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STATE COLLEGE, PA, July 22, 2015 –
Oberon, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of secure wireless and zone enclosures, has released a statement regarding compatibility of enclosures with the recently announced Cisco Aironet 1850 Series wireless access points. Oberon is a member of the Cisco Solutions Partner Program.
"Our compatibility review has identified more than twenty popular Oberon access point enclosures recommended for use with the new Cisco Aironet 1850 Series," stated Oberon President Scott D. Thompson. "This selection will provide an instant variety of mounting solutions for those purchasing the new wireless access points."
Among the recommendations are two economical wall-mounting solutions. Oberon's Model 1011 Right-Angle Bracket has a hinged, snap-down cover to help conceal cabling, and it can be placed directly over data outlet. This white, powder-coated steel bracket mounts the AP in the preferred horizontal orientation, making it ideal for environments with large open areas, such as hotel conference areas and retail spaces.
The Oberon Model 1015 Surface Mount Non-Metallic Lock Box for WAPS is a compact enclosure for securing wireless access points in residence halls, hotels, retail locations and other indoor venues. The rugged ABS plastic enclosure is virtually transparent to wireless signals, protecting APs with integrated antennas or small detachable antennas. The box can be mounted directly over the telecommunication outlet, and the cable raceway or conduit can be conveniently terminated.
Oberon provides an online recommendation service through its Enclosure Finder, located at http://oberonwireless.com. The vendor and model of access point to be used is selected, returning a list of recommended enclosures and other mounting solutions suitable for the installation. Oberon enclosures are available for a variety of settings, including suspended ceilings, hard lid ceilings, and walls. NEMA-rated options are also available for use outdoors or in other challenging environments.
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The general is right and the admiral wrong. The head of the army, Sir David Richards, has at last locked horns with the head of the navy, Sir Mark Stanhope, in what should be a savage, no-quarter-given Ministry of Defence turf war. Only good can come from it.
Today Stanhope reacted angrily to a speech by Richards , who implicitly dismissed the navy and air force as strategically obsolete. He said they were obsessed with "exotic capability that is rendered irrelevant by advances in technology". To Richards, "we get more bang for our buck from soldiers who can fight one moment and help others the next". Hi-tech weapons platforms were "not a good way to help tottering states" – the chief objective, however warped, of current foreign policy.
The admiral banged his fist on the bridge like John Mills on convoy duty. He then made the cardinal error of sailors in Whitehall and cited the Falklands, a sea war fought only because the navy (and the colonies) existed, and at ridiculous cost. Seeing the Treasury bearing down on his beloved carriers and submarines, Stanhope demanded that Britain maintain a full-blown navy, capable of "high-intensity warfare".
Stanhope wants to wind the clock back to before John Nott's 1981 defence review, the last sane survey of British defence to be free of bombast, prestige and industrial lobbying. It was accepted by Margaret Thatcher but blown out of the water by the Falklands. Stanhope dreams of pre-Falklands glory days, Atlantic convoys, hunter-killer submarines and amphibious invasions anywhere on earth. But while these may be mere dreams, their costs are all too real.
In 1997 Stanhope's navy won its greatest battle since Trafalgar. It browbeat Labour's defence ministers into promising a new fleet, with carriers, destroyers, submarines and nuclear missiles, on pain of being thought leftwing. Also conceded were the air force's demand for more planes to dogfight with Russian MiGs, and the MoD's demented staff roll of 87,000 civilians (to service 175,000 in uniform). The army's General Charles Guthrie had to look on appalled. The price of those decisions is being paid in the killing fields of Helmand.
Real war beats turf war in defining priorities. It makes the virtual real and turns two dimensions into three. Since Tony Blair made Labour the war party in Kosovo in 1999, the army has been on continuous battle duty, undermanned, ill-equipped and subject to the cynical abuse recalled in Geoff Hoon's evidence to Chilcot today of being refused permission to prepare properly for Iraq lest it upset the Labour party.
The army has had enough. Worsted in Iraq and about to be worsted in Afghanistan, last year's boss, Sir Richard Dannatt, broke protocol in protesting at the cabinet's neglect of his troops. He then jumped tank and joined the Tories in a bizarre show of partisanship. His successor, Richards, has broken a different omerta in openly criticising the extravagance of his fellow service chiefs.
He could have cited the navy's carrier programme, now rising through £5bn and with the first keel already laid. There are the £20bn Trident replacements, the £20bn Eurofighters and the £10bn F-35s for the carriers. These programmes are so over-budget as to leave some £15bn hovering over the MoD in unfunded debt. Not a penny of these projects is going on the real war.
Every external student of the MoD, from Bernard Gray and Paul Robinson to Lewis Page and Richard North, describes a department whose spending is out of control and devoid of reason. As Robinson (author of Doing Less With Less: Making Britain More Secure) remarked, the MoD has accepted that there is "no conventional military threat to Europe". The huge spending by EU countries is "primarily to defend us against assymetrical threats such as terrorists". Four million soldiers and $200bn a year are required "to protect us from a few thousand men armed with nothing more sophisticated than Soviet-era RPGs. The excess capacity is staggering."
Whenever I write disagreeably about the Royal Navy, it deploys press officers in battle fleet strength. I accept that the RN is a noble creation steeped in history and romance, the Church of England at sea: conservative, obsessed with ritual, and a little gay. But the game is up. Trident lacks deterrence plausibility. There is no money to give the carriers frigate escorts, and deploying them tempts politicians to unwise intervention.
The same is true of the air force. Jet fighters are toys for boys, a hangover from the Battle of Britain. They scream over Welsh mountains burning more carbon in a minute than the wind turbines below could make up for in a decade. As bombers, their inaccuracy makes them counter-productive rather than counter-insurgent, and they are swiftly being replaced by cheaper drones.
Stanhope's language shows how far his reach exceeds his budgetary grasp. He speaks of a navy "intimately tied to Britain's wider position of influence in the world". He wants to "contribute significantly to the overall business of defence across the globe", to respond "at short notice to the unexpected but not unforeseen". It might be Churchill talking, Churchill with billions to burn.
The prestige case for defence has always been meretricious. China, Russia, Japan and Germany feel no need to invade distant countries to be taken seriously. Richards must be right that present and foreseeable conflicts involve complex relationships, mostly amid civilians. Insofar as this requires force, it means boots on the ground, not bombs in the air or manoeuvres at sea.
