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Spawned at Cannes and reinvigorated by Sundance, film fests now number in the thousands. Besides gathering together cineastes and celebrating the medium, these events should provide the opportunity for ordinary Joes and Janes to see films inspired by artistic vision rather than by test screenings, tracking indicators, and gross-after-negative point returns. The Miami Film Festival falls short by drawing heavily on movies that are either corporate releases or prize winners from other festivals, and by overloading its schedule with Latin fare.
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For more than 2000 years Chinese health care practitioners have used a potent combination of herbs, needles, and nutrition to cure ailments ranging from acne to obesity. A pioneer in the field of Chinese medicine in the United States, Daniel Atchison-Nevel, a Miami Beach native, brought that knowledge home nearly twenty years ago, after a Gainesville acupuncturist cured his insomnia. As founder of the now-defunct South Florida Healing Arts Center and dean of the Community School of Traditional Chinese Healthcare, Nevel imported teachers from China and later taught hundreds of students the intricacies of Chinese medicine. Now with a booming private practice, he specializes in functional illnesses, which include digestive disorders, PMS, and depression. He also treats patients who want to quit smoking, lose weight, or alleviate chronic pain. Because the American Medical Association has sanctioned the use of acupuncture for some conditions, many insurance companies pick up the tab. Be warned, though: The waiting list for new patients is about two months long.
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Where should she apply for given her predicted A levels? If at all?(58 Posts)
DD was predicted BBC, after AS levels that's dropped to CCC which is only 240 points (plus 20 for AS and 30 for RAD ballet if the Uni takes these into consideration)
What should be be applying for realistically? It could be she pulls this back to BBC/BBB or worse case CCD? Where do you apply to in this case? And if she flunks altogether but still wants to go to uni what can she do to carry on with her dream? What if she doesn't get any offers?
She tried so hard and has slow processing problems, not dyslexic but just takes her ages to write essays etc.
I don't know how to help her, she spends all her time working bless her, I'm so afraid it will be wasted and she will get demoralised.
We visited Hertfordshire today (although my DD interested in a different subject.)
Really nice place- lovely new accomodation going up for 2014 entrants. Some of the facilities are great and the Forum- venue is amazing their for nightlife etc.
Seems to have a big psychology department and accredited too.
Close to London easy to get to.
Getting good a-level results is not the be all and end all of life. A-levels never suited me and my school was too focused on everyone going to russell group unis. The stress made me burn out and I only recovered after I changed which course I had applied to do. They only wanted something like 220 points from 4 alevels so DDDE. I got CDDE at the end of it all. Yet at uni I'm definitely up there with the people who got As and Bs and am easily hitting the 2:1 band in my essays.
Some people dont suit alevels but will flourish at uni if they have the right attitude. Unis know this. Plus many unis drop their entry requirements when clearing opens up so theres still a chance. Let her apply to unis around the CCC mark and cross the clearing/ gap year bridge when you get to it.
A vote for adjustment - there will be places. Plus apply for a degree with a foundation year as one of the five options. Lots of schools are tightening up on predicteds as there are now January re-sit opportunities.
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She may just do a lot better this year! It takes some kids longer to get the hang of A levels, and settle into a different kind of work. My DS got BCCC for his ASs, and improved them enormously in A2. Best of luck whatever she decides.
motherof they recommenced that you should take Biology and English for Psych, not all unis are interested that you have taken A level Psych as some cover it again as part of the course.
My DD has similar processing difficulties and also has 25% extra time for exams. She is in Year 11 and so currently choosing AS subjects. She is very keen on Psychology so I am really interested in what Kemmo feels are good subject choices. She wants to take Psychology, Biology and PE. Would I be right in thinking English would be the best 4th AS? By the end of L6th she may be clearer in her career aspirations and can drop whichever subject is least appropriate. She is toying with the idea of Geography for her 4th AS. Any advice gratefully received!
beckandcall I have thought about it many times.....I personally would like her to take a step back and have a gap year to just get some work experience and have a good long think about what she wants to do.
She however wants to leave home, can't wait in fact to experience the uni thing. The debt scares me and to be honest I will be working probably just to get her through it as I have calculated on the student finance budget section she will have a shortfall of about 1500 which we will have to find, which means no holidays for us for 3 years at least.
My DH thinks she should self fund, and she will if she can get a job but i know she needs the time to study to be honest. She is saving all her wages from her little job for uni so I'm pleased with that, I just want her around longer but that's me being selfish and it's whatever makes her happy.
I don't want her to rush into anything, she's glib about the debt as they have drummed it into them at school treat it like a 'tax' not a debt I'll never pay it back. I feel sick at the thought of the debt but that's just me.
It could cause a lot of nailbiting and stress (for you anyway) but you could do what we did and apply late once you know what the grades are. We didn't meant to, my son wants to compose and UEA closed their music department, he really wanted to go there as it was ranked 5th in the country and close-ish and he loves Norwich. So he couldn't find anywhere else he wanted to go to as much, despite us hauling him around Surrey and heaven knows where else, and he decided to become music Gap student for a year at a cathedral school. He was offerd four places as a gap student and they all pulled out at the last minute becauise the government changed the way Gaps can be paid (board, food and around £50 a week pocket money to work all hours) to having to be paid hourly. None of the schools could afford it.
So it was either pull pints or stack shelves for a year or go into clearing, and apply for finance. He stuck down any old uni as a choice for that, I found out later. But then he got his grades and they were lower than expected (for some obscure reason they expect musicians to be mathematicians and physicists, but although he is not slow, and is highly intelligent, he has a short-term memory problem which makes it harder for him to memorise anything) and was despondent for a couple of hours but started phoning around. We didn't know the clearing system at all so did it wrong, he phoned about a dozen unis and they all accepted him with his lower grades. We were astonished. Apparently if you get in fast they have a sort of 'lower grade number of students' percentage allowance, however we discovered at number 12 we should have only been phoning up one uni at a time and waiting to see if he got in before moving on to the next. So he phoned all the ones back straight away that he didn't want.
HOWEVER he turned down all the 'good' unis. He found exactly the course he wanted at an ex poly, DBH and he raced over there to see the head tutor and check it out and he accepted it there and then, they were wonderful and the place was full of other students going through clearing and having a look, I had no idea that unis did that. They spent hours with him going through all the paperwork and putting a couple of things right for him.
It might not be what everyone would choose to do but it worked out very well for us. His grades were actually pretty good, but a couple of his friends got in to the same place with very low grades, far lower than advertised. My son could have chosen to go to some very well-known unis with far lower grades than they were advertising for.
I would encourage her to forget all about UCAS this year and concentrate instead on getting the best grades she possibly can. If she applies next year with grades in hand, she'll be able to target her choices much more accurately.
