#gun range on Cape Cod

[devonellington]

Thurs. May 25, 2023: Using the Census for Research

image courtesy of  Clker-Free-Vector-Images via pixabay.com Thursday, May 25, 2023 Waxing Moon Pluto Retrograde Partly Sunny and cold The latest on the garden is up over on Gratitude and Growth. Today’s serial episode is Legerdemain: Episode 88:  Jed Smythe’s Apartment Who’s so tidy? The victim or his kidnapper? Legerdemain Serial Link Legerdemain Website Yesterday felt like a somewhat…

[ericvanderburg]

National Guard gun range could contaminate Cape Cod drinking water, EPA warns

http://securitytc.com/SnBMCx

[bonemeadows]

hello friends, i’d like to tell you a story about the beautiful place i call home. long post coming up. 

do you think climate change is bad but you know the responsibility of a solution does not rest on the individual or you’re just not sure what you can do?

do you like seeing birds and other animals around your home and where you live and think they deserve safe, undamaged habitats?

do you think we should do as much as possible to preserve our clean water sources?

do you think the military spending budget in the united states is way too much?

if you answered yes to any of these you might be interested in this story. 

i live on cape cod, in massachusetts. it’s a peninsula that reaches out into the atlantic ocean, so it’s surrounded by salt water. you might wonder how does such a place get fresh drinking water without having to pump it in from miles away?

we’re fortunate enough to have one of the most productive ground water systems in new england, but it’s highly permeable and susceptible to contamination within its watershed. [source]

this groundwater system has been designated as a sole-source aquifer. that means almost two hundred thousand people rely on this water source year round, and in the summer the population here literally doubles with tourism. 

wow it sure would be bad if something happened to it.

wait—something bad did happen. between 1989 and 2009 an area here was listed by the EPA as a superfund site. the national guard had contaminated their military base on cape cod with spilled chemicals and fuels, landfills, and munitions, including lead bullets and live explosives. [source]

let’s see where that military base is located. 

the military base is located on 22,000 acres of land directly above the largest part of the aquifer. unrelated to this specific issue, but don’t you think we could so something better with and for this land? i don’t know, just a thought, seems like the military doesn’t need 22k acres stolen from the wampanoag especially if they’re just going to pollute it. 

so here’s why i’m angry. they want to do this again. the national guard wants to spend $11 million to build an eight-lane machine gun firing range right above the water source. 

[source]

the national guard has been going forward with this plan without providing outside environmental review (they reviewed it themselves and said it was fine) and without engaging in dialogue with the community. 

also a fun note, the brigadier general-whatever-the-fuck that is of the national guard has threatened the local chamber of commerce and is quoted in the above linked source with some expectedly bad takes. 

so let’s review:

cutting down 170 acres of trees in a region that is essential habitat to hundreds of species of migratory birds, as well as other animals, is devastating 

cutting down 170 acres of trees that could remove and store carbon from our declining atmosphere for decades to come is irreversible damage

cutting down 170 acres of trees and shooting toxic ammunition over an area of 5,000 acres above a water source that hundreds of thousands of people rely on is just a really bad fucking idea

if you’re read this far, thank you. i’m going to tell you one way you can help. right now facing climate change as an individual feels hopeless, at least to me. the best tools we have to fight with are our voices, and they always have been. the association to preserve cape cod has created a form you can use to email appointed officials who have the power to stop this. you can also donate to the apcc, but i’m not asking you to. i’m just asking you for your voices. 

please reblog this post, because someone might come across it who lives here who doesn’t even know this is happening. i love this little spit of land with all my heart and i know others do too. 

[lindoig4]

Friday, 23 August

So here we are in St Johns: the oldest settlement in the New World!

A much better day today! We asked at the hotel desk if they knew of a nearby computer repair shop - so they rang the company that maintains their system and the owner offered to come around almost straight away to look at my PC - amazing!  Can you imagine anyone in Australia doing that!

This is the same PC that suffered a somewhat similar episode in Scotland last year and I took it to a shop there where the tech gave it a hearty whack and miraculously fixed it for me.  This time, I had already given the device several savage whacks in my frustration to no effect.  When the guy arrived today, I was just starting to explain the problem when he accidentally dropped the PC!!!  On picking it up, full of apologies, we noticed that it was booting itself without us even turning the ON button on!  Talk about magic.  Problem solved and he refused my offer to pay for his call out!  We rebooted it and shut it down a few times to ensure all was working and I returned to our room and immediately fired off a 54 Gb backup of data and photos - just in case I can’t whack it in the right place next time.  Definitely time for a new travel computer.....

The rest of the day was pretty good too.  We went to a nearby supermarket and browsed the shelves, and finally bought a few goodies to eat.  It is quite fascinating looking at other countries’ groceries - quite different to ours, although they did have some Aussie Vegemite for sale.

Heather spent quite some time trying to get the SIMs that we bought in Australia working.  She eventually got her’s working, but gave up trying to get mine up.  We are heartily fed up with the mob we bought them from and have put them on notice that we will be demanding a full refund when we get home.  They have already agreed to a refund for the US one that caused us so many hours of trouble and midnight phone calls in July!

We then arranged for the hotel to book a couple of tours for us for tomorrow and Sunday and then went for a leisurely stroll down to the harbour and along the esplanade, stopping at a pub for a mandatory cold one, then back along the main street with its quaint shops and brightly coloured houses and eventually home again where I used our good internet access here to post a heap of photos that have been waiting for some bandwidth for weeks.  All the houses here are timber and most are painted in very bright colours.  Maintenance must be a nightmare but it makes for a pleasant, if slightly garish, scene with every building wearing a different set of rich bright colours.

Apropos of nothing, a minor feature of North America that is taking us some time to get used to (apart from everyone driving on the wrong side of the road) is that all their electrical switches are upside down.  Up to torn on and down to turn off - maybe the water swirls the wrong way going down the drain as well.

Today (Saturday), we took a tour to the easternmost point in North America - Cape Spear.

It turned out to be just us and Darren, our enthusiastic native-born driver, who had a patter that almost defied interruption.  He was brimming full of information that just had to be imparted machinegun-like but a lot of it went over our heads because he constantly referred to people and historical events of which we knew nothing (or perhaps less).  

Perhaps I should have written that bit like this:

ItturnedouttobejustusandDarren,ourenthusiasticnative-borndriver,whohadapatter thatalmostdefiedinterruption...........  

But it was interesting. Cape Spear was a key defence post in WWII with 2 of the biggest guns ever made hidden underground with 30 tonne lead counterweights attached to catapult them into their firing position if needed.  Fortunately, they were never used, but there is a lot of history here and extensive interpretative signage at the Cape and elsewhere around town.  We strolled around the Cape and the underground fortifications and examined the flowers and photographed the birds for maybe an hour before resuming our tour.

We went up Signal Hill near our hotel and got some more history there.  It is where Marconi received the first ever radio signal from Europe.  St Johns is also where Marconi’s mate, Thomas Edison, built the world’s first commercial streetlights.  Lots of interesting facts and historical events around this part of the world!

We also called in at a delightful little fishing village, Petite Harbour: a wonderfully picturesque little place that was a key centre for cod fishing.  It is still important, but tiny and quite beautiful.  We both loved it.

We got Darren to drop us off at a place where we could buy some wine (very restricted here) and then strolled the kilometre or two home just in time for a late lunch.

In the afternoon, I climbed back up Signal Hill in search of birds.  It turned out to be a more mammoth climb than I anticipated, but I was rewarded with 5 new species not seen before.  Rain was threatening but never quite arrived, just a fine spray now and then, but it kept me moving faster than was good for me.  Notwithstanding, I made it to the very top, in fact up the very steep narrow winding staircase to the top floor of the tower on top of the Hill where the town and harbour looked quite diminutive through the gloom.  Very moody.  I had made lots of scenic detours on the way up so my climb was slightly less steep, but considerably further to walk, but I took the second shortest way home again, straight down the main road.  The shortest way would have been to leap off the parapet, but I chose a safer descent to earth.

And now it is Sunday and we are almost ready to embark on another half-day tour – this time with driver John – so I will post this and try to get some more photos up this afternoon.

[winchester11213]

The Babysitter

Part 1

Summary: Dean and the Reader end up watching a 4 year old after a hunt. 

Words: 2674

Pairing: Dean x Reader (established)

Warnings: None? Maybe a little fluffy

A/N: I hope this turns out all right. So I’m biting the bullet and posting for the first time. This isn’t my first fic, but I think it’s cute, so I chose it to be my first public post. (Also, not my image; found on google.I really need to learn how to do aesthetic boards...)

