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05/19/2010, South River, Edgewater MD
So Saturday we made plans to sail up the South River and down the Rhode River and anchor at one of thier islands. The boat was all prepped and we just went food shopping, we were ready to go.
We started the engine up on the first try and everything sounded good. There was water coming out the back exhaust, all systems were hooked up. This was our first time leaving this new slip though and it proved to be a troublesome one. When we backed out, the current along with our prop walk pushed our boat directly toward the main dock. We are in the second slip so it wasn't long before I was pushing our stern off the main dock. Luckily the slip next to ours just has a small DNR boat in it and the opposite side is empty. Also the 3 slips behind us were empty too, otherwise we would have hit everyboat in those slips!
We had to back up almost all the way into the slip across from us and even then when we tried to go forward we couldn't even clear our own slip again because of the current. Eventually we had 2 other people helping us push our boat around and we decided to back out the fairway. Going reverse with a boat is no easy task because the propellor tends to push us to the left (prop walk). So we zig zagged out of the slip nearly missing all the boats that were hanging out of their slips. It wasn't pretty but we were out of there.
This should have been our indication to stay home, but we are fearless (or dumb) and continued!
So now we are motoring up the South River talking about what a disaster that exit was when an alarm goes off at the starter panel. This alarm usually goes off when the key is left in the on position, and after flipping the RPM meter switch it turned off. But this time the RPM meter stopped working once the alarm stopped sounding. We just thought, darn must be some loose wires.
Well about 5 minutes later the engine stalls.
We try to start the engine back up and after a few lame turn over trys it kicks on, but then turns off after about another minute. Shucks! Christine reminds me that we are a sailboat and quickly lets out the Genny. Who needs a lame engine anyway. I decide ill look at it once we get to our anchorage. But the boat decides otherwise and we see a bunch of smoke coming from the cabin, o shit. Christine hands me the fire extinguisher and I go down below and open up the engine compartment. There is a ton of fog/smoke coming off the engine but thankfully no fire. Christine opens up the cockpit access and more smoke comes out but still no fire. At this point we realized we have overheated the engine. We leave the compartment doors open and let her cool off.
So now we are sailing along in a slight wind but the wind is coming at us so we have to tack a few times. Just before our last tack out of the river the wind dies. We are a decent distance from a near by shoal but once we lost all wind power the current began to take us to land. That combinded with all the power boats flying by and creating wakes that knock us to shore, we are soon SAILING BACKWARDS! I tried explaining to Christine the other day that it was impossible to sail backwards, so she had a fun time proving me wrong as we saw our trailing dinghy float forward of us.
This laughter soon ended as we felt a slight bump and realized we had run aground. Dang it!
Well the engine had stopped smoking and so it must have cooled off and we were in dire need of power so we turned her back on. The engine started fine and it was a relief to have power again. This lasted about 15 seconds when we heard a SNAP! and I saw our dinghy slowly floating away. We just had a prop guard installed and it did its job. I grabbed the line that was supposed to be holding the dinghy hopeing it was still attached but the line had been cut and the dinghy was just drifting further toward the bay.
Now this is a brand new dinghy as you readers know and I was not about to let it escape. I am not a great swimmer tho so I grabbed a floating seat cushion and jumped in after it. It would have been nice if we were so far on the shoal that I could walk but nope, I had to doggy paddle after this thing. The water was very cold at first but that quickly went away as I used every bit of energy I had to catch up to the dinghy. I was so tired I thought I wasn't going to catch it but the current must have helped me some and I eventually climbed aboard our lil runaway tender. The workout wasn't over tho and I had to paddle it back to our dumb boat that was still stuck in mud.
Christine had untangled the remaining line and restarted the engine in an attempt to get us off the shoal. But we were still stuck. I attempted to moter us off the shoal once I got aboard the main vessel but I too failed. Not knowing which way the tide was going (rookie mistake) we decided to call Boat US to tow us off. It went pretty smooth hailing them via VHF and they could be there in 30 minutes. While we waited for them we tried using a long 8 foot pole to push us off but that ofcourse failed. Also while waiting a friendly power boater offered to pull us off but we decided to wait for Boat US.
The Boat US tow boat eventually came and pulled us off the shoal. For anyone who is not a memeber of Boat US, please become one now. We pay $149/year, it was $134 the year before, and we get unlimited towing for free! He told us that he just had to charge the last person $1100 and that our bill would have been $700! We just got our memberships worth for the next 4 years, not to mention all the other benefits of being a member. Well now that we were off the shoal we could have had him take us home but we were already half way to our destination and the engine had just came on fine so we thought we were all good. Let's keep going!
How little we really knew.
To Be Continued.....
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-possibly blew up our MOTOR
-used boat us towing TWICE
-prop guard DOES work since it cut our dinghy line which joey then had to swim to retrieve
-proved joey wrong - you CAN in fact sail backwards.
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05/12/2010, Edgwater, MD
So our marina moved us out of that enormous slip and into a smaller one, a much smaller one. Tuesday we moved our boat to the other side of the pier into a 35 ft slip and immediatly felt out of place as our boats butt was hanging out 5 feet on one side and 8 feet on the other (yes the pilings are not even). Luckily tho this slip had electricty for us to plug into so we could recharge our batteries. We spoke to our marina manager the next morning and we finally decided on a slip. It still only 35 feet but it is in close to the main pier walkway so no boats will have to pass us and possibly hit us.
This still lead to difficulty tieing off as the back pilings are atleast a quarter up our boat. We will need to install an extra cleat on our traveler to act as a spring line. Also the wind was blowing hard Friday when we moved into the new slip. Once we got her tied off tight we went inside for drinks to finally celebrate our new resting spot. The electric company would'nt set us up till Saturday but we had a fully charged battery and decided to give our inverter a try. We plugged in our cockpit lights and they came right on, Nice!
Our new view is of the South River Bridge. It's not too noisy and is kinda pretty. It will do.
Saturday while Christine had to work, I drove back to HHN to pick up our dodger wings that were left at the canvas shop. I also had lunch with my dad and picked up an Outboard Engine! No more paddleing for the Bright Eyes crew! My dad's friend Warren kindly donated to us a 1972 Johnson 2 stroke 6 hp outboard engine. My dad's friend Billy gave me the run down of how to use and service it. We started it up and it ran just fine. Cool!
