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Pacific Ocean Wall is a spectacular wall of unbroken rock, 100-120m high, stretching for over a kilometer. While some protection can be found in the highly textured rock, it is often not adequate for the length of a route and usually some fixed protection is required.
Access issues inherited from North Grampians
This area is now reopening after the fires in early 2014
Here's an update from Parks Victoria (18 September 2015):
People – it has been a long time coming, and the recovering areas thank you for your patience. As of the 18th September, most of the climbing areas in the North Grampians still closed, will once again open. These areas though, are still fragile and deserve to have a little extra thought given, if and when you decide to head there. The Mt Difficult Range is still in a very fragile state and because of this, some of the closures here will remain in place, except for those cliffs listed. Check out the list below and please continue to read the care info following it. Thank you all in the climbing and bouldering community who have been understanding of the closures and have been actively promoting it to others. Lots of other areas have seen renewed interest. Whilst Nature will continue to throw these events at us, it is obvious that there are always enough cliffs and boulders to go around.
To aid the long term recovery of the Northern Grampians there is a general closure in place for rock climbing throughout the Mt Difficult Range, except for the main climbing areas stated below. Please support the long term recovery of fire affected areas by remaining out of any closed sites. See closure map for further detail. While Parks Victoria regrets the need to enforce closures, substantial fines will be imposed on those found in any closed, fire affected areas. Open and accessible rock climbing and bouldering areas in the Northern Grampians Hollow Mountain Area Barc Cliff , Gunn Buttress , Battlescarred Blocks / The Ammo Shop, Amnesty Wall Area , Andersens , Clicke Area (incl. Kindergarten routes) The Kindergarten (bouldering) Expedition Crag, Turtle Rocks, Sandinista Cliffs, Pensioners Wall Area, Red Wall Area incl Echoes Block, Loopeys , Hollow Mountain Cave, Legoland, Cut Lunch Walls , Koalasquatsy Wall Tribute Wall , The Dungeon, Bad Moon Rising Wall Van Dieman's Land, Rambla Wall, A-Frame Boulder
Summerday Valley Flying Blind. Wall of Fools, Back Wall Bowler Boulder
*Note closures are in place to Main wall, Left wall, Bird wall and Calcutti crag and others east of Summerday Valley due to threatened plant species regeneration, cultural heritage protection and trail degradation.Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre Northern Wall, Central Buttress, Sabre Gully, Grey and Green Walls, Taipan Wall Spurt Wall, Bouldering Buttress, Lower Taipan, Afterglow Wall, Afterglow Boulders ,The Plaza Strip, The Snake Pit , Trackside Boulders. Citadel . Ground Control Caves, Cave Club, Between the Sheeps, Spurt Wall (Bouldering), The Titanic (Bouldering) Flat Rock Area West Flank / Wall of Fuels, Bellepheron Wall ,Epsilon Wall ,Bouldering Cloud Cuckoo Land , Note: new access track between flat rock, the kindergarten and Andersons via Bellepheron wall. Mt Zero Area Pangaea Walls, Toolondo Waters, 4 Cornered Crag, Mt Zero Summit Cliff, Mount Zero West Walls
Iskra Crag Flower Power Block, Shadow Buttress, Emu Crag , Sunstroke Area , Pigs in Space Buttress, Main West Face, Dolgoruki Wall First Tier, Second Tier, Third Tier , North Western Outcrop, Eastern Walls 36 Chambers , Dolgoruki Wall and Three Tiers
Asses Ears Area Sunset Crags, The Secret Crags , Cherub Wall , Maul Wall, Wallaby Rocks, Conifer Wall , Geranium (Brim) Springs, Porcelain Wall ,Wallaby Rocks ,Joey Blocks
Pohlner track and Smith Road Area The Rust Bucket, Martini Rock, Worship Wall, Point 447 ,Bordel Buttress, Mt Emu The Crows Nest, The Eyrie , The Unnamed Cliff, An Unnamed Cliff, Olive Grove, Cave Of Ghosts Cliffs, Ghost Block, The Olive Cave, The Ravine
Eastern Mt Difficult Range No Mans Land, Heatherlie Heights, Cape Canavera,l Woomera The Promised Land / The Pine Plantation, Cliff Lebanon, The Heavens, Lower Heavens, Lunar Walls, The Tim Tams
North West Mt Difficult Range Sickle Wall , Mawson Slab, Mt Difficult Cliff, Epaminondas Buttress, Troopers Creek Cliff, Mt Difficult Summit ,Mt Bloody Impossible Mt Stapylton Campground Cave , Sentinel Wall , The Guardhouse, Warden Wall , Campground Boulders, Titanic Boulder, Doddery Rock, Mt Pleasant ,The Rockwall Area ,Briggs Bluff Area
NE Mt Zero Range Golton Rocks - Cave Cliff , Wave Wall (aka The Sundeck) / The Sun Deck The Sun Gate, Golton Wall, Gog-Magog Crag, G-Land, Watchmen Wall, Coppermine Track Cliff
There are two approaches:
Walk up the Briggs Bluff Walking Track to the first highpoint past Beehive Falls. Pacific Ocean Wall is on the other side of the creek. Turn off the walking track at the highpoint and follow the cliffline. Stay as close to the RH edge of the plateau for the easiest walking.
From an off-road Camp Area 3.8km from Mt Zero Rd, follow pink ribbons and faint track.Takes you to the start of the consistent cliff line near the base of Ghandi.
To access the top of the cliff, continue up the BBWT. It swings south when it reaches the top of POW and follows the top of the wall along a plateau.
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The Briggs Bluff Walking Trail runs along the top of the cliff, 50-100m from the cliff edge for about 2/3rds of its length. At the southern end of the cliff, head north along the cliff edge until you can find the trail.
There are rap stations provided on and above the Kon Tiki Face.
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Red Sox, Cardinals top seeds for MLB's second season
By Larry Fine
(Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals are top seeds in Major League Baseball's playoffs but they take a back seat on Monday as the postseason line-up will be completed with a Texas-Tampa Bay tiebreaker game.
The Rangers and Rays finished the regular season with 91-71 records, thus forcing a one-game tiebreaker to determine which club travels to Cleveland to play the Indians in a do-or-die, American League wild card showdown on Wednesday.
Reigning Cy Young winner David Price will take the mound for the visiting Rays, while Texas counters with rookie left-hander Martin Perez, backed by the return of slugging outfielder Nelson Cruz, fresh off a 50-game suspension.