A/N 2: I tried to do a “keep reading” thing but it wouldn’t work, so if anyone wants to pop by my ask box and let me know how to do that too, I’d appreciate it)

It was supposed to be a simple salt-and-burn. But you knew things with the Winchesters never ended up being simple. You had dropped Dean off at the cemetery right after sunset and made your way to the unassuming cape cod at the end of the cul-de-sac. Dean had argued with you about going to the house, insisting it wasn’t necessary; he would have the bones burnt to a crisp before the vengeful spirit could rear its ugly mug, but you weren’t so sure. 

The two of you had done very little research on this case aside from perusing newspaper articles and interviewing a few witnesses and it didn’t really sit well with you. Honestly, the research aspect of the job wasn’t your forte. You could do it, it just bored you to tears and you preferred not to. The fact that neither of you had done much research was probably the real reason Dean didn’t want you heading to the house alone, but you had to be sure the next couple on the ghost’s radar was safe. 

 You had promised Dean you’d stay in the car and just keep watch until he called to let you know the fire was roaring, however not five minutes into your stakeout you saw the husband thrown against the window, blood staining his white shirt. 

And now here you were, salt-loaded shotgun in hand, trying your best to break down the front door. How did the boys make this look so easy?! Finally, after severely bruising your shoulder, the door jamb gave way and you burst through into the foyer. To your left was the blood covered body of the husband. You rushed over, sliding in the crimson puddles that soaked into the hardwood, and checked for a pulse. 

Nothing. 

Fuck. 

You stood, shotgun at the ready, and snuck through the house looking for the wife. You were sure she should have been screaming by now, but the house was eerily quiet. Too quiet. Your pulse thundered in your ears as the adrenaline coursed through your system. With every turn you made throughout the house you were expecting to come face to face with the spirit. You cleared each room on the first floor and stealthily made your way up the stairs. A small hallway greeted you with two doors at either side. You took the one to your right and as the door swung open, your breath caught in your throat. 

It was a kid’s room.

But the spirit you were hunting didn’t come after families, only childless couples. So why—-?

A faint rustling noise from the closet caught your attention. You eased over to the corner of the room and threw the door open, gun aimed high. That’s when you heard the tiny gasp and whimper. You lowered the gun and your gaze went to the little boy, knees curled into his chest, in the corner of the closet. He was maybe four years old, definitely not older than five. 

“Hey, buddy,” you cooed, hiding the gun behind you as you crouched down to his level. You extended your hand. “It’s ok. I’m (Y/N). I’m here to help.” 

His tear-stained face looked up at you and it broke your heart. “Did you get the bad man?” His tiny voice creaked.

“I’m working on it,” you replied. It was in your own code to never lie or sugarcoat things with kids when shit hit the fan. Children were smart and could handle a lot more than people gave them credit for. They also tended to be more cooperative when they knew they weren’t being bullshitted. “Let’s get you somewhere safe.”

He slowly reached out and took your hand. 

“What’s your name, sweetie?” You lifted him up onto your left hip and held the gun just out of his line of sight in your right hand.

“Owen,” he squeaked out, burying his face in your neck.

“All right, Owen, I’m gonna get you out of here.” 

You hustled out of the room and down the steps, making it two feet from the door when it slammed shut. You tucked the shotgun under your arm and grabbed the handle. It wouldn’t budge. 

Owen suddenly lifted his head and pointed behind you. “It’s the bad man!”

You spun around and there was your vengeful spirit. His dark, sunken eyes were  almost black against his pale skin, a dirty brown suit clung loosely to his frame, and his light hair was matted with what looked like old blood.

Shit. Shit-shit-shit. 

Owen smashed his face back into your neck to hide from the sight in front of you. You raised your gun, ready to shoot, when the spirit suddenly burst into flames and dissipated into the night. 

You took a deep breath and released it with a sigh. You patted Owen on the back. “It’s ok, buddy. The bad man’s gone now.”  

You turned back to the door and it fell off the broken jamb, earning an eye roll. You hated it when the ghosts did that shit. You slowly carried Owen out to the Impala and placed him in the backseat. As soon as you shut the door, your phone rang.

“Hey, sugar,” Dean’s whiskey smooth voice came through the line, “it’s done.”

“Oh, it’s done all right,” you replied.

“What? You had to go in?”

“Yeah.” You ran your hand over your face. “Dude didn’t make it & I can’t find the wife. But...” you looked through the window and waved to the little boy, putting on your best smile. He gave a half-hearted wave back. “I do have a little—uh—surprise for you.” 

“What kind of surprise?” Dean was wary.

“Oh,” you sighed heavily, “you’ll see. I’ll be there to get you in ten.”

“Hey, (Y/N) wait—!” But he was cut off by you hanging up the phone and shoving it in your coat pocket. 

“Are you fucking kidding me?!” Dean whisper-yelled to you in the small entryway of your motel room. His nostrils flared and his eyes bore into yours searching for an answer to his rhetorical question.

By the time you had pulled up to the cemetery, Owen had fallen asleep on the backseat. Dean opened the back door, ready to toss in the duffle and questioning you about his surprise, when he suddenly halted at the sight. He was dumbfounded. You shrugged and offered a lopsided grin, telling him you would discuss it back at the motel as to not disturb your little guest. Now, Owen was hunkered down at the edge of the only bed. Dean had set him up with some Scooby-Doo & a stash of sweets from the motel vending machine. You had made the observation that this particular method of distraction probably wasn’t the best and that’s when Dean escorted you by the elbow to the entryway.

“Well, what was I supposed to fucking do?!” You matched his tone and volume. “Leave the kid at the house to find his old man gutted on the living room floor? I’m not heartless, Dean.”

Dean rubbed his hand over his face in exasperation. “I know! I know!” He huffed. “But now what are we gonna do?”

“We find his mother,” you asserted, hands placed firmly on your hips. 

“If she isn’t dead,” Dean hissed through clenched teeth. 

You knew it was a strong possibility. After the spirit had painted the living room red he was gone for a decently long time before resurfacing for his attempted attack at you. Owen’s mom could very well be dripping her insides on some public bathroom floor essentially ruining girls’ night forever. “Then we need to hop online, search police reports for anything—fresh—and find her. If not, he has to have next of kin somewhere. He just stays with us until then.”

Dean’s face dropped. “You mean, we babysit?

“Yeah. We babysit.” You walked over to the table, opened up your laptop and sat down.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Dean eyed you curiously.

“Researching,” you replied, removing your flannel and getting comfortable—well as comfortable as you could in the stiff kitchenette chair. “Like we probably should have done in the first place.”

“I thought you were gonna...” he nodded his head in Owen’s direction. 

The laugh that erupted from your mouth was totally fake. “Ha! No. First of all, just because I’m the woman doesn’t mean that it’s my ‘job’.” You air quoted the word. “And secondly, there’s only one computer and I’m a faster reader than you.”

“Well, what am I supposed to do?” Dean was flustered, a slight tingle of pink decorating the apples of his cheeks.

You glanced over at Owen who was giggling away at the cartoon. “Bond. You have the same taste in television.”

Dean rolled his eyes and you smirked back knowing full well that you also loved Scooby. 

“Fine, but you owe me,” he replied, leaning to give you a peck on the cheek. “Big time.”

Dean made his way over to Owen and plopped down next to him striking up a conversation about Daphne. You smiled, a small chuckle in your throat, as you watched Dean and the little boy, who politely shared the bag of M&M’s. Even after all the poor kid had been through in the last hour, you could tell that he was a little sweetheart. 

And Dean.

After all of his years hunting and having to deal with kids, he still felt like he wouldn’t be a good father. But seeing him with kids, it was like he was in his element. Maybe because his childhood was stolen from him, so it was really easy for him to accept kids as they are, something he had always wanted to be. He opened up the most around kids, even more so than with you. He could be himself around them without fear of judgement, without the need to put on a show or mask how he felt. As much as he hated to admit it, kids brought him joy.

You had pointed this out to him before in passing and he brushed you off, glossing over his feelings and citing how being in “the life” wasn’t the way to raise a kid. He always brushed you off when you mentioned how good he was with kids. Until that one night 5 years ago when the two of you were discussing where your relationship was going. 

You had already been together for 3 years, and had teamed up on hunts for years before that, so you knew what you were getting into when you let Dean Winchester carry your heart. You had brought up the idea of starting a family, retiring from hunting. Dean balked at the suggestion, but you could see something more in his eyes, so you pressed on, assuring him that you weren’t going anywhere no matter what his thoughts were on the matter. You just wanted to know if it was ever in the cards. He had taken a few moments to think and gave you a curt “no” as his answer. It would never be in the cards. 

