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The York on York
Ξ October 12th, 2007 | → 6 Comments | ∇ Highland Park, Night Life |
Sitting on the boulevard between Avenues 50 and 51, The York is Highland Park's newest hip spot. Those who remember The Wild Hare will be hard pressed to recognize anything from the dingy old dive that once resided here. Walls and ceilings have been torn out to open the space to exposed brick and wooden rafters. Dim, Victorian double-loop carbon filament bulbs light up the bar and surrounding tables, while burlap covers the benches in the booths. All the while, black and white French noir films play silently above the heavily mixed crowd. Hipsters, cholos, yuppies, teamsters, even celebraties frequent the York on a regular basis, keeping it busy every night of the week.
Behind the bar, a friendly and expert staff keeps the stiff cocktails and expansive microbrews flowing. The York offers over a dozen quality beers on tap (no Budweiser, thank you very much), some from local breweries like Pasadena's Craftsman, to other well known imports from across the pond, such as Guiness and Newcastle. Under the counter they stock a good selection of bottles, like Rogue Dead Guy to Chimay. And for those that simply must partake in the macrobrews, you can find Bud and Miller in bottles as well. And while The York is a pub, they do offer a fully stocked bar that includes all the standards, plus many more rare and hard-to-find liquors too. Hendricks Gin is a must for any martini lover. Additionally, The York also offers a wide selection of decent wines too. Finally, not to be overlooked is the food. Chalkboard menus list large and small plates, consisting of Fish & Chips (where you'll find delicious, fresh, crispy, homemade chips–not fries), Truffled Grilled Cheese and many, many more fantastic dishes. For a restaurant the food would be considered great, for a bar, the food is simply amazing.
And while the food deserves much more praise and detail, ultimately what makes The York so special is the combination of everything above. The atmosphere is unique. It's a special night out, while homey and comfortable too. It's cool, but not too-cool. It's the West Side without the West Side. It's the hot girl who doesn't know she's hot. No attitude, no presumptions, no stigmas.
With places like The York opening up all along York Blvd, it's clear that Highland Park is pushing past up-and-coming to up-and-come. This is why we love North East L.A.
The York
5018 York Blvd.
(323) 255-9675


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On Chris' birthday I started the day off with making homemade doughnuts - they were tasty!
Chris got ER Seasons 1 and 2 from the package from America.
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We love monkeys. We love their little faces, the joyful way they have of moving and the skillful way they hurl shit. We also love monkeys in games, so we thought we'd share our Top 10 (we're including apes, pedants!).
Number 10: Amigo – Samba De Amigo
Now, Amigo is not here because we love his game, a rhythm game with cameos from some of Sega's biggest stars. Nor is he here because of his maraca shaking prowess. Nope, Amigo is here simply because of his superior simian style. Look at him! He makes me want to cuddle him until his bones crack.
Number 9: Diddy Kong – Donkey Kong Country/Various
When Nintendo decided to give Donkey Kong some of his own pals to play with they went straight for the Scrappy Doo option, giving Donkey a baseball cap wearing mini-me by the name of Diddy. Fortunately for us, Diddy turned out to be less hateful than Scrappy and has since had many monkey adventures with his more naked friend.
Number 8: Pipo Monkeys – Ape Escape
Ape Escape is just a great game. Designed to show off Sony's new DualShock analogue sticks, the game had you capturing hundreds of brainwashed monkeys in ever more complicated ways. The good thing about these guys is there are loads of them, they're funny and they have a fucking flashing light for a hat. Amazing.
Number 7: Sten – Breath of Fire II
Sten is the hornyn monkey on the list. A survivor of the Goonheim post who was overcome by the horrors he saw, he deserted his post and seeks to make amends for his own guilt at surviving. Very noble, indeed. Until he sees a lady, then he becomes a very naughty monkey indeed. Seemingly always lead by his tail, Sten will always be a monkey after my own heart.
Number 6: Andross – Star Fox
What's that you say? The massive planet thing you kill at the end of the Star Fox games is a monkey? Yes indeedy. Way before Kurt Russell became Ego the Living Planet in this year's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Star Fox had already gone up against his own Living Planet of the Apes. That joke is why he's on the list. Sorry…
Number 5: Coconuts – Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Shiina here — hijacking the Top 10 list to ram in my own entry. Originally, Bellsy had the Monkeys from TimeSplitters 2 here, but they're super lame compared to my bae, Coconuts. He's the first Badnik you encounter in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (a game which is near and dear to my heart) and he likes to brain you from atop trees with his namesake fruit… is a coconut a fruit? Anyways, he's also significantly cuter and more prolific than Monkey Dude, the inferior knock-off you encounter at the beginning of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. What's not to like?
Number 4: Abu – Aladdin
This game is so hard that the first time I played it, one of my eyes popped straight out, but the monkey is cute.
Number 3: AiAi – Super Monkey Ball
I used to be better at Super Monkey Ball than I was at anything else. There was a time when my thumb and I were amazing at something and the little fella who was there with me every banana of the way is AiAi. I'm doing his victory dance right now. If you ever play Monkey Golf against me, I'm AiAi. You can have GonGon or some other monkey. This guy is mine…
Number 2: Donkey Kong – Donkey Kong/Various
What can be said about DK? He's an icon, he's been around since before Mario had a real name. I would love to do him justice, but the only way to do that is to play this:
Number 1: Winston – Overwatch
We've all been there. One day you're a genetically enhanced gorilla living in a Moon Colony, eating peanut butter and admiring the intellect of the human race and the next you've built your own rocket, flew to Earth and joined Overwatch. He's a raging beast and a shining light to humanity and he works well with Tracer.


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A prof told me the other day that the title is what her partner thinks, that she is sure that feminism is simply an idea planted by the system to keep actual change from occuring. My prof expanded on it a bit, and I sat down and thought about it too, so heres a mix of our…
Yes but let's keep in mind these criticisms of feminism have long been theorized by WOC since the 18th century with little regard from mainstream feminists …….. that there are COUNTLESS woc who have devoted their lives to making feminism a more inclusive space. In fact, here's a crash course explaining how feminist theory in the past has dealt with these issues:
Feminism moves in between these branches (not a mutually exclusive list, just listed most prominently recognized theorists by each)in order to directly oppose mainstream feminist discourses loaded with eurocentrism, phallocentrism, orientalism, imperialism, racialized colonialism, capitalism (which goes hand in hand with feminist movements as commodification of a so called revolutionary struggle!), white supremacy, ethocentrism, transphobia, ableism and much much more:
1. post colonial theory-undoes the victimization discourse of western feminists/their metonymic blurring of different forms of oppression through an essentialist explanation
- indigenous feminisms-Andrea Smith
- transnational feminism—Chandra Mohanty
2. global feminism/"third world feminism"- disrupts idea that feminism is an inherently "western" ideology
- African feminism- Ama Ata Aidoo
- Islamic feminism-Huda Shaarawi
3. Women of color feminism-emerged to counter cultural hegemony of white western feminism
- black feminism-Audre Lorde, Combahee River Collective
- Afrocentric feminism-Patricia McFadden
- Chicana feminism-Anzuldua
- womanism (check out Alice Walker and Layli Phillips to find out more why this isn't a subcolumn or branch of feminism completely)
4. critical race theory-comes from radical POC law professors who acknowledge feminism's lack of tools in making visible the ways racial supremacy is embedded in the law system. Check Kimberle Crenshaw, Barbara Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, Susan Schechter
5. Black nationalist feminism—opposes anti-blackness in feminist movements
- Africana womanism (different from African feminism and womanism)6. Feminist hermeneutics-analyzes religious studies as a source of feminist theory7.Feminist Science studies—disrupts biological determinism. Check out Ruth Hubbard's "Fact Making and Feminism" as an intro to why science needs to be included in discussions of feminist discipline8. Queer theory-holy shit i can't even start on the ways its disrupted mainstream feminism but HEY:
Flower crown feminism is in no way a reflection of the deeply rooted radical work Women of color, transnational, zapatista, chicana, african-american, "third world" (global south), indigenous and native, queer, dis*abled and post-colonial feminisms have carved out.
When Ida B. Wells called out the racism of progressive feminist leaders in 1894 IE suffragist Frances Williard of Christian temperance union who publically represented black women voters as a threat to modern society, Wells was not about that "abandoning feminism" life
When Paula Gunn Allen pointed out that white American feminism ripped off gynocentric Iroquois nations, who held their own feminist rebellions as early and before the 1600's, she wasn't about that "abandoning feminism" life
When Linda La Rue, the Combahee River Collective, Barbara Smith Claudia Jones, Audre Lorde and counless others called out the heterosexist, classist racist shitfield that was the women's liberation movement, they weren't abt that "abandoning feminism" life
When Beverly Guy Sheftall, Rudolph Byrd, and Johnetta B. Cole anthologize unpublished works of queer poc thinkers in I Am Your Sister, Still Brave, Traps,and Gender Talk, they aren't about accepting white feminism as the dead-end truth.