The rest of Saturday was errands and getting our boat back in living shape. Earlier in the week we saw crabs swimming around already so the crab pots got tossed in the water.
Sunday was Mothers Day so a Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there! We spent it at my Aunt Dana's getting good grub.
We are planning our first overnighter of the season this weekend!
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What got to write to you today was your dilema with dock lines. It depends on your spot and ability but I would consider backing in so you can tie off the stern at the dock and two lines to the probably already there cleat on your bow. It is still not going to keep you from drifting into the dock by spring lines to cleats on the fairlead track should help hold you out enough. Happy Sailing to you both.
Ok readers we would like your opinion.
We would like a little more out of our blog like custom sidebars, google anaylitics, google adsense, map tracking, RSS feed ect...
Our current sailblogs account is free and does not offer any of that. We could get those features at other blog sites such as Blogspot for free. At Sailblogs it would cost us $95 a year. Our only concern is that we would lose our audience here and the sailing enthusiast traffic that this site brings.
So if we moved to Blogspot, would you still be likely to follow our blog? And do you think this is a good idea? Please be honest and all advice is welcome.
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My 2 cents.
This blog is number one: a way to communicate to all our friends and family. And number two: A fun way to recap our adventures and share with anyone who will listen, a hobby.
One of the fun parts of this hobby is to be creative and entertaining. This is where we feel sailblogs is lacking. We know you might enjoy just the words and pictures we post and we are grateful for that. But we'd like to do more like add fun things to the blog and I love statisics personally. And paying $95/year doesnt make alot of sense.
We look forward to making this blog the best it can be and have as much fun with it as we can!
I am sure if you look hard enough you can find other SailBlog sites doing the same thing.
I read about this from someone elses blog she says she makes like $100 a month just from other ppl signing up (referrals)
heres the concept, you log into your mrrebates account and shop at one of over approximately 200 online stores. It has alot of the majors brands you'd normally shop at. Each one has a percentage off next to it, and if you make your purchases while signed in, at the end of the month you get a check mailed to you with your savings. Instead of hunting for coupon codes online everything is in one place.
As a bonus, if you refer friends and they sign up and use mrrebates, you get 20% of their shopping and savings.
I signed up, lets try this out. Click the banner to sign up. Its free, and only takes a few minutes. They don't even ask you for personal information except your address to mail your check!
They even have WestMarine.com with a 4% rebate!
I would love it if you would enter my email address as your referral. Its [email protected]
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They don't need to get anymore personal than that. Would you like to know how many things I could tell you about yourself just from your address? Prepare for spam. They don;t give away money for nothing
If it turns out that I am getting spam from this site, (I chose not to enroll in the newsletter) then I will remove this post.
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Ok so alot has happened in the last week. On Thursday we got tossed back in the drink (thats cool sailor talk for water). Oddly enough they put us back in our old slip which we were allowed to stay in till Sunday. We had some dejavu walking down that long E dock and it was fun to see our dock neighbors one last time. We truely are going to miss the wonderful people at Herrington Harbour North.
On the last day on the hard I finally finished servicing the engine and it only cost me one finger. I got the appropriate tool to change the secondary fuel filter and that went pretty smooth, only spilling some diesel fuel.
The zincs were still a pain in the butt tho. There are three zincs on our Yanmar 3GM30. One on the backside in plain view and two that are more hidden on the side behind the fuel filter and fuel pump. After a second trip to the hardware store we finally had a socket that would fit, 15/16 of an inch! But alas I am weak and could not get the bolt off. Luckily Christines Dad Paul came by to pick up his ladder and lent me a longer socket wrench to give me better torque. So I went back down below eager to tear this bolt off and it came flying loose with the first pull. Unfortunatly this caused me to slam my own hand into the engine and smashed my pinky finger. I now have two dark purple fingers. atleast they are still attached! But it was all worth it as I slid in a brand new zinc to protect our engine. The other two zincs I deemed inaccessable and called it a day.
Friday and Saturday were spent cleaning up and getting the boat ready for her first sail of the season. We got our Dodger back from the shop. We now have all new glass so we can actually see through it while sailing. Also combined with the connector and the bimini it does a great job of protecting us from the sun and rain. Unfortunatly the canvas shop forgot to give us back the wings of the dodger, well now we have a reason to go back to HHN!
We put the sails back up with minor trouble. The genoa was tough to raise but I attribute that to my overall lack of strength. I really gotta hit the gym. Once we were all packed up it was time to start the engine. Can you guess if the engine started easily? Ofcourse it didn't! But I had the engine door already open eager with anticipation to solve any diesel problems with my newly acquired knowledge. After about an hour of bleeding the low and high pressure systems and tightening all the the hose connections we decided to try again. And viola she came to life! Let's get out of here before the sun goes down. We waived bye to Mark as we left our slip and only one line behind. Up the bay we go!
Our first sail of the season went as about as well as we could predict. We had to brush off a few cobwebs but we got right back into the groove of things. We turned off the engine as soon as we could and started with our favorite sail, the big Genny! We sailed downwind in peaceful quietness. The weather was predicting late afternoon thunderstorms and there was about 10 knots of wind so maybe thats why there wasn't alot of boats out. We were pretty open, cruising along at about 7-8 knots.
Kittens first sail, grab a line cat!
As the wind died down a lil we attempted to put up the main sail but we ran into trouble with the track. One of the track pieces was damaged and needs to be replaced so we just left the main down. After about two and a half hours of sailing we came up to the mouth of the South River. The wind was now pathetic so we flipped on the engine and putt putted the final leg.
It took us about another 40 minutes to go all the way down the South River to our new marina which brought the total trip to 3 hours and 40 minutes for 22 miles. We know, sailing is slow.
We would have loved to easily tie up our boat and fall asleep but that was not the case. Our new slip is way too big, about twice of what we need. This made tieing her up almost impossible and we spent the first 15 minutes just holding her in place by hand and trying to figure out how to reach the piling. Eventually we had to borrow a dinghy from another boat to tie off the back lines. Another problem was that the power supply plug is a whole slip over and our power cord won't reach it while letting us also access the finger pier. So we are camping again untill they can fix this problem.
