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Just get a windsurf board and equipment. I enjoy a VW bug. How do i transport this entry?
strap in on the top very very well! (and tight)
Carry the fin and accessories inside the car. Use a purse to enclose your board. You don't need the pod but it will make transport easier and safer. Tie the bow and stern of the case or board to the car bumpers. Secure the mast alongside the board. Do not use rubber bungees. They can stretch as you drive and you may lose the nouns. Put a strap or rope over the load and secure it to your rack. No rack? Cut a piece of mature or discarded carpet to fit under the board. Run the nouns strap through the car windows and safe and sound. Check the load for security after a mile or so. At the sand check how others are moving their boards. Source(s): Surfer
you're going to need to buy hard racks and stack them on top, you might own issues if your sails and boom don't fit in your motor... I have a Civic and usually put two sails contained by my car along with the boom and everything else, my flagstaff that separates I put in my car, and my board and other flagstaff go on top... the hard racks are moderately expensive but well worth it
ignore guy above, using a rucksack for transportation will make it louder and more annoying with the backpack flying everywhere, and there's no reason to tie the front and back of the board down... I usually run the front rope through the footstraps and newly put as much tension on the rope that I can and then lash the flagstaff to the racks with a square lashing (VERY secure), I've gone 75 mph on the freeway like this and not hold it move at all.
Come to think of it, you're probably going to have need of to get hard racks, tie the boom on the bottom of the racks first, next tie on the board and mast on top, then you're probably going to enjoy to tie the sail to the board (fin removed)... The mast substructure, mast extension, and harness should all fit within the car. You may want to remove the harness lines for transportation if you have a long or hasty drive as they'll bounce off the top of your car and bring back really annoying.
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Gaming PC specialist CyberPowerPC launched its first entry-level notebook that leverages Intel's Iris Pro 5200 integrated graphics, the Zeus Hercules. Tucking in an Intel Core i7-4750HQ processor, which is a variant of the Intel Core "Haswell" processor with a larger integrated GPU featuring 40 execution units, and L4 eDRAM cache, the notebook features a 14-inch full-HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) screen. The notebook is also one of the first to integrate Intel's Hyperbaric cooling technology, which works to minimize hot-spots. In addition to the Core i7-4750HQ processor, it features 8 GB of RAM (expandable to 16 GB), SSD and HDD-based storage options, and connectivity that includes Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 b/g/n WLAN, gigabit Ethernet, three USB 3.0 "SuperSpeed" ports, and a multi-format card reader. Windows 8 Pro comes pre-installed. Backed by a 1-year warranty, Zeus Hercules notebooks from CyberPowerPC start at US $1,039.
Integrated GPU only and still THAT fat? Why no one wants to learn a thing or two from Apple, regarding design and material quality (too much plastic everywhere)?
^^ Yeah I'll give Apple 2 points for that. Will see if it continues though.... Wonder how that igpu fairs..
If they start integrating metal everywhere (and provide a half decent touchpad), it will end up costing about the same as an Apple.
It's fatter because everything is not soldered onto the mainboard and it uses a standard height 2.5" HDD. It's just a standard Clevo W740SU and Clevo has never really been a company to make metal laptops. Anand did a mini-review on the Clevo if you're interested in the CPU benchmarks.
Never came across one which overheated. I tried diablo 3 on a MBA 11" and it worked just fine (aside from crappy graphics). Dota 2 on MBP worked just fine too. Granted both are not demanding games, but it should still tax the system quite heavily.


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I hate it when people bash FS users.
it makes me sad! :( :(
I have an issue with some food stamp people too.
I am not against them because times are hard and sometimes you need a hand - it's nothing to be ashamed about. One of my best friends was on food stamps growing up because she was being raised by a single mom who had a minimum wage job and we live in NY, so it's expensive.
I do, like you, have a problem seeing people on food stamps who have all these nice little luxuries that some of us others who aren't on food stamps can't afford. A large SUV...a new iPhone...you would think that they would be smarter and more discreet about their money. It bothers me to see people on public assistance and flaunt pricey material things because it feels like they are taking advantage of the system, therefore, taking advantage of me.
You personally do not know these people's stories or what they are going through so who is anybody to say anything about other people they dont know personally. Maybe they had a good life before and have had these things for a while and hit a rough spot in life for a bit maybe the husband got sick and couldnt work maybe one of the kids got cancer or something and the mom stopped working to take care of her child you just never know so please dont judge.


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Top Five Unread Canons of Literature
In the Shakespeare Top 10 thread Tracy suggested the top five canonical but unread works of literature. This is a hard one simply because some works are reasonably well read whereas others are on lots of shelves unread.
1. Ulysses by James Joyce. Everyone talks about it. It's considered the greatest piece of 20th century literature. I've yet to meet a single person who's read it all the way through. I've tried many times.
2. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. I think that the Inferno is actually fairly well read. Not Shakespeare well read, but for this genre probably close to the top. But how many have actually made it all the way through the whole comedy? There something to be said for hell, which is also the attraction in Milton I think.
3. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton. I think Paradise Lost is better read than some, but perhaps not as much as it ought be. But be honest, has anyone made it through Paradise Regained here? Like with Dante, heaven just isn't as interesting as its opposite.
4. The Trial by Franz Kafka. He's one of my favorite authors but I can honestly say I've never quite made it all the way through The Trial. The Castle might be close. Both bring to bear a tedium of bureaucracy that is quite painful. I've read all his shorter works (some only a few paragraphs long) Kafka's a genius best taken, like strong cheese, in small doses.
5. The Idyls of the King by Alfred Tennyson. I love this book. But honestly, outside of the popular sub-books, has anyone actually read all this?
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Reminds me of that great Mark Twain definition that a classic is "a book which people praise and don't read."
I have not read any of those you list, Clark, nor do I know anyone who has. As a scientist I would also list Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
I haven't read the Tennyson. Or Proust. And I have only read excerpts of The Decameron.
I think The Castle more so than The Trial because The Trial shows up on more syllabi.
You know what I skimmed-read? Faust II. Just couldn't fully engage it.
I'm trying to think if there's anything that people would be scandalized to know that I hadn't read. Hmmm.
I bet there are a hundred readers of Paradise Lost for every one reader of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.
Gerusalemme liberata and Orlando furioso are also more talked about than read.
One book that I couldn't stomach was Tristram Shandy. Life is too short for me to have read more than a few pages.
I tried Ulysses, there was no way. I read the Trial, and only finished it so I could tell myself I'd read it. I had no idea what I read though, so it was a waste of time.