WE CAN'T DISREGARD THESE CENTURIES OF WORK SUBVERTING DOMINANT PARADIGMS AND CREATING SPACES FOR CHANGE BECAUSE A WAVE OF PASTEL COLORED "GRRRLS" REEMERGE AS THE PRIVILEGED SUBURBAN GRANDDAUGHTERS OF THE SAME RACIST FEMINIST WHO STORMED THE POLITICAL SCENE LOUDER AND WHITER THAN ALL THE REST, FIRST IN THE 1870's, 1920's, 1970's, AND THEN 1990's
Instead let's make this a fight to continue the legacy of these radical visionaries
in reclaiming our spaces,
reaffirming our rights to tell our own stories freely, to live in the security of our own bodies, and to rewrite histories of social movements that replicate hierarchy within.


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|Thank you for organising what was an excellent weekendand wishing you and Janet a happy Xmas.
Dear Eric, Just a note to say thanks for the weekend. Very educational especially the night sail, course to steer and reefing exercises! Also a big thanks to my crew mates hope we sail again in the future. Best Wishes Nick
Hi Eric, Thanks again for last weekend. Sarah
Hi, Thanks for the links. I have completed the Safe and Fun course – all good.
Communications were good – clear instructions in the e-mail and website. Will recommend others to use 1st Watersport.
Regards D. Luxton.
I completed the course on Sunday after many attempts. I loaded the web link on my iPad but had to repeatedly start again. The screens froze, the next button would sometimes be positioned off the page. With some frustration, I loaded the link onto my mac book. Again with similar results. We do not have a PC. The link needs to be checked to ensure it works across different platforms. It was somewhat distracting and frustrating.
Regards Carol B, Sent from my iPad
Dear Carol
Your details have been passed to me by Eric at 1st Watersport with regard to the problem you had with your online Safe and Fun course. We are sorry that your experience through the course was not as it should have been, and we have done extensive testing to try to find out where the problem lies.
We've been through the entire course on both the Mac and iPad, both with the same operating systems that you are using, and haven't managed to replicate the problem.
Sorry this is inconclusive. As you have already finished the course you might not want to spend any more time on this but if you are able to give us any more information about what happened and whether you saw any error messages, we will certainly take another look.
Regards J. H. (RYA)
Hi Eric, Thanks again for the assessment. I am now looking forward to using my new equipment next season – that seems a long way away but will no doubt come round soon enough. I will try to take heed of your comment re actually using the DSC facilities as much as possible!
I have been reflecting on the assessment and our discussion re "learning it from the book". As I said I found the RYA Radio publication (G22) excellent. I also used Reeds VHF DSC handbook by Sue Fletcher which is available as an App on Android tablets. It contains a lot of information but is not so easy to use as the RYA book and there are a few conflicts – possibly due to how up-to-date the information is, as you suggested. All in all not too difficult too get a grasp of the theory.
However what one does miss, learning this way, is the use of actual equipment which would be available in the classroom course, or use of a simulator with the online courses. You allowed us plenty of time to familiarise with the kit, and were happy for us to spend longer if needed, but it's still strange facing real operation for the first time. Still I think you made allowance for that for which I thank you again.
All the best for the future of your school – and, of course, good sailing! Malcolm
|Dear Eric, Thank you for yesterday. A very well presented, thorough and enjoyable course. I hope the other three all passed their assessments and I look forwards to sailing with them in the future.
It was also lovely to meet Janet-at last! Wishing you both good health n a Very Happy Christmas. Best Wishes Maggie
PS I knew we wouldn't get through all those biscuits!!
Hi Eric, I'm (almost) sorry the course is over.
Really appreciate the effort you put in to the feedback from the course exercises. The additional insights you gave over and above what was required really help me to understand the pitfalls I needed to avoid. The classroom sessions were a good mix of serious learning and fun although I won't miss the anchor ball or diver flag.
What for me started out as just getting the basic qualification (Day Skipper) has now turned in to a thirst for more knowledge and for that I thank you.
See you next year for Yachtmaster Coastal theory? Enjoy your summer sailing and don't forget you are welcome aboard my boat anytime.
Eric — Thanks for another well run and informative course.
Your feedback on the homework was invaluable , providing additional thoughts based on your experience helped bring to life the importance of some of the questions. The excellent coffee and biscuits went down well.
Looking forwards to putting my new knowledge to use. Thanks again, Richard
Hi Eric
Firstly just want to say thank you very much for everything, after having done the exam everything you taught / told me was spot on and was very helpful during the exam.
The examiner's going to send me a copy of his notes that he took during the exam so i can forward them onto you when i get them, if you'd like.
Hope your weekend course went well, and best of luck with everything in the future. Back to work tomorrow for me.
Thanks again for everything, looking back on it you were brilliant so i really appreciate it.
|Hi Eric,
Thanks for such a great course, lots to cover but all done with a smile and a gentle nudge in the right direction when one was needed.
First night on anchor in Loch Aline, then Salen Jetty on a pontoon, Loch Eatharna (Coll) anchor, Tobermory pontoon last night back to base.
Wonderful scenery, great company, brilliant food, didn't rain all week! It's a fantastic sailing area, lots of places to visit, saw a Minky whale, Sea Eagle, Golden Eagle and an otter.
Fair winds Roger
Did you forget about that thick advection fog we had on the last afternoon? Eric.
|Hello Shipmates
Thank you for the pleasure of your company on our expedition. Thank you for your patience in answering my endless stream of questions. When we next meet, there will be a lot fewer questions from me and I may be of more use in working the boat.
Whilst in Fort Augustus I spotted a sign for the Great Glen Way, and might have a go at walking it – it's time I attempted a long distance footpath.
I'd like to do the proposed tripB across the Channel to the D-Day beaches, but Guiding commitments must come first next year.
Please let me know the next time the 'Old Salts' are sailing, you could find I'm there with you. Until we meet aging, happy sailing.
Hi Eric,
I hope you got home safe and well. Thank you so much for the most amazing course. I started the course very anxious and, to be honest, I was not looking forward to the course. I have come away with a passion for sailing and a huge amount of knowledge. It's all thanks to you.
You were incredibly patient and kind. You made me laugh a lot and made the course fun. I loved your passion and the time you took to show me the ropes (literally). You also took the time to point out and chat about the wildlife and places of interest.
My plan is to send my teenage children to learn to sail in your very safe hands.
Thanks so much for your help, you are a lovely man.
|Hi Britsail
We had a great week last week on the above course with an interesting mix of participants who under Erics guidance developed into a crew that could "sail the boat".
I would wish to record my appreciation to Eric for his leadership and teaching skills. I have had a pretty wide and diverse education both professionally and in leisure activities and I can count on one hand the number of instructors/examiners who demonstrated such skills that Eric demonstrated during our week. Not only to myself but reflected in how he addressed many different competences of all on board. I would certainly be very keen to sail and or be examined by Eric again.
I have developed a considerable dislike for in line reefing but that does not detract that Chimere is a lovely yacht to sail!
Thank you once again for all of your assistance and I look forward to sailing with Britsail and Chimere again ... and Eric!
Kindest regards, Donald
RYA First Aid course, Leicestershire, March 2015
Dear Eric,
Thank you for putting up with the four of us for the past couple of months, I have to say I really enjoyed your course.
When we started it I remember thinking this is going to be a lot to learn and flicking through some of the books your recommended I did wonder if it would actually make sense. Even in the first couple of classes learning to stop calling charts maps, and thinking I would never get the chart symbols right.
Your teaching made the learning great fun, and your passion for all things boating really helped with the course. Once again many thanks for getting us through the exam. All the best
Dear Eric,
Very best wishes for the New Year and thank-you for little boat to keep me in a nautical mood.
I will be away next week but would be greatful if you can provide have another chartwork assessment paper as I think it would be very helpful to try and embed your teaching.
I thought your passing of flags with questions during course (perhaps you could do symbols too?) was helpful and importantly - the repetition really helped with recall.
Dear Alba Sailing, Thanks for a wonderful week aboard Clear Blue in preparation for the YM exam. Really enjoyed the wall to wall sunshine, and will forgive the occasional foggy patches and light shower on the last day.
