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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Noah's Ark
The dive sites Noah's Ark and the Ark Rock Wrecks are rocky reef and historical wreck sites in the Seaforth area on the False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
These are minor wrecks of some historical interest and a large exposed rock surrounded by a small high profile reef.
S34°11.533' E018°27.232' Noah's Ark
S34°11.603' E018°27.198' Ark Rock Barge wreck.
S34°11.545' E018°27.173' Boiler wreck 1
S34°11.670' E018°27.196' Boiler wreck 2
S34°11.477' E018°27.172' Parana 1862
These sites are in a Marine Protected Area (2009). A permit is required. These sites is all entirely inside the Boulders Restricted Zone.
The large rock at the site is marked on the SA Navy charts as "Noah's Ark", and is commonly referred to by local divers as "Ark Rock". The wrecks are associated with the rock by being nearby. There is a wreck of a barge just south of the rock, the wreck of a small steam powered vessel to the west and a larger iron or steel vessel, probably the "Parana" 1862", to the north west. Another small wreck of a steam powered vessel lies to the south of the barge wreck, near a small group of large rocks.
Maximum depth is about 14m
Visibility is not often very good in this area, but can be 5 to 10m on a good day. It may vary among the listed sites even on the same day.
Noah's Ark:
This is a huge flat topped granite boulder standing on even larger granite outcrop which extends above the sand level. The exposed rock is about 55m long from east to west and 30m from north to south. Mostly sheer sided with small overhangs and some deep crevices. The bottom is sand, sloping very gradually from about 10m at the south of the rock to about 8m near Penguin Point. There are a few pinnacles around the main rock, including one to the west, and at least two to the south.
The small pinnacle about 12m to the west of the main rock rises to quite close to the surface and is topped by kelp. This pinnacle is at S34°11.530' E018°27.207' and could be a hazard to boats.
There are assorted cables lying around on the sand in this area which are remnants of the old navy degaussing range. Most of these appear to be south of the barge wreck.
Ark Rock Barge:
This wreck comprises the central section of a steel barge, probably a dredging hopper. The hold is about 3m wide, with buoyancy compartments port and starboard, each about 1.2m wide. The hull is level and projects about 2m above the surface of the sand, Hull plating is gone along the lower sides but the ribs are still there. The hold is of heavier metal and is substantially intact, with heavy beams at deck level spaced about 2m apart. A good wreck for beginners as it is not possible to get lost in it.
Boiler wreck 1:
This wreck is the remains of a small unidentified iron or steel vessel which has mostly rusted away, except for the boiler, what might be the engine crankcase and some of the nearby structure. There may also be more of the hull buried in the sand. Everything is heavily encrusted by crinoids, ascidians and other growth, making identification of the components difficult. The wreckage is about 19m long, 6m wide and 2m high (boiler). The centreline of the vessel lies approximately 030° magnetic.
Boiler wreck 2:
This wreck is the remains of a small steam powered wooden vessel. Most of the hull has gone, but there is a small amount of hull bottom under the power plant. The most notable feature of the wreck is a small boiler, about 1m in diameter and 2m long, standing upright on the remains of the hull. A couple of metres away is what is almost certainly the remains of the steam engine, but it is very heavily encrusted, and not possible to make out the details. The engine lies on it's side. The wreckage is about 12m long and 2 to 3m wide, the top of the boiler stands about 1.5m above the sand. About 20m to the south east on bearing 135° magnetic, is a group of fairly large rocks. The full extent of this group has not been measured, but it is probably not very large.
"Parana" 1862
The wreckage of an iron or steel ship which may be the "Parana". The wreckage is mostly buried under the sand, with a long strip of hull plating and frames projecting about 0.5 to 1m above the sand. The frame spacing is about 0.5m, and a stringer can also be seen. There are two vertical cylindrical objects about 1.8m diameter and a bit over a metre visible height with small rectangular horizontal openings on the sides, and some door frames and cast iron porthole frames mostly buried in the sand. The main debris field is about 40m long and about 2 to 5m wide at about 120° magnetic. Two other minor debris fields which may be parts of this wreck are known. One is to the north at an unknown position, and the other is to the south at S34°11.497' E018°27.143'
Geology: Granite of the late Pre-Cambrian Peninsula pluton, surrounded by sand.
Can be dived any time the swell is low and the wind is not too strong. Mostly this will be autumn or winter, as a strong south easter will push up an unpleasant chop. For a shore dive, choose a day when there is not too much wind, as this may set up a surface current.
Parking for shore dives at bottom of Bellevue road at the penguin sanctuary.
Get in
Generally considered a boat dive, though all can be dived from shore entry at Penguin Point. There is a swim of about 30 minutes each way, which could be tiring in a chop. The rock is clearly visible and can not be missed.
This site can also be dived as a coastal underwater orienteering swim. A route from the Pumphouse gulley at Penguin Point via Compass Reef, Photographer's Reef and North Photographer's Reef to Ark Rock, and returning via the Ark Rock Barge wreck, and Boiler wreck 2 to Boulders Beach has been planned and tested. The total point to point distance is about 2km.
Marine life
Noah's Ark: There is a band of Black mussels and barnacles around the rock to about 1m below surface, then Red-bait on deeper surfaces. The vertical surfaces and overhangs are heavily encrusted with organisms typical of the area, and include sponges, crinoids, ascidians, sea cucumbers, hydroids and sea fans.
See section on topography of each wreck.
(photographic equipment suggestions)
Stay safe
No site-specific hazards have been reported
No special skills required. Reasonable fitness is necessary to do this as a shore dive, due to the long swim.
A compass is necessary if you wish to return to shore or navigate between the wrecks under water, and a SMB is desirable to warn boats of your presence during the long swim. A light will help you see into crevices, but is not essential.
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Pets, Pets, Pets . .
"A First for Ferals" in Babylon Town: On Saturday April 5th, the Town of Babylon will launch a
free spay/neuter voucher distribution to assist in TNR (Trap/Neuter/Release) efforts of feral cats. The service is available exclusively to Town residents. This innovative program is possible thanks to a joint effort between the town and Assemblyman Bob Sweeney (who secured the state grant). Last Hope Animal Rescue, Inc. will also provide crucial support for this TNR initiative, assisting with the initial training and administrative tasks.