Then you stepped over a line. You asked what he was afraid of; that he would end up like his father? That hardened his features; you could still feel his icy glare and sense how his muscles turned steely, and hear the anguish in his voice when he screamed at you. Telling you to just forget ever having a normal life and family if you wanted him. It was a take him or leave him situation. He knew that you being his was already a death sentence for you and that he couldn’t change your mind there, but there was no way he was bringing a kid into this fucked up world just for those demons and monsters to have more leverage against him, for him to have something more to lose. 

So you left it there, resigned to the fact that all Dean could ever give you was himself. You loved him and you wanted to be with him forever and a day, so kids was something you were willing to give up for him, even though it tore a small hole in your heart. 

You continued to sneak peeks at the two boys as you toiled away at the computer for the next two hours. You had overheard parts of their conversations; Dean masterfully built a rapport and got information out of Owen without him even noticing he was being questioned. He didn’t know much about his mom except her name was Melissa, she had gone on a trip, and she made the best PB&J in the whole wide world.

By 2am, you had found out that Melissa wasn’t dead in an alley anywhere in the United States (or at least not reported yet), but you didn’t have much else to go on. Dean had been trying, unsuccessfully, to get Owen to sleep for the past hour. Every time he tucked him in, Owen had another request: had to pee, glass of water, tell him a story.

“I need to go to the bathroom,” Owen whined from under the covers. 

“Kid,” Dean pinched the bridge of his nose then dropped his arms to his sides, “you just went to the bathroom five minutes ago.”

Owen’s legs were now bouncing. “But now I have to pooooooop!”

Dean sighed and gestured to the bathroom. Owen’s smile lit up his face as he scampered off. Dean looked over at you, your bottom lip caught between your teeth, trying your best not to laugh in his face. “I can’t do this anymore.”

“Aw, honey,” you said with mock sympathy, “is a four year old too much for the great Dean Winchester?”

“Gimme demons, wendigos, hell, I’d take on Lucifer himself—again! This? This is ridiculous.”

You actually laughed this time and rose to give Dean a hug. “It’ll be ok. I texted Sam and he’s been helping with the research. Haven’t found his mom yet, but Sam made the connection that the spirit was after cheating couples. All of the couples before tonight had cheated, gotten a divorce, and married their paramour. Owen’s parents were in the process of getting a divorce.”

“Hmm,” Dean mused, “looks like Melissa’s gonna save a shit-ton on legal fees.”

“Truth. Cheating bastard.” You walked over to the kitchenette and began making coffee. “Looks like it’s gonna be a long night for me. Neither Sam nor I have gotten a lead on Melissa yet.”

Suddenly the bathroom door swung open and a naked Owen ran from the bathroom, stopping in front of Dean, and bending over to assume the position. “Did I get it? Is my poop all gone.” 

Dean’s eyebrows raised so far they almost rocketed off his forehead into space. “Excuse me?”

Owen’s only reply was to reach around, spread his cheeks and give his rear a little shake. You laughed so hard it didn’t even make a noise and your shoulders shook violently as you gasped for air and tried to contain your amusement.

Dean shot his best bitch face at you as he leaned in for the poop check. His head and shoulders wiggled, a quick shudder holding back the disgust. “Clean as a whistle, kiddo,” he grunted out. “Good job. Now go get dressed and get in bed.” 

Owen ran back to the bathroom and Dean turned to you as you wiped the tears from your eyes. “You so, SO owe me.”

By the time you sat back down at the laptop with your coffee, Owen was tucked in again and Dean was laying next to him, back propped against the headboard. 

“Mr. Dean?” Owen’s tiny voice was thick with exhaustion.

“Hmm?” Dean’s eyes were closed and his head tilted back.

“Are you gonna help me find my mommy?” Owen yawned.

Dean put his arm around Owen and pulled him close. “Buddy, I’ll help you find the lost city of Atlantis if you’ll just—please—go to sleep.”

[uozlulu]

Banana Fish episode 22 reaction post. Spoilers.

Overall, I think this episode was a really hard episode because of how much had to happen within it, which shows yet another weakness to the anime’s infinite list of pacing problems. I did fast forward through the stuff with Foxx, because not only do I find what he did excessive and something that brought nothing new or strong to the story, it’s also just nothing I care to view. I really liked Uchida and Fukuyama’s voice work in this episode. Ash repeating Eiji’s name over and over at the end was painful and I liked the range and rawness that Fukuyama brought to Yut-Lung.

Please be aware that there are spoilers below.

”You’re like a leopard…” This is going to become some kind of death flag that broke the camel’s back if we’re not careful.

”You could have anything you want.” Like freedom? Pretty sure he’s trying to obtain freedom.

Anyway, I’m going to fast forward through this for the sake of my own sanity. What I can say is this: I always found this to be excessive and unnecessary. Like the mounting death flags, we know Ash’s history. We know what trauma he’s been through. Perhaps the point here is to retraumatize him since Ash has been healing a little over the course of the story. Maybe the point is some kind of fetish. Maybe it’s a way to deal with personal trauma. Maybe it’s meant to solidify something to justify what’s going to happen later in the story. I don’t know, but I’ve always felt Foxx taking this to the level he takes it to did not really add anything to the story and did not strengthen anything in the story. It’s just torture for the sake of torture rather than torture for the sake of plot.

I know it’s aiming for a door and blowing it away with a gun, but like Eiji could not hit that can in Cape Cod worth beans and here he is now.

The benefit of the anime is that it strengthens this hug between Eiji and Ash. We can see Ash shaking (trembling? Both?) and Eiji wraps his arms around him and Ash slowly stops shaking. I also like the contrast of how Cain approaches Ash and Eiji approaches him. Cain does what most people would want, a hand on the shoulder. It’s an honest gesture but comes without any warning. Eiji, however, gives Ash a moment to be ready and then hugs him. I don’t know if I’d characterize it as asking for permission but more like Eiji’s saying non-verbally, “I’m going to hug you,” and Ash chooses to accept it in his own way. I also like the lack of background noise or music.

I have to say I really understand where Lao’s coming from here. He’s operating with the information he’s been given. He doesn’t know why Ash killed Shorter, but he knows that much. Under any other circumstance, that would give him – any of them – the right to go after Ash and get revenge. Since he doesn’t have the information Sing has, Lao is frustrated with this whole affair. He doesn’t want to capitulate to the guy who murdered his boss (and probably friend), he can’t trust anything coming from Ash at all, and it’s probably like everyone’s lost their minds. One thing I am curious about is like how Sing exactly became the leader of the gang. How did they decide? Was he always Shorter’s second in command? Did the gang as a whole decide Sing was the best leader? Is it a family thing? Does it have to do with Sing becoming acquainted with Yut-Lung? I just have a lot of questions and I really can’t fault Lao because he’s making clear logical choices based on the information he has.

I know it’s the writing, but just in universe motivation a sec, I wonder if part of what’s driving Yut-Lung to return Ash to Dino is jealousy. When Ash and the others fled the mansion ages ago, Yut-Lung left, but did not leave Dino’s influence. Now that Yut-Lung’s brothers are all dead and he’s gotten his revenge, he’s still connected back to Dino. Eiji in many ways represents Ash’s freedom and Yut-Lung doesn’t really have anyone like that right now in his life because when Sing could have become that, the story required Sing to walk away. Blanca meanwhile is part of the snare that Yut-Lung is still trapped. I am curious but not to the point I’d want to necessarily know what Yut-Lung’s been through over the course of the story, what caused him to kind of go from the equivalent of a student council nemesis to some kind of braid twirling kid on a downward spiral. I mean I know the answer is it’s for the sake of the story and the ending we’re working towards, but I guess as per usual, I’m left wishing we could have gotten more from Yut-Lung than this.

I feel like this is part of why I end up ultimately neutral on Blanca. Like you can see how his choices are made in a way to help Ash, but at the same time just some of the choices he makes you know? But that’s also kind of what keeps him from lacking dimension like Foxx does, which I can appreciate. I’m kind of curious about the editing team situation during the manga’s run. Everything starts out fairly strong and the main characters are pretty dimensional for the most part (Ash’s Gary Stu moments aside here), but as we get into the later parts of the story we lose a lot of that especially as we drive closer to the end. What kind of editing discussions went on? Was the manga popular enough that the editors just kind of went with whatever? Are these things based on compromises made with editors? I’ve just always been curious about these things.