Well done to Eric for preparing Andy and I so thoroughly for the exam. He can be a stickler for detail, but that only helped us to feel more confident in front of the examiner. I also wanted to thank Eric for looking after us so well during the week, always first to volunteer to do the galley duties and cleaning up.
|Hi Eric
Thanks again for making the RYA training session challenging, interesting, enjoyable and successful.
All the best, Don.
|Just a wee note to thank you once again for such a special experience on the yacht. It really was a pleasure to spend the week with you and in your capable hands. We had a marvellous time and every single minute was packed with a new experience:- whether it was it was watching wildlife or wild seas, every minute was worth being there.
Alex was blown away by your technical knowledge and the fact that you could always relate the facts to the background story to help us to absorb and remember and he likes to parley with people who know their stuff.
We both loved how flexible your teaching style was and that you would try anything to help us to get to grips with such a vast new world of knowledge and skills. But neither of these competencies matter if you can't relate to people with warmth, kindness and humour and that's what made you such a pleasure to spend time with and learn under. Alex was so touched that you said you'd happily sail with him any time and we feel the same. I promise we will keep reading our competent crew manual and becoming more familiar with the world of sailing.
Thanks again and kind regards Alex and Mairi
|Dear Eric
Thank you so much for all your patience and help during our Day Skipper Course. We really enjoyed ourselves and are thrilled to have passed, we can't wait to take our practical next and I know we feel better prepared thanks to your calm, helpful teaching.
Will & Richard
|Hi Eric
Thanks for including me as crew on the week's Yacht Master training course in the Firth of Clyde. It was a great experience; beautiful scenery, good company and an excellent opportunity to improve my sailing skills and get some sea miles under my belt. I'm still dizzy from going around in circles all day with MOB practice.
I am, of course, up for any other opportunities for crewing that may come up.
Just to say, Eric, how successful I thought the DSC course at Thurmaston on 15 March was. Good teaching, and a good choice of examiner on the Sunday.
We all passed, even though there was some nervousness on the Saturday about whether this would happen.
Your patience was rewarded by the improvement in the candidates' performance in the assessment.
|Hi everybody,
Thanks to Eric for organising the trip, Adrian for a substantial larder and to the ancient (?) mariners for their good company and questionable cooking.
Thank you for organising and delivering such an excellent and enjoyable day skipper theory course. I feel as well prepared as I can be for the practical in the Spring.
Time willing I look forward to coming back next year for the Coastal / YM course.
Best Wishes.
Hi Eric,
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you- life's been a little manic since I returned to work! I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thank you for all your help and advice during the prep week. It stood me in good stead.
I'm sure you will have heard from the others but our exam started at 8am on Saturday morning and finished at 4pm on Sunday. At one point we saw 45+ knots of wind! The examiner was tough- and certainly enjoyed setting us challenges, but was very fair and made the whole think a little less terrifying than we all expected. Thanks again for all your help and support- much appreciated!
|Thank you again for the beautyful sailing week in Scotland.
I have never seen before such a professional instructor and skipper with that kind of patience.
All the best and hopefully we will meet again soon.
Hi All,
Thank you all for a fantastic week.
I will send you some puffin video clips once they have been edited.
Maggie, were you serious about the Scilly Isles? Maybe we could all get together again next year and go there.
|Hi Everyone
Following on from Jon's email I'd also like to thank you for a lovely week. The company, sailing and activities were great. Yes I am serious about the Scilly Isles if Eric's interested. Hopefully all your waterproofs are dry by now!. Have a good week and thanks again. Maggie
Last weekend I passed my exam Yachtmaster Coastal. The examiner was really very kind during the whole weekend. I'm very happy right now.
Thank you for Eric: I was very pleased with your incredible amount of patience, calmness and your personal approach. It felt like you really understood on which levels we were, what to approve and how you could stimulate us to get to a higher level as a skipper, sailor and person.
So within 2-5 years I will be back as a student and examcandidate for Yachtmaster Offshore. Much better prepared and hopefully having you as my teacher.
|What a great weekend. Had an amazing time despite the cold. Many thanks. Sail soon.
Thanks for another great sailing experience. Yes! weather cold but company great. Look forward to next time.
Many thanks, Alan
|I just wanted to thank you for organising our little sail in the Solent. Everyone really enjoyed themselves. I thought that you were very good particularly at instructing the teenagers. They didn't seem fazed by the conditions.
Kind regards Wendy
Hi Eric
Just a quick note to say thanks for a really good VHF course last week. The day went really quickly and I appreciated the teaching from someone who had as much Sea time as you. This makes a big difference to some of the generic training providers I approached before booking with you.
Good to have met and thanks for a great day. Be in touch regards future activities! Best, Denis
|Thank you very much for the great mile builder trip from Southampton this Easter 2012. It was a great mix of sailing, crew and abilities.
As the least experienced at sailing I found everyone really helpful and understanding. I have once again learnt a great deal from yourself and also the other crew members. The trip: Southampton - Le Havre - Honfleur - Gosport - Southampton was the really good mix of a long passage, short passage, some shore time, another long passage back and a short hop from Gosport to Southampton.
227 nM in 4 days. Once again thanks to you and the rest of the crew. I look forward to booking another mile builder with you towards the end of the season this year. I hope you have a good summer session teaching and that everyone finds it as fun an experience as I have.
|Thank you for a superb mile builder from the moonlit night crossing to La Havre, the beautiful town of Honfleur with it's calvados specialist shops and the return across the channel. Then the exciting sail down the Solent in up to force 9 winds on the last day.
All made possible by you're good skippering. Look forward to the next one!
Regards Steve
Thank you Eric for a superbly organised holiday. Great yacht, great food and great destinations.
The day at Staffa was especially memorable. Thank you again. Jon.
Eric - just to let you know how much my teenage son and I enjoyed the VHF course you provided for us. We both learned a lot, and appreciated your clear explanations and true-to-life practice exercises. We're looking forward to putting all to use in the next few weeks.
Having spent a reasonable amount of time trying to find such a course online, I'd have no hesitation recommending to anyone in a similar situation that they should get in touch with you.
If you must have a photo, here you go!
|Dear Eric, Thank you very much for organising the recent 'pontoon bumping' w/e.
With just Frank and I on board we had ample boat handling opportunities and plenty of navigation practice.
The lack of wind did nothing to dampen the spirits and the sailing we managed on Sunday morning was great.
Thanks to you I have now had the confidence to charter a Moody 31 (complete with tiller) in Dartmouth in May as my first skippering experience.
Thank you again, and hopefully I will sail again with you soon.
All the Best, Maggie
Many thanks for allowing me to join your Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased Course even though you had already started the course a few weeks before I first phoned you. A particular thank you for being flexible enough to provide me with additional contact sessions to enable me to catch up with the work you had already done with the others on the course. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Nick and AJ for welcoming me to the course and to Nick for hosting the group sessions, it is very much appreciated.
The course which involved 40 hours tuition plus exam time spread over several full days was certainly intensive and the homework exercises time consuming, but it was worth it. The presentations on your secure website for students were particularly helpful for revision. Next step for me is the Practical.
I would have no hesitation in recommending you to anyone thinking of taking this course. Your professionalism, flexibility and thoroughness were evident throughout the course and contributed to my successful result.
|Hi Eric,
Thanks for organizing the manoeuvres course, (pontoon bumping). This course is a must for anyone needing experience at one of the hardest parts of a sailing trip, i.e. leaving and arriving alongside. We all were given the maximum hands on time after your expert tuition and advice in each set situation which was partly driven by our specific requests as to what we wanted to practice. During the weekend you also passed on sailing advice and hints from your extensive experience and local knowledge of the Solent.
I am now much more confident in organizing the boat and crew in close quarter handling in a variety of situations and approaches. Your arrangements and catering were as ever first class and I look forward to my Coastal Skipper practical in May.
Anthony S
|Hello Eric,
We arrived safely in Wells yesterday evening. The trip went well apart form the wind which was on the nose most of the time.
We covered 265nM over the ground; don't know how far through the water as my paddle wheel needs replacing.
We left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon and arrived in Bembridge that evening, waited for the high tide to pass and then parked on the beach. When the tide had gone out we cleaned the hulls, had some sleep and left Sunday morning at 0730 heading for Brighton. Tied up in Brighton at approx 1730.
Departed Brighton at 0200 and arrived in Ramsgate at 1800. Left Ramsgate at 0530 next morning and arrived at Southwold at 1730, having actually sailed a bit across the Thames. Left Southwold at 1000 and arrived at Sea Palling at 1500 anchored behind the artificial reef. Left Sea Palling at 0900 arrived at Wells fairway bouy at 1500, then waited till 1600 for the tide to rise and we were tied up at around 1700. John was a great crew member. A competent sailor, good company and a good cook. Thanks very much for putting me in touch with him.
