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Once again jingoistic politicians and commentators posit a religious conspiracy breeding within Western society, pledging allegiance to an alien power, conspiring with allies at the highest levels of government to overturn the existing order. Because the propagators of these conspiracy theories are not anti-Semitic but militantly pro-Israel, and because their targets are not Jews but Muslims, the ADL and other Jewish groups have had little to say about them. But since the election of President Barack Obama, this Islamophobic discourse has rapidly intensified.
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My husband and I have recently bought a 1984 Helms 27 from a family friend back east who had the boat built for them (original owner) and we brought it to Lake Mead, Nevada. It's been 15 years since I sailed much and my husband is new to the sport but we are full speed ahead updating where needed and getting to know our new boat.
As we have been going over things, one repair we have to do immediately is replace the tiller. I saw the one other thread on this topic for a 25. Has everyone had to go the custom route or is there a stock version that anyone has found?
I've also been looking for sail specs and a PHRF rating for our boat.
I found sail specs on Sail Rite Sails web site (I can't post links since I'm new to SailNet) Does anyone have any confirmation if that info is correct, or anything better?? I'll post the links as soon as I am able.
As far as a PHRF, I found a PHRF site for New England racers that included ratings for the Helms 24, 25 and 30 (again, SailNet won't let me include links yet) I've written the New England site to see how/where they came up with those and if they may be able to help us figure out the rating for our Helms 27 but I haven't heard back yet. Anyone have any ratings on your boat that could help decipher what ours might be?
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Mosborough (ward)
Coordinates: 53°19′30″N 1°21′43″W / 53.325°N 1.362°W
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Mosborough ward — which includes the districts of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield — is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with Rotherham, and covers an area of 8.9 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 16,300 people in 7,000 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield South East constituency. The area is often referred to as Mosborough Townships.
Districts of Mosborough ward[edit]
Halfway (grid reference SK432809) lies in the extreme southeast of Sheffield at the end of a Sheffield Supertram line. Halfway is part of the historic county of Derbyshire but has been administered by Sheffield since boundary changes in 1967.
It used to be home to a bus garage which was operated by 'Booth and Fisher', a company who were merged into the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in the mid-1970s. The garage itself passed into the hands of operator 'SYT', then to the First and has always been seen as a minor outpost garage. It served works and school services plus buses starting early from the south side of the city. The garage was closed in 2007 as a cost-cutting measure. Recently it was taken over by the Chesterfield based company T.M. Travel.
It is common to see public transport in Sheffield heading for "Halfway". The Blue Route Stagecoach Supertram terminates at Halfway with a large Park and Ride facility. The main frequent bus that goes to and from Halfway to and from the city centre is the Stagecoach 120 service (First South Yorkshire also run the 120 route to Halfway during the evening).
The Halfway housing estate is something of a unique experiment. Built in 1975, the estate centred in the small local shopping centre called 'Streetfields'. The houses themselves were built on high quality farmland and to this day there are a number of farmers with orchards nearby.
The Sheffield City Council is a keen recycler and burn a lot of domestic refuse which in turn is converted to hot water used for both domestic supply and central heating. This is pumped from Bernard Road in S2 to Halfway and links directly with the homes in the Halfway locality. Well-insulated and often compact, these homes are noticeably energy efficient.
The layout of the estate was such that no house would look directly onto another with properties curving around meandering walkways and a complex network of through routes to Halfway Drive. This main road is the thoroughfare linking the village to both the Derbyshire county boundary and neighbouring estates of Westfield and Waterthorpe.
Despite a well planned and high quality overall project, the estate today suffers in part from crime and has been commented from the Sheffield City Council website as an area to work actively towards safer communities.
Holbrook was a mining village whose name was changed to Halfway (after the Halfway House pub) to avoid confusion with Holbrook near Derby.
Mosborough (grid reference SK426813) is part of the historic county of Derbyshire but has been administered by Sheffield since boundary changes in 1967 and is now considered a suburb of Sheffield. It was known for sickle making and was also a coal mining area. Notable buildings include the fifteenth century Mosborough Hall, a building which may retain some Anglo-Saxon structure.
The suburb has many high quality houses, local independent shops and hotel conference facilities.
Mosborough a small village in the 1930s and 1940s Had may more drinking places than the seven quoted below they were:
- The Fitzwilliam Mosborough Moor.
- The British Oak Mosborough Moor.
- The Queens Hotel High Street.
- The Crown High Street.
- The Brown Cow High Street.
- The Black Bull Station Road.
- The Vine Tavern School Street.
- The Butchers Arms High Street.
- The Royal Oak High Street.
- The George And Dragon High Street.
- The Blue Bell Duke Street.
- Duke William Duke Street.
- The Prince of Wales South Street.
- The Alma South Street.
- The Coronation Club Chapel Street.
- The Sidney Queen Street.
- The Three Tuns no Street given.
In the Kellys Directory there were several other places with licenses to sell out sales of ale. These were not designated as public houses.
The original village of Mosborough has seven pubs and one working men's club:
- The Alma
- George and Dragon
- Royal Oak
- Vine Tavern
- Queen Hotel
- British Oak
- The Wheel
The working men's club is the CIU affiliated Miners Welfare.
On August Bank Holiday, the locals do a pub crawl known as the Mosborough 10 for charity often in fancy dress. It has been known for people to come from as far away as Blackpool to take part in this event.
The Mosborough 10 pub crawl travels from pub to pub:
- The Vine Tavern
- The Alma
- The George & Dragon
- The Royal Oak
- The Wheel
- The Queen Hotel
- The British Oak
- The Double Top
- The Joseph Glover Formerly The Mill (Demolished)
- The Miners Welfare
Housing Estate near Beighton named after Waterthorpe (formerly Walterthorpe) Farm grid reference SK430827
Both Waterthorpe and Westfield housing estates were built from mid-1970s and were added to over a number of years. Eventually linking with both the old council estate of Beighton and the new estate of Halfway, the estates house a condensed significant number of almost wholly local authority owned properties following the phasing down and demolition of the original estates around Parson Cross and Shiregreen in the north of the City.
There are many pubs in Beighton, The most popular being The Gypsy Queen built recently (Now run by Hungry Horse), The Fox on Skelton Lane, The George and Dragon, The Cumberland both being on Beighton's High street and finally The Belfry which is on Eckington Road within the Sothall estate, Featuring a bell extracted from a church.
