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Posted on 11/11/2011 6:47:52 PM PST by Hoodat
How does a survivor of sexual abuse respond to students rioting at Penn State?
"You're not getting it. You just don't get it," said Dave Lorenz who was abused by a priest as a teen.
"It's just stupid youthfulness."
Earlier this week, legendary head football coach Joe Paterno was removed in the midst of a scandal involving sexual abuse allegations against a former defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky.
Watching footage of Penn State students rioting in the streets Wednesday night, Lorenzo shuddered, then hung his head.
What bothered Lorenz is that students "rallied around (Paterno's) house, cheering him up."
"The kids up there just don't understand what this does," he said.
"Stop thinking of the adult and start thinking of what happens to a child that goes through this. You love the adult, you may not know the kid. Start thinking of the kid and the horror they go through, because it's hell."
Kayla Garriott, a 22-year-old college student who was sexually abused as a child, said the open support for Paterno was disrespectful to survivors.
"That's the first thing people look at -- that their football team is without their head coach that's been there so many years. Nobody looks at the eight children."
The rioters are "never going to be in those children's shoes. It's not about football. It's about eight children who are never going to get back their lives back. They're going to live with this the rest of their lives. They might not get over that."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Anyone who witnesses something like this and does not immediately try to stop it is a worthless coward. You don't just watch it go on and mention it to the boss or call the cops later, you take action!
I agree that the kids who were abused are getting short shrift here - but that is a problem that rests with those who fired Paterno and let the guilty off the hook.
There's more than one thing wrong here, and it rests squarely in the lap of the police and college board that fired Paterno.
I agree. I am also amazed at new found extralegal morality that has been found among those sportswritters like John Feinstien and Mike Wilbaun. These people thought it was okay to give the likes of Ray Lewis a pass for all of these years.
"Anyone who witnesses something like this and does not immediately try to stop it is a worthless coward. You dont just watch it go on and mention it to the boss or call the cops later, you take action!"
As I posted earlier tonight:
I'm confused by all of this
The man who saw the child being raped should have beaten the crap out of the rapist and rescued the child.
When Paterno found out he should have informed the police and then gone to the hospital and beaten the crap out of the rapist.
As soon as the he got out of the hospital, the child's male family members should have beaten the crap out of the rapist.
When no one else wanted to beat the crap out of the rapist, he should have been convicted and imprisoned where daily other prisoners would beat the crap out of him.
My view of the reactions to this disgusting crime is a severe lack of testosterone
Paterno is a grown man and was in a position of responsibility. He knew something was wrong and didn't follow through. Although, technically he didn't have the legal responsibility to follow up on it, he did have the moral responsibility to do so. Maybe he should find a job that entails no moral responsibilities ... maybe in the Food Stamp President's administration.
Ray who? :-)
Check out the two links at bottom of this article:
Mayhaps. I don't see being a coward in the criminal code and that seems to be what all of the Monday Morning Pederast QBs seem to be calling for.
There is one guilty person here. One who committed a real crime. Hang him by his tiny penis.
Stop deflecting.
This is something that bothers me also. People keep saying Paterno ran the entire school but actually folks should google Graham Spanier, the President of PSU. He is currently on administrative leave but it was reported today he is still teaching classes in the Human Development Department. If you read the papers and books he has authored it will disgust you. This guy is an expert on Advanced Homosexual Studies.
An Obama acquaintance, Spanier has as many important friends as Paterno, maybe more because Paterno has not been out rubbing elbows for a decade or two. Plus Spanier must be a hero to everyone in the homosexual community since he has been working to advance their agenda since the 1970s.
Bottom line, the people blaming love of football are falling for the mischaracterization from the MSM. This is not bowing down to football; this is bowing down to the Lavender Mafia. This is political correctness to the point where everywhere you turn you find another Arne Duncan supporter.
Hell..Watch Espn...they so scared to even call it a riot..trying to be pc and hip at same time
he gets a pass? you do know he doing 40 counts dont ya?
This isn't clear to me. He certainly reported it to others, and I've seen it written that he "cooperated with the investigation", whatever year of the many years this dragged on as an open secret that may have been. In fact, nothing about this is clear to me, except that I see the familiar pattern of some sort of script being issued from some unknown high place, and everybody following it. My feeling is that the students have a clearer idea of what's going on than all these moral hens clucking at them.
Perhaps the students have been participating in orgies after school since they were ten - the new normal:
The lost children of rockdale county
I just asked my husband what he would have done if he had witnessed the rape of a child in that shower room. He said the same thing, he would have beaten the crap out of Sandusky, that he wouldn't have gotten up.
Two days ago you heard the name "Paterno" hundreds of times. You were lucky if you heard the name "Sandusky" at all. Paterno was the third party who never should have been involved, but still contacted his superior as well as the police commissioner and put them in touch with the witness. Yet HE is the one who has taken ALL the blame so far. I have heard dozens of people talking about the "Paterno sex scandal" when the only (even remotely) legitimate complaint against him is that he either went to too high a level of police or he didn't follow up. I don't buy either of those.
Sandusky is the alleged monster. You don't hear his name. This is no different than talking about a "Wisconsin Murder Scandal" mentioning the cops that let Dahmer go without mentioning his name. For f***'s sake, this is all about the wrong people.
Come on though, Paterno was probably the most famous college football coach, and he had just become the winningest coach of all time. He IS Penn State, for all intents and purposes.
A little something picked up from another FReeper.
...a statement from Joe Paterno, circa 1985 that now drips with irony:When asked about retirement, Joe Paterno once said that he would not, because it would leave college football in the hands of the Jackie Sherrills and the Barry Switzers
I keep hearing this. Paterno was (and is) a very reserved and private man. He lives in a modest house. I personally never liked him, though his wife is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Paterno has never been known to exercise his influence or his power, and I don't believe that police give more weight to hearsay reports if they come from a famous coach.
I understand the argument that Paterno has some sort of "power" over State College, but having lived there for six years I never saw or felt that. He may be revered as a public figure, but he's just a normal guy in the offseason.
