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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2006/09/15/remembering-footballs-finest/)
Remembering Football's Finest
Four short years ago — somehow an eternity — the Class of 2007 arrived at Cornell.
We were the best at our high schools — valedictorians, class presidents, editors-in-chief. Yet few of us knew what we wanted at college. For many, the only goals we knew for a while were getting to the best keg parties.
Yet one of us was not lost. From the time he first set foot on campus, one of us knew precisely why he came to Cornell. James McManamon, Class of '07, wanted to be captain of the football team.
It was not such a reach. Jaime had been all-everything at St. Edward High School in Cleveland — and, yes, he was the team captain.
Jamie was huge. In his first season, he joined the Big Red Power Wall of Honor as the strongest player in his recruiting class. As a freshman lineman, he routinely challenged Kevin Boothe — now with the NFL's Oakland Raiders — for an edge in the trenches.
"Everyone talks about Jaime being the strongest guy in our class," said classmate and fellow lineman Jonathan Lucas. "And he really was. As a freshman, he was tossing around seniors. I remember thinking 'Wow, I can't wait to be on the field with him.'"
A jokester off the field with a fiery passion on it, Jaime worked just as hard making people laugh as he did bashing bodies on the line. He was a natural leader, and it was only a matter of time before he realized his goal of becoming team captain.
"Jaime always had a good attitude," said teammate Jeff Dicks. "He brought up the whole team when he was out there — he made everyone have more fun."
Jaime was always a positive example to his teammates and friends.
"Everyone liked him," remembered senior Ryan Kiscadden. "He had a great personality and was very caring."
Late at night, while others were getting ready to go out, Jaime would be in his room, talking to his family back in Ohio about the adjustment to life as a student athlete.
He loved his family. On May 13, 2004, Jaime and his mom were driving from Ithaca to Westlake, Ohio, for his little sister's First Communion.
Jaime was driving as his 2000 Chevy Suburban spun out, left the road and rolled over several times. His mom broke her leg. Jamie, crushed against the steering wheel, was not so lucky. Airlifted to an Erie hospital, he died hours later.
After the death, new head football coach Jim Knowles '87 looked for the right way to honor Jaime. He decided to keep Jaime's dream alive — and find a way to make him the captain of the Cornell football team.
"He always had said as a freshman that his one goal was to be team captain," Knowles said. "We will be remembering him every game."
For the past two seasons, every player on the Red has worn the number "57" on their helmets to honor Jamie. When they beat Harvard and Penn last year, Kiscadden's wristbands were marked "57."
This season, in what would have been Jaime's final season at Cornell, the team captains are Jonathan Lucas, Anthony Macaluso and — James McManamon.
The Class of 2007 gave their consent to this honor and moreover, each senior lineman will wear No. 57 for one game during the season.
"It will be a little bit emotional to wear his jersey," said Dicks, who will be wearing No. 57 tomorrow in the season opener at Bucknell. "But it is an honor to represent him, and I will be playing for him."
Jaime may have been killed, but he never died. He will be on the field with the Red for every down this year. Jamie will be part of every tackle and every touchdown. Jaime is the Cornell captain.
Kyle Sheahen is a Sun Senior Editor. The Ultimate Trip will appear every other Friday this semester.
Harvard, Brown Appear Early Favorites
Parity is the catchword in collegiate athletics these days — and Ivy League football is no exception. After Brown claimed its first outright Ivy title in 2006, it faces the challenge of another first in its quest for back-to-back titles. Standing between the Bears and the league crown is Harvard, Penn, and the local favorite, Cornell. Left out of the contenders' battle is Yale and Princeton, who seem headed for the lower half of the standings, joining recent perennial cellar-dwellars Columbia and Dartmouth.
Ring That Bell in 2006
Forever Wild
A cobra, a rocket ship and a bell.
What do these things have in common? They've each been a central icon of the football team's seasonal rallying cry under head coach Jim Knowles '87.
In the first year that Knowles held the reins of the program, the Red had hit rock bottom after a 1-9 (0-7 Ivy) season — the worst performance by a Cornell squad in 28 years. To inspire his players to make a change, Knowles announced that the Red would unite behind the mantra, "Strike back!" He told the team to think of a cobra, rising up from its belly to take revenge on any and all that had tread upon it.


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	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)

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Taiwan can be a great choice for your future teaching adventure abroad. Consider the amount you will be paid, the demands of the job, living expenses, level of comfort, fun/social activities, people, and transportation as the beginning criteria for selecting a destination. Living & teaching in a foreign country can be extremely fulfilling & educating, but it's not for everyone. Learn and enjoy by watching the videos below!
Tim and Ellen share their experience teaching and living in Taiwan. They express some helpful information. Note that most living arrangements are not as nice as theirs and most people don't save $1000 (US) or more a month, although it is possible. This video is affiliated with an English school in Taiwan. Remember there are many schools to choose from. Do your research online before making a decision!
Want to learn more about teaching abroad?
A few English teachers discuss transportation & language challenges in Taiwan. People are often afraid of traveling or teaching in a foreign country because of language issues. Many people that teach abroad don't speak the native language of their host country, so don't let this stop you from going! This video includes a clip of a children's class being taught.
A South African woman speaks about her experiences including Tai Chi, hot springs & night markets, what makes for a good group of students, challenges like ordering food, traffic, & summer humidity. Note that this video is produced by a school in Taiwan, but I find much of what is said to be accurate. Also note that life can be more stressful than this video reveals.
Follow two teachers during a day of their lives teaching & living in Taiwan. Different class situations are shown here. Jobs teaching children are the most abundant. These teachers enjoy it. Other topics covered include saving $, different types of students, morning & afternoon schedules, language issues, enjoying time with friends, & eating at the famous Shilin Night Market (Taipei). It is important to have friends of your own. If you don't go there with a friend (most don't) you will probably make friends with the teachers at your school. Just be sure to make friends with the right type of people and you will enjoy yourself much more.
A human resources director living in Taiwan for 11 years provides a different perspective & much helpful information about living and teaching English in Taiwan. Some highlights include different types of toilets, misguided notions about teaching in Taiwan, cable TV channels in English, Chinese medical practices, gyms (can be expensive), & a good launching point for traveling elsewhere. Most people don't live in a place this large. This video is from an English language school in Taiwan.


Details: Celebrating 7 years of Beirut In the Mix in an all day all night party by the sandy beach, fresh grass lawn and clear blue water of Beach 37 in Rmeileh, on Sunday September 8!
Set times will be announced closer to the event date!
JK58 was kind enough to fly in all of our friends to Beirut for Creamfields one day before!
Led firmly by Ronin & Nesta and all-time friend Phil, Beirut In the Mix has come a long way: from modest 2006 beginnings in random venues scattered around Beirut partially ravaged landscape, to hosting the cities best parties and the world most forward thinking DJs, Beirut In the Mix has become a Lebanese institution. The collective represent the cities freshest House music talents today, hosting more than 300 weekly radio show episodes on air and setting up a solid Saturday night residency at Beirut now famous überhaus. Adding to that, Beirut In the Mix have toured the Paris Techno Parade through a crowd that neared half a million, and are hosting their very own playground stage at Creamfields Beirut this coming September. Beirut In the Mix is turning 7 and we're going to celebrate!


Well hello there. This is Julie Rhodes. I've been on maternity leave for the past few months and am just now emerging from the fascinating underwater world of progesterone, where bright pink anemones of emotion and coral reefs of anxiety dance in the current. Actually, I haven't really emerged. I think my "emotional anemones" metaphor makes that clear.
