
'talk' sometimes shows the pictures, just now it treated me as someone
new and failed to show my collections (THAT was VERY scarey since I've
got a huge stack of the things and they are vital for good
moderating :o ) but I went to 'classify' & headed straight
back to 'talk' and got everything back working again. My guess is that
someone's pounding out IT stuff to back up the project and so we're
getting a patchy connection.
Fingers crossed.
THANKS again folks :)
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No, Yes, emailing you ::)
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...but
many a ship, including Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour, has foundered as
hard coral skeletons, made up of calcium carbonate, have ripped through
their wooden hulls.
So dangerous were coral reefs to shipping,
that in the 1830s the Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, was sent to
map coral islands in the Pacific to help reduce the damage. Darwin's
first book, The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, published in
1842, was on the mechanism of their formation. ...
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Next 4th August will be the 225th anniversary of Cape Disappointment
CG Station (southern Washington state, close to Oregon border), a
commemorative stamp will be issued for one day only :) :
http://www.chinookobserver.com/co/local-news/20150721/commemorative-post-stamp-honoring-us-coast-guards-cape-d-station-coming-soon
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8)
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:) Hello everyone. Just got back on to the new talk thing.
Hmmm but that also got me back onto the new bars project. Maybe things
are looking up? ;)
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;D
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just had a small foray into season spotter. It's FANTASTIC to find
that someone is there answering queries from the word go. And there are
FAQs already installed. :D :D :D
'Collections' are
obscure so I left a suggestion to make those more obvious. One thing
I've learnt from PW is that collections of images really enable
moderators and users to build up an educated picture of the whole
project. This improves results and engenders a sense of belonging to the
project, building long term experience. 8) :)
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Yeah, who knew that penguins could fly. ;D ;)
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ah - they have a secret training camp called #Polepuddle ...here's chick taking its first flight....
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/480x360q90/540/TSMJth.jpg)
you heard/saw it here first folks! ;) :D
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;D
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;D ;D
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;D
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There's video evidence too!
Click here (https://www.youtube.com/embed/9dfWzp7rYR4) - this is from the BBC, so it has to be true... right?
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Yeah. :)
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A
few of you know that I've been doing some work for Penguin
Watch....very exciting news..they can fly. Filmed on 1st April - proof
from the BBC itself ;) ;) ;D
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9dfWzp7rYR4
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lzhDsojoqk8 ;D
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Great fun! ;D ;D ;D I had forgotten those - thanks Hanibal and
Randi. I'm glad to see that the Polepuddle training camp has a great
group of students breaking new penguin boundaries 8) 8) ;D
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Another amazing BBC first was the spaghetti harvest, don't know if
it is still around but well worth a watch if only for the narration.
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Well, instead of flying I am standing (and not eating fresh spaghetti from my garden ;D) ... while transcribing OW.
Once
again I heard about the ill effects of sitting too much so I rigged up
my screen, keypad and mouse on some boxes on top of my desk. This is
only a temporary solution, though. They are not exactly at the right
height and it would be nice to alternate between standing and sitting.
Studies indicate that even if you do an hour of strenuous exercise this
is not enough if you just sit around for the rest of the day (if you
have that luxury). Apparently we didn't evolve to sit on our buttocks
all day. Can you believe that? :o ;D
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I've seen desks that raise and lower so you can sit or stand. Also
have seen some with a Treadmill so you can walk and work! :o
I was also told to 'get in shape' - and the person next to me said 'Round is a shape!!' ::)
What's the other saying?! - Shape up or ship out?! :P
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I just watched the clip on YouTube about the spaghetti harvest in Switzerland - very informative!
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Caution!!
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Thanks for the warning, Dean. :D :D :D
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Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spammity Spam, Wonderful Spam! (https://www.youtube.com/embed/anwy2MPT5RE)
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;D
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I used to like Spam, not so sure now.
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It's apparently very popular in Hawaii.
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It's apparently very popular in Hawaii.
Easy
to ship by boat from the mainland without spoilage, and requires no
large chunk of land for hog farms on those rather small somewhat
mountainous islands. Pastures and land for animal farms is really
hard to come by there. :)
It really isn't all that
mysterious, only the sodium nitrate preservative is artificial, and it
comes now in "Spam Lite", pork fat replaced by lean chicken.
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How about Guam?
Spam, not the email but the "meat
product," is generally considered in the United States to be something
that should be eaten in trailer parks by people who only have a hot
plate to cook with. In Guam, it's the national past time.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/5/36565.jpg?v=1)
It
is somehow considered a part of Guam's traditional native cooking,
despite only being invented about 70 years ago, with an average of 16
cans per year
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28food%29#Guam_and_the_Northern_Marianas)
consumed by every man, woman, and child on the island.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/6/36566.jpg?v=1)
Hawaii does things like this with spam, and they only consume 6 cans per person.
You'd
think there must be a story behind that, and there is. Spam's very
cheapness made it an ideal military ration during World War II, where
U.S. troops stationed in Guam and other Pacific Islands were sometimes
forced to eat it for three meals a day.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/7/36567.jpg?v=1)
War is hell.
The
Guamanians snapped up the habit, because they weren't exactly stinking
rich during the war either. But once the war was over, the American
soldiers went home and probably vowed to never look at another can of
Spam again, while the people of Guam didn't really have a native Guam
diet to go back to.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/8/36568.jpg?v=1)
This is the native diet.
You
see, Guam has been occupied by one colonial power or another
continuously over the past 400 years, to the point that no one's
completely sure what "authentic Guam culture" even is anymore
(http://decolonizeguam.blogspot.de/2009/01/guam-struggles-to-find-its-roots-from.html).
Even the most touted "native Guam dishes" are Filipino.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/6/9/36569.jpg?v=1)
Like red rice, which appears to be the rice version of Spam.
So
even if they dumped American-influenced foods like Spam, they don't
exactly have any "keepin' it real" food to replace it with.
And Spam
is the gift that keeps on giving. The Spam diet, along with other
American-influenced food, is at least partially responsible for a high
rate of cardiovascular problems in Guam, with 60% of deaths there coming
from bad diet and lifestyle1.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/0/36570.jpg?v=1)
Even their judo champions are huge.
Next war, maybe we should just get them some socks.
Taken from Cracked.com, "7 Things From America That Are Insanely Popular Overseas", No.5 on the list.
1 -> I have heard that other pacific islands are affected too, but I can't remember the names.
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Global warming 'hiatus' just an artifact, study finds
Skewed data hid rapid temperature increase of most recent decades
The biggest bias concerned ocean surface temperatures.
Before World War II, sailors would scoop a bucket of seawater and take
the water's temperature. Evaporation would cool the water as the bucket
sat on deck, leading to artificially cool temperature readings. Later,
the preferred method shifted to measuring the temperature of seawater
pumped in to cool the ship's hot engine, giving artificially warm
measurements.
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The World War 1 Historical association is having there annual
symposium in Lisle Ill on 2-3 October 2015. see there site for more
details ww1ha.org
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Global warming 'hiatus' just an artifact, study finds
Skewed data hid rapid temperature increase of most recent decades
The biggest bias concerned ocean surface temperatures.
Before World War II, sailors would scoop a bucket of seawater and take
the water's temperature. Evaporation would cool the water as the bucket
sat on deck, leading to artificially cool temperature readings. Later,
the preferred method shifted to measuring the temperature of seawater
pumped in to cool the ship's hot engine, giving artificially warm
measurements.
I
have read, a long while ago, that "they" can correct for these things.
One also gets different readings if one uses a wooden bucket, a metal
bucket and/or a canvas bag. (It depended on the year and the navy as to
what was used when.) If I remember correctly, the water temperature is
measured as it comes into the ship before it is used to cool the
engines, but the water taken is not at the surface of the water, but
considerably below that. I'm sure Philip can bring us up to date on this
subject. Nevertheless, there are many papers written on the subject and
I'm sure that there has been more than one master's thesis generated by
considering such questions and all the implications.
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It seems that the main cause of the apparent slowing of global
surface temperature increase over the last 15 years or so was that
Arctic temperatures were poorly represented. Temperatures in that region
have been increasing faster than elsewhere so not taking account of
this fact understates the global increase. The new study adjusted for
this bias and the slowdown disappears.
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/11/not-so-slow-%E2%80%9Cslowdown%E2%80%9D-new-paper-says-warming-in-last-17-years-may-be-double-what-scientists-thought/
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Global warming 'hiatus' just an artifact, study finds
Skewed data hid rapid temperature increase of most recent decades
The biggest bias concerned ocean surface temperatures.
Before World War II, sailors would scoop a bucket of seawater and take
the water's temperature. Evaporation would cool the water as the bucket
sat on deck, leading to artificially cool temperature readings. Later,
the preferred method shifted to measuring the temperature of seawater
pumped in to cool the ship's hot engine, giving artificially warm
measurements.
I
have read, a long while ago, that "they" can correct for these things.
One also gets different readings if one uses a wooden bucket, a metal
bucket and/or a canvas bag. (It depended on the year and the navy as to
what was used when.) If I remember correctly, the water temperature is
measured as it comes into the ship before it is used to cool the
engines, but the water taken is not at the surface of the water, but
considerably below that. I'm sure Philip can bring us up to date on this
subject. Nevertheless, there are many papers written on the subject and
I'm sure that there has been more than one master's thesis generated by
considering such questions and all the implications.
That's assuming they recorded what kind of bucket and how long between scooping and measuring.
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The release of Windows 10 is imminent.
Today the Dutch consumers' association Consumentenbond has warned for privacy problems.
The
article in Dutch:
http://www.consumentenbond.nl/actueel/nieuws/2015/windows-10-vist-volop-naar-privegegevens/
(http://www.consumentenbond.nl/actueel/nieuws/2015/windows-10-vist-volop-naar-privegegevens/)
A summary for those view who don't read Dutch. ;)
By default:
- the personal assistant Cortana sends every typed word, and every spoken word, to Microsoft to "better learn the user"
- every visited webpage will be send to Microsoft for security analysis
- stored wifi passwords can be shared easily with social media "friends"
- all installed apps and programs are allowed to read the user's unique ad-ID
- your location is recorded continuously and shared, including it's history, amongst the installed apps and programs
- apps know the user's details instantly if the user is logged in at Microsoft
If you value your privacy you should not install Windows 10 with default values.
Did you also know you can't choose to be notified of updates?
All updates will automatically be downloaded, you'll have no choice.
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Thanks, Maikel - I will have to remember to adjust the privacy
settings when I get Windows 10. I wasn't planning to get it
straight away - thought I'd wait a few months for the teething troubles
to be sorted out first!
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Wonderful! Big Brother has arrived and I will need to buy a new
device soon. Anyway, they are threatening to stop supporting Windows 7
in a year or two.
I sometimes think that all this technology is
more trouble that it's worth. I console myself with the indigestible
quantities of data generated by Hanibal & other leading transcribers
- hope Cortana gets the digital equivalent of stomach ache. Thanks for
the warning.
My trouble is that I've always used PCs rather than
Apple and I'm dubious about changing mindsets now. On-line banking will
be OFF for one thing and have you any tips about account numbers and
PINs in the Big Brother world.
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I wasn't planning to get it straight away - thought I'd wait a few months for the teething troubles to be sorted out first!
Smart move - I'll do that too.
Plus,
by that point instructions on how to protect your privacy should have
turned up somewhere on the Internet. I will definitely look for those.
Did the Consumentenbond say anything about how to change the default values, Maikel?
EDIT:
I just did some quick googling, and found this:
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-configure-windows-10-to-protect-your-privacy-1716204024
Please
note that most of these tips are based on Windows 8 - while most stuff
will probably still have the same names, it could be slightly different,
they say.
Also, this: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-adds-more-privacy-options-in-windows-10-preview-build-10061
I'll
let you all know when I get it. Then, anybody with problems can PM me
and I'll do what I can to help out. But please ask Google first.
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Wonderful!
Big Brother has arrived and I will need to buy a new device soon.
Anyway, they are threatening to stop supporting Windows 7 in a year or
two.
I sometimes think that all this technology is more trouble
that it's worth. I console myself with the indigestible quantities of
data generated by Hanibal & other leading transcribers - hope
Cortana gets the digital equivalent of stomach ache. Thanks for the
warning.
My trouble is that I've always used PCs rather than
Apple and I'm dubious about changing mindsets now. On-line banking will
be OFF for one thing and have you any tips about account numbers and
PINs in the Big Brother world.
Rosemary,
I've just started a course on FutureLearn - Introduction to Cyber
Security https://www.futurelearn.com/ I had feared it might be
very heavy going and difficult to understand, but three weeks in I'm
finding it really useful and interesting. It's run by the Open
University and their courses are always really well presented, though I
don't know if it will answer your specific questions. It's about 2
or 3 hours a week (8 weeks) and is free of charge, though you can
actually work at your own pace and you can just dip in and out if you
want. It's running again in October if it's of any interest to
you.
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I was offered an update by my AVG anti-virus for an update to
protect me from Windows 10. I ignored it, because I won't sign up
to install the new on my old computer. I think now I'll get it
anyway to protect myself from everyone else's Windows10.
I do
think Chrome Translate got the meaning of your Dutch paragraph perfectly
translated for a change - it was more accurate than Hanibal's English
sites.
http://www.consumentenbond.nl/actueel/nieuws/2015/windows-10-vist-volop-naar-privegegevens/
Consumers
who are not very fond of their privacy, Windows 10 better with the
recommended default install on their computers. This enables the
Consumers' which tried out the new OS. The default installation will
also put a clear set of Internet applications on the PC that can access a
lot of personal data.
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Wonderful!
Big Brother has arrived and I will need to buy a new device soon.
Anyway, they are threatening to stop supporting Windows 7 in a year or
two.
I
am still running my XP machine with zero support from Microsoft. Of
course, all it does is BOINC so I have nothing to lose. I run Malware
bytes to keep the viruses in check.
I will probably run W8 if
they stop supporting W7, although I will have to find a copy soon. If I
can't get W8 I will switch to Mac.
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Did the Consumentenbond say anything about how to change the default values, Maikel?
Yes, follow the link "Stappenplan" (styp-by-stap plan).
All in Dutch of course, including the accompanying images.
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Single of Double Dutch?
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Advice from the web.
It's easy to recommend Windows 10
as an upgrade for anyone on Windows 7 and Windows 8, but maybe not just
yet. "Wait for service pack 1" has always been the default advice for
new versions and Windows, and it absolutely applies here. During my
testing on a variety of hardware, I've run into a lot of bugs and issues
- even with the version that will be released to consumers on launch
day.
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Sounds like good advice to me - especially with all the privacy issues.
I've long ceased to be in a hurry to upgrade.
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Waiting for Service Pack 1 and then using the Stappenplan sounds perfect.
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"If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features." ;)
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There is that. ::) ;D
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You'll be waiting indefinitely for a service pack.
Windows 10 policy: continuous updates, hourly if necessary, no more service packs.
Still, waiting while the dust settles is sound advise.
I know I will. :)
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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/14375/production/_84450828_eagle1991-003.jpg)
The
Eagle was built by the Nazis and fought for Hitler in World War Two -
so how did a tall ship that once flew the swastika end up as a training
vessel for new US Coast Guard Academy cadets?
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I just came across that item on the BBC website, but I thought
someone would probably have beaten me to it by now! It's a
fascinating article with some wonderful old photographs, such as this
one:
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Wonderful. I'd heard of the Eagle and knew she was a 'modern' tall ship. But I did not know her history.
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Caution thrown to the wind! Windows 10 installed, privacy settings adjusted, all systems go. :o
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Sorry Caro did not get that post are you sure win 10 works? ;D
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I'm talking to you so yes, fairly sure. ;)
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Caution thrown to the wind! Windows 10 installed, privacy settings adjusted, all systems go. :o
What a brave soul you are! Good luck, and please do let us all know what happens.
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Caution thrown to the wind! Windows 10 installed, privacy settings adjusted, all systems go. :o
How did you get it so early?
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Caution thrown to the wind! Windows 10 installed, privacy settings adjusted, all systems go. :o
What a brave soul you are! Good luck, and please do let us all know what happens.
I'm sure she will - possibly provided that she can find someone who hasn't installed it yet to post the message ;)
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So, I'm working on this page, and the final note is a discharge
notice for one C.D. Hall after his term of service expired. I've always
prided myself on the depth of my knowledge of all things naval (my
family has a naval/marine tradition going back at least to the
foundation of the Royal Navy, and probably goes further than that), but
I've never seen this rank abbreviation before. W.Rs, if I'm reading it
right? Any thoughts?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol016of055/vol016of055_119_1.jpg
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Caution thrown to the wind! Windows 10 installed, privacy settings adjusted, all systems go. :o
How did you get it so early?
A
lot of us got little white window icons on our task bar a month or so
ago, clicking on it and following through gave them permission to send
you the download as soon as they could. I'm the only one too
chicken to have taken them up on the invitation, and as I have an old
computer I would be at the end of the list anyway.
Thanks Caro for being a pioneer - I'll jump in if it doesn't eat you.
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So,
I'm working on this page, and the final note is a discharge notice for
one C.D. Hall after his term of service expired. I've always prided
myself on the depth of my knowledge of all things naval (my family has a
naval/marine tradition going back at least to the foundation of the
Royal Navy, and probably goes further than that), but I've never seen
this rank abbreviation before. W.Rs, if I'm reading it right? Any
thoughts?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol016of055/vol016of055_119_1.jpg
W.R.S. - Wardroom Steward.
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So,
I'm working on this page, and the final note is a discharge notice for
one C.D. Hall after his term of service expired. I've always prided
myself on the depth of my knowledge of all things naval (my family has a
naval/marine tradition going back at least to the foundation of the
Royal Navy, and probably goes further than that), but I've never seen
this rank abbreviation before. W.Rs, if I'm reading it right? Any
thoughts?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol016of055/vol016of055_119_1.jpg
Maikel
got it ahead of me. We have a reference post "Helpful Links to
Outside Information" at our Library/Reference Desk board that includes
"Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to
1969" from NHHC. Very helpful for these things.
http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/enlisted-ratings-in-u-s-navy-1775-1969.html
And
welcome to exploring English, the common language that divides
us. Trust me, terms and abbreviations in the RN and USN are not
necessarily the same, just like 'lift' and 'elevator' for the same
machine. ;)
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Caution thrown to the wind! Windows 10 installed, privacy settings adjusted, all systems go. :o
How did you get it so early?
I clicked that little white icon long ago and registered for the download.
Installation was no problem; it took about 45 minutes in total.
So far, it's working just fine. I have no complaints.
I would say it's like Windows 7; much better than 8 or 8.1. Recommended. ;)
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I'm glad to hear it's working well, Caro (so far). I still
think I'll hang on for a bit, though. I notice the little icon has
gone from my taskbar, but I assume I will still be able to get it from
the website when I feel brave enough!
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I'm
glad to hear it's working well, Caro (so far). I still think I'll
hang on for a bit, though. I notice the little icon has gone from
my taskbar, but I assume I will still be able to get it from the
website when I feel brave enough!
The
local news story here about the launch said Win7 and Win8 users have a
year to collect their upgrade for free. I figure, if I do it
before Christmas it'll still work. All older system users have to
pay.
I'm thinking they are desperate to give Win8 users a quick
escape so they stop complaining, and Win7 users a bribe to get enough of
them out to be able cut off support for that.
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Win 10.
I registered a long time ago.
I think they have forgotten Australia.
