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Chat Debut novelist Siddhartha Gigoo says that in writing a story based on the Kashmir conflict, he did not want to be one-sided
L et us rejoice for the dead/and grieve for the living/as we go/from ashes to ashes.
These lines from a poem by a 22-year-old Kashmiri migrant boy make you wonder: What kind of world have we created, that in the bloom of youth, when kids should be writing about, maybe, first love, or fearless adventure, or at least about cars and computers, they write about death being preferable to living?
One comes upon these lines and others like them if one looks up Siddhartha Gigoo on the Internet. Only now, Siddhartha is some 16 years older than he was when his exile poetry was first published. And he has joined the ranks of novelists, with his debut work of fiction, "The Garden of Solitude" (Rupa), released the other day in New Delhi. Among the few novels dealing with the crisis in the Kashmir Valley, the book recounts the story of shattered lives in some excruciating detail.
However, notes the author, his intention was primarily to write a novel, not to document events, and significantly, he wanted to ensure it was "not just one-sided".
Siddhartha, currently based in the Capital where he works in an IT company, has not only grown from adolescence to adulthood, from poetry to prose (he is convinced people don't read poetry anymore), but from the confusion and horror of a young Kashmiri Pandit in the throes of the Valley crisis to a mature artist who realises he must distance himself from personal experience to be able to create a work that speaks a universal language.
But he doesn't just balance real life and fiction; he has to balance a technical job with the flights of an artist. "I know, I know," he says, doing away with the need to describe the sheer frustration of having to delve into dry documents when the writerly pen longs for verbal adventure. "I'm not a computer engineer. I work as an editor there," he explains.
A dream project
Despite being a published poet since his 20s, with two anthologies of poetry to his credit, "Reflections" and "Fall and Other Poems", Siddhartha is modest in his debut as a novelist.
Describing the novel as a "dream" project, he says he would write and "keep it somewhere in the closet," but felt encouraged when his wife and his father (who used to teach literature) read the manuscript and found it worthy. "Then I thought of showing it to publishers."
He took his "own sweet time," writing the novel, says Siddhartha. "I did not have much research. The only thing I had was my memory. In 1990 I was 15 when the whole thing erupted. Overnight it happened; there was militancy, there were disappearances and, finally, there were killings. When the whole thing happened it was too shocking. I remember it happened on January 19, 1990. I was witnessing the whole thing unfolding layer by layer. The old people, they lost their memory to dementia…"
There was no cable TV or Internet, "so these things have gone undocumented. There were unfinished stories, unfinished conversations. But there is completeness sometimes in incompleteness," he says philosophically, adding he didn't want to "bore" his readers with too much detail.
It was about two years ago he started writing the novel. Distance, they say, is required to be able to turn experience into literature. "My whole novel spans 15 years. I thought it was the right time. Also, there's this whole thing about incubation." Had he written it 10 years earlier, he feels, he might not have arrived at the ending he did.
"Typically, the Kashmiri Pandits have a lot of bitterness," notes Siddhartha, "but I did not, because I thought history happened, and history has such complex issues."
So as a novelist, his central concern was what kind of story he wanted to tell. "I struggled with the form. I had no dearth of stories." Siddhartha says while it is for readers to decide whether he has been successful, his attempt has been to speak through his characters, events, through different voices. "People, especially my generation, should see a little bit of their story. We have seen this erosion of identity, of loss, and love. So I had to maintain this distance between my identity, what I had suffered, and the novel."
Saying it is "dangerous" if as a writer he harbours bitterness, Siddhartha wants to "look at these terrible, terrible times not with bitterness but with compassion."
Saying he has always been "a lover of sad stories," Siddhartha has a number of short stories ready but is not game for his next publication yet. Certain he does not want to base his next work on the Kashmir conflict, he says "I'm not looking for encouragement. I'm looking for responses. That would help me in writing."

