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Get Set to Go: How EFL clubs and Mind are tackling mental health issues
One in four people will experience a mental health problem in any given year, according to the mental health charity Mind.
But, in partnership with the English Football League, Mind aims to provide support and respect to anyone who does encounter such issues.
Charlton Athletic, Millwall and AFC Wimbledon are among nine EFL clubs who are aiming to encourage people to get more active as a way of improving their mental wellbeing.
A new phase of the 'Get Set to Go' initiative, a nationwide physical activity programme, was launched with a five-a-side tournament at the Addicks' training ground last month.
Initially funded by Sport England and the National Lottery, 'Get Set to Go' is being expanded thanks to fundraising from Mind's partnership with the EFL.
A 'platform to engage with'
"We know that getting active is really powerful for our body, but actually it is incredibly helpful for our mind too," Hayley Jarvis, the head of sport at Mind, said.
"It can help us to reduce our feelings of stress, lifts our mood and we know it can be life-changing for many people who are experiencing mental health problems.
"What really supports people is meeting people who have been through similar experiences."
Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland, Carlisle United, Newport County and Stevenage are the other EFL clubs involved in the latest phase of the initiative, alongside the Addicks, Lions and Dons.
The respective clubs' community trusts will offer a range of weekly activities to participants.
"When people are suffering with poor mental health, quite often the first thing that happens is isolation," said Carl Krauhaus, head of early help and prevention at the Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT).
"They get distanced from local services, activities, social circles and peer groups. Activity, whatever it is, can prevent that.
"Just getting people together will provide a lot of things that go beyond the activity.
"From working with lots of people with various problems over the years what I always hear is that sometimes they just need a platform to engage with. That is the first step to then being involved in something like this."
The programme itself launched in 2015, since when more than 3,500 people with mental health problems have benefited and tried out new activities in a relaxed and friendly environment.
"Males round about my age suffer from mental health problems," participant James Magill, 40, said.
"I have had suicidal thoughts and these events really help me with my own mental health condition.
"I have been in hospital twice and take medication.
"I enjoy being out in the open and running around. With the chemical imbalance, it releases endorphins so even on a biological level it is very cathartic."
Football can 'use power to influence the world'
Mind is in the second year of its link-up with the EFL, with its branding featuring on the back of every player's shirt across the three tiers of the competition.
"To see our logo on the club shirts and raise awareness with millions of fans helps us reach new communities and new audiences," Jarvis added.
"Whether you are a fan on the terrace, a player or whether you work for the club, we all have mental health and it is really important we look after it.
"Our message is whoever you support, we do support you."
"Every time I put on the shirt I notice that logo," AFC Wimbledon captain Will Nightingale said.
"I am sure all the fans do as well. If anybody doesn't know about Mind then they will get to know it and hopefully we can spread that word as best as we can.
"Football is a well-watched sport worldwide so we need to use that power to influence the world in a positive way."
Millwall midfielder Ben Thompson and Charlton defender Lewis Page attended the launch event at Sparrow's Lane and encouraged anyone encountering mental health problems to seek advice.
"Mental health is an issue for many people in the country," Thompson, 23, said.
"For clubs to be supporting that, helping people and making sure they come out and speak about their problems is the best way to solve it."
Page added: "I have witnessed it first hand within my life with people who have gone and spoken to people and they have come out far better from it."
'A small effort can make a big difference'
The opening five-a-side tournament proved to be a "joyful experience" for those involved, according to Nathan Rendell, a community mental health services manager for Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich Mind
"We had people on our teams who have been very unwell recently," Rendell said.
"We have engaged with people who have been in care for most of their lives – quite young and new to our service.
"Being out there on the pitch with them and working together with people they have met only once, it was great.
"It is just getting people to the point that they can engage with it and they feel they can take ownership of that engagement, because that is part of the difficulty sometimes."
CACT's Krauhaus is sure the initiative will have an impact.
"What the clubs will do is learn from this partnership with EFL and Mind and realise that actually, with a small amount of effort they can make a big difference in the community just by using their badge to promote activity projects," he said.
"In two months hopefully all the clubs' programmes will have grown. That EFL partnership will allow that to happen across the UK and that is really powerful."


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- Increase skills in comprehension and writing for all students through focused teaching skills, and school wide supports.
- Improve attendance by 10% from 2017/18, using school wide motivational strategies, family support and incentives.


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I have this fascination with dragonflies. They're beautiful in an alien-like way and are brutal hunters. We have lots of them in our yard for some reason. I'm not sure why. There isn't a lot of water around other than our little pond with our one lonely goldfish. Still, I see them hanging out in the bushes a lot, hunting other insects. They land on a leaf and go still, silent, waiting. When some yummy bit of insect flesh grows near, they swoop up and munch it.
So, I'm looking out the window and can see a dragonfly hunting on a bunch of catnip growing on my Kara-cat's grave
Tangent: Yes, I'm aware how strange it is that catnip grows on my cat's grave. No, we didn't plant it there. I planted shadow-loving perennials which were quickly overtaken by the nip. It's the only place in the whole yard where there's a profusion of the stuff.
Being the nature-loving freak I am, I get up and sneak out there to get a closer look. By the time I get there the dragonfly is gone, but I hear a buzzing sound right by my ear, turn my head and come eye-to-eye with a hummingbird! I stare breathlessly for a moment, the hummingbird realizes what I am (eeek! Human!) and speeds off into a nearby tree.
That's the first one I've seen so far this year, but we usually have a bunch around here because of all the flowers in the yard. I'm bummed because my butterfly bushes didn't come up this year! I might go see if I can find a couple mature ones to plant.
I get all freaky when I see dragonflies, hummingbirds, black vultures (love them) and herons (they're so primordial looking). We won't even talk about the squee of seeing or hearing an owl.
Gardening and nature blather is now over.


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"This Master is a cunning serpent."
|Home planet:
|Home era:
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|Jeffrey Coburn Doctor, Jym DeNatale Doctor, James K. Flynn Doctor
|First appearance:
|The Seventh Dungeon of Drakmoore
|Last appearance:
|Project Alpha
|Portrayed by:
|Rachel Sommers
Character HistoryEdit
Fifteen years old. Born in mid-thirteenth century England, she is the only child of peasant-class parents. She did not know her father as he was killed while she was still a baby. Her mother died when Christine was nine from one of the many plagues that swept across Europe.
