Bill Gwynn

Calendar link fixed!

It appears there is a bug in the new software for image re-sizing. I just installed a new hook that should fix the problem.

We just installed tapatalk for android to the message board. You can get tapatalk for android from the market place. There is a free version and a paid version for $2.99. I think this will provide the enhanced features some of you are looking for.

Looks great, Jason and Bill. I can no longer find my old email or PM section??? I'm on a mac, Firefox. I can see where to PM on a specific member, but don't know where the messages live? Thanks.

Couple of ways...both are up next to your name on the top right. On the arrow next to your name, the drop down menu choose My Settings, then on the new page on the left side choose My Notifications. Or...more to the right of your name is another drop down which will link you directly to your PM's.

It looks like the first image PC screen shot, and the last image from android have the exact same content/5messages.

minor aesthetic issue on a small screen mac running safari. The menu bar containing NSPN, Forums, Members, Blogs.... bumps up too tightly (IMO) against the mouse over picture with our org., our community, events planning.... etc.

Phil

Phil,

Could you clear your cache and relaunch safari. The thing that i see as a problem on your screen shot, is that there should be no color blue in the header/menu area. Everything should be the teal green color. Probably what happened is that you were on the message board early Saturday afternoon, as I was still adjusting colors and graphics, so you have some old graphics cached.

As to your question regarding the 2 menus being too close to each other, it was kind of a tough job getting our existing header with our drop down menu's to play well with the new IPB software. I don't know if there is an easy way to move the Forums, Members, Blogs... menu down. If the consensus is, that it is a problem, I will delve into it further.

Bill

Can't reply to private messages??

PM me so I can see.

Very nicely done. Looks great.

just noticed that I'm having trouble navigating back to the "General Message Board" from any other category but NOT between any of the other categories. In order to get back to GMB, I need to return to nspn.org and then go to GMB. (Intel Mac/Firefox)

Thanks guys, Jon

P.S. Is the "Private Trips" category somehow different from the old "Trips" category?

Hi Jon,

Menu links are fixed. Darn tyepo's.

Also, the "Private Trips" has been changed back to just "Trips". Back in the day, they were called private trips, and the text in the menu was a left over from back then.

Thanks for the heads up on these items.

Cheers,

Bill

Good morning,

Jason and I have spent sometime not only this morning, but actually for several months back preparing for this upgrade. It is now done and seems to be functioning quite well. Hopefully this upgrade will provide better performance and better security from spammers, also some added features. Please post to this thread if you find any glitches we may have missed.

Cheers,

Your Web Team Bill & Jason

PS...I will be messing about with the style sheet, so don't panic if you see some weird colors...oooooohhhhhhh.

Ditto what Tyson and Jason said. You can try clearing out your temporary internet files (may help), but there definitely is a "problem" with your IP addressing, something is causing you to get new addresses. Do you have a router? Are you using DSL, Dial-up, cable etc? It is true that a new IP address invalidates your login cookie. Do you have cookies enabled?

Unfortunately, I have to back out of this trip due to an abscess in my left cornea. Seems that a new pair of contacts didn't agree with my eyes. It is getting better, but looks like it's going to take some time before all is well. Have fun all.

Post edited to include date.

Nahant (Long Beach), Lynn Beach, Swampscott (Kings Beach) all have nice sloping sandy beaches with gentle surf.

Your proficient at fiberglass work, how bout adding a day hatch up front?

Yup....already had a deer tick on my back, got him here in Epping, NH working in the yard. Didn't find it till the next morning, so it was pretty swelled up with my blood. Pulled it off with a tick tool, and promptly called my Dr. for a one time dose of 200mg Doxycycline.

From Kokatat's website:

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Less than a mile, you could just hoof it with the kayak on a wheel kit. The wheel kit will stow in your hatch. Now you won't have to worry about locking up a bike and trailer. Just my 2 cents.

Also, is my understanding correct that current thinking emphasizes compression to circulate blood over stopping to provide oxygen via mouth to mouth?

Thank you.

Ed Lawson

2 rescue breaths followed by 30 chest compressions at a rate of 100 compressions per minute. (I like to compress to the beat of Bee Gee's Stayin' Alive in my head). After 30 compressions, back to 2 rescue breaths and so on. And yes...If your uncomfortable with giving rescue breaths, just continue the chest compressions, they are most important.

A factor of 100 shorter survival time seems like a huge amount to me. Does anyone know where this statistic comes from? I'm not saying it's wrong, it just goes against my intuition (which *has* been shown to be wrong from time-to-time).

The only sources I could find say that swimming reduces survival time by about 50%, which I can believe, but not 10000%.

It may be trivial, but we quote this so often, and it seems at odds with what I know that I think it bears closer examination.

The actual rule is: The 50/50/50 rule. It says that you have a 50% chance of making a 50 yard swim in 50 degree water. The 50% part changes your odds. Also, this rule is for someone not prepared at all for immersion and no PFD.

Point of order/question: I'm not sure I think the 50/50 rule is valid. I've looked at the hypothermia charts, and they say that for 50 degree (F) water temperature, at 1 hour, there is a "strong possibility of survival if rescued - can help themselves".

My own experience with ice baths is that I'm still quite functional after immersion in 48 degree (F) water for 20 minutes. It takes about a minute to swim 50 yards for me.

We quote this rule all the time, but it doesn't line up with either the charts or my experience.

This is not to advise anyone to get rid of the dry suit when paddling in 50 degree F water, but if we're quoting something that's out of whack, it doesn't lend to credibility in other matters.

Comments? Thoughts?

I think the difference is that in a 50 yard swim in 50 degree water, you are really pulling the heat from your body while thrashing around swimming and your extremities loose their functionality. Quite different from staying still in the huddle/rescue position.

Yup...you need to wait till tomorrow before you can actually renew.

I believe that is a "Monk Fish".

I like #28.

Try Brad Gwynn from NESC. Call him directly at 617-699-9869.

Here are my observations to your article:

When you are describing the trouble in sweeping the paddle 'right' to create a lifting effect - the whole description of right vs left indexing sounds complicated. Wouldn't it be better for the beginner to use paddle that is not indexed?

Sounds like you have indexing and feathering confused. Indexing is the oval shape or "ridge" that is on the paddle shaft. Feathering is the angle between left and right blades.