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Sports poetry - My collected works
Many of you already know that I write the occasional poem and actually have the balls to post them.
Though it may look like a sign of insecurity to post them again I decided after Pookie brought it up to collect them on one thread for those who haven't seen them before or who may not be totally sick of them, plus this site dumps threads after a while and thought it might be good to have them in one place for reference.
The first one was written prior to the opener vs. the Steelers last year (2002) and was basically my first real attempt at a complete poem.
It is purposely melodramatic as that did strike me as basically a war.
When the last echo dies
They ride in from the West like the curtain of old
Cloaked in the colors of midnight and gold
With eyes filled with fire from long winter's despair
And howling like wolves as they enter our lair
To revenge they are sworn, oaths taken in blood
Unleashed like the fury of a terrible flood
An unstoppable force is what many would say
But an immovable object stands in their way
Now many a word has been written and said
Long 'ere the first drop of blood has been shed
Of how heavy the head is that still wears the crown
And how mighty the armies that would take us down
But deep in our souls is a fire without name
That asks for no quarter and burns like a flame
That bows not to glory nor seeks out its light
And stands in defiance, never turns from a fight
As the battle is joined with flesh and bone and not swords
And is squared on the field with great deeds and not words
In the heat of the moment some will rise and some fall
Some will hide in the shadows or will answer the call
And when the anthems are played and the coin has been tossed
Whether fortune shines down or if stars have been crossed
What befalls on that night is a tale not yet told
And can't be revealed not for love nor for gold
And when the beacon is cast on the stars overhead
And the warriors to the arena are led
Let our voices be joined in a thunderous roar
To remind them of what they are fighting for
And may it be said many long ages hence
That tonight starts a journey, a mighty defense
Well knowing the road many pitfalls may bring
But a small price to pay in the quest for the ring.
And after the fray when the last echo dies
With a September moon shining bright in the skies
Would that the victors in the end standing true
Are the Champions of the Red, Silver and Blue
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This one was done prior to the 1st Bills game last year:
Drew Has Left the Building
It started many years ago when our record was the worst
There was a golden boy named Drew and the Tuna picked him first
It wasn't very long before long sufferin' fans could see
That this kid was the one to bring respectability
He hailed from Walla-Walla in the state of Washington
And the balls flew from his fingertips like bullets from a gun
Even as a rookie - you could see him standing tall
It looked like he was Canton-bound, a sure thing for the Hall
Could he throw a square out? Yes, like few before him could
and fans up in the stands would say "My God this kid is good!"
His legend was a-growing and the wiseguys in the know
Could see his arm'd take us just as far as we would go
A team was built around him and the kid became renowned
And the Pats no more were doormats but contenders for the crown
The wins they came in bunches and we finally had our day
But were beaten in New Orleans by the Packers from Green Bay
Our fortunes started slipping when the Tuna took his leave
And Kraft brought Pete the Poodle in with nothing up his sleeve
Now many were the reasons for the Patriot's decline
Some said it was the coaching, others sure it was the line
Some blamed Bobby Grier, the man who couldn't pick his nose
And DB's started snatching all of Bledsoe's errant throws
And many were the questions that began to fill the air
As Drew's once steely eyes began to show a vacant stare
"A Deer caught in the headlights" is was what his detractors said
"No fire in his belly" and "His cleats are filled with lead"
The Drew fans said "Don't blame him- he's no supporting cast"
"You must be blind- have you not seen what he's done in the past?"
And so in Patriot Nation - had begun the great debate
The biggest controversy since "Less filling" or "Tastes great"
Each boast that he's a leader or that his spirals spun so sweet
Were countered by assertions that the guy had happy feet
If Belichick had his doubts at least he kept the status quo
Until Drew's chest was stove in by the force of Lewis' blow
And while Bledsoe was laid up, almost dead as you'll recall
They named young Tom the starter and they handed him the ball
The Bledsoe faithful flipped out when he healed and rode the pine
"Add insult to injury" was their collective whine
Young Brady wasn't good enough to ever please that crew
That worshipped at the altar of a fallen God named Drew
And then their prayers were answered it was in the Pittsburgh game
Lee Flowers yanked Tom's ankle and the new kid came up lame
So the call went out to Bledsoe, to come to the rescue
And both camps held their breath because they'd seen what he could do
He staggered like a drunken moose and tossed a hook shot up
Then threw it straight to Porter who then quickly coughed it up
But the eyes of Bledsoe's faithful saw Montana in his prime
The Brady bunch said "HolyShit, we dodged a bullet that time"
"We won it ALL with Brady" was the Tom supporter's sneer
It was rapidly apparent that both could not stay here
Old Drew was like a maiden who was pining for a date
But the phone was not a-ringing and the hour was growing late
Then finally his ship came in from snowy Buffalo
They were his only suitor and we sadly watched him go
Some people they got misty eyed, too bad it came to this
So we packed him off with a box lunch and a farewell kiss
Some said "We will regret it", some said "Good riddance, Drew"
And the bloody controversy reared it's ugly head anew
Now Halloween's approaching and the Bledsoe Bowl is 'nigh
This QB controversy is like "The Thing That Wouldn't Die"
And now Drew's moon is waxing and Tom's is on the wane
The best laid plans of mice and men have gone astray again
And what's important Sunday is not which one stakes his claim
But Bledsoe versus Brady will be the game within a game
Oh somewhere in this land of ours there's one who doesn't care
The way they throw the deep ball or the way they comb their hair
But not here in New England where the two sides never quit
The mighty Drew has left the building, now let's all get over it.
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Then I did another for his return to Foxboro.
Return of a Favored Son
They say that you can't go home again and the road goes ever on
But return you must again - to see if where you left is gone
And sadly many times it seems a different place we find
And those out of our sight are sometimes also out of mind
But we keep a special place for some, and never can forget
The ones whose exit you rejoice or those that you regret
The ones who made a difference and the ones who left their mark
Or coaxed a raging bonfire from a tiny fading spark
But now the page is turned and a new chapter has begun
And (still) balls leave Drew's fingertips like bullets from a gun
But he rules another kingdom now and serves another crown
And burns the midnight oil and plots of ways to take us down
Now friendship has its limits and there's business to attend
His schemes - they must be countered and his playoff dreams must end
Ended here and now - and in the place they once began
And witnessed by the people who once thought he was the man
Now the torch has surely passed on - and time waits for no one
Not the rabble or the nameless, nor the King's most favored son
The echoed cheers will rain down - annointing his once-sainted brow
Will he turn his back on them or acknowledge them somehow?
For here is where he made his name - and his story still unfolds
And his darts that once were aimed at Troy now target Price and Moulds
And try as Bledsoe might there still are things he can't forget
But the tale is in the telling and his tale is not done yet
And Sunday we will look down and see our former chosen one
As he casts a shadow lengthened by the cold December Sun
That shadow that could rise up and still consume us all
Or disappear without a trace as he takes another fall
The devil that you know sometimes will best the one you don't
It's possible he'll beat us - but more likely that he won't
My guess is he'll be buried - 'neath a blue and silver tide
Then scrape himself up off the turf and out of town he'll ride
But while he's here I hope he takes some time to look around
At last year's flag and good King Kraft's new stately castle grounds
While Drew may have his regrets - you just know he'll never quit.
He need not hang his head because he's part of all of it.
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Then my last one (whew). My inspiration for this was my brother It's_Good's undying love for the Red Sox and his frighteningly accurate memory of all of the wacky things that happen to his favorite team.