Red hair, blue eyes, of average intelligence, but uneducated and illiterate. She accepted that her lot in life was that of perpetual serfdom to a local lord; such was the way things were done - the lords ruled, the peasants served. There was no class mobility in the thirteenth century; those born peasants remained such all their days.
Life was hard for Christine, but she adapted. She is a survivor. Her social position did not endow upon her any sort of self-esteem, so she is quite humble. She doesn't recognise that even her very survival is testimony to a strong spirit and resourcefulness on her part. Given a chance, though, Christine could blossom into an intelligent, beautiful young woman.
Christine carries with her the superstitions of her day. Although the Doctor tries to convince her that many things can be explained scientifically, she still holds to many of the beliefs that she has grown up with. As such, Christine is somewhat claustrophobic when it comes to caves and other closed in, underground structures, believing that such places are haunted by "the souls who were lost in the great dungeons".
Production BackgroundEdit
In a round-about way, Christine is the result of a promise made to the cast back in 1995. Douglas Phillips had been saying that one day that he would do a show set in medieval England, he and the cast being fans of that period.
Originally, the story was to have been The Children of Chakran during the 29th season. However, the story fell through and another one was commissioned from Jamie Lawson. By this time, a new companion had to be cast as Dara was being written out of the show and it was determined that the new travelmate would be introduced in the medieval story. Lawson had prepared an outline for the new companion, Kaye, but the story was withdrawn after only the synopsis had been prepared, so the search was on again for a suitable replacement.
This time, the task fell to script editor Thomas Himinez who came up with The Seventh Dungeon of Drakmoore. The name of the new companion was changed to Christine and, utilising the parameters given by Doug Phillips — fifteen years old, peasant class — a character was created that could be best described as a civilised Leela.
Interestingly, Christine is very much in the background for most of her first story. Aside from a scene with the Doctor in the dungeons, she really is given very little to do until the end. According to Tom Himinez, this was planned from the beginning.
"We had just had two stories where the Doctor travelled alone, everyone guessing that first Jessie from Mesomorph might be the new companion, and then Laroche from The Crimson Scarab," recalls Himinez. "I didn't want Christine to have a huge part and it be obvious she was going to be the new companion, so I deliberately kept her out of the story. That wasn't an easy task. I had to give her enough to do so she would seem like a believable character, yet keep her far enough in the background so she would blend in with the other miscellaneous castle characters. But I also had to keep her in position so she could save the day in the end without just coming out of nowhere."
Like Mark Triyad and Dara Hamilton, Christine suffered from very little character development during her first season. While we got to see much more of her once she became the established companion in Shadow of the Dragon, nothing really was added to her character for most of the 31st season.
Interestingly, the one aspect of Christine's character that was given much attention during her first season was her wardrobe. Seemingly in direct response to the criticism that companion Victoria Waterfield received in her second story, Tomb of the Cybermen, Christine's wardrobe was kept very conservative. (One may remember that upon leaving Victorian England, the first outfit Victoria wore was a mini-skirt.) The first outfits worn by Christine upon travelling with the Doctor are two long dresses, and jeans with a rolled up long sleeve blouse. Even in The Chronic Rift when she is finally allowed to dress more stylish, her dress is only a few inches above the knee and she is wearing boots.


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The fight against corruption is a "do or die affair" which Nigerians must win or die trying, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said.
Mr. Magu, who spoke at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja after leading a rally to commemorate the International Anti-corruption Day, said corruption is Nigeria's number one enemy.
"For us as a country, the fight against corruption is a do or die affair; we have to win the battle or die trying. Corruption, as agreed by every consensus, is our number one enemy and as President Muhammadu Buhari correctly prescribed, if we do not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria," he said.
The EFCC boss said Nigerians cannot afford to be on the fence on the corruption issue, as he called for a consensus against the malady.
"The fight against corruption is now a war in which there is clear line between forces of evil and those of good; between agents of progress and reactionary elements who mean no good.
"For those of us on this side; in the anticorruption agencies of government, in the media, and civil society, the dagger is drawn and I believe I am speaking the mind of everyone on this side that we intend neither retreat nor surrender in our noble intention to cure our country of the evils of corruption," he said.
Mr. Magu said the Commission was "relentless" in its duties but added EFCC alone could not win the fight.
"As I often say, our bit is not enough. Winning the war against corruption is the aggregate of our collective bits and pieces. No Nigerian can afford to be on the fence in this effort to rid our country of its Enemy Number One. It is time for all hands to be on deck to march on corruption and the corrupt".
He said the EFCC "has broken new grounds in investigating and prosecuting important cases, and recovery of stolen money. Our asset recovery derive has raked in billions of naira to the federal government in form of forfeitures. We have also secured 171 convictions within the last one year".
In his remarks, the accountant general of the federation, Anthony Mkpe, who took part in the walk, said his presence was to show solidarity to the work of the EFCC and underscore the importance of the fight against corruption.
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Time and Serenity From a Daily Routine
Running an "algorithm for life" is not constraining, it can give you more life. Here's my daily routine.
For a long time, I've been writing and tweaking an algorithm for my life. This doesn't work for everyone, but for some of us eliminating decisions and ambiguities frees us to focus on what matters most to us. This is why I wear the same thing almost everyday, and why most days I eat basically the same breakfast and lunch.
I'm not slavish to the patterns I've developed, so there's plenty of room for spontaneity. More importantly, what I give up in variety is returned manyfold in serenity and time. The most important piece of my algorithm is my daily routine, which yields what I think is a perfect balance of family, work, and personal pursuits.
Every morning I get up at 5 a.m. I've set an alarm, but at this point I'm usually awake before it goes off. I make coffee and then I settle down to read until 7 a.m. I use this time mainly to read books and that allows me to average about a book a week. It's easy to read that many books and more if you dedicate 14 hours a week to the practice. Sometimes I use this time to write.
At about 7 a.m. my daughter Penny tends to wake up. My wife Kathleen and I feed her breakfast and get her ready for the day. I take a shower, get dressed, and eat a quick breakfast of single-serving egg soufflés I've made on Saturday for the week. I also pack my lunch of two hard boiled eggs, an avocado, salami, and anything else high fat and low carb I can find. We leave the house around 8 a.m.
We drop off Penny at day care and then drive to Kathleen's office. From there I take the Metro into Washington. My commute is a great time to do some more reading. Sometimes it's a book, but typically it's a political magazine to which I subscribe. If it's too crowded, I might listen to an audiobook or podcast. I tend to get to the office by 9 a.m. Sometimes a bit earlier, sometime a little later.