Have you asked yourself, OP, if university is the right place for her? With fairly low grades she'll get onto a fairly lowly ranked course, in general and then when she graduates will be in competition with others with high grade degrees from Russell group universities. With the same level of debt.
Is there another way for her to access the kind of work she wants to do without racking up debt for a degree which will not put her in a good competitive position?
An alternative would be to do a degree in some thing more vocational or industry focused at a university - so looking for something at one of the ex-poly universities which the older universities don't do - that's in a subject area where they excel ( eg the psychology of marketing or something focused)
Many people with Psychology degrees never get employed as a Psychologist. Although posters are being helpful, there will be people with amazingly good A levels at the very best Universities applying for jobs. Is she realistically going to be able to compete against them?. Lots of people will go on to a higher level of training too. It's a bit like saying people with 2/2s will get jobs as Barristers. Highly unlikely.
pastitall thank you for your kind words, I had kind of forgotten
they'll all be in the same boat with the exams
She should definately put in an aspirational choice . Firstly, many children with offers of abb were still allowed in with lower grades this year ,in one case dropping to bcc! Secondly ,she may very well do much better than predicted .She has massively improved her Biology she now needs to replicate the techniques in revision , past papers etc she used to achieve this. Thirdly , grades will probably drop in general for everyone without Jan resits ,most children do a few retakes.
Good luck to her !
callamia Thank you, I fee a little more hopeful. I also agree a foundation doesn't feel right though it's an option it would just mean it's another year...
My concern is that she will slip and now make BBC or even CCC. She has struggled with her biology but her resit she pulled from a D at New year to an A after revising with her A* friend who's really good but has his own exams for med school to think about.
Unfortunately the removal of the January exams will go against her trying to remember info for 2 exams instead of spreading them will affect her badly I feel.
Who knows, all I can do is try to support her and hope she gets her grades. She is resitting her Psych again from summer to try to improve her grade.
I think she'd like somewhere near to home (ish) she loved York St John but the accommodation was a good way away, she didn't like Derby at all and she liked Chester, we are also looking at Leeds Trinity which is probably achievable at 240 points...
I feel more optimistic now!
She's doing great subjects for psych - which really stands in her favour.
I think a foundation year would not make a good choice, although she should contact the Admissions Tutor for advice first. Foundation years are really for students returning to education, and not really suitable for students who didn't quite make the A level grades. I think she'd also be a bit bored.
If she could realistically make BBC, then I'd seriously consider at least one BBB/ABB course - most will make an aspirational offer, and then may seriously consider her if she doesn't make it. It's sometimes surprising the range of grades that an ABB course will end up taking on come results day.
Where does she want to study? Many post-92 universities have excellent faculty these days - because jobs are so competitive. I have MSc students who come from a wide range of UG backgrounds, and some 'ex-poly' students are some of my best.
I agree too faith looking for some relevant work experience; school mentoring, playschemes, volunteering as a befriender, there's a lot you can do without needing to work with an actual psychologist.
Definitely contact some admissions tutors if you have specific questions, but those predicted grades aren't bad at all - and I'd feel fairly optimistic about her chances.
eat your her original predicted was BBC (280) now after AS on the references (that's the only reason I know) the teachers have put CCC, so unsure what to put in for, its hard when it's all new and no one to guide you (at least that's how it feels).
I didn't know about scholarships, are these just for the brightest of students though, and with CCC it's maybe not aimed at her, I don't know do you know how it works? I will take a look...
Yes Chester did seem a long way away, I know it's only about just over 2 hours but I'd like her to be closer,
but it's not about me
Don't be put off by the 280-340 if your dd's predicted grades are around 280 she would possibly get an offer for 280 if someone's predicted grades are 300+ then their offer might reflect that. As someone else said it is always a good idea to put an aspirational on the form as well as some on target as well as one below in case of a dropped grade.
Bangor also do scholarships which your dd can sit at school. Email them for past papers - you pick a subject from a long list - no idea where you are in the country but its only 3 hours from london on the train and not much further than Chester on the A55 which you mentioned visiting.
IDK, yes she has 25% extra in exams but only since in 6th form nevertheless it's been invaluable, if she were assessed as being dyslexic (like her dad) then she could get more help financially.
She did pick her A levels according to what psychology required so that's a plus but bot if she fails!
Kemmo, thanks for the tip about NLP.
eat your I had already looked at those tables thank you anyway....I know Bangor is a specialist however at 340-280 it's way too ambitious
and such a long way from home
This may not be of much use, but the OU Psychology degree is BPS accredited. They are very supportive of dyslexia too from what I can gather.
Two pieces of advice from an ex psychology admissions tutor:
"It doesn't matter but Biology, English, Psychology". It matters HUGELY what subjects she has. Fortunately she has chosen well
Please don't let her mention NLP in any UCAS form or interview without first doing some research about how this is viewed in academic circles.
She tried so hard and has slow processing problems, not dyslexic but just takes her ages to write essays etc.
Has she been assessed? DS got diagnosed with processing problems and got extra time in exams.
No problem skyblue, there's another one November 23rd. I'll probably be working there, I tend to do most open days but had to leave yesterday's early due to morning sickness
If you've got any questions feel free to contact me either on here or through Facebook; if you go to the Glyndwr homepage I'm Maddie, one of the "students with a view"
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Here are some screenshots of Midnight Pool iPhone game from Gameloft.
I was holding off on buying any of the other pool games since once block breaker deluxe 2 came out I knew Gameloft would have to release Midnight Pool. That is one of their main titles and it was definitely worth the wait.
You can do almost anything with this game, and there are something like 4 different games to play. I prefer 9-ball & 8-ball but they are all fun.
The graphics are good but I really like how the game plays. There is so much depth in this game and I haven't even gotten through much of the story yet.
I don't care about the story but the players are actually kind of funny and you get the option of changing their outfits (if you are into that sort of stuff). I just think it tells you how much detail they put into the game.
Here are a couple of screenshots:
Looks like a good shot but he sucks.
She can't play either but she's cute for a computer image:
Here is a link with some more information about the game:
Midnight Pool for iPhone
If you are a pool fan I don't think you will be disappointed with this one.


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LaDainian Tomlinson appeared ground down, milled to the brink of retirement.
The San Diego Chargers were done with him. They felt it was time to move on from a diminished running back, Hall of Famer or not.
Or so they assumed.
Turns out time isn't a determinate concept for Tomlinson. He seems to have gotten younger since joining the New York Jets.
"I know what age I am, but it doesn't mean I can't play," Tomlinson said. "All players don't slow down when they get to 30 or 31.
"Some players just defy the odds, and I like to say that I'm that type of player."