"I'm sorry for my mistake, but I'm ready to move on," said Cruz, who belted 27 home runs in 108 games before being banned following MLB's probe into the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic accused of distributing performance enhancing drugs.
Price, who battled injuries on the way to a 9-8 record this season, has revenge in mind against Texas. The hard-throwing left-hander has a 1-7 career mark versus them and lost all three of his career postseason starts against the Rangers.
"This is the moment I want to be in," Price said. "I want to be able to relish this moment and go out there and have fun."
The survivor of the American League wild card drama will win a trip to Boston to take on the AL East champion Red Sox (97-65) in a best-of-five Division Series starting on Friday.
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White House: Auto Industry "Resurgent"
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) On the second anniversary of General Motors' declaration of bankruptcy, the White House is capping a weeks' worth of activities designed to tout that fact with a report documenting what it's calling "The Resurgence of the American Automotive Industry."
As we've reported, the President has gotten little credit for Detroit's crawl out of its hole. Democrats took a bath in Michigan this December, in what was, in 2008, such a desperate situation for Republicans that John McCain never fought for the state.
But this week, beginning with a radio address last week by Vice President Joe Biden (while the President was in Europe), continuing with the report, and culminating Friday with a trip to a Jeep plant, the Obama administration is trying to claim credit for the jobs created in the auto industry.
The report says the industry has added 115,000 jobs, which it says is the fastest rate of growth in over a decade.
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North Cascades Institute is excited to announce that Youth Leadership Adventures are now accepting applications for Summer 2015!
This unique program features a range of summer opportunities for high school-aged students ages 14-18 on local public lands. During 8- and 16-day summer expeditions, students canoe, camp, backpack and complete service projects in the North Cascades backcountry - including Ross, Diablo and Baker Lakes - while receiving hands-on training in outdoor leadership, field science, communication skills and public speaking.
This partnership program with North Cascades National Park and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest connects youth to wild places while instilling a sense of responsibility and ownership so they can make a difference in their home communities. Participants will make new friends, gain confidence and leadership skills, enhance their resume and college applications, earn community service hours, and explore the North Cascades wilderness, all while having the best summer of their life!
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Cavuto: Are immigration protests "economic terrorism?"
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Addressing the May 1 "Day Without Immigrants" protests on the May 1 edition of Fox News' Your World, host Neil Cavuto asked: "So is it freedom of expression, or economic terrorism?" At various points throughout the program, the on-screen text echoed Cavuto's question, asking: " 'A Day Without Immigrants'; Economic Terrorism?"
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I don't typically follow music blogs, but I do follow this one. Albeit it is a recent following, I got hooked on the music maps.
And the music maps are why I'm sharing the site with you today.
You can check them out by scrolling down the page and navigating blog style, navigating by Category and selecting Data, or you can check out the following links to get hooked on this blog.
Anti-Preferences in Regional Listening [2]
Favorite Artists vs Distinctive Artists by State [3]
Exploring Regional Listening Preferences [4]
Each of these displays a map of some sort. The first one displays a music map, and the rest use a map of the United States. It's really interesting to see how things differ from State to State. And makes me really curious about how things compare around the world since a lot of artists have global audiences.
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Green Bay Drops Four-Set Match at Valpo
VALPARAISO, Ind. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Despite nine blocks from sophomore Carmen Leitermann (Schofield, Wis.), Green Bay (8-18, 4-8 HL) fell in the opening match of a four-match road trip Friday night at Valparaiso (21-5, 8-4 HL), losing 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-13, 25-20) in Horizon League volleyball action.
The Phoenix had 11.0 team blocks on Friday, with Leitermann totaling six block assists and three solo blocks. The sophomore now ranks fifth all-time in Green Bay history with 53 solo blocks, just two behind Michelle Busse. Leitermann's nine blocks Friday were tied for the fifth most in a four-set match in school history.
"Defensively, I thought we played pretty well, but offensively our ball control was not there," said head coach Debbie Kirch. "We had too many unforced errors due to our jitters and just never got in a flow."
After dropping the opening set, the Phoenix dug deep to pull out game two. The Crusaders took a 23-20 lead on a Tara Diebler kill, but Green Bay scored six of the next seven points to claim a 26-24 win and tie the match at one game apiece. Leitermann had back-to-back aces during the run.
The Crusaders bounced back with a victory in set three before a hard-fought fourth decided the match. Valpo used a run midway through the set to take a 17-11 lead, but Leitermann led a comeback with a pair of blocks and a kill which closed the deficit to two (21-19). However, three-straight kills from Valpo closed the match.
Junior Abbey Gitter (Hortonville, Wis.) led the Phoenix again with 10 kills and only two errors while Leitermann added seven kills to her nine blocks. Senior Whitney Schott (Roscoe, Ill.) set up the offense with 26 assists.
Sophomore Brittany Groth (Oak Creek, Wis.) had a team-high 23 digs. Groth, leading the Horizon League in digs per set, matched up with Valpo libero Taylor Root, who was second in the conference in digs and tallied 28 on Friday.
The Phoenix returns to the court Saturday, playing at Loyola at 4 p.m. In the first meeting between the two teams, Green Bay defeated the Ramblers in a thrilling five-set match on Oct. 1.
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The Pixies
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To my slowly disintegrating brain it seems as if the Pixies first emerged on the alternative music scene just yesterday, in fact it's been twenty-two years since their first full-length LP Surfer Rosa hit the shelves. Time flies. But I remember purchasing the UK import of this album shortly after it was released, mainly on the recommendation of a friend who alerted me to the fact the album's producer was none other than Steve Albini, the leader, vocalist, and bass player of the uber-postpunk Mid-West band Big Black. I liked Surfer Rosa as soon as the needle dropped on the first cut "Bone Machine", and although I might be stretching the truth a little here: I drove back to the record store to pick up their first 12" EP Come On Pilgrim before side one even ended. The Pixies, at least to my mind and ears, were the coming of the new era where pop music actually became listenable again—taking all what they learned from early eighties US punk, mixing it with the melodic sense of sixties rock 'n' roll, the seventies' more appealing pop sensibilities, and even a little hard rock thrown in for good measure. But their brand of rock was an invention all their own, that is, at least Pixies' leader Black Francis with his band that he formed in Boston in 1986.