I actually read Ulysses all the way through the year I turned 30. It's not unlike the Book of Mormon — there are some rough parts about halfway in, but if you can push through those it's actually a great read. It helps to read a plot overview, and I have a copy of Ulysses Annotated that also helped.
I do intend to get to Tristram Shandy someday…maybe the year I turn 40.
The only other book on the list that I've read is the Divine Comedy, but that was a school assignment.
Do Cliff's Notes count?
I'd have to quibble with Clark's standards for "unread." By his criteria, the Bible would be the number one unread canonical work because no one reads every last word. What percentage of a work to people have to read before it qualifies?
I think Ulysses and Proust are two very good choices. However, most unread literature is unread for a reason: it's long-winded or impenetrable, and frequently both.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story was an awesome movie.
btw, the link to "The Trial" is um, weird.
I read every last word of the Bible, but I should have skipped some, and have no inclination to read the whole thing again.
I read every last word of Remembrance of Things Past. Proust takes a great deal of commitment–some of it tough to get through and a couple hundred pages could be skipped; but there are moments of great beauty along the way and the last volume is such a treasure–you have to work to get there, and you get this great treasure. It takes something like 200 hours to read the book and I got so used to the company of it that I still miss reading, almost like you miss a friend. I will read this again.
I read all of The Divine Comedy. Sure, Inferno is cool, but going the whole journey, the last few cantos in Paradise are transcendent. There are certain passages and events in scripture that come with a whole new light and understanding now. If you decide to read it, get the most readable translation you can find. I don't think I need to read this one again.
One of the really old works should make the list: Ovid, Virgil, Homer. Everyone knows Homer, but does anyone actually read it? What about Chaucer?
And Tristram Shandy definitely was an awesome movie.
Clark, one summer when I was a teenager, I decided my education was lacking and that I would set about reading the Great Books series. I started with volume 14 and read through all of Plutarch's Lives, an idea I'd had from Frankenstein's monster. Next, I went to volume 31, Descartes and Spinoza. After that I decided to take a break, and then I got busy with other things, and school started again, and my utopian educational dream went unfulfilled. I've since read many more elements of that collection, but I still have many shameful gaps such as Origin of Species, and Wealth of Nations.
Two longish books I would like to read sometime are Gibbon's Decline and Fall, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.
Another crazy project I have is to one day read the entire comedie humaine of Balzac, of which I've probably read about a quarter of the novels. Not much is better than Illusions perdues and its sequel, Splendeurs et miseres des courtisanes. I certainly prefer them to Proust, who, after about 50 pages, I laid aside. I would like to get back to it sometime – I quit because I got busy, not because I didn't like it. On the other hand, I haven't seemed to be in a hurry to start back up.
I'm embarassed that I didn't actually finish Moby-Dick until last year. I read 90% of it for college, but the class moved on before I had a chance to finish.
It's definitely worth the work.
Chaucer is SO HARD to read- that's got to be on here somewhere.
Agreed– Moby-Dick is worth it, 100%.
Clark, how did you escape reading The Odyssey??
Tracy, right — The Canterbury Tales really does belong on the list. Not only is it rarely read, it's also pretty wonderful. And also Beowulf, if we're willing to go all Old-English.
Have I mentioned that I'm the preeminent Proust scholar in America?
I just read a news article a week ago that "War and Peace" was being removed from a library because it hadn't been checked out in over ten years…
ugh, Moby Dick.
That is not a work of literature.
It's a whaling history disguised as a work of literature.
I fell asleep on a stationary exercise bike WHILE PEDDLING trying to read that book.
An entire chapter on hemp rope? Where was his editor?!
Sharpening the spoon, I suspect.
I do think "Call me Ismael" is one of the best opening lines ever. Which pisses me off even more, if I dwell on it.
I couldn't get past the first page of "A Tale of Two Cities" and I've never read Tolstoy.
BrianV: I knew there was a major, major blind spot. I have never read Moby Dick. I haven't read Tristam Shandy or Pamela either, but that's not quite as bad as my emphasis has been the mid 19th/early 20th century novel.
The Faerie Queene isn't so bad if you skim some parts — in some places it's quite beautiful.
Bill: That's an ambitious project. I've read 4 or 5 of the novels in the series. I'm a big fan of Vautrin. What a great character [not great in a moral sense -- great in an entertaining sense]. The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans is the best Balzac to begin with, in my opinion. Although it seems like Cousin Bette, Lost Illusions and Father Goriot are the novels that show up on college reading lists.
Reading The Trial and The Castle is numbing? Hmmm. Maybe I need to write a post on reading Kafka.
"Have I mentioned that I'm the preeminent Proust scholar in America?"
I was slightly disappointed by "Little Miss Sunshine." Great cast, great performances, weak script, mediocre, but artsy, direction. It sort of felt like a cliched 90s indie movie to me. There were a few good moments, but I didn't find it all that funny or poignant.
BTD, Bryce – yeah, not a very funny movie. Extremely funny comment, though.
I've actually read "Beowulf"- but not willingly. It's Chaucer who I find almost unreadable- even if with careful attention to diction it might be brilliant stuff- it really is difficult… sorry. And I feel the same way about Milton- (which is part of why Wills is the preeminent English Language author- it's readable, accessible and enjoyable!)
Now let's just ignore my own grammar and tragic sentence construction.
Little Miss Sunshine was brilliant. It took a whole bunch of 90s indie movie cliches (not to mention National Lampoon road trip cliches) and managed to create much more nuanced and well-rounded characters and scenes out of them. BTD Greg and Allison generally have good judgment, but on this one, I beg to differ. Also, False Henry Gale is not evil.
Moby Dick is brilliant. One of my favorite classes ever was a graduate seminar on Moby Dick. Not too many works could have supported a class like that. There was still plenty to talk about by the end of the semester.
Also, everyone should read The Brothers Karamazov.
In the US, Uncle Tom's Cabin is my vote for #1 work of literature that people reference without having read.
We've read Ulysses, Paradise Lost, Idylls of the King, Moby Dick, and now War and Peace in our book club. Now I'll have to put some of these others on our list. I like having a deadline and people to discuss books with to get me to read some of the tomes I have avoided over the years. Paradise Lost and Idylls of the King have become favorites of mine.
I wish that the classical mythology stories were more familiar to more readers–knowing a large portion of them has helped me immensely in both reading literature and in adding depth to discussions. THe other day my daughter said that public education in our town was like a Procrustean bed–it rather delighted me that mythology was enough her property that she could think about and make those kinds of connections.
