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MENLO PARKHeroin ring has ties to Menlo Park, police say
Bay Area law enforcement agencies have arrested the alleged leader and three alleged co-conspirators in a heroin distribution...Original post made on Jul. 4, 2015
Last comment by trw, 8 hours ago | 1 comment | 1579 Views
MENLO PARKMenlo Park woman killed at El Camino crosswalk
A Menlo Park woman was struck by a vehicle and killed June 18 while walking at the intersection of El Camino Real and Alejandra...Original post made on Jun. 19, 2015
Last comment by pogo, 10 hours ago | 59 comments | 7081 Views
AROUND TOWNLindenwood Fox Family - Lessons learned
Two months ago I discovered first a single fox and then a family of two adults and four kits living under the deck in our...Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Jul. 4, 2015
Last comment by pogo, 10 hours ago | 1 comment | 52 Views
OTHER TOPICSBREAKING: Trump leads all Republicans
"according to the Huffington Post Pollster poll average, Donald Trump now sits atop the GOP field..." There ya go, bongs...Original post made by News of the weird on Jul. 4, 2015
Last comment by view from my desktop, 12 hours ago | 2 comments | 242 Views
MENLO PARKCalTrain loses attempt to circumvent electrification project from CEQA
In a unanimous decision by the 3 member federal STB, the board ruled today, and denied CalTrain's petition to have federal...Original post made by morris brown on Jul. 2, 2015
Last comment by Menlo Voter, 18 hours ago | 6 comments | 147 Views
AROUND TOWNAtherton, Menlo Park police warn about fireworks, firearms
Atherton and Menlo Park police are reminding residents that all fireworks are illegal in every city in San Mateo County except...Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015
Last comment by Aaron, on Jul 3, 2015 at 6:59 pm | 7 comments | 1166 Views
AROUND TOWNClean up your dog poop!
When I walk my dog around Menlo Park I am disgusted by how much dog poop is left for someone else to deal with. This morning...Original post made by Disgusted on Jul. 1, 2015
Last comment by mark gilles, on Jul 3, 2015 at 5:51 pm | 1 comment | 111 Views
AROUND TOWNCaltrain loses bid for exemption from state environmental law on electrification project
Caltrain must comply with the state's environmental quality act in electrifying its rail system between San Francisco and...Original post made on Jul. 3, 2015
Last comment by Peninsula resident, on Jul 3, 2015 at 4:32 pm | 5 comments | 727 Views
WOODSIDEWoodside: Jasmine spends month on the lam
The bichon frise, not much more than a ball of fluff at less than 15 pounds, was lost and wandering the hills of Woodside,...Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015
Last comment by Water , on Jul 3, 2015 at 11:35 am | 3 comments | 1783 Views
OTHER TOPICSCircus Club: 'Let's be a role model' for water use
With a 10-acre polo field visible from the street, it's almost inevitable that passersby would complain when they notice...Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015
Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Jul 2, 2015 at 7:38 pm | 12 comments | 2731 Views
MENLO PARKThere is a free lunch this summer in Atherton
The Atherton Library is refuting the old saying -- "There's no such thing as a free lunch" -- by offering a free lunch at...Original post made on Jun. 30, 2015
Last comment by Milton, on Jul 2, 2015 at 9:13 am | 2 comments | 973 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSGovernor signs bill eliminating 'personal belief' exemption for vaccinations
Come July 2016, California parents will no longer be able to claim a "personal belief" exemption from requirements that all...Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015
Last comment by @Jack Hickey, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:10 pm | 12 comments | 2433 Views
WOODSIDEFormer state senator Yee pleads guilty to racketeering charge
Former state Sen. Leland Yee, who formerly represented Portola Valley and Woodside, pleaded guilty in federal court in San...Original post made on Jul. 1, 2015
Last comment by SteveC, on Jul 1, 2015 at 2:50 pm | 3 comments | 955 Views
ATHERTONAtherton: Police give safety tips after attack on runner
Atherton police are offering tips for runners and walkers after a 17-year-old Atherton girl out on a noon-time run was grabbed...Original post made on Jul. 1, 2015
Last comment by Annabelle, on Jul 1, 2015 at 1:59 pm | 1 comment | 1769 Views
SPORTSTrainers should monitor all high school athletes for concussions, grand jury says
High schools in San Mateo County need to take steps to detect concussions in athletes in all sports and use care in determining...Original post made on Jun. 30, 2015
Last comment by Play Safe, on Jul 1, 2015 at 12:38 pm | 6 comments | 1052 Views
AROUND TOWNPortola Valley: Road, trail improvements draw focus in new budget
Town Hall in Portola Valley is projecting a budget deficit for the coming fiscal year, but it's a year that follows previous...Original post made on Jul. 1, 2015
Last comment by Terry, on Jul 1, 2015 at 12:21 pm | 1 comment | 717 Views
OTHER TOPICSWoodside: Real estate icon Frances Bohannon Nelson dies
Frances Bohannon Nelson, a resident of Woodside for 55 years and a Peninsula real estate icon and philanthropist, died in...Original post made on Dec. 2, 2013
Last comment by ari s perez, on Jun 30, 2015 at 6:04 pm | 3 comments | 4157 Views
MENLO PARKMenlo Park police focus on Ravenswood Avenue traffic problems
Menlo Park police have been more visible lately along Ravenswood Avenue, concentrating traffic enforcement efforts there. Read...Original post made on Jun. 26, 2015
Last comment by Observer, on Jun 30, 2015 at 2:06 pm | 31 comments | 3135 Views
AROUND TOWNStanford Driving School closes; students stranded
One of the Bay Area's oldest driving schools suddenly closed its doors last month, and hundreds of parents and student drivers...Original post made on Jun. 27, 2015
Last comment by Mother of teen driver, on Jun 29, 2015 at 4:06 pm | 2 comments | 1234 Views
ATHERTONAtherton philanthropist Lorey Lokey is honored
Business Wire founder and Atherton philanthropist Lorry Lokey received an honorary doctorate degree recently from Tel Aviv...Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015
Last comment by Janet, on Jun 29, 2015 at 12:36 pm | 1 comment | 1358 Views
Calave wine bar opens in Palo Alto
By Elena Kadvany | 12 comments | 2,709 views
OK I Changed The Title
By Laura Stec | 20 comments | 1,195 views
Family Outing - Inside Out
By Cheryl Bac | 0 comments | 650 views
Relay for Life, Menlo Park, August 8
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Disney's Muppets Most Wanted, starring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy alongside Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey, will be shown at a gala screening at the festival, now in its 12th year.