Billy Buck
Things were looking brilliant for the Boston nine that day
We were up 3 games to 2 and soon would put New York away
With Clemens on the mound the Mets would have an uphill climb
The Sox it seemed had beaten the Bambino's curse this time
With Clemens firing bullets his opponents flailed in vain
But he lost it when a sudden blister robbed his grip in pain
And so before the 8th the Rocket grabbed himself some pine
Looking back we should have known it was a sign
The Sox misplayed two bunts and lo, the sacks were filled with Mets
So we pulled the infield in - in an attempt to hedge all bets
But Carter came to bat and all of Shea was filled with glee
When he hit a towering sacrifice to knot the score at 3
And so the score remained until the top of inning ten
Hendu hit a homer and we grabbed the lead again
When Barrett singled Boggsy in to stretch our lead to two
Then visions of a Series win were born in us anew
Stanley was all steamed up to step in and close the book
But Johnny Mac decided to continue with the rook
Schiraldi was his handle - one that lives in Boston lore
The man that had been called upon to barricade the door
Things were looking bright when Wally Backman was retired
Then Keith came in to take his cuts and their second chance expired
For even though Schiraldi's eyes were glazed and filled with fear
Hernandez made an out and in the clubhouse cracked a beer
The scoreboard was flashing "CONGRATULATIONS, RED SOX"
No miracle could help the Mets escape Houdini's box
Then just before the champange's pop and celebration's start
Just when you first taste victory - and that's the hardest part
Carter took a hack and ripped a two-out single bagger
Then Mitchell hit one too and twisted in a little dagger
The next two pitches found their mark - Schiraldi's aim was true
And he had Knight on the ropes with a count that stood at oh and two
One strike from immortality - the spheroid in his hands
And the ever lasting gratitude of all of Boston's fans
But the Mets showed that they still had potent hickory to wield
When Knight looped yet another one which dropped in center field
Carter cut the lead to one as he sprinted in from third
and all across New England muttered curses could be heard
"Not again" they whispered and other things of darker tone
and they prayed to Gods above for whatever mercy could be shown
Old Mac had seen enough and from Schiraldi took the ball
And handed it to Stanley upon whose shoulders rested all
Then Mookie took his stance at home and on it tapped his bat
The Steamer stood and toed the mound and fiddled with his hat
His jaw was set and mirthless - his expression cold and hard
Then he threw some sinkerballs which were his calling card
The count ran 2 and 2 and Mookie fouled off several more
Then Stanley loosed a wild pitch which let Mitchell tie the score
From Providence to Presque Isle and at all points in between
The weary Red Sox fans could not believe what they had seen
'Neath Heaven's vast indifference the nightmare scene played out
And the legion's joyful cries were quickly turned to tortured shouts
Stanley had been shaken but continue on he would
Perhaps Gedman should've caught it - if he was any good
The Steamer readied his next pitch prepared to state his case
And waiting for it Buckner crouched a few steps off 1st base
Beneath his dark blue baseball cap his piercing eyes did glow
And a scowl was faintly hidden by his dark mustachio
Above his spikes his ankles creaked just like a rusty gate
No one could know the many ways that pitch would rule his fate
The sinker came in towards the plate and we all feared the worst
But Wilson hit a grounder that took a path towards first
We all breathed a sigh and saw that Buckner had it cold
When right between his spindly legs that storied baseball rolled
Oh tonight there will be tears shed at the chances we have blown
In Medford and in Braintree and in many parts unknown
and somewhere drunken Sox fans drown in seas of rotgut hooch
There is no joy in Boston - 'cause Bill Buckner screwed the pooch
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Awesome stuff bro....
That Billy Buck one makes me want to go back to '86, smoke a doobie, visit old friends and run Buckner over with my wife's minivan!!
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A Poem for the 7th game
(orginally posted 10/31/2003)
It took me more than a week to begin this, which began writing itself in my head on the night of October 16th. It is in part a horror story in the form of a poem and so appropriate for Halloween, but we have had enough ghost stories to last for quite a while, thank you, so I tried to soften the blow a bit. I felt better after writing it and exorcising some demons of my own, so hopefully you will feel a little bit of the same after reading it.
I dedicate this poem to the memory of my Aunt Eleanor, a Red Sox fan to the core, may she rest in peace and the certain knowledge that we'll get 'em next year.
Diamonds and Dust
You wish that you could stop the painful memories return
Whose images upon our minds eternally are burned
Those haunting blows that seem to laugh and mock us in the dark
And find the weakest points inside wherein they leave their mark
This time the tale is of two men who wore the scarlet B
Upon their brows a navy cap and the weight of history
For everywhere are Red Sox fans that bear a broken heart
And remember October 16th as the night it fell apart
One of them a pitcher some would say who topped them all
A man that when t'was darkest, you would want to have the ball
An artist and a diva and a master or a con
Whose shoulders knew the weight that all our hopes did rest upon.
The other is a man whose story came to bitter ends
And never should have left North Carolina for the Fens
But leave it all behind he did because he loved this game
Now forever foul profanites are wedded to his name
Pedro was the genius with a horsehide in his hand
And in his lengthy fingers it would do as he'd command
But fragile is his shoulder so we'd lift him when it burned
In hopes that he would pitch someday when all the leaves had turned
Now Grady was a decent man and solid was his word
And respected by his charges despite charges you have heard
A player's manager indeed and often on the spot
But we chalked up 95 wins and locked down a wild card slot
You see these guys were different and were not your Father's Sox
They cowboyed up when things got tight, chased many from the box
With all for one and one for all, to win it was their goal
They flourished in the pressure that makes diamonds out of coal
We watched them as we'd always done, but special they did seem
And we tossed our fears away and once again we chased the dream
They would burst into a light more blinding than the Summer sun.
And for once at last, at long last we would call them Champions.
That dream it seemed was short-lived when in Oakland on the coast
We were down two games to none and it appeared that we were toast
But we rallied and kicked their asses, just like Todd Walker said
Now the Yanks, our ancient rivals, lay in waiting just ahead
So once again the trumpets blew, and stars were all aligned
As if crafted by the Baseball Gods and all the fates designed
Once more the pinstriped Yanks would be the ones we'd have to face
and a curse of eighty-five years length could finally be erased
It went much as expected and these two ancient rivals fought
And added to the legends in the manner that they ought
Both teams and fans exhausted from the first half dozen's strain
Went onward to a seventh without a clue to which would reign
The matchup for that evening brought a wry smile to our face
A high-noon showdown featuring our once and current ace
The Rocket moved on years before, now his twilight gathered fast
His long and gloried days at end, this night could be his last
If that ironic twist was not enough to bring a thrill
In the game we had to win we would send Pedro to the hill
In the churning, angry maelstrom of the House-that-Ruth-built's glare
There stood a lone Dominican who was no stranger there
It wasn't very long before we torched Clemens for four
And edged a struggling Roger ever closer to the door
Then Torre pulled the plug and from the legend took the ball
And he walked head down those dugout steps to a final curtain call
Martinez was magnificent and the equal to his task
And ignored the taunting insults rain, as if you had to ask.
In his piercing eyes unblinking you could see the fires burn
We could feel the Empire crumbling for tonight would be our turn
The cameras panned the stands and their faces did betray
Uncertainty was creeping in, t'was not to be their day
For Pedro did display that night a master craftman's touch
So often we had seen from him, though lately not that much
Through six he'd silenced bats that had produced a single run
And we went into the seventh with a score that stood at four to one
Pedro showed he's mortal and the Yanks showed they weren't through
And three solid smashes later closed the gap to four to two
We could see Martinez tiring as so often was the case
He'd thrown one hundred pitches and you could see it in his face
But he escaped the inning and we didn't wonder why
He thanked the Gods he prayed to and then pointed at the sky
Six outs awaited destiny and the Sox showed they weren't through
When Ortiz took Wells deep and pushed the lead to five to two
So it seemed that the Yankees had their backs against the wall
And Timlin at the bullpen gate was waiting for the call
But the call was not to come and to our horror and chagrin
A shocked and puzzled Nation saw Martinez was still in
Without a breath we watched that weary warrior kick and throw
And he got Nick Johnson to popout and there were only five to go
When Jeter smacked a double it seemed our worst fears had come true
Surely now he'd pull him, surely now he'd see he's through
Surely now he'd choose to lift him and to turn this thing around
And then Grady, Grady Little walked out slowly towards the mound
We finally took a breath because it seemed he'd heard our plea
To pull our Ace and in his place pitch Timlin or Embree
Pedro's heart was willing, but his pride a deadly sin
Shook off the signs to hit the pine and help cement the win
He told the skip he could go on, though you know it was a lie
And frozen in the spotlights glare old Grady let him try
Now none of us will ever know or ever understand
The thoughts, or lack thereof, that then existed in that man
And so we watched in horror as on deaf ears fell our plea
Bernie hit a single and our lead shrank five to three
An old familiar song began that played by ghostly hands
And Matsui cracked a double which bounced in the right field stands
While in the dugout Grady sat and watched it from afar
And left it to his Cowboy's care and to his falling star
There was no way could we stop it, not for money nor for love
And Posada's blooper landed far past Nomar's outstretched glove
We watched it all unravel and afraid it was too late
And Matsui rounded third and then he slid and slapped the plate
Then that Master of the obvious found his way out to the hill
But by now in Red Sox Nation there had spread a ghostly chill
Now everywhere across this land and far-off foreign soil
Wherever Sox fans gathered angry blood began to boil
They called for Grady's carcass and they called for Grady's head
And we knew deep in our bones the year was over, we were dead
By now it's all a blur - I can't recall what happened after that
I sat stock-still an empty shell in a navy baseball hat
I might have been there on my couch or the mountains of the moon
And the final blow, if you have to know, an irony from Boone.