Well if you managed all those then I guess your stuck next with either Proust or Kafka, no?
Uncle Tom's Cabin pretty much sucks. It is important purely because it is seen as having an impact on the Civil War. As propaganda it was bad, as literature it is worse.
In response to #34.
Bryce, you just described my personal 7th layer of hell.
I would need to remove my own eyes and liver with a rusty dull spoon.
If you include non-fictional literature, there are plenty of examples. "Wealth of Nations," "Das Kapital," "Leviathan," "The Prince."
Heck, I was a philosophy major with a working knowledge of Kant, and I've never even considered actually reading "Critique of Pure Reason."
How about Tolstoy's War and Peace? I was a Russian major, yet I didn't read it until after college. When my first baby was born I finally decided to read it, since I had so much time just sitting around and nursing her. I absolutely loved it! It is long and complex but a great classic novel.
Greg, I did try reading the Critique. Many times. Can't say I've made it all the way through. (Ditto with Hegel)
Oops, I missed the comments by Matt W. and Idahospud referencing War and Peace. Did you enjoy it, Idahospud?
I'm glad Bryce I. plugged some Dostoevsky, too! (I actually haven't read the whole of Brothers Karamazov. What I've read was great, though.) I just finished The Idiot, and loved it.
Michelle, you really need to finish Bros. Karamazov — fantastic stuff. And reading War and Peace is not as satisfying as telling people that you've read War and Peace.
I confess that Thomas Hardy just doesn't do it for me, though. Jude the Obscure was too hard.
I have a love/hate relationship with Hardy's Tess.
I liked Little Miss Sunshine okay, but I am getting a bit tired of the embarrassing/exhilirating-public-performance-of-pop-music-by-geeks denouement. Add LMS to the growing list: Napolean Dynamite, Love Actually, About a Boy…
Jude the Obscure is the only movie I have ever walked out of. I will not read Hardy as a result.
#45 Michelle–I'm reading it for February's book club, and I'm only about 150 pages in. So far, so good, but I have to keep checking who's who and belongs with whom and has what nickname, etc. Crazy Ruskies.
#47–Tess was so heartbreaking; I have never wanted to change the ending of a book more badly in my life.
Hardy is very much a depressing author. I've never finished any of his works.
Supergenius, you say? More like SuperLOSER! Hardy is brilliant. I audited a Hardy seminar in my final undergraduate semester, and attended it more often than my physics classes that I needed to graduate.
I have often thought that Jude the Obscure should be required reading for newly-returned LDS missionaries.
I tried in vain to get my wife to consider the name Thomasin for one of our daughters.
For easier Hardy (and he's not really that hard), try Far from the Madding Crowd.
Bryce, have you written a post about must-read lit before? Because I'd love to see what kind of list you'd put together on that topic.
Sorry, SG, that was a bit harsh. Hardy is one of my favorites.
#51 Clark, try Far from the Madding Crowd–it is worth finishing. I love the ending. (Not depressing!)
Here's and interesting article on Hardy that appeared last week. The only Hardy novel I've read is Return of the Native, which I enjoyed, but for that sort of thing I prefer Adam Bede or The Rainbow.


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Forget Mel Gibson... The game is based on a comic book of Mad Max and not the movies
Looks good, although I'm starting to get a bit tired of all the games that are set in various "post apocalyptic" scenarios. All them barren landscapes are amusing only so long, but after several games that all seem to take place in the desert I'm really starting to miss the greenery of Oblivion. Just to list a few of the recent "desert" titles: Fallout3 and New Vegas, Rage, Borderlands and Borderlands 2, Mars War Logs, and others that I can't think of right now. Almost beginning to seem like the easy way out, why bother making all them nice green trees and grass slowly waving in the breeze when you can create a desert in a fraction of the time and just sprinkle some rocks about to give it at least some appearance of a natural environment.
As a fan of Mad Max, I'm very skeptical about this game. I'm hoping it'll be good, of course, but I doubt it.
Nice concept,but it dosen't persuade though as a promising good game. Needs work, trailer too small.
Looks interesting, I agree to the comments that it looks like a mix of RAGE and some Fallout. I like it, good that Mad Mel is not in there. Thinking of it, this were still the good old days where Max was the Mad man and not Mel ;-)
Lets see what happens here, it could be good but doing a movie game always if had to pull off. I hope they can do it.
Interesting Graphics
Awesome Brutals
Sweet Rides
No Mel Gibson (Meh....I wouldn't care much. :P )
I will buy this game. :D
I am really looking forward to this. As a huge Mad Max fan its just gonna be awesome. That is if they give it appropriate treatment and not just go for a cash grab using the license.
I really want more of a survival simulation-y game that tries to be somewhat realistic at least in terms of things that are rooted in reality. But that enemy at around 1:18 looks barely human and that worries me. Also, it looks to be a boss fight and that's also something I don't really like.
But I'm a realist, I know the game will probably be a typical modern action game with all the standard game-y stuff that people expect and frankly that today's gamers want. So, I know I'm probably in the minority, but as a huge Mad Max fan it's just disappointing to think that the game we've been dying to see will just be a simple action game like every other and is really only being made to cash in on the upcoming movie, even if it doesn't tie in to it. One good thing though, if it creates a buzz and lots of interest, it might open up the way for a unlicensed crowdfunded game that is more like what I and probably many others want.
I admit the graphics aren't going to really sweep anyone off their feet, but the vibe feels right. The guy doesn't look like Mel Gibson, but can you blame them? I agree he's iconic but even using his likeness would probably cost a fortune and I sincerely doubt they want the hassle of actually working with him. He's kind of a nutball.
I don't see why people are complaining so much. It looks cool, my only question is if this is PS3/360 footage or from PS4/One because the graphics aren't anything mind blowing. They're good but not "next gen".
The female narrator's lack of an Australian accent = failure. Hopefully this video is just from before they realized the error of their ways, and they aren't just going to make Max an Australian surrounded by Americans.
@1wikkid1 You mean the only 6 games in a sea of first person modern warfare games? Yeah, I agree there are way too many.
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@holtrocks . Everytime i play borderlands or Fallout, i cant help but think of Mad Max.
@Egils3270 THE GAME IS BASED ON A COMIC BOOK AND NOT FROM THE MOVIES.... Mad Max of the comic book does not look like Mel Gibson at all.
@Egils3270 Sorry no Mel Gibson in this game! :D
(Unless they are planning to make a DLC Skin of Mel Gibson. :P )
@hystavito My Thoughts exactly lets hope and prey its going to be survival simulation or some form of open world but its not looking good with the above vid cars look way too light ......Christ i would be happy with a good remake of interstate 76 ...........
