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Plugged In: Surfing the Web with nothing but brainwaves
Kiss your keyboard goodbye: Soon we'll jack our brains directly into the Net - and that's just the beginning.
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - -- Two years ago, a quadriplegic man started playing video games using his brain as a controller. That may just sound like fun and games for the unfortunate, but really, it spells the beginning of a radical change in how we interact with computers - and business will never be the same.
Someday, keyboards and computer mice will be remembered only as medieval-style torture devices for the wrists. All work - emails, spreadsheets, and Google searches - will be performed by mind control.
If you think that's mind-blowing, try to wrap your head around the sensational research that's been done on the brain of one Matthew Nagle by scientists at Brown University and three other institutions, in collaboration with Foxborough, Mass.-based company Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems. The research was published for the first time last week in the British science journal Nature.
Nagle, a 26-year-old quadriplegic, was hooked up to a computer via an implant smaller than an aspirin that sits on top of his brain and reads electrical patterns. Using that technology, he learned how to move a cursor around a screen, play simple games, control a robotic arm, and even - couch potatoes, prepare to gasp in awe - turn his brain into a TV remote control. All while chatting amiably with the researchers. He even learned how to perform these tasks in less time than the average PC owner spends installing Microsoft Windows.
Decoding the brain
Nagle was able to accomplish all this because the brain has been greatly demystified in laboratories over the last decade or so. Researchers unlocked the brain patterns for thoughts that represent letters of the alphabet as early as 1999.
Now, Cyberkinetics and a host of other companies are working on turning those discoveries into real products. Neurodevices - medical devices that compensate for damage to the brain, nerves, and spinal column - are a $3.4 billion business that grew 21 percent last year, according to NeuroInsights, a research and advisory company. There are currently some 300 companies working in the field.
But Cyberkinetics is trying to do more than just repair neural damage: It's working on an implantable chip that Nagle and patients in two other cities are using to control electronic devices with their minds. (
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Already, the Brown researchers say, this kind of technology can enable a hooked-up human to write at 15 words a minute - half as fast as the average person writes by hand. Remember, though, that silicon-based technology typically doubles in capacity every two years.
So if improved hardware is all it takes to speed up the device, Cyberkinetics' chip could be able to process thoughts as fast as speech - 110 to 170 words per minute - by 2012. Imagine issuing commands to a computer as quickly as you could talk.
But who would want to get a brain implant if they haven't been struck by a drastic case of paralysis? Leaving aside the fact that there is a lucrative market for providing such profoundly life-enhancing products for millions of paralyzed patients, it may soon not even be necessary to stick a chip inside your skull to take advantage of this technology.
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Brain-reading technology is improving rapidly. Last year, Sony took out a patent on a game system that beams data directly into the mind without implants. It uses a pulsed ultrasonic signal that induces sensory experiences such as smells, sounds and images.
And Niels Birbaumer, a neuroscientist at the University of Tuebingen in Germany, has developed a device that enables disabled people to communicate by reading their brain waves through the skin, also without implants.
Stu Wolf, one of the top scientists at Darpa, the Pentagon's scientific research agency which gave birth to the Internet, seriously believes we'll all be wearing computers in headbands within 20 years.
By that time, we'll have super fast, super tiny computers that make today's machines look like typewriters. The desktop will be dead, says Wolf, and the headband will dominate.
"We already know we can trigger neurons mechanically," he says. "You can interact directly with the brain without implanted electrodes. Then the next step is being able to think something and have it happen: Flying a plane, driving a car, operating household machinery."
Controlling devices with the mind is just the beginning. Next, Wolf believes, is what he calls "network-enabled telepathy" - instant thought transfer. In other words, your thoughts will flow from your brain over the network right into someone else's brain. If you think instant messaging is addictive, just wait for instant thinking.
The only issue, Wolf says, is making sure it's consensual; that's a problem likely to tax the minds of security experts.
But just think of the advantages. In the office of the future, the conference call, too, will be remembered as a medieval form of torture.
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Posted: Sep 21 2006, 4:04 PM
this is the devils work...and if anyone does this mind control is being a pawn for sick perverts...
Posted: Sep 24 2006, 3:51 PM
Witness the birth of the matrix. Yeh the world will never be the same and you know who will be the first to exploit it ? The government!