We decided to reward ourselves with an overpriced dinner at Yellowfin.
HHN to Liberty
PS: We took our new kitten to the vet and she is very healthy. Yes it's a GIRL! So we have to scratch the name Cullen and think of a new one. We are playing with the name Nala.
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I'm trying to create a Mockito mock object of a class with some rather heavy network and transaction behavior which I don't want to have to deal with in the current unit test I'm writing. It does however seem like Mockito calls the default constructor of the actual class when instantiating the mock object. The default constructor does all kinds of things that causes problems in the context of this unit test.
Is Mockito supposed to invoke the default constructor? And is there any way to avoid this behavior?
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ConcreteClassWithComplexDefaultConstructor mockObject = mock(ConcreteClassWithComplexDefaultConstructor.class);
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Villa acting chief executive Robin Russell said: "We are delighted to be able to announce this partnership with Andalucía, and we welcome them to our growing number of official partners.
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The statement did not describe the severity of Hillary Rodham Clinton's concussion nor did it say when it occurred or why the State Department delayed disclosing the injury.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a concussion last week after fainting and striking her head, the State Department said Saturday.
The fainting episode occurred after Clinton, 65, had become dehydrated because of a stomach virus, according to Philippe Reines, a Clinton aide.
The statement did not describe the severity of the concussion nor did it say when it occurred or why the State Department delayed disclosing the injury. She apparently caught the virus during a recent visit to Europe.
The statement said that Clinton, who's expected to leave her job soon, was recovering at home, adding that she would work from home for the next week.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it won't hear from Clinton as planned at a Thursday hearing into the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. The House Foreign Affairs Committee also said Clinton would not give scheduled testimony at its hearing Thursday on Libya.
Senior State Department officials William Burns and Thomas Nides are to take her place at both hearings.
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Throughout the week, State Department officials gave a mixed picture about the severity of Clinton's illness. On Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland described Clinton as having a "very uncomfortable stomach virus" but did not mention a concussion. The next day, Nuland said Clinton was "under the weather." Nuland did say Clinton's illness had prevented her from making calls to foreign leaders.
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Rice had been the Obama administration's top choice to succeed Clinton but withdrew her name from consideration for the job Thursday, citing the controversy.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams have signed Brady Quinn and Austin Davis, quickly adding quarterbacks after losing Sam Bradford to a season-ending left knee injury.
Kellen Clemens, the backup the past two years, will make his first start since 2011 on Monday night against the Seahawks.
Quinn was a first-round pick by the Browns in 2007. He has bounced around and cut by the Jets on Monday.
Davis was among the Rams' final cuts before the opener. He was the third-stringer for St. Louis last year and did not play.
Bradford, who had started every game since the start of the 2012 season, was placed on injured reserve. He injured his knee in the fourth quarter Sunday in a loss at Carolina and is expected to undergo surgery in a few weeks when swelling subsides.
Offensive lineman Brandon Washington was released to clear roster space. Also, linebacker Jonathan Stewart was released from the practice squad.
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She's ba-ack! Or, she might be anyway, if all our dreams come true and Season 16 The Bachelor winner Courtney Robertson heads to Bachelor in Paradise this summer. E! Online chatted up the model, 30, and found out that she's definitely toying with the idea of finding love on an island "somewhere outside of the country" (which is where Jef Holm says it will be).
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The Cobb has sheltered seafarers for centuries. The curving stone harbour wall in Lyme Regis attracts visitors not just for its visual appeal and its magnificent naval architecture, but also for its literary connections.
People visit Lyme from far and wide to see the steps where Louisa Musgrove fell in Jane Austen's Persuasion; or to see where Meryl Streep stood, looking forlornly out to sea in the film adaptation of John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, one of the most unforgettable scenes in cinema.
Inside the Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium, which is situated in one of the historic buildings at the end of the Cobb, you'll find an interesting presentation on the history of the Cobb including the films which made it internationally famous.
The Cobb buildings that now house the aquarium and offices were built in 1723. There was an earlier building on the site constructed in 1701 called Rose Cottage. This building was destroyed in a storm and subsequently the Town Council instructed a Mr Jefferd to build the two new buildings.
The buildings were used as a warehouse and storage as the Cobb was an active port attracting shipping and trade from all over the world. However, in later years the trade declined and the buildings were put to other uses.
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Fixed to the front of the aquarium building is a long white toll board which displays the amount of tax levied on imports and exports to the harbour in 1879. The Cobb has always been expensive to maintain, and the tolls helped pay for the upkeep. The range of goods was extensive and the board makes interesting reading.
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Berry points to the comeback the Warhawks mounted against Western Kentucky when they outscored the Hilltoppers 21-8 in the fourth quarter as evidence his team hasn't given up despite their tumble.
The Warhawks find themselves forced to play more young players, especially on special teams, than was expected because of injuries.
"I think our guys are showing up to play or otherwise we wouldn't have come back," Berry said, noting the late rally against the Hilltoppers. "I don't think there are any issues along those lines in terms of how hard we're playing.
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Of the games remaining on their schedule, the Warhawks are home for two and on the road for two. They visit Louisiana-Lafayette and then get Middle Tennessee and FIU in Monroe before finishing at Florida Atlantic.
--ULM is fighting injury problems with RB Centarius Donald joining TEs Keavon Milton and Ty Kittle, WR Tyler Cain, and PK Radi Jabour on the out-for-the-season list. Other players are not 100 percent but still playing. "We have guys who just have difficult times running," coach Todd Berry said. "It doesn't mean they can't play, but we've got very few skill guys ready now that are 100 percent."
--ULM still leads the Sun Belt in total defense after holding Western Kentucky to just 283 yards for the game. The Warhawks are giving up 324.1 yards a game and only 103.8 of which is on the ground. Louisiana-Lafayette is averaging 381.1 in total offense and 150.1 rushing.
--After finishing with losing records in each of their first three years in the Sun Belt (2001-03), the Warhawks have finished below .500 only twice in league since then, going 3-4 in 2006 and again in 2008. The Warhawks will have to win three of their last four to get to 4-4 in the league for a second straight year.