Regards Roger
|Great trip with Roger, invaluable experience, not a cruise by a long way, not often that you get the opportunity to sail around the country port by port.
The weather was ok but wind direction awful all week, very cold, early starts 1.00am one day to get the distance in, we needed the recovery time in each port as there were only 3 of us. No watches - just long days with the planned evening haven of a warm pub or marina shower to look forward to and keep us going.
|A highlight for me was the sunrise at Sea Palling after a night on the anchor behind the breakwater, more like a Caribbean sunrise than the real thing!
The gale forecast for the Friday meant that we had lost any opportunity for a day just 'sailing', as we needed to push on to get to Wells before the weather broke, so mostly we motored or motor sailed.
Arrived in Wells Thursday late afternoon and spent the night safely on the pontoon. The crew got on famously, and although it was cold enough to make it uncomfortable hard work, we stayed on good terms all week, despite none of us ever having met before.
Cooked some lovely food on board, and warmed our spirits with a shot of Navy rum to keep the cold out in bed. I'd go again tomorrow: thanks for the contact.
Kind regards John
Just a short note to say how much I had enjoyed the week in the Western Isles. The week was I felt, well organised and conducted.
The holiday was conducive to learning, with many opportunities to actively participate, very much hands-on sailing, even if the first few days were a little damp. Throughout the week we were actively consulted over the planed routes, in particular the possible bad weather that we could have encountered had we had followed a certain course. I feel at the end of the week that I have learnt a great deal and feel more confident about my own abilities.
An important fact that should not be overlooked, was the catering. While the facilities could not be compared to my own kitchen, the food that was produced was very good and plentiful. Every effort was made to consider the preferences of all on board, the final meal could not have been better, well save for a drop of the amber nectar in the meal - which would have been my choice.
The vessel that was charted, "Jeanne", I found to be of a high standard, I am unfamiliar with what constitutes good or not so good, being my first time aboard. I was pleased to see that, 'make do efforts' affect all holidays, my experience of caravanning, sailing, biking, all have this element, it helps make them.
At the end of the day I would certainly do it again, thanks for the experience.
|Following a few 'set-backs' (thanks to Cornish Cruising) we set off on our week's holiday sailing to the Scilly Isles. Eric could have performed no better even if he had worn his underpants on the outside! The wind and tides were forecast against us which meant we were later leaving than originally hoped... in view of Jenny's temporary 'health-blip' (too much ginger beer perhaps?), it was a blessing we didn't carry out the suggested plan of night sailing!
|After spending a night in Penzance wet dock (and it was raining) the first real challenge was to clamber over several trawlers and scale the harbour wall complete with ruc-sacs containing shower gear to reach the 'shower block' ... if a taxi had suddenly appeared then and there Jenny would have jumped in with a cheery wave!
Eric decided to use his time wisely and go to the local fishmonger whilst the queue for the 2 showers subsided. By the way ... ask him how to cook 'Brill' next time you see him ... we've found out since we came home!
However ... the weather was absolutely wonderful once we reached the islands and we had a fascinating walk around St Agnes and later on had a meal at a bistro on St Mary's ... halcyon days indeed.
|Jenny found the shipping lane very exciting ... especially when one of the ships changed course just for little old us!
The return journey was fabulous as the wind and tide were with us so we came back to Falmouth under sail.
Thank you indeed Eric and first mate Nigel (yes, another Nigel would you believe) for getting us there and back safely...loved it!
Jenny & Nigel Hargreaves July 2010
Manoeuvres, March 2010
|Just a quick note to say 'Thank you so much again for a really great weekend.' We thought you were very patient, fair, gave clear explanations, listened to our needs, and didn't get too annoyed (I hope!) with my frustrating questions! Then to top it all off your hospitality and cooking was a dream!
We were really delighted, and given we paid the final balance on our yacht last week are now super super excited about what the summer holds for us out in the Mediterranean, with your top-tips we hopefully can't go wrong! (well once I've practised the lasso technique some more that is)
We'll definitely send you a postcard to let you know how we're getting on,
Thanks again, Joanna & Matt
Sea Survival Course, February 2010
|Excellent course. Everyone enjoyed it, also had a sociable evening on Friday with some of the others as well! Thanks for a well-organised event.
See you soon, Mike
|All had a great day! Course very good: dunked; fire & smoke; upside down rafts; jumping off platforms --- very useful experience.
Thanks from W; G; K & T
|Brilliant and absolutely paramount for anyone thinking about taking to the sea! I enjoyed every minute of it and I'm sure everyone else who went, did too. Thanks for both the opportunity and the experience.
Best Regards, Tim.
|Many thanks for organising the course at Fleetwood. I found it very instructive, particularly the helicopter lift and the righting of the upturned raft. It brought home to me how short one's survival rate is in cold water, just hope I won't have to put the theory into practice!
Regards Richard
Christmas Rally, December 2009
|Thanks for a smashing wk end much appreciated.
|Thanks again for last weekend. I had a great time.
Regards Jon
Bank Holiday trip to Cherbourg, August 2009
|Thanks again for a most enjoyable trip & for the knowledge and experience gained.
It was good to be able to put some of the theory learned at night school into practice.
Hope to be able to join up with you again on one of your trips.
Many thanks, Alan
Cross the Channel Experience, June 2009
|We had a great time, on a great boat (44´ Jeanneau Sun Magic, "Armadek" ). Soton to Guernsey in one go - about 21 hrs, then Jersey, Alderney, IOW and back! Plenty of experience and challenging on your abilities - if you wanted to be! Eric is a great host and cook!
Niall. . . . hope you had a good trip home - thank you for leaving ARMADEK in pristine condition! Firstaway Yacht Charters
Manoeuvres, February 2009
|Many thanks for a wonderful weekends sailing. Thank you also for the effort you put into making the time on board worthwhile for everyone, and for your patience on several occasions!
It was good for me to sail with a lovely group of people who all had more experience.
Please keep me updated of any future courses or events, and I look forwards to sailing with you again.
Scotland, August 2008
|We thoroughly enjoyed the trip even though Carol was apprehensive prior to going about the weather. It goes without saying if the Misses is happy then so am I. Jesting aside, the trip was better than I thought it would be, I was expecting some variable weather which we had a little of, but was surprised by the amount of sunshine there was when considering the weather in other parts of the UK.
The wildlife we saw: porpoise, whale, basking shark, gannet and other bird species in its natural habitat was very fascinating, the highlight for us being the close up of the basking shark when it came alongside.
The rugged landscape and different geological strata of the islands particularly Fingal's cave on the southern side of Staffa absolutely amazing and beautiful and well worth seeing.
"Clova" the yacht was an excellent choice for the trip, well-founded and very comfortable, Eric as usual providing excellent leadership skills and catered very well for us. The "haggis" dinner was a very pleasant surprise, I can honestly say we were not looking forward to it but as it turned out we thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to having it again.
|I was pleasantly surprised at the beautiful scenery that we saw on the trip and how warm it was. The boat was extremely comfortable and spacious and had a very secure feeling about it.
My highlights were going into Fingle's cave with Peter and Mark in the dinghy, and seeing the basking shark right up close.
As Trevor said the Lochalsh butchers haggis was a real eyeopener, we'll be having more in the future accompanied with a tot of Tobermory malt.
|Just a quick note to say thanks for a great week and a special thanks to Eric for being a great skipper and the crew for their company and banter. The weather was superb and we always seemed to have fair wind & tides too.
Clova is great especially the dinghy on davits and an outboard, I liked that bit!
We covered a lot of miles and saw a lot of the Western Isles as a result. My personal highlight was going into Fingle's cave; Elise particularly enjoyed walking up to the top of the uninhabited island with Clova in the anchorage below.
Peter and Elise Thorne
Ipswich to Bergen, Norway, July 2008
|Just want to say thanks again for a great trip! A good experience that many people would never hope to achieve. I know how you like to run your trips and I know given the chance there were a couple of things you wanted to try different though not always with success. I felt I have learnt a lot on this trip though and that has got to be a good thing.
I shall be looking forward to the next trip.
Cheers, Mark Carr
Netherlands Course
The trip with you was great. I think you did a great job considering I had too little theoretical knowledge.
