- It was a spectacular day for wild life. These are spinner sharks (110 pounds) jumping like dolphins. Thank you Sasha for sharing this.
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Dog Days/Race to the Horizon
Zoon meeting
gold shoelaces
Thank you John. I will get the information on who to write a check to as soon as possible. In the meantime, we will down at the marina later on and I’ll be happy to give you shoelaces.
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Pediatric Cancer Awareness
Good morning all – I spoke at the last meeting about gold shoelaces to support Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month (the month of September). Pediatric cancer is a horrific disease (as is all cancer) that is so very underfunded. Only 4 percent of all cancer research funding goes to pediatric cancer. One out of every five children diagnosed with some form of pediatric cancer dies every day; currently there are more than 300,000 children under the age of 19 diagnosed every year and it is considered one of the leading causes of childhood death. A coworker of mine lost her 8-year old son last year after a horrible year of treatment, pain (both mental and physical) and frustration over lack of knowledge about these cancers.
There is a group that supplies gold shoelaces for distribution and wearing. The only thing they ask is for pictures to be posted on facebook and/or twitter of the shoelaces being worn. I have seen much imagination in the way they are being used (I have one every day around my neck holding my badge as well as on my sneakers). Of course, contributions are always welcome but not required (my exercise studio donates the money raised to whatever charity Christine, my coworker, chooses – last year was her son’s doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering who is doing his own nonfunded-research to cure the type of cancer James died from).
I have plenty of these shoelaces with me on the Vaquita at all times. If anyone is interested, please let me know and I will gladly supply them. I thought we could, as a club, have our feet on the dock, on a lifeline, on a bow rail or where ever our imagination takes us (remember, the picture needs to be posted on social media). Christine posts daily stories about children and their families suffering and makes me realize just how very blessed I am. It would be great if we, as a club, help support this much needed cause.
Thank you – Jayne
International Save the Vaquita Day 2019
http://www.vivavaquita.org/international-save-the-vaquita-day-2019.html
Help us tell the world about the vaquitaand make a last stand against extinction!Washington, DC, USAHong KongLa Paz, MexicoWhat is International Save the Vaquita Day?International Save the Vaquita Day is intended to be an annual event similar to Earth Day, but with a specific focus on raising awareness and appreciation of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). Events around the globe direct the attention of people to the plight of this tiny porpoise species, and what needs to be done to save it from extinction. There are booths, games, music, free prizes, educational brochures, inspirational talks, face painting, and several life-size models of vaquitas on hand to draw attention to and appreciation of the vaquita, Mexico’s “Panda of the Sea”. This year there will be 27 venues, all over the world (see below for details)!
Find out what happened at International Save the Vaquita Day 2018!The primary goal is to make as many people as possible aware of the vaquita and its plight, and spur them to act. The species is nearly extinct, with only <30 individuals left, and declining at about 50% per year! We will have a simple message for folks about what they can do to help. Secondary goals are to gather signatures for our petitions to the Mexican government, and also to raise additional funds for future educational and research work on the vaquita. The event is designed to be fun, as well as educational, and kid-friendly!What is the goal?In 2018, we organized International Save the Vaquita Day (ISTV Day) on Saturday, July 7th. This event featured 34 booths and other venues at sites in southern California, various cities in the US, and all over the world. The venues included 9 aquaria and 12 museums/zoos. There were experts on hand to answer questions, educational demonstrations, seminars, children’s games and events, face-painting, passing out of brochures and coloring books, etc. At one site (Seaport Village in San Diego) there was even live music – the steel drum band Salsa Steel!
The primary goal was to make as many people as possible aware of the vaquita and its plight, and spur them to act. The events were all very peaceful, and respectful of the Mexican fishing culture. It is estimated that over 26,000 people were directly educated about the vaquita at the various events on ISTV Day 2018, with over 250,000 more educated through social media postings. Our website visits in the week after the event reached a record 173,476 visits!What happened last year?How to get involved:Donate to Support ISTVD
If you would like to help support our activities by a financial donation, please click this button.
We accept donations via PayPal through our fiscal sponsor, CETOS Research Organization
2019 Venues(click on blue link for details):USA Venues:
Homer, AK, USA
Tucson, AZ, USA
Pebble Beach, CA, USA
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
Newport Beach, California, USA
San Pedro, California, USA
Long Beach, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego (Chula Vista), California, USA
Carlsbad, California, USA
Palm Springs, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Davis, California, USA – This event will be on Fri. 5 July
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
Washington, DC, USA – This event will be on 12 July, 8-10 AM
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Boise, Idaho, USA
Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Newport, Oregon, USA
Newport, Oregon, USA
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Outside the USA:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nuremburg, Germany
Ross-shire, Scotland, UK
Photos taken under permit (Oficio No. DR/488/08 from the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturale Protegidas (CONANP/Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), within a natural protected area subject to special management and decreed as such by the Mexican Government. This work was made possible thanks to the collaboration and support of the Coordinador de Investigación y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos at the Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE).
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GPS date rollover affects older GPS units – Sailfeed
GPS Date Rollover Affects Older GPS Units
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On April 6th, 2019 older GPS units may experience a range of problems because of a limitation in how they handle dates. Thos problems could include not being able to receive location data. It turns out the way dates are stored in older GPS units has a rollover event every roughly 20 years and we are about to experience the second one since the GPS constellations came online. The rollover last happened in 1999 but in the last 20 years, the use and dependence on GPS has increased dramatically.
The Department of Homeland Security has published a bulletin on the upcoming rollover, as has the Coast Guard. Both bulletins make reference to a new GPS spec (IS-GPS-200) that deals with these rollovers gracefully. Unfortunately, the bulletins also warn that not all implementations of the new specification work properly and some GPS units might be prone to trouble either at the 4/6/19 rollover or later.
The underlying problem stems from the way GPS units store dates. The original specification for GPS had dates stored by week in a 10-bit field (2^10 or 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2) which is 1,024 weeks. 1,024 weeks is 19 years, 36 weeks. Dates for the GPS constellation start at midnight on January 5th, 1980, so the first rollover occurred on August 21, 1999. Now, 19 years and 36 weeks later the same thing will happen again on April 6th, 2019.
Furuno has stated their units will experience the rollover on March 17th, 2019, almost three weeks earlier than the published date in the notices. Furuno has a list of affected units as well as information on how to cold start the units to restore location information. It appears the date will remain wrong but the location services should function correctly. The affected units appear to all have been introduced in the early 2000s and ended sale around a decade ago.
Raymarine has posted to their forum that they are confident most of their recent hardware (Axiom, a/c/e/eS-Series MFDs and Raystar 130 & 150 GPS receivers) are unaffected.
Garmin has published a support article indicating they don’t expect trouble for their units as long as they are running current software.
Most of my research indicates the trouble is likely to be restricted to some possible restarts or even factory defaulting of equipment followed by potentially incorrect dates. I don’t believe it’s likely much equipment will end up fully broken but do think it’s prudent to check the accuracy of your GPS equipment around the 4/6/2019 date, especially if you have older navigational equipment.
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