@Heisenberg87 I like all the examples you gave of why its a disgrace. Like that one where you said that thing.


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I went out early this morning to photograph the snow, no sunrise, but lots of fog. There are a couple of trees in the distance, if you look closely you can see them emerging from the mist.
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Very subtle, the trees in the distance are hardly there at all.
I've been looking at the image, wondering if Stuart is right and that it would be a stronger image without the extra trees. And I'm not sure. But it wouldn't hurt to try and see what it looked like.
Thanks for the comments. I might try getting rid of the emerging trees, but tend to think they add some depth. If you squint at it (!) the background trees disappear, but the picture then looks a bit flat.
Malcolm, I deliberately left a lot of space on the left, though I did also do a vertical version with no space on the left. I might load the other version another day.
Fabulous composition.
The white space on the left works brilliantly.
dont get rid of the emerging trees, they add some depth to the image.
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Barracks boondoggle a waste of time, money
No reason for the wrangling
It's a complicated story, involving arcane legal principles and multiple parties. However, it's impossible to get beyond the simple fact Friday's court decision involving the future of Kapyong Barracks is incredibly unflattering for the federal government.
In review, Ottawa spent more than $10 million over the past decade maintaining an abandoned military barracks and accompanying base housing while it fought four First Nations that wanted the first right to buy the land. On Friday, a federal court decided Ottawa failed to meet its duty to consult with and offer the land to those First Nations.
The kicker? The land and buildings were valued at $8.5 million. That valuation is a few years old, and the value could have risen. Even so, it appears Ottawa spent more than the land was worth to keep it from falling into the hands of First Nations.
If you're confused, you're in good company. Almost no one following this story can imagine a sane and rational explanation for this colossal waste of money. How did we get here?
In 2000, Ottawa decided to abandon Kapyong Barracks, then part of CFB Winnipeg, as part of a massive plan to re-organize military assets. In this case, the plan was to consolidate the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at CFB Shilo, near Brandon. From the moment that decision was made, talk started about uses for the barracks land and accompanying base housing that extended north along Kenaston Boulevard. The initial plan was to sell the land to the Canada Lands Co., a Crown entity that specializes in the redevelopment of federal assets. The CLC envisioned a mixed-use development involving private developers.
The problem was that there was a legal obligation to offer the land to First Nations before other plans could be discussed or approved. A 1997 agreement with the Treaty One bands gave them the right of first refusal on surplus federal lands. Seems simple; offer the land to First Nations, contemplate offers, move ahead with redevelopment.
Unfortunately, Ottawa didn't fulfill that obligation. The federal court on Friday made it clear that although there was some contact between the federal government and the affected bands from 2001 to 2004, it did not warrant a thorough consultation. Later, from 2006 onwards, the court found Ottawa simply "ignored" the applicants and their claims, and transferred the land to the CLC.
If the duty to consult was so clear, and there is little doubt from the case laid out by the court that it was, how could Ottawa have swept aside the interests of First Nations? There are, perhaps, three explanations.
First, a bureaucratic brain fart of some sort. Although not the best excuse, perhaps bureaucrats did a poor job of consulting, assumed that would satisfy the First Nations, and recommended a sale to the CLC without considering the consequences. It's possible but not probable.
The second scenario involves poor or reckless political oversight of the bureaucrats. Our political leaders cannot make up the rules as they go along, but they can help the bureaucracy make the best decisions possible if and when a process runs off the rail. This responsibility fell to ministers from two different governments.
In the early 2000s, the Liberals were in power and ministers such as Lloyd Axworthy, Ron Duhamel and Rey Pagtakhan would have been responsible for ensuring that DND was fulfilling its obligation to consult with First Nations. From 2007 onwards, that responsibility fell to current Tory regional minister Vic Toews. Using the court's own analysis, the real problems began under Toews' watch. During this period, the DND simply swept aside the interests of First Nations and proceeded with a legally untenable plan.
And this brings us to a third scenario, in which Toews and the Conservative government deliberately ignored the legal claims of First Nations with full knowledge of what they were doing. It is hard to dismiss this scenario after reading the detailed chronology of the federal government's actions. In correspondence from Treasury Board, Ottawa clearly acknowledged First Nations had first shot at these lands. In that light, Ottawa's behaviour from 2006 on begins to take on a nefarious tone.
At the very least, this is a problem that should have been solved, a long time ago. But it was not, and now millions of dollars, and an incalculable amount of goodwill, have been wasted for what appears to be no good reason.
It's not the biggest file to sweep through this province, nor is it the biggest example of mindless government waste. What makes this story so maddening is the fact that a solution was, at all times, close at hand. It only took someone with the political maturity and basic sense of justice to reach out and do the right thing.
Take away all of the legalese and complex history, and what do you have? A story about an absence of political maturity, or a sense of justice. And a lot of waste for no good reason.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 15, 2012 A4
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On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal, a plan that would strip federal funding for energy innovation. If enacted, the budget would seriously threaten the country's clean energy competitiveness and damage innovation, the engine of economic growth.
The following is excerpted from the The New York Times:
A long-term Republican budget plan released this week by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin calls for drastic cuts in federal spending on energy research and development and for the outright elimination of subsidies and tax breaks for wind, solar power and other alternative energy technologies.
Under the Republican plan, overall discretionary funding for energy programs would fall to about $1 billion per year. President Obama's 2012 budget, meanwhile, would provide about $8 billion to support clean energy research and deployment.
Mr. Ryan's proposal calls specifically for "eliminating welfare for energy companies." The proposal does not include details on which subsidies would be curtailed, but its references to "uncompetitive" energy sources clearly point to wind and solar power, which typically generate electricity at a premium to fossil fuels like coal.
Clean energy advocates criticized the Ryan proposal, calling it a short-sighted plan that would cede dominance in the fast-growing clean-tech market to countries like China and Germany.
"The Ryan budget has handouts for big oil and a slammed door for the emerging technologies of the future," said Daniel J. Weiss, a senior fellow and director of climate strategy for the Center for American Progress, a liberal research organization. "It's bad for American competitiveness, innovation and job growth."
