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Layout of Hole 10
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Hole # 10: Par 4, 407 Yds.
Pro's Advice: This hole is nicknamed The Keyhole. Teeing off a knoll to the south east of the clubhouse, the golfer must thread through a 80ft. gap between giant hemlocks about 125 yards out. Your landing area is next to the oak trees on the right hand side of the fairway. this leaves 150-175 yards to the green. With little room behind the green, landing short is not a bad idea. Don't go left, because a pond about 50 yards in front of the green will make you wish you were a slicer instead of a hooker. Par here is an excellent score.
Naturalist's Advice: You have a view once more into the dark, still depths of the hemlock forest on your left. The forward tees are next to a fascinating tall yellow birch. It first sprouted out of an old pine roots that now surround the stump, but eventually had to put down larger externally exposed roots that now surround the stump. Your view into the hemlock forest is just a foretaste of the ride from the 10th to the 11th, under the catherdral like canopy of hemlock and yellow birch. An open and airy landing zone awaits south of the main grove of hemlocks. Scattered yellow birch standing free on the left of the fairway glimmer with gold in the fall.
Layout of Hole 11
Hole # 11: Par 5, 518 Yds.
Pro's Advice: After a pleasant trip through the hemlocks you will be able to use your driver here, but don't go too far. A fade, or even a shot over the trees could set you up for a possible eagle attempt. The further down the fairway you are on the left hand side, the more green you will see. With 240 yards, downhill, to the center point of the turn, this may prove deceptive. If you leave your drive on the right hand side, you will have to lay up further back than you would probably want to. With a fairly level green, a low running shot hit too hard will end up in the vegetation behind the green.
Naturalist's Advice: In front of the tees, (where no golf balls ought to be!), the hillside was seeded in wildflowers-some did not survive through our severe climate, but the lupines have enjoyed this location and spread and prospered, to look like a mountain hillside in the Himalyas. One golfer said this spot made her want to sing like Maria from "The Sound of Music", in the Alps! The first landing zone is flanked at its rear by two small natural ponds, each with different flowers. The second landing zone is near the maintenance buildings, built with vertical logs that "turn their back" to the eleventh fairway to shield the utility area. This is the same construction method as some of the resort's recent buildings, and the golf club's buildings, including the pumphouse for the irrigation. The logs came off the golf course land when it was logged for those funny shaped eighteen clearcuts during the "forestry" stage of Teal Wing. They were then milled right on the property by a young couple with a portable sawmill. We like the natural look, and we love the efficiency of never transporting the lumber!
Layout of Hole 12
Hole # 12: Par 4, 346 Yds.
Pro's Advice: The wide landing zone across the swamp rises gently, bermed in the back, but asks the golfer for a decision: the dogleg is quite sharp and cutting the corner could cut yardage but with extra risk of more marsh and narrower landing. A massive rock profides a target on the first landing zone, but in a narrower part of the fairway for those who length is not reliable. Perhaps a shorter shot to the wider part of the fairway might be a wiser choice. The green is larger, but a mind boggler, with tiers to negotiate! A maple is stragically located for the target to the green. The golfer then crosses our entrance road to the five holes on the west.
Naturalist's Advice: This hole carries over a large area of marsh hay. This natural pond that is much more stable in water height than some of nature's other water reserves, around here, (it is actually at the level of Teal Lake) and grows a different type of vegetation. This marsh hay was harvested in Fall, on showshoes, by the early loggers in this area, to be fed to horses through the winter. The green has bee rebuilt and raised, up from an old gravel pit that built Hwy 77 back in the 1940's. The huge boulder on your right is larger than you think. Moved here from hundreds of miles away by the ice age, it is about 12 feet tall. We had to dig down 12 feet, and dig a channel to roll it in with two huge bulldozers. That was as far as we could get it! White pine stumps were found here too, in the middle of the fairway, but we could not save those as we did on #6! However, some younger white pine grow on the left, left as a reminder of the old Pinery.
Layout of Hole 13
Hole # 13: Par 3, 139 Yds.
Pro's Advice: Sharply downhill, this hole will demand acute attention to your distance judgement and club selection. The two distinct levels of this green have four feet of elevation change from front to back. The pin placement will be crucial to your club decision. Just leaving your tee shot on the wrong level, not to mention one of the huge bunkers, will make par almost impossible.
Naturalist's Advice: Nicknamed Puck's Pocket, playing downhill, through a wooded glen, this little pond is known for the noisy "tree peepers" (frogs) that are the first herald of the northland spring. Being by the entrance road, we hear them here first. The "no moving" hill on the left, with its wildflowers, is a true north country meadow vegetation. This was sodded, not seeded, lifted from a long neglected hay field and this is just as we brought it in. We used a lot of this sod on the course as one of several methods of erosion control during construction. Other methods were: (i) black silt fencing, staked carefully, with a catch pocket at the bottom, (ii) sowing oats, as they germinated very fast with a vigorious root structure, that held the younger tenderer, and slower roots of bluegrass (then the oats was killed by mowing), (iii) matting laid over seeded areas (this was mostly in areas destined to be roughs). The sodding was the best method, but also the most consuming of labor and time. we bought no sod, just used our farm field sod (native bluegrass, and then cultivated it later through slit seeding, mowing, etc, etc. It all took time!
Layout of Hole 14
Hole # 14: Par 4, 410 Yds.
Pro's Advice: Tee off parallel to the entrance road, over gently rolling terrain to a hilltop green. You can actually see the green through the old highline cut to your left, but you must go around the dogleg and play the fairway. This view is just a teaser! A long high drive from the tees will invite an adventurous golfer over a grove of young balsams, to a large landing zone beginning at 200 yards away. Otherwise, the safer route is to play a short shot down the fairway. The uphill green poses a big risk/reward senario. A second shot off the right side leaves you a difficult third shot up the hill. The smarter you play 14, the lower your score.
Naturalist's Advice: The grove of young balsams, with young white birch interspersed, is typical of the natural recovery of the north country vegetation where there was a clearing for an old road that came through here. The thick dense recovery growth is ideal for some smaller wildlife. The older woods harbor different species, and the really mature forest harbors almost no wildlife! Halfway down this fairway, we discovered what we must be a trunk highway for the wildlife getting to the pond on #15, and to the lake-we repeatedly saw the footprints in the dirt as we tried to grown golf turf! The wildlife have very definited travel routes that are not easily disrupted!
Layout of Hole 15
Hole # 15: Par 3, 149 Yds.
Pro's Advice: Our "signature hole"! Overlooking an almost-island peninsula with a shamrock shaped green, four tees are up the hill, the purple tee down below where water is less of a hazard. Shooting long or right will see a splash! There is nothing tricky about this hole: what you see is what you get! The wind above the sheltering trees will determine your choice of iron.