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My fiance and I had our landscaping done a month ago, and 3 of the plants are rhododendrons. We asked our landscaping guys how often to water everything, and they said every day. We've been getting more rain than usual in Michigan, and I don't water when it rains. The plants are facing east so they get morning sun and I think they have mostly shade towards the end of the day (blocked by the house). The rhododendrons seemed to be doing fine at first, but over the past week or so, the leaves are turning yellow to brown and are falling off (or are easy to take off when you touch them). Our Jap Maple is also not as bright burgundy as it was but doesn't seem to be dying like the rhodes are (and I believe they are supposed to get darker in late summer? I'm not sure). I thought I was overwatering so I have stopped watering everyday. The very top layer of mulch is dry and crusty feeling, but then you dig down an inch or deeper and it is moist. Here are some pics, notice the leaves fallen on the mulch. The first pic is a before pic - the rest are now. I don't have a close up of the rhodes when they were planted. Please help!! |
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I don't see a real problem. On hot days the leaves will naturally curl and droop. That is entirely normal in the heat of the day. If they are droopy in the morning, then they are either dry or are dying because they were watered too much. Both conditions look the same at first. Being too wet is eventually fatal. The dead dry leaves look like leaves that are 2 or 3 years old and are being shed from older branches. That is normal and natural. Err on the side of not enough water. If they are dry in the morning, then water thoroughly. With a good mulch, watering is not needed too often. Cut off the bunch of 3 or so leaves that look like they are dying. That could be a borer or some other localized problem. It is best to remove it before it can affect the rest of the plant. |
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Thanks rhodyman. As I was taking off that bunch of brown leaves, the whole branch came off. I bent over to look at the other rhode and saw a yellow/brown bunch there too, and that whole branch came off. Weird. I am definitely going to stop watering so much. They weren't wilty this morning so I think I'm ok. Thanks again for your help! |
Came off. I'm not sure I understand. Torn, jagged, or soft tissue that was limp? Could it had been broken, possibly as it was being installed a month ago? |
It was soft tissue, kind of just easily came off when I pulled it. I guess I didn't think of that, that it may have been broken and eventually just died.. hmm. I guess I'm worrying too much :) Thanks again everyone. |
If it was hollow where it broke easily, it is borers. There isn't a lot you can do for borers. Just make sure that any you find are killed and hope you don't get more. |
Last July 2008 I planted my first "purple gem" rhode. I used a mix of 60% cedar mulch and 40% Miracle Grow Soil. After planting I sprinkled "ferti-lome" around the planting area. It's for Camellias, Azaleas & Rhodes. A week or so ago, however, I noticed the interior of the plant had a good number of leaves that had turned a golden color. Is this typical at the beginning of fall weather, or is it an indication of a potential problem? |
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Sorry if I gave you incorrect address – thanks for getting back in touch. Yes I'm very interested in being involved in the future. Up to eyeballs at present completing my Masters at the moment! ( launch of AlSalam a culturally engaged space in Siwa Oasis, Western desert of Egypt.)
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Over the weekend I bought a "vietnamese" sugar apple tree. I am not 100% clear on cultivars for this species but what I had set out to buy was what called "sweetsop" when I lived in Hawaii.
I was told these are definitely green and not red. She had both "traditional" green sugar apple trees as well as the vietnamese ones. She told me she personally prefers the vietnamese ones on taste/texture/etc. and I decided to buy it based on that, and the fact that I liked the looks of the trees a little better. She described the taste as closer to an Atemoya. However I was curious to find the actual cultivar name because I'm a geek and like to read up on genetic details... but I actually can't find anything online anywhere about a vietnamese sugar apple. Anyone have any insight here? |
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Was the tree you bought grafted? If it is grafted, she may have just bought one of the Thai varieties and called it Vietnamese. Or, maybe there is a grafted vietnamese variety. |
It is a seedling. Even though sugar apples are deciduous here, the vietnamese ones seemed to hang on to more of their leaves. Obviously it is feeling the effects of the season but it didn't look as bad as the other variety being sold. |
I've never heard it called 'Vietnamese' before. But, there is a different cultivar of the green sugar apple which is popular among the Vietnamese folks and which has a firmer, atemoya-like consistency. Personally it's my favorite sugar apple. The fruit is actually a yellow-ish color when ripe - a bit more yellow than the regular green sugar apple. You made the right choice. That one is the best. It's also true to seed. Jeff |
Ohh - The way you eat those is by peeling off the skin and eating the inner white flesh that's left behind. With the regular sugar apple, the flesh is way too sloppy to do this. Jeff |
Ah, thanks... I think that has to be it! Glad to hear you like it as well. She also mentioned when they show up for sale at asian markets and other places, they go for $8/lb. |
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Professor Geek Teaches Parking Ticket 101 Class At CivicLab
The Parking Ticket Geek is teaching a class.