Posted: Apr 08 2008, 9:59 AM
Interesting, but obviously (just like all creations spawned from similar sources), this technology is so blatantly going to be used for control purposes first and foremost, without any of us realising. The internet for example, is slightly out of control, but still the powers that be can survey, control and manipulate all of our information, imangine if that would be possible for our thoughts and consciences or even our personalities? This is definitely the beginning of something very dark indeed!
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Yesterday's news about Warren Buffett's plan to bail out three beleaguered bond-insurance companies gave the stock market a much-needed lift. But the rally was cut short when details of the offer revealed just how rigid Buffett's conditions were. Though he agreed to reinsure the $800 billion in municipal bonds the three companies had collectively underwritten, Buffett refused to back any mortgage-related debt—the riskiest stuff in their portfolios. In effect, Buffett was saying, "Pay me to insure your entire holdings, but in the event they go south, I'm only going to back the stuff I like."
It all reminded me of the actions of another great financier from a different era. (O.K., so maybe it was my editor who reminded me of the similarities.) Back in the 1870s, John Pierpont Morgan ("J.P." to his friends), with help from the Rothchild banking clan, stepped in to buy $200 million worth of government bonds (well north of $4 billion in today's dollars) to bail out the U.S. government. Like Buffett, Morgan was roundly criticized for exacting a steep premium on the loans, to the point where he was summoned to a hearing before Congress.
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Aldar bonds hit by report govt held stake sale talks
Yields on Abu Dhabi property developer Aldar's 2014 bond rose over 30 basis points on Tuesday, a day after Reuters reported the emirate held talks to offload the government's stake in the struggling firm.
January 31, 2012 3:08 by Reuters
Sources familiar with discussions told Reuters that talks at the highest levels of government centred on attempts to stop Aldar's falling asset value from dragging down state investment fund Mubadala
Mubadala denied such discussions had taken place.
Aldar's $1.25 billion 10.75 percent bond was trading at 109.000 on Tuesday, yielding 6.49 percent, up from 6.17 percent the previous day, according to Reuters data.
Yields are up sharply from 5.53 percent in early January, after a new government bailout in late December.
The Abu Dhabi government has given Aldar nearly $10 billion in bailout funds, and Mubadala played a key role by subscribing to a $2.8 billion bond issued by the developer last March.
Mubadala converted a portion of its Aldar bonds to equity in December, taking its stake to 49 percent. Full conversion could eventually raise Mubadala's stake to about 60 percent.
"It was a foregone conclusion that Aldar was going to be assumed into Mubadala over the next few years. Bondholders are just unhappy that the government are changing their tune slightly, as rumoured, hence the small sell-off," said Thomas Christie, fixed income trader at Rasmala investment bank.
"It just adds uncertainty to a situation that many thought was already resolved."
While the share price has slumped, Aldar's bonds had rallied on the implicit government support, most importantly in the form of the stake held by Mubadala. Aldar repaid on time a $1.18 billion Islamic bond that fell due last November.
"There is nervousness among investors, but I don't believe this widening (in Aldar bonds) is justified based on rumour," said Chavan Bhogaita, head of markets strategy unit at National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
"We are only one month away from the government signing a 17 billion dirham support package for the company. I don't think there is any change in the government or Abu Dhabi Inc support for Aldar."
Abu Dhabi threw Aldar a new 16.8 billion dirham ($4.6 billion) lifeline in December, buying assets from the struggling developer, retiring debt and making a fresh loan to help it complete ongoing projects. (By Rachna Uppal; Additional reporting by Mala Pancholia; Editing by Will Waterman) *image from gulfnews.com
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We propose a completely different and surprisingly simple approach to solving this problem. While it is well-known that encrypting each bit of a plaintext string independently is insecure---the resulting scheme is malleable---we show that applying a suitable non-malleable code (Dziembowski et al., ICS '10) to the plaintext and subsequently encrypting the resulting codeword bit-by-bit results in a secure scheme. Our result is the one of the first applications of non-malleable codes in a context other than memory tampering.
The original notion of non-malleability is, however, not sufficient. We therefore prove that (a simplified version of) the code of Dziembowski et al. is actually continuously non-malleable (Faust et al., TCC '14). Then, we show that this notion is sufficient for our application. Since continuously non-malleable codes require to keep a single bit of (not necessarily secret) state in the decoding, the decryption of our scheme also has to keep this state. This slight generalization of the traditional formalization of public-key encryption schemes seems appropriate for applications. Compared to the previous approaches, our technique leads to conceptually simpler and more efficient schemes.Category / Keywords: public-key cryptography / Date: received 9 May 2014, last revised 6 Oct 2014 Contact author: corettis at inf ethz ch Available format(s): PDF | BibTeX Citation Version: 20141006:200727 (All versions of this report) Discussion forum: Show discussion | Start new discussion


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I have been on here and other dating websites and seems most ladies my age have a list of what they. I tend not to fit into their list as I am starting a business and live at home after finishing school last year.