Naturalist's Advice: Remnants of a beaver lodge are behind the green. Before the golf course was built, this peninsula was wooded until it was denuded in two years of hungry beaver. The beaver first took all the white birch, but then came in to cut oaks. While the U.S. Forest Service said beaver will cut oak, the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources said the beaver would never fell an oak (we had already lost two oaks on the right of this pond, and only just saved a third by girdling it with chicken wire which you will still see as you leave this green, on the right of the path to #16.) For years, this pond was stocked with trout each year, but as the beaver cut the shade trees, the temperature rose and one day the whole pond went "belly up". As the humans discussed how to clear up this stinking mess, Mother Nature put the word out on her internet: within 48 hours of announcing the smorgasbord, the animal kingdom arrived. Otters, eagles, blue herons, skunks, fox. Within 72 hours the party was over and the pond surrounds were totally clean! It was quite a tourist attraction, but not one we could announce, or would ever wish to repeat.
Layout of Hole 16
Hole # 16: Par 4, 369 Yds.
Pro's Advice: This hole has different locations for tees, due to the carry across the deep pond. It is quite intimidating from the furthest tee, but an optical illusion of length from the others. Keep to the right side of the fairway, especially if attempting a birdie (which is quite possible here). A young, vibrant yellow birch will be your target behind the green if you are too far left on the hillside to get a good view. Don't worry about length off the tee-just choose a club you know you can hit straight to get it over the water. Once over, it is not far to the green.
Naturalist's Advice: Look to your right from the elevated tees, across about 700 feet of swamp, with a thin ridge of trees, and over the full extent of Teal Lake to the west. This golf course can not be seen at all from the lake, in keeping with our philosophy for shoreline guest homes-nobody out on the lake would have any idea that Teal Wing exists. We want the lake to look as much like it did in the 40's as can reasonably be done today. The black bear's favorite blackberry patch is nestled on the left beneath another grove of ancient hemlocks. In the early Fall, you can see the bear hair on the brambles when he has been over for supper. The gigantic ferns in the wetland on the right, just after the landing zone, are rather dramatic and primeval. We had a hard time protecting them from erosion during construction, but we think they will recover.
Layout of Hole 17
Hole # 17: Par 4, 346 Yds.
Pro's Advice: #17 plays from ridge to ridge, amid a maple grove. A gentle, rolling hole, a relaxer, it has sentinel maple on the right of the fairway at about 250 yards from green to tee. The green rests just above the pond you played across on #16, with a tucked away feeling. Hitting it straight is vital on this hole, but the further down the fairway you are, the better off you are. This small green accepts a bad shot like water off a duck's back! If you do not think you can get on from where you are at, lay up for a small chip shot. To reach the 18th and final hole, the golfer must cross #14, just in front of the tees. Please be aware of the play on #14, stop at the signs, and be cautious.
Naturalist's Advice: You are in the most likely place to see the red fox at the tees here, especially early in the season. A fox den had been in the banks between the right side of #17 tees and the entrance road for many years. The adult fox are seen coming and going, busy hunting for the kit's supper in the deeper woods to the right and in the woods behind you. The young kits frollick on this hillside in the sunshine in May, and are frequently seen up on these tees in June. They have become quite used to humans and do not spook easily.
Layout of Hole 18
Hole # 18: Par 5, 544 Yds.
Pro's Advice: A gentle uphill but long finishing hole, nicknamed "Boot Hill" for the long terminal ride of western cowboys! Gold plays out of a narrow chute, more forward tees are more open. The boulder you see in front of you is like a gunsight-getting over it will set you up for a lay-up second shot, but hitting the boulder will feel like you just shot yourself in the foot. From the gold tees it is 225 yards away. A stringer of three sand traps near the green on your left should encourage you to play right-hillier, but better than buried in deep traps. Finally, climb the steeper slope to the clubhouse, parallel tothe entry road, where the eighteenth green perches on the hilltop.
Naturalist's Advice: Most golfers never look back, especially once the last of the group has played, whatever the tee-they are looking ahead to their landing spot. So most golfers will remain unaware of the intimate, wooded Ross' family grave yard on your right, where two generations are interned. When someone asked Tim about this, he replied all those buried here were hospitality/resort folk and would be delighted to know you were enjoying their woods! The fairway curves gently to the right, passing huge trees that had already spread their branches before the golf course was contemplated. The landing zone area here was cleared again in the 1910's to provide space for the first assembling of log cabins and main lodge. Like lincoln logs, they brought in the logs, cut doors and windows, numbered them, disassembled, and moved them in to build Big Pine, Hemlock, and the Main Lodge. This was a Finnish crew, with Finnish building methods, which was recently everified by modern Finnish tourists.


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LightWave 10 Review: A New Beginning
A few of my co-workers have been having mechanical issues with their vehicles recently, and it got me thinking about how reliable my truck has been over the years. In 1999, I purchased my very first brand new vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado Z71 Sportside pickup truck. I've had zero issues, and the truck just keeps on performing. I jokingly tell people that I'll be buried in it. I know... spoken like a true Texan!
The thing is, it's rare these days to be able to rely on anything for any real length of time. The only other purchase I've made that has been equally as reliable has been NewTek's LightWave 3D. Back in 1995, picked up my first copy of LightWave (version 5.0) and have been producing content with LightWave ever since. Throughout the years, NewTek has released updates to the software that has allowed it to remain key player in broadcast television production, film visual effects, video game development, print graphics and visualization. The latest discovery was the character modeling work of Ten 24 "Dead Island."
NewTek's latest update, LightWave 10, was released late last year, and it's been a great production boost to the work I've been doing recently. I'd like to share with you some of the tools and enhancements that are now available.
What's New?
When you launch LightWave 10, you immediately experience the updated user interface, which has undergone subtle changes that deliver more dynamic user experience via features like interactive channel sliders, added control for custom colors, and numerous workflow enhancements. This is the handiwork of Matt Gorner, a familiar name in the LightWave community and a new member of the LightWave development team.
A feature new to LightWave 10 that hasn't really gotten a lot of press, but has made a massive impact on a project I'm currently involved in is the SpriteGen animation saver. For the past several months, I've been working at FunGoPlay in New York with a team of LightWave artists on a new concept in online gaming where kids ages six to 11 get points controlling their artificial characters in computer space, and then use real-life gaming equipment like soccer balls and footballs containing microchips to gain additional points playing outside with members of their own social network.
All of the character assets in the world are modeled, textured, rigged and animated with LightWave 3D, which is a proven tool in our production pipeline. The project faced a massive challenge when we were tasked with generating the hundreds of thousands of sprite sheets needed to bring the characters to life in the world. With LightWave 10's Sprite-Gen feature, our rendering department was able to shave days off each week's rendering workload. For FunGoPlay, SpriteGen alone has saved the project's production schedule and has freed the render wranglers' time allowing them to focus on other areas of production. If you need to generate sprite sheets, LightWave 10 becomes your one stop shop.