The West Loop's Civic Lab invited the Geek to teach a class on fighting parking tickets we're calling Parking Ticket 101.
It's a slimmed down version of our Driver Survival Seminars with a focus purely on avoiding and contesting those pesky bright orange tickets from the city.
Parking Ticket 101 will give attendees an overview of parking enforcement in Chicago and educate attendees on how best to both avoid parking tickets and how best to handle receiving a ticket, including how to successfully contest improper or unfair ones.
Civics Lab is a co-working education and office space created to help teach Chicagoans about civic engagement, activism and how to better understand and interact with their government. It was founded by Tom Tresser and Ben Sugar last summer.
Tresser is that famous troublemaker who, among his many other accomplishments spearheaded No Games Chicago, the group which furiously lobbied against bringing the 2016 Olympics to Chicago.
Seating is limited so reserve your spot right away. There is a nominal $10 fee that goes toward helping support Civics Lab in its great work.
Sign up through Eventbrite or through our Facebook event page.
EVENT: Parking Ticket 101/Driver Survival Seminar
WHEN: Wednesday, March 26th at 6:30 PM
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Geek Scores A Hat Trick Against The City
Some days are just better than others.
My plan for yesterday was simply to fight another of the seemingly endless stream of parking tickets my '83 Impala seems to attract.
I had planned my day so I could take an hour off after lunch time to hit a hearing facility, but per usual my plans took a left turn.
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A colleague's niece stormed into the office waving one of the city's blue colored ordinance violation tickets in my face asking me if I could help her with her ticket. I was a bit hesitant at first as my expertise lies with the orange tinted tickets–not the blue.
NBC 5 Shares Tips For Fighting Parking Tickets
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NBC 5′s Lisa Parker is back on the parking ticket beat.
First she helps a driver ticketed while his car was parked in a garage in the suburbs get some ticket justice.
Then, she shares research from successful parking ticket defenses on how to beat parking tickets.
Check out her full story at the NBC 5 website.
Ask The Parking Ticket Geek
Do you know anything about this law firm that collects money for the City of Chicago, Arnold Scott Harris?
I was garnished after I got on a payment plan and they claimed it was a "system" error. I am embarrassed at my job now and could scream! I can never get through to them and when I do, different people tell me different things, they always contradict themselves that is assuming I can understand what they say, some of them can barely speak good English.
Is this place legit?
I feel your frustration Mike.
Blogger Makes Beating Parking Tickets Look Easy
Steve Tanner dislikes parking tickets just as much as the rest of us.
But Mr. Tanner, after getting two tickets in February for not displaying a Chicago city sticker, decided to do something about it and fight back.
Unfortunately, Tanner's sticker was one of the tens of thousands of city stickers sold last year without enough adhesive to remain affixed to his windshield.
The cold weather of the Blizzard of 2011 ultimately took its toll and Tanner's sticker wound up on the floor of his car and thus, replaced by two orange tickets on his windshield.
Tanner does an amazing job of documenting how the entire process of his journey from violation to building a case to ultimately having both tickets dismissed at his hearing on his blog, SteveandAmySly.com.
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Apparently I have over $4,000 in parking tickets.
Arnold Scott Harris (the collection agency) has been contacting me like crazy.
The problem is I have no money. I have been unemployed since September of 2010.
Do you have any idea what my options are? I wanted to see if they would offer me a settlement where I can pay half, but they claim they don't do that. Do you know if that is true?
The lady said my only option is a payment plan. Is that true?
Unfortunately, the payment plan is your only option Jake.
Parking Ticket 101: Fighting Cell Phone, Texting Tickets
Back in 2005, the Chicago City Council passed a controversial law prohibiting motorists from using a cell phone without a hands free device back.