From 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. I answer email, trying to get to "inbox zero," and I plan my day employing the GTD method. From 10 a.m. to noon, I try to engage in deep work like research and writing. At noon I will have lunch, usually with my team, but sometimes it's a lunch meeting outside the office.
Let me say at this point that this is not as rigid as it sounds. Sticking to this routine, which I do as described almost every day, only works if I'm flexible when things have to change. Sometimes Penny wakes up early, sometimes the Metro is late, sometimes I have to schedule an important meeting at 10. I simply don't sweat it. I expect that on average, in the long term, my days will conform to this routine, but I don't have any expectations about each day. Without such expectations, it doesn't throw me off when my plan has to change. I simply "reschedule" my planned activities within the day if I can and move on.
From 1 to 4 p.m. I engage in shallow work, like more email. This is the time I set aside for meetings and phone calls, and my robot assistant Amy knows this is the only time to schedule them. If I need more than 12 to 15 hours a week for meetings and calls, I'm doing something wrong.
At 4 p.m. I commute in reverse, beating a bit of rush hour. (Yes, I'm very lucky that my job is very flexible.) We pick up Penny and are usually home a little bit after 5. From 5 to 7 p.m. it's family time and we lock up our phones. I make dinner while Kathleen watches Penny, then after we eat we switch and I watch Penny while Kathleen does the dishes. Bath time for Penny is 7 p.m. and she's in bed between 7:30 and 8. After that I'll read a bit more or work on a project until 9 p.m.
For me, the trick to waking up at 5 a.m. wide-eyed and bushy-tailed is to go to bed unfailingly at 9 p.m. When friends hear what time I go to bed, they often sneer at the idea, saying it sounds too limiting. But to the contrary, it's empowering. All I'm doing is trading a couple hours at night for a couple of hours in the morning (assuming eight hours in bed, or about 7 hours of actual sleep). The hours at night that I'm trading are ones in which I'm tired, if not exhausted, with little capacity to do more than watch TV or scroll aimlessly through social media. In return I'm getting two productive, focused hours in the morning. It's my favorite time of the day.
The morning and evening routines are the same on the weekends as during the week. In between there are more unstructured activities, though there's still a pattern. Saturdays happen to be errand days on which I grocery shop, fill up the gas tank, and meal prep for the week. Sundays are for more intentional family activities and we try to see friends and entertain.
This routine, part of the larger algorithm that runs my life, contributes greatly to my peace and serenity. I always know what I'm doing next, even if that activity is unstructured. Its efficiency gives me time that I otherwise would not have, yet there's no lack of spontaneity because every day life throws a curveball at you (especially in my line of work). Every week I know for certain I'm going to give my total focus to my family for 40 hours, to work for 35 hours, and to personal pursuits 35. Those are many more focused hours than if I didn't have a plan.
The key is to treat the routine as a guide, and not a schedule. Expecting life and the people that make it up to conform to the lines on your calendar is a recipe for disappointment. No plan survives contact with the enemy, or a toddler. Keeping that in mind, you can start to shape a routine that works for you.
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St Mirren boss Oran Kearney would prefer relegation play-off to be one game
St Mirren manager Oran Kearney believes there is a big argument for the Ladbrokes Premiership play-off final being played over one match.
Saints and Dundee United fans have been waiting in long queues for tickets for this week's two games and both legs look set to be sell-outs.
And Kearney feels one match at a bigger neutral venue might also better suit players after a long season.
The former Coleraine manager said: "I think there's a big argument for the one-off game, possibly at a neutral venue.
"In Northern Ireland we do it slightly differently for a European place, third to six play off and whoever finished highest gets home advantage throughout.
"If you look at England, when it comes to the final they have seven to 10 days to prepare for a one-off game.
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Heating by radiation with infrared lamps
Heating by radiation with infrared lamps
How does an infrared lamp heat a room, closed or open? This is a question that we are not used to asking ourselves. Despite this, unlike a wood fire or a radiator, the physical phenomenon by which infrared lamps can increase the temperature of a location is extremely interesting.
Brief notes on the diffusion of heat
Diffusion of heat is, in the common jargon, that physical phenomenon whereby an exchange of thermal energy takes place between two systems, the advent that determines the increase in the temperature of one of them. From this definition it is immediately clear that heat is a manifestation of energy and that it can pass from one system (which can be a body or an organism, for example), to another.
Heat transfer is always one-sided, which is why it will always happen from the warmer body to the colder body, until there is thermal equilibrium. The opposite is physically impossible. Logically, the difference in temperature between two systems and its change must be evaluated on the basis of a set of factors, for which all the dimensions of the systems must be considered.
Heating by radiation
Therefore, the heat always moves in a single "direction"; aware of this phenomenon, we can analyse how this movement takes place, or rather how it can occur. There are three modes of heat transfer:
- Direction;
- Convection;
- Radiation.
What we are interested in is the last one listed, namely radiation, which is the physical phenomenon that allows infrared lamps to heat a location. Radiation occurs between two different surfaces with different temperatures and allows the transmission of heat through electromagnetic waves, in the specific infrared lamp, an infrared emission.
Radiation can therefore take place even without a third element interposed (such as air) even between two very distant surfaces, separated by vacuum. In fact on the one hand we will have a source that will emit energy, in the form of infrared; on the other, a surface of any kind in any stage that will absorb energy, converting it into a temperature increase.
Seen in these terms, radiation may appear to be something unnatural and completely artificial. Speaking of electromagnetic and infrared waves, one might perhaps think that it could lead to side effects; in fact, heating by radiation is the most natural and most widely used form of heating over the millennia of mankind's history.
In fact, it is the way in which our planet receives heat from the Sun. Consequently, using an infrared lamp to heat an environment is, in a strictly physical sense and without too many paraphrases, the most similar way we have to create warmth in the same way as the Sun. Every day, in every kind of weather.


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Here's an expanded version of my post over at Hollywood Elsewhere.
Is there a conspiracy against Jon Voight and other conservatives in Hollywood? Last month Voight wrote an anti-Obama column for the right-wing Moonie-owned Washington Times. Soon after, a blogger named Jeffrey Wells suggested off-handedly that Hollywood big-wigs would do well to avoid casting the actor in future roles. Then the usual right-wing blowhards jumped into the fray, crying out against a new Hollywood blacklist.
Don't swallow the bullshit. I know you've been asked to chug buckets of the stuff over the last eight years, and maybe some of you even grew used to the flavor. I encourage you to back away from the buckets, gargle with mouthwash, and never eat this fecal gruel again.
