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|24th Sep 2012, 15:02
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Is this a good spec PC? Help I'm new :(
So my dad bought a custom PC.. He chose his own parts(with the help of the PC shop dude) anyway he bought it for my gaming needs, the specs are like this:
- AMD A6 3500 Triple Core 2.0ghz (and can someone explain what does a triple core do?)
- Asus motherboard (not sure which, but is for the tight budget model)
- Sapphire 6570 2GB DDR3 (is this good?)
- 4GB DDR3 RAM Kingston
- Gigabyte casing
- 1 TB HDD (external converted into an internal one, the PC dude said the hard drive after 2 years will burn because the voltage is not the same? Or was he just lying because he was offering us a bargain price of his 500GB HDD)
- 19 inch Phillips monitor
So there goes, is this good?? I love playing games like Sims 3, Civilization 5 and Cities XL. And will it support high graphics settings?
Recently up to 4 laptops of mine was spoiled because I play games on it.. So my dad thought better get a PC for my gaming needs lol.
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|24th Sep 2012, 17:41
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Newbienooby - I think you have posted in the wrong forum - this is the Folding forum.
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|24th Sep 2012, 17:46
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|24th Sep 2012, 18:01
How many wifi's does it have?
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To answer your question, Newbienooby
Well it depends on budget.
If the budget was 50$, than this is an awesome build... if it was 2000$, then not so much... actually it would have been awful.
Triple Core processor, is a Quad core processor, but one of the cores MIGHT be broken and cut out during manufacturing process. The 3 other cores has been tested to make sure they are are 100% working, and just as reliable. In exchange, they cut the price a lot.
This process is nothing really new in the hardware business. Lower end models are sometimes broken higher end models. I say sometimes, because most of the time, it's a fully function chip which they purposely lock-down or cut out component(s) to fit demand.
The reason for this, is that they get to use 1 mold, 1 architectural map, which is million of dollars saved. Making a processor, whether it's a GPU, CPU, etc. Doesn't cost much. Maybe about 30$-90$, what costs the most is thousands of engineers that worked on the architecture. Nvidia has about 2000 engineers (maybe more, maybe less, depending if the GPU they are working on, is a step up from a previous architecture, or restarting from scratch, or something in between). At about 100k per year, not to mention HR, marketing, building maintenance cost, Administration, etc... that's not cheap, as you can see. So they need money.
A modern processors architecture are designed from day 1, to have the ability to work at 100%, if a core or part of the processor isn't functioning, and despite this in mind, they still test the processor to be even more sure. And so far, no one complains, as it is working perfectly.
Anyway, Dual, Tripple, Quad, Hexa, Octo.. etc. Core's are the number of processors in the chip forming your processor. Usually these aren't a 100% dedicated processor, they share stuff between each other, usually memory (L1, L2, L3 cache (super duper hyper fast memory, where L1 being the fastest, but these costs a fortune to manufacture, so they are only a few KB or MB's)). The reason why they share usually memory and sometimes other components is obviously, to reduce cost, and also sometimes, boost performance in some things.
Having multiple processor, advantage is improve multi-tasking performance. To simplify everything and keep it in brief, a single core processor can do only thing at a time. It can execute 1 instruction at a time, for every running program (process). When you do multiple things at once, Windows (or wtv OS) manages this. It sends to the processor a process, then switches to another one, to allow it do it's things, and switch back to the previous one, and so on. Now it's actually very complicated. You can do a university course on process management, and all the different techniques and tricks it uses. If you are in University, and want to know more on how an OS work, and appreciate the complicated tasks it does as you use your system, and realize that the interface of Windows or Linux, is a just a very small portion of the OS, you can take a course called Operating Systems. Very interesting course.
So, as a single core process can effectively do 1 thing at a time, and having the OS do trickery to allow multiple things appear to be able to do at once. Having multiple core, allows the system to actually run several things at the same time. Also, what a process can do, is uses several or all of your cores at once, to execute it's task much faster, than if it only had 1 processor.
At the end of the day, is you feels your computer faster and more responsive.
For the HDD, I have never heard such lies in my life. And number 2, EXTERNAL HDD's, are INTERNAL ones, with a converter plug so that it uses USB or wtv port instead of SATA. So I don't know why he said that on reverse, clearly he never looked inside one.
Monitor... well I have no comment on budget monitors, which I assume is what you have and paid accordingly. If you want to learn more, in brief, about monitors, check this thread:
If your laptops gets "spoiled" (I guess you mean broke), because you game on it. Then maybe you start investing in a proper laptop (see business class laptops), and not budget retail crap, that overheats non-stop. Costs more, much more, but it would have been cheaper than 4 laptops, let alone 2.
Welcome to bit-tech.net, and next time please post at the right section. You'll get more help and more views. A mod will shortly move this thread to the appropriate location, I am sure. No need to create a new one. Hang in tight.
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|24th Sep 2012, 18:15
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|24th Sep 2012, 22:01
How many wifi's does it have?
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Glad I could help.
For 500$ I think it's a pretty good system. The CPU is a little on the weak side, and if you want to upgrade your CPU later..to let's say a med range Intel, it would be a new motherboard that would be needed. So that will be an extra cost. But that's minor detail.
The drop down box next to the title box when you create a post, is the topics it will place the thread. within a group. I know it's complicated for nothing. A minor thing. Great and helpful community here.
Just go on the section you think it goes, Click on New Thread, and from the drop down box, pick the topic. If you don't see it, then you are in the wrong section.
Also, what I suggest you do, is use this buttons on the bottom of the left side column of a post, to give reputation points to useful posts. This helps people gain reputation points, which can help others knows better the other users.
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When experts talk about feeding a burgeoning world, they're often referring to land-based crops, and frequently butt heads over whether it can be done by planting organic versus genetically modified crops. But farmers aren't the only food producers thinking about how to feed 9.1 billion hungry mouths by 2050. The worldwide aquaculture industry is on pace to grow from 65.8 million tons in 2008 to a hefty 100 million tons by 2030, much of that by growing bivalves such as clams, mussels and oysters.
Unlike raising carnivorous fish like salmon or bluefin tuna, which devour precious forage fish, often in the form of fishmeal; shellfish leave little in the way of an environmental footprint. They don't need supplemental feed, antibiotics or pesticides. They have the added benefit of cleaning the water in our bays and estuaries. Plus, they're tasty. It's a win-win, and many in the industry hope aquaculture—particularly bivalves—will be a real solution to providing the world with a sustainable source of healthy protein, without us resorting to snacking on crispy insects.
There's just one big problem with this picture. The oceans are changing. Sea levels are rising, the water is getting warmer, and carbon dioxide in the air—which just reached a startling 400 parts per million in the Arctic—is being dissolved in the ocean. It's known as ocean acidification, and it has very troubling ramifications for those betting on shellfish.
More sobering? It's already here.
In 2008 and 2009, Taylor Shellfish Farms and Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery were witnessing massive losses of oyster larvae. Corrosive ocean water prevented baby oysters from thriving and growing shells.
According to Bill Dewey of Taylor Shellfish Farm, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) secured funds to supply the industry with sophisticated monitoring equipment to measure the changes in the water's chemistry—particularly deeper water brought to the surface by upwelling conditions or rough weather.
"It was like putting headlights on the car," Dewey tells TakePart. "We could now monitor [PH and CO2] levels in real time. We learn every year how to adapt [by using surface water], and have learned how to manage around the corrosive water by dodging it."
But dodging a problem only gets you so far. A report released by the National Science Foundation in April, definitively linked the collapse at the hatcheries to an increase in ocean acidification. The dots were now connected.
In the meantime, many producers, scientists and government officials have been working furiously on the issue. Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire established a blue ribbon panel to address the issue and to look for solutions. At a meeting June 20, members of that panel will be getting ready to present their recommendations.