Anja Villerius
Round the Island Race 2008
|Thank you again for organising the round the island race, it was a great weekend. Cheers, Steve Smith
|Thanks for organising the weekend. I did enjoy the experience despite being 'missing' (with mal-de-mare) for a good portion of time. I have not given up on sailing and will be back!
|Just a note to say very many thanks for a great long weekend. I enjoyed all three days and especially, of course, my first race in a yacht.
Thanks for all the time you put in to the organisation for the event and for taking on the responsibility of skipper, navigator, tactician, victualler, sign writer and head chef. Everything went very well due to your skills, preparation and conscientious approach to everything.
Your tactic of going wide must have paid off for us to have come 393rd overall. What a great result. It is way above what I expected we would achieve.
|Just wanted to thank you for organising the whole event. I can only repeat the other's comments. Your considerable effort and organisation skills let alone your culinary skills and man management produced a perfect sailing weekend. I appreciate what a task it must have been.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend and learnt a lot, in particular race tactics. Both yours and John's experience was invaluable to us all.
I see that the next race is organised for June 20th 2009. Please pencil me in (if you will have me) and you wish to enter another race. Once again a pleasure to sail with you.
Regards RH
|Thank you very much for providing an excellent sailing experience over the weekend, the highlight being the race on the Saturday, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Sitting down on Sunday evening reading the Sunday Telegraph's report on the race I was surprised to read 11 man over board's reported, numerous retirements due to collisions and mechanical failures, even Ellen MacArthur had a failure near Hurst, it does make you realise what an excellent race we had.
It was interesting to read that the big racing yachts made the run on the south side of the island early on in mist and fog, at speeds of up to 32 knots (five times faster than us, what were we doing wrong?). When you have been there it makes you realise how awesome that must be.
Regards from The Baltic
|About two years ago I arrived to UK and since that time was planning to sail. I have couple of years of experience
sailing on Baltic Sea, however haven't got big experience with tides and sailing cross-channel, so decided to sail with
somebody who know that waters and who can also teach me about sailing, on waters surrounded UK. I have chosen to sail with Eric.
Later on I realised that this decision was spotted on, according to learning British way of sailing, and get new experience from very patient, nice and absolutely experienced sailor. So if somebody from UK or even better, abroad (like me), is looking for sailing and learn how to sail, I would recommend Eric as a very first choice. Very good quality of sailing, learning, organising trip and amazing opportunity to spend hollyday or just a long weekeng.
Przemek - Poland, June 2008
Selina to France
|Unforgettable sailing through the Solent with you to France. Really enjoyed this well-organised trip to my home
country where food and drinks were also well chosen, bravo au chef! Would recommend to anyone especially to
de-phase yourself from day-to-day routine. Again, great organisation and charming boat, thanks again. Bon vent!
Tom Gere, May 2008
Sea Survival Course, January 2008
|The sea survival course at a centre in Fleetwood outside Blackpool that provides training for the Merchant Navy
and Offshore Industry was very good indeed, and up to the usual high standard I've come to expect of any training
provided or organised by Eric. We started with training in the classroom, running through everything from basic equipment to emergency safety
procedures. The classroom was well-equipped with examples of everything from different types of lifejackets and
liferafts to used flares, so it was possible to handle everything and understand exactly how it worked, and the
instructor was very patient with the very many questions we asked! Safety procedures such as when to evacuate the
boat, how to use the liferaft and when to get into it were carefully explained, and we were privileged the instructor
shared with us his experience of a real-life emergency when the yacht he was on was lost.
We then adjourned to the pool and were shown and practised how to conserve energy and warmth in the water, "synchronised swimming" techniques whereby several people swim linked together thus ensuring that weaker people are not lost, how to right a liferaft in the water (easier than it looks) and how to get into a liferaft from the water (harder than you'd think). We also had two mock-up helicopter winches each, one from the water and one together with someone else from the liferaft, before our last exercise in a darkened, noisy, smoke-filled pool where we had to jump in, swim to and get in the liferaft and follow all the correct procedures once in there. It was surprising how disorientated one gets even within the safe confines of the centre. We then had a video with an enacted emergency which made it very clear why all the emergency guidelines should be followed. (It was explained that not all liferafts are equipped with playing cards and navy cigarettes!)
We had quite a jolly stay in a local hotel, and the local beer was excellent! I feel far more confidant that I would know what to do if I am ever faced with a real survival situation at sea. Thank you again to Eric for organising some first rate training.
Dawn Fisher, February 2008
|Just a quick line to thank you for organizing such an interesting and informative course on Saturday. I hope I will
never have to put the theory into practice but I will certainly feel a lot more confident now if I have to do so.
|....thanks again for organising the weekend course. Lets hope we never need to put it into practice.
M.S., January 2008
|Thanks for organising the sea survival course. It was very worthwhile and enjoyable and I would recommend it to others.
South-West Ireland
|What a fantastic five days off the coast of Ireland! My thanks to you for organising the outing and for
your excellent tuition throughout. I still cherish the memory of performing sailing exercises surrounded by
dolphins playing around the boat. I would certainly recommend sailing with Eric to any aspiring sailor.
Alan Russell, Oct 2007.
Cuxhaven Mileage Builder with Adventures Offshore, 2007
|Thanks for another very memorable sailing trip, my 5th sailing experience and
the 2nd through Eric. The mileage builder from Ipswich to Cuxhaven, Germany has added a great deal to my
sailing experience.
The Force 9 winds that touched Force 10 at one point gave an exiting ride with a feeling of relative safety. Thanks to skipper Martyn Smith, you and the rest of the crew. And of course not forgetting 'Ocean Scout' the 49 foot Oyster ketch.
Richard Blackman.
Radar Course, at Southampton with Firstaway, 2007
|What a superb course, many thanks to Eric for such superb organisation. Well
worth the effort of travelling to Ocean Village Southampton for the course, the classroom sessions
could have been held anywhere but to be able to go to sea on Day 2 and put into practise the
classroom lessons from Day 1 was invaluable. It's not quite as easy as the book suggests but what
an interesting and exciting way to develop real skills.
Our class was split into two groups, one group on the helm while the other group was below decks giving navigation instructions 'blind' just using the radar screen and charts. We were attempting to simulate thick fog but we had the safety net of having the skipper always on hand to ensure safety of the boat and crew as we experimented. After a while we started to recognise the 'targets' but I still kick myself for missing that bl**dy great tanker that I thought was a headland! Many thanks once again.
Michael McQuade.
Alastair Cook sent this to me in 2007
|It was easy to go to night school and learn the theory but how do you get the vital
sailing experience, a chance to try out the desk top exercises, a chance to see if sailing is for you?
Eric got me on board a yacht for the first time, pulling sheets, taking the tiller, hoisting sails, getting wet and cold, always eating well and sleeping well. I have now sailed with Eric several times and that has led me to acquiring a share in a boat on the Hamble with all the opportunities that will give me.
Eric offers a range of sailing events for all levels of skill from those wanting to sail for the 1st time, undertake recognised training courses, or to those wanting to sail in an area they have not been to before.
Alistair Cook.
|Alistair Cook helped me when I first started my web site. He was the very first person to promise and send feedback to me. Whilst not with me, Alistair continued to sail yachts, lead an active life and stayed in touch. He passed away after scaling Kilimanjaro in September 2011. He was a good shipmate.


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Profund (Deep) (2016)
Percussion (nine Tibetan bowls) and electronics
10 minutes
31 March 2017
Festival Mixtur. Barcelona, Spain
Miquel Bernat, percussion
Festival Mixtur
Programme note
For some years now, Tibetan bowls — and resonant metallic instruments, in general, such as gongs and bells — have represented a particular point of interest among my preferences as a composer; a stimulating fount, offering a wealth of resources with which to create full and deep sound spaces. In this piece, my creative research with these instruments has been given form and been expanded by the use of electronics in real time and surround sound diffusion.
The work is organised in seven main rhythmical movements, connected by six resonant interludes that serve as contrast and repose. The whole, therefore, constitutes a sound continuum that traverses different scenarios, travelling towards an original energy through sounds that recall gamelan music until eventually achieving the vibrant and fluid atmosphere of the last movement.
A number of the bowls are struck upside down, placed with their opening on a mat on the ground. This inverted position produces a brief resonance of between three and eight seconds, depending on the size of the instruments, with what can be called, subjectively, a 'broken' or 'dirty' effect. It is a colouring that, owing to the brief tail of resonance, provides fertile rhythmic activity. The use of tremolo, syncopation, different kinds of mallets or even the wah-wah effect caused by damping the vibration with the hand, generates a rich palette of timbres that are very different from the usual resonant sound of the Tibetan bowl.