SERIES HISTORY: The ULM-Louisiana-Lafayette series is tied 23-23 (last meeting, 2010, Louisiana-Lafayette 23-22).
SCOUTING THE OFFENSE: ULM has been inconsistent on the ground and now will be without its leading rusher in Centarius Donald who is out injured. He didn't start but had 415 yards rushing in seven games before being sidelined before the last game. QB Kolton Browning is a rushing threat along with starting TB Jyruss Edwards, but is completing only 56 percent of his passes. WRs Brent Leonard and Tavarese Maye both have the ability to break off big plays.
SCOUTING THE DEFENSE: The Warhawks lead the Sun Belt in total defense, holding opponents to 324.1 yards a game, and in rushing defense. Opponents are averaging only 103.8 yards a game against the Warhawks.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "With all the maturity we had coming back in terms of experience, it has forced us to go back down to inexperienced players and so all of a sudden we got young again." -- Coach Todd Berry, on the injury problems that have hit his Warhawks as the season wears down.
THIS WEEK'S GAME: ULM at Louisiana-Lafayette, Nov. 5 -- Losers of their last two games and five of their last six, the Warhawks face one of the hottest teams in the league in Louisiana-Lafayette. The Cajuns have won seven of their last eight and are 5-1 in the Sun Belt in second place just behind 4-0 Arkansas State.
KEYS TO THE GAME: Take advantage of opportunities. The Warhawks had 30 first downs and 456 yards in total offense to Western Kentucy's 19 and 283, respectively, and still managed to lose the game. They must cut down on penalties (11 in the loss to the Hilltoppers) to quit hurting themselves.
WR Brent Leonard -- Leonard ranks second in the Sun Belt in receptions per game (6.5) and is third in receiving yards per game (70.0).
WR Tavarese Maye -- Maye is the team's No. 2 receiver with 37 receptions to Leonard's 52, but he is tied with Leonard for the lead in touchdown receptions. They have three each.
KR Luther Ambrose -- Ambrose has played a minimal role in the passing game after leading the Warhawks in receptions last year, but he can give his team good field position with his abilities in the return game. He leads the conference in kickoff returns (28.4 average) including one 100-yarder for a touchdown.
--Freshman WR Tyler Cain, who handled punts for the Warhawks, is out with an undisclosed injury.
--Freshman PK Justin Manton fell to 5-of-12 on the season after missing one field goal and having one attempt blocked against Western Kentucky.
--Junior TB Mitchell Bailey, who sat out last year after transferring from Arkansas, where he was a preferred walk-on, has assumed duties as backup behind sophomore Jyruss Edwards in the backfield. Bailey had three carries for eight yards and scored a touchdown against Western Kentucky, his second of the year.


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Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut)
• Official opening: October 1982.
• By far the largest public arts institution in Tijuana, it was built in the Río Zone by Mexico's federal government as part of a strategy to decentralize the arts with regional cultural centers.
• Its facilities include an 1,100-seat concert hall, an Imax dome, a 275-seat movie theater and the art gallery El Cubo.
• Hosts events such as festivals, dances, operas, poetry readings and arts exhibits.
• Attracts about 1.3 million visitors annually.
Hospital General Tijuana
• Official opening: August 1982.
• Mexico's federal government built the hospital and ran it through 1997, when it began transferring control to the state of Baja California. That process continues today.
• Part of mission is to serve city's poorest residents.
• The 198-bed medical center also provides outpatient treatment.
• Complex includes a tuberculosis clinic, pediatric oncology unit and transplant center.
• Treats about 1 million patients annually.
Universidad Iberoamericana in Playas de Tijuana
• Official opening: June 1982.
• Private university, one of eight campuses across Mexico in the Jesuit college system.
• Has more than 1,000 students in a dozen undergraduate programs that include architecture, law, design, nutrition and nursing.
• Also offers master's programs and a doctorate in education.
TIJUANA Few eyes were on Baja California in the early 1980s when a sociologist at Mexico City's elite Colegio de Mexico made a novel proposal: Move border studies out of the country's capital and go onsite to research subjects such as immigration, maquiladoras and cultural trends in Mexico's six northern border states.
Jorge Bustamante found scant support for his idea, but enough to fund a small office in Tijuana's Río Zone. That was 1982 — and the birth of what has grown into a key government-funded social science think tank that focuses on issues arising along Mexico's 1,933-mile border with the United States.
It would be hard to imagine northern Mexico today without Colef, as the institution is commonly known. The think tank's 112 researchers delve into climate change policies in Baja California, land-use planning in Nogales, the effects of open space on youth and urban violence in Ciudad Juárez, labor conditions in Matamoros' maquiladora factories, Tijuana's latest expressions of popular culture, Mexico's legal protections for migrants and other timely topics that often have repercussions in Mexico and the U.S.
"What the Colef did was make the border relevant," said Tonatiuh Guillén, its president, a 53-year-old Ciudad Juarez native and a specialist in public administration. Colef, he said, has been instrumental in bring attention to issues that were long ignored by the centers of political and academic power. Today, its eight offices make it the only research institution in the United States or Mexico with facilities all along the international border.
It would also be hard to imagine Tijuana without three other institutions celebrating their 30th anniversary this year as well:
• The federal Cultural Center, or Cecut, the city's dominant venue for music, art, theater and cinema
• Tijuana's Hospital General, which provides health care to many of the city's poorest residents
• The Jesuit-run Universidad Iberoamericana, whose graduates include journalists, architects, lawyers and others now playing significant roles in shaping the region's future.
"They're institutions of great importance to the city," said Marco Antonio Samaniego, director of the Institute for Historical Research at the Autonomous University of Baja California. Colef, the Cecut and Hospital General were public entities conceived during Mexico's oil boom, and federal government policies benefited outposts such as Baja California, Samaniego said.


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Re: Why so many Haters of Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido?
The last Ki Society seminar I attended in full was by Kataoka Sensei about 8yrs ago, he stated that Aikido isn't a martial art, however grabbing his wrist off an on over the years tells a different story.
I think aikido attracts an interesting subset of the martial art community and Ki Aikido a subset of that. Its not too hard to imagine that a feedback loop of what attracts and keeps students could drive the focus of a dojo/school/style and so the Ki aspect, which is what makes Ki Aikido unique can shift the focus away from 'mainstream' aikido.