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We hope so too, and will be eagerly watching this month's meeting. And not to hammer home the point too fiercely, but the looming problem of ocean acidification? It isn't limited to oysters.
"What's happening here is a warning to the rest of the seafood industry," says Dewey. "This is a real phenomenon. It impacts any creatures that rely on calcium to form shells or skeletons. Even something like a terrapod—a swimming marine snail that's the primary food for salmon is affected. Take the base of the salmon prey out, and it could very well impact salmon populations."
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Here you can find details of the Regular Events in and around the Barony of Rowany. (If you are looking for upcoming one-off events instead, these are advertised through Event Notices. You can go into the Events menu up top at any stage to find these broken down into categories. Additionally, the latest event posts are often shown in the left hand area at various places throughout the site. The Calendar section gives you another way to find events.)
There are costs (such as hall hire) involved with various events. Member payment for this can be made quarterly. If you would like further information such as bank details for making such payment, please contact the Reeve or Constable, or head over to the Rowany Facebook group.
Monday Fighter Practice / 'Skills Night' – With Fencing (Rapier) and Heavy Combat Practice
Held every Monday, starting at 19:30, at The Addison Road Community Centre (Main Hall), 142 Addison Road, Marrickville NSW 2204. [MAP]. $5 donation requested.
- Heavy combat practice. There are always plenty of people involved here. Both beginner and intermediate skills classes are run quite regularly for those interested in "Heavy" (less scary than it sounds and loads of fun). The classes involve sets of drills and technique practice both in armour and out of armour (for people without) to learn and develop proper technique in the heavy arts. These go for 6-8 weeks with mini tournaments at the end to "put it all together". Classes start at around 20:00 which gives us all time to get armour on. Even if you have never done anything like it before, please feel free to come along to join in, learn or simply take a look. You will be entertained!
- Fencing practice. If you are interested in a lighter, more finessed approach to combat than hitting with various sized sticks, we can help with that. The classes are intensive drilling, breaking into one-on-one teaching session and pick-up fights. We have enough room for a number of concurrent sessions.
Monday Arts and Sciences
Held every Monday, starting at 19:00, at The Addison Road Community Centre (Hut 44), 142 Addison Road, Marrickville NSW 2204 [MAP]. $5 donation requested.
- We have a dedicated building for Arts and Sciences activity on Monday nights at the community centre. This is Hut 44, across the grass from the main hall where the fighter practice is being held, so if you need directions, just head to the main hall in the centre of the complex and someone will be happy to help you find it.
- A&S classes are held occasionally, with Singing and Calligraphy & Illumination once a month, as well as various teachers and other classes available at other times (Baronial Arts and Sciences Night projects are discussed on the Rowanites mailing list which can be found here).
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Usually held the third Monday of every month, starting at 19:00, at regular Monday practice (above)
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- The Baronial Senate meeting is the official business meeting of the group. Non-officers are welcome to attend in order to observe, discuss or to bring business before the group. $5 donation requested.
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Calligraphy and Illumination evenings Held most Tuesday nights, 19:30, in Meadowbank (except when held as part of 'Skills Night', above). For more information, contact Caristiona nic Bheathan.
Beginner Singing evenings
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- Classes are held here – past examples being on costuming, fibre-crafts, wax-carving for jewelry-making, cheesemaking and beginners brewing. We usually have a stream of kids classes as well as adult classes.
- Bring a project you are working on, start a new project or come and learn something new. Or why not come and play some Board games or outdoor games. It is a child-friendly event with sewing, boffer and games. All persons under the age of 18 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
- Fencing and Some Archery practice will be done on the old bowling green outside the center. Fencing usually occurs from 11.00am-1.00pm. Archery practice is target practice with blunts and the kids target is the chocolate Easter Bunny.
Arts and Sciences Meetings, College of St Ursula (University of Sydney)
During semester time, the College of St Ursula meets once a week to further goals and projects of an Arts and Science nature. This may range from garb making and heraldry, to brewing and embroidery. Details about what will be happening during each meeting will be announced over the Ursulans mailing list. Every week we will attempt to have a teacher for an organised lesson (for example jewellery making). Unplanned weeks will be for finishing projects from previous weeks, working on individual projects, dancing or other miscellaneous activities and general socialising.
A&S is on Mondays at 17:00 in the Badham Room, Holme Building, University of Sydney. All are welcome to attend in order to learn new skills and to pursue medieval and renaissance Arts and Sciences together. For more information, contact Lady Svanhildr.
Sunday Fighter Practice With Monthly Tournaments Each Sunday from Mid-day to 4pm fighter practice is held at St Peters Public School, 31 St Peters Street, St Peters, NSW, 2044 [MAP] This field is private, large, has copious amounts of parking, and facilities attached To help cover field hire, a small donation is requested Heavy fighter and archery practice have been the main focus thus far, however there is room for much more to happen Leading up to various events, we also add appropriate activities such as war practice One Sunday of each month we also have the Monthly Sunday Tournament at the same time and same venue, which replaces the Sunday practice for that day. Potluck Lunch and Monthly Tournament. This is a garbed event, and we can arrange loaner garb if needed Cost is $5 to help cover site hire (+$5 insurance levy for non-members) Site opens at 12pm with armour inspections from 1pm There is seating on site, but bringing a chair wouldn't be a bad idea Format of the tournament will be decided on the day based on there number of fighters, likely round robin, Valhalla or single kill / double elimination


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Chevrolet TrailBlazer Models and TrailBlazer History
Originally conceived as an upscale trim level version of the Chevrolet Blazer in 1999, the TrailBlazer became its own mid-sized sport utility vehicle in 2002. Replacing the Blazer small sport utility vehicle, the TrailBlazer invoked a stronger sense of refinement than its predecessor did. Aiming for the middle-class families that were tempted by the Ford Explorer, the 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer came standard with a 270-horsepower 4.2-liter six-cylinder engine, four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock braking system, air conditioning as well as front and side-impact airbags. One year after the sales premiere of the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, the mid-sized sport utility vehicle was expanded to include an extended length model and a new engine.
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UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, may be fined more than $US1 billion ($950 million) by US and British regulators for trying to rig global interest rates – more than double the amount levied against Barclays.
The fines from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Britain's Financial Services Authority and the US Department of Justice may be announced as early as next week, said a source familiar with the probe.
The authorities are investigating claims that more than a dozen banks altered submissions used to set benchmarks such as the London interbank offered rate to profit from bets on interest-rate derivatives or make the lenders' finances appear healthier. Barclays, Britain's second-largest bank, agreed to pay £290 million in June to resolve the US and British Libor probes.
But the UBS fine will probably be the largest against any bank levied by the US and British authorities in the Libor probes. The CFTC portion of the fine for UBS may exceed the entire fine against Barclays. The fine, which was expected to have been already announced, has been delayed as the DOJ works out a deferred prosecution agreement.
Swiss regulator Finma may also penalise UBS and force it to disgorge profits. UBS was fined £29.7 million ($45 million) last month by the FSA and told by the Swiss regulator it may have to increase capital levels for operational risks after a $US2.3 billion loss from unauthorised trading by Kweku Adoboli. The former trader was sentenced to seven years' jail last month for fraud in relation to the loss – the largest from unauthorised trading in British history.
More than 25 people left UBS following an internal probe into rate manipulation, another person familiar with the matter said last month.
Royal Bank of Scotland is in talks to settle with US and British authorities over Libor. That fine is expected to be more than the sum Barclays agreed to pay and less than the UBS fine.
British prosecutors made their first arrests in the criminal Libor investigation on December 11. Thomas Hayes, a former trader at UBS and Citigroup, and two men who worked at the brokerage RP Martin Holdings, were questioned, said people familiar with the case.
