Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Monofil Recycling

!: Monofil Recycling

So you backlash your rod, and in a hot second, you have a bird's nest of impossibly tangled monofilament. Thirty minutes of cussing, spooling, hacking with your pocketknife, and winding line leaves you back in business but with a clump of trash line blowing around the bottom of the boat like tumbleweed. Don't let it blow overboard, don't throw it away, don't just forget about it-recycle it.

The problem

Monofilament fishing line for the most part is not biodegradable and can last underwater for centuries. Abandoned line is responsible for countless wildlife deaths to seabirds, fish and marine mammals as the line can tangle. According to figures provided by NOAA, "in 2005, volunteers participating in the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) - the world's largest single day volunteer effort to benefit the marine environment - found 101 marine animals (fish, birds, invertebrates, mammals and reptiles) entangled in various forms of marine debris. Of these, about 60 percent were entangled in discarded fishing line and nets."

Lost and abandoned monofilament is believed to be responsible for incredible declines in healthy coral, fish colonies and invertebrate bivalves. Studies by the University of Hawaii show that discarded fishing gear entanglements and ingestion have been reported in no less than 267 animal species worldwide. In the 2009 Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, more than 539 pieces of discarded fishing line were picked up in just three hours. The fact that this stuff can float around on the ocean for 600-years and is not biodegradable in water is eye opening.

While the impact on wild life is alarming and substantial, there are other threats that abandoned line carry. It can cause a drowning danger to divers and recreational swimmers. Monofilament can be sucked into industrial bilge pumps and intake valves, clogging machinery and ruining equipment. Every year hundreds of boaters experience first-hand the nightmare of spun props, hopelessly ensnared in a mesh of fishing line. This can result in ruined trips, costly repairs, and the prospect of being adrift at sea with no power.

The solution

Damaged, old or unusable line should not be thrown away, as scavengers can drag and scatter the line to where it is introduced back into the wild. You can burn it, but doing so can result in harmful fumes and bigger mess. The only sure-fire solution is practical recycling.

In 2008, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) instituted the Mississippi Monofilament Recycling Program. From LaFrance Marina on the Louisiana state line to the Heron Bayou Boat Launch on the Alabama one, Mississippi DMR has set up 23 fishing line-recycling locations to collect discarded line at no cost to the public. In the past two years, more than 175-pounds of fishing line have been recycled in the Magnolia State program.

The Berkley Conservation Institute has been spearheading efforts to recycle line since 1990. They have successfully recycled more than 9-million miles of line from 17,000 collection bins worldwide. If you do not have a DMR or Berkley bin near you, Berkley takes all line mailed in at:

Berkley Recycling
1900 18th Street
Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360

Such common sense steps as casting responsibly, being aware of fishing around snags and strictures can keep you from losing line needlessly. You also need to maintain your line and inspect it before each trip to make sure it is not frayed, cut or worn out. Not only can you lose your line, you can lose valuable lures and possibly huge life-changing fish when working with old line.

If it's already too late

If you have found wildlife entangled in abandoned fishing line in Mississippi coastal waters there are several options, depending on the nature of the animal involved.

If it is marine wildlife such as seabirds, call the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources at 228-374-5000 or the NOAA Fisheries Service in Pascagoula at 228-762-4591.

For marine mammals such as dolphins, turtles and manatees call the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport at 1-888-SOS-DOLPHIN (1-888-767-3657) to help effect a rescue.

For land animals such as otters and raccoons entangled in lost fishing line call Pass Christian-based WRANPS at 228-452-WILD (228-452-9453).

Finally, if you see or know of someone illegally dumping marine debris, you can report it to the DMR at 1-800-294-5551 or the US Coast Guard at 1-800-424-8802.


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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Building Saddam's Bunkers

!: Building Saddam's Bunkers

Of all the places in all the World that I have ever been, the one which evokes the most interest is Baghdad. There are several reasons for this, the town still evokes images of the Arabian Nights and Sinbad the sailor, it has that exotic tinge reserved for those far away destinations most people never see except in their dreams, but when people talk to me of the land of the two rivers they have something else in mind other than Turkish delight and dancing girls. I was the man who built Saddam's bunkers and spent two and a half years in Baghdad supervising their construction, and the subject still fascinates they who meet me for the first time.