Maybe they got something right. ::)
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How old is your computer? Local news reports says, MS is
sending these downloads out in order of computer age. They want to
do all the newest computers first.
My theory is that they want
to satisfy the newest complaints about Win8 first and/or they want to do
this beta test for bugs on the computers with the least number of
possible conflicts before taking on more.
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How old is my computer? I can't remember - but I do recall Windows 2.1, ::)
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I recall CP/M and DOS ;D
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Another Windows 10 setting you might want to have a look at.
By default Windows 10 is using your Internet connection to distribute Windows updates and apps to other users.
If you have a limited bandwidth, or simply don't want to share, you'd better switch this option off.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-update-delivery-optimization-faq
(http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-update-delivery-optimization-faq)
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Thanks!
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;D ;D Ok here LOL I was just the other day telling my son I
need a new up to date computer. The one I have been using here is his
old computer about .....10 years old here. The hard drive he carried out
of the fire. Still works amazing! ::) ;)
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Here's the worst drawback of W10. I definitely won't upgrade ;D
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/windows-10-microsoft-making-users-112929321.html#gECa3lX
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Here's the worst drawback of W10. I definitely won't upgrade ;D
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/windows-10-microsoft-making-users-112929321.html#gECa3lX
Not a problem - I have a better solitaire game as a free app for my Chrome Browser. Pfffft to MS's ads.
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Will be away for a little (a month more or less)... time for some vacation at last!
Therefore:
Happy Summer Holidays to everyone and everybody!
See you all soon :)
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Have fun, Matteo and family!
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Enjoy the break, Matteo! You deserve it. :)
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Have a lovely vacation, Matteo, and enjoy!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/liHqoWOmTN8OVUNairLel64O0eS5Z100ZVNDbfSRFJk=w170-h212-p-no)
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Have a great vacation, Matteo!
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How
old is your computer? Local news reports says, MS is sending
these downloads out in order of computer age. They want to do all
the newest computers first.
My theory is that they want to
satisfy the newest complaints about Win8 first and/or they want to do
this beta test for bugs on the computers with the least number of
possible conflicts before taking on more.
Hi Janet.
Back from weekend leave.
The PC is 1 month old.
Well i purchased it one month ago, it was made 7 months ago.
Registered my Win 7 PC many months ago and this one when I git it.
I will read more in OW before running the update when I get it.
Have a great vacation Matteo.
Hope we can fix Win 10 before you get back. (You may need to take a loooong vacation for that to happen.) %^)
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Funny thing is weather.
2 weeks ago we had snow in the Blue Mountains, now we have Bushfires in the same place. :o
-3C at home this morning, not counting wind chill. Down to -8C in places within 100km radius.
Snow in the city of Hobart, usually only on the top of Mt Wellington.
Cold weather down under, enjoy your Autumn up over.
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It sounds like your weather is as poorly distributed as ours.
In N.Am, we are losing farm land to drought and woods to fire, while in
the Midwest farmers are losing the corn to excessive rain and
flooding. Not a good year at all.
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In Scotland we've had nearly twice the usual amount of rain (not
negligible anyway) and hardly any days above 18C. I have a feeling that
it's going to feel like a long winter (about 18 months). :'(
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For those in the UK, on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm - Hunt for the
Arctic Ghost Ship
(http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hunt-for-the-arctic-ghost-ship) (may
be available outside the UK on internet?)
'The exclusive story of the hunt for HMS Erebus that was lost in 1845 while searching for the North West Passage'
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For
those in the UK, on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm - Hunt for the Arctic
Ghost Ship
(http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hunt-for-the-arctic-ghost-ship) (may
be available outside the UK on internet?)
'The exclusive story of the hunt for HMS Erebus that was lost in 1845 while searching for the North West Passage'
I will keep an eye out for in a few weeks time.
I
am cruising the North West Passage, west coast Greenland and then
roughly on the route that Franklin took but I think we go higher than
where they found the Erebus unless the ice prevents us then we go
southward past the Erebus area.
Also reading on Kindle, North with
Franklin: The Lost Journals Of James Fitzjames by John Wilson and In the
Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides.
The C4 show comes on in 1hrs time.
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What lovely reading to take along. :)
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Enjoy the cruise, Stuart! The Hampton Sides book is excellent.
I also enjoyed Arctic Labyrinth: the quest for the northwest passage by Glyn Williams, if you've not come across that one.
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Just watched the Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship.
Very interesting.
Thanks Jil for the tip to watch it and the book suggestion.
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Almost think I should open a thread for this particular topic, but I
dunno, I'll leave that up to our wonderful mods. Some interesting ship
history from our ship's logs!
December 1, 1887, from the log of the Albatross.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol016of055/vol016of055_159_1.jpg
Three ships sighted, all three listed in the log as British steamers, the Esk, the Curtis Bay, and the Bermuda. HISTORY TIME!
I
can't find any record of any vessel called the Curtis Bay having
operated in the Caribbean, and given that the name is a reference to a
tidal inlet of the Patapsco River, where it flows into Chesapeake Bay,
which (to me) implies that the ship was, at one time, an American vessel
sold to a British company (or simply a Canadian vessel) prior to its
being spotted by the Albatross.
The Esk, has a bit of a history,
although it's a bit muddy, thanks to the passage of time. It was
originally built in 1877 as a British Medina class gunship, by Palmers in Jarrow. It appears
to have served in the Caribbean as a training vessel for some time,
before joining her sister ship (HMS Tweed) in operations in Hong Kong in
1890, until it was sold there in 1903.
The Bermuda on the other
hand, to naval historians, was actually quite the surprise to see here.
Unofficially, this is *that* Bermuda. Formerly the Confederate States
USS Bermuda, arguably the most successful Confederate blockade runner,
despite her size. I won't go too into detail here, but after her capture
by the Union Navy, she wound up as a transport ship supporting the
blockades she was originally built to break through. Eventually, she was
sold (on the same day as her decommissioning no less), and wound up as a
merchant cargo ship until she was reported sunk in 1882 under the name Bahamas. And this is where things get rather strange.
In April of 1882, two months (I'm not clear on the actual day
precisely, but she foundered on February 10 according to her official
record, which actually ends on that date) or so after being written off,
there is a listing of a salvaged ship bearing the name Bermuda being
purchased by a Canadian transport company, having been purchased from
one Samuel Cook (the owner of the very same Bermuda that was reported
wrecked). This ship, however, was listed as having been purchased by
Mister Cook in 1870, rather than 1865 (when she was decommissioned and
purchased from the Union Navy). It also has absolutely no record of
having been in St. Lucia during the 1880's at all, so it's hard to say
whether this is, in actuality, the same Bermuda (with faulty or
falsified records), or just a strange coincidence of having a ship of
roughly the same size, salvaged and purchased from the first civilian
owner, with the same name. Either way, the USS Bermuda had a pretty
interesting (and ironic) history, so if it turns out that she actually
as the very same vessel, it's still a fascinating bit of history.
Also,
for those who aren't in the know, the Royal Canadian Navy would have
still been flying the Union Jack, as it didn't adopt it's own flag and
ensign (the iconic maple leaf flag) until 1965, after the "Great
Canadian Flag Debate" of 1863-1864, so having ships listed as British
steamers when they realistically could have been pretty much any part of
the Commonwealth at the time isn't very surprising.
I know we're all here for the weather, but the history is just... so cool. Sue me. Actually, please don't, I'm poor. ;)
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I also get carried away with what I find on some of the log pages ;D
Albatross (1884) -- Discussion: Questions and Comments - would be a good place to put it.
or you could create a topic in
The Voyages, The Work, The People: Everyday Life at Sea
or you could do both - you can always have it in one place and have links to it.
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I may do that (the both option) in the future, as I'm pretty sure
there's going to be some more interesting history coming our way
(especially the way I kind of go crazy digging into the information),
and the Albatross isn't going to be my last ship, I'm fairly certain.
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A bit off-topic here but this is amazing:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth
(https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/dscovrepicmoontransitfull.gif?itok=m-pCEXqi)
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8) 8) 8)
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That is so cool!!!! :)
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That's the 'dark' side of the moon! 8)
Edit: Which the article points out, after taking ten minutes to load. I think this thing is breaking the internet! :)
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I
may do that (the both option) in the future, as I'm pretty sure there's
going to be some more interesting history coming our way (especially
the way I kind of go crazy digging into the information), and the
Albatross isn't going to be my last ship, I'm fairly certain.
That's
a fascinating story Hatterjack! :D It amazes me how much ships
change hands. I seem to recall, and this might have come out of a
programme about the Marie Celeste, that they change names in order to
make insurance claims for a 'lost' boat. With the number of changes
going on it becomes easier to imagine that such a scam might be easier
than one might think. Just a passing thought. :)
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Almost
think I should open a thread for this particular topic, but I dunno,
I'll leave that up to our wonderful mods. Some interesting ship history
from our ship's logs!
Another
history buff - wonderful!! Randi is right, both Albatross and The
Voyages, The Work, The People: Everyday Life at Sea topics work - I
tend to open the second topic in another tab and copy/paste the first
write up. Pasting the first link also works. :)
I
can't find any record of any vessel called the Curtis Bay having
operated in the Caribbean, and given that the name is a reference to a
tidal inlet of the Patapsco River, where it flows into Chesapeake Bay,
which (to me) implies that the ship was, at one time, an American vessel
sold to a British company (or simply a Canadian vessel) prior to its
being spotted by the Albatross.
Curtis Bay is also the name of a Coast Guard Navy Yard. More likely a US ship rather than Canadian.
...Formerly the Confederate States CSS Bermuda, arguably the most successful Confederate blockade runner, despite her size. ...
The
'C' instead of 'U' still matters in the states, especially in the
south, altho she did get changed over to USS later. Absolutely
fascinating reading. I'm thinking like you, someone collected
falsely on a faked wreck, then changed the dates when he sold the
"wrecked" ship so they wouldn't find it listed in any registers they
opened to check.
I know we're all here for the weather, but the history is just... so cool. Sue me. Actually, please don't, I'm poor. ;)
I love reading this too much to even consider suing. :)
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The only mention I can find of SS Curtis Bay is from the arrivals column in the NY Times of February 27, 1883.
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2-3 October 2015 there will be a Symposium in Lisle Ill. put on by
the World War I Historical Association see www.ww1ha.org for details. It
based on the year 1915
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2-3
October 2015 there will be a Symposium in Lisle Ill. put on by the
World War I Historical Association see www.ww1ha.org for details. It
based on the year 1915
That's
in my backyard!! A bit too pricey, given I'm not a real historian
or war tactics fan. I'm wondering if they know about us,
tho. I'm thinking it over. :)
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2-3
October 2015 there will be a Symposium in Lisle Ill. put on by the
World War I Historical Association see www.ww1ha.org for details. It
based on the year 1915
That's
in my backyard!! A bit too pricey, given I'm not a real historian
or war tactics fan. I'm wondering if they know about us,
tho. I'm thinking it over. :)
You could crowd fund, Janet. ;D
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A thought. :)
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To mis-quote Python.
Don't mention the Cricket.
??? :o :-[ >:(
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What cricket?
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Isn't that a Fawlty Towers reference and not Python?
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Whatever it is, could someone please explain? I don't get it at all.
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"The Germans" is the sixth episode of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. It is remembered for its line "Don't mention the war" ...
;)
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Correct HatterJack, I made a mistake
Python Faulty Towers. Sorry.
I am not going to mentioning the AU 'v' UK cricket farce.
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Honestly, it's an easy mistake to make if you're not a rabid fan of
either. They both have John Cleese being his majestic self.
And... I don't follow cricket, so I didn't know that there was an AU v. UK thing. Now you have my curiosity piqued.
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That's OK HatterJack. It's only been going on for 130+ years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes
;D
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And at that point, I must ask if Caro is backing her native Australia or her current home in England. ;)
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Both. ;D
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Both. ;D
I can do that as well.
Made in England, Lobotomised Naturalised Resident of Australia.
Go the Winners. ;D
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Ah, I see - so this is a friendly-rivalry sports thing that has been
going on for ages between two teams, like the OxBridge boat race.
Got it.
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Ah,
I see - so this is a friendly-rivalry sports thing that has been going
on for ages between two teams, like the OxBridge boat race.
Got it.
One of the teams did not do very well in the first innings of the first day of the 4th test.
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Anybody got a Sandwich to spare.
Concord 24 Mar 1904
F to Sqd
W.W. "To Ward Room Mess.-We are short of sandwiches, can you help out
and make about one hundred small ones of ham, chicken, or beef.
Sig. Andrews."
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I found a useful recipe (https://www.youtube.com/embed/aYAGB11YrSs). Will that help?
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;D ;D ;D
No vege option?
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I found a useful recipe (https://www.youtube.com/embed/aYAGB11YrSs). Will that help?
ROTFL
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;D
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Concord punishments. 8 - mer ???
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol033of040/vol033of040_073_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol033of040/vol033of040_073_1.jpg)
This is not the first time the list has been almost this long, they just do not learn. :-[
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;D ;D ;D
No vege option?
Nope - 'fraid not.
One
thing I find amusing is that the engineer (guy in hard hat and glasses)
can make sentry guns, force shields and many other things... but he
can't make sandwiches.
(These guys are characters from the video game Team Fortress 2 - that's how I know one of them's an engineer, and the other's a heavy weapons guy)
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Odd - they look like they've got muscles to match Popeye's. Sure
they're not sneaking spinach sandwiches on the quiet? ;) ;) :D
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Probably not - I did some
Googling serious research, and found that the recipe does not have spinach:
http://www.gourmetgaming.co.uk/post/9637230473/team-fortress-2-sandvich-edible-device-many
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HMS Hood's bell recovered from seabed (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33853847)
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HMS Hood's bell recovered from seabed (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33853847)
WOW!! What a Treasure!!
I did edits for HMS HOOD. Is there anyway we could 'tag' this video to the Edits at Naval_History?!
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One of the ships we did the logs for the M33 has been restored and is open to the public according to the great war forum.
Iceblink is a book on the Franklin expedition.
It's
too bad you can't go to Syposium JJ the speakers at these events really
know there stuff. Sometimes the presentations are put on youtube at
later dates. They should know about this site it has been mentioned on
the Great war forum over the years.
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HMS Hood's bell recovered from seabed (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33853847)
WOW!! What a Treasure!!
I did edits for HMS HOOD. Is there anyway we could 'tag' this video to the Edits at Naval_History?!
Adding
that is up to Maikel, but for sure we would have to have some kind of
archive or museum link that would be less ephemeral as an url to a
current news article. Maybe see if you can get a link to it for
the finale of the log, after it is museum installed?
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One of the ships we did the logs for the M33 has been restored and is open to the public according to the great war forum.
https://twitter.com/JourneyPlotter/status/624499868413894656 (https://twitter.com/JourneyPlotter/status/624499868413894656)
https://twitter.com/JourneyPlotter/status/624566810654937088 (https://twitter.com/JourneyPlotter/status/624566810654937088)
:D
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Both PCs now on Win10. Only Bluetooth mouse problem with one. Relatively painless. ;)
Keyboards still cannot spell, wish they would fix them. ;D
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I'm gonna wait beginning of October, when my exams are all done - I
need my PC to study and practice for those, so I'm not taking any
chances.
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Very sensible!
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Some superb 360o H.M.S. M.33 photos available at NMRN.
http://nmrn.org.uk/node/1417 (http://nmrn.org.uk/node/1417)
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I'm
gonna wait beginning of October, when my exams are all done - I need my
PC to study and practice for those, so I'm not taking any chances.
Hopefully Microsoft will have fixed the endless reboot problem by then!
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/11/windows-10-broken-update-endless-reboot-loop
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Some superb 360o H.M.S. M.33 photos available at NMRN.
http://nmrn.org.uk/node/1417 (http://nmrn.org.uk/node/1417)
I wonder if they have noticed, somebody nicked the engine?
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I'm
gonna wait beginning of October, when my exams are all done - I need my
PC to study and practice for those, so I'm not taking any chances.
Hopefully Microsoft will have fixed the endless reboot problem by then!
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/11/windows-10-broken-update-endless-reboot-loop
I've been convinced Win10 will be good to install - AFTER it's had a couple of months to work out the most egregious bugs.
Some superb 360o H.M.S. M.33 photos available at NMRN.
http://nmrn.org.uk/node/1417 (http://nmrn.org.uk/node/1417)
Maybe that's why they won't put it in the water? ;)
I wonder if they have noticed, somebody nicked the engine?
:)
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Here is a 70th anniversary. Not the war our RN ships were in, but it was the war my dad and step-mother served in.
https://www.facebook.com/janet.jaguar/posts/893753924044781
I'm
giving you the Facebook link because I'm not sure if the Trib article
(http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-world-war-ii-armistice-japanese-surrender-atom-bomb-edit-20150813-story.html)
is public or not.
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Tomorrow Sail Amsterdam will start (https://www.sail.nl/en/ (https://www.sail.nl/en/)).
Today
the first tall ships have arrived off the Dutch coast and tomorrow
they'll sail in parade over the North Sea Channel to Amsterdam.
Always an amazing sight. :)
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Firefox says: "This Connection is Untrusted"
I trust that since you posted it it can be trusted ;)
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My Firefox isn't reporting anything. ???
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My Chrome had no problems with it. The advantage of a tall
ships festival on the ocean is that you get the really tall ships.
On the Great Lakes, there are no trade winds to make those tall square
sails economic and many shallow ports, so all of our tall ships are
schooners and coastal vessels. Yours are much more
impressive. Enjoy. :)
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If you want to see pictures of the event, check the following site:
http://sail2015inbeeld.webflow.io/ (http://sail2015inbeeld.webflow.io/)
Pictures will be added during the event, so check regularly. :)
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Looks wonderful, Maikel. No warning from Firefox for me either.
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I get:
This Connection is Untrusted
You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.sail.nl, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally,
when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted
identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However,
this site's identity can't be verified.
What Should I Do?
[Get me out of here!]
> Technical Details
V I understand the Risks
If
you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could
mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't
continue.
If you understand what's going on, you can tell Firefox
to start trusting this site's identification. Even if you trust the
site, this error could mean that someone is tampering with your
connection.
Don't add an exception unless you know there's a good reason why this site doesn't use trusted identification.
[Add Exception...]
I don't have any problems with the site itself. Lots of ships! Too bad Hermione couldn't make it.
I don't have any problems with http://sail2015inbeeld.webflow.io/
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I'm using Chrome, and have no problems with the site.
One site I
always have that "Connection is Untrusted" problem with is my college's
email system - the message Randi mentioned pops up every single time I
check my college email there.
The college offers Bachelor's degrees
in Computer Science, but they can't make an email system with a trusted
connection... ::)
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Something for you to do for them as a paper or treatise?
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... or as a consultant. ;)
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We had a great family reunion at "our" lake in central British Columbia. Here's what 50 years can do... :D
PS,
we are all of similar height, but when my mom took the photo 50 years
ago, she had me stand at the highest end of the slope. We are now the
oldest generation... :( but there are many following in our
place and doing the same things at the lake we did 50 years ago!
:) :) :)
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;D
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Great pictures, Michael. :)
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So cool. Thanks for sharing. :)
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Wonderful pics!
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Very nice, Michael!
P.S. Why don't you have any facial hair like your brothers (I assume you're the guy on the far right in both pics)
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Very nice, Michael!
