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I also read every report I could find before out cruise, most of them more than once! I am a photo person so be prepared to see lots more!!
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Day Four AT SEA; Treatments, Spinning, Shopping and Formal Night!
Tuesday 3rd September
This morning I woke again around 3am, darn time difference, but dozed until around 6.30am when our alarm woke us up. We both had spa appointments this morning so we couldnt sleep in. I got up and looked out on the veranda to find I couldnt see anything. It was unbelievably foggy! I heard the ships fog horn sound a few times but couldnt really hear this inside the room. The ship was definitely moving about and rocking gently but not enough that I could really feel it or felt ill.
I decided to go up and get us some breakfast and wander the ship as nobody else was around. I couldnt believe how foggy it was, it was so spooky. It reminded me of the first Pirates film when theyre sailing through the mist. I walked all the way up to the front of the ship and was standing alone in front of the wind shield on deck 10 when the fog horn sounded. I can tell you, I have never been so surprised in all my life. I think I left my skin in Alaska; I jumped so far out of it! I thought it would be a good idea to go back to civilisation at that point so I went to BBB and Goofys Galley to get a selection of food to take back to the room.
We go to the spa just before 8.00am and signed in. I was having the seaweed wrap which included a foot and ankle massage, head and neck massage followed by a half body massage. It was bliss. I think the lady doing my treatment was called Jonalyn from the Philippines, Im not sure if I wrote her name down correctly. She was lovely but told me I have lots of stress in my upper back. She asked if I work at a desk or in front of a computer, which I do every day. Apparently my job is too stressful and I would benefit from more massages, I knew that, but unfortunately cant afford to have massages throughout the year; theyre saved for my holidays.
Half way through my treatment I had a funny five minutes where I felt like I was spinning. This wasnt your normal drunken night out the room is spinning situation, I felt like I was lying on a plank and it was the plank that was spinning and tilting. I put it down to the ship movement but had to keep my eyes open to focus on something, rather than gently dozing off and relaxing.
After my treatment I popped into the salon where Elle was having a hair treatment and told her Id meet her back in the room but of course I went to via the shops. I looked a mess as I had wet, oily hair (shed used oils for my head massage) and was in my gym clothes but I didnt care dont you love that on the cruise nobody is judging you?! I managed to splurge and do all my shopping in that one hit. I had two of the big carrier bags and think I pretty much cleaned them out of all things Alaska. Except for that vinylmation&!
On the way back to our room I saw Elmer, our stateroom host, in the hallway. Elmer was brilliant; he always chatted to us and cleaned our room impeccably. Elle was sleeping on the pull out couch bed as she had graciously given me the bed. Elmer made her bed up with princess sheets (yes I realise we are nearly 30 but hey, its Disney!).
When Elle got back we tucked into the cake and watched Disney classics in the room, what a life! We eventually got showered and dressed with the plan to watch the DVC presentation at 1.45pm. Well, that didnt happen! We missed it and instead watched the princess gathering in the atrium. I cannot tell you how many cute girls there were dressed as princesses, they were adorable. And the princesses were really good. Belle was the most beautiful I have seen and Snow White was brilliantly in character.
In the afternoon the fog lifted and once again we had a beautiful, warm day. We decided to walk along deck 4 and almost instantly we saw something moving quickly through the water. It was so exciting, everyone on the deck ran to the railings to see what it was. It was a pod of porpoise! They were far too quick for us to catch on camera but it gave us a good taste of what was yet to come&
After that excitement, we decided to borrow some blankets from deck 4 to leave on our veranda and picked up some hot chocolate to go back to the room with. We ordered some grilled cheese from room service and settled in on the veranda. The grilled cheese and fries (which were more like chunky chips) were not brilliant but edible. The cheese hadnt melted and I prefer thin fries.
Within about 5 minutes of sitting down, we saw whale spouts! We stayed out on the balcony until show time just watching the scenery and several whale sightings including lots of breaching, a pod of about 10 in one go and some baby whales. We missed a ship tour because we didnt want to leave the whales! This became a recurrence on our trip, there was so much to see from the veranda that we didnt do too much else.
Although it was formal night, we went to the show, the Golden Mickeys, in our sweats. I love this show, Ensign Benson is always brilliant and tonight was no exception, she was wonderful and so bubbly. We saw the girl who played her around the ship escorting characters and she was always lovely and happy. I asked her on the last night whether she was friends with other characters and she (dressed as Ensign Benson) said she was close friends with the fairy godmother. Before the show, our cruise director Jimmy tried really hard to promote audience energy and tell the audience that they should clap and cheer. We found the audiences this cruise to be a bit flat and not really lift the performers.
After the show we went back and got dressed up, we wore smart outfits but nothing too formal or ball gown-y. We had a cocktail in the Cadillac Lounge before dinner, a pomegranate passion I think, before heading to Animators Palate for dinner.
At dinner I ordered the Avant Premiere cocktail from the Golden Mickeys menu and ate the scallops (good but didnt like the risotto) and cheese ravioli (ok). It was when our appetizers came out that I had a bit of a funny turn. I suddenly felt really sick. The ship was moving more this evening so I dont know whether it was sea sickness or the fact that I may have eaten too much cake during the day! I was very close to leaving the table and going back to the room, but didnt want to miss dinner. After a glass of coke and only a couple of mouthfuls of each appetizer, I felt better so carried on.
For my main I had the yachtsman steakhouse NY strip steak which was really good. I loved the baked potato served with it and liked it even more when Shervonne came round with some sour cream to top it off. For dessert I had the strawberry sundae, along with most of my table mates, which was really yummy! I dont know why I didnt but I should have also ordered the sweet temptations here, a trio of Creme Brulee, The Golden Chocolate Award and Raspberry Cheesecake. I have had it before and really liked all of them.
Once wed finished dinner, two of our tablemates left for a late night whiskey tasting session so the remaining 4 of us lingered for a while and chatted over coffee.
Before going to bed tonight, we had to set our clocks back 1 hour to Alaska time. I also tried on my winter coat again as it was brand new, I wanted to check it would fit after all the cruise food! Elle started laughing and said I looked like Ensign Benson so she took a picture. What do you think?!