The story starts in prosaic enough fashion with an advertisement in the Daily Telegraph, on behalf of some outfit looking for a body who knew a mite more about concrete than how to spell it. I adjudged that I more or less fitted the bill. Having answered the advert, I was summoned to an interview in a rather elegant house in Berkley Square. Like the nightingale of fable I sang beautifully, so beautifully did I warble that I got the job and fetched up in Baghdad.
This was the period of the Iran Iraq war, and Iraq together with it's capital city was chaotic and very dangerous, with bombs going off occasionally, and not all of those were of foreign origin, Saddam was not popular with his people, and now and again their hatred overcame their fear of the tyrant. In the south of the country the war was known as Saddam's war.

The Iraqi Government had commissioned thirty four bomb shelters, plus one control centre. These were not any old shelters. The bunkers were designed to take a direct nuclear strike, as Iran was suspected of being close to developing a nuclear capability and the Iraqi authorities wanted some protection for the populace. Not that I am here referring to the hoi poloi, far from it, these structures were to be built for the protection of the hierarchy of the al Bath party, the poor bloody infantry could fry in the event of an attack.

These structures were the most technically challenging of my career, in terms of concrete, I had to re-invent physics in order to make the production feasible. First there was the excavation. Baghdad is situated between two of the World's greatest rivers, this means that you only have to stick a shovel in the ground to hit the water table, this meant that pumps had to be installed to remove the ground water during the construction process, Each shelter contained ten thousand cubic metres of dense impermeable concrete, that is four thousand metric tons of cement, you could build a lot of patios with amount of the grey powder.

After the hole had been excavated, the soil had to be compacted to make a base capable of supporting the structure. Once that had been done, a layer of base course was put down. Base course is compacted lumps of large stone, in this case it was a metre thick. After the base course came the blinding, this serves no structural purpose, it is simply there to provide an even surface for the following construction. After the base course, the nitty gritty actually starts.

First the base of the shelter is laid down, this is a slab of reinforced concrete one metre thick, dense and impermeable, i.e., the ground water will not seep into the shelter. Onto the base are added the outer walls, again a metre thick. Naturally there was a roof, we gave our structures all the mod cons.

While all this intense activity was going on, and make no mistake, we were working twelve hours a day six days a week, and, in the heat of the summer all through the night as well, life in Baghdad continued at it's frenetic pace. Things were tight in the town, food was scarce, onions had not been seen on the streets of Baghdad for six months and if you saw a queue of people snaking around the block it was Lombard Street to a China orange that some one had eggs to sell. That was life for the average Joe in this town, but for we of the elite, life was very different. Our food was trucked in from abroad, we had access to special shops from which the locals were banned, in those emporia they accepted any currency under the sun except the Iraqi Dinar. And then there were the night clubs, pulsating with the rhythms of the belly dancers and choked with folk who could afford to spend £75 on a bottle of whiskey, and remember, this was back in 1982. I could not help wondering if this was like Berlin had been in the dark days of the war, a people terrified of what was to come and trying frantically to blot such images from their minds.

Back on site things were moving at frenetic pace, we had three years to complete the project, believe me, that took some doing. The shelters were divided into two distinct sections. There was the part of the structure which was below ground, this was where the people would congregate in the event of an attack. Each shelter was designed so that fifteen hundred souls could live there for thirty days independent of the outside world. What if you were unfortunate enough to pop your clogs while in residence? No problem, each shelter was equipped with its own crematorium.

The second part of the bunkers were above ground, this section was for use as libraries, leisure centres etc. In the event of an attack the designated tenants would be herded down into the lower section, and the bomb proof doors would be sealed. This is where people ask "How come part of the shelter was above ground?" Easy. A nuclear device is not triggered by percussion, the detonation is effected by barometric pressure, when the device reaches a certain level above ground, it is detonated by the air pressure, it destroys by blast. It was blast the bunkers had to withstand, not the vibration of impact. It was one of these shelters which was attacked during the first gulf war, a homing device was attached to the ventilation shaft, the smart bomb went down the shaft and the results went round the World courtesy of the media.