One of the most groundbreaking and user favorite features introduced in LightWave 10 is the Viewport Preview Renderer (VPR). This feature allows you to turn any of your Layout viewports into a real-time interactive renderer. VPR gives you real-time feedback as you adjust items in your scene and is a massive time saver. One of the biggest "Holy Cow" moments I've experienced using LightWave 10 was when I loaded a scene that had several particle emitters with HyperVoxels applied to them, and they were displayed real-time within the VPR viewport. I immediately gave Volumetric Lights and FiberFX a go and was equally as impressed when they were displayed. These were features I thought would be a couple of years away from being displayed in real-time.
I experienced some additional surprises with VPR as well. For instance, it allows me to generate accurate animation previews extremely fast, and the OpenGL Overlay viewport option lets me display OpenGL controls, bones and more right on top of the real-time render. This has proven invaluable for posing characters for the high resolution images I've been creating recently.
When creating stills for creative reviews at work, I have found that I don't even bother generating a traditional render anymore since LightWave 10 added the snapshot button to the taskbar of each viewport. Simply activate VPR for any given viewport and click the snapshot icon, and it instantly saves an image. How simple is that?
After about a week of using LightWave 10, I found myself always having at least one viewport set to VPR with no real performance hit. It completely changes Lighting and Surfacing in LightWave, and I can only imagine the impact it will have on newer users who are experiencing lighting and surfacing attributes for the first time.
With 3D Stereoscopic being the hot item these days, LightWave 10's new Anaglyph Stereoscopic Preview option is sure to be a production pleaser. LightWave has had the ability to produce stereoscopic rendering for years, but with this real-time interocular, red-blue anaglyphic separation, it now delivers the ability to view changes as they happen in the Camera viewport. The days of test renders have become a distant memory.
Industry veteran Rob Powers (Tintin, Avatar), recently joined NewTek as VP of 3D Development, and I'm sure his experience working in the Virtual Art Department (VAD) for Avatar played a major role in the development of LightWave 10's Virtual Studio Tools. This toolset allows you to gain a true "on location" experience through interaction with massive 3D scenes in real time with control of light placement and camera directly in your 3D application. LightWave now supports InterSense Virtual Camera Tracking System and 3Dconnexion 3D mouse, allowing interaction with models and scenes in real time.
LightWave has been used in mixed pipelines at studios around the globe for years, and that's never been easier than now with LightWave 10's data interchange enhancements. LightWave's MDD file format has been a favorite for transferring animation data across multiple software pipelines, and in LightWave 10 the format has been enhanced to include support for Autodesk Geometry Cache, FBX, COLLADA, ZBrush interchange and improved OBJ UV support allowing LightWave to fit easily into any mixed pipeline.
LightWave continues to offer unique capabilities such as Linear Color Workspace, which allows you to achieve photorealism much faster with the LightWave render engine. LightWave's Linear Color Workspace supports consistent gamma, color space and custom Look Up Tables (LUTs) for more realistic lighting and to maximize compositing flexibility in a professional pipeline.
I don't recall NewTek announcing how many bugs/issues got squashed in this upgrade, but it must have been quite a few as this has been the most stable version of the software to date. LightWave 10 shows a new level of maturity that makes it more reliable in production than ever.
On Deck: LightWave 10.1
Following the impressive LightWave 10 update in late in 2010, NewTek is ready to release a much anticipated free 10.1 update with many significant enhancements. Most notably, the new stereoscopic camera rig system introduced in LightWave 10 has been expanded to include an Off-Axis Camera rig, which corrects for render distortions associated with Toe-in rigs. LightWave now supports all three major stereoscopic camera rig types, Parallel, Toe-in and Off-Axis used in production. Additionally, the OpenGL stereoscopic rig gizmos have been enhanced to give real-time feedback for left and right camera projection planes and to allow corrections for Toe-in distortions interactively. Users can also interactively drag the convergence point directly in the viewport.
With the numerous other additions that have been made throughout the software in this free update, artists are getting a powerful bonus to add to the already robust new version of LightWave. If you haven't gotten your hands on the latest version of the software, be sure to download the free trial version that is fully functional for 30 days from the NewTek site (www.newtek.com).
William "Proton" Vaughn is creative director, Applehead Factory.

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Okay, I did not "redo" my galley. However, since I cleared out the hanging locker, I decided to convert it to a pantry using the left over wood from my galley/table projects from last summer.
Here is the final result.
Next up? Considering what it would take to insulate her... or not.
P.s., no more crates in the cockpit or on the deck.
P.s.s. oh and. I learned how to repair a head (not mine, I don't have one). lol
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Yet another mini update.
Yes, still living aboard and still loving it. Having spent time visiting friends with power boats and all the problems that appear to come with them, I am having second thoughts about moving up. While my sailboat is tiny, it is actually pretty spacious for "just me." And importantly, it's nearly maintenance free. That is, no inboard engine to worry about, or other things that could break.
At times, I get the urge to redo my galley. Again. And I may, still do so. But for now, all is fine. I inherited an induction stove top, which, atm, fits perfectly in the icebox cutout, so no counter space is lost when I'm not cooking. I also inherited more canvas, so my boat is now almost completely under cover. Which means a cooler cabin/v-berth now and a warmer cabin/v-berth in the winter.
Speaking of... with winter approaching... slowly, I might add (it was 99 yesterday)... I've been toying with yet a few geeky-type projects. We'll see.
So, that's my mini-update for now. Hope all have been having a great summer! I have!
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Picture of moon from cockpit
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Originally Posted by shadowraiths View Post
Very mini update.
And finally, I am still keeping an eye out to move up to, yes, a power boat.
Hmmm, that's about it for now.
Happy spring!
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See !! Was it Markwesti ? Or Jack ? I can't tell, I'm so new at this. So forgive me to the person who replied to me. And thanx again !!
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Hey sailing Jackson, how u doin ? I'm not sure how to put this ? On another string or whatever. This is my first blog, so it's difficult to find out things. Or at least how to ask.
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Originally Posted by Minnewaska View Post
Crates stacked outside often give liveaboards a bad name, which can then contribute to limitation on the number of liveaboard slips available, or worse, anchoring restrictions. maybe your location is different
Originally Posted by Minnewaska View Post
Make that move down.
Eta ~ ^ nm, got it. lol
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Originally Posted by shadowraiths View Post
.......You know, like, get the fugly crates off the top of my cabin, for example!
And finally, I am still keeping an eye out to move up to, yes, a power boat.......
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Very mini update.
Found a home for the cat, so pet free again. Now that spring is attempting to sprung, I am itching to get out in my sailing dinghy but really need to do some serious spring cleaning. You know, like, get the fugly crates off the top of my cabin, for example!
Other "not" sailing stuff? I finally got around to deploying an iPhone app. It's free, and uh, very very niche... that is, it's a serial killer crime mapping app. You can check it out my landing page here. I have two other apps in the pipe but probably won't get to those till next winter, as longer days == out sailing and/or putting around on one of my dinghies and/or playing photographer. Also picked up a sodastream, and, since c02 refills seem to be far and few between, and somewhat expensive, I am refilling the c02 canisters myself. Easy peasy. What's great is, no more soda bottles! Go green!