The festival is offering 105,000 tickets for 416 shows at 46 venues.
The Muppets movie will be shown on March 21 at Cineworld in Glasgow city centre, one week before its UK release.
Tickets for the screening will be free and available through the festival website. The festival, one of the biggest of its kind in Europe, runs from Friday until April 5.
Muppets Most Wanted takes the gang on a global tour, selling out theatres in Europe's capitals, including Berlin, Madrid and London.
Tommy Sheppard, director of the Scottish Comedy Agency which organises the festival, said: "With confirmation of this exclusive screening, the comedy festival is putting the laughter into Scotland's big year."

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Chaz Dean Inc. filed as a Articles of Incorporation in the State of California on Thursday, July 28, 2005 and is approximately ten years old, as recorded in documents filed with California Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Sunday, June 22, 2014.
Jeffrey Deane serves as the President and has interests in other corporate entities including Wen by Chaz Dean Inc., 6433-39 La Mirada, LLC .
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By STEVEN NALLEY
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Shondra Nichols hesitated for a moment before starting her speech.
Nichols, salutatorian of the East Oktibbeha County High School class of 2011, gasped a little and took a step back just before reaching the podium. Once she started her speech with a little levity, however, nerves were no longer an issue.
"Hi," Nichols said, eliciting a little laughter from the audience. "Teachers, families, friends and fellow graduates, today is a day to be thankful for. I especially thank all parents, step-parents and guardians who have stood by our sides. At East Oktibbeha County High School, we have achieved a great education, and we are now prepared to move on and tackle the next challenges in our lives."
Nichols was one of 28 graduates who received their diplomas at EOCHS's commencement ceremony Saturday at the Starkville Sportsplex, and her speech wasn't the only one to give thanks to parents, teachers and other supporters for helping the students get this far.
Nichols said she was also grateful to everyone in the Class of 2011 for making every school day special.
"I love you guys, and I wish you well," Nichols said. "To the faculty and staff members, I appreciate everything you've done to help me gain knowledge. I want to give special thanks to my English teacher, Mrs. Wright. She pushed me to my full potential and helped to guide me to where I am today."
Next, Valedictorian Ashley Lowery said she gave foremost thanks to God for the opportunity to reach the head of the class. She said the power of God made amazing things possible for those who work and study hard.
"Secondly, I want to thank my family for being there to comfort me through all my trials and tribulations," Lowery said. "Last, I want to say to the entire staff of East High, thank you. Thank you for shaping me, shaping my life, and helping me to become the young lady I am today. Most of all, thank you for believing in me and telling me what I could do when I thought I could not do it."
Lowery said she wants her classmates to do their best and be their best. She also said she could still visualize the way she and her classmates were when they first came to EOCHS.
"Some of us were nerds, some of us were shy and some of us were just ready to take on whatever faced us," Lowery said.
Oktibbeha County School Board President Curtis Snell said he was grateful to parents for letting the county school district have influence on their children. He said there is nothing the students can't accomplish if they don't try, but no one wins without crossing the finish line. Snell also quoted John 13:34-35.
"Jesus is talking to his disciples, and he says, 'A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I have loved you. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples,'" Snell said. "Love is the key."
Then it was OCSD Superintendent James Covington's turn to speak, and he said he felt a little like Nichols approaching the podium, because he realized he left his speech in the car. Still, Covington said he wanted the students to have better opportunities and go farther in life than the generation before them.
"When I first came to the district in 2002 to 2003, most of you were there at East Elementary School, and I believe y'all were in the fourth grade, and here it is nine years later and you've made it to your graduation day," Covington said. "Everybody didn't make it with you, but you can just say, 'Thank God we made it here today.'"
Broderwick Cochran, principal of EOCHS, said in working with students, he had specific goals to mold students into the graduates they became. He said he realizes some students might not understand the reasons why school life was the way it was until they have a family of their own, have to pay their own bills or become college students.
"I wanted them to know when they go out there, that there's going to be acceptable and unacceptable behavior," Cochran said. "There will be things that you might not understand that we're doing at school now to get you ready for the world out there."
After Covington presented students with their diplomas, the students turned their tassels, prayed with Covington for the benediction, and left the Sportsplex as high school graduates.
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Electrodyne Unveils 2501 Preamp and 2511 EQ at AES 2013
"When we first launched the 501 and 511, they quickly gained a loyal following from studio gurus like Joe Barresi, Joe Chiccarelli and Dave Way who had long been aficionados of vintage Electrodyne gear," says Pete's Place Audio President Lisa Montessi. "After hearing numerous engineer requests to make these 500 Series products available as standard rack-mount units, we've finally responded with the New York City AES introduction of our 2501 and 2511, which each house two single-channel devices in a 19-inch frame."
Electrodyne 2501
Like the Electrodyne 501, the new 2501 is a two-stage, discrete transistor, transformer-coupled preamp with active DI based primarily on the modules found in the classic 1608 console. Each amp stage is individually optimized for peak performance using detailed Electrodyne factory engineering notes and select high performance components identical to the originals. In fact, the 2501's transformers are made by Electrodyne's original supplier to exacting factory specifications.
The preamp's active DI circuit presents an almost immeasurable load (over six megohms!) to sensitive musical instrument outputs allowing incredibly accurate capture of the instrument's true tone. Furthermore, the output of the DI circuit is designed to directly connect and interact with the mic input transformer to permit an extremely broad spectrum of tonal options.
The faceplate of the Electrodyne 2501 features two sets of dual large rotary gain controls offering up to 68dB of gain - adjustable over 50dB in 2dB steps with two ranges via a 20dB pad switch - and two smaller output level pots infinitely adjustable from 0 (off) to +6dB over unity. Additional switches for impedance selection (50 or 200 ohms), phase reverse, +48V phantom power and DI (with 1/4" input jack) are also present, as well as a clip LED on each channel that monitors all three amp stages and illuminates when any stage is 3dB from clipping.
Electrodyne 2511
Like its predecessor, the Electrodyne 511, the new 2511 is a classic two-channel, two-band, discrete transistor, reciprocal, active inductor-based equalizer using late-'60s/early-'70s design technology. As with the 2501, the 2511's custom inductors and output transformer are made by Electrodyne's original provider to strict factory tolerances as small as two percent. This affords a consistent EQ performance and repeatability from channel to channel that was simply not possible in the 1960s. Smooth performance and EQ response from minimum to maximum gain at all frequencies provides unusually broad sonic and tonal options not experienced since the 1970s.