During the interludes, the bowls are placed in their normal, upright position and the group undergoes a progressive metamorphosis: from energetic rhythmical gamelan to a collection of ethereal resonant bells. The title comes from the deep-rootedness of the principle movements - with their energetic, lively rhythm - and the intangible resonances of the interludes, projected into the space. The work's double, earth-air condition culminates in an ending in which electronics (modernity's sophisticated artifice) and resonance (beautiful sound envelope) disappear, giving way to the simple, humble presence of the single ancestral Tibetan bowl, its sound damped by a blanket.
In the interludes, pre-recorded tracks in quadraphonic format fuse with the sounds of the instruments, creating an ambiguous atmosphere and ubiquity of sound. The spacing of the sounds increases the Doppler effect, creating varied distances, close and afar. Given that the electronic sounds are derived exclusively from recorded samples of the instruments themselves, the apparent shifting of the aural focus generates an environment in which space and time go hand in hand.
The work can also be enjoyed as a sound meditation. To contribute to the experience, the lights of the performance space should be extinguished, and illumination provided only by three candles placed in front of the percussionist. "Profund" ("Deep") was commissioned by the Mixtur Festival and premiered by the percussionist Miquel Bernat on 31 March 2017 at the Fabra i Coats centre, Barcelona.
The work is dedicated to Miquel Bernat, with affection and a smile.
Ramon Humet. Vilanova d'Escornalbou, 24 December 2016
At the recurrent end of the unending (2014)
Five canonic soundscapes for piano
I. In My Beginning Is My End
II. The Point of Intersection of the Timeless
III. Time and the Bell
IV. Quick, Said the Bird, Find Them, Find Them
V. At the Recurrent End of the Unending
8 minutes
12 june 2015
Sampler Series. Miró Foundation. Barcelona, Spain
Lluïsa Espigolé
Tritó Edicions
Escenes del bosc, 5è quadern (2013)
(Forest Scenes, Volume V)
XII. Alba (Sunrise)
XIII. Neu (Snow)
XIV. Estel (Star)
13 minutes
2 March 2014
Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall. Tokyo, Japan
Satoko Inoue
Tritó Edicions
Meditacions sobre un motiu de Mompou (2013)
6 minutes
Palau de la Música Catalana
5 November 2015
Auditorio de la Fundación Hispanoamericana. Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Alberto Rosado
Download score
Petites catàstrofes (Small Disasters) (2010)
10 minutes
19 October 2010
Festival Ritmo Vital. Madrid, Spain
Tritó Edicions
Escenes del bosc, 4t Quadern (2008)
(Forest Scenes, Volume IV)
IX. Campanes (Bells)
X. Llac (Lake)
XI. Joc (Game)
12 minutes
Caixa Catalunya Foundation
9 February 2009
La Pedrera. Barcelona, Spain
Alberto Rosado, piano
CD Caixa Catalunya Foundation. Estrenes a la Pedrera, volum IV
Tritó Edicions
Meditació (Meditation) (2007)
7 minutes
Associació de Concerts de Reus
4 June 2008
Teatre Fortuny. Reus, Spain
Gerardo Salazar, marimba
Tritó Edicions
Vent de l'Oest (West Wind) (2007)
7 minutes
Festival 4x4
18 December 2007
Sala Beckett. Barcelona, Spain
Horacio Curti
CD Agharta Music. Horacio Curti, shakuhachi
Tritó Edicions
Escenes del bosc, 3r Quadern (Forest Scenes, Volume III) (2007)
VII. Pluja (Rain)
VIII. Arc de Sant Martí (Rainbow)
8 minutes
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2 December 2007
Le Liu
Cité de la Musique. París, France
CD Ars Harmonica AH182. Sílvia Vidal, piano
Tritó Edicions
Escenes del bosc, 2n Quadern (Forest Scenes, Volume II) (2005-2006)
IV. Marinada (Sea Wind)
V. Calma (Calm)
VI. Mestral (Mistral)
12 minutes
Xavier Gols – Tarragona City Council Composition Award 2006
18 December 2007
Sala Beckett. Barcelona, Spain
Sílvia Vidal, piano
CD Ars Harmonica AH182. Sílvia Vidal, piano
Tritó Edicions
Escenes del bosc, 1r Quadern (2004-2005)
(Forest Scenes, Volume I)
I. Picot (Green Woodpecker)
II. Gamarús (Scops Owl)
III. Rossinyol (Nightingale)
10 minutes
18 December 2007
Sala Beckett. Barcelona, Spain
Sílvia Vidal, piano
CD Ars Harmonica AH182. Sílvia Vidal, piano
Tritó Edicions


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It's a big day in Fort Wayne. Earlier this afternoon at Parkview Field, there was an event to celebrate the official kickoff of The Harrison, the long-gestating, oft-maligned mixed-use retail and residential component of Harrison Square.
A few of us went down to have a slice of cake, and maybe see if we couldn't find some closure to a long, long story.
The cake was pretty good.
We thought we'd commemorate this special day by riding our bikes down memory lane. You see, back in the halcyon days of summer '08, we used to stroll over to the Harrison Square site every couple of weeks, cheering on excavation, applauding raised beams, and celebrating each milestone. Grounds-breaking. Ribbons-cutting. Toppings-off. Rights-named! Once there was concrete, we walked the stadium on a cold afternoon and picked our lil' four-top field box out in left-field—"Bartman seats" for you MLB fans, and "The OLG Slumdog Suite" for you Cinema Center types. We loved the whole of Harrison Square—we couldn't wait for the ball team to come downtown, and as a company of people who work, play, and sometimes even live downtown, the mixed-use component of the project was especially appealing.
It's a long story, but we did a bit of work for The Harrison, back when it was still a condo project, and the powers-that-be liked the early drafts of that work so much that they asked us to take a swing at the ball club's logo. (You may remember the Legacy-esque process wherein our community was invited to submit name ideas for the former Wizards—as I recall, around a thousand names came in, and the owners had narrowed that to just a handful.)
"Tincaps" was a finalist, and we were asked to have a look at what that name might look like if it played out. We felt like we could figure it out, and rather easily—after all, a couple of folks in the OLG family had submitted that very name for consideration.
Our first draft of the logo featured a cardinal—the state bird, after all—with a uniquely "Johnny Appleseed" sense of style and gear. I didn't work on the illustration myself, so I'm able to throw humility under the bleachers when I call the work sensational.
At this point, it became clear that a firm in Atlanta was also working on a Tincaps' identity, and we were given a peek at the draft of a "cartoon" apple, wearing a tin cap, and with some giant, chunky, steel letters spelling out the team's name. We've all gotten used to the logo by this point, but at the time, I'll be honest and let you know we were absolutely aghast. (We were either design snobs, or simply passionate about this team and our community.) (Probably both.) (Still are.)
We were given one last chance—OK, if it had to be an apple, what would our interpretation be? We rolled up our sleeves, pulled tight our batting gloves, adjusted our cups and put our hearts into one last spirited, rally-cap wearing attempt.
Unfortunately, Atlanta won the battle. I suppose the war is TBD.
Matt Kelley


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NGINX Agent troubleshooting
Troubleshooting startup issues
If the NGINX Agent won't start, it is almost always a question of the offset file. The Agent should be able to handle that automatically in the following cases:
- NGINX installed from distribution package, in APT or RPM (yum)-based distributions.
- Custom-compiled unstripped NGINX binaries.
With an additional manual step, the Agent can support an arbitrary NGINX binary when debug symbols are available. To check whether your NGINX binary contains debug symbols, simply run the command
file on it. If the output ends with
Not stripped, the debug symbols are included.
When you attempt to load the Agent with a binary that is not supported out of the box, it prints the required actions to
The most common reason for errors of this type is file system permissions. Though NGINX starts using root privileges, workers almost always run as a special non-privileged user,
www-data or similar. The NGINX Agent configuration directory (the one where it looks for the offset file) must be readable for this user. This also involves all its parent directories that must be executable for this user, otherwise it won't be possible to
chdir to this directory).
Classic Agent
To use the offset self-generation functionality, the configuration directory must be writable for the non-privileged NGINX user when the file is generated. Later it can be read-only.
The easiest way to verify that the offset file is actually accessible for this user is:
$ sudo su www-data
$ cat /opt/dynatrace-7.0/agent/conf/dtnginx_offsets.json | wc -l
Generating an offset file manually
You can extract the script for offset generation from the agent library. This way you always have the correct version for your Agent.