Tomlinson has been sensational for the Jets, who are 3-1 (his age with a little dash mixed in) entering Monday night's game against the Minnesota Vikings at the Meadowlands.
The Jets and the Vikings were the only teams that pursued Tomlinson after the Chargers cut him. His age plus recent play made him a tepid commodity at best. Now opposing defenses are the ones chasing after him.
"He's playing inspired ball, and it's obvious that he was going to be a good player," Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said. "Management was dead right. He's awesome."
In the interest of full disclosure, ESPN.com's projected year-end stat line for Tomlinson was 161 carries for 646 yards (4.0-yard average) and seven touchdowns plus 17 receptions for 118 yards and one touchdown.
Four games into the season, Tomlinson already has 56 carries for 341 yards (6.1-yard average) and three touchdowns along with 12 catches for 82 yards.
He's on pace to rush for 1,364 yards and 12 touchdowns. He's on track for 48 catches for 328 yards.
Those are Tomlinson's numbers circa 2007. He was an All-Pro that year.
"I am not surprised one bit," Vikings quarterback Brett Favre said. "Sometimes you just kind of get lost in the shuffle, and a change of scenery is sometimes good, not only for the team, but for the player. This is one of those cases. That guy, he's playing outstanding."
Tomlinson attributes his resurgence to being free of nagging leg injuries that plagued him the past couple of years. He appears explosive, shifty and in command.
He has started the past two weeks, something the Jets probably didn't count on when they signed him and a role he certainly wouldn't have played with Adrian Peterson in Minnesota.
The Jets released Thomas Jones because they were ready to make Shonn Greene the lead back. Tomlinson was going to be a complement in the run game while providing Sanchez a reliable checkdown target the young quarterback said can "break a defense's back."
Yet Tomlinson has been so much more.
"I just thought he was going to be outstanding. He's been better than that," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "He's amazing."
The Vikings present the most formidable run defense Tomlinson has faced this year. He has been feasting on teams that rank in the bottom half of the league: the Baltimore Ravens (21st), New England Patriots (18th), Miami Dolphins (23rd) and Buffalo Bills (32nd).
Tomlinson will get to face three of those defenses again in December, when the Jets make their second tour of the AFC East circuit.
The Vikings have a track record of nasty run defenses. They ranked No. 1 in 2006, '07 and '08. They were No. 2 last year.
The Vikings are ninth against the run so far this year, allowing 3.6 yards a carry and 87.3 yards a game.
"It doesn't look like he's lost anything to me," Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said. "He's making some real good runs. He seems to be really motivated to have a good year. We're going to have our hands full trying to stop him."
The Jets know they need to keep Tomlinson young into the cold-weather months. Tomlinson grew up in Texas and played at Texas Christian University before spending his NFL career in balmy San Diego until this year.
Tomlinson seems spry now, but can he keep it up when the bumps and bruises accumulate and start to sting in the howling Meadowlands winds or in the snow and freezing rain that will fall in the Midwest and Northeast stadiums?
With another capable runner in the backfield -- Greene was the offensive star of the playoffs last season -- Ryan is confident the mere distribution of carries will be Tomlinson's Oil of Olay.
Last week against the Bills, Tomlinson overtook Tony Dorsett for seventh place on the all-time rushing list and earned AFC offensive player of the week honors for the first time since 2006.
Tomlinson ran for 133 yards, most in the NFL that weekend, and two touchdowns. It was his 25th career game of 100-plus yards and at least two touchdowns, tying Jim Brown for the all-time lead. Tomlinson's teams are 25-0 when he does that.
Sure, his time-capsule performance happened against the hapless Bills and Peterson was on a bye last weekend (helping Tomlinson lead the entire league), but his performances have been no less compelling.
"It's obvious he's still a good player," Sanchez said, "and when you put him in the right system, you have an O-line that's opening holes for him and you get a young, stubborn quarterback who is finally figuring out how to check the ball down, he looks like an all-star, and he should. He's that kind of player."


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NFL Draft > 2008 Prospects > RB > Ray Rice
Ray Rice Scouting Report
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2008 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
Ray Rice, RB, Rutgers
Few running backs in the country have been more productive over the last few seasons as Rutgers' Rice. As of the Scarlet Knights' final regular-season game, a 41-38 loss to Louisville, Rice has run for 3,526 yards and 40 touchdowns in the last two seasons. He made a big splash as a freshman in 2005, rushing for 1,120 yards and five touchdowns despite sharing touches with Brian Leonard (2007 second-round pick by the Rams). In 2006, Leonard took a back seat to Rice and the sophomore became Rutgers' workhorse, carrying the ball 335 times. You can count on him to give his best every time out and even though he can be bottled up and slowed down from time to time, he gets the yards more often than not and can get loose for the big one on a regular basis. He has run for over 100 yards 24 times in his career (19 of the last 24 games), over 150 yards 13 times, and has five 200-yard games including a 243-yard performance in a win over Army earlier this month. He's also got a serious nose for pay dirt, with touchdowns in 22 of his last 25 games over the last two years and two or more scores 14 times in three seasons. Rice has also seen more opportunities in the passing game this season, with 23 catches for 224 yards and a touchdown (helping to showcase his versatility on offense). Rice isn't very big, but he's well-built and can be a physical runner when he has to be. But, that size could lead to concerns about how durable he can be over a long period of time. He has held up well thus far and hasn't missed a game in his Rutgers career. When it comes to a 16-game NFL season and playing for a number of years, it would be wise to add a little more muscle to his frame, which would benefit himself in terms of durability and with pass blocking against bigger, stronger defenders. If he does add a few pounds, he'll be about the same size as some guy named Emmitt Smith, who overcame height concerns to have a 15-year career that was just a little good. If he does test the draft waters after this season, there's no doubt that he would be a high pick within the first four of five backs taken in the draft, behind Darren McFadden, Steve Slaton, and Mike Hart. But, staying for his senior season couldn't hurt, as he would have a chance to become the all-time leading rusher in the NCAA's top division, as he's 1,751 yards away from Ron Dayne's record of 6,397 yards. If several of the nation's tiptop junior backs bolt for the 2008 draft, Rice could very well be the first or second back taken in 2009 and be in line to take his big-time production to the next level. Update (1/6/08): Rice ran for a school-record 280 yards and four touchdowns in Rutgers' 52-30 victory over Ball State in yesterday's International Bowl in Toronto. It was a monster day for the junior back in what could have been his final collegiate game, as he and the Scarlet Knights simply manhandled the helpless Ball State defense. Rice had a record 90-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that showcased both his speed (when he got