The module's faceplate sports two sets of twin large rotary EQ controls each offering ±12dB of boost and cut with four selectable frequencies per band (LF: 40, 100, 250 and 500Hz / HF: 1.5, 3, 5 and 10kHz). Shelving is available on all frequencies, with peaking offered at 250 and 500Hz in the LF band and 1.5, 3 and 5kHz in the HF band. An EQ in/out switch with accompanying LED on each channel rounds out the front panel feature set.
Both the 2501 and 2511 deliver a maximum output of almost +30dBm into 600 ohms paired with extremely low distortion specs, high signal-to-noise, and wide dynamic range.
From a cosmetics standpoint, the vintage vibe of the two modules is further enhanced via the use of '70s NOS Electrodyne knobs from the original factory.
These two new products represent a continuing joint venture between Electrodyne and Pete's Place Audio, which will manufacture, market and sell the products.
Already currently available, the Electrodyne 2501 preamp carries a price of $2,095.50 (USD) while pricing for the 2511 equalizer is set at $2,300.00.


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New update, new features
Hello Pilots,
We are deploying an update to all live servers on Thursday, July 25th. This update will contain a new daily assignment, further new smaller features and bug fixes.
The game update will be deployed as following:10.00 am CEST – EU Kobol11.00 am CEST – Libran, Virgon, Canceron11.20 am CEST – EU Tauron, Picon, Sagittaron11.40 am CEST – US EAST12.00 am CEST – US WEST
For more information check the official announcement on the forum:
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Your Battlestar Galactica Online Team
Small features and further fixes
Please find the patch notes for the latest update here: >Link<
Your BSGO Team.
Danger! Mines!
Hello pilots,
Check out the patch notes for our newest update containing the improved minefields!
Here is a link to the patch notes: >Link<
In the eye of the beholder
We are deploying an update to all live servers on Thursday, June 20th.
This update will need a server maintenance of approx. 120 minutes overall. We are going to start to shut the servers down at 10.30 am CEST (UTC+2). The countdown will start around 15 minutes beforehand on each server. The game update will be deployed as following: 10.30 am CEST – EU Kobol 11.00 am CEST – Libran, Virgon, Canceron 11.30 am CEST – EU Tauron, Picon, Sagittaron 12.00 pm CEST – US EAST 12.15 pm CEST – US WEST
For more information read the official Announcement: > Link <
Your BSGO Team
Saturday, June 15, 10am
Dear Pilots,
We will have a "Double XP Day" starting tomorrow at 10am server time!That means 24 hours of double experience, increased merit cap and 50% off FTL missions!Your Battlestar Galactica Online Team


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The Patriarchy Continuum – It's Everywhere Edition
July 12, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Labor, Mass Violence, Patriarchy, Public Policy, Sexism, Social Deviance, Social Disadvantages, Social Discrimination, Social Inequalities, Social Institutions, Social Interaction, Social Norms, Social Privileges, Social Sanctions, Social Structure, Structural Violence, Symbolic Violence
One of the difficulties tackling issues of patriarchy is that it's everywhere, embedded in all social institutions, pervading every aspect of culture, omnipresent at the macro and micro level of the social structure and interactive dynamics. As such, it seems so "natural" that it is taken for granted and calling it out is seen as ruining the fun for everyone (in the case of sexist jokes) or creating trouble and dissension against the nicely humming consensus of everyday life. Hence the stereotypes against feminists as humorless ugly troublemakers. But, once one has a trained eye to patriarchal matters, it is unavoidable. Let's take a few examples.
First stop: France and the persistence of wage gaps and glass ceilings as detailed in a new report of the Inspectrice Générale Des Affaires Sociales:
What is interesting in this case is that Sarkozy had given the social partners (labor unions and employers' organizations) until 2009 to find a solution to these discriminations. After that, he told that if they had not proposed anything, he would go for Parliamentary action. So, the report outlines necessary actions to remedy these gaps: quotas and sanctions (both positive and negative):
So, 2010 should be the year where the Parliament takes action against gender discrimination in the workplace. The employers's organizations are not happy (but then, they never are unless legislation involves a tax cut for them).
Second stop: the United States with this horrific case of discrimination and harassment against women firefighters (a case, which, somehow, will get much less publicity than the Ricci case where white men alleged discrimination), via Shakesville:
Do read the entire story but one needs a strong stomach. What is horrific in this case is that these women's lives may be endangered by their own male colleagues. Nevertheless, harassment is the norm and reporting it or fighting back against it is treated as a nuisance, as deviant behavior and actually increases the level of harassment. One has to admire the courage of these women to stand up for their right to exercise their craft in the face of such disgusting behavior. The whole thing is very reminiscent of this (considering that the movie was based on a true story, it is amazing to see the lack of originality of male harasser. They all resort to the same sexual and phallic actions because that is the way the social / cultural script is written).
These are cases where the institutional and the interactional conspire to make women's lives almost impossible, that is, where it seems that the entire social structure works against you and there is no way out: the organization treats the harassed as the deviant and nuisance. The hierarchy behaves in typical "let's protect the organization at all costs". And the people who should be your in-group turn against you. Complaints of harassment are perceived as disturbances: everything worked well until women demanded equal opportunity in employment, they are seen as the disturbance to what used to be a well-oiled machine where men could be men and now they have to behave (sorta).
This junction of the structural and the cultural is also highly visible worldwide, with, for instance, the degradation of the status of women in Afghanistan:
As one reads through these examples, it is clear that we are seeing variations on the same theme. Cultural and geographical differences are superficial layers over the same patriarchal essence embedded in every society, from the rich democracies of the West to war-torn quasi theocracies of the Global South.
Some patriarchal forms are more visible or more horrific than others and we can certainly find some worse than others (being paid 27% less than men is not comparable to having acid thrown in one's face for the crime of going to school or being killed in the name of honor after being raped) but these are essentially all positioning social actions: putting women in their place, solidly stuck at the bottom of the social ladder. And when cultural norms are behind such positioning actions, it ensures that the victims are not seen as victims but as deviants and disruptive so that they will find no support.
In many ways, patriarchal structures and norms place women in no-win situations with no socially acceptable solutions to a variety of double-binds that men do not have to face. It is when exposed, sometimes through humor, that women's patriarchally-engineered dilemmas become visible in all their absurdity. Sociological Images provided an example of this:
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The term necroscope, as defined in the series, describes someone who can communicate with the dead (coined Deadspeak later in the series). Unlike necromancers, who attempt to command the dead through rituals, spells, bodily mutilation and sometimes necrophilia, a necroscope simply communicates with them without any physical interference.