I can tell you also that Paterno ISN'T Penn State. They are the corrupt Board of Trustees (who I called the Penn State Politburo). They are people like Terrell Jones and Graham Spanier. They are a bastion of corrupt and politically correct liberalism. The school would be a hell of a lot better off if it were just Paterno.
The problem with this (and this scandal has drawn in far too many conservatives) is that it sacrifices a good man so the corrupt liberal establishment can continue.
I'm wondering about that too. I just started trying to read more on this story, but it sure seems like there was an actual abuser and an actual observer of the abuse that are getting a lot lighter treatment than this old guy. Was he calling the shots so as to condone this abuse? Shouldn't we have a trial in a court of law with witnesses and evidence before we string him up? Could this be why the students are upset? I just watched the media trying a GOP candidate in the media with accusations and innuendo the past couple of weeks. Is this the new normal for us in the US? No need to go to a court of law, just try it in the media? He may be guilty as hell, but why are people on FR forming a lynch mob instead of supporting constitutional rights?
There in lies the problem. Paterno was at Penn State too long, he had developed a cult following. Sure, Paterno's football team was a great force for rallying alumni school spirit, afterall, he was a constant, something to remind the alumni of the good old college days and open their wallets. But, Paterno should never have reached the height of reverence and following that put him above all Christian moral ethics and the law.
If what you say is true, then why did Joe not confront them, even if it meant he would no longer have his job? If Joe truly was the kind of man as you suggest, it would seem logical he would put up with dealing with them.
that should be "it would seem logical he wouldn't put up with dealing with them".
I thought the abuser had been arrested and charged with 40 counts..............
I'm just going on intuition here, but Paterno wouldn't have any reason to have any day-to-day dealings with any of those people. The Board of Trustees ultimately controlled his fate (as you saw) and they have been looking to get rid of him for years. This simply provided a convenient excuse to do so.
Mighty convenient they waited until he got the record.
Who held this information until he broke the record?
"but that is a problem that rests with those who fired Paterno and let the guilty off the hook"
Huh? Who's been let off the hook? I don't see anyone free and clear of this outrage at this juncture. True, some are not yet in jail, but they will all suffer the extreme losses attendant to a civil lawsuit or two at a minimum. I just hope they go after the University president and leave him and his staff penniless! Oh, and how is it that Paterno is not an abuser? He allowed it to be covered up. He is, therefore a moral co-conspirator. It was more important for him to salvage his "legacy" than protect some helpless children. He hasn't yet suffered enough in my view!
That is NOT TRUE. The majority of the Trustees and Board loved him because he was bringing in 30-40 Mill a year. How do you think Joe had so much power all of these years? Simple, the $$$$ he was bringing in while he would only take 1 Mill a year salary.
Ole Mr. Beaver is resting well in his grave. If he could talk, "There not gonna change my stadium name after this clown".
There are more than one victim. Many more. It is the precise inaction of those who had direct, or even some degree of peripheral knowledge or suspcision led to the continued victimization of this predator. Even if Sandusky is the only actual child raper here (which I doubt), his enablers and protectors are at least partially culpable for the later molestations.
Please, don't use character and Paterno in the same sentence. This guy is a disgrace. So you may be a "sports nut," but you can't sweep Paterno's role under the rug " for the good of collegiate sports." It just isn't going to wash. It is very telling that the accounts coming out of Penn State are to the effect that everyone knew about these acts, and knew about them for a decade or more. LIke Al Pacino said in The Scent of a Woman, "someone needs to take a flamethrower to this place!"
How about letting the presentation of evidence go forward in a court of law before you string up those you think had "peripheral knowledge".
Joe had an obligation every time stories of this came up to see if the source were credible, and if so report it to law enforcement.
Every time, no matter where the incident had occured.
Joe wasn't just the legendary coach at the university. Paterno was also on the board of The Second Mile, the charity from which the at risk boys were obtained. You can quit whining about poor old Joe.
Wow - thanks for the link. Jerry Sandusky got away with way too much.
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were one of those people who equates, "legal" with "moral." There may be some overlap, but they are not the same thing. As I don't have the power to try or sentence McQueery, I needn't worry about rendering a legally sufficient opinion. I can base a personal judgment based on my own morality, and for that, I'll go off of McQueery's own Grand Jury Testimony, in which he freely acknowledges having witnessed a grown man raping a child, and walking away from it.
Similarly, I'll form a personal judgment from Paterno's own statement that he, "should have done more". In that, all I'm doing is agreeing with Paterno.
Anyone who witnesses that involving anyone, put ESPECIALLY a child, and does not take action, has no soul!
ESPN commentators are probably members of NAMBLA.
Or is it that you like a good lynching?
The crimes against these children were perpetrated by a single abuser. There is also someone who saw this first hand and did not call the police. The old guy is probably senile and can be fooled by anyone.
I don't watch football, don't know anything about Penn State, but do recognize a media lynching when I see one.
The cover up needs to be vetted in a court of law.
Homosexuals want pederasty. John Maynard Keynes was a homosexual who had orgies and they brought boys to them—all the homosexuals passed them around. Man/boy "love" is as old as the Ancient Greeks and they glorified the behavior....it was the grooming of the boys into the behavior of homosexuality.
The "moral" aspect discussed by Plato....was "is it moral for the young lovers when they grow up to dump their "old" "lover" for much younger one.
Another thing: Homosexual acts are not "love". The acts are lust and narcissism—never "love".
Pederasty is a part of homosexuality. To glorify homosexuality is to glorify child abuse.
Their sick idea that if they "love" someone, they have to stick body parts into some obscene place is bizarre and Satanic. I love my kids more than anything and I certainly don't have to do sick things to them to "show" love. Homosexuals are mentally ill and have been abused as children.
By your own standards, that's an extremely illogical and intellectually inconsistent statement since Sandusky hasn't yet been tried in a court of law. No "abuser" has been convicted of any "abuse." Right now Sandusky hasn't been found guilty of anything. He's out on bail, by the way, so you're free to call him up to watch your kids this weekend. Why wouldn't you? After all, he hasn't been vetted by a court of law.