to the outside and outran a couple of defenders all the way to the end zone) and his strength (as he out muscled a potential tackler and continued on his way to pay-dirt). By the end of the day, Rice had gone over the 2,000 yard mark, finishing his season with 2,012 yards and his four touchdowns gave him 24 rushing touchdowns on the season, two more school records. If it was Rice's last game at Rutgers, he might have definitely stamped himself as a first-rounder (or at worst, a high second-rounder in April). He finished the season on an absolute tear, rushing for more than 100 yards in each of the last eight games -- including performances of 181, 196, 243, and 280 yards. If he does come back for his senior year, he'll be one of the leading Heisman candidates and he'll also definitely be in reach of breaking Ron Dayne's rushing record. At 4,926 yards, he's less than 1,500 yards away from Dayne's record and with UCF's Kevin Smith for certain coming back, there could be a new #1 and #2 in the record books. That is, if Rice comes back. In post-game interviews, he said he'll make his decision in the next few days, a decision that was no doubt made harder (or maybe easier) with his record-setting performance on Saturday. Update (1/8/08): It didn't take Rice long to make his decision about his future, as three days after his record-setting performance in the International Bowl, the junior tailback announced his intentions to enter the draft. In a statement, Rice said of his decision, "I have always dreamed of playing in the NFL, and I felt the time is right to pursue the opportunity to play at the next level." With he and Kevin Smith both entering the draft, Ron Dayne's rushing record appears to be safe for now, as both backs would have likely challenged the record next season. Junior safety Courtney Greene, Rice's friend since childhood and Rutgers' leading tackler in two of his three seasons, is also expected to declare for the draft this week. Update (2/28/08): At the combine in Indianapolis, Rice ran a 4.48 in the 40-yard dash and had 23 reps in his bench press. He did tweak his hamstring slightly while running, but that didn't stop him from continuing the drills. Rice also had the best time among the running backs in the 3-cone drill (6.65 seconds) and a time of 4.20 seconds in the 20-yard shuttle, which tied him for third in the RB group. With his great showing, Rice has solidified a place in the first day and quite possibly a place in the second round. Update (4/26/08): After an impressive combine performance, Rice didn't have to do too many drills at Rutgers' Pro Day late last month, but he elected to do the vertical and posted a 39-inch jump (a big improvement over his combine number). Rice could be taken in the second round of this weekend's draft, but won't fall past the third.
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Month/Year Posted:2006-05
Policy Number:VPAA 05-04
2006/07 Personnel Action Dates
To All Faculty, Staff, and Administrators:
In accordance with Sections 13.5, 14.5 and 15.4 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and upon the recommendation of the University Faculty Personnel Committee, I hereby approve the attached 2006/2007 dates for submission of periodic evaluations and performance reviews to the appropriate initiating unit personnel committee, college personnel committee, and the University Faculty Personnel Committee, as appropriate.
Please note that continuing probationary faculty who will be in the first year of a two-year reappointment will not be submitting a Working Personnel Action File during the 2006/2007 review cycle; rather, this group of probationary faculty will undergo a periodic evaluation which is due to the initiating unit personnel committee on March 2, 2007. All other continuing probationary faculty will undergo a full performance review and shall submit a Working Personnel Action file according to the attached schedule, with the first set due to the initiating unit personnel committee on August 30, 2006.
A further explanation to the new format of the 2006/2007 Personnel Action Dates appears on the schedule. This format change was precipitated by revisions to Appendix J.
The periodic evaluation of tenured faculty (post-tenure review) shall occur at intervals of no greater than five years. The deadline for post-tenure review is established at the college level, but should be completed no later than April 6, 2007. The deadline for periodic evaluation of temporary faculty is established at the department level, but should be completed no later than April 20, 2007. The periodic evaluation schedule for coaching faculty is as established in Appendix M.
The evaluation review process is scheduled on the basis of unalterable notification deadlines established by the CSU-CFA Collective Bargaining Agreement. The deadlines are intended to allow sufficient time for careful review at each level, and they cannot be extended. Questions regarding the personnel action dates or the evaluation process may be directed to Academic Personnel Services, extension 5086.
Revised: May 5, 2006 1
The 2006-2007 personnel action dates schedule has a new format. Due dates are established by the personnel action rather than years of service.
• New faculty appointed Fall 2006 and continuing probationary faculty in the first year of a two-year reappointment shall complete a periodic evaluation during 2006-2007. Due dates for periodic evaluations are below.
• Continuing probationary faculty who are subject to a full performance review, that is, submission of a WPAF, shall submit their files on either August 30, 2006 or September 18, 2006, depending upon the requested personnel action.
• Tenured faculty seeking promotion shall submit their WPAF on October 16, 2006. The complete retention/tenure/promotion schedule is on page 2.
• Temporary faculty seeking range elevation shall submit their file on January 16, 2007. The complete range elevation schedule is below.
The review of a Professional Development Plan (PDP) is not a personnel action. Therefore, it does not appear on this schedule. However, PDPs are an important component of the periodic evaluation. Since the periodic evaluation schedules commence at the start of spring semester, Colleges should ensure that the PDP process is completed by December 15, 2006.
Continuing probationary faculty should refer to their 2005-2006 reappointment letter to determine whether they should undergo either a periodic evaluation (short review) or a performance review (WPAF) in 2006-2007. Please contact Academic Personnel Services, extension 5086, if you have any questions regarding the 2006-2007 Personnel Action Dates.
Please refer to the Humboldt State University Faculty Handbook, Appendix J, to review the criteria, policies, and procedures for Retention, Tenure, and Promotion of probationary/tenured faculty; or Appendix K for the criteria and processes by which temporary faculty may apply for elevation in range.
PERIODIC EVALUATION (Short Review)
Personnel Action: New Faculty Evaluation (Faculty appointed as of Fall 2006)2
Personnel Action: Continuing Faculty with a two-year reappointment
Personnel Action: Temporary Faculty Range Elevation
1Supersedes VPAA 05-02 April 5, 2006 Schedule
2New faculty appointed in January 2006 with service credit for Fall 2005 are subject to a full performance review and, therefore, shall submit a WPAF on August 30, 2006. If service credit was not awarded, then new faculty hired in January 2006 are subject to a periodic evaluation,which is due on January 16, 2007.
PERSONNEL ACTION DATES 2006-2007 – Revised May 5, 2006 3
Personnel Action: Retention
Personnel Action: Retention with Tenure/Promotion – includes Early Tenure
Personnel Action: Promotion of Tenured Faculty
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Crunch sound when going over dips???