Personally this why I have found it better to date older woman who are just looking for a nice guy.
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It's unlikely an agreement will be reached to carry the conference's regional network until football season. In the meantime, DirecTV subscribers have missed most of the Pac-12 basketball tournament.
• Two things I'm growing tired of as we hit mid-March: (1) incessant local radio chatter about whether the Lakers can make the playoffs, as if that's some big accomplishment for the franchise; and (2) pop-culture and non-basketball brackets coinciding with March Madness. It's just overdone now.
• It doesn't say much for Warren Sapp that one of the most astute comments he has made as an analyst came when his microphone accidentally remained on during a segment of NFL Network's "NFL Total Access" on Tuesday. The "Patriot Way" angle is overplayed. Too bad Sapp usually has little to offer in the way of insight.
• Season 2 of "Jim Rome on Showtime" debuted Wednesday with some positive tweaks, the biggest one being the addition of a studio audience, which gives the show a friendlier vibe. I would have dropped the awkwardly spelled and clumsily executed "Romeing the World" segment with Erin Sharoni. It feels forced.
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For DirecTV subscribers, the first two rounds of the Pac-12 Tournament came and went this week like the Pan-STARRS comet streaking across the night sky.
Seven of those eight games aired on the Pac-12 Networks, which launched in August but still don't have a carriage agreement with DirecTV. UCLA fans who subscribe to DirecTV missed the Bruins' comeback victory over Arizona State on Thursday and will miss the UCLA-Arizona semifinal Friday (the other semifinal and Saturday's championship game will air on ESPN). When was the last time a UCLA-Arizona basketball game wasn't readily accessible?
"I'm very frustrated, and I know our fans are extremely frustrated," Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said by phone this week. "DirecTV, which is very well known for sports and super-serving sports fans, is depriving customers of this content. ... It's really a head scratcher."
The Pac-12 had distribution deals with Bright House, Comcast, Cox and Time Warner at launch. DISH Network came on board in September. DirecTV, the second-largest multichannel video provider in the Los Angeles market and the nation, is the last major holdout.
DirecTV executives have talked recently about wanting to keep down the costs the satellite company pays for sports programming; just last week, reports surfaced that DirecTV is considering dropping its exclusive rights to "NFL Sunday Ticket," or even discontinuing it, after the 2014 season.
DirecTV did a deal with Time Warner Cable SportsNet, the Lakers' new regional network, despite a reported price tag of $3.95 per subscriber per month. The Pac-12 isn't asking for nearly as much; its sub fees are believed to be on par with those of the Big Ten Network, which reportedly gets less than a dollar per subscriber within the conference's footprint and about 10 cents outside of it. DirecTV carries the Big Ten Network. So why not the Pac-12 too?
"We agree that (the) Pac-12's most loyal fans should be able to get every game they hope to see, but not by obligating everyone else to bear the cost," DirecTV said in a statement. "If the conference will simply trust customers with an actual choice, at a reasonable price, then we can move quickly toward an agreement."
Don't expect that to happen anytime soon. Scott said "there hasn't been any movement with DirecTV in months," and he doesn't expect any until football season. That's when the conference regains the leverage, via premium programming, it currently lacks.
The Pac-12 Networks carried 35 football games in 2012. Scott said "a lot" of fans have told him they're going to "explore their options" if the dispute with DirecTV isn't resolved by fall.
Ray Lewis, who officially joined ESPN's announcing crew this week, has great potential as an analyst. He never has been afraid to speak his mind, so hopefully that candor will come through on the air.
What'll be interesting to see is whether Lewis can speak as thoughtfully about other teams as he did his own. The former Baltimore Raven has a plethora of experiences to draw from, but you can only go there so many times.
Lewis' primary role will be on "Monday Night Football," where he'll work alongside Stuart Scott, Steve Young and Trent Dilfer providing on-site pre- and postgame analysis.
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CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV will provide live coverage of all 67 NCAA Tournament games, starting with two "First Four" matchups on truTV on Tuesday.