The only successful blacklist in Hollywood was carried out by right-wing fanatics in the 1940s and 1950s. It ruined the lives of many innocent people whose only crime was speaking out against their country. Free speech is one of those rights guaranteed to all citizens by the U.S. Constitution. There were people who didn't like that. These were the Cold War grandfathers of the neo-conservative movement.
The only modern blacklist we've seen comes courtesy of the same far-right fringe element that has run the Republican Party into the ground. For the past eight years, the neo-cons and their water-carriers have been screaming "SHUT UP!" at anyone who disagreed with them, with shills like Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly leading the charge.
Let's not forget that while Ann Coulter advocated the bombing of the NY Times building, other talking heads "joked" about liberal labor camps and political executions. And what did certain Americans do to deserve these fascist fatwas? Why, they dared to publicly disagree with a disastrous administration that we now see has been 100 percent wrong on every issue, from Iraq to Aghanistan to global warming to the economy to national energy policy to political corruption ... the list goes on and on. And we'll be mopping up and paying for their unholy mess for decades to come.
Now that these failed neo-con policies are no longer being swallowed by a gullible and fear-ridden public, this same fanatical contingent has the utter gall to bellow that some monstrous left-wing Hollywood cabal is trying to silence their free speech?
Bullshit. It's a smokescreen designed to make them look oppressed. And make no mistake, the strategy of smokescreens is the only chance they have of not being utterly demolished in the fall elections. They cannot run on Bush's eight-year catastrophic record. They cannot present their candidate, John McCain, as a maverick of change, as he has voted in agreement with Bush 99.999 percent of the time. They cannot hide the fact that the only thing they have to offer is more of the same. And that's a losing proposition because nobody in America is better off than they were eight years ago (unless you're among the 1 percent controlling 99 percent of the wealth, or if you have stock in Halliburton).
Nobody in Hollywood or anywhere is advocating a blacklist against conservatives. I certainly don't wish to silence them. Each time they try to make their non-existent case to the public, they come closer to losing what few shreds of power they still hold in their bony little claws. Lots of us on the left have been waiting far too long for moderate, reasonable and mature conservatives to retake control of their wayward party. For that happen, the neo-cons must be completely and utterly demolished in the public policy arena.
Blacklists are morally wrong and anti-American. Unlike the last one in Hollywood, which saw the far right damage and ruin the lives of many on the far left, a left-wing blacklist couldn't work. For every George Clooney seen fundraising for Obama, there are dozens of centrist or right-wing studio executives and CEOs funneling streams of cash to McCain. The purse strings of the entertainment industry are controlled by people historically sympathetic to the Republican party. This is key information the neo-cons don't want you to have because it doesn't fit into their paper-thin mythology that fuels the smokescreen of their culture war.
So Voight voiced his wrong-headed opinion in the nation's biggest joke of a newspaper. Obama a socialist? Viet Nam a just war? Hey, I'll have a pound of whatever dim-witted Joe Buck's been smoking, please! In response, one Jeffrey Wells -- a blogger in no position to control the hiring and firing of anybody outside his little website -- pecked out his gut reaction. Both used their powers of free speech to voice their opinions. That's all that happened.
Look past the smoke. See the neo-con desperation and fear for what it really is and don't give in to it. These greedy, corrupt and war-mongering monsters have almost completely ruined this country's economy, morale and reputation. They have the right to say anything they want, and we have the right to reply loudly and clearly: Fuck you!
I for one can't wait to see Voight tackling the role of George Washington in David Zucker's movie An American Carol. The "satiric parable," in which a Michael Moore-like filmmaker takes a guided tour of history to witness the error of his ways, sounds like the lobotomized propaganda knee-slapper of the year. Voight as the ghost of George Washington standing atop the rubble of the Twin Towers? That's kitsch of a cosmic caliber. If you've ever watched Zucker spew his far-right paranoid beliefs on Fox News, you know this guy is fucking nuts.
The pic below (with a hilariously miscast Kelsey Grammer as Gen. George Patton) promises to be a laff riot rivaling the best work of cross-dressing hack filmmaker Ed Wood, Jr. Hell, Voight even looks like his makeup was applied by a drag queen. This Windex-clear vision into the morally misguided heart mind of the neo-con fringe is on my must-see list, and I wouldn't ban it for anything. Hell, I'll tell everybody I know to go see it.
2008 is the year we take back America. There will be righteous anger, followed by celebration, laughter and freedom. We will have the pleasure of watching the neo-con movement die an overdue and very just death.
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Bucky Barnes/Wanda Maximoff
|Bucky Barnes/Wanda Maximoff
|Alternative name(s):
|Winter Witch, buckywanda, Scarlet Soldier, Scarlet Winter
|Gender category:
|Het, M/F
|Captain America Movieverse/The Avengers Movieverse (MCU)
|fairly common
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Bucky/Wanda is a fairly common het pairing in the MCU fandom.
Although Bucky and Wanda have interacted in the comicverse, no romantic relationship was ever explored with them. Thus there was little to nothing about the two together until 2014 when MCU's film Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released. The first fanfic for Bucky/Wanda was published in October 2014 on AO3[1], months after the film was released. More fanworks were published in 2015 (probably inspired the more screentime Wanda had in Age of Ultron): to Tumblr, fanfiction to AO3 & FFN, vids to YouTube, etc. Due to the parallels explored between the two and sharing the same side in Captain America: Civil War, many fans hope for interaction between the two characters and more fanworks in coming films where they will both be present. The ship has steadily been growing in popularity with minor to little backlash.
The main pairing name for the ship is Winter Witch or winterwitch, while Scarlet Winter and Scarlet Soldier is rarely used.
- Weightless by Wind_Ryder, Wanda smiles back. She raises him a little higher. She moves him away from the broken plate. She lets him feel it out. Lets him flutter for a moment, before she gently settles him down. Then, she continues picking up the pieces.
- In the Quiet by seductiveturnip, Sometimes they just watch each other, exchanging small smiles and unspoken statements, but mostly, it's just beautifully, blissfully quiet. He can't remember the last time he had that. She doesn't think she ever has.
- did you see the flares by skioctober, Bucky grins. "If you're agreeable, I'll treat you to a dance. They've been beggin' me for hours, and I'm told I was pretty good back in my day."
- It Is Not Love, and Other Lies by seductiveturnip, They learn the language of each other's nightmares (he trembles, screams out; she lies still but claws desperately at the sheets) about weaponized children who never run fast enough. They never run fast enough.