How the voucher system works: Vouchers: On April 5th town residents can come to Town Hall Annex at Phelps Lane, North Babylon from 11 am to 1 pm and collect up to 5 vouchers for each address, valid from April 7th through mid July (or sooner if demand uses all the funding). Each spay/neuter voucher is good for 1 cat. There will be
POLICE BLOTTER between 400-500 vouchers released. The Town
staff/Last Hope volunteers will also instruct residents in the use of humane traps, follow up cat care, and the procedures for borrowing a trap.
The Town expects the vouchers to be claimed quickly. After April 5th, residents can call the shelter at 643-9270 to see if any certificates remain.
Appointment: The resident will then be responsible to call Brentwood/Islip Animal Hospital (the only clinic where the voucher can be redeemed) to schedule a spay/neuter appointment for each voucher. Only feral cats in traps will be accepted. Since ferals are so hard to handle, often the sex of the cat remains undetermined until anesthetized.
Borrowing Traps: The shelter has a limited supply of new humane traps to lend to residents for a period up to 2 weeks. A cash deposit of $60 per trap is required. All money will be refunded when the trap is returned on time. The shelter/Last Hope will give advice but will not be trapping the cats for residents.
Veterinary Procedure: The resident brings the cat(s) in the trap to the hospital on the scheduled day. Because there are various schools of thought about testing ferals for FeLV/FIV, caretakers will have a choice with asymptomatic cats. They can opt not to test and proceed with the surgery; or combo blood test first at no charge. However, any cat that tests positive for feline leukemia (FeLV) or feline immune deficiency disease (FIV) will not be sterilized, but instead will be humanely euthanized while still sedated. Spayed and neutered ferals will receive a rabies vaccine and be left ear notched for easy "castrated ID". (Any additional services requested like distemper shots or flea control will be at the resident's expense.) The resident will pick up the cat later the same day, and follow recovery and re-release procedures.
What's Needed: A current NYS driver's license with a Town of Babylon address. Please note- 5 vouchers are available for each address, not each resident.
Comments from the "Pets" Peanut Gallery: I commend Babylon Shelter director Chris Elton and the Town for organizing this needed TNR pilot to help manage our tremendous feral overpopulation. With cooperative efforts of the public, vets, rescue groups, shelters, and municipal officials, we will be able to make significant progress in curtailing the cat surplus and suffering.
Since Babylon's voucher procedures are new, unforeseen rough spots will have to be ironed out as they unfold. For eg., synchronizing trapping with appointments is easier said than done. I am hoping for some flexibility built into the hospital's schedule and courtesy calls from residents who do not catch cats. More and more vets are performing early spay/neuters on kittens as young as 8 weeks. Presently the contract clinic says they will be accepting kittens as young as 12 weeks. That doesn't mean that people should release younger kittens they catch. The best window of opportunity to tame a feral is between the time the kitten is weaned and 8 weeks. Therefore, young kittens trapped can be socialized and become highly adoptable. There is no reason to release a tame cat back into a colony.
We also realize the public's experience handling ferals will range. Some people will be pros while others will need guidance from the shelter staff and volunteers. Also keep in mind, post surgical recovery time is variable, dependent on the weather, health/sex of the cat, and accommodations the caretaker has to hold the "patient". Males tend to recuperate faster because their operation is less invasive. In general, males should be held (still in the trap) in nice weather at least a day, and females at least 3 days, but this guideline is not carved in stone. There are techniques to convert traps into temporary recovery stations. When reliable feeders/ guardians are assured, the cats should be rereleased
in the same area they were trapped. Relocation,
a tricky process, is not recommended. BLOTTER Finally I am taking the blame for the test/don't
test choices. The disease transmission issue is complicated. Feral groups and even veterinarians have different views about the effectiveness of testing ferals and removing positive cats. In a separate column sometime soon I will delve into the pros and cons of FeLV/FIV testing in managed colonies. The original Babylon plan called for mandatory testing of all ferals. I worried it was too restrictive for the cats, and also feared that some seasoned feral advocates would opt out of this wonderful opportunity, if testing were required on all cats. Now caretakers have a choice.
Attention Feral Feeders at Tanner Park: The Town would like to open a dialogue with feeders at Tanner Park, and possibly help improve TNR efforts there in ways that will please the cats and public. Chris Elton, shelter director, requests that Tanner Park feeders call him at 643-9270.
Town of Oyster Bay free TNR certificate system coming soon. Oyster Bay's feral assistance will be also start next month, but the plan is organized a bit differently. Both Towns' feral efforts will be successful with public participation, so please mark your calendars and start stocking up on smelly sardines.
For Adoption: A blast from the past-"Mork" and "Mindy" are now appearing at Babylon Town Shelter Lamar St. W. Babylon. "Mork" is a young tricolor smooth Collie mix in Cage 5, s a stray in found in Wyandanch, while "Mindy", a yellow Lab/Shepherd puppy around 7 months in Cage 43 is part of a trio of dogs who showed up on the shelter lawn. Both are sweet and gentle, and though they had never met before, got along great. "Mork" and "Mindy" do not have to be adopted together…but it would be nice.
Males: "Buddy"- the ball playing Pit mix Cage 4; "Mountain"- Tibetan Mastiff mix Cage 24; black Lab Cage 13; "Mousy"- gray & white cat in C-9- His owner went into a nursing home.
Females: "Mama"- tan Hound/Pit- did a remarkable job raising 9 puppies at the shelter Cage 28; "Lola"- Rottie/Shepherd Cage 30; "Kitty" - gorgeous Russian Blue type in C-4.


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After months or repair and refit we've taken our new Gibson 50' out for the weekend. We decided to go the 40 miles north up to Peck Lake up by the St. Lucie inlet. This is a great spot on the ICW, well protected and we can hear the ocean over the dunes.. Only a half dozen or so boats here... It is a quiet dawn, I am watching a pod of 3-4 dolphins a few football fields away patrol the area... AWESOME
Now here is my problem...
This is the first time we've anchored this houseboat and we've discovered that this boat wanders at anchor. Like a flag in the wind this boat will swing 90 degrees on the hook. We came from a large sailboat and never had this issue because we had a deep, full keel that provided lots of resistance in the water.. But this boat draws just 2.5 feet and has no real resistance.
My ground tackle consists of a brand new Good Automatic Windlass, 200' of rode with 10' chain and a 35 pound Delta anchor.