I want to give a "holla!" to Kristy Alpert, our fabulous interim editor extraordinaire who edited Chatter from the faraway city of Portland. She carried Chatter gently, lovingly, like it was a newborn, and laid it on my doorstep wrapped in cashmere with its 529 already funded. Thanks Kristy. Also thanks to Bill, Josh and Dennis who have kept the home fires burning ever brightly.
I'm going to go ahead and admit that I've been exploring a few interests while I've been away, in between all the nursing and fits of motherly fancy. One of them is singing, a passion of mine even before it was cool to say things were your passion (I think the vintage 1976 Midwestern word was "hobby."). My voice teacher talks a lot about the "readiness of the voice," and how a performer must snap to attention when the music starts — chest raised, larynx dropped, neck straight, tailbone tucked in, senses alert. It's like the "first position" in dance, one of five foundational positions for the steps of classical ballet. It takes years to master the turnout for these positions, just as it takes years to hone the "readiness of the voice." Before a note is sung or a step is danced, the performer must be coiled like a spring, packed with unreleased energy. In other words, you can't just roll out of bed and sing Puccini. But I bet I could roll out of bed and eat a Panini. For me that's just instinctual.
I don't know about you, but I'd like to start this month from a position of spiritual strength. I'd settle for physical strength, a.k.a. toned obliques, but feel led by the Spirit to have higher standards in the New Year.
I don't know if you'll be happy to know this or not, but a nursing mother has 5-8 times during the day when all she can do is sit and be still. Which means we lactaters keep the hours of priests and nuns who regularly stop whatever they're doing, sit, pray, then maybe milk a cow. But I don't usually spend my nursing sessions being spiritual, though that would be cheerfully Jesuit of me. I spend them reading novels or vapid tabloids, and with my delicious new Kindle in-hand, am hoping for subsequent pregnancies well into the year 2025.
As the months of newborndom wore on, I noticed my thoughts throughout the day turning repeatedly to plotlines of novels or the philosophies of writers I was reading. Or Kim Kardashian's fierce fashion choices. Whatever. Say what you will; it was a rich intellectual diet. When all you do is change the Diaper Genie, you suddenly want to get really brainy about practically anything and begin asking questions like, "If that Diaper Genie falls over and dumps out, will the room still smell awful even if no one is here to smell it?" Things like that.
Then one day I was thinking about the "first position of spiritual readiness" and decided I should have my devotional in the mornings during my first nursing period instead of in the afternoons during the kids' naptime like usual. This would be a sacrifice of optimal Kindle romance, as my 3-year-old is downstairs eating breakfast at that time. But God likes the people best who read his Holy Word in the mornings. I read that somewhere, maybe Ecclesiastes. I don't know.
The first morning my plan worked OK. I managed to balance my eight-pound Bible on the edge of my Boppie (that's a nursing pillow for you single Gen-Y-ers out there) and Madeline was game to share it. The next day my husband had forgotten to bring me my morning coffee so I decided God would prefer I waited until I was capable of reading comprehension. Day three I really didn't feel like reading my Bible but I really DID feel like reading a little David Sedaris, and the thought made me so guilty I sat there in my glider and read neither, sipping my coffee and wondering if my toenails were presentable enough to wear espadrilles. This was late summer.
On. Their. Beds. Let the saints sing for joy on their beds! Hey, that's me. In bed! Not in my morning recliner at 5:30 a.m., concordance ready and waiting like a dutiful teaching assistant.
There's a time and a place for serious biblical study, absolutely so. But for now, sing for joy! Even from bed! Even if it was the last thing on my mind until just now. God is delighting in me.
If God feels half the way I do when I watch MY son in bed — Drew's eyes darting beneath their lids, lashes jerking to and fro like fuzzy break-dancing caterpillars — then I rejoice indeed.
And joy IS the place of readiness for singing the song of grace. Joy IS the first position of the God dance. The joy of the Lord is my strength!
Thanks for having me back, everybody. You bring me joy, too!


As a response to recent violent events, the series of "Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room" care sessions was expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Tea was served in the exhibition's apothecary during each session.
All meditation sessions were free and open to the public. All sessions were led by Mona Chopra, except for those occurring on July 23, August 27, and September 17, which were led by Aimee Meredith Cox. There was no guided meditation session on September 3.
Mona Chopra is a board-certified and licensed acupuncturist who integrates hypnosis, yoga, and meditation into her therapeutic work. Chopra is also a meditation instructor at the Interdependence Project, a multi-lineage, secular Buddhist center in New York. She believes that getting to know the nature of our minds and continually working to soften and open our hearts are among the most powerful strategies we have available to us to bring about deep healing and enduring freedom.


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Fay Jones Archive Unveiled at University of Arkansas
Fay Jones Archive Unveiled
Perspective drawing of Stoneflower, Eden Isle, Arkansas, 1965. In this vacation home, Fay Jones experimented with paired wood columns and cross-bracing, foreshadowing his masterpiece, Thorncrown Chapel.
Image courtesy Fay Jones Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Interior perspective of Fayetteville residence for William and Marion Orton, 1959.
Elevation of Richardson residence, Carlisle, Massachusetts, 1989. Built for native Arkansans who had settled in the Boston area, this home features an Arkansas stone terrace overlooking the Concord River and Great Meadows Wildlife Preserve.
Slide of Pallone residence near Little Rock, 1977.
Aleksandr Bierig
The collection spans Jones' professional and academic career, between the founding of his studio in 1954 and his retirement in 1998. The opening coincides with the renaming of the university's architecture school as the Fay Jones School of Architecture, honoring the man who defined the school for decades. Jones taught there for 35 years and served as its first dean.The University of Arkansas recently opened to the public its archive of work by Fay Jones, the noted Arkansas architect who combined the architectural traditions of the Southeastern United States with a Wrightian sensibility, producing such masterpieces as Thorncrown Chapel (1980).
Jones was among the most successful Frank Lloyd Wright acolytes, having lived and worked at Taliesin in 1953 but subsequently finding his own architectural voice. In his 1992 book about Jones, RECORD's editor-in-chief Robert Ivy noted: "Jones has, more than any other Wright disciple, fulfilled Wright's wish, contributing an architecture with 'forms of his own devising.'"
A fellow of the AIA, Jones won the prestigious Gold Medal in 1990. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 83, and is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Gus" Jones, and two daughters.
The archive is an expansive record of Jones' career, encompassing a range of professional, personal, and academic materials. It holds 22,000 drawings, covering his roughly 200 projects, built and unbuilt, from concept to detailing. Some 20,000 slides document his completed buildings and his travels. The architect's work is further illustrated through appointment books, correspondence with clients, and lecture notes, among many other artifacts. The material was donated to the university by Jones and his wife between 1997 and 2009.
Ellen Compton, curator of the collection, says the material was processed and cataloged over the last six years. Now complete, Compton says the archive is "like a lab for the architecture school," a place where professors can bring their students to study the waning art of drafting by hand. Compton has also fielded inquiries from a number of scholars doing research on Jones' work.
Further information on the archive, including an online index of Jones' buildings, can be found through the University of Arkansas Libraries.