It was one of the country's earliest municipal bans on driving while using a cell phone without a hands free device and it was not without controversy. Some people embraced the move, while others felt it was just another strategy to generate more revenue for the city.
The law was changed in 2008 to take it from being adjudicated as a moving violation and making it essentially the equivalent of a parking ticket or red light camera violation.
Since 2005, tens of thousands of drivers in Chicago have been slapped with a $100 ticket for driving with a cell phone up to their ear.
But there are ways to avoid cell phone driving tickets as well as fighting them successfully when they're issued improperly.
Ask The Parking Ticket Geek
I recently received a citation for Improperly Displayed City Sticker.
Which was given for a good reason there was not one on the windshield and the car is registered to an address within the city limits of Chicago.
I have been living in New Orleans for the past 6 months working for the federal government, and yes my car was with me. While there I had an apartment, obtained a Louisiana State ID, and even obtained a New Orleans residential parking/city sticker so that I could park my vehicle within the City limits of New Orleans.
So my job ended and I moved back to Chicago around the 20th of December. I was cited 01/05/11. I was wondering if I would fall within the 30 day grace period for new residents to Chicago?
What you think do I have a good argument?
What a nice warm welcome Mayor Daley gave you on your return to the Windy City Colin!
But based on your circumstances, your documentation from New Orleans and your time line, I don't see why this wouldn't work to have the city sticker is dismissed.
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I recently received a ticket for parking in front of a driveway.
I parked there after it had snowed and the space was unrecognizable as a driveway since it had not been shoveled and at the building line there is a 7 foot chain link fence across the driveway from one building to another.
A few days later I returned to a ticket.
With the snow melted it was a little more clear I was in front of a driveway. At first I was surprised that the car had not been towed but considering the circumstances I now assume the driveway was not in use. Should I try to fight this ticket? Is there a chance for it to get dismissed?
I think you're in kind of a grey area here Evan.
But, you should definitely fight it.
Ald. Tunney Announces Driver Survival Seminar In 44th Ward
Chicago's 44th ward is one of the most heavily ticketed wards in the city.
Being located in the heavily congested Lakeview neighborhood and having Wrigley Field within the ward, it's no wonder why so many tickets are issued there.
Owning a car in Chicago, and especially the 44th ward, can really be a challenge with traffic, parking, red light cameras, parking tickets and sometimes, unfortunately the Denver boot.
But now 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney is helping drivers deal with these stressful situations when he presents the Chicago Driver Survival Seminar on Tuesday, January 25th.
This FREE event will be held at the brand new 23rd District police station located at 850 W. Addison Street (near Halsted).
The Chicago Driver Survival Seminar is a two and a half hour motorist education boot camp to arm Chicago drivers with the basic tools of avoiding and fighting parking tickets, understanding and avoiding red light camera tickets, dealing with speeding and other traffic tickets, keeping the Denver boot off your car and keeping drivers up to speed on recent changes to driving laws.


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Patients Recover Faster and Experience Less Pain
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Advanced techniques in orthopedic surgery will be the subject of a lecture at New Britain General Hospital on Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The talk will take place in Lecture Room One, and is free and open to the public.
Robert Belniak, M.D., chief of orthopedic surgery at New Britain General, will be talking about "minimally-invasive" surgical techniques in orthopedics — surgery using small incisions and arthroscopic techniques to minimize recovery time.
"Minimally invasive techniques have changed things significantly for patients," said Dr. Belniak, who has more than 15 years of experience in the care of arthritis and sports-related injuries. "By using state-of-the-art procedures, techniques, and technology, patient outcomes have improved considerably. Two examples are partial knee replacement and arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff tears.
"We can do so much more now with joint repair and replacement through a much smaller incision than previously possible. This has many advantages: quicker recovery, less scarring, less pain, less damage to surrounding healthy tissue, less blood loss, shorter hospital stay, and less chance of infection. The same is true of hip replacement, shoulder and rotator-cuff surgery, and most other orthopedic procedures. Procedures are more customized to specific problems. Patients can get on with their lives much more quickly," said Dr. Belniak. He adds that when patients experience less pain, they have a more optimistic attitude about the procedure, which in turn influences total recovery.