Any constructive use for air and sea power can only be as an adjunct to land power. It is wrong for the navy to cruise the world on "goodwill" visits or the air force to practise dog fights when a defence secretary has to write letters to service wives assuring them that soldiers have "the appropriate equipment needed to allow them to complete their mission". The statement is untrue.
This offers a virtuous circle. Sane defence means concentrating on the task in hand: disengaging from Afghanistan in good order, and equipping an army capable of making a better fist of things should politicians again be tempted to overseas adventure. Defence does not mean thinking up fantasy justifications for costly kit.
Big savings can be made without risk to national security. In his weekly homily to the dead of Helmand, Gordon Brown always cites their "bravery". Defence needs bravery closer to home.

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Foot Cramps and Running Problems
Foot cramps can cause serious running problems. Not only are they extremely painful, but if you suffer one while on the go, you can trip, twist your ankle or knee or otherwise hurt yourself. Learn a few prevention strategies and solutions for when you do cramp, so that you can stay focused on your running form, speed and distance.
Each foot contains about 33 muscles, some of which connect to the lower leg, but all of which work hard when you run. These muscles bear and propel your weight, keep you balanced and absorb shock, all while responding to changes in your direction as you run. If you suffer dehydration, mineral deficiencies or fatigue, the nerve impulses that regulate and inhibit contraction while you run may cause these muscles to cramp for a few or several seconds.
Preventing cramps includes staying hydrated and eating a healthy diet containg potassium, magnesium, calcium and manganese. Eat bananas or oranges or drink tonic water. Wear well-made shoes that are made for running and fit you properly. Perform toe pulls before you run by sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out. Wrap a towel around the toes and pull the towel toward you by the ends, so that the foot stretches. Repeat on the other side.
If you get a cramp while you're running, you will almost definitely have to stop for a moment. Reach down and lift the toes upward and toward you with your shoes on. Hold the stretch until the cramp subsides. If this doesn't break the cramp, move to a safe location and remove your shoe and sock and repeat the stretch.
If foot cramps persist or worsen, the cramping may be signaling another problem. Some possibilities are plantar fasciitis or tendinitis, both of which affect the arches of the feet and can cause problems for runners. Do not overstretch your feet if you suspect you have one of these conditions. Visit a podiatrist for a full diagnosis and treatment recommendations before you start running again.
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Why Didn't You Wait?
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Tired of waiting for too long, may be?ReplyDelete
you yourself told the reason..taken for granted:)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh yes... sometimes we refuse to realise such things when someone is going away :(Delete
Leaving all of a sudden. Probably, it must have happened gradually over a long time. We just didn't notice keenly.ReplyDelete
... que será será ... Love, cat.ReplyDelete
Some questions have no answers............................ReplyDelete
Oh what a plea...sometimes we never know...that causes much anguish as i can feel here...ReplyDeleteReplies
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How we all have suffered a painful break up and possibly even saddened others too by our actions. However it is useful to have some disappointments or failures even, as part of our education in life.ReplyDeleteReplies
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There is such an emotional feel to this poem.. indeed when someone walks out unexpectedly we are left with questions unanswered. Excellent write :)ReplyDelete
aha it's not that sudden...it was expected sooner or later....a clever write....ReplyDeleteReplies
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So much pain in this one :(ReplyDeleteReplies
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Heartache so beautifully expressed.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I can feel the shock in this unexpected departure. You have captured the universal feelings of disbelief and betrayal very well.ReplyDeleteReplies
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It is a shock when we don't realize it is coming...the suddenness is harsh.ReplyDelete
Thanks Donna:)
Great question for impatient lovers unable to wait for maturity. :-)ReplyDelete
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The desperation is felt strongly here!ReplyDelete
The eternal 'Why?' and 'If only!'ReplyDeleteReplies
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Perhaps they are waiting still. Great poem.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Taking things or someone for granted can always leave us feeling empty when they've gone. It feels so sudden, but the leaving usually does happen slowly when we're not looking. Still, knowing that doesn't make it hurt less. Great writing!ReplyDeleteReplies
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When we fail to decide things in our life, time decides and we are destined to accept it wholeheartedly !!ReplyDelete
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Problem Solver with Fergal Quinn
Q What is the best service you have ever personally received?
Fergal replies: Now, because of the business that I worked in, that is a really interesting question!
I spent my whole career analysing the service I received from others. There have been some fantastic examples both in Ireland and abroad where people have gone beyond the call of duty to provide really great service.
One of the most outstanding events I can recall was arriving in a hotel in America having just flown in from Dublin. My taxi pulled up outside the hotel, the concierge opened the taxi door and to my astonishment, said "Mr Quinn, you are very welcome. How was your flight from Dublin?" Slightly confused I replied and continued into the reception area at which point the receptionist asked did I need a hand booking my round of golf for the next day.
Again, looking rather puzzled, I gave her the relevant information and was completely blown away by the level of attention they were paying. What I couldn't figure out, was how they knew so much about me, so I decided to stand back and watch.
The next day, as a taxi pulled up outside the hotel, I noticed the driver first released the boot and the concierge took a quick look at the flight tags on the suitcases in the boot before he opened the door. On having a brief conversation with the guest, he then spoke into a small radio on his lapel to alert the receptionist about the approaching guest with a small resume of their holiday plans.
What I learned there was that places that are serious about looking after their customers go to great lengths to ensure they make a person's stay as pleasant as possible.
One can argue that service levels like that are slightly artificial. However, I have never seen anyone go to such trouble to find out how they can help their guests as much as I did at that hotel. Find areas where you can really help your customer and relentlessly follow that goal.
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By Bill Guida, Kenosha News, September 15, 2014
It's by no means a done deal, but an offiicial with Gorman & Co. was confident Monday the historic former Elks Club/Heritage House is on track to become a boutique hotel
Ted Matkom, Gorman's president for Wisconsin development, said First Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise Inc. has agreed to sell $10 million in federal "new market" tax credits to help support the proposed project, potentially providing Gorman with $2.7 million equity in the project.