Alas, my geeky addiction did take over. I currently have 3 puters... a windoze machine, macbook pro, and a raspberry pi. The latter for various wild-hair projects. And, of course a bunch of iOS devices. Though, I have no interest, for now, in spending money on the imho, over-priced apple watch.
Let's see, what else? Not much. Though, I have moved beyond the honeymoon phase of living aboard. Finally. I feel totally and comfortably settled in. That is, I no longer think, oh wow, I finally have my dream. I simply feel "at home."
And finally, I am still keeping an eye out to move up to, yes, a power boat. Though, that won't happen until I can pay cash (read, probably, never!). Having lived here for going on 3½ years, I at least now know what I'd be looking for in a power boat-a-minium, should the chance arise. Spacey main cabin, running hot/cold water, real head, shower, enclosed deck (for the winter), swim platform, and a flying bridge.
Hmmm, that's about it for now.
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Time flies when you're having fun... or is that, when you don't know what you're doing? lol
Okay, latest and greatest. I've been doing a lot of dinghy stuff. Mostly running around in my dinghies. Yes, that's plural. The summer before last (that would be 2013), I had an inflatable, which I eventually replaced with an 8' walker bay with a sail kit. I jury rigged a boom (it had a boomless gaff rig) and learned how to spot wind on "windless days."
Fast forward to this last summer (2014). I broke down and picked up a 30lb thrust trolling motor which I eventually sold to a neighbor and traded up to a 55lber. I added sacrificial zincs to both props, as well as greasing the shafts, and regularly rinsing them with fresh water after use. Both have held up well. Additionally, since I inherited a 10' zodiac RIB, I decided to pull my 8HP 4-stroke Mercury off my main rig and put it on the RIB. Which, weight-wise was a real challenge. That sucker weighs 90lbs. The first time I lifted the thing by attaching the boom vang to my main halyard to give me the leverage I needed within reaching distance (since I was lifting the thing by myself). After that oh-so-fun experience, I decided to invest in a forspar nova lift. What a difference that thing makes!
Moving right along.
So, I was talking with a neighbor about my outboard, wondering if the thing even ran, since I had not been meticulous about firing it up. Yes, I know, bad bad bad. In any event, the guy tells me that he has an 8HP that I can have. He didn't know what it was. That is, whether it was a 2 or 4 stroke, what brand it was, or if it even ran. It turned out to be a 2-stroke Nissan.
So, now I have 2 8HP outboards, that may (or not) run. In the mean time, the guy I gave the 30lber to, ended up having problems with the muffler on his main boat (the one he sails/and I regularly crew on). So, I gave him the 8HP Nissan to use as an auxiliary until he gets his muffler done (which I'll be helping with, btw). He decides he wants to try it out on his dink. But he wants to tune it up, first. You know, change the plugs, clean the carb, etcetera. So, we open up the motor, to take a look see. The thing is bright shiny clean. I've never seen a motor that clean! Oh, and it runs great, though, the compression is a tad on the light side. As for the Mercury? Purrs like a kitten.
Now, on to my latest/greatest project. Yes, I always have a project going. Whether it's boat stuff, computer stuff, or 3d printing stuff. lol But, I digress...
Dinghy chaps! Though, that bit got side-tracked, as I ended up redoing my cabin. Again. The up side is, this latest re-do, is def less jury rigged.
I've also been doing mini-jobs for other folk around the marina. Which has kept me busy.
On a side note: I've temporarily inherited a cat, who has long worn out her welcome, at least, to my mind. In that her "stuff" takes up way too freakin much room. But that's another story for another day.
But, back to the dinghy chaps. While I have made the patterns, I haven't completely decided how I'll implement them but am hoping to finish them sooner than later. Then again, with the upcoming holidays, we'll see.
Oh, and. Am coming up on my 3 year anniversary, and I can say without a doubt, I still love living aboard. ^_~
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Logaina Resort at Shark Bay is located in the famous tourist destination of Sharm El Sheikh. The resort is very good base from which you can explore Sharm El Sheikh. You can enjoy the multiple water activities, including diving, snorkeling, boating and the fabulous coral reefs from a glass boat. The nearby area has a marina diving center, and also boating and safari trips. There is a restaurant and snack bar next to the swimming pool.Check-in Time: 14:00Check-out Time: 11:00Check-in Days: FridayImportant InformationPlease check with resort for smoking policy.


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You'll have everybody's attention at Halloween or the masquerade with this Mardi Gras style Red Wand Feather Mask. The mask features sparkling gold sequins that conceal the upper part of the face with showy crimson and dark green plumage that looks like it came straight off of a phoenix radiating from the side.
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Drum and base. The Turning Pendant playfully pairs a large drum shade with a classic wood-turned base in a contrasting color. Designed with a white diffuser, this pendant sheds a soft, warm light.
• Classic turned base in white resin.
• Natural cotton linen blend shade; cloth-wrapped cord.
• 19"diam. x 20"h.
• Takes a 60W incandescent bulb (sold separately).
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Once upon a time there was a rather odd North Carolina school board member who proposed that all purchasing orders in his very large district — from pencils, to books, to paper clips, to cleaning supplies — be posted online. It was a move that, not surprisingly, would have required the cash-strapped district to hire several additional central office staff, just to keep up with the paperwork.
If this sounds like a very bad fairy tale, well, it isn't. The board member in question was no ordinary public servant, but a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an ultraconservative advocacy group whose main tactic is to introduce literally thousands of bills each year in state legislatures across the country, many aimed at privatizing public education. Three years ago, ALEC called for the abolishment of school boards, so you have some idea where it stands.
"So if you see something that looks, I would say, overly bizarre, ask some questions," said Leanne Winner, director of governmental relations for the North Carolina School Boards Association.
Better yet, go to an ALEC meeting. Really. At least you'll know what they're up to – and what kind of legislation could be headed to a statehouse near you.
"Knowing what the conversation is — [that's] the first step to fighting the legislation," said Janice Palmer, director of governmental relations for the Arizona School Boards Association.
Palmer and Winner joined Roberta E. Stanley, NSBA's director of federal affairs, for a Monday morning session at NSBA's Federal Relations Network (FRN) meeting called "Molding the K-12 Debate," which dealt with the outsized influence of ALEC and the slightly-less-radical Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEIE), founded by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
"One thing they have is money," Stanley said of ALEC, which is backed by the owners of Wal-Mart and other billionaires. "Copious amounts of money."
Typically, the bills ALEC introduces in state legislatures come from the same template, barely tweaked to fit a particular state. Sometimes lawmakers introduce them virtually verbatim. Arizona has been a target for years.
"ALEC has seen Arizona as an incubator for model legislation, especially in the area of school choice," Palmer said.
The state has more than 500 charter schools of varying quality, and statewide public school choice – with districts paying the cost of transportation. Arizona's public schools are the second worst funded in the country. Yet about $60 million that could have gone to public schools has been funneled to private and religious schools via tax credits.