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"NOOB" Faq Sheet by Birdman1
PSP- Playstation Portable
Homebrew- Homemade games or applications that run on the PSP
Fanjita- Man who created the eloader for 2.0 version and up, works with
Ditlew- Works with Fanjita to create eloaders
Eboot- file that can either be a game or a version update
Eboot Loader (Eloader) - Allows higher versions to play eboot games
FLash1- internal memory of the psp (have access to)
Flash0 -internal memory to the psp, it holds the FW (read only)
Firmware- The operating system on the psp, or what version your psp has
Portal- memory stick based "website", most of them have JavaScript
applications, and links to popular sites (does not require access
Font hack- a hack that allows a person to change their font on their psp
Downgrader- A way to make you version go back to 1.5
MPH- He made the first 2.0 to 1.5 downgrade
MP4- Video format excepted on he psp
Edison Carter- Made the cheatdevise on GTA
ROOT- The main folder on your psp, this contains: PSP, MP_ROOT, etc...
Emulator- Allows ROMs to be played on the psp
ROMs- a game (SNES, NES, GENESIS, GB, GBC, GBA, etc...)that are in the
format that can read thru an emulator
ISO- a image of the contents of a UMD that can be played without the
actual game. (only on 1.5 versions)
ISO LOADER- Used to load your ISO images.
ELOADER- To use homebrew games on 2.0+ versions.
UMD- Universal Media Disc. Comes in Movie, Game or Audio formats.
Lua- A simple scripting language ported on the psp; very popular for
beginning developers.
AdHoc- Ways to play your UMDs wirelessly with people near you.
Infrastructure- Play your UMD or homebrew games over the internet.
RSS- Stream music to you psp thru a website.
GTA- Grand Theft Auto- GTA: LCS
FW- Firmware
DG- Downgrader
2.01+ - Version 2.01, 2.5, and 2.6 (anything 2.01 and above)
MS - Memory Stick
Eloader - Eboot Loader
"Running homebrew software on the Playstation Portable has become very
popular, but is hindered by the fact that the PSP firmware is a moving
target - Sony is patching exploits as soon as they are found. The first
version of the firmware allowed unsigned code to be executed without any
exploits. In the upgrade to this (version 1.5), two exploits were found
to run unsigned code-Swaploit (which involved 2 memory sticks) and
Kxploit (which only required 1). Versions 1.51 and 1.52 (which shipped
with new PSPs) combated these exploits. In the next version of the
firmware, an exploit was found in the PSP's image viewing software that
could use buffer overflow to run small pieces of code, including PONG.
This exploit was used to create a downgrader, so that version 2.0 PSPs
could return to 1.50 state and run homebrew software.
Recently there has been a way of running Homebrew on a 2.0 software of
the PSP using a TIFF image overflow. The "EBOOT" loader was made by
Fanjita who's website can be found at www.fanjita.org
On January 9, 2006, Fanjita exploited a flaw in GTA, by releasing a
homebrew Tetris application that would run under firmware revision 2.50.
Later that month, Fanjita released a GTA Exploit Eboot Loader for PSP
firmware revisions 2.01, 2.5 and 2.6." -WIKIPEDIA
First thing you want to do if rip one of YOUR PERSONALLY BOUGHT DVDS. To
find a DVD Ripper you can search google for "DVD RIPPER" or download my
personal favorites, DVD Decrypter. I do not know why, but this ripper
was taken down a while ago. Another good decrypter is Super DVD Ripper.
This can be downloaded at, http://mp3-tool.com/download/sdvd.exe Once
you have you VOB. Movie file you will need to convert this into MP4
format, also know as MPEG-4. Many free converses can be found but I
found that after a DVD is converted it is easiest if you use pspvideo9.
this can be found at www.pspvideo9.com. From after the download you
will want to convert, so open pspvideo9 go to settings and pick what you
want you quality you would like you videos to be. To see if a certain
video can fit on your psp go to "profile picker" tab and see which
setting fits your needs then click save at the top. Then you go to the
setting tab and pick where you want you to output your videos. To start
to convert your videos click the convert tab on the left. Then press
the "ONE-CLICK TRANSCODE" select your video and let it convert. When it
is done converting you will now want to put it on your psp. Go to the
selected output folder and copy those two MP4 videos. Open you psp thru
USB mode, then open MP_ROOT/100MNV01/ Paste your videos into that folder
and you are good to go. Now when you go to the video icon on your psp
there should be a Video there. Make sure that it is named M4VXXXXX.MP4,
you can have any numbers be X, example: M4V12345.MP4
--The sound is not aligned with the video
Either the conversion was off, or the ripping was off.
--The Video showed up as corrupt
The converting process was off.
--Video does not show up
You did not follow the steps, or it is not a MP4 video, so the psp does
not recognize the video.
First thing you will need to do if see how to game is shown when you
downloaded it.
It might be in one eboot or two (some cases three). No matter how many
eboots you
will have to put ALL the files on PSP/GAME/. The either go to the menu,
or start
the eloader and begin your game.
TO 1.5 USERS- Go to the game menu, click on the icon of the game, the
game should
then start.
TO 2.0, 2.01, 2.5, 2.6 USERS- You can only play games thru a loader, you
open games straight from the menu. A series of loaders were created for
2.0+ users
by two men, Fanjita and Ditlew.
TO 2.0 USERS- use the eloader goes thru a TIFF exploit found in the
PHOTOS of the
TO 2.01, 2.5, 2.6 USERS- they must go thru a different exploit found in
the game,
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. This goes thru a flaw in the
Downloads the latest version at
For easy install for Windows user you can go to
This is one of the very cool things that the psp offers besides
homebrew, and what
is also great about this is it does not require you to have wireless
access. There
are many popular portals, but for this readme i will show my example as
X5 by
psp3d.com . First download the portal (duh), then place it in
PSP/COMMON/ Then go
to the Internet browser and enter where your index.html lies. On X5 the
index happens
to lie in PSP/COMMON . So you would enter the following
Dont forget the .html at the end. If you have entered it correct then
you should
see your portal.
NOTE: Some portals have there index named something different, read the
readme to see
what it is named.
1. Download the Font here: http://psp3d.com/FHacker093.zip.
2. Download the RegHacks pack here: http://freeplay.unaligned.org/RegHacks.zip.
3. In the Reghacks ZIP file are two folders - 'fontmod' and 'psp'. Copy both of these to the root of your memory stick. If it asks to replace files, say Yes To All.
4. Extract the Font program to a folder on your PC. It doesn't matter where.
5. Look in C:\Windows\Fonts for some fonts you like. If C:\Windows\ isn't your Windows folder, find it, then go into the Fonts folder. Make sure they say that they're TrueType fonts. Copy those files into your Font folder.
6. Open up Font and load one of the font files you copied. Tweak the settings to your liking, then click Add Font.
7. Repeat #6 for as many fonts as you want to convert.
8. Pick the font you want to use from the list and click "Install font to PSP."
For this to work well and sound good you must have a very good WIFI
signal strength.