Recent Articles by Aleksandr Bierig
Review of 'The Urban Fix: Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change, Heat Islands and Overpopulation'
Review of 'Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet'
Housing Northwest Arkansas Initiative at Fay Jones School Promotes Attainable Housing
Fay Jones School of Architecture by Marlon Blackwell Architects
Fay Jones Receives His Due in New DVD
BIM for Design Firms: Data Rich Architecture at Small and Medium Scales
Drawing from the Model: Fundamentals of Digital Drawing, 3D Modeling, and Visual Programming in Architectural Design
Relentless Pursuit of an Architecture

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We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for the 15th edition of ISCB Student Council Symposium is now open. The Symposium will be held on the 21st of July, in Basel, Switzerland, preceding the ECCB/ISMB 2019! We welcome abstracts from students, postdocs, and young researchers in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
To promote excellence and innovation in the field of bioinformatics, SIB created the SIB Bioinformatics Awards ten years ago to acknowledge early career bioinformaticians and ground-breaking resources of national and international standing.
Applications will be reviewed by a jury of international experts, with the winners to be announced during the awards ceremony of the 14th [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference (part of the Basel Life Congress, 9-12 September 2019, Switzerland). All Awards carry a cash prize and laureates will be invited to give a plenary talk during the [BC]2 conference.
Follow the latest news and announcements related to the SIB Awards on SIB's website and under @ISBSIB on Twitter (#SIBawards).


Gawker CEO Nick Denton told PRWeek he is seeking a "humane" editor to man the news site after he had to step in earlier this month to retract a post his editors published outing a Condé Nast executive. He also shared how the company is managing its reputation. Click here.


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AAA: Inadequate guardrails at New York site where 7 died
Quinnipiac partners with Hartford Healthcare to expand programs
JIM FITZGERALD
NEW YORK (AP) -- The section of highway where an accident sent seven members of a Bronx family flying over a guardrail and plummeting to their deaths has narrow lanes, steep hills, tight turns, inadequate guardrails and no breakdown lane, an auto safety group said Monday.
The Bronx River Parkway "lacks modern transportation engineering features," said Robert Sinclair, spokesman for the American Automobile Association's New York City affiliate. He said it was conceived in 1907 and opened in 1925 as "the first limited access multilane highway in the U.S."
Three sections of the parkway in the Bronx, including one at or near the accident site, are on the state Transportation Department's 5 Percent List, a federally mandated report of locations "exhibiting the most severe highway safety needs."
The driver, Maria Gonzalez, clipped a highway divider and damaged a tire Sunday afternoon before her SUV plunged off a highway and six stories down into a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing three generations of a family, including three children, police said.
Juan Gonzalez, the driver's husband, blamed the state, at least in part, for the crash.
"He says it's very careless of the state to let that happen," a relative said, translating Gonzalez's Spanish at a funeral home. "There's been several incidents before this. Accidents such as this and they haven't done anything to prevent this."
The state Department of Transportation's only comment was an email message that said, "We are working closely with all agencies involved to determine the cause of this tragic accident."
On the highway, just before the accident site, is a sign that warns of "Limited Sight Distance" on the six-lane parkway, which runs north-south between the south Bronx and central Westchester County.
The accident was the second in the past year where a car fell off the same stretch of the parkway; the earlier accident wasn't fatal. In 2006, six people were killed on the parkway when one car crossed the median into oncoming traffic.
Police said Maria Gonzalez of the Bronx was driving south at 68 mph when she bumped a concrete barrier separating the north- and southbound lanes. With one tire damaged, her Honda Pilot skittered across three lanes of traffic, hit a 2-foot-high concrete curb and went airborne, clearing a 4-foot-tall guardrail.
"It is very strange that there is a curb there," Sinclair said. "You don't put curbs on high-speed roadways because they can serve as launching pads, which appears to be what happened here. A big Honda Pilot flew over a 4-foot guardrail."
He said the guardrail should be higher on an elevated roadway.
Gonzalez was driving well above the posted 50 mph limit, but speeding is common at that point and she may have been simply keeping up with traffic, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne. He said there was no evidence Gonzalez was texting, on a phone or had been drinking. Toxicology tests are pending.
"There's no evidence of a mechanical failure," he added.
The medical examiner's office on Monday ruled the deaths accidental. Autopsies showed that all seven died from blunt force trauma.
The NYPD's accident investigation squad found "yaw marks" on the road, he said. He said they indicate a vehicle going perpendicular to traffic.
All the victims were wearing seat belts.
They were identified as Jacob Nunez, 85, and Ana Julia Martinez, 81, who were visiting from the Dominican Republic; their daughters, Gonzalez, 45, and Maria Nunez, 39, and three grandchildren. The children were Jocelyn Gonzalez, 10, the daughter of the driver, and Niely Rosario, 7, and Marly Rosario, 3, both daughters of Nunez.
New Haven police Officer Diane Gonzalez laid to rest: 'Truly the best of us'
At the Gonzalez home on Monday, a cousin of the women, Isabel Morel, said the grandparents' bodies were being returned to the Dominican Republic. A funeral for the mothers and their children is scheduled for Friday morning.
Two flower bouquets and seven tall religious candles lined the sidewalk near the stoop of the house. Photographs of Jocelyn and Marly sat behind a grate of a windowsill, one in pink overalls and white blouse, the other sporting a pixie haircut.
"This was supposed to be a time of great happiness," Morel said, adding that the SUV had just picked up the grandparents at Maria Nunez's home to take them to the Gonzalez home for a family party.
In the Dominican Republic community of Manuel Bueno, where the elderly couple lived, their son Antonio Nunez said, "The whole town is really sad."
He said several of his sisters had pooled their money to buy their parents' airline tickets.
Maria Nunez's husband, Juan Ramon Rosario, said he was working at a car wash when he learned of the tragedy.
"It's terrible for him and the whole family," said Andres Fulgencio, a cousin translating for the 34-year-old father of two. "Right now he can't think. He can't feel."
Juan Gonzalez, a livery cab driver, "feels destroyed," a translating relative said. Gonzalez said there was nothing wrong with the vehicle or his wife on Sunday morning.
"I never expected that we would go through a moment like this but we have to keep going," he said. He said he would have to work harder because his wife had just taken a maintenance job at Fordham University to help pay for their son's college education.
The wreck was the deadliest in New York City since the driver of a tour bus returning from a Connecticut casino in March 2011 lost control and slammed into a pole that sheared the bus nearly end to end, killing 14 passengers.
Relatives said a fund was being set up for donations toward funeral expenses. Fernando Mateo, president of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, contributed $1,000 and said the costs could total $100,000.


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Posts tagged Williamsport Maryland
Walking In Williamsport on the Trail of Boots Poffenberger
By David Stinson on February 3, 2015
One way for baseball fans to bridge the chasm between the last out of the World Series and the arrival of pitchers and catchers for spring training is to delve into the history of the game – maybe read a book or take a day trip to a nearby town or landmark with a connection to the National Pastime. Austin Gisriel's Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hellraiser is an excellent choice if you are looking for a book to help pass the time until baseball arrives again this Spring.
Perhaps better, however, is spending an afternoon with Austin walking in the footsteps of Boots Poffenberger through Williamsport, Maryland, the ballplayer's home town. Austin was kind enough to show me around Williamsport this past November, just as the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals were cleaning out their lockers and scattering for the Winter.
If you have read Austin's book, or if you know anything about Boots Poffenberger, you know that Boots had at least two great loves, baseball and beer. So it was fitting that our Williamsport Boots Tour touched on both aspects of his life. We started on the banks of the Potomac River at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Williamsport.