If you wouldn't be willing to do that, is it possible you may have formed an opinion of him based on the information available? If that's the case, I've done no more than the same thing in the case of McQueary and Paterno...except that the information I have available as the basis of my judgment came from each of their own respective admissions and testimony!
You need to read the thread I was just on. It will sicken you.
There are 4 FReepers -- NRG1973, Hellbender; TomB, and Two_Sheds -- who are VIGOROUSLY defending McQueary for doing nothing while he watched a 10-year-old boy get raped in front of his eyes.
Sadly, I don't know how to link you to that thread, but if you go straight to my posting history, you'll go straight there.
It's shocking to think that we have those who defend the worst sorts of moral cowards here on FR.
I keep wondering why and who gave Sandusky the emeritus position and thus the keys to the kingdom (ie locker room at Latch). Was it Spanier and the trustees? I wouldn't think JoePa could do something like that.
The story as I understand it:
Sandusky has been observed by a witnesss (MCQueary) sexually abusing a child.
Sandusky is the "abuser", McQueary is johnny-come-lately to reporting same and did nothing to protect the child.
The old guy Paterno was given a report after the fact by McQ and reported to higher ups. Higher ups in the University did NOTHING. All blame Paterno?
Why not let this unravel as to those who were not the abusers, yet perhaps the enablers? Testimony via Grand jury from what I understand from this, fingers Sandusky as the abuser.
So why are you against a full hearing in a court of law and INSTEAD seeking to string every person you view as part of this up in the nearest tree?
The Grand Jury report shows that after reporting the information to Curly and Schultz (head of the University Police), Paterno was left out of all subsequent meetings between Curly, Schultz, McQuery, and Spanier. Schultz never passed the information along to his University Police. So in reality, Paterno did inform the University Police when he initially talked to Curly and Schultz. I think he has suffered more than enough. All the decision makers, and the witness were meeting and charting the course of action without Paterno's involvement.
Again, you need to liberally sprinkly the word "alleged" in there if you are to remain intellectually consistent. And you're only reinforcing my point. If McQueery's own testimony is accurate, he failed to intervene and allowed the abuse to continue while he slunked off to call his daddy. Now, I doubt in the strictest sense, he had a legal obligation to intervene, but if you can argue that a grown adult male, fully physically capable of doing so does not have a moral obligation to intervene we needn't continue this conversation because we're on two different planets. That is my contention. McQueary, by his very own testimony, did not intervene. I would argue he had a moral obligation to do so, and by his own words he did not. At least that night, he enabled Sandusky to wrap things up with that child. McQueary enabled the continued abuse of that boy.
"The old guy Paterno was given a report after the fact by McQ and reported to higher ups. Higher ups in the University did NOTHING. All blame Paterno?"
Paterno blamed Paterno!! After his cancelled press conference earlier in the week, Paterno addressed the matter and said he should have done more. That is a very, very direct implication he did not do enough, nor did he do everything within his power. There's really no other way to take it, and again, this is Paterno's very own admission. "Why not let this unravel as to those who were not the abusers, yet perhaps the enablers? Testimony via Grand jury from what I understand from this, fingers Sandusky as the abuser...So why are you against a full hearing in a court of law and INSTEAD seeking to string every person you view as part of this up in the nearest tree?"
It's going to unravel whether I let it or not. And what have I said or even implied that suggests I'm not entirely desirous of seeing this played out in a legal forum? But, above and beyond the criminal charges and trials, I can think of few recent situations in our society that call out for strong moral condemnation, even if not all the players are guilty of having violated the elements of strict criminal charges. Again, I will direct you to my earlier contention that what is legal and what is moral are not always the same things. There are wide ranges of behaviors that are completely legal, but can and should be judged as immoral or unethical. I think in this case, there's going to be plenty of both (illegal and immoral) behavior to go around.
Nice to see you are able to have a mature conversation about this without personal attacks there Joe! I am hardly a liberal in that I do believe in our rights to a trial by jury and not media. Sorry to see you don't, I thought you were a conservative, sad to see you are just like the lib mad dogs in the media.
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LONDON – Nov 20, 2012: Karl Lagerfeld visited Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today to present his photography exhibition, entitled 'A Different View', in the latest of the luxury manufacturer's Icons of Art series. Mr Lagerfeld presented the exhibition, which comprises his own unique photographs of Rolls-Royce motor cars, to private guests at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, West Sussex. The event was compered by Peter York, the esteemed media commentator, journalist and author.
Every Rolls-Royce motor car is an inspired, one-of-a-kind work of art. Throughout 2012, Rolls Royce Motor Cars has hosted the Icons of Art series – a succession of private talks by contemporary artists in tribute to the impeccable artistry behind each Rolls-Royce motor car. The series provides an opportunity to share passion for innovation and artistic merit, exploring innovative canvasses for artistic creation and modern day excellence.
Besides his work as a fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld has extensively pursued his passion for photography since 1987. His images have been shown in several international exhibitions, from the Langen Foundation in Neuss, to the Museum del Bramante Cloister in Rome.
His latest work explores a fascination with textures, surfaces, shapes and abstractions that transcend his highly acclaimed position in the fashion world. Photography provides an ideal platform from which to appreciate the finest of details and facilitates the juxtaposition of automobile, light and nature. Lagerfeld's exhibition explores these themes by connecting and contrasting the forms visible before the camera and shaping a different view.
Talking about the exhibition, Mr Lagerfeld said, "I can no longer view life without juxtaposing its abstraction. I view the world, fashion and automobiles through my camera lens. That allows me to keep a critical distance to my work. This approach serves me more than I had ever thought possible in my view of reality. Each of my shots of the Rolls-Royce is the abstract representation of a concrete reality. The technical medium of photography is a welcome means for my artistic work, creating my different view."
Speaking at the event, Torsten M�ller-�tv�s, CEO, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said, "It is a great honour to welcome Karl Lagerfeld and to host this unique photographic exhibition. His inspirational work demonstrates passion, innovation and attention to detail, values that we embrace every day at Rolls-Royce."