I don't want to give anyone the idea that Surfer Rosa is my favorite album of all time. It's not. And I bet many audiophiles are going to experience this album for the first time just for the reason that it was re-released on Mobile Fidelity. But there is no denying its place as a groundbreaking slab of alternative-rock wax. Yet I'll even admit that even though it ended up on my turntable regularly ever since it was released, over the years its appearance has waned a bit. But this MoFi re-issue is a great album for audiophiles, even if one has never experienced the band other than maybe their college radio hits (the song "Gigantic", with bass player Kim Deal providing the lead vocals, double entendre and all, was played on college radio almost daily upon the albums release). Nevertheless, audiophiles that never heard this album are in for a surprise. You see, Steve Albini's production techniques were not at all in vogue in the mainstream at the time, so it would hardly fit in with the over-produced, over-processed sound that took root in the eighties that most took for granted that accepted the sound of the studio equipment and its manipulation as "art" (which we could probably blame in large part to producer Martin Hannet and Joy Division), and was inflicted upon just about every band from that time on that considered itself to be "cutting edge", not only from the UK but from all over the world. Mr. Albini on the other hand used the acoustics of the studio as an effect (yeah, like Jimmy Page did with Zep, but only sort of), and in doing so brought out the natural sound of the instruments, whether that was a drum kit, or even a guitar or bass amp. And the vocals remained relatively un-processed other than a touch of reverb. His studio techniques resulted in bringing out the natural sound of the environs in which they were recorded. Combined with the talents of the Pixies, Surfer Rosa manages to sound simultaneously raw and refined not only because of the songwriting, that finds Black Francis (aka Frank Black) penning songs that range from Sixties rock 'n' roll, to hard rocking screamers, to heartfelt ballads—often within the same song. The soft-loud contrasts are said to have influenced countless "alternative" bands, the most famous usually cited is Nirvana, and the Pixies can be at least partly to thank for putting the Steve Albini behind the console at their request for their In Utero album after hearing his production job for Surfer Rosa.
But it is rumored that the Pixies' record company wasn't as thrilled with the production as they were, and the next album had a larger recording budget (thanks to the relative success of Surfer Rosa) and the more record company friendly Gil Norton in the producer's chair. But it is likely that Doolittle 's selection of great songs (and perhaps its more conventional pop production) that propelled the band into alternative-land stardom. This was in large part due to the breakout college radio staple "Monkey Gone To Heaven", the last tune on side one. Call it what you wish: more commercial, more radio friendly... whatever... but there is no denying that it is a great song on a great album. And don't get the idea that because of the production I don't think that the entire album has darn good sound quality. Even though the album has more of a polished production style, it's wide frequency extremes, not to mention the addition of a string quartet on "Monkey...", the entire session lends itself very well to the audiophile experience. The Mobile Fidelity pressing blows away my original UK pressing not only because of its thunderous bass response, but because it sounds as if it lets you hear everything that was printed onto the master-tapes as never before. The soft-loud-soft thing that was so influential on their previous album reappears on some songs, there is plenty of Joey Santiago's distorted/melodic guitar, but a greater number of them have a more rock 'n' roll 60's ballad type of sound and more conventional chord structures. Yet they all still have that unique Pixies sound, and this album would probably be the best place to start if I were to introduce this band to newcomers, not only because of the less idiosyncratic recording style that blesses Surfer Rosa. But while Doolittle has its pop and alternative fans, this album and Surfer Rosa because of being pressed on Mobile Fidelity, are likely to add a legion of audiophiles to its fan base. Every vinyl loving audiophile would be a fool not to pick up both of these great albums. I wouldn't chastise any vinyl loving audiophile if they also picked up the SACD of said albums for comparison, as well as Doolittle's excellent follow-up, Bossanova on SACD, all re-issued with care by MoFi.


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Guggenheim Hires Goldman's Tom Stein for Capital Markets Group
Guggenheim Partners LLC, the debt manager with more than $180 billion in assets, hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s co-head of U.S. leveraged finance capital markets Tom Stein.
Stein, who will start in September, will report to Michael Damaso and Anthony Minella co-heads of corporate credit, according to Thomas Mulligan, a spokesman for Guggenheim at Sitrick and Co. Stein will will focus on the firm's capital market business.
Michael DuVally, a Goldman Sachs spokesman, and Stein declined to comment.
Stein, who co-headed the leveraged finance unit at Goldman Sachs with Kevin Sterling and David Lischer, joined the firm in 2005 from Wachovia Corp. Stein previously served on the board of directors of the New York-based trade group, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association.
There have been $531.6 billion of leveraged loans arranged in the U.S. this year, an increase from $285 billion during the same time period in 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Leveraged loans and high-yield bonds are rated below BBB-by Standard & Poor's and less than Baa3 at Moody's Investors Service.
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The bombshell comes in an exclusive YouGov poll for The Sun.
Last week Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said Britain was "plainly losing" the
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In our survey, 56 per cent want ALL drugs policy options to be reviewed
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But 78 per cent still think the sale and possession of killer drugs like
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That figure was 89 per cent eight years ago.
Over the same period people wanting to legalise hard drugs have doubled from
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Even a well-scrubbed pool can fall victim to metal or mineral deposits every so often.
These blemishes might form around the waterline, or harden along the steps. And because their sources can range from underground mineral layers to popular chlorine compounds, the process of tracing scale to its source — and preventing its return — can seem like a daunting task.
The good news, however, is that scale and encrustation have been studied by geologists, service technicians and plasterers for decades. And the solutions they've developed are often surprisingly straightforward. Here, experts present their steps for diagnosing, removing and thwarting the return of scale.
Compare chemistry
Peering down into a pool, it may be hard to tell much detail about the composition and causes of scale. This leads to popular diagnoses like "high calcium hardness" or "high total dissolved solids." And while it's true that scale's roots ultimately lie in excess calcium, the only way to be sure of its cause — and the proper method for treating it — is to test the chemistry of both the fill water and the water in the vessel.
"I determine the source of scale by comparing the mineral content, calcium hardness, pH and total alkalinity of the source water with those of the water in the pool," says Pat Fay, owner of Pat's Pool & Spa Inc. in Manhattan, Kan. In fact, Fay says, a single comparison is rarely enough — he strongly recommends returning to the job site every other day for at least 10 days, and comparing all sets of samples against one another.
This may seem a tad obsessive — and indeed it would be if fill water chemistry could be trusted to stay consistent from block to block, and from day to day. But the fact is that many cities supplement their municipal water supply with water from wells across the county, which means two pools on the same municipal water system often have completely different fill water chemistry from one day to the next.