The public-private organization run by the city of West Allis, is allocated some $150 million in federal new market tax credits to boost redevelopment projects meeting certain criteria in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties.
Patrick Schloss, FIRE vice president, confirmed the board's approval.
However, Gorman first must execute "a number of significant steps in the closing process" to secure the property and the financing needed to complete the estimated $20 million proposal. The plan is to transform the venerable building and property at 5706 Eighth Ave. into a 65-room hotel, Schloss said.
Matkom said FIRE, which doesn't make direct loans, plays an important role in negotiating for a buyer of the tax credits.
Because Gorman also has some $4 million in historic tax credits to revitalize the building, Matkom said it will be best if the buyer of the new market and historic credits is a single entity.
More financing
In addition, Gorman will seek $10 million in conventional lending to finance construction, with that loan money to be replaced with low-interest financing under the federal EB-5 program.
That program invites foreign investors to put their money into American economic development and awards them by providing them with visas after five years.
Matkom said he now has to find financing sources to make up the remaining estimated $4 million to fund the project.
Some of that could come from the Kenosha Area Business Alliance in the form of a loan, as well as from the city of Kenosha, possibly through creation or expansion of a tax incremental financing district.
Showing support
KABA and the city have expressed support for the project, and both parties have discussed the proposal with Gorman.
"KABA could be another lender for the project, but we haven't approached them formally yet. They've been very supportive — extremely supportive in bringing users (of the proposed hotel) to the table," Matkom said.
"I think we're going to get there because there is a lot of momentum for jobs, and it keeps people downtown.
"In order to revitalize downtown Kenosha, you need more people to live there and (seek recreation) there. You have jobs down there, but you need more jobs. You need more services," Matkom said.
According to Matkom, Gorman is targeting March 31 for closing and hopes to open the hotel in spring 2016.
"That's driven by all the parties. We want to hit the summer running, and we want to open a year later, potentially by March or April (of 2016)," Matkom said.


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I returned home last night after 15 days on the road and visiting with family most of the time.
March 16th-- On the road and arrived in Cincinnati. Got my chili and dose of live and NTN trivia. (Il-47, I-74)
March 17th-- Denny and I do St. Patrick proud. More chili, Mt. Adams, even bars (three of which were Irish) and plenty o' suds.
March 18th-- On the road to Carolina, arriving in Goldsboro late at night. (Ohio -32, US-23, US-52, I-64, I-77, West Virginia Turnpike, I-77, US-52, I-40, US-70)
March 20th-- 145th Anniversary Re-enactment of the Battle of Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865.
March 21-23rd-- Topsail Beach (US-40, US-17, NC-50)
March 28th-- Driving in the rain to Cookeville, Tn. NTNin' and Tournamentin' in Bristol, Va. and Knoxville, Tn. (US-70, I-40, US-52, I-77, I-81, I-40)
March 29th-- Cookeville Depot, great old sign. Chocolate Uglies and White House, Tn. Family.
March 30th-- Home. LST-325 Memorial, Evansville, Imdiana. (Tn-76, US-41, Ind. 63, I-74, Il-47)
Great Trip, But, As Always, Great to Be Home. Especially with Temps in the 70s!! --RoadDog
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Dust off that resumé: The Royal family is officially hiring. The position? Head of Digital Engagement, aka Tweeting super-cute pics of the prince and princess.
OK, OK, so there's a bit more to the role, posted by the Royal Household this week. You'll also be lead digital communications strategy and help Her Royal Majesty the Queen hone her online presence long-term. (Come on, you're an Instagram pro. You got this.)
And don't worry, there are quite a few perks that come with the job: Mainly, you'll get a front row seat to cover state visits, award ceremonies and royal engagements, which means you'll get paid to jet set with Will and Kate around the globe. Did we mention you'll earn a cool 70K a year and 33 days PTO?
Hey, you've always wanted to move to the UK right?
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Singapore's award-winning airport is taking off with another vibrant and innovative upgrade. SAA Architects and UK design firm Benoy Limited just unveiled plans for Terminal 4, the newest addition to Changi Airport, which was recently voted the 2013 World's Best Airport. The new 48-acre terminal will feature lush gardens, an upgraded luxury shopping district, and the introduction of innovative biometric technologies to facilitate a faster and more comfortable travel experience.
In keeping with Singapore's "garden city" moniker, Terminal 4 will welcome visitors with large vertical green walls and lush gardens. Inside the impressive two-story glazed facade, colorful skylight lanterns will hang from the entrance hall and lead visitors to the 'Central Galleria,' a glazed open space located at the heart of the terminal. Boulevards of live, indoor trees will grow throughout the various waiting areas, and the entire building will be flooded by warm, natural light. Over in the departure lounge, Singapore's cultural heritage will be represented in uniquely designed retail facades that mimic the style of old Peranakan architecture.
Terminal 4 will be the first terminal in Changi to use biometric technology such as iris scanners and fingerprint imaging, and self-service check-in and a bag-drop option will create a more seamless and efficient travel experience. The new terminal will also include a new walk-through retail concept where passengers pass through a spacious retail experience after clearing immigration.
"We believe in the concept that has embraced energy and motion; creating a dynamic yet timeless design in a welcoming environment," says David Buffonge, Director at Benoy. "The terminal has been designed to provide visitors access to a new level of travel comfort outside their traditional airport experiences." Changi airport's Terminal 4 is slated to open in 2017 and expected to accommodate 16 million passengers a year.


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Links to the latest progress in TGD
During last years the understanding of the mathematical aspects of TGD and of its connection with the experimental world has developed rapidly. The material is scattered to 17 books about TGD and its applications and therefore it seems appropriate give an overall view about the developments as links (mostly) to blog postings containing links to homepage. In the article The latest progress in TGD I list blog links and also some homepage links to Quantum TGD, its applications to physics, to biology and to consciousness theory with the intention to give an overall view about the development of the ideas (I did not receive the final form of TGD from heaven and have been forced to work hardly for almost four decades!).


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CASTLETON, Vt. – The Castleton University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be hosting a bottle and can drive fundraiser the week of January 21-26 to benefit For Every Girl, a non-profit organization that exists to transform the future of young girls in Liberia who have been the victims of gender-based violence in its most horrific forms.