The Crystal Peaks shopping centre was built in 1986 to serve the south side of the city. Its original design included markets and fixed national chains including a UCI Cinema. Crystal Peaks originally had a ski theme, When one was in the central atrium there was a cable car and skiing mannequins suspended from the glass roof. The centre has always had a petrol station formerly ran by BP, up until recently was a 24-hour station. Crystal Peaks was one of the most popular Shopping Centres in the country, but over time popularity and investment was falling due to the construction of Meadowhall Centre in the north of the city.In 1998 Crystal Peaks underwent an extension called "Crystal Peaks 2" covering the west Atrium from the market downwards, where the original Playground was right down to the bus station.The Playground was moved to the east atrium near the petrol station. Later on in 2005 to 08 the centre underwent even more developments, the Sainsburys which was originally on the north side of the centre, was moved to the southern wing of the centre as too the playground into bigger premises including a car park on the roof of the supermarket. Also the BP 24 Hour petrol station was taken over by Sainsbury's and turned into a 7am to 11pm garage. This development has been done to compete effectively with Meadowhall and Sheffield city centre.
As for Waterthorpe and Westfield estates, leisure facilities are lacking as the council concentrated upon housing and not the substantial areas of parkland in most other areas of Sheffield.
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Westfield is one of the Mosborough "Townships", smallish self-contained communities that have yet to develop into communities. It is on the fringes of Sheffield, overlooks Derbyshire and is surrounded to the north by quite densely populated housing and to the south by open countryside. It has a small but well-equipped shopping centre.
The housing is mixed with private estates interwoven with public sector housing which was originally aimed at the more vulnerable and/or elderly tenants. In about 2006, the local primary school "Shortbrook School", the community centre and the doctor's surgery were burnt out. The surgery was, for a while moved to Owlthorpe then housed in a small green portakabin not far from the original site. Recently the central surgery has been reopened and the portakabin still stands there, unused. Shortbrook Primary has reopened and will have largely new staff from September 2008. Westfield Secondary School was relocated from its former position in Mosborough village and opened its doors on the border of Westfield in 2007. There are still problems with the community facilities.
Recently the former "Golden Keys" public house has been turned into a local community centre or youth "club" in Westfield centre.
The council has now agreed to invest in the recovery of Westfield. They are investing about £50,000. The local Co-op are also investing, as are the Primary Care Trust.
External links[edit]
- MosboroughWeb - Mosborough's Community Website
- Mosborough (ward) in the Domesday Book
- Sources for the history of Mosborough Produced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives


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Short term effects of c-MYC activation on β-cell physiology and glucose homeostasis in the pIns-c-MycERTAM transgenic mouse
Wang, Yi-Fang (2012) Short term effects of c-MYC activation on β-cell physiology and glucose homeostasis in the pIns-c-MycERTAM transgenic mouse. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Injection of 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT) activates the oncogene c-myc in
transgenic pIns-c-MycERTAM mice, triggering β-cell proliferation in the short term as
well as apoptosis and reduced insulin secretion, leading to hyperglycaemia. This
hyperglycaemia is preceded by a short period of hypoglycaemia, which may be
caused by: (i) increased insulin secretion or release from dying cells; (ii) rapid β-cell
proliferation; and (iii) increased insulin sensitivity. This thesis characterizes the
initial stages of the expression of c-MYC in the plns-c-MycERTAM mouse model and
attempts to identify the causes of the transient hypoglycaemia using mathematical
models. Furthermore, microarray data were analysed to investigate the early
hypoglycaemia from the point of view of transcriptomics. The size and mass of β-cells were quantified during the transient period of hypoglycaemia by means of
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Europe is not USA, so you'll have different channels and tv rights in different countries.
Eurosport has Australian, French and US Open here in Romania so I guess all Europe has them on Eurosport 1 and 2? Including the HD versions. Don't know if they buy for all countries, should be a hard fight :).
Wimbledon and all Masters 1000 + London Finals are on a local channel, probably a channel has 1000's and everybody negociates Wimbie sep.
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With the demise of iconic violinist M. S. Gopalakrishnan, the music world has lost a maestro and the audience, a genius
As his fine pernambuco bow caresses the steel strings, the spruce and maple wood, carved some 300 years ago by Giovanni Paulo Maggini (the legendary Italian violin maker), spontaneously yield the sweetest of sounds, saptaswaras in a dazzling dance of complex yet brilliantly clear resonances.
The fingers of his left hand are a blur as they strike fast and precise, their exact pitches and their finest nuances weaving tapestries of perfect musical designs unheard of before. Today, the bow rests; the wood of Maggini has fallen silent. MSG has passed on into the realm of the Gandharvas, as they gleefully welcome him back into their musical dreamlands.
With the demise of Parur M.S. Gopalakrishnan, the Indian music world loses another towering icon. But having said that, MSG (as he is fondly referred to by one and all) was not just an icon. He was, and is, one of the most powerful forces that shaped violin-playing in both Carnatic and Hindustani music since the time the European instrument was introduced into Indian classical music in the late 1800s.
MSG was one of the two illustrious sons of Parur Sundaram Iyer — the other being his elder brother and equally great musician Parur M.S. Anantharaman — the two defined the genre of the violin duo in Carnatic music performance and played together for many decades.
MSG has always attributed his drive for excellence in music to the untiring efforts and disciplinary regimen that his father instilled in him. Ten to 16 hours of practice was on the daily menu for more than 25 years during his student years. But as the teary-eyed elder brother said on Thursday, "MSG was an avataram who was born to play the violin. Wherever I go I always proudly declare to all that I am MSG's brother."
MSG's daughter Narmadha and his many students testify to his exacting drive for perfection and of his relentless pursuit to master the instrument.
Even casual listeners of MSG's music were astounded by his perfection in such a complex and spontaneous art form.Legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin, on listening to MSG's violin once remarked, "A finer violinist I have never heard in all my travels."
Mastery over technique
MSG's adaptation of bowing and fingering techniques from the Western classical tradition, his absolute perfection of both the plain note as well as the ornamentation and graces, the large variety of bow strokes that enhanced the musical gamut of the instrument, his mastery of the 'single finger' left hand technique, the innovations in left hand fingering, especially in the very high registers — the list is endless.
