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[biglar155]

Yesterday was such a beautiful day that Claire and I decided to go exploring. We visited St Michaels, Tilghman's Island and Oxford Maryland. St Michaels is the home to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and also has a sign as you enter the Town that states "it is the town that fooled the British during the War of 1812". Tilghman's Island is located on the Chesapeake and Choptank River. It is still very much a fishing town. Tilghman Island is also home to the only commercial sailing fleet in North America, the Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks. Although there were once hundreds of these ships on the Bay, now there are only nine.The skipjacks are moored on Tilghman Island, in Dogwood Harbor, along with many other commercial fishing boats. The skipjack shown here is the Rebeca T Ruark.
Oxford is extremely picturesque and is know for it restaurants and its Ferry. The Robert Morris Inn 1710 - the oldest full service Inn in America and Oxford-Bellevue Ferry is 336 year old, however it was not in service yesterday.View attachment 136568View attachment 136563View attachment 136564View attachment 136565View attachment 136566View attachment 136567

Very cool.

On a shelf in my basement sits an unfinished wooden model of a skipjack. I bought the kit for my Dad around about 2003 or so. He happily built the hull and cabin (the directions call for the techniques used to build the real thing) but after painting it, he "ran out of steam" on the project: Old Eyes meant going on to other projects that were a easier to see. That rigging gets tedious.

I teased him about his unfished skipjack for a long time, then inherited the thing when he passed away in 2011.

I have the box with all the parts, the directions, etc., just need to get 'er done.

'Course, MY eyes are getting a little old now.....

 

[Stevepro172]

I couldn't believe it when two of my daughters decided to wake board today... in 50 deg water.
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So, I had no choice but to don a shortie, too, lol.
The water was ridiculously cold.
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you guys are crazy. We keep our boat in Greenwood Lake and we stopped boarding beginning of October.

 

[I_squared_r]

Great weather in NY this weekend. First time out with my new truck and tent. 2 hikes. 1 bike ride. And cooked chili + hot dogs, and chorizo + arepas. Sunday morning was pancakes and then we had a big lunch at a german biergarten.

 

[I_squared_r]

Sauerbraten, anyone? This sauerbraten was ok.. I remember my mom cooking it with ginger cookies and juniper berries that would give it a lot of flavor. I couldn't taste it here. I think that I will try it at home Traditional German Sauerbraten Recipe - House of Nash Eats

The last picture is Kaaterskill Falls here in NY. The picture doesn't do it justice.. It's actually 231' tall. My Galaxy S10 wasn't working well in this lighting because it was getting dark. We had a 1 mile hike back to the car with our headlamps.

 

[zipper]

A day or so late, but we did make it out on November 9th, today for a shakedown sail on the 14' 1976 Oday Javelin we bought last year. This boat was the only one we had not used this year. Willow made a new mainsail (engine) for the boat and we needed to try it out in this beautiful weather before it freezes up. Beautiful 70° day to be on the cool water. Sustained 5kts. S.O.G. per Navionics app. It has been a few decades since I boated in November, all smiles today.

 

[J-RAD]

November white stuff. I need a winter hobby so I don't annoy you all by complaining for the next 5 months...

 

[zipper]

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November white stuff. I need a winter hobby so I don't annoy you all by complaining for the next 5 months...

That was us last week. 3" of snow on the ground. Now a week of 60-70 degrees in Nov. I will take it.

 

[J-RAD]

That was us last week. 3" of snow on the ground. Now a week of 60-70 degrees in Nov. I will take it.

We have enjoyed a pretty warm fall up to this point, so I can't complain too much... of course I winterized the boat weeks ago. I'm tend to be bitter when boating season ends.

 

[swatski]

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[tabbibus]

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7. That little guy? Don't worry about that little guy.

 

[BigN8]

In memory of Alex Trebeck, this is classic. Wasn't sure where to post so just posted here.

 

[swatski]

I've been in this business for a while, but this is once in a generation kind of a story, the Turkish-German power couple, founders of the Biontech COVID vaccine maker in the German city of Mainz (company more recently purchased by Pfizer), will be heading to Stockholm no doubt about it, barring something unexpected of course, still possible.
Mind you, these guys are cancer biologists, and the way they approached the vaccine development is super unorthodox. Totally awesome.
THis is a good general primer from the market point of view, the more nuanced story and the science is more complex and even more amazing for those who can appreciate it - and read in peer-reviewed literature.