P.S. Why don't you have any facial hair like your brothers (I assume you're the guy on the far right in both pics)
Cousins, actually. I don't have the facial hair because I am much more sophisticated! ;D
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We had a great family reunion at "our" lake in central British Columbia. Here's what 50 years can do... :D
Something similar, but much more funny:
http://imgur.com/a/PzUC8
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;D
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;D ;D
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Great pictures Michael and Hanibal. Very funny. ;D
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'Oldest' message in a bottle found more than 108 years on (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34020734)
...
The bottle was released in the North Sea between 1904 and 1906 and found by a woman on a beach in Amrum, Germany.
Inside a postcard asked that it be sent to the Marine Biological Association of the UK, where the bottle was returned.
...
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Now that is a cool story - bet that shilling is worth more in an antique coin shop. :)
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Looking for my Shanghai father (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33962179)
After
World War Two ended, the British government forcibly repatriated
hundreds of Chinese sailors who had been recruited for the Merchant
Navy. Their sudden departure had a devastating effect on families left
behind, like that of Yvonne Foley.
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That's a very moving story. I love how Yvonne dealt with the misery
of what happened to her father. At times, we were not very nice to all
the other nations that helped British Forces during the war.
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Weather@Home Mexico: New Climate Modelling Experiment Launching Soon
(http://www.climateprediction.net/weatherhome-mexico-new-climate-modelling-experiment-launching-soon/)
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Cool.
Is that a transcribing site, or a BOINC-type site?
Saw this post, Clearly BOINC-type. 8)
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2028.msg114516#msg114516
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Zooniverse New Talk is encouraging the use of imgur.com for placing
images. Has anyone used them please? Might change to them from
imageshack. Thanks!
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I use imgur for Reddit stuff from time to time, they're pretty good
generally speaking. They're incredibly stable, even on the occasion when
Reddit links to imgur (which is often) for something where virtually
everyone on Reddit looks at the same picture in a short period of time
(which is also often), they haven't caused too many problems.
There
*are* occasionally issues with smartphones and imgur's actual website,
but they have an app that renders it pretty much a moot point.
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Thanks Hatterjack! I can cope with the site being down now and then -
the stability is the thing that worried me - so thanks for letting me
know about that :D
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The digital game that could cure tuberculosis (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34070135)
Sounds very interesting! Maybe I'll check it out.
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Amazing! I've been feeding a bunch of hedgehogs (which means sitting
out in the blisteringly FREEZING English summer for a good hour each
night), one of which had a limp. I was very worried as it almost looked
like a leg was lost - perhaps it was trapped by a bit of netting?
Nope
- caught the little chap last night, a rescuer (bless Lis from
Bicester!) kindly came over (I don't drive just now) and took a look.
Turns out that 'titch' only has 3 legs, and may have been like that all
his young life! Luckily it's a back leg - even so he may need to move to
an enclosed garden later this year if he struggles once his weight
increases to adulthood. But for now he's back in his own familiar nest.
Awwwww :D
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Neat!
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Amazing!
I've been feeding a bunch of hedgehogs (which means sitting out in the
blisteringly FREEZING English summer for a good hour each night), one of
which had a limp. I was very worried as it almost looked like a leg was
lost - perhaps it was trapped by a bit of netting?
Nope - caught the
little chap last night, a rescuer (bless Lis from Bicester!) kindly
came over (I don't drive just now) and took a look. Turns out that
'titch' only has 3 legs, and may have been like that all his young life!
Luckily it's a back leg - even so he may need to move to an enclosed
garden later this year if he struggles once his weight increases to
adulthood. But for now he's back in his own familiar nest. Awwwww
:D
Well done! I used to get hedgehogs in my garden quite regularly but not seen any sign of them for months. :'(
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No, I don't get many hedgehogs these days either :( It
is a great shame as I have a plentiful supply of organic slugs available
for them.
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Hedgehogs are not wildlife this side of the pond, you have to buy
them in pet stores. And I have trouble thinking of them as
domesticated, but it seems to work out OK.
I just found another
wildlife cam for sea otters - The Elkhorn Slough OtterCam
(http://www.pbs.org/big-blue-live/live-cams/elkhorn-slough-otter-cam/)
It was posted as auxiliary to a PBS/BBC live reality nature
show on this week over here. I have no idea if the animals will
cooperate, but I suspect it will be shown on BBC also. Check your
local stations for schedules. :)
http://www.pbs.org/big-blue-live/about/
Big
Blue Live is a live television and online event celebrating some of the
world?s most amazing marine creatures converging off California?s
coast. Set in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the bay has
experienced an environmental rebirth. This wildlife success story
attracts humpback whales, blue whales, sea lions, dolphins, elephant
seals, sea otters, great white sharks, shearwaters, and much more for a
once-a-year marine animal phenomenon.
...
It is in the area frequented by several of our ships.
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Hedgehogs
are not wildlife this side of the pond, you have to buy them in pet
stores. And I have trouble thinking of them as domesticated, but
it seems to work out OK.
I
remember being on holiday on Orkney many years ago and there was an
American woman in the group - what she absolutely most wanted to see on
the trip was a hedgehog! Luckily I almost tripped over one on one
of the walks so she got her wish!
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R.I.P. Oliver Sacks
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34102119
:'( :'(
He was a really good writer. I love his books.
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R.I.P. Oliver Sacks
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34102119
:'( :'(
He was a really good writer. I love his books.
He is a great loss. :'( You might need one of these, hanibal
(http://imageshack.com/a/img537/6650/cZutu3.jpg)
(wrong type of book genre - but probably works just as well ;) )
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The giant airships that could carry 66 tonnes
(http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34017183?post_id=897686430289962_946967955361809)
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Very interesting for delivering big objects and multiple cargo containers. I like the idea. :)
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Chiara Vigo: The last woman who makes sea silk (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33691781)
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What a wonderful woman, and what a loss if she cannot find a true apprentice.
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What a wonderful woman, and what a loss if she cannot find a true apprentice.
I'll second that Janet.
Amazing story
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MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH!
Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device,
trade-named BOOK.
BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no
electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or
switched on.
It's so easy to use, even a child can operate it.
Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere -- even sitting in
an armchair by the fire -- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much
information as a CD-ROM disc.
Here's how it works:
BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper
(recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of
information, in the form of text, images, diagrams and much more.
The pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a
binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence.
Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both
sides of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting
costs.
Experts are divided on the prospects for further increases in
information density; for now, BOOKS with more information simply
use more pages, and/or have larger pages.
Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly
into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet.
BOOK may be taken up at any time and used merely by opening it.
BOOK never crashes or requires rebooting, though like other display devices
it can become unusable if it comes into contact with large amounts of liquid.
The "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move
forward or backward as you wish.
Many come with an "index" feature, which pin-points the exact
location of any selected information for instant retrieval, as each page
has its own number. The first page has the number 1, the second the number 2, etc.
An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open BOOK to the
exact place you left it in a previous session -- even if the BOOK has
been closed.
BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus, a single BOOKmark
can be used in any BOOK by any manufacturers. Conversely, numerous BOOK
markers can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to store
numerous views at once. The number is limited only by the number of
pages in the BOOK.
You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an
optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic
Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS).
Portable, durable, and affordable, BOOK is being hailed as a
precursor of a new entertainment wave.
BOOK's appeal seems so certain that millions of content creators
have committed to the platform and investors are reportedly flocking to
invest.
Look for a flood of new titles soon.
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Yes!!!!!
(http://www.psdgraphics.com/file/golden-star.jpg)
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Oh, Yeah!!!!
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/sport/won-the-trophy-smiley-emoticon.gif)
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Hi Pommy Stuart!
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Major Technological Breakthrough...
(http://i.imgur.com/93AdD03h.gif)
Boy oh boy - I can't wait to get one!! Sign me up for beta testing :D
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I have heard that there are a lot of bugs in the entomology books
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AvastMH: Love that smiley!!!
Hurlock: :P :P :P :P :P
;D
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;D
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I have heard that there are a lot of bugs in the entomology books
Well if that's the only fly in the ointment we'll beetle along just fine ;D
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A new accessory will be available soon: Permanent Editing Notation System !
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;D
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Glad to hear you all like that story!
I must confess, however, that I own a Kindle, as do my parents and older brother.
And I like it - it's so practical. You can stick over a thousand books on it, but it weighs less than most books I know of.
Plus, there's a built-in night light too.
So,
the greatness of the Kindle has led my family to discard numerous paper
books. Some of them were worth giving to others, but most, I hate to
admit, ended up in the paper recycling.
Please don't chase me with pitchforks and torches for this!
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Especially paperback books can be loved to death - the paper browns
and gets brittle, and it is proper to bury them. Properly bound
books should get donated to a library, not trashed. :)
I love my kindle, a whole library in my purse.
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For a novel kindles are ideal. I have one and it is bliss on holiday
& in hospital. But they are less user friendly as study books and
not at all good when pics & maps are involved. There other big
advantages for the elderly with failing eyesight - fonts which can be
changed at will are the biggest. But a library full of e-books won't
have that lovely smell of old leather & polished wood.
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Especially
paperback books can be loved to death - the paper browns and gets
brittle, and it is proper to bury them. Properly bound books
should get donated to a library, not trashed. :)
I did take some of the German books to an Oxfam store - they do business in Germany.
But most of the ones that had to go were English - not much chance of those getting reused.
Oh, and here's an interesting/horrifying article on the subject. Read at your own risk.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history.html
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Now that literally made me nauseous. Because I've seen "my"
local libraries run out of storage space 10 years before the funding
then construction of a bigger library for them. I don't know how
to stop that horribleness.
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oh gosh - burning books - um - oh - er - well. I suppose technical
books that have become outmoded (then again perhaps they become useful
to the historians?) need to give way to active books. And what do you do
with a book that hasn't left a shelf in 20 years? When I think of the
size of the Bodleian Library, or the British Library (both copyright
libraries) - it's epic, and most towns just can't come close to that
size of library. It does mean that electronic books can make some
information still available with relative ease.
But for me - it's
got to be the fragile brown pages, the scent of leather, that need to
support the spine of a hardback book, the dust (which I'm allergic too -
sigh!). OK- having done the whole of the 3 Musketeers vast amounts of
Dickens etc cycle, I'm happy to admit that kindles (how funny that one
talks of 'kindling' fires?!) do have their place.
What worries me more is the prevalence of phone apps replacing the reading of good books in any medium. :)
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Hi Pommy Stuart!
Previous log page deleted and this added
Ocean Endeavour.
21th Aug 2015 Itiueg Fiord Kangerlussuaq
Lt airs - 1008 11 c
66 57n, 50 57w
22nd Sisimiut
Lt air - 1012 9 c
66 56.4n, 53 40.8w
23rd Ilulissat
Lt airs - 1012 9 c
69 13.7n 51 06.3w
24th Kullorsuaq
Lt air - 1008 11 c
74 34.5 n, 57 06.3w
25th Kap York.
E 2. 1021. 6. C.
75 56.7N. 66 42.3 W.
26th Etah
NW 2. 1021. 4. C.
78 18.0 N. 72 45.6 W
27th Aujuittuq (Grise fiord)
E. 2. 1005. 4. C.
76 24.8N.82 54.7W
28th Coburg Is.
Lt airs. -. 1002. 5. C.
75 32 1N. 79 03 6W.
29th Devon Is.
S. 2. 1005. 5 C.
74 32 1N. 82 25 2 W
30th Beechy Isd
E. 2. 1009. 6. bc.
74 42 8N. 91 48 0W
31st Griffin Bay
Lt air. -. 1013. 10. bc
75 00 2N. 92 22 2W
1st Sept 2015 Fort Ross.
Ne. 2. 1012. 6. C.
72 00 3n 94 13 3w
2nd Jenny Lund isd
Ne. 2. 1012. 10. C
68 38 4n 101 46 1w
3rd Cambridge Bay 6am
N 3 1010 4 c
69 09 1n 104 56 1 w
4th Johansens Bay - forgot to get log
63 34n, 111 05w
5th Kugluktuk left ship at 6am, did not get figures
67 82.9n 115 09.5w
Stuart.
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Thanks for keeping a log. :)
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Sounds great - looking forward to the pics!
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AWESOME trip Stuart! Yep - count me in for the slide show :D
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This Day in History: Honda Point Disaster (1923) (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Honda+Point+Disaster)
The
Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships.
On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling
at 20 knots (37 km/h), ran aground at Honda Point, a few miles from the
northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel
...
Local ranchers, who
were alerted by the commotion caused in the disaster, rigged up
breeches buoys from the surrounding cliff tops and lowered them down to
the ships that had run aground. Fishermen nearby that had seen the
tragedy picked up members of the crew from USS Fuller and USS Woodbury.
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Rest in peace.
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For those who may be interested here is the link to a sample of my trip photos.
https://goo.gl/photos/F72BEXV7GfyAyRL69 (https://goo.gl/photos/F72BEXV7GfyAyRL69)
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That's beautiful. May I ask what that rock cairn was representing?
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That's beautiful. May I ask what that rock cairn was representing?
It seems like it was a 'tourist manufactured cairn'.
It was soon after dismantled by our onboard Nunavut culturist.
I captured the clear ice cube and brought it onboard for the Scotch. :o Purists stop cringing. ::)
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I'll be generous and assume the alcohol will disinfect anything the sea left on it. 8)
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Great photos, Stuart! I really like the ones of the aurora borealis.
And that's quite a nice beard you got too - with that, you totally look like a native of the Arctic!
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Wow! That looks like an amazing journey, Stuart 8)
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Looks like quite the adventure. Some remarkably beautiful burgs, and
that crystal clear ice block was breathtaking (and no doubt delicious
with the Scotch). Great picture of the aurora too.
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For those who may be interested here is the link to a sample of my trip photos.
https://goo.gl/photos/F72BEXV7GfyAyRL69 (https://goo.gl/photos/F72BEXV7GfyAyRL69)
WOW 8) looks like you had a great trip!
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oh boy oh boy!!!!! Stuart - what a magical journey! You lucky thing, I'm jealous :D :D :D
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Glad you liked the pictures.
Highly recommend the North West
Passage trip i did. The beard has gone, i did not need the thermal
insulation as temps were around 5c except on the polar plunge which had
the water at 3c.
Kevin put me on to the agents in NZ.
Just winding down on the Rocky Mountaineer.
Unfortunately it has an open bar. :-[
Back to OW in two weeks.
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Don't tell Stuart, but the bar in my house has a $20 corkage fee for wine and a $5 surcharge per bottle of beer! ;D
I
figure with all the open bars Stuart has had to patronize in the past
three or four weeks will make him desperate for a drink or two at my
place. ;)
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I have heard that if your PC has automatic updates enabled and is
running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, Windows 10 files may have
been installed on it last Tuesday.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/havent-upgraded-windows-10-microsoft-has-downloaded-6gb-files-your-pc-anyway-1519290
I checked my own Win7 PC - and yes, it does have these files.
I'll leave them where they are because I'm gonna get this OS in a month of so anyway.
Just thought it would be good for you all to know about it.
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What are the chances they sent that out so our computers can read 10.1 files?
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Interesting Hanibal, thank for sharing.
I've not that folder on my Win7, even if that annoying upgrade screen is showing from a certain time now.
Maybe the upgrade is differently handled in different countries, or has different distribution schedules.
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Siri answers question at White House press conference
(http://gizmodo.com/siri-fields-iran-question-at-a-white-house-press-confer-1730216484)
Haha!
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Please notice that, in preparation for the 2 new interfaces that will be coming on line this autumn, we have a new Global Moderator (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=538.msg4666#msg4666), AvastMH (Joan).
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/awesome-smiley-emoticon.gif)
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WOW! Congrats on your promotion, Joan!
Hmmm... is it still safe to beat you at Shipopoly?
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Wonderful, Joan! You certainly are qualified for the job. 8) 8) 8)
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WOW! Congrats on your promotion, Joan!
Hmmm... is it still safe to beat you at Shipopoly?
Thank you! You are ALWAYS welcome to beat me at Shipopoly hanibal! ;D ;D ;D
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Wonderful, Joan! You certainly are qualified for the job. 8) 8) 8)
Thanks
Craig! I will do my very best I promise. If anyone catches me
slouching or sleeping on the job...give me a nudge! ;) ;) :D
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Does the promotion double your pay, I wonder.
Congratulations, hope you will enjoy your new role.
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Can't believe that I'm posting this right now! :-[ :-[ :-[
SIGH!
Looks like BT have a trojan in their email system and poor mapurves got
a weird email from me ( @btinternet.com ) which was spurious and came
from a different source (@ftani.com). If you get an email from me the
chances are it's NOT good unless I told you here I'd send you a message
by email.
Now to sort the problem out...gggrrr! >:(
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Does the promotion double your pay, I wonder.
Congratulations, hope you will enjoy your new role.
Thanks so much studentforever! Yep - they doubled it to ?0! Wow! 8) 8) 8) So the chocs are on me everyone....
(http://imageshack.com/a/img673/2664/xB69tz.jpg)
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Does the promotion double your pay, I wonder.
Congratulations, hope you will enjoy your new role.
Thanks so much studentforever! Yep - they doubled it to ?0! Wow! 8) 8) 8)
Actually,
when the new interfaces come out all of us moderators get our
salaries doubled. A whole $0 extra added. ;)
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Actually,
when the new interfaces come out all of us moderators get our
salaries doubled. A whole $0 extra added. ;)
Why yes, that is true: 0$ * 2 = 0$!
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How many moderators are there now who will be awarded this fantastic
pay rise. Can OW afford it I ask myself, but I will gladly donate the
?0 I received as a bonus for editing my last ship to the fund.
When
I think of the hassle you have been\will go through I am very glad I
don't have to do it myself. Good luck everyone, may all your bytes
behave themselves.
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I want my pay rise in pounds Sterling, please.
Welcome Joan! :)
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Congratulations and good luck, Joan!
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Congratulations and good luck, Joan!
Thanks jil! :D
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I want my pay rise in pounds Sterling, please.
Welcome Joan! :)
Gosh - good idea Caro - the exchange rate on 'Zeros' is good at the moment ;)
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I want my pay rise in pounds Sterling, please.
Welcome Joan! :)
Gosh - good idea Caro - the exchange rate on 'Zeros' is good at the moment ;)
;D ;D LOL here. 0 =0 Yes just right. ::) ah yeah gosh no preview so hope it makes sense.
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;D Oh just off the wall here. ............. Just want all of
you wonderful people to know you are AWESOME! Do not let them win
fight back. :)
oh darn no Preview.... what next ;)?
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Preview works in Chrome but not in the current version of Firefox.
For lots of details, see: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4392.0
In
my Forum Profile, under Look and Layout
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?action=profile;area=theme;u=3419),
I checked "Return to topics after posting by default.".
That way I see my post as soon as I post it and I can modify it right away if necessary.
If I want to do a lot of formatting, I create the post as a PM, where preview does work, and then copy it here.
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The forum has gone 'dead', so I assume that there is a problem
posting. So I'll give this one a 'go'. Firefox declares it is up
to date - 40.0.3 - and Windows 7. I'll see what happens.
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Yep, it seems to work for me.
Hope everyone else is OK and
I'm not the sole survivor in the lifeboat after the good ship OW has
been wrecked on the digital rocks.
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I haven't seen any problems, but I have been away for about an hour.
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It isn't often that there aren't any new posts for 6 hours or so and
with the reports of problems with preview I wondered if the whole thing
had crashed. Pleased to see I'm not alone aboard the good ship OW.
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Everything's fine for me too.