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It was expressed in patronship, inarguable empathy, and misunderstood so persistently it now seems almost a fancy myth.
Four years later the first temple of this school was opened in Hakata under the patronship of the Emperor Gotoba.
"a lord-master, a protector," c.1300, from Old French patron "patron, protector, patron saint" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin patronus "patron saint, bestower of a benefice, lord, master, model, pattern," from Latin patronus "defender, protector, former master (of a freed slave); advocate," from pater (genitive patris) "father" (see father (n.)). Meaning "one who advances the cause" (of an artist, institution, etc.), usually by the person's wealth and power, is attested from late 14c.; "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery" [Johnson]. Commercial sense of "regular customer" first recorded c.1600. Patron saint (1717) originally was simply patron (late 14c.).


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The 9-foot (2.7 meter) bronze makes actress Elizabeth Montgomery look almost greasy. Interestingly criticism of the piece ignited long before it was installed as Salem residents objected to a statue of a witch being erected in a place where people were once killed for purported witchcraft.
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The definition of "vessel" is explored at a new show opening this weekend at PS 209 Art Gallery in Stone Ridge. "Vessel," curated by Lori Van Houten and featuring the works of Lara Giordano, Joseph Pine, Tim Rowan and Christopher Seubert, looks at vessels as objects and as metaphors. The container, the ship, the human body, the soul — these artists stretch the limits of vessels.
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Can you add a brick veneer to a metal building? Short answer: Yes. Yes, you can.
For combined durability and beauty there is nothing like adding a brick veneer to the walls of your metal building. You receive the benefits of a hard wall, such as fire resistance, along with the moisture resistance of a cavity wall. This combination also includes better acoustical protection, thermal performance, and design weight.First, a word about face bricks and mortar. About 93% of all brick in the United States is covered by ASTM standard 216. These bricks come in 3 types:
- FBS: for common use.
- FBX: for tightly controlled brick sizing.
- FBM: for purposely non-uniform, or "rustic," looking brick.
In addition, choice of mortar is important to the durability of the wall. The lower the mortar strength the higher the tolerance for wall deformation is before cracking. ASTM C270 type N mortar is the best choice for this application, especially in extreme temperature and freeze/thaw conditions. Type S is good for higher flexural stress while Type M helps with load bearing.
Brick veneer is used over wood, concrete masonry units, and other framing materials but since the 1960s brick veneer over steel studs has enjoyed great popularity. In some circles there is concern that it became too popular too quickly without establishing design processes. This has not kept it from becoming a common design for conventional building construction.
In general, the design requires steel studs spaced 16 or 24 inches apart on the centers with gypsum wallboard building paper or other water proofing material for sheathing. The brick veneer creates a cavity wall with at least a 2 inch separation from the inner wall, necessary to retard moisture from traveling across the wall unit.
The brick is then attached to the steel studs with adjustable metal ties and the space between the studs can be filled with fiberglass batting. Flashing must extend beyond the exterior face and bent at a 45 degree angle to channel water away from the wall. The best flashing is made of stainless steel and lead coated copper. The addition of weep holes is another method of channeling water to the outside of the wall cavity.
The adjustable ties help to transfer lateral loads along the wall and are generally made of thick wire that is bent into a variety of shapes. For areas that are seismically active, reinforcing wire is used for longitudinal bracing and is embedded in the masonry veneer then attached to the ties. This keeps the brickwork in place even if it cracks.
NOTE: Corrugated metal ties commonly used in home-building are not to be used for brick veneer and steel stud construction.
Brick ties are fastened to the studs using self-drilling screws. It is these same screws that introduce a weakness into the wall component. Keep in mind that these screws may only have a thin coating to delay corrosion. Over time the coating, if it was even present, wears down allowing the screws to be rusted by any moisture in the area.
The performance of brick veneer over steel stud construction is laid out by objectives from the WSCPA Design Guide. Level 1 denotes a very high level of quality and longevity. Institutional buildings are mainly level 1. Level 2 is more for a good level of quality and an average life-span such as for industrial and residential buildings.
Your best investment, especially if your building is more than a single story, is to make certain the structural engineer is heavily involved in the design of the exterior wall system. A metal stud installer may be able to handle placing brick veneer a one story building without further design instruction but anything more needs the expertise of the engineer.
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Some final words from the late Mexican American singer and TV star Jenni Rivera will be out this summer.
Atria Books announced it's publishing a memoir by the multimillion-selling artist, who died in a plane crash in December at age 43. "Unbreakable," coming out simultaneously in English and Spanish, is scheduled for July and has been authorized by Rivera's family.
Rosie Rivera, the late singer's sister, said the family had decided to share Rivera's book with her fans so they could "enjoy her as we have."
According to Atria, "Unbreakable" will provide "an intimate look into the heart and soul of this self-made woman, who ascended to the top of the charts against all odds, becoming a legend in a completely male-dominated music category," grupero, a type of Mexican folk music.
A candid memoir would be in character for Rivera, a mother and grandmother of two known as the Diva de la Banda, or Diva of the Band, for her frank talk about her life. At the time of her death, she had been recently divorced from her third husband, former Major League Baseball player Esteban Loaiza.
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MONDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The question of whether human genes can be patented is at the center of a case to be heard Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The court's decision could have a profound effect on medical research in the country, efforts to fight diseases such as breast and ovarian cancer, and the multi-billion dollar medical and biotechnology industry, experts say.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been granting patents on human genes for more than 30 years, according to the Associated Press. The current case stems from a 2009 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of breast cancer patients and health professionals challenging the validity of Myriad Genetics' patents on two genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer risk.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations are linked to increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, and Myriad sells the only BRCA gene test, which gives them a monopoly on a highly profitable business, critics say.
Opponents also say that allowing companies to patent human genes or parts of human genes will hinder potentially lifesaving research to fight diseases such as breast cancer.
"What that means is that no other researcher or doctor can develop an additional test, therapy or conduct research on these genes," Karuna Jagger, executive director of Breast Cancer Action, told the AP.