Help Castleton's SAAC make a difference by donating your empty bottles and cans to the drop boxes in the lobby of the Spartan Athletic Complex, or donate them at one of the following Spartan home games:
January 25
7 p.m. – Women's Ice Hockey vs. Norwich (Pink the Rink)
January 26
1 p.m. – Women's Basketball vs. UMass-Boston
3 p.m. – Men's Basketball vs. UMass-Boston
7 p.m. – Men's Ice Hockey vs. Norwich University (Whiteout/Alumni Night)
The For Every Girl staff is dedicated to working with these girls, and believes that they are worth fighting for. They will not give up until a world exists that is free of gender-based violence For Every Girl. For more information on For Every Girl, click here.


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Guardian News & Media adds Improve Digital to programmatic partners list
www.thedrum.com, 11.12.2017: Improve Digital has struck a deal with Guardian News & Media to use the former's supply-side platform (SSP) as the publisher intends to improve monetization efforts beyond UK shores.
As part of the deal, Netherlands-based Improve Digital will use its SSP 360 Polaris to monetize The Guardian's display advertising inventory. The available inventory includes open RTB and Deal_ID's for display, and rich media formats across multiple global markets.
The announcement comes at the end of a year where the publisher has doubled-down on ensuring transparent practices among its adtech partners, with Improve Digital now one of 12 adtech partners of The Guardian, according to the publisher's ads.txt file.
Bastiaan Spaans, Improve Digital senior vice president commercial, said: "Through our customer centric and transparent business and cutting edge technology we will support all their programmatic aims and deliver real tangible business returns."
The Guardian addressed its adtech strategy late last year due to suspicions around the 'take-rates' of its existing adtech partners in a sweeping operation that eventually culminated in it filing a legal suit against publicly-listed company Rubicon Project for hidden fees – although the adtech company itself disputes the claim.
Since then it has axed Rubicon Project from its adtech partners list, and subsequently gone about naming a host of alternatives on its new look list of adtech partners, such as OpenX.


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A church and shrine of the Blessed Virgin on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, one of the most ancient sites in the city's three thousand years of history. Atop one of the Capitoline stairways of one hundred twenty-four marble steps, a votive offering for Rome's deliverance from the Black Plague, is the church of Ara Coeli. It was built in the seventh century. One of its side chapels, dedicated to St. Helena (255-330), is where Emperor Augustus is said to have had a vision of a beautiful lady standing on the altar of heaven, hence the church's name. The church's most cherished possession is an olive wood statue of the Christ Child brought from the Holy Land during the sixteenth century. The base of the ornately decorated statue is covered with votive offerings of gratitude from all parts of the world, thanking the Bambino for his favors. In extreme cases of illness the cherished image is taken by private car, attended by two Franciscans, to the sick patient hoping for a miraculous recovery.


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"Follow your heart." We've heard that advice time and time again, but sometimes, life just gets in the way. Such was the case for Richard Buchanan.
"Ever since I was a kid, I've been an airport nut. I flew models, and I was absolutely crazy about anything airplane from World War II and Korea. A buddy and I tried to go into the U.S. Air Force when we were 16. My mom wouldn't sign me up, and my buddy went without me. I got married and then went to engineering school at night. Before long, we had kids and, well, I guess I put flying on the back burner," he explains of his diverted path.
That doesn't mean Buchanan isn't a determined, goal-oriented type. After a successful career using his engineering skills, Buchanan decided to give flying a second chance.
He recalls, "One day, when I was 56 years old, I told my wife I was going to Florida to get my pilot's license and asked her if she wanted to go with me. 'Of course,' she said. 'Sure!'
"I had a limited time, so I called the flight-training school and told them I had three weeks and I wanted to take my check ride. They were skeptical, but I told them if they gave me a full-time instructor, I would make it. I wanted the meanest, hardest, orneriest instructor there was because that's what works for me. I worked from five in the morning until midnight every day, and we finished a half a day early!" gushes Buchanan.
"I believe I set a record, but it wasn't so easy. After the first week, I just wasn't getting it," he continues. "I sat down and had a talk with myself. I had never been beat or quit anything before, and I wasn't about to start now. Sometime in the second week, I started having fun. About that time, I changed flight instructors, and I had a great time! I've been flying ever since!"
Buchanan's love affair with the Navion began back in 1992. "I flew to Oshkosh with a friend in a Swift. There were about nine to 10 other guys in the group. I ended up riding home with one of them, Dick McFadden, in his Navion. I kind of fell for the Navion. It just struck my fancy," he swoons.
Always an airplane fanatic, Buchanan restored cars for fun. When he began looking for an airplane, he decided that he had to have a Navion and it would be better if it was a project. It took several years, but he eventually found a basket case in Boonsville, Texas. The Navion he found, with only 750 hours of total time, was one of the last airplanes that North American made before selling out to Ryan. Buchanan found out that his new airplane had rolled out of the factory on his fifth birthday, making it all the more special.
Buchanan's new Navion had spent the last 20 years of its life waiting for restoration when he trailered it home to Clayton, Ga. Before he got started, however, he was diagnosed with cancer. For most people in his situation, a project like the Navion would be relegated to obscurity, but Buchanan was determined that his project would fly.
He took it to Classic Aero in Nebraska for a total rebuild. At the outset, Buchanan decided that only new parts would go into his airplane. What began as a stream of parts finding their way to Classic Aero became a flood as Buchanan got serious: a factory-new IO-550B for 300 new horses ready to go, a new three-blade McCauley propeller, a complete Garmin avionics stack and a 430 GPS navigator, Osborne tip tanks, STEC 60-2 autopilot, Cleveland wheels and brakes, fuel flow and engine monitors and numerous airframe modifications. Everything that wasn't sheet metal was new and sparkling.
In the three years during the Navion's restoration, Buchanan triumphed over his bout with cancer. He has a zest for life and flying that won't quit. He made the test flight after 20 months at Classic Aero and then promptly flew it back East for avionics, interior and paint. His aim was simple.
Buchanan explains, "I wanted a distinctive paint scheme. It's not actually an authentic L-17, but I like it. The interior is all leather and I did all the custom trim work inside. As for the paint, well, we ended up with two clear coats, I wet-sanded it and then sprayed three more coats of clear. Finally, I polished it twice. I guess you could say I didn't leave anything to chance. I wanted a brand-new 1947 Navion!"