- Yours, Bucky Barnes by seductiveturnip, To: WANDA..I HAD ANOTHER NIGHTMARE BUT IT LOOKED DIFFERENT TO THE OTHER ONES. YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RUINED CITY AND EVERYONE WAS STARING AT ME BECAUSE I DON'T DESERVE YOU..[send/delete]
- Steel and Scarlet by EssaysOfThoughts, All the same there is a terrifying certainty to Pietro, whenever it comes to Wanda, and Bucky is pretty sure his knowledge of that shows. Pietro smiles, just slightly at him. "If it is a comfort," he says, "I do not think you would hurt her."
- Tranquilizer by vintage_hippie23, Wanda Maximoff has become Bucky Barnes' tranquilizer. He becomes the reason Steve has a broken nose and Wanda has a dent in her wall and a broken bed.
- My Mission by ozhawk, A revised and extended version of the Soulmate Short featuring Bucky and Wanda. Because it was a story that needed to be told. (Soulmates AU)
- Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
- "I can read him. He is dreaming." by tinderbox210
- "We are impossible…"
- Song: We Are, Archived version by loud-russian-noises
- winter witch., Archived version
- He is broken, but you love him anyway. Not because you want to fix him. But because he is the only one who knows you are just as broken as him.
- Adele - Hello
- Wanda/Bucky Of Magic And Soldiers - Commission by LadyKraken
- bleed the same by nedlovesyou
- did you see the flares? by ForsakenWitchery
- maybe i'm a different breed by seductiveturnip
- here with me by nedlovesyou
- a flaw in my code by ForsakenWitchery
- we want war by Undertaker 8
- skyfall by Blue Carmel
- Cold by Mystifying Scarlet
- Wanda x Bucky by Mystifying Scarlet
- When the seasons change by Scarlet Bxtch
- wicked game by Blue Carmel
- is there any good left in me? by Blue Carmel
- fatal attraction by ulalume;
- i no longer feel things. by winehouse
- Rise by LinoaNova
Archives & Fannish Links
- Bucky/Wanda works at AO3
- Bucky & Wanda works at FFN (CA/Avengers crossovers)
- Tags: winterwitch, winter witch, bucky x wanda, wanda x bucky, buckywanda, scarlet winter
- Tags that might go into other territory: winterwitch, winter witch, scarletsoldier, scarletwinter
- ^ "Wedding Day" by WinterWitch_WinterFrost_Lover published 1 October 2014.


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Capital Automotive Real Estate Services (CARS) [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Tamara C. Darvish has joined as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tamara most recently held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Pentagon Federal (PenFed) Credit Union. Prior to her outstanding work at PenFed, she was the Executive Vice President at DARCARS Automotive Group.
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HBR Consulting LLC (HBR) [CHICAGO] announced that Evan Trent has joined the Firm's executive team as chief operating officer (COO). Most recently, he was vice president of strategy and corporate development at Heidrick & Struggles. Previously, he served as an operating executive for a portfolio of companies at Sterling Partners.
REV Group, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: REVG) announced that Tom Phillips has rejoined the Company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tom will assume many of the duties of Marcus Berto, Executive Vice President, who was terminated by the Company.
Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd. [EDMONTON, Alberta] (TSX: LIQ) announced Paul Reid as President and Chief Operating Officer of its Liquor Division. Paul replaces David Gordey, who will again be the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Reid most recently was Vice President – Corporate Retail Operations at FGL Sports.
BCB Bancorp, Inc. [BAYONNE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: BCBP), the holding company for BCB Community Bank announced that Michael Lesler has joined the Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Clifton Savings Bank. Prior to that, Mr. Lesler held the positions of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer at Bank of New Jersey, where he served for 11 years.
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions (TGCS) [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced that Gregg Margosian has been named its Chief Operating Officer effective April 1, 2018. Margosian is formerly TGCS' Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management and R&D.
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Tim Wilkinson, Partner at Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, said during BR's REALTY Forum that Romanian real estate has developed differently compared to the way these markets have evolved in countries like Hungary or Poland, and that it's mainly due to the rather negative perception investors generally have of Romania.
"I first came to Bucharest in 2004; before that, my experience in Eastern Europe started with Warsaw in 1999 when I was a student, and I never looked back. I also spent time in Budapest in between these two. Romania's never really stuck to the same path as the other countries I've experienced. In 2004-2008, there were so many opportunities and you just had to navigate through them. In 2004, we started to look at every single sector and fortunately made the right choices to be able to survive the 2008 crisis," Wilkinson recounted.
He went on to explain why there are such big differences between the real estate markets in Romania and the other Eastern European markets.
"The difference lies in the way that Poland/Hungary are perceived versus how Romania is perceived by investors. They continue to see Romania as being riskier than the other markets in the region. The Polish investment estate market today is multiple times larger than Romania's – there were EUR 7 billion worth of transactions there in the past few years, while Romania had just 1 billion; transactions in Romania will probably marginally increase this year, but we can still see that something is not working right – and that is the issue of perception, which has been and is still holding us back, while investors on the Romanian market have made strong returns in a market that others are just not considering, even though the differences in risk are not that big compared to other markets.
Wilkinson also said that despite the fact that the Romanian market was still vulnerable to a significant downturn, things would not happen in the same way as they did back in 2008, as the conditions are different and the market has matured.
"If the 2008 crisis happens again tomorrow, investors won't experience losses as big as the ones in 2008. Back then, the market was not prepared for the amounts of money that were being injected into it and every single new transaction had a new lowest percentage yield so far – we are not seeing the same thing happening today."
"Until we have more large, long term investors committed to the market, there is always that risk of a liquidity problem in the next downturn. There are many large investors looking at their first investments in the market, and if the market turns before they transact, they would very likely retract interest," he added.
In terms of the effects a new economic downturn would have on Romania, Wilkinson said: "The EU debt crisis has not been in the forefront of the news in recent months, but the risk still remains significant. Romania would be one of the first EU countries that investors remove from the target list in the event of a crisis in Europe."
Overall, Wilkinson thinks that Romania is not expected to suffer a crisis unless the rest of Europe does. "However, a correction could be expected in different sectors, over the coming years. The residential sector looks to be the more exposed to this at the moment. I would not expect a correction in the commercial markets until we see further yield compression," he concluded.


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By Kelly Ng
Every summer, Yale-NUS students across all years take on internships within a range of industries, both locally and in different parts of the world. The internships are great opportunities to explore their professional and academic interests — as well as learn a little more about themselves.