Well, now that i've solved the other problems, of course a new one occurs!!! Well, there is a dip on my road that I run over when I head to work everyday and when my '08 SES runs over this dip, I hear this odd "crunch" noise and I'm not sure where it is coming from. And it only happens when I am going over this dip and then I don't hear it anymore through my day even when going over other bad parts of roads and bumps. I am scared that this is something serious? Or is it something that isn't a big deal? Could it be the weather changing from being warm to being really cold in the morning? (I live in North MS if that helps if weather is involved)
I hope and pray that this isn't anything serious and that it is a pretty quick and non-dramatic fix. I need input everyone. [:(]
maybe the plastic flap under the bumper, like a splash guard? look under there and poke at it with your hand and see what it does.
Have you considered swinging by the dealership so they can take a look? Ford certified techs are your best bet when it comes to diagnosing and repairing your vehicle. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Have a great day!
Front. IF it's the splash guard, fixing it depends on what exactly is wrong, may be a simple bolt/push plug has come out, maybe the plastic cracked. Have to see it.
Are driving over this dip in the morning straight on or one tire at a time (like driving over a speed bump and only having one tire go over the bump)?
Before you leave in the morning push on the corners of your car in an effort to cycle the shocks/struts on each corner and see if that changes anything. Maybe it's something thats needing lubrication and sitting over night it settles and that dip in the morning frees it up. Just guessing and throwing crap out there :)
Could be a tie rod. The connection is like a ball and socket. The socket part gets worn and makes a thumping sound when going over bumps. Car can be placed on a lift and then you check for play.
And to answer about how I drive over it, I am going straight over it without angling my tires at all. Its straight on. I hope this helps!! (:
what woild be cool is if you could get your phone out and when you go over the dip have it recorded and see if we all can hear this sound as well
try different speeds, we had a really nasty dip near work (they finally fixed it 2 weeks ago, its been there for years) and if I went thru it at anything over 50 km/hr my hard plastic mudflaps on the front wheels would touch down when the struts would compress. It annoyed me so much that I changed the mudflaps to a softer rubber one. Can you tell roughly what part of the car the noise is coming from?
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maturity model must be for those companies like Microsoft that are just stamping out the same thing over and over again. We're artists. How can we possibly standardize? What's your answer to them?
Mark: Everybody always says "We're different". It's almost a universal comment that people make. And you will sometimes, you'll hear people saying that: You know, I'm different from everybody else in the world. You know, when Michael Fagan talks about the optimal rate for inspecting software code, I'm different. I can inspect mine in order utter of magnitude quicker than Fagan recommends. And then you start going through a process improvement, things such as the personal software process training or something like that. And what you find out is, when I start measuring my actual performance, I'm just like everybody else. In other words, the good engineering techniques, the good management techniques that work for F16 or Microsoft or anybody else are the same kinds of things that have been done over and over again. And when I refuse to take advantage of those ideas, I'm hurting myself.
There are differences. That's certainly true. But good engineering and good management practices are good engineering and management practices. And a lot of the things that you've seen, extreme programming and lightweight methodologies and things of that nature, are in many ways repackaging of ideas that have been presented as good engineering and management practices many times before over the years.


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Writing Ideas
1. Think of a situation or time when you felt particularly misunderstood. Try to write a poem that alternates your point of view with the point of view of those around you. How do they perceive and misperceive your actions?
2. The people around the drowned man believed that "he always loved larking", meaning he enjoyed taking adventures; write a poem that imagines an episode from one of the drowned man's adventures. How might his feelings contrast with his behavior?
3. "Not Waving but Drowning" takes place in the aftermath of the man's death. Write a poem that takes place just after an important or traumatic event. How does the crowd feel or react? What about the person, or people, involved in the event itself?
Discussion Questions
1. Who is the speaker of the poem? Who does the speaker align himself or herself with—the drowned man or the gathered crowd?
2. What is the effect of repetition in the poem? By altering the first stanza's final phrase, what does Smith suggest about the life of the drowned man?
3. Smith's poem asks us to think about the ways in which we misunderstand or misread the people around us—what opinion does the gathered crowd seem to have of the drowned man? Does the poem suggest that they ever know the truth about him? Can you imagine the type of person he was from the poem's brief descriptions?
Teaching Tips
1. Before teaching, read the poem guide to "Not Waving but Drowning." Have students think-pair-share a time when things went wrong because their words or gestures were misunderstood by others.
2. Have students read the poem several times. Then have them rewrite the lines of the poem as a script, indicating the speaker of each of the lines. In their character descriptions, they should indicate the relationship to the victim that each speaker might have. For example, "stranger in the crowd," acquaintance," etc. Ask who says the lines, "I was much too far out all my life/And not waving but drowning." Have students share their findings and discuss various readings of the poem. Ask what does this startling image and the observers' reactions challenge us to think about?
3. After students have had a chance to read "Not Waving but Drowning" for themselves, ask them to read Caitlin Kimball's poem guide, engaging with the author's interpretation critically. Ask them to mark striking passages, especially those with which they agree or disagree. Have students discuss their findings and ask what aspect of the human experience does this poet challenge us to examine? Students may share personal observations of the ways in which people are misinterpreted or how signs of struggle are often misread.
4. Have students view Pieter Bruegel's painting, "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" and read W.H. Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts," and discuss how the painting relates to the poem. Then have them examine the difference between this commentary on an unnoticed drowning and Stevie Smith's. Ask why did these poets choose such a subject? Why did Pieter Bruegel? Why might this subject be important to these three artists? What might this discussion suggest about the way artists see their role in our lives? Ask students to consider how they see the role of artists in our lives.
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Stevie Smith: "Not Waving but Drowning"
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I'm not that interested in the lives of poets. Lord Byron may have been "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," but as any product of an MFA program can tell you, a poet's life is typically short on titillating details. Italian loafers. Yoga classes. Book signings. Yawn.
Paradoxically, one facet of literary biography fascinates me: the day job. My own interest in poetry flowered during a series of low-wage temp gigs, and many of the writers whose books I hid in my desk drawer also were no strangers to clerical tedium. The poems of Marianne Moore (secretary) and Fernando Pessoa (ad agency copywriter) were short enough to read in the lulls between ordering toner and transferring calls. What's more, I imagined that boredom could yield poetic epiphanies. (Leave it to a postcollegiate Gen-Xer to romanticize office work, which in previous generations was an emblem of soul-crushing compromise, at least among artists. Especially among women artists.) During those hunched idylls in a cubicle, I got serious about Stevie Smith.
As is often the case with "minor" poets, Smith's biography tends to serve as shorthand for her work, which included hundreds of sly, playful short verses. Some highlights: Born during the reign of King Edward, died during the sexual revolution. Served as the personal secretary to a publishing company executive for 30 years. Never married. Lived in the same house in suburban London for virtually her entire life. Notable for her half-sung, off-key recitations and girlish marginal doodles.