Williamsport, Maryland, at the confluence of Conococheague Creek and the Potomac River
Boots was born on July 1, 1915, According to Austin, Boots was named for his grandfather who piloted a boat on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in and around Williamsport.
C&O Canal Lock 44, Williamsport, Maryland
A rookie phenom pitcher with Detroit Tigers in 1937, Boots's sporadic baseball career is well detailed in Austin's book, as well as in the SABR Baseball Biography Project article about Boots, also authored by Austin. When Boots wasn't playing baseball (either during the off season or during those periods when he simply chose not to play, or was not allowed to play), he could be found at local establishments such as Ern's Tavern at 35 North Conococheague Street in Williamsport. Now known as The Third Base Tavern (the "Last Stop Before Home" according to the sign), Ern's was one of Boots's favorite haunts.
Author Austin Gisriel In Front of Third Base Tavern, One of Boots Poffenberger's Favorite Haunts
Boots's legend lives large inside the Third Base Tavern. A table in the spot where Boots's booth of choice once resided sits next to the tavern's front window.
Spot Where Boots Rested His Weary Legs – Third Base Tavern, Williamsport, Maryland
A picture on the windowsill next to the table shows Boots in action, sitting in his booth at the Third Base Tavern.
Boots in his Booth at Ern's Tavern, Now Third Base Tavern, Williamsport, Maryland
As Austin has learned having written the book on Boots, there is no shortage of people in Williamsport who have stories to share about Boots. During the short time we visited the Third Base Tavern we met several such residents.
Continuing the baseball theme, we stop next stopped at Doubleday Hill, named after Abner Doubleday, the Union general who famously did not invent baseball (but did fire the first shot by the Union Army at Fort Sumter, South Carolina). During the Civil War, General Doublday commanded an artillery battery in Williamsport on a hill overlooking the Potomac River.
Doubleday Hill, Williamsport, Maryland
It is on that same hill, in Riverview Cemetery, that Boots is interred. Boots died in Williamsport on September 1, 1999.
The Final Resting Place of Cletus Elwood "Boots" Poffenberger
As noted on his grave marker, Boots served in the Marines during World War II where, according to Austin, Boots spent much of the time entertaining the troops by playing baseball for the company team. Weeds covered a good portion of Boots's plaque when we arrived, so it took a few minutes to find Boots. Austin made sure the headstone was cleared before we left.
Author Austin Gisriel Next to Boots Poffenberger's Grave Marker, Riverview Cemetery
The last stop on our Boots Tour took us eight miles north of Williamsport to Hagerstown, Maryland. Boots's played many games in Hagerstown at Municipal Stadium, including his last game as a professional ballplayer in 1948, when he as a member of the Class B Interstate League Hagerstown Owls.
Municipal Stadium sign, Left/Center Field Wall Facing South Cannon Avenue, Hagerstown, Maryland
Municipal Stadium is one of the oldest minor league ballparks still in use in the United States and currently is the home field of the South Atlantic League Hagerstowns Suns, an affiliate of the Washington Nationals. Out beyond Municipal Stadium's center field fence is the Stadium Grill and Tavern located at 401 South Cannon Avenue.
View of Municipal Stadium through Center Field Gates Near Parking Lot to Stadium Grill and Tavern, Hagerstown, Maryland
Although Boots played many games at Municipal Stadium, Austin could not say definitively whether Boots ever frequented the Stadium Grill and Tavern.
Stadium Grill and Tavern, With Municipal Stadium in Background, Hagerstown, Maryland
It seems a safe bet, however, that Boots would have stopped by the establishment from time to time given the bar's proximity to the ballpark (the current incarnation of the Stadium Grill and Tavern dates back some 50 plus years). The exact history of the building housing the Stadium Grill and Tavern, and its use during Boots's last few years of professional ball, is another story for another day.
The Stadium Grill and Tavern Is Casual, But with Limits, No Backward Hats!
Even though we could not prove a direct link between Boots and the Stadium Grill and Tavern, we nonetheless stopped there for lunch.
Interior of Stadium Grill and Tavern, Hagerstown, Maryland
With a view from our booth of the last ballpark where Boots played professionally, it seemed a fitting place to end our Boots Tour.
A Room With A View of Hagerstown Municpal Stadium From the Stadium Grill and Tavern
If you haven't read Austin's book yet, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy. And if you find yourself anywhere near Williamsport, Maryland, and are interested in a tour, I am almost certain Austin would be willing to show you around.
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The world-famous shopping precinct was created following the construction of Zurich Main Station on the very site where 150 years ago the city's fortified moat was located. 1.4 kilometers in length, it connects Zurich Main Station to Lake Zurich. Department stores, boutiques and jewellery shops are strung together like pearls on a chain. The further along Bahnhofstrasse you go in the direction of Lake Zurich, the more exclusive the shops become. Here, people even stroll on Sundays when the shops are closed, to indulge in some window shopping. Bahnhofstrasse, Rennweg and Augustinergasse lead to the picturesque old town.
In Zurich's old town you will find tradesmen, antique dealers, bookshops and florists alongside trendy shops, jewellery shops, Zurich labels and hairdressers. This combination of many different specialist shops, which can only be found here, makes the old town a unique shopping district. Traditions are maintained to this day in many of the businesses.
In sharp contrast are the numerous trendy shops contributing to the diversity and unique character of the shopping precinct in Zurich's old town. The Time-Tunnel is a good example of this: here the fashion-conscious can find second-hand designer objects, or have their hair cut at the hairdressers. Situated on the opposite bank of the River Limmat is one of the city's oldest districts. The Schipfe is still dominated by tradesmen today, and you can often obtain expert advice from the specialist or artist in person, whether a goldsmith or expert wood carver. And along Strehlgasse and Storchengasse, in Gassen and Wühre, you will find boutiques with exclusive fashions.
Zurich labels are often to be found where you would least expect them. In Zurich, creative ideas are routinely put into practice and welcomed with open arms. The creative sector in Zurich is booming. This is particularly evident in the trendy districts of Zurich-West and Aussersihl, where creative people have taken up residence – among other places, in former factories. New galleries, restaurants, bars and clubs are opening all the time. Textile and furniture designers, jewellery makers and fashion designers, architects and graphic designers all have their studios or shops here. The closer you get to Langstrasse, the more colourful it becomes: the multicultural street is home to people from more than 110 different countries.
Life has returned to the arches of the viaduct built in 1894 in Zurich West. A 550-yard urban meeting place invites you to stroll, shop, eat and drink. A shopping paradise has been created under the 36 arches. The colourful mix of delicatessens, studio galleries, sport and fashion boutiques is open to everyone. At the heart of it all is the Market Hall where 20 farmers and food vendors from the area offer their wares.
The highlights of the Zurich's event calendar at one glance.


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German Explosive Ordnance - German Mines and Grenades (Part 17)
German Explosives
Hollow Charge Grenade Faustpatrone
Length of Tube: 31.5 inches
Length of Body: 19.5 inches
Calibre of Tube: 1.75 inches
Weight of Grenade: 6.62 pounds
Weight of Tube and Grenade: 11 pounds
Weight of Filler: 3.4 pounds
Effective Range: 33 yards
Description: The Faustpatrone consists of a large hollow charge H.E. grenade and a projecting tube. The grenade consists of a large head and a cylindrical body terminating in a tal to which are attached four spring steel stabilizing fins. The body contains a base fuze and a booster.