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A fire destroys a home Sunday evening in Pueblo West.
11 News spoke to the family who lived there, Ashley and Charles Henslee.
It happened in a neighborhood near Highway 50 and Purcell Boulevard.
Charles tells us he was changing a fuel pump on his RV when it started sparking and smoking.
It later caught on fire and spread to their home. Charles ran inside to get his 5-month-old baby and his wife. They escaped without getting hurt. He says he is terribly sorry about the whole situation.
Their home was ruined along with the RV.
They tell us it's hard to believe they will never see their family pictures and baby clothes again but they are thankful for their lives.
The family will stay with Ashley's mother until they figure out where they are going to live.
Fire crews were able to save their pet rabbit.
Neighbors and Friends Of God Pueblo West church were on scene to help the family.
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Although the full Legislature will not officially convene until next week, lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee met today to begin their review of the LePage administration's $35.5 million curtailment order. The governor deemed the spending cuts necessary after a financial panel concluded that Maine will not take in enough tax revenue in the current fiscal year to keep its budget balanced. Leading members of the committee say prevailing economic conditions signal tough budget choices ahead for the state. A.J. Higgins has more.
A veteran of many state budget battles, Sawin Millett told some of the new members of the Legislature's Approriations Committee that when state tax revenues fall short of expectations, curtailment orders have been a reliable balancing mechanism.
And as the governor's chief of finance, Millett says the state's chief executive has a constituional responsiblility to ensure that Maine has a balanced budget. "I can tell you that the previous four governors have used curtailment authority and in the most recent administration, on four ocassions: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011," Millett says.
The governor's curtailment, or spending cut, proposal before the appropriations panel is only part of the work that lawmakers will be taking up in the next few weeks.
In addition to the $35.5 million curtailment for the current budget cycle than ends June 30th, Gov. Paul LePage must also come up with a plan to close a $100 million budget shortfall in the Department of Health and Human Services by the same date. And that's on top of a new two-year spending plan that will could be in the $6 billion range.
Under the curtailment order, More than two-thirds of the cuts would come from state aid to local schools districts, and social service and health programs at the Department of Health and Human Services. Sen. Peggy Rotundo, co-chair of the committee, says her panel will face significant challenges as it attempts to respond to the concerns of constituents affected by the cuts during an upcoming round of public hearings.
"There's always pressure on this committee, we know that we have difficult choices to make," Rotundo says. "We don't know what those choices are going to be yet, but we will roll up our sleeves, work together, listen to the public, be open minded, be thorough and, at the end the day, I have confidence that we will vote out of our committee a unanimous bipartisan budget that's fair and reasonable."
Among the cuts in DHHS is about $314,000 to the Office for Family Independence, which provides such services as child support, family emergency assistance and welfare. And there's also a $1.2 million reduction to the Bureau of Children with Special Needs and $1.4 million to foster care and adoption assistance, along with many other cuts.
The cuts to childrens' programs remains an issue of concern, not only for the governor's office but for legislators like Rep. Erik Jorgensen, a Portland Democrat.
"I'm very curious about the accounts labeled under 13901, the adoption services program that spread across three accounts - it looks like there's about a $3.3 million reduction in that area," Jorgensen says.
Republican legislative leaders tend to favor LePage's recommendations, but Rep. Kathleen Chase, of Wells, the lead Republican on the panel, says members of her party are committed to working with Democrats to address the state budget issues.
"We've got to have a balanced budget, we've got to be able to pay our bills and we've got to be able to provide for the future," Chase says. "I think those are things that Republicans are very good at, and we have to be realistic in how we deal with it."
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Crimean Government and UNDP to expand cooperation
The Crimean Council of Ministers and UNDP have signed the Memorandum of Understanding that will help to deepen cooperation aimed at effective implementation of the Strategy of Economic and Social Development of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea 2011-2020 and achieving higher competitiveness, enhancing investment climate and improving the quality of life of Crimeans.
The document aims to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of executive branch and local self-government bodies to design and implement the development strategy of Crimea in the fields of strengthening civil society, building its image and promoting Crimea as investment and tourism destination of choice.
UNDP's support in Crimea has evolved from a focus on actions aimed at reintegrating the formerly deported people in the peninsula's socio and economic life and improving public and social infrastructure, to expert and advisory support in developing institutional capacities, carrying out policy analysis and policy formulation. Recent consultations had shown significant interest of the Council of Ministers in cooperation in the area of investment promotion, strengthening civil society and image-building and territorial marketing. So far UNDP has invested a total of $ 34 million to provide support to the Crimean government and local communities.
Signing the memorandum Head of the Crimean Government Anatoliy Mogilyov underlined that Crimea highly values cooperation with UNDP and noted: "We have established warm and friendly relations and implemented a number of successful projects. I am sure we have all the opportunities to actively develop our cooperation in the future. "
UNDP Resident Representative Alessandra Tisot thanked the Head of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for his support. "Our teams have worked closely on a number of issues. We would like to deepen our cooperation and ensure that our work will continue to be fruitiful. Nowadays relationships between the Council of Ministers and UNDP has entered into a new phase, in which Ukraine being middle income country is no longer a traditional grant recipient and its demand for cooperation has also changed in nature. We need to look for innovative solutions for ensuring resources to boost growth, to build capacities in governance and improve the quality of life of people. The Facility, envisaged by our Memorandum is such one of possible solutions currently worked on together. " - she added.
During the meeting in Verkhovna Rada of the AR Crimea Mr. Vladimir Konstantinov, the Speaker of Rada, highly recognized contribution of UNDP in supporting rural communities to solve their urgent problems, as well as its engagement into public dialogue over development and sensitive issues in the region. "What UNDP brings is not money. It brings belief to people, that they can solve their problems by themselves. Work of UNDP breaks the dependant mentality of people. As for the Human Security dialogue, last our meeting, held a week ago to discuss tourism development perspectives in Crimea showed constructive results, and a great potential of this platform to influence decision-making on both regional as well as national level."
Alessandra Tisot thanked the Speaker for his leadership and support to the work carried by UNDP both in communities as well as within the Human Security initiative. "We hope that Verkhovna Rada will continue to promote a quality public dialogue on human development issues that is key to the peace and stability of Crimea" - she underlined.


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Throughtout the whole country, and indeed in most developing nations, women in rural areas are facing various chores - from collecting firewood, fetching water to cooking food for families.
In essence, they are responsible for overall organisation of homes. They are the ones, for example, who ensure that there is water for use in homes apart from the most intricate chore one of bearing children.
In some places, women perform other chores such as livestock keeping and farming -- evidently activities whose volume more than double those done by their men folk in the same surroundings.
Countless strategies have been initiated by various human rights activists in a bid to create awareness for men to come to senses and understand that their spouses are not tools of production but equal partners.
One of such endeavors is the Beijing International Conference (1995), which passed various resolutions-- all aimed at freeing women from the chains of male domination.