To dump the script to a file, set an environment variable when using
LD_PRELOAD to load the Agent library. The actual command (ls in the example) run with the Agent preloaded is not important, as it won't even get executed ‐ the Agent terminates after dumping the script:
$ DT_DUMP_SCRIPT=1 LD_PRELOAD=/opt/dynatrace-7.0/agent/lib64/libdtnginxagent.so ls
The script is written to file
generate_offsets.sh in the working directory. It can be used in these modes:
- To generate offsets for a specific unstripped NGINX binary or a stripped binary + debug symbol file pair.
- To generate a single offset file covering multiple NGINX binaries or stripped binary + debug symbol file pairs included in specified directory tree.
- To verify that all system requirements for NGINX Agent are met and the specified NGINX binary can be supported.
You can run
generate_offsets.sh --help for syntax details. Once the JSON file is produced, place it in the AppMon
conf directory. For example:
If offset generation fails, the script collects required system information and prints it to
stdout. Forward it to AppMon Support, if possible accompanied by the NGINX binary itself, either unstripped or together with separate debug symbol file.
Validating offset files
If uncertain whether the given JSON offset file is compatible with their NGINX Agent version, the Agent can be ordered to validate a file. To do this, set an environment variable when using
LD_PRELOAD to preload the Agent library. The actual command (ls in the example) run with the Agent preloaded is not important, as it won't even get executed ‐ the Agent terminates after validating the offset file:
$ DT_TEST_OFFSETS=/opt/dynatrace-7.0/agent/conf/dtnginx_offsets.json LD_PRELOAD=/opt/dynatrace-7.0/agent/lib64//libdtnginxagent.so ls
Bypassing NGINX binary hash check
In rare cases, you can alter binaries on disk during system lifetime (RedHat prelink functionality comes to mind). This changes the md5 hash value used for identifying binaries within an offset file and would require regenerating the offset file, which is not always feasible.
To support these cases, NGINX Agent bypasses the hash check and manually identifies the offset file binary. Set an environment variable DT_NGINX_MD5 to the value of md5 hash describing the desired section in the offset file:
$ DT_NGINX_MD5=785ff0b8da9b061eb0dc4d0692d66a9d LD_PRELOAD=/opt/dynatrace-7.0/agent/lib64/libdtagent.so nginx
You must also change NGINX's configuration file (in most cases
nginx.conf) by adding the following line in the main section:
env DT_NGINX_MD5;
This makes the Agent use offsets specified in the section 785ff0b8da9b061eb0dc4d0692d66a9d in the JSON file.
Ensure that this functionality is required before using it, as it bypasses several checks built into the Agent.
/etc/init/nginx.conf to attach NGINX's agent to NGINX with an Upstart startup script. Adapt the example below to your script:
description "nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server"
start on filesystem and static-network-up
stop on runlevel [016]
expect fork
pre-start script
[ -x /usr/sbin/nginx ] || { stop; exit 0; }
/usr/sbin/nginx -q -t -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' || { stop; exit 0; }
end script
set -a
exec /usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;'
end script
pre-stop exec /usr/sbin/nginx -s quit
systemd configuration
/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service should look similar to below:
Description=A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g 'daemon on; master_process on;'
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;'
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' -s reload
ExecStop=-/sbin/start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --retry QUIT/5 --pidfile /run/nginx.pid
Third party plugin issues and workarounds
Google nginx_pagespeed is a module that optimizes page loading times by applying several techniques like image optimization and JavaScript and CSS inlining. The module is highly configurable by several filters and can interfere with AppMon UEM injection in following ways:
Blocked page loading: As PageSpeed intercepts the loading of JavaScript, UEM injection can cause a page not to load because of blocked HTTP requests to
Solution: Use the 'pagespeed Disallow' filter as a solution to make it skip all requests related to AppMon UEM:
pagespeed Disallow "*dtagent*.js";
pagespeed Disallow "*dynaTraceMonitor*";
The default script names can be overridden in the AppMon Client, so make sure that the pattern matches your configuration.
- Segmentation faults: Using automatic UEM injection with PageSpeed can lead to segmentation fault errors visible in your servers error log.
As a solution disable automatic UEM injection by the instrumented server and use manual injection instead. Place
<script src='/<http://<instrumentedWebOrAppServer>[/path]/dtagent_bootstrap.js'></script> manually. See Manual Injection Details on the JavaScript Agent page to learn how.
The JavaScript Agent bootstrapping is available for manual injection.


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Who will be the NBA's last undefeated team?
Still early into the 2008-09 season, only 3 teams remain who are undefeated. Atlanta and Los Angeles at 4-0 and Utah at 5-0. The two Western Conference teams were expected to be where they are, but Atlanta certainly would never have been picked to get by both Orlando and New Orleans in the first week. The question now is which team has the best chance of being the last team to lose in the NBA this season?
The first step is natually to look at each team's next game. Atlanta travels to Oklahoma City on Sunday, while Utah travels to New York and Los Angeles hosts Houston. Obviously, while the Lakers have the only home game of the three, it is also against the toughest opponent since Utah and Atlanta play expected bottom feeders and LA plays one of the projected best 5 teams in the West. This would obviously mean the Lakers have the toughest road, especially since their next two after that have them traveling to Dallas and New Orleans. So if you look at Sunday's games, you would have to lean toward Los Angeles losing simply because they play the toughest opponent. Even if they were to make it past Houston at home, the next two games on the road would be rough.
So if we rule Los Angeles out, the next step is to look at the following schedules for Atlanta and Utah. Utah begins a 5-game Eastern Conference road trip on Sunday, starting with New York before traveling to Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte and Cleveland. They also have to play 4 of those games on back-to-back nights, meaning they play thos 5 games in the next 7 days. So while it may be against easy opponents until Saturday, it will be hard for them to play often and on the road. Atlanta also begins a road trip and 5 games in 7 days, although their opponent on Wednesday, Boston, should spell the end of their undefeated season. If the Hawks can slip by the Thunder on Sunday and the Bulls on Tuesday, there is very little chance they could win a game in the Garden on Wednesday.
Looking at the schedules, it seems that Utah would have the easiest set of opponents for the group, since they don't play Cleveland until Saturday, and Los Angeles is stuck against Houston, New Orleans and Detroit within the week and Atlanta is stuck on the road against Boston. The strength of schedule would certainly point toward Utah to be the final undefeated team in the NBA, but that does not make them the best team in the league.
Most would argue that Los Angeles is the best team in this group, and many would also argue best in the league. While I am not attempting to refute that claim in this article, I don't think they will be the last undefeated team. I believe Utah has the best shot of achieving that accomplishment. Certainly that does not make them the best team in the NBA, but it should at least say something about their shot at being deep in the playoffs in the Western Conference. Something important to note about Utah and Los Angeles is that they have both beaten the Clippers twice this season, so their victories are slightly padded as the other Los Angeles team has not looked sharp this year. This next week should go a long way in showing the potential of these 3 undefeated teams.
I doubt anyone would say Atlanta is the best team in the Eastern Conference, but they should at least receive some recognition for their good start this year. They have beaten tough opponents in New Orleans and Orlando and have done it at home and on the road. They have come back to win and they have gotten early leads and held on to win. This is a very good team that few people are talking about, and they are finally buying into the defensive philosophies of their coach. While Josh Smith's injury will hurt their win total for the next couple weeks, this could end up being a dangerous team in the East. The Conference is soft yet again this year and the opportunity is there for some teams to step up and make a name for themselves in the playoff chase. Orlando seems to fade in recent years while the Billups hole in Detroit may hurt more than people realize. Cleveland may still not have found the right help for LeBron and Boston may have lost their motivation to dominate. The NBA and especially the Eastern Conference still have a lot of questions, so anyone has the ability to elevate their game and become a front runner. Atlanta just may have a chance to be a playoff team for the second year in a row.
Los Angeles and Utah are both expected to be playoff teams in the West. While they of course play in a much tighter conference, the general consensus is that they both have the talent to get it done. The question now is whether or not both teams can stay healthy. Utah's Deron Williams will be out for at least a month and Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum tend to have injury issues for the Lakers. Los Angeles is fortunate because any team with Kobe Bryant on it automatically has a shot at winning the title any year. If Williams has to miss significant time for the Jazz this season, their playoff chances get much slimmer. That being said, their strength of schedule should leave them the lone undefeated team when the dust settles next week.
So what do you think? Will Los Angeles remain undefeated because they're the best team in the NBA? Will Atlanta continue to surprise and impress in the East? Only time will tell.