Although she reportedly avoided contemporary poetry, echoes of Smith's favorite poets (William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge) sound again and again throughout her work. Whether they love her or hate her, people tend to use the same language to describe her. She's eccentric: twee, terrifying, peculiar, whimsical, grim, grimsical (just kidding).
Okay, fine, she's an odd bird, but her song is worth hearing. As "eccentric" as her light verse seems, it's actually packed with the same cargo that was celebrated in the work of her more famous contemporaries. Bone-deep religious ambivalence? Check. Metaphysical protest? Check. Pop-cultural satire? Check. Bald sentimentality? Apocalyptic dread? Tributes to cats? Check, check, check.
In her selected poems, you'll find a sinister but silly bit such as this:
Mrs Mouse
Come out of your house
It is a fine sunny day
And I am waiting to play.
Bring the little mice too
And we can run to and fro.
("Cat Asks Mouse Out")
Or a real hoot with a twist of pathos, as in "Tenuous and Precarious." Here, a grown child riffs on the conventions of schoolbook Latin to sketch a portrait of her family. As in many of her poems, Smith lampoons adult figures who nevertheless cast a dark shadow:
Tenuous and Precarious
Were my guardians,
Precarious and Tenuous,
Two Romans.
My father was Hazardous,
Dear old man,
Three Romans.
And you'll find plenty of spiritual heartbreakers as well:
Oh feed to the golden fish his egg
Where he floats in his captive bowl,
To the cat his kind from the womb born blind,
And to the Lord my soul.
(from "My Soul")
Raised in the Anglican Church, Smith borrowed the meter of its hymns, but the beat often fell away to accommodate the prissy registers of middle-class speech, as in "This Is Disgraceful and Abominable":
Of all the disgraceful and abominable things
Making animals perform for the amusement of human beings is
Utterly disgraceful and abominable
Suspended midtrot below these lines is a crudely drawn dog. Is she putting us on? As coy and self-undermining as Smith's poetry can be, I don't like to call it naive. In it, you sense the subversive spirit of a woman twitching under the weight of her social station.
During decades of train rides and vigils at her desk, Smith absorbed the rhythms of workday jargon, of newspaper ads, of water cooler chitchat, and set it loose on her own tasks. Her jauntiest jingles have a sour tang that I imagine comes from her well-informed mistrust of words; as an employee of one of England's largest publishers of pulpy "women's magazines," she knew how quickly a beautiful image or a bit of wisdom could become a banality. She knew how the repetition of words and phrases could create music and cast spells, and at the same time empty them of meaning. Smith's lack of bombast and sonority, her simultaneous social unease and need to charm and hold court, her manipulation of childhood ditties—it all suggests a deep ambivalence about being "taken seriously" in a culture so often wrong about what's really serious.
Speaking of "serious," "Not Waving but Drowning" is Smith's most famous poem. This twelve-line punch to the gut is one of her most sober and plainly nihilistic pieces.
The poem begins after the central drama has already taken place. We join a crowd that has gathered at the site of an accidental drowning. Nothing can be done, so our witness is essentially forensic—until the dead man's voice floats up from the deep. The first stanza shifts quickly from event reportage to the interior monologue of the drowned man trying, even in death, to convey to the living his lifetime of desperation. It's a grim premise: Life is a series of opportunities to be misunderstood.
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
He's dead from the very beginning, but he continues to moan. His witnesses have failed him, so now we will take their place. The man's words aren't set off with italics or quotation marks, which subtly reinforces his place as the primary consciousness of the poem. A pass at rhythm, an off-rhyme (moaning/drowning), lends an air of jollity to the harrowing setup—it's a hallmark of the macabre. But in the next stanza, the perspective shifts outward again and the chill really sets in:
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
They knew him. And they knew him long enough to know his tendency toward "larking." That's their half-assed eulogy. (Who wants to imagine the six-word summation of his own character? It's almost worse than imagining death itself.) And "poor chap"—oof. We're not allowed to be haunted by the dead man's testimony for too long before this glib epithet snaps us back to the social occasion. That third line tumbles out fast in monosyllables, like the murmuring of a crowd. Prancing around the edges of corniness, the irony is Pure Stevie: they were too cold for him. His heart broke under the strain of being misunderstood for so long, he wants to tell us. And so he does; that the dead man gets the last word is the poem's only consolation:
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
Language failed him. Salutations failed him. We are all odd birds, all in danger of having our gestures, habits, and roles misread, mistaken for our substance. At work, whose collar doesn't chafe? I guess I'd argue that it's prissiness on our part when we sum up a "minor" poet like Smith as mannered, precious, or quirky—not that those terms aren't useful. There's a pleasure in being held at arm's length, in being dared to embrace—and to dismiss—a poet's mannerisms. "The human creature is alone in his carapace," Smith wrote. "Poetry is a strong way out. The passage that [Poetry] blasts is often in splinters, covered with blood; but she can come out softly."
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Calling Stevie Smith's Not Waving but Drowning "the best collection of new poems to appear in 1957," Poetry contributor David Wright observed that "as one of the most original women poets now writing [Stevie Smith] seems to have missed most of the public accolades bestowed by critics and anthologists. One reason may be that not only does she belong to no 'school'—whether real or invented as they usually are—but her work is so completely different from anyone else's that it is all but impossible to discuss her poems in relation to those of her contemporaries." "Without identifying itself with any particular school of modern poetics," Linda Rahm Hallett similarly noted in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, "[Smith's] voice is nevertheless very much that of what she once called the 'age of unrest' through which she lived." Combining a deceptively simple form and mannered language with serious themes, Smith was...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Thirteen members of the 18th-ranked University of Michigan women's track and field team qualified to compete at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Rounds, the NCAA announced today (Thursday, May 22). The meet will be held from May 29-31 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.
The top 48 athletes in both the east and west regions in each event (in descending order), as well as the top 24 relays from each region, qualified for the meet. The athletes will participate in two rounds (first round and quarterfinals) during the preliminary round. Twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event will advance from each preliminary championship competition to the NCAA Championships. This year's national meet will be held from June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore.
Michigan's qualifiers, with event, seed and time/mark:Danielle Pfeifer -- 800m (23rd, 2:06.68)
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Brook Handler -- 1,500m (6th, 4:15.82)
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Cindy Ofili -- 100m Hurdles (4th, 12.93); 200m (34th, 23.62)
Erin Busbee -- 100m Hurdles (40th, 13.66); Long Jump (46th, 6.03m)
Aaron Howell -- High Jump (45th, 1.75m)
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This will mark the second consecutive trip to the regional meet for senior Erin Busbee (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood), junior Brook Handler (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester), sophomore Cindy Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich./Huron), junior/sophomore Shannon Osika (Waterford, Mich./Mott) and senior Megan Weschler (Wyandotte, Mich./Roosevelt), while senior Alex Leptich (Ann Arbor, Mich./Saline) will make her third consecutive appearance at the NCAA prelims and fifth-year senior Kiley Tobel (Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Western) will return for the fourth straight year. Tobel is the only current Wolverine who has advanced from the prelims to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, doing so in each of the last three years.