Having started in Ki Society and trained around quite a bit in most many other schools of aikido I don't see any style having a monopoly on doing O'Sensei's aikido and those that tend do be doing the best seem to have broken from the mould/constraints of their style somewhat.
As a generalisation its pretty clear that for the rank and file student that the path to martial effectiveness in the short term tends not to be a strength of the Ki Aikido style schools
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Beaded Indian Corn
Grab your beads and have fun with this Beaded Indian Corn from the FreeKidsCrafts Team. Make two or three of them and add a jewelry pin and use them as scatter pins. No two need to be alike.
30 Pony Beads in Assorted Colors of Yellow, Ivory, Orange and Black
1 Yard of Natural Raffia
Cut raffia in two 18" pieces. Slide both pieces through one pony bead. Seperate strands. String seven pony beads on each of the four strands. Slide one pony bead through the four strands to pull them together. Tie into a bow. Trim. If you want to make it into a pin, glue a jewelry pin to the back with a glue gun and let dry.
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Lowestoft Town must be ready for tough opener, says Ady Gallagher
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Lowestoft Town joint boss Ady Gallagher believes new-boys Whitehawk will be delighted to open their Ryman Premier Division account against his side.
The Trawlerboys will travel to last season's Division One South champions on Saturday, August 18 as they begin another tilt at earning promotion to Step Two of the non-league ladder.
After the heartbreak of losing two Premier Division play-offs on the bounce, Gallagher admits his side are likely to be viewed as one of the league's big-boys – especially by Whitehawk.
He said: "They (Whitehawk) will be chuffed to bits. To be at home to a play-off finalist will set their season off well.
"They'll want to stake a claim right from the start of the season and playing us gives them a great opportunity to do that. So it's a tough start, in what will be a tough league next season.
"We are seen as, for some unknown reason, the Man City of the league. Maybe some teams are jealous of the profile of our club. We've got good supporters, great gates and have been relatively successful in our first couple of seasons in the league.
"But Canvey Island have appointed Steve Tilson as their boss and they'll be looking to achieve some big things. And then you've got Hampton & Richmond Borough, Thurrock, Lewes, Kingstonian, Bury Town and Leiston. There's so many good sides in this league.
"I'm happy with the business we've done in the summer, we've added some real quality. However, we're just looking at keeping our head down and working hard so we can challenge again."
The Suffolk outfit's first home game is against Concord Rangers on Tuesday August 21, just four days before they welcome Metropolitan Police to Crown Meadow.
A fiery Boxing Day derby at Bury Town is most likely to set pulses racing after both clubs clashed in the press over Lee Smith's decision to join Lowestoft.
The midfielder joins Jack Defty, Danny Cunningham and Dan Gleeson in arriving at Lowestoft this summer and Gallagher admits he can't wait for the football to finally get started.
The Lowestoft supremo – whose side begin their pre-season campaign at home to Romford today – said: "We wanted to make four or five changes to our squad and hopefully we can add a couple more before the season starts.
"I'm just looking forward to being pitchside again. It seems football never goes away, especially the higher the level you play at, during the summer. We're involved in football because we enjoy pitting our wits against others on a match day. I can't wait to get back to doing that."


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he has lost it all. the young guys are faster and better,it is over. he should have retired,the legend is no more,sorry


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API in Capsule
Common "First in Man" approaches vs. The Lost Art of Formulation Development
In today's market, pharmaceutical and biotech companies are being asked to do more…with less. Diminishing resources, pipelines, competition, and increased regulatory hurdles are forcing us to rethink our strategy. We must work smarter, not harder.
CoreRx named as finalist in 2010 Tampa Fast 50!!
CoreRx continues to grow in 2010, providing unsurpassed contract pharmaceutical development services to the pharma & biotech industries. This is more evident with the latest announcement of the Tampa Bay Business Journal announcement of the Fast 50 nominees.
CoreRx Expansion in Pinellas Will Add 55 New High-Wage Jobs
LARGO, FL (Nov. 30, 2010) – Pharmaceutical manufacturer CoreRx will soon add 55 high-wage jobs to Pinellas County, Florida, while retaining its current 16 Tampa Bay employees. The new jobs result from a planned expansion that also necessitates a new, larger location.
CoreRx Increases Clinical Manufacturing Capabilities
CoreRx, a leader in early drug contract development, has expanded manufacturing capabilities to include 15-cubic foot and 30-cubic foot V-shell blenders, a 43-station high speed tablet press, high speed encapsulation and a 40-inch solvent-capable coating pan. The additional equipment train will allow for increased clinical batch sizes in support of growing client demand. The additional equipment will allow CoreRx scientists to manufacture batch sizes of up to one million solid dosage units per day.


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2003 - Southern Utah
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1997-2002 - Utah
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1999 - Las Vegas Bowl
2001- Las Vegas Bowl
2004 (2005)- Fiesta Bowl
2005- Emerald Bowl
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With nine years of experience as a Utah assistant coach, Gary Andersen is second only to head coach Kyle Whittingham in terms of longevity and rank on the staff. Since 2005, Andersen has served in a tri-role as Whittingham's assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. The promotion came a year after he returned to the Ute staff as the defensive line coach.
In his current capacity, Andersen has directed a Ute defense that finished in the top three in the league in scoring defense in each of the past two years. The Utes ranked No. 2 in both scoring and total defense in 2005. Last season, Utah led the MWC (and ranked No. 22 in the nation) in turnovers gained. The Utes finished second in the MWC in rushing defense in 2006. Andersen also plays a key role in Utah's recruiting efforts, and in 2005, Rivals.com named him the nation's No. 1 non-BCS recruiter.
Andersen, who has been hired or retained by three different head coaches at Utah (Ron McBride, Urban Meyer and Whittingham), first joined the U. staff in 1997 and spent five years coaching the defensive tackles and strong side ends. In 2001, he was elevated to assistant head coach and added special teams to his duties. In 2002, he assumed responsibility for the entire defensive line.