For a couple of years, several human rights organisations have been established to cater for women rights. However, their endeavors are yet to have real impact on the community.
At Korogwe, in Tanga region, a donor aid non-governmental organization, Devon Aid Korogwe (DAK) , in collaboration with the Korogwe District Council, recently came up with the idea of lessening the hardships faced by one of the district's villages in the provision of clean and safe water.
It was then that in December 2010, actual implementation of t a project – Kitivo Water Supply Scheme -- started.
The project involved Kitivo village in Kerenge Ward, a distance of about 10 kilometres from Korogwe town.
Here, water is drawn from Nilo nature forest on the Malwati hills, where the intake structure was built. The liquid is completely free from pollution, having sprung up from a spring.
From the water source, the water travels by gravitational force to a main tank –half way between Nilo forest and Kitivo village where it is stored temporarily before it travels further to the village.
At the village, six domestic points are maintained, each serving an average of 250 villagers. At each point, water users access the service nearest their respective homes. The village's population is nearly 1,600.
Completion of the project in November 2011 means that 43 percent in the entire population of 254,214 within Korogwe Rural District enjoy clean and safe water.
In a message read during the launching of the project in the village as part of the World Water Day last week, Korogwe District Water Engineer Aaron Swai said the project - a three-kilometre stretch, is estimated to cost 114.8m/-.
"The main donor contributed 106.7m/- while the District Council donated 3.1m/- in terms of cash and expertise," said Swai, adding that an amount of 5m/- was labour costs contributed by Kitivo villagers.
Swai, however, hastened to say that the project faced numerous challenges in actual implementation of the facility.
"Some villagers who were obliged to contribute physically towards construction of the project were not readily available to do so as required by the National Water Policy (NAWAPO 2002)," he said.
Korogwe District Council Public Relations Officer Fatna Mfalingundi said in an interview that as part of the project's final preparations prior to launching, the villagers were provided with a two-day seminar.
The participants, about seventy of them, were drawn from Kitivo village leadership, the village's environmental committee and water supply committee. Others were school teachers and a couple of pupils.
"We felt that if we disseminated awareness sufficiently enough, the team would be able to educate others on what is expected of them," she explained.
Topics covered included preservation of water sources and water infrastructure, rampant felling of trees, avoidance of environmental pollution as well as building of latrines and using them.
Launching the project, Korogwe District Commissioner Erasto Sima, who was chief guest, thanked the donors for bailing out the villagers from the hardships they were facing in accessing clean and safe water.
He also congratulated villagers, over 300 of them, who had gathered at the colourful ceremony for being part of success in the project.
"The fact that you contributed 5.5m/- in terms of labour towards construction of the project is testimony that you had longed to see the day you would start enjoying clean and safe water," he said.
"I urge you to preserve the project in order for it to be sustainable as well as the environment," he said, adding that every villager was obliged to protect the water source at all cost.
"When we visited the main reservoir, I noticed that the entire area surrounding the tank was bare, with no single tree in sight. I urge you to plant trees around the area," Sima said.
"I have already talked to the donors about the possibility of providing water to the two nearby villages – Makumba and Kijanga .When they find that you are maintaining the project to expected levels, they may consider our two neighbours for a similar facility," he concluded.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 24, 2011) - Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan will recommend to the Board that Warren Nichols be appointed vice chancellor for community colleges at the TBR.
Nichols, who currently serves as president of Volunteer State Community College, was selected after a comprehensive search that included a large group of candidates from across the United States.
"Warren has demonstrated his ability as an effective leader," said Morgan. "Given his experience as president, he is uniquely positioned to move us forward as expeditiously as possible, especially during our initial transition to a unified community college system.
The TBR system oversees all public higher education institutions in the state except those in the University of Tennessee system. TBR institutions include six universities, all 13 state community colleges (including Vol State) and 27 technology centers.
The Complete College Tennessee Act passed by the Tennessee legislature last year required that TBR create a unified system for the community colleges. If approved by the Board, Nichols will lead that system beginning Oct. 1.
"We have an ambitious agenda to increase the number of people with college degrees and certificates in Tennessee," said Morgan. "Dr. Nichols understands those goals and is committed to working with our campuses, our communities, our business partners and our state leaders to meet our targets."
Nichols, who holds a doctoral degree in higher education administration from the University of Houston, has taught or served in higher education for more than 28 years. He has led Volunteer State Community College for more than 8 years. Prior to accepting his post at the helm of Vol State, Nichols worked as vice president for Academic Affairs and interim vice president for Continuing Education & Economic Development at Darton College in Georgia and was associate dean of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Public Service at Lone Star College in Texas.
He has served as the presidential liaison between the community colleges and the Tennessee Board of Regents for the past two years and was noted for his meritorious service by the Tennessee Senate in 2009. In 2008 Nichols was named the Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow. Among other recognitions, he has received the PTK Tennessee Region Presidential Award of Distinction.
The TBR will hold its next quarterly board meeting on Sept. 22 and 23 at Roane State Community College in Harriman.
The TBR is the nation's sixth largest higher education system, governing 46 post-secondary educational institutions. The TBR system provides programs in 90 of Tennessee's 95 counties to more than 200,000 students.
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Is it possible that the U.S. governments response to the 9/11 attacks has served al-Qaeda interests? Despite the hype, U.S. law-enforcement officials have found little evidence of serious terrorist activities inside the country, compelling them to escalate their use of prosecution and entrapment to justify their enormous budgets.
Experts: Ivan Eland, Ian S. Lustick, D. Gareth PorterType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, History (International), Terrorism and National Crises
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Experts: Doug Bandow, Ivan Eland, Trita Parsi, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy


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DOE Undersecretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz visited the Y-12 National Security Complex today. Klotz toured the site and conducted an all hands meeting at the site's New Hope Center.
Julie Huff of B&W Y-12's Materials Management Organization leads a tour of the Highly Enriched Uranium Facility.
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NNSA's current quarterly summary of experiments conducted as part of its science-based stockpile stewardship program is now available here.
The quarterly summary prepared by NNSA's Office of Defense Programs provides descriptions of key NNSA facilities that conduct stockpile stewardship experiments. These include some of the most sophisticated scientific research facilities in the world including, the Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories. The summary also provides the number of experiments performed at each facility during each quarter of the fiscal year.
The U.S. Stockpile Stewardship Program sustains and assess the nuclear weapons stockpile without the use of underground nuclear tests. The experiments carried out within the program are used in combination with complex computational models and NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program to assess the safety, security and effectiveness of the stockpile.
Staff from across NNSA participated in the third annual Derek Sheely Lead the Way 4.0-Mile Run. The event raises funds to support concussion awareness on behalf of the Derek Sheely Foundation. On Aug. 22, 2011, Derek suffered a traumatic brain injury during football practice at Frostburg State University and died one week later. He had previously served as an NNSA intern and is the son of Ken Sheely, NNSA program executive officer for the Office of Infrastructure and Operations.