Now everywhere a stillness hung, so empty, vast and deep
As parents watched their little Sox fans cry themselves to sleep
And we within our walls of pain sat long into the night
Staring at the darkness until replaced by morning's light
Now Fenway sits in shadows deep awaiting winter's snow
And bare tree branches - silhouettes in the fading sunset's glow
There's a rhythm in this life of ours - an ever rolling tide
That those who wear the Scarlet B know all too well inside
But seasons lose thier hold on us so another may begin
And soon enough this one will pass and we will start again
For whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger in it's turn
And the fires of the Hot Stove League already hotly burn
Again we all will proudly don familiar navy hats
And the thunder of a summer's night will come from Boston bats
A phoenix from the ash will rise and soon will take it's wing
For deep down in our Red Sox hearts hope does eternal spring
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A poem for the playoffs: Ode to Peyton
originally posted 01/13/2005
I'm about Peyton'd-out by this point in the week, but felt the need to write a little poem about the man whose name seems to be on everybody's mind. It's a little long and a bit on the weird side, but I had a good time with it and I hope you enjoy reading it.
Ode to Peyton
He began his storied run as daddy Archie's middle son
and from his crib he made a strong debut
He showed uncommon poise-- by launching rattles at his toys
when they showed him blitz, but he saw cover two
He idolized his famous dad-- a legend in the football mad
southern region of the U-S-A.
Instead of climbing trees-- he watched film religiously
and feasted on a full pigskin buffet.
And soon began the dream-- as the leader of his team
a sophomore star for Newman Prep's behalf
Brother Cooper caught him nine--which was a fateful sign
and that was Peyton's first game at the half
In this time he got a taste-- of all the records he would waste
some numbers that you thought you'd never see
He heard Ole Miss's shouts, but auditioned for the scouts
and he volunteered to go to Tennessee
At the moment he arrived the Orange rooters were revived
by Fulmer's headstrong Freshman prize recruit
His passes filled the sky once more-- and all the football pundits swore
He'd grind the SEC beneath his boot
'Twas there he rose to fame-- to the football world's acclaim
this QB with a cool and steady hand
His passes were like darts-- as he won most of his starts
and even led the Pride of the Southland band
But not all was pure as snow and it's fair that you should know
the Gators took a chunk out of his ass
Every year would start the same-- Peyton won most every game
'til Florida left him sprawled upon the grass
As so the die was cast-- each year nailed upon the mast
of the one team that he couldn't seem to beat
Down deep in Peyton's mind-- he would search but couldn't find
a way to taste that final vic'try sweet
With his future neatly graphed-- he then readied for the draft
prepared to be the greatest you would see
But before he hit the pros-- he recieved a final blow
when Woodson won the Heisman and not he
Then in April he was called-- with the one pick overall
and Coltland had a savior Indy bound
For the team that Johnny U-- had once worn the blue horseshoe
had annointed him the new king to be crowned
He was wise beyond his years-- in the pocket showed no fears
and quickly showed his mettle to his foes
No mortal protege'-- Manning called most of the plays
and to the lofty heights his legend rose
As opponents flailed in vain-- to stop this mighty train
this man that redefined the passing game
His teammates took the pledge-- Pollard, Harrison and Edge
the Lombardi trophy was their solemn aim
But like the Gators years before-- one team barred that golden door
the one team that he couldn't seem to beat
Each year a mirror tale-- and from Manning came a wail
a cry 'twas not at all like "Cut that meat!"
This team as you recall-- is the one that plays their ball
in a place they call Gillette in Foxboro
And the man that pulls the strings-- melting Peyton's waxen wings
Is Belichick-- as if you didn't know
At him they used to laugh, but he's a master of his craft
and Indy is the focus of his thoughts
He will watch the film on you-- 'til he knows what you will do
and he'll hatch a plan to tie you up in knots.
Now Peyton will arrive-- with a mark that stands at oh and five
seeking his redemption and his due
Captain Ahab had his whale-- Manning knows he cannot fail
fail to win the big one-- yes, it's true.
He has nightmares when he dreams-- starring Bill's defensive schemes
and his nemeses in silver, red and blue
He sees Willie coming free and in panic cannot see
which defensive back is covering who
Then he spies a mighty whale-- with a hide of ghostly pale
and he's on a tossing ship in stormy seas
That iv'ry beast that spurs his chase-- the only way he can erase
the bitter taste of what may never be
In this restless dreaming state-- Peyton prays it's not too late
and like Old Ahab holds his harpoon high
Is he at sea or Foxboro?-- no longer does he know
but he cocks his arm and then he lets it fly...........
On early Sunday he will rise-- and rub his bloodshot eyes
and wonder will it be his Groundhog day?
Only hours 'til his fate-- for New England lies in wait
and the Champions are standing in his way.
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I can't write poems or poetry for crap......those that do have my adimration. See what I mean....
Here I sit all brokenhearted,
Came to sh@t and only farted.
As sh@t on the end is of taper,
my a@@hole doesn't slam shut.
Damn, I ran out of paper!
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That is really great. A lot of good material in those lines. This must have taken you a long time to come up with.
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monkeys dance,
donkeys shrew,
and that is what is mixed it created pig stew
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Your stuff is good Hawg
I'm not the most poetic person but once in a while something comes to me. I wrote this in 2006, the year Bush, Brees, Payton, and Colston arrived in New Orleans and the Saints were making noise after returning from the hurricane.
Black and Gold Autumn
<!--- blog body --->Feint in the direction of the celebrated Bush
and his job is done
Feed the Redwood
shunned til the 11th hour by all but one,
the oxygen his #12 supplies
breathes life to the ten-thousand score
who have returned to their forever altered existance
for it is they who produce the energy and provide the motive
With a westerly Brees at his back
in part whose hands our sense of worth lies
Our new mentor, armed with a small headset and a large resolve,
restores honor to those who can once again stand proud
"Now be careful with this throw-- bunch right terror, fake slash 37, weak F, naked right, Z -escape, Y-go "-- Sean Payton
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Man these were awesome to read. Do you care if I share them?
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Yeah this is really awesome stuff to read and many of lines are based on true words.
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Karoshi is the term used for death due to work overload in Japan. Mazda amongst other industries/companies have been held accountable for these type of crimes against life having to pay up to 750 thousand dollars to the family of one of their workers that commit suicide in 2007 due to the stress and depression he endured which aggravated by the time he had to extend his work schedule – the company was found guilty for not having taken care of the worker's mental and physical health.
Another case karoshi happened in the same country in 2010 where a restaurant franchise had to pay 880 000 dollars to the family of an employee that died due to a heart attack after having an average of 112 EXTRA hours of monthly work –
February 2009: agricultural corporation had to pay almost 1 million dollars for the death of a 33 year old man that commit suicide due to work overload.
These are but a few documented deaths by work overload which isn't only about 'working too much' and having physical repercussions as a result of the strain as physically and mentally demanding situations.