The term "necroscope" originally (in Greek) meant someone that can "see" (scope) into the dead (necro). It was used as a formal legal and scientific term for "Coroner" up to the middle of the 20th century. After the 1950s it ceased to be used, but can still be found in early 20th century books and encyclopedias (see Helios' Encyclopedia, 1954 Athens). Necroscope, as a term for Coroner, came to be considered distasteful as it was associated with the coroner's "tools" of the day, knives, saws and drills, and today is not in use. Notably, in the series the "necroscope" communicates with the dead without any tools, or bodily mutilation, an ability normally attributed to a "necromancer" (in Greek), whereas the "necromancers" in the series use tools like those used by the real "necroscopes", the coroners.
The abilities of a necroscope are defined as a type of ESP.
The hero of the Necroscope series- or antihero, as the story unfolds- is Harry Keogh. Keogh's grandmother was a Russian immigrant who settled in Great Britain. His father died when he was very young. His mother later remarried and was eventually killed by Harry's stepfather. During his early childhood Keogh lived with an aunt and uncle in County Durham in North East England. Keogh would eventually return to exact vengeance on his Russian stepfather.
While at school, and not particularly popular or academically inclined, Harry discovers his ability to speak to people who have died.
The author also puts forward the idea that death is not the end, and that whatever someone was or wished to be in life, he or she continues to be in death, within the restraints that death imposes. For example, a mathematician would continue perfecting his math, an inventor would keep inventing new things, and a psychic would continue to practice using their powers.
Not only can Harry speak to the dead (thus earning him their eternal admiration, almost amounting to worship), but he can also form a bond with them which allows them a degree of control over him when he permits. For example, when faced with a dangerous situation, Harry hands his mind over to the control of a former gym teacher who was an army sergeant, and learns martial arts skills. He does not forget what he learns, and continues to use this skill and many others throughout the series. In addition, if the dead are nearby and the physical situation permits, they will literally raise themselves up out of the ground and fight for him. This gives him powerful allies as, being dead already, they have nothing to lose and almost nothing to fear.
Ferenczy Bloodline -
Belos Pheropzis (sp?) -
Thibor Ferenczy - Technically the first vampire to appear in the novels. Once a Wallachian barbarian transformed by Faethor Ferenzy. Conquers territories for hundreds of years until he is finally staked, chained, and buried beneath cruciform hills in Romania. Later discovered by necromancer Boris Dragosani.
Faethor Ferenczy - An old and very powerful Wamphyri residing on earth in the Dark Ages in a keep at the top of a mountain range in Szgany territory. After transforming Thibor he is attacked by his progeny one night upon his return to his castle. Burned almost to death, he plummets into a river and re-emerges centuries later, finally to die during a bombing raid during World War II.
Janos Ferency - Son of Faethor Ferenzy. Most noted for necromancy and telepathy powers which were even stronger than his fathers.
Fess Ferenc - A monstrous Wamphyri from the vampire homeworld of Sunside/Starside and the current head of the Ferenc Bloodline in the parallel world.
Yulian Bodescu - An infant who was infected with Vampirism by Thibor Ferenczy while still in his mothers womb. Infected from birth his vampiric powers and evil develop until he is destroyed.
Boris Dragosani - Eggson of Thibor Ferenczy. He is a necromancer in life and is destroyed before coming into full Wamphyri power.
Angelo Francezci -
Antonio Francezci -
Francesco Francezci -
Harry Keogh - The necroscope, vampire hunter, champion of the dead, is eventually vampirized himself and flees to the vampire world rather than risk his humanity and humanity itself.
Luigi Castanello -
Shaitan Bloodline -
Shaitan - the ORIGINAL Vampire in the parallel world and possible source of myths about Satan in ours.
Shaithis - Descendant of Shaitan and leader of the Vampire Lords as they battle Harry and Harry Jr.
Turgo Zolte - The eggson of Shaitan and a vampire hunter when alive, he later flees old starside and establishes Turgosheim, in which the "zolteist" followers practice relative control of their vampire natures.
Drakul Bloodline -
Karl Drakul -
Egon Drakul -
Lykan Bloodline -
Radu Lykan - Progenitor of the bloodline, Werewolf/vampire. A hunter in ancient starside before he was transformed by the leech of his companion wolf he was banished through the gate into our world over 2000 years ago along with ancient members of the Ferenczy and the Drakul bloodlines. Infected with plague by Faethor Ferenczy he was driven into a multicentury hibernation.
Bonnie Jean Mirlu -
Doombody Bloodline -
Dramal Doombody - an ancient vampire lord, known to have been egg father to Lady Karen and known to have slowly whithered from leprosy.
Lady Karen (presumeably Doombody)
Other Known Vampires -
Maglore the Mage
Volse Pinescu
Vormulac Unsleep
Devetaki Skullguise
Wratha the Risen
Nestor Lichloathe
Vasagi the suck/gape
Lesk the glut
Spiro Killglance
Wran "the rage" Killglance
Eygor Killglance
Siggi Dam
Gorvi the guile
Canker Cannison
Menor Maimbite
These dead can talk only to Harry at first, but eventually, they can "deadspeak" to each other. Coinciding with Harry's evolving abilities, Boris Dragonasi is contacted by a long-chained vampire, Thibor Ferenczy. Boris gains the ability to become a necromancer, who can forcefully extract secrets from the dead by playing with their remains and even eating them.
Harry goes to visit his stepfather, who he knows killed his mother by drowning her in a river, and lives in a house at that river. Harry, realizing his stepfather is a Russian spy who plans to kill him for his talents, sabotages his stepfather, but both crash through the ice and fall into the frozen river. As he tries to get out, Harry discovers a new ability of the dead when his mother's corpse drags his stepfather down into the cold river, drowning him also.
Eventually, Harry is contacted by E-Branch, who deal with ESPionage using psychic investigators and spies, while Boris is hired by the U.S.S.R. equivalent, the Opposition. Boris tracks down rumors of vampires, finding a World War 2 veteran who killed one, Faethor Ferenczy, along with a Russian Mongul, Max Batu, whose talent is to kill someone just by looking into their eyes. Eventually, Thibor manipulates Dragonasi and reveals that he is in a symbiotic relationship with a vampire, and they can reproduce but once per lifetime. He gives his offspring to Boris, who later betrays and kills Thibor with Batu, and in turn kills Batu so he can gain the secrets of using the "Evil Eye".