First go to a website that offers a good RSS channel. I personally like
this one site called google.com. well click on the RSS icon and download
the channel. When you go to the Network Settings on the menu and click
on the RSS icon your channel should appear. This is exactly like
listening to a MP3 thru your Music Menu.
For the PSP to play the music it must be in a MP3 format. You can NOT
just transfer music from itunes to your psp. Itunes music is not in MP3
format, it is in a MP4 format with added security. Mac did this so
people would not steal there music, but there is a way around this
security. You must first burn it on a CD. Then from the CD convert it to
a MP3. Also, it does not have to come from itunes, if you buy a CD from
a story it will be just like after a burn from itunes.
First thing you will want to do is download a good CD to MP3 converter,
such as "Free CD to MP3 Converter". This can be downloaded at
http://www.qwerks.com/download/7779/cdtomp3freeware.exe or
http://www.eusing.com/Download/cdtomp3freeware.exe Look at a pic here
Unlike your videos, these can be named whatever you want it to be. Once
they are converted just drag the MP3 to PSP/MUSIC folder.
NOTE: Very easy to download music from a P2P and just drag and drop the
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On different firmwares there are different folders.
*********HOW TO USE FontHacker 0.93***********
This is a little program that lets you edit and manage your fonts from
your PC to your PSP. Download from http://psp3d.com/FHacker093.zip .
This is pretty self explanitory, to get a font go to C:\Windows\Fonts.
Then in the program you can edit where you like the shadow, or how big
you like the font. From there you are ready to go.
I have personally tried t his and it worked good enough for my tastes.
Before i go into detail there is one requirement, you must own the game
Wipeout Pure. If you do not own it i advise u to buy it, the gameplay is
ok, and you can go on the internet.This was discovered after they learned
you could download tracks and cars from a web based page.
How this works is really ingenius, By chamgeing the primary DNS they could
make it not go to the download page, but a page of there own. This is
actually pretty simple to do though, which is always good. First thing to
do is go to the system settings, then follow by going to the bottom and
clicking on system settings. Scan the area for a high percentage SSID.
When it asked you for manuel or automatic press automatic everytime untill
it says DNS settings. Whenu are there you will want to change the numbers
and the pattern till you have 220.127.116.11 Go open Wipeout Pure as usual,
go to the downloads section and start it up. you should not go to the
downloads page, rather a portal by PSPforums.w3.to , from here you can go
to google, or just enter a url in the address box. This is not a cool or as
complicated at the 2.0+ browsers, but it does what it needs to do. Have fun.
First thing you should know is that this is not how to edit the contents or
mess with the game or do cool things like that. This is just a way to take a
eboot apart so you have the icons,the pics, music, and the data files. This
is very usefull if you are making a grafix edit and want to change the icon
and the pic that appear when you look at the eboot in the game menu. Once
you extract you can also change the names of the games by opening the PARAM
with notepad. Then editing the name in the middle to whatever you want.
Dont edit anything else or you will mess up you game from working.
NOTE: This will work for all versions version, but the method of doing it is a bit different.
First thing to do is go to the page of your favorite flash file and extract it. To do this go
to the View toolbar then the Source. That is the page, look through it till you see
www.(Whatever it is).swf THIS IS GOLD. Go to google and paste the lnk in the box. It will have
a icon below that says you can directly go to that page. Right click and Save Target As. There,
you should now have the flash (swf) file.
1.0/1.5/2.0/2.01/2.5 People: To view your flash you must do it through the File assistant, this
can be found at http://s15.invisionfree.com/PSP_Foru...?showtopic=408 Just simply press
X on the file of the swf. on your psp.
2.7 People: Go into your browser and type in the location on the file, such at file:/psp/flash/coolgame.swf
ATTENTION!! All these methods are really really laggy.


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It's a new Autumn week yet so far it's the same result…cloudy, cool and damp conditions. Not much will change through the night and tomorrow as we are locked in with NE flow off the water. The onshore flow won't be as strong tomorrow as it was today so there is a chance for some midday brightening and even a few sunny breaks. The best chance will be inland away from the water. With the lack of sunshine and wind direction temps will struggle to get into the lower 60s. Late in the day a coldfront will work in from the west…along it, another round of showers will break out late in the day and last into the first half of the night. The front itself will clean out this stagnant, moist system and drier air will return with ample sunshine on Thursday. The sun will feel great but it will be a bit tainted due to a brisk westerly breeze.
The upper level flow will pick up speed late this week and the next system will race through on Friday. Clouds will increase out ahead of a coldfront but with dewpoints in the 30s, moisture should be limited and only some spotty showers will accompany the frontal passage in the afternoon. Much more eye catching will be the brief cold blast that follows. High pressure will quickly fill in behind the front and late Friday night winds will slacken off. Under clear and calm conditions temps will nosedive into the 30s in most spots outside of the city. Frost is likely at this point and therefore it's time to harvest the last of the veggies from the garden. The sun will offset the chill rather quickly on Saturday but daytime highs will still only manage to get to the mid 50s.
After a shot of the coldest air of the season a nice little warmup will commence on Sunday…temps will recover into the 60s Sunday and even 70 on Monday of next week. The trade off for the warmer air will be a cloudier sky and a few showers.


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EXCHANGE RATES UP OH HEAVY DEMAND; Sight Bills and Cable Transfers to London Sell Above $5 to the Pound. CABLES ARE A FEATURE Brokers See Signs of Increased Exchange Through Sales of Grain and Cotton.
Foreign exchange rates advanced rapidly yesterday as the result of a heavy demand, and both sight bills and cable transfers to London sold well above $5 to the pound sterling. At the high level of $5.02 for cables and $5.00 3/4 for demand sterling the market was more than 7 cents to the pound higher than the lowest figures of last week.


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The transition to middle school may be one of the toughest transitions during childhood, for both parents and kids. Some families glide through unperturbed, but for others, this is a rough road that will smooth out as everyone adjusts to the new expectations and rules. The most important thing to remember during this period is to not cut your middle schooler loose quite yet - they are not really ready for the independence we give teens, and they need you to help them with this transition.
In general, it is not uncommon during the middle school years for kids to drastically change their effort or performance in school, be snuggly one minute and aloof the next, prefer peers to parents (at times), and to think that parents are completely out-of-touch with their reality.
It is perfectly normal for your child to be nervous about starting middle school. Not only are they facing a large group of peers whom they do not know, but they also may be exposed to bullying or teasing, and more peer pressure to conform to social norms. For the first time ever, your child may feel competition for grades, success in sports and popularity.