We went to bed and carried out our usual routine of watching movies until one of us fell asleep! Tomorrow would be Tracy Arm day and our first taste of Palo brunch.
A quick note about the spa situation - I had read up on the rainforest passes on the Disoards before going and decided not to buy any. I thought we could try to buy a day pass if we found we wanted to once on the ship. On the first day they flat out refused to sell anything other than the 7 day passes. They told me to check back throughout the cruise as any 7 day passes they dont sell, they would break down into single days and sell like that. I checked every day (as the spa kept calling out to me and wanting me to have another treatment!) and each day they became less strict about this. Finally on our second to last day they were selling the day passes. Basically, they want to sell you the week long pass at $150 (ish). So if you know you will only want a day buy it before you go to guarantee it. It looked lovely in there and if we go on a longer cruise (hopefully planning the EBTA next May) we will buy the 7 day pass and take full advantage.
Next up Palo!
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I can just see one of the crew members standing in the bridge with their finger on the fog horn waiting for some unsuspecting guest to stand in front of the ship so they can fire it off and watch them jump! I guess you were the lucky one!
Can't wait to sit on our verandah and watch the whales! How lucky you were to see them breach.
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You will not regret having a veranda, and will probably not move away from it!
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Reliving the cruise through your report! I am working on mine, hopefully I will get some posted this weekend. We also fell in love with Tim Horton's. I could go for a maple dipped right now! That fog was something else. I woke a few times during that first night to the fog horn, I can imagine how loud it was up on deck! Glad you didn't get bounced overboard! We saw a whale out the window of the Cadillac Lounge during our mixology class. One of the bartenders said that if you want to see some passenger activity, go up to deck 9, stand at the rail, and yell "WHALE!".
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I am thoroughly enjoying this trip report. I will be on the Wonder in 6 weeks!
I look forward to the next installment.
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Day Five TRACY ARM; Whales, Mimosas and Glaciers
Wednesday 4th September
Part One -
This was it, the day we had been waiting for. No not the beautiful scenery, seals and magnificent Sawyer Glacier but our first Palo brunch! Ha, we have our priorities right!
The day started wonderfully, the ship movement had calmed down, we were awake at 7.00am and by 8.00am we had seen five whales from the veranda, two of which kept breaching. The only problem with seeing whales from the ship is that the ship moves a lot more quickly than the whales so once youve managed to lock eyes on them, theyre already behind you. Thank goodness I had a good zoom and binoculars, both of which were used constantly during this trip.
I decided to run up to BBB and get some doughnuts* and hot chocolate; we didnt want to fill up as we had Palo reservations at 10.00am.
*(A quick note the doughnuts became progressively drier and less edible as the cruise went on and the chocolate ones disappeared after 2 days!)
We ended up being a little late as we were so enthralled by the whales we lost track of time. When we did get to Palo we had a brilliant seat by the window, right in the centre and could continue watching the show, in fact we saw one whale slapping its fin on the surface.
Our server was Mladen from Croatia. He was lovely, really funny and eager to please; we ended up having him as our server for dinner later in the week. I believe they try to keep you with the same server if they can. We each had a mimosa and were shown the buffet tables. He explained which items went well together and offered his opinion on the cooked food you can order from the kitchen.
The pastry station
Antipasti station
Seafood station
Dessert station
Cheese and bread station
I had heard so much about the strawberry soup, grape and gorgonzola pizza and parmesan chicken that I ordered all three for us to share. Elle also ordered the veal to share. The chicken was outstanding, I dont know how they make such a simple dish so extraordinary but I nearly ordered a second! The pizza too was perfect and I enjoyed the soup, Elle not so much. The veal was ok, but I would rather have had two chicken plates!
Parmesan chicken AMAZING
Strawberry soup
I cant remember what this is veal I think?!
Grape & gorgonzola pizza
The rest of the buffet was great but I really didnt get my fill as I was so stuffed with all the other dishes. I definitely want to do the brunch again, and hopefully go on a cruise where I could do it two or three times in one trip. Maybe the transatlantic next year?! We did have a very British moment at brunch in that we had no idea how much to tip. In theory, 20% is a good tip but 20% on $20pp would only be $8 between us for 1.5hours of great service. This didnt seem like enough so we (wrongly or rightly) gave him $20 which we later realised was a 40% tip! Oh well, it was worth it to us.
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TRCY ARM - Part Two
We returned to the room around 11.30am and changed into some warmer layers. Unfortunately the weather was quite miserable and dull. We couldnt really see the beautiful blue colours in the water until much later in the day. I wore jeans, a t-shirt and thin cardigan with my thick winter coat on top and felt warm enough. I later had to change again as my jeans got so wet and made my thighs really cold. I changed into my sweatpants and they were much better in the rain. I had debated bringing waterproof trousers but decided I wouldnt need them. I now wish I had, just for comfort more than necessity.
After watching the world go by from our veranda, we ventured up to decks 9 and 10, probably around 12.30pm. It was really quiet, even at the front. This definitely changed though the nearer we got to the glacier. We didnt base ourselves in one place, instead we spent the afternoon moving around and spent most of our time on deck 4 which was brilliant. We were well sheltered and nearer to the icebergs plus there was loads of room along the railings. We didnt even know it was raining until we went up to deck 9 after wed turned around at the glacier!
On the way in we were passing lots of seals, we moved very slowly in towards the glacier. Did anyone else feel like they were in Jurassic Park? The mountains we were sailing past were very Jurassic Park-y to me!
I found it very hard to find any characters on Tracy Arm day, supposedly they walk around decks 4, 9 and 10 and we saw loads of professional photos in Shutters the next day but we only ever caught glimpses of them as they were marching back to their backstage areas, with a gaggle of people behind them.
The captain managed to get us very close to the glacier despite seeing what he said were the biggest chunks of ice he has ever seen in Tracy Arm. He took us up there then turned the ship to the right, so the port side was facing the glacier. We stayed there for what felt like an hour but Im sure wasnt. There was definitely plenty of time to take about a million photos of the same thing (which we did!). We went back to our room to watch from the veranda at this point.