But above all it was the pure sweet sound of his violin, its bright tone that transported listeners to realms of musical ecstasy.And all this he did with amazing ease, with his trademark smile and eyebrows slightly raised in focus belying his immense saadhana.
Though he carved a niche for himself mainly as a solo violinist, MSG has also accompanied all the great vocalists of his and previous generations for more than half a century. His unique style and musical acumen shone forth in his perfect shadowing of G.N. Balasubramaniam's virtuosity, his quick repartees to the Alathur Brothers, his echoing Chembai's strident music, the stentorian Hindustani vocalist Omkarnath Thakur, the soft sowkhyam of Madurai Mani Iyer and the whimsical genius of Flute Mali and Veena Balachander.
His essays of ragas such as Hindolam, Hamsanandi Subhapantuvarali, Kalyani, Sindhubhairavi, or a Hindustani Marubihaag, Miyan ki Todi, Shudh Sarang, and Mand, ring indelibly in the ears of all musicians and connoisseurs alike. Even the most rigid north Indian musicians acknowledge that MSG was the greatest exponent of Hindustani music on the violin.
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MSG's lifestyle, diet and daily routine all underlined a very disarming simplicity. An intense personal discipline, an unfailing commitment to the Hindu spiritual practice, a fine sense of balance and control, an unshakeable personal conviction — these attributes were seen in every aspect of his life.
Hundreds of prestigious awards, including the Padma Bhushan and the Sangita Kalanidhi notwithstanding, he didn't need designer silk kurtas or expensive personal ornaments.
His meals were simple too, and his attire at home or at The Music Academy or The Lincoln Center was the same — a spotless white full-sleeved shirt, a simple white veshti, a thin angavastram, and the trademark pattai vibhuti marking his forehead
Like the tennis firebrand John McEnroe once quipped: "I shall henceforth let my racquet do all the talking," so also did MSG's violin. His violin displayed, for all to see and hear, the unrivalled richness of his technical skills, the wealth of his musical imagination and his repertoire and the majesty of his performance style.
Spurred on by the pioneering efforts of many predecessors such as Dwaram Venkatasamy Naidu and his father Parur Sundaram Iyer, MSG is undoubtedly one of the margadarshis who redefined, and in the process, transformed the art of Indian violin playing.
There is no violinist of worth today who has not been deeply impacted by his immense technical and musical contribution. This big wheel of the great ratha that is Indian music rests today. May it rest in Ananda.
(The author is a violinist and vocalist who performs in both Hindustani and Carnatic styles.)
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The capital city of Texas and the heart of the state, Austin is regarded as a live music hub that makes visitors never want to leave. However, whilst there are a number of visitors who are welcome to return time and time again, the burglary rating of the city indicates that there is a number of unwanted visitors taking liberties and helping themselves to other people's belongings.
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A methodical system of analysis is carried out in order to deliver a clear and succinct ranking system, giving consumers the opportunity to find the company that suits them, based on their individual requirements. ConsumerResearchers takes home safety extremely seriously and wants to help the people of America to understand the importance of protecting both their home and families by installing a proper alarm system.
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WHILE on sabbatical at Berkeley, I was asked by an American student: "How are you doing? Are you having fun?" Finding an opportunity to advertise our country, I said, "Yes, but it's more fun in the Philippines!"
Later, I regretted having answered that way because I realized how ambiguous, ambivalent, and equivocal the word FUN is. You will be surprised to read in the Dictionary of Etymology that the word fun did not originally mean "diversion" or "amusement." For a long time, it meant "a cheat, a trick, or a hoax." I dread the day when "It's more fun in the Philippines" would mean "There are more cheats, hoaxes, and counterfeits in the country." Or worse: "Philippines is a funny country." In 1938, fake dollar bills were called funny money.
But for now, there is no need to fear. Few people read the Dictionary of Etymology, anyway. Judging from the dramatic increase of tourists in the Philippines, the slogan has immensely succeeded in seducing foreigners to come in droves. Who could resist powdery white beaches, the mystical rice terraces, the eerie underground river, immaculate blue skies, and ever-smiling Filipinos? And all these come at bargain-basement prices. An added attraction is the picture of ever-smiling Filipinos whom the ministry of tourism projects as fun-loving. They can squeeze fun out of tragedy.
But lately, our exposure to Western culture has made us equate fun with great expenditure and effort. Many Filipinos dream of going on vacation abroad, seeing places and natural attractions that pale in comparison with those our country is blessed with. So while foreign tourists pay a measly sum for the great fun our country offers, we spend a fortune when we visit their countries. While we pamper tourists with our proverbial brand of hospitality, we find unwelcoming, grouchy, and inattentive people in foreign hotels and restaurants. Worse, they bill us high and use the money to have fun in our country. Or worst, they use the money to BUY our country.
Travel around the Philippines and you will see foreigners owning many of the most pristine and beautiful lands of our country. You see high-class villages and subdivisions inhabited exclusively by foreigners and their families, living luxuriously, getting richer every day because they monopolize business and trade. They don't even make an effort to learn the local language and traditions. They set themselves apart, and with their money and connections with high-ranking government officials, they live in an atmosphere of privilege and entitlement. They see themselves as lords and masters of poor Filipinos who do the menial jobs for them. It is ironic that while the government is contesting ownership of some remote islands in the West Philippine Sea, it is doing nothing to curb the invasion of thousands of foreigners who are here to have fun, and here to stay. The government is selling the Philippines, but selling it short.


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Outside his primary roles as André 3000's partner in OutKast and as one of the central members of the Dungeon Family, Big Boi (born Antwan André Patton) appeared on tracks by Missy Elliott ("All N My Grill"), Trick Daddy ("In da Wind"), Jay-Z ("Poppin' Tags"), Killer Mike ("A.D.I.D.A.S."), Beyoncé ("Hip Hop Star"), Brooke Valentine ("Girlfight"), Sleepy Brown ("Margarita"), and Fantasia ("Hood Boy"). As a solo artist, the MC had a minor hit in 2005 with "Kryptonite (I'm on It)," one of the year's best rap singles; it was the lead single from the officially released showcase for his Purple Ribbon label, the eclectic Got Purp?, Vol. 2, which featured the likes of Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown, as well as protégé Janelle Monáe. Also involved in film (ATL, OutKast's Idlewild, Who's Your Caddy?) and even the stage (he worked with the Atlanta Ballet in 2008), Big Boi prepped his first solo album, the loose and rollicking Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty, which was released on Def Jam in July 2010. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart. Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, issued in December 2012, was just as packed with guest appearances but extended far beyond the realm of rap to involve the likes of Little Dragon, Wavves, and Phantogram.
Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside André 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. Big Boi's solo debut Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was released in July 2010 to respectable sales and critical acclaim. In 2012, he released his second solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.
Early life[edit]
Patton was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah, Georgia, attending Herschel V. Jenkins High School before moving to Atlanta with his Aunt Renne. Eventually he decided to pursue his interest in music at Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts Magnet school.^ "Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton". Flixster.com. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
He had a strong interest in hip hop music, and met André "3000" Benjamin while attending Tri Cities High School in the early-1990s. The two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records.
Patton has often used his lyrics to criticize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world. An example is 2003's "War", a scathing attack on the Bush administration and the War on Terror. Another example is 2008's "Sumthin's Gotta Give" with Mary J. Blige talking about the state of America and Barack Obama.
Solo career[edit]
After four increasingly successful albums as a duo, the members of OutKast chose to make two solo albums, and release them as a double album under the OutKast name. André 3000 released The Love Below and Big Boi Speakerboxxx. The two albums were packaged together as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003. Speakerboxxx featured a style similar to OutKast's previous efforts, while The Love Below explored more offbeat territory, with André 3000 mainly singing rather than his usual rapping. One song from each album was released in September 2003 as a single.
Patton's choice was the single "The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown. It was originally supported by urban radio, but then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as Benjamin's "Hey Ya!". "The Way You Move" supplanted "Hey Ya!" as the #1 song on the US pop charts. The second single from Big Boi's side of the album was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You".
In 2005, Big Boi released a mixtape/compilation album, Got Purp? Vol 2, in conjunction with the Purple Ribbon All-Stars on November 22 through Purple Ribbon Records; Aquemeni Records had become defunct after Benjamin left the company. The first single from the album was "Kryptonite", which reached 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. Patton was also featured on the song "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)", the first single from UGK's album Underground Kingz.
In 2007, after the sixth album under the OutKast name, Idlewild, Big Boi announced plans to release a full-fledged solo album. While he had released a previous solo album in Speakerboxxx, it still was technically under the OutKast name. The album was to be titled Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. The album's first promotional single, "Royal Flush", was released in 2007, and featured Raekwon and André 3000. Over the next few years the album saw many delays, but multiple promotional and video singles were released such as "Shine Blockas" featuring Gucci Mane, "For Yo Sorrows" featuring George Clinton and Too Short and "General Patton" featuring Big Rube. The first official single was "Shutterbugg" featuring Cutty and the second "Follow Us" featuring Vonnegutt. The album was released internationally on July 5. Guest artists include alternative urban songstress Janelle Monáe; Big Boi's own new group Vonnegutt; plus established rappers T.I. and B.o.B. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty received general acclaim from most music critics, earning praise for its inventive sound, varied musical style, and Big Boi's lyricism.
In a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he is working on the follow-up album to Sir Lucious Left Foot, entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, stating that he is "maybe about six songs into it". It is expected for a late-2012 release.
On February 27, 2011, it was announced that Big Boi was creating a joint album along with rappers Mike Bigga and Pill. Later, on April 28, 2011, Big Boi announced that he would be working with Modest Mouse on their upcoming album Strangers to Ourselves. These collaborations have yet to surface.
Big Boi released his second solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors on November 13, 2012. The first single from the album was "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland. The album featured guest appearances from ASAP Rocky, Ludacris, T.I., Little Dragon, Phantogram (band), Kelly Rowland and B.o.B.
Later in 2012, Big Boi revealed that he was already ten songs deep into his third as of now untitled studio album. He reiterated his plans for a new studio album in January 2014.
Big Boi was featured on the Catch The Throne mixtape with the song "Mother of Dragons." The mixtape was released for free download on SoundCloud by HBO on March 7, 2014 to promote the fourth season of Game of Thrones.
On March 21, 2014, it was announced that Big Boi had signed a management deal with Jordan Feldstein's Career Artist Management. On May 10, 2014, it was revealed that Boi had signed a record deal with Epic Records.^ Andrew Gill (20 July 2010). "Big Boi does the Wikipedia Files". wbez.org. Chicago Public Radio. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010. ^ Big Boi interview by Pete Lewis, Blues & Soul, July 2010^ Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2010-07-05.^ Dietz, Jason. July's Best New Music. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2010-07-29.^ Harvilla, Rob. Big Boi Is Not Too Artsy. The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.^ "Twitter / BigBoi: Breaking News !!!!! Title of". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2012-12-10. ^ Rodriguez, Jayson. Big Boi 'Tinkering' With Music For Next Outkast, Solo LPs. MTV. Retrieved on 2010-07-07.^ "Killer Mike, Big Boi and Pill Recording Album Together |". Mauricegarland.com. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-04-28. ^ Breihan, Tom. "Modest Mouse and Big Boi Working Together". Retrieved 1 May 2011. ^ Big Boi Sets Release Date for Upcoming LP paste.com (June 12, 2012)^ "Big Boi Pushes Album to December, Reveals Cover Art". Retrieved 1 November 2012. ^ "Big Boi Reveals Features From "Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors"". Retrieved 10 November 2012. ^ "Big Boi Reveals He's "Ten Songs Deep" Into His Third Solo LP". Retrieved 29 November 2012. ^ "OutKast's Big Boi confirms new solo album | News". Nme.Com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-06-02. ^ "Big Boi - Mother of Dragons". http://www.indieshuffle.com. Retrieved 2014-03-10. ^ "Big Boi Signs New Management Deal: 'We Have a Lot of New Material Coming' (Exclusive)". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-06-02. ^ Paul Cantor. "Big Boi Announces New Record Deal | Paul Cantor". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
Acting career[edit]
Big Boi appeared on Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out Season 3 as one of the many guest stars, as well as guest starring and appearing as a musical guest on Chappelle's Show performing his song "The Rooster". In 2006, he branched into feature film acting, appearing in ATL and Idlewild, followed by a starring role in 2007's Who's Your Caddy?
Big Boi is a playable character in the Def Jam: Icon videogame.
He appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Wildlife", which aired November 18, 2008. Big Boi played hip-hop artist "Gots Money".