Michelle Lee (Class of 2019) did an internship this year at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, while Kanako Sugawara (Class of 2020) and Keith Ang (Class of 2019) stayed in Singapore and interned at the women's magazine Marie France Asia, and Barclays Investment Bank, respectively.
A Literature major and Arts and Humanities minor, Michelle interned at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum last December and her experience there inspired her to take up another museum internship.
Michelle's love of art and sharing it with the public drove her to apply for the Peggy Guggenheim museum internship. Image provided by Michelle Lee.
"Museums always seemed like hallowed places to me, like libraries — quiet places of beauty and reflection," said Michelle. "I now know that there are complicating factors to this view of museums, such as issues of access and the colonial history of museum collections, but this love of art and sharing it with the public has always been what made me love museums. I applied for the Peggy Guggenheim internship because I love modern art and the Guggenheim name is well-reputed in that area."
During the two-month internship in Venice, Michelle had the chance to progress from cleaning sculptures to giving guided tours to visitors. The insight, knowledge and passion of her fellow interns and museum staff also provided valuable perspective on future career paths in the museum industry.
"I was previously only interested in curation but my exposure to the other roles at the museum has also made me start considering other areas like museum education and administration," Michelle said.
No stranger to writing, Kanako was the former managing editor of The Octant, an autonomous student-run newspaper at Yale-NUS College. She got a chance to hone her skills during her two-month internship at Marie France Asia, where she wrote almost 200 articles on topics ranging from food to beauty to lifestyle products. She also had the opportunity to attend launch events and parties as a media representative to take photos for the Marie France Asia Instagram account and collect information for potential follow-up articles.
Kanako had the opportunity to attend launch events, including the opening of Sephora Playhouse. Image provided by Kanako Sugawara.
Kanako said that such opportunities helped her network with different stakeholders in the beauty and lifestyle industry, which will be beneficial to the job application process in her senior year.
"My greatest takeaway from the internship was simply learning just how fun and enjoyable an internship could be. It made me realise that great workplaces that combine both my personal and professional interests exist and I don't have to be so fearful about getting into a dull job after graduation," she added.
Keith has always been keen on a career in investing or financial services. His time interning at Barclays Investment Bank in Singapore provided him first-hand experience and exposure to working in the banking sector.
"Working alongside junior bankers who worked hard and long hours, I experienced the power of having tranquility and centredness in my private, internal world," he said. "This helped me with my ability to perform my role in such an intense environment."
Keith added: "Banking can demand a lot out of one's life, and I have found that sustaining the needed commitment and focus demands a level of comfort with who I am, my valued relationships, and where I am headed in life."


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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
In the spotlight
Posted by Mike Hitchen at 9:02 PM
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Hi Mike, what lovely pics these are. I visited Western Australia the year before last, it's like a different world over there. I'd love to have seen more of Oz but was only there for 10 days for a friend's 40th, (a bloody long way to go for a 40th bbq but well worth it) :)
Ali xx
- August 14, 2007 at 9:35 PM
- Mike Hitchen said...
LOL..I hope it was worth it!!!
- August 15, 2007 at 1:30 PM
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Young Social Innovators is about young people like you and I in Ireland coming together to make a difference in your community and to the world. We become a Young Social Innovator working together to find out about a social issue that's of interest to us.
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Getting involved in Y.S.I is fun and you develop your talents through finding a solution to a social issue.
We can make a difference to our community and learn new skills for our life and work plus we will be certified as a Young Social Innovator! Click here for information on YSI if you want to get involved. We in this centre use the YSI Hub to share ideas and resources with other groups doing projects. So come on everyone lets start sharing ideas click on the link http://www.youngsocialinnovators.ie/index.php/Testimonials/ and see what others are doing.
Our Project…
In our project we chose a topic that we cared about and co-operated to come up with a solution to our social issue. Our plan is to make a change by promoting anti-bullying awareness and providing solutions to those who are feeling bullied. At the moment we are staying local and staying within our own Youthreach and we are having an ANTI-BULLYING awareness week. For example we are launching an anonymous anti bullying box where students can report bullying anonymously, we are also doing group activities to build trust amongst each other so we know we care about each other as a group and look out for each other. We will be communicating our message through our Blog and local media such as Galway Bay FM and other Youthreaches. By wearing white silicon wrist bands we are giving the message that we are a strong team who don't tolerate bullying. For our fun activities we are going to make Christmas Logs and we will be going carol singing for COPE (help for the homeless). See the timetable below.
Here are some of our pictures on Bullying
Our Bullying Box.
For all other pages regarding our Y.S.I project click here, here and here.


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|Contact Information
|Billing Office Hours
|Department Contact
|Water/Sewer, Department of Public Works
Newton City Hall
617-796-1040 (billing)
617-796-1640 (service)
617-796-1052 Fax
Hydrant Flushing
has been completed for 2019
Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:00 pm
****The City of Newton Utilities Division in partnership with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) has preformed flow tests on the cities water distribution system on October 22, 2019 between the hours of 9:30 am and 2:00 pm. This work is in conjunction with the work being preformed on the MWRA Commonwealth Avenue Pumping Station. Because of the flow tests, residents south of the Mass Pike may experience lower than normal water pressure and discolored water within their home. Should you experience this you are advised to run your lowest cold water tap nearest your water meter until the discoloration is removed. Do not wash any clothes during the time of discolored water. Should you have any questions or concerns please call the Utilities Service Department at 617-796-1640 between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm.
LSRP Letter to Affected Residents
Potential Lead Service Line Addresses
|Ted Jerdee
Director of Utilities
Mike Ovaska
Utilities Superintendent
Application For Water Leak Abatement
Water Meter Testing Application
If you receive more than two estimates in a row, please contact the business office at 617-796-1640 to speak with a representative and make an appointment. Either the outside transponder (MTU) or the meter may need servicing.
The water meter is usually located in your basement. It has a brass bottom and a plastic cap. To read the dial, which resembles the odometer on a car, look down into the plastic cap. Next, compare this reading to the one on your bill next to the most current date. If your reading is equal to or greater than the read for which you were billed, then the bill is correct because the water passed through the meter. At this point, if your bill showed consumption higher than your quarterly average, you may consider checking for a toilet leak by putting a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If, after 15 minutes, some of the coloring seeps into the toilet bowl, there is a leak, which should be repaired.
To call the Service Department of the Utilities division, dial (617) 796-1640 between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Customer Service at City Hall is opened until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays where there is a Customer Service Representative for Water/Sewer to answer any of your questions. Please call Customer Service at 617-796-1000 and ask for the Water/Sewer Customer Service person on for the night.