Britain's Serious Fraud Office, which is conducting a criminal probe in parallel with the US Justice Department's fraud division, has focused on emails between traders at UBS and other banks.
UBS has received conditional immunity from anti-trust authorities including the Canadian Competition Bureau, the Swiss Competition Commission and the DOJ for being among the first companies to report their own wrongdoing and co-operate.
UBS, the world's second-largest manager of money for the wealthy, had struggled to map out a strategy since sustaining $US57 billion in subprime-related losses during the financial crisis. The Adoboli losses led to the departure of CEO Oswald Gruebel in 2011 and hastened a review that led to the decision to cut 10,000 jobs over three years and dismantle parts of the bank.
Libor, a benchmark for more than $US300 trillion of financial products worldwide, is derived from a survey conducted each day on behalf of the British Bankers' Association. Lenders are asked how much it would cost them to borrow from one another for 15 different periods, from overnight to a year, in currencies including US dollars, euros, yen and Swiss francs.
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Two Men Arrested For Trying To Have Sex With Literall Cows
HP – A farmer in Herkimer County, N.Y. couldn't figure out why his cows seemed more anxious than usual. When they weren't producing as much milk as usual, he set up a surveillance camera. What he saw shocked him: two men were rolling in the hay with his livestock, CNYCentral.com reported. The farmer, whose name has not been identified, contacted authorities who conducted their own investigation. As a result, Michael Jones, 35, and Reid Fontaine, 31, were arrested for misdemeanor sexual misconduct, UticaOD.com reported. Authorities said Fontaine attempted to have sex with several cows while Fontaine filmed the encounters, according to Syracuse.com. The two were released on an appearance ticket. The suspects aren't the first men accused of having a cow in the Biblical sense. In 2008, Brazilian cleaner Getulino Ferreira Paraizo was accused of having sex with 400 cows. He said he preferred the more tranquil animals. It might be better to think twice before attempting sex with cows or any other animals. A 2011 study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that men who have had sex with animals were twice as likely to develop penile cancer as those who stick with their own kind.
What a bonding activity for these two guys. Some bros like to meet up at the bar for a few beers, some take in a basketball game, I've even heard some guys will go to brunch, just the two guys, together. And that's fine. But cow fucking? Literally cow fucking, is a whole new type of activity. Most of us have fucked cows before, but have any of us actually fucked cows before? I want to believe these guys just totally misinterpreted what it means to fuck a cow. Classic mix up. Like they heard a joke on TV about slump busting by fucking a cow, and they didn't realize that it meant a cow, not an actual cow. I can totally see how they can make that error. But I want to believe they were just sitting around chillin one day, and both realized their mutual interest in wildlife fucking. No way man, you too?! Grab the camcorder! It's like when you find out someone went to the same school as you, and you have this whole new point of conversation. Except theirs was their love for putting their cock inside of a big animal that moos.
PS: Say they were fucking the cows on purpose. Why a cow? Also, penile cancer from fucking animals? Woah. I didn't even know we could get dick cancer. Sounds brutal. So we should all just probably stick to cows, and leave the actual cows alone.


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Shooter: Roger Dorsey
Posted: Dec 3, 2012
While shotgun hunting in Ohio it had turned into a long depressing week, by Thursday afternoon it was a fight to even get into the stand, however I did and at 16:58 I stood up in my stand looked out the back toward the open corn field and out stepped the biggest buck I have ever laid eyes on (in person) in the woods. I figured I only had one shot and this buck of my life-time (thus far). I figured the distance to be about 200 yards, so I leveled my scope about 6 inches above the back of this monster and let the Hornady 12 GA. SST Shotgun Slug fly.
Just as advertized this highly accurate round struck true, the Buck mule kicked and ran 40 yards before collapsing. After settling down from killing a massive 8-point giant (B&C Score 146) I got my range finder out to find the distance and it was a 242 yards. I will never buy a different type of Ammo. A hunter friend of mine and I discussed why I would pay 15-16 dollars a box for ammo when any old ammo would do, he now is a true believer that you get what you pay for.


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Three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel hailing from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be awarded the President's Police Gallantry medal for thwarting the suicide attack on the Indian consulate in Herat in Afghanistan on May 23.
Sources in the MHA revealed that inspector Manjit Singh from Sonepat in Haryana, constable Rakesh Kumar from Shamli in Uttar Pradesh and constable Praveen Kumar from Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand were at the forefront in neutralising the suicide attack by the Taliban militia.
In what is touted as the fourth major fidayan attack on the Indian missions in recent times, four Taliban suicide attackers tried to force entry into the Indian consulate at Herat at about 3.30am on May 23, by launching a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) over its wall. Preliminary inquiries suggest that the four suicide attackers were supported by Lashkar-e-Taiba, a terrorist outfit active in south Asia, operating primarily from Pakistan, sources in the MHA said.
Constables Rakesh and Praveen, who stood guard at the consulate's entrance, returned the fire killing one of the attackers on the spot. Meanwhile, inspector Manjit also reached the spot and instructed the ITBP troops to neutralise the remaining three attackers. They were later killed in the exchange of fire between the two groups which lasted till noon.
Deputy commandant Vivek Kumar Pandey, spokesman of the ITBP, said the director general of police (DGP), ITBP, decided to recommend names of five personnel to the MHA for the medal. He added, "The DG has sought two more names from Herat, of the ITBP personnel who killed the attackers."


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By Alby Oxenreiter
It was a cold December night in 1982, and as I hurried through the lobby of WTAE-TV, where I was working as a volunteer intern, I almost knocked over a middle-aged man who I immediately recognized as a local sports celebrity and a national media legend. It was the one-and-only Beano Cook. He had just finished taping a radio segment, and was waiting rather impatiently for a cab. Beano already knew what I would soon find out - that I was his cab. In essence, Beano ordered me to give him a lift to his downtown apartment. I never thought twice about it and was happy to oblige. Beano told me he didn't have a car, and within moments, he explained something else-that he didn't own "the world's three most expensive things, in reverse order: car...wife...ex-wife."
About five years later, after I had begun to learn my craft in three smaller television markets, I returned to that same building, and there was Beano again. He had kept tabs on my career, and said he was delighted to see me back in my hometown. In retrospect, I think he was happy just to have his driver back! Our friendship matured, and I came to realize what so many people already knew about Beano: He was a simple man with a complicated personality, a lonely person who enjoyed hundreds of meaningful friendships.
His depth of knowledge was remarkable. He was both smart and wise, quick-witted and opinionated, funny and blunt, and above all else, unique. He was a true original, and his riveting personality left you wanting more.
In the early '90s, as the Penguins won two Stanley Cups, Beano was in full stride, holding court at each and every pregame meal at the Civic Arena. Some people joked that he was there for the free food, but anyone who really knew Beano knew that he was there for something else. He craved the companionship. He loved the conversation.
After the pregame food had been eaten, and as the games were about to start, media members would stand up and begin the trek to the press box. He would grab me by the arm and order me back to my seat. "Forget the game," he'd say, "the conversation is what you'll remember." Beano was so right. We talked almost daily. I'd call him, or more often than not, he'd call me. If I wasn't at home, he was just as happy to talk to my wife, interrogating her on that week's grocery bill.
I'll finish with this: Even after I heard the news that Beano had died, I called his home phone number. Doing what I had done a thousand times before was my way of remembering a great and loyal friend, and one of the truest characters of my life. The phone kept ringing, and in my mind, I heard his voice, "Lieutenant Columbo..." Beano had no other family-no brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, or cousins. What he did have were great friends. More friends than he could count. I was honored to be counted among them.
By Chuck Finder
Un-buh-LEAF-uh-bull that these fingers typed this line about Beano Cook almost a decade ago, but. . . :
It's hard to say what inscription will be placed on his tombstone -- in another two or three decades, of course -- but it surely won't read: Wish I'd made more people laugh about football.