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BVI charter 8-18 Jul 03 with Tradewind Yachts 10 charter nights
Intro This was my second charter as skipper, although my wife, Diane, has been crew for many years on Caribbean cruises. This was our best vacation in our 12 years together, despite some challenges and problems we encountered. Partly, that was because the cruise was fairly unstructured. With just the two of us on the boat, we had much more freedom to do what suited us at the moment.
Most importantly, we learned that we can work well together as a team; something we will need later when we do our own extended cruising aboard our own (future) boat. Hopefully, some of the details we list will help others in their own planning.
Expenses for 2 people -
Air tickets $1,020 Yacht (for Jeanneau 37) 1,535 Fuel 26 Mooring fees 125 Masc. taxes, permits 20 Provisions bought from home 80 Provisions - islands (incl. alcohol) 195 Restaurants/Entertainment 532 Car rental/gas 68 Taxis 42 Limo driver (USA) 100 Tips (masc.) 35 Email access 15 ________________________________
Total (excluding gifts) $3,793 Less than $1900 per person
Notes on expenses: We ate 3 dinners and 2 lunches ashore in 10 days. We drank modestly ashore for the most part. Many places serve copious amounts of alcohol for modest prices (e.g. 5 ounces of rum for $4), which is a good deal, but drinking ashore also runs up the expenses pretty quickly. Note that we had 10 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 7 dinners, and many beverages aboard for less than $300, while the ashore costs for 3 dinners, 2 lunches, and bar bills exceeded $530. Only you know what your budget is and what works for you.
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8 Jul (Tue) Leave home at 0445 for Newark Airport; arrive 0555, breeze thru check-in and security; at gate by 0620 for 0730 flight via San Juan on American Airlines. Entrance into BVIs was even quicker than last year. We brought 5 homemade frozen entrees in a small ice chest into BVI; this time there was no request to pay duty. Very short taxi ride to TWY, arriving at 1400. Facility is small, not fancy but adequate with friendly owners/staff.
Our Jeanneau 37 (Sponge Cake) still had 45 minutes of last-minute repairs to the head, but this was not a problem as Diane provisioned at local Rite-Way market and I began the boat briefing. We were underway by 1530 headed for Trellis Bay. Strong winds (25+ kts) and heavy seas out of the east made it a long beat to turn the corner south of Beef Island. I am not a real experienced skipper, but I do understand sail trim, so it bothered me that I could not tack through less than 110 degrees. Actually, that was when conditions allowed for full sail (rare during this trip). When we had the headsail partially furled, the shape was so horrible that I could barely tack through 125 degrees thats pathetic. Add the leeway in there and you are making very little distance upwind. We finally decided to motor sail with the headsail furled (I dont like using the engine to make way, but sometimes you just have to).
As we were beating around the southern tip of Beef, I was getting into my lecture mode and started quizzing Diane: what if the engine failed right now? Son of a beach if she didnt quit within a minute! We were on a lee shore with no ability to claw off under sail and no engine to power off, so I quickly jibed into a deep broad reach to clear the point heading back toward our departure point. Once settled down, I resumed beating under sail toward Trellis Bay, keeping far off the point. I used the boat cell phone to contact TWY and luckily they were still there at 1800.
My plan was to make Trellis and moor or anchor under sail since it was going to be dark soon. We had a great ride under headsail alone past Marina Cay and around the rocks guarding the bay. I furled the headsail small to reduce power and flaked out the anchor chain (no engine = no windlass) and instructed Diane what to do with the helm and sheets. As we made the approach, we saw the bay was full. I did not want to chance maneuvering amongst all those boats under sail only (it was blowing 30 kts that evening), so we dropped anchor just 100 yards inside the rocks/buoy.
Never having done it before, I must say it worked flawlessly. Were just damn lucky the holding in Trellis is excellent. Since we were not in a very protected spot, I used all 100 feet of chain and 50 feet of nylon even though the depth wasnt more than 20 feet. Our plans to eat at the Last Resort were dashed since I was not leaving that boat in those circumstances. Needless to say, with the wind howling at 30+ all night, I did not get much sleep in fact I slept in the cockpit with fenders at the ready.
9 Jul (Wed) The mechanic from TWY arrived at 0830 and proceeded to clear severely clogged fuel lines and filter. You hear stories about heavy seas stirring up the sludge in the tank well know we know what they mean. While there, he also replaced the joker valve in the head pump, and after some browsing ashore, we were off by 1300.
Our intended destination was Savannah Bay on Virgin Gorda, but guess what happened after motoring for 5 minutes the engine ran rough and had a vibration I didnt like. I called TWY and told them were coming back to their base. A little while later, I called to say the engine quit completely and we were coming back under sail alone and would like assistance.
As we got into Fat Hogs Bay, I called again for assistance and they said we would get it as we got closer. Here is where the communication and my judgment broke down. I had no intention of bring the boat to the dock under sail and expected TWY to send a person in a dinghy to meet us and take charge. As we got closer under partial headsail alone doing about 2 kts, I noticed 3 guys standing on the dock waiting to take our dock lines. Well, we hadnt even put out our fenders or lines, since this was going to be their call. As we were running out of options, I had Diane start to put out the fenders and dock lines, but were already too close. I couldnt tack, so I jibed and missed everything safely enough, but was now running out of navigable water.
My actions and my hail for assistance finally got through; they sent a knowledgeable guy in a dinghy to take charge, but even he missed the approach, so he repeated my maneuver to clear the dock and then 2 other guys in separate dinghies came out to act as tugs and get us back to the dock. I honestly think I could have made a safe approach if I had planned for it, but trying to salvage it at the last minute was not smart. I should have dropped anchor off the dock when I saw they were not in position to assist. I relegated my skippers responsibility when I should have been more decisive lesson learned.
The best part about all this is that Diane and I learned that we can handle all this without yelling at each other. We worked great as a team, even though she still needs a lot of coaching as to what to do and how to do it.
Options for taking a different boat were almost nil, and our boat (if serviceable) was by far the best of the few available options. The mechanic immediately tore into the fuel lines again and found once section plugged. I was concerned (as were they) that the sludge in the tank could make this a recurring event, but we decided to motor all the way to Cooper for the night and see how she ran. Fortunately, she never hiccupped again during the cruise, but that vibration was still there.