Guess it was just a very inactive day - it was a working Tuesday, after all.
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I think I'm OK - been getting bit of posts. :D (Using Chrome)
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I am getting
Cannot access upload path error.
Any suggestions?
Latest FF & Win10
Will keep trying.
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I am getting
Cannot access upload path error.
Any suggestions?
Latest FF & Win10
Will keep trying.
What are you trying to do?
Attachments don't work right now.
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Stuart,
Does this mean you made it back to Bowral? Welcome home! It was good to see you.
PS
Your bill is in the mail. It was so big, I had to send it parcel post! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Here is an article from NPR that someone forwarded to me. Its not
about OW specifically, but about the remarkable enterprise we are all
engaged in.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/09/10/438913284/the-climate-story-nobody-talks-about
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I am getting
Cannot access upload path error.
Any suggestions?
Latest FF & Win10
Will keep trying.
What are you trying to do?
Attachments don't work right now.
Thanks.
Just got back today and had not yet read the last months posts to find that out.
Stuart.
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Here
is an article from NPR that someone forwarded to me. Its not about OW
specifically, but about the remarkable enterprise we are all engaged in.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/09/10/438913284/the-climate-story-nobody-talks-about
Thanks, Kevin. I like this one, it speaks with some optimism.
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Here
is an article from NPR that someone forwarded to me. Its not about OW
specifically, but about the remarkable enterprise we are all engaged in.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/09/10/438913284/the-climate-story-nobody-talks-about
I like it too - thanks!
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"Some optimism", unless you look at Jim Hansen's graph showing
actual global temperatures being higher than his worst case scenario.
Alas :(
However, it is still very interesting perspective.
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:) hello everyone. I see the moon zoo has hit the dust :( https://www.zooniverse.org/talk/14/
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Good to know the scientists there got all their data processed. :)
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Wow... it's real common to hear about a new project coming out, but quite rare to hear about one being completed.
And Moon Zoo is one of the oldest - it was launched in 2009, and I personally thought it would never get finished!
Thanks for mentioning this, Liz.
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The 2015 Ig Nobel Prizes, my favorite awards, have been announced.
This year, we have:
Chemistry - Callum Ormonde (University of Western Australia) and colleagues, for inventing a chemical recipe to partially un-boil an egg.
Physics
- Patricia Yang (Georgia Institute of Technology, US) and colleagues,
for testing the biological principle that nearly all mammals above 3kg
empty their bladders in about 21 seconds (plus or minus 13 seconds).
Literature
- Mark Dingemanse (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The
Netherlands) and colleagues, for discovering that the word "huh?" (or
its equivalent) seems to exist in every human language - and for not
being quite sure why.
Management - Gennaro
Bernile (Singapore Management University) and colleagues, for
discovering that many business leaders developed a fondness for
risk-taking in childhood when they experienced natural disasters (such
as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and wildfires) that - for
them - had no dire personal consequences.
Economics - The Bangkok Metropolitan Police (Thailand) for offering to pay policemen extra cash if the policemen refuse to take bribes.
Medicine
- joint award: Hajime Kimata (Kimata Hajime Clinic, Japan) and also
Jaroslava Durdiakov? (Comenius University, Slovakia) and her colleagues,
for experiments to study the biomedical benefits or biomedical
consequences of intense kissing (and other intimate, interpersonal
activities).
Mathematics - Elisabeth Oberzaucher
and Karl Grammer (University of Vienna, Austria) for trying to use
mathematical techniques to determine whether and how Moulay Ismael the
Bloodthirsty, the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed, during the
years from 1697 through 1727, to father 888 children.
Biology
- Bruno Grossi (University of Chile) and colleagues, for observing that
when you attach a weighted stick to the rear end of a chicken, the
chicken then walks in a manner similar to that in which dinosaurs are
thought to have walked.
Diagnostic medicine -
Diallah Karim (Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK) and colleagues, for
determining that acute appendicitis can be accurately diagnosed by the
amount of pain evident when the patient is driven over speed bumps.
Physiology and entomology
- Awarded jointly to two individuals: Justin Schmidt (Southwest
Biological Institute, US) for painstakingly creating the Schmidt Sting
Pain Index, which rates the relative pain people feel when stung by
various insects; and to Michael L. Smith (Cornell University, US), for
carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly on 25
different locations on his body, to learn which locations are the least
painful (the skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm). and which are the
most painful (the nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft).
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re: Ig Nobel Prizes
Huh ::)
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Huh - did anyone check if the re-raw egg remained edible?
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These are funny. Also, the Darwin Awards are funny too. Prizes given
for stupid actions that result in a person's genes not being
transmitted to the next generation (i.e. died).
The Economics one
is on the right track but misguided. If the police are paid a decent
salary they will be less tempted to take a bribe, especially if they are
fired for accepting one.
Love the mathematics study. ;D
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These pictures are amazing. Even if they are looking up into space instead of out to sea.
Beauty beyond - winning astronomy photography (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34256496)
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I just took Dad's Windows 10 computer into the shop.
Their standard procedure is to reset them to Windows 7.
He said it is too early to upgrade to Windows 10 and that I should wait till January!
That sounds a bit extreme - and it seems to me that there is some date limit - but I will probably wait till at least November.
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He said it is too early to upgrade to Windows 10 and that I should wait till January!
That sounds a bit extreme - and it seems to me that there is some date limit - but I will probably wait till at least November.
The date limit is until July next year, I think.
I'm
waiting about another 10 days - my last exam is September 30th, and I
need my computer until then, so I'm not taking any chances.
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He said it is too early to upgrade to Windows 10 and that I should wait till January!
That sounds a bit extreme - and it seems to me that there is some date limit - but I will probably wait till at least November.
The date limit is until July next year, I think.
I'm
waiting about another 10 days - my last exam is September 30th, and I
need my computer until then, so I'm not taking any chances.
From the horse's mouth:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade
You?ll
have a free, full version of Windows 10 -- not a trial or a lite
version -- if you complete your upgrade before July 29, 20161
Footnotes:
1 Windows Offer Details
Yes,
free! This upgrade offer is for a full version of Windows 10, not a
trial. 3GB download required; internet access fees may apply. Estimated
retail price of Windows 10 Home shown, actual retail prices may vary. To
take advantage of this free offer, you must upgrade to Windows 10
within one year of availability. Once you upgrade, you have Windows 10
for free on that device.
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qualified and genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices, including
devices you already own. Some hardware/software requirements apply and
feature availability may vary by device and market. The availability of
Windows 10 upgrade for Windows Phone 8.1 devices may vary by OEM, mobile
operator or carrier. Devices must be connected to the internet and have
Windows Update enabled. Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update required.
Some editions are excluded: Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8/8.1
Enterprise, and Windows RT/RT 8.1. Active Software Assurance customers
in volume licensing have the benefit to upgrade to Windows 10 enterprise
offerings outside of this offer. To check for compatibility and other
important installation information, visit your device manufacturer?s
website and the Windows 10 Specifications page. Windows 10 is
automatically updated. Additional requirements will apply over time for
updates. See Windows 10 Upgrade page for details.
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These pictures are amazing. Even if they are looking up into space instead of out to sea.
Beauty beyond - winning astronomy photography (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34256496)
For those who enjoy these types of pictures try http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Every
day there is a different pic. If you click on DISCOVER THE COSMOS -
upper left - you can get the archive and see all the older ones!
;D
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A few days ago on PBS there was a Nova program "Artic Ghost Ship" on
the Franklin Artic expedition. They found one of the ships the Erberus.
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I watched it also. Quite fascinating, I think it can be found
streaming for those outside PBS broadcast area,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/arctic-ghost-ship.html
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From Facebook: Stuart Lynn, one of the good guys. :)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZBUj-ZDq674/Vgbu4VTPXNI/AAAAAAAARDA/wGktrrC0P7Y/s496-Ic42/stuartow.JPG?gl=GB)
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Makes me very happy too!
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Oh, I like that - and really miss him here this week. Be happy, Stuart L. :)
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For everyone poking around in Whaling who has worked and lived
enough in Talk and Facebook to understand hashtags, what list of
hashtags would you want to use most often if searching OW:W Talk?
NOT including ship names, as those are going to be automatically listed.
It would be helpful for dinosaurs like me setting that Talk up.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34352504
Insomniacs should apply - 3 a.m. super lunar eclipse! Last for next 30 years! ;D
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Or, as an alternative strategy for insomniacs, listen to Max
Richter's "Sleep", an 8-hour lullaby - you are meant to listen while
asleep. Broadcast live last night and now available to listen on
the Radio 3 website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06db5tv I
found it to be a beautiful and soothing piece of music, what I heard of
it! Though I was a little nervous that the composer might be
intending to play a little joke on us and it would suddently go all 1812
Overture on us at 4am!
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Or, join me in Quebec where the eclipse is at 9 PM this evening. ;D
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that's a bit more civilized - hopes it's looking good RIGHT NOW ;D
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34352504
Insomniacs should apply - 3 a.m. super lunar eclipse! Last for next 30 years! ;D
It
becomes full around 8pm by me - it was the previous one that was at my
4am. Since it is the last for a very long time, I'm hoping our
clouds continue to break up here so I can see it.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34352504
Insomniacs should apply - 3 a.m. super lunar eclipse! Last for next 30 years! ;D
It
becomes full around 8pm by me - it was the previous one that was at my
4am. Since it is the last for a very long time, I'm hoping our
clouds continue to break up here so I can see it.
No
clouds here, but it will virtually all over by the time it's
dark. The moon rises 5 minutes before sunset and the eclipse will
be over 15 minutes after that. :'(
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Very clear in Seattle - might be an interesting moon rise over the Cascades.
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It's very clear here, near Ottawa, despite the light pollution from my street lamp.
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Clouds are disappointing here in Chicago. Saw with a sliver
still bright in a rift in the clouds, and then it got covered.
I'll try again in half an hour see if another rift has blown in from the
west.
On the other hand there is a clear sky live feed from
NASA. (Their cam is also seeing black cloudy sky, but they are
also streaming a clear sky live from Time on the same site.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/watch-live-nasa-streams-blood-moon-eclipse-in-real-time/
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Thin cloud here near Glasgow, no stars but 'misty' moon. Very
romantic if no use for astronomy. You could just about make out the
outline of the occluded moon when there was a sliver of moon still lit.
Not worth watch watching whole event but I'm glad I saw the bit I
watched, through the landing window so I didn't even need to go out!
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Very clear night here south of London.
I saw the lunar eclipse at about 50% from my bedroom window, then went back to sleep. :)
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:'( :'( clouds just clouds so :( And I do not think I
will be here for the next one. But awesome pictures posted everywhere.
;)
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Sorry to hear that clouds were bad for you last night Elizabeth :(
Lucky
here - 100% clear, saw it at 4am - just coming out of full eclipse - so
beautiful..just had a sliver of white light on it which made the moon
look ball-like rather than a sliver disc :)
Me too x seeing the next one! :( :(
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Couldn't stay up last night because of exam today. Ah well.
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Couldn't stay up last night because of exam today. Ah well.
But you have every chance of being around for the next one! Hope the exam went well.
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Are we ever going to get the PM name drop down list 'FIXED'?
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I wish. Until we have the bugs worked out of the two new
interfaces and the whole public launch thing probably in October, I'm
under orders to even mention forum problems.
(I kind of want the interfaces to be right first also, so I didn't grumble about that.)
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I
wish. Until we have the bugs worked out of the two new interfaces
and the whole public launch thing probably in October, I'm under orders
to even mention forum problems.
(I kind of want the interfaces to be right first also, so I didn't grumble about that.)
:o oh dear here we go again.
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I wonder if the public launch will be right on the 5th birthday of Old Weather (October 10th or 12th, I think)?
Seems like a good date to me.
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I think it is supposed to be late October - Kevin will be away doing research in early October.
Besides, I'd like to see Whaling running smoothly before we start something new.
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Did this forum just get reorganized? Geographical Help and What does THAT mean have been moved from the Dockyard to the Library.
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Yes.
Since they apply to whalers too, that seemed to make better sense.
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Did this forum just get reorganized? Geographical Help and What does THAT mean have been moved from the Dockyard to the Library.
Sorry
for the shock of the change hanibal. We're working on such a tight
timescale that we've got to race through things - 90% of those things
won't affect the system you know and love for some time to come. We just
want to be sure that the GREAT library, that we have all worked so hard
on, can rescue the newbies about to set sale on unknown Arctic waters
because that will attract new friends to stay and play.
Thanks for you understanding - really! :) :) :)
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Hello everyone finally got a new computer
:o :o :o :o oh dear! Have
to re do everything what fun! LOL
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Hello
everyone finally got a new computer
:o :o :o :o oh dear! Have to re
do everything what fun! LOL
Are you going to sit the Clunker out of site churning over Boinc runs or was it Cactus?
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Hello
everyone finally got a new computer
:o :o :o :o oh dear! Have to re
do everything what fun! LOL
Are you going to sit the Clunker out of site churning over Boinc runs or was it Cactus?
Well I do not know yet what to do with the old one. Must say my
son got it in 2008 and it did survive the fire. The computer that I was
using did not. I must say that so far I see no difference between
them.
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Hello
everyone finally got a new computer
:o :o :o :o oh dear! Have to re
do everything what fun! LOL
Good luck!
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Go for it, Liz. I bet your new computer is a bit faster than the one built in 2008. :)
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Hello
everyone finally got a new computer
:o :o :o :o oh dear! Have to re
do everything what fun! LOL
Are you going to sit the Clunker out of site churning over Boinc runs or was it Cactus?
What do you mean by "Cactus", Stuart? I don't get it.
And
good luck with your new computer, Liz! I always like getting a new one
because, in my case at least, the new one is always so much better than
the old one (If your old one was built in 2008, this should DEFINITELY
be the case!).
My laptop will be turning 4 years old soon - I wonder how much longer it can last?
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Regarding your old computer, my Compaq Presario is about 10 years
old. It has been running 24/7 for almost 4 years now doing CPDN. When
Microsoft stopped supporting XP last year I took everything off of it
and it is now dedicated to BOINC. I bought a switch that allows me to
easily go back and forth between my new computer and the old one using
the same monitor, keyboard and speakers. My Presario doesn't contribute
very much compared to my Lenova but every little bit helps.
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Well
I do not know yet what to do with the old one. Must say my son
got it in 2008 and it did survive the fire. The computer that I was
using did not. I must say that so far I see no difference between
them.
Fire??!! :o Did I miss something here??!! Are you OK??!! :-*
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
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For Hanibal
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/218294/why-do-aussies-use-cactus-to-mean-dead-useless-or-broken
(http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/218294/why-do-aussies-use-cactus-to-mean-dead-useless-or-broken)
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It's good to learn that at least one species introduced to Australia did some good ;D
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For Hanibal
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/218294/why-do-aussies-use-cactus-to-mean-dead-useless-or-broken
(http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/218294/why-do-aussies-use-cactus-to-mean-dead-useless-or-broken)
For all of us northerners standing on our heads - I deduced what it meant but had no idea why. Thanks.
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that was a funny one! :D I've grown cactuses before - with no luck - they all ended up 'cactus' :o ::) ;D
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Thanks Stuart - could you please not use local slang without providing a link?
Like this: Kummerspeck (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kummerspeck)
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I wonder if Citroen will be marketing their new(ish) model, the C4 Cactus, under a different name in Australia?
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Thanks Stuart - could you please not use local slang without providing a link?
Like this: Kummerspeck (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kummerspeck)
Yes boss ;)
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Thanks Stuart - could you please not use local slang without providing a link?
Like this: Kummerspeck (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kummerspeck)
oh no!! That's what I've got!! Well - that and a very very long diet ::) ::) ::)
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I wonder if Citroen will be marketing their new(ish) model, the C4 Cactus, under a different name in Australia?
;D ;D ;D
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Yeah, I would suggest Prickly Pear instead. ;D
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Yeah, I would suggest Prickly Pear instead. ;D
Nice one Craig.
;D
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
Got it! Must be my scattered mind. Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
Got it! Must be my scattered mind. Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
As one of my friends ::) says, "Don't worry about it. It only gets worse!"
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
Got it! Must be my scattered mind. Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
As one of my friends ::) says, "Don't worry about it. It only gets worse!"
But the benefit of getting old is you remember less of it.
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
Got it! Must be my scattered mind. Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
As one of my friends ::) says, "Don't worry about it. It only gets worse!"
But the benefit of getting old is you remember less of it.
Um...What were we talking about here? ;) ;) ;)
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
Got it! Must be my scattered mind. Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
As one of my friends ::) says, "Don't worry about it. It only gets worse!"
Sorry here but well said! But what you all chatting about? missed that part ::) Oh darn no preview
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The fire was a couple of years ago.
Got it! Must be my scattered mind. Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
As one of my friends ::) says, "Don't worry about it. It only gets worse!"
But the benefit of getting old is you remember less of it.
ROFL ;D ;D ;D ;D
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We are chatting about your house fire ;D
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.msg117213#msg117213
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Good thing you didn't depend upon us to put it out, Elizabeth ;D
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Hi szukacz!
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Cordial greetings to the whole team, the creaking of an old barge :)
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Hey, hi szukacz!!
I've
missed you - will the English in the new whaling ships, and that you
don't have to transcribe whole pages, maybe bring you back?
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We are chatting about your house fire ;D
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.msg117213#msg117213
Oh dear that was bad :( But life goes on. :) trying out my
new computer etc. getting stuck on several projects and trying to figure
out what is happening here. ??? Oh darn no preview :(
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Preview works in Chrome...
For Firefox, see: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4392.msg115611#msg115611
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This one is great.
I DO NOT WANT YOUR STUPID APP
I do not want your stupid app
I will not use this siloed c**p.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!
Would you like them on your phone?
On your waking home screen shown?
No! And no and no and no!
I do not want your stupid app
I do not want these wares of c*p.
Your interstitials make me mad!
My ad blockers will make you sad.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!
Don?t you want your content trapped?
Don?t you want your actions mapped?
Not on a tablet,
Not on a phablet.
Not on an Android on the bus,
Not on a rose-gold 6S Plus.
Let this trend begin to ebb
Redecentralize the web.
Would you? Could you? If they?re slick?
Would you? Could you? If they?re quick?
You can use this app offline.
Interruptions can be thine!
I would not, could not, just for speed.
LTE removes that need.
HTML5 can cache offline.
I do not want your pushes? chimes.
I do not want your stupid app
I will not use this siloed c**p!
Say! Would you log in and register?
And would you tell us if you are a mister?
Would you approve our permission list?
We?re sorry but we really must insist.
May we track your location in background?
For we have to know where you can be found.
You can just log in with Facebook!
(Without reading our privacy gobbledigook.)
Not with your privacy policy,
Not with your meaningless homily.
Not with your terms and conditions,
Not with your greedy permissions.
I want content hyperlinked,
I refuse to be hoodwinked.
I do not want your stupid app
I do not want these wares of c**p.
Let this trend begin to ebb
Redecentralize the web!
Here?s an offer out of kilter
Would you, if it photo-filtered?
If it let you post a Vine
If it let you share designs?
If this app let you create
Might you then participate?
Say! I might participate!
My objections dissipate!
If an app is for creation
It could meet my approbation.
If it is designed for makers,
Not to monetize for takers,
If so, well then, I mean, by ham,
I will download, Sam-I-am!
But if your app is for consumption
Do not count on my presumption.
I do not want your stupid app
I will not use this siloed c**p.
Your interstitials make me mad!