Carroll Hoff Cook was called by The Maker five weeks into this football fall, at age 81.
Wish we'd made more time with him.
Beano was to college football what were Bob Hope's All-America teams and ESPN's boom: Each brought a smile to College Football America's face and a glow to its TVs.
He was the publicist and the Pope, the purveyor and the unprecedented - a less-than-blow-dry type and more than trailblazer who was neither ex-player nor ex-coach behind the football studio desk. He was history. He was possessed of such a photographic memory of college football, you'd have thought he attended each game from the Princeton-Rutgers start: scores, players, plays, stadia, weather, import, you name it. He was a history lover who often dropped presidents or generals or battlefield metaphors into his sports humor. They all were his passions, his religious affiliations, his Beano DNA. And, amidst the levity, he would without fail ask about you and yours.
As E.J. Borghetti of Pitt noted: The man never married, but he was kin to hundreds. His family was extended, indeed. No obituary could've properly listed all of his true survivors.
"Five-oh, McGarrett." "Lt. Columbo, homicide." He never bought an answering machine. Never owned a computer -- another feat of which he was excruciatingly proud to remind you. By answering the phone that way, he could enjoy launching every conversation with a joke.
Beano came from all over the sports map. From Pitt sports information director to Pittsburgh sports-magazine founder to ABC and CBS. From St. Petersburg Times columnist to Miami Dolphins publicist to Penguins front-office type to ABC studio analyst, thanks to the inimitable Roone Arledge. In 1985, after Penn State beat Temple by just 27-25 in their second game of the season, Beano went on ABC and pronounced that the Nittany Lions would play for the national championship. Joe Paterno's response when I asked him about it the next day: "Beano never used to drink." Beano was soberingly correct; the Nits played for it in 1985 and 1986, winning the latter.
Beano joined ESPN in 1986 over a CNN offer primarily because Hartford rather than Atlanta was the easier airport to maneuver for a man who hated to fly. He wore no pretension. He wore no filter. He wore rumpled suits or, for a short time, gag outfits. He did stand-ups and sit downs. He did pieces and predictions. Then his work merely evolved into proclamations by the Pope.
"You get to three score and ten, every day after that is a bonus," Beano said upon turning 70. "I've lasted 20 years [in TV], which is amazing." First came Howard Cosell in the booth, then Carroll Hoff Cook in the studio. "Now," he said, "there are 8 million guys like us."
No, Beano, there will never be anybody else like you.
By Ivan Maisel, re-posted with permission from ESPN.com
Beano and I always ended our podcast with the quip, "Well, we fooled 'em again." And as I sit here, stunned and saddened, I have to say that Beano fooled me. He has been telling me for years that he focused every offseason on living until the start of football season. Once the games began, he knew he would never die, because he would stay alive long enough to find out who would be No. 1.
I suppose God needed to know who won the Northwestern-Minnesota game in 1940.
A few journalistic rules are being broken here. Let me do it the right way: ESPN college football analyst Beano Cook died overnight at age 81. For those of you who don't know, Beano and I have done the ESPNU College Football Podcast together for the last six years. When he and I began podcasting, other people hosted the podcast on other days. But he and I did so well together that I took over as host of all the shows.
That's one of the many things for which I have Beano to thank.
Beano and I spoke twice a week for the last six years: once on the day before every podcast, when we would discuss the topics, and then the podcast itself. Occasionally, what we discussed on the day before made it to the podcast itself. More often, we would digress on one tangent or another that may or may not have something to do with college football.
It might be a story about how he hitchhiked from Providence, where he was a student at Brown, to see Army play Navy in Philadelphia. It might be about why Stanford and Arkansas opened the 1970 season against each other. It might be about my children.
You see, Beano may have been an expert on the history of college football from 1930 to 1990, but he showed his real expertise in friendship. He collected friends like some people collect stamps. He didn't marry -- even though he might have given up college football for Stefanie Powers, the 1980s television star -- and never had children.
But Beano cared about the people around him. He asked questions. I am not the only one at ESPN who had that kind of relationship with him. Mel Kiper Jr. did. Howie Schwab did. I am sure there are others.
He always asked me what other writers had been at the game I covered the previous Saturday. "I don't miss the games," he said. "I miss the hanging out."
There was an old-school quality in the way he related to people. Having grown up an Irish Catholic in Pittsburgh, an ethnic town, he attributed personality traits to ancestry in a way that 21st-century America no longer does. Political correctness may be at play, or the melting pot. But Beano got a kick out of the fact that a Southern Jewish guy like me married an Irish Catholic girl.
Anyway, on our day-before discussions, we would talk for anywhere from 12 to 45 minutes. Yes, I use "we" in the loosest of terms. The podcast served as the perfect vehicle for Beano. It is an open-ended conversation.
But I enjoyed listening to Beano as much as he enjoyed being listened to. Trying to interrupt Beano was like trying to catch the blade of a ceiling fan with your bare hand. You didn't get hurt, but the fan just kept going.
Toward the end of just about every call, he would say, "I've bored you enough. We'll talk tomorrow. Of all the things I've done at ESPN, this is my favorite."
More and more often, Beano said to me on those preparatory calls, "So you'll call tomorrow and if I'm alive, I'll answer and we'll do the show."
"If I'm alive," I chimed in one day in June, "I will call you."
Beano didn't miss a beat.
"If you have to bet," he said, referring to one of us not being alive, "bet on me."
He wasn't being maudlin. As a man in his early 80s fighting diabetes and its related offshoots, he was just being matter-of-fact. My trying to dismiss his concern had more to say about me. I didn't want to think about losing him.
Beano had a lot of pride. When I covered Baylor at West Virginia two weeks ago, and had to fly to Pittsburgh to get to Morgantown, he wouldn't let me come see him. He remained delighted when I would call, which I didn't do enough.
The last time we spoke, he unnerved me. He said the doctor told him his recovery would be long and laborious.
"I'm struggling," he said. "It's like trying to score on Alabama on fourth down from the 4-yard-line."
Of course, Beano overlooked the fact that very few offenses could get to the 4-yard line against the Alabama defense in the first place.
I had a short bucket list of plans for me and Beano. I did sit down with him in the summer of 2011 with a video crew and interviewed him about his life in college football. I wanted to go to a college football game with him. He refused to fly, of course. My editors and I tried to figure out a way around that, but never did. I wanted to go to Pittsburgh and go to dinner with him, but I put that off, too. There always would be time for that.
Well, no.
Ernie Accorsi, the retired general manager of the New York Giants, may have been Beano's closest friend. He spoke with Beano on a daily basis. Ernie told me Thursday that Beano didn't feel up to watching games last Saturday, but he wanted Ernie to call him with the scores. So Ernie called him regularly.
"Where have you been?" Beano demanded. "It's been three hours, you know."
"I went to Mass, Beano," Accorsi said. "Is that OK?"
Accorsi laughed as he told me. In fact, in each of the conversations I had Thursday with people who knew Beano well, I laughed hard at least once. That is the gift that Beano left us. He made us laugh when he was here. He is still making us laugh.
By Bob Smizik
I knew Beano for 50 years, from the time I was a cub reporter at The Pitt News. Naturally, many memories flash through my mind.
In 1963, Beano and I roomed together at Goshen, Indiana, for the Pitt-Notre Dame game. Imagine that.
The many nights at Gustines where Beano, Jim O'Brien and I shared good times, but, with Beano, never a drink.
He often boasted, always to laughs, that he was financially independent because he never had a car, a wife and a second wife. He not only once had a car, in the 60s, but I rode in it.
He loved a good time more than anything and all that had to be was sitting around talking, especially with newspaper guys. Who could forget him holding court at Steelers games back in the '90s at Three Rivers Stadium? For Beano, the best time was from 11 to 1. Once the game started, he went home.
