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Northern Star Resources reports that exploration drilling at its Jundee gold mine in Western Australia has increased resources by 299,000 oz to 1.15 million oz in 9.2 million metric tons (mt) grading 3.9 g/mt and reserves by 32,000 oz to 415,000 oz in 2.7 million mt grading at 4.7 g/mt.
"The new estimates provide more firm evidence that Northern Star's A$50 million campaign to grow the lives of all its mines is achieving its objective. They also show that Northern Star is continuing to replace all the gold it is producing at Jundee, which is operating at the rate of about 200,000 oz/y," the Northern Star announcement said.
Ongoing drilling at Jundee is targeting mineralization down-plunge of the main lode systems. The drilling is also designed to test for key geological structures running in an east-west direction. Most of the known mineralization at Jundee is hosted in north-south structures, with the east-west structures having been subjected to extremely limited drilling. Drilling is also targeting the substantial area between the prominent north-south structures currently being mined.
Mariana Resources' joint-venture partner Lidya Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret (Lidya) has completed work to earn an initial 20% interest in the Hot Maden project in eastern Turkey and is planning an aggressive Phase II work program that will include up to 10,000 m of diamond drilling. Lidya retains the right to earn up to a 70% interest in the Hot Maden project by incurring a total of $3 million of combined exploration expenditures and cash payments within a 48-month period.
Lidya completed a Phase I diamond drill program of seven holes for 1,647 m at Hot Maden in January. The program highlight was discovery of high-grade gold-copper mineralization hosted by silicified and brecciated andesites flanking the Hot Maden fault zone. Key intercepts included 103 m grading 9 g/mt gold and 2.2% copper from 25-m downhole, including a higher-grade interval of 18.3 g/mt gold and 3.3% copper over 33.4 m from 79.8-m downhole.
The follow-up diamond drill program will include step-out drilling designed to determine the lateral and down dip/plunge extent of the high-grade gold-copper zone. The zone is currently open in all directions and may have a plunge toward the south. The principal copper minerals identified are chalcopyrite and bornite.
Valoriza Minería and Lundin Mining have signed an option agreement to collaborate on exploration projects in the Ossa Morena and Iberian Pyrite Belt mining areas in southwest Spain. Lundin's contribution includes its ownership of 24 Research Permits encompassing 1,120 km2. Valoriza will handle operation and management of the mineral exploration. Once the initial option period obligations of the agreement have been met, a 50:50 joint venture will be set up between Valoriza and Lundin for the further development and possible future exploitation of the evaluated mineral resources.
The Ossa Morena area is located within a metallogenic geological province with potential for economic concentrations of metals, including copper, gold, iron, and nickel, extending 400 km from Portugal to the Guadalquivir basin in the north of Andalucía and Extremadura. Lundin's Aguablanca nickel-copper mine is located within the Ossa Morena area.
The Iberian Pyrite Belt is well known internationally, with a mining history stretching back more than 3,000 years, and contains the world's largest concentrations of massive sulphide deposits. It is a rich source of base metals such as copper, lead, and zinc, as well as precious metals, including gold and silver.
Valoriza Minería is a member of Spain's Sacyr Group of companies.
Puma Exploration has announced the results of its 2014 year-end drill program that led to the discovery of a high-grade zinc massive sulphide lens at its 100% owned Turgeon project in northern New Brunswick. The highlight of the program was an intercept of massive sulphides grading 5.66% zinc, 0.38% copper, and 2.3 g/mt silver over 6.8 m, starting downhole at 219.1 m and including 10.05% zinc and 0.23% copper over 2.7 m within a 292-m intercept of an anomalous zinc mineralization halo that grades 0.32% zinc.
The company has started a 1,500-m 2015 drill program to define the extents of the high-grade lens and to validate the volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit model with the discovery of higher-grade copper stockworks.
The Turgeon project remains a priority for Puma based on exploration results and project's outstanding regional location, with an infrastructure framework that includes the deepwater port of Belledune 5 km from the project, Glencore's adjacent Brunswick smelter, a well-developed paved road network, and the nearby availability of skilled labor.


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The Chieftains & Ry Cooder Play Four-Day Celtic Session in Saratoga
Irish folk music legends the Chieftains team up with guitar great Ry Cooder for four nights and three full days of music making, workshops, concerts, singing, dancing and great food at Saratoga Springs' Gideon Putnam Resort from Monday-Friday, July 7-11.
The Chieftains and Cooder first recorded together back in 1995 on The Long Black Veil. More recently, they collaborated on the 2010 album San Patricio.
In addition to Cooder, Paddy Moloney and the rest of the Chieftains, "The Celtic Sessions" will also feature Scottish vocalist Alyth McCormack, step dancer Cara Butler, fiddler Deanie Richardson, Irish harpist Triona Marshall, fiddler-step dancer Jon Pilatzke and others.
Registration is now open for "The Celtic Sessions" with prices beginning at $1,999 – which includes rooms, meals, a welcome kit and all workshops, sessions and concerts. No single-day tickets will be sold, although one concert at 8pm on Thursday, July 10 is scheduled to be open to the public.

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Tale of Tails: Tino & the Coyotes
I was working on a post for next week about coyotes, actually reworking a piece we had written for Dogster last year and I realized with all the Tino stories I've told here, I never wrote about any of his run-ins with coyotes.
Today, I'll share a few – there were more, but these were probably the scariest. The first happened when we lived in Pasadena and we would run with the dogs in Cherry Canyon. There was a great loop we ran there – about 3 miles. We would take the dogs early in the am usually around 6:30-7, so prime coyote spotting time.
One day we were coming around a bend in the loop and Tino just takes off up into the brush. I grabbed Sally so that she wouldn't follow and I hear Tino crashing through the bushes. Steve takes off after him, but it's brush and heavy overgrowth and not easy for him to get through.
All of a sudden I hear some yipping and growling and I freak as I realize it's not a rabbit he's after, but coyotes and he has probably stumbled into their den. Steve starts yelling, I start yelling and luckily, Tino had enough 'street sense' or in his case 'living in the wild' sense – probably from his time on the streets and he high-tailed it out of there without injury.
The second scariest time, I was alone up in the hills behind our home in Thousand Oaks. Tino and I were on a long run – one we did frequently, but it took us up into the hills, across a meadow and then back down around to our home. We were just coming over the top of a small rise, the entrance to the meadow. Tino was off-leash and a little bit ahead of me.
All of a sudden he takes off. I know the run…it's was his "I'm chasing coyotes run". (Oddly, it's different than his "I'm chasing a rabbit run"). I have a vantage point from the top of the rise that he doesn't since he is already on his way into the valley. I see not just one coyote, but multiple coyotes….all lying in wait for Tino to be lured into their trap.
He is chasing the first one, and the others are posed to circle around behind him. I'm really freaked out now. I start running at full speed – which unfortunately is no where near fast enough to catch up to him. I pick up a big stick and start waving it over my head, running and screaming as loud as I can.
He wasn't really harmed, thank god, but he was always leashed going through that meadow from that day on. And I would always grab a stick as we came over the crest, just to have it ready.
Then there was the day I was sitting in my office one morning and looked out to see a coyote strolling through our (fenced) backyard. Luckily, Tino was in the house – I can't imagine what would have ensued if he had been out back.
Come back on Thursday for our post on Protecting your Dogs from Coyotes.
We are joining up with the Monday Mischief Blog Hop, hosted by Snoopy's Dog Blog, Alfie's Blog and My Brown Newfies
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Coyotes can be very scary! We had one running around our neighborhood and it actually got into a fence fight with my dogs!! It was not good.
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OK, that second story sounds reaaaaaallly scary. I'm glad we don't have Coyotes in Australia. Though I did find once find Elsie on her bed outside eating a saltwater crocodile…
Eating a crocodile?? Tell more. Usually they eat dogs and people…
We have them around here but not directly in our neighborhood. I think the scariest was at BlogPaws the first morning we were up and out for a walk at 5am and security told us to stay on the resort property until the sun was fully up as there are a ton of coyotes out there. It would be super scary to meet one let alone an entire pack in a set up. No thanks.
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Believe it or not we have coyotes in New Jersey. They tend to avoid humans so we don't see them very often. The only one I've seen was on the other side of our fenced yard. Bears are scarier than coyotes in our state. They also have been known to attack dogs. Luckily we haven't seen any, but there have been sightings very close to our home.