My ad blockers will make you sad.
I do not like this, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!
Let this trend begin to ebb
RDECENTRALIZE THE WEB!!!
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Feel better for that, I hope.
:) ;)
At least you might
understand why my mobile makes phone calls & sends texts, hasn't got
a camera and doesn't link to the web. Make life quite peaceful.
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Feel better for that, I hope.
:) ;)
At
least you might understand why my mobile makes phone calls & sends
texts, hasn't got a camera and doesn't link to the web. Make life quite
peaceful.
Same here! Mine also has an alarm clock that can be set to go off on different times at different days of the week.
The
only real social media stuff I do is an occasional Skype call, and,
very rarely, someone from my college course will post something on
Facebook, so then I check it out.
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Feel better for that, I hope.
:) ;)
At
least you might understand why my mobile makes phone calls & sends
texts, hasn't got a camera and doesn't link to the web. Make life quite
peaceful.
Same here! Mine also has an alarm clock that can be set to go off on different times at different days of the week.
The
only real social media stuff I do is an occasional Skype call, and,
very rarely, someone from my college course will post something on
Facebook, so then I check it out.
Oh
you silly people! ;) I have a phone that plugs into a wall. No
texts, no Skype, no camera, no caller ID, no apps. It's FABULOUS!
;D
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Feel better for that, I hope.
:) ;)
At
least you might understand why my mobile makes phone calls & sends
texts, hasn't got a camera and doesn't link to the web. Make life quite
peaceful.
Same here! Mine also has an alarm clock that can be set to go off on different times at different days of the week.
The
only real social media stuff I do is an occasional Skype call, and,
very rarely, someone from my college course will post something on
Facebook, so then I check it out.
Oh
you silly people! ;) I have a phone that plugs into a wall. No
texts, no Skype, no camera, no caller ID, no apps. It's FABULOUS!
;D
My
land line died (the line into the apartment, not the phone) 15 years
ago, and I replaced it with a cell number. I have a "smart phone"
because that's what the insurance company sent me when my original
phone's battery self-destructed and it and its battery were
obsolete. But I'm still grandfathered into a cheap account that
gives me no access to the internet. I can call, text, set alarms
to tell me when to get myself to the bus stop for appointments, and take
pictures altho each one I email to myself costs me a 10 cent
surcharge. And I avoid texting anyone, I positively hate using
that tiny keyboard but like to get auto-texts from the CTA telling
exactly when my bus will be arriving at my stop.
Peaceful.
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Feel better for that, I hope.
:) ;)
At
least you might understand why my mobile makes phone calls & sends
texts, hasn't got a camera and doesn't link to the web. Make life quite
peaceful.
Same here! Mine also has an alarm clock that can be set to go off on different times at different days of the week.
The
only real social media stuff I do is an occasional Skype call, and,
very rarely, someone from my college course will post something on
Facebook, so then I check it out.
Oh
you silly people! ;) I have a phone that plugs into a wall. No
texts, no Skype, no camera, no caller ID, no apps. It's FABULOUS!
;D
No
caller ID? You mean you have to actually answer the phone to find
out if it's a nuisance call trying to sell you something you don't
want?
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I'm also in the telephonic stone-age. What's wrong with tin cans and string? ;) ;D
Anyway
- I had this bet with my neighbour that I'd try to get a set of really
good recipes from the people calling (nuisance, but not pre-recorded
rubbish) AND I pulled it off! It was sometime between xmas and new year a
long time back - got a chap in Mumbai to give me his mum's best chicken
curry recipe. As a vegetarian it is not up my street - and sadly it got
lost :(
Hanibal - great piece of poetry! I back the speaker all the way, I'll back spam blocking every day ;D
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No
caller ID? You mean you have to actually answer the phone to find
out if it's a nuisance call trying to sell you something you don't
want?
Well,
actually they are now spoofing IDs so it really doesn't help all that
much. :o Besides, if they won't go right away, I pretend they've
convinced me and I tell them I'm going to get my credit card, and then I
go back to working on OW! Eventually they give up. ;D
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I only got the mobile when I went into hospital (we could use them
with cameras disabled in the ward), texting seemed less intrusive and I
don't actually like voicing on the mobile. So I got a cheap &
cheerful phone; when I was rehabbing I used to take it out with me as an
SOS which I never used but my friends felt reassured. It is quite
handy as my NHS services send me text reminders (have to remember to
switch it on now & then) but O2 don't make a fortune from me!
Reminder to self - send a text to keep SIM card active.
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I just took a leap of faith and installed Windows 10 - and it worked!
The process took quite a while, but it went without a hitch.
However, I did have to correct quite a lot of privacy settings - so here's some hints for anyone else interested.
1.
During the installation, DO NOT choose "Express Settings" when they ask
for it (right after you log in). Instead, configure it yourself - that
way, you can turn lots of invasive things off. The only one I left
active was "Send error and diagnosis info to Microsoft".
2. Don't use
Cortana. It's not necessary, and requires a LOT of your personal data
to function. You can shut it off easily right after installation - just
call up the Start menu, and Cortana will introduce itself - and give you
the option to shut it off completely (ask Google for help if you need
it).
3. Press Windows + I to bring up "Settings", click "Privacy"
(the one with a padlock symbol) and go through all the tabs one by one.
Shut off everything except the SmartScreen filter under "Basics".
The
one thing you can't deactivate completely is "Diagnosis and Usage
Data", the second drop-down menu under "Feedback and Diagnosis". All you
can do is set that to "Basic".
4. Go back to the main Settings menu,
go to "Updates and Security" (to the right of "Privacy") and go to
Windows Update, click "Advanced Settings" and in the drop-down menu at
the top, choose "Notify to schedule restart." That will stop your
computer from doing auto-restarts to configure updates.
More info here: https://bgr.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-upgrade-installation-settings/
and here on the privacy: http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/
P.S.
Since I have a German system, I may have gotten the names of different
menus, tabs and stuff wrong. Hope you guys can manage - there should be
plenty more help over the Internet.
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Thank You !
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What Randi said. Your instructions will keep me from making huge mistakes if I install that later this year.
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Now all I've got to do is to remember where the instructions are when I bite the bullet and move over to Windows 10!
Thanks for the hints & instructions.
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Thanks hanibal - I've copied them and put them in my 'Computer'
folder - now all I have to do is to remember they're there ....
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Thanks for all the tips, Hanibal. I will be taking the plunge
into Windows 10 before long and this is all very useful to know.
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For those who want to save my post for later: I recommend bookmarking it in your browser - here's the direct link.
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.msg117921#msg117921
Make sure to review it right before installation - because Tip #1 has to be done during the installation itself.
And if you got any other Win10 questions, and Google Fu doesn't solve it, ask me. I'll see what I can do.
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Lovely to have an IT guy here, Hanibal. :)
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Have any of you who have upgraded to W10 notice any degradation in overall performance?
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Have any of you who have upgraded to W10 notice any degradation in overall performance?
I
just restarted it, and it took a while, but that may be more due to my
computer being almost 4 years old - I fear it won't last much longer.
Plus, there were some updates and deleted programs to configure.
The
only real issue I had so far was that videos suddenly stopped working -
not just YouTube, but ALL videos, even local ones saved on my PC!
I did some testing and here's what was going on:
- Chrome: Videos wouldn't play at all
- Firefox: Videos would play, but no audio, and could not be stopped once started
- Edge (successor to Internet Explorer): Videos wouldn't play at all
- VLC Media Player on local stuff: Videos would play, but no audio.
So that's why I restarted the computer - which thankfully solved the problem.
Oh,
and one other thing: The sound seems to be slightly louder than before,
even though it's still set at 30%, and I'm using the same headphones as
before.
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Have any of you who have upgraded to W10 notice any degradation in overall performance?
I've been using Win10 since early August (I think) and it has been problem-free. No degradation of performance in any way.
The upgrade was smooth; nothing was lost or damaged.
I like it.
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Have any of you who have upgraded to W10 notice any degradation in overall performance?
I
allowed the free auto upgrade to take place about two weeks ago. Almost
everything works exactly the same. However, I am having a lot of
problems with Chrome since the upgrade. It frequently goes into "not
responding" mode and the only way forward is to close it. It can then be
restored, without any apparant loss of pages etc, but it is a pain.
I
have given feedback to Microsoft including threatening to raise it with
the competition commission for installing a program that disables the
competition, but nothing so far, what a surprise!!
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I
allowed the free auto upgrade to take place about two weeks ago. Almost
everything works exactly the same. However, I am having a lot of
problems with Chrome since the upgrade. It frequently goes into "not
responding" mode and the only way forward is to close it. It can then be
restored, without any apparant loss of pages etc, but it is a pain.
I
have given feedback to Microsoft including threatening to raise it with
the competition commission for installing a program that disables the
competition, but nothing so far, what a surprise!!
I haven't had any problems with Chrome. Maybe check to see if you have the latest version?
Or,
you can always un- and then reinstall it (You can save your bookmarks
first by exporting them, then import them again after reinstallation -
ask Google for details on how to do that).
I
have given feedback to Microsoft including threatening to raise it with
the competition commission for installing a program that disables the
competition, but nothing so far, what a surprise!!
Which competition-disabling program are you talking about?
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I think Tegwen is suggesting that Microsoft is causing Google Chrome
not to work properly because it is competition for its own browser.
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Exactly, thanks Craig
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I don't think so - Chrome is working fine for me.
I will ask Caro if she has had any problems, since she got Win10 too.
Wait - according to this article, there is indeed a problem with Chrome:
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/09/15/google-chrome-sometimes-freezes-on-windows-10/
The
only workaround that I found so far is to minimize Chrome and bring it
back to the front afterwards. When I do that, the interface is updated
and the actions that were carried out while it was frozen are displayed.
Sounds like it's just a bug, and not some malicious scheming from Microsoft.
There's always a lot of things to fix when a new Windows version comes out.
In
the meantime, I recommend making sure you have the latest version of
Chrome (which auto-updates itself by default, so you should) and
reinstalling it if necessary.
And I really don't think this is sabotage - there's no evidence for that as far as I know. Don't be so quick to blame someone!
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I've never yet seen a new massive program work without that kind of
problem on launching - all of our OW interfaces included. And the
complexity of Windows is in a whole other class than OW. In my
head, I list the users of a newly launched OS as the rugged pioneers of
cyber-space boldly going where no one has gone before. I'm not at
all surprised that ware written by another firm kicks up problems.
And none of it is intentional.
Me, I'm a stay-at-home scholar waiting until the pioneers have laid down streets and paving before I venture. :)
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I've
never yet seen a new massive program work without that kind of problem
on launching - all of our OW interfaces included. And the
complexity of Windows is in a whole other class than OW. In my
head, I list the users of a newly launched OS as the rugged pioneers of
cyber-space boldly going where no one has gone before. I'm not at
all surprised that ware written by another firm kicks up problems.
And none of it is intentional.
Me, I'm a stay-at-home scholar waiting until the pioneers have laid down streets and paving before I venture. :)
I'm a Mac. I don't do Windows! ::)
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You take the safe boat down the river instead of climbing mountains? ;D
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Since OW 1 was launched on 12th October 2010 ...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ieh6yGFLN5Q/VhnJw2oA6JI/AAAAAAAADHk/IwYQPE9vW-8/w606-h506-no/Happy%2BBirthday%2BoldWeather.JPG)
And to our Canadian members,
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MtiURjdSLfw/TLEnI1Qgf0I/AAAAAAAAABA/dyAzdmeZWQk/s1600/Happy+Thanksgiving+(Canadian).gif)
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ruwPr-OHoVg/Vhqxl3i00YI/AAAAAAAARGU/YTJHzSJQYho/s1152-Ic42/ow%2525205th%252520birthday.jpg?gl=GB)
;D
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Happy Birthday to us!
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And many more of them!
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Henry V warship Holigost 'may be buried in River Hamble' (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-34503044)
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Be fascinating if they prove it. Bet they don't find the logs though!
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A VERY HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY TO US ALL...AND MANY MORE TO COME
(http://imageshack.com/a/img907/9015/uRQGVG.jpg)
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Our elections should be so relaxed! Canada is nearing the end of a
very long federal election, but we won't see this
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1oHO9Z6GI), I'm sure. :)
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Us too south of you. Although there is at least one candidate that might be the bear. :)
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Us too south of you. Although there is at least one candidate that might be the bear. :)
Yes, but you still have over a year to go, we are in the last week, thank goodness!
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Us too south of you. Although there is at least one candidate that might be the bear. :)
Yes, but you still have over a year to go, we are in the last week, thank goodness!
:'( :'( :'(
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Got this notice thru Facebook - it looks to be a hard winter coming
for the whole northern hemisphere. I'm not sure what effect it
will have on southern hemisphere summer, but it has to also be out of
balance.
El Nino Strengthening (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86776&linkId=17911037)
(http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/86000/86776/pacificssha_js2_2015277.jpg)
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http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/updates/articles/a008-el-nino-and-australia.shtml
(http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/updates/articles/a008-el-nino-and-australia.shtml)
Potential effects of El Ni?o on Australia include:
Reduced rainfall
Warmer temperatures
Shift in temperature extremes
Increased frost risk
Reduced tropical cyclone numbers
Later monsoon onset
Increased fire danger in southeast Australia
Decreased alpine snow depths
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A whole lot of global not-fun.
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the National UK weather for the week ahead last Sunday said that you
folk up your way, Janet, are going to get super Arctic blasts any day
now - stay warm!!! :D
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the
National UK weather for the week ahead last Sunday said that you folk
up your way, Janet, are going to get super Arctic blasts any day now -
stay warm!!! :D
Well, Autumnal cold, yes - but apparently no frost yet near the lake. Nice sweater weather. :)
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I was looking back at the logs a couple weeks back and noticed
conditions similar at this point in 1887 as to this year (weather
patterns, ocean temperatures, and the general movement of storm systems
in the pacific). The winter of 1887-1888 was one of the most severe to
hit North America. I'm hoping we're not seeing a repeat of that, but I
don't know what conditions in the Atlantic were like back then, so it's
hard to tell.
All our local people are predicting "an unusually
warm winter with typical precipitation" but then these are the same
people who shut down our city a couple years ago after predicting an ice
storm that never came and ended up having to issue a public apology for
costing the city tens of millions in lost revenue. Kind of hard to take
them seriously after that.
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Can anybody help please.
When doing a file cleanup on my PC using CCleaner I keep losing my Firefox drop down entries that I have created.
I can opt not to delete entries in the CC list but I do not know what that specific entry list is called.
My fingers would appreciate help.
TIA
Stuart.
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Local TV news said it was the Hottest September in the world since records were taken in 1891.
Good job it only reached 40c in Sept at my place in Oz.
Oct looking like it will be hotter.
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Can anybody help please.
When doing a file cleanup on my PC using CCleaner I keep losing my Firefox drop down entries that I have created.
I can opt not to delete entries in the CC list but I do not know what that specific entry list is called.
My fingers would appreciate help.
TIA
Stuart.
In the Cleaner section, click the Applications tab.
Find Firefox and disable Saved Form Information.
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Can anybody help please.
When doing a file cleanup on my PC using CCleaner I keep losing my Firefox drop down entries that I have created.
I can opt not to delete entries in the CC list but I do not know what that specific entry list is called.
My fingers would appreciate help.
TIA
Stuart.
In the Cleaner section, click the Applications tab.
Find Firefox and disable Saved Form Information.
Thanks Maikel.
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I
was looking back at the logs a couple weeks back and noticed conditions
similar at this point in 1887 as to this year (weather patterns, ocean
temperatures, and the general movement of storm systems in the pacific).
The winter of 1887-1888 was one of the most severe to hit North
America. I'm hoping we're not seeing a repeat of that, but I don't know
what conditions in the Atlantic were like back then, so it's hard to
tell.
All our local people are predicting "an unusually warm
winter with typical precipitation" but then these are the same people
who shut down our city a couple years ago after predicting an ice storm
that never came and ended up having to issue a public apology for
costing the city tens of millions in lost revenue. Kind of hard to take
them seriously after that.
My
neighbour told me we would have an Indian Summer for three weeks ( it
did about 3 days) and would then have a long an immensely cold winter.
Where does this stuff come from? ::) ::) ;D
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Local TV news said it was the Hottest September in the world since records were taken in 1891.
Good job it only reached 40c in Sept at my place in Oz.
Oct looking like it will be hotter.
Stay cool Stuart! Drink plenty of fluids! :D
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What I meant to say is that The Whole World temperature was hotter in September.
I guess they even out the highs and lows.
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;D ah! I see!
Even so - drink plenty of fluids and stay cool Stuart ;) ;D
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My
neighbour told me we would have an Indian Summer for three weeks ( it
did about 3 days) and would then have a long an immensely cold winter.
Where does this stuff come from? ::) ::) ;D
Well.
apparently, the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge has had its earliest ever
arrival of an overwintering Bewick's swan, which is being interpreted as
a warning of a severe winter ... so that's where some of the stuff is
coming from!
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No one has mentioned:
Happy Back to the Future Day!
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No-one seems to have mentioned either:
Happy Trafalgar Day!
(This is a celebration of something that actually happened :) )
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or the Battle of Ball?s Bluff
Civil War 21/10/1861
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No one has mentioned:
Happy Back to the Future Day!
Cubs' fans in Chicago are mourning the failure to predict today for sure - we wanted Back to the Future to be right!!
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Inspired by you all I'm going for a combo pack here - Back to the future - Agincourt.
It's not for another 4 days (25th October) but it's 600 years this year!
And the moral of the story - don't be a stick in the mud! ;) ;D
The
English had dysentery and wanted to get home for the harvest. The
French turned up in their best kit - and got bogged down in gloop. The
rest is history.
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What about the 120th anniversary of the world's most famous train wreck?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.jpg/300px-Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.jpg)
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How about the oldest active duty warship being launched?
On Back to the Future Day (http://"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution")
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I just read an interesting article about Claus Bergen, a German
painter who specialized in warships and was REALLY good at his job - he
once even spent a few weeks on a submarine in 1917!
The article is in
German, but there's a separate gallery of his works - here's the direct
link to that, in case anyone's interested.
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/claus-bergen-marine-maler-im-ersten-und-zweiten-weltkrieg-fotostrecke-130623.html
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I agree Bergen was a really great painter of warships. I have seen a
number of them over the years in books mainly the ones dealing with the
battle of Jutland. If the SMS Seydlitz doesn't look in all that good of
shape the ship suffered massive battle damage at the Battle of Jutland
and barely made it home. After the Battle I read he was allowed to sail
with the German High Sea Fleet on orders of the Kaiser which helped him
with his painting of the battle. When the painting were finished a
number of German naval officers looked them over very closely and
couldn't find a single detail wrong! I think one or more Time Life books
do show some of his paintings.
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Hurricane Patricia soon to touch land in Mexico was reported to have
a central pressure of 880 mb (25.99 in). This is only 10 mb higher than
the record low atmospheric pressure:
The
lowest non-tornadic atmospheric pressure ever measured was 870 hPa
(25.69 inHg), set on 12 October 1979, during Typhoon Tip in the western
Pacific Ocean.
Can you feel your ears pop? :)
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Sorry - I couldn't hear you - what did you say? My ears were popping.... ;) ;) ;D
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Hello all.