The stories about Beano's escapades are legend. He could say and do almost anything to almost anyone. At my first Final Four in 1980, we were in the hotel lobby in Indianapolis when Wayne Duke, the commissioner of the Big Ten and one of the most powerful men in college sports, stepped off the elevator. Beano immediately hurled a good-natured but biting insult across the lobby. I couldn't believe it. But Duke smiled, acknowledged Beano and went on his way. Later that night, Beano made sure I was included at dinner with the CBS big shots.
Beano liked to help people. He liked to do it quietly and often you never knew it. At Beano's urging in the spring of 1963, I applied for a Wall Street Journal scholarship, which paid $500 -- an incredible amount of money back then -- but only if you could land a summer job. Somehow, I won the scholarship, but had no job prospects.
Beano suggested I apply at UPI, which at the time had a large operation in Pittsburgh. Long story, short, I got the job although I was tremendously underqualified. How'd I get the job? As we all know, Beano could place a phone call and make someone an All-American. Turns out he could make a phone call and get a kid with no experience a job at a major wire service.
I am pleased we stayed in touch for almost all of those 50 years. It's trite but true: He did it his way.
By Kenny Scholtz
As for a favorite memory - I am grateful to have too many to include in an email. I was lucky enough to be part of a weekly lunch session with Beano for almost 9 straight years. In 2002, my friend J.T. Render and I were both working downtown - and J.T.s father, the legendary coach at Upper St. Clair, told us that Beano taped his weekly radio and TV segments in a studio on the first floor of a building on Stanwix Street - and that he usually ate lunch beforehand at a little deli in the building. Beano had been a friend of J.T.'s family for many years - and Coach Render encouraged us to go grab lunch with Beano...having grown up watching Beano on ESPN and being lifelong college football fans, naturally, we jumped at the chance - and the weekly lunch routine, every Thursday, began. Early on, it was just Beano, J.T. and me. We were soon joined by regulars Terry Shields (a PG sports editor who had known Beano for years) and Colin Dunlap. Beano, Terry, Colin and I became the solid four man crew for the better part of six years, after J.T. had moved to Cleveland. We rarely missed the Thursday lunch. During weeks including holidays or special TV/radio programming schedules, Beano would call each one of us in advance, with a quick schedule change, and rarely an outright cancellation. Over the years, we also had cameo lunch guests including Gene Collier, Paul Zeise, Ellis Cannon, Mark Madden, Coach Jim Render, Mike White, Ray Fittipaldo and Brian O'Neill to name a few.
For an attorney who spent my work day caught up in legal issues and dealings with adversaries - the weekly lunch with Beano was like sports therapy for me, a lifelong sports fan. College football was the primary subject of almost every lunch session - which was fine by us - but football wasn't the only topic of discussion during the weekly agenda at lunch. Even as he got older, Beano had an amazing grip on current events, politics, history, religion and pop culture. The sports world knew Beano to be this irascible, opinionated, old-school sports guy - which he was in a lot of ways. But I think that's an incomplete description, because I think he had an amazing ability to connect with people, albeit through sports. For example, as one could imagine, Beano was a visible fixture in that deli during our weekly lunches - strangers (mostly football fans) would sometimes walk up to our table to say hello and shake his hand. Invariably, Beano would ask the person where they went to school, and he'd follow that up with a statistic, quote, fact, or story related to the school (whether it was a college or a local high school). If it was a college with a storied football program, he'd sometimes belt out the first verse of the fight song - and give the surprised alum a good-natured scolding if they couldn't sing along, or if they couldn't recall exact details about some game from fifty years ago, or the names of players or coaches (which Beano could, of course with ease). In two minutes' time, you could tell these people were in awe - rightfully so. If you were a sports fan meeting him for the first time, or had the chance to spend time with him on a weekly basis, he never disappointed.
I miss him, a lot.
By Guy Junker
Beano had so many great quips and one-liners that made us all laugh but my fondest memory of him is of his quiet generosity. He would come into Fox Sports at Christmas with envelopes, VERY generous envelopes, for all of the younger members of the staff who weren't making a lot of money at the time. He didn't make a big deal of it but always made their holidays special.
By Louise Cornetta
Beano Cook was someone I talked to every week for years as he would come on a show I produced at the time: Todd Wright AllNight on ESPN Radio. He always had such a huge crush on Stephanie Powers from Hart to Hart. So one day when Beano was doing his weekly hit with us on the radio, I had Stephanie call in to surprise him (she also sent him an autographed photo that he told me he treasured). That may be the only time I've heard Beano be speechless. He was simply the best, and it is an honor that I could call him my friend.
By Budd Thalman
From my days as Navy SID until I retired from
Penn State in 2001, Beano was in my life on a regular basis. We always
treasured our relationship and regularly laughed out loud at his numerous
outrageous comments, most of which we've regularly repeated over the years. He
was an original in every sense of the word, someone who loved Pitt and
Pittsburgh unequivocally.
By Leo O'Donnell
Beano had been my friend since college days in the mid-1950s.
My family has strong ties to Notre Dame - my father's alma mater as well as mine.
Growing up I remember the great parties at our house celebrating each Notre Dame game. After college, Beano would come to the parties when Pitt played ND in Pittsburgh. He was always the ever faithful Pitt fan discussing the football teams with my Dad and always giving Pitt the slight edge.
No one loved college football more than Beano!
And - no one loved to party more than Beano! At one time he made arrangements to use the Chatham Village Community Center to have a party and as sometimes happened in our youth, the party got a little out of control. We all had a great time and after the party to everyone's surprise, the Chatham Village Board of Directors didn't impose any disciplinary action.
As I look back on occasions like these, I do so with great fondness for a wonderful guy.
The college football world and his many friends will miss Beano for his knowledge, wisdom and ever present wit.
The following is a favorite poem written by Henry Van Dyke, an American poet, educator and clergyman who was a graduate of Princeton:
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads his white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. He is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch him until at length he hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says: "There, he is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all. He is just as large in mast and hull and spar as he was when he left my side and he is just as able to bear the load of living freight to his destined port.
His diminished size is in me, not in him. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, he is gone!" there are other eyes watching his coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here he comes!"
And that is dying.
Henry Van Dyke
By Jim Render
Shortly after I met Beano, I drove him to Columbus, Ohio, to do an interview with Vic Janowicz, a former Heisman Trophy winner. My uncle had been Vic's high school coach at Elyria, Ohio, and I had grown up with stories about Vic, Ohio State, and of course Woody Hayes. Beano was in the process of interviewing all of the Heisman winners in a series presented by ESPN. As I knew Beano did not like to fly, nor did he drive or own a car, I offered to take him to Columbus. He thought that would be great. He said, "you would do that?" I on the other hand thought it would be a fantastic trip which it turned out to be.
Almost everything was a great memory. Even checking into the hotel was an experience as according to Beano they had reservations for two Carroll Cook(s). Of course his comment was that this is "unbelievable." The stories about the actual interview are too numerous to write about at this time, but believe me they were both memorable and unbelievable.
When we got back to Pittsburgh and I was helping unload my SUV, he discovered that his always present briefcase was not with us and was probably with the Janowicz family in their home and since Vic was sickly, (the interview was never aired) and Mrs. Janowicz was not very happy or in favor of us coming into her home to do an interview, Beano was convinced he would never see his briefcase again. Beano rushed into his apartment very distraught and I almost turned around and drove back to Columbus on a very blustery snowy January night. My wife remarked that I would not have taken her to Mt. Lebanon on this night but was considering going back to Ohio for Beano.