The anchor is holding just fine but how the heck can I keep this from swinging so much? What does everyone else do
I thought about getting a smaller mushroom anchor to drop off the stern to give us some extra resistance on the back,
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Eugene Jang and Ryan Dean anchored MIT's defense with 15 digs each while Jordan Wan collected 10 digs and 47 assists. For the second match in a row, Praveen Pamidimukkala tallied seven assisted blocks and contributed 16 kills and eight digs. Michelangelo Raimondi had a solid outing with 10 kills, three assisted blocks, and two aces. Kenneth Rosche also totaled 10 kills and posted four assisted blocks. Scott Pollom bolstered the front row's play with eight kills and six assisted blocks.


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|2011-11-22, 23:49
|Link #9041
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Rain - How does he know all these things? He started training at 12-13 and is 17 now. How does he have so much varied skills and can beat grown men with them? He'd have to train 10 years minimum just to get a few skills since one isn't exactly closely knit to the other.
|2011-11-22, 23:58
|Link #9042
Head of FRACTURE R&D
Join Date: Oct 2011
@ Eratas: Raw experience. When pitted against something, you learn from little experiences and quirks while doing said thing.
Say, when you're fighting: When somebody kicks your ass to the curb, you take note of the little things. Posture, where getting hit hurts the most, where to move little by little to get in the right place to block and counter attack.
5 years of raw experience to pick these things up and master them. Henceforth why he's an honorary Spetsnaz, after more than a year of being beaten up from dawn to dusk by a Russian in a broken down hospital. Oh, on a side note, he goes back to Chernobyl to train over the years, he didn't go there for just a one time thing.
He focuses on skills that would help him in the future. For knives, he learned the basics of Eskrima, but he's no master. He can kill people just fine with it though. For guns, he trained with Sonia. For swords, Tabane kicked his ass in kendo. And so on, he picked up little details and skills he continues to brush up to the present day.
|2011-11-23, 00:04
|Link #9043
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Rain - Then where does the black ops, bomb defusal, and government level hacking come in? I understand him being skilled, it's just the fact that he's skilled in so many things that seems odd. For example, Irish is good in hacking and sneaking. He's poor in unarmed combat and frontal assault, gunwielding is low as well. His knife combat is average but he fights unorthodoxly which means he surprises opponents.
So he's only good in sneaking, hacking, and knife fighting. Everything else tends to be bad.
Sorry if this is offending you, I'm just curious.
Be back in 30-45 minutes, I have to go home.
|2011-11-23, 00:23
|Link #9044
Head of FRACTURE R&D
Join Date: Oct 2011
@ Eratas: The skills he uses for black operations are the skills he uses outside of them, but under black ops, he just operates under the radar.
Bomb defusal is something he just picked up as a kid, before actually physically training. He sat in a few classes while growing up on the ALBATROSS. But he's useless when it comes to higher class bombs. The closest thing he can disarm is a C4 charge used by most militants, but when it comes to the hellfire bombs, he's useless. He doesn't know what to do with it, and whatever he does has a good chance of setting it off.
Government level hacking? Started at the age of 7, the result of Tabane being very enthusiastic when her son wanted to learn how to use a computer. At first, it was just so he could play some video games a soldier lent to him. The game was Counter-Strike, which unintentionally brought him to light on the whole action concept. It grew level by level until he actually got into tagging along smaller policing/patrol missions with his dad.
Things he's useless in:
- Musical instruments: Lacks the delicacy to play anything. Somehow manages to shatter glass with a triangle of all things.
- Precise Medical Procedure: He'd be the world's worst surgeon, that's for sure. His habit when holding a sharp thing would be to analyze a person's vitals and the best way to cut them up. Then he'd cut too much by accident, and the person would be dead within seconds.
- Any medical procedure with the patient being someone he personally knows: He'd panic beyond comprehension, thinking that he'd just as soon unintentionally hurt them as help them.
- Unable to concentrate when not under pressure: His mind tends to drift off constantly. When his mind is under pressure, it makes him focus. Think of the pressure (whatever it may be) as a funnel, his mind pressed through it until it relaxes enough to go with the flow. When not under pressure, his mind's as loose as liquid, he can't concentrate unless he deeply wants to concentrate. Which is why his monologues always get off track somehow. He'll go with the flow, but just can't seem to pinpoint focus.
- Can't handle any weapon for the first time without hurting himself (or others) somehow: First time handling a brand new knife? Cut himself. First time holding a new gun? Shot someone in the foot. Get the picture?
- Prone to exessive bleeding: Don't get a bandage on him or seal the cut in any way quickly, he'll pass out due to bleeding out much more blood than a person normally would. Give him a paper cut, if unattended to, he'll feel faint in half an hour. Which is why he's prone to serious scarring.
And there are more things I have stowed away somewhere.
|2011-11-23, 00:49
|Link #9046
Head of FRACTURE R&D
Join Date: Oct 2011
@ Zero:
The IS Universe: The place where if you're a guinea pig for a mech suit, you can have an amazon legion of yanderes who pilot similar mech suits and worship your every word!
In that place, you can also have antibiotic sprays that stop bleeding! High tech spray-on bandage FTW!
But who cares about that when there's a amazon legion of yanderes to learn more about!
|2011-11-23, 00:51
|Link #9047
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
^ That too, I really want to feature medical treatment sometimes, but so far nobody is bleeding, not even a little.
I have a good idea, maybe I should contact Blitz. Back too school, wont return in ~2 hours
|2011-11-23, 00:56
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I am no one
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Location: Inside your head
|2011-11-23, 01:03
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Rain - Um....I'm pretty sure he was singing with Laura in the Charlotte x Ichika segment before.
Anyway, how are his acrobatics? As in flips and other agility based moves.
The medical thing is interesting. Ichika is clueless as well so Irish is the only one among the three who can use first aid. Treating injured teammates after they get attacked by IS units tend to make you pick up a few things.
|2011-11-23, 01:16
|Link #9053
Head of FRACTURE R&D
Join Date: Oct 2011
@ Eratas and Jak: He can sing, but when handling something that needs delicacy to be operated that isn't a computer or technology, he either wrecks it or becomes a wreck himself.
Also, he's not that acrobatic. He's flexible enough to freerun and fight with most of his styles, but he's not that flexible to do that kind of acrobatics, and would probably hurt himself 9 out of 10 times just trying to attempt it.
|2011-11-23, 01:20
|Link #9054
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Rain - Okay, this is for the fight scene in chapter 5. How tall is Kyuukai exactly? Also, how muscular? I need to know since the fight is kind of like a David vs Goliath where Kyuukai is stronger but Irish is more agile.
|2011-11-23, 01:31
|Link #9056
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Rain - Standing in the blue corner, weighing only about 100 something pounds, 5'0 and as thin as a stick.......IRISH!!!!!