In order to build time in the Navion, Buchanan searched for another one to fly while his baby was being restored. "Basically, I bought another Navion over the phone. I called my wife and said, 'I found an airplane.' The only thing she said was, 'How much do I need to send?' I flew it until I finished my project and sold it to a friend. I've been flying my Navion almost every day for three years now!"
Buchanan has restoration in his blood. He has been involved in the P-38 Glacier Girl project since the beginning. After 12 years, they successfully restored the fighter, which had been frozen in the ice of Greenland since World War II. "We're trying to convince the owner to complete Glacier Girl's mission, to fly the P-38 to Europe. The chase plane would be a King Air, but if it happens, I would fly ahead of the P-38 in my L-17. We would try to go to the Paris Air Show or Farnborough show. I can't describe how much fun I've had on the project."
Working on and flying airplanes is so much fun that Buchanan built a grass runway on his land outside Clayton so he could be closer to his next project. Never one to do things in a small way, Buchanan now owns five Navions. Two are flying, two will be projects and the other will supply parts. "I found the one-of-a-kind Navion Model 72. This airplane had three lives, and I'm going to bring it back from the grave," he enthuses.
The Model 72 began life as an experimental hack for the Ryan factory in 1949. It was modified into a two-place aircraft with a heavy-duty wing spar and stringers for the Navy primary trainer contract in the early '50s. The Beechcraft T-34 won the contract. The Model 72 was the only Navion with adjustable rudder pedals and sticks instead of yokes.
Buchanan explains, "I found the airplane, and it had been modified back to a four-place. The owner had all the original components, and after several hours of negotiations, I hauled a pile of junk back to Georgia."
For Buchanan, life isn't going to get in the way of his dreams again as he forges ahead with all his enthusiasm and drive for the new project. He says, "I want to take the Model 72 back to original. In the year and a half I've researched the airplane, I even found folks that had worked on this airplane. I got brand-new manuals, brochures and everything for the airplane. I'm ready to start! I'm still having fun, and this is the greatest thing I've ever done!"


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Abaco Race Week
David Schneider
Author's note:
As a complete sailing novice but confirmed wannabe,
I jumped at Paul and Patrice Messina's invitation to
help crew on their crossing to the Bahamas for the annual
Abaco Race Week Regatta. Cindy and I would spend ten
days on the boat.
We would sail as far as Marsh Harbor on Great Abaco,
participating in the crossing and two of the six races
scheduled, then fly back to Miami while two new crew
members joined the boat for the final few days racing and
the return trip to the Florida Keys.
Cindy and I had spent our share of time on small boats,
but had little or no experience with blue water sailing or racing.
I could tie a bowline, given enough time.
Cindy could cook.
We were pumped.
6.28.03 On Board Tranquility, a 30' Nonsuch with our hosts Paul and Patrice
We will be crossing with Cynsation, a Catalina 42; Dave and Cynthia Boerner.
0800 Wind SE 10. Heavy overcast with t-squalls on horizon. Heading 060
Depart Plantation Key out of Tavernier Creek. Florida Keys.
Heading: East-northeast towards the Gulf Stream and Lands End- Bahamas.
We are boxed in on three sides by some nasty looking weather. The good news: clear
weather ahead. The bad news is that the black rolling shit on all other sides is catching us.
Cindy has never sailed through a real storm, and
there appeared to be no way around this one. It'll be a hell of a start.
0830 Wind is picking up, starting to haul to the Northwest and becoming gusty.
Temperature has dropped and feels cool on our skin. Clouds are dipping
towards the horizon. We look for spouts while on a close reach. Paul starts
the diesel and explains the drill to reef the mainsail. He requests the dodger
be brought up and attached to our bimini.
0840 We are now ready for the squall. It comes quickly with a cold horizontal rain
and shifting winds. We tack, rolling over the six to eight foot rollers but do
not shorten sail. My toes dig in to the teak deck and I feel the rain sting my skin,
raising goose bumps. Tranquility climbs each wave and slews off to port as each
wave passes under her stern. Now the wind shifts to the right again and the ride
becomes truly sloppy as the waves creep down to Tranquility's quarter. Paul eases the
mainsheet just before a cold gust of air hits us and clocks around, almost jibing the boat.
Paul brings the boat up and now the wind is back where it started. We are on
starboard tack, our lee rail in the water, and going like a batfish out of hell.
The weather starts to clear. Paul's grinning, and now I am too.
0845 I have never felt more in this world. I giggle and let out a whoop.
1100 Out of the weather now, into the sunshine. Cindy and I shed layers.
Cindy on
1300 A slowly developing wind shift necessitates a decision. We either turn into the wind
and motor straight to Bimini, arriving after midnight, or continue sailing this heading
all night, making West End, Bahamas early the next morning.
1700 Paul radios Dave on Cynsation, who has a weather fax. Dave feels the wind will
continue to veer throughout the night, heading us and forcing an eventual motor-up
to West End 12 hours later. We drop sails, turn southeast and motor the remaining
28 miles to Bimini. The GPS says our course made good is 55 degrees but we are
steering a compass course of nearly 120. I am awed by the power that the Gulf Stream
has just demonstrated. The big cobalt river-in the-sea was sweeping us north.
1815 Cindy and Patrice prepare dinner. Provisioning for a journey like this is, I am told,
a skill in itself. A skill we would learn as much about in the days ahead as boat
handling and seamanship. A few nights before, we all had gotten together at Paul
and Patrice's and pre-cooked the meat items that were to go aboard.
"Man this is a lot of stuff," Paul kept saying as he turned the chicken and
pork on the barbeque. "There had better be room in the ice box for beer
when all this is done." Other than that, he kept quiet, preferring to keep
his role limited to running the boat. The galley was the lady's' domain.
His comment, however, proved prophetic.
Dave and Cynthia had the right idea all along.
"Thirty cases of beer" was Cynthia's straight- faced response when asked
about their provisioning strategy. They volunteered no more.
Meanwhile, Patrice had told me and Cindy that the hardest thing to get in
The Islands was fresh produce, so Cindy brought veggies and fruit. She
also made potato salad. A lot of it. It went into Tupperware containers.