This is linked to the current Capitalist System that 'puts a gun on everyone's forehead' to work under pressure to The moment a production line is tracked to make the most money every single second means that people working under this type of stress will eventually be NOT living, but merely surviving and 'hanging on' to these type of working conditions which is definitely limiting and
it is completely unacceptable to be existing in a world where money is 'worth more' than humans' living conditions
which are currently being held with a constant noose around their neck with no possibility of changing their living conditions as ALL jobs in this world are existent within the same system that is measured by Profit, by Greed and ultimately by harsh competition that will push the envelope as far as it can just to become a 'great business'.
These are Not really 'News' though, have we actually taken a look at how it is that Life is being sold to enslaving jobs and badly paid labor just for the sake of MONEY as Profit? What is wrong with ourselves that have accepted and allowed this to be 'the way the world works'?
Here in México City there is people that embark themselves on a daily basis on a 2 to 3 hour ride just to get to work to earn the minimum wage wherein at the end of the day – after a long and hard working time in a shitty job – have to endure the traffic jam at night to get to their home that is usually located in suburban areas with little or no proper security at all.
These people have to sustain families, kids in school, place food on the table, pay living services and transportation. Not to mention the occasional entertainment required for such a straining living condition.
This MUST Stop
it is disheartening to see people's faces in transportation every single day after a long day at work in life sucking business and factories that are part of what we've become as this entire system thus, we are saying:
No more!
we have created this in our image and likeness, we have to become the point of solution and that can only be through
Equalizing the living conditions with Equal Money for ALL to Dignify each person's living condition, to no longer enslave ourselves to a life-consuming system that is NOT regarding Life as a Value that must be given to ALL unconditionally.
We are HERE to place an overall solution – Support yourself to see the common sense required in this world. Re-Educate yourself to see this world in Self Honesty to consider there IS another way things can be done.
Investigate the Equal Money System

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MTV announced Monday that superstar Rihanna and breakout artist Frank Ocean have been added to the list of those performing at next week's Video Music Awards' presentation.
The two headliners will take the stage along with Taylor Swift (whose most memorable VMA appearance involved Kanye West crashing her acceptance speech in 2009), Pink, One Direction, Green Day and Alicia Keys. Presenters on the night will include The Wanted, Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones, Ke$ha, 2 Chainz, Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa and the gold medal-winning U.S. women's Olympic gymnastic team.
Rihanna and Drake lead the awards run-up with five nominations each, with Rihanna given the nod twice in the coveted video of the year category for her hit "We Found Love," and her duet with Drake on "Take Care." Last year's big winner Katy Perry is not far behind the music powerhouses with four nominations. Voting is now open in all categories through the MTV website.
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As with any VMA presentation, the most talked about moments will probably not be the acceptance speeches (Swift/West dust-up not withstanding), but the surprise performances and guest appearances.
Last year, Beyonce chose the VMAs to make a grand entrance and reveal that she was expecting her first child with husband Jay Z. In 2010 it was Lady Gaga and her now infamous meat dress. It's a tradition that dates back to the first ever VMAs in 1984 when Madonna humped the stage during a performance of her mega-hit "Like A Virgin."
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Oceans of Fun and a Pirate Adventure or Two!
We just finished our Ocean Adventure unit and it was a blast! I haven't done this unit in a couple of years, so I visited Pre-K Pages and The Virtual Vine and borrowed some ideas to go along with what I already had. The crafts will not go in the student portfolios, but the experiences this week were more about becoming familiar with some of the mediums and materials so the friends will be comfortable using and creating with them on their own later. Our walls are still pretty bare, so we used the group projects to make a little display and to decorate our F.I.S.H. bulletin board.
We made cute little Orcas out of dessert paper plates. The children traced a shape on the bottom of the plate and drew a mouth, then painted the rest black. (This was a challenge, since many want to swipe once and be done. I wanted them to cover most of the plate with black, just to get the painting practice.....process, not product.) After the paint dried, we added googly eyes and fins.
We made jellyfish by painting waxpaper with colored glue (white glue with food coloring added). Some friends added a sprinkle of glitter, too. We laid another piece of waxpaper on top and cut the shape out later when dry. I initially tried to have the kids string curling ribbon to the bottom, but we'll have to work on those skills some more, so we ended up just stapling the ribbon on.
We've done a lot of painting with watercolors, so we took some of those and stenciled a seahorse shape and added them to the display.
The crabs were a lot of fun. When I made these in the past, I had a template for the arms and claws to use as a stencil. This time, we fooled around with the pipe cleaners bending and shaping (more good fine motor practice) until we got something akin to a claw. We painted them with watercolors (I know, but the kids love those individual paint pots, and the colors are so fitting with an ocean theme) and added pom poms and googly eyes when dry.
We also made a few paper plate pirates.
In our small groups this week, we played some learning games.
In one game, the students rolled the die and put the corresponding amount of fish in their dish. After everyone in the small group has had a few turns, we sort, count and compare the fish using lots of math language.
On Pre-K Pages, there is a game called "Thar She Blows". We modified this and played in in small groups and, by popular request, at circle time one day, as well. I reduced the size of a clip art whale, made about 32 and wrote a letter of the alphabet on each and "Thar She Blows" on the rest, and laminated them. We took turns drawing cards and stating the letter and appropriate sound. When someone drew the "Thar She Blows" cards, we all jumped up, did the wave and said in our best pirate/sailor voice, "Thar She Blows"! This was a BIG hit!!!
One of our independent groups worked cooperatively on an ocean floor puzzle.
The students sorted sea animals by type, size and color. We also played a game where we took turns drawing a little animals out of a bag and had to place them on an ocean mat or land mat depending on the type of animal.
Outside, we played "What Time Is It Mr. Shark?", a variation of "What Time Is It Mr.Fox?". This has quickly become a favorite, and the kids enjoy it so much they start asking at circle time if we can play it at outside later!
Our last day of the unit, the kids were allowed to dress like a pirate if they wished. (This was something many did last year in the 3's, so I knew many of them wanted to do it again this year.) If they didn't have anything to dress up in at home, they were welcome to make newspaper pirate hats or use scarves from our centers to make their own costume.
My favorite part of the unit was watching the kids become inspired. We read lots of books about ocean animals, oceans, sailing and pirates. Many of the pirate stories had treasure maps and the kids went about making maps. I love that they asked to borrow the book, How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long and set out to make treasure maps of their own!
Some of the kids made 2 or three maps a piece and had them tucked into belts and pant waistlines. This was too funny to watch! I got excited that they were so into the map-making. Matt, over at Look At My Happy Rainbow, posted Maps back in February. I thought about including a map making activity in my plans for this unit, but didn't think we were ready for it yet this early in the year. Well, the kids sure showed me! I was the proud winner of the book , Katy and the Big Snow on a giveaway (Thanks, Matt!) and after seeing this enthusiasm for map making, we'll definitely have to do a similar activity when we read Katy this winter.
No unit would be complete without a few yummy morsels to go along with the theme. We made hotdog octopi and blue ocean jello. We added a few SpongeBob gummies to the jello for fun! I found some gummy sharks (after we already made the jello) so we added them on top!
I have a little boy that just moved here from Japan and he doesn't speak more than a few words of English ("BATHROOM!") and doesn't seem to like any of our American food. He came up during snack time and grabbed my leg from behind and yelled "YUMMY!" and lead me to his jello and pointed. Yea!!!!! A new food experience AND a new word! I went on to teach him "JELLO" and he kept repeating "YUMMY! JELLO!". (I have to admit, this was a fine moment for me! I will remember that moment for a long time!)
We read quite a few pirate adventures this week. Here are some of our favorites!
We also read many books about ocean life.
This was such a great unit to teach. The kids had a lot of fun. The hardest part was choosing which activities to do---there are so many out there. I always plan for way more than we can actually do, but it's always good to have back up plans if something doesn't work out. If you have any good ocean activities you'd like to share, feel free to leave a link in comments. I'm always looking for inspiration for the next time!