First glimpse of the glacier
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TRACY ARM -Part Three
Eventually, he turned the ship round on the spot; this was amazing to see as he had to do it so quietly and slowly. So now the starboard side (right) was facing the glacier as was our veranda.
This is when something amazing happened. We had seen several small bits of ice calve off at this point and heard the noise, something which cant be explained. Suddenly we heard these huge cracks but could not see anything moving or falling off the glacier. We kept looking and hearing noises, until suddenly a wave started to appear and something started to come up from out of the water. This HUGE piece of ice had broken off from underneath the glacier and was rising to the surface, moving all the other bits of ice as the wave came toward the ship. Dont worry, this wasnt a tsunami sized wave, we couldnt even feel it in the ship but you could certainly see it and see that it was moving the ice; the little seals were bobbing up and down on bits of ice!
This chunk was the most brilliant blue I have ever seen and although we knew it looked big, it wasnt until later when we were told it was the size of an office building that we really understood just how big it was. I shall never forget that moment.
Shortly after this, we started to move off, gently nudging bits of ice out of the way. From our veranda we saw a huge piece of ice hit the ship, or the ship hit the ice, were not sure which! It made a big scraping sound and when the ice floated off you could see it had been compressed almost on one side. Again its nothing to worry about. That ship is tough!
Around 5pm we decided to go on the hunt of the characters dressed in their Alaska gear as we hadnt had any luck during the day. We were still moving out through Tracy Arm at this time. Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and Chip & Dale were all in the lobby but they each had separate lines which were so long, we could only line up for one. We chose Mickey. I dont understand why they dont set this up like the Princess gathering where they have them all in a line and you move from one to the next. That way you would get to see them all. Youd still line up but would be able to see more in a shorter space of time.
Whilst we were in the line for Mickey, Captain Thord announced that he would be stopping the ship at some points of scenic interest. A few minutes later we stopped by a gorgeous waterfall and saw that beautiful crystal blue water I had seen in so many other TR pics. It was wonderful. We didnt even realise it but he even turned the ship around so people on both sides could see it. It was on deck 4 looking at the waterfall that we ran into Goofy, finally. However there was no Disney photographer there at the time, I saw other peoples pictures with the same background in Shutters later on. We must have just missed the photographer.
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TRACY ARM - Part Four
The show tonight was Magic Dave, who although was very funny in his little skit during the first night show, didnt appeal to us as a whole show, so we skipped it. Dinner tonight was in Animators Palate again and was show night. Two of our tablemates were on their first cruise so were excited for the show. We noticed this night how empty the dining room was, and each of them seemed to be every other night. The guest services desk said the ship was full but it cant have been. Unless a LOT of people ate elsewhere each night?
For dinner tonight I ordered the Baked Potato and Cheddar Cheese Soup which was so good, I had a second helping! I wish I had ordered the Wild Mushroom Risotto and Porcini Twist as it looked lovely. Next time ! For my main I had the Lemon-Thyme Marinated Chicken Breast which came on top of Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Root Vegetables, and Grain Mustard Jus. I was trying not to have steak every night which is very easy to do! If I remember correctly, I ordered a Mickey Premium Bar for dessert as I didnt really fancy anything on the menu. It set a trend and 4 of the 6 of us had a Mickey bar!
After dinner, we went through our usual exciting routine of putting on PJs, watching Disney movies and going to sleep. Not before having a final peek out on the veranda just in case there were more whales in the dark.
Next up Land, I see land!!!
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Great updates! Your TR is making me so excited to go on our cruise next year!
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That ice breaking off was just astounding wasn't it? I was just walking outside on Deck 4 when I saw it. My DH actually caught it on video on his iPad from our veranda. Unbelievable!
It's so much fun reliving the trip through someone else's eyes!
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That ice was amazing! I'm really enjoying your trip report, thank you for sharing!
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Enjoyed so many new installments. Still here following along, still enjoying your report and getting even more excited about our sailing next May. I hope we are as lucky with the whale sightings as you were. Each person's experience seems to be different.
The ice calving from the bottom sure was something--I am sure it would have scared me a bit, would have made me wonder if something could come up underneath the ship.
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Hi Everyone,
Thank you for all of your lovely comments, I've always wanted to have a TR and followers so thanks for tagging along!
This report should be complete by the end of next week, I have I all written up, just waiting on photos to upload.
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News from Japan is getting worse and worse. After an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 shook Japan on Friday afternoon, a tsunami swept the east coast of Honshu claiming thousands of lives. As a consequence of the combined effect of earthquake and tsunami, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant lost off-site power supply and back-up diesel generators which compromised the power plant security. The disabling of the plant's cooling system resulted in the breaking of the Unit 2 reactor containment, and explosions at both Units 1 and 3. Lastest news informs us of another fire in the Unit 4 reactor and Unit 5 reactor vessel diminishing water level. Radioactivity has reached dangerous levels and the population 20-kilometres around the power plant, as well as most of its workers, have been evacuated. It is the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago.
In the last few years debate on nuclear power has been quite lively. Increasing energy consumption and diminishing oil reserves are leading us to an energy crisis which, according to many voices, only nuclear power seems able to solve. In this debate great stress was made on the absolute security of nuclear power plants. A World Nuclear Association statement reads: "It was not until the late 1970s that detailed analyses and large-scale testing […] began to make clear that even the worst possible accident in a conventional western nuclear power plant or its fuel could not cause dramatic public harm. The industry still works hard to minimize the probability of a meltdown accident, but it is now clear that no-one need fear a potential public health catastrophe." The recent, still evolving, disaster in Japan strongly contradicts this. What is the real risk of nuclear power plants?