Every good story should have a sting in the tail, and this one is no different. Many years after the events described here, I found myself in the middle of the Sahara Desert, as one does. There I met a man who had been in Baghdad at the time of the war, and he told me a curious tale. The shelter targeted by the Americans had been used by the Iraqi intelligence services, and the impending attack was known about. Prior to the attack, all intelligence equipment was moved out of the premises and civilians were moved in, many of whom were killed in the attack, providing sympathetic propaganda in favour of the government. Now, I can not attest to the veracity of what I had been told, but what I do know is that the exterior of the shelter had been modified from the original, and that the people killed had been in the upper section of the shelter not in the more secure lower area. This to me suggests there may have been some truth in the tale I was told, but, who knows?


Building Saddam's Bunkers

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Berkley Urban Spirit Rod Review

!: Berkley Urban Spirit Rod Review

The all new Berkley Urban spirit rod is a fully adjustable rod that allows you to extend the handle grip for extra rod length. This series of rods are designed for maximum casting ability for both plugging and spinning for Bass both here in the UK and overseas. The rod itself is made from IM7 Carbon complete with Fuji Alconite guides and a Hi-Grade EVA handle. With a price tag of under £90 it is a great buy for all sea and freshwater anglers and makes a very good all rounder in you rod artillery.

The performance is very good indeed for the money, there are no corners cut with these models as the IM7 blank performance really pushes through no matter what length you set the rod up to. If you are a keen plugging or soft plastic fisherman then this rod has superb action without losing control over plugs when combined with Braid. I tested the rod off the rocks in my coastal area and even for hard fighting 5lb Wrasse this rod still has the pulling power to pump them up from the depths and through thick weed.

The adjustable handle allows you to extend at full length for great distance or short for easy one handed underarm casts. The handle has a ruler which is marked in approx one centimeter increments for easy adjustment. The rod comes with a handy custom made carry holdall bag with a padded adjustable strap for easy transport and manufactured from a light robust material to reduce traveling weight.


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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Perpetual Motion Car Prototype Fails to Impress Investors

!: Perpetual Motion Car Prototype Fails to Impress Investors

At the Online Think Tank we are always coming up with crazy ideas. One invention I had was a prototype of a Perpetual Motion Car. Unfortunately, the Prototype failed to Impress Investors or even impress many in our think tank. The perpetual motion car was about the size of a GI Joe sitting in a little go cart with rings around it, where magnets went around the track.

On my design the driver slides his feet and pushes the metal plate forward. The closer he pushes it the faster he goes. Sliding the seat back pushes the rear plate does the same thing. It is how I adjust the speed. The unit pulls the center of gravity of the driver. The magnets keep spinning against themselves once started and they spin as they go around. Each passing tugs or propels the center of gravity, where the driver sits in the middle.

The problem we had was that the weight of the system was more than the magnets we could find to move the GI Joe forward, the darn thing works. The magnets keep moving fine and you can see the thing inching forward. It needs a pulse system and the balsa wood frame kept coming apart. It wobbles terrible. It needs more magnets, but the magnets eventually try to come to equilibrium and the whole thing wobbles like the Dickens. In theory it should work.

It needs better materials to work, pulse magnetic system not magnets, like a UFO might have, I think I have seen theories of how a UFO might work if there was such a thing in books somewhere. Anyway the cool deal would be to have carbon nano-tube construction, pulse magnetic system, larger scale (ditch the GI Joe Doll) and put the thing in a balloon and float it around? UAV style.

I should talk to who is it Lockheed or thinking if I ever got anywhere with the design, I would write a white paper and pitch it to Aerovironment, Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed or DARPA or someone. Maybe recruit a GA Tech, MIT or Berkeley kid to the game? I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.