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Wonderful unit! Dawson enjoyed the entire week...especially dressing up as a pirate Friday! I can already tell he is learning so much. Can't wait to see what y'all do next. :-)ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you liked the Thar She Blows game! Thanks for sharing your experiences with your readers :)ReplyDelete
Vanessa @pre-kpages.com
What a cool unit, I did add some links on your FB page. Thanks for sharing. I also want to take your idea for adding the books you read at the bottom of the page...cool idea. I appreciate that, as it saves time searching my local library on Sunday:) Oh and the Ocras and jelly fish were just adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh and I did get some great ideas from Casa Camacho's site for my ocean unit. Heads up for next year:)ReplyDelete
Love the treasure maps!ReplyDelete
Love the crabs & pirate crafts! Mr.Shark? great idea! I LOVE anything that has to do with pirates! Great fun.ReplyDelete
Thanks! I wish I had the time to teach this unit every year. The kids really loved it and I was able to touch on so many concepts! Thanks for leaving all the kind comments and ideas!ReplyDelete
WOW Ayn ... you guys have been very busy but I must say the treasure maps are my favourite. We've done map making before and the children really do enjoy the whole experience .. it was all to do with pirates and treasure ... such fun! Here's the link if you're interested http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/2010/02/pirates-ahoy/ReplyDelete
Donna :) :)
I love all the ocean creatures you have made! I will definitely try them! I ADORED the technique you used to make the seahorse!ReplyDelete
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Call for Papers: International conference "Interactive Narratives, New Media and Social Engagement"
Date: October 24th and 25th, 2014
Place: Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada
Submission deadline: May 1st, 2014
An interdisciplinary conference for researchers and practitioners.
How has the digital screen changed our world in general and narrative and visual arts in particular is the broad focus of the second Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto and BRAFFTV Film and Media international Conference.
We are interested, for instance, in the evolution of narrative practices from text-based literature to the advent of the digital revolution as storytelling moves from literacy to so-called post-literacy.
The prevalence of new interactive digital narrative in all areas from games, to literature, to films, to video art has resulted in new forms of storytelling and, accordingly, provoked new practices of reading that transforms readers/viewers into active collaborators.
We are interested in exploring transmedia, intermediality, the role of social media and digital globalization as well as narratives in games and graphic novels. Also, the impact of the digital screen on art and new exhibition practices.
Physical public space is increasingly being substituted or augmented by virtual space through digital screens (e.g. video, film, computer). What effect do these new developments have on social space, seen here as encompassing both physical public spaces (streets, hotels, coffee shops) as well as virtual space (YouTube, Vine, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Orkut, etc.)? How do these novel practices effect previously clearly demarcated frontiers between the public and the private?
Throughout the world, from Brazil to Turkey to Canada, we have recently witness the influence of social media on political participation. How have these new platforms engendered innovative forms of expression?
The Conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners and theorists for a two-day conference at Victoria College at the University of Toronto on October 24-25. The presented papers will be evaluated for possible inclusion in a special issue of a journal on the proceedings.
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Very Aggrieved Man Sues NYC for $2 Undecillion (That's 2 Followed by 36 Zeroes)
Anton Purisima feels he has been unjustly harmed by a great many people, and he would like some compensation. A LOT of compensation.
Purisima filed a lawsuit in federal court against New York City, LaGuardia Airport, KMart, Au Bon Pain and more for a litany of reasons:
Civil rights violations, personal injury, discrimination on national origin, retaliation, harassment, fraud, attempted murder, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and conspiracy to defraud. $2,000 decillion ($2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
That's a 2 followed by 36 zeroes, also called 2 undecillion. That amount of money, XKCD tells us, is way, way, way more than "the estimated economic value of all goods and services produced by humanity since we first evolved."
That minor tidbit doesn't seem to bother Purisima, unlike everything else that happens to people every day. Some of the events he claims have happened to him that require such astronomically large sums of money include someone's dog biting him on the finger and being photographed by a Chinese couple without his permission—you know, the kind of things that add up, eventually, to more money than has ever been created or ever will be.
Purisima says that the things that happened to him "cannot be repaired by money [and are] therefore priceless." Which is kind strange, considering he took the time to correctly identify an extremely obscure term for the precise amount of money he wants. Seriously, had you ever heard of the term "decillion" before today? Our spellchecking program doesn't even think it's a real word.
Though, as Lowering the Bar points out, it would be much more fun to refer to the amount in the suit as "two octillion gigadollars." Heh. Say that out loud, it's fun.
And in a final, unsurprising note, Purisima will be representing himself in this case. As the saying goes, the man who represents himself has a fool for a client—perhaps never truer than now.
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The village of Mankota in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has around 240 inhabitants and one motel with 18 rooms. Apart from that, it's mostly grassland. A lot of flat grassland. With the next major town a three-hour car ride away, anyone travelling here should not expect to be overwhelmed by the sights. And yet, since the summer, this small village has a technological attraction that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Six kilometres from the centre of the village, US company the Weil Group is recovering high-purity helium from nitrogen-rich natural streams using a new process developed by Linde Engineering that does not rely on cryogenic gas separation. This makes it cheaper and more energy-efficient than conventional processes in many cases. It also produces a very high helium yield.
For almost a century, making money with helium was a difficult business. After the First World War, the US government started extracting helium from natural gas. At that time, helium was in demand primarily as a lifting gas for airships. To meet this growing need, the US created helium reserves that exceeded annual global demand several times over. And it was these stockpiles that kept prices low.
From lifting gas to coolant
Today, liquid helium is primarily used as a coolant to generate extremely low temperatures. In the fields of medicine and research, for example, it is used to cool superconductive magnets in magnetic resonance imaging systems. In addition, helium is used in the semiconductor industry as a shielding gas during chip fabrication. It is also needed in aerospace. Now, however, the US government is exiting the helium business and aims to sell its entire reserve by 2021 at the latest. As a result, the price of this sought-after gas is rising – along with the need for new producers.
The Weil Group is keen to capitalise on emerging market opportunities for private helium developers. Its plant in Mankota processes over 250,000 standard cubic metres of raw gas per day, delivering helium with an extremely high purity of 99.999 percent. The helium yield is above 95 percent. Previously, this kind of quality could only be achieved with cryogenic methods, in other words, by distilling the different components at their respective boiling points. "Now, for the first time, we are combining new, highly efficient and selective membranes with a pressure swing adsorption plant in Mankota," explains project manager Sebastian Zimmermann from Linde Engineering. "These highly selective membranes make our plants more cost effective to buy and to operate, plus they are more efficient than competitor plants. They are thus paving the way for the cost-effective development of smaller helium sources," adds Zimmermann.
The picture shows membranes - a part of the helium purification facility in Mankota, Canada.
How Linde's new helium process works
Linde sources the membranes for this new process from its technology partner and specialty chemicals expert Evonik. At the heart of the system are hollow fibres made of high-performance polymers that Evonik embeds in cylindrical stainless steel cartridges. The pre-treated raw gas is fed into the membrane cartridge under high pressure. Small molecules in the gas mixture (for example, helium and hydrogen) and molecules with a high specific rate of diffusion (for example, gaseous water or carbon dioxide) can pass through the membrane faster than larger molecules and leave the membrane module as permeate on the low-pressure side (first exit). Larger molecules such as methane and nitrogen diffuse through the membrane at a much slower rate. As a result, the majority of these leave the hollow fibres again as retentate gas from the module's second exit (high-pressure side). The technical name for this process is the principle of selective permeation. Depending on the gas composition and the size of the plant, any number of cartridges can be combined in one or more membrane stages to optimise the yield.
To obtain the actual high-purity helium, the concentrated gas from the membranes is fed into a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plant. Here, remaining impurities are adsorbed under high pressure by the surface of a highly porous material – leaving behind a very high-purity helium.A key challenge in designing these plants lies in choosing the right pre-treatment process for the raw natural gas to remove the components that could damage the membrane. Linde Engineering has a broad spectrum of gas purification processes to choose from here, giving customers optimum flexibility.
Assembly of industrial tent in Mankota
Protection against extreme cold
In Mankota, the inner technical workings are hidden behind the white canvas of a double-walled industrial tent that is heated with propane gas. "The membranes are extremely sensitive to liquids and so we can't allow the gas components to condense," says Linde project manager Zimmermann. "We have to protect the plant because temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius are not unusual during the Mankota winter."