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Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific sequence of DNA that is part of a regulatory region that controls transcription of that section of the DNA. The transcribed region might be described as a gene, cistron, or operon.
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October 22, 2010
I am filled with a disproportionate sense of elation (and pride) each and every time I avoid succumbing to an airline's checked baggage regimen. In these gritty days of air travel, not checking a bag is no small victory. It's a significant win — and one that I accept with little to no humility.
No checked luggage equals less time standing on slow, snaking lines (I check in at home the night before), less money pushed into the hands of poorly run companies ($25 to place my bag in the belly of your aircraft? that's the best you can do?) and more time sipping frothy Starbucks' pumpkin lattes with a dignified calm.
Yes, I practically strut to security with my carry-on bag tossed lightly on my shoulder. And in said bag lies the secret to this entire operation: a jumble of miniature toiletry items that can go the long haul without agitating the testy TSA.
These days my arsenal includes a jar of potent moisturizing lotion (1.7 oz); a two-ounce bottle of little-goes-a-long-way conditioner; 2.4 ounces of roll-on deodorant; and my trusty shaving oil.
Take that airlines! If you're looking for me, I'll be the one skipping past the baggage claim.


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Hunters checked 194,687 deer in 1999, the most in a year since the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began keeping records in 1938.
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Glossop 2.5 miles. A delightful little cottage located on a hill overlooking Glossop and the surrounding Dark Peak area of the Peak District. Comfortable and well maintained throughout to provide welcoming accommodation, this cottage near Glossop is just the place for a small family or couple to enjoy the delights of this dramatic part of the Peak District. With two bedrooms, a well-equipped kitchen/diner and a lovely sitting room complete with cosy woodburning stove, this Glossop cottage is just the place to enjoy some isolated peace and quiet. Outside this Glossop cottage is a small front garden, and to the rear, a large garden accessed via patio doors from the sitting room, with a lawn and patio area to take in the views which surround this cottage near Glossop. The village of Charlesworth is very close by, with its traditional village shops and some good food pubs to sample. Within easy reach is the bustling centre of Glossop, renowned as the Gateway to the Peaks, which boasts plenty of shops and pubs, and lots of wonderful characterful buildings. Numerous scenic walks radiate from the town, and the many attractions of the National Park can be enjoyed from the doorstep. The nearby spa town of Buxton, with its majestic gardens and architecture, offers a lovely day out. A lovely Glossop cottage to enjoy at any time of the year!
Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Kitchen with dining area. Sitting room with woodburning stove.
LPG heating with woodburning stove. Range cooker with electric oven and gas hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, TV with Freeview, DVD, WiFi. Fuel, power and starter pack for stove inc. in rent. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Off road parking for 2 cars. Rear terrace with patio, furniture and lawn. Small front garden. One well-behaved dog welcome. Sorry, no smoking. Shop and pub 2 miles.
This property offers the following short breaks:
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Buxton 14 miles.
The bustling former mill town of Glossop sits in the extreme west of Derbyshire, surrounded by some of the most magnificent scenery in the Peak District. With plenty of shops, pubs and restaurants, the town is also ideally placed for making the most of the nearby Peak District National Park, or the spa town of Buxton. Close also is Hayfield, a peaceful village and popular with walkers who are attracted by its close proximity to Kinder Scout. Edale - the start of the Pennine Way - is only a few miles away and caters well for tourists with pubs, cafes and restaurants. There is plenty to see and do in this lovely area.


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- 3 plum tomatoes, cut into small cubes
- 2 red onions, cut into strips
- 4 tbsp mashed garlic
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 big bell pepper (any color) cut into strips
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/4 tsp black pepper, salt
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- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
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- 1/2 cup black olived (seeded)
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- add tomatoes, bell pepper, tomato paste, paprika, black pepper&salt, cilantro, oregano. cover over low heat for 5 mnts or till tomatoes are softened.
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What celebrations are there for Wicca at during the holiday season?
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The December Wiccan Sabbat is Winter Solstice/Yule, happening right now, when the Goddess gives birth to the God.