This story did end well as I called Alby Oxenrider and got him to get someone from an ABC station in Columbus to drive over and get Beano's possessions and send them back to Pittsburgh. If I ever decide to write a book about my experiences in life and football, Beano will have a chapter and this Columbus trip will lead it off.
By Karen Oxenreiter
Years ago, there was a TV show called "Sisters." One of the sisters was Sela Ward, and Beano loved her. He'd always remind me that she is a former Alabama cheerleader! Anyway, we both watched that show religiously, and Beano would call me every week so we could discuss what happened and how gorgeous Sela looked that week. We talked a lot on the phone, especially when Alby was at work and our children were asleep. I guess we kept each other company. He'd usually end our conversation by saying, "Call me, but not during "JAG." Beano had a "thing" for Kristen Bell, too! I sure do miss him....
By Lou Prato
My best memories of Beano were back in the 1960s before he became a national sports broadcasting icon. We had first met in the late 1950s when I was an undergraduate at Penn State and a sportswriter for the student newspaper. Beano liked to befriend young aspiring sports journalists like me, even though I and some others, like Sandy Padwe, were affiliated with Pitt's bitterest rival.
It was in the 1960s while working in Pittsburgh that I got to know Beano best, and appreciate his natural sense of humor. Back then, the media met with area football coaches or their representatives every Tuesday in the fall for lunch at Frankie Gustine's Restaurant near Forbes Field. Beano always had a few quips or wisecracks that enlivened those gatherings, and when Joe Paterno attended as an assistant he and Beano often went at it with an edgy repartee.
But it was when Beano, Jim O'Brien and Sandy Padwe started Pittsburgh Weekly Sports in 1963 that I really became part of Beano's coterie. I'm sure old timers remember Pittsburgh Weekly Sports. The idea was to publish a weekly sports paper that carried original stories and reprints of stories and columns by some of the leading national sportswriters along with fresh local stories. I spent most of the '60s decade in Pittsburgh working fulltime for either the Associated Press, BBDO advertising, or Channel 11 television news, while also freelance writing for magazines. So, I became one of Beano and Jim's staff writers/managing editors, along with Chuck Lynch and Bob Smizik--who, like Jim, was still going to Pitt when the paper started and then taught school full time.
Sandy had left for a job in New York shortly after the paper started, but Pittsburgh Weekly Sports became an artistic success as Beano and Jim persuaded writers like Red Smith, Jim Murray, Larry Merchant, Furman Bisher, Dick Young and others to contribute. Almost overnight, the paper seemed to develop into a trade magazine for sportswriters, and Bud Collins of the Boston Globe referred to it as "our (writers') yearbook."
At one point, the paper had subscribers in 38 states, including some of the writers themselves, and such high profile peoples as NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and baseball's Bill Veeck, as well as prison inmates in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. Bob and I had a ball writing, and I look back on many of those pieces as my best writing ever, maybe because we really could write just about what we wanted to with very light editing. But we wrote for love not money, and there were many times we bickered with Beano about the paper's continuing shaky finances. Eventually, the paper could not make it financially and folded in 1968, I believe.
Sometime during this period, my wife Carole and I got Beano a blind date for a Penn State home football game. Unbelievable now, when I think about it. Her name was Ann Ward and she had been a classmate of mine at Indiana High School. We drove up to Penn State, Ann sat with Carole in Beaver Stadium while Beano and I were in the Press Box, and then on the way back to Pittsburgh stopped for dinner at a then popular Italian restaurant in Tyrone. All through the trip Beano carried his trademark clipboard to write notes, and with the small towel always hanging around his neck he could continue to wipe off the sweat on his head and sometimes blow his nose. That was Beano. Carole and I were used to it but Ann kept looking at him in a weird way. As I recall, she never said much until days later. But she never forgot the trip and neither did Beano.
I didn't see much of Beano after I left Pittsburgh in December of 1969 but we occasionally communicated, and that's how I got Beano in 1998 to endorse my first sports book, The Penn State Football Encyclopedia. By that time he was a big time sports celebrity but he didn't hesitate. You can read his endorsement on page IV of my book, right across from the table of contents, and included this sentence: "As one who relishes the history of college football, I recommend this book."
About three years ago, Beano called and among the first words out of his mouth were: "How's Ann Ward? Do you know where she is now?"
I couldn't believe it. I told him Ann had married Dave Johnson, who for years was the head football coach at Washington (PA) High School, and that I had last seen Ann at a high school reunion many years ago. Beano said he would like to talk to her and could I track her down. Wow, I thought. I was sure Ann would remember that date, but I wondered if she would talk to him after all these years.
I found Ann in the family's summer home in upper Michigan, and Dave had been battling a serious illness for years. Yes, she said, she'd be happy to talk to Beano. I gave Beano her phone number and forgot about it.
A few months later, Ann called me from Michigan. She said she had just got off the phone with Beano, and she had been shocked that he called. Ann had a great conversation with Beano and they had talked at length. "He is a really nice guy," she said, "but what a character."
I couldn't have said it better. RIP Beano.
By Gerry Dulac
Beano never answered the phone like a normal person, which is why I always enjoyed when I called him.
He always answered the phone the same way, "McGarrett 5-0," because he loved watching Hawaii 5-0. Then I would say, Beano, it's Gerry Dulac.
And he would never hesitate with the response.
He would make that little throaty sound he makes and say, 'Ah... hold on my man," and he would hold the phone away from his mouth and pretend to yell across the room to someone.
"Honey, that massage is going to have to wait," he would say. "Gerry Dulac is on the phone."
Only he never used the word "massage."
By Neil Rudel
I was having dinner at home on a Sunday night this past July, shortly after the NCAA issued Penn State its sanctions for the upcoming football season and beyond.
Beano, itching "to stick the needle in," called.
My wife Dianne (one of the few women Beano claims to have liked; "she's a good chick -- she knows her place," he'd say) answered.
She asked if I could call him back, to which he replied, "Just ask him how the Grand Experiment's going!"
Like everyone else who loved Beano, I have many other stories -- none fonder than in the press room on Sunday afternoons before Pirates games at Three Rivers Stadium when he'd hold court and welcome a small-town guy (then with the Beaver County Times) at his table alongside the likes of Stan Savran, Bob Smizik and other heavyweights in Pittsburgh sports media history.


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oh how i cry to love for love,
Poem by: koolc
Status: Finished
Genre: Romance
oh how i cry for love to love,
my heart is heavy,i can hardly breath,i am not ready yet to leave,oh please ifeels coldlike the winter breeze,there are so much we could acheive,if we stop, fussing,cussing,no trusting,and fighting,if only i had someone who cares for me but,
at first i thought she did,but she just wanted to be rid of our prmises,we use to talk of having children ormaybe akid,but her loose temper,and frequent out burst, put our love in revere,she step on my heart, like an unwanted roast,so i had to,
walk away, in humilitie,my humble unfettered loving heart ,have so many regrets,some i cant for get,we could'nt finish what we started,she broke my heart in so many peices,oh how i wish we never met,my poor heart,was set on having a,family
or alittle emily,i hope i can for give her someday,but not today,i pray my silent pain,and shame will melt away,and she might change,and watch wat she say,her deceptive,rude,attitude,and unworthiness of my unyeilding love,it's a mess,i know.
i am not perfect, i know i stumble,but im humble,i hate her grumbling,rumbling words, piecing my soul,her hurtful lines and unapologetic behavior,is a failure ,maybe someday she'will realize that love is not a game,love can feel pain,love is
more than just emotions,oh i how i cryed for love to love,to ease my burden and unhappy illusions of love,today our love is desolved, nothing can be resolve,we barely spoke,or crack a joke,so many personal memories, my heart cried in the
darkness of the night please turn off the light let me hide my site, from this temporary shame, of love, this awful feeling is weighing me down,so low to the ground,like a hundread pounds of lead,oh how i cry for love to love to give,meaning
to all thegood things we've said but nevergot achance to do,inthe past,hopingit will last,but today we say good buy no more living a lie,our love its dead,oh how i cred for love to love,for understanding,patience, alittle faith,and hope that
someday,i can smile once more, instead of walking out the door,feeling distort,distortion,rejection,dejected,dejection,oh how i cryed for love to love, with a open heart, to live and perhaps love once again.my tears would be laughter,ever after.
oh how i cryed for love to love for me.