Over the coming years, further helium recovery plants could be built in Canada along the same lines as the Mankota facility. A number of the country's natural gas reserves would be well suited to this production model. In recent years, the largest new extraction plants have been concentrated in Qatar, Algeria and Russia. However, Linde's new hybrid process combining membrane and pressure swing adsorption technologies is now opening up new opportunities for smaller plants in other regions of the world.
Interview with Jeffrey Vogt, Managing Director and founder of Weil Group Resources.
What makes the Mankota project so special?
Well, we are operating a relatively small plant here, but it's the technology that sets it apart – it is not being used anywhere else in the world. So we are creating a reference model for the entire industry. We are the first company to extract helium with this level of purity from natural gas using a combination of membrane and pressure swing adsorption technologies.
What made you choose this technology from Linde Engineering?
We evaluated the different processes and the cost-benefit trade-offs. At the end of the day, we chose the technology that would deliver high-purity helium as cost-effectively as possible under the conditions we have here, given this particular gas composition.
What were the greatest challenges in this project?
Some months of Mankota's harsh climate and its isolated location were of course difficult to deal with. But the biggest challenge came from the banks. At the beginning, they were reluctant to provide project finance as there was no precedent in this approach. Now that we are operating, we are seeing increasing interest from the banking community for these unique projects.
How do you see the future of the helium business?
Helium is unique. It is irreplaceable and cannot be manufactured artificially. It is needed in semiconductor, superconductor and many other key applications. As the US government's helium reserve shrinks, opportunities for other providers will keep growing. We believe that demand will rise significantly as this unique element is applied to more high tech applications.
Does this mean that are you planning to build other plants with Linde technology?
We have several other similarly situated projects, and are in discussions about that now with Linde where this technology may be suitable for the given gas composition and project context.


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Getting Started with Arduino – Chapter Twelve
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This is part of a series titled "Getting Started with Arduino!" by John Boxall – A tutorial on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here.
Welcome back fellow arduidans!
This chapter we will spend some more time with the rotary encoder by using it to control a clock, look at ways of driving a common-anode LED display with Arduino, and make a usable alarm clock with which we can start to move from the prototype stage to an actual finished product – something you would be proud to give to someone.
So off we go…
In chapter eleven, we looked at getting some values from the rotary encoder. Not the easiest way of receiving user input, but certainly interesting. This week I have an example for you where the encoder is used for setting the time of a digital clock.
Example 12.1
This example is basically two previous projects mashed together. It consists of the LED digital clock from exercise 7.1, and the rotary encoder sketch from example 11.2. The sketch was quite simple in theory, but somewhat complex in execution. The idea was to read the decoder, and after every read, display the time. However, if the encoder's button was pressed, the time set function would be activated. At this point, you turn the encoder in one direction to set the hours, and the other direction to set the minutes. Then press the button again to set that time and return to normal operations.
To recreate it you will need:
- Your standard Arduino setup (computer, cable, Duemilanove or 100% compatible)
- Seven 560 ohm 1/4 watt resistors
- Four 1 kilo ohm 1/4 resistors
- Four BC548 NPN transistors (if you cannot find these, you can use 2N3904)
- Two 74HC595 shift registers
- DS1307 timer IC circuit components (see this schematic from chapter seven) or a pre-built module
- Solderless breadboard and connecting wires
Here is the sketch for your perusal: example 12.1.pdf, and the matching schematic (sorry, I forgot to add the DS1307 module – see example 12.2 schematic below for how to do this):
… in real life:
and a video clip:
After watching that clip you can soon see that there is an issue with the encoder. As a normal switch can bounce (turn on and off very very quickly in the latter part of operation), so can a rotary encoder. That is why it would sometimes return a result of clockwise, instead of anti-clockwise. Furthermore, they are right little pains when trying to use in a breadboard, so if you were going to use one in greater lengths, it would pay to make up your own little breakout board for it. Therefore at this stage we will leave the encoder for a while.
You may also have noticed the extra shield between the real time clock shield (yellow) and the TwentyTen arduino board. It is the Screwshield for Arduino – reviewed here. It is very useful to making a stronger connection to the I/O pins, or using normal multi-core wires.
Next on the agenda is the common-anode LED display. Normally the LED display we have demonstrated in the past has been common-cathode, and very easy to use. Current would flow from the power supply, through the shift register's outputs (for example the 74HC595), through current-limiting resistors, into the LED segment, then off to earth via the cathode. Current flows through a diode from the anode to the cathode, and finally back to earth/ground. For a refresher on diodes, please read this article.
The other month I found this useful LED display:
Absolutely perfect for our clock experimentations. A nice colon in the middle, and another LED between the third and fourth digit which could make a good indicator of some sort. However the one catch (always a catch…) is that is was common-anode. This means that current starts from the power supply, through the common anode pin for the particular digit, then the LED segment, the LED's individual cathode pin, through the current-limiting resistor and then to ground. With the current flowing in the opposite direction via a common anode, we can't just hook the display up to our 74HC595 shift register.
Therefore, we will need the shift register to control switches to allow the current to flow through each segment, just like we have done previously controlling the cathodes of a common cathode display (see example 12.1). So to control the digits of this new display, we will need twelve switches (eight for the segments of the digit, and four to control the anodes). That would mean twelve BC548 transistors and 10k ohm resistors, and a lot of mess.
Example 12.2
Instead we will now use the 74HC4066 quad bilateral switch IC. I have reviewed this chip being used with Arduinos in a separate article here. The 74HC4066 is quite a common chip, available from many suppliers including: Farnell/Newark (part number 380957), Digikey (part number 568-1463-5-ND) or Mouser (771-74HC4066N). If you cannot find them, email me and I can sell you some at cost plus postage. Once you have a understanding of this IC, please consider the following circuit:
Most of this should be easily understood. One shift register is controlling the anodes, turning them on and off via a 74HC4066. In past examples this shift register would have turned off common cathodes via a 10k resistor and an NPN transistor. The other shift register is controlling the individual LEDs for each digit via a pair of 74HC4066s (as they only have four switches per IC).
Here is the sketch, this should be quite a familiar piece of code for you by now: example 12.2.pdf.
To recreate it you will need:
- Your standard Arduino setup (computer, cable, Duemilanove or 100% compatible)
- Seven 560 ohm 1/4 watt resistors
- DS1307 timer IC circuit components (see this schematic from chapter seven) or a pre-built module
- Two 74HC595 shift registers
- Three 74HC4066 quad bilateral switch ICs
- Solderless breadboard and connecting wires
- LED clock display module
And here is the result, with red and a blue display.
And the usual board layout:
Question – Do you think the time shown on the display was correct when I took the photo? Personally the blue looks really good in a dark background. You can also get them in yellow and green.
Moving along. Now and again, you often want to have a few buttons in use for user input, however the cheap ones don't really like to sit in a breadboard. Naturally, you could make your own "button shield", which would be very admirable, but then it would be preset to certain pins, which could interfere with your project. I had the same problem in writing this chapter, so came up with this example of an external "button panel" to make life easier.
Example 12.3
Here is the schematic, nothing complex at all – just four buttons and the required 10k ohm pull-down resistors:
and the finished product:
This was a quick job, as I will need to use a few buttons in the near future. Have also put some rubber feet on the bottom to stop the solder joints scratching the surface of the bench. Originally I was going to chop off the excess board at the top, but instead will add some LEDs to it after finishing this article. However using this button board will save a lot of frustration by not trying to jam the buttons into a breadboard.
Exercise 12.1
Now it is time for you to do some work. From this chapter onwards, we will be working on making a small alarm clock – something you could use. Just like the six million dollar man, we have the capability, the technology, and so on … except for Steve Austin. So this chapter, your task is to create and breadboard the circuit and the underlying sketch. Using the LED display from example 12.1, your clock will have a menu option to set the time, alarm time, turn on and off the alarm, a snooze button – and also switch the display on and off (so you don't stare at it when you should be trying to sleep).
You could either use a DS1307 module, or the raw parts. For an explanation of the circuitry, please see this post about making a RTC shield. You can always change it when we get to making a real prototype. The same with the Arduino – but for this exercise just stick with the normal board. Later on we will use a bare circuit the same as in chapter ten. With regards to user input, it's up to you. A rotary encoder could be a real PITA, my example below just uses buttons. Anyhow, off you go!