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Tino you brave pup! Happy it was a happy ending for both of you two.
I'm glad Tino and you could escape. I have to admit that I never saw a coyote (except Wile E. Coyote but that pobably counts not really). I've heard that they even enter the cities and you can meet them when you walk your dog at night. Scary…
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Oh my!!! We have Coyotes here in NJ but luckily we have never seen one in person! We have seen bear though… Scary!!
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Holy crap! A coyote trap? It's a good thing you grabbed that stick! I'd have been screaming at both the dog and the coyotes. WOW.
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Okay, maybe because I'm an East Coast girl, but if I saw a coyote – the story would have been much shorter and it would have ended like this: "then she screamed, fell out and died!" Happy Labor Day Slim…
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Luckily I haven't seen any coyotes around here, let alone running into a pack. I really don't know what I'd do in that situation; I hope I'd be able to think quickly on my feet like you. I've been fortunate out on our walks since we moved to a rural area; I've only seen deer and racoons lol.
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H wow now those are some adventures. Glad all went well and he wasn't hurt!
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Wow! That had to have been crazy scary. It's hard to keep up with a dog on a chase! I am so glad it was okay, but I'd definitely carry something too.
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Those are very scary stories. Glad we haven't had a coyote encounter!
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OMD we are holding our breaths! Yes we expect to hear coyote stories from where you are but believe it or not they are a real problem in the big city. Because of trash and rats. There have even been sightings in the park we walk too and signs that they have been there, dead squirrels and rabbits. But even worse they are known to steal little dogs right out of their back yards in the suburbs. So scary glad Tino had his street smarts. Love Dolly
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Wow! I can imagine how scary that would have been!
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Wow, Tino sure had some close calls! We have Coyotes here too, but luckily I haven't encountered any up close, phew!
I hope you're having a fun day,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
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There are coyotes in our area, but I haven't heard them in a long time so I don't think they are close any more. We used to hear them a lot when we lived further out in the country, back then we only had cats….but they were outdoor cats so we always had to be sure to get them in at night….they came very close to our house. Scary….and those experiences with Tino sound very, very scary as well. Thank goodness it all came out OK.
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Yikes! I am not a fan of coyotes. Glad Tino escaped.
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Oh my gosh!! I would have been terrified!!
Our yard is fence too. One would think it would be safe from wildlife, no? Yeah. There was the day that the dogs went nuts so I let them out. As I walked by the window I noticed something at the top of the hill. It was a deer. I rushed right out but luckily it had already jumped back out. LOL


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Happy Friday! Taiwan CZT Mina Hsiao is back with another of her intriguing tangles, 1/2 orbs. This is her 10th tangle on the site.
1/2 Orbs aka Half Orbs came as a result of her experimenting with her CC tangle and she writes, "some auras crossed. My inspiration comes from this."
I think 1/2 Orbs benefits from a larger scale than I used for my example as you'll see below with Mina's examples, however it still looks delicate and unusual even at this size. I went a little crazy with the graphite so then I went back with my Micron to fill in a few spaces, as shown right.
Mina illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing 1/2 Orbs below and features it in a monotangle. In Step 5 she shows a variation where the auras drawn in Step 3 meet at the base of the curves drawn in Steps 1 and 2.
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As our child grew her behavior didn't seem typical and we spent years trying to figure out how to deal with our child's aggressive behavior and eventual diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, ADHD and Anxiety. Aggression the main sign or symptom that made us wonder if her behavior was something more than just bad behavior or the often blamed bad parenting. We wondered what was causing her to have such a hard time behaving well.
Aggression, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is not something that I like to talk about a lot. In fact, it is one thing I've barely mentioned on my blog. But, I would like to shed some light on it, for the few of us that have a child that is aggressive. Not all kids with SPD or Autism are violent, in fact, its only about half of all kids with Autism that do. Whether that is violence towards objects, kids, parents or even themselves. This needs to get talked about as parents.
Maybe you've hid that your child hits, bites, throws things or kicks and have felt the shame of it. Have you tried to share it with other people only to hear "I would never let that happen in my house?" I want you to know that you aren't alone, I'm right there with you. It's been one of the toughest things I've had to deal with as a special needs parent. My child's behavior was the first clue that there was something more going on than just bad behavior or bad parenting.
Having a child that has out of control meltdowns is one of the many scary parts of any disorder. Our child's aggression is what pushed us to get help at such a young. Aggression has isolated us from others. It can be embarrassing being around other people and having a child that gets completely out of control. It has made us feel like we are the only ones in the world fighting to keep our daughter and us safe.
My goal here is to share our experiences with you and remind you that you are not alone. As a parent who has dealt with a child's anger for many years, it is hard to know what to do and how to help your child. It is hard to find good help, and find things that work. I certainly don't have it all figured out and I am just one mom, but I want you to know that you aren't alone in this struggle.
Related: What is Sensory Processing Disorder versus Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Our Story: Aggression in Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder
Our first encounter started around 9 months, as our daughter started head banging. She would seek out hard surfaces and as she was crawling on her hands and knees she would hit her head into them. I quickly learned to see her going to do this and I would swoop her up and she would hit her head against my shoulder. At night, she would hit her head around the top of her crib repeatedly. This wasn't just a bump, this was a full force head into an object as hard as she could movement. Nothing broke my heart more than seeing my, still yet a baby not quite a toddler, doing this.
Every doctor we spoke with said this was normal. What I now know was that it was sensory seeking. She was seeking that heavy amount of physical input trying to feel something. She did this until she was 2 ½ years old. It was hard to see it as sensory seeking because it would often
happen when we were redirecting her or when we said no. I now know that as her way of coping and trying to comfort herself as she didn't get what she wanted, she was lacking the ability to regulate her emotions.
After the head banging, she moved more into being destructive towards objects. She would seek out things to completely destroy. She would throw things, knock anything and everything down. She broke her door off the hinges at 3 years old. This phase probably lasted the shortest. Again, it often was in response to sensory stimuli, for example, turning on or off a light, was almost like we flipped a switch in her to seek something to destroy. She was trying to cope with what was causing her pain (the light).
And then she turned towards us. She would try to hurt others and would hit, kick and bite. I remember I would lean in to kiss her forehead and she would start swinging her fists and kicking me. This was her response to not being able to interpret the light touch of a kiss on the forehead.
I'm a petite person, and I had all I could do to try to handle an out of control toddler and then preschooler. Her strength was unbelievable. I could not do a safety hold on her, which with Sensory Processing Disorder the Deep Pressure is supposed to be calming, it would make her more aggressive. We became more concerned not only about her safety but ours.
At this point, our daughter was around 2 ½ to 3 years old and we finally really sought out help, despite many doctors telling us her behavior was normal for nearly 2 years. We eventually got referred to a psychologist who suggested Sensory Processing Disorder maybe a part of what was going on, and then when our daughter was 6 she was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Related: Dear Special Needs Mama Who Feels Heartbroken…
Here's what I want you to know about all these scenarios. During all of these phases of aggression, there was no way of getting in, no way of getting through to her. She was shut "off." There was no way to calm her down. There was no way to hold her. We fought to keep her and us and everything else safe. Her brain would literally shut down and there was nothing we could do. This wasn't a child just being naughty. This wasn't bad parenting. This was a child whose brain was functioning abnormally and she was literally fighting her way through life.
These episodes weren't just short minutes. These were hours and days and weeks and years. It was from the time she would wake up until the time she went to sleep. It was constant.
As parents who have done so much to try to help our daughter, we were exhausted that it was such a struggle to get help. Daily life was such a challenge. We went from one exhausting day to the next in a fog of survival and crisis. We lost hope again and again. And we got up every morning to face the same battle again. We may not have always been standing strong it was more like crawling on our knees begging God to get us through.
I would search the parent support groups on Facebook and many moms would say it gets better, I didn't believe them. There's no easy answer for how or what made it better. We still have some aggression but it isn't the out of control aggression that we used to see. I am convinced that development is a major part of the decrease in aggression. As she got older it changed into being more manageable, she slowly grew into being able to have more control. As her vocabulary and ability to talk increased the aggression went down.
As she grew and developed we also learned a lot. We learned how to better cope with her out of control moments. We learned what helps and what doesn't help, and we learned that every day we get a fresh start.
What to do if you think your child's aggression is related to Autism Spectrum Disorder or Sensory Processing disorder?