Meanwhile, the head of E-Branch, who was killed by Boris, requests Harry's help in defeating the necromancer. Harry uses his ability to talk to the mathematician Mobius, who teaches him to travel time (and later space) by using "the Mobius Continuum". Harry uses "doors" to leap to places, and goes (teleports) to Russia where Boris is now the head of Russia's ESPionage unit, having killed the former leader. Using an army of walking undead, he eventually finds Boris, who uses his "evil eye" to kill Harry. Harry uses a mirror to reflect the eye back at Boris, killing him. Unfortunately, Harry himself dies in the conflict, but his mind also lives on like his dead friends.
Roaming in his spare time, Harry discovers that Thibor had infected a pregnant woman with a small part of his flesh, which results in a lesser breed of vampire, albeit a still formidable one. This youth, Yulian Bodescu, retains many vampire abilities: hypnotism, increased lust, bodily transformation, regeneration, and creating thralls (lesser vampires that are infected with a shed body part of the master vampire).
Harry eventually contacts Faethor Ferenczy, a master manipulator (as all vampires are), who wasn't ready to die but was forced to when he was pinned beneath an unmovable column. When Faethor died, a small worm like (leech) creature left his body, which was also killed. Talking to Faethor, Harry discovers that the creature is the "true" vampire and source of the Wamphyrii power, longevity, and when the two beings are merged, they are Wamphyri.
Faethor tells about Thibor, who was a mighty warrior centuries prior, and how he infected Thibor with his sole wamphyric egg. Thibor was to watch over Faethor's castle and servants while gone, but after disobeying him, Faethor had him chained underneath the earth (leading to the events of the prior book).
Yulian is creating thralls out of his family, and Thibor uses telepathy to tell him Harry Jr. is a great enemy. Yulian sets out to kill the infant, and Harry informs E-Branch that Thibor has a piece of dead skin left behind, to further Yulian's mutation. E-Branch teams up with the current Russian head to destroy Thibor's remains and a "finger mutation" left behind in Castle Ferenczy. Russians have meanwhile captured Alec Kyle and mindwiped him believing him to be a spy.
As Yulian prepares to murder Harry Jr, the youth slips through the Mobius Continuum to parts unknown with Brenda, after releasing Harry's consciousness, which takes over Alec's body, changing his appearance. Meanwhile, the dead rise to slaughter Yulian. Harry does not know where his wife and child have gone.
It is unclear at the end of the Novel whether Yulian would have developed into "FULL" Wamphyri, however such seems likely as he had been able to shapeshift extensively among other talents that lesser vampires seldom posess to any great extent.
The series starts to explore the origins of the Wamphyri manifestation on Earth. * years after Harry's son left Harry has left E-Branch and been searching the world for them. The new head of E-Branch, Darcy Clarke, recruits him in a case of a British spy (Jazz Simmons) who similarly disappeared, while investigating a Russian base.
On investigation Harry discovers the Base is the result of a blowback of a high powered photon beam into the atomic pile which powered it and has created a "Grey" hole in space time, a harmless ONE WAY passage to another world which the Russians have been sending people through, and which monsters have emerged from.
Traveling through a parallel grey hole in Romania Harry enters the source world of the Vampires, a world known as Starside/Sunside, wherein Vampire overlords prey on gypsie inhabitants, and wherein his now adult son (his son having used time travel as well as interdimensional to avoid Harry) is infected as a Vampire/Werewolf and besieged by the worlds Vampire Masters as he seeks desperately to protect both himself and the worlds people without losing what remains of his own humanity in the process.
Teaming up the father son duo destroy the Vampire lords, using the power of the sun, but in the process Harry Jr is horribly injured. Harry Jr, far more powerful than his father, strips Harry Sr of all math, deadspeak, and the Moebious Continuum before returning him unharmed to Earth.
Separately E-Branch is investigating Drug smuggling in the Mediterranean when two of its agents are assaulted, one Vampirized and the other rendered insane.
Harry Sr's new girlfriend, Sandra, herself secretly a member of E-Branch plays a pivotal role in bringing Harry into the mix. She had been assigned to watch him and if possible restore his awesome psychic powers and reports to the head of E-Branch on his status. Unknown to everyone this head is a sleeper agent for the Russian E-Branch/KGB community.
Afraid that Harry may be recovering his old powers, or perhaps developing new ones the Russians choose to eliminate him. The plot fails due to the intervention of the dead, and in the process Sandras status as an agent is revealed, as is the fact that Ken and Trevor are in trouble, and that the dead want Harry in the Med.
Together Harry, Sandra, & Darcy, go out to check on the situation. During the course of the investigation they learn that the drug smuggler is a resurrected Janos Ferenczy, using the alias Jianni Lazarides. Sandra and Ken Layard are kidnapped and vampirized, and Janos uses his telepathy to force Trevor Jordan to kill himself. Despite being virtually powerless Harry moves to engage Janos on his home ground in Romania, but not before spending the night (what would later be revealed to be a very fateful night) in the ruins of Faethers house in Ploesti, where Faether was burned down to his essential fats.
When he awoke the next morning Harry discovered he was surrounded by odd black mushrooms that exploded at the slightest touch releasing their spores into the air which he breathed. Overnight Faether had restored his Deadspeak, and had untangled most of Harry's mental troubles. However not being a mathematician he was unable to restore the necroscopes command of numbers and the Mobius Continuum.
With his deadspeak restored Harry sought out and again spoke to Mobius himself, who recruited other mathematicians to help with the problem as Harry approached Janos lair slowly. Harry began showing signs of developing telepathy and possibly other powers in his own right. A fact he initially put down to his mind compensating for the long lack of his other abilities.
During the final confrontation against Janos and his vampire thralls a group of Thracians raised from their ashes by Janos to help him instead took Harry's side and assisted him. This along with the timely restoration of his teleportation abilities through the Mobius Continuum allowed Harry to defeat Janos. The book closes shortly after Harry and the last Thracian Bodrog(sp?) stake and behead the vampirized Sandra.
Resolved to do one last favor for humanity, both the living and the dead, Harry hunts down and deals with the necromancer/serial killer/rapist Johnny Found.
Shortly after this Harry, and Penny who slept with him while he was literally asleep and thus infected herself, are driven from England by E branch, who cannot risk Harry being allowed to live as a vampire. Eventually Harry and Penny flee for starside, but in the process Penny is killed.