You can already see who's going to win Good thing Kyuukai doesn't have any CQC weapons in the memorial.
Side note - Kind of Ironic that both of their LI's are their opposites both physically and mentally
|2011-11-23, 02:55
|Link #9057
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
297 pounds? isn't that too bulky for not really muscular guy? I believe it's 197 pounds instead (roughly 90 kg, itself are DAMN heavy for the level of 179 cm guy)...
I figure Kyuukai would be around 160-180 Pounds instead (72-81 kg)
|2011-11-23, 02:57
|Link #9058
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
I kinda dropped off yesterday... sorry bout that. Issues occurred.
@eratas: I rethought the few days thing and realized that maybe it would take ISA some time to process the papers, and that a few days seems really short. The time frame for Rong being stuck in America is now 2-3 weeks. In that span of time, I was thinking that he could get on friendly terms with America's IS research facility, have an ISA representative staff give him a look/check(to see if he's safe), and Fillia teaches him how to be normal and lays down some ground rules.
|2011-11-23, 03:07
|Link #9060
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Zero - You have a point, most wrestlers are lighter than that and some of the are walking muscle.
@ demino_hellsin - Sounds good enough, but I'm not really the person you should ask, I'm just a newbie writer. Might wanna ask Zero or Blitz.
@ Jak - It's average height for some to be 5'9.
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Recently became a 46er and got curious about the history of peak lists.
The 46 list is quite ideal. Reasonable number, has some basis (4000'), but not all the peaks are actually 4000' (based on re-surveying). One 4000' peak is not on the list. In my opinion pretty much all the peaks are worth hiking up (maybe two or three were a little suspect) They have a 46er club with a cool logo. Seems pretty fun.
I am currently working on my CO 14ers. Suitably good list. I kind of like the idea that the list is somewhat in dispute (54 to 58 peaks) depending on how you count. Doesn't seem as "official" as the 46ers (Do they give out numbers?). I thought I read somewhere that the CMC keeps track, but I don't know.
What are the other "classic" lists in the US and Canada. State highpoints? CA 14ers? What is your favorite list that you are working on?
Northeast 115, seems kind of contrived. The list is too long and it is primarily just a combination of other lists. I have heard of the Southern Sixers (6000' peaks), but most of these peaks don't even look like they are worth hiking up.
I just moved to Oregon and the main "list" if you can call it that is top 100. Not that interesting. There is the Cascades volcanoes list. I have already done a few, probably will work on that. I also heard about the Washington state county highpoints that is supposed to be pretty good.


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by LOLtron » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:28 pm
The company is working to make sure future generations of readers can enjoy DC's stupidity too.
Source: BrianKeene.com
When DC Comics drives a popular creator off of a book through editorial interference, they usually like to do it after the book has been solicited for maximum negative publicity, which we imagine powers some kind of doomsday device hidden in a sublevel of their corporate headquarters. However, a new post on novelist Brian Keene's website indicates that DC is ramping up their timetable, as Keene was apparently driven off of two or three ongoing titles that weren't even announced, and were planned to start sometime next year. From the post:
The post also contains a treatise ranking Keene's preference for which social media network fans should contact him on (long story short: tweet your dick pics to @BrianKeene), and if you're interested in checking out Keene's novels or past comics work, you can find some convenient links to those there as well (the post is, after all, originally intended as a new reader orientation).
It's becoming commonplace for creators to announce their departure from DC books via personal blogs or social media, but this marks the first time one has done so this far in advance. We don't know what books Keene was working on, but our sources suggest that this may be part of a new initiative at DC to increase net profits by creating embarrassing controversies around books that the company doesn't even have to bother producing.
"Humiliating public scandals are the bread and butter of DC's executive business strategy," explained DC Co-Publisher Dan Didio, who appears frequently in drug induced hallucinations whenever we drop acid before writing our articles. "Obviously these scandals can be expensive because we have to pay creative teams, printers, black market lenticular paper cartels, and all sorts of other unnecessary expenses before the sweet payoff of media backlash and nerd rage. If we could create scandals around the concept of books that the creative team never even has to start on, it would be pure profit.
"Just imagine it," the vivid hallucination continued. "We would never have to publish another comic again. We'd just hire popular creators to write blog posts saying they're not going to write or draw one for us, and, cha ching, the money comes rolling in."
We tried to convince the lifelike apparition to explain exactly how negative publicity and widespread outrage translated to revenue streams, but he soon morphed into several shrieking skulls and proceeded to fly around our head threateningly, so we felt the better course of action would be to lie down on the floor, curl into the fetal position, and whimper softly until the drugs wore off.
We think that driving an award winning, best-selling novelist and comic book writer away from books is pretty goddamn stupid. However, since Keene could not ethically provide any specific information or further details on the books, and the stupidity technically takes place sometime in the future, we are unable to justify an official Has DC Done Something Stupid Today counter reset. Thus, it has been 9 days since DC last did something stupid, 4 days shy of the record and counting. Can they break that record?! Stay tuned to The Outhouse, because our finger is on the button!
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by john lewis hawk » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:36 pmAt some point, DC will have pissed off every comic book creator out there and have all of their comics written by headless chickens.
by Lord Simian » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:40 pmActually, nobody would have known anything about this if he hadn't said anything, so it seems he already dropped "professional decorum"...
by Pink_Orchid » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:52 pmHush money.
by Zechs » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:02 pm
Nope they're gonna be written by Manatees.
by Amoebas » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:04 pm
Yeah - that struck me as really odd too.
by Lord Simian » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:10 pm
But to be fair, "not yet announced" doesn't mean "doesnt exist". That'd be like if a movie didn't exist because commercials haven't begun airing on tv then...
by TimH » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:24 pmah ha ha ha, you guys are such delightful idealists!