Under current City of Newton ordinances, citizens over 65, own the property as a primary residence, and have an income of less than $86,000 annually . A resident must reapply for a Water/Sewer discount by July 1 of each calendar year in order to receive a deduction of 30 percent on water and sewer bills from July 1 to June 30 of those years.
If you are already receiving the discount, the Utilities Division will mail the application form to you. Please complete it and return the form to the Board of Assessors for processing.
If the certification form is not received, eligibility for the discount will be removed from the Utilities Division's database. If this happens, you will receive an undiscounted bill until your certification form is received and processed by the Board of Assessors. At that time, your account will be updated to receive a discount on all subsequent bills through June 30.
No adjustment will be made on a bill not discounted due to failure to reapply before the June 30 deadline.
If you have any questions pertaining to the discount qualification process, please call the Board of Assessors at (617) 796-1160.
Any questions regarding a water/sewer bill should be addressed to the Utilities Division's Business Office at (617) 796-1040.
All work on water pipes must be done by the City's Utilities Division. Sewer connections may be done by the City or by a private contractor, who must apply for a license with the Utilities Division at City Hall. To arrange for this work, you may come into the Engineering Department at City Hall, or call, for an application, which must be filled out and signed by the property owner. An estimate for the work will be mailed to you. If you decided to proceed, you must first pay the estimate and then contact the Utilities Maintenance Office to arrange for the work at (617) 796-1640.
Once the work is complete, the actual costs will be entered into the City's billing system. You will either be additionally billed or given a refund, dependent on the difference between the estimate and the actual costs.
The Utilities Division at (617) 796-1640 will respond to requests for maintenance, frozen/burst meters, dirty water, malfunctioning encoders, etc.. Depending upon the service provided, there may be a fee.
The Utilities Division in conjunction with Weston & Sampson Engineers will regularly perform perform tests or conduct inspections on cross connections in order to enforce the regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection. There is a standard fee of $90 for each test.
If you are selling your house, the Business Office of the Utilities Division will prepare a final statement, which will indicate the costs associated with the consumption between the last time your meter was read and the meter reading which you call into the Business Office.
To get this statement, you must read your meter, have the new owners name and cell phone number, an email address or fax number in which the statement can be sent, and call the Business Office at 617-796-1040. This interim statement will be emailed or faxed the next day after 12:00 noon.
An interim reading is calculated to determine what additional charge would apply due to water usage between the most recent bill and the reading date that either the broker or seller calls in. The City expects that buyers and sellers will take all necessary steps to make adjustments for this water usage at the time of closing.
We will not prepare an interim statement when there have been one or more estimated bills until the equipment is repaired and an actual read is obtained by our repair technician.
The Water/Sewer Billing Office puts notice on every bill which is bolded and appears in the middle of your bill, requesting the customer to call Utilities at 617-796-1640 and schedule an appointment to have this issue addressed. The Utilities Division will make every effort to schedule an appointment to have the issue resolved in a timely manner however due to schedule adherence the Utilities Division may be able to schedule your appointment until after the closing date. If this happens we suggest that money be put in escrow until the equipment is repaired and an actual read has been reported to the Water and Sewer Division of the Public Works Department.
Interim statements will not be provided for multi units who share a water meter, rentals of any kind such as apartments and business's.
Monies calculated on an Interim Statement will not at any time be provided verbally over the phone.
Estimated Bills
A bill will be estimated if a read is not pulled into the file at the time of billing. There could be some disconnect between the meter and the MTU (meter transmission unit). That is why we requested on all ESTIMATED BILLS (orange in color) to call Service at 617-796-1640 between the hours of 7 am to 3 pm, Monday - Friday to schedule an appointment with a technician to investigate your meter and MTU.
Why is my bill estimated?
Actual readings are obtained each day via an automated meter reading (AMR) system. If the meter transmission unit (MTU) is not functioning, you will receive an estimated bill based on previous usage. If your property is equipped with the AMR system and you receive an estimated bill, please call the Service at 617-796-1640 between 7 am to 3 pm, Monday – Friday to schedule a technician to investigate your meter and MTU.
How an Estimated Bill is Calculated
All estimated bills are computer generated. The system takes four like periods and averages them all together. Like periods are the same time frame (i.e. quarterly billing cycles) in the last 4 years.
If after Service goes to the property and obtains a read from the meter and investigates the estimated read, you may qualify for an abatement. If you do qualify for an abatement, an adjustment is made and you will receive a letter, via mail, in 7-14 days from the date that Service went to the property. It is the owner's responsibility to pay the bill in full by the due date to avoid any interest charges
Why is my sewer charge higher than my water charge?
Your sewer charge is calculated based on the water consumption at your property. Sewer rates are higher than water rates due to the cost incurred by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) in the treatment of sewerage prior to discharging into the Boston Harbor.


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THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET : STEAMIN' WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET [ Dol ]
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Format : LP
Condition : New
Country : Europe
Released : 2015
Genre : Jazz
A classic Prestige session, the last of four in total, 'Steamin'' was recorded over two separate days, on May 11 and October 26, 1956, in between sessions for Columbia, who Miles Davis had just signed to. Essentially Davis' 'first' and most historic ensemble, The Miles Davis Quintet is rounded out by all-star soloists: tenor-saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. By no means merely accompanying musicians, they deliver an astounding record, switching from smooth jazz ballads to edgy hard-bop numbers (most popular at that time) with admirable ease. 'Steamin'' is the last in a memorable series of recordings engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.


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|Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic is giving agents a chance to win a 14-day "Journey to Antarctica" expedition.
Expedition vessels and larger cruise ships sail to Antarctica and the Arctic, carrying cruisers with an adventuresome spirit, an ecology bent and a desire for something different. "Arctic sailings focus on northern lights, Iceland, Greenland, seeing polar bears, narwhal and walrus," says Sheri Mruz, Directions Luxury Travel LLC, an independent agency in the Avoya Travel Network, Ocala, FL. These cruises also traverse the famed Northwest Passage atop Canada and the Northeast Passage atop Russia, plus the far reaches of northern Norway.
In contrast, "Antarctic sailings are focused on seeing penguins, whales and some climbing opportunities," notes Mruz. Antarctica, unlike the Arctic, is also a continent with no indigenous people, just a few research stations. "Both regions have a heavy focus on wildlife, nature and environment and the sheer beauty of frontier areas."