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Hi Gypsy, Thanks for hanging in there and trying to keep this board going but as I watch this one as well as the others I use to post on it looks like iVillage may be dead. That's really sad since I enjoyed seeing the posts from the people I knew but now days it seems like you may be the only solid person who's doing their best to keep Pagan Paths alive. We both know that it's hard to make posts with the hopes of someone posting back but so far it seems rather dismal. I know this board doesn't have a CL but you have been doing an fantastic job of doing the job. What do you think will be happening with iVillage since so many of the boards haven't had a post since early November? Tommy
|Wed, 12-26-2012 - 9:33pm
Hi, Tommy! :)
I keep coming back once in a while, and am disappointed like you. There are so many bugs with yet a new format, that have not been cleared up yet, that I can see why people are just too frustrated to try to post. Also, I had to find all the boards I frequented, all over again, as my old bookmarks didn't work. :O So frustrating! I'll keep coming by now. You do, too, OK? Start a thread. Any new books you're reading? Did you do a ritual for Yule/Solstice? ;)
|Thu, 12-27-2012 - 1:47am
Thanks for the answers and the links.
I have a friend who is a practicing wiccan and sometimes when I am visiting her with other friends (also wiccan) I feel they are talking in a different language. At least now I can understand some of what they talk about.
Thanks for making me just a bit less ignorant in this. Seems like such a gentle way to live life, and I know my friends are very happy in their lives, for the most part :D


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i want moar! recently had a game where i was cait managed to lay traps like a boss saving 2 people (and my self) and using her net to slow ppl down. that got me thinking, although there are trap using champions (cait teemo nidalee) they aren't really trap based as they can't really go around the map and win games on traps (they can but its hard) basically i'm not thinking of OP ever lasting heim turret style traps or whatever (as you could spam them forever). just more on the fly traps which would be great. maybe you have to fit certain criterias like the opponent has to be sighted or you have to be within range of the trap and stuff. it would be solely trap building champion with maybe some other utility. this means most of the prowess comes in more in the jungle than lanes or straight out teamfight (but he makes a very good champion when tf goes wrong as he can save the team by being a nuisance). just a thought by an avid lol fan!
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This is a story about a particular rifle that has truly stood the test of time over a period of half a century, accounting for many excellent trophies on numerous safaris in several different countries over that period of time. No, it's not a custom masterpiece costing many thousands of dollars; it is an "off-the-shelf" Remington Model 721 in .30-'06 Sprg.
I will endeavor to relate here some of the highlights of the performance of this very ordinary, but, in my mind, unique rifle that was used on safari for a period of more than 50 years. To tell the entire story of all its successes would fill a book.
The first time I saw this rifle was at the customs desk in the Nairobi airport in 1953. It was one of the firearms to be used on a six-week safari booked by a Mexican client and his son who were part of a large, influential family by the name of Longoria hailing from the Laredo area just south of the border. The father, Chito, and his son, Chitito, hoped to collect between them the Big Five, plus a comprehensive bag of East African antelope.
Other guns they had shipped included two Winchester 12-ga. pump shotguns and two Remington pump-action .22s. The clients planned on hiring two double rifles in .470 Nitro Express from the outfitters, Ker & Downey Safaris, for the dangerous game—elephant, rhino and buffalo. While handling the guns when clearing customs, I noted that all the guns had seen considerable usage, but appeared to be in good condition. Someone had tried their hand at checkering the pistol grip and fore-end of the Model 721, and a shotgun-style recoil pad had been fitted. I noted with satisfaction that a good quality 4X Redfield scope had been mounted using sturdy Weaver-style mounts and rings.
To say that Remington's Model 721 was plain is an understatement. It was very basic, with a stamped steel trigger guard integral with a fixed magazine cover plate; even the safety catch was a stamping. The trigger mechanism, which exhibited a crisp single-stage pull, was also made from stampings. The Model 721 had a tubular receiver, recessed bolt face, button-rifled barrel and the "three-rings-of-steel" breech design.
This was a simple production rifle that proved to be good value and utility for those hunters who wanted an accurate and reliable gun without paying a fortune for it. The Model 721 and the short-action version, called the Model 722, were introduced in 1948 and saw production through 1962, when Remington's extremely popular Model 700, based on the Model 721's proven design, took its place. During its time, I imagine many hunters and shooters discovered, as I did, that the Model 721 was one of the most accurate mass-produced centerfire rifles of its time, and in the early 1950s it sold for less than $90.