On top of starting at a probably larger school, your middle schooler will have to get to know new staff and teachers, as well as deal with new behavioral expectations. In middle school the academic workload gets harder, grading gets tougher, there is more homework and more long-term projects to organize, and usually less teacher-initiated contact with parents.
On top of that, your child may be dealing with the onset of puberty. Depending on how far along they are, they may be concerned about hygiene, pimples, greasy hair, the growth of breasts and/or genitals, and for girls, the onset of periods.
Below are some of the things that may make your child nervous. Try to discuss these things with your child and share your own experiences. You may even want to go to the school, map his or her classrooms, practice using the combination lock, talk to a staff member about the rules and try to alleviate some of the anxiety about each thing he or she is worried about.
- Getting lost or finding classes
- Opening the locker
- Getting good grades
- Bullies and/or being teased
- Making new friends
- Having more than one teacher
- Finding the bathroom
- Not knowing the school rules
- Carrying around all those books
- Feeling stupid compared to other kids
- Being embarrassed by parents in front of other kids
- Puberty (pimples, body changes)
- Changing before and after P.E. in front of other kids
- Going from class to class without being late
- Having girlfriends or boyfriends
- Having someone to sit with at lunch
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Tottenham have signed Giovani dos Santos from Barcelona. The talented youngster could cost Spurs up to £8.6M
Giovani dos Santos had signed a contract with Tottenham for five years. Barcelona will receive an initial fee of £4.7M followed by another £3.9M depending on appearances.
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Nothing new, 'institutionalized' corruption, a tradition in both government and business in Knoxville.. Anyone know the 'status' of the current investigation of 'untrustworthy trustee', and the undeserved payraises and bonus's, taken by Duncan?? Has he escaped untouched?? What about the 'office party animal' taxman, the SharpsRidge Flasher, the mysterious envelopes of cash, floating about the courthouse?? Ghost employees, insider consulting fees, padded services contracts that avoid the bidding process, from in-law saturated business, unaudited charities, some that pay moms to babysit their own kids, development corporation land swaps and government sales, insider information to 'anonymous' investment groups, and on and on.. Then we have out govenors family business embroiled in a rebate rip-off scam..
When the FED's have to intervene, in local politics, to get prosecutions, things are bad, real bad.. From a pilled up judge presiding over high profile murder trails, to the local headquarters of the govenors family business, raids by the FBI, IRS, the Federal Government seems to be the only hope at cleaning up the mess..
Again, Anyone know the 'status' of the current investigation of 'untrustworthy trustee', and the undeserved payraises and bonus's, taken by Duncan?? Has he escaped untouched?? Wheres 'Walker Texas Ranger', or 'Buford Pusser', of Walkinn Tall' fame when you need them?? Anybody going to step up and spill the beans, penetrate the 'curtain of silence', or is everybody going down with the ship??
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Yes. I cant get anything for Ridley... With him being horrible/hurt and blount fumbeling. come week 12 Vereen will probably be a 3 down back. Im thinking atleast
How is Gordon available? 6 Person league?
Bell is just better?? how do you figure? because hes played in 0 NFL games compared to a guy whos won the rushing title multiple times on the Jags who have been bad forever... Steelers have NO offensive line and NO hope this year. Maybe when the Steelers figure out their offensive line issues Bell will be good but Id go MJD for sure. especially with them getting rid of their zone blocking. MJD will be solid.


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Parking meters were installed at the First & Main Town Center by property managers to encourage moviegoers at Cinemark 16 and IMAX Theatre to use the free remote lots, leaving the closer spots for shop-and-go customers of the restaurants and shops.
Property managers had security guards issuing tickets to those who didn't feed the meter. The tickets threatened to "boot" any car that accumulated seven unpaid tickets. Here is a typical boot.
Nor'wood Development Group's property manager stressed that no car has ever been booted. And they have discontinued the meter program pending further review. An assistant city attorney said there is nothing in city ordinance granting any private group the authority to ticket and "boot" a car.
Here is a copy of the tickets that were issued.
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When Fermoy-born Paudie McGrath began researching his family tree, as part of a millenium project, three years ago, little did he realise the mammoth task that lay in front of him. But now after three years of painstaking research, he can trace his Fermoy family roots back to 1620. In the process he has also learned much about his native town, including the old street names in the town. Paudie now has his own website at http://fermoyireland.50megs.com/ where photographs of many parts of the town can be seen. He has also carried out extensive research on the old and new Kilcrumper Cemeteries, both Military cemeteries in Fermoy, the Famine Graveyard, Kill St. Anne Graveyard, Castlelyons and St. Dominics in Glanworth. Paudie, who now lives in Bishoptown in Cork, spent 24 years in the Army and has a particular interest in the history of the British Army in Fermoy. British troops first came to Fermoy in 1797, but it was 1809 before the first Barracks was completed at a cost of fifty thousand pounds. It was recorded by James Roderick O'Flanaghan, son of the barrack master in Fermoy that Sir Arthur Wellesley, later to become the Duke of Wellington, was one of those who made the decision to station troops in Fermoy. O'Flanaghan claims that it was a result of a long "interview" with his father, Captain John Fitch |
O'Flanaghan, that Wellesley came to that decision.
He also claims that "It was from Fermoy the troops went that fought and gained the victory at
Waterloo." In his research on the British Army in Fermoy, Paudie came on the tragic story of Mary Ellen Bailey and Denis Donovan, a soldier with the 67th Field Battery, Royal Artillery in Fermoy, both of whom were murdered in 1895. By the strangest of co-incidences, I had just come across the same story. The double murder caused much excitement when both bodies, with very severe injuries, were recovered from the Blackwater near the town. At the inquest on 31st July 1895, a Thomas Shea gave evidence that on the night of July 1st at 11 o'clock he heard a piercing scream from a female and a few minutes later saw a few artillery soldiers coming from the direction of the scream. A number of military witnesses were cross- examined but nothing of importance was elicited. Inspector Ball read out a pitiful letter which Denis Donovan had written to his mother stating that his life was a misery and appealing to her to get him out of the artillery regiment. Nobody was ever charged with the murders and the Coroner, Mr. Rice, expressed his |
by Jim Lysaght Avondhu 23 October 2003 dissatisfaction at the manner in which the majority of the military witnesses had given evidence. District Inspector Ball was very critical of the thirty or forty people who were walking on the riverbank that night and who refused to come forward and give information. From the description given, it would seem that the murders were committed on Barnane Walk. This is just one of the stories of Fermoy's past. With meticulous attention to detail, Paudie has photographed the inscriptions on the gravestones at all the previously mentioned cemeteries and all of these are now accessible (or available from Paudie) online. The whole website is a joy to trawl through and great credit is due to Paudie for making all his carefully researched material available so freely. Paudie would like to express his thanks to the following people who were so helpful to him in his research: Linda Taylor from Wollongong, New South Wales; Councillor John Murphy; Christy Roche ; Michelle Fenton, Cork County Council; Rose Carroll Town Clerk Fermoy U.D.C.; Gedda O'Shea Cork County Council and all the staff at the Fermoy Library. |
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Sep. 15, 2009 A breed of pea seeds has been created that contains antibodies against coccidiosis, a disease caused by a parasite that attacks chickens. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology describe the development of the GM seeds, and demonstrate their effectiveness in preventing this economically important illness.