After the 2002 season, he accepted the head coaching job at Southern Utah, where his 4-7 record in 2003 bettered the three previous years combined. He turned a program that had finished 102nd in the nation in the final 2002 I-AA Gridiron Power Index (used to determine playoff selection), into the No. 36-ranked team in his only year.
Utah's rise into the Top 25 lured Andersen back to his alma mater and he played an important role in Utah's record-setting 2004 team that went 12-0 and played in the Fiesta Bowl.
Andersen's resume boasts nine first-team all-conference players, two Mountain West Conference defensive players of the year (John Frank in 1999 and Eric Weddle in 2005 and 2006), and a Consensus All-American (Weddle in 2006). Other Andersen-coached first-teamers are: Jason Kaufusi, Garrett Smith, Pene Talamaivao, Sione Pouha, Steve Fifita, Spencer Toone and Kelly Talavou.
Players drafted by NFL teams after playing for Andersen include Richard Seals, Frank, Lauvale Sape, Pouha, Jonathan Fanene, Weddle and Paul Soliai. He also has seen several former players make NFL rosters as free agents: Andy Bowers, Ma'ake Kemoeatu, Josh Savage, Talamaivao, Fifita and Talavou.
Andersen began his coaching career in 1988 as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Southeastern Louisiana. From 1989-92, he coached the offensive line at Ricks College. Andersen's next move was to Idaho State, where he served as the defensive line coach from 1992-94.
He was the head coach at Park City High School in Park City, Utah, for one year before returning to college coaching. Andersen spent the 1995-96 seasons as the assistant head coach, defensive line and special teams coach at Northern Arizona.
Andersen coached 12 Division I-AA All-Americans (11 during his time with the Big Sky and one at SUU). Among them was 1996 Division I-AA punt return leader Rickey Pearsall.
Andersen played center for Utah from 1985-86 after earning first-team juco All-America honors at Ricks College in 1984. He played high school ball at Cottonwood High in Salt Lake City.
Utah, 1986, Bachelor's in political science
Hometown: Salt Lake City
Birthdate: Feb. 19, 1964
Family: Married to the former Stacey Lambert. Three children: Keegan and twins Chasen and Hagen.


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TCP 100 North America"s Largest Concrete Producers
The U.S. is the company's second largest market for its cement and ready-mix after its home country of Japan. In 2008 Taiheiyo introduced Grand Premium Cement. The company's cheaper green cement uses less heat during production, resulting in less fuel and less carbon emissions. Also in 2008, Taiheiyo acquired Phoenix-based IMIX Group, a producer of ready-mix concrete and aggregate. www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp/english
Income was down almost 13% for 2008, results the company blamed on increased energy and maintenance costs. TXI remains dedicated to focusing on the Texas and California construction markets, two areas that struggled this past year. And it is still working to expand its cement production capacity. The company completed expanding and modernizing its California plant in 2008. It is working on a similar expansion in Texas this year. www.txi.com
Japanese company bought Robertson's Ready Mix for about $900 million in 2008, a show of confidence in the U.S. housing market. Mitsubishi is the second largest cement producer in Japan. Cement and other building materials account for 15% of revenue for the company, which was founded in 1871. U.S. holdings also include Hawaiian Rock Products Corp. and Service Rock Products Corp. in the California and Nevada deserts. www.mmc.co.jp/english
This is a subsidiary of the Greek cement giant Titan Cement. It has been working to build a $450 million cement plant in North Carolina since 2008 but it has battled environmental activists. Partly in response to groups like Stop Titan, an environmental group attempting to stop the North Carolina plant, Titan America became an EPA Energy Star partner, which means all Titan plants submit to independent energy efficiency monitoring. www.titanamerica.com
More than 90% of revenue comes from ready-mix and precast concrete. In 2008 the company bought plants in West Texas and two plants in New York. The young company was built for expansion, having formed in 1999 to buy companies that produce ready-mix and bagged cement. Also has two concrete block plants. www.us-concrete.com
The construction division of Trinity Inc. accounts for less than a quarter of the revenue of its parent, which earns most of its money through its rail group. The construction group's concrete products are sold in 37 countries. The division owns mines in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Trinity's revenue was up 1.3% overall and 1.1% in construction products. www.trin.net/trinbusi.construct.html
Grupo Cementos has concrete plants in Mexico and in New Mexico and South Dakota. In 2008, the company bought Alliance Concrete of Iowa, and the Bosshart Company of Minnesota, for $116 million. The company also bought four concrete distribution centers in New Mexico, Colorado, and North Dakota. Grupo Cementos is one of the leading cement and concrete companies in Mexico and Bolivia. Revenue increased in 2008, but profits fell slightly. www.gcc.com
Known in North America as ESSROC, the company attempted to merge with Ciments Francais in June, but was forced to abandon its plans after U.S. investors placed demands on the takeover that Italcementi could not meet. In 2008, ESSROC bought the ready-mix concrete division of Pennsylvania's Shockey Co., which gave the company nine ready-mix plants, all in Pennsylvania. This year, the company completed a $400 million expansion and modernization of a cement plant in Martinsburg, W.Va. www.essroc.com
North American business unit for Australia's Boral has a dim view of the years ahead in the U.S. housing market. Boral is the country's largest manufacturer of brick and roof tile. It cut its projected income for 2009 to $120 million, down from $243 million in 2008. The company originally projected income of $200 million for 2009, but that was based on an expected 800,000 new dwellings being built in 2009. That number will be closer to 600,000. www.boralbricks.com
U.S. revenue dropped by 9% in 2008, mirroring the 9% drop in concrete sales. Meanwhile, the company saw a 69% increase in its Latin American business. Argos' Ready Mixed Concrete Co., which operates in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia, had a 32% drop in revenue compared to 2007. Business in Texas and Arkansas through Southern Star Concrete had their revenue increase 2.4%. Argos bought Santee Redi-Mix in South Carolina, and Consort Concrete in Houston for $20 million. www.argos.com.co
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It's exceedingly strange to be sitting at the window of my mother's cottage in Cape Breton, writing about Ithaki. Is it really only four weeks since the storm in Vlicho Bay? It feels like half a lifetime.