Myriad has the patent on a specific method of isolation and identification of specific BRCA mutations, explained Dr. Iuliana Shapira, director of cancer genetics at North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute in Lake Success, N.Y.
The way Shapira sees it, patents allow a temporary legal monopoly over the use of an invention, but genes are "not invented" by human intelligence and therefore cannot be patented.
On the other hand, if scientists "edit" the gene, for example removing parts of it or introducing some parts and thus creating "a synthetic gene" -- something that does not exist in nature and has specific functions -- that type of "synthetic gene" is patentable, Shapira said.
"Some synthetic genes are used by the biotechnology industry to make therapeutic antibodies, such as Rituxan (used to treat lymphoma) or Herceptin (used to treat breast cancer)," Shapira said. "These synthetic genes have patents that nobody disputes."
Some of the opposition's concerns are overblown and some are simply incorrect, according to Mark Capone, president of Myriad Genetics Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Myriad.
"Myriad cannot, should not and has not patented genes as they exist in the human body on DNA," Capone told the AP. "This case is truly about isolated DNA molecules, which are synthetic chemicals created by the human ingenuity of man that have very important clinical utilities, which is why this was eligible for a patent."
However, the ACLU contends that isolating the DNA molecules doesn't stop them from being DNA molecules, and that these molecules are not patentable. That position appears to have the support of the Obama administration, the AP reported. In court papers, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said artificially created DNA can be patented, while "isolated but otherwise unmodified genomic DNA is not patent-eligible."
Dr. Barbara Pober, a professor of medical sciences at Quinnipiac University's Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, agreed that the Myriad genes should not have been patented. "Genetic sequencing in the laboratory, as performed by Myriad Genetics, does not involve sufficient alteration or modification of the gene to warrant the protections afforded to a patented product," she said.
"In fact, patenting genes inhibits dissemination of genetic information to patients, as well as innovation and technology by eliminating the ability of both small and large laboratories to develop genetic tests," she added. As a result, consumers and hospitals pay more for tests and wait longer for the results, she said.
Whatever the ruling, the implications will be significant in terms of shaping laws governing biotechnology and medical innovations, one expert said.
"The intellectual framework that comes out of the decision could have a significant impact on other patents -- for antibiotics, vaccines, hormones, stem cells and diagnostics on infectious microbes that are found in nature," Robert Cook-Deegan, director for genome ethics, law and policy at Duke University, said in a statement, the AP reported.
"This could affect agricultural biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, green-tech, the use of organisms to produce alternative fuels and other applications," he explained.
Current research would come to a halt, others contend. Biotechnology Industry Organization said in a friend of the court brief that invalidating the current patent law "would chill a wide range of important activities that benefit society," according to The New York Times.
Others are less convinced that the ruling will have an enormous impact, especially since the Myriad patents will expire over the next two years. Dr. James Evans, a professor of genetics and medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, told the Times that the significance of the nine justices' decision "will be much more ideological than it will be practical."
More information
The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more on genes and breast cancer.
SOURCES: Iuliana Shapira, M.D., director, cancer genetics, North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute, Lake Success, N.Y., and investigator, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y.; Barbara R. Pober, M.D., professor, medical sciences, Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn.; April 15, 2013, New York Times and Associated Press
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Several questions posed by IUP virology students during a podcast aired by This Week in Virology were read and commented on by the host, Dr. Vincent Racaniello, who is an expert of molecular biology of poliovirus.
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edge is an element used to flag a like in real time, not a previous one.
Basically you would use edge to thank the user for having just liked something via ajax or with an alert.
yeah, so how would i do it for a previous one?
You can parse the Graph API if you get permission from the user. Upside of this is working on specific pages, downside is the permission bit and code involved. I'm not sure if there's a solution that's easier for an entire site; searching around did not yield much on a direct path.
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Doing two things at once, it turns out, can actually help focus the ADHD brain on a primary task.
Experts believe that engaging in an activity that uses a sense other than what's required for your primary task — listening to music while reading a social studies textbook, for example — can enhance focus and improve performance in children with attention deficit disorder. These secondary tasks are called fidgets — mindless activities you can do while working on a primary task.
We're not talking about wriggling in your seat. Fidgeting is more intentional. It's pacing or doodling while on the phone, or chewing gum while taking a test. An effective fidget doesn't distract you from your primary task because it is something you don't have to think about.
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Rattle, Sir Simon, 1955–, British conductor, b. Liverpool, studied Royal Academy of Music, London. Originally a percussionist, he became part of the Merseyside Youth Orchestra at 11 and of the Royal Liverpool Orchestra at 15. In 1974 he became the youngest person ever to win the John Player International Conducting Competition, launching his career on the podium. From 1980 to 1998 he was the popular and critically acclaimed principal conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he transformed into a major orchestra. Known for his innovative and dynamic style and wide musical interests, Rattle also has frequently led the Glyndebourne Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He succeeded Claudio Abbado as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002.
See N. Kenyon, Simon Rattle: The Making of a Conductor (1987).
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Group of U.S. Doctors on Humanitarian Mission in Dominican Republic Robbed at Gunpoint
According to local reports in the Dominican Republic, visiting doctors on a medical mission from the US were robbed by two men on motorbikes in Santo Domingo yesterday.
The twenty doctors, who are in the country to provide dental work for poor patients had left their hotel for a stroll at around 9pm. They were then approached by one of the assailants who got off his bike, pistol in hand and told them to hand over all they had.
One of the doctors in the group, Ken Dibble from the University of Utah G3 Medical Foundation, said that they put a gun to his head and told him to hand over his watch, iPad, credit cards, money and rings and that he said he had none of those, but another member of the group had to hand over a US$3,000 camera and his backpack, according to DR1.
The doctors regretted the incident as they had been coming to the country for ten years and nothing like that had ever happened before.
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Big quake rattles Mexico, no major damage
Mexico City, March 21, 2012
A major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, unleashing panic as it damaged hundreds of buildings and caused homes in the capital to bounce like "trampolines".