A patented, portable, high-powered hydraulic tool, invented to shear and trap bolt heads during demolition projects, has proven its worth and is moving to market. Y-12 National Security Complex signed a licensing agreement with start-up company Green Arc Labs (GAL) of Chattanooga for Omni Jaw 5.
The hand-held tool, invented a decade ago by Lee Bzorgi of Y-12's National Security Technology Center, generates up to 5 tons of force on the cutting jaw and simultaneously collects the trimmings, eliminating environmental and safety hazards. It was designed during demolition of the East Tennessee Technology Park where asbestos cyanide-dipped bolts posed a problem.
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Charles E. Messick receives the Administrator's Gold Award upon his retirement after more than 40 years of public service. From left to right: Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; Charles E Messick, Susan Messick, and Frank Klotz, DOE Undersecretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator.
This month, employees at the National Security Campus in Kansas City, Mo., are celebrating the completion of the last "build ahead" part needed to maintain their 99.9 percent on-time delivery record during one of the nation's largest industrial moves. More than 275 unique part numbers encompassing 20,000 components were built in advance to ensure uninterrupted deliveries while production departments were transitioning between sites.
Several years before the massive move to the National Security Campus began, Honeywell planned to build an inventory of sophisticated components by establishing a plan for each part number to satisfy requirements for more than 20,000 components. The effort required the development of a new Manufacturing Transformation Database, which helped to schedule supply chain and production activities.
This on-time, on-budget move represents a significant part of Federal government's focus on modernization and infrastructure investment. As one of the only LEED® Gold-rated manufacturing facilities, the modern campus showcases innovative space management and cost savings of $100 million annually.
The Pantex Plant honored veterans at its recent annual ceremony to commemorate Armed Forces Day. Members of the Pantex Fire Department Honor Guard raised the American flag as attendees recited the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the national anthem. Pantex has been holding an Armed Forces Day ceremony for more than 15 years to honor those who served.
Pantex has a long history of supporting military personnel and currently employs 782 military veterans amongst its workforce of approximately 3,100 people.
In an effort to raise awareness of bike safety and to protect their fellow cyclists, a group of Pantexans recently left their cars in the garage and hopped a two-wheeled ride to work. The six Pantexans met in Amarillo, Texas and rode their bicycles approximately 25 miles to the Pantex Plant, then returned to Amarillo after a full day's work.
Joining a list that includes structures like the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower, the Savannah River Site has officially been named as a Historical Landmark by ASM International, the professional society for materials science and manufacturing.
SRS is one of only three landmarks designated from the current year's class of nominees. ASM historical landmarks identify sites and events that have played a prominent part in the discovery, development and growth of metals, metalworking and engineered materials. The designation became official with the dedication of a historical marker, presented by Professor Ravi Ravindran, current President of ASM International.
Ravindran noted that the award recognized SRS for advancements in the production of tritium, plutonium and other isotopes used in national defense, research and medical applications. Ravindran cited several contributions over SRS's history, including large-scale production of aluminum-lithium alloys; production of kilogram quantities of radioactive waste glass; materials science improvements made at SRS through the U.S. tritium program; and discovery of the neutrino, a Nobel Prize-winning experiment conducted at the P Reactor.
Savannah River National Laboratory Director Dr. Terry Michalske joined Ravindran at the marker presentation, acknowledging that that the listing validated the work of people who contributed throughout decades of research, development and execution. The marker will be permanently placed near the former M Area facilities, where fuel and target assemblies were once produced for the site's production reactors.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists Jennifer Pett-Ridge and Todd Gamblin have been selected by DOE's Office of Science Early Career Research program to receive funding for proposed projects.
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text: They're smeggin' back: Q&A with Red Dwarf X Culture 05 October 12 by Nathan Barry Reddwarf.co.uk It's been well over a year since the official announcement, 10 months since filming began and four weeks since Dave began its countdown reruns of all eight previous seasons, but at smeggin' last, it's here -- the brand new series of sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf aired on 4 October.Wired.com was lucky enough to grab tickets for the filming of the first show back in December of last year and then last week, thanks to the wonders of Twitter, we also managed to snag tickets for a special screening of that same first episode in London's Leicester Square. I've never heard of a TV show getting a red carpet premiere before and so it was rather strange to see three quarters of the cast and writer Doug Naylor walking down the carpet, greeting the hundred or so other fans and invited celebrities.The show itself was as funny as I remember it being at the filming, and it was great to see it in proper chronological order with all of the effect shots in place. Watching it again on TV will feel quite odd -- going from the filming, to a cinema, to my living room, almost as though it was a play, that got made into a film and then spawned a TV show! While we waited for the screening to start, we tucked into our complimentary red popcorn (I think it should have been poppadoms, but given that we were in a cinema, I'll let them off) and chatted with fellow dwarfers of all ages and from all over the country.Red Dwarf X is a real return to form after the Blade Runner homage that was ' Back to Earth', with the four main characters back on Red Dwarfdoing what they do best -- goofing off and making jokes, usually at the expense of Rimmer. It was refreshing to see the small Rouge One lovingly built and filmed as a physical model in all its intricate detail -- it was of course filmed in HD this time around -- and it looked amazing, slowly drifting by on a huge cinema screen. The post-production effects looked great too.After the screening we were treated to a short Q&A session with Craig Charles, Robert Llewelyn, Chris Barrie and Doug Naylor (Danny John-Jules couldn't be there as he is currently filming in the West Indies) where they discussed various aspects of the show including favourite moments, what it was like getting back together after such a long break and what the future holds for Red Dwarf. Read on to hear what they had to say (I've left out spoilers).How do you get the ideas for the scripts? Doug Naylor: They're just things that happen to me in real life really, and I just write them down. You get ideas for the characters and you think of what kind of situations you can put them into. Craig Charles: So what were trying to buy when they put you on hold? (laughter) Naylor: Oh, I was trying to get the internet -- oh yeah, that was a whole day.In the whole time you've been doing Red Dwarf, what's been the most fun episode to film? Charles: There've been a lot of fun episodes really, there've been some unusual ones. I more favour scenes, really. It was really fun filming the scene with Robert where I have the shrinking boxer shorts. He had his groinal attachment out and he was riding me to oblivion. That was really fun, because of the audience reaction really, the laughter was so loud that we had to scream our lines and we still couldn't hear each other. Chris Barrie: I think I had to wait several hours to come into the sleeping quarters to say the immortal line, "You'd bonk anything." Charles: He loves playing Ace Rimmer, he loves him, he wants to be Ace Rimmer. He wants his own spinoff series. "Ace Rimmer Saving The Universe!" Barrie: "What a guy," "Thanks for that Spanners!" A lot of people say that should have been the character all the way through, but I say well no he shouldn't because he would actually become a pain in the neck after a while because he's too good. So good old Smeg Rimmer, as I call him, he's