I was intrigued, as I had seen one of these Remington "economy" rifles in .30-'06 on a previous safari with Robert Ruark. Bob brought one on his first Horn of the Hunter safari, and in spite of my initial reservations, it had surprised me by performing very well. In fact Bob collected most of his plains game and a leopard with it. He continued to use it on all his subsequent safaris, and I have to say it was the one rifle with which he could shoot really well. It was very accurate with no feeding problems (I even tried chambering a cartridge with the rifle upside down with success) and a trigger pull that a very expensive custom rifle would be proud of. The only possible criticism I could make would be that it might be a little slower clearing a jam due to the fixed magazine cover plate. I wondered if the Longoria rifle I was examining would acquit itself as well.
We commenced hunting in the Tana River region of Kenya's Northern Frontier District (NFD). We expected to collect desert antelope as the hunt progressed, but the emphasis was on elephant and possibly rhino. After sighting in the Model 721—it shot a very tight group—my impression gained from the rifle of the previous safari was being confirmed.
A couple of Hunter's hartebeest, or "Hirola", both one shot kills, were collected on the first day's hunting from the stretch of barren featureless scrub bush that stretches from the Tana River to the Somali border where these most attractive antelope of the hartebeest family make their home. Two lesser kudu, one of the most beautiful of antelopes, were bagged the second day and, as the hunt for elephant progressed, a couple of good gerenuk were added to the bag. The Model 721 was proving to be extremely accurate and effective using 180-gra. Winchester Silvertips.
We followed a number of large bull elephant tracks whenever we came across them but, as is often encountered with elephant hunting, we were repeatedly disappointed by small or broken ivory. When we were finally able to locate a nice bull of about 80 pounds-per-tusk in thick bush, Chitito quickly dispatched it using a double .470 supplied by the safari company.
We moved camp from the Tana River area eastward to the great sand riverbeds, or luggas, that drain the floodwaters from the Mathews range during the rains to be absorbed and evaporated by the scorching sands of the Chalbi Desert. We again set about hunting for elephant and rhino at the same time, collecting various animals such as Grevy's zebra, Burchell's zebra, Beisa oryx and northern Grant's gazelle with the Model 721.
One day while we were following a good elephant track, we disturbed a rhino. It blundered about not really knowing whether to charge us or get out of the way, but as it had a very acceptable horn, Chito took a shot, knocking him down with the first shot from the .470 and finishing him with his second barrel.
By then, we had only one more elephant to collect in the NFD before moving the safari to Tanganyika, a three-day drive. Cruising along one of the luggas one morning, we came across a huge elephant track. It was fresh, but heading toward the Mathews range, which was within the Northern National Park, the boundary somewhere in the not too far distance. We abandoned the Land Rover and followed as fast as the loose sand would allow, hoping to come upon the bull before he crossed back into the Park. We tracked as fast as we could, but in places where he had crossed rocky ground, tracking was slower. Before long, we were gratified to hear a branch break and realized we were close.
He was in some thick bush when we first caught sight of him, the tusks hidden by the foliage. Just then, he lifted his head and I caught a glimpse of a grand tusk--long and thick. Now we had to find out if he had a tusk on the other side. As we waited with bated breath, he moved and we could finally see the other one. It was shorter than the first one, but still well over a 100 lbs.
He was moving slowly toward the edge of the thick bush so we moved into position to be able to shoot as soon as he was clear. He came forward slowly and, as soon as his shoulder was visible, I whispered to Chito, "Take him!"
We set up camp in northwest Tanganyika after two full days traveling from Nairobi and immediately set about scouting the area. No other safaris had been in the vicinity for some time and our chances looked promising.
As we collected more trophies, we removed the head and cape and the carcasses were hauled into suitable trees as bait in areas where a leopard might be lurking. The smaller gazelle-sized animals and warthog were used whole while the larger animals, such as Coke's hartebeest, topi and zebra, provided two or three baits. The Remington was kept busy.
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A casual storecupboard Spanish-inspired casserole that can be served in a tapas spread or simply with some toasted bread
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- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
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Construction updates as the famous "Blue Blaster" is restored to her original racing condition. Updates by Don Mock and Phil Lampman - Photos by Phil Lampman
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Wow, what a job. Truly sorry I wasn't there to assist. I can't believe how badly I want to get back to work with you fellows. Please slow down so there's something left for me to do when I return.
BTW, no longer a need for white coveralls. I saved all the paper ones I had to wear every time I went into my wife's hospital room. They don't fit well, but they're very lightweight and I don't care if I get Hysol on them. I've written "Atlas van Lines" on the back using Q-tips and some weird sort of soap I found in her room.
