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There is one of these buoys at the top of a narrow passage we transit most times we go out. It marks (I believe) a wreck. The top band is red, which indicates that the buoy should be taken on the starboard side by vessels entering this end of the passage.

and, using epoxy and > fiberglass, glass on a new top, over the existing top.

Someone informed our national HQ that I had violated copyright and plagerized some German website. ?????? When I looked at the named website I saw they had also copied the USCG data and even indicated where they had got the information. However they had also published a copyright notice of their website.

You also mention sudden vegetation die-off. Are you referring to eelgrass? Parts of Cape Cod Bay have been experiencing unexplained die-off's in recent years as have parts of the CT coast. Could this be a cyclical phenomenon as what occurred globally in the 1930's?

> > No; the value is updated continously, whether there is an active PPS signal or there just was one (which isn't active anymore). > > I had to read Verilog myself, since I didn't want to give you false information, but: > usrp3/top/b205/b205_ref_pll.v has a state machine. > Lines 78-100: Assuming you're in the state "ref_detected", "ref_is_pps" = 1, ref_is

If fish die off in colder weather it may result in a big boost to birds and animals along the shoreline, resulting in higher concentrations of them near an abundant food source. A few winters ago, a fish die-off in Old Lyme resulted in a big concentration of eagles, gulls and other wildlife taking advantage of the banquet for nearly a month.

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Keith, filling the tanks to the top keeps moisture out. Filling an automobile to the top puts fuel into the charcoal canister, which creates an emissions problem. Rodger Wrona Rollsdoc MT49PH

> It might be a stupid question, but what is the spike at the top for? It's just plastic; not for lightning. For me it keeps birds from sitting on the top of the radome and dropping liquid gps signal attenuators. /tvb