Comparing the calcium hardness, total alkalinity, total dissolved solids and pH of the fill water and pool water across several days helps provide a clearer picture of what's causing the calcium to precipitate out of solution and form surface deposits.
For instance, a certain pool might contain excessive levels of calcium — but if the alkalinity and pH are low enough, that calcium may never precipitate out of solution and harden into deposits. On the other hand, the water's conditions may be just right for scale to form — but until a certain level of calcium is actually introduced, the pool might stay scale-free. So it's crucial to understand exactly what chemical conditions are creating a scale-friendly environment in the pool.
Next, take a closer look at what's being added to the water, and where it's coming from, in order to determine what combination of chemical factors are promoting scale.
Trace supply lines
This is where those tests on fill water and pool water really come in handy — a careful comparison of the two types of water over time will help determine whether calcium and other scale-promoting chemicals are entering the vessel from the source water, or if their origin lies elsewhere.
"If the fill water has higher alkalinity or calcium hardness than the water in the pool, you can try to lower your total alkalinity in the pool to compensate for that," Fay says.
Still, it's important to keep the water's overall Langelier Saturation Index value balanced within a safe range — at the very broadest, -0.3 to +0.5 — recommended by groups such as the Independent Pool & Spa Service Association and the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals. (For a detailed walkthrough on calculating the LSI, see the article "Saturation Calculation" in the July 29, 2011, issue of Pool & Spa News.)
If the problem has been traced to fill water, treating it is simply a matter of adjusting that water's chemistry before it enters the pool. This can be accomplished with an in-line softener, a stain and scale control chemical treatment, or some combination of the above — each pool is best treated with an approach that accounts for its unique chemical makeup.
If, on the other hand, the source water contains less calcium than the water in the pool — or if the two calcium levels are roughly the same — take a closer look at what chemicals are being added to the vessel. If the customers are sanitizing with calcium hypochlorite (commonly known as cal hypo), they may also be adding significant doses of calcium to the pool, especially if it was recently treated with shock.
In rarer cases, elevated phosphate levels can contribute to the formation of calcium phosphate, another chemical compound that creates calcium scale. If water testing indicates the presence of high phosphate levels, clearing them out with a flocculent or other phosphate remover will help prevent the scale from re-forming.
Clear it out
Whether the scale's formation is due to hard source water, calcium-based chemical treatments or some other factor, the strategies for removing it follow a clear, step-by-step process.
Start with the gentlest method possible, and step up the onslaught until the scale begins to disappear.
The first line of attack should come from chemical adjustment — if the fill water's chemistry isn't a major contributor to the problem, a simple lowering of the pool water's pH may be enough to help the scale break down.
The next step up is a mild acid wash: One part muriatic acid to 10 parts water (always add the acid to the water — never the other way around). Just pouring the acidic mixture onto the scaled area and letting it sit for a few minutes is often enough for the scale to begin flaking off. In other cases, it may be necessary to rub the spot gently with a rag or brush.
Many chemical manufacturers also carry scale removal kits that include specialized agents for breaking down calcium deposits. These can be a bit pricier than muriatic acid, but they may do the trick more effectively, and prevent the need for more aggressive methods.
In tougher cases — for instance, when the scale's had several seasons to build up a thick crust — it may be necessary to apply a bit of elbow grease. Some techs say sandpaper works wonders, while others recommend a soft but steady scraping with a metal-bristled brush.
If the scale doesn't respond to the treatments above, a more extreme option is to drain the pool to a point below the scale, and attack the buildup with a belt sander, and perhaps a more concentrated bath of muriatic acid. This method is best saved for emergencies only — not only is it costly, but it risks damage to the pool's surface if not done with extreme caution.
In short, the safest bet for scale treatment is to start simple and gradually work your way up.
"We always try chemical methods first," says Brian Diglio, president of Blue Wave Pool Service and Supplies Inc. in Hamden, Conn. "Then we move up step-by-step to physical methods like acid washes and sanding, until we get to a method that's effective."
Keep it out
Once the scale is removed from the pool, there's no guarantee it won't return. Scale has a tendency to creep back onto surfaces during winter closings, when calcium accumulates in the water, and during droughts, when wells bring up calcium deposits from deep underground.
Still, a simple chemical regimen and a careful eye for trouble signs often can prevent calcium deposits from taking hold once again.
Most techs agree that the best way to protect against future scaling is through regular testing of both the fill water and pool water — and vigilant attention to the water's pH and total alkalinity.
"Chemical balance is the most important concern for keeping scale from coming back," Diglio says. Even if testing reveals that the fill water's chemical content is contributing to scale, tailor-made solutions are available. As mentioned above, some techs have solved the problem by installing a softener on the fill line, while others have run the pool's pH slightly lower than usual.
Ideally, though, try to treat the hardness of the source water before it enters the pool.
When it comes to the pool water itself, many chemical manufacturers offer sequestering agents specially designed to clear out scale of certain composition — calcium carbonate or calcium phosphate, for instance. Others are formulated to work under specific water conditions, such as low pH or saltwater.
"I commonly stock five different sequestering agents, depending on what I've found, over the years, to work the best with the water conditions I encounter," says Phil Helland, owner of Crown Pool and Spa Service in Portland, Ore.
Of course, none of these solutions by themselves will ensure a pool stays scale-free. But with a thorough understanding of the source of excess calcium, a grasp of the chemical conditions that promote scale buildup, and the patience to see a treatment through to completion, it's often possible to restore a scaled pool to polished perfection — and keep it that way.


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This Roman inscription resides on the wall in the same structure that houses La Bocca della Verità or the Mouth of Truth. The classical movie "Roman Holiday" with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck contributed to making the Mouth of Truth famous here in the US. In the movie "Only You" with Robert Downey Jr. the characters re-enacted the scene from Roman Holiday.
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Slammers take third at Sunflower State Games
July 24, 2012
The Tonganoxie Slammers 8-and-under baseball team took third in third in its age division at the Sunflower State Games July 14-15 in Topeka. Front row, from left: Gabe Seba, Zane Novotney, Ethan Welsh, Cole Parker, Remi Baldock and Owen Welsh. Back row, from left: Roman Staples, Adam Isaacs, Jace Goebel, Ben Suber, Andrew Wilson and Jesse Young.
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The Sochi Experience
For the second-consecutive Winter Olympics, cross-country skier Simi Hamilton '09 competed for the United States. We look back on his road to Sochi.