Parts you will need:
- Your standard Arduino setup (computer, cable, Duemilanove or 100% compatible)
- Seven 560 ohm 1/4 watt resistors
- DS1307 timer IC circuit components (see this schematic from chapter seven) or a pre-built module
- Two 74HC595 shift registers
- Three 74HC4066 quad bilateral switch ICs
- Four normally open buttons or a board as described in example 12.3
- Solderless breadboard and connecting wires
- LED clock display module
Here is my interpretation of the answer to the exercise, the sketch: exercise 12.1.pdf. Although this is a particularly long sketch for our examples, it is broken up into many functions which are quite modular, so you can easily follow the flow of the sketch if you start at void loop(). All of the types of functions used have been covered in the past tutorials. In then next chapters we will add more functions, such an an adjustable snooze, selectable blinking colon, and so on. If you have any questions, please ask.
The buttons have several functions. In normal clock display mode, button one is for menu, two turns the alarm on, three turns it off, and four turns the display on and off. If you press menu, button two is to select time set, three for alarm set, and four is like an enter button. When in the time/alarm set modes, button one increases the hour, button two increases minutes in units of ten, and button three increases minutes in ones, and four is enter. When the alarm activates, button four turns it off.
The schematic is just example 12.2 and example 12.3 connected together, however the first button on the external board is connected to digital pin 8 instead of 1.
So here is a photo of our work in progress:
And a video clip showing the various functions of the clock in operation:
Well that is another chapter over. However, as usual I'm already excited about writing the next instalment… Congratulations to all those who took part and built something useful!
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text: Fishing Tips Follow this Pro's Tips for a Better Winter Fishing Trip Posted 12/19/2017 Yamaha Pro Bill Lowen Uses Three Lures in Shallow, Well-Defined Places Veteran tournament angler Bill Lowen enjoys these cold, frigid days on the water because he knows bass will be in well-defined areas they use year after year, they'll hit one of his three favorite lures, and by day's end he and his companions may have caught and released as many as 100 fish. That doesn't sound like a normal winter fishing trip, but through years of experience the Yamaha Pro has learned how to tempt largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass into biting. During a full day of fishing, he'll usually catch walleye, stripers, white bass, and other species, as well. "The real key to catching winter bass is slowing down on your presentation," emphasizes Lowen. "At this time of year, fish simply do not chase lures very far, but they will come to a lure if you can leave it in their strike zone. The biggest problem fishermen have in not catching fish in cold water is that they're fishing too fast." That's why Lowen has learned to identify specific places where bass tend to set up during the winter. The Yamaha Pro concentrates on channel swings, riprap, bluff ends, bridge abutments, grasslines, and the mouths of creeks, and he works water from six to just 12 or 15 feet deep. "These are the places all types of fish, including forage like shad and bluegills, use, and they'll move to the very same places year after year," he points out. "Once you find an area like this, you seldom have to move your boat very much, because the fish won't move. They'll all be there, so you'll generally catch a mixed bag." Lowen's three favorite winter lures are a jig, a blade bait, and a suspending jerkbait. He knows other lures will catch winter bass, but these three are not only effective but also easy for anglers to use. Lowen fishes them all in the same areas, too. "Each of these three lures can be fished slowly, too," he adds. "I like to use a 5/16 ounce jig, and I just crawl it along the bottom. Sometimes, I'll leave it motionless in one spot 20 to 30 seconds before moving it again. That's the most difficult aspect of winter fishing an angler has to learn. Instead of casting shallow and hopping the jig down into deeper water, you have to crawl it slowly with a lot of long pauses." Lowen fishes a blade bait much the same way, casting shallow and slowly bringing the lure into deeper water. He uses a ½ ounce model he makes himself from components he orders. Blade baits attract bass through their vibrations, so Lowen raises his rod tip slowly until he feels the lure vibrate, then lets it fall back to the bottom. It's a type of slow-motion hop, with a long pause before he raises his rod tip again. The suspending jerkbait isn't fished right on the bottom, but rather with a sequence of jerks that take the lure down, then stopping so the jerkbait remains relatively motionless near the bottom. This is the most difficult of his three lures to fish because Lowen regularly lets the lure suspend for half a minute or more before jerking it forward again. "Bass will definitely hit each of these lures if you fish them slowly," concludes the Yamaha Pro. "The actual water temperature doesn't determine which lure I'll use, but on any given day, one of these three usually out-performs the other two. "I can't remember all the days I've had on the water when I've caught more than 50 fish using them, and when my father or brother-in-law have joined me, we've caught more than a hundred. The hard part is just making yourself fish the lures slower than at any other time of year, and slower than you probably want to fish them."


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Ball has career day as Wisconsin beats Purdue
Wisconsin RB has 247 yards, 3 touchdowns
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Heisman candidate Montee Ball ran all over the Boilermakers for 247 yards in a record-setting performance that saw him set the all-time Big Ten mark for touchdowns.
Ball scored three times in the win and established new conference and school records with his 72nd touchdown, besting former Badgers great Ron Dayne in the record books. Ball is now two shy of former Miami (Ohio) back Travis Prentice's FBS scoring record.
Purdue's Akeem Hunt scored on an 81-yard run with 1:39 left in the game in what was otherwise a slow day for the Boilermakers' attack. Boilermakers quarterback Caleb TerBush was held to just 80 yards passing with a rushing score and an interception.
Wisconsin (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) dominated the game on both sides of the ball with 647 total yards of offense while holding Purdue (3-3, 0-2) to just 252 total yards. The Badgers compiled an impressive 471 yards on the ground.
GAME NOTEBOOK: With the win Wisconsin takes commanding control of the Leaders division as both Ohio State and Penn State are ineligible for postseason play this year. … The Badgers host Minnesota next week at Camp Randall Stadium while Purdue heads to Ohio State.


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Poor Man's Silencer (2007-04-10)
Ok, so unless you're rolling in it (cash that is), you probably think carefully before splashing the cash on a silencer for your Airsoft pistol. Well, think no more as we have a complete no-brainer of a low-cost solution which requires the minimal of cash.
Possessing aesthetics that only its creator could adore, this silencer is not going to win any beauty contests for sure. But what it does have is charm, and much like a virulent disease, it could well grow on you, if you give it a while. From the outside it looks pretty plain and stealthy, but take a look on the inside and you will see a rifled inner wall. Thus, it somehow seems hard to believe that this unassuming silencer once spent its days providing paper for poop-holes.
Not only is it a kick-ass (or should that be wipe-ass) silencer, it also plays a role in preserving the environment by recycling useless rubbish. So, by slotting one of these onto the end of your gun, you can give yourself a pat on the back for doing your bit for the environment. The method for creating this polar bear-friendly wonder is really straightforward; simply follow the instructions printed below:
- Buy some toilet roll from the supermarket (kitchen roll for a longer silencer).
- Use for wiping various things.
- When fully spent, or perhaps you could keep a few sheets (clean not used) and line it along the inside of the roll for sound-muffling, take the cardboard roll and size it up against your pistol (we recommend a non-blowback or spring pistol).
- Rather crudely force it onto the front end of the pistol and secure it (perhaps with the help of some sticky tape)
- Mission Accomplished. You now have a silencer for less than a pint of beer.
It (sometimes) proves effective in Airsoft skirmishes. Your opponents will be rendered useless once they catch a glimpse of this beauty - watch as you whip this out and your foes roll around in fits of laughter, laughing so hard it hurts, then simply pick them off like flies. We have named our prototype the 5-hit silencer. Take a look at the pictures below (N.B. Gun not included)


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The Russian chemical industry is on a growth path. In 2016, production increased by 5.3 percent. In the first half of 2017 alone, industry output rose by 7.4 percent according to Germany Trade & Invest. Many companies are modernising their facilities and increasing capacity. All of which makes Russia a very promising market for engineering companies at the moment. But there are plenty of challenges too. Industrial complexes are often located in isolated regions with extreme climates. Linde Engineering is also working on several major plants in Russia. In 2017, the company completed an important project in the city of Togliatti, located approximately one thousand kilometres south-east of Moscow on a bend in the Volga. The Russian chemical company KuibyshevAzot commissioned the Linde Azot Togliatti joint venture to build an ammonia plant there to supply its own facility.