Arriving back in the Vampire world Harry finds Lady Karen alive, after he had thought her dead from an attempted cure. The two out of loneliness become lovers for a time. But Shaithis, banished after battle with Harry and Harry Jr to the icelands is returning at the head of a small but vicious army, along side his ancestor from time immemorial, the most feared Wamphyri of all time, Shaitan himself.
Unfortunately Harry JR, injured by the sun itself in that battle has now mostly devolved into a wolf such as the one who transmitted its egg to him. Gone are most of his powers, leaving his father and Karen to face Shaitan and Shaithis almost alone.
Harry and Karen are, after a brief battle, crucified at the gate. However in a last act Karen commits suicide to take Shaithis with her and Harry and Harry Jr, combine their powers one last time to send a plea for help to earth which results in the dead in the Russian complex sending a nuclear armed exorcet through the gate, destroying Harry, Harry Jr, and Shaithis in a nuclear explosion.
It is revealed that after the Battle in the Garden (Necroscope 3, The Source) Harry Keogh fathered two sons unknowingly with a szagany woman Nana Kiklu, in starside/sunside. This books covers in some part the boys growing up, as well as the first appearance of the Wamphyri out of Turgosheim. It also covers Nathan and Nestor being separated to two very different fates. Nestor, destined to become a Necromancer and Lord of the Wamphyri, and Nathan destined to follow the path of a Necroscope.
Nathan is borne away from his Szagany home to live with the telepathic Thyre, learning to use his telepathy and deadspeak as well as some other talents. Eventually Nathan even ends up in Turgosheim, in the home of Maglore the mage, a Wamphyri lord, learning about the vampires from their own mouths. Maglore however doesnt vampirize Nathan, instead being curious, and insofar as a vampire can be a bit fond of him even.
Nathan eventually is cast through the gate at the orders of his own brother, and into our world.
Nestor on the other hand ends up in the hills, his memory damaged due to a head injury, witnessing a duel between Vasagi the suck and one of the KIllglance Brothers. His intervention in the form of a crossbow Bolt fired into Vasagi allows the Killglance Brother to win. He is then "rewarded" "illegally" with Vasagi's egg.
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Gas Beasts -
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Olden Wamphyri when defeated in a bloodwar were occasionally allowed to choose their fate, or assigned punishments that were seen as more fitting than death.
The Icelands -Occasionally a defeated lord would be banished to the Icelands. Such was the case of Shaitan the Unborn, Shaithis, Fess Ferenc, Volse Pinescu, Lord Schwart, Malinari the Mind, and Vavarra among others. These Lords in the main over time were frozen into the ice in an extended hibernation which ended when one of Shaitans beasts got to then, they eventually froze/starved to death after Millenia, or during the ice melt which briefly occurred after the event in the book BloodWar (Necroscope 10).
Banishment through the Gate - On occasion it was deemed appropriate to banish a enemy through the gate and into the "Hell Lands" aka our Earth. This was feared because no Vampire had ever returned from such banishment (the gates only work one way) but with the Wamphyri not able to understand that they assumed the lands beyond must be hellish and deadly. The original gate actually opened in our world in a cave with an underground river which was a tributary of the Danube under the Carpatians in Romania. The second gate, created thousands of years later by a Russian experiment sat atop the first and opened into another cave under the Urals.
Death - The means of most reliably carrying out a death sentence was to stake the offending vampire, behead them, then burn and scatter the ashes.
Staking out - A vampire might be staked out on the Sunside of the mountains during the night and left to be burned to death by exposure to the sun. This method however was unreliable as there was always the chance, however slim, of the vampire in question receiving help and escaping before sunrise.
Entombment - a Vampire could be staked, wrapped in silver chains, and left buried under the starside plains to slowly whither. These vampires might or might not actually die depending on how powerful and how long they were there, but would be effectively immobilized by the stake and even once it finally rotter away would still be held by the silver chains.
In Necroscope: The Touch a race of aliens known as the Shing`t are introduced to the world. The Shing`t supposedly seeded the earth long long ago with a mix of native DNA and their own to create a sentient race they could return to some day.
The Shing`t organize themselves into "Three groups" that consist of three Shing`t who study, think, and work together. These three groups allowed them to study every facet of science and all other fields accurately. Each three group was dedicated to a different path. The Shing`t adopt their number in the three group along with the name of the number one in that group and that is their name.


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McLaren MP4-12C GT3 first time on Nürburgring
Ready for actionMcLaren MP4-12C GT3 on the Nürburgring for first time
McLaren is gearing up for the 2012 racing season as our spies have snapped three MP4-12C GT3s at the Nürburgring.
Jointly developed with CRS Racing, the GT3 features an aerodynamic body kit with a new front splitter, revised side skirts and a massive rear wing. Other highlights include a carbon fiber monocoque chassis, Akebono brakes and a limited slip rear differential.
Power comes from a twin-turbo 3.8-liter V8 engine which has been detuned to produce 500 PS (368 kW / 493 hp). It is connected to a six-speed sequential transmission which weighs 80 kg (176 lbs) less than the seven-speed gearbox used in the standard model.
McLaren plans to build 20 GT3s for 2012 and pricing starts at £310,000 ($499,475 / €352,285).
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Why was the car detuned? is there a Bhp limit in this field of racing?
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Ebo Town-based Lion Bi FC Sunday defeated New Jeshwang's Rising Star FC 5-4 in a post-match penalty shotout to win the eight-team tournament organised by the Ebo Town Youth Development Association (EYDA).
The final, which was attended by hundreds of spectators including the president of EYDA and former minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, Alhagie Cham; Abdoulie Bojang alias Ablo; elders of Ebo Town and New Jeshwang, and a cross-section of the two communities of Ebo Town and New Jeshwang, saw both teams share the spoils at the end of regulation time.
Rising Star FC were the better side, creating a lot of chances that were squandered, to the disappointment of their fans. Lamin Charty alias Xavi, who played for Serrekunda West Zonal team, was close to opening the scoring for Rising Star but the ball hit the cross-bar.The Ebo Town-based outfit also had a few chances but could not penetrate the solid Rising Star defence.
The winning Lion Bi FC went home with a cash prize of D3000 and a trophy, while Rising Star went home with a consolation prize of D2000.
It would be recalled that the tournament was meant to scout players that can form a team to represent the communities of Ebo Town and New Jeshwang in the upcoming GFA 3rd qualifier round.