The design of nuclear plants is subject to rigorous and strict risk assessments. All kind of events and problems are taken into account: component failures, earthquakes, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, airplane crashes, hurricanes… and even climate change and human errors. It is still soon to tell exactly what the problem with Fukushima Daiichi was and certainly detailed analysis will be made by experts when the crisis subsides in order to improve security in other power plants over the world. But we can make some considerations based on safety requirements. For example, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires that the probability of core damage be at least 1 in 10,000 years, although modern designs have lower probabilities of core damage in one or two orders of magnitude. However, given the increasing number of nuclear reactors a probability of core damage of 1 in 10,000 years seems too high a requirement. Even if an individual reactor failure probability is very low, one might think almost impossible, if there are a great number of them the probability of one or more failing somewhere is higher and could become even likely. Just think that, with 443 reactors all over the world, accumulated reactor years of operation has reached approximately 10,000 years since Chernobyl.
Another question is that the calculated probabilities are not exact. On the one side, there are uncertainties in component failure rates, natural disaster probabilities, human error etc. On the other side, calculating the probabilities of all events or combinations of events that can lead to disaster in a nuclear power plant is impossible because of practical limitations (time, cost), which means that a 100% safe nuclear plant is impossible to obtain. In practice, most of the events and combinations of events considered highly unlikely are overseen because of their low probability. For such an approach to be sound we need to be sure that the accumulated probability of all those events, single or combined, of all the potentially dangerous circumstances left aside is low enough. Can we? The engineers of Fukushima Daiichi power plant designed the reactors to cope with an energy shortage of only 8 hours, assuming it was a sufficient recovery time. It wasn't. Our knowledge of the physical world is not complete and we cannot calculate the probability of something we ignore or cannot imagine. The designers of the Fukushima nuclear power plant probably never imagined something like this could happen.
A big problem for safe design is non-anticipation. The four big reactor accidents - Windscale, TMI, Chernobyl and now Fukishima - happened in ways that were simply not expected during the design. The tsnuami was bigger than anyone expected. This means that the failure frequencies that are calculated (on the basis of expected events) are too small. As experience over the past 50 years has shown, major reactor accidents are happening more frequently than they ought. This will always be a problem - how can the unforeseeable be catered for ? In my opinion, reactors should be designed to be passively safe for the major faults eg - so that loss of cooling cannot cause a big problem.
More telling, I think, are some of the risks which inform placement of nuclear plants and other risky infrastructure. In particular, I like the opinion of Portland State University professor of geology Robert McCaffrey, quoted: "... he no longer believes that geophysicists can distinguish dangerous subduction zones from the not-so-dangerous ones. 'We just don't have a long enough earthquake history to make models of subduction,' he said." The question is, if the geophysicists are changing their minds, what of building codes and determinations that some Pretty Risky Stuff is safe to site in places based upon prior estimates?
Some Truly Large Events may have recurring times longer than the historical record, and, even in the case of those events which are observed, we may not understand the distribution of extremes. Professor Duane Boes of Colorado State University once taught a calculation of return times for exceeding maximum rainfalls to date, and the distribution was really hard to get a crisp handle on.
I'm worried about the contamination of a huge amount of water that is been used to refrigerate the reactors. Is this water returning to the sea? How will affect the sea trofic chain?. How it may be contained contaminated water once it reach the sea?
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To play a woman who's at home on a raft in the upcoming thriller The River Wild, Meryl Streep really took the plunge. Before filming began, Streep went on a six-day trip down Oregon's Rogue River to learn the ins and outs of white-water rafting. ''When we first started, Meryl was flipping on the rocks, and I thought, 'I don't know if she's gonna make it,''' says guide and stunt double Arlene Burns, ''but she surprised me. On the last day, she rowed 24 miles of river through 30 or 40 small rapids and at least two big ones.'' Equally impressed by Streep's boating prowess was director Curtis Hanson: ''We thought we were gonna have to fake (filming) some stuff, but she just got better and better.'' How did the cast and crew celebrate the actress' success? Says Burns: ''We ate cold Thai food from Styrofoam containers in a parking lot.'' Kate Meyers
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The lodge is located adjacent to the Parc National des Volcans, north-western Rwanda, approximately 3 kms from the main entrance to the Park, and some 2 hours drive on good roads from Kigali. The lodge offers 18 beds (5 cottages, 1 family suite, 2 suite cottages). Facilities include en-suite bathrooms with bath, shower, double basins, flush loo, hot and cold running water. All cottages are extremely spacious and private, comprising sheltered veranda, sitting room with fireplace, bedroom, dressing room and bathroom. Electricity is offered at Y220 – 240 volts. Please note, the lodge is not connected to the Electricity Grid in Rwanda and is designed to have as small a carbon footprint as possible. Therefore, generators which power the lodge only run for an average of 6 hours per day. Inverter systems (banks of powerful batteries) provide power to guest rooms 24 hours a day, but may not run high power appliances such as hair dryers and computers.
Accommodation at Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge comprises five double cottages, two suites and one family suite. All are stone buildings with Rwandese terracotta tile roofs, and feature large sitting areas, fireplaces, stylish en-suite bathrooms finished with Venetian plaster a dressing room and a sheltered veranda. Heat exchangers in the fireplaces provide a plentiful supply of hot water. The family suite has a second bedroom with en-suite bathroom and fireplace.
Contained within the main lodge building, the bar and dining room has fireplaces to warm them during cold weather, and outside decks for al-fresco drinks and meals during warm weather.
The main attraction of Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge is its proximity to the Virungas and the Parc National des Volcans where clients trek on foot to see the magnificent Mountain Gorilla – perhaps one of the most dramatic, thrilling and poignant wildlife experiences possible. Excursions will lead you to learn more about community projects, basketwork and pottery. Other tours include: Escorted Bird Watching Walks, Escorted Walks and Mountain Bike Excursions, Climbing Mt Visoke, Climbing Mt M'Gahinga, Climbing Mt Muhabura, Iby'Iwacu Cultural Village, Musanze Market, Trek to Lake Ngezi, Kinigi Cultural Village & Community Walk, Visit Sonrise School, Buhanga Sacred Forest, Gisenyi Lakeside Resort, Gishwati Forest, Twin Lakes, Scenic Cruise on Lake Bulera & Russumo Falls Trek.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reached out to the AARC to help find former smokers who would be willing to share their experiences through a new advertising campaign called Tips From Former Smokers.