This is also why I’ve always been rather sympathetic to Yut-Lung as well. Up to this point, he’s had all these opportunities he could have killed Eiji. He’s even been in a position a few times in which he could have killed Ash as well, especially if the narrative allowed him to show up his assassin skill to its fullest extent. I think that he doesn’t actually want to kill Eiji or Ash. I think that what he’s observed with them stirs up things he doesn’t know how to handle possibly. Yut-Lung has lived a fairly isolated existence even when his mother was alive. He can’t generate the support network that Ash can. Everything he’s been through, ,he’s had to carry himself. Ultimately he gives Blanca the location because I think that he set the hit for Eiji to try and capture whatever it is that he’s lost since achieving his goal against his brothers. Perhaps he thought that by killing Eiji he could kill whatever it is about Eiji that eats at him. Yut-Lung hasn’t been able to take a breather and step back to analyze what’s happened to him since he finally got his revenge and that’s part of the in universe motivation for his current state of being. I think that’s also why I’ve always kind of toyed with what would happen if Eiji and Yut-Lung were to meet again post-“Garden of Light” perhaps. What does Yut-Lung go on to learn about himself after the series ends? How does he mature and grow? I mean he’s basically a high school sophomore/junior who’s been severely traumatized which likely won’t do the maturation process any favors. I feel sorry for him ultimately totally see for these reasons but also how he’s used by the narrative throughout these final sections as well.

I like how the anime does what the manga did where they have the character speak in English to represent speaking in Japanese. lol “I’m thank you.” I can totally see Ibe’s face while messing around teaching Ash straight up gibberish.

I know this must be shocking for everyone, but you’d think between Alex and Jessica they would think to put pressure on Eiji’s wound to help stem the blood flow. Like I mean Alex is the second in command of one of the bigger gangs in New York City during the cocaine crisis. Certainly he knows first aid for wounds like this. I mean I know that the anime wants to present the scene so we can clearly see the wound and see all the characters in the room. It’s framed really nicely. However, please someone get Eiji some first aid please.

Once again, Uchida is giving us what we deserve in terms of voice work.

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Marine mammal beachings not likely due to space weather

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Dec. 8, 2017

The age-old mystery of why otherwise healthy dolphins, whales and porpoises get stranded along coasts worldwide deepens: After a collaboration between NASA scientists and marine biologists, new research suggests space weather is not the primary cause of animal beachings -- but the research continues. The collaboration is now seeking others to join their search for the factors that send ocean mammals off course, in the hopes of perhaps one day predicting strandings before they happen.

Scientists have long sought the answer to why these animals beach, and one recent collaboration hoped to find a clear-cut solution: Researchers from a cross-section of fields pooled massive data sets to see if disturbances to the magnetic field around Earth could be what confuses these sea creatures, known as cetaceans. Cetaceans are thought to use Earth's magnetic field to navigate. Since intense solar storms can disturb the magnetic field, the scientists wanted to determine whether they could, by extension, actually interfere with animals' internal compasses and lead them astray.

During their first investigation, the scientists -- from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; the International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW; and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM -- were not able to hammer down a causal connection.

"We've learned so far there is no smoking gun indicating space weather is the primary driver," said Goddard space weather scientist Antti Pulkkinen. "But there is a sense that geomagnetic conditions may be part of a cocktail of contributing factors."

Now, the team is opening their study up much wider: They're asking other scientists to participate in their work and contribute data to the search for the complex set of causes for such strandings.

Mining Data for Connections

Mass strandings occur around the world and can affect anywhere from three to several hundred animals during any given event. Although they are a global phenomenon, scientists have identified certain hot spots: New Zealand, Australia, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, all of which share key geographic characteristics like sloping beaches and fine-grained sediment -- factors thought to play a role in strandings.

In strandings involving multiple deaths, autopsies reveal that the vast majority of the deceased animals were healthy before they beached. Some researchers hypothesize groups strand when their strong social bonds compel them to follow a distressed individual into shallow waters.

"Whales and dolphins have always been mythical emblems for us," said Desray Reeb, a marine biologist at BOEM's headquarters in Sterling, Virginia. "They're intelligent, social and mystical, and present an intriguing challenge for us to understand because they're so like us, and yet so different."

This particular investigation was Reeb's brainchild; she approached Pulkkinen about launching the research effort after hearing his presentation about space weather in June 2015. The team initially focused on Cape Cod -- the biggest hot spot in the United States -- and sifted through nearly two decades of IFAW stranding observations alongside both ground- and space-based NASA space weather data.

Just as weather varies on Earth, occasionally bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds, the ever-changing Sun sometimes hurls massive clouds of solar material and magnetic fields into space, called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. The effects of these eruptions on near-Earth space are collectively known as space weather. CMEs can spark powerful geomagnetic storms if they slam into Earth's magnetic field. If solar storms and strandings were indeed connected, the scientists thought they might detect patterns in Earth's geomagnetic activity in the time surrounding a stranding event.

"If we can determine what conditions promote strandings and develop an alert system that recognizes when those factors are coming together, then stranding networks in different areas can prepare for the event and get rescue efforts on the ground sooner," said project collaborator Katie Moore, the IFAW Deputy Vice President of Conservation and Animal Welfare.

Headquartered in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, IFAW operates in 40 countries, rescuing animals and promoting conservation to secure a safe habitat for wildlife. In Cape Cod, IFAW has developed a robust emergency response program that has increased the stranding survival rate from 14 to 75 percent in almost 30 years. Shifting from reactive to predictive capabilities, however, would represent an entirely new approach to animal rescue. With funding from BOEM's Environmental Studies Program and NASA's Science Innovation Fund, the team undertook a major data-mining effort to take the initial steps toward developing predictions.

First, they looked for correlations between each stranding event and the space weather outlook the day of that event. Then, they shifted the space weather data by different time periods -- one day, two days, 10 days, and so on -- to explore whether there is a delay in the effects of solar activity on strandings.

After analyzing all the data, the scientists found that no matter the shift in time, space weather had the same statistical relationship with each stranding -- indicating no clear causal connection between geomagnetic activity and the Cape Cod strandings.

While the scientists had been hoping for a eureka moment, the results of their analysis still led them to consider that while space weather isn't a primary driver of strandings, it could be one factor among several. Unraveling interactions and events in biological scenarios typically requires ecological perspectives; perhaps space weather, they thought, was one necessary component of the grander ecological conditions that lead to mass stranding events.

"Although our analyses indicated that geomagnetic storms are likely not a major cause, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to completely exclude any possible factor from the mix," Pulkkinen said. "Our view is that strandings are likely caused by a complex combination of multiple environmental factors, so we want to include the widest possible range of possible parameters in the follow-up study."

Expanding the Search

Diving deeper into the complex puzzle of mass strandings, the team decided to expand their analysis and include additional oceanographic and atmospheric data sets from NASA's Earth science missions, including Terra, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor -- or SeaWIFS, for short -- and Global Precipitation Measurement, as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES, mission. In turn, the team itself also expanded to include more collaborators with expertise in the increasingly complex statistical analysis the project demanded.

The additional data may shed light on the interacting conditions that affect cetaceans' behavior. For example, tides, winds and sea surface temperature could disrupt their migration habits, and ocean color -- referring to the water's chemical and particle content -- could reflect changes in the food chain.

"NASA has access to large-scale oceanographic data sets ranging from primary productivity to ocean temperature, currents and wind," Moore said. "For the first time, we're layering huge data sets to study this problem. Maybe we'll find there's a 'perfect storm' of conditions that lead to a stranding."

To determine whether they've found a plausible explanation for a stranding, the team statisticians build models that attempt to make predictions within their data sets. They remove a small subset of the data, and if their model can accurately replicate the missing pieces, the scientists may be on the right track.

"These environmental and animal observations are noisy data, so whatever we find, we have to take with a grain of salt," said Erdem Karaköylü, a Goddard Earth science data analyst and oceanographer who joined the team during its expansion. "But it's also a rich data set. When you have a lot of data, it's easier to discard what's not useful."

While the team's initial attention is turned to Cape Cod, their research has implications for preventing strandings across the globe. According to Reeb, each stranding hot spot requires individualized study, but the factors affecting strandings may be the same globally -- albeit to varying degrees of importance. Additionally, the team's current priority is laying the groundwork for future studies by developing methods for storing and analyzing multiple data sets. They envision building an open-source tool that would enable scientists across the world to collaborate and study strandings in their area in a similar fashion.

Moore is still hopeful that her team will one day have a predictive model to support their rescues, ultimately enabling them to save more animals. In the meantime, the team will continue to inspect the layers of data for interactions and patterns, deepening their understanding of mass strandings and setting a precedent for future interdisciplinary studies.

"In past decades, we scientists often have worked in isolation, everyone sticking to their own specialty and answering questions from their perspective," Reeb said. "This exciting study brings amazing people with diverse expertise together to answer a question that has ramifications across the board."