Office workers fled into the street when the 7.4-magnitude quake shook Mexico City for more than a minute. Cell phone lines went down, buildings were evacuated, traffic snarled and the stock exchange had to suspend trading early.
At least 11 people were injured, the Interior Ministry said.
The quake hit hardest in the southwestern state of Guerrero, where around 800 houses were damaged, officials said. State governor Angel Aguirre said he had reports of homes being knocked down, though state authorities could not confirm this.
The tremor was one of the strongest to hit the country since the devastating 8.1-magnitude earthquake of 1985, which killed thousands in Mexico City.
Mexico's interior ministry said the country would remain on high alert for the next 24 hours after 18 aftershocks to the quake were registered. Some were above magnitude 5.
Still, no deaths were reported on Tuesday and there were major disruptions to air travel or to oil installations. But it scared many residents and temporarily cut off electricity to 2.5 million users in the capital.
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said some rails of the subway system moved as a result of the tremor while leaks at three aqueducts feeding the eastern portion of the capital would leave hundreds of thousands of homes with no water for at least a day.
Martha Suarez, an Argentine living in Mexico City's Roma neighborhood said she had never known anything like it.
"My TV set fell over, the building felt like it was on a trampoline. This one was like no other I have felt before," Suarez said, holding her little dog close.
Scores of the houses damaged were in Ometepec, a town close to the epicenter of the quake in Guerrero, the state that is home to the popular Pacific beach resort Acapulco.
In neighboring Oaxaca, 68 mud-brick houses were damaged and at least five people were injured, one of them seriously, in the area around the town of Pinotepa Nacional near the Pacific coast, local emergency services said.
Some buildings in the capital's trendy district of Condesa were cracked by the earthquake, and residents raced out of buildings with young children and dogs in their arms.
"I swear I never felt one so strong, I thought the building was going to collapse," said Sebastian Herrera, 42, a businessman from a Mexico City neighborhood hit hard in 1985.
Television images showed part of a bridge collapsed onto a vehicle on the outskirts of Mexico City. Mayor Ebrard said no one was injured and that helicopter flyovers showed there was no sign of major damage in the capital.
President Felipe Calderon also said there were no reports of serious damage, and experts said the impact did not look severe.
Eqecat, a disaster modeling company whose software is used by insurers to predict exposure to natural disasters, estimated insured losses from the quake at less than $100 million.
Felt in Guatemala
Fear gripped many Mexico City locals when the quake hit.
Caroline Kloesel, a German executive working in the Las Lomas neighbourhood, said there was a stampede when people started fleeing the eighth floor of her building.
"At some point, we got stuck and everyone started pushing. A large man had tripped (on the staircase) and fallen down. And because he was very big, they couldn't help him stand up so everyone started walking over him," she said.
Mexico City's international airport was operating normally and only a couple of flights to the United States were temporarily grounded, a spokesman said.
State oil company Pemex said all its installations on the Pacific coast were operating normally, including the country's largest 330,000-barrel-per-day capacity Salina Cruz refinery.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was magnitude 7.4 and aftershocks continued during the afternoon.
In Acapulco, schools were evacuated and some parents rushed to pick up their children, but there appeared to be no major damage to hotels or other buildings.
The White House, which has declined to confirm reports that President Barack Obama's daughter Malia was vacationing in Mexico, said the 13-year-old was safe. The quake was felt as far away as Guatemala City.
A spokesman for Mexico City's health authorities said hospitals and clinics were operating normally although some patients were evacuated from damaged buildings. – Reuters


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Florida junior pitcher Lauren Haeger was named SEC softball player of the week Monday.
Haeger set a season high with five RBI in Saturday's win over Ohio State at the weekend tournament in Orlando. She tied her season and career high with two home runs against the Buckeyes, went 7-for-17 (.412) at the plate with three walks, drove in 11 runs and went 1-0, 1.40 (1 ER / 5.0 IP) during the tournament with a five-inning win against OSU.
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Men's golf: Improving six strokes as a team on Monday, Florida shot three-under and finished the second round in ninth place (285).
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Among the teams remaining on Florida's schedule, there are five teams present in both the Brine and IWLCA rankings: No. 3/2 Syracuse, No. 4/4 Northwestern, No. 9/9 Penn State, No. 12/12 Loyola and No. 14/17 Johns Hopkins.
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- Arrival in the beautiful city of Bern
- Lunch at Riggenberg Restaurant in Bern near the historic Old Town part of the city
- Swimming in the Aare to escape the heat. The current is strong so you walk upstream and jump in. Then, you float downstream until you reach an exit point. You have to grab on to one of the bars in the water to avoid going further downstream. The water was 21C (cold but warm for Bern), and it was very refreshing. The men's changing area is basically in plain view of any passersby so that was interesting.
- Lauren and I met up around 3PM at the outside garden cafe of the Casino. It's a very nice, shady terrace overlooking the Aare and surrounding hillsides. After a brief rendezvous, we headed to the train station to buy tickets.
- We met up again for a 5:30PM apartment showing. I took a taxi from the train station to pick up Lauren at the office, and then we went to the apartment a few blocks away. The whole taxi ride was probably ~5 miles but cost ~$60. (Just one example of how outrageously expensive Switzerland is.)
- The apartment was nice and had a good layout with plenty of space (especially by Swiss standards). After a quick viewing and application pick-up, we headed back to the train station to catch the 6PM train to Interlaken-Lauterbrunnen-Murren. (Lauren applied for this apartment and was later accepted by the landlord so this will be her new home in Bern.)
- In Interlaken, we changed trains to get to Lauterbrunnen. In Lauterbrunnen, we took the Gondola to Grutschalp, and then from Grutschalp, we took another short train ride to Murren.
- Our hotel was across the street from the train station. Upon check-in, we received a free room upgrade to a superior suite. It was a rather large suite with 2 nice bathrooms, a bedroom and a large living area. The suite was on the top floor with a large balcony, and the view from the balcony was incredible. The suite was in the corner of the building and had amazing views on 3 sides.