American cross-country skier Simeon "Simi" Hamilton '09, a three-time NCAA All-American at Middlebury, did something on December 31 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, that no American male had done in more than 30 years. He won a cross-country World Cup race.
In a 1.5km sprint freestyle (skating) race, Hamilton won a frantic fight on the final straightaway with Canada's Alex Harvey and Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway to take his first-ever leg of the Tour de Ski, part of the cross-country World Cup circuit, and earn his first World Cup podium (top three) finish. The win was also the first by an American male on the World Cup since Bill Koch won the Sarajevo 30km event in February 1983.
With the Sochi Games just a month away, there was suddenly a bit of additional media glare on Hamilton's Olympic prospects. Hamilton, from Aspen, Colorado, arrived in Sochi being talked about as a contender in the sprint events. And he would not have disagreed with that assessment.
As it happened, the Olympics didn't go as well as he'd hoped. All the Olympic cross-country races were held at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center, a lovely venue at the top of a long cable-car ride, a couple of thousand vertical feet above the mountain town of Krasnaya Polyana. Most of the early races, in particular, were held in sweltering temperatures, for world-class skiing, in the mid-50s. There was plenty of snow up at Laura, but its consistency was constantly shifting – slush in the sunshine, glare ice in the shadows – and ski techs had a tough time dialing in base preparations and wax choices. In fact, one of the biggest stories in cross-country racing at the Games was the inability of the vaunted Norwegian team to provide its athletes with skis that worked.
So, against this backdrop, in the men's 1.8km sprint freestyle, Hamilton made it to the quarterfinals, but finished sixth in his heat, with only the top two advancing, leaving him in 27th place overall. He was part of the 4x10km relay team for Team USA that finished 11th. And he teamed with Erik Bjornsen in the men's team sprint classic event, qualifying for the finals and finishing a respectable sixth overall. Bjornsen, a distance specialist, was pinch-hitting for Hamilton's usual sprint partner, Andy Newell, who was knocked out by illness.
"I was really hoping for a little more success here," he said right after the team sprint on February 19, during which he ran six laps of a grueling 1.8km course. "I feel like I've had a lot of good international experience over the years, and I've been progressing every single season. Last year was kind of a frustrating season with a lot of illness, but this year I feel like I made some really big gains, and I've felt fitter than I ever have and my speed is a lot better.
"So, to come here and be 27th in the sprint was definitely a little frustrating. But you know, at the same time, I think one of my strengths is just looking at the big picture, and I think being a good ski racer means that you're a well-rounded racer, and you can process things, and take them in stride and learn from them. And the more you ski race, the more you realize that not every day is going to be the best day ever."
While he found his Olympic experience somewhat frustrating, his focus is on the future. "I was looking forward to this day [the team sprint] all week, he said, "and now I'm looking forward to getting some really good training in over the next 10 days before we have a skate sprint in Lahti, Finland, and finishing out the season really well.
"Yeah, it's a cool experience being here with a great team and a great staff, in a beautiful place, and my family's here. No matter what the result is, we're just lucky to be on this team and be here and represent the U.S."


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Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These short 2-4 minute talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 35 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work and building an audience. Brooks Jensen is the publisher of LensWork, one of the world's most respected and award-winning photography publications, known for its museum-book quality printing and luxurious design. LensWork has subscribers in over 73 countries. His latest books are "The Creative Life in Photography" (2013) and "Looking at Images (2014).
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Sports briefs for 12-3-12
Zags are coming to town
Idol Sports & Entertainment announced that additional tickets for the 10th annual State Farm® Battle in Seattle, the nation's premier neutral site men's college basketball game, will be released to the public on Tuesday for this year's game between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday, Dec. 15, at KeyArena.
The recently released tickets, which became available after Gonzaga and Kansas State released their sponsor allotment, begin at just $16 and are still available for purchase at the KeyArenabox office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets.
The game will be just the third meeting all-time between Gonzaga and K-State, with the Wildcats winning the previous two contests. The teams' first meeting came on March 22, 1994 in the second round of the Postseason NIT – a 66-64 K-State victory – and most recently on Nov. 22, 2010 in the semifinal of the CBE Classic, which K-State won, 81-64.
Since its inception in 2003, the State Farm® Battle in Seattle has been one of the most highly-attended college basketball games in the state of Washington. The 2008 game between Gonzaga University and the University of Connecticut set the state's attendance record for a regular season college basketball game with (16,763). Gonzaga is 5-4 all-time in the State Farm® Battle in Seattle.
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WSGA announces sites
The Washington State Golf Association has announced the slate of sites for the fifth season of the popular WSGA Winter Series, brought to you by Puetz Golf Superstores. The Winter Series consists of four tournaments, one per month from January to April, and each played in a different format.
The series will kick off with a tournament at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on Jan. 25, which will be played in the Stableford format. During the 2012 championship season, The Home Course hosted several WSGA Championships and USGA Qualifiers, including the Washington State Senior and Super Senior Men's Championship in September. It will also be the proud host of the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.
The second leg in the series will be a two-person Scramble held at the RMG Club at Oakbrook in Lakewood, Wash. on Feb. 22. Oakbrook, one of three courses owned by Ryan Moore Golf, was the site of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Qualifier in August.
The Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. will host an individual stroke play tournament on March 15. Consistently rated among the top public courses in the state of Washington, Gold Mountain holds an impressive list of awards, including being named one of the "Top 100 Courses You Can Play" by Golf Magazine in 1998 and 2006.
Rounding out the 2013 Winter Series will be a two-person four-ball (best-ball) tournament at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Wash. on April 4. Much of Meridian Valley's fame is tied to the LPGA and the Safeco Classic, which was staged there from 1982 until 1999. The country club has welcomed several golf legends in its rich history, including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Annika Sorenstam.
Online entries are now available at www.thewsga.org. The tournament series is open to men and women amateurs who are in good standing of a WSGA member club and have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 36.4 for men and 40.4 for women. Formats include Stableford, Two-Person Scramble, Individual Stroke Play, and a Two-Person Four-Ball (Best-Ball). The four events will take place once a month from January through April.
The entry fee for each tournament will cover green fees, range balls, championship prizes, and a merchandise payout. The field will be broken into flights based on gender and handicap index, with gross and net prizes. An additional merchandise payout to Puetz Golf Superstores will be awarded to top finishers on the series-long points list.