Our night at Cooper was restful on a mooring, with another delicious homemade meal aboard.
10 Jul (Thu) Up at 0630 to a beautiful morning. Departed for North Sound and arrived at 1400 due to the winds being somewhat NE and the horrible upwind capability of the boat. While better pointing would have been very nice, we love to sail so being underway longer was not a big deal.
We anchored in Drakes Anchorage all alone. The resort is apparently abandoned for a few years, but it was neat walking the trails on the island and experiencing that feeling of seclusion. We were clothing-free most of the time aboard, and certainly enjoyed that secluded beach they call Honeymoon Beach.
11 Jul (Fri) Up at 0630 for more hiking ashore. Moved to Saba Rock mooring (to take advantage of water and ice). Had some Painkillers ashore we found Saba to be beautiful, especially that little garden on the eastern side. We snorkeled the reef to the east, which was very rough that day, and found it to be pretty nice. Dinner ashore was the buffet. The salad bar was impressive, but the other hot buffet food was only so-so in our opinion. The carving station had lamb, pork, and beef all were pretty good.
Some games in the cockpit with rum nightcaps and then to bed exhausted as usual.
12 Jul (Sat) Up at 0530. Took on water at 0700 and enjoyed a great close/beam reach to Anegada (about 3 hours) with no more than 6.5 knots on GPS. Approach was tricky because of the missing nav aids. Im glad Walkers GPS coordinates were available to replace the missing aids.
Tried to anchor for almost 1.5 hours (yes, that is ridiculous, but we did not yell at each other, I swear). If we backed down on the anchor at half reverse, it seemed OK. Every time we went to full reverse, it dragged. I finally snagged the very last mooring with a little help from a fellow sailor in a dinghy, since the pendant was missing. I learned something about chafe, too, since simply looping the line the steel ring was not ideal. I checked it early the next morning and decided to move to a good mooring for the next night.
Took dinghy to Pam''s Kitchen (bought baked goods, chutney), then we continued our slow pace and just chilled for most of the afternoon, with cocktails aboard. I took a bottle of wine and dinghied over to the boat whose skipper had helped. He (Alain) was from Puerto Rico, and his two lovely female companions (Sol and Marta) also spoke enough English that we had a great time visiting for 2 hours. By this time it was 1830 and time to get ready for the lobster dinner ashore at the Anegada Reef Hotel. We dined as a fivesome and had way too much drink, fun, and dancing.
13 Jul (Sun) Up at 0830. At 1000, we taxied to Loblolly Bay for snorkeling; with all due respect to others opinions, we found it very mediocre. The beach was good and the weather was comfortable, so we had a good time. We had met a honeymoon couple (Dave and Chris) in their later 40s on the taxi and they visited with us. We invited them aboard at 2000 for conversation.
We enjoyed the bar at the Big Bamboo on the beach and got back to the boat by 1800. I had promised to visit another boat (we met them at the airport), so off I went to do more socializing. It was now almost 1930 and I had not eaten yet. I dinghied back to our boat and found Diane had defrosted our dinner, but left it cold and untouched and she was sound asleep.
I grabbed a few mouthfuls, put it back in the fridge and got the boat ready for guests. At 1945 (or so), I lay down to rest my eyes and that was it for me until 2300. I later found that Dave had come by at 2030 and found me snoring, so he left.
14 Jul (Mon) Up at 0600; weather clearing and winds much lighter. We departed for Cane Garden Bay around 0900. With the lighter winds, it took us until 1430 to arrive, although we did heave-to for a short bit enroute (wink-wink, nudge-nudge). Got the anchor set well this time and went ashore to provision. Had dinner aboard, then a nap, and drinks aboard Olympe, Dave and Chriss boat. Got to bed at 2330.
15 Jul (Tue) Up at 0700 on another beautiful morning. Light rain showers had been occurring every night, but last night there was a heavy shower. Great for washing the boat down.
We hired a car at 0900 and toured Tortola for the first time. It was a very neat thing to do just driving those steep switchback roads is amazing, as is the view. We stopped in Road Town and did email and bought Diane a piece of jewelry. Had a delicious bar-size pizza for lunch. Snorkeled Brewers Bay it was really very nice. Stopped in East End to buy grouper for dinner the next night.
We were back on the boat by 1430. Dave and Chris came back from their jaunt to Sandy Cay and we drove to Pussers on Frenchmans Cay for dinner (not bad). On the way we passed Bombas Shack and can see what people mean when they say it is just a wild-looking architectural disaster waiting to happen! To bed at 1130.
16 Jul (Wed) Up at 0700; more rain showers last night. Returned car at 0900, then off to Sandy Spit and Green Cay off Jost Van Dyke. Beach was gorgeous and snorkeling was OK.
Sailed to White Bay (JVD), anchored, and went to Soggy Dollar Bar for Painkillers. Decided to spend night at Great Harbor, so off we went. Anchored there with no problem, made grouper, watched the stars and went to bed. Yes, I realize we did not even go ashore, but we were just too tired. We did see beautiful phosphorescent jellyfish that made blue light. They were like fireflies of the sea.
17 Jul (Thu) Up at 0600. Departed at 0800 beating against SE winds to the Indians past Little Thatch. Did not arrive until 1300. There were no moorings left, but Dave and Chris were there, so we buddied-up with them. That was the most fantastic snorkeling of the trip! Later, sailed over to the Caves and moored for a little more snorkeling.
Moored in The Bight on Norman Island; dinner aboard, then drinks on the Willy-T. We had nightcaps and live guitar serenade by Dave (hes good!) aboard Olympe until 2330.
18 Jul (Fri) Up at 0700. Slipped mooring at 0815 and beat back to Fat Hog''s Bay (a very nice sail) by 1145. We picked up a mooring to attend to some matters, then docked at the fuel dock. Took only 9.3 gals for 10 days. Debrief was easy and quick, although I had prepared a list of 8 items which needed attention on the boat.
We had a great lunch at the Harbourview restaurant. Taxi to airport, check-in, flight to San Juan, then Newark were all just fine. All-in-all, a FABULOUS trip!
*** General Comments/Lessons Learned *** - We decided to forego the expensive, sometimes disgusting, showers available ashore and take showers aboard. That was a good decision.
- This trip was much more of a carefree, slow pace than last time. For lots of reasons, including the privacy, this was a superior experience for us.
- Fully brief the crew on the safe operation of everything they may have to touch. Ensure they dont touch the things they shouldnt. It is important for everyone on board to speak and signal with the same boating language to allow for the best communication and to help prevent problems.
- Keep calm and cool in all situations; you may need to use a stronger voice for emphasis at times, but yelling is never helpful.
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