Speaking to this reporter during the interval of the game, Abdoulie Bojang alias Ablo who is also a native of New Jeshwang, said the initiative by EYDA was in the right direction, timely and apt.
Alhagie Cham, president of Ebo Town Youth Development Association, said the tournament is part of series of activities to be undertaken by the Association to develop the area.
"I am very proud today that the tournament has been played in an atmosphere of peace and fair play. I thank all the teams and fans for the cooperation," the former cabinet minister told Observer Sports.
He also urged the youths of Ebo Town to join the Association for the development of the community. He finally revealed that they have already selected players who are training for the upcoming 3rd Division qualifiers.


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Senegal's President Macky Sal has been elected Chairperson of the Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC), the twenty strong body of African leaders that provides leadership and policy guidance to the New Partnership for Africa's Development.
President Sal replaces the late Prime Minister Meles who chaired HSGOC for four years. Egypt's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossi and President Bouteflika of Algeria have been elected Vice Chairpersons of the HSGOC. Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mauritania and Libya have joined the group.
The Committee meets twice a year on the fringes of the Assembly of the African Union and sets the priorities and programmes of NEPAD. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam who urged AU member states to reduce their dependency on foreign aid for the implementation of infrastructure development projects, said Meles had viewed NEPAD as a model for management of Africa's relations with the international community.
President Yayi of Benin said Africa needed to scale up implementation of NEPAD priorities including agriculture and infrastructure, and speed up domestic resource mobilization to encourage less dependence on western funding. NEPAD's Chief Executive Officer Dr Mayaki said it was time to give new impetus to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the mechanisms for domestic resource mobilisation for NEPAD programmes.
To help sustaion momentum, NEPAD has now launched the Africa Rural Development Forum as a platform for knowledge sharing on policies of rural transformation. CAADP is a key vehicle to diversify economies and ensure food security; it can also stimulate access to finance, inputs and markets for smallholder farmers.


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The word seashell is often used to refer only to the shells of marine mollusks, i.e. mollusk shells, but it can also be used to mean the shells of a wide variety of marine animals from different phyla. For helpful introductory articles, see marine invertebrates and marine biology.
Seashells are commonly found in beach drift, natural detritus deposited along strandlines on beaches by the waves and the tides. Shells are very often washed up onto a beach empty and clean, the animal having already died, and the soft parts having rotted away or having been eaten by either predators or scavengers.
Empty seashells are often found by beachcombers, and collecting these shells is a harmless hobby or study. However, the majority of seashells which are offered for sale commercially have been collected alive (often in bulk) and then killed and cleaned, specifically for the commercial trade. This type of exploitation can sometimes have a strong negative impact on the distribution of rarer species, and on local ecosystems.
Many other kinds of sea animals have exoskeletons or shells which may, after death, wash up on the beach and may be picked up by beachcombers; these include remains from species in other invertebrate phyla, such as the moulted shells or exuviae of crabs and lobsters, the shells of barnacles, horseshoe crab shells, sea urchin and sand dollar tests, brachiopod shells, and the shells of marine annelid worms in the family Serpulidae, which create calcareous tubes.
When the word "seashells" is used to mean only the shells of marine molluscs, (spelled "mollusks" in the USA), then studying seashells is part of conchology. If studying the whole molluscan animal is included, then the study is known as malacology; a person who studies mollusks is known as a malacologist.
Seashells have been used by humans for many different purposes throughout history and pre-history.
Marine species of mollusc are more numerous than land and freshwater species, and are often larger and more robust. The shells of marine species also often have more sculpture and more color, although this is by no means always the case. In the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the planet, there are far more species of colorful, large, shallow water shelled marine molluscs than there are in the temperate zones, and the regions closer to the poles.
Although there are a number of species of shelled mollusks that are quite large, there are vast numbers of extremely small species too, see micromollusks.
Carrier shells in the family Xenophoridae are marine shelled gastropods, fairly large sea snails. Most species of xenophorids cement a series of objects to the rim of their shells as they grow. These objects are sometimes small pebbles or other hard detritus,and very often shells of bivalves, or smaller gastropods are used, depending on what is available on the particular substrate where the animal lives.
There are numerous popular books and field guides on the subject of shell-collecting. Although there are books on land and freshwater molluscs, many popular books emphasize, or focus exclusively on, the shells of marine molluscs.
Both the science of studying mollusc shells and the hobby of collecting and classifying them are known as conchology. The line between professionals and amateur enthusiasts is often not well defined in this subject, because many amateurs have contributed to and continue to contribute to conchology and the larger science of malacology.
A large number of amateurs collect the shells of marine molluscs, and this is partly because many shells wash up empty on beaches, or live in the intertidal or sub-tidal zones, and are therefore easily found and preserved without much in the way of specialized equipment or special supplies. Some shell collectors find their own material and keep careful records, or buy only "specimen shells", which means shells which have full collecting data: information including how, when, where, in what habitat, and by whom, the shells were collected. On the other hand, some collectors buy the more widely available commercially-imported exotic shells, the majority of which have very little data, or none at all.
To museum scientists, having full collecting data on a specimen is far more important than having the shell correctly identified. Some owners of shell collections hope to be able to donate the collection to a major natural history or zoology museum at some point, however, a shell with little or no collecting data is very often of no value to science.
Identifications to the species level are generally achieved by examining illustrations and written descriptions, rather than by the use of Identification keys, as is often the case in identifying plants and other phyla of invertebrates. The construction of functional keys for the identification of the shells of marine mollusks to the species level can be very difficult, because the great variability within many species and families.
The identification of certain individual species is often very difficult, even for a specialist in that particular family. Some species cannot be differentiated on the basis of shell character alone.
Numerous smaller and more obscure mollusk species (see micromollusk) are yet to be discovered and named. In other words, they have not yet been differentiated from similar species and assigned scientific (binomial) names in articles in journals recognized by the International Committee on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Large numbers of new species are published in the scientific literature each year. There are currently an estimated 100,000 species of mollusks worldwide.
Seashells have played a part in religion and spirituality, sometimes even as ritual objects.
Seashells have been used as jewelry since prehistory.
Large numbers of whole seashells, arranged to form patterns, have been used to decorate mirror frames, furniture and man-made grottos.
The horseshoe crab is another arthropod which is not a crustacean but an arachnid. The shells or exuviae of these arachnids are common in beach drift in certain areas of the world.