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okay but seriously what the fuck has my life been the past 2 months like ????

all the while I am dying physically and emotionally at this job, and yet for some reason I still decide to do a couple hours of volunteer sewing that my dad found on facebook because it's for a yearly artsy performance (including giant puppets) he's been going to since it started 6 years ago, I get invited by the puppetmaker and creator of the show to come do some more sewing next week

I do and she offers me $20 an hour to be the costume manager for the show, I can't get the dress rehearsal days off from work at joanns because there's no hecking time off request sheets in the break room, so I start to freak tf out as I'm scheduled to work on all the days I needed off

I quit joanns after a month and without a 2 weeks notice because I'm literally on my way to the first dress rehearsal for night fall

I do 8 hours at the dress rehearsals, cool that's $160, no taxes because the nonprofit pays me from their own fund, I expect to make another $160 on show day, cool that's a bit of money

I get offered to come in tuesday-friday the week before the show to help finish costumes and props; I don't know how many hours I put in during that but my total paycheck by the end of everything is for 47 hours, $940, the largest check I've ever received in my life

not to mention the show's creator personally intoduced me to the costume shop manager at the hartford stage (while I was barefoot and sweaty in the tent after fursuiting before the show), and I met a handful of other people with connections to the hartford stage and similar things with this whole experience

the next week I just kinda lay low as everything hurts from the previous week; my parents talk me into skipping AAC this year to instead go to cape cod with them and I agree because I got approximately none of the cosplay stuff done that I wanted to for AAC

day before we leave, my brother's "car" that was literally older than me finally went kaput after having so many problems for so many years, so we leave one car behind for him to go to work/school when we leave for the cape when we had originally planned on taking both; brother is given a few hundred dollars loan from parents in addition to what he had saved up for a new car to go car shopping during the week while we're gone

brother checks out local used car dealers, but nothing is really in his price range, so he resorts to craigslist, finds a listing, friend drives him to the city and parks a block away while brother goes to make the transaction, in broad daylight on a main drag right by a convention center

brother and "seller" small talk for a minute before the "seller" silently pulls a gun on hemophiliac brother, brother silently hands over his $2000 and runs away to friend's car a block away and they immediately go to police station to report it

apparently there has been around 8 of these kinds of robberies reported, mostly by the same 2 people, in the past couple of weeks, including one guy who tried to be a hero and has been in critical condition from a gunshot wound for a month

sister is coming home from rehab tomorrow, mom financed a new car (she had been wanting to for a couple years now) so brother can have her old car, I'm unemployed again aside from etsy and sewing commissions and don't plan on working again until 2018 and I have my license, I *could* say more about my brother's situation and what's going on with the investigation, but I really shouldn't (aka it's some serious shit) oh and also my cat, who meant more than anything else in the world to me, disappeared a little over a month ago and he didn't deserve to go so early he was only 3 he was a rescue he went through so much from being abandoned as a kitten and then being quite sick with the usual kennel illnesses when I adopted him, to getting an infection from a wound and almost dying from the fever if he hadn't dropped $1000 on him for emergency care, he got stuck in a tree for 10 days (we voluntarily paid a tree-climber $400 for finally getting him out after a bucket truck called in by the town and another tree-climber both failed) and then was out in a storm drain pipe for a day and a half afterwards, he was so grossly attached to me and innocent and a wimpy mama's boy who knew no evil and yet he was taken away from the world (presumably) way too early

so yeah that's why I've been MIA lately lmao goodnight sorry

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Take your pick from tourist attractions that range from classical music concerts by a world-class symphony orchestra to perfecting your tan on a pristine beach.

As one of the original 13 colonies, Massachusetts has preserved more than parts of historic sites from ancient times. But it's not all history - in Boston's vibrant Faneuil Hall Marketplace, you'll find fashions as new as tomorrow. Landscapes are just as varied, and as you explore these must-see sights, you'll find rolling mountains, waves crashing on rocky shores, green pastures and farmlands, deep forests, and beautiful little postcard-perfect villages that Norman Rockwell immortalized in his paintings.

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1. Freedom Trail

Some of Colonial America's most iconic landmarks mark Boston's three-mile Freedom Trail as it winds through the old city's narrow streets to connect 16 historic monuments and attractions.

Follow the red brick line and brass medallions in the pavement, from the Visitor Center in the Boston Common all the way to the 54-gun frigate USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Along the way, wander through two old burying grounds to find the graves of Paul Revere, John Hancock, and the first female to step off the Mayflower. The Old State House, Boston's oldest public building, was the scene of the infamous Boston Massacre when five colonists were killed by British soldiers.

A few steps off the Freedom Trail, at 1 Milk Street, is the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, a location marked by a bust of a patriot, who was born here in 1706.

2. Cape Cod Beaches

Cape Cod is a long, curving peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic, protecting Cape Cod Bay with its northward curve. Most of its 560 miles of shoreline are long white-sand beaches, often backed by dunes of waving seagrass.

Many of them are crowded in mid-summer, but there is enough sand for everyone (although not always enough parking for their cars). Look for the more uncrowded beaches on the quieter north shore, along Route 6-A, near Sandwich or Brewster.

Chatham and Orleans both have beautiful white beaches on the Atlantic coast. Cape Cod's beaches are among the most beautiful places in Massachusetts.

3. Minute Man National Historical Park and Lexington Green

You can follow the route taken by the British regulars as they marched from Boston in a move that would begin the American Revolution. Battle Road is now part of Minute Man National Historical Park, which also includes North Bridge in Concord, where the Colonials engaged the British in battle.

North Bridge Visitor Center shows artifacts, uniforms, and a historical film, and at the end of the bridge is Daniel Chester French's famous Minuteman statue.

4. Faneuil Hall

Built-in 1740-42, Faneuil Hall was given to the city as a market hall by merchant Peter Faneuil. Along with a market, it was a place for public meetings well-used by colonists protesting British taxes and other grievances.

In the mid-19th century, it was the scene of anti-slavery meetings, rallies, and speeches. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Museum on its top floor preserves paintings of battles, along with arms and uniforms.

5. Mayflower II and Plimoth Plantation

In December 1620, separatists from the Church of England, called Pilgrims, landed at Plymouth after failing to reach their original destination in Virginia, making Plymouth the first permanent European settlement in New England.

You can step back into their world at the living history museum, Plimoth Plantation, where costumed interpreters (who never leave their 17th-century persona) re-create the experience of living in early colonial America as they go about daily tasks of gardening, building, cooking, and military training.

Craftsmen used authentic tools to make objects popular in the 17th century. Plimoth Plantation also explores the lives and culture of Native Americans at its Hobbamock's Homesite, a re-creation of a Wampanoag village, where you'll see dwellings, gardens, and artifacts.

Here, descendants of the area's first inhabitants demonstrate how their ancestors lived before and after the colonists' arrival. Be sure to visit the full-scale reproduction of the Mayflower, Mayflower II, birthed at Plymouth Pier, to learn about the historic voyage from costumed guides representing the passengers and crew.

You can visit Plimoth Plantation on a day trip from Boston.

Address: 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Official site: www.plimoth.org

6. Salem's Historic Houses

While early homes full of period furnishings are thick on New England soil, few places can offer the number, quality, and variety of those you can tour in the former China Trade port of Salem.

What's more, they represent a wide range of Salem's history and culture, beginning with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and including the House of Seven Gables, immortalized in the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne whose 1804 birthplace is also open.

The 1642 Witch House was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, who presided at the witchcraft trials, and it's the only remaining building that's directly connected with the trials.

7. Whale Watch at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Among the top ten whale-watching sites in the world, the Stellwagen Bank has one of the world's most biologically productive ocean environments.

At this underwater plateau in the Atlantic, at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay, you may spot several different species of whale, along with Atlantic white-sided dolphins, harbor porpoise, seals, and other marine life.

More than 50 individual humpback whales have been identified and named by researchers, all dependable returnees each summer. Many of them are females that bring their new calves to Stellwagen Bank to feed in the food-rich waters and teach their calves to hunt.

8. Old Sturbridge Village

One of the state's most visited tourist attractions, Old Sturbridge Village re-creates life in New England as it was in the early 1800s, in more than 40 historic homes, craft shops, stores, malls, and farm buildings brought from various places to this 200-acre site.

Costumed interpreters demonstrate daily tasks of farmers, blacksmiths, housewives, and craftspeople, and offer hands-on activities for children. A working farm demonstrates early farming and gardening, complete with back-bred livestock and heirloom plant varieties.

You can also see two operating mills using water power to process wool and saw timber for buildings.

Address: 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Official site: https://www.osv.org/

9. Tanglewood Concerts

The Boston Symphony Orchestra decamps in the summer to Lenox, in the heart of the Berkshires, where Tanglewood becomes a magnet for musicians and music lovers from late June through August.

In the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall, and other venues throughout the campus, various resident and guest musicians rehearse, learn, and perform.

The concerts vary from the full symphony orchestra to chamber groups and soloists, and from student groups, such as the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, to top-name performers like popular singer Tony Bennett and operatic soprano Renée Fleming.