The CDC is specifically looking for former smokers with certain medical conditions, including lung cancer, along with people who have lost a family member to a smoking-related disease such as COPD, heart attack, lung cancer, and others.
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The CDC has produced fliers in English and Spanish that you can use to get the word out to those who may qualify. "Please help spread the word by distributing the provided flyers, but remember that your encouragement will have even more impact," says Dr. Waugh. "Thank you for considering this new sharing effort to help others make healthy changes."


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We raise Call ducks in a variety of colors! We have Whites, Butterscotch,Gray, Apricot Silver, Snowy, Khaki, and Silver Appleyard.
We strive to produce birds that are competitive at APA/ABA Poultry shows and have had National champion Khakis, and Apricot Silver calls!
We are very excited about our 2012 breeding season! We start hatching in April and will have young birds available by June. If you are looking for a specific color drop us and e-mail and we can let you know what we have available.
I will not be selling hatching eggs in 2012 as call duck eggs are extremely difficult to hatch and you must have your incubator set correctly. In addition call eggs do not seem to handle shipping well and many are destroyed by the Post Office in transit.
Gray Calls
Gray is the color of the wild Mallard duck. It is one of the oldest varieties along with white and the quality in Grays is very good. Baby Gray calls are black with yellow chipmunk stripes.
Blue Fawn
This is a Gray bird with one blue gene. The Drake has a slate blue head and Gray speculum(Wing Patch).The hen is a tan color with blue penciling and also has a gray speculum. If you breed two Blue fawns together you will get half blue fawn, 25% Gray and 25% Pastel.
A pastel is a gray pattern bird with two blue genes. The hens are much lighter then the Blue Fawn hens and the drakes head is a silver blue not a dark slate blue. We have some super pastels for 2012!
Nutmegs are a gray pattern bird with a brown gene. The drake has a seal brown head and a bronze speculum. The hen is brown with darker brown penciling and has eye stripes.
White Calls
White calls are also very popular at shows. I would say they do the most winning because there are no patterns to worry about when breeding them. You will find many breeders working with whites that have excellent type! We got out start from Charlie Hodum and have some nice birds in our 2012 breeder pens!
Snowy Calls
Snowy Calls are very pretty with a frosted body pattern. The drake has the green head and the hen's head is a buff color. Wing patches should be iridescent blue. They are a gray bird with the pattern modified by an "dusky" gene.
We added some nice calls from Betsy Chrystal for 2012 and hope to have a great hatch!
Ducklings are yellow with black shading on the head.
Apricot Silver
This is a beautiful variety not often seen. They are a snowy pattern bird with two blue genes. The hen is an apricot color frosted with white and has an apricot head. The drake has a silver blue head and wing patch and a frosted claret bib and side pockets.
Our Apricot Silvers are excellent quality and we have the 2009 National and reserve Champions!
Silver Appleyard Calls
Another beautiful variety not often seen. The drake is similar to a snowy but a mature drake will have white markings on his face. The hen is a light tan with black patterns and white eye stripes. Both sexes have an iridescent blue speculum.
We have one pen of our original line and two hens in with a nice drake from Dennis Fuller of Wapsipinicon Waterfowl!
Butterscotch Calls
This is the appleyard pattern with the double blue dilution. The drake is very similar to the Apricot Silver but when mature has white facial markings. The hens are a beautiful rust to butterscotch color with white face markings.
A dusky call is a gray without a claret bib. The speculum is a dark gray. The hen is darker then a gray hen and also has a dark speculum. She does not have eye stripes.
Khaki Calls
Khaki's are dusky birds with the addition of the brown gene. The drake has a seal brown head and a khaki colored body. The hen is brown with darker brown penciling and does not have eye stripes.
Ducklings are a brownish color with yellow bellies.
Our Khaki drake was the 2009 National Champion.
Aztec Blue Calls
These are the same color as a Silver Mallard. I started out with some small Silver mallards and have been crossing them with the grays to get better call duck type.
The hen is a pewter gray color with darker gray penciling and eye stripes. The drake is a washed out gray.
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Black East Indies
A beautiful black bantam breed separate from calls. They should have a bright green sheen to them. There are several breeders in the US with excellent quality black East Indie Ducks.
We have been doing increasingly well with our BEI and won Reserve Champion bantam Duck at the MN State Fair with a young BEI in 2011.
2012 Price List - BreederQuality
Grays $50 - pair
Whites $ $75 - pair
Butterscotch $75 - pair
Snowy $50- pair
Khaki $75 - pair Appleyard $100 - pair Apricot Silver $100 - pair Black & Blue Bib $50 - pair Black East Indie $75 - pair
Khaki $75 - pair
Appleyard $100 - pair
Apricot Silver $100 - pair
Black & Blue Bib $50 - pair
Black East Indie $75 - pair
All varieties Pet Quality $25 for Pairs. I do not sell extra hens as single drakes are difficult to sell by themselves.
These prices are for 2012 hatch young birds. Pet quality birds typically have longer bills, are slightly larger or have slight mis-colorations.
Breeder quality birds are those that have shorter bills and could possibly mature to have show potential. Everyone has different expectations of what a show bird is, and for this reason I do not sell or guarantee them to be show quality.


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Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, on Tuesday fired off a letter to the NSF's inspector general requesting all documents related to the "numerous reports" and seven investigations into "Abuse of NSF IT Resources" cited in the foundation's 68-page semiannual report.The pornification of our culture continues.
Despite the less-than-lurid sound of the probes, the employees in question weren't just logging onto their Facebook accounts or buying birthday gifts on Amazon.com. The report says they were watching, downloading and e-mailing porn, sometimes for significant portions of their workdays, and over periods of months or even years.
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International friendly: Serbia v Spain Preview
Newly appointed coach Sinisa Mihajlovic will face world and European champions Spain on Saturday in his first match in charge of Serbia.
Serbia's Football Federation appointed Mihajlovic on a two-year contract this week, replacing Vladimir Petrovic who resigned last year after failing to qualify for next month's European Championship.