He also appeared on ESPN's "First Take" on January 10, 2013.^ Big Boi on Law & Order (VIDEO) StraightFromTheA.com (November 18, 2008)
Multidisciplinary collaborations[edit]
In 2008, Big Boi began a collaboration on a new show with the Atlanta Ballet. The show, entitled big, premiered at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, April 10–13, 2008. The show was performed by Atlanta Ballet dancers, local youth and talent, as choreographed by Lauri Stallings. Music may be performed live onstage during the performance, as it was when the ballet created a live music/dance collaboration with the Indigo Girls.
In 2011, Big Boi was featured by Owl City in one of the four versions of his song, "Alligator Sky". Though the track version featuring Big Boi never made it past the stage of a demo, it was leaked to the internet the same year of the official version of the track.^ Atlanta Ballet^ Big Boi Collaborates with Atlanta Ballet | Spin Magazine Online^ McLendon, Sherri L. (2002). "Indigo Girls Complement Atlanta Dancers. - Atlanta Ballet performs multimedia dance work - dance review". Dance Magazine. ^ "Big Boi enhances Owl City's new single 'Alligator Sky'". Retrieved April 11, 2014.
Personal life[edit]
Patton has been married since 2002 to Sherlita Patton, with whom he has two children: daughter Jordan and son Cross. Another child, a son named Bamboo, is from a previous relationship. Numerous references to the Patton family are present in Big Boi's rhymes. His younger brother James raps under the name "Lil' Brotha", and is a member of hip-hop group Konkrete, while 'Uncle Donell' was 'locked up in prison' (as mentioned in the song ATLiens) but has now been released. His other brothers, Marcus and Jason, also make their way onto some songs as well.
His wife Sherlita Patton is also the co-owner of a clothing boutique in Atlanta, Georgia called PValentine. She co-owns the store with Tracy Valentine. The expensive brands carried by the store and the ties to Big Boi attract many music artists and other celebrities to the store. The store was featured on an episode of MTV's My Super Sweet 16 when R&B artist Chris Brown went for a birthday gift from Big Boi. He is also a registered pit bull breeder.
In August 2011, Patton was returning from a cruise when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement drug dog at the Port of Miami alerted officers. Patton was arrested and charged with illegal possession of the controlled substance MDMA powder. Patton was released from the Miami-Dade County jail on a $16,000 bond.
Politics and endorsements[edit]
In an interview with New York City's Hot 97, Big Boi revealed that the day after the elections, a white woman approached him at an airport and congratulated him on "his win last night" (Referring to Barack Obama winning re-election), to which Big Boi responded, "Bitch, I voted for Gary Johnson." He has since confirmed his libertarian political ideologies.
In 2006, Big Boi founded the Big Kidz Foundation a nonprofit organization to help youth in Atlanta. The Foundation's mission is to provide culturally diverse experiences in the field of humanities while helping create socially conscious youth. In January 2010, Big Boi and the Executive Director, Jennifer Shephard Lester launched the Big Kidz Foundation in Savannah, Georgia.
In 2010, Big Boi launched his custom Chuck Taylor sneakers with Converse. The shoes feature the title of his Def Jam solo album debut: "Sir Lucious Left Foot" on the left, and "Son of Chico Dusty" on the right. His Big Boi logo is featured on the tongue of the shoe.^ Antwan "Big Boi" Patton Arrested! StraightfromtheA.com (August 7, 2011)^ "OutKast member Big Boi arrested in Miami on drug charges". Miami Herald. August 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011. ^ Campbell, Janie (August 7, 2011). "Outkast's Big Boi Jailed On Drug Charges in Miami". NBC Miami. Retrieved 7 August 2011. ^ "Rapper Big Boi: Trashing Obama, praising Gary Johnson · Hammer of Truth". Hammeroftruth.com. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2013-08-08. ^ "Big Boi's Post-Election Racist Moment: "I Voted for Gary Johnson" - Hit & Run". Reason.com. 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2013-08-08. ^ "WATCH: Big Boi Explains He Didn't Vote For Obama". Huffington Post. January 11, 2013. ^ Big Kidz Foundation website/^ "Big Boi Creates Classic Fashion with Converse! Sneaker Honors Star's Unique Style!". UrbLife.com. August 13, 2010.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Be work horses, not show horses. Choose details over drama. The small stuff? Sweat it. And do it fast.
Republicans retaking control of the House in January are getting lessons from veterans of the past two transitions of power on Capitol Hill — 1994, when the GOP last took control of Congress, and 2006, when Democrats grabbed it back. Lesson No. 1: They have a short window to convince the public they're serious about changing the way Washington works.
DETROIT (AP) — Strong profits on new cars and trucks helped General Motors Co. earn $2 billion in the third quarter, enhancing the company's appeal as it nears next week's initial public stock offering.
The third-quarter earnings of $1.20 per share nearly match what GM made in the first two quarters of the year combined, aided by profits from overseas and healthy revenue from North America, the company said Wednesday. The earnings were boosted by higher prices from newly introduced models such as the Buick LaCrosse, a midsize luxury sedan.
The Los Alamos Hilltopper volleyball team is the top seed in Pool D for the 2010 state playoffs.
The state Class AAAA playoffs will start Thursday at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho.
Los Alamos, the District 2AAAA champion, earned a No. 4 overall seed in the state tournament, which gets going with the pool play round Thursday. In its pool, it will face fifth-seeded Piedra Vista and 12th-seeded Aztec.
The Los Alamos Hilltopper football team's push in the last three games of the regular season didn't seem to impress the New Mexico Activities Association.
The Hilltoppers were left out of the postseason draw in Class AAAA for 2010. The NMAA released the state playoff brackets this weekend.
Exactly one week following the official opening of the New Mexico prep basketball preseason, the New Mexico High School Coaches Association put out its preseason top 10 rankings.
The Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team got a top-10 nod in the preseason top 10, while the Hilltopper boys basketball team earned nary a sniff.
The Hilltopper girls, who advanced to the Class AAAA state quarterfinals last season, finished in the ninth spot in the 2010-11 preseason voting.
When you think of ways to reduce the amount of waste you generate, you probably think about recycling, and using more reusable items, but people rarely think about composting.
Composting is one of the major Los Alamos County initiatives in the community-wide effort to reduce waste and create a more sustainable community. In fact, on an annual basis composting results in the diversion of around 3,000 tons, which is more than double the average tons recycled through the curbside recycling program.