- After wandering around the small, quaint (and car-less) village of Murren, we headed back to our hotel for a very nice dinner on the terrace.


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Departing Vanuatu for PNG
03 March 2012 | Canada
01 January 2012 | Nanaimo - San Carlos
Moving on.
06 March 2008 | Melaque
Sail away to Melaque - 19 13.08ĺN:104 42.63ĺW
29 February 2008 | Tenacatita
Dinghy surfing in Tenacatita - 19 18.03ĺN:104 50.08ĺW
23 February 2008 | Bahia de Chamela
Bahia de Chamela ľ 19 34.96ĺN:105 07.83ĺW
14 February 2008 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
La Cruz de Huanacaxtle ľ 20 44.84ĺN:105 22.51ĺW
11 February 2008 | Chacala
Chacala - 21 09.84ĺN:105 13.62ĺW
21 January 2008 | San Blas
San Blas Estuary - 21 32.47ĺN:105 17.60ĺW
15 January 2008 | Isla Isabella
21 50.56N/105 52.94W(South Harbour)
07 January 2008 | Mazatlan
Mazatlan - 23 16.30'N/106 27.28'W - Heading South!
26 December 2007
HARD Aground - La Paz (still)
17 December 2007 | La Paz, Mexico
Viva Mexico!
13 November 2007 | La Paz, Mexico
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10 November 2006 | Monterey
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03 November 2006 | Half Moon Bay
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20 June 2013 | Luganville
We are so bad at keeping up this damn blog. Oh well...having too much fun I guess.
We leave Vanuatu tomorrow - bound for the Lousiades in PNG. Weather outlook is for light winds I'm afraid, so it could be a longer passage than one would wish for. We need to be in Indonesia by the end of July in order to meet up with the Sail Indonesia rally that originates in Darwin.
Plan to stop for a day or so in Port Moresby to take on fuel, water and supplies. Hope to be able to use the facilities at the Royal Papua Yacht Club.
All is well on board and we are excited about this new leg of our voyage.
Have enjoyed Vanuatu and the volcanoes although we found it quite expensive...along with the rest of the south pacific.
03 March 2012 | Canada
New posting and not a pic in sight! WTH?
Well, it's due to the fact that the camera was the last thing on our minds when we got Jabula out of storage and into the work yard. It was a flat-out slog to get her ready for her next voyage which hopefully will begin mid March...THIS YEAR!
We spent three solid weeks ensuring she was fit and looking her best...and we believe she is.
Jeannie stocked to the gills with provisions and I worked on her hardware. She now has a beautiful new suite of sails, and new arch, resplendent with solar panels generating over 16 amps in the Mexican sun, a new battery bank, newly painted decks and generally is just itching to be back at sea.
Besides the normal preparations, we had a bit of drama when our forward water tank decided to die on us ÔÇô leaking at all its welds. I rushed to our local (Guymas) stainless steel specialist (I should call him an artist really, because that is what he is...really!), Louis Hernandez and he amazed me yet again by assuring me that he would have a new one built for me in just four days time! What a guy.
Louis is also the gentleman who built our arch, our stainless railings and a ladder that is pure art.
Let's keep this posting short. Works done. Jabula's ready, and back in the water.
And we are back in Canada tidying up loose ends before we fly back down on the 13th. Hopefully we will be away by the 15th or 16th and then we high-tail it to Costa Rica, only stopping once or twice in Mexico.
Watch this space.
Moving on.
01 January 2012 | Nanaimo - San Carlos
Bruce Quayle
It's New Years Day, 2012 and...has it really been almost FOUR YEARS since our last posting to this blog??
It just shows you how time really does fly when "stuff" happens.
Last entry we were headed to Manzanio...
Well, we got there and had a great time. Got together with our good buddies who were heading offshore (while we were to head back to the Sea of Cortez), and had a lekker farewell party, etc. Found a wonderfully secluded bay where some rays provided us with a wonderful display each day we were there - jumping high out of the water, coming down with a loud splash. Trying to clean themselves of parasites (we believe).
I can fly!
Our sail back north was relatively uneventful...and undocumented.
I'm writing this entry while sitting in our home in Nanaimo. It's winter, cold and we really should be somewhere warm. But we're not...so I guess I can at least write about warm places and update this sadly underused blog.
Dates will be sketchy, but here is a very abbreviated version:
Isla San Francisco
By May 2008, we had sailed up the Sea of Cortez to a lovely small Mexican/American town called San Carlos. It is next door to Guymas and the area has some excellent marinas...for those who can't anchor. It also has two or three dry storage areas where your boat is both well protected and safe(ish) from hurricanes and sinking.
Our sail up the east coast of the Baja was very enjoyable and we found some truly beautiful anchorages along the way. Fishing was very average, but we managed to survive. Uneventful sailing makes for a boring blog, so I shall skip the details and get to the more interesting stuff.
Honeymoon Bay
We put Jabula to bed at the Marina Seca in San Carlos. This requires your boat to be hauled out on the back of a flatbed truck at a slipway and driven about a mile and a half to the dry storage yard. There are two sections to the Marina Seca: The work yard where you are allowed to do maintenance and repairs, and the storage section where very few people are allowed to enter. The security is the best I have seen anywhere in the world, and the marina staff are very friendly and professional.
All wrapped up
We wrapped Jabula up and said our fond fairwells. Caught the bus from Guymas to Phoenix and then flew from Phoenix to Victoria. (The flights out of Guymas are silly expensive.)
Our plans were to spend a few weeks in Canada visiting with our daughters Kristin and Seleste in Victoria and then spend some time at our resort in Parksville. Come June, we left Canada for South Africa, visiting en route with our son Justin in London and other daughter Natalie in Munich.
London calling
Loved our stay in SA and spent some very relaxed weeks with friends and family and at our SA home in Port Owen on the Berg River in the Western Cape.
Port Owen...waiting for Jabula's return!
Then it was time to go again. Something wasn't quite right at the resort and Bruce felt he needed to be there.