One-stop shop for ammonia plant
"This is our largest reference project in the field of ammonia production and we managed every step in the project lifecycle – from engineering through procurement to construction," explains Roland Hein, Project Director at Linde Engineering. The new plant enables KuibyshevAzot, in collaboration with Linde Gas, not only to produce ammonia in higher volumes, but also to do so much more efficiently. "We won this project on the strength of our synergised expertise bridging both plant engineering and gas production," says Hein. Linde customers also benefit from the many years of experience its engineers have already gained successfully completing different projects the world over under challenging climate and logistical conditions.
Teamwork is the key success
KuibyshevAzot uses the key base chemical ammonia to manufacture caprolactam, a precursor for polyamide plastics and other derivatives, as well as nitrogen fertilizers and ammonium salts. Togliatti is home to companies from industries as diverse as chemicals, mechanical engineering and car manufacturing. As such, there are a lot of potential customers for KuibyshevAzot's products. Collaboration with Linde started with the creation of a new joint venture, a company called Linde Azot Togliatti (LAT). "An agreement like this helps us define and work through a lot of project steps," explains Thomas Vielreicher, Project Director at Linde Gas, which operates the plant under the joint venture. "We can collaborate much more closely with this kind of project structure and that always contributes to successful outcomes with engineering projects," says Hein, outlining Linde's strategy that also other customers in Russia could benefit in the future.
Benefits of the Linde Ammonia Concept
The technology factor also helped sway the decision in Linde's favour. The plant's production process is based on the Linde Ammonia Concept (LAC). This is a particularly efficient way of producing ammonia. It converts nitrogen produced by an air separation unit and hydrogen obtained from natural gas via steam reforming into ammonia. "LAC is an inert-free process. This means that inert gases such as argon are separated in the air separation unit before the synthesis step. This makes the synthesis process much more efficient," explains Maximilian Helmle, Process Engineer at Linde Engineering. "It means that only the pure feedstocks are reacting with the help of a catalyst to create ammonia." And it's thanks to these pure gases that this method consumes less energy than the conventional process path. It requires only around 6.75 gigacalories of energy to create one tonne of ammonia (NH3). There's another benefit, too: Pure hydrogen (H2) can be captured before the ammonia synthesis reaction and fed to other applications. This is not possible with conventional production processes. "KuibyshevAzot can thus use H2 for other chemical processes, not just for producing ammonia," adds Vielreicher.
The facility uses the Linde Ammonia Concept (LAC), a process that enables ammonia to be produced particularly efficiently.
Successfully mastering challenges
The plant in Togliatti was mechanically completed in 2016 and has been on stream since March 2017. Since then, the plant has been producing 1,340 tonnes of NH3 per day and additional 8,000 Nm³/h of pure hydrogen. Today, the plant is stable and running to the complete satisfaction of all stakeholders – an achievement under challenging conditions. "The tight schedule and weather conditions really put humans and machines to the test," recalls engineering expert Hein. "There were lots of different issues that we had to make allowances for. The fact that the Volga isn't navigable all year round, for example, or that some streets were too narrow and some bridges too weak for us to transport the plant modules, which weighed up to hundreds of tonnes." The teams had to find workarounds for these challenges.
The ammonia plant built by Linde Engineering for the supply of the Russian chemical company KuibyshevAzot produces 1,340 tonnes of NH3 per day and 8,000 Nm³/h of H2.
Going on stream in the freezing cold
The equipment was manufactured at production sites around the globe. This proved to be an additional challenge for logistics and timing. Small delays had a knock-on effect and meant that the plant could not go on stream as planned in the warm summer months. Instead, start-up was delayed until winter when temperatures sometimes fall as low as minus 28 degrees Celsius. Cleaning pipelines and bringing them on stream is significantly more difficult under these conditions. But the team mastered these on-site challenges too. "Smooth module assembly was an excellent tribute to the LAT joint venture and the outstanding collaboration between our colleagues at Linde Gas and KuibyshevAzot," adds Hein. "The fact that we notched up almost seven million working hours on the construction site without any notable incidents is also a huge achievement," explains the plant expert. "We are proud that the teams were able to work closely to safely build this state-of-the-art technical ammonia plant and successfully bring it on stream," adds his Linde Gas colleague Vielreicher.
More Linde experts for Russia
The plant also meets the expectations of all project stakeholders. A 32-strong team at the LAT joint venture is responsible for operating the facility. The plant's production capacity is another success story as it delivers more than the guaranteed volume while maintaining the guaranteed energy efficiency level for the entire facility. The project in Togliatti has strengthened Linde's presence in Russia, with Linde Engineering significantly increasing staff numbers at its local entity in the city of Samara, 100 kilometres from Togliatti. "We want to establish a strong presence in the region to support Russian industry. This will allow us to effectively meet the needs of existing and potential customers – and also further enhance our position as a strong partner for Russian companies," says Hein.
Important feedstock
Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most important and most commonly manufactured base chemicals. Approximately 146 million tonnes are produced worldwide each year. Russia is the second largest producer after China1. The majority of ammonia (85 percent) is used in the production of fertilizers. However, it is also a key ingredient of polyamide plastics (PA), and production here has been growing since 2013. According to industry experts, the market for the most important categories, PA6 and PA66, is expected to grow by over 6.1 percent per annum over the coming years2. This expansion is mainly being driven by the automobile industry, where high-performance plastics are being used to replace metal parts. This reduces the weight of vehicles, which in turn cuts fuel consumption and harmful emissions.


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CARSON, Calif. — The LA Galaxy have been Major League Soccer's best team the past three months, and all they need to do to assure themselves a playoff berth — and a chance to defend their MLS Cup crown — is beat the league's worst team.
Sounds simple, right?
"Toronto has kind of got our number," midfielder Mike Magee said on the eve of Saturday night's meeting at HDC.
Indeed they do. Toronto haven't lost to the Galaxy since 2009, a six-game stretch that climaxed in March with a stunning triumph, clinched at the Home Depot Center, in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.
The Reds might be 5-17-7 and likely destined to finish 19th of 19 clubs overall, but LA know the numbers don't always dictate results.
"We're definitely not overlooking them," Magee admitted. "It's definitely something when you find out that you're playing them, you remember what it felt like. Obviously, they eliminated us in the Champions League. So you definitely have a bad taste in your mouth."
Toronto toppled the Galaxy on 4-3 aggregate in March, the first real signs of LA's early-season problems, claiming the home-and-home series with a 2-1 triumph in Southern California. The Galaxy believed they could win the regional club title, so the defeat stung like few others.
"That left a sour taste in all our mouths, and we weren't happy with how that finished," said captain Landon Donovan, who acknowledged it would be satisfying to claim a postseason berth against the Reds: "We're lucky that we get a chance at redemption."
The all-time series is even, at 3-3-6, including the CCL games, and 2-2-2 at HDC.
90 MINUTES?: Landon Donovan went 77 minutes last week against Colorado, his first-team return from a hamstring strain, and he received another half-hour on the field in LA's 0-0 CCL draw Wednesday night at Puerto Rico.
"I'm still getting my sharpness back," he said. "I was out awhile and I haven't had a lot of time to train, so I think that's affected me a bit. I just need more touches on the ball, getting more comfortable, and the more time I play, the better it's going to be. ... The hope is I can get through 90 minutes [against Toronto] and be close to fully fit."
NO BECKHAM: David Beckham hasn't trained in three weeks and will miss his third straight game Saturday night. But head coach Bruce Arena says he is "making progress."
Arena refused to confirm whether Beckham would or wouldn't play against Toronto. In a rather typical back-and-forth Friday, he said "there's a chance of seeing David." He also said that "there's a chance of seeing David on the field." And finally, he said that "there's a chance of David playing ... perhaps not in the game tomorrow, but there's a chance."
So, he's definitely out?
"Not definite yet, but ... we'll see."


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