The former Bologna, Catania and Fiorentina boss, who said he would quit if the Balkan nation did not reach the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, named a 31-man squad for upcoming friendlies against Spain, Sweden and France.
The squad includes four debutants, Branimir Aleksic (FK Spartak Subotica), Nikola Maksimovic (Red Star Belgrade), Filip Mladenovic (Red Star Belgrade) and Srdjan Miljailovic (Red Star Belgrade).
The quartet are locally based, while Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and Borussia Dortmund's Neven Subotic lead the list of players plying their trade outside of Serbia.
There was no room for Zdravko Kuzmanovic, Milos Krasic, Nenad Milijas, Milan Jovanovic, Miralem Sulejmani and Nikola Zigic as Mihajlovic opts to experiment with his squad ahead of Serbia's first World Cup qualifier in September.
Serbia have an average age of 23, with 19 players under the age of 25 selected and will look to the likes of Zoran Tosic and Aleksandar Kolarov for experience.
Mihajlovic will be eager for Serbia to end their barren run in front of goal. The 32nd-ranked country has scored just twice in five previous outings.
Spain will use the friendly at the AFG Arena in St Gallen, Switzerland, as an opportunity for a number of new faces to stake a claim for a spot in the European Championship squad.
Vincente del Bosque has added six new faces to a 21-man squad that are also set to face South Korea in another pre-Euro friendly later this month.
David de Gea (Manchester United), Juanfran and Adrian Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Javi Garcia (Benfica), Benat Etxebarria (Real Betis) and Isco (Malaga) are all in line to receive their first cap.
With Xavi, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta, Fernando Torres, Juan Mata, Fernando Llorente and Javi Martinez just some of the names absent, the squad does not feature players from Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, or Champions League winners Chelsea.
The squad does include five players from Spanish champions Real Madrid – Iker Casillas, Alvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol and Xavi Alonso.
Spain have found the back of the net on 21 occasions in their previous six international matches.
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Definitions for assonanceˈæs ə nəns
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word assonance
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
as•so•nanceˈæs ə nəns(n.)
similarity of sounds in words or syllables.
rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and
Category: Prosody
Origin of assonance:
1720–30; < F, =asson(ant) (< L assonant-, s. of assonāns, prp. of assonāre to sound; see as-, sound1 )
as`so•nan′tal-ˈnæn tl(adj.)as`so•nan′tic
Princeton's WordNet
assonance, vowel rhyme(noun)
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
Origin: assonance, from word assonare.
Webster Dictionary
resemblance of sound
a peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary
incomplete correspondence
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. For example, in the phrase "Do you like blue?", the is repeated within the sentence and is assonant. Assonance is found more often in verse than in prose. It is used in English-language poetry, and is particularly important in Old French, Spanish and the Celtic languages.
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NBC's new ''The Last Templar'' evokes the full-on hokeyness of first-run non-network fare of days gone by. But will it measure up to such lovable lightweights as ''Baywatch,'' ''Xena,'' ''V.I.P.,'' and ''Acapulco H.E.A.T.''?
STARRING Hulk Hogan, Carol Alt
PREMISE Is it cheating if I say that this is like Knight Rider, but with a super-advanced boat instead of a car? Because it totally is. Two former Navy SEALs (Hogan and Chris Lemmon) flit all over the high seas as crime-fighting mercenaries while making time to raise Hogan's daughter and flirt with a hottie bar owner (Alt).
REDEEMING QUALITIES The boat. It talks.
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�I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions. But the stories of the Court and the Justices that come from the �out of order� moments add to the richness of the Court as both a branch of our government and a human institution.��Justice Sandra Day O�Connor
From Justice Sandra Day O�Connor, the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court, comes this fascinating book about the history and evolution of the highest court in the land.
Out of Order sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the remarkable institution that thrives and endures today. From the early days of circuit-riding, when justices who also served as trial judges traveled thousands of miles per year on horseback to hear cases, to the changes in civil rights ushered in by Earl Warren and Thurgood Marshall; from foundational decisions such as Marbury v. Madison to modern-day cases such as Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Justice O�Connor weaves together stories and lessons from the history of the Court, charting turning points and pivotal moments that have helped define our nation�s progress.
With unparalleled insight and her unique perspective as a history-making figure, Justice O�Connor takes us on a personal exploration, painting vivid pictures of Justices in history, including Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of the greatest jurists of all time; Thurgood Marshall, whose understated and succinct style would come to transform oral argument; William O. Douglas, called �The Lone Ranger� because of his impassioned and frequent dissents; and John Roberts, whom Justice O�Connor considers to be the finest practitione...
Sandra Day O�Connor was born in El Paso, Texas, and raised on the Lazy B Ranch. She attended Stanford University, where she took Wallace Stegner�s writing course. She began her public service in Phoenix, and was majority leader of the Arizona Senate before becoming a judge. She is the author of Lazy B, a memoir about growing up in the Southwest, and The Majesty of the Law, a reflection on American law and life. President Reagan nominated her as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and she served from 1981 to 2006. She serves as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, and is on the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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We are the Tulare County Homebrewers Organization for Perfect Suds, or TCHOPS for short. We are a homebrewing, wine and mead making club in the Tulare County area of Central California. Our goal is to share our craft with each other, build an awareness of craft brewing in the area, and create an educational environment for beginner, novice and experienced homebrewers alike.
We participate in a variety of events throughout the year. Our meetings are usually scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month. Meetings vary, but we frequently host meetings at Brewbakers Brewing Company and Howie & Son's Pizza Parlor in Visalia, CA.
Feel free to poke around our website by using the menu above or you can view our latest updates and upcoming events below. You can also find us on Facebook here. If you have any questions or would just like to find out more about us, please contact us and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
2014 Tulare County Homebrewing and Winemaking Contest Results
Congratulations to all the winner's of the 2014 Tulare County Homebrewing and Wine Making Contest winners, and a HUGE THANK YOU to all those who entered.
Homebrew Contest
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Damon De Roma – Smoked Porter
Division 100
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2. John Parker – American Rye Ale
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Ellen Takes Down Tabloid Reports Of "Crumbling Marriage" With Side-Splitting Monologue
Recent tabloid reports of a "crumbling marriage" between gay power couple Ellen & Portia get smacked down by Ellen in a trademark hilarious and graceful homologue.