Don't know if you heard, but a new type of movie rating will be coming out very soon:
http://www.theonion.com/article/mpaa-adds-new-rating-warn-audiences-films-not-base-51651
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;D Nice one Hanibal - it has a slight feel of an April 1st joke about it ;)
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Hanibal, you found The Onion
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion)!! Used to be my favorite
free newspaper when I want to free myself from coping with the rigors
of reality and indulge in intelligent satire. Stopped paper
printing a couple of years ago, but still online. I hope you read
it often and enjoy! :) :)
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HI Janet.
Maybe you could use a bit of the Onion on Mincemeat Day (https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/mincemeat-day/)(26 Oct)
Stuart.
::)
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love love love mincemeat :)
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Hanibal, you found The Onion
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion)!! Used to be my
favorite free newspaper when I want to free myself from coping with the
rigors of reality and indulge in intelligent satire. Stopped paper
printing a couple of years ago, but still online. I hope you read
it often and enjoy! :) :)
Actually,
I've known about it for years. I just don't look at it very often
because only a few of their articles make me laugh - like the one on "O
for Original". That was great.
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Interesting news on a recent hurricane:
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/8/4/8/468848_v1.gif)
:)
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And what a great relief that was. :)
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Yes, that hurricane, had it maintained its force, would have gone
against the fairness principle which states that the countries that bear
the brunt of the damage should not be the ones who were not responsible
for causing the problem in the first place. Unfortunately, the POWERS
THAT BE rarely respect this principle.
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goodness me - well done for everyone who survived that beastie - and
'yes' we shouldn't be causing those hurricanes. :-[
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A drone was flying over the west coast of Vancouver Island, filming
seagulls feeding on herring, and they captured a video
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/orca-tosses-seal-way-up-in-rare-mid-hunt-sighting-1.3288096)
of an orca tossing a full grown harbour seal 80 feet (25 m) into the
air.
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:)
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FYI Greenland is melting.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html?_r=0
(http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html?_r=0)
And on a more technical note
http://nsidc.org/greenland-today/ (http://nsidc.org/greenland-today/)
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well -that's pretty depressing -about Greenland. Watching that seal suffer a nasty end wasn't too good either :(
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well -that's pretty depressing -about Greenland. Watching that seal suffer a nasty end wasn't too good either :(
Sorry Joan, hope you do not have nightmares tonight. :'(
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I won't Stuart - hope springs eternal ;) :)
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Welcome back, everyone. :)
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Forum is back up and running. I can do the happy dance now.
::goes back to burying his head in research instead::
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:D :D :D
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Quite, I was beginning to panic. :'( All that editing and NO
FORUM. >:( Thank heavens everyone is back.
:) :) :)
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OK. :)
If it happens again, dear people, join us on Old
Weather: Talk
(https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/).
Chat (https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/148/10409/) is open in the Dockside Cafe, all hours.
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Thanks to Chris S. and Adam for getting us back online.
OK. :)
If
it happens again, dear people, join us on Old Weather: Talk
(https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/).
Chat (https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/148/10409/) is open in the Dockside Cafe, all hours.
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Hear hear. :)
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Yeah - we're back!!!
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(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_6569.gif)
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At last!
What was the exact problem, BTW? I'm curious to know!
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Don't know, just who fixed it. That's good enuf for me. :)
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Mmm, if you're evil thinking, you would start to wonder whether the
good people at Zooniverse are trying to slowly kill off Old Weather. :P
Half-fledged interfaces, barely beta test worthy, are released to the public.
The hardly readable Talk community is promoted as the next best thing.
This excellent forum isn't supported any more, bugs aren't solved, server crashes are left unattended.
Good thing I'm not that evil thinking. ;)
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Yes, it does look quite suspicious, Maikel. ;)
I
think it might be a case of too much quantity, not enough quality: The
PTB spend too much time launching new projects and not enough time
maintaining what has already been started.
Plus, the vast number of
projects make it hard for people to focus, so it takes longer for any
one project to get 100% finished off.
Moo Zoo, for example, took six years.
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My problem was that while chatting is lovely I wanted to access the
pages & pages of useful info which people have amassed over the
years for the aid of transcribers & especially editors. Geographic
help, for example, is HERE not on 'Talk'. So are all the
explanations of weird procedures & equipment in our RN logs.
So please, please OW staff, keep us on-line and save the sanity &
lower the blood pressure of hard working editors.
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We intend to move some of the reference material (Geographic Help,
for instance) to Talk so it will be accessible in both places, but it
all takes time, and we have many things to do at the moment.
The
Editorial Office cannot be moved to Talk so for this and other reasons,
as far as I know, this forum will be maintained for as long as we need
it.
We're hoping for an upgrade when the new interfaces and Talk are working as they should. Be nice, now. ;)
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Well, since you ask.
Initial diagnosis:
'the PHP sites instance wasn't authorised to connect to the database any more'.
Further investigation gave:
'OK, so I have no idea what happened. There's no entry in the log from anyone revoking its access.'
So
basically the forum decided, all by itself, that it wasn't allowed to
access its own database. We're blaming it on some unspecified foul-up by
Amazon Web Services (AWS - the system on which all our sites run). The
outage lasted so long because the usual fixes (reboot the server) didn't
work. Sorry for the outage, and well done the ops team, who eventually
managed to work out what had happened (if not why).
At last!
What was the exact problem, BTW? I'm curious to know!
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Thank you, Philip!
I was curious too.
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Why can't the Editorial Office be moved? Is it because of its status as a board?
I'm just wondering....
I
have worked on 2 major document management systems - and was on the
Help Desk for one of them - we are talking hundreds of thousands, if not
millions of documents, with millions of data points. Both of them
went thru MAJOR redesigns - trust me, this redesign/launch seems to be
going ok.
My favorite bug from one of the redesigns involved the
HELP button - when you clicked on it, you got a message to click on the
HELP button ;D
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Why can't the Editorial Office be moved? Is it because of its status as a board?
....
My
favorite bug from one of the redesigns involved the HELP button - when
you clicked on it, you got a message to click on the HELP button
;D
Talk has no facility for editor status.
Therefore, we can't make a hidden board for the editors to use.
This applies to shipherds too.
...
My kind of HELP button! :-* ;D
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We can eventually - after at least one more essential change to our
current Talk or more likely two - move EO to this Panoptes Talk, so it
ain't gonna happen while they are fixing our interfaces. This
version of Talk has functions that put it head and shoulders above the
capabilities of all older versions. There is no way on earth
anyone is going to get me to ask for that while they are making our
definitely injured ready for real use and public launch. Or the
month after that while we all catch our breath again.
Like Galaxy Zoo Forum
(http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/), the old forum would become locked but
all archives can be read as a library of paper books - and search
function works only if you were a member before it was locked and can
still sign in. I've already figured out that we can live with the
all archives boards being locked but readable as not one of them as been
added to in the last 12 months, but everything reference in the active
EO boards will need to be transferred. And if that gets suggested
as to be done in what's left of 2015, I least will get way
overloaded. We need to work with the new Talk enough so it is
actually routine first.
And for some of them, like abbreviations
and outside links, someone other than your mods is going to have to
condense all the editor replies and additions into a new master list
that will be easier to transfer - we are all kind of at our limit right
now.
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Yesterday my view of the new forum changed. From...'aaaggghhhh!' to -
'phew! what a relief to have somewhere to meet up'. Which I guess helps
my head get around the changes :D
Caro's even made sure we've got our word games installed ;D
So just now, and despite all the changes..I'm feeling reasonably.....chilled out:
(http://i.imgur.com/FSJ8RNj.gif)
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Yep - just don't threaten us with another big project until we've recovered from this one. :)
(https://everythingabya.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tumblr_mdajq5cjld1rj50pho1_500.png)
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Yep - just don't threaten us with another big project until we've recovered from this one. :)
(https://everythingabya.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tumblr_mdajq5cjld1rj50pho1_500.png)
:) Oh my! first and foremost I hope this post. Hello
everyone, I see just a few changes here and there. :-\
Now you might get a glimpse of why I freaked out when the old
Galaxyzoo Forum went down. oh darn preview still not
working. That's okay because all of you will let me know of any
typo's. I have been, I hope helping out on another project
or two. So I am in kind of a shock here. The new thing
ok but I was very happy to get here. :) I truly hope this
forum stays active! The new ones are not the same very hard
to communicate on. ect Liz oh here goes
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I'm very grateful that you said "The new ones are not
the same very hard to communicate on. ect " Elizabeth. :) I
find the new one very grim. I don't think that Chris Lintott ever
thought that the forum would be as difficult as it has turned out to be
with the new style on Panoptes. I'm still stunned by it. As I've said
before I don't care what the technical background is - but visually this
works very very well, so it ain't broke and it shouldn't be being
fixed :(
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Happy Birthday Mr Boole.
I will leave it up to others to make up puns using and/or/not/ etc.
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That would be very boolish, Stuart. ;D
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That would be very boolish, Stuart. ;D
Boolish but most logical. ;)
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Google already did a great one with their latest Doodle.
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Google already did a great one with their latest Doodle.
That was what I was referring to.
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Saving the memory of the boy hero - Jack Cornwell
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jack-cornwell--3#/ (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jack-cornwell--3#/)
Drawing of the hero
We
are incredibly passionate about telling the stories of the people who
served and still serve in the Royal Navy. Our goal is to keep their
memory alive and enable the generations of people to learn about them
and be inspired by them.
As part of our preparations for the
Battle of Jutland centenary commemorations next year, we purchased a
very unique large charcoal drawing of boy hero Jack Cornwell, who was
only 16-years-old when he died fighting for his country in the battle.
(https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_620/v1446051156/ekpnelae3njatzcwqzlf.jpg)
Bearing
mortal wounds and awaiting orders, Jack remained at his post on his
ship HMS Chester. He died shortly after the battle but his courage was
recognised when he was awarded a Victoria Cross medal posthumously for
honourable conduct.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jack-cornwell--3#/ (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jack-cornwell--3#/)
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There is a memorial to those who died on HMS Chester in Chester Cathedral and replica medals of Jack Cornwell.
He was a Boy Scout & the Jack Cornwell medal was awarded by the Scout Association.
http://newhamstory.com/forums/index.php?topic=550.0
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WOW!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/11/03/pic-of-the-week-surfs-up-for-snow-lovers-incomparable-kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-in-breckenridge/?tid=sm_fb
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/11/03/pic-of-the-week-surfs-up-for-snow-lovers-incomparable-kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-in-breckenridge/?tid=sm_fb)
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Amazing!!
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Neat. Would not like to get caught in the glider in that wave.
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Victoria Cross heroes of World War One (http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-34697730)
Albert
Ball was known as Britain's best aviator, a reputation earned while
serving with the Royal Flying Corps, with 44 confirmed and 25
unconfirmed kills.
He wrote: "I hate this game. But it is the
only thing one must do just now. Won't it be lovely when all this
beastly killing is over and we can just enjoy ourselves and not hurt
anyone?"
John "Jack" Travers Cornwell was a boy 1st class on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland.
Only 16 years old, he courageously stuck to his guns throughout and died of injuries soon after.
He was the youngest VC winner of World War One.
(Shown wearing an HMS Lancaster cap)
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It is so outside my sphere of understanding that I simply can't
imagine what those brave men went through...quite astounding :)
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Victoria Cross heroes of World War One (http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-34697730)
Albert
Ball was known as Britain's best aviator, a reputation earned while
serving with the Royal Flying Corps, with 44 confirmed and 25
unconfirmed kills.
He wrote: "I hate this game. But it is the
only thing one must do just now. Won't it be lovely when all this
beastly killing is over and we can just enjoy ourselves and not hurt
anyone?"
John "Jack" Travers Cornwell was a boy 1st class on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland.
Only 16 years old, he courageously stuck to his guns throughout and died of injuries soon after.
He was the youngest VC winner of World War One.
(Shown wearing an HMS Lancaster cap)
Albert
Ball was from Nottingham. My surname is Ball and my family are from
there too. My grandfather, who was in the artillery in WW1 in both
France & Gallipoli apparantly claimed a relation to him, but my
dad's generation were never able to prove it and it would be fairly
distant if it existed at all.
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To anyone really into family histories that would be a very tempting trail to follow :)
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To anyone really into family histories that would be a very tempting trail to follow :)
Don't go giving me any ideas lol
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To anyone really into family histories that would be a very tempting trail to follow :)
Don't go giving me any ideas lol
It
goes beyond what those of us separated from the British archives by
oceans can do because all the links to be looked for are all one to
three generations before the WW1 records we know of. A real shame,
but true.
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Unfortunately for Nottinghamshire you may be right. My ancestry is
North West & we have many records on-line back to 1837 for Births,
Marriages & Deaths and some church records are available from
various sites including the Mormon ones & some local family history,
based on County, which are free as well as the paid for family
history ones such as Ancestry. But I'm not sure about Nottingham.
Then
for the whole country the released census returns (1841-1911) have the
indexes on-line in various free sites & more data available,
including scans of the pages, from the subscription sites. But I've got a
lot from my home in Scotland without having to physically visit record
offices or churches to consult their archives but if I want to chase up
some lines I will have to travel.
Much of the free data was transcribed by volunteers!
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Unfortunately
for Nottinghamshire you may be right. My ancestry is North West &
we have many records on-line back to 1837 for Births, Marriages &
Deaths and some church records are available from various sites
including the Mormon ones & some local family history, based on
County, which are free as well as the paid for family history ones
such as Ancestry. But I'm not sure about Nottingham.
Then
for the whole country the released census returns (1841-1911) have the
indexes on-line in various free sites & more data available,
including scans of the pages, from the subscription sites. But I've got a
lot from my home in Scotland without having to physically visit record
offices or churches to consult their archives but if I want to chase up
some lines I will have to travel.
Much of the free data was transcribed by volunteers!
I used to do FreeBDM.org.uk before OW and I thought the handwriting was bad there, not a patch on OW. ::)
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Came across this article in the good old Beeb. For those of you
transcribing the early US whalers it might link to some of your logs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-34725621
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Thanks!
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Cool!! :)
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Came
across this article in the good old Beeb. For those of you transcribing
the early US whalers it might link to some of your logs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-34725621
I
got curious and googled to see if the CSS Shenandoah's logbooks still
exist anywhere. Not only is the logbook in existence, it is local
to me in the Chicago History Museum
(http://www.chicagohistory.org/)! They purchased from a private
estate in 1923 the C.S.S. Shenandoah logbook [manuscript], 1864 Oct.
16-1865 Oct. 23
(http://explore.chicagocollections.org/marcxml/chicagohistory/30/3f4mr3v/).
Any of our scientists want to ask them to scan a log that circumnavigates the globe and visits the arctic in 1865? 8)
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oh that would be some cool logbook! 8) 8) :D
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I have some information on Albert Ball he didn't get 44 confirmed
and 25 unconfirmed victories. He did get 44 claims which include DD FTL
OOC (Driven Down, Forced to land , Out of Control) which would not be
counted as victories in most other air services in WW I. Note in his
wiki bio on his claims list there are few known German killed and
wounded.
I am a member of the League of WW I Aviation
Historians, see over the Front magazine and sites like theaerodrome.com
or the aviation section of the Great war forum. Lets just say a lot of
research has been done but nobody can match up many of balls claims with
known german losses.
For a brief look at who got who you might want to start with the book "Bloody April Black September"
I hope this is of some interest.
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Hi, everyone just checking in. Hope all is well........... I have
been stuck and I do mean stuck over on Science Gossip ... I believe I
have become addicted. ::) Lots of fun learning something new every
day! Was hoping to see changes here on the forum. :( I
see the same problems as the last time I was here. but who has
the power of
Voodo. You guys do. Go for it. LIZ
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We wish. ;) Nice to see you here, Liz.
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Really cool Google Doodle celebrating Hedy Lamarr's 101st birthday -
honoring her roles as a chemist and radar inventor/engineer as well as
being a high class movie star. :)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0gu2QhV1dc
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brilliant!! I knew that she had been a scientist - she's amazing!
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The CSS Shenandoah's log books would be a interesting do for this
site. There were a number of books written on this ship. Also several of
the ships officers also kept diaries. Add to this the Civil war OR.
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We wish. ;) Nice to see you here, Liz.
That bad. :( Give it time maybe it will get
better! I hope. :) oh darn Preview still not working.
..................................................Well people work to
do.
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Since Sunday, when the developer have been busy introducing new
bugs, or so it seems, the forum's e-mail notification doesn't work for
me any more. :(
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Since
Sunday, when the developer have been busy introducing new bugs, or so
it seems, the forum's e-mail notification doesn't work for me any more.
:(
The
mods noticed this, and since the email notifying us of reported bad
posts has also been shut down, the problem has been reported.
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InstaAgent app pulled after 'harvesting passwords' (http://www.bbc.com/news/34787402)
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I don't think that Apple will be very happy about that. Oopsie! :o
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Norway: Purple 'jellyfish slime' coats northern fjord (http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34787415)
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..amazing - um - might not help margarine sales? Then again I never saw purple margarine... ;D
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Thankfully, it has nothing to with margarine. Which I haven't
bought since college days - nor butter for that matter. I use
olive oil
Wiki:
The
basic method of making margarine today consists of emulsifying a blend
of vegetable oils and fats, which can be modified using fractionation,
interesterification, and/or hydrogenation, with skimmed milk, chilling
the mixture to solidify it and working it to improve the texture.
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I've been meaning to post this article about the stunning lenticulars seen in South Africa last weekend:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-10/lenticular-ufo-clouds-over-cape-town-and-other-weird-formations/6926526
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WOW!
They would certainly explain a lot of "flying saucer" sightings ;)
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Fabulously interesting clouds, never seen anything like them in real time.
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Fabulously interesting clouds, never seen anything like them in real time.
Same here - thanks for posting, Caro!
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I was reminded by this pic from Twitter. :o
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CToqUBBWcAAHekG.jpg:large)
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Wild!! :o
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Here's something cool I found: Microsoft has built a tool for detecting emotions in human faces.
https://www.projectoxford.ai/demo/emotion#detection
You can have it evaluate your own pictures, by upload or URL.
I had fun playing around with it for a while, seeing how it would react to funny faces.
P.S. According to the developers, faces seen from the side don't work as well.
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This is what "they" say about my face from 60 years ago:
Anger: 0.00003416,
Contempt: 0.00907865,
Disgust: 0.000142868885,
Fear: 0.000026793321,
Happiness: 0.5736135,
Neutral: 0.4062687,
Sadness: 0.0107938275,
Surprise: 0.0000414537681
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Is this based on the thing we beta tested recently? I have so few
photos of me where I'm visible that I didn't give it a go...saved
breaking the program though ;D
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Is
this based on the thing we beta tested recently? I have so few photos
of me where I'm visible that I didn't give it a go...saved breaking the
program though ;D
I thought it sounded familiar - I've also decided not to test it to destruction .... ;D
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I broke it twice - once when I uploaded a picture of a cat, just to
see what would happen, and once when I did one of my dad - maybe his
beard was too hard to process?
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;D ;D ;D Imagine if the instructions insisted on all beards being shaved off first - eek! :o
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If anybody is interested in seeing some professional photos which
were taken on my trip to The North West Passage, PM me and I will send
the link to the photographers web site. (I am not allowed to put it
here.)
Stuart.
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oh I love photos. Why can you not post them here? Oh I forgot preview does not work LIZ
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Unfortunately the photos are for sale on the photographer's web site, so posting the link is against forum rules.
As Stuart has stated, he will be happy to PM you the link.
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:) ok that makes sense and yes I have sent a pm. Thanks Liz
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This is the link to a few of MY pictures from my North West Passage trip.