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This may be old news, but I just came across this link and thought it pretty cool:
Course to Steer Calculator
Not just this one calculator, but all of them.
On a related topic, I have a Dalton E6-B Flight Computer (looks like http://www.vandeenensupport.com/projects/rs/index.html). Came with the boat. Any thoughts on using for accounting for leeway and/or drift, or computing true wind from apparent, etc?
The "EB6" calculator from any pilot shop. That's a mechanical calculator, i.e. paper or plastic wheels on a card, that can give you a fast graphic solution, no power or internet access needed.
If there were no instructions with it, you can find them online. Weems & Plath sell a gen-you-whine nautical version, but they work the same way.
I used the calculator to calculate the CTS using 1.5 knots of current from 135 degrees Magnetic and a boat speed of 6 knots and it replied with a CTS of 10.78 degrees towards the current.
Firstly there isn't a helmsman that ever lived that could steer to 2 decimals of a degree and secondly, if you're going to offer to calculate a CTS then why not answer with a CTS and not with the angle you need to subtract from the widget and divide by the length of you whatsit to get to where your heading should be.
I never even bothered looking at the second calculator.
Sorry, not picking on anybody but geez . . . . .
Am I right in thinking that it thinks in term of the direction the current is coming from, rather than the direction the current is flowing to (i.e. the conventional way)?
What these calculators don't account for is the polars of a boat's velocity. Now that would be a great calculator in determining how to get from point A to B.
With my book "Formulae for the Mariner." I use a Casio fx-300ms caculator.
this is a wonderful book has just about all of your useful formulae in it. And note pages for other formulae you may want to add.
IMO, I find that it works better than any on line caculator.
Melrna: that would be great, but how would you input the polars? It's not like you could easily type them into a little box on the web page. As it is, the calculators don't take wind into account at all. But it sounds like an interesting challenge nonetheless.
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This splendid armour was probably made for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to wear during the pageants and displays he organised to entertain Queen Elizabeth during her visit to his estate, Kenilworth Castle in 1575.
It is set up for the tilt (Joust of Peace over a barrier). It was made in the royal workshops at Greenwich under master armourer John Kelte.
The armour's decoration, which was formerly gilded, includes his initials, family badge, (the bear and ragged staff), and the Orders of the Garter and St Michael.
The shaffron (horse's head-defence) is decorated with the bear, the only surviving example of true embossing in the entire Greenwich production.
A copy of this shaffron was used in the 2001 film, A Knight's Tale, starring Heath Ledger.
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text: It all started about three weeks ago. L. and I were getting into the car at 8:00 am on a school morning, and just as he'd slammed shut his car door and I was doing my routine three-point turn around on the cul-de-sac so we could head off to school, L. said: "Mama, I know you and Papa have been lying to me." There's nothing like being accused of lying--by your oldest child, no less, to make your heart go pitter-patter very rapidly. Even at 8:00 am. "What do you mean?" I asked. He was quiet for a moment and, when I glanced in the rearview mirror he had an I've-caught-you self-righteous look on his face. "You've been lying about Santa." He said. "I know what REALLY happens." He wouldn't say more, except to nod knowingly at me. No matter how much intellectual thought we parents might give to how we will deal with the BIG topics our kids might one day raise: life, death, the birds and the bees, the existence of monsters, whether or not Santa is real, etc., etc. (there's really such a list), children will inevitably still blindside us with questions and accusations that come out of nowhere. One day you might be innocently pushing your child in the swing and he will suddenly ask you a disturbingly blunt question about the functions of certain parts of his anatomy; or your daughter might take your breath away with a very insightful and melancholy comment about love and life. Or, your child might bring you dangerously close to the 'Santa talk' at 8:00 a.m. on a school-day morning, when the only thing on your mind is how you will wake up enough to teach your 9:00 am class. I didn't say much the rest of the car drive to school. He wasn't forthcoming with any additional information on the nature of this Big Lie and just what it was he'd figured out, but I knew--oh, I knew--what he was talking about--deep down, to the very core of me, I knew it alright. But still I pretended. Maybe he had been talking about something else, really, or his revelation about Christmas and Santa involved his uncovering some logistical flaw in the fabric of the story of Christmas Eve--one we could explain, somehow, while preserving his faith in the night. When I used to imagine how I'd feel the day L. stopped believing in the existence of Santa, I thought I'd feel relief, really, that we'd crossed over the threshold and moved into settling down to enjoy Christmas for what it is, not a holiday tinged with the weight of guilt and anxiety over the fragile, magical tale we spin--the one we work so hard to preserve. But I felt profoundly sad inside that morning, as I drove into work, at the thought that we'd now reached this point. My son, who is often so literal, who will unravel emotionally at the thought of something deviating from the normal function of what it's designed to do--what he knows it can do--my son who even at a young age would scream and run from imaginative play involving the suspension of disbelief, my son has always embraced the idea of Santa, always carved out and set aside a small piece of himself and given it over to the red-suited, chimney-climbing, jolly and magical man, to the whole story, lock, stock, and barrel, right down to the elves and the Mrs. Claus and Santa's wintry, year-round retreat. It can't be time yet for him to stop believing, I told myself firmly and then I parked the car, walked into work, and banished the thought of all this from my mind. For about three weeks, that is. One day last weekend, the kids and I were shopping at Michaels for supplies for a 5th grade project. T. was in my line of sight, examining a do-it-yourself pottery kit and I was distracted by the Christmas ornaments, weighing a crystal snowflake in my hand and wondering if it was premature to buy it. L. was soaking up the Christmas decorations with me, and hopping from one foot to the other, so excited about the very idea of everything Christmas. "I just love Christmas," L. said, in a sudden outpouring of emotion. Then he lowered his voice and leaned in."Even though I know that Santa isn't real." And he said this so earnestly that there wasn't even the sliver of doubt in my mind that this was it. I paused, my heart shattering into a million tiny fragments, like a broken ornament. "What?" I said, for want of anything better. "Oh come on, Mama," he said. "I KNOW that you and Papa write 'Santa' on the packages and I KNOW that he doesn't really exist." If L. had been five or six, or maybe even seven, and not ten, I might have come up with some creative damage control. I could have spun a tale for him, I could have taken him by the shoulders and convinced him to suspend his disbelief, even if just for one more year--one more year, please, until I was better-prepared to watch him let it go. But part of parenting--a large and too-painful part--is knowing how to let go, how to meet those milestones with dignity, even if you feel all crumpled up inside, or shattered, like glass. All those carefully rehearsed words I'd once thought just right for the 'Santa talk' were swallowed up by the reality of the moment. Instead, I put my arm around L.'s shoulders and pulled him close. For a few seconds he melted into the embrace, and we stood there, in the ornaments aisle of Michaels, while the Christmas lights winked and blinked around us. Tauntingly? Magically? I didn't know what to say, or do. I wanted to stand there like that forever, or at least until the right words appeared to me, like invisible ink letters exposed at last, but L. stiffened and wriggled away. Then T. was next to us, chattering with excitement about a Christmas star, and we bought our felt and ribbons for the project and stood in line, and were surprised by how dark it was when we left the store. Another milestone, come and gone. Like all the others, it passed so quickly, leaving me spinning in its wake, wondering why I hadn't seen it coming (although I had, hadn't I?); and like all the others, it can't be undone, only looked after with that particular brand of quiet regret, the soft sadness we parents feel, the companion to pride and joy, the ache we feel at childhood's inevitable and all-too nearing end.