DC has got the money, honey! Some starving artist has got the time.
i just hope DC is being savvy enough to lower its pay package commisserate with the desperation of its new hires. after all, kids, a stint at DC will help your career far more than grubby dollars can! didnt hard working, smart attitude folks sleep at the office during the dotcom fraud (i meant "opportunity"). and other industries do those unpaid internship things because opportunity pays more than cash can. want a ten year unpaid internship? you dont even have to draw well. we treat tony daniels like a million bucks for that. you just need to show up with a good attitude. Your DC daddy will take care of ya. here show us what you got by drawing these scenes of a super villainness in an abusive relationship contemplating funny ways of offing herself.
by Brian Keene » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:27 pmZECHS: I, for one, welcome our new manatee overlords. ;)
LORD SIMIAN and AMOEBAS: Yeah, I can see how it would look that way to a newcomer. Folks have been asking if I was going to be doing more. I usually answer those types of questions during these semi-regular orientation posts. So I answered it today. Sorry for any confusion or consternation this may have caused.
by MrBlack » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:54 pm
Replace With Minority Character
Fridge Love Interest
Make Villain the Real Hero
Batman Crossover
by The Old Doctor » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:10 pm
No, they don't exist as they have not yet been made. Hard to make a title without a creator. Unless they take the idea and run with some one else... like here it could be Rob Liefeld. Whenever some creator of talent bails out.. insert Rob Liefeld.
by Zechs » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:57 pm
There's gonna be one tiny purple ball too and it's gonna be called the "Stephanie Brown" and it'll be buried under a pile of many red balls labeled "EDGY and GRITTY."
by Zechs » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:58 pm
Tell that to Cassandra Cain and be replaced by not one but two white girls.
by HNutz » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:23 pm
Is that the weird glowy purple ball from Batman?
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Miami, FL - The third and final day of racing for the Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series in conjunction with the 2013 Bacardi Miami Sailing week organized by STUDIOMILANO was eventful to say to least. Two time winner, Michael Kiss' Bacio with tactician Christ Rast and crew member Willie McBride had an excellent day on the water with a 3-2-1 punch and a throw out for race four winning the Bacardi Miami Sailing Series with an impressive ten point spread over the rest of the fleet. Alessandro Rombelli's STIG was the runner up followed by James Wilson's Oleander who had an incredible series winning race one and two for the event.
The Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series finally crowned a winner after three attendance shattering events. Congratulations to Richard Davies' Section 16 with tactician Charlie Mckee, and crew member Matt Pistay for taking first place honors. The team had a great series finishing seventh in event one, third in Event No. 2 and fourth at Bacardi. Kiss takes second overall improving with each event finishing thirteenth in event one, third in event two and taking the overall spot after the final event. Marcus Eagan's Cajun Underwriting with tactician Marc Eagan and crew member Andrew Eagan is an all Corinthian, family filled, power packed team of impeccable sailors. This crew competed among the best sailors in the world and finished in third place out of a fleet 40+ boats.
The breeze remained steady allowing the race committee to get three races off. The first race of the day was a general recall due to a huge right shift at the start causing major commotion on the line. After adjustments to the starting line, race one was underway with John Taylor's Ninkasi punching the line and getting out early. Taylor lead at the top mark and was able to extend for a huge win followed by Marc Hollerbach on Fu, and Kiss round out the top three.
Race two of the day began with a quick, all clear start with Taylor again having a great start out of the gate. Robert Hughes' Heartbreaker lead at the top mark. At the gate the course was shortened but Heartbreaker's crew of Brain Janney and Morgan Reeser were able to remain on the line a finish in open water.
The overall Bacardi Miami Sailing Week Winner, Michael solidified his win by taking the bullet in the final race of the day and of the series. Congratulations to Bacio for a job well done. Rob Wilber on Cinghiale found their groove in the last race coming up huge with a second place finish. Corinthian team Valkyrie owned by Andy Rasdal was able to get a good start and remained up at the top of the fleet finishing the final race of the day with an impressive third place finish.
The overall corinthian winner for the Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter series goes to Jon Messenger's Black Sheep with crew members Jermey Edwards and Mark Goodyear. This boat competed in all three events winning the overall in the second event and holding strong to take the overall for the series. John Brown's Blind Squirrel took second place while Brian Hill's Atlas rounded out the top three.
The IAM20CA is extremely grateful of the incredible event organization and management of the Audi Melges 20 Miami Sailing Series | Bacardi Miami Sailing week organized by STUDIOMILANO. Thank you to Bacardi for sponsoring the event and providing rum at the Melges Rocks Party and to EFG bank for sponsoring the Melges Performance Sailing DeBrief. In particular, the IAM20CA would like to recognize the amazing efforts of Ron Rostorfer and the Coconut Grove Sailing Club for always being so accommodating to the Melges 20 fleet. Huge thanks to the PRO Bruce Golison and race committee for navigating the tricky weather conditions. Also, a huge thank you for the strong support of Melges USA.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After Seven Races - FINAL)
1.) Michael Kiss, Bacio; 6-2-8-[15]-3-2-1=22
2.) Alessandro Rombelli, STIG; 9-1-[18]-4-7-3-9=33
3.) James Wilson, Oleander; 1-14-2-6-8-[16]=37
4.) Richard Davies, Section 16; 10-16-3-1-4-[28]=42
5.) Russell Lucas, Shimmer; [14]-3-4-8-11-5-12=43
6.) Marcus Eagan, Cajun Underwriting; 3-[51/ocs]-1-5-17-10-10=46
7.) Marc Hollerbach, Fu; 4-11-[16]-7-2-14-8=46
8.) Paul Reilly, Red Sky Sailing Team; 5-4-9-10-[32]-18-5=51
9.) John Taylor, Ninkasi; 11-[24]-5-9-1-22-11=59
10.) Robert Hughes, Heartbreaker; 26-12-15-3-[31]-1-7=64
TOP FIVE CORINTHIANS (After Five Races - FINAL)
1.) Marcus Eagan, Cajun Underwriting; 3-[51/ocs]-1-5-17-10-10=46
2.) Brian Hill, Atlas; 22-20-13-[28]-12-6-22=95
3.) John Arendshorst, Blink 20/20; 19-18-12-[51/DFN]-19-13-15=96
4.) Andrew Rasdal, Valkyrie; 51/dnf-51/osc-14-21-9-19-3=117
5.) Jon Messenger, Black Sheep; [51/dnf]-22-20-29-14-26-13=124
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Apple Plays Cat And Mouse With In-App Purchase Hacker
from the what-if-I-change-this-setting dept
Because of this model of doing business, mobile phone producers (mainly Apple) have developed APIs that allow game developers to easily tie their in-game stores to Apple's payment processing and authentication services. While this method is not without its issues, it has been accepted as a relatively secure method of monetizing a game. That is, until one hacker named Alexey V. Borodin figured out a relatively simple way to spoof the purchases of in game items. Using this exploit, Alexey claims that as many as 30,000 transactions have been made since instructions went live.