Some I think were put up before, sorry for duplication.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMvHYq1sO9SVixEDmh8v6MTadxJ05miUseJwAnzQTC26Kf4QTPjARc4q0YM9yogAg/photo/AF1QipPdf6VkDKBrhrVCAreEDtXMQD6c0Kn8Ntk04LH2?key=Wm40dTRadklYVlJfbDJZR0tUUWxtM2x0UURZSXhn
(https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMvHYq1sO9SVixEDmh8v6MTadxJ05miUseJwAnzQTC26Kf4QTPjARc4q0YM9yogAg/photo/AF1QipPdf6VkDKBrhrVCAreEDtXMQD6c0Kn8Ntk04LH2?key=Wm40dTRadklYVlJfbDJZR0tUUWxtM2x0UURZSXhn)
sorry
for the long link it seems to work better than the shorter one. First
video was uploaded to save bandwidth and is not good quality.
Click on the first picture to start bring up comments
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the trip.
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What a fabulous journey - glad you shared it with us. :)
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Thanks Janet.
It's closer to you than me, give it a go. ;)
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True - just 6,000 kilometers or so. ::) Canada is a very big country to cross. :)
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True - just 6,000 kilometers (Return)or so. ::) Canada is a very big country to cross. :)
15000km ONE way for me. :o
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_KT0Rh7hqUaPlduGvlydwZ8eD0UHrUb3Fh207Gbfg-Zub6HyHVDqeEFvGZFA0bZrv1cGRI3tXkfmFDvnfon1i2BIluN4k8cd7rhB2H9ZEcBqE_7A9uxac1d_-gaHDv-xYmwLvbMWeTAD2NVa5LngSwwnWPlp2f5_yZFXFJYpQ0cKp6XVKCAooMUG5HEFdnUS7tc8YbcfrmaJ5TuEfW3PYs4j60hOhveBtEHykCKh7baTEiyoMspllF-RELbAvQCnfpIR1ebGHItF1J33FtGV4oypiWiISURrt8wUZ3dnKid9MiJQa2grIFM5kDCRjJtYyX_x0iCmC5wu_kNQFS2RAZVTN-g_3YMtpJM0EgNohx7LrcRBNKtrCOukU_7SeNd8GMQJucKXn3ihzD4XpaaLdh5DffAxLItUu8Fp1d1Ve_BUNPgTZE4xxnVFJ-UbbIl5Z540AM2cZbcZTtIc7e_DvEFeXSpZ0qImQQgOF6TGEMM02m4GJUfTKv7amNoCXA3AaPitWrY1WJuVt8kh6GoMCLjpeEbJZgYzD9dRaOHOhUM=w924-h767-no)
Thanks Stuart. This is my favourite. Fantastic.
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Excellent photos, Stuart, thanks. It looks a very tempting trip - apart from the polar plunge!
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_KT0Rh7hqUaPlduGvlydwZ8eD0UHrUb3Fh207Gbfg-Zub6HyHVDqeEFvGZFA0bZrv1cGRI3tXkfmFDvnfon1i2BIluN4k8cd7rhB2H9ZEcBqE_7A9uxac1d_-gaHDv-xYmwLvbMWeTAD2NVa5LngSwwnWPlp2f5_yZFXFJYpQ0cKp6XVKCAooMUG5HEFdnUS7tc8YbcfrmaJ5TuEfW3PYs4j60hOhveBtEHykCKh7baTEiyoMspllF-RELbAvQCnfpIR1ebGHItF1J33FtGV4oypiWiISURrt8wUZ3dnKid9MiJQa2grIFM5kDCRjJtYyX_x0iCmC5wu_kNQFS2RAZVTN-g_3YMtpJM0EgNohx7LrcRBNKtrCOukU_7SeNd8GMQJucKXn3ihzD4XpaaLdh5DffAxLItUu8Fp1d1Ve_BUNPgTZE4xxnVFJ-UbbIl5Z540AM2cZbcZTtIc7e_DvEFeXSpZ0qImQQgOF6TGEMM02m4GJUfTKv7amNoCXA3AaPitWrY1WJuVt8kh6GoMCLjpeEbJZgYzD9dRaOHOhUM=w924-h767-no)
Thanks Stuart. This is my favourite. Fantastic.
Taken by a fellow traveller and noted as so.
It is also my favourite. (except all the ones I am in.) ::)
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gosh Stuart - what a trip! I loved the ice cave too, but I think
this one just pips that in my book :) And I was very impressed
that you took a dip in those waters!
(http://i.imgur.com/aFjBJ13.png?1)
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Joan, it's just like bathing at Blackpool (but cleaner) ;D
I think Antarctica felt warmer because I had to run in and out.
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Magnificent!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Joan, it's just like bathing at Blackpool (but cleaner) ;D
I think Antarctica felt warmer because I had to run in and out.
That's nothing. ::) It was -0.9C here this morning!!! ;D
Our
cat scratched at the door, which I opened. He stuck his nose outside,
quickly backed up and retreated to his favourite spot and went back to
sleep.
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Smart cat. :)
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Great pics, Stuart. I liked the ones of polar bears.
And nice job taking a dip in those waters - I'm not sure I would have been brave enough to do that!
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It took me nearly two hours to get onto OW tonight. I don't
know if it is perhaps the very windy weather taking out bits of ethernet
techie stuff. But it was a horrible feeling...shivers....it's nice to
be back in the fold. I feel a need to visit the OW addiction
confessional .... oh deary me - it was horrid...
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Joan, it's just like bathing at Blackpool (but cleaner) ;D
I think Antarctica felt warmer because I had to run in and out.
That's nothing. ::) It was -0.9C here this morning!!! ;D
Our
cat scratched at the door, which I opened. He stuck his nose outside,
quickly backed up and retreated to his favourite spot and went back to
sleep.
Smart cat. :)
My
door opens into an enclosed porch, but in the winter months my cat
frequently goes out into the porch and does an immediate about turn back
into the kitchen. It has, however, taken her many years to twig
that if she can hear rain on the porch roof that means it is raining outside
the porch so no point in going any further. She's finally grasped
this, now I just need her to get to grips with if it was pouring with
rain a minute ago, probably it is still pouring with rain now! ::)
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Stuart - I'm STILL impressed. ;D
Thursday Next - your cat
is clearly catching on ;D When I had a cat he used to go out in
everything except pouring rain, but he called the limit at the clear dry
night we had in 1984 when it plunged to below -20C in Oxford. 8)
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<<< This cat has always believed that if it's raining at the front door, it's sure to be dry at the back door.
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It looks like they've fixed the autofill for the PM programs!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Hooray!!!!
Also when you enter one name, a box for another pops up, as it used to!!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Hooray again!!!!
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<<< This cat has always believed that if it's raining at the front door, it's sure to be dry at the back door.
Oh yes, we had one of those. She believed the same about wind, snow and any other unacceptable weather.
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<<< This cat has always believed that if it's raining at the front door, it's sure to be dry at the back door.
Mine
is no smarter. He will go out the cat door onto the "catio" (which
consists of two towers with several stories and a bridge that runs there
from a cat door in the basement window and both enclosed with chicken
wire) get wet, come back inside and then try to go out the front door
where it couldn't possibly be raining.
Like Joan's cat, mine drew
the limit at -22C which, in the Yukon, occurred quite often. Now,
living in Victoria, he draws the line at 5C!
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It looks like they've fixed the autofill for the PM programs!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Hooray!!!!
Also when you enter one name, a box for another pops up, as it used to!!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Hooray again!!!!
I'll second that!! :D
(http://i.imgur.com/whrhfGq.png)
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I see it as the cats have full faith in their human's ability to
produce acceptable weather, and therefore are convinced you did better
at the front door, rectifying your failure at the back. ;D
So glad they devs got around to our forum!!!
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Preview works too. Thank you, developers!
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Preview works too. Thank you, developers!
So does the "insert quotes" links below the new message box for all previous posts - that's been broken too for a while.
A BIG fix!! Thank you, developers!
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Preview works too. Thank you, developers!
So does the "insert quotes" links below the new message box for all previous posts - that's been broken too for a while.
A BIG fix!! Thank you, developers!
Wonderful !
Thank you, developers !
Please let us know who to thank!
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zN8g4K6kYbw/SStrvTUhThI/AAAAAAAAAR4/s8yLeXVNNC0/s1600/thumbs_up_smiley.gif)
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It is indeed fixed! A thousand thanks to the developers!
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astopy - Adam McMaster
has fixed a number of our problems, but he is still working on the email notifications.
He
may need someone to send him a PM to test his fix. The mods will take
care of that if we are available, but I told him to ask anyone who was
on line for help if we weren't available. So if you see a post from him
or get a PM, please help ;)
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:) oh just got to try this out preview fixed? Test one. Oh my
yes it works how wonderful. :) :) This awesome
news............give this person a raise . Thanks :-* :-*
:-*
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Hi all.
35c yesterday, very high fire danger.
37c today,
severe fire danger, total fire ban. The local Bong Bong Picnic Race Day
is on today and they are saying it maybe to hot for the horses to run.
This years theme 'Horses in War'
Tomorrow (which is my gliding day) is expected to be 18c with drizzle. :'(
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Sorry to hear that your gliding will be in dull weather -but I guess
the wildlife will be grateful for a break from the intense heat
:-\
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:) oh just got to try this out preview fixed? Test one. Oh my yes it
works how wonderful. :) :) This awesome news............give this
person a raise . Thanks :-* :-* :-*
Is there still a problem with attachments or is that just me that's the problem?
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I tried. I failed.
Cannot access attachments upload path!
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I tried. I failed.
Cannot access attachments upload path!
Nope,
we lost that some of months ago. We nagged successfully to get
some of the other losses (like previews and PM addresses) fixed, but
attachments are still lost.
They never existed in Talk, and I
suspect from things Arfon said a long time ago that the major problem
with them was the storage space they use up on Zooniverse
computers. Linked images use no extra storage whatsoever.
The
PTB recommended image storage to use to make your private images online
is Imgur. I love it for casual images, and the organization of
their storage is superior if you are willing to put in more
effort. http://imgur.com/
Another easy one for once-only images (storage organization is sloppy) is postimage.org http://postimg.org/
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Thanks Janet.
I will note those two.
Lets see if this works.
Bong Bong Picnic Races. (http://imgur.com/y2SX6Qr)
A lot of fluids will be drunk there today. (Purely to counter the heat, honest) 8)
Will have to work on better sizing but it works. :)
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That works.
Now on your Imgur image page, right click the image and choose "Copy image url" in the drop down.
Paste here into your message box on its own line:
http://i.imgur.com/y2SX6Qr.jpg?1
Now,
select that image url and then click the little icon above your open
posting box that looks like a miniature Mona Lisa, so that it is inside
bracket image codes.
You will get this:
(http://i.imgur.com/y2SX6Qr.jpg?1)
I'm sure the heat will justify very much excessive drinking. ::)
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Why, I, thank you mam. ;D
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We have history. :)
Stark images of Shackleton's struggle (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34856379)
Logs of HMS Avoca (http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Avoca.htm): See 1 June 1916.
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I remember that page ;D
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For those in the US
(http://i.imgur.com/8rmPrCt.png)
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And then there is this one, from Amish country in Pennsylvania...
https://www.facebook.com/joel.appleman/videos/559735683762/
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And then there is this one, from Amish country in Pennsylvania...
https://www.facebook.com/joel.appleman/videos/559735683762/
That's a cracker - go dobbins go! That really is horsepower ;D
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU IN THE US! :D
(http://i.imgur.com/Sk0dNGK.png)
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And then there is this one, from Amish country in Pennsylvania...
https://www.facebook.com/joel.appleman/videos/559735683762/
:) Awesome made my day.
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Anyone running Windows Vista that could test something?
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Don't the TV news shows just love bold statements.
"This summer will have a Godzilla El Nino" (something close to that wording)
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/29846854/godzilla-el-nio-could-mean-strong-winter
(http://www.newschannel10.com/story/29846854/godzilla-el-nio-could-mean-strong-winter)
Well it was 33c today at my place, with Hail 3 hrs drive north.
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Snow at Thredbo today, and this is summer?
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That's odd.
Positively balmy 12C here in early December. :)
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Yes, very odd weather - but it did mean I could hang my washing out this morning!
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Stormtroopers assemble Christmas Tree (http://imgur.com/a/rDiQY)
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;D 8)
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Stormtroopers assemble Christmas Tree (http://imgur.com/a/rDiQY)
absolutely superb....excellent -loved the little side amusements - what not to do with your fork and electric socket ;D
Cracker ;D 8) ;D
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A certain games console ver 1 was released today (3 Dec 1994) does not seem that long ago.
Do you remember that one Hanibal?
(I have just reached 84210 Concord WRs on the OW console.) ::)
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Just to add some beauty to our lives.
https://www.facebook.com/131376260352637/photos/a.151275548362708.34013.131376260352637/553184738171785/?type=3
(https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12342460_553184738171785_461520970602504332_n.jpg?oh=0e8b68a02eec7d87b3650d52c13e55da&oe=56F68BE4)
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly
Day 249. Portugal and Spain all aglow after dark. Good night from the International Space Station! #YearInSpace
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A certain games console ver 1 was released today (3 Dec 1994) does not seem that long ago.
Do you remember that one Hanibal?
No, I had to look it up. I don't do console games - only PC ones.
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A certain games console ver 1 was released today (3 Dec 1994) does not seem that long ago.
Do you remember that one Hanibal?
No, I had to look it up. I don't do console games - only PC ones.
Enjoy
being young, Hanibal - all of us can tell you it should be enjoyed
because it doesn't last, at least in terms of relatively short memories
and knees and backs that agree we are young.
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necks & shoulders :'(
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Eyes. :'(
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Memory, or did I already say that?
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All of the above? Hopefully our spirits remain youthful and cherish joy all life long.
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Hips!!
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I have had something nice happen over this week.
I have
discovered that I have a WW1 naval history author only 300 yards away in
my village. Last weekend we had a craft fair at the village hall and
she was there selling copies of her recently released book. I bought a
copy and it is lovely. It is a biography of her Grandfather, who was
aboard HMS Warrior, when she sank just after Jutland, and he was one of
the survivors. He then served on several ships up to the Second World
war.
The book comes from among other things his diaries, which
are wonderful to see, but also from the logs of HMS Warrior and HMS
Dauntless, on the Naval History site. When she wrote the book these logs
were up but they were not in edited form and had no JPs.
We
spent several hours this morning discussing our interests and
experiences and she was most excited to see the edited logs as she hadnt
seen them before. She was particularly impressed with the JPs, so
congratulations to the editors Jeff & Janet and to Maikel.
I
can recommend it if anyone is looking for a nice Christmas present. The
book is "A Shy and Simple Warrior" by Rosie (R. H.) Parr. You can order a
copy from the publisher, SilverWood Books or from other online book
sellers. Let me know if you want a link and I can pm you.
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What an amazing find! happy day! :D
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Amazing indeed! Nice to hear she enjoyed the edited logs. 8)
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Now that is a special Christmas gift to all of us. Lovely. :)
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That's gone on my Christmas list, especially with the link to HMS Dauntless!
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For anyone with access to Channel 4, I've just watched an
interesting programme about Arctic polar bears, The Great Polar Bear
Feast, which included some USGS scientists and their research into the
effects of shrinking ice on polar bear behaviour. I realised that I
now have quite a proprietorial interest in the USGS - another small
side effect of this project.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-polar-bear-feast
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Thanks Helen! I missed it due to a phone call - must catch up with it - saw the runner for it and it looked great :)
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I hope Sinterklaas wasn't blown off course in last night's storm and
managed to reach our Dutch and Belgian friends. ;)
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I love today's Advent Calendar #6 - especially since our mod AvastMH is also Penguins' mod. :)
http://advent.zooniverse.org/
http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/12/06/zooniverse-advent-day-6-whats-in-a-name/
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Jil.
Good job you have the umbrella handy.
Your weather made the Australian news.
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I love today's Advent Calendar #6 - especially since our mod AvastMH is also Penguins' mod. :)
http://advent.zooniverse.org/
http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/12/06/zooniverse-advent-day-6-whats-in-a-name/
I like that one too - I wish they really had chosen Apes on Tape instead of Chimp and See! The former sounds better to my ears.
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I love today's Advent Calendar #6 - especially since our mod AvastMH is also Penguins' mod. :)
http://advent.zooniverse.org/
http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/12/06/zooniverse-advent-day-6-whats-in-a-name/
****blushes****
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Jil.
Good job you have the umbrella handy.
Your weather made the Australian news.
Definitely needed it over the weekend, even though several miles south of the worst of it.
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☼ a little sunshine for you Jil
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on youtube: French Frigate Latouche-Treville Vs Hugh Storm
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☼ a little sunshine for you Jil
Thanks!
Actually we had some yesterday (and warm too, 15.5C) but back to the rain today :'(
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Here's an inspiring story for those of you who have had hip replacements (or other old age-related surgery):
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/16/uks-oldest-person-breaks-hip-replacement-record-at-112
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Thank you, Hanibal - we are never too old to reach for a good quality of life. :)
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There's hope for me yet!! :) :)
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:o oh and me also!
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Thanks for posting that Hannibal, very uplifting. I like the
surgeons comment about cementing the prosthetic in place, but not
pressurising it too much.
I remember vaugley waking up during my
first op with a very metallic hammering sound, presumably the sound of
my surgeon "pressurising" mine!!
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Probably not, we used to pressurise the cement with a slow, steady,
sustained pressure applied by the surgeon & assistant, hammering
could produce rebound, and hence cavitation and voids, to be avoided
because of weakening the material. I suspect that the hammering was
rasping out the bone bed which would accept the cement & prosthesis.
Some of the cementless ones might be hammered in though.
Now you
understand why I told my surgeon that I wanted to know nothing or
watch. The thought of lying there and trying to work out where they had
got to was not an appealing prospect. He hastily agreed to sedation with
the spinal!!
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Being the season that it is, and being that some of you may be
listening to, or singing, or playing in, Handel's Messiah in the next
two weeks, I highly recommend this 54 minute discussion on the Messiah:
Messiah Revealed
(http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/messiah-revealed-1.3354491). I'm happily
listening and transcribing at the same time. :)
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:)
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I wonder if we have enough replaced parts for a bionic transcriber? What do you all reckon? ;) ;D
Years
ago (late 70s) when I worked in an x-ray department we had a lovely
patient who had a second hip done at 86 which seemed amazing at the
time!
And if it were me having some major hip surgery done I'd
want to be off with the fairies :o :D You are all very
brave :-*
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Well, we have enough major lower limb joints between us but no-one
has come up with shoulders and elbows and we need some heart valves as a
minimum. Then, to be really bionic, we need cochlear implants
(we've got cataract replacements) and we could have transplants or
dialysis for the organs. The thing we don't need (yet) is a brain
transplant and let's hope that none of us needs one in the future!!
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I would be happy with one. This one is getting just a a bit old.
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Probably
not, we used to pressurise the cement with a slow, steady, sustained
pressure applied by the surgeon & assistant, hammering could produce
rebound, and hence cavitation and voids, to be avoided because of
weakening the material. I suspect that the hammering was rasping out the
bone bed which would accept the cement & prosthesis. Some of the
cementless ones might be hammered in though.
Now you understand
why I told my surgeon that I wanted to know nothing or watch. The
thought of lying there and trying to work out where they had got to was
not an appealing prospect. He hastily agreed to sedation with the
spinal!!