The projector is a simple metal tube in which is located a propellant charge contained in a waxed cardboard container held in position by a set screw. On the opposite side of the set screw is an igniter situated below a flash hole. On top of the tube is a simple firing mechanism with release button, firing pin and spring, and a safety catch. There is also a folding sight.
Operation: The grenade is armed by unscrewing the tail and inserting the booster and fuze, open ends facing each other. The tail is then replaced. The fins are wrapped around the tail and the grenade inserted into the tube. The pressure of the fins against the inside of the tube serves to retain the grenade in position.
The firing mechanism is cocked by pushing the lock forward until the release button emerges. The lock then slides back to its original position. The weapon is now cocked and "safe".
To make ready for firing, the lock is rotated 90 degrees to the left. The tube is held under the right arm, the left hand supporting the forward part. Aiming is accomplishing by aligning the sight, placed vertical to the tube. The sight is adjustable for a range of 33 yards. To fire, depress the release button, thus allowing the striker to go forward. The tube cannot be used a second time.
Safety Precautions:
1. Set Faustpatrone to "fire" only when using. The Faustpatrone can be set to safe again if it has not been fired.
2. To set from "fire" to "safe" , turn bolt to vertical, then push fully forward and hold. Press release button and allow it to slide back slowly so that firing pin spring is allowed to expand. Snap sight back onto tube and replace the split pin.
3. On discharge, a sheet of flame up to 6 feet long comes from the rear end of the tube. Great care must be taken that the flame and bits of wadding do not hit either the firer or anyone standing behind him. The danger zone extends up to 30 feet. There must be a clear space (IE: no earth, stones, or wall) for the flame at least 6 feet behind the tube.
4. If propellant charge fails, do not attempt to fiddle around with the weapon. It must be laid aside carefully and exploded. Delayed explosions may still occur. Should the hollow charge detonator fail to explode, the grenade must on no account be touched but must be exploded by placing an explosive charge against it.
5. During practice firing with live ammunition, an area of 800 yards around firer and target must be closed off. Firer must wear steel helmet.
Pistol Grenade (Wurfkorper Leuchtpistole)
Overall Length: 6.89 inches
Maximum Diameter: 3 inches
Delay: 4.5 seconds
Range: 80 yards
Color: Olive Green
Description: This grenade is fired from the 27mm Walther signal pistol. It consists of the normal egg hand grenade attached to a plastic stem or body by a retaining tube. The plastic stem contains the firing pin, delay igniter, detonator, and a base adapter for the propelling charge. The end of the stem is closed before firing by a cardboard cap.
The retaining tube fits through the hollow stem and is threaded to it. The retaining tube is also threaded to the grenade body and contains in its forward part the 4.5 second igniter. In the base of the tube is a fuze consisting of a firing pin held away from the primer by a creep spring and safety pin. An alloy flash tube connects the primer to the delay igniter.
Screwed into the base of the plastic stem is a base adapter containing a primer and propelling charge.
Operation: Before firing, the safety pin is pulled out and the grenade is then armed. The stem is placed in a barrel reinforcing tube which is inserted previously inn the barrel of the pistol. On impact, the firing pin overcomes the creep spring and impinges the primer thus igniting the delay igniter which will detonate the explosive after a delay of approximately 4.5 seconds.
Pistol Grenade H.E. Egg Type
Description: This grenade is fired from the latest type Walther 27mm signal pistol. It is used without the addition of a rifled liner of reinforcing tube in the barrel, or the special sights used with the hollow charge grenade. The folding putt on the pistol may be used by is not necessary; the pistol can be held in the hand for firing if the arm is slightly bent.
The difference from the old grenade 361 L.P. lies in the projector stem. The stem on this grenade has a sliding fit in the smooth bore of the pistol. It consists of a wooden cylinder with thin metal reinforcing sleeves at each end. A grenade adapter is screwed to the forward end of the projector stem and contains a 4.5 second delay pellet.
At the after end the stem is firmly held in a short metal cartridge which contains the percussion cap. Inside this end of the stem are the propellant, the striker, and the initiating percussion cap.
For loading, the plastic cap is removed from the forward end of the stem and an egg grenade, complete with detonator, is screwed to the stem. The complete grenade is loaded into the pistol from the muzzle end until a spring locking ring on the stem engages in a groove at the breach of the barrel. The grenade is firmly held and cannot fall out.
Operation: There is no safety pin and the grenade is safe until fired. When fired, the grenade and stem are propelled from the short cartridge case and at the same time the striker in the stem is driven forward to the percussion cap. A flash travels through the hollow stem and ignites the delay pellet. After 4.5 seconds the grenade detonates.
Next Time: German Mines and Grenades (Part 18)
Source: German Explosive Ordnance Vol. 1: Bombs, Rockets, Grenades, Mines, Fuzes & Igniters
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Labels: Faustpatrone, Pistol Grenade, Rifle Grenade
Hollow Charge Grenade (Schuss Gg. P-40)
Overall Length: 9.3 inches
Length of Body: 3.1 inches
Maximum Diameter: 2.4 inches
Filler: Cyclonite/Wax
Markings: Blue band around projection at the base of the body.
Description: The grenade consists of a stream-lined bell-shaped body, with a slightly convex closing disk of aluminum, a graze fuze which screws into a projection on the base of the body, and a vaned tail unit which screws on the base of the fuze and is closed by a rubber plug.
The body is made of thin steel and is streamlined with a cylindrical projection welded at the base. The projection is screw-threaded internally for the insertion of the fuze. A hole in the base of the body is fitted with an aluminum cup to accommodate the protruding magazine of the fuze. The head of the body is closed by a concave disk of aluminum which is secured by the overturned rim of the body.
The bursting chare consists of cast cyclonite-wax with a hemispherical cavity in the head. The cavity is fitted with an aluminum liner of corresponding shape with a flange which fits inside the body at the head.
The fuze is cylindrical with an external screw-thread at each end for assembly as the connecting piece between the tail unit and the body. A central recess contains the striker and creep spring and is closed at its enlarged front end by an aluminum magazine which is screwed in and contains a detonator and an intermediary explosive. A transverse channel near the base contains a spring-loaded screwed shearing pin which engages in a recess in the stem of the striker. Another channel containing a cutting pin with spring, is bored from the base of the body and communicates with the shearing pin at a point where the shearing pin is reduced in diameter. A circular plate, secured in a recess in the base of the body by two screws, retains the cutting pin in its channel. The base end of the cutting pin passes through a hole in the circular plate and is thus exposed to the pressure of the propellant gases.
The tail unit screws on to the base of the fuze and consists of a drawn-steel tube with six vanes formed in pairs. The cartridge is placed inside the tube for transport and the tube is closed at the base by a rubber plug. The cartridge is of the 7.92mm small arm type with an undyed hollow wooden bullet.
Operation: The grenade is fired from the spigot type discharger. On firing, the hollow wooden bullet is shattered by the propellant gases, which project the grenade. The propelling gases overcome the spring of the cutting pin and drive the pin forward, causing it to cut the shearing pin away from its screwed end. The shearing pin is then ejected by the spring held in compression under its head, and thus leaves the striker held off the detonator only by the creep spring. On graze the momentum of the striker overcomes the creep spring and the detonator is pierced.