Chief Fabricator of small seldom used parts
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Member, "Team Hysol: - WE STICK TOGETHER
Although it might not look like it at first glance, we got a tremendous amount of work completed this past week. For the first time, we worked on details that "show" on the outside of the boat. We added the aluminum angle trim pieces along the inside and outside of the airtrap bottoms. The Blaster had very distinctive rows of philips-head screws every three inches along the outside bottom edge. We were able to track down exact replacements of both the screws and the blind-nut inserts originally used on the boat. It was a tedious job mounting the strips and 125+ screws. Gail and I drilled and filled the holes with Hysol while Bob and Randy teamed up to add the inserts and screws (which they "clocked" the same by the way) It looks pretty cool and will look perfect when painted white.
On Wednesday we also got all the doubler-plate strips glued and riveted over all the repair seams in the bottom. John got the holes drilled and counter sunk then came the glue team with the four 6" wide strips. We used abut 200 small countersunk rivets which gave us a couple of nightmare hours as all our air-and arm powered rivet guns kept getting jammed. We think the rivets were defective although Rich got them all in with pure will and a few words I can't repeat here.
So I'm happy to report that the bottom and both rear non-trips of the Blaster are finished and ready for detailing and painting. Getting the bottom out of the way now allows us to concentrate on building the sponsons. We've already got the ball rolling by talking with our "wood angel" Steve Compton about the ash, oak and mahogany we'll need. Next week we'll get the sponson airtraps trimmed to their final shape and add their wood inserts. Also, doubler wood strips get glued and screwed to the airtrap sides to support the sponson plywood sub-floors.
That's it for now. We've really missed Phil this week as he has been attending to his wife who has been hospitalized with an infection in her foot following surgery. But he should be back next week not wearing any white cover-alls...............yet.
-Don Mock
(.....a few photos from Gail)
Work on the bottom of the Blaster got underway this past week. After getting the boat turned over last week, we've already got a lot of important items finished up including routing the bottom of the right airtrap and installing the wood insert. We had originally planned to rout the old wood out of the left side but once we got a good look at it we determined it was in great shape and decided to leave it.
All we have to do next week is add the new angle strips on both sides and and the row of distinctive round-head bolts along the bottom of the entire non-trips. This will finish up the rear portion of the hull.
We also decided that it was not necessary to cover the front part of the bottom with aluminum sheeting. It makes more sense add doubler strips similar to the several original ones glued to the bottom back further. So we now have those plates fitted in place and will glue them on next week.
So with the bottom of the boat likely finished next week, we'll turn all our attention to constructing the sponsons. With the drawings, lots of photos and pieces we removed from the boat, it should be challenging yet straight-forward project. I'm sure it will take several months. During that time we'll also start to bring together the parts for the wings and cowl and the many hardware items we'll need.
Last night at the museum as we were cleaning up, Jim Lucero dropped by to see our progress on the boat. Jim had only seen the boat once since we began the restoration and you can imagine I had just a few hundred questions for him and was also pretty nervous about him seeing what we've done to his boat. He had lots of positive comments about the project and answered several questions, and thought the boat looked real good so far. I'm sure now that we are beginning the most difficult part of the project, building the sponson surfaces, we'll be talking Jim into dropping by a lot more often.
Here are a few photos from the past two weeks of the project taken by Gail Richardson and Phil Lampman. We'll be doing a little work tomorrow (Sat) during the Roger Newton Memorial R/C Model Boat show at the museum. Hope to see you there.
-Don Mock
UPDATE - Feb 3, 2011 by Don Mock
It could not have gone better......today's turnover of the Blue Blaster. I first want to apologize to several people for moving the time we flipped the boat up an hour or so. We had originally planned for it to take place around 2pm Thursday but by noon we had everything in place and after a short test lift, we decided to just go for it.
Our new turnover bar worked perfectly as did the transom bar and reinforcement plate the guys made yesterday. The boat lifted very easy and did not hardly flex. We quickly slid the jig out from under the boat and with everything clear we began to pull the Atlas around. It rotated on the shafts very easily even thought the left side of the boat is a bit heavier due to the off-set engine stringers and the extra material around the skid-fin area. Once all the way over we lowered it back down onto its new stand and landed very solid and level.