10. Island Life on Martha's Vineyard

Nowhere in the state can you experience a more idyllic laid-back island life than on Martha's Vineyard, only five miles off the southern coast of Cape Cod. You'll feel the island's relaxed vibe almost from the moment you board the ferry from Woods Hole or New Bedford.

"The Vineyard" has six small towns, miles and miles of beaches, lighthouses, weathered shingle houses, sand bluffs, protected waters for kayaking, and plenty of ocean for sailing. In its low, rolling landscape, you'll find working farms with farm stands selling everything from just-picked strawberries to fresh eggs.

In its villages, which have a real year-round life of their own, locals mix easily with summer people, some of whose families have been coming here for generations. You may get a glimpse of some of their "cottages," as they refer to the posh estates built by wealthy New York and Boston families.

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The Funny Fish Are In For Those With Great Patience – CapeNews.net

One of my favorite topics when I was teaching high school English was the use of “semantic ambiguity” in poetry—and, yes, I realize the kids in my classes most likely weren’t as interested in the subject!

In any case, the best example I used concerned the words “and the skies are not cloudy all day,” a phrase you might be familiar with from the song, “Home On The Range.”

According to how you read them, they can either mean “the skies were clear with no clouds all day” or “the skies were cloudy, but not all day long.”

So before you think I have lost my mind completely by starting out a fishing column with a poetry and semantics lesson, let me try to delve into a connection between this concept and angling.

On Tuesday, I spoke with Evan Eastman over at Eastman’s Sport & Tackle on Main Street in Falmouth and, as seems to be the case at the moment, his news primarily concerned funny fish, especially the albie biting along the south side.

That said, while the locals go nuts over albies, bonito, and the like, folks traveling from a distance to fish our waters most often are interested in catching stripers, so I made a point of asking Evan about what he heard regarding them.

In short, he pointed out that while he typically sells about 30 pounds of eels a week, this week that number had fallen to three to four pounds as of midweek.

Now, to make the connection to ambiguity, you can look at Evan’s statement three ways: 1) Nobody is using eels for bass; 2) There aren’t any bass to catch with eels; or 3) Nobody is fishing for bass.

From what I have seen on the water, the vast majority of boat and kayak anglers around these parts have gone all-in on funny fish and that can only mean one thing: it’s a mad, mad world out there.

Earlier in the year, Tommy over at Maco’s Bait & Tackle in Buzzards Bay and Monument Beach told me that I should write a column about how to act when fishing the Cape Cod Canal and I told him it would be a waste of time, given that the miscreants who should read and follow such a column’s message wouldn’t care.

Clearly, it’s the same on the water right now, as the run-and-gun lunacy is in full force, and I believe it has gotten even worse with the movement toward those monster center consoles that are so in vogue these days.

Anyway, the good news is that there are plenty of fish around, from Woods Hole down to the Elizabeths and Nobska to Waquoit. That’s why, despite my propensity toward frustration when confronted with funny fish inanity, I so respect folks like Jonathan Gitlin, with whom I was fishing near on Tuesday morning off Nobska. He later emailed to say, “Yes, way too many wild boats. We gave up on the chaos and went down to Naushon and found them up without so much pressure.”

In fact, despite the fact that the fish there were as picky as they have been in so many other locations—based on the numerous reports I have received—Jonathan did manage to help his best friend and his best man from 42 years ago catch his first albie.

The one thing that seems to be consistent so far about this albie season is that the fish have been very finicky, for the most part. Michael Beebe emailed me to say that he fished with Capt. Jaime Boyle and found fish all along the Elizabeths that were feeding on very small bait and they finally cracked the code when they started tossing one- to two-inch flies, while the folks tossing all kinds of lures went empty.

Gerry Fine and I experienced a frustrating day on Tuesday, no more so than when we had schools of happily feeding fish around Lackey’s that required six fly changes, two drops in tippet strength, and changes in fly line type to get a bite.

Now, the one thing that did work for at least one spin angler was a metal jig with the tail hook removed and a fluorocarbon leader attached with a trailing fly—in this case a peanut bunker pattern made of synthetic material matching the size and shine/coloration of a tiny baby menhaden.

Capt. Warren Marshall picked up his first albie of the season with Bob Lewis on Wednesday morning and he added that the fish were spitting up micro bait, most likely just hatched baby anchovies and the like.

With Labor Day weekend upon us, there will be plenty of folks out there hoping to take advantage of their one last long spell of fishing with school and fall weekend athletic events on the docket.

Along with the albie action, A.J. Coots at Red Top in Buzzards Bay said that there was a really good bonito biting off Wing’s Neck this week and they were also apparently thick on Tuesday off Scraggy Neck, with a friend of Jonathan Gitlin’s confirming the solid action.

There have been some Spanish mackerel taken between Craigville Beach and Hyannis, while king mackerel have been caught off West Falmouth, at Hedge Fence, and Horseshoe Shoal.

As good as the boat fishing has been for funnies, what’s really cool is when shore folks get into them. According to Shawn Powell at the Sports Port in Hyannis, that is a very real possibility around Dowses and Craigville, where he has caught both false albacore and bonito this week on the 5/8-ounce Hogy Epoxy Jig in the Electric Chicken coloration.

Folks fishing from the Waquoit and Great Pond jetties, the stone pier in the Hole and off Nobska have been getting good shots at them. Kevin Downs from Falmouth Bait & Tackle in Teaticket mentioned that the glow and green Epoxy Jigs have been working well.

Throughout the sounds and up in Buzzards Bay, there are schools of marauding small bluefish and the schoolie bite has been improving; in fact, Pat Rourke told me that he ran into a really solid bass feed inside Popponesset recently and there have been stripers feeding heavily inside Woods Hole and down the islands. In all cases, a number of these fish are in the 30-inch class.

And lest I lead you to believe that eels aren’t worth fishing with, Phil Stanton and other folks who fish our local archipelago faithfully continue to pick up some quality stripers on snakes. In fact, Phil sent me a photo of a wheelchair angler holding a nice fish, and he told Phil “he had the best day in his whole life,” so kudos to the good captain for making such a great time happen.

The Canal is kind of in a holding pattern this week, with both A.J. Coots and Jeff Miller at Canal Bait & Tackle in Sagamore anticipating that with a new set of breaking tides slated to start later this week, things could really go off this holiday weekend.

Jeff told me on Wednesday morning that folks were picking up good numbers of schoolie bass at both ends of the Big Ditch, with some bonito mixed in at the west end. These smaller fish are feeding primarily peanut bunker, which makes Epoxy Jigs and small metal jigs most productive.

Jeff did say that folks concentrating on jigging, especially with wacky mackerel-colored, sand eel soft plastic models, have been picking at some low- to mid-30-inch fish working the bottom. The night bite has been better, especially with the higher daytime water temperatures.

Although it’s Labor Day weekend, there are still good numbers of squid in the land cut, A.J. emphasized, which is kind of unheard of, and along with this big bait, there are plenty of mackerel, pogies, and even some small bonito, all of which should help draw in the big bass on those early morning, east-turning tides.

Jeff has heard that some schools of fish are starting to move south from the Boston area and there are some schools of bigger bass, up to the 30-pound class, being picked at from the Fingers to the Parking Lot on mustard- or red-colored tubes. The issue with this technique has been getting seaworms, which are in short supply. As an alternative, Jeff suggested trolling Hogy Perfect Squids or Mojo rigs, which can be trolled at higher speeds, allowing boaters to cover more water.

The size of the scup in the sounds and Buzzards Bay has dropped, and fluke fishing has become an afterthought for most ground fish anglers, other than up around the west entrance to the Canal. Recreational sea bass season closes on September 8, with most sizeable fish still in deeper water between Noman’s and Cuttyhunk, although Ruth Anderson continues to catch at least one big one each trip in the Hole on a Hogy Heavy Metal Jig.

The offshore bite remains solid, according to Kevin Downs, with one boat enjoying another solid trip on good-sized yellowfin at Hydrographer on a varied spread of Joe Shute’s, Beamish lures, and green machine bars. There are lots of skipjack out there as well and Kevin said one way to target the yellowfin that are holding below them is to vertical jig; in addition, targeting the surface-feeding skippies with plugs is fun in and of itself, with Kevin preferring to toss Hogy Charter Grade Sliders. As for mahi, the canyons are holding larger ones that are typically being caught on the troll, while south of the Vineyard, your best bet is to still target the high flyers and any flotsam you find.

Freshwater wise, Shawn Powell fished Big Cliff again earlier this week and managed a seven-pound largemouth trolling his faithful Savage 3-D Perch, a jointed, eight-inch plug that culls out the small fish. In Mashpee-Wakeby, he had a good trip, with several three- to four-pound bass trolling Yo-zuri Crystal Minnows.