- The most important thing you can do is have a team of people to help. Start with your family doctor, keep asking even if they tell you this is normal behavior. Seek out a really good psychologist with knowledge of Sensory Processing Disorder.
- Look beyond the behavior. I know how hard it is. You see a child doing a behavior like hitting and you think it needs to be changed. But often with our kids, there is more going on than just a bad behavior. Look at what is happening before and after the behavior happens. Use our free behavior chart to track this and look for connections. Think of it as a defense mechanism. We see behavior when our child is really fighting something we can't see.
- It's not because of bad parenting. It's not your fault. Dear parent- I know you feel like it is all your fault. Given the fact that you reading this blog post, tells me that you are doing everything to help your child. I know you feel like you should be able to fix this. But your sweet child's brain operates a little differently. You are doing a good job. Keep going and don't give up!
- 95% of the population will never understand what you are going through or get it. Given, that it is small percentage of kids who are aggressive, the general public will typically find something to cast blame on bad behavior. Unless they've parented a child who gets out of control, they won't understand.
- Believe that it gets better. After experiencing years of living in absolute crisis, I know that it does get better. I know that it cycles in seasons and some seasons are harder than others. But, hang on for the good. Hang on for the better. Remind yourself how much you absolutely love your child and pick yourself up to fight another day, because your child desperately needs you to.
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1. Download the free printable. Join my newsletter and as a bonus, you'll get the printable! Just click here to download and subscribe.
2. Print and track several days or weeks of behavior. Take notes on what is happening before, during and after and also what your child's behavior was. If possible, try to keep try of how long that behavior was lasting.
***Bonus points if you are able to get a video of your child's behavior to share your provider.
3. Make an appointment with your child's doctor. Share with your doctor the behaviors that you've noticed and if you've found any connections. Remember, if they don't seem like they are taking your concerns seriously, get a second (or third, fourth, fifth) opinion!
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From one desperate parent trying to help her child to another, hang on. It is worth the fight. It's worth every awful moment. It's worth every bruise you get and every hurtful word you hear. Your beautiful child is worth it. Don't give up. Fight for hope every day.
More great posts related to aggression in kids with Autism or Sensory Processing Disorder:
Is it Sensory or is it Behavior?…or is it Both? from Lemon Lime Adventures
Coping Tips for Families with Autistic Children from Kori at Home
My Child Keeps Lashing Out at Me? What can I do? from Understood
Anger Books for Kids: Anger Management Help for Kids of all Ages from Mommy Evolution
Why You Can't Discipline the"Angry" Out of Your Child. from Lemon Lime Adventures
Welcome to the Sensory Blog Hop — a monthly gathering of posts from sensory bloggers hosted by The Sensory Spectrum and The Jenny Evolution. Click on the links below to read stories from other bloggers about what it's like to have Sensory Processing Disorder and to raise a sensory kiddo!
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U-505 is a German Type IXC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3 (TG 22.3). Her codebooks, Enigma machine, and other secret materials found on board helped the Allied codebreakers.[6]
All but one of U-505 's crew were rescued by the Navy task group. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew was interned at a US prisoner-of-war camp where they were denied access to International Red Cross visits. The Navy classified the capture as top secret and prevented its discovery by the Germans.
In 1954, U-505 was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois and is now a museum ship.
She is one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II, and the first warship to be captured by U.S. forces on the high seas since the War of 1812. In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, she also had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II (on her fourth patrol) and the only submarine in which a commanding officer took his own life in combat conditions (on her tenth patrol, following six botched patrols).[7] U-505 is one of four German World War II U-boats that survive as museum ships, and one of two Type IXCs still in existence, the other being U-534.
German Type IXC submariness were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. U-505 had a displacement of 1,120 tonnes (1,100 long tons) when at the surface and 1,232 tonnes (1,213 long tons) while submerged.[8] The U-boat had a total length of 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in), a pressure hull length of 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in), a beam of 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW; 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 shaft horsepower (1,010 PS; 750 kW) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.92 m (6 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).[9]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph).[8] When submerged, it could operate for 63 nautical miles (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 13,450 nautical miles (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-505 was fitted with six 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one 10.5 cm (4.13 in) SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) as well as a 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.[8]
U-505 's keel was laid down on 12 June 1940 by Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, Germany as yard number 295. She was launched on 25 May 1941 and commissioned on 26 August with Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Axel-Olaf Loewe in command. On 6 September 1942, Loewe was relieved by Kptlt. Peter Zschech. On 24 October 1943, Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Paul Meyer took command for about two weeks until he was relieved on 8 November by Oblt.z.S. Harald Lange. Lange then commanded the boat until her capture on 4 June 1944.[2]
She conducted twelve patrols in her career, sinking eight ships totaling 44,962 gross register tons (GRT). Three of these were American, two British, one Norwegian, one Dutch, and one Colombian.[2]
Following training exercises with the 4th U-boat Flotilla from 26 August 1941 to 31 January 1942, U-505 was assigned as an operational boat to the 2nd U-boat Flotilla on 1 February. However, she began her first patrol from Kiel on 19 January while still formally undergoing training. For 16 days, she circumnavigated the British Isles, and docked at Lorient, in occupied France on 3 February. During her first patrol, U-505 engaged no enemy vessels and was not attacked.[10]
U-505 left Lorient on 11 February 1942 on her second patrol. In 86 days, she traveled down to the west coast of Africa where she sank her first vessels. In less than one month, U-505 sank four ships: the British Benmohr, the Norwegian Sydhav, the American West Irmo, and the Dutch Alphacca for a total of 25,041 GRT. On 18 April, U-505 was attacked by an Allied aircraft in the mid-Atlantic but suffered little damage.[11]
U-505 began her third patrol on 7 June 1942, after leaving her home port of Lorient. She sank the American ships Sea Thrush and Thomas McKean and the Colombian Roamar in the Caribbean Sea. The Roamar was a sailing ship belonging to a Colombian diplomat, so its sinking gave Colombia political grounds to declare war on Germany.[12] U-505 then returned to Lorient on 25 August after 80 days on patrol without being attacked.[13]
Kptlt. Loewe was transferred to shore duty due to ill health. Kptlt. Zschech replaced him.
U-505 's fourth patrol sent her to the northern coast of South America. She left Lorient on 4 October and sank the British vessel Ocean Justice off the coast of Venezuela on 7 November. On 10 November near Trinidad, U-505 was surprised on the surface by a Lockheed Hudson maritime patrol aircraft from No. 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, which made a low-level attack, landing a 250 lb (110 kg) bomb directly on the deck from just above water level. The explosion killed one watch officer and wounded another in the conning tower. It also tore the anti-aircraft gun off its mounting and severely damaged the ship's pressure hull. The aircraft was hit by shrapnel from the bomb's explosion and crashed into the ocean near U-505, killing the crew. With the pumps inoperative and water flooding the engine room in several places, Kptlt. Zschech ordered the crew to abandon ship, but the technical staff (led by Chief Petty Officer Otto Fricke) insisted on trying to save her. The vessel was made water-tight after almost two weeks of repair work. After sending the wounded watch officer to the supply submarine ("milk cow") U-462, U-505 limped back to Lorient on reduced power, earning the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port".[12][14]
After six months in Lorient for repairs, U-505 started her fifth patrol. She left Lorient on 1 July 1943 but returned after only 13 days, after an attack by three British destroyers that had stalked her for over 30 hours. While U-505 was not badly damaged in this encounter, she had to return to France for repairs.[15] U-505 's next four patrols were all aborted after only a few days at sea, due to equipment failure and sabotage by French dockworkers working for the resistance.[16][17][18][19] Faults found included sabotaged electrical and radar equipment, a hole deliberately drilled in a diesel fuel tank, and faulty welds on parts repaired by French workers. This happened so many times that she became the butt of jokes throughout the base at Lorient. Upon returning from one botched patrol her crew found a sign painted in the docking area reading: "U-505 's Hunting Ground". At a time when many U-boats were being sunk, U-505 's commander, Kptlt. Zschech, overheard another U-boat commander joke, "There is one commander who will always come back ... Zschech."[20]
After ten months in Lorient, U-505 departed for her tenth Atlantic patrol, seeking to break her run of bad luck and bad morale. On 24 October 1943, not long after crossing the Bay of Biscay, U-505 was spotted by British destroyers east of the Azores and was forced to submerge and endure a severe and lengthy depth-charge attack.