Sergej Kiprijanov worked with a team of researchers from Novoplant GmbH, Germany, to develop the seeds. He said: "There are a few major issues precluding the use of monoclonal antibodies for passive immunization of chickens against infectious diseases, primarily the costs of antibody production and treatment. Treatment costs are high because antibodies must normally be given intravenously; otherwise they are destroyed in the animal's gut. By expressing the antibodies inside pea seeds, they are protected from this degradation – allowing our system to dramatically reduce treatment costs."
The researchers found that chickens infected with the parasite and allowed to eat the antibody-containing pea seeds, shredded into their feed, were significantly less likely to contract coccidiosis than chickens fed ordinary pea seeds in their fodder.
Kiprijanov said: "Compared with methods of active vaccination, the passive immunization strategy described here is an easy and non-invasive method to use in commercial settings. The cost of production is comparatively low, utilizing current agriculture technologies, and the strategy can be used in combination with other antiparasitic agents."
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In Reply to: Re: Miles versus kilometers in Ireland posted by Mike on April 24, 2001 at 18:39:50:
Yes I remember confusion driving out of Dublin after many years absence from the country. There were big green signs with distances and speed limits in kilometers per hour. There were also the old smaller white signs with speed limits in miles per hour. They did not always agree. And the scenic bypass from the west to the airport through Scribblestown. It looked like a travellers encampment with lots of garbage. Hope things have changed.


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They've recently opened up their happy hour for the weekend! $1 oysters and appetizer and drink specials from 4-7.
They've recently opened up their happy hour for the weekend! $1 oysters and appetizer and drink specials from 4-7.
Reminds me of Cape Cod. Great oysters, great cocktails and a simplistic ,beachy vibe. Happy hour is definitely the best time to go.
We went to the comedy cellar and were looking for a place to dine after the show. Most restaurants were packed and the Mermaid Oyster Bar just seemed to be as crowded as the rest. But they managed to find a place for us. The service is super-fast and the waiters are nice and friendly. The bar and restaurant settings... More
If you love oysters, must go to Mermaid Oyster Bar before 7pm for Happy hour! You can enjoy eating dozens of oysters with a reasonable price of wine. The restaurant is small but very neat and clean. I will definitely go back again!
Get there early for the Oyster happy hour and stay for dinner as well. Really good option in the area. Pretty good fish tacos.
Again, the New Yorkers that moved to Phoenix Arizona who get no fresh seafood in Phoenix! We found this restaurant on Tripadvisor, rated at $$. We walked in on a Friday evening at about 7:30pm without a reservation. Great luck, they were able to seat us immediately! I suppose that is because we arrived just after the Happy Hour that... More
If you are near the mermaid oyster bar at around 5 pm spend a couple of hours there soaking in the new york atmosphere. The oysters are $1 each between 5 and 7 pm and beer is $5 a glass. The atmosphere is so new york and the service is excellent. This is the new york you see in tv... More
A small restaurant that gets very crowded, especially for happy hour (from open to 7 pm) but with good reason. The drinks are discounted and the fresh oysters are $1-$1.75 before 7 pm. Good location for an evening in Greenwich Village as there are many comedy and music clubs nearby. The oysters are on the small side but delicious and... More
The Mermaid Oyster Bar in the Village is a very good restaurant. Went on Monday night which happens to be the night they have specials. Being from Alabama, we love Apalachicola oysters and the eastern oyster special from Virginia didn't even come close to the size and flavor of the oysters we are used to. That said, we did enjoy... More
Great place, basically locals, food was very good, though when crowded very noisy...also, very small inside. However the food was very good and they had some good values for oysters on Mondays.
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Join Campus Recreation and Outdoor Adventures as we Paddle and Camp the Sipsey River on November 17 and 18 (Saturday and Sunday). This is our favorite and most highly recommended trip.
The Sipsey – the only National Wild and Scenic river in the state - is the epitome of wilderness paddling with a fun Class I rapid around large boulders. High cliffs rise steeply – up to 300 feet - from the carved canyon into the sky, exhibiting rocky grandeur. The water is crystal clear until it flows into deep pools, where the color turns to a beautiful turquoise. The clarity of the water makes it easy to see a variety of fish, such as largemouth bass and bluegill. Lush arrays of vegetation and beautiful wildflowers accent the gray canyon walls in the spring and early summer. Huge overhangs and many small caves invite exploration. After a rain, the sight and sound of waterfalls cascading off the walls and into the river prove that this is still a work in progress.
Day 1: Leave Rec Center at 7 a.m. and drive 6 hours to Double Springs. Paddle 3-4 miles until late afternoon. Set up camp in William Bankhead National Forest next to river. Paddle, fish, and explore for remainder of day.
Day 2: Paddle 6 -7 miles. Return to Mobile (around 7:00 p.m.)
Cost: $70 for students and $75 for family member; $75 staff/faculty/alums and $80 for family members; $85 non-USA. Price includes transportation, canoe/kayak, sleeping bag, tent, cooking gear; does not include food. Payable in full by Thursday, September 29.
How to sign up: Leave a check payable for the full amount payable to "U.S.A." (sorry, no cash) along with your name and cell phone number at the Front Desk of the Student Recreation Center. We will call you to confirm your place on the trip along with more information. We will accept registrants up until pre-trip meeting. Fees are then non-refundable UNLESS we can replace you with someone on wait list or the trip is canceled. Checks will not be deposited until completion of trip; if trip is canceled, all fees will be refunded.
Trip limit: maximum of fourteen, minimum of eight.
Mandatory pre- trip meeting on Thursday, November 15, 8:00 pm at Student Recreation Center to sign forms, discuss trip, hand out gear, answer questions.