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If you know me you know I procrastinate and bullshit out my papers last minute well whenever I magically pull a good grade out of my ass I’m really proud of it so here’s my paper on the history of computers I did for my European history class that I got an 87 on 

    In what was thought to be a quick war, World War I soon became noticeable that it was only going to grow deadlier, people scrambled to invent better technology to bring the war to an end. In the revolution of inventions brought on by the war gave birth to many different innovations and technologies that changed the world and still influence it today. One of them being the precursor to digital computing and the invention of computers.

    In 1912 with large caliber gun becoming more common and difficult to pin point and fire on the target precise calculations were needed for it to be accurate. The British Royal Navy invented a system were all the guns on the battleship were directed from the highest point on the ship. Using T-shaped optical range finders the fire-control officer and range takers would determine the distance and bearing of the target. The information would then be relayed by telephone to the sailors in the ship who would input the information into large calculators to plot a firing range for the guns. During the war many improvements were made, and it is debated whether the British Navy’s Dreyer Tables or the German battle cruiser SMS Derfflinger had the best system. The process of analog computers used to direct artillery guns led to the process of directing them by electronic computers such as ENIAC during WWII.

    With the outbreak of WWII in 1939, the allied forces scrambled to stop the German traffic. On September 4, 1939 Alan Turing reported to the Government Code and Cypher School to begin work on breaking the Enigma code. He became influential in developing computers science in the process along with coming up with the concept of computation in his creation of the Turing Machine and helped with the formation of modern computers. “he found that it was possible, in principal, to devise one single universal machine that, by itself, could carry out any possible computation,” (Boole).

    The Turing Machine consisted of a red and white scanner with paper tape divided into squares containing the numbers 0 or 1. The tape acts as a storage medium allowing for both input and output and storing the results. The tape must have a determined number of symbols before the computation starts. To compute the tape must be inscribed and the left most input symbol is placed under the scanner head and start it. This allows it to preform six different operations, read, write, move left, right, change state and halt.

    The Bombe machine designed by Alan Turing was able to speed up decoding intercepted messages allowing allied forces to act within hours. Still to crack the code it, “required smashing odds of 158,967,555,217,826,360,000-to-1- the exact number of ways Enigma machines could be configured,” (Smith). Then the code had to be re-cracked everyday as Enigma’s settings were changed at midnight.

    Built on today’s budget on four million British pounds, over seven feet wide and six feet tall and weighed approximately a ton it consisted of twelve miles of wiring and over 97,000 parts. When turned on the rotors move mimicking Enigma checking 17,5000 combinations until a match is found, then when the correct pair of letters are found it can open an electrical circuit. While this worked it still gave several possible answers to feed through a checking machine and be repeated until the correct one is found.  After Enigma was cracked, 211 Bombe machines were set up and ran 24-7 across Britain. By the end of the war the machines were believed to have cracked over 2.5 million messages giving vital information on German positions and are believed to have shortened the war by two years.

    The colossus computer was built during WWII and used to break the Lorenz SZ-40 cipher machine used by German High Command and is referred to as the first electronic computer. It was built by Tommy Flowers, Harry Fensom, Allen Coombs, Sid Broadhurst and Bill Chandler. Its input device reads a series of punched paper tapes and can read the data at 5,000 characters a second. “The first Colossus was delivered at Bletchley Park on 18 January 1944 and broke its first message on 5 February that year,” (Colossus). The Colossus Mark II was delivered five days before D-Day on the Normandy coast and produced information.

    After the war all Colossi were dismantled though two were kept for use by GCHQ for the Cold War but then also dismantled when new technology emerged. Then in 1993 Tony Sale was able to rebuild one on limited information and have it working by 1996. Today it is on display at Bletchley Park.

    John W. Mauchly and John Echert Jr, received funding to build their machine the Electronic Numerical Integrator Calculator, ENIAC, in 1945. ENIAC was 20 by 40 feet, weighed thirty tons and used 18,000 vacuum tubes. To program it you had to arrange patch cords and the settings of 3,000 switches. With its units being grouped into five categories, math, global control units, memory, and busses. To program it the problem is set by mathematical equations then those are broken down into simpler operations. The programs are stored in numerical data and the programs are tied together which allowed for a faster firing table and trajectories could be prolonged for the U. S. Army during WWII.

    After the end of WWII came the Cold War and with it the threat of Nuclear Fallout and mutually assured destruction. With the threat looming, computers became ideal for monitoring and gathering information needed to watch the skies. With that came the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, SAGE, to track movements in the sky.

    With the threat of nuclear missiles, the Air Defense Engineering Committee formed in 1949 to form a tracking system that combined new computers with Radar. A remarkable concept as at the time, “no one had bothered to invent the modem, a reliable method of mass storage, geographical visual display unit, and computers were still using valves,” (Taylor).  The Lincoln research lab was founded in 1951 to create the system. The Cape Cod system used time sharing, CRT display and light pens. It was the forerunner of the defense system, but also GUI interfaces that we still use. This was a test for the Whirlwind computer, though at first results were poor giving many false targets and the data transmission worked only 50% of the time. Then it successfully demonstrated the ability to intercept instructions with a 1,000-yard margin of error.

    IBM later cooperated with MIT to create Whirlwind II known as AN/FSQ-7. The prototype XD-1’s memory was too small but fixed but Jay Forrester produced a 6,5000-word core memory and used two machines, eventually the whole system evolved into SAGE. Then it was moved underground due to possibly being a target of a nuclear attack. the last system closed in 1983.

    The science of computers brought on another land mark in history during the Cold War, that of the Space Race. Between the competition of America and U.S.S.R. technological advancements sky rocketed. “On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first thing to be placed into Earth’s orbit by man,” (NASA). The U.S. launched explorer in 1958 and NASA was created later that year.

    Computers are essential for spaceflight, on the ground and in the air. Spacecraft computers process in “real time” mode other requirements are that software can’t crash and hardware must be reliable, and memories must not be volatile in applications. “NASA found itself both encouraging new technology and adapting proven equipment,” (NASA). The computers on the ground vastly impacted the world much more than the ones onboard. NASA’s development in software advanced software engineering and the possibility to build large systems. “Also, there is a continuing reliance on multiple smaller computers operating in a network as opposed to large single computers,” (NASA).

    With all these new innovations it made it easier and cheaper to manufacture computers. In 1974 came the creation of the inexpensive microcomputer now known as the personal computer. 1975 MIT hired Paul G. Allen and Bill Gates to adapt programming language for Altair. With the money they made off it they started the Microsoft company. At the same time Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak invented the Apple computer. Thus, beginning the PC revolution and innovations to make computers more user friendly, convenient and cheap allows us to have one wherever we are. Sharing information and influencing us from all around the world.

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ROGER YEAST…..UPDATING HEAVEN’S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