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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Home Plumbing Layout Considerations For a New Construction Or Remodel

!: Home Plumbing Layout Considerations For a New Construction Or Remodel

Are you building a new home? Are you trying to figure out what to do about the layout for your plumbing? Berkeley residents have a lot to think about with regard to how they should or need to have their plumbing system installed. Whether you're building a brand new home, starting the plumbing from scratch, or remodeling and need to make some changes in the existing layout, here are some things to take into consideration as you go along.

The most important part of any layout is deciding where to run the pipes that make up your plumbing. Berkeley homeowners need to really think about their options. If you're replacing old plumbing with new plumbing then it's probably easiest to use the existing layout. In other words, you can easily run the new plumbing in the same cavities where the old plumbing was. Although there are cases where this isn't feasible, always use this option whenever possible. You'll save a lot of time, effort, and in some cases money.

If the new plumbing layout doesn't allow for this it may be just as easy to run everything up from the basement. This would give you a lot more area to decide where to run the plumbing. Berkeley residents should always take a good look at the potential possibilities this gives them. For instance, if you run the drain line for your shower directly into the basement, then feed it into the main drain line, you won't have to mess around with trying to run the line over floor joists, which can be a real hassle. It's also never a good idea to cut into any type of support beams. Doing so could compromise the integrity of your home's structure. Here are a few more tips and ideas.

If you can't figure out how to hide the plumbing, and it will look poorly if left exposed, consider concealing it in a chase. A chase is a false wall that can be built right over the plumbing. Berkeley consumers could then create the chase in a design or style that blends in well with their home's decor. When planning your layout, remember that open space is always easier to get to should you need to do repairs in the future. Small confined spaces aren't necessarily the best way to go. Finally, always check with your local building inspection office to be sure that the layout you do choose is within the codes that govern Berkeley.


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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Perpetual request for retrial Car Prototype Fails to Impress Investors

!: Perpetual request for retrial Car Prototype Fails to Impress Investors

At the Online Think Tank we are always arrival up with crazy ideas. One invention I had was a prototype of a Perpetual appeal Car. Unfortunately, the Prototype failed to Impress Investors or even impress many in our think tank. The perpetual appeal car was about the size of a Gi Joe sitting in a little go cart with rings nearby it, where magnets went nearby the track.

On my create the driver slides his feet and pushes the metal plate forward. The closer he pushes it the faster he goes. Sliding the seat back pushes the rear plate does the same thing. It is how I adjust the speed. The unit pulls the center of gravity of the driver. The magnets keep spinning against themselves once started and they spin as they go around. Each passing tugs or propels the center of gravity, where the driver sits in the middle.

The problem we had was that the weight of the system was more than the magnets we could find to move the Gi Joe forward, the darn thing works. The magnets keep entertaining fine and you can see the thing inching forward. It needs a pulse system and the balsa wood frame kept arrival apart. It wobbles terrible. It needs more magnets, but the magnets finally try to come to equilibrium and the whole thing wobbles like the Dickens. In system it should work.

It needs good materials to work, pulse magnetic system not magnets, like a Ufo might have, I think I have seen theories of how a Ufo might work if there was such a thing in books somewhere. Anyway the cool deal would be to have carbon nano-tube construction, pulse magnetic system, larger scale (ditch the Gi Joe Doll) and put the thing in a balloon and float it around? Uav style.

I should talk to who is it Lockheed or reasoning if I ever got anywhere with the design, I would write a white paper and pitch it to Aerovironment, Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed or Darpa or someone. Maybe recruit a Ga Tech, Mit or Berkeley kid to the game? I absolutely hope this record is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.


Perpetual request for retrial Car Prototype Fails to Impress Investors

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Berkley SCC9100220M-01 1 Hp 230v 20'cd 1ph Subm. Sewage Pump C.I.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Berkley EC440120T 4/10 Hp 115v 20' Cd 1 Subm. Sump/Effluent

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Gear For Trout Fishing

!: Gear For Trout Fishing

Having the right trout fishing gear is as important as having all the trout tackle you need for your angling adventures. Hooks and bait are obviously important, but if you are not equipped with the right clothes and Accessories, you may run into some problems, particularly if you are going to be fishing a trout stream, which requires special supplies.