In a testament to both the intensity of the attack and his own instability, Zschech snapped under the strain and committed suicide in the submarine's control room, shooting himself in the head in front of his crew. The first watch officer, Paul Meyer, quickly took command, rode out the rest of the attack, and returned the boat to port with minimal damage. Despite his quick thinking, Meyer was not rewarded, merely "absolved from all blame" by the Kriegsmarine for the embarrassing incident.[21][22] Zschech is recorded as the first submariner in history to commit suicide underwater in response to the stress of a prolonged depth charging, and the first (and thus far only) officer to commit suicide while commanding a warship in battle.[22] Experts have speculated that bad morale and poor command influence demonstrated (and encouraged) by this series of humiliating failures might help explain the crew's later failure to scuttle U-505 properly before abandoning her, although this is disputed by some crew members.[12]
Zschech was replaced as commander by Oblt.z.S. Harald Lange. U-505 's eleventh patrol began on Christmas Day 1943. She again returned early to Lorient on 2 January 1944, after she rescued thirty-three crew members from the German torpedo boat T-25, sunk on 28 December by British cruisers in the Bay of Biscay.[23]
U-505 took part in one wolfpack, namely
Ultra intelligence from decrypted German cipher messages had informed the Allies that U-boats were operating near Cape Verde, but had not revealed their exact locations.[24][25] The U.S. Navy dispatched Task Group 22.3, a "Hunter-Killer" group, commanded by Captain Daniel V. Gallery, USN, to the area. TG 22.3 consisted of Gallery's escort aircraft carrier Guadalcanal, and five destroyer escorts under Commander Frederick S. Hall: Pillsbury, Pope, Flaherty, Chatelain, and Jenks.[26] On 15 May 1944, TG 22.3 sailed from Norfolk, Virginia. Starting in late May, the task group began searching for U-boats in the area, using high-frequency direction-finding fixes ("Huff-Duff") and air and surface reconnaissance.
At 11:09 on 4 June 1944, TG 22.3 made sonar (ASDIC) contact with U-505 at , about 150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi) off the coast of Río de Oro.[24] The sonar contact was only 800 yards (700 m) away off Chatelain 's starboard bow. The escorts immediately moved towards the contact, while Guadalcanal moved away at top speed and launched an F4F Wildcat fighter to join another Wildcat and a TBM Avenger which were already airborne.[27]
Chatelain was so close to U-505 that depth charges would not sink fast enough to intercept the U-boat, so instead she fired Hedgehogs before passing the submarine and turning to make a follow-up attack with depth charges.[24] At around this time, one of the aircraft sighted U-505 and fired into the water to mark the position while Chatelain dropped depth charges. Immediately after the detonation of the charges a large oil slick spread on the water and the fighter pilot overhead radioed, "You struck oil! Sub is surfacing!"[28] Less than seven minutes after Chatelain 's first attack began, the badly damaged U-505 surfaced less than 600 metres (700 yd) away.[27] Chatelain immediately commenced fire on U-505 with all available automatic weapons, joined by other ships of the task force as well as the two Wildcats.[24]
Believing U-505 to be seriously damaged, Oblt.z.S. Lange ordered his crew to abandon ship. This order was obeyed so promptly that scuttling was not completed, (although some valves were opened) and the engines were left running.[24] With the engines still functioning and the rudder damaged by depth charges, U-505 circled clockwise at approximately 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph). Seeing the U-boat turning toward him and believing she was preparing to attack, the commanding officer of Chatelain ordered a single torpedo to be fired at the submarine; the torpedo missed, passing ahead of the now-abandoned U-505.[24]
While Chatelain and Jenks collected survivors, an eight-man party from Pillsbury led by Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Albert David came alongside U-505 in a boat and entered through the conning tower. There was a dead man on the deck (the only fatality of the action), but U-505 was otherwise deserted. The boarding party secured charts and codebooks, closed scuttling valves, and disarmed demolition charges. They stopped the water coming in, and although low in the water and down by the stern, U-505 remained afloat. They also stopped her engines.[24]
While the boarding party secured U-505, Pillsbury attempted to take her in tow, but collided repeatedly with her and had to move away with three compartments flooded. Instead, a second boarding party from Guadalcanal rigged a towline from the aircraft carrier to the U-boat.[24]
Commander Earl Trosino (Guadalcanal 's chief engineer), joined the salvage party. He disconnected U-505 's diesels from her electric driving motors, while leaving these motors clutched to the propeller shafts. With the U-boat moving under tow by Guadalcanal, the propellers "windmilled" as they passed through the water, turning the shafts and the drive motors. This caused the motors to act as electrical generators charging U-505 's batteries. With power from the batteries, U-505 's pumps cleared out the water let in by the attempted scuttling, and her air compressors blew out the ballast tanks, bringing her up to full surface trim.[24]
After three days of towing, Guadalcanal transferred U-505 to the fleet tug Abnaki. On Monday, 19 June, U-505 entered Port Royal Bay, Bermuda, after a tow of 1,700 nautical miles (3,150 km; 1,960 mi).
This action was the first time the U.S. Navy had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the War of 1812. 58 prisoners were taken from U-505, three of them wounded (including Lange); only one of the crew, Oberfunkmaat (Signalman First Class) Gottfried Fischer, was killed in the action.
U-505 's crew was interned at Camp Ruston, near Ruston, Louisiana. Among the guards were members of the U.S. Navy baseball team, composed mostly of minor league professional baseball players who had previously toured combat areas to entertain the troops. The players taught some of U-505 sailors to play the game.[29]
The cipher materials captured on U-505 included the special "coordinate" code, the regular and officer Enigma settings for June 1944, the current short weather codebook, the short signal codebook, and bigram tables due to come into effect in July and August respectively.
The material from U-505 arrived at the decryption establishment at Bletchley Park on 20 June 1944. While the Allies were able to break most Enigma settings by intense cryptanalysis (including heavy use of the electromechanical "bombes"), having the Enigma settings for the U-boats saved a lot of work and time, which could be applied to other keys. The settings break was only valid until the end of June and therefore had an extremely limited outcome on the eventual cracking of the Enigma code, but having the weather and short signal codebooks and bigram tables made the work easier.
The "coordinate" code was used in German messages as an added layer of security for locations. Allied commanders sent Hunter-Killer task groups to these known U-boat locations, and routed shipping away.[30]
A more lasting benefit came from the intact capture of the U-boat's two G7es (Zaunkönig T-5) acoustic homing torpedoes. These were thoroughly analyzed and then tested on the range, giving information that was invaluable in improving the Foxer and FXR countermeasures systems, as well as the doctrine for using them to protect escorts.[31]
The mere fact that the U-505 was captured and towed — rather than sunk after the codebooks had been taken — was considered to have endangered the Ultra secret. The U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral King, considered court-martialling Captain Gallery.[30] To protect the secret, U-505 's crewmen, who knew of the U-boat's capture, were isolated from other prisoners of war; the Red Cross were denied access to them. Ultimately, the Kriegsmarine declared the crew dead and informed the families to that effect. The last of the German crew was not returned until 1947.[32]
For leading the boarding party, LTJG Albert David received the Medal of Honor, the only time it was awarded to an Atlantic Fleet sailor in World War II. Torpedoman's Mate Third Class Arthur W. Knispel and Radioman Second Class Stanley E. Wdowiak, the first two to follow David into the submarine, received the Navy Cross. Seaman First Class Earnest James Beaver, also of the boarding party, received the Silver Star. Commander Trosino received the Legion of Merit. Captain Gallery, who had conceived and executed the operation, received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
The Task Group was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, cited the Task Group for "outstanding performance during anti-submarine operations in the eastern Atlantic on 4 June 1944, when the Task Group attacked, boarded, and captured the German submarine U-505 ... The Task Group's brilliant achievement in disabling, capturing, and towing to a United States base a modern enemy man-of-war taken in combat on the high seas is a feat unprecedented in individual and group bravery, execution, and accomplishment in the Naval History of the United States."[24]
U-505 was kept at the navy base in Bermuda and intensively studied by U.S. Navy intelligence and engineering officers. Some of what was learned was included in postwar diesel submarine designs. To maintain the illusion that she had been sunk rather than captured, she was temporarily renamed USS Nemo.[33]
After the war, the Navy had no further use for U-505. She had been thoroughly examined in Bermuda, and was now moored derelict at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. It was decided to use her as a target for gunnery and torpedo practice until she sank.[24] In 1946, Gallery, now a rear admiral, told his brother Father John Gallery about this plan. Father John contacted President Lenox Lohr of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) to see if they would be interested in U-505. MSI, established by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, was a center for "industrial enlightenment" and public science education, specializing in interactive exhibits. As the museum already planned to display a submarine, the acquisition of U-505 seemed ideal.[24] In September 1954, U-505 was donated to Chicago by the U.S. government, a public subscription among Chicago residents raised $250,000 for transporting and installing the boat. The vessel was towed by United States Coast Guard tugs and cutters through the Great Lakes, making a stop in Detroit, Michigan in the summer of 1954.[34] On its way to Chicago in July 1954, the U-505 entered Milwaukee's harbor and was towed up the Milwaukee River for a short distance. On 25 September 1954, U-505 was dedicated as a permanent exhibit and a war memorial to all the sailors who lost their lives in the two Battles of the Atlantic.