However, we managed to pause on our way back to Canada and spend a fun-filled (hic) week with Natalie and Justin at the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Oktoberfest in Munich
November 2008 found us back in Canada - just in time for that lovely Canadian winter! Clever huh?
So.....in March 2009 we decided it was time to go sailing again!! El Salvador, here we come!
We actually drove down to San Carlos in our little 1994 Mazda 626 that we bought for $3,000. What a great little car. Did us proud and we had a surprisingly excellent journey south. Took the Redwood Highway down to San Francisco and then - just HAD to - make a stop in Las Vegas. A good time was had by all.
The stunning Grand Canyon
Jabula was well and when we opened her up, it was like we had been there just the day before. Interior was perfect and the exterior was just a little dusty. There was much work to be done and we had found an excellent stainless steel manufacturer in Guymas and hired him to build us a stailess arch and a solid stainless safety rail that was six inches higher than our existing lifeline. What a fantastic addition that rail has been! We aren't as young as we like to think we are and this rail will provide that added security for us aging sailors. (Actually I had better speak for myself or my fearsome first mate will have my guts for garters!) The arch is also an excellent addition and tidies up our stern nicely. It also provides an excellent position for our solar panels.
Jabula's new arch
It took a good 6 weeks to get everything done that was needed and then it was time to stock up for our upcoming voyage.
We were a couple of days away from launching and we got an urgent e-mail from Jeannie's family - her mom had fallen and badly damaged her hip...at 80.
They say the sailors write their plans in the sand at low tide. We could have written our plans on the wall of the local church, it wouldn't have mattered. The tsunami caused by this dangerous fall washed everything away and Jabula was quickly wrapped up and unceremoniously moved back into the storage yard...and we were on the road again, hightailing it to Canada and our flight back to SA.
Back at our house in Port Owen where Jeannie's folks were living, we had lots of work to do. Jeannie's mom was recovering nicely from her operation, but she was now confined to a wheelchair and they could no longer live on their own. They were moving up to live with Jeannie's sister in Johannesburg and we needed to prepare the house to be rented as a holiday home.
View from our home in Port Owen
Four months later we needed to get back to Canada and see how the development was coming along at the resort. So after spending a rainy winter in the Cape (!!??) we managed to arrive back in Canada...just in time for "that lovely Canadian winter"! (Sigh...) That made three winters in a row!
It was during our time in SA that hurricane Jimena paid a visit to San Carlos with winds in excess of 70mph and what was described by the manager of Marina Seca as "an obscene amount of rain". In fact San Carlos experienced something like 48 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period!
The devastated boat yard
It was reported that Jabula had 4 feet of water flowing around her keel at the worst of the flood that decimated San Carlos, Guymas and the surrounding area. Fortunately for us, Jabula was relatively undamaged. We always remove all sails, boom and other items that would cause wind drag when we leave her for any extended period of time.
But the "real" damage wasn't caused by wind or flood....(more on this later).
Then, in November, 2009 we were back in wintery Canada, and it appeared that we might be there for some time. We had business to attend to and El Salvador was just a name in an atlas.
2010 arrived. Last year of my fifties! Ouch.
...boring business...boring business...boring business...
Then it was time to get back to Jabula. So when, in early October Natalie arrived for a visit, we decided to take her with us down to Mexico for a "holiday". Little did any of us know at that point just how that holiday would unfold. Remember the hurricane I mentioned?
We rented a nice two-bedroom flat in San Carlos and had Jabula retrieved from the storage yard so that we could get her cleaned up and ready her for her upcoming voyage to...you guessed it...El Salvador!
We were also hoping that said cleanup would happen quickly. All the serious work had already been done and we were just going to dust her down, put some paint on her and get her back in the water for a bit of a sail before Natalie had to head back to Europe.
We hadn't seen Jabula for over a year. She looked dirty, but aside from her wind sensor on top of the mast that blew over during the hurricane, appeared perfect. But stepping below after opening the hatch was like stepping into a scene from the movie District 9! There were cockroaches EVERYWHERE!
Picture hundreds of these...
Worse than that, there was cockroach poo EVERYWHERE! In fact there was cockroach poo to a depth of ┬Ż centimeter on the floorboards. Jeannie was in tears and I felt totally overwhelmed. It appeared that the humidity during the hurricane caused our cans of food to rust and burst.
Every food locker looked like this!!!
And once one went, they all went. Something like $2,000 of food was spoiled (Remember...we had just stocked up for an extended voyage just before our emergency call from the family) and it had created cockroach heaven!
...Four weeks later Jabula was back to her shiny, sparkling, sweet smelling and cockroach-free self thanks to the unbelievable efforts of the Queen of Clean and her trusty assistant Princess Buff. The skipper managed to busy himself with "boat stuff" and was spared most of the really disgusting, unspeakable and soul-sapping cleanup.
We wrapped Jabula up (again) in November and headed back to Canada...wondering just where the hell El Salvador went!
More business rubbish and we decided that my erstwhile business partner would never see the light and therefore it would be best to force a sale of the resort. We eventually managed to persuade said partner to buy us out. Yippee!! Free at last...well, sort of.
It was then 2011, and soon Jeannie's folks were to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Of course we were expected to attend, and 'of course' this fell in the South African winter...so off we went...winter-to-winter (yet again) and spent 4 months in SA. Fortunately it turned out to be a mild winter and the "blessed event" was an enjoyable one. It was a wonderfully eventful trip actually as Justin and his girlfriend, Victoria, got engaged while they were visiting us in Port Owen. Great excitement in the Quayle family!
In October we arrived back in Canada to finalise the plans for our upcoming voyage. Besides the sundry equipment purchases we needed to make, Jeannie has been canning ground beef and dehydrating onions.
So now it's 2012 and we actually believe that we will in fact manage to set off on our long intended voyage across the Pacific.
We have decided to give El Salvador and surrounds a miss and are planning to sail directly to Costa Rica, giving the gulf of Tehuantepec a wide berth. We hope to do a final stock-up there and then head out first for Cocos Island (our third visit) and then on to the Galapagos Islands.
That's it for now...as if it's not enough. Update to come from Mexico in February or March.
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