Behind me, Kelly's mountain is ablaze in autumn colours. The wind is roaring out of the Great Bras d'Or, kicking up whitecaps on the blue waters at the mouth of the lake. It would be a perfect day to sail to St. Pierre, but heaven help the person who wants to sail upwind to Baddeck. Carey's Point at an outgoing tide could make the vortex of Charybdis seem like a millpond. I realize it has been too long since we have sailed in Nova Scotia and suddenly feel an intense longing to be out there, on familiar waters, surely the most beautiful sailing grounds of the world.
How much longer? Rick, who has remained behind in Halifax to deal with a roof repair, has spent a day weighing options. He sends me an email that is bursting with ideas. The Aeolian islands next spring and Croatia in summer? A winter in Rome? Seville? Morocco, Madeira, Cap Verde to the Caribbean, then the Panama Canal and the Galapagos? It is an alluring menu. Exploring the Adriatic would require us to turn back to the east, but it seems ridiculous to bring Aisling home without seeing it.
Originally, we had intended to spend three summers in the Med. Unbelievably, we have just completed our fifth. It is impossible to see it all, and we leave each country with a long list of places not visited and anchorages not explored. As we'd pushed eastward, I had reassured myself that we'd have a second chance on the westward journey. Travelling west, the departures are more difficult. "You never want to leave" says Rick. It's almost true, but when it's time to fly home, I'm always ready. Even though the transition is always a huge adjustment, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Does every traveler experience this tug-of-war between the urge to explore and the longing for home? We've met some cruisers who rarely return to their own countries, happily living aboard winter after winter in foreign lands. For a long list of reasons, that's not for us. Our Dutch neighbor at Marina di Ragusa agrees. "If I didn't go home for the winter" he said "I'd lose touch with my family and my friends. And if I had no one to tell my stories to, what would be the point of cruising?"
Nice to hear that you two are safely home.
No, we're not selling Aisling (or at least, not yet). But we'd like to introduce you to Fairwyn, a lovely Sparkman and Stephens boat formerly owned by well-known Haligonian Charlie MacCulloch and winner of the Prince of Wales cup in 1959. We had the pleasure of meeting the current owners Nancy and Stephen when we anchored beside them in Syracuse harbour. We get pretty excited when we see a Canadian flag in a Mediterranean anchorage, let alone a boat that spent the first 25 years of its life in Halifax! Nancy and Stephen hail from Vancouver, but we're convinced they were Maritimers in another life. We benefited from their warm hospitality on two occasions (including an unforgettable party for eight in Fairwyn's cabin one stormy September night) and have had the chance to see firsthand what a lovely boat Fairwyn is.
Nancy and Stephen will be wintering in Malta on Fairwyn, but are ready for a change of pace. So, if you want to cruise the Med without the inconvenience of a making a transatlantic crossing, take a look at their listing!
Fairwyn Listing on Yacht World
In spite of its proximity to mainland Greece, Poros is an enchanting island. The waterfront of Poros town is crowded with the usual cafes, tavernas, souvenir stands and kiosks, but if you venture just a few meters behind into the back streets of the town, you will find the Greece that dreams (and movies) are made of. With architecture that in places appears neo-classical, in other places Cycladic, the narrow streets and whitewashed stairways are decked in a profusion of bougainvillea, trumpet vines and geraniums. Waking to the peals of church bells on Sunday morning adds to the magic. The town even has the rare gift of looking pretty on a Sunday.
With the busy holiday month of August drawing to a close, the streets of the town are quiet and cool. As we climb through the town, a woman is sweeping grains of rice and rose petals from the marble steps of a small chapel, while her husband calls to her from a balcony above. "Put the hose on it!" he seems to be saying, and eventually he takes matters in hand himself. The woman motions us inside the darkened interior of the chapel, where the rich silver of the icons and the colourful artwork glow softly. A romantic place for a wedding, but hopefully the guests were nimble-footed, since the rice makes the marble as slippery as a skating rink.
We climb to the cathedral and clock tower, take some photos of Aisling at anchor below, then make our way downhill, somehow magically emerging from the maze right at the threshold of a gyro shop Rick had spotted earlier in the afternoon. Gyros, in case you've never eaten one, are a bit like a Halifax donair....soft pita bread stuffed with shaved pork, tomatoes, tzatziki and usually a few french fries thrown in for good measure. After a lunch like that, a bit more exercise is in order, and we head off in the direction of Askeli, on the Kalavria side of the isthmus, where we'd heard reports of a supermarket that stays open "all day every day" (an unusual thing in Greece). The grocery store turns out to be a hot 2 km walk away . Of course, after buying the few things we need, we have to turn around and trudge through the even hotter 2 km return trip. Rick consoles himself with a "Magnum" butterscotch ice cream bar, but I can't have one, because the waistband on my shorts has already grown uncomfortable tight.
It would have been wiser to have gone ashore in the morning to buy our groceries in the town, but we'd been unable to leave the boat until 1 p.m. due to the fact that a large British yacht had come in on Saturday night and anchored "up close and personal". When we got up on Sunday morning, they were just a few feet from our port side. The skipper was properly apologetic, and assured us that they would be leaving soon anyway, right after they "nipped ashore for a bit". In fact, they were gone for nearly three hours and we didn't dare leave the boat unattended. Such are the trials of Greece's popular anchorages! There were more tribulations that evening, when a Greek boat pulled in, dropped anchor in front of us and drifted back almost on top of us. Rick paced and fumed, but fortunately "you're waaay too close to us" is fairly easy to communicate in sign language by holding one's hands 12" apart. The skipper shrugged his shoulders , waited and watched his vessel drift ever closer. When it was obvious, even to him, he finally moved, and Aisling's skipper could relax. A short while later, he emerged from the galley with a bottle of wine and a large platter of tiny pickled fishes in oil, salami, tomatoes, bread, and spicy cheese. Sometimes, cruising can be hard work, but on days like this I feel very lucky!
The next morning, we had a bit of a rude awakening when the coast guard arrived to chase us, and several other boats, out of the anchorage. The officer was obviously in a Monday morning mood, scooting from boat to boat blowing her whistle and shouting "you must leave! NOW! NOW!NOW!" She continued to tweet and bellow as we struggled to pull in and flake 180 feet of chain, while the ferry captain threw in a few blasts of his horn for good measure. I guess we had anchored closer to the line than we'd thought!