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George Thomson age 50 Born Longside Aberdeen, General Labourer
Isabella wife age 43 Born Newhills Aberdeen
William son age 18 Born Longside, General Labourer
Mary Ann daughter age 13 born Rathen Aberdeen
Isabella daughter age 10
Andrew son age 5 Born Rathen Aberdeen
Elizabeth daughter age 5 Born Rathen Aberdeen
Robert son age 11 months
George J Thomson grandson age 1
Note: William was only 18, listed as not married (date of his marriage to Jessis Daniel in 1884 and their daughter Isabella Jane's birth in 1880(82?)is in question?) (there was no Isabella born 1880 in Aberdeen?) further note: George Thomson's daughter Sarah and Janet and brothers George, John and James not listed as living at home at time of 1881 Census), also note, George J Thomson grandson age 1 was living with his Granpa & Granma at time of census 1881.
Younger Aunt Daisy & Uncle Walter during his service with the American Red Cross, during World War II (Early 1940's)
Jessie "Daisy" (Thomson) Schulze, born 18 Mar 1902 in Newry, Ireland, deceased 26 Jan 1987, in NY. Aunt Daisy was named after her mother (Jessie Daniel). She was baptised at St. Patrick's, Newry, Ireland. Grandpa William was a fireman in a quarry at the time of Daisy's birth and they lived at 29 Rooney Terrace, Newry, county Down, Ireland. Daisy was confirmed in All Saints Church, Beebee, Que in July 1917. Aunt Daisy was the Sister of Alexander Thomson. She married Walter Francis Theadore Schulze, born Sep 7 1897 at Goettingen, Germany, His Father was Otto Schulze. Mother Anna (Lichtenfeld)Schulze.Walter and Daisy Married in Newark, NJ, on 18 JUL 1925, Walter deceased May 20, 1967, NY. Aunt Daisy was a beautician, having her own shop in Staten Island, NY. Her later years were as a Traveling Companion , Uncle Walter was a Caterer. They lived in Manhattan, N.Y. most of their marriage, when not traveling to Europe etc. Walter arrived in the USA in 1911, and stayed with his uncle William in Chicago.


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Soprano Tebaldi / SUN 11-14-10 / Army-McCarthy hearings figure / Founder of Celesteville / Tess's literary seducer / City where TV's Glee is set
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Constructor: Patrick Berry
Relative difficulty: Medium
THEME: "Doubleheaders" — familiar phrases have a word inserted before (at the "head" of) the first and last words in the phrase, creating wacky phrases, which are clued "?"-style
Word of the Day: LEONA LEWIS (117A: Singer of the 2008 #1 hit "Bleeding Love") —
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British pop and R&B singer–songwriter. Lewis rose to fame during the third series of the British television series The X Factor, which she won. // Lewis became a multi-platinum selling artist and three time Grammy Award nominee. She was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine in 2008. Lewis has released two albums to date, Spirit and Echo, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Spirit became the fastest-selling debut album and the biggest seller of 2007 in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, and made Lewis the first British solo artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut album. It has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide. // Lewis's debut single "A Moment Like This" became the fastest selling UK single after being downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release. Her second single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one positions in over thirty singles charts around the world. In November 2008 she set a record in the UK for the fastest selling download-only release with her cover version of the Snow Patrol song "Run" which sold 69,244 copies in two days. Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, started in 2010. [and yet I have no idea who she is ...]
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It's rare that I don't enjoy a Patrick Berry puzzle, but this one (as far as the theme goes) didn't do much for me. Maybe I just don't understand the concept. At first I thought the inserted words were actually *types* of "heads," e.g. BEDhead, BIG head, DEADhead ... but I don't think there's such thing as a BUCKhead (though if you change that "B"...). And since the phrases have different numbers of words, the "head" concept just doesn't seem nearly as tight as it ought to be. As a result, TRASH [-] TRASH TALK was brutal—went looking for a single word ending "-WE," but no ... it's TRASH CAN WE TRASH TALK ... creative, but convoluted. Non-theme stuff is actually very interesting in parts. I got buried by two Wildly different answers: LEONA LEWIS (who seems far too popular for me never to have heard of her) and IDEAL GAS LAW (64D: pV = nRT, to physicists), which sounds massively made up but I'm sure isn't. Most of the rest of the grid I was able to piece together fairly readily, though I think overall the cluing was tough enough to offset the easiness created by the theme (i.e. if you can get one of the "heads," you've got the other). Thus, Medium.
Theme answers:
- 23A: Factors to consider while trying to sleep on a campout? (BEDROCK AND BEDROLL)
- 30A: What the marshal declared the moonshiner's shed to be? (FIRE WATER FIRE HAZARD)
- 48A: Ohio State athlete who forgot his uniform? (BUCK NAKED BUCKEYE)
- 63A: C.E.O.'s tricycle? (BIG WHEEL OF BIG CHEESE)
- 81A: Wild Bill Hickok holding his aces and eights? (DEADWOOD DEAD DUCK)
- 97A: Garbage receptacle that you and I insult? (TRASH CAN WE TRASH TALK) — I do not think of "TRASH TALK" as a transitive verb, but it's probably legal...
- 108A: "That high lonesome sound," as played by Atlantic crustaceans? (BLUE CRAB BLUEGRASS) — No idea that that quote applied to "BLUEGRASS; here's a Vince Gill song of that name:
Now that I look at the grid, there are a few more things I had no clue about. RENATA Tebaldi, for one (8D: Soprano Tebaldi). With a crossword-friendly name like Tebaldi, I've probably seen her in some grid somewhere before, but she clearly didn't stick. I also feel like I've *probably* see ROADEO before (21A: Truck driving competition), but I may be confusing it with ROLEO, another made-up-sounding competition that I know I learned from crosswords. I don't even know what the Army-McCarthy hearings are, let alone who was a "figure" in them. Somebody named WELCH ... (14D: Army-McCarthy hearings figure). According to wikipedia: "Joseph Nye Welch (October 22, 1890 – October 6, 1960) was the head counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation by Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for Communist activities." I don't really know MEADE, but I'm familiar enough with his name (from crosswords) to insert him whenever the clue is military and the crosses seem right (76D: Army of the Potomac commander, 1863-65). Favorite clues of the day were probably 43D: Fragrant cake (BAR OF SOAP) and 62A: One who puts U in disfavor? (BRIT).
- 17D: Founder of Celesteville, in children's lit (BABAR) — wow, I have zero recollection of this. But then again, I'm more familiar with BABAR as an icon than as a character in a narrative. In fact, I can't remember a damn thing about BABAR.
- 31D: Tess's literary seducer (ALEC) — if we're talking about TESS, aren't we already "literary" ... or was ALEC particularly bookish?
- 35D: City where TV's "Glee" is set (LIMA) — used an inverted form of this clue (to clue GLEE) in one of my own puzzles recently, so zing!
- 54D: Shakespearean character who says "I am not who I am" (IAGO) — wow, that's right over the plate for IAGO. Four-letter deceiver—who else could it be?
- 97D: Cargo vessel with no fixed route (TRAMP) — needed most of the crosses to get this. Realized that the only way I know this word is from "TRAMP STEAMER," which is ... some kind of boat in some movie or other that I've seen somewhere, some time.
- @thatpuzzleguy Starts of theme answers in the USA Today puzzle: BREAST, BACK, BUTTERFLY. Title: "Having A Stroke." Way to make it sound fun! #badpuzzles
- @jrleverett Just met a lovely lady on a train to paddington, we worked on the guardian xword together
- @jonman14 LMAO I FOUND THE EXACT SAME CROSSWORD THAT,MRS TRONGALE GAVE US FOR ENGLISH ONLINE WITH THE ANSWERS,TOO! HAHA! TEXT ME IF YOU WANT EM (;
- @zjharr "How long did it take you to finish the USA Today crossword?" Jim Rome asked. "2 1/2 minutes. Left-handed," Brian Wilson said.
- @ larah2 Older couple next to me at Sbux just finished crossword and high-fived. Seriously want to hug them.
- @ASOS_Ian Sat next to a guy who won't stop copying my Evening Standard crossword answers. Mate, you won't get any better by cheating. #futileannoyance
- @tim_zimmerman Fine I'll say it: I'm a fan of Will Shortz as a table tennis player but not as a puzzle maker
- @schittone37 A clue on the crossword is "nutmeat" this will amuse me for several minutes
- @joevkul 10,000 words for 'inebriated' in English and the best the NYT #crossword can do is "sozzled"? Enough to make a man wanna get his drink on...
- @elcush Will Shortz just told me to "call [him] Will." Relatedly, SWOON.
- @lorikingbrown Get out of bed. Drink Diet Coke. Get back in bed. Think about doing crossword puzzle. Take nap instead. Dream abt Oprah in braided ponytail.
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