The night before sailing we couldn't get it all in Tranquility's ice box, so
Cindy put it all in an over-sized styrofoam ice chest. "Where the hell are
we gonna put that?" asked Paul before shutting up. It ended up on
Cynsation, with Cynthia showing remarkable graciousness, I thought.
"There had better be enough room in the ice box for the beer," Paul said
again slowly, showing perhaps the first hint of testiness I had seen. Paul
and I looked at Dave, with his thirty cases stowed forward in Cynsation.
He just smiled.
"Oh well," I had volunteered. "At least we'll have plenty of potato salad."
0130 Bimini
I have finally made it.
I have wanted to come here ever since reading Islands in the Stream. Unfortunately,
we have no Gin and no tonic, although we do have limes and paper towels to wrap our drinks with. On the other hand, we are too damn tired to drink after dropping the hook. Tranquility is anchored just off shore Cynsation's starboard side. Paul had me take her in behind Cynsation while he handled the anchor. Having never piloted such an approach in the dark before, I was scared shitless.
0630 I will not have the opportunity to visit Hemingway's hill or the Compleat Angler, as we are pulling out early. Paul and Dave want to make West End and clear Customs before they close, this being a Sunday. Paul says there is nothing to do here anyway, and from what I see, he's right. Just a lot of Australian Pines growing out of a flat hunk of rock. Last night Cindy and I slept together on the portside cockpit seat. There was a fair seaway rolling under us. She awoke with an impression of Paul's engine key on her ass.
1615 West End, Grand Bahama Is
We check in at West End Marina- they have no slips available, so we have the choice of anchoring off the beach or sailing on to Mangrove Cay, a couple hours distant. We choose the beach. No palms here- just more Australian pines.
1705 As we motor around the riprap, which guards the harbor entrance, we can see many beautiful patch reefs just off shore, shining green, some with yellow-brown coral heads just under the surface. Wonderful- we will raft up with Cynsation and spend cocktail hour snorkeling the patches and walking the beach.
We idle up in front of Cynsation, which draws another foot than we do and I go forward to point out the coral heads back to Paul at the wheel. It soon becomes apparent that there is one hell of a current working here. While we are negotiating our way through the coral heads, Cynsation's stern whirls around and they are aground.
Attempting to go back to them help pull them off and are now coming dangerously close to the same fate. I throw a line to Cynthia on Cynsation's bow and we start to back down. Not the best way to do this, since we are exposing Paul's $1800 variable pitch prop to the reef. But the current will swing our stern into Cynsation's if we attempt to go forward and turn. After a few white knuckle maneuvers expertly executed by Paul, Cynsation pivots off their perch.
We immediately anchor in a down current sand patch while Dave and Cynthia opt to demonstrate the better part of valor and retreat to deeper water near the harbor entrance. Tranquility's bow will not come up in to the wind upon anchoring. Instead, the current pushes her stern back on her anchor line. No raft-up tonight. And no snorkeling, other than to check the anchor. And no beach walks, since we dare go no further. We have an inflatable dingy but it won't be deployed until we get to the Abacos. Instead, we deploy tag lines, swimming noodles, and boat drinks.
1720 Dave radios over and reports his instruments are recording a nine knot current. We can barely hang on to the tag lines and decide to have dinner. Chicken stuffed pitas and Cindy's potato salad served in the cockpit under a glorious setting sun. After dinner we christen this spot Nine Knot Anchorage.
The author trying do do something.
Monday 6.30.03
0750 Wind East-Southeast at 10. Mostly sunny. Tranquility enroute east to…? We'll know when we get there. Ultimately, we must steer this course to clear Coopers Town on the north end of Great Abaco Cay, then a right turn south-southeast for Green Turtle Cay- 2 days distant. We will make a decision later on which of the many small islands, or "cays" that dot our path to stop for the night. Spanish Omelets are served for breakfast.
Afterwards, potato salad and other perishables are moved from bulky Tupperware containers to "soft-sided" Ziploc bags. This frees up considerable space in the icebox, allowing a full six-pack of beer to chill. Dave and Paul were right. After three days at sea, a couple cold beers daily at 1700 became a very good thing.
The icebox was still a nightmare, but we sure were eating well. Thank God Cynthia had agreed to carry the "cooler from hell" on Cynsation.
0900 This part of the Bahamas does not seem to use the standard international rules and signs of navigation. Forget "red right returning". Instead, wooden arrows, just large enough to make out when you are right on top of them, are nailed on old pilings. The arrows point to the correct side to steer the channel. During the day, it's dicey. At night- blind prayer works better.
0930 Spending most of these days doing two glorious things. Learning how to steer the boat, or reading to Cindy on the bow.
Every day I make more than several bone-headed mistakes. Each time I try to learn from them. Paul, an experienced and skilled skipper, is patiently imparting to me the proper way to balance boat speed while maintaining course. My helmsmanship is fair for a novice, however now Paul has given me a glimpse of the secret to being a good helmsman.
1100 It is at times like these that I truly appreciate how lucky I am that Cindy has consented to spend this time with me. She cooks fabulous meals on board, knows a Phillips head from a crescent wrench, and is the most beautiful woman I have seen in the Bahamas.
1315 Lunch. More potato salad.
1440 There is a rock off our port beam that the chart calls "Center of the Earth". Indeed. Paul reads his cruising guide and suggests to Dave via VHF that we spend the night between two small cays called Allans-Pensacola. They concur.
A gentle wind from the east. We lay at anchor off Allans-Pensacola, twin beach-lined islands known mostly by the cruising crowd. The moment the hook was in the water and post- anchor chores were done, Cindy and I hopped on a noodle, tied our swim suits to it, and paddled away from the boat. Within minutes we are approached by a jolly old man in a wooden sailing dink, who, after tacking over, also appears to be sans-clothing. He hails us, asking if we are "OK so far away from the other boats" and "do we need a tow or a ride in"? How noble! After getting close enough to hear our negative response, and after getting a good look at Cindy, he tacks over again and heads off, under a sun just starting to dip towards the horizon singing "Come play, come play in my dingy… "
2230 Made love at the masthead in a Bahaman breeze under a quilt of stars. God I love this woman and this place.
Tues 7.1.03
1015 Wind ESE @10. We depart Allans- Pensacola, heading for Green Turtle Cay. We can't get the mainsail up. Paul thinks he sees something askew on the mainsail track about halfway up the mast. We cut the motor and idle while breaking out the boson's chair. I winch Paul up the mast and the girls send him the tools he requests. We change to the emergency mainsail halyard and, with temporary repairs finished, we hoist and set sail for Green Turtle.