Arthroscopic surgical techniques have been a boon to shoulder rotator cuff surgery, he says. "It used to be that we would have to go through a lot of healthy tissue to reach and fix the damaged area," says Dr. Belniak. "With arthroscopic techniques — using a small incision and a fiber optic scope — we can get to the diseased area with minimal impact on surrounding healthy tissue."
Osteoarthritis is the precipitating factor for 90 percent of patients who have total or partial joint replacement.
Knee and hip replacements are one of the most common orthopedic procedures and are also among the most successful. In 2002, 365,000 knee replacements were performed in the U.S.
Dr. Belniak received his M.D. and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the Orthopedic Learning Center in Illinois. Dr. Belniak is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the Connecticut State Medical Society.
Joint replacement surgery has been a specialty at New Britain General Hospital for many years. The Hospital has enhanced its clinical program with pre and post-operative services, transforming the Center for Joint Care into one of the Hospital's Centers of Excellence. The Center offers a comprehensive program of seminars, patient education, and post-operative physical therapy.
For additional information, contact Dianne Vye, program manager of the Joint Center at New Britain General, at 860-224-5186.
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The annual Jubilee Festival, an Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce event, returns to Main Street for its silver anniversary this weekend in Daphne, Ala. About 125 artists and craftsmen show and sell their work during the fine art festival. Photo taken Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. (Mike email@example.com)
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I'm looking for rhodies or azaleas that will grow larger than six feet--more like 10+ is what I have in mind. Most nurseries specify "tall" plants as being about six feet. I used to have a 20 ft rhodie at my previous home. What species do I need to look for? I would prefer white or purple blossoms, but will settle for pink. Can someone tell me how to search for and find what I'm seeking? Thank you. |
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The height given for rhododendrons by sellers is the height that could be reasonably expected after 10 years of growth. Given enough time nearly all rhododendrons except those designated as dwarf will exceed 6 feet. |
You can search for the taller ones on the American Rhododendron Society plant finder pages. Using it you will find the tallest hardy ones after 10 years are: |
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Cynthia gets big and blooms here at the end of May in to June. This one is 35 years old. |
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2015 - Safety at Sea Symposium and Practical Training
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston MA 02125
March 21-22, 2015
Sponsored by the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race
In conjunction with the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race
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See http://offshore.ussailing.org/SAS/Seminars/SAS_Calendar.htm for upcoming events.
Safety at Sea Symposium
The 2015 Safety at Sea Symposium is scheduled for March 21-22, 2015 and will be held at University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts (Google Map). This event is the result of the collaboration of efforts by a number of organizations interested in promoting safety at sea. It is sponsored by the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Association and organized by the Blue Water Sailing Club, one of the three sponsors of the Marion Bermuda Race along with the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dingy Club and the Beverly Yacht Club. The Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race also has participated in the planning of the event and has encouraged their members to attend.
The symposium is sanctioned by US Sailing. The agenda includes safety topics described in the 2006-2007 "International Sailing Federation Special Regulations" (ISAF) Handbook, section 6 - Training.
MBCYR Safety Requirements - Skills
4.3.1 Safety at Sea Training: At least 30% of those aboard the boat, but not fewer than two members of the crew, unless racing single-handed, including the person in charge, shall have attended a one-day or two-day US Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar within the last 5 years, or other courses as accepted by US Sailing.
Note from Race Administration: We also recommend that the majority of your return crew, especially those who have never sailed offshore, attend. It is not required (currently) that return crew attend, but we strongly recommend it. Safety is just as important cruising home from Bermuda as it is racing to Bermuda.
This symposium features a very experienced group of speakers to address a series of topics which are of vital interest to all serious sailors. In addition to the safety topics there will be breakout sessions for the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race and the Marion Bermuda Race.
On-site registration will begin at 0700, March 21, 2015. The program begins promptly at 0730 and is scheduled to continue until 1600. Marion to Bermuda and Marblehead to Halifax breakout sessions will follow and end at 1800. A notebook and pen is recommended for all sessions and for the Sunday in-water session, a bathing suit and towel is needed.