In a follow up article, The Next Web reports that Apple has begun efforts to prevent the spread of this exploit. These efforts include blocking the IP address of the server Alexey was using, requesting the server be taken down by the Russian hosting company which owned it, sending take down notices to Youtube over videos providing instructions, and getting PayPal involved in shutting down the account Alexey was using to generate donations (a whopping $6.78 was raised according to that report). Apple also included the following statement:
The security of the App Store is incredibly important to us and the developer community. We take reports of fraudulent activity very seriously and we are investigating.Even with all these attempts at taking down Alexey's service, it still remains up and running for all willing iPhone users to take advantage of; that is, if those users are willing to risk their privacy and iTunes accounts to use it, something Alexey claims is not an issue.
While this exploit is very troubling on many levels, it really highlights the folly of relying on security through obscurity. Apple had the chance to secure its APIs long before this exploit happened. It has an opportunity to do so now. In fact, Alexy states that he is more than willing to talk about the issue with Apple. Unfortunately, Apple has not contacted him. While I can understand Apple's unwillingness to work directly with someone who openly exploits its services, it would be prudent to use all available options to end this exploit.
One would hope that game developers who feel threatened by this exploit will pressure Apple to fix the security issues in its APIs as well as provide some kind of training in best practices in securing in-app purchases. Of course game developers should also be doing their part to use all available tools to protect the integrity of their games as well -- something all software developers should do from the beginning.


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This is a smooth, lounge tune ideal for your project, presentation, short film, intro, outro or as subtle background music. The motown vibe is really intimate, with piano, extra dry drums and bass. Other Instruments used in this track: Guitar for harmonics, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Trombone, Sound Effects
Included are four different versions: - Full Version (1:08) - Without Wind Instruments (1:08) - Shortened Version (for looping) (0:52) - Loop without Winds (0:52)
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This is a math-science integrated unit about spectrographs. Learners will find and calculate the angle that light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating using trigonometry. After finding this angle, the students will build their... (View More) own spectrographs in groups and research and design a ground or space-based mission using their creation. After the project is complete, student groups will present to the class on their trials, tribulations, and findings during this process. The activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
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Jaimie K. Cameron 12/30/2005 12:43:56 PMI love this shot! Very cool 3D effect! #366507
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Freshmen Student-Athletes Reportby Brent Harris • August 18, 2008 Share:
The first of a class of over 250 freshmen began reporting to the Wabash College campus over the weekend. Thirty soccer and 127 football players got the 2008-2009 school year underway by completing paperwork and testing for the upcoming fall sport season.
Players from as close as nearby Crawfordsville High School and as far away as Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California came to report for football practice. The countries of Canada, Scotland, Brazil, Mexico, and Bolivia will be represented by players on the Wabash soccer team in addition to 23 players from the United States. (Click here to view a photo album of the football and soccer teams' first days on campus.)
All members of the incoming freshmen class will begin orientation Saturday. Classes at Wabash begin August 28th.
The Little Giant soccer team will open with an exhibition match against Hanover College at noon on Sunday, August 24 at Mud Hollow Field before officially starting the 2008 season with a home match on Saturday, August 30 at 1 p.m. against Holy Cross College. The 11th-ranked football team will go through testing and its first practice Tuesday before departing for Twin Lakes Camp for three days of workouts and meetings. The Little Giants open on September 13 at Denison University.
Photos - (top right) Freshman soccer player Josh Pedersen reaches for the highest point of his vertical leap testing.
(Bottom left) Professor of English and Faculty Athletics Representative Tobey Herzog meets with Robert and Joann Holm before their son, John, checks in with the football coaches.
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CRESTVIEW � Davis Champion lived up to his last name Thursday night. Crestview High School's senior pitcher went the distance on the mound and Dakota Dean had a pair of hits and scored a run as the Bulldogs beat Mosley 3-2 to claim the District 2-6A baseball title.
CRESTVIEW � Davis Champion lived up to his last name Thursday night.
Crestview High School's senior pitcher went the distance on the mound and Dakota Dean had a pair of hits and scored a run as the Bulldogs beat Mosley 3-2 to claim the District 2-6A baseball title.
Photo gallery>>> Crestview wins District 2-6A baseball championship.
The district title was the second in three years for the Bulldogs who won the District 2-5A championship in 2011.
Crestview (21-5) will host Tate on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Class 6A region quarterfinals.
"It feels great to get our second championship in three years," Dean said, "especially since I'm a senior."
Champion earned the win the hard way scattering 11 Dolphin hits to go along with just four strike outs. But Champion made the Mosley batters work to reach base as he didn't allow a walk.
"This is the greatest feeling ever," Champion said. "I was ready for it. I was ready to take the ball. This was four years in the making.
"This team has just bonded completely together. It's the greatest team out there now."
Crestview coach Tim Gillis couldn't say enough good things about of Champion's effort.
"He was just awesome," Gillis said. "Every pitch was working for him. I can't say enough for the way he stepped up and got the job done."
The Bulldog defense helped the cause with a pair of double plays. Crestview also came up with a big play at the plate in the second inning when Mosley's Connor Green was thrown out trying to score from second base on a base hit by Jordan Larry.
Bulldog right fielder Justin Rebholz made a perfect throw to cut off man Seth Thomason. Thomason then fired a strike to catcher Austin Armstrong for the out.
The Dolphins (24-3), the No. 1 Class 6A team in the state, looked as if they were going to make short work of things with four-consecutive one-out hits in the first inning. But Mosley only got one run out of the threat as the inning ended on the first double play.
The Bulldogs tied things up in the third inning as Dean tripled and scored on a passed ball.
Mosley strung together three more hits good for another run in the bottom of the fourth inning, but another double play snuffed out the threat.
Crestview got back-to-back doubles from Tate Sweatt and Roman Donofro to lead off the fifth inning and tie the game up. A two-out single by Corey Armstrong scored Donofro with the game winning run.
Mosley had a runner in scoring position in both the sixth and seventh innings, but Champion and the Bulldogs wouldn't be denied as they kept the Dolphins off the scoreboard to claim the win.
"We won a big game on Tuesday night (beating Niceville in the semifinals) and these kids didn't get satisfied," Gillis said. "It's going to be a tough row to hoe (in the playoffs). We are just happy to be in it and we are going to give our best effort every day.
"We've got a lot of real good players on this team. I tell them we don't have to be great every night, we just have to be good enough. Tonight we hung in there and we are very fortunate to get a win."