Personally, I'd rather not start my day with that kind of adrenalin rush but in the end, this was a happy turn of events. We motored down to Russian Bay and dropped anchor in a spot that looked like it was straight out of the pages of a glossy sailing brochure. A sandy beach backed by ruins, a small chapel on a tiny island, turquoise water and good holding in depths that ranged from 20-60 feet. The one disadvantage was that there was no bus service. Since we had to top up our "Pay as you go" internet plan, we made a quick dinghy ride back to the town before the wind piped up. Within an hour, we were headed back to the anchorage, with me getting some much-needed undocking and driving tips from Rick along the way.
After a blissful afternoon spent reading, swimming and relaxing, we had barbecued sea bream in the cockpit and watched the sun set over the mountains. As usual, I wanted to spend just one more day in this newly-discovered paradise, but Rick wanted to make an early departure for Corinth the next morning., while we had a favourable weather window. A 6 a.m. wake up call and not a Tim's in sight! Nescafe, anyone?
Cruisers notes Poros and area:
Lots of space on the quay for med mooring bow to, but no laid lines. Water and electric on the town quay and fuel available by mini tanker. You do need to find someone to turn the water on, which we were not able to do. There is a reasonably well stocked chandlery, near the Cosmote shop one street back from the south quay near the fish market. Anchorage in Navy Bay (where we were chased away, see above) in 45-55' on rock and mud. Good holding eventually though we had to make two attempts. Don't get too close to the military base like we did.
Russian Bay is also deep in the 50-60' range except for the small bit just East of the small island with the chapel . Here it was 20' in mud with good holding. All of these are reasonably well protected from the north Meltemi winds.
08/29/2011, Poros
Time for a short (I promise) update! After getting the boat hauled back out of the water in Kilada, Rick did a quick job of re-setting the max prop. As he suspected, it had been set to the wrong pitch, but in less than two hours he had it put to rights. I got the best of the deal, using the time ashore to take another run along the water, stopping at the chapel on the point to cool down a bit and listen to the cicadas. With a little more patience than usual, I was finally able to spot a cicada in a pine tree. (During the past four summers, I've stood under many trees trying in vain to see one, but have never had any success up to now. Of course, I rarely have my camera with me at exciting moments like this.) By the time I'd run back to the yard and had a luxuriously cool shower, Rick was just finishing up the work on the prop. Since the boys in the yard were by then just leaving for lunch, we followed their lead and had some calamari and salad in a little taverna down the road. At the table beside us, a large group of local men were having a huge gentlemen's lunch, and keeping the pretty waitress hopping as she ran back and forth to the table replenishing their beer and wine. As we finished our meal, we saw Aisling being rolled into position over the water, so we scampered back to the dock just on time to hop aboard. By 2.30 p.m., we were waving goodbye to Kilada yet again as we made our way toward Porto Heli. We really can't say enough good things about the Basimacoupoulis yard- they treated us very well and we would happily return there if the opportunity arises.
We'd had a great time in Porto Heli when we stopped there in late June, with Jim and Liz to socialize with and new things to explore ashore. This time though, we were on our own, and the scene ashore was not at all charming or relaxing. After Kilada's spectacularly beautiful anchorage, the view of the concrete jungle on shore was a big come-down, and the overflowing garbage bins along the waterfront added nothing to the ambiance. The peak-season traffic also made it difficult to even cross the street, let alone risk one's life by going for a run (narrow roads, no sidewalks or even shoulders, no visibility on the turns...no way!). Unfortunately, in spite of Porto Heli's lack of charm, Aisling's maintenance issues sometimes dictate our choice of destination, and we were still having problems with the refrigerator. It was a relief when the refrigeration technician recommended by Frank's Yacht Station was available to come to the boat the same day we called him. It took him less than on hour to get the freezer going, although, due to the language barrier, we are still not fully clear what the problem was.
Having had our fill of Porto Heli after only one more day, we decided to weigh anchor for Poros. Much of the journey would be an up-wind slog, but the forecast was calling for nothing stronger than Force 5 and we only had 30 miles to cover. We motor-sailed out into a rolly sea, and within two hours were hanging on tight in winds that were gusting up over 35 knots apparent at times. Fortunately, we got a better point of sail when we turned the corner toward Poros, and were able to turn the motor off until we approached the tricky entrance. With the high-speed ferries appearing and disappearing at a terrifying pace, we needed full manoeuvrability. Our arrival was blessedly uneventful, but we quickly decided not to tie up at the town dock. No need to get ourselves into this situation!
Finding a place to anchor proved easier said than done. The anchorages were full to bursting, and the depths of 40-60 feet made things even more challenging. We'd hoped to anchor in Russian Bay, but found it full. We finally squeezed in near the line of the restricted zone off the naval academy. The new view from our cockpit is much better! This is more like it.


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'Children's Hospital' & 'Human Giant' Star Rob Huebel Also Joins
Oh no, it's happening again. This writer fell down the weirdly compelling rabbit hole of casting on "New Year's Eve" and that same feeling of obsession is now creeping for "What To Expect When You're Expecting." Somehow random cast ensembles are my porn. Anyway, taking narrative cues from "Love Actually" and "Valentine's Day," the film actually tracks four different couples on their various journeys to parenthood and it is assembling a huge ensemble to tell the tale.
The latest addition is Chace Crawford -- best known as Nate on "Gossip Girl" -- and he'll be joining Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock, Matthew Morrison, Rodrigo Santoro and Elizabeth Banks in the film. The casting seems to be a clever ploy to get girls under the age of 30 interested in the movie, if only to see Crawford's chiseled good looks. So just how wacky is this movie going to get? Crawford is going to play Kendrick's ex-boyfriend with the two reuniting following a turf war between their respective food trucks. How relatable! Will there be a romantic food fight featuring tacos and artisanal ice cream?! Only if Cupid says so!
Kirk Jones ("Nanny McPhee," "Waking Ned Devine") is directing -- and oh yeah, Rob Huebel of "Children's Hospital" fame has also come aboard -- and the film will give birth (can't believe we haven't used that pun yet) on May 11, 2012. [Variety]