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1. As much as I love traveling, I am 'dog' tired of seeing poor hungry homeless people and dogs for that matter out on the streets trying to survive on scraps and rotten food in trash bags along the sidewalks. What a harsh life they live, what an unforgiving world we inhabit, what a vicious cycle it is...
2. With that, I'm tired of seeing vagabond travelers who are taking a year long 'introspective' discovery of who they really are. They go to the most gringo visited hot spots in the country and go around selling jewelry to subsidize their 'vision-quest'. It is a little disenchanting because being a traveler from an outside world who's customers are largely from your own culture, you probably would have a good idea of the things that people similar to themselves might want. That is all gravy capitalism I suppose and you are free to do what you want to do, but most of them think they are the 'culturally aware' and conscious folk who think they are respectful of the land they are living in and the people that call it there home. I'm not on my high horse saying that I know all and do only good or even that I am all out judging them, but in my opinion, they often times sell things and steal customers that otherwise a local (who a majority of the time knows nothing outside of their own province, can't speak language and is difficult to relate with) would be doing business with and thus supporting his/her family. They do their year long journey and then return to the comforts of home. On one hand, yes, it's a free world to do as you please, but at the same time, it just seems so contrary to the so called 'beliefs' that many of these people say that they have. I see it all the time. It frustrates me only every now and then...usually when I see a group of travelers hunched around one of their displays while an old local lady looks on...
3. People who start up a conversation with you only so that they can tell you where they have gone, what they have done, the things that they have seen, the adventures they have lived through and what awaits them next. Bor-ing. I'm too nice sometimes and just let them talk. When they eventually finish with all of it and ask me, I'll just say, "Oh, I have definitely not done the things that you've been fortunate to do," and eventually excuse myself to the bathroom...
4. Those people are nothing compared to my favorite folks however. I absolutely love to talk with the plethora of travelers who come to L.America, 'live cheap,' 'don't ever do stupid tours,' and 'are all about the experience' but instead spend 95% of their time drinking, smoking, partying and sleeping until noon in the one hostel they have been in for three weeks. The other 5% of their time is spent getting from different place to different place when they do finally leave so that they can do it all over again. Only in the places that other travelers will be of course because even though they really 'become connected' with the lifestyle of the locals because they stay in one place for so long, they can't possibly do it alone or in a place w/o foreigners. Pete and Repeat sat on a fence, pete fell off, who was left? I mean for crying out loud! That is way we tend to steer clear of your quintessential backpacker hostel because without fail, the long term folks are a real knock on the environment in my knowingly cynical opinion.
5. Locals. 99% of local people that I have encountered have been kindhearted folks but there is and always will be that 1% that no matter what you do or say is bitter to you. Although probably with good reason, either for historical reasons or a past experience, they are in a foul mood to see you around regardless. My favorite are the ones who come off nice at first and so you get to talking with them which. If they are men, then naturally this leads to a culturally inherent need to express their knowledge of things. This of course, with great pride, leads to them to discuss only the great things about their country and only the worst of yours. I understand that cultural tendancies are definitely at play here and even the need to impress but that said sensitivity goes both ways. I think there is great virtue in being humble about things and for some reason, maybe because I speak to them frequently because I like to practice my spanish, altogether it is bothersome after a while.
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Porsche SUV: The Cayenne already shares components with VW's Touareg.
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By MARTON PETTENDY
PORSCHE has publicly declared for the first time that it intends to take a majority shareholding in Volkswagen, in which it already holds a controlling 30 per cent interest.
The Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE announced it gave the go-ahead for an increase in its stake in Volkswagen AG to more than 50 per cent, following its extraordinary meeting on March 3.
The Porsche Managing Board is now expected to take several months to clear the buy-out with regulatory laws globally, after which Porsche SE will formally make its claim on the majority of VW AG shares.
Left: President and CEO Dr Wendelin Wiedeking.
Porsche's announcement a week ago followed confirmation from Volkswagen, Europe's largest car-maker, that it had won control of Swedish truck maker Scania, a move that could significantly alter the heavy vehicle industry if Scania is merged with Germany's MAN, in which VW is also the majority shareholder.
According to VW, it will hold 68.60 per cent of the voting rights in Scania and increase its direct stake to 37.73 per cent after buying shares from the Wallenberg family.
For its part, Porsche says it does not intend to merge its famed sports car company with that of Volkswagen.
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And finally the "fit" word terminated a relationship the Vols had with Damien Thigpen for the last year. He committed in April, he remained steadfast through the coaching change, and was told he didn't fit at the end of January during an official visit to UT, raising questions as to why it took so long to decide Thigpen didn't fit? But the larger question is why wouldn't a 4.34 forty time fit into a pro style offense?
Obviously, a variety of information and considerations enter the evaluation process, and no one knows better what Lane Kiffin is looking for than Lane Kiffin himself. Besides he has access to a cadre of intelligence from which to draw opinion. He's also the one who is accountable for the bottom line in what is very much a bottom-line business. Although it's not business as usual for Tennessee, all will be forgiven if Kiffin inks a top 10 class.
Let's face it, when your career record is 10 games below .500 and you're replacing a coach whose career record is 100 games above .500, you know you're not being paid to cut bait. And time isn't a luxury he has been afforded. Most of the mercenary manner is directly attributable to a major transformation taking place at a tradition-rich football program in the middle of a typically intense recruiting campaign. It is clearly in the best interest of prospects to know they aren't suited for the system. Presumably there will be no further offers to unfit prospects.
It's only from this prism that Robert Nelson's pre-visit pledge to Volunteer can be fully appreciated as the 6-0, 209-pound, defender is an example of perfect fit. An undersized linebacker, he compensates with an explosive first step, a high RPM engine, keen instincts and arresting quickness. Put it all together and you get a coiled striker and tackling machine who is custom made for a heavy pressure system like employed by Monte Kiffin.
As a junior Nelson compiled 176 stops and followed that with 151 tackles as a senior. He also played on the offensive line during those season making his totals all the more impressive. As a four-year starter, Lord Nelson amassed 383 stops and 24 sacks for the Pirates. He was twice named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution All-State team and had offers from approximately 40 schools, including: South Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, Purdue, West Virginia, North Carolina State, North Carolina, Illinois and Mississippi State.
Tennessee was recruiting Nelson before the coaching change, but it was only after Lance Thompson joined Kiffin's staff from Alabama that conditions were set to earn Nelson's commitment in advance of his visit.
Nelson runs a 4.59 and is a rapid closer who does overrun some plays in his eagerness to make the tackle. He's most effective operating between the tackles but does have good chase speed as well as lateral mobility. He needs to polish his coverage skills and read his keys better, but his upside is outstanding. He would be ideal to assume a hybrid role as bandit or rover type defender, who is easy to hide and lethal to launch.
When Scout.com's Steve Robertson asked him to describe his strengths, Nelson said: "One of my biggest strengths is that I have the strength to get off of blocks. My coach has really worked with me a lot on hitting the crease hard. Once I get in the crease, I don't waste a lot of motion getting to the tackle. I just go get it."
That's pretty much the way he handled Tennessee's offer which all goes to show, fit can and does happen.


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President Bush celebrated Kislev by flying to Iraq and dodging a pair of shoes. But Brad Cohen, author of the book "Front of the Class" — and de facto spokesman for Tourette's Syndrome — anchored the White House Hanukkah Reception for him while he was away. Tourette's is a serious and generally misunderstood syndrome but, in the same way as it's okay to envy a man's wheelchair seat at a five-hour march, it would be great to meet the leader of the free world — or her husband — and have carte blanche to say anything you wanted to her.
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