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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Volume 6, Number 1—February 2000
From Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England in the Little Ice Age
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1St. Thomas' Hospital (1213), in the Borough of Lambeth, was on the edge of the River Thames, surrounded by tidal marshes. Parliament met in two buildings at a similar site in the Borough of Westminster, directly across the river. Both areas were notoriously malarious. Centuries later, the American Founding Fathers followed British parliamentary procedure in choosing a site for their new nation's capital at the edge of a malarious swamp, later referred to as "A Mud-hole Equal to the Great Serbonian Bog." The Serbonian Bog probably refers to the vast flood plains of the Danube that border northern Serbia and Bulgaria. The Balkan region was the last major stronghold of malaria in Europe. Malaria was finally eliminated there in 1975.
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Hugh Paterson:
Worked on NASA's 1st telescope
Longtime Massapequa Park resident Hugh Joseph Paterson died July 10, 2009. He was 80 and had served in the U.S. Navy. After spending most of his life in the Bronx, he moved to Linda Drive in Massapequa Park with his wife Theresa and lived there for 51 years. Mr.
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The winners have been announced for the HSBC Water Programme Photography Competition, with a photo of a water drop stealing the top prize. Wildscreen has helped HSBC to run their internal photography competition to promote the importance of the HSBC Water Programme, which will benefit communities in need and provide information for more efficient management of vital freshwater resources.
Following an entertaining and informative masterclass from one of the world's leading wildlife photographers, Mark Carwardine, over 1,000 entries were submitted. It was great to see so many beautiful entries from all over the world, and the tough job of picking the finalists and winners fell to our expert judging panel: Rosamund Kidman Cox (WildPhotos Producer, editor and writer), Helen Gilks (Managing Director, Nature Picture Library and Blue Green Pictures) and Mark Carwardine (Wildlife Photographer and Zoologist).
Entrants were encouraged to enter their images into one of five categories. Below, you can find the winners from each category, along with comments from Rosamund Kidman Cox.
Winner of Creative Visions of Water and Overall Winner
Crystal Droplet
This is a choreographed image of a water droplet, impacting on the surface of the water and 'bouncing' back up. No doubt the photographer would have rehearsed this many times, until everything was just right: the distance between the drop of water and bowl, the colour of the background to be reflected off the water, the position of the speedlight and the amount of light coming from it. It's a simple image of a perfect sphere acting as a crystal lens, and all the more successful for capturing the essence of water.
Winner of People and Water
The power of water
The tiny gathering of people stand dwarfed by the vast canyon and the giant cascade of water formed as the River Sharavathi plunges 250 metres down into the gorge – a truly magnificent image. The Jog Falls are India's second-highest falls, in the heart of the Western Ghats – a great escarpment that is a World Heritage Site and a biological hotspot.
Winner of Freshwater Landscapes
Sunset Falls
A curtain of water and spray filter the setting sun as it touches the horizon, photographed from behind Iceland's Seljalandsfoss waterfall as it pours off the escarpment. Beyond, the river can be seen cutting through the landscape as it travels to the sea. It's an imaginative and atmospheric picture of a much-photographed Icelandic natural wonder.
Winner of Freshwater Life
Gull on a Golden Pond
It's a simple, serene scene, taken on a beautiful autumn day. A black-headed gull, already in winter plumage, rests on a Central London pond. The low afternoon light has picked out the ripples on the water surface, reflecting the golden colour of autumn leaves.
Winner of Water in Black and White
Water Run
The subject is a moorhen, running on water as it prepares to take off on a pond in Hong Kong's Nam Sang Wai wetland park, an area that was once dominated by fish farms and is now an important area for waterbirds. But the picture is not so much a portrait of a bird as a graphic composition – a trajectory splash pattern against mirror-smooth water, topped by a fringe-frame of reflected vegetation.
View a gallery of the finalists' images on the Water Hub website: http://www.thewaterhub.org/gallery/photography-competition
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DailyDirt: Swatting Is Not A Harmless Prank
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
- One of the best phone hackers out there might be a guy named "Li'l Hacker," who happens to be blind and started "phone phreaking" when he was just 14. What started as an "innocent" hobby turned bad when he started associating with a gang of phone hackers led by an ex-con. [url]
- Security reporter Brian Krebs may have been one of the first journalists to have been the target of a swatting. Having reported about hacking crimes for over a decade, Krebs was used to being the target of attacks. His website is frequently disrupted by DDoS attacks. But this time, at least a dozen police officers showed up at his door with pistols, shotguns, and assault rifles pointed at him. [url]
- Even celebrities can't escape swatting. Victims have included Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Selena Gomez, Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand, Rihanna, and Chris Brown, just to name a few. [url]


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Former Barry women's tennis standout Anna Hallbergson-Lewis was recently featured in an article on the NCAA website.
Earlier this year, Hallbergson-Lewis was chosen to represent the Sunshine State Conference on the NCAA Division II 40th Anniversary Tribute Team. Developed through a partnership with the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, the 40th Anniversary Tribute Team highlights one male and one female from each of the division's 23 current conferences, plus two at-large nominees.
In the recently-released article, she talks about her experiences as an international NCAA Division II student-athlete, as well as her career since her days at Barry.


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Shavige Palav / Vermicilli Pulao ~ 2 ways
Vermicilli Pulao ~ two ways to make it..
Type 1
Mix Vegetables : Carrot, peas, french beans, corn
Vermicilli : 1 big cup (~1Pavu) (Roasted to brownish red color)
Ginger Garlic Paste: 3/4th tsp (if you like gg-paste taste you can add more)
Green Chillies: 5 (adjust according to your spice/hot levels)
MTR Pulao Masala : 3/4~1 tsp according to taste
Mustard, curry leaves, coriander leaves(for garnish), lemon juice (1tsp)
1 cup bambinao vermicilli : 1 cup water (use same cup for measuring vermicilli and water)
1. Heat oil, add mustard and wait it mustard stops popping
2. Add green chillies, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell dissppears
3. Add vegetables and fry till they are little soft.
4. Add 1 cup water, salt and bring to boil. Check salt in water and add MTR pulao masala and vermicilli. Cover and cook till done. Last few min open the lid and cook till water dries out. Switch off the stove and add lemon juice and coriander leaves. Serve Hot.
Type 2
This is the one featured in the photograph
Mix Vegetables : Carrot, peas, french beans, corn
Vermicilli : 1 big cup (~1Pavu) (Roasted to brownish red color)
Oil, Mustard, Curry leaves, salt
Blend to smooth paste
Ginger: 1/2 inch
Garlic: 1/2 clove (we get big size garlic cloves here)
Coconut : 2tbsp
Green Chillies: 5
Coriander Leaves: 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
Mint Leaves : 30-40 fresh leaves
Clove : 1
Cinnamon : 1/2" piece
Marathi Moggu: 1 (optional)
1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard. Wait till it stops popping.