When U-505 was donated to the Museum, she had been sitting neglected at the Portsmouth Navy Yard for nearly ten years; just about every removable part had been stripped from her interior. She was in no condition to serve as an exhibit. Admiral Gallery proposed a possible solution. At his suggestion, Lohr contacted the German manufacturers who had supplied U-505 's original components and parts, asking for replacements. As the Admiral reported in his autobiography, Eight Bells and All's Well, to his and the museum's surprise, every company supplied the requested parts without charge. Most included letters that said in effect, "We are sorry that you have our U-boat, but since she's going to be there for many years, we want her to be a credit to German technology."[35]
In 1989, U-505 was designated a National Historic Landmark. Before the submarine was donated to the MSI, the periscope had been removed from U-505 and placed in a water tank used for research. When the U.S. Navy demolished its Arctic Submarine Laboratory in Point Loma, California in 2003, U-505 's original observation periscope was discovered. After being recovered, the periscope was given to the museum to be displayed along with the submarine.[36]
By 2004, the U-boat's exterior had suffered noticeable damage from the weather; so in April 2004, the museum moved the U-boat to a new underground, covered, climate-controlled location. Now protected from the elements, the restored U-505 reopened to the public on 5 June 2005.[37]
Then Captain Daniel V. Gallery recounted the capture of U-505 in his memoir Clear the Decks (1951).
The story of the captured crew of U-505 has been recounted in Gary Moore's book, Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams. Pre-production of the motion picture Playing with the Enemy was under way and release was scheduled for 2013, as of April 2012.[38] Additionally, the story of U-505, including its many patrols and eventual capture, as well as the lives of the men that served her is retold through the memoirs of Hans Goebeler in the book Steel Boat, Iron Hearts: A U-Boat crewman's life aboard U-505.
John Chatterton repeatedly toured U-505 as part of his preparations for diving on the then-unidentified wreck of U-869; this allowed him to gain a 'feel' for the interior of a Type IX U-boat, which improved the safety and productivity of his dives in the 1990s.[39]
The video game Silent Hunter III has a single-player mission which puts the player in the role of U-505 in pursuit of the different scenario of sinking Guadalcanal and avoiding capture.
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Yesterday's ruling by Virginia judge Henry Hudson voiding the health-care-bill requirement that citizens buy insurance may not mean much long-term according to this Washington Post piece, but it's certainly given opponents of what many conservatives call Obamacare an early Christmas present. Mike Kopp, minority leader in the Colorado Senate, was designated by fellow Republicans to crow about the decision. Here's what he had to say.
Colorado Senate GOP press release:
Senate Minority Leader Kopp's statement on health care ruling
[Yesterday], Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp issued the following statement in regards to the ruling of District Judge Henry E. Hudson -- the requirement for people to purchase health care exceeds the power of Congress under the Constitution's Commerce.
"In March of this year Republicans in the Senate & House held a press conference calling into question the legality of the mandatory purchase of health insurance written in the federal health care law. [Yesterday's] ruling confirms our belief that the federal government was overreaching and acting outside of its powers defined in the Constitution. While this is just one victory in what will ultimately be a long fought battle, I believe we cannot overlook its significance."
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Just got back from zih and ix
Stayed on Playa Linda and on La ropa.
Last time I was there was almost 10 years ago.
So much has changed!
1.much more hotel capacity
I remember visiting in 2005 around jan
And not being able to get a room.
2. Pollution is more significant now
I saw smog for a few days and could
Smell sewage from the water on La ropa
During mornings and evenings when I
Presume raw sewage is released into the bay
3. People seem angrier. Every hotel or
Restaurant or cabby seemed to want to
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Aggressive jab!!
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Corporation pursues answers to land removal
The Supreme Court in WA has ordered the operator of a solar salt field in Onslow in WA's Pilbara to hand over "pre-action discovery" documents to the Buurabalayji Thalanyji Aboriginal Corporation, the governing body for Native Title in the area.
The BTAC asked the court to grant it access to company documents to determine if it had legal rights over Onslow Pty Ltd's removal of up to 10 million cubic metres of sand and gravel from a mining lease in its Native Title area.
In particular, the BTAC wants to know if Onslow had a $49 million land agreement with energy giant Chevron that meant Onslow was paid for material removed by Chevron for use in the construction of its nearby Wheatstone LNG Project.
Onslow's annual report for the period ending March 31, 2012 included income of $49.4 million from a "land agreement entered with a third party". The BTAC did not receive any royalties.
Acting Master Larissa Strk gave Onslow two weeks from January 31 to give the BTAC a list of documents, including any from 2010 to 2012 that refer to a removal contract, arrangement or understanding between the company and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, construction company Bechtel and engineering giant Thiess.
The company has a further week to make the documents available for inspection.
Events surrounding the action date back to January 2012 when Onslow sought ministerial approval to modify its operations for "flood mitigation" by removing sand and gravel from elevated areas.
The removal of the material began in 2012 and was to continue for nearly five years.
At about the same time Chevron Australia Pty Ltd began construction on its Wheatstone project — works that needed fill material for the foundations.
In a series of dealings, Onslow contracted Chevron to remove the material from its site and Chevron in turn subcontracted that and other work associated with the construction of its LNG Plant to Bechtel.
Bechtel contracted the removal of the material and the preparation of the foundations of the LNG Plant to Thiess.
BTAC lawyers first wrote to Onslow in April 2015 stating that BTAC believed Onslow had entered into a "land agreement" with Chevron for which Onslow was paid, but BTAC did not receive royalties.
Onslow Salt asserts that the material was removed as part of flood mitigation work and that it did not receive payment for the material.
Master Strk also ordered Onslow to hand over any documents that refer to or record any payment made to the company for the removal or use of the fill material or which refer to the land agreement mentioned in its 2012 annual report.
BTAC is being represented in the action by Perth lawyer Martin Bennett. Mr Bennett could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.
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John P. Coburn, clothes dealer and community activist, resided at 2 Phillips Street from 1844 until his death in 1873. This home was the second owned by Coburn on Beacon Hill and it was designed for him by the famous architect Asher Benjamin. Coburn, born in Boston between 1809 and 1813, was one of Boston's wealthiest 19th century African Americans. His primary business was a Brattle Street clothes shop, but limited evidence also suggests that he ran a gaming house for wealthy Bostonians in his home. Coburn was married to Emeline Gray, a native of New Hampshire.
In 1845 Coburn was the treasurer of the New England Freedom Association. This group was founded by Boston African American leaders in 1842 as a fugitive slave assistance group. The Boston Vigilance Committee was a later biracial group founded for the same purpose, but Coburn does not appear to have been similarly connected with this group. Coburn's association with community vigilance work was publicly established in 1851 when he was arrested, along with African American attorney Robert Morris, for aiding and abetting Shadrach Minkins in his escape from federal custody. When James Scott had been charged in months prior with spearheading the rescue of Minkins, Coburn was one of the people who helped post Scott's bond. All three men of these men were eventually acquitted.
John Coburn was also a founder of the Massasoit Guards. Although their petitions seeking recognition by the state were essentially ignored, a black militia unit was organized in 1852 under the leadership of Coburn, Robert Morris, and others. They named themselves after a Native American who had been especially kind and loyal to colonists of Massachusetts. As evidenced by the attitudes of African American soldiers in the American Revolution and the Civil War, military service was considered an opportunity to demonstrate one's manhood and to claim the rights of American citizenship.