1330 Cindy earns kudos from the skipper for preparing and serving a hot spinach salad while on a bumpy close reach. Nice alternative to eighty pounds of potato salad. During lunch we site the first dolphins riding our bow wave.
1500 More complaints below regarding refrigerator space- and no ice. Inflection sharpens. Approaching Green Turtle Cay.
1515 I walk back to the cockpit from the foredeck after writing a little and am greeted with the news that Cindy is below with a sprained ankle. It appears she took a mis-step into the cabin. I go below and there she is, lying on the settee with a Ziploc bag of cold chili on her ankle, presently swollen to the size of a zucchini.
1600 We anchor off New Plymouth on Green Turtle Cay. You can see the brightly painted buildings on shore through the forest of masts. We are one of hundreds of yachts arriving for the start of race week, which unofficially opens tomorrow with the Stranded Naked Party. Paul and Dave decide to raft up since Dave's got cold beer- as well as ice for Cindy's ankle. Tomorrow morning we'll dink in and pick up our own ice, as well some fresh Bahaman coconut bread and cheese for breakfast.
1830 After dinner we check Cindy's ankle, now turning all sorts of interesting colors. She insists she's OK. Since she's an ex-paramedic, we all believe her. Before heading below for the evening, I notice one of Cynsation's anchor lines is slack. Ours is tight and I figure Dave and Cynthia are simply turning on one side of the hook- no big deal.
Wed 7.02.03
0350 Green Turtle Cay
I awake to a jolt, the sound of feet on the deck and Paul's voice topside saying "did we hit…?" I hear the Cummins start up. I'm half way up the hatch before remembering I won't be much help without my glasses. After returning below for my eyes, I find myself tripping forward on deck, in the darkness, grasping at the shrouds to guide me. Nearly falling over the side, I remember that this vessel has no shrouds.
"Ready"? I hear Dave snort on Cynsation.
"Ready," calls Paul on Tranquility. We separate, and start backing away
from the 41' Morgan we had both plowed into. I start to get
the ground tackle ready, sure that Paul will call for an anchor set as soon
as we get far enough upwind for it. I hear the engines slide into neutral
and our way slows.
"Ready?" Paul asks in a normal talking voice. I can hear him above the idle
and reply in kind.
"Let her go," he says. I do and Paul puts the diesel in reverse. We slide
back and check the set. We're dragging. I bring it all in and we do it
again. We reverse and Paul guns a little more reverse.
"Nope", I grunt back towards him.
"Shit" whispers Paul: then to me: "Sorry David, pull her in again."
Again we move forward while I haul in sixty feet of anchor chain and 300 feet of nylon. Now I'm dragging. I ask Paul if we are having fun yet. He grins.
Once more and we hold. The sun is coming up. We make coffee and begin some quiet conversation as the ladies sleep below.
Paul and Patrice are the most wonderful hosts. Paul is an experienced, low key
1030 sailor- no yelling, very patient, etc.
The only thing I've seen rankle him so far has been a shortage of refrigerator space for his beer. I am learning so much from him, and in the close confines of a 30' boat he's a perfect gentleman.
Patrice is always up, gracious and encouraging. A week together with casual friends on such a journey can and has sometimes turned disastrous for other folks. I've found that if you help out and respect the boat, you'll be invited back- even if you're a lousy sailor.
1735 On our way back from the stranded naked party, sulking.
Stranded Naked
Party Boat
A short story is in order.
It was an unbelievable party, where the owners and crews of 150 six and seven figure yachts drink Margaritas and Rum Punches on Fiddlers Cay just south of Green Turtle Cay. Actually, the place doesn't even exist on the chart. A local entrepreneur (Stranded Naked Swimwear) sponsors it, and brings in distillers and grocers to donate food and drink. As usual, Cindy got more than her share of attention with the men and I went off to sulk. As I did so I spotted a 24' Bayliner named "Maxim" running backwards thru the make-shift anchorage.
That's a long way to be backing down an anchor in this shallow water I thought.
A second look told me no one was at the hem-no one aboard. Maxim was kick-assing backwards downwind and down current heading straight for the flats on a lee shore of another small cay. She was trailing an anchor which was
spraying up white clouds over the marl, beginning no more than 20' from her stern.
"Idiot," I muttered, already pissed at myself for being upset at Cindy and now this. No one else had seemed to notice the boat.
I swam out and dove down to the anchor careening over the bottom. It was a Danforth of adequate size attached to a FooFoo rig. You know, the all-in-one rig you buy from Kmart for $19.95 consisting of that white coated chain and 20' of quarter inch nylon. The rig appeared to be propelling the boat backward at a knot and a half.
I tried to stick the anchor twice in the soft bottom but there wasn't enough scope. I came up, took a breath and looked around. So far no other boats had been hit- a miracle. And no one else seemed to realize what was happening or care- a situation I seem to aspire to. I tried to stand and simply hold the boat, hoping someone would notice and come by to help, but no luck.
"Fuck 'em- let the dumb shits sue me."
Against my better judgment, but trying to do the right thing, I boarded
Maxim and went forward to see if there was any more ground tackle aboard. There was none. I left the boat floating towards disaster and swam back to shore.
Weaving through thongs and tongs. I ran up on the beach to the DJ,
explained the situation to him, and aksed- asked him to make an announcement. The music came down a half a decibel and he said over the PA:
"Hey Mon, Maxim bein' a drag- go grab her."
Then the music came back up.
I didn't want to be a pain in the ass, but after seeing no reaction, I went back up, grabbed the microphone and turned down the music.
By the time I swam back out to the Bayliner a skiff was headed towards the boat. It deposited two surfer dude-types Both stumbling aboard with one hand while clenching a doobie in the other. I called "do you need help?" and they waved a no thank you.. At that point I saw Cindy and the rest of our crew heading towards our dink.