The crew went to work right away disassembling the jig and started in on the rear non-trip bottoms removing old bolts and aluminum strips. We'll concentrate on sanding the entire bottom next week getting it ready for the .040 doubler sheets that will cover over the seams and repairs to the first 10 feet. Then we'll let the Mr. Router loose to mill out the honeycomb along the bottoms of the airtraps to add the wood inserts.
Also today, right after we got the boat turned over, David and Parke returned from the museum storage area at Ken Muscatel's shop with an amazing load of artifacts including photos, driver suits, uniforms and books. Nearly forgotten and in storage for several years, David set one particular box on the back of the Atlas containing what we think is Bill Muncey's actual driving suit, lifejacket and helmet he wore in 1981. The box also included some of Chip's outfits including a Squire Shop driving suit that was cut off of him following one of his accidents. It looks to possibly be the suit he was wearing when he blew over the Squire on Lake Washington testing prior to the trip to Mexico in 1981.
Seeing all those amazing items topped off the day which was indeed a milestone for the Blue Blaster project. Finally seeing the bottom of the boat gave me, and I'm sure the other guys on the team, a renewed dose of enthusiasm after a long year of working on the top-side of the Atlas. And for me, today was also a huge relief. Not from the job of turning the boat over, but from finally seeing for the first time the airtraps and bottom. Things look surprisingly good and straight. The non-trips are dead flat and our new curved bottom looks like it did 35 years ago. I can't thank the guys on the team enough for all their dedicated work. Over the past two weeks, gearing up for today, most of our "A" team guys put in lots of hours. Kent drove over from Ellensburg last week. Phil, Marc, Gail, Randy, Rich and Bob were there for most of the work days. John Leidle was back this week doing real well following his recent heart event and hospital visit. Wheeler is on a big-time trip to Africa. But we'll draft him back on the job when he returns next week. And as always, thanks goes to David and Parke and the other museum staff and to Mary and Steve Compton for the past, present and future wood needed for the boat.
The fun continues next Wednesday when we will kick up a cloud of dust sanding the entire bottom.
-Don Mock
Guys, the photo gallery workings here on the site are a little difficult but I think I figured out a few ways to quickly view the latest Blue Blaster photos. First off, here is a link to the newest shots this week from Phil Lampman.
Another way to find them is to go to the "Galleries" bar on the home page and find the "1977 Atlas Van Lines Restoration" gallery (on about page 3). When the page comes up, click on any of the thumbnail images. When the larger photo appears, click on the "View Photos" above the photo. You should then see thumbnails of the latest photos. Be sure to have the "Sort by" button set to "latest." Then you should be able to view all the photos in reverse order as they were added.
As far as our progress on the boat goes, next weeks photos should show the dramatic "turn over" event we have planned for next Thursday. We spent this week getting the boat ready to flip over including a new stand to hold the boat solid and level while it's up-side-down. Credit goes to Gail and Randy for engineering the stand system which should work great. We now just need to mount the turnover fixture to the front of the boat and we will be ready to go.
I also wanted to see if I could add photos to these posts, so here are two shots of the Blaster taken about one year apart. They show the boat last January when we first got started removing the deck, and last week. Although they look similar, what went on over the months in-between has been a huge project. All the light green colored parts are the new honeycomb, so you can imagine that the boat had to be disassembled to replace those parts.
See you all this morning!
UPDATE - Jan 25, 2011 by Phil Lampman
Hi Steve,
A few snapshots from this morning. Highlight of the day was the surprise arrival of Kent Snowden who, despite the long drive from Ellensburg, has been a great help on the project over the last year. Note the non-white coveralls. Don tried to boost my spirits by telling me that my lack of proper uniform notwithstanding, he still considered me a full member of the "Observing and Conferring" team and then sent me off to saw some stuff.
We spent most of the morning finishing up some detail items on the frames, some clean-up on the sponson sheers and pulling a few more old fasteners from the bottom in preparation for turning the boat over. (Guess which second-tier member of the no-white-coveralls caste got that assignment?)
Don and I had arrived earlier to find that the shop was rearranged in readiness for moving the '58 Miss Bardahl alongside the 'Blaster. We added to the clean-up effort by relocating some of the power equipment to a new location. A big thanks to Steve Anderson and "Cowboy" Bob Jensen for installing 110v and 220v electrical power in the new location (photo 6). It should make things easier for us while Glenn and the Bardahl crew share space with us for a few months.
Oh, we put the cowling atop the hull only because we couldn't figure out a better place for it while the relocation activities continue.
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