Note: The John Coburn House, a site on the Black Heritage Trail®, is a private residence and is not open to the public.
Collison, Gary. Shadrach Minkins: From Fugitive Slave to Citizen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Balance, Wobble, And Bongo Boards and other Balance topics.
According to IDEA Health & Fitness Association, an organization of health and fitness professionals, wobble boards are just too good for trainers to ignore. They, along with foam rollers and small balls, are making their way into gyms because they challenge your muscles in a different way, improve balance skills, and help sculpt your muscles all over.
A wobble board can be used for health and fitness at home, work or school to provide a standing "balance challenge" or as a footrest under your desk to promote "active sitting."
They can be used to increase sports performances because they provide balance training stimulus to improve stability, agility, leg strength and core strength. Research has proven that regular use of a Wobble board dramatically enhances balance while also improving proprioception (the unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself) and strength in all muscles, tendons and ligaments.
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How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse. . .
. . .assuming you can get gas.
Last year we asked, "What would Sheldon drive?," and now we have a new answer. Comic-Con is being held in San Diego this weekend, and assuming that the guys from Pasadena are down there they are going to see the Hyundai Zombie Survival Machine, designed by Robert Kirkman, creator/writer of The Walking Dead.
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That would be his ride. And woe to all of those—humans and zombies alike—who got in his way (the former not out of any particular malice, just predicated on his driving skills, or lack thereof).
The car is a heavily modified Hyundai Elantra Coupe. The options include a front-end custom zombie plow with spikes, armored window coverings, a roof hatch, a truck equipped with electric and pneumatic weaponry, front- and back-end floodlights, and spiked, all-terrain rally tires.
Said Steve Shannon, vp of Marketing for Hyundai Motor America, "Our custom Elantra Coupe Zombie Survival Machine is the ultimate car for The Walking Dead fans and anyone who wants to survive a zombie invasion."
One assumes that when the zombie invasion occurs proper parallel parking will not be an issue.
The Elantra Coupe with a six-speed manual is rated at 29/40 mpg. If you're fighting off zombies, you don't want to give up an arm to shift, so the Zombie Survival Machine has an automatic. This is rated at a highly respectable 28/39 mpg. At least the Elantra Coupe minus all of the armoring. The additional weight leads us to believe that the fuel economy would be severely reduced, which would mean that there would need to be more time out in the open at the local gas station. The only potential good news here might be that since gas stations no longer have people who actually fuel your vehicle, any former gas station attendant who became the walking dead might not realize that s/he can go out to the pump, so you might be safe.
Might be.
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- Sunday, April 9th – Thursday, April 13th
- Brisbane Aquatic Centre
- Prelims at 11am local/Finals at 7:30pm local
- Meet Site
- Entry List
- Qualification Criteria
- Meet Preview
- Live Streaming (differs per session) – Day 4 Prelims
- Live Results
- Swimming Australia QT – 2:23.06
- Top 8:
- Taylor McKeown – 2:26.73
- Jessica Hansen – 2:32.08
- Sarah Beale – 2:32.31
- Tessa Wallace – 2:32.47
- Mikayla Smith – 2:32.86
- Aisling Scott – 2:33.22
- Cassandra Van Breugel – 2:33.89
- Sofia Cicchitti – 2:34.12
2016 Olympian Taylor McKeown set herself apart in this morning's heats, clocking the only sub-2:30 mark of the field. Opening with a 1:09.25, McKeown glided her way to a time of 2:26.73 to nab the top seed and sit within striking distance of the Aussie-mandated 2:23.06 QT. She already is ranked as 11th in the world with the time of 2:24.96 registered at last month's NSW Championships.
The USC Spartans swimmer is Australia's defending national champion in this race, having won the 2016 title in a time of 2:21.45. Unfortunately for the green and gold, McKeown wasn't able to replicate that performance once in Rio, despite throwing down a semi swim of 2:21.69. She would wind up 5th overall in the final, earning a time of 2:22.43. However, McKeown didn't come away entirely medal-less, as she was a member of Australia's silver medal-winning 4x100m medley relay.
Nunawading's Jessica Hansen was the next fastest competitor this morning, touching in a time of 2:32.08. Her personal best checks in at the 2:26.15 she notched at last year's competition, so she would have to produce the swim of her life to even come close to the QT.
McKeown already competed in the 100m breaststroke earlier in this meet, taking the gold, but not clearing the Australian qualifying mark.
- Swimming Australia QT – 2:09.16
- Top 8:
- Sian Whittaker – 2:11.39
- Minna Atherton – 2:12.28
- Emily Seebohm – 2:12.33
- Hayley Baker – 2:13.45
- Kaylee McKeown – 2:13.76
- Mikkayla Sheridan – 2:13.88
- Amy Forrester – 2:14.14
- Jessica Unicomb – 2:16.42
With last year's national champion Belinda Hocking having now retired from the sport, the women's 200m backstroke is looking for a new 2017 title winner. The likely candidate is Emily Seebohm, the double world champion who already scored a new All Comers Record in the 100m distance earlier this meet. Seebohm notched a solid 2:12.33 to establish herself as the 3rd seed into tonight's finals. She holds the national record at a wicked-fast 2:05.81 from 2015.
19-year-old Sian Whittaker made it known she's a player in the back field this morning, securing the pole position in a top mark of 2:11.39. She has rocked a mark of 2:07.37 before and has notched a total of 3 outings under the 2:09.16 Aussie-mandated QT, so look for Whittaker to put on the heat tonight.
Two youngsters are present once again, just as they were in the 100m distance. 16-year-old Minna Atherton and 15-year-old Kaylee McKeown are looking to improve on their non-podium finishes in the sprint back, notching the 2nd and 5th seeds of the morning in this event.
Atherton has been as fast as 2:08.00, while McKeown owns a personal best of 2:09.18. As such, both teens are capable of clocking marks under the QT. Of note, last year's 5th place winner Madi Wilson opted out of this event this time around.
- Swimming Australia QT – 1:55.75
- Top 8:
- Theodoros Benehoutsos – 1:58.14 *Non-Australian
- David Morgan – 1:58.33
- Grant Irvine – 1:59.58
- Nicholas Brown – 1:59.76
- Thomas Wotton – 1:59.96
- Jacob Hansford – 2:00.73
- Bowen Gough – 2:00.95
- Dominic Richardson – 2:01.28
Last year at this meet, both gold medalist David Morgan and silver medalist Grant Irvine clocked times under the 1:55.75 Aussie QT for Budapest, but the men were most likely in the shape of their lives attempting to qualify for Rio. Flash forward to this year's competition and the prospect of both or even one Aussie athlete clocking a mark within range is remote.
But, 19-year-old Theodoros Benehoutsos set himself up nicely to give it a shot, stopping the clock this morning at 1:58.14 for the top seed. As he is a Greek competitor, he will not be contesting the final. Morgan is lurking as the 2nd seed in a conservative 1:58.33, while Irvine is also in the hunt with his morning time of 1:59.58.
The 200m butterfly is a talent gap within Australian swimming, with no male athletes residing on the world's top 25 list, nor have they been a major play in the most recent World Championships and Olympics. Morgan finished 19th after heats of the men's 200m butterfly in Rio.
For another perspective of this event in light of international talent, at the most recent Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, it took 2:01.88 to make that non-championship meet's final in this event. Here, at the Aussie National Championships with an elite international roster bid on the line, it took 2:01.28 to make it to the final.
- Swimming Australia QT – 4:15.47
- Top 8:
- Nathan Robinson – 4:22.12
- Clyde Lewis – 4:23.45
- Kazimir Boskovic – 4:24.36
- Jared Gilliland – 4:24.69
- Travis Mahoney – 4:25.24
- Jacob Vincent – 4:26.58
- Callum Sherington – 4:26.70
- Hayden Hinds-Sydenham – 4:28.94
With reigning national champion and 2016 Olympic finalist Thomas Fraser-Holmes opting out of competing at this meet, Australia will see its first non-TFH 400m IM winner since 2010. But don't forget that Travis Mahoney was also in that Olympic final and holds the nation's 2nd fastest time ever in the event, a 4:15.48 from Rio. Mahoney wound up 7th overall in 4:15.48, but he's capable of notching the super stiff 4:15.47 Aussie QT, although it's unlikely.