petrol for comedy so that's why he's there. But yes, Ace is enjoyable to play.Robert, you've done four cameos as different characters now without the gear on... Robert Llewelyn: Oh yeah, I don't like that though. Charles: You did a cameo in that as well though. "I'll be in my quarters, covered in taramasalata" Bongo, it was Bongo wasn't it? Llewelyn: "Well a guy like Ace can turn a guy's head!" But I can't watch the ones where I'm me, I don't mind the ones with the bloke with the square head, he's alright I can watch that, but not the real sad, tragic, uncooked pie man underneath.Given the trials and tribulations you've had trying the get the film version made, have you considered crowdfunding solutions like Kickstarter and trying to revisit the plan for the film? I'm sure we'd all pay for it! Naylor: Not really, no. We've haven't seriously considered using Kickstarter. Charles: (whispering) What's Kickstarter? Barrie: Wasn't that a TV programme with Dave Lee Travis with those trials bikes? Thank you for using proper models this time and not going down the CGI renders for Red Dwarf. What was the process you went through to do it? Naylor: We always wanted to film the models, as everyone probably knows the original Red Dwarfminiature met a tragic death when it fell off a shelf, and it didn't exist for a long time. When we did the remasters a new one was built, the 'pencil,' so it existed. So for this series we knew we had that; it's had a "reddwarf-ectomy" and has been shortened, so we wanted to go back to the miniatures. I think the miniatures -- certainly with the budgets we have -- look better than [CGI] model shots, and we were able to shoot them as the first unit, rather than it being the B unit.In the last series we saw you do a crossover with Coronation Street. Moving forward, what programme would you like to see a crossover with? Charles: Match of the Day, where Lister scores the winner, for Liverpool against Man U. Oh Yes! You can imagine Doug writing than one can't you? Llewelyn: I'd like to see a crossover between Red Dwarf and a really interesting art documentary, presented by someone really clever. Barrie: I'd like to see Red Dwarf crossed with The Brittas Empire… Charles: Where Starbug lands in a swimming pool and various consequences commence. Barrie: "Look, we're back on Earth." "No you're not, get back in that thing and go back wherever you came from."If you could spend a day on the real Red Dwarf, what would you do? Charles: Get drunk and eat curry! There's not much else to do. Llewelyn: I'd find an enormous pile of towels to fold, that would be fantastic, I mean really big, like 10 million towels. And maybe a bit of ironing. Barrie: And I'd start revising for my Astro-Navs!You've been playing these characters for such a long time now, do you ever break into them in normal life? Barrie: (In character) ABSOLUTELY NEVER DO I BREAK INTO MY CHARACTER IN NORMAL LIFE! (performs Rimmer's Space Corp salute) Charles: I sometimes think I am my character. They become very familiar to play, it's very easy to fall back into them. As soon as you put the boots on and get the hair in and put on the leather jacket, you're almost there. Give him an 'H' and he turns into an a***hole! Barrie: (In Kryten's voice) Or sometimes you can turn into the other characters. (In Lister's voice) Well sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. (In the Cat's voice) and sometimes you just can't help it man! With social networks like Twitter and Facebook, how has that changed your perceptions of the community and interactions with the fans? Llewelyn: Certainly, when we did the last live recording in front of an audience in 1998 there wasn't Twitter, Facebook or any of that. I think the fear we had was that everyone would post story lines, spoilers and things like that, but no one did and that was really fantastic. I mean Doug threatened them with death obviously, but the fact that no one did means the ones who did see it and really enjoyed it, then they didn't want to spoil it for anyone else, as opposed to being told not to. I mean anyone could have posted spoilers but they didn't, which is really encouraging. The good thing about it is that we get feedback straight away. The morning after we'd done a live recording, I'd get loads of tweets from people who'd seen the show, raving about it but not posting spoilers, saying things like 'it's classic Red Dwarf' or 'it's really funny,' etc. It's really good because we didn't get that before, we didn't have a clue really. Naylor: I remember, roundabout series three, at a book signing, someone saying, "Did you know the science-fiction community absolutely hated the first two series?" 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The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has signed a project contract worth USD3.2m with Southern Korea in a move to modernize the customs department.
The funds which will be channelled through Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) would, among other things, increase transparency, raise revenue collection and improve the operations of the department.
TRA Commissioner General Harry Kitilya said the contract was signed in October last year whereas the project is expected to be completed in December this year and become effective January next year.
Kitilya said the project will completely change the customs operations into digital (paperless system) hence simplify clearance processes as importers would be required to electronically submit their consignment documents prior to arrival of shipment.
For his part, South Korean Ambassador to Tanzania Kim Young Hoon said his government is highly committed to support the Tanzanian government, adding that they have decided to show it starting with TRA so that it improves its revenue collections.
Meanwhile, TRA has launched an electronic cargo tracking system that will automatically remove all the non-tariff barriers and ease document processing.
Through the system customers will be able to clear imported cargos at the Dar es Salaam port within 24 hours, since all the relevant documents will be electronically processed prior to arrival of the consignment.
Addressing transportation stakeholders on Monday, TRA Commissioner General, Harry Kitilya said the electronic cargo tracking system will enable customs officers to track vehicle all the way to the last check point at the border posts.
"There will no longer be cargo stealing as the drivers will be electronically monitored throughout the way. The system will however record everything and in case of accident or theft the system will be replayed," he noted.
According to him, they have agreed with stakeholders to provide a three months trial period to see how they can overcome the challenges.
The system also enables customers and importers to track the vehicles electronically, he said, adding that so far all the check points would be removed especially for those transporting consignments to Zambia, Malawi and the DR Congo.
Commenting on the new system, a representative from the Tanzania Truck Owners Association (TATOA), Fulgence Bube said it is likely to increase the costs of transportation, adding that transporters will have to fix a special software machine in their vehicles to enable the system track the vehicle.
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And I guess I should say something about the file itself, huh?
-The general open for this file is: Shade->Stronghold->Pact( if the Shade is still alive) OR Augumment Doll(if the Shade is closed)-> Ovedose the Doll for as lon as you are guaranteed to kill something that way
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In light of our renovation, it's tempting to play with the metaphor of "tearing down walls to embrace a broader perspective." Indeed, creating opportunities for you to connect with your nonprofit colleagues holds a prominent position in our current plan. And, already, several important connections and insights have come about as a result of networking at events and online. Even so, I'll avoid that temptation.
It's also quite enticing to conjure the image of "looking out beyond the resource into the wider world." You know, mapping new ideas and tools on to the current landscape, keeping a long-term view during short-term highs & lows, and continually asking "who else needs to be at the table for this discussion?" Very enticing, but not worth pursuing.
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GRAFTON, Ill. (KSDK) - A 24-year-old Dow, Illinois woman was injured Monday afternoon in a single vehicle accident on Illinois Route 3.
According to Trooper Jeffrey Yenchko, a spokesman for the Illinois State Police, the accident occurred around 2:55 p.m. on IL Route 3, approximately a quarter-mile west of Grafton Hills Drive, in Jersey County.
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