Some amount of stress is inevitable in life and positive stress can also be helpful to thrive in life. But uncontrollable stress is the major concern that may cause harm. When you feel stressed, your body always reacts to it. As medically proven, long term stress damages your body seriously and causes various chronic ailments.
My favorite epoch in Earth history is the Ice Age, the time in which saber tooth tigers and giant mastodons roamed the world. The Ice Age ended 10,000 years ago when – quite abruptly – the bitter temperatures of the time gave way to our present, balmy epoch.
Natural history museums often have the skeletal remains of Ice Age mammals. They are enough to inspire awe in part because many of the species alive during that time were much bigger than modern animals. The Ice Age was a time of giant deer and moose, with a species of beaver as large as a modern black bear.
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Los Alamos County Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Community Building at 20th and Central Avenue. The meeting is open to the public.
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Welcome to the Tangalooma Whale Watch Blog.
Here, you can keep up to date with all of the action aboard our whale watching boat, and learn some interesting facts from our Eco Rangers.
That's it, the last cruise of our whale watch season done and dusted. It's been an amazing year for us as we've once again broken our records. We sighted a total of 812 humpback whales this year including 65 newborn calves! Our sighting numbers have been increasing steadily over the past few years with 695 whales sighted in 2012 and 761 in 2013. This is a good indication of the increasing population size of the East Australian humpback whales of around 10% every year. It certainly is fantastic to be able to watch this population of whales recovering so well after they were hunted to the brink of extinction in the 1950s and 60s.
But of course it has not only been the humpback whales we saw this year. Other animals sighted included three species of dolphins (inshore and offshore bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins), three species of sea turtles (green, loggerhead and hawksbill turtles), dugongs, hammerhead sharks, flying fish and countless different sea and shore birds.
That's what makes Moreton Bay such an amazing place for whale watching. We can guarantee you'll see humpback whales, but you never know what else might pop up as well! This area is amazingly diverse in terms of marine life and rightfully protected as a marine park. We all need to do our part and look after this incredible environment to have all these beautiful animals around for future generations to enjoy as well.
We'll be saying good-bye to the whales and their spectacular antics for now, and are already looking forward to welcoming them back in June 2015!
We are now into the last week of our whale watching season for this year, but there are certainly still whales around! Today we had a very active pod of three adults and a young calf that we spotted breaching and splashing around from quite a distance away. All of them (including the baby) showed off some very high breaches. At one point, two adults and then the calf all jumped out of the water in a row, one after the other! The mother also displayed a few big tail lobs and tail slaps.
Once the whales had calmed down a bit they actually turned straight towards us and swam right under the boat several times for a nice good look at us. Then they continued travelling South for a while. Just when I thought they had settled into slow travel mode, one of the adults displayed another massive breach, right up out of the water, only about 50m off the boat! Right after that the pod split up and one of the adults swam north very quickly while the other three continued on their southward journey. Certainly made us wonder what had been going on under water.
It may have been two adult males following the mother with her calf, competing with each other. Maybe that big breach at the end was the bigger male staking his claim and chasing the other one off. Breaches are often considered to be a sign of strength or dominance between competing males.
Whatever the reason, it was certainly an impressive display for us to watch!
Moreton Bay really put on a show for us today. Beautiful sunshine, clear glassy calm seas, and an abundance of marine life out and about! In addition to six humpback whales including a young calf, we also saw several Green, Loggerhead and Hawksbill Sea Turtles, a few inshore bottlenose dolphins and a couple of beautiful big birds of prey (Brahminy and Whistling Kites).
Moreton Bay boasts an incredible diversity of marine life, due to its location in an area of overlap between tropical and temperate zones. Warm and cold water species of flora and fauna mix in this area, making the bay and some of its reefs (like Flinders Reef off the northern end of Moreton Island) more diverse than the Great Barrier Reef in terms of numbers of species per square metre.
We are very lucky to still have substantial populations of large marine vertebrates like dugongs, turtles, dolphins etc., in the bay. This is by no means common around the world anymore, especially so close to a major urban centre (the city of Brisbane). Coastal populations of marine animals are in decline everywhere around the world, mostly due to human impacts.
That's why Moreton Bay is protected as a marine park, but it is really up to each and every one of us to do our bit to make sure that these beautiful animals stay around for future generations to enjoy as well. Simple things we can all do to help out include boating and fishing responsibly and reducing rubbish by reusing and recycling and putting it in the bin or picking it up when we see it out in the environment.
What a glorious day on the water today! We had barely rounded Comboyuro Point to the northern end of Moreton Island before we spotted several pods of humpback whales splashing around in the distance. Before long we were surrounded by three pods that were all breaching!
We had a single adult jumping out right next to the boat providing some great photo opportunities. Meanwhile, another pod of two whales showed off two double breaches with both whales jumping out at the same time! Those two then continued to display several other behaviours, including pectoral flipper slapping, tail slapping, and tail lobbing.
To finish off we then found a few pairs of mothers and calves, with one of the babies rolling around at the surface slapping it's little flippers. All in all, a great day out with a total of 14 whales spotted!
We are now into the last month of our whale watch season, but there are still plenty of whales coming through! We saw a total of eight humpback whales today and we didn't even have to go far, we found the first pair, a mother and calf, barely 10 minutes into the cruise, right off Tangalooma Resort!
Today we saw several individuals that had quite distinct colour patterns and markings. Humpback whales are generally black and white, black on the back and white on the belly. This is a form of camouflage in marine animals known as countershading. The black back blends in with the deep water below, the white belly with the sunlit surface above. But there is a lot of variation to the colour pattern, between populations and also between individuals. For example, humpbacks in the northern hemisphere tend to be much darker, mostly black, whereas ours down here tend to be on average half and half black and white. And different individuals have different amounts of black or white on them as well. Today we saw a mother and calf pair of which the mum had quite a lot of white up her flanks. You could see her white sides shining through the water before she would surface. She also had quite distinct patterns of patches and black lines and other markings in the white of her flanks. Her calf had the typical creamy white colouration of young calves, it was probably less than a month or so old.
Later we saw another pod of three adult whales, one of which also had very distinct white scarring and other markings all over his back. These colour patterns allow us to tell individuals apart quite easily and allows scientists to track individuals over time and learn important information about the population.