The top two seeds belong to two teenagers in the form of St. Peters Western teammates Nathan Robinson (17) and Clyde Lewis (19). Robinson earned the morning's swiftest mark in 4:22.12, while Lewis notched 4:23.45. Lewis has been red-hot this meet, clocking personal bests in the 200m backstroke for bronze and in the 200m IM to take gold.
- Swimming Australia QT – 48.49
- Top 8:
- Cameron McEvoy – 48.70
- Jack Cartwright – 48.81
- Kyle Chalmers – 49.14
- Louis Townsend – 49.15
- Alexander Graham – 49.32
- Daniel Smith – 49.53
- Zac Incerti – 49.68
- Jack Gerrard – 49.74
Overall, the men's 100m freestyle heats were on the sluggish side, considering we have the fastest man ever in a textile suit, Cameron McEvoy, and the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in this event, Kyle Chalmers, in the field. Nevertheless, we did see 2 sub-49 second marks, led by McEvoy's 48.70. Splitting 23.09/25.61, the Bond swimmer secured lane 4 for tonight's final in an attempt to collect his 2nd national title at the meet.
McEvoy was won the 50m/100m/200m freestyle treble at this meet last year. McEvoy scored the splash n' dash win, but the longer 200m distance wasn't to be this time around, with the physics student finishing 5th overall. Also in that 200m freestyle final is the 2nd seed in this sprint race, 18-year-old Jack Cartwright out of St. Peters Western. Just missing the 200m podium with his 4th place result, Cartwright nabbed just the 2nd 48-point 100m freestyle of his young career to claim the 2nd seed this morning. Touching in 48.81, Cartwright improved up on his 48.91 outing from the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships where he took gold.
Chalmers is very much still in the mix, positioned as the 3rd seed in 49.14. He already scored a personal best in the 200m en route to silver, so he's gotten a taste of the podium. On day 1, as part of Marion's 4x100m freestyle relay, Chalmers anchored in 48.22 as an indication of his speed status.
This morning, the Marion Swimming Club athlete opened in 23.82 (after a slow .71 reaction time, comparatively) and closed in 25.32. Remarkably, even though Chalmers is an Olympic gold medalist, at just 18 years of age, he's never won an Australian national senior title.
- Swimming Australia QT – N/A
- *Will be included in Day 4 Finals Recap


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Date set for lights switch-on
Portlaoise Christmas lights will be switched on Friday, November 28 .
The Downtown Portlaoise traders group confirmed that date at their October meeting where it was confirmed that the popular Christmas Market takes place on Sunday, November 30.
The following fundraising events to pay for the lights were also confirmed: Flag Day on November 21, a Pub Quiz in Ramsbottoms on November 27, A comedy night on November 29, from around 9am with a raffle on the night. Kavanagh's are also holding a craft beer afternoon.
There are plans for a craft fair on Hynds Square on Saturday, November 29 with the Laois Craft Group.


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SE Buttress Climber's Log
cliffm - Oct 28, 2011 2:25 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2011great day
nice climb. took longer than expected. we thought we might do the thumb, but didn't have time.
ElGreco - Sep 25, 2011 5:35 pm Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011SE buttress
Summitted with Jack - very enjoyable climb. Eichorn's Pinnacle was the highlight for me, by far! The views are fantastic and the climbing very clean. Three parties at 05:30 at the trailhead... And another one already on the route when we got there. Good thing for the early start too, because thunderstorms moved in unusually early. Easy descent back to the JMT from the pinnacle.
Hyadventure - Sep 6, 2011 4:08 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011Bulges Variation
Over 13 hours round trip; 3 to 4 hours waiting on ledges for our turn in the que, but what do you expect on a holiday weekend? Otherwise this is a "must do" classic.
Vitaliy M. - Jul 5, 2011 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2011fun
Did 5.7 variation. Fun climb with great company.
rhyang - Dec 20, 2010 11:56 am2006, 2009
Swapped leads both times. Did the 5.7 variations to the right and to the left of the chimney. Still haven't done the chimney :)
Each time I've had to deal with multiple parties at belays, crossed ropes, etc. Fun, great scenery, not too hard .. that's why everyone else is there too !
onramp36 - Oct 5, 2010 2:53 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010Awesome climb!
Gorgeous day. Got an early start and climbed in 2 groups - Dave and Mustafa on 1 rope, Jillian and myself on the other.
kevin trieu - Oct 1, 2010 6:06 pmFun!
did it with Chris Plewa during the summer of dirtbagging. also went to Eichorn.
Paul86 - Sep 14, 2010 1:18 am Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010Good Climbing
fossana - Sep 13, 2010 12:48 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2010perfect sept day
Quick trip to Tuolumne on the GS to solo Cathedral. Beautiful weather and relatively quiet for a Sunday.
PellucidWombat - Aug 30, 2010 1:22 am Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2010Cold and Windy
Despite the winds and occasional snow/hail flurries, the weather stayed just good enough for us to finish the climb. Fun route! The chimney was quite the pain in the butt with a pack on, though, but good practice leading offwidth as well!
biz - Jul 29, 2010 2:02 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2008SE buttress
A very fun climb with my buddy Bruce. One day from Sac and back
SKI - Dec 26, 2009 12:44 pm Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2009Led every pitch
jspeigl - Oct 3, 2009 12:44 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009Very cool
Beautiful peak, great rock, good weather, great friends, what an awesome day.
fatdad - Sep 29, 2009 6:01 pmFun climbing, nice summit
Climbed this back in the late 80s/early 90s with Bob Beach. Soloed all but the last pitch, which is a great finish. Need to go back and do Eichorn.
haishan - Sep 27, 2009 6:39 pm Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2003spectacular
Climbed the variation left of chimney, quite nice.
WML - Sep 22, 2009 2:58 am Date Climbed: Sep 21, 20091st trad route for me
awesome alpine rock climb, easy to protect, beautiful scenery, and bomber holds...what more can you ask for, seriously? Plentiful variations as well.
ylamurto - Sep 1, 2009 3:07 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009Stolen gear
Some solo climber cleaned our route and run away with the gear. Otherwise very nice climb.
pjc30943 - Aug 5, 2009 2:32 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007Linked
Tenaya-Cathedral dayhike linkup. Very fun day. Lots of crowds, so we went around left to avoid the backed-up chimney.
soslaw - Aug 1, 2009 2:52 pm Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2007SE Buttress
Climbed with Peter on nippy but beautiful Fall day. Nice half day route.


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Tell me this is not the funniest thing ever:
It's a stamp that's got 7 belts of 20 symbols, which when combined give you the chance to create up to 2000 different emoticons.
If this crazy piece of work didn't cost upwards of a HUNDRED US dollars, I'd be buying it before you can even say "WTF?"
(Reminder: I'm still taking entries for the giveaway. I'm closing comments tomorrow night at midnight EST. Good luck!)


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Tips On Helping Elderlies Deal With Depression & Loneliness
Ageing can take a toll, not only on one's physical condition, but also on one's mental health. Elderlies are prone to depression which can compound or cause by prior medical issues, making them even more at risk.
If you suspect that an elderly in your family is suffering from depression and anxiety, mental health experts specializing in psychiatry in Dubai offer some sound advices that can help these seniors deal with their situation:
- Include physical activity in their routine
Unless it is prohibited by their doctor, be sure that your loved ones are still physically active. Physical activity can do wonders for their physical and mental health. It would prevent the body from immobility which can result to poor body dexterity and immobility. In terms of mental health, exercising can help them to lighten their mood. Although they are not capable of doing strenuous exercises and routines, gentle exercises like walking can help their body to be active. Just to be sure, check with their doctor what age-appropriate exercises they can do to keep their body active despite the old age.
- Give them a sense of purpose
Some elderlies think that because of old age, they are robbed out of their capability to do things on their own. This can lead to depression and anxiety. Experts in anxiety treatment suggest to give your elder loved ones a sense of purpose to keep them going. Entrusting them with a simple chore can help to bring their confidence back. Assign something that is age-appropriate activities like walking the dog or tending your garden.
- Keep tabs on their diet
Food intake is important, especially for the elderly. You need to make sure that they are eating a balanced meal to ensure their physical and mental health. Nutritionists recommend service fiber-rich food and avoid unhealthy fats. It is also a must to minimize starch and sugar intake
- Communicate with them regularly
Isolation is the most common problem amongst elderlies. Due to their condition, they prefer to stay in their rooms and wallow in their loneliness. Being alone can affect their mental health. As much as possible, keep in touch with them and check on them once in a while. They would appreciate your presence.