Created in 2009, the WSGA Winter Series offers yet another membership benefit, providing WSGA members of all playing abilities with the opportunity to compete in the winter months, prior to the commencement of the WSGA championship season.
Since 1922, the WSGA has been conducting the state's amateur golf championships. Today, it is one of the largest amateur golf associations in the United States. Serving over 80,000 members, 600 member golf clubs and 270 golf courses throughout the state of Washington and Northern Idaho, the WSGA works to continually expand the game of golf to people of all backgrounds.
The WSGA is a 501c4 non-profit, amateur golf association governed by men and women volunteers. The 25-person WSGA Board of Directors employs a full-time staff of 14 individuals. WSGA members pay an annual membership fee, through their golf club, to belong to the Association. The WSGA also serves as a statewide representative of the United States Golf Association (USGA) and works closely with a number of allied associations within the golf industry for the betterment of the game.
Stealth tickets go on sale
EVERETT – Just in time for the holidays, single-game tickets for the Washington Stealth National Lacrosse League season went on sale Monday, Dec. 3.
With individual ticket prices starting as low as $7 per game, Stealth tickets make a holiday stocking stuffer or gift for a family member, friend or co-worker.
"We can't wait for fans to be a part of NLL lacrosse excitement this season at Comcast Arena," said David Takata, president of the Washington Stealth. "Stealth lacrosse is one of the best weekend sports values in our community."
Stealth fans can also buy ticket packages for all eight home games (six Saturday evening and two Sunday afternoon) of the 2013 NLL season. Eight-game packages that include two playoff rounds start as low as $99.99.
Fans can purchase single-game tickets or eight-game packages at www.StealthLAX.com, by visiting the Comcast Arena box office in Everett or by calling 877-MY-75-TIX.
The Stealth begin their fourth season of play in Washington state with its 2013 home-opener against the defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks, Saturday, Jan. 5 at Everett's Comcast Arena. Ticket packages for all eight Stealth home games start at just $99 and are on sale now. To learn more call 877-MY-75-TIX or visit www.StealthLAX.com.
Sports star nominees announced
The Seattle Sports Commission (SSC) today announces the nominees for the 78th Annual MTR Western Sports Star of the Year, the Northwest's premier celebration of Washington sports. Every January, this event honors the athletes, coaches, media figures, sports executives, and stories in or from Washington state for their achievements during the previous year.
Since its creation in 1936, there have been nearly 100 Sports Stars honored at this event. Once an individual has been named a Sports Star, they become part of an elite ensemble, grouped with some of the most notable sports icons in our region's history.
Nominees are selected by the Sports Star Committee, which is compiled of local sports historians, media and others active in the sports industry. Fans can vote for their favorite nominee in the Professional, Male, Female and Sports Story of the Year categories online at www.sportsstaroftheyear.org. The public is encouraged to vote beginning Monday, December 3, 2012 at 2pm PST through Friday, January 18, 2013 at 5pm PST. Winners will be announced during the event on Friday, January 25, 2013 at Benaroya Hall.
Nominees for Professional Sports Star of the Year:
Alex Morgan (Sounders Women FC)
Marshawn Lynch (Seattle Seahawks)
Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC)
Kasey Kahne (NASCAR)
Ryan Villopoto (Supercross)
Nominees for the Male Sports Star of the Year:
Nathan Adrian (USA Swimming)
Austin Seferian-Jenkins (University of Washington Football)
Chris Williams (University of Washington Golf)
Drew Snider (University of Maryland Lacrosse)
David DeCastro (Stanford University Football)
Nominees for the Female Sports Star of the Year:
Mary Whipple (USA Rowing)
Ariana Kukors (USA Swimming)
Katie Flood (University of Washington Cross Country and Track)
Marti Malloy (USA Judo)
Jennie Reed (USA Cycling)
Nominees for the Sports Story of the Year:
The Mariners' Felix Hernandez throws perfect game.
The University of Washington Men's Rowing completes unbeaten season and sweeps the IRA Championships.
Montesano High football goes from fire to state title.
Bellevue High Football wins 10th State Championship.
The Western Washington University Basketball team wins the Division II national championship.
Tickets to the show can be purchased at the Benaroya Hall Box Office, at www.benaroyahall.org, or by calling 206-215-4747. Premium tickets are $100, reserved are $80 and include access to the show and the VIP reception. Show-only tickets can be purchased for $35.
To learn more about the MTR Western Sports Star of the Year, visit www.sportsstaroftheyear.org.
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HTC To Launch Own-Branded Tablet In 2015
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iPad Air 2 And iPad Mini 3 Now Available For Pre-order
Apple's October 16 event was a bombastic. Apple unveiled a lot of things – iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 with 7.9-inch Retina display and Touch ID, 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display and more. Since the revelation, people had been eagerly waiting to pre-order iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3. And finally, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 are now available for pre-order.
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iPad Air Costs $42 Less Than iPad 3 To Make
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When they come out, I'm goin down and buy one! I'd be a fool not to!
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A couple of us went out and shot the PM45 and found the recoil to be horrendous. He traded it the very next week.
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Sabato, Sanchez dismissed as "politics" likely Dem objections to potential Chertoff nomination
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Discussing replacements for outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Larry Sabato asserted that if President Bush nominates Michael Chertoff, "[u]ndoubtedly, the Democrats are going to revisit Katrina. They're going to use the nomination hearings ... to talk about something that happened two years ago in a completely different realm, but that's politics." Similarly, Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez, apparently referring to a potential Chertoff nomination, stated that the "Democrats have already announced this is going to be another piece of political theater," adding that they "want to rehash Katrina, different allegations, start more investigations."
On the August 27 edition of Fox News' Special Report, during a segment on possible replacements for outgoing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia who frequently appears in the media as a nonpartisan political commentator, was shown asserting that if President Bush nominates Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, "[u]ndoubtedly, the Democrats are going to revisit [the federal response to Hurricane] Katrina. They're going to use the nomination hearings for attorney general to talk about something that happened two years ago in a completely different realm, but that's politics." Similarly, on the August 27 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez appeared to be referring to a potential Chertoff appointment when she stated that the "Democrats have already announced this is going to be another piece of political theater," adding that they "want to rehash Katrina, different allegations, start more investigations." Sanchez later said that Chertoff "has shown a tremendous amount of leadership," and that "people can argue about certain details, but ... these were Democrats who supported him initially," apparently referring to Democratic support for Chertoff's nomination as Homeland Security chief in February 2005.