ROGER YEAST…..UPDATING HEAVEN’S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - https://keywestlou.com/roger-yeast-updating-heavens-electrical-system/Another Key West friend has moved on. Roger Yeast. I received the sad news yesterday from his wife Cheryl. Roger and Cheryl were Key West snowbirds for many years. I met them when I first purchased a home in Key West close to 30 years ago. We became "members" of the Chart Room and Square One Restaurant. Roger a party person. No question about it. Enjoyed life. Wife Cheryl lovely. The dutiful wife. Always attentive to Roger's needs and made sure he was always the happy camper. The two originally from Kankakee, Illinois. Roger a top notch electrician. Began an electrical company that grew by leaps and bounds. Today, operated by their sons. A few years ago, Roger and Cheryl moved from Kankakee and Key West to Cape Coral. We saw less of each other as a result. Their Key West visits significantly fewer. Though there was a connection that never failed. Cheryl kept in touch via the blog. She loyally read it each day. If the morning went by and I had not published yet, she wrote inquiring where was it, my health, etc. Whereas Roger made me drink too much, Cheryl made me smile. No blog by noon, Cheryl would write what she described as her "daily fix." Where was it on such a day? My condolences Cheryl. You and Roger made a wonderful couple. I hope you will occasionally visit us in Key West. Hurry! I am much older than Roger. I would not want to miss seeing you again. A Citizens' Voice comment this morning: "All over the world places ranging from other cities like Amsterdam and Barcelona to tourist towns like Sonoma, Cape Cod, and the Oregon Coast, are taking concrete steps to limit over-tourism. Here in the Keys, we continue to spend $50 million plus a year advertising for more tourists." Oh, how the Keys loved Harry Truman. And he loved the Keys in return, especially Key West. On this day in 1964, the former President dedicated a bridge at Duck Key which had been named after him. Spring breakers continue to be a problem in certain Florida locations First it was Miami. Big time problems there! Now, Panama City. Officials arrested 78 persons and confiscated 75 guns from rampaging spring breakers. Officials called the number and types of guns enough to "arm a small army." One non-fatal shooting has occurred. A spring breaker from Alabama the shooter. Those causing problems were described as "troublemakers." Referred to as "panamaniacs." Officials claimed the group was being orchestrated by specific influencers online. The Key West Dairy Queen has been a part of Key West for many years. It was already doing business when I arrived 30 years ago. There are roughly 3,000 stores nationwide. Seventy two percent are owned by Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway. I do not believe the Key West one is. Buffett's Dairy Queens have launched a burger line. Five different type burgers which will be sold as part of its Dairy Queen operation. Will Trump ever get indicted? For anythng! He has stepped over the line so oiften that it seems impossible for him not to be. While the January 6 Committee is working hard, Attorney General Merrick Garland appears to be sitting on his ass. I warned when he was nominated this could happen. Good judges do not necessarily make good prosecutors. Judges take too long to make up their minds and before anything happens must be sure all t's are crossed and all i's dotted. A federal judge may have put Garland on the spot. Sort of a shit or get off the pot thing. Monday Federal Judge David Carter ruled that former President Trump  had "more likely than not" attempted to illegally obstruct Congress....based on the evidence." William Gladstone wrote, "Justice delayed is justice denied." So true. Especially with regards to Trump's wrongdoings which seem to take forever to pursue. Makes one wonder is Trump will walk away fre from responsibility for his wrongdoings. I suspect Judge Cater's decision will now accelerate matters. Americans want to know what happened, who was responsible, etc. Two comments in YouTube this morning speak to the problem. The first "until the words 'Trump' and 'indicted' for multiple federal crimes appear in the same sentence, I won't hold my breath." The other: "Either everyone is accountable under the law, or no one." Washington Post columnist Charles M. Bloom in an article published this morning re Judge Jackson noted that Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Supreme Court nominees have "long drifted into the realm of inconsequential theater." Right on, Bloom! Tuesday again. Arrives promptly every week. Brings with it my blog talk radio show Tuesday Talk with Key West Lou. Nine ths evening. Much to discuss this week. Sins of many many. You will enjoy my ranting and raving. I get a lot off my chest. www/keywestlou.com/key-west-lou. Enjoy your day!

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Summer Catch

Walking up to the baseball field behind Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, you hardly would believe that Chris Sale, Buster Posey, Justin Turner, and a host of others called it their summer home on the way to the majors.

Red Wilson Field features a wooden press box, a chain-link outfield fence (with no marked dimensions), a snack bar, and some scattered bleachers.  There’s not even stadium lights so games can be played after dark.

But such is the essence of the Cape Cod Baseball League, with the unmatched combination of small-town charm and big-time prospects.  For two months every summer, the country’s top college baseball players head to Cape Cod to play for the league’s 10 teams.

The league stretches some 60 miles across Cape Cod and along Route 6, from Wareham (Gatemen) and Bourne (Braves) in the west to Chatham (Anglers) and Orleans (Firebirds) in the east.  The teams are split into East and West Divisions and play 44-game schedules.

For this year’s baseball trip, I headed to the Cape League for a June 17 game between the Harwich Mariners and Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.  It was the home opener for the three-time defending league champion Red Sox; admission was free (with donations gladly accepted).  The drive from Boston to the town of South Yarmouth took about 75 minutes.

The Cape League’s history of producing future major leaguers is staggering.  According to the league, 297 former Cape League players appeared in at least one major-league game in 2016—that would be the equivalent of almost 12 full 25-man rosters. The league has more than 1,100 former big-league alumni.

Among current Mariners, Dan Altavilla (Y-D), Taylor Motter (Harwich), Kyle Seager (Chatham), Danny Valencia (Orleans), Mike Zunino (Y-D), and Tony Zych (Bourne) all played in the Cape League.

This year, 10 of the 36 first-round MLB draft picks were Cape League alums, including top-10 picks Brendan McKay (Tampa Bay), Pavin Smith (Arizona), and Adam Haseley (Philadelphia).

Not surprisingly, the Cape League is heavily scouted.  We counted four or five scouts sitting behind home plate at the Y-D park armed with radar guns, with several scouts packing up and leaving at 6 p.m. to presumably catch a second game on the Cape that night.

My interest in the Cape League grew from Jim Collins’ fantastic book “The Last Best League,” which followed the Chatham A’s (now Anglers) for one summer in 2002.  Tim Stouffer and Chris Iannetta both became big-league regulars from that Chatham team.

But the book also focuses as much on the players who got so close to the big-time, yet failed to make it for one reason or another.  (Collins updated the book 10 years later after the A’s players all had either established or finished their baseball careers.)

We originally planned to see a game in Chatham, but those plans changed after a rainout.  Y-D was a great second choice—a 5 p.m. game that ended three hours later with the fog from the ocean rolling in across the field.

The Cape League is small-time enough that the homeowners beyond the right-field fence pulled up yard chairs and enjoyed dinner with the game.  One man walked his dog through the Harwich bullpen mid-game (he later talked about watching Posey and Kyle Schwarber both play on the Cape, and claimed Cotuit has the best park).

One of the Y-D players was in charge of selling tickets for the 50/50 raffle (Cape League teams must raise $200,000 annually).  And at the neighboring football stadium, the high school was holding a walk-a-thon dedicated to cancer support, with music blasting the entire evening.

The Red Sox and the other Cape League teams each employ squadrons of interns, who handle everything from marketing to running the concession stand.  The teams additionally air their games online using broadcasting students.

Some of the players still work part-time during the summer, while playing baseball in the afternoons and evenings, although this has become less common as players focus on getting scouted.  First-round bonus values now range from $7.8 million to $2.2 million.

I assume that I saw at least one future major leaguer--the Cape League’s slogan is “Where the stars of tomorrow shine tonight!”--but I’m not sure who that would be.  We went on the season’s first weekend, when several players whose college teams made deep NCAA Tournament runs had yet to arrive (according to the league, 62 players this season went to NCAA super regionals and 39 went to the College World Series).

Harwich third baseman Ryne Ogren had the game’s biggest hit, belting a two-run double to cap a four-run fifth inning for the Mariners.  I thought Harwich outfielder Dwanya Williams-Sutton and pitcher Matthew Frisbee also seemed like potential prospects, along with Y-D outfielder Carlos Cortes, who had three hits.

The Mariners also got 4 2/3 scoreless innings in relief from Austin Hansen, Brian Christian, and Theodore Rodliff.  The teams combined for 22 hits, but the players were still in their first week and seemingly adjusting to the wood bats of the Cape League after the metal bats of college.

(According to Collins’ book, MLB allows Y-D and Harwich to use the Red Sox and Mariners names, provided they order merchandise through MLB’s licensees.  The Red Sox cap actually uses the White Sox logo against an outline of Cape Cod; the Mariners use a compass logo just like Seattle).

The featured event for the season is the annual All-Star Game (held this year on July 22) and the championship series in mid-August.  There’s a game of the week broadcast on Fox College Sports as well.  Or you can just wait a couple of years to catch the league’s biggest stars in the majors.

I’m looking forward to checking this post in about five years to see which of the players below ended up making it.  We saw all of them play in the Mariners’ victory.

From Harwich:  Joey Bart C (Georgia Tech); Brian Christian (P) (Northeastern); Nick Dalesandro (RF) (Purdue); Brad Debo (DH) (N.C. State); Matthew Frisbee (P) (UNC Greensboro); Austin Hansen (P) (Oklahoma); Owen Miller (SS) (Illinois State); Kyler Murray (PR) (Oklahoma); Ryne Ogren (3B) (Elon); Teddy Rodliff (P) (Stony Brook); Cameron Simmons (CF) (Virginia); Cobie Vance (2B) (Alabama); Jordan Verdon (1B) (San Diego State); Dwanya Williams-Sutton (LF) (East Carolina).

From Yamouth-Dennis:  Cameron Beauchamp (P) (Indiana); Karl Blum (P) (Rutgers); Michael Cassala C (Jacksonville); Charlie Concannon (DH) (St. Joseph’s); Carlos Cortes (LF) (South Carolina); Kole Cottam C (Kentucky); Jake Crawford (1B) (Furman); Jonah Davis (RF) (California); Tyler Depreta-Johnson (SS) (Houston Baptist); Tanner Graham (P) (Alabama-Birmingham); Nico Hoerner (2B) (Stanford); Kyle Isbel (CF) (UNLV); Christian Koss (3B) (UC Irvine); Hunter Parsons (P) (Maryland); Carter Pharis (1B) (Alabama-Birmingham); John Rooney (P) (Hofstra); Christopher Sharpe (CF) (UMass Lowell).

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