Here's a sampling of cruises.
South to the Pole
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lars-Eric Lindblad's first Antarctica expedition, Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic is having a sales contest through April 30. The agent selling the most 2016 Europe 2.0, eight- or 15-day voyages, will receive the grand prize, a 14-day "Journey to Antarctica" expedition for two on the November 27 or December 7, 2016 or 2017 departures. Agents selling one or two voyages will be entered to win other diverse cruises. Winners will be revealed during Lindblad's Antarctica travel advisor webinar on May 2, 2016. All agents selling a Europe 2.0 voyage before April 30, 2016 will receive a $500 American Express gift card.
Small-ship luxury operator Ponant operates multiple ships in Antarctica. Le Boreal's 15-night "Great Austral Loop" and the 10-night "Best of the White Continent" voyages sail round-trip from Ushuaia, Argentina. Just announced? The line will build four new ice-class ranked expedition ships, each with 92 staterooms; the new vessels will sail to exotic locales across the globe.
AdventureSmith Explorations offers southern polar voyages on the 132-guest M/V Expedition, which recently received a $10 million engine overhaul. That increased its speed so there's less time crossing the Drake Passage and more time spent in Antarctica. Rates begin at $5,699 per person double for an 11-day Antarctic Peninsula Aboard Expedition (also called "Antarctica Classic"); kayaking ($999) and camping ($349) are optional add-ons. Oceanwide Expeditions offers a 20-day cruise to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula, departing October 30 on the ice-strengthened Ortelius.
|Guests can admire the Aurora Borealis from a Hurtigruten ship in Norway.
Hurtigruten is launching a hands-on, educational program for children traveling to Antarctica. The Young Explorers Program, available on Antarctica Discovery Style voyages aboard the Midnatsol between November 2016 and March 2017, is complimentary, and is best suited for ages 7-13. It was designed using the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) guidelines.
Non-expedition vessels also sail to Patagonia and Antarctica, including Seabourn Cruise Line's Seabourn Quest, which departs Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 12, 2017, and ends in Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile. The pampering 21-day voyage starts at $15,999 per person double for a verandah suite.
Northern Exposure
The "Land of the Midnight Sun" is most popular in summer. During July and August, the ice retreats so vessels can sail farther northward. Winter brings frigid weather and darkness but also the colorful Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. Hurtigruten sails both types of voyages. This summer, a "Circumnavigating the Realm of the Polar Bears" itinerary on Fram allows passengers to see seals, walruses, polar bears, fjords, Monaco Glacier and more. Eastern Svalbard is more barren and characteristically "High Arctic" than any other spot visited from the ship.
|The 618-square-foot Grand Suite on Silver Explorer
Silversea Expeditions' guests can explore Viking heritage in Greenland and Iceland, explore Svalbard where polar bears roam, hike and head out on Zodiacs to see icebergs, birds, tundra and whales. Several of Silver Explorer's Arctic voyages this summer still have availability and on June 30, 2017, Silver Explorer operates a 12-day itinerary from Reykjavik, Iceland to Longyearbyen/Oslo, Norway. Fares start at $10,550 per person double and $9,495 per person double with early booking savings. Silver Cloud will join the Silversea expedition fleet in November 2017 after being converted into an ice-class ship. It will offer five dining options, carry 18 Zodiacs and serve 200 guests on Arctic and Antarctic itineraries.
Also on the luxury side, Crystal Cruises, which operates Northwest Passage and North Cape voyages, is building a new polar class mega-yacht, launching in fall 2019. Measuring 600 feet long, the 25,000-grt Crystal Endeavor will feature 100 guest suites.
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises' expedition ship, Hanseatic, exited a three-week dry dock last fall. The vessel now has environmentally friendly stabilizers and runs on biopetroleum. In addition, carpeting also was replaced and 240 new photos of the nature and animals of the Arctic, Antarctica and Africa by famed photographer Michael Poliza now hang in staterooms and public areas. Hanseatic — which carries the highest "ice class" — will sail the Northeast Passage atop Russia this year; the route remains a great seafaring challenge.
New collaborations are also in the offing. Small ship expedition operator, Adventure Canada, which has numerous Arctic sailings this year, has inked a new partnership with Nikon, allowing guests to try out Nikon's latest cameras, lenses and gear on their cruise. Polar operators International Expeditions, Quark Expeditions and Zegrahm Expeditions are collaborating with The Nature Conservancy on a three-year program to raise eco-awareness. Conservancy scientists/staffers will sail on relevant expeditions and a portion of the trip cost will fund Conservancy programs.
Other expedition companies and even more traditional lines also sail to the Arctic. Here are just a few of the upcoming offerings.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises' 15-night "Journey to the Arctic – Dublin to Reykjavik" cruise on Seven Seas Voyager includes many destinations in Greenland, including Prince Kristian Fjord, Nuuk, Paamiut and Qaqortoq, among others; it departs June 26 from Dublin, Ireland, to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Sailing a 14-night "Spitzbergen – Beyond North Cape" itinerary on June 13 is Costa Cruises' Costa neoRomantica.
On May 21, 2016 and May 27, 2017, Holland America Line's Rotterdam sails a 14-night "North Cape Cruise" featuring Alesund, Bergen, Flam, Geiranger, Geiranger Fjord, Hammerfest, North Cape (Honningsvag), Rotterdam, Sognefjord, Stavanger and Trondheim.
Agent Advice
While most cruise operators offer trips when the climate and weather are expected to be optimal, "Mother Nature is ultimately in charge," says Sheri Mruz, Directions Luxury Travel LLC in Ocala, FL. She urges her clients to pack the right gear, noting that there are endless resources and packing lists available. She cites a quote by Ranulph Fiennes: "There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."
Mruz also says that clients should expect an interesting flight schedule. "These trips often require flights into places like Longyearbyen, Norway or remote areas in South America, and Delta isn't going to offer three flight options every day, so be flexible," she stresses. In addition, she recommends clients bring a really good camera and back-up SIM cards.
"A trip to the Arctic will include much in the way of cultural immersion," says Steve Faber, CruiseOne franchise owner and vacation specialist in San Rafael, CA. "These trips are both ideal for those seeking enrichment, filling their bucket lists, and generally older folks who are young at heart."
A visit to Antarctica, he adds, "will concentrate to a great extent on [relatively] modern science, as human presence began in earnest in the 20th century, making the main story — besides the animal interactions — what Antarctica has taught us about the origins, development and geology of our planet."