But while Sabato and Sanchez suggested that a Democratic effort to question Chertoff on his handling of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina would be politically motivated, neither Fox News chief White House correspondent Bret Baier nor Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer mentioned that both a House report -- written by Republicans -- and a bipartisan Senate report identified numerous failures on Chertoff's part in his management of the DHS' response to the disaster.
Indeed, the House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina -- which was comprised entirely of Republicans -- released its final report on February 15, 2006, finding that "critical elements of the National Response Plan," for which Chertoff was responsible, "were executed late, ineffectively, or not at all," as Media Matters for America noted. The report's Executive Summary listed several criticisms of the National Response Plan leveled specifically at Chertoff, including:
- Given the well-known consequences of a major hurricane striking New Orleans, the Secretary [Chertoff] should have designated an Incident of National Significance no later than Saturday, two days prior to landfall, when the National Weather Service predicted New Orleans would be struck by a Category 4 or 5 hurricane and President Bush declared a federal emergency.
- The Secretary [Chertoff] should have convened the Interagency Incident Management Group on Saturday, two days prior to landfall, or earlier to analyze Katrina's potential consequences and anticipate what the federal response would need to accomplish.
- The Secretary [Chertoff] should have designated the Principal Federal Official on Saturday, two days prior to landfall, from the roster of PFOs who had successfully completed the required training, unlike then-FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] Director Michael Brown. Considerable confusion was caused by the Secretary's PFO decisions.
- The Secretary should have invoked the Catastrophic Incident Annex to direct the federal response posture to fully switch from a reactive to proactive mode of operations.
In addition, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs issued a bipartisan report in May 2006, concluding that Chertoff's agency "failed to effectively lead the federal response to Hurricane Katrina" and listed specific steps Chertoff did not take in advance of the storm and following it. Specific criticisms of Chertoff's performance included:
29. In advance of landfall, Secretary Chertoff failed to make ready the full range of federal assets pursuant to DHS's responsibilities under the National Response Plan (NRP).
31. Secretary Chertoff failed to appoint a Principal Federal Official (PFO), the official charged with overseeing the federal response under the NRP, until 36 hours after landfall.
34. Secretary Chertoff appointed a field commander, Michael Brown, who was hostile to the federal government's agreed-upon response plan and therefore was unlikely to perform effectively in accordance with its principles. Some of Secretary Chertoff 's top advisors were aware of these issues but Secretary Chertoff has indicated that he was not. Secretary Chertoff should have known of these problems and, as a result, should have appointed someone other than Brown as Principal Federal Official.
From the August 27 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
BAIER: The president said Solicitor General Paul Clement will serve as acting attorney general after Gonzales leaves September 17th. With solid conservative credentials, Clement could be in the running as a permanent replacement. Republican strategists are pushing the White House to get the slot filled quickly.
BRAD BLAKEMAN (Republican strategist): I think that the best choice would be that somebody who comes from outside the administration would have an easy time getting confirmed without the, quote, unquote, "baggage" of having served. Ted Olson would be great, the former solicitor general of the United States.
BAIER: Olson is well-respected on Capitol Hill. Other possible successors include former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson and current Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, a former federal prosecutor, assistant attorney general, and federal judge, but his tenure as head of DHS is open to attack.
SABATO: Let's say it's Michael Chertoff. Undoubtedly, the Democrats are going to revisit Katrina. They're going to use the nomination hearings for attorney general to talk about something that happened two years ago in a completely different realm, but that's politics.
BAIER: Senior aides tell Fox a nomination will likely not be announced before Labor Day, and this White House is preparing for yet another confirmation battle no matter who the nominee is, simply because of the political environment.
At the White House, Bret Baier, Fox News.
From the August 27 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:
BLITZER: Which direction should he -- should he go for a fight or try to find someone who will sail through a confirmation process before the Senate Judiciary Committee?
SANCHEZ: The bigger issue is -- it's very unlikely any candidate is going to sail through. The Democrats have already announced this is going to be another piece of political theater. They want to rehash Katrina, different allegations, start more investigations. It's going to be trouble for any Republican to move through that.
That being said, I think you have a lot of outstanding potential candidates, and, with respect to Judge Gonzales, I think that the Chuck Schumer water torture should have ended on him months ago. I mean, I was one of the people that said he was becoming ineffective and he needed to leave, and many Republicans, I think, agreed with that.
BLITZER: Paul, some of the names that are being floated out there -- and I say floated because it may be none of the above -- but we've heard Michael Chertoff, the secretary of Homeland Security, his name being floated; Larry Thompson, a former deputy attorney general; Ted Olson, you remember him, former solicitor general; George Terwilliger, another former Justice Department official.
Some of those names, like Chertoff, could be controversial. Some of the other ones might not necessarily be all that controversial.
PAUL BEGALA (Democratic strategist): Might not be. Again, I think I'd prefer the two names I gave you a moment ago, either Clement, who's there now, or Comey, both loyal Republicans. Both served under this president in previous posts.
But I think some of those guys, particularly Michael Chertoff, you're right, could be really, really problematic for the White House. And I do disagree with Leslie on this. I've talked to Democrats on the Hill today, and they're not spoiling for a fight. In fact, even Chuck Schumer was very restrained, I thought, today in his press conference. The name I keep hearing by analogy is Robert Gates.
The defense secretary sailed through after Donald Rumsfeld, a very controversial Pentagon chief. The new defense secretary, a loyal Republican, sailed through, because he was the kind of person Democrats thought they could work with.
BLITZER: I guess it depends, Leslie, on who the president nominates.
BEGALA: So, this is not baked in. They don't have to have a fight here.
SANCHEZ: No. It's clearly -- it's clearly that. It's interesting when people say that about Chertoff, somebody who definitely had tremendous amount of support, has shown a tremendous amount of leadership. And people can argue about certain details, but this was -- these were Democrats who supported him initially, and it was not -- not that far -- you know, long ago.
BLITZER: All right. Paul, over the weekend, the Democratic National Committee, some are suggesting, declared war on Democrats. And, arguably, for the presidential election, Florida could be the most important state in the country. What is going on?