"It caught my eye because Portia and I were in the top right hand corner," Ellen said about the recent (and false) gossip piece. "And I thought, 'Oh that's so sweet, they're honoring us. But then I read the headline underneath. And it said: 'Ellen and Portia Marriage Crumbles.' And I was like, 'Oh, what happened? They seemed so happy.' And then I was like, 'Wait, I'm Ellen.' And I should know if that was happening."
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"I'll never know what's tearing my marriage apart," she joked. "I don't know what's happening."
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Why have you capitalized "family?" It just seems odd to me that you would turn on someone you used to "totally love" (love might have been too strong a word here) because she turned out to be a flawed human (just like the rest of us). It's totally cool that you find her annoying now, you are totally entitled to your opinion, and you're certainly not obligated to love her based on your orientation. I just don't understand the need to post your gripe about her publicly. What's that about?
I used to totally love Ellen but after that debacle a few yrs back when she abandoned that rescue dog because it didn't fit well with her "FAMILY" and that mess of a judge she was on American Idol [ IT'S A FRIGGIN SINGING COMPETITION FOR CRYING OUT LOUD] . Ellen has become increasingly annoying throughout the past few yrs & I can't even watch more than 20 min of her show its that annoying. Yes go ahead and call me a hater its my opinion I'm entitled to it . Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I have to love every gay celebrity. There's plenty of straight ones that annoy me too.
If you don't like her, don't read an article about her.. I'm gay too.
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This is something we have to go through every few years. Until now we could get the same model batteries but this time they had stopped the fabrication of this particular cell. The new ones were too big to fit in the restricted area available. So we have been shopping around for a new set of 12 batteries which could give us 24 volts and about a 1000AH. After weeks of research we found some at the Casa de la Batteria in Colon, they were completly different regarding size and weight (only 65kilo each)! We had then to put our brains to work on how to make them fit and how to secure them.
Hopefully our friend Richard helped us with the full process of grinding, welding and even with the installation! It took about 10 days to sort all out and we are now very pleased to have closed the floor and no see the faces of those for another few years!
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Always something to fix but for once the view was good, the air fresh and the birds were singing!
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While anchored in the lovely village of Datca the wind starting blowing really hard. So we decided we should better go back and check the boat as we had quite some problems anchoring in Turkey with our Bruce anchor on seaweeds. In one place we dragged about 8 times!
We were back in the little port and we could not see Blue Dawn, where was she? Our hearts started to race from fear and we must have looked very confused as someone told us:
"Are you looking for your Boat?"
"She is on the shallows on the beach the other side"
We jumped in the dinghy and race out and we saw the poor thing laying on a sandbank when the anchor could not hold anymore on the slippery bottom. She was fine but aground, the locals tried to switch the engine on when she started to drag but Geoff had turned the batteries off! They could do nothing but look at her floating away!
We tried with the dinghies to make wakes or push her backwards but nothing will move her. Then we offered two big gullets to pay them to pull us to deeper water. They say ok no problem but we want to use our mooring lines. Geoff told them:
"It is not possible our boat is 65 tons and this is too small ropes!"
"No, no, this is fine, do not worry Sir!"
And here they go at full speed pulling us with a few inches rope!!! We decided to stay away from them. Seeing that they did not move us, the second gullet attached another rope and pull us too but in a different direction. This was starting to get worrying! So I jumped in the dinghy and pushed on the bow to make the boat turned on itself which was easy to do. Once the stern facing deeper water we could use the engine and rudder.
The captain on the gullet told us that at his signal we should go hard backwards with the engine. We are all on our positions, gullets pullings, dinghy pushing and engine going, and at that same moment I can hear a Bang and the engine stopping.
The rope had broken and had been sucked by the force of our propeller which ceased immediatly.
We could not use the motor anymore so after waht happened we decided to tell them to only use our mooring lines which will stand the pressure. A few minutes later we were floating happily!
Geoff dived under the boat and saw that the propeller had disappeared under meters of ropes... We cut all free and that took a long time even with the help of our new Turkish friends!
We realised that we had to go to the nearest marina for repairs and make sure that everything was in order.
The best bet was Marti Marina but we had no wind nor engine?
So the only choice was to put all sails up and for me to go in the dinghy and push the stern of Blue dawn all the way to the marina!
After arriving safely and have all inspected, the rope cutter had been damage and the engine mounts were broken, not too bad indeed!
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Oman - Eritrea - Sudan - Egypt
On the way to Eritrea we lost our propeller! This is righly not the right place for that! Hopefully many friends on other boats came out at night with their dinghies to help us to enter the harbour under sail. We had no spare one so had to wait for our new MaxProp to be built and sent to us DHL to Massawa. We had to wait about three weeks at anchor in the port.
Thanks to advices of many yachties and the help of Lisa & Bill on S/V Apollo, the new prop was put on underwater. It is normally done while the boat is lifted but there was nowhere for us miles away to get a yard to lift a 65 tons boat!
Picture of Bill once the job was done.
In Egypt we stayed at the lovely Abu Tig Marina complex with hotels, restaurants, shops, swimming pool, golf courses... in a very nice setting. A delight after the basic places visited along the Red Sea.
Abu Tig Marina Website
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Arriving at the head of the Kumai River with our friends on S/V Selkie & S/V Mektoub, the water coming out the exhaust for the engine stopped. Our friends stayed by our side to go up river to the main town, 18 nautical miles away, under sails as we could not use the engine.
Once anchored the men had a look at the problem and found that the shaft of the water pump had just broken in half. I mean this is a MTU (better known as Mercedes) and German equipment can be trusted! This is just incredible, we had every parts possible but not a spare shaft as we thought we will never have to replace one. Always the same story, it does not matter how many spares you have, you will never have the right one!
Where could we get something so special in the middle of primitive Borneo where you can still see the Ouran Outang and where the sun never seems to break through the thick wall of smoke due to the huge logging taking place. We could hear at night the unofficial barge boats loaded with enormous trunks slidding down the river with no light under cover of darkness!