Time to return to Tranquility. As we hopped in and Paul started up the little Yamaha, I looked back to see Maxim still floating towards the flats with Huey and Dewey sharing a toke at the doomed little boat's stern.
Friday, June 4
0700 It's Race day! The first in the Abaco Race Week series. The Green Turtle. We will have four marks in the shape of a turtle. We'll, that's what the race committee says. Actually, the course is a square. Cindy and I wake to Paul's pre-race cleaning of the boat. Everything must be squared away and stowed. Before the race, Cindy and I will take the dink in to town. We have three goals:
1. Get beer
2. Trash removal, and
3. Ridding ourselves of the Cooler from Hell.
I make coffee while Cindy wipes the sleep from her eyes and Paul works on brightening the boat. We leave for the course at 9:30. The ten-minute gun sounds at 1100.
0845 Cindy and I take the dink, loaded with trash bags and the Cooler from Hell and head across the bay towards the town pier. New Plymouth on Green Turtle Cay is a funky little village with quaint white and pastel painted cottages lining a main street resembling a large sidewalk. Every shop is owned by a Pinder or an Albury. We pull up to a sandy beach rather than the pier, as Cindy's foot is still rather swollen and sore and is wrapped in cold potato salad. We pass two Bahamans sitting at the base of the pier in front of a tramp freighter and offer them the cooler in exchange for allowing us to dump our trash in their dumpster. They agree happily. We procured beer as well as some fresh Bahaman coconut bread, cheese and butter to enjoy back on board before casting off for the race course. As we head back out towards Tranquility, God hits a switch and the harbor of Green Turtle Cay transforms from slate gray to electric turquoise with the rising sun.
How can it get any better than this?
1035 Cynthia is explaining the duties of a "bow bunny," my designated duty during today's race ( BOW BUNNY?! ) The bow bunny stands at the bow of the boat and, when Tranquility is three boat lengths from the starting line he sticks out three fingers, then two, then one. The idea is to hit the line with the boat at top speed preferably on starboard tack (right of way ) immediately after the gun. While Paul and Dave and Cynthia discuss wind shifts, preferred side of the line, and other boats in our PHRF rating, I stand on Tranquility's bow pulpit and learn to count. One… Two… Three…trying to judge speed and distance. Five minutes 'til the warning gun.
1335 Tranquility is doing nicely in the race despite a poor start (not my fault- no one was paying attention to my stupid counting and wagging of fingers anyway). We are approaching the penultimate mark- a jibe- and then return to the Start- Finish line and the end of the race. My job in this jibe maneuver, where the stern of the boat passes through the eye of the wind, will be to help get the mainsheet across the boat, which on a Nunsuch like Tranquility, is on the stern.
I will do this by pulling on the mainsheet while Dave winches it up to get the mainsail started across the stern before the wind pushes it the rest of the way. If done correctly, it assures a smooth turn. After this maneuver, we will be on a beam reach for an easy final leg to the finish line.
"Stand by… ready," calls Paul.
" Jibing"
I pull and the mainsail starts to come over. Then I see a lot of slack
in the mainsheet.
"Oh, Oh…"
That is the last thought I have before being slammed to the opposite side of the boat, my arm being dragged across the stern by the mainsheet. When I wake up a second later, I am slumped on the starboard quarter and I can not feel my arm. For the first time in my life I am frightened I may not have one anymore.
I look down, afraid what I might see. My arm is still attached, but badly burned and bruised. There is a small red and blue knob below my elbow. I feel faint. Dave notices I am not moving and asks if I'm all right.
"No" is all I can muster. Cindy hobbles over and by now has her "paramedic hat" on. A cold gel-pack goes on my arm. Within minutes I can feel my fingers again.
We are sailboat racing under a blue Bahamian sky. Cindy is holding me and Paul pats my shoulder. I look up and smile. Life is good.
1330 We are at Green Turtle Cay, waiting to board the dink after the post race awards
party. Everyone is smashed.
That's what happens when the race committee hands out complimentary Rumrunners-in pails.
Cynthia is nearly unconscious and as she approaches the little beach where all the dingys are tied up, she trips over the small retaining wall and breaks her big toe. She is in agony. The rest of us are feeling no pain what-so -ever.
We head out in to the harbor, now a lit up city of mast lights. All except ours. Tranquility is nowhere to be found. Paul remembers now that he may have forgotten to light it up before leaving.
We slosh around the drunken harbor, looking for the 41' Morgan that we ran into the other night, or any other boat that was near us.
" MORRRRRRGAN… MORRRRRRGAN…," screeches Patrice,
"JEEESUS CHRIST, LADY," comes the distant reply. "THERE'S A THOUSAND OF 'EM OUT HERE- WHICH ONE YOU WANT?"
We all giggle and try not to fall out of the overloaded dink while attempting to comfort Cynthia. We finally spot Cynsation and up a hundred yards, Tranquilty.
I take a look around me to see good friends- fine people allowing me to share in what is for me, an experience I could only have dreamed of growing up as a kid in Wisconsin.
What a night. What a trip. What friends. What a life.
Post Log
Cindy and I just boarded our American Eagle flight out of Marsh Harbor for the hop back to Miami. My mind is full of memories. Many, like Orchid Bay and Nippers on Great Guana Cay, I have not mentioned. Suffice to say that for all I have written in this log, there were many other stories.
I must thank Paul and Patrice Messina for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime. They and other friends with boats have allowed me to live better than I perhaps have a right to, as I love boating and the ocean more than almost anything on earth.
Most of all I want to also thank Cindy and the Messinas for their companionship and patience, because good times with good friends is what I treasure most of all on this earth.
David Schneider
Islamorada, FL
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text: Naritchaya joined CyberColloids in 2017. She graduated with an M.Sc. in Food Science from Kasetsart University and a B.Sc. in Food Technology from Silpakorn University in Thailand. Her M.Sc. studies focused on stability of sensitive compounds (flavour and antioxidant compounds) in herbs after encapsulation process via spray drying. She has a Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from UCC, Cork and has research experience in dairy proteins, sugars and carbohydrates, lipids and their interactions that affected physical, chemical, thermal, dynamic, and dielectric properties, along with experience in stability of materials, formulations, and high solids food systems. Following on from her Ph.D. she has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Teagasc and at the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences in UCC.