Propaganda Rifle Grenade - Gewehr Propaganda Granate
Total Weight: 8 ounces
Weight w/o Leaflets: 7 ounces
Delay: 9 seconds
Range: 500 yards
Description: This grenade is fired from the rifled 3-cm discharger cup (Schiessbecher) which can be fitted to most types of German rifles. The body of this grenade is a steel case with a pre-rifled base. Inside the base there is a 9-second delay fuze and an ejecting charge for the pamphlets. Two steel leaflets packing covers are held loosely inside the case and fitting over the top of these is a removable steel cap. The leaflets are inserted by removing the steel cap and rolling the leaflets tightly making sure that they do not show above the rim of the case. The cap is then replaced.
The case and cap are varnished to protect them from rust and the ejecting charge is protected by a cardboard disk to prevent moisture from causing deterioration.
The propelling cartridge is distinguished from other rifle grenade cartridges by a red ring around the base.
Operation: When the grenade is fired, the propelling cartridge will ignite the delay fuze.
Approximately 9 seconds after discharge, the delay fuze will set off the ejecting charge, blowing off the cap and forcing the leaflets out the nose.
Illuminating Star on Parachute Rifle Grenade
Gewehr Fallschirmleuchtgranate (Gw. F. S. St. Gr.)
Diameter: 1.18 inches
Weight: .28 grams
Propellant: 1.5 g propellant enclosed in a cartridge case which is closed with a wooden bullet
Color: White cap. "Gewehr Fallschirmleuchtgranate" stencilled on body.
Description: This grenade consists of a thin-walled body which contains another internal container. The internal container holds the parachute and illuminating star. The grenade has a thin conical cap and is fitted with two delay pellets and two ejection charges.
Operation: On firing, delay 1 is ignited by the flash from the propellent gases. After 6.5 seconds of flight, ejection charge 1 is initiated. This ejects the container holding the star and parachute. At the same time, delay 2 is initiated. During this part of the flight, the cap hands from the container by means of a cord. After delay 2 has burned through (2 seconds), ejection charge 2 is initiated and the parachute and star eject. It is stated that distances up to 650 meters may be illuminated.
Remarks: Each grenade is packed together with a propellent charge in a cardboard container.
Labels: Illuminator, P-40, Propaganda, Rifle Grenade, Schuss
Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade (Gewehr Panzergranate)
Maximum Diameter: 1 and 3/16 inches
Filler: TNT
Weight of Filler: 1.75 ounces
Total Weight: 8.8 ounces
Color: Front half is black and back half is aluminum
Description: This grenade is fired from the rifle 3cm discharger cup (Schiessbecher) which can be fitted to most types of German rifles. It is constructed in two parts, the head and the stem. The head is a seamless steel tube with the forward portion containing a hollow charge cone and the explosive filling, being closed at the forward end by a light ballistic cap. The main filling of TNT is poured around the cone and there is a cavity formed in the after part of the main filling in which the exploder of penthrite wax is inserted.
The stem is made of light alloy or aluminum and is screwed onto the head of the grenade. The stem is divided into two compartments, the lower containing the fuze, the upper the gaine. In the septum is a small flash pellet held in place by a perforated screw plug. The gaine consists of a light alloy case into which is inserted a light alloy top hat containing the detonator, the space between being filled with penthrite wax. A preen-graved driving band is formed around the stem 6mm from the rear.
The fuze is in the after portion of the stem and consists of a striker over the top of which fits a retaining spring with four prongs bent downward into grooves in the striker body. Around the striker body is an arming collar which has two grooves cut on the inside. An arming spring is compressed between a lip on the arming collar and a second collar at the bottom of the striker body. Around the inside of the arming collar and resting on the striker body is a steel tape which acts as an additional safety device and prevents any possibility of the fuze being accidentally armed when screwing on the base plug.
The entire assembly is closed by a base plug which positions the fuze by a stem which fits into a recess in the rear of the striker body.
Operation: On firing, the shock of discharge causes the arming sleeve to set back against its spring. The four prongs of the retaining spring are forced out of the lower groove in the arming sleeve and engage in the upper groove, retaining the arming sleeve in its lower position. This allows the steel tape to unwind and the striker is then free to move forward on impact firing the gaine.
37mm H.E. Anti-Tank Stick Grenade
Overall Length: 29 and 1/8 inches
Length of Stick: 16 and 7/16 inches
Length of Body: 12 and 1/4 inches
Total Weight: 18 pounds 12 ounces
Weight of Filler: 5 pounds 5 ounces
Explosive Filler: Dinitroanoline with TNT
Description: The complete round, which is made up of the hollow charge stick grenade and the propellant, is fired from the 3.7 PAK gun.
The stick grenade has a steel rod which fits into the bore, and a concentric perforated sleeve which fits around the barrel of the gun. A pressed steel cap forms the nose of the grenade giving it the required stand-off distance. The hollow charge is at the rear of the steel cone and consists of two blocks of dinitroanoline with TNT. Two detonators are set in the base of the grenade, one facing in each direction. A nose fuze of the instantaneous percussion type and a tail fuze, also instantaneous are present.
The steel rod which fits into the bore of the gun is a hollow tube closed at the base end. The base fuze is a percussion type fuze very sensitive to shock. It is armed by setback which releases a spring loaded detent allowing a steel ball to move away from the striker. Upon impact the striker moves forward against the action of a very weak creep spring.
The nose fuze consists of a striker held away from the primer by a creep spring and a coiled spring. Around the coiled spring is an inertia pellet resting on four fingers of a stirrup spring fixed in the base of a stirrup spring retainer. The inertia pellet has a groove cut around its internal circumference.
Two detonators are located at the base of the main charge. One detonator faces toward the nose fuze to receive the flash from there, and the other detonator faces the tail fuze to receive its flash.
The propelling charge is contained in a steel cartridge case. The charge consists of diethylene glycol dinitrate tubular stick powder with an igniting charge of nitrocellulose granular powder, and a percussion type primer consisting of mercury fulminate and black powder.
Operation: On discharge, the inertia pellet of the nose fuze is driven downwards and the ends of the stirrup spring are forced into the groove of the inertia pellet thus holding it down. The clock spring is now held in position by the collar of the striker pin and the stirrup spring retainer. On deceleration, the clock spring flies outward, assisted by centrifugal force, into the recess in the fuze body in the fuze body. At the same time the base fuze is being armed. In the event of direct impact, the nose fuze will function the grenade, but in the event of graze action, the base fuze will function the grenade.
Large Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade (Gross Gewehr Panzergranate)
Overall Length: 7 inches
Maximum Diameter: 1 and 3/4 inches
Weight of Filler: 4 and 1/2 ounces
Total Weight: 13 and 1/2 ounces
Color: Black overall
Description: This grenade is fired from the rifled 3cm discharger cup (Schiessbecher) which can be fitted to most types of German rifles. It is of the hollow charge type and consists of a steel head containing the explosive and light alloy or steel and plastic stem containing the fuze and gaine. The propelling cartridge contains a wooden bullet.
The body which is of pressed steel contains a steel cone around which the main filler of TNT is cast. A steel washer with a small central hole rests on the open end of the cone and above the latter is a steel ballistic cap. At the bottom of the TNT is an exploder pellet of penthrite wax.
Two varieties of the stem have been found, one entirely of light alloy, the other of plastic with a steel shank by which it is screwed on to the head of the grenade. At the base of the stem is a rifled band which corresponds with the rifling in the discharger cup. The stem is divided into compartments by a perforated septum, the lower containing the fuze, the upper the gaine. In the septum is a small flash pellet held in place by a perforated screw plug. The gaine consists of a light alloy container into which is inserted a light alloy top hat containing the detonator, the space below being filled with penthrite wax.