I am sure you are right. The thought that they were using a chisel down my bone marrow does not make it any better!!!
I
did have sedation and it worked very well for most of both of the ops,
just the hammering and the faint smell of burning that woke me up!!
My dad had some replacement heart valves, they kept him going for 15 years.
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Most orthopaedics is not a delicate art. This was the excuse for not
appointing women!! Strangely though, female orthopaedic surgeons were
the majority behind the iron curtain - possibly because surgery was less
prestigious than medicine and orthopaedic surgery was near the bottom
of the surgical pile. There was some excuse for the misogyny
before muscle relaxants and power tools but these days things are slowly
changing. I got used to being the only woman at orthopaedic meetings
but it did have problems negotiating strange theatre changing rooms as
all the nurses were already preparing the patient or operating theatre
and of course my colleagues were using the male changing suites.
Glad the heart valves worked so well - I did a bit of work on some of them as well for a year or so.
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Well,
we have enough major lower limb joints between us but no-one has come
up with shoulders and elbows and we need some heart valves as a
minimum. Then, to be really bionic, we need cochlear implants
(we've got cataract replacements) and we could have transplants or
dialysis for the organs. The thing we don't need (yet) is a brain
transplant and let's hope that none of us needs one in the future!!
;D ;D ;D
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Good afternoon all.
Since the new Star Wars will be coming out soon, I have a very important message for those of us who will be seeing it at once:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VTuEney-wWc/UPlTr7XQqjI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/BrN2O8jeZLg/s320/no+spoiling.jpg)
Thank you for your interest in not being a jerk. ;)
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I was wandering around in Google, and found this interesting item:
The Log of Logs Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Nicholson ,Ian
A
list of ships traveling into Australian and New Zealand waters between
1788 and 1990. Contain metadata about log book sources and places each
ship visited.
https://zenodo.org/record/6901/files/#.VmwvEcqGj4K
All
three volumes are there for download (PDF). They include numerous
photos and drawings, brief descriptions of the items cataloged, and some
interesting background on log keeping in the front matter.
"The
study of old logs is not always easy due to the poor quality of ink and
paper, particularly considering the effect of salt water and damp over
the years. Dates and names are often difficult to decypher. Some are
full of interest - others are decidedly dull."
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Good afternoon all.
Since the new Star Wars will be coming out soon, I have a very important message for those of us who will be seeing it at once
etc.
Thank you for your interest in not being a jerk. ;)
It took me 25 years to see the first lot..could someone remind me to catch up with these in 2040? Cheers (just teasing) ;) ;D
If
you see it and HAVE to tell someone the plot you can pm me - I always
start a book by reading the end and am spoiler proof :o :D
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I was wandering around in Google, and found this interesting item:
The Log of Logs Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Nicholson ,Ian
A
list of ships traveling into Australian and New Zealand waters between
1788 and 1990. Contain metadata about log book sources and places each
ship visited.
https://zenodo.org/record/6901/files/#.VmwvEcqGj4K
All
three volumes are there for download (PDF). They include numerous
photos and drawings, brief descriptions of the items cataloged, and some
interesting background on log keeping in the front matter.
"The
study of old logs is not always easy due to the poor quality of ink and
paper, particularly considering the effect of salt water and damp over
the years. Dates and names are often difficult to decypher. Some are
full of interest - others are decidedly dull."
Thanks bob. Someone on Penguin Watch might be interested in those - I'll pass the message along :)
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Good afternoon all.
Since the new Star Wars will be coming out soon, I have a very important message for those of us who will be seeing it at once
etc.
Thank you for your interest in not being a jerk. ;)
The good guys win! (Just kidding, I haven't seen it and probably won't unless it comes out in a book). ;D
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sorry Hanibal I am going to spoil it.
It was the butler
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the droid butler, or the butler butler? Forget it - I can never tell
them apart anyway! (oh no - now I'VE spoilt it too ::))
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Oh no! Not R2!
(http://netdna.walyou.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/01/r2-d2-3d-model-3.jpg)
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ohhh - I couldn't say! ;) ;D
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They look like a group of espresso machines to me. I wouldn't like
to be attacked by a gang of expresso machines. Perhaps drip filter thugs
wouldn't be so bad as long as you had the right blend.
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FYI - my true love is in the shop. I hope to have it back Wed.
afternoon. I will check the forum from time to time from Dad's computer
(as I am doing now).
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I hope all goes well and that you're reunited soon!
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we'll miss you - lots :'( Hope your beloved computer is well and running soon :)
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This is hard - let chocolate comfort you while you wait.
(http://s3.favim.com/orig/38/candy-canes-chocolate-christmas-cupcakes-cute-Favim.com-314279.jpg)
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Thank you all for your kind thoughts!
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For the penguin in all of us.... ;D
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/the-social-dynamics-of-penguin-huddles-are-more-complex-than-we-thought/
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In away we just started doing whalers logs when the movie "Heart of
the sea' has just come out about some not so lucky whalers
Meanwhile I am back to slogging away on the USS Jamestown 1844
In
1950 the Idaho Fish and game dept decided to repopulate beavers in
remote parts of that state. They did so by parachuting the animals in.
See "Fur for the future on youtube
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Good for them!! :)
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Welcome back! ;)
Meanwhile I am back to slogging away on the USS Jamestown 1844
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For the penguin in all of us.... ;D
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/the-social-dynamics-of-penguin-huddles-are-more-complex-than-we-thought/
8)
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so exciting we are watching the opening of the hatch between the Soyuz space craft and the ISS live on BBC TV :)
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:)
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For the penguin in all of us.... ;D
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/the-social-dynamics-of-penguin-huddles-are-more-complex-than-we-thought/
Thanks
so much Kathy - I am becoming increasingly penguin in my non-OW life as
many will know. We don't cover Emperors in PenguinWatch, just their
cousins the King Penguins. This is a fascinating article and I've posted
it on the PW chat board along with this picture of an imminent penguin
traffic crisis:
(http://i.imgur.com/x3JsQR3.png)
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In away we just started doing whalers logs when the movie "Heart of the sea' has just come out about some not so lucky whalers
Meanwhile I am back to slogging away on the USS Jamestown 1844
In
1950 the Idaho Fish and game dept decided to repopulate beavers in
remote parts of that state. They did so by parachuting the animals in.
See "Fur for the future on youtube
I
had promised myself a trip to see that, but it may be finished by the
time I get back from Christmas - I so look forward to seeing it. Clewi
told me about it first :)
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Not usual weather for Sydney.
F2 tornado (not big in the US but
big and uncommon for AU) hit Kurnell (just south of Sydney airport) this
afternoon, gusts up to 213kmph.
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Not usual weather for Sydney.
F2
tornado (not big in the US but big and uncommon for AU) hit Kurnell
(just south of Sydney airport) this afternoon, gusts up to 213kmph.
Oh dear! That is a bit gusty is everyone ok?
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Thought you might like to see this. A set of over 120 pictures of HMS Caroline before/during her refit.
https://www.facebook.com/BiggerPic/photos/a.894034497359149.1073741835.501818946580708/894034540692478/?type=3&theater
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My true love has returned to me - with a new hard disk drive.
I'll be back after dinner!
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Hurrah!! Welcome home, True Love. 8)
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Thought you might like to see this. A set of over 120 pictures of HMS Caroline before/during her refit.
https://www.facebook.com/BiggerPic/photos/a.894034497359149.1073741835.501818946580708/894034540692478/?type=3&theater
There's a lot of paint and brass polish needed on her - bless. What a project though :D
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My true love has returned to me - with a new hard disk drive.
Yeh! Happy days! :D :D :D
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My true love has returned to me - with a new hard disk drive.
I'll be back after dinner!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My true love has returned to me - with a new hard disk drive.
I'll be back after dinner!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
It's been lonely out here in the trenches without you... :'( But Happy Days are back again! :) :) :)
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Looks like the Classic interface broke again - there's just a blank white page when I try to access it! :(
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Thanks Hanibal. Janet reported it.
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Whilst waiting for the site to come up again I am watching BBC Knowledge, Operation Cloud Lab.
Airship journey across the US, this episode (2) is about atmospheric changes in altitude.
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It seems OW classic is back :)
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To bad, Video is still on. :P
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Looks like it is back - I can access and log in. Yay!
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Hooray, I'm receiving forum notifications again. :D
Thanks for the repair.
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Yes indeed. Adam fixed the notifications yesterday.
Many thanks, Adam. :)
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102f (39c) on my veranda at 17:30 today.
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Phew! :o
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They're forecasting a green Christmas for us with +11C on the 24th.
I've never seen this since I moved here almost 50 years ago. We had a
dusting of snow yesterday but the rain will wash it away this week.
Normals for December 20
Max: -5?C Min: -13?C
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Same in Chicago, altho green Christmas is more likely than not - forecasting a high in the 40sF (about +8C)
Our average for Christmas is about -3 C
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Stormy 12C here today. Similar predicted for Christmas day. ???
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They're
forecasting a green Christmas for us with +11C on the 24th. I've never
seen this since I moved here almost 50 years ago. We had a dusting of
snow yesterday but the rain will wash it away this week.
Normals for December 20
Max: -5?C Min: -13?C
About the same average numbers here in western New York State. We are forecast for 15?C for Friday/Saturday!
The
local Natl Weather Service station FINALLY received 0.1" snow yesterday
to end the record for the 'Latest Measurable Snow' from 3 December
1899.
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This morning we had sun! I'd almost forgotten what it looks
like, we've had so many grey damp days. However I suspect this
isn't going to last. Still mild though - no chance at all of a
white Christmas (which as I need to get to various churches over the
feast, I'm quite happy about).
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I had the exact same thought when the sun came out here this
morning, too! I don't want to seem ungrateful for the "winter
heatwave" we've been having, because I know I'm saving lots of money on
my heating bills, but I am a little fed up with living in perpetual
twilight!
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Absolutely! There's so little proper light at this time of the
year anyway, and then to have what there is shrouded in cloud most of
the time - very bad for the spirits.
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The Christmas Day forecast for us is for 7.4mm rain with a max of
7C, and a min of 2C. The normal Max/Mins are 8 and 3. Pretty
unremarkable, but that's just fine with me. :)
48o26N 123o21W Elevation 76m.
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The joys of island living - very modified winters, even a bit north. :)
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The joys of island living - very modified winters, even a bit north. :)
Exactly. A giant ocean to the west with the prevailing winds from Hawaii! ;)
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The joys of island living - very modified winters, even a bit north. :)
Exactly. A giant ocean to the west with the prevailing winds from Hawaii! ;)
Beats southern Chicago hands down. :)
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The joys of island living - very modified winters, even a bit north. :)
Exactly. A giant ocean to the west with the prevailing winds from Hawaii! ;)
Beats southern Chicago hands down. :)
You can move here anytime. We have a spare room where you can bunk until you find a place to live. ;)
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102f (39c) on my veranda at 17:30 today.
20c (68f) and raining this morning. ???
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This is definitely off subject, but funny in a cute kind of way.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fq22bVmxfuk
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Very educational. :)
Happy solstice everyone!
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This is definitely off subject, but funny in a cute kind of way.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fq22bVmxfuk
::)
I don't remember it being explained like that in geology lessons I took at school.
(Then I don't remember much of them anyway) :o
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This is definitely off subject, but funny in a cute kind of way.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fq22bVmxfuk
My
sixth grade Science students would have loved this!! Great
explanation. The Music teacher probably would have helped them
sing it! ;)
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This is definitely off subject, but funny in a cute kind of way.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fq22bVmxfuk
My
sixth grade Science students would have loved this!! Great
explanation. The Music teacher probably would have helped them
sing it! ;)
just drop in and saw this post. Awesome IMHO :) thanks for posting!
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Happy Solstice, to all of us!!
(http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/52000/52248/seasons_msg_20101221_lrg.jpg)
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Belated
Happy Birthday
to
AvastMH
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Happy Birthday! :)
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And Happy Birthday from me, too!
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Happy Birthday Joan!
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AWwwwwe, thanks everyone! :D
I have been given a modern mobile
phone so I can keep in touch with you good folks when I'm
away....fabulous :D I feel very lucky. :D
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Excellent - is that another entry for the OW Addiction thread - that
a modern mobile phone is immediately seen as a way of keeping in touch
with OW? :D
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Happy Birthday, Joan - and Happy Solstice Day to us all!
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Happy Birthday Joan from Down under.
In case I forget later
(busy couple of days coming up) I believe there is another celebration
coming in a few days time. (2 days on my time frame)
Happy Celebration to all.
May Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle or Pelznickel or Dad bring you what you desire, or at least some presents.
Stuart.
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Happy Birthday, Joan!
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Happy Birthday Joan!!
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Joan:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Joooooooooooooooooooaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family!
(I've been trying for two days to add a picture but the Server won't allow it. I'll keep trying but Happy Birthday anyway!!!!)
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Here's a challenge for all of you: Spot the hidden panda!
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-0/p526x296/947083_718818741553374_3000781901216554446_n.png?oh=94179802ff8a8dd713a4f9c1ec0f25a9&oe=572250F9)
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Got it!
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Surprisingly hard to spot - then once you've seen it, it stands out a mile! ;D
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Well, down under it's 'That Day'.
Seasons Greetings to all.
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Some of you may have noticed (or maybe not, I dunno) that I've been
silent for the last few weeks. I have once again found myself in the
unfortunate position of having cast off, only to find that my home port
has been closed. Personal life always takes a front seat to research, as
we all know. While I still haven't managed to find a new safe harbor, I
have square away enough emotional cargo to be able to settle in and
focus on the project again. It's good to be back aboard the good ship
OW, I've missed you all terribly.
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Buon Natale, Old Weather!
Merry Christmas!
:)
(http://www.buon-natale.net/immagini/gif-buon-natale/buon-natale-16.gif)
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Good to see you back, HatterJack.
Season's greetings to you all.
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2016.
For your viewing pleasure ::) I've created a (silly) animated Christmas card again.
It can be viewed at https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4 (https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4).
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Happy Christmas to one and all!
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2016.
For your viewing pleasure ::) I've created a (silly) animated Christmas card again.
It can be viewed at https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4 (https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4).
;D
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Welcome back to your OW family, HatterJack.
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Christmas is a good time to renew old friendships!
Happy Christmas one & all.
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Welcome back to your OW family, HatterJack.
Christmas is a good time to renew old friendships!
Happy Christmas one & all.
Merry Christmas to all!!!
Maikel: Thanks for the card!!!!!
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Merry Christmas to you all!
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Glad to have you back, HatterJack - and you were definitely missed. This port will stay open for you.
For everyone, ...
(http://www.picpicx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/34d4618668918c333944dc8920deff8f1.gif?63bea7)
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A bit limited on computer power. But a huge and heartfelt MERRY
CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE ON OW. IHOPE that you are all having a peaceful
and joyful day. :D :D :D
I have a new mobile phone so this is an android message...his modern am I?!? ;D
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Merry Christmas to one and all from the West Coast. (We're among the
last to make it to Christmas Day, so it's always a worry that Santa
will run out of steam or presents before he makes it this far
west.) ;D
And, yes, HatterJack, I was worried about
you dropping out of sight, so I am counting your return as a gift from
Santa to all of us. ;)
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Yes, welcome back hatterjack!! :D
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Wishing everyone a Cool Yule!
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2016.
For your viewing pleasure ::) I've created a (silly) animated Christmas card again.
It can be viewed at https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4 (https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4).
:) :) Thank you and have a safe NEW YEAR!
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;D Happy Days everyone. Hope all are well. Must say best
Christmas in 2 years for me .... nothing happened. :) Oh well that
is to say my Son and I did go and see the new STARS WARS movie.
Must say here worth the price of the ticket. What total fun it
was! Oh and yes I totally liked it. ;) and so did my son :o
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I'm going to see it next week. Glad your day was good, Liz. :)
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2016.
For your viewing pleasure ::) I've created a (silly) animated Christmas card again.
It can be viewed at https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4 (https://youtu.be/OYm3zRROFd4).
:) :) Thank you and have a safe NEW YEAR!
Just enjoyed this - wonderful - thanks Maikel :D :D :D
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Jil.
Good job you have the umbrella handy.
Your weather made the Australian news.
Definitely needed it over the weekend, even though several miles south of the worst of it.
Possibly
spoke too soon. Was right in the middle of the worst of it on Dec 26th
and ended up with 2 - 3" water in my ground floor flat. Drying out now
and had got most of my stuff off floor level.
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Not a good week for you, wishing you well in getting that all cleaned up, Janet.
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I hope you don't get any more flooding, Janet, and can get dried out
and back to normal before too long. Not a good way to start a new
year .... :(
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Horrible!
I hope there won't be any serious problems!
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Sorry to hear about the flooding, Janet.
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Sorry about the flooding. Wish I was closer to help!!!!
Be safe!!
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The flood sounds bad, I hope you're coping with the cleanup, Jil. Sorry I'm too far away to help, too.
Here is a weird weather note I got this from a friend who works for NOAA...
One of the great things about weather is sometimes amazing things happen:
There
are two separate buoys at 87.4N, 154.4E, so about 150 NM from the North
Pole. One of the platforms is reporting hourly, and this morning had
three hours with a temperature at or above freezing, with a max of
+0.7C. The other platform is reporting every three hours and had a max
of -0.1C.
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jil I really hope that you manage to get cleared up quickly and STAY
dry from now on, especially for New Year's Day. :D
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And thinking of New Year...Pommy must be there already?!
(http://i.imgur.com/gpeCqF8.png)
I hope that 2016 is good to you and your families and friends :D
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And thinking of New Year...Pommy must be there already?!
(http://i.imgur.com/gpeCqF8.png)
I hope that 2016 is good to you and your families and friends :D
Thanks for the greetings from the USCGC Eagle - may we all have clear sailing this coming year. :)
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New Years Eve, that's old hat now.
But for those who have to wake up yet.
Happy New Year.
Back to work today fixing our rental property between tenants.
No rest for the wicked. ???
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Sounds like your a good landlord, Stuart. Good on'ya! :D
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OK, 2016 has arrived in Central Europe, so...
Happy New Year!
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OK, 2016 has arrived in Central Europe, so...
Happy New Year!
OK,
Hanibal. I asked Stuart, but he didn't tell me... is 2016 worth going
to or should I stay back in 2015? I have 8 hours and 30 minutes to make
up my mind. ;D
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Just keep moving west as fast as you can, Michael. ;D
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Just keep moving west as fast as you can, Michael. ;D
Thanks,
Craig, it looks like I have no other choice. Obviously I simply can't
count on anyone in Europe or down under to give me a heads up. :'(
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2016 report from 65miles west of Big Ben....it's looking good so far..but why not head west anyway?!? ;D
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2016 report from 65miles west of Big Ben....it's looking good so far..but why not head west anyway?!? ;D
The
only thing holding back is the idea of swimming like mad to stay ahead
of the midnight line. The air temperature here is 2.1C with a north wind
to 11 kmh. Maybe I'll be brave, and trust your observation that's
looking good right now. ;)
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Tough call! If the water were 2.2C and the wind speed a little
lower...nah! Go with my report and save gettng your swimming trunks wet
;) ;D
Signing off now....catch up with your new year once you're in it too :D
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Just a little less than 3 hours to go here in Cleveland. I'll try to send an update after it arrives. ;D
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Just a little less than 3 hours to go here in Cleveland. I'll try to send an update after it arrives. ;D
Looking forward to it. Can't buy a wet suit, all the stores seem to be closed. :(