Some echinoderms such as sea urchins and sand dollars have a hard "test" or shell. After the animal dies, the flesh rots out and the spines fall off, and then fairly often the empty test washes up whole onto a beach where it can be found by a beachcomber.


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Why car share?
A new and improved scheme
The Heathrow Carshare scheme is available to all Heathrow airport staff. It has become the largest single site in the world with over 7,900 registered members and over 1,900 of which are car sharing from over 250 companies. Members know the scheme works, its quick, simple and easy and now only a one step registration process.
The Heathrow Carshare scheme is an online matching tool. You can now register your journey as an occasional/shift journey or a one-off journey. The system will look for matches around your area but also will look for matches that you could pick up en route.
How to carshare at Heathrow
- Register yourself and a journey
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Slick Willie June 11 at 10:47am
Kirk McAlister shot the lights out last nite with a cali score of 44.
is bryant dubs again?....how come no news or schedule....
It is a you got to know thing cause peeps are sick of rif raf? I do not know.
Kalib A. May 11 at 11:49am
Lost, blue star wraith, hole eight, right side, about fifty from the pin, the Hyzer route is a risky one. Can't be more than ten feet off the road.
Slick Willie April 19 at 1:06am
Bryant Dubs for 2015 will start on Wednsday, May 62015. Format as allways will be random flip, and as allways it will be Iron man. Buy in is $5.00 with $1.00 ace pot and $1.00 mulligans, you can buy up to 4 mulligans and if you buy 4 mullies you can use one anyware. Sing up is at the end of the parking lot by hole 9 5:30 sign up 5:45 start. .
Kalib A. March 25 at 7:19pm
New tee signs are sweet. Thanks for the work.
They look great!!! Scott did a good job with the help of extreme graphics.
Brandon H March 6 at 6:37pm
The gates are OPEN!!!!!
Sweet, sweet, sweet.
Nico "Putta Smooth" Lagaso February 22 at 11:35pm
Is this park open?
gate is still closed last time i was there...u can walk in but some spots will still be wet
As of last Sunday you can play the whole course but you do have to walk in.
thanks guys
Miles Murray January 30 at 3:42pm
What is Bryant Park looking like right now? Playable?
gates closed
I haven't been there for awhile but it should be playable. Not sure if the gate is locked. You would have to walk in if it is.
I should've read snap's post. You can still walk into the park though.
you should come hit the Loo with us...8a tee off
Headed to Wilder in Newport. Gonna be in the 60s on the coast. Thanks for the invite, was wondering if Bryant was or still is flooded like last year and many years past.
yeah was out there two days ago and some baskets are still sunk i made it thru 5 holes and left
Mr CLEAN November 7 at 1:21pm
i played Bryant yesterday and the course is lookin great... its my opinion Bryant is one of the best courses around this area! ANYONE WANNA HUK HERE SUNDAY?
No golf till Feb, but i will let some locals know you heading down, give me a time and I will spread the word.
Never played Bryant before. Maybe my step brother will make the trek down there with me.
i think im in on this definatly should figure out a time
someone bring a chainsaw...
so you did not move the tree on ten Carl?
lets sleep in... ill be at bryant by 8am...shall we make it a plastic match?
sounds good to me i have been in need of a destroyer something fierce
I'll come down
Josh Jones August 13 at 10:04pm
Lost my favorite teerex on hole 10 today. It's a white star disc with some ink on it. I shanked a flick to the left of where the bigger trees are 90 or so feet up the fairway to the left.
In the area just past nine's basket?
Yessir. My buddy and I spent about 15 mins looking for it.
I'll keep an eye out
brian g June 8, 2014 at 8:48pm
Lost a red MF champ tern, a pink lucid renegade, and my pride today. I'd love to get any or all of them back!
Also found a white DX teebird (SEAN) and the phone # is going strait to voicemail. Message me please if you have info, THANKS!
Get a little more specific and I I'll poke around for them when I'm out there next.
renegade on 7. in the tall grass on the left side inbetween the groups of trees? we did a grid search, had a spotter and still didnt find it.
tern on 9. griplocked badly over on the right by the downed trees. even with pin (or a bit shorter) except way right. thanks, but dont put yourself out too much :)
looked for both again today. what the heck!?!
Victor Campos April 15, 2014 at 1:00pm
Is the park open yet?
Nice. Thanks for the update
Slick Willie February 14, 2014 at 3:10pm
The City of Albany has closed Bryant park till end of spring because of flooding.
have you seen the photos? completely under water....the whole park....wow!
And it was quick too.
It usually happens earlier in the year depending on rain. When the water goes down all the pads will be covered with inches of mud and will need to dry out completely or be cleaned to gain any traction.
Kalib, I was out there yesterday after the round at Adair. It is about to cover Bryant drive and all the fields out that way.
already a current on Bryant, it's closed.
Where can I see some of these pictures?
Billy Gaskill January 25, 2014 at 6:23pm
Thinking of heading over for a Bryant round..
Anyone not playing Festivus? I'll probably head over around 4.
Nat Dick November 11, 2013 at 8:40pm
Lost a White ESP Buzzz with a tournament DyeMax stamp on the left side of #13. Name and number are on the back. PLEASE give me a call if you find it. Thanks!
Found! A huge thanks to James!
Do you know what holes are par 4s at bryant?
As of the last time I played, which was a couple weeks ago, 4, 6, 10, 12, 17, and 18 were in par 4 positions, bringing the total par to 60.
Brandon H August 11, 2013 at 6:27pm
WARNING!!! WARNING!!! We have bees to the left about 100 feet before the basket on #7 and a hornets nest on #12 on the snag in the middle of the fairway.
yep and yup found them both, them dam hornets!!! park was packed today with holy rollers by the river but not many golfers
Do you guys know what holes are played as par 4s out there
Sorry I didn't respond earlier. Usually 4,6and 7(in the long),10,12,14,17, and 18. Something like that.
Jesse Lamb June 14, 2012 at 1:13pm
Something has to be done about the caked mud on some of the carpet tees. I slipped on 11,12,13, and 14. If it's wet AT ALL, you can't drive.
Jonathan Smith April 16, 2012 at 4:14pm
When will Bryant Park open for the season?
Mr CLEAN February 29, 2012 at 12:43pm
2/28/12 park was closed gates were all locked shut for the season the signs said. yeah we parked on the road and played it anyways.
DIsc Recover January 4, 2012 at 9:51pm
looking for some people to hang out with and play disc golf. Ladies welcome too