Operation: On firing, the shock of discharge causes the arming sleeve to set back against its spring. The four prongs of the retaining spring are forced out of the lower groove in the arming sleeve and engage in the upper groove, retaining the arming sleeve in its lower position. This allows the steel tape to unwind and the striker is then free to move forward on impact, firing the gaine.
Labels: 37mm, Anti-Tank, Rifle Grenade
Rifle Grenade (S.S. Gewehr Panzergranate 61 mm)
Length of Stem: 4 inches
Maximum Diameter of Head: 2.4 inches
Diameter of Stem: 1.2 inches
Total Weight: 9 ounces (approx.)
Description: This grenade consists of a streamlined, unpainted phosphated steel body closed at the head by a conical, black, pressed steel impact cup. The stem is of steel and has the normal prerifled section to correspond with the rifling in the discharge cup. The base plug is conical and is provided with two screw flats.
The propelling cartridge consists of a lacquered steel cartridge case, the extended neck of which encloses a small wooden pellet. The cap is uncolored.
Rifle Grenade (Hollow Charge Type)
Overall Length: 244 millimeters
Maximum Diameter: 61 millimeters
Diameter of Stem: 30 millimeters
Weight : 9 ounces (approx.)
Description: This grenade is similar to the S.S. Gewehr Panzergranate 61 except that it is unpainted and that the impact cap is approximately hemispherical. The stem is of steel and has the normal prerifled section to correspond with the rifling of the discharge cup. The base plug is conical and is provided with two screw flats.
The propelling charge consists of a lacquered steel cartridge case, the end of which contains a light wooden pellet. The cap is uncolored.
Anti-Personnel Rifle or Hand Grenade (Gewehr Sprenggranate)
Explosive Filler: PETN/Wax
Weight of Filler: 1.1 ounces
Maximum Range: 550 yards
Delay:
-Self-destroying: 11 seconds
-Friction igniter: 4.5 seconds
Color: Black body, aluminum fuze and base.
Description: This grenade consists of a body with explosive filling and detonator, a fuze body carrying the direct action fuze, a friction igniter, and a base fitment carrying the delay of the self-destroying system. The body is in the form of a steel tube having a diaphragm near the bottom. It is screw-threaded at the nose to receive the fuze body and the base to receive the base fitment. The diaphragm is screw-threaded centrally to receive the delay igniter.
The filling is penthrite wax contained in a cardboard container. The explosive has a central cavity which holds the detonator encase in an aluminum container at one end, and receives the igniter delay pellet from the diaphragm at the other end.
The fuze is made of aluminum and is of the direct action type. The base of the fuze body is threaded externally to enter the grenade body and internally to receive a detonator holder. It consists of a striker held away from the primer by a creep spring and a coiled spring. Around the coiled spring is an inertia pellet resting on four fingers of a stirrup spring fixed in the base of a stirrup spring retainer. The inertia pellet has a groove cut on the inside of it. The friction igniter which is similar to the B.Z. 24 used with stick hand grenades screws into the central channel of the diaphragm. The igniter pellet has a delay of 4.5 seconds.
The rifled base fitment is screw threaded externally to screw into the base of the grenade and internally at the base to receive a closing plug. A 6.5 second delay pellet contained in a brass holder is situated in the base.
The propelling cartridge is a 7.92mm cartridge closed at the shoulder by crimping. The propellant consists of 0.9 grams of nitrocellulose flakes.
1. Rifle Grenade -- On discharge, the inertia pellet of the fuze is driven downwards and the ends of the stirrup spring are forced into the grooves of the inertia pellet thus holding it down. The clock spring is now held in position by the collar of the striker pin and the stirrup spring retainer. On deceleration the clock spring flies outward, assisted by centrifugal force, into the recess in the fuze body. On impact, the striker compresses the creep spring and penetrates the primer whose flash explodes the detonator.
Should the fuze not function, the grenade will be self-destructive. On firing, the flash enters the hole in the closing plug and igniters the delay pellet which burns for 6.5 seconds. This then fires the friction igniter which will give an additional delay of 4.5 seconds and then fires the detonator.
2. Hand Grenade -- The base fitment is unscrewed and the cord of the friction igniter pulled. This gives a delay of 4.5 seconds and then fires the detonator.
Labels: Rifle Grenade
Hand Smoke Signal (Red) (Handrauchzeichen-Rot)
-Red Dye-ortho methoxy phenylazo B-naphthol (55%)
-Potassium Chlorate (20%)
-Lactose (10%)
-Unidentified light oily material (15%)
Weight of Filling: 54 grams
Description: This signal is included as an example of many German colored smoke signals. It is a cardboard cylinder with a cardboard pull tape lid at the fuze end and a glued-in cardboard disk with an emission hole at the other end. The whole signal is wrapped in red paraffined paper upon which the name and instructions are printed. Beneath the pull tape lid is a cardboard striker ring, one half the top side of which is coated with a red phosphorus abrasive mix. A paper wad separates this and the match head. Beneath the match head is a cardboard inner cover and a wire screen. A perforated metal cylinder containing the quickmatch sheath is partitioned in the middle by a cardboard disk which is impregnated with gunpowder and has two diametrically opposite holes in it. At the emission end is another wire screen and the cardboard disk with a tissue paper covered emission hole.
Operation: By striking the striker ring on the match head the quickmatch is ignited. This burns its entire length and ignites the gun powder disk which is in direct contact with the inflammable smoke mixture. Smoke is then emitted at both ends of the cylinder. The signal may be placed or thrown.
Employment: It is used as a signal from the ground to an air observer.
Remarks: German smoke signals numbers 350, 160, and 80, which are orange, are analogous to this signal but differ in some respects. There are also similar signals in yellow and violet.
Lachrymatory Grenade
Filling: C.A.P.
Color: Aluminum
Description: The case is made of thin sheet aluminum. Within the case, below the lid, is a cylindrical holder retained in position by four indentations in the case which correspond to four indentations in the holder. This holder has a screwed projection to take the friction igniter. The latter has a short piece of cord, 10 cm in length, attached to a wire loop. Below the holder is a dish-shaped aluminum piece which contains a small compressed charge of black powder. On the upper side of this charge is a thin disk of white powder. The main filling consists of ten cylindrical pellets of a yellow compound and one pellet of a white substance wrapped in cellophane. The charge is held between the two dish-shaped pieces. The grenade generates a lachrymatory vapor when ignited and the vapor escapes through the holes in the holder. The containers are unpainted aluminum, and the lid is secured by a piece of adhesive tape colored blue. They are safe to handle when the lids are in place. To disarm the grenade, the igniter may be unscrewed from the holder, taking care not to twist the wire in so doing.
Operation: The lid is removed and the friction igniter is pulled. The vapor will be emitted through the holes in the holder.
Description: This grenade has an unpainted, phosphate, streamline body and is closed by a conical, unpainted steel impact cap. The stem has the normal pre-rifling to fit the rifled discharge cup. The base plug is conical and provided with two screw flats.
The propelling cartridge consists of a lacquered steel cartridge case with a diameter of 7.92mm, crimped at the neck and sealed with wax. The cap is colored yellow.
Labels: Hand Smoke Signal, Lachrymatory, Rifle Grenade
Smoke Grenade (Blendkorper 14)
Total Weight: 13.2 ounces
Filling: (FM) Titanium Tetrachloride
Weight of Filling: 10.6 ounces
Description: This grenade is a tear drop shaped glass flask sealed at the upper end by drawing out the flask. The sealed tip is protected by a cardboard sleeve, sealed with a plaster of paris type material.