2. Add vegetables and fry for 2 mins. Add the paste and continue to fry till the raw smell dissappears
3. Add salt, water and bring to boil. Check salt levles.
4. Add vermicilli, mix, cover and cook
5. When very little water remains in the pan, open the lid and cook for next 2 mins.
6. Switch off the stove and let the flavors settle down. Serve warm with your choice of raita/yogurt salad.
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Asterisk - the open source soft PBX (MIPSel)
Building/Running Asterisk on Linkstation
This article describes how I built and installed Asterisk - the open source soft PBX - on a Linkstation. I am a Linux newbie - so please forgive me. I have a MIPS LSII and I've installed the 052b Openlink firmware as described elsewhere. Previously I have installed MySQL/Apache and PHP as described on this site. If you've done that - then the somewhat terse description below will make perfect sense. As a disclaimer, this little lot took me over a day to figure out - and I haven't been back and retraced my steps - so I appologise if some of the following contains errors - but if nothing else, it'll save you some time.
Create a symbolic link in /usr/bin to /bin/awk (because the Asterisk build system expects it there - although I guess you could also change the build system instead)
cd /usr/bin ln -s /bin/awk awk
Download and build the libcurl libraries (Asterisk will use them)
* Download the tar.gz from http://curl.netmirror.org/libcurl/
* Unpack it somewhere sensible
* Do the usual configure/make/make install (I used the same scheme proposed in the Apache and MySQL articles and installed it into /mnt/hda/opt/libcurl using the --prefix parameter on ./configure)
* Once built, create a symbolic link to curl-config in /bin
* cd /bin
* ln -s /mnt/hda/opt/libcurl/bin/curl-config curl-config
* Copy the headers and libraries to the 'proper' place
* copy the /mnt/hda/opt/libcurl/include/curl directory to /usr/include (resulting in /usr/include/curl)
* copy the contents of /mnt/hda/opt/libcurl/lib to /usr/lib
* NB: Don't know if there isn't a more elegant way to add the curl include/lib directories to the 'path' for compilation (in Windows you would simply update the INCLUDE and LIB environment vars!)
Download the Asterisk source (1.4.2 at time of writing) from http://www.asterisk.org
* No need for Zaptel and Libpri stuff (you'll not fit a telephony card into a Linkstation ;-)
* Unpack it somewhere sensible (/mnt/hda/share/asterisk)
* Next there are a couple of modules that I just couldn't get to build - loads of assembler stuff - so don't build them - this results in some limitations detailed at the end - basically we are just not building the GSM and LPC10 codecs. Edit the code makefile (/mnt/hda/share/asterisk/codec/makefile) and comment out the following (add # to start of line)
#$(LIBGSM): # $(MAKE) -C gsm lib/libgsm.a #$(LIBLPC10): # $(MAKE) -C lpc10 all #codec_gsm.so: codec_gsm.o $(LIBGSMT) # $(CC) $(SOLINK) -o $@ ${CYGSOLINK} $< ${CYGSOLIB} $(LIBGSM) #codec_lpc10.so: codec_lpc10.o $(LIBLPC10) # $(CC) $(SOLINK) -o $@ ${CYGSOLINK} $< ${CYGSOLIB} $(LIBLPC10) -lm
* Now just hit make and wait for an hour...(notice how we don't need configure)
* cd /mnt/hda/share/asterisk
* make
* Assuming it builds ok - you then need to install it
* make install
Configuring Asterisk
Now it's all built, you can configure it up for a couple of SIP phones. You are now entering the realm of Asterisk config - so I recommend you take a look at a few of the following links when you get into trouble.
http://www.voip-info.org http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/content/docbook/current_v1/docs-html/book1.html http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/content/docbook/internals/docs-html/book1.html http://www.asteriskguru.com/tutorials/
Anyway, we need to create 3 config files in /etc/asterisk as follows:
[general] context=default disallow=all allow=alaw dtmfmode=rfc2833 context=from-sip [1000] type=friend secrect=password host=dynamic [1001] type=friend secret=password host=dynamic
[general] [globals] [default] [from-sip] exten => _[1-9].,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN})
[modules] autoload=no load => res_features.so ; Call Parking Resource load => res_indications.so ; Indications Configuration load => res_musiconhold.so ; Music On Hold Resource load => pbx_config.so ; Text Extension Configuration Requires N/A load => pbx_functions.so ; Builtin dialplan functions - Requires N/A load => pbx_loopback.so ; Loopback Dialplan Switch - Requires N/A load => pbx_realtime.so ; Realtime Dialplan Switch - Requires N/A load => pbx_spool.so ; Outgoing Spool Support Requires - N/A load => func_callerid.so ; Gets or sets Caller*ID data on the channel. - Requires ? load => func_enum.so ; ENUMLOOKUP and TXTCIDNAME functions - Requres ? load => func_uri.so ; URI encode/decode functions - Requires ? load => chan_features.so ; Provides summary information on feature channels- Requires N/A load => chan_local.so ; Show status of local channels- Requires N/A load => chan_sip.so ; Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) - Requires res_features.so load => codec_alaw.so ; A-law Coder/Decoder - Requires N/A load => format_pcm_alaw.so ; Raw aLaw 8khz PCM Audio support - Requires N/A load => app_dial.so ; Dialing Application - Requires res_features.so, res_musiconhold.so load => app_softhangup.so ; Hangs up the requested channel - Requires N/A
Now you can run it...just type:
/usr/sbin/asterisk -cvvvvvvv
...there you have it - Asterisk is now running and configured for 2 SIP extensions 1000 and 1001 that can dial each other. Now you need some SIP phones to register with it and off you go - I'll let you find those. To do some of the more advanced stuff in Asterisk, you will need to specifically load the necessary modules in modules.conf - I have deliberately only loaded those 'important' (to me!) ones.
You should be able to hook up your Linkstation PBX to an internet telephony provider and use it like a 'proper' PBX - it's got voicemail and IVR functionality etc. That's for another article.
Oh and those limitations - well I couldn't figure out how to build the GSM codec (see http://linkstationwiki.org/forum/3_672_0.html) - so that causes problems when you try to get Asterisk to play any IVR type prompts to the caller. This is not a show stopper, and I think you can rerecord the prompts in PCM (ALAW) and it should work - although I haven't tried it. It's a bit of a shame, cos Asterisk comes with a load of prompts out the box...oh well.