Safety at Sea Symposium at University of Massachusetts Boston - Saturday 0730 to 1600 Campus Center (Main Ballroom)
Edward J. Stott - Chairman
Ed has logged over 60,000 ocean miles via numerous Caribbean deliveries on private yachts as well as his own Swan 44, cruising in the Caribbean and South Pacific, and racing offshore to Bermuda and Transatlantic. He has served in leadership positions as Skipper, Watch Captain and Navigator. Ed is knowledgeable in passage-making, preparation for an offshore voyage, mechanical repairs at sea as well as meteorology. He has authored articles about sailing preparation, safety and boat maintenance which have appeared in Cruising World and Blue Water Sailing magazines.
Ed is a member of the Blue Water Sailing Club, one of the sponsoring clubs to the Marion Bermuda Race, where he has served on the Board of Governors as the Offshore Chair and a member-at-large. Since 2010, Ed has served on the Safety at Sea committee and Marketing committee for the Marion Bermuda Race. Ed currently serves on the Marion Bermuda Race Executive Committee as the Safety at Sea Chairman.
He has spent his career in sales and marketing within the Insurance, Software Technology and Marine industries. Ed is currently the owner of Stott Marketing, a business to business marketing strategy and consulting company. Ed is also an accredited business counselor for SCORE.
John Rousmaniere - Moderator
The event will be sanctioned by US Sailing and moderated by John Rousmaniere. He is an acknowledged expert on safety at sea and has more than 40,000 miles of blue water behind him, including nine Newport Bermuda Races (with two second place finishes) and three Atlantic crossings. He wrote The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, Fastnet, Force 10, the well-known account of the fatal 1979 Fastnet race storm (in which John sailed), and the history of the A Berth to Bermuda - Newport Bermuda Race. He has moderated or spoken at more than 100 safety and seamanship seminars. He co-organized and wrote the final report of the most recent crew overboard rescue trials.
Gail Greenwald - Crew Issues: Solution, Training & Shipboard Routines
Gail Greenwald and her husband Roy have logged over 30,000 offshore miles in their Valiant 42, Cordelia, including completing the Atlantic circle (Massachusetts-Azores-Canaries-Caribbean), several other Atlantic passages, and -- so far -- crossing half the Pacific. Cordelia is presently in French Polynesia, and Gail and Roy will resume the Pacific crossing in April. They have sailed the Marion-Bermuda race in the celestial division three times. Gail won the Navigator's Trophy in 2003.
Bill Biewenga - Accident Scenarios & Solutions
Bill Biewenga is an offshore sailor who has accumulated over 400,000 sea miles in virtually every ocean of the world. His experience includes 39 transatlantic crossings, several TransPacs, numerous record attempts, deliveries and races, as well as participation in four round the world races and multiple listings in the Guinness Book of Records. He has experience as skipper, navigator, weather analyst/router, watch captain, helmsman, deck hand, and project manager. He uses his extensive marine background as a photojournalist and weather routing consultant while continuing his participation aboard a variety of vessels in the world's major offshore events. Bill also has offered educational weather seminars in cooperation with North U., and has presented a series of online seminars through his website at http://www.weather4sailors.com and provides other learning tools through his site at http://www.WxAdvantage.com. Currently, Bill is the Chief Operating Officer for Qv21 Technologies, LLC, which provides logistics support software, primarily to the Oil & Gas Industry. Information is available about that activity at http://www.Qv21.com.
Will Keene - President, Edson International
Will Keene has worked at Edson, designing and specifying steering systems for boat builders and naval architects from around the world, for the past 35 years. He has served as president for 25 of those years for the 155 year old marine manufacturer of sailboat steering systems, marine pumps, electronics mounts, and related marine products. Before starting at Edson in 1979, Will worked for Cape Dory Yachts as a manager in the quality control, customer service, and inventory control departments. Will has restored numerous classic sail and power boats, concentrating on creating functional, safe, yet elegant cruising vessels from boats that are otherwise "diamonds in the rough." Will makes his home in South Dartmouth, MA and is an avid boater and salt water angler.