- Learn to pacify their emotions
Some elderlies are having anxiety attacks due to old age. Know the basic techniques to keep them calm during the height of their emotions. Learn to decipher the symptoms of an anxiety attack so you can prevent it at the onset.


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A punk supergroup, 1982-1984, though there probably wasn't much of a market for it. Stiv Bators, the singer from the Dead Boys, Brian James, guitarist in The Damned, and Two Other Guys, with Sham 69 and Barracudas pedigrees. It was well-produced punkish stuff, but maybe well-produced isn't the way to go with such material. They lasted three years and three albums, leaving behind a cool cover of Balloon Farm's "A Question of Temperature" and a nice original, "Russian Roulette" that had a less-contrived hint of old Dead Boy attitude. Otherwise, file under New Wave, despite the possible protests of M'Lords.
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Fancy travelling the world, but scarce time and finances don't make it easy? You don't have to leave your town to get to know new cultures. Not if you connect with these three categories of people.
They come from all over the world, but moved to your town for work. If they are not your coworkers, you can meet them by joining associations such as InterNations, GLocals and Meetup. Some of these groups only exist locally, like ZuriGo, an expat community I host events for in Zurich. As a good super-connector, you can also start your own expat club, dedicated for instance to a specific country or language, or to a specific hobby or business theme.
Frequent travellers based in your town
They come from or are based where you also live, but are often out of town. Usually, they travel during the weekend or for entire weeks if it's for leisure, and during the week if it's business. This latter category is mainly represented by business developers, publicists, consultants and professionals operating at exhibitions and conferences, such as speakers, interpreters and scientists. These people are constantly exposed to new places and cultures, and every trip is a new story they can tell you. Also, if you fancy a certain item from a country they will visit soon, you can ask them for a little favour. Don't forget reciprocity though!
Travellers currently in your town
They can be people on a business trip, or simply tourists. You can meet them in cafés of hotels, stations and airports. You might never see them again offline, but you can develop an online friendship if you managed to deeply connect during the short time you spent together. And if you establish a relationship, next time they come to your town it could be to visit you, or maybe they will even invite you to visit them.
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All the gifs of Despicable Me in this free gallery to use as you like Gru has become one of the most famous and funny cartoon characters of recent times. Also his movies have become very popular by the Minions, small yellow creatures always provide a funny touch with their follies. The Gru's villain life changes drastically when he has to take care of three girls, Edith, Margo and Agnes. This will make him rethink his criminal career, and decides reformed to set a good example for their daughters. Now he use his intelligence to doing good things, also accompanied by his girlfriend, Lucy Wilde, and his friend the Doctor Nefarious. Together they have faced enemies like Vector or El Macho, and who knows how many enemies will they overcome.


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Pet Dental Care
Does your best friend have bad breath? Despite what many pet owners may believe, "dog breath" is not just a nuisance – it's a sign of an unhealthy mouth. Bad breath is caused by bacteria. Over time, bacteria lead to plaque and tartar buildup on your pet's teeth. The result is bad breath, reddened gums, and other common signs of dental disease. As dental disease progresses, other signs can include drooling, discomfort while chewing, and loose or missing teeth. Even if you're using treats and chews to help control tartar, these are frequently not enough to keep dental disease in check. Ask us about the best ways to control plaque and help protect your pet from dental disease.
Dental hygiene is an important part of your pet's health, because dental disease can be associated with other serious health problems such as heart disease and kidney disease. But how do you know if your pet has a healthy mouth? Let us examine your pet's teeth and gums to help determine if there are any dental issues you should know about. After a brief visual examination, we may recommend a more detailed examination (which requires anesthesia), a dental cleaning, or options for at-home dental care.
Have you noticed that your horse is spilling or dropping feed? Are you finding small bits of chewed up hay in your horse's stall? Is your horse having trouble maintaining his or her body condition despite frequent dewormings? Does your horse have problems accepting and tolerating a bit when riding? These clues could all be signs indicating that your horse needs dental care.
Many people do not realize that a horse's teeth grow continuously throughout its life. The natural chewing motion of a horse grinding its feed usually wears down the continual growth. The grinding action is necessary for the horse to process its feed, but can also be detrimental in that it creates sharp points along the upper cheek area and the tongue. As a horse grows older the teeth growth can go awry and create problems for the animal when it attempts to eat. For horses with dental problems eating can be a painful process.
When a veterinarian performs a dental examination on a horse, several key areas are evaluated. Typically the horse is given a mild sedative to make the procedure more comfortable for the animal and easier for the veterinarian to examine the animal. A speculum is placed in the animal's mouth to allow for good visualization of the entire mouth from front to back.
First the molars (back teeth) are manually examined and palpated to feel for any areas of uneven tooth growth as well as any sharp edges that may cause the horse pain when chewing. Any abnormal odors coming from the mouth can be an indicator of an infection or an abscessed tooth. The veterinarian will use a dental float instrument to smooth out the sharp edges of the teeth along the cheek and the tongue. Also the dental float can be used to level out any uneven areas of growth. Additionally, it is important to examine the lips, tongue, and cheek tissue to make sure there are no wounds or lesions.
After the mouth speculum is removed, the incisors (front teeth) are examined. These teeth are the ones that can be used to approximate the age of a horse. These teeth need to be evaluated to make sure they are all growing at an even pace and length. Also the alignments of these teeth are evaluated to see how well the horse is able to pick up their food.
Adequate dental care is a vital part to your horses care, no matter the age of your horse. Yearly dental examinations should be performed as part of your routine yearly horse care. Senior horses should have their teeth examined bi-annually to quickly correct any problems that may come up.


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What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than jetting off to a proper Winter wonderland, getting down a few glasses of warming Swedish mulled wine ("glögg") and doing a little bit of last minute Christmas shopping – or just chilling!
The Markets
Stockholm has a long history of quality Christmas markets, with the oldest dating back to the 19th Century. Walking around the red stalls of the Old Town market is a must or take the ferry over to Djurgården island from Slussen and stroll over to Skansen, for its traditional Christmas experience. We've picked our favourite Christmas markets and everything you need to plan your stay with a few clicks.
The Old Town, Stockholm
The annual Christmas market in Stockholm's Old Town (Gamla Stan) dates back to 1837 and is the oldest of its kind in Sweden. Inspired by the old medieval winter markets in Stockholm and offers everything from Swedish Christmas sausages, to ceramics and mulled wine ("glögg").
Skansen Open Air Museum
Take the ferry over to Stockholm's Djurgården island from Slussen and walk over to Skansen, Europe's biggest outdoor museum, where the traditional weekend Christmas market is held as it would have been 100 years ago. It's a great place to grab some traditional Swedish arts and crafts. Held every weekend in advent with an entry fee to the park.
Others worth a look
- Rosendal Palace, on the island of Djurgården is itself a worthwhile visit to admire the impressive architecture as well as take in the Christmas stalls in the gardens.
- The kungstradgården popular with the locals in a convenient downtown location, with traditional entertainment, stalls, food & drink as well an ice rink.
- Grona Lund and Liseberg Amusement Parks both also host annual markets as well as fun winter activities for those wanting a bit more entertainment.
Get there
There are usually a lot of great value return flights into Stockholm. Our recommendation is to fly to Arlanda or "Stockholm Airport" (or Bromma if you are able to get a direct flight), as the other Stockholm airports are a significant transfer. From there its easy to get into the town using Stockholm's well organised public transport.
Stockholm has a nice range of accommodation well located in the city centre and to suit a range of budgets and preferences. Here are our top picks:
- The Lydmar. Luxurious boutique hotel set on the Waterfront. Perfect for a romantic treat.
- Story Hotel. Stylish and cool, with a convenient location in central Stockholm. Check-in using the Macs in the lobby and stay late in the bar.
- Hotel Rival. Converted 1930s cinema with luxurious rooms and cool restaurant to the south of the city centre.
- STF Goteborg City. hostel/ hotel hybrid located within walking distance of Liseberg Amusement Park and its Christmas market.
- Sheraton Stockholm. A sure bet if you're after a hotel with all the services and an extremely convenient location for Stockholm Old Town and beautiful lake views.
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