Operation: The munition is used by throwing against a hard surface which breaks the flask. The titanium tetrachloride then vaporizes, forming an effective smoke cloud if relative humidity is high. The smoke cloud is then at low relative humidity.
Employment: The grenade is used to produce a small smoke screen to blind the enemy. It is also used to patch gaps in larger screens.
Total Weight: 17 ounces
Filling: Titanium Tetrachloride (Outer Flask), Aqueous solution of Calcium Chloride (Inner Flask)
Filling Weight: 270g (Outer Flask), 36g (Inner Flask)
Description: The grenade consists of an outer glass bulb of molded construction and an inner glass tube which seats and is sealed on the neck of the outer flask. There is a white plastic washer at the junction. The grenade is sealed by a sulphur and cement plug. The solution of calcium chloride is supplied in the inner tube to provide water necessary for the reaction so that the grenade will cause an effective smoke at conditions of low relative humidity. The calcium chloride has probably been added to lower the freezing point of the water, thus the grenade is practical in a cold, dry climate.
Operation: The grenade is thrown and upon impact with a hard object it breaks causing a smoke.
Employment: It is for use to blind the enemy and also to repair gaps in larger screens.
Smoke Hand Grenade (Egg Type)
Overall Diameter: 1.96 inches
Body Length: 4.1 inches
Body Diameter: 1.7 inches
Description: The grenade body is of thin metal and is of an elongated egg shape. At the bottom, a small metal loop is welded or riveted on, and at the top there is a threaded hole to take the igniter. Near the top are three holes in the body for smoke emission.
The igniter used with this grenade is a standard pull type ZDSCHN ANZ 29. This igniter has a brass body and a steel ring at the top. The igniter screws into the top of the grenade and functions when the ring is pulled.
The grenade is identified by three white bands stencilled around the body and the letters "NB Eihgr. 42." A label near the bottom of the grenade warns that the fumes can be fatal in an enclosed space.
Labels: Blendkorper
AntiTank Grenade (Panzerwurfmine)
Length of Body: 9 inches
Length of Fins: 11 inches
Diameter of Body: 4 and 1/2 inches
Weight: 1 kilogram
Filling: Cast TNT
Description: The grenade consists of a metal body and a wooden handle to which are attached four canvas fins. The fins are held against the handle, before throwing, by a metal cap at the base of the handle. The body is made in two pieces crimped together and attached to the handle by a metal band.
The fuze is located at the top of the handle and consists of a striker which is held away from the primer by a creep spring and two steel balls. The two balls fit into a recess in the striker and are held outward by a safety pin fitting between them, thus causing them to bear against the top of the striker housing and prevent the striker from moving down. Attached to the safety pin is a small length of tape which is held in by the metal cap and a semicircular clip attached to one fin and fitting around the handle.
Beneath the primer and in the base of the handle is a detonator and a picric acid gaine. The main filler is cast around a cone in the body to give a hollow-charge effect.
Operation: Before throwing, the cap over the end of the handle is pulled off and the fins held against the handle.
When the grenade is thrown, the four fins fly out because of their spring ribs. When the clip attached to one fin is pulled away from the housing, this releases the tape which unwinds and pulls the safety pin out of the striker. During flight, the safety balls move in freeing the striker which compresses the creep spring on impact, setting off the primer, detonator, gaine, and main filling.
Smoke Hand Grenade 41 and Prototype Nebelhandgranate 41
Filling: (HC) Berger type mixture. Zinc and Hexachlorethane.
Delay: (N4 Ignition Tube) 4.5 seconds
-Prototype: This grenade consists of a body which is the head of the smoke hand grenade 39 into which the B.Z.E. igniter is fitted by means of an adapter made of some synthetic resin. The adapter is threaded externally to screw into the neck of the grenade body and internally to receive the igniter. The closed end of the ignition tube is painted green. Nb. Hgr. 39 is stenciled in white over a broken white band around the body. Is has the eight smoke emission holes of the Model 39.
-Model 41: This grenade is of the same construction as the Nebelhandgranate 39 and the Nebelhandgranate 41 prototype. However, the body has been modified so that in order to take the B.Z.E. igniter, an adapter is not necessary. A dished plate with a small central neck in the top replaces the old wide screw neck plate which required the adapter. There are only two smoke emission holes. The letters Nb. Hgr. 41 and a broken line are stenciled in white on the grenade body.
Operation: The igniter and adapter are removed from the grenade body. The N4 ignition tube is inserted, painted end first, into the central channel of the grenade head. The adapter and igniter are then replaced. The blue painted cap in the igniter is unscrewed and pulled. This functions the igniter. The grenade is then thrown and after the 4.5 second delay has elapsed, smoke is emitted through the emission holes for 2 minutes. Because of the short duration of the smoke, this grenade is used when accuracy in placing a small screen is most important, such as screening machine gun nests and pillboxes.
Smoke Hand Grenade 39 (Nebelhandgranate 39)
Total Weight: 1 pound 14 ounces
Delay: (N4 Ignition Tube) 7 seconds
Markings: White band 8 inches wide around center of handle and lettering Nb. Hgr. 39 stenciled in white around the body above a broken white band.
Description: This grenade closely resembles the H.E. stick grenade 24 in external form and size. However, instead of the H.E. filling this grenade is filled with a Berger smoke mixture. There are eight holes in the base of the head through which the smoke escapes. The handle has three horizontal corrugations at the screw cap end to assist in differentiation by touch.
Operation: Insert the friction igniter into the handle and then place the open end of the flash cap into the recess in the top of the friction igniter, finally screwing the head onto the handle. Then, by removing the screw cap and pulling the igniter, the delay is ignited and the grenade may be thrown. Smoke is emitted for two minutes. Because of the short duration of the smoke, this grenade is used where accuracy in placing a small screen is most important, such as screening machine gun nests and pillboxes.
Labels: Nebelhandgranate, Panzerwurfmine
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Q & A: How many bombs to destroy the U.S.?
There are two obstacles to answering that question. First, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "blow up the us". Second, there have, fortunately, been no direct observations of the use of many nuclear bombs in a short time on cities, so there's some uncertainty about the net effect.
Still, I can give some rough estimates. A typical modern H-bomb has explosive power of 300,000 kilotons, about 20 times as much as the bombs used on Japan. Much larger bombs exist, but these are the main ones in the U.S. and Russian arsenals. Dropped over a city, a bomb like that can easily kill 500,000 people rapidly. 200 such bombs dropped over a range of cities would kill something like 100,000,000 people (out of about 300,000,000) and destroy almost all our infrastructure for energy (oil refineries, power grids,...) communications, transportation, manufacturing,... The resulting soot would probably cause cool dark weather, disrupting even what farming could be carried out without fuel, fertilizers, etc. Radiation sickness would be widespread. Probably most of the people not killed in the initial strike would soon die. My personal guess is that bands of hunter-gatherers and small-scale cultivators would somehow survive.
Just for calibration, the U.S. and Russia have between them some 18,000 nuclear warheads. Minor nuclear powers (U.K, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel) typically have 100-300 warheads. Back in the heyday of the Cold War, the purpose of the extra bombs was often described as "bouncing the rubble". At major defense contractors, one would hear assessments of the effectiveness of their products in "megafu's"- millions of family units to be killed.