A good pair of waders is imperative if you want to start trout fishing on streams. It is possible, but not a good idea, to try fishing from the stream's banks. This is because many streams have overgrown vegetation that run along the banks and it is quite easy to get tangled. Hip waders work well in shallow streams. Chest waders are for much deeper streams and lakes. Think about where you will be fishing the most and make your decision about your wader style from there. Waders are made from a collection of materials like neoprene, nylon, and rubber, which is the least high-priced option.

A vest is someone else primary piece of trout gear to have for stream fishing. While tackle boxes are great for fishing in a boat or on the shore, if you try carrying a tackle box with you while wading through a stream, you will soon become uncomfortable and your fishing taste will suffer. A vest will allow you to carry all of your trout fishing tackle with you but it will not feel like a burden to you. Most vests have many pockets located in varied places so the weight of your tackle is spread out. A good fishing vest will contain a hook or loop for your net on the back of it. You will want your vest to fit over your warm clothes, so pick one that provides an ample amount of wiggle room to adapt your cold-weather attire.

Fly fishing rods are categorized by weight. Most fly rods used for trout fishing in streams are in any place from 3 to 7 in weight. Long rods can hold more fishing line, but they are not good for all stream fishing scenarios because their length might cause you to get stuck in the brush. An proper fly fishing reel will be able to contain up to 200 yards of line.

A stomach pump is an optional piece of trout fishing gear you may think purchasing. It allows you to explore the recently digested food of the fish you catch so you can "match the hatch" and settle on trout bait that resembles what they are currently feeding on. Fly dressing is also a stock to think carrying with you; it will allow your dry flies to float high on the water.


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Solar Pateurization Techniques

!: Solar Pateurization Techniques

Another classic advantage of solar vigor is the potential to pasteurize water using the sunshine, either by using a classic solar cooker or by using non-solar cooker devices. The basic prerequisite is to elevate the climatic characteristic of water in a package or storehouse gismo to at least 149 º F (65 º C) for a duration of least 6 minutes.

To successfully pasteurize water in a solar cooker one would need to considered and accurately quantum that the time-temperature connection of 149 º F (65 º C) for a duration of least 6 minutes had been attained.

In this regard the Wapi (Water Pasteurization Indicator) thought was first industrialized in 1988 by Dr. Fred Barrett (Us group of Agriculture) and in 1992, Dale Andreatta, a graduate engineering trainee at the University of California, Berkeley, improved the designed and industrialized the current Wapi.

The Wapi is a polycarbonate tube about 7.5 cm (3 inches) in length, sealed at both ends, and partially filled with a soybean fat which melts at 69° C (156°F). It also has a nylon thread and stainless steel washer attached that allows the tube to be inverted once the fat has melted and then subsequently cooled and solidified. The tube fundamentally is buoyant, but is weighed down by the washer.

The solar cooker is then employed and potentially contaminated water in a fulfilled, water package is then heated using sunshine. When a climatic characteristic of 65 º C (149 º F) is attained after a consolidate of hours and that climatic characteristic has been maintained for 6 minutes, the fat melts and migrates to the lowest of the Wapi, indicative of solar pasteurization having been successfully completed.

Solar pasteurization can also be employed using plastic packaging (bottles) without using a solar cooker. This technique is referred to as Sodis (short for Solar Water Disinfection), and was an arrival initially researched and industrialized by Professor Aftim Acra at the American University of Beirut in the early 1980s and is currently an initiative of Eawag, the Swiss Federal make of Aquatic Sciences and Technology.

Fundamentally Sodis is a technique that disinfects water using sunlight and plastic polyethylene bottles, glass bottles or clear plastic bags. The principle is the contaminated water is filled into a transparent Pet bottle, glass bottle or clear plastic bag and then exposed to direct sunlight for a minimum of 6 hours, preferably during the hottest part of the day. Of vital significance is that it must be a cloudless day for the full 6 hours and at the hottest inherent time of the day.


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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