If you've been thinking about coming out on a whale watching cruise, now is the time! With only one month left to the whale watching season, the humpback whales have been in top form lately, putting on an amazing show for us every day. On top of that we've been seeing pods of three different species of dolphins almost every day as well.
Mostly it's been the Common Dolphins lately that have been entertaining us with their fast-paced antics. But today we were joined by a pod of about 15 big offshore bottlenose dolphins! Offshore and inshore bottlenose dolphins used to be classed as the one species but recently, with more genetic research being done, they have been split into two. In fact, inshore bottlenose dolphins are actually more closely related to spinner and spotted dolphins than to offshore bottlenose. This certainly makes sense when you look at them, as they are quite distinct. The offshores are darker in colour than their inshore cousins (like the ones that come visit us at Tangalooma) and much larger and bulkier. And after we've been watching the small agile common dolphins these past few days, the offshore bottlenose looked so massive and powerful when they came up to the boat today to surf the bow and the wake!
As for the humpback whales, they were very active today, displaying pretty much every behaviour in the book! We watched full-body breaches, tail slaps, tail lobs, head lunges, and we even saw a mother and calf pair of whales do a double breach together! It was amazing to see the big mum and her little baby breaching next to each other at the same time! The main reason for breaching is thought to be for communication or signalling between different pods, but in this case we got the feeling that the calf was just having a great time and may have been practicing its breaches and lunges. And the mother seemed to be teaching her little one how to make a splash!
What a stunner of a day today! Not a cloud in the sky, calm seas, and the marine life certainly put on a show for us as well! We saw two pods of 30-odd Common Dolphins each, that played all around our boat, several sea turtles surfacing for a breath of air and a total of eight humpback whales. The first pair of whales came right up close, passing by our stern within touching distance, showing off just how big they are! The second pod was very active, displaying some big head lunges and breaches. And to finish off we had a pod that included a very playful young calf that was throwing its tail out of the water repeatedly, splashing around next to mum. So all the highlights in one cruise with different pods showing different behaviours, making for some wonderful photo opportunities!
We are very lucky that we have all this beautiful marine life still, right on the doorstep of Brisbane! Large populations of large marine animals like dolphins, whales, turtles etc. are by no means common around the world anymore. Especially those living in nearshore areas close to major cities are generally declining everywhere. This is due to human impacts such as boat strikes, fishing gear entanglement, overfishing, pollution and declines in water quality. Our marine animals are facing many threats these days and we all need to do our part to reduce these. Simple things we can all do in our day to day lives includes boating and fishing responsibly – slow down when there's wildlife around and follow local fishing regulations. Also reducing household chemicals such as cleaning products and purchasing those that are eco-friendly and low in phosphates to reduce the amount of chemicals and nutrients that enter our waterways. And one of the most important ones would be to reduce rubbish! Reduce, reuse, recycle, say NO to plastic bags or plastic bottles and try to cut any unnecessary plastics out of your day to day life. Obviously put rubbish in the bin and "take 3 for the sea"! If each one of us Australians picked up three pieces of rubbish every time we went to the beach, that's almost 70 million items that don't end up in the ocean and don't kill marine life! So try to "take 3 for the sea" whenever you go to the beach or even every day! Small actions like these do add up to make a big difference!
We had an interesting whale watch today, spending around an hour with a very active humpback whale. The young female was on her own, and she was continuously pectoral flipper slapping and breaching in a very distinct repetitive order. She would slap her flipper onto the water seven or eight times in a row, then she would arch her back and go down for a deep dive, only to come up with a massive breach, jumping high in the air, twisting and crashing down onto her back. Then she'd resurface and start pectoral fin slapping again, seven or eight times, followed by another big breach. She kept repeating this sequence for around an hour, continuously!
It was great for us as her behaviour was quite predictable so everyone managed to get some fantastic photos. But certainly made us wonder about the reasons for her display. These surface active behaviours are generally considered to be a form of communication between pods of whales. We did see another whale off in the distance that was also breaching and pec slapping and our female was slowly heading towards that other whale, so they were probably signalling to each other. But the stereotypical sequence of her display was certainly quite striking, it almost reminded me of Morse code! Seven short splashes, one big long splash...?
Unfortunately deciphering animal communication systems or "language" is very complex and difficult but days like today certainly make me wish I "spoke whale" and could figure out what they are saying to each other.
One of the main things that always amaze me when we're out there with the whales or dolphins, is how curious, playful and quite obviously intelligent these animals are. Today we saw two examples of that. We had a very close encounter with a mother humpback whale with a small calf. The baby would have been less than a month old but the mother was quite unafraid of our boat. To the contrary, she actually turned and swam straight towards us with her calf. They dived right under the boat, came out the other side, then turned again and swam straight past our stern. They were quite obviously checking us out. Maybe she was teaching the baby what a boat is and how to behave around it. Humpback whale calves stay close to their mum's side for the first year or two of their lives and during that time they learn a lot of behaviours from her.
Later on in the cruise we were watching two pods of five and three adult whales, when a pod of about 15 common dolphins arrived. The dolphins were clearly in a playful mood! Some of them came up to ride our boat, others were jumping out of the waves behind us, and some went straight up to the three humpback whales and started swimming around them. They were bowriding right in front of the whales' heads, swimming fast circles around them, clearly quite excited to play with them. I always imagine, for the resident dolphins that live in this area, the humpback whales that arrive in the winter months are probably just as much of an exciting novelty as they are for us!
We had a beautiful day today with so much different marine life around! We saw five humpback whales that included a young calf as well as a pair of adults that came nice and close to the boat to check us out.
But the highlight today was an encounter with a big group of over 30 common dolphins! These beautiful dolphins are always very agile and energetic, and this pod was certainly no exception! They raced up to us to ride the bow, leaping high out of the water all around. They even had two tiny young calves with them which were just as active as the adults, porpoising through the water next to their mums. One of them even jumped high up into the air several times in a row! It was probably the cutest thing I've ever seen – there were "awwwws" all around!
To finish off a day of great sightings we also had a close-up look at a beautiful green sea turtle near Flinders Reef. It surfaced right next to the boat for several breaths of air before diving back down. Sea turtles can live to over 150 years of age and this was quite a large animal, around a metre in shell length, so she may have been well over 100 years old! Imagine all the things she would have seen in her life! Hopefully she will live for another 50!