We went ashore to see what we could do regarding the engine. The agent at the check in told us that there is a Chinese's Machine Shop a few blocks down. We arrive in front of the run down little building starting to feel a bit desperate. We've got inside and we discovered in real factory doted of the lastest machinery! The Chinese owner comes to talk to us and say:
"Can I hep you?"
'Yes Sir, I broke this shaft and I wanted to know if we could get it sent to us from the main town"
"This is no problem, we can make this here, you come back in 30 minutes"
We left the place being suspectious but to our wonder when we came back the Chinese man handed us a perfect replica of the original part. We could not tell the differences between the two! We fitting it and all seemed to work fine. So we went back and had another one made. It costs us $10 US!
When we arrived in Singapore we had the MTU representative to come and check the system, we showed him the shaft and he said:
"This is good and it is working very well so just keep it that way"!
We could not believe how incredible it was but it is very often the case as we learnt through our travels. In the less expected or poorer places, the people still knows how to repair or make anything.
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A big thanks to all of you, who came to help us out there in the swell and at night. There were, S/V Head Office, Atlas, Maxy Pocket, Star Dancer and Marcrista.
Our saviours put anchors out for us and we crossed our fingers that the tide 8 hours later we free us. It did happened but what a memorable night, being throw up in the air every time a wave was passing! You can read the details of the story below. Hopefully the boat is strong and the damages were not too bad.
The next night we had a drinking party with all our friends but once every one was full with the bottle, we heard a call on the VHF from another boat which run aground! So all the men which could not by now start their dinghies left for a second rescue mission! But that poor boat stay several days on the sandbank and was in a terrible angle. Hopefully again no damage.
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Australia, Pancake Creek, 24'00.269N - 151'44.173E
Due to some swell after a full day blowing 25 to 30 knots, the sea was by now building up while reaching the coast to break on it. As we headed towards the channel, all we can see was a line of surf but no passage to get into the calm water of the creek. Not trusting the view of rocks to our port we decided to head to starboard, panic started as nothing could be seen. So we just thought it will be best to turn around and go back at sea, while doing so we hit the ground. Hopefully it was a sandbank and not reef of rocks! The swell was pushing us farther and by now every wave passing was lifting us up than with a huge "Bang" throwing us back. The boat was shaking and we were having trouble moving around safely. This is when the bilge alarm started to let us know that water had found its way in! The leak was coming from the lazarette where a crack formed after the rudder had been pushed up a few centimeters inside the boat. We tried everything to stop the water from underwater patties to thick grease without much success. Hopefully all the people on the yachts anchored came out to help us by putting some extra anchors, they braved the darkness and the swell, some even jumped in the sea! We just had now to sit and wait hoping that the rising tide will save us. And indeed very early in the morning our mighty Blue Dawn was floating. We abandoned all the ropes and anchors just in case that was our only chance to free ourselves. They indeed save our vessel with their courage.
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About 150 nautical miles away from Vanuatu, in a confused and crossed sea, the wind was blowing quite hard and the boat was rolling all over the place, we felt a strange feeling, something like Blue Dawn was changing course.
How this could be possible the wind was still in the same direction and the autopilot was on?
This impression was getting serious and we both stand up to evaluate the situation but in just a second we were gybing and we could see our boom coming back towards us at great speed and noise. This I can tell you, is scary, our boom is enormous as we have a full batten mainsail which rests on it. It is approximatly 13 meters long and 1/2 meter wide.
With huge force it was flying back, Geoff was at the helm and I was ready to bring it back in at the winch. We realised that the autopilot had just stopped and was causing the problems.
This is when it hit the boat with a full blow, I was bringing it back in and all I saw were pieces of metals flying in front of my eyes!
I started to really panic and all I could think of was praying. Then the final crash came, the whole mast then the vessel started shaking while the boat was being tossed around a the bad sea state! I had brought the boom back while praying and I could feel salted tears running down my face, I guess I was shocked. I just thought that all the rigging was coming down, and there is 28 meters of it!
But no, as always our good old Trintella had stand it all, the runner had stopped the boom in its crazy race with only a few scratches, the rope being made of spectra just burned but was fine as well. And for the metals I saw it was only two of the self-tailer on the winches which broke apart when the crash happened!
So at the end we realised how lucky we were to have so little damages, we even started talking to Blue Dawn and giving her praise on how good and strong she was. We thanked her for taking such good care of us. You really make such a strong bond with a boat once out there, she quickly becomes a lioness looking after her cubs, always ready for the fight to protect them.
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I noticed that IBM's Visual Communication Lab launched an interactive data visualization service called Many Eyes.
There are some interesting visualization techniques, but the map examples caught my eye. I'll let you be the judge of the quality of cartography, but it struck me as technology outrunning technique. With choropleth maps, etc., being easier to generate by the uninitiated, some basic cart 101 faux pas are bound to come up again and again…
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With the anemic industry reviews and the...er...inconsistency of some user reviews (please see "trolling") it's difficult to find some actual information. Glad to see an actual review every once in a while.
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Cher Offers Christina Aguilera Relationship Advice
From one legendary Diva to a modern-day songstress… the advice is flowing just as the dresses. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cher[/lastfm] has recently offered relationship advice to [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Christina Aguilera[/lastfm]. And reportedly Aguilera is truly thankful for it.With [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cher[/lastfm] knowing a thing or two about ex-husbands, she recently offered advice to Aguilera, who recently filed from divorce from her husband.
Cher reportedly told Aguilera that at the end of the day, no one can define who one truly is: "You know, honey, husbands come and go, but I am still [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cher[/lastfm] at the end of the day."
Aguilera reportedly seemed thankful for the advice and "hit it off" with [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cher[/lastfm]: "We were like old chatty girlfriends that could not stop talking," Aguilera says. "They had to drag us to set a few times because we were late just talking about love and relationships and life."
Aguilera has reportedly been seeing Matthew D. Rutler, a set assistant from the movie; she filed for divorce from her husband, Jordan Bratman, last month.
C.C. Mitchell