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2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group
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Succession Wars[edit]
Formed in the lead-up to the Second Succession War, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group acquitted itself admirably during the hellish conflict, conducting successful search and destroy missions with its fellow First Amphigean LAG on Strawn, Kessel and Kobe. The Second's destruction of a Lyran Commonwealth regiment of heavy and assault BattleMechs in a series of hit-and-run raids over a course of several weeks in-fact spawned the "Light Assault Group" appellation for the entire Amphigean brigade.[1]
As of 3025, the Second Amphigean was initially stationed alongside the First Amphigean on Reisling's Planet, before both units participated in the Galtor Campaign, replacing the Third Benjamin Regulars who were redeployed to defend Tripoli. [2] The Second advanced with First Amphigean towards the real Star League depot on Galtor but fell behind as it tried to maintain formation in the rolling hills, the isolated First taking heavy damage before the Second Amphigean could extract them, the Combine units unable to reach the depot to save the now trapped Kismet Battalion of the Seventh Sword of Light.[3]
After the First Amphigean left Galtor, the Second joined with the Eighth Galedon Regulars in the strike against the Davion-held city of New Derry. Emerging from a sewer tunnel in the middle of the city, the Second's Pollux Battalion took heavy losses including its commander Chu-sa Saxton, but with air-support were able to kill the defending Davion commander Sir William Dobson. [4] [5] After the abrupt withdraw of Warlord Yorioshi's Sixth and Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars from Galtor, the arrival of Fourth Cucis Lancers allowed the Davion forces to run roughshod over the remaining Combine units, the Second Amphigean being ordered by Warlord Grieg Samsonov to retreat off-world. [6] [7]
War of 3039[edit]
As of 3038, the Second Amphigean was again stationed alongside the First Amphigean on Reisling's Planet. When the War of 3039 erupted, Kanrei Theodore Kurita held both regiments back until the Combine's massed counterattack during the combined-Federated Commonwealth's second invasion wave, ordering them to retake New Mendham. Landing on 12 July 3039, the combined Amphigean force initially threw the defending Davion Light Guards and First Chisholm's Raiders off-balance, but the battle eventually devolved into a costly stalemate before the Davion troops were ordered to withdraw in mid-October. [8] Having suffered extremely heavy losses, after the conclusion of the conflict, the Second Amphigean joined the First in returning to Reisling's Planet to rebuild. [9]
Clan Invasion[edit]
Stationed on Galtor immediately prior to the Clan Invasion,[10] by the Clans fifth invasion wave the Second Amphigean had been transferred to defend Avon. Facing the Clan Smoke Jaguar's Fifth Jaguar Regulars, Fourth Jaguar Dragoons and 214th Jaguar Dragoons, and Clan Nova Cat's 274th Battle Cluster and 449th Assault Cluster.both Clan Smoke Jaguar and Clan Nova Cat in November 3051, the Second knew it stood little chance of winning a open stand-up engagement and opted to wage a short but fierce guerrilla campaign aimed at destroying as much of the Clans' supplies as possible. Entire companies of 'Mechs attacked Clan supply depots under the cover of darkness, though in truth their attacks were merely diversions to allow commando units to infiltrate and plant explosives among the supplies. As a result of such "perfidious" tactics, the Smoke Jaguar commander ordered a "headhunter" Star to locate and destroy the Second's command post. The unit succeeded during a ruthlessly brutal strike that killed the entire command staff. Bereft of leadership the Second's efforts began to falter, until finally the Second Amphigean was destroyed just days later at the combined hands of the Smoke Jaguars and Nova Cats.[11] </ref> [12]
Though destroyed, the performance of the Second and Fifth Amphigean LAG against the invaders led the Combine High Command to authorize the creation of the Seventh Amphigean Light Assault Group[1]
Dark Age[edit]
Reformed during the so-called Dark Ages, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group joined the 1st Amphigean Light Assault Group in battling the Nova Cat's Gamma Galaxy on Avon during the Nova Cat Rebellion. Though the two Light Assault Groups were eventually able to destroy the Nova Cats, they sustained heavy losses during the fighting.[13]
In 3144 they also landed on Lucerne where The Bright Suns, their AeroSpace wing, was critical in forcing the Federated Suns to withdraw.[14][15]
As of 3025, the commanding officer of the unit was Brigadier General Karl Gramenov.[16]
As of 3050, the commanding officer of the unit was Tai-sa Pho Lashjui[10]
As of 3145, the commanding officer of the unit was Tai-sa Mitchell "Eagle Eye" Stonethrower[17]
Equipped with light 'Mechs, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group favors "dishonorable" tactics like massed fire.[18]
Composition History[edit]
2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) [19]
- CO: Brigadier General Karl Gramenov [19]
2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)[9]
2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable) [10]
- CO: Tai-sa Pho Lashjui
2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (2 Battalions/Veteran/Reliable) (105% Strength)[20]
- CO: Tai-sa Mitchell "Eagle Eye" Stonethrower
Bright Suns (Wing/Elite/Fanatical) (100% Strength)[20]
- CO: Sho-sa Quincy Terrell
17th Lucerne Recon (Veteran/Questionable) (100% Strength) [20]
- CO: Tai-sa Tammy Houston
19th Light Scouts (Veteran/Reliable) (90% Strength)[20]
- CO: Tai-sa Hikozaemon Igarashi
- The unit had a "B" Equipment Rating.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: Draconis Combine, pp. 94-96 "Alternate Paths - Amphigean Light Assault Groups: Pack Mentality"
- ↑ The Galtor Campaign, p. 24 "History - Phase Two"
- ↑ The Galtor Campaign, p. 29 "History - The Amphigean Advance - Davion Counterattacks"
- ↑ Historical Turning Points: Galtor, p. 14 "Tracks - Dahar No More"
- ↑ The Galtor Campaign, pp. 33-34 "History - Fall of New Derry"
- ↑ Historical Turning Points: Galtor, p. 14 "Tracks - Stand of Defiance"
- ↑ The Galtor Campaign, pp. 34-35 "History - Traitor - Disaster"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 94-96 "Wave Two and Counterattack - New Mendham (July-October)"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 139 "Deployment Table - Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery - Amphigean LAG"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 20 Year Update, p.42 "Draconis Combine - Deployment Table"
- ↑ Invading Clans (sourcebook), p.59-60 "Clan Smoke Jaguar - Fifth Wave: All-out War"
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 119 "Clan Nova Cat - Fifth Wave - Avon (DC)"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 36
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 50
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 62, "Second Amphigean Light Assault Group"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 137
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 62, Draconis Combine - Alternate Paths.
- ↑ Historical Turning Points: Galtor, p. 8
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine),p. 137
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 66, Draconis Combine - Deployment Table continued


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