We are well and truly into the Southern migration of the humpback whales now, and into my favourite part of the whale watching season: when the mothers with young calves make their way back south from the breeding grounds off Northern Queensland back to the feeding grounds off Antarctica. Over the last week we have seen a total of 12 young calves from this year's season.
Newborn humpback whale babies are about 3 to 5 metres long and weigh over a ton. Which sounds like a lot but when you see them next to their 15 metre mothers, they look more like a big dolphin than a whale. They tend to be lighter in colour for the first month or two, often even a creamy white colour, until they darken up on the back to eventually the same black and white colour pattern as the adults. They also have a very short rostrum or head which always makes them look a bit scrunched up or stumpy (in a cute way!) compared to the long head of the adults.
When we see the calves here, on the southern migration, they tend to be about a month or two old. They would have been born further north, around the Great Barrier Reef Islands where the mothers would have spent a few weeks resting with them before starting the long journey back south to Antarctica. So when we get to see them here, they are kind of like human toddlers: full of energy! Of course that makes them so much fun for us to watch – nothing like seeing a baby whale launch itself out of the water over and over and over...
That was certainly our highlight today as well: watching a pod of two mother-calf pairs travelling South. One of the mothers did a lot of pectoral flipper slapping and both calves were very active as well. They were both throwing their tails around, slapping them onto the water and head lunging out of the water. These calves already had the typical black and white colour pattern of the adult humpbacks but they were both still very small, definitely from this season, and very cute to watch!
Wow, today's whale watch had pretty much all the highlights you could ask for! We racked up a total of 15 humpback whales and also saw inshore bottlenose, as well as common dolphins that came and hung out with us and the whales for a while. The humpbacks included four big adults that were travelling South. They got quite interested in us and kept swimming right under the boat, playing peak-a-boo, surfacing on either side of us. They even did a few big spy hops, lifting their large heads right up out of the water to have a good look at everyone on the boat. It seemed they had as much fun interacting with us as we did with them!
We also found a pod of three mother-and-calf-pairs that were all travelling together! I've never actually seen several mums and calves together like that, you tend to see them on their own or accompanied by another adult. But one of the three calves, a little female, was very active and excited. She did a few high breaches, right up out of the water, and also tail lobs, throwing her tail across the surface. At one point her mother was lying on her side, slapping her big flippers on the water, at the same time as the baby was tail lobbing! So much fun to watch!!
What a fantastic day to be out on the water, surrounded by so much beautiful marine life!
Today we had more of a dolphin watch than a whale watch... We did see three humpback whales, a mother and juvenile plus an escorting adult, who we spent a while with. But suddenly a huge pod of 50+ common dolphins came in and approached the whales!
Common dolphins are more of an oceanic, deep water species so it's always exciting when they show up close to the coast for us. They are beautiful dolphins with a bright yellow stripe along the side and they are a bit smaller and sleeker than the bottlenose dolphins. Commons are often found in larger pods and they seem to absolutely LOVE bowriding! This pod came up the whales and started swimming in front of them to get a ride. We often see whales starting to roll around and play with dolphins that approach them but these three seemed to be completely uninterested. They just slowly cruised on and the dolphins were getting bored of them within a few minutes.
Instead, the whole pod of 50 dolphins came over to us and started milling around our bow. Knowing that these guys love to surf, we carefully started speeding up a little and sure enough, the dolphins immediately got excited and started bowriding. There were even quite a few young calves amongst them, surfing away next to their mothers! We continued to play with them for a good 40 minutes! I don't know who was having more fun, the dolphins bowriding, surfing and leaping out of the water, or us watching and cheering them on!
We had quite an exciting whale watch today! We saw 21 humpback whales in total and most of them were in the throws of courtship displays! After a couple of smaller groups we came across a big pod of seven whales consisting of a mother and calf and five other adults, presumably all males. The calf was only small, probably from this season so only a month or two old. In which case the mum wouldn't be quite ready to mate again just yet, as she will be nursing this calf for at least a year to 18 months. Usually they have a new baby on average every two to three years. Only very rarely do they give birth in consecutive years. But these males seemed to be keen to take their chances, they were right behind the mum, following her every twist and turn as she just seemed to be trying to get away!
When they eventually started giving up and splitting up into smaller groups, we spotted another whale breaching off in the distance. As we approached that one, we noticed lots of other whales in all directions doing the same, heading straight for the breacher. Obviously that one must have been signalling to them, calling them in, and he or she continued breaching until there were a total of seven whales that had come together. They all then started to travel on together, in one big group. It was very interesting to see and certainly shows that the breaching is a form of communication or signalling. But it does make you wonder what exactly the whale was telling the others!


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As the saying goes, what happens on holiday stays on holiday.Originally Posted by mumof2, post: 290279
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Have a great time :D
If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together.......
there is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is, even if we're apart...... I'll always be with you.
Winne the Pooh - A A Milne
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours,
no matter how close or far apart you may be.
A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care.
A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
Steven is 9 and has met some of the others but not since he was a toddler.
Willow is 5 and Lucy is 2 and they both love cuddles.
My dogs are broken.


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Union Minister for Power Piyush Goyal said here on Monday that a record breaking high temperature of 47 degrees and a hailstorm had led to the power crisis in Delhi.
Acknowledging that there has been an inadequate distribution of power in the city, he said "The absence of proper investment in the power transmission and distribution has made the redundancy of power grid so fragile that it is difficult for it to handle an overload of the type that was witnessed with 47 degrees temperature, a record of 62 years."
He added that the main problem is not of power, but of proper distribution.
"When I explored the problem with local state government I found that there was no problem of adequate power available to the state government. I offered that we are ready to provide as much power as they want from the center but their problem was to transmit power within Delhi and distribute it among people," said Goyal, while addressing a press conference on Monday.
"Taking into account the problem, I have called all power grid officers from all over the world to Delhi and also got spare parts airlifted to Delhi. They successfully finished all work of repairing the damaged lines on time without any delay," he added.
He also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ordered Lieutenant Governor to prepare an action plan to provide time bound distribution.
In the end, he pressed upon the need to bring a state government as soon as possible saying that it's the state government's job not the central government's to distribute power properly in the capital. "The reason behind the crisis is that Delhi is getting 8000 mega watt electricity instead of the provided 20000 mega watt," said Goyal.
"I can provide power supply but there are no distribution lines," he added.