Chris McNally - Communications
Christopher J. McNally Esg,- Lives in Newport RI, and is a member of the Cruising Club of America. He holds a USCG 500 Ton Ocean Masters license and a 200 Ton RYA Yacht Master upon Oceans certificate. Christopher is a practicing Maritime and Ocean and Coastal Law attorney at Sayer Regan & Thayer, LLP in Newport, RI.
Christopher has tens of thousands of ocean miles sailing on a multitude of vessels, many thousand of which came from his time as mate, captain and educator of the sailing school vessel GERONIMO, the sail training platform for St. George's School. He also launched and developed a maritime training program in Southern California for Orange Coast College with the goal of bringing talented young men and women into the professional maritime industries.
Christopher is the Chair of Communications and Emergency Management for the Newport to Bermuda Race and remains active in the New England maritime community. He can be reached by email at email@example.com.
Medical Seminar - Sunday, March 22, 2015 0800 to 1000
Michael Jacobs MD
Director, Annual MedSail Educational Conferences "Medicine for Mariners and Safety at Sea" 2003-present; U.S. Coast Guard licensed Captain 100 Ton; co-author of "A Comprehensive Guide To Marine Medicine," author of chapter "Survival At Sea" in the textbook of Wilderness Medicine (past three editions). Speaker at "Safety At Sea" conferences and "Wilderness Medical Society" (WMS) conferences. Practicing physician on Martha's Vineyard. Life long sailor with extensive ocean and coastal sailing experience. Winner of Multihull division Newport to Bermuda race aboard trimaran "Moxie." Medical consultant to Adventure Medical Kits.
The two hour session will consist of presentations by Dr. Jacobs on topics that include sea sickness, hypothermia, dehydration, extremity injuries, head and neck injuries, surgical problems, medical conditions, the dangers of sun exposure, pain control and suggestions of appropriate medicines to have on board, followed by an open question and answer period. Handouts will be available.
- Seasickness: cause, prevention, treatment
- Health Maintenance at Sea - Discussion of the "Fearsome Five:"
Food (Energy), Fluids (Dehydration), Fahrenheit (Sun exposure, hypothermia), Fatigue (sleep deprivation, watch schedules), Fitness (Illness and injury) - Marine Medical Kits - Discussion of some essential supplies, goals of on-board care, and discussion of common medical problems.
- Telemedicine - Concept of telemedicine and how to report a medical problem.
Understanding Weather & the Gulf Stream - Sunday, March 22, 2015 1015 to 1300 Campus Center
Ken McKinley, Locus Weather, Camden, Maine
Ken McKinley earned a Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in 1980, and did graduate work in meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. He has owned and operated Locus Weather, based in Camden, Maine, for 20 years. A significant portion of his meteorological consulting work involves providing custom weather forecast services to ocean voyaging yachts worldwide, both racers and cruisers. He has supported clients in the Marion Bermuda Race, the Newport Bermuda Race, the Marblehead Halifax Race, the Bermuda 1-2, the Chicago-Mackinac Race, the Caribbean 1500, and the Fastnet Race as well as other local and regional races. He is also involved in meteorological training and education, serving as a USCG certified instructor at professional maritime schools in Florida and Maryland. He has taught undergraduate meteorology courses at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, ME. He has also presented several two day weather courses to recreational mariners. He has published several articles in Ocean Navigator and Ocean Voyager magazines.
Frank Bohlen, Professor of Oceanography Emeritus
Frank Bohlen is a Professor of Oceanography Emeritus in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut. For the past forty years he has been studying ocean and near-shore currents and transport using a variety of field and laboratory techniques. He is currently part of the team maintaining the Long Island Sound observatory (MYSOUND.uconn.edu). In addition to his scientific work he is an experienced ocean sailor and navigator and has sailed transatlantic four times and participated in 16 Newport Bermuda races and 10 Marblehead-Halifax Races. He received the Mixter Trophy as navigator of the winning yacht in the 1986 Newport Bermuda Race (Puritan - IMS). Since 1998 he has been presenting Gulf Stream Tutorials for the Newport Bermuda Race. Past editions of these can be obtained at Bermudarace.com.
This session will be presented by Ken McKinley, a professional meteorologist specializing in forecasting for ocean voyaging yachts, both cruising and racing, and Frank Bohlen, an oceanographer, Marine Sciences professor at the University of Connecticut, and an experienced offshore racer/cruiser and navigator.
The weather portion of the session will start with an overview of some basic meteorological concepts, then will focus on the formation and development of mid-latitude lows and their fronts, the types of wind and weather they produce, and how they affect the coastal waters of the U.S. and Canada and the western Atlantic. Information about the weather charts which are available and how they can be used will be presented, and a discussion of typical weather patterns which prevail over the waters between New England, Atlantic Canada, and Bermuda will take place.
The Gulf Stream portion will include a discussion of the factors governing the Stream, and similar warm water ocean currents, its structure and dynamics, characteristic variability in space and time, and the use of a variety of satellite data for trip planning purposes.
For portions of the session, both presenters will be working together to present information about how weather systems and warm water currents, such as the Gulf Stream, interact and the conditions that can result.
In Water Training - Sunday, March 22, 2015 0830 to 1200 or 1330 to 1700 Clark Athletic Center
Dan O'Connor
(2009) Dan has worked full time with Life Raft and Survival Equipment Inc. since graduation from college. He literally grew up in the company his father started in 1983, sweeping the floors since he was ten years old. He currently sits on the board of directors for the USMSA (United States Marine Safety Association). Prior to working for the family business he spent countless summers running junior sail training programs. Dan has also completed numerous offshore passages, including two double handed passages up the Southeast Passage of Alaska, across the Gulf of Alaska, and through Prince William Sound.
At LRSE, Dan oversees their service departments while actively creating, developing, and carrying out marine safety training programs for all types of mariners, ranging from the US Navy, to commercial fisherman, to offshore sailboat racers. He is a USCG approved marine safety instructor.
Topics to be covered include:
- Emergency responses and seven steps to survival
- Survival Kit necessities
- Immediate and delayed onset emergencies
- Cold water survival skills
- PFD care and usage
- Boarding a life raft
- Abandon ship preparation
- Proper release, righting, and boarding survival craft
- Improving life raft stability
What hotels near U Mass/Boston do you recommend for those traveling a distance to attend the Safety at Sea?
Depending on your budget and amenities you desire, here is a good resource to help you plan: http://www.hotelplanner.com/Hotels/2058-NEAR-University-of-Massachusetts-Boston. The gentrified Seaport district, near the Boston Convention Center, is a fantastic area, complete with top notch hotels and nearby excellent restaurants, all within walking distance of each other and is probably only a 15 minute drive, max, to U Mass/Boston.
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SW Blonde and SW Restrained Gold .... see SW Blonde on a posting that has subject "Difference between SW Blonde and Restrained Gold?". I found that posting from Google search on Restrained Gold. |
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Let me offer this option: Wilmington Tan from Ben Moore. |
Here is SW Blonde with a dark red from BM "Hot Apple Spice". Works really well together. Looks a little darker on the monitor but is really a pretty med. gold. |
I have SW restrained gold in the DR & blonde in the back hallway , Craftroom & laundry room. Link below if you wanna peek........Bonnie |
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Here some info that might be useful when choosing decor color.. It from the site www.mediterranean-lifestyles.com ...Your preferred hue will be an ideal point of departure. Pick up a color wheel at any craft store, and use it to find a shade that will compliment your favorite color. Begin by determining to which color family your preferred color belongs, in other words whether it is a primary, secondary, or tertiary color. While the primary are the hues red, blue, and yellow, and the secondary are orange, green, and purple, tertiary colors are the shades turquoise, lime, gold, carnelian, plum, and cobalt. Combine colors that belong to the same color family for a look that is fabulously put together. When working with tertiary colors, select any three colors that sit at equal distances from each other on the color wheel. Soften the look by using varying intensities of your chosen colors. For example, walls can be painted a neutral, but they may also be tinted a pale gold, or some other light version of a color in your scheme. |
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