Here are 5 things to know about BioNTech and the married couple behind the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Pfizer

Co-founded by Turkish-German scientists Uğur Şahin and his wife Özlem Türeci, BioNTech is now worth $25 billion.

www.marketwatch.com

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[zipper]

I may be posting in the wrong part of the Forum...but with all I see/read happening, I see this.

 

[zipper]

This mornings sunrise in Milton, Vermont with Old Glory in the wind. Celebrating Veterans Day today.



Red sky at morn, sailors take warn...

 

[BigN8]

I got this from my Squid buddies this morning! Happy Veterans Day to all of you that served!

 

[swatski]

I've been in this business for a while, but this is once in a generation kind of a story, the Turkish-German power couple, founders of the Biontech COVID vaccine maker in the German city of Mainz (company more recently purchased by Pfizer), will be heading to Stockholm no doubt about it, barring something unexpected of course, still possible.
Mind you, these guys are cancer biologists, and the way they approached the vaccine development is super unorthodox. Totally awesome.
THis is a good general primer from the market point of view, the more nuanced story and the science is more complex and even more amazing for those who can appreciate it - and read in peer-reviewed literature.

Here are 5 things to know about BioNTech and the married couple behind the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Pfizer

Co-founded by Turkish-German scientists Uğur Şahin and his wife Özlem Türeci, BioNTech is now worth $25 billion.

www.marketwatch.com

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It makes me laugh all the speculation about the timing of such disclosures, the kind of paradigm shifting research that's going on there follows its own path, these guys are literally going balls-to-the-wall XXXhr-work-days, nonstop. Anyone who has ever been involved in that kind of environment knows, it's like a war room. there is so much competition, inside and out, no one can afford to wait an extra day to make key claims or the competition does.
the absolute beauty of those peer-reviewed operations is - you can not afford to make wrong claim though, if you do - you are done.
You can still make money, go into politics, lol, but no one in the field will ever take you seriously. That's what keeps everyone honest, nothing else needed.

And I just can not get over how clever those guys were with those new RNA-based vaccines, applying the cancer vaccine logic to a viral immunization schemes.

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[Dean P]

Picture was taking around 9:30 last night. Water at that time was about 4" over the seawall; ended up about 8" before receding around midnight. Checked again at 2am and it dropped 4" since its high.

 

[swatski]

I've been in this business for a while, but this is once in a generation kind of a story, the Turkish-German power couple, founders of the Biontech COVID vaccine maker in the German city of Mainz (company more recently purchased by Pfizer), will be heading to Stockholm no doubt about it, barring something unexpected of course, still possible.
Mind you, these guys are cancer biologists, and the way they approached the vaccine development is super unorthodox. Totally awesome.
THis is a good general primer from the market point of view, the more nuanced story and the science is more complex and even more amazing for those who can appreciate it - and read in peer-reviewed literature.

Here are 5 things to know about BioNTech and the married couple behind the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Pfizer

Co-founded by Turkish-German scientists Uğur Şahin and his wife Özlem Türeci, BioNTech is now worth $25 billion.

www.marketwatch.com

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This is a pretty good general conceptualization how this new COVID vaccine technology works, in general terms, also offers some granularity on why it works so much better in vaccine development than cancer vaccines (where the choice of tumor antigens and antigen presenting cells is more narrow).

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data 'open the floodgates' for mRNA in infectious disease. Other areas? Not so fast: analysts

The entire scientific community is cheering on Pfizer and BioNTech’s early COVID-19 vaccine data. | For an entirely new technology that hasn't seen a single approved product, Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine victory showed mRNA can be quickly pivoted for a pandemic pathogen and will "open...

www.fiercepharma.com

And a popular science version:

Scientist behind BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine says it can end pandemic

Exclusive: BioNTech’s CEO Uğur Şahin says he is confident vaccine can ‘bash the virus over the head’

www.theguardian.com

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[swatski]

I know I already posted on this, but I find it very exciting... Anyway, if anyone is curious and can only read one this is pretty comprehensive, and so well written:

Inside the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine: how BioNTech made the breakthrough

The husband and wife team behind the German company are pioneers in a technology that could transform medicine

www.ft.com

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[swatski]

Boating in Hackensack River, NJ
Cool views. Low railroad bridges, only passable at low tide




Great day on the water




One World Trade Center in the background: