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LANE COVE RIVER KAYAKERS
2022 Harbourseries
PNSW Harbour Series page
2022 Event Rules (PDF)
The Harbour Racing Series offers paddlers new to open water unique courses in the lower risk racing environment of enclosed harbour and lake waters. Long courses are generally between 14 and 18kms, while short courses are between 8 and 12kms.
The 2022 series will run on the first weekend of the month between May and October.
Race 1 - Pittwater Challenge, Sunday 1st May
Race 2 - The Iron Cup, Sunday 5th June
Race 3 - Newy Harbour Classic, Sunday 3rd July
Race 4 - Dolls Point Classic, Sunday 7th August
Race 5 - Brisbane Waters Open, Saturday 3rd September
Race 6 - Hacking Classic, Saturday 1st October
Harbour Series Results
[[ https://www.webscorer.com/seriesresult?seriesid=278957|Harbour Series Results (webscorer)]]
Hacking Classic - 1 Oct 2022
Results via webscorer
Race 6 of the 2022 PaddleNSW Harbour Racing Series was on Saturday 1st October 2022 - Gunnamatta Bay, Cronulla NSW 2226 - Hosted by Cronulla Sutherland Kayak Club.
Newy Harbour Classic - 25 Sep 2022 (take 2!)
Results (via Webscorer)
600+ Pix on PNSW Flickr
Race briefing (PDF)
Drone coverage of course on Youtube - Impressed!
Race 3 (Take 2) of the 2022 PaddleNSW Harbour Racing Series was the Newy Harbour Classic, hosted by Newy paddlers on Sunday 25 Sep 2022 – Carrington Beach, Tully Drive, Carrington NSW
Above: Results for LCRKers
Brisbane Water Open - 3 Sep 2022
PNSW Flickr Pix
Thanks for being a part of this year's Brisbane Water Open, Race 5 of the 2022 PNSW Harbour Series on Saturday 3 September 2022. A shortened course on a rainy day - with lots of happy paddlers!
Dolls Point Classic - 13 Aug 2022
Race report - from Andrew Pratley
Individuals and groups that pursue a specific outcome are naturally more successful than those that spread their time and energy around. What's rare is for a successful partnership to form between different people or groups. It's not because people don't see the value in other ideas; it's more likely because we find it hard to give up control. Whilst we might understand that 'what got you here may not get you there', it's easier to believe in your ideas than others.
Partnerships are not a natural formation. Almost every aspect of society is hierarchical, from education to employment. The student knows they will never be equal to their teacher. The staff member will never be equal to their boss. In the sport, where this paradigm could be broken, we choose captains of teams to create a hierarchy when it doesn't need to exist.
For partnerships between individuals and groups to succeed, the two parties must be confident enough to be open to someone else's ideas. Counterintuitively, the weaker party dominates a partnership, ultimately making it fail. The better (or more competent) person is often the weaker party, which goes back to the earlier point, the more successful you've been, the less likely you'll trust outside ideas. How could someone else know more than me when I've been so successful?
In art and business, the failure of partnerships is described as 'creative differences'. In athletics and sports, it's dropping someone because you found a better individual and don't understand the concept of building a team. Teams of two people are the embodiment of a partnership model. There is nowhere to hide. If there is a problem, there is only one person to blame.
Sports involving a net seem to be unique to the two-person partnership model (tennis, badminton, volleyball), which requires the team to work together to succeed. In all of these sports, the goal is to anticipate each other. The best teams are often composed of different people who individually never achieve the same level of success. For example, few top 10 tennis players win a doubles grand slam. Conversely, the people that do win doubles grand slams you wouldn't know. Formula 1 is the antithesis of the partnership model; the team members actively compete against each other. Cycling sits somewhere between the two extremes.
Kayaking is akin to lumberjacking (called loggersports (see Wikipedia), or as I just made up, wood sports) in that success is a product of staying in sync and minimising errors over a long period. You can never make up for a missed stroke; all you can do is try to avoid them. In both sports, technique matters more than raw power. Maybe the Doubles Cup could be extended to include a two-person sawing competition on the athletics field in 2023...?
Above: lumberjacking (single blade)...
On Saturday night, Naomi and I saw Taikoz on stage with Ensemble Offspring and Waangenga Blanco. The arts arguably pioneered partnerships between individuals and have refined the approach. I would imagine at some point, two people with different styles, possibly no common language, drew on a wall to capture a scene or event. That's evolved to what we see today, or in our case, Saturday night. The challenge is for a genuine partnership, not a master and subservient relationship. A partnership doesn't mean equality of outcome; it's equality (and respect) of ideas. The metaphor of a dance between two people seems apt in this context as Taikoz (drummers) performed with Waangenga Blanco (dancer) to capture a moment of historical significance.
As we rounded the top buoy on Sunday, the wind came across us; our doubles partnership was evident. Over the race's first half, we'd progressively moved up through the field from somewhere in the middle to behind the front group.
Four weeks ago, if you'd seen us out on Sunday in the rain on Lane Cove River for our first doubles paddle, few could have imagined us pushing at the front of a race. Even more unlikely a harbour series race, given the event seemed to suit neither of us. As was evident to everyone (fortunately only three others) on the river on that fateful Sunday, my stroke was abysmal. Using a paddle a few inches too short wasn't helping. Dropping my shoulders, having an uneven catch, poor rotation, and no foot drive seems to capture all the errors you can make. I am sure I had more, and even Tony probably thought, at some point, I might stop pointing out the problems. That or he wanted to give someone else a chance to get a word in. No one would have anticipated that we'd be close to the front group less than a month later in only our second paddle in the V10 double. For those not there after the AGM, I recounted what was said to me as we exited the pontoon (having reached 14.5km/hr in the V10) "Your technique is not as terrible as I thought it would be." That confidence inspiring pep talk ensured that neither of us went into the race with any expectations.
Naomi has crafted a technically perfect stroke on rivers in fast, tippy K boats. Then extended the distance to hold this effort. I spent 2021 by myself outside the heads in the worst weather I could find, battling to stay upright and overcome my fear of the water (the latter never happened). I just got used to 3m breaking waves in 20kn+ winds. Paddling along the cliff line, I knew that one missed stroke might result in me not coming home. Once you make peace with this, there's less to be scared of. I'd rarely see another person on a ski, and there were many days when I didn't see any vessels. On more than one occasion, as I was heading out, all the boats came back in, and I wondered if this was a sign I couldn't see. I was never interested in racing; my goal was to be self-sufficient and survival.
Returning to the race, all the advice, feedback, corrective action and kind words (?) started to be seen in conditions that suited me. Doubles skis are inherently more challenging to paddle well than singles due to the nature of the conditions and having to work with your partner. To paddle a ski well, you must trust the boat will hold its line. In a double, you also have to trust your partner. I brought my knowledge to the team for the first time on the water together. When Naomi was tentative, I was able to set a cadence we could both stay at and not lose any distance to the singles. By being in the front, I made decisions about our line, when to make the catch, and, occasionally, some helpful feedback.
To those watching from the outside, we might seem a strange pairing. The newest member to the club (lapsed multiple times but returning) with the best female paddler in the club. My early time trial results didn't indicate any great potential. Fortunately, these were probably overlooked. What couldn't be seen is our commitment to being open to ideas. I re-joined LCRK because I realised my technique was non-existent, and I had no desire to race. By turning up on a Wednesday night, I was forced to change how I viewed a sport I'd made into an endurance activity. Why not ask to paddle with someone who is technically excellent? It's strange to be on the water without multiple dry bags of food and clothes. I can't speak on behalf of Naomi, but I can guess that she might see the potential in someone who considers a 200km bike an easy day and, after six months of going to a gym, lifts weights that not many people get to after a few years. Maybe there is something to having a high level of endurance and strength in kayaking.
Rounding the final buoy and heading into the wind for the final four kilometres, we settled in behind the two single skis we'd been with during the crosswind. The right strategic decision was to conserve energy, sit on the wash, and try to be in the race at the end. Having done a lot of work in the race's first half, there was little to be gained in fighting to get to the front. Whilst we could sit comfortably on the back, pushing out into the wind, showed that for all the improvement we'd made, there's still a lot more to go as we couldn't get past the single skis. Had we held on in the last 500m, we probably could have come fifth as the skis surged and raced each other to the line, oblivious to us only seconds back.
I think the defining feature of a successful partnership is that both individuals or groups become a slightly different version of themselves but don't lose their identity. As we rode home after the race (the only people to come via bike), our lives diverged. Naomi spent the afternoon at music practice; I went to the gym. Back in our worlds, I doubt the people we were with could imagine the fun we'd had that morning. Four weeks ago, I wouldn't have attended a performance at the Seymour Centre on a Saturday night, and Naomi wouldn't have ridden out to a kayaking race.
As we left the city on Sunday morning to head south, the soft hues of the sky were slowly fading to make way for a bright, brilliant winter day. Dolls Point is arguably the beach in Sydney that best represents the metaphor of bringing different people together without losing their identity. There's no other beach in Sydney that's as culturally diverse. The same stretch of sand with people racing high-end skis had women in hijabs carrying hookahs down to the sand. Dolls Point seemed an apt location for our first race together.
On a personal note, it was nice to contribute to the club, LCRK coming equal first on points (Mark Hempel came 5th, and we were 7th). This result could only happen because the club believes in partnerships with its members. Few other clubs would make hiring club equipment so easy and accessible. That's the work of many people over many years - all of whom I'd like to thank. The result of this is we were able to go out and represent the club and just happened to do okay in our first race together.
Above: paddling in symphony...
Naomi Johnson
I have a policy of saying yes when people ask me to paddle doubles, on the basis one never knows where it might lead. At worst – and honestly, I've yet to find that worst – you can have a laugh at the BBQ about a boat that just won't sit flat or run straight, and at best there is that fabulous feeling of two bodies working in a way that is somehow greater than the sum of the individual parts.
Andrew and I have 'doubled up' a few times in the last month, choosing the club Cobra with me in the front for flatwater paddling and gradually refining technique and timing over a timetrial, a Saturday squad and a very wet Sunday morning session. Our quick pre-AGM spin in the club V10 double – this time with Andrew in the front to keep the nose down – confirmed that we could get it running over 14kph in a flatwater sprint but gave no inkling of how we might fare in the harbour conditions of Dolls Point.
My expectations of Botany Bay course choppiness were based on the 20 Groynes race way back in January, which were interesting enough to ensure full concentration but never really outside my comfort zone. With over 40 boats in our start, Andrew managed to park us between some crash hot single skis. Off went the siren and, somehow, we were in with the mix of the initial sprint, just missing out on Dave and Suzi's wash and rounding the first pink buoy with plenty of serious competition. Any thoughts of settling in and cruising were quickly dashed, with both of us itching to work our way up the field. We managed to relax the stroke just a bit from Andrew's super-enthusiastic rate to something I felt was sustainable and powerful. Chop was manageable, we had the glint of cool winter sun on the water and the thrill of the race increased as we caught Mark, then Kieran on the way up to the top turn.
Rounding the top turn, with a 4km run alongside the main airport runway and my learning curve for the day began. What had been a pleasant tailwind was now buffeting us diagonally from the side, drawing up a swell made me want to sit still and brace. Andrew had other ideas, if anything increasing the intensity of his effort to catch the guys just in front, while casually shouting "put the power down" and even "timing" over his shoulder!
Lesson 1: Trust, trust that a ski will move and feel different to K1, especially when there are two people in it. Trust that I'm unlikely to be the one to tip it in when the guy in the front has 30kgs on me, and that it's still better to keep moving forwards. Trust that someone who goes on solo paddling adventures outside the heads might feel totally at home in the 'relatively' benign chop of Botany Bay.
Lesson 2: Open the venturi! By the time we rounded final turn buoy and headed for home I was sitting in a bucket mostly full or water. Enough said?
The final back to Doll's Point was a push into both waves and headwind. Andrew tucked us neatly in behind Mark Hempel and Jamie McCrudden from Illawarra, with Mark on the front and doing most of the work. I was beginning to feel the race in a way that I wouldn't 12kms into a flatwater marathon, and tried to focus on rotation, power and timing while watching my mostly submerged feet turn a little purple. Despite some pushes to pass Mark and Jamie, and intermittent returns to Andrew's super-enthusiastic stroke rate, we couldn't quite match the singles in the final kilometre home. Seventh overall still had me grinning ear-to-ear, with heart rate thumping from the effort.
Lesson 3: Always say yes to doubles. They're fun and exhilarating, and one never knows where the partnership might lead!
And a massive thanks to Kieran for transporting the boat, paddles and lifejackets. It's fabulous to be part of such a supportive and enthusiastic club.
Results for LCRKers and regular TTers
Iron Cup - 5 June 2022
~300 event pix on PNSW Flickr
Location: Salton Reserve, St George's Crescent, Drummoyne NSW
Early Bird entries close Monday 30 May, final entries close Wednesday 1 June
Race 2 of the 2022 PaddleNSW Harbour Racing returns to Drummoyne for The Iron Cup, hosted by Pacific Dragons.
Race Check-in: 7am to 8:15am
Briefing via email and on-site (Covid permitting) at 7:50am
Race Start:
8:25am Division 1 – Open Long Course (Wave 1)
8:27am Division 2 – Intermediate Long Course (Wave 2)
8:30am Divisions 3 & 4 – Short Course (Inc SUP) (Wave 3)
Pittwater Challenge 29 Apr 2022 REPORT
Results - via webscorer
Tingira Challenge. 9th April 2022 REPORT
from Tim Hookins
Event photos (by Snakey)
After weeks of rain and the event being delayed by a week because of bad weather, Saturday dawned with a bit of sunshine and a lot of shiny happy faces at the Tingira Reserve, Rose Bay. The ever-present Rozanne Green was there to direct people to registration in the Yacht clubhouse where, breaking with tradition, they were handing out lucky door prizes at the beginning, not at the presentation. Good thinking!
There was a briefing on the sandy flat in front of the start buoys but when the short course starting hooter went no-one moved. The competitors had to be shooed off like chicks scared to leave the nest! The course started from in front of the Tingira Reserve to the seaward side of Shark Island and then clockwise around the buoys to near Watsons Bay. The turn was at Village Point in front of Parsley Bay at the outer mark and then home. Same for the long course but the long course paddlers had to turn round a buoy in front of the start/finish line and then go directly back to Village Point for a second lap. There were quite good little runs from Bottle and Glass Point back into Rose Bay and people riding those managed to get a little advantage there.
Our first boat home was Dave Coward paddling the double with Suzie Rhydderch. They were 8th home in a time of 1:09:14 just 2 minutes and 42 seconds behind Casey Haynes the winner. Young Casey paddles at Wollongong and is ripping things up this season. To illustrate how good Dave and Suzie's effort was, they were ahead of John Diggin who has won the event in previous years and the evergreen Tommy Woodriff. Both these two are paddling really well this year.
Above: Dave and Suzie round the turn. Photo - Snakey
The results for some may have been affected by the Watsons Bay ferry which hooted and stopped a group of the Long Course paddlers. They just had to stop and let the ferry through. Then of course there were those that tried to get the wash ride of the ferry!
Our first single once again was Mark Hempel who was 16th overall in a time of 1:12:40 just 6 minutes 12 seconds behind the winner. Next from Lane Cove was Peter Conway in 33rd position and Ben Hackett 37th out of 71 long course finishers. Then was Tim Hookins in 64th place in a time of 1:30:45. Tim managed to come in ahead of 7 other paddlers and was second in the over 60s category.
The short course featured our Jeff Collins who came in 9th in a time of 44 minutes and 36 seconds. He probably deserved to be higher up the order except that a bunch of Shark Island Paddlers including Jezza Spear elected to do the short course because they were managing the event!
Above: Jeff positions himself for the SOH and SHB. Photo - Snakey
There were twenty finishers in the short course. The short courses of events like this and the Mosman Marathon are excellent opportunities to get your ski out in the open water and extend your skills especially if you are a bit apprehensive of progressing beyond the river.
Another improvement to the series made by the Shark Island Paddlers was the dropping of the "Intermediate" course entries. Everyone doing the long course was in the same result section. This is the way it should be. The Intermediates have done exactly the same course as the Open Paddlers.
The event now features a lot of silverware trophies and sponsorship prizes which were distributed to grateful paddlers. The Shark Island Paddlers including people like Rozanne Green, Jezza Spear and many others were out there in force and ran the event impeccably. Our thanks to them.
Mosman Marathon - 26 Feb 2022 REPORT
Race Report by Tim Hookins
The rain was pelting down in the hours before the start but that wasn't going to deter the 153 entrants to the Mosman Marathon held in perfect but very rainy conditions. The start was at about 8am on Saturday 26th February at Middle Harbour Yacht Club.
With the rain pouring down the briefing was held in the new Sandbar restaurant of the yacht club and the paddlers were sent on their way in three starts: First the 20k intermediates including all types of craft, then the 20k open and finally the 10k short course paddlers. All starts included the doubles.
See attached short and long course maps. The start was a belter across to Grotto Point, round Washaway Beach to Dobroyd Head and then across to Middle Head. This was where the less experienced started to slow down! The chop and sideways swell made the flat-water paddlers grit their teeth and concentrate for a few kilometres until they got beyond Georges Head. Then flat-water specialists got ahead on the flat up to a buoy just before Bradley's Head. Then back the same way. Those comfortable in the chop had their revenge once again between Middle Head and Dobroyd Head as they were able to ride the chop and sideways waves. By the time we finished the rain was gone and it all seemed as though it had never been there.
Above: Short course
There were quite a few doubles who came in early. Our James Harrington partnered up with Bruno Colos to come in third across the line in a time of 1:24:07, four minutes and 20 seconds behind the winners. The first single ski was John Diggin, known to many in Manly-Warringah as a taciturn but competitive paddler.
Once again our Mark Hempel was the quickest from Lane Cove. He came in 14th out of 96 who did the long course. Mark's performance out in the rougher stuff is constantly improving. Next from Lane cove was Craig Hutchinson in a time of 1:37:50, then Craig Macfarlane 1:40:24. David Young and Allison Bilbow modestly entered in the intermediate division and came in in the very acceptable time of 1:42:00. They of course won the intermediate division but would still have been 34th out of 72 in the open division.
Peter Conway came in next in a time of 1:43.55 followed by Don Johnstone in 1:48.40 and Tim Hookins rounded off the Lane Cove contribution in a time of 1:54:34. You might think this was a slow time, but Tim was ahead of 20 other paddlers.
Also in the mix were some mixed doubles (LCRKers and friends!) including Suzie Rhydderch and Dave Coward 1:27:59 and Jeff Collins 21st in the short course in a double with Tracey Work in 53:35.
The atmosphere of the event was very upbeat especially at the presentation by Ed who is one of the Sydney Harbour Surfski Club coaches among other things. The SHSC folk are a rowdy lot and the organisation led by Luke Hordern put on a seamless event in difficult circumstances. The race was jointly hosted by SHSC and Manly Warringah Kayak Club. Peter Grimes the President of MWKC and Luke Hordern of SHSC were the joint race directors. Vaikobi race gear were the sponsors of the event and handed out a lot of cool gear featuring their new sunglasses as lucky door prizes.
Last week I forgot to mention Tom Burke, a new member of Lane Cove who took 18th spot at the Bridge to Beach in a time of 53 minutes and 48 seconds. This put him in 111th spot overall in a very competitive field and only about 4 minutes behind Mark Hempel our Lane Cove leader. Well done Tom!
Above: Long Course
Above: Don Johnstone photo: Allan Coker
Above: Pete Conway photo: Allan Coker
Above: Tim Hookins photo: Allan Coker
Above: David Young/Allison Bilbow photo: Allan Coker
Bridge to Beach - 20 Feb 2022 REPORT
Race website incl results, pix
The 2022 Manly Wharf Bridge to Beach Race was held last Sunday 20th Feb on a glorious sunny morning with a light breeze blowing in the paddlers faces as they paddled down Sydney Harbour.
The race, featuring 351 skis, sups, paddleboards and a kayak, started in Kirribili Bay at just after 8am with nine paddlers from Lane Cove competing. The course took us round Bradley's Head, past Middle Head and finished on the little beach of Manly Wharf.
Our quickest was Mark Hempel who came in 51st overall but a very creditable seventh in the highly competitive over 50 men's ski class in a time of 49 minutes 24 seconds. Our next was David Young who came 10th in the over 60s and in 169th overall in a time of 56 minutes and 39 seconds.
The water was pretty calm with some nice little ripples starting from Georges Head that could be run down every now and then.
It was an event attended by the best ocean paddlers in Australia, many of them travelling from Queensland where they all seem to have congregated on the Gold Coast. The winner of the Open Men's ski was Tom Norton who hails from Tassie in a time of 42.26 followed by young local Luke Morrison, 43.03, and third was world surfski champion Cory Hill in a time of 43.10. He was quite unfazed at being beaten into third spot.
The quickest in the Open Women's class was Danielle McKenzie in a time of 46.29, only 4 minutes slower than the winning men's single. She came in 21st overall!
Jeff Bannerman called out to me just before the start saying he had been out on the harbour but has not been seen at Lane Cove for a few years. He came in 174th but 43rd in the men's open in a time of 56.49.
Naomi Johnstone put in a gritty 57.56 to come in 8th in the Open women and 199th overall. She was followed one second later by Liberty and Matt Blundell, Team Pro-Kayaks, in a mixed double in 57.57. They were in 199th and 200th places respectively.
Don Johnstone came in in 58.43, in 211th overall and 166th in the men's ski open class. Next was Tim Hookins in 60.47 followed by Tom Simmat in 68.41. Tim and Tom were 2nd and 3rd respectively in the over 70s category, both podiumites.
Also in the fray was Peter Fitzgerald 41st in double with Dave Smurf Smith 48:44 (7th double), Tom Burke 110th 53:48, Justin Ryan 118th 54:15.
The race was run by Dean Gardiner of Oceanpaddler supporting the FragileX association. It is a great event for starting ocean or harbour racing, shortish, and with a lot of rescue boats looking on.
Tom, Tim & Pete Langley
Palm Beach Pursuit
600+ pix on Flickr - Geoff Horsnell
Race report - anyone?
Cockatoo & Cupcake Cup - 26 Jan
20 Groynes - Sun 9 Jan 2022
Facebook event photos - courtesy Dolls Point Paddlers
I've decided that 2022 is the year of living dangerously, at least in terms of my paddling and choppy water. I want to try some new races and new experiences, with the only caveat being that I'll need to borrow a ski each time. With this in mind, I told Gareth Stokes from Sutherland Shire that of course I'd be up for the 20 Groynes on Sunday 9th January…as long as he could organise me a boat! A race whose policy is "Arrive – Paddle – Beer – Leave" looked like a great start to the 2022 season.
The event challenges solo paddlers or teams to complete as many laps of a 4km Botany Bay circuit as possible in four hours, paddling parallel to the beach and past a number of the bay's iconic groynes. Needless to say, groyne humour was a key part of the day, with fastest solo male and female paddlers awarded King and Queen of the Groynes, and one of the SSCC relay teams naming themselves 'Unused Groynes'.
Doll's Point at 7:15am on the day was a tad overcast, with a certain blusteriness to the wind and water that looked choppy rather than terrifying. I elected to paddle Gareth's V10L, having previously borrowed them from Alanna and Rich for various harbour and Hawkesbury paddles. While most paddlers were heading out on some form of ski, Jason Han was gearing up to paddle an OC1 and Gareth had accepted the challenge to do one lap of the course in a K1! Thoughts of a Le Mans-style start where paddlers have to run to the water with their boat were quickly scrapped, and we all sat in the shallows waiting for the starting horn.
A little pack confusion about direction on the initial lap saw Mike McKeogh from Cronulla Sutherland gain an early advantage by heading immediately left towards the bay, while the rest of the field seemed to be heading out first before a sharp turn. Not that any of us were going to catch Mike anyway! Gareth was surprisingly not far behind, making the conditions look very easy indeed in his regular marathon K1. A little behind, I rounded the first Groyne chasing some other skis and trying to settle into the messy chop.
Up to the yellow buoy, around and back into the headwind, I soon realised that I wasn't at risk of falling in, but that this paddle was going to be a lot more tiring than 30-odd kms at Lane Cove in my K1. Just exceeding 10kph in one direction, the way back was looking demoralizingly like a maximum speed of 8kph if that. I resolved that maintaining a steady rhythm that didn't try to put too much power into any one stroke was key. Stanna, stationed on a ski beside the first groyne, was snapping artsy pictures with a camera held low down to the water while also cheering us all through the lap. I reminded him the wind was supposed to die down as the day progressed – "you're not the first person to say that" came the reply.
My second realisation was that dealing with food packaging is a little different to on flatwater. The apricot bar that I decided to tuck into about 2hrs in (I probably should have thought about eating earlier) was not to be accessed while sitting out in the waves, and I ended up taking an impromptu pit stop on the beach with a view through to the relay change-overs. Gareth sidled up in the third boat I'd seen him paddle for the day to ask if I was ok, promptly advocating for pulling off for a beer if I was in any way inclined. Kathleen, who had been completing laps just a tad slower than I was and was also paddling solo, sidled past, so soggy apricot bar it was to fuel the catch.
The final hour and a half were tougher going; I certainly hadn't eaten consistently enough and was starting to feel a tad nauseous from either the chop or my focus on rock solid core engagement. Thankfully, it looked like everyone else was feeling it too because the 'well done-s' and 'keep it up-s' each time one boat passed another were definitely on the rise. Coming up the back end of my final lap, I realised Mike was trying to squeeze yet another one in, but thankfully I really didn't have the time!
I managed 32kms in 3h48, earning me the auspicious Queen of the Groynes 2022 trophy and title, and a very welcome beer! While I was in bed by 7pm that evening, the race was a fab start to broadening my paddling horizons in 2022, and it would be great to see more LCRK paddlers taking on the challenge next year. SSCC and Doll's Point Paddlers run an event with just the right combination of challenge and fun (and beer), never take themselves too seriously, and are generous with their boats and encouragement alike.
Above: Amongst royalty - King & Queen of the Groynes
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WE ALL SAY AMEN!!
February 11, 2014 Princess Okechukwu
Sometimes, little details matter. Well, most times they do- but we love the big details that we push the little details aside. Those little stories, little histories- now meaningless to us because everyone is grown up; actually they matter. Little details have been used to dispossess, to prove a point, to malign. To humanise and sadly to dehumanise. Aha! Didn't the lion, the great king of the forest cry to the little rat for help when he was caught in the net-trap of the hunter? Remember that story from the children's book? Although the witty tortoise was my favourite character, I remember that lion-rat story because of the strength of the little. Try bumping your little toe against a stone, if the excruciating pain doesn't remind you that the little toe is as important as the big head.
Little stories can break the dignity of a people. They can repair that same broken dignity. They can form an opinion, that lasts, at least the basic fragments of it still stays alive once the wear and tear of life kicks in. Sometimes, one remembers those little stories, experiences that formed my own version of religious consciousness. Shaped by experiences, now little stories. No, we do not need Ogbeni's new law of religious dressing in public schools to value, respect and understand the religious- and yet not to take it seriously. Or the over zealous law enacted by someone wearing trousers, banning ladies from doing so; there were other forms of religious consciousness. I remember always looking forward to Sallah meat during the Muslim holiday. A stream of it would come throughout the two days- fried, cooked, roasted, toasted- each neighbour and friend in a silent battle to outdo themselves in the amount of food they will bring. Of course we would 'retaliate back', during Easter and Christmas, but that was not the point. The point was sharing, was friendship, was giving- that was religious consciousness.
Of course, all days weren't about food and meat. I remember the groups we formed when the 'owners' of the State Water Board choose to 'withhold' the water supply. And we would go looking for water, like hunters searching for game in the wild forest. Instinctively, our first port of call was the marbled mosque close to the house. Okay, not so close, but close enough. I can't remember what I liked most- the graciousness of the men that opened the taps for us or the marble architectural design of the mosque exterior or the chatter of football and school work we engaged in- I can't seem to remember exactly. It was fun for me then, that was my own version of religious consciousness. Of admiration, respect and ideas. You see, it was that way.
Or Mr Friday, whom we had to, in understanding, always reschedule a volunteer meeting from Saturday to Friday evening because of he was of the Seventh Day Adventist. At that time- I remember- I couldn't fathom why a Christian choose to be odd, while the rest of us, wore the best of clothes available on Sunday. I remember trying to find out why; I was given a long-winded answer that seemed like an extension to the question, than an answer- so I stopped the questions. I remember always coming back home late on Friday evenings from school, because of the loudspeaker from the nearby mosque never wanted to be friends with me on Friday afternoons. I understood and changed my schedule, reading in school till late. Once that started, I settled into a routine and it was perfect. That was religious consciousness.
In the end, like the Igbos say, 'Ekpere niile bere n'Amen'. All prayers end in Amen. The essence of true religion is righteousness. We all say Amen. Isn't it said that, better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof? If 'Amen' is said at the end- which every religion will agree- doesn't that mean that, there is space for everyone? The understanding of this- that is religious consciousness. But you see, simple things when given to man, appear to be the most complicated of things. To the fat, chubby, bloated stomach Nigerian politician (okay, not all of them fit this description), religious consciousness isn't what I have seen, but something else. Like ensuring that the main concern of pupils and students isn't their books, but their dressing. Like provoking the 'other side' to, in a dash, arrange for masquerades to come as 'teachers' to the school as if that was what was lacking. Like provoking strong responses and verbal bellicosity from another side. Somalia- it started this way, a brand of religious consciousness, then what it is today. And sadly, one is unfolding before our very eyes.
But, in the end- we all say, Amen. What is held as sacrosanct to us- that very thing- all seem to speak in recognisable languages to themselves. And perhaps offer a laughter- or a smirk of pity- to us, as we choose strange ways of exhibiting religious consciousness. They listen to each other, and agree on some compromise, refusing the violence that come with a show of superiority. But we chose not to listen. The politicians refuse to believe that and covertly or without covert, use those very quotes, ideals, inclination to turn things- to their favour, while we somehow accept them. But my brother, there is space for everyone. The religions agree on that, hence they all say amen- hoping that some day we realise that, we all say amen. Amen. Similarities. Space. That is religious consciousness.
Okechukwu Okorie.
2 thoughts on "WE ALL SAY AMEN!!"
jeffiyaro says:
'There is space for everyone'. I picked that out and I've been pondering on that.
Indeed! there is space for everyone….

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« HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 4(4) Summer 1999
Annual Report 1998-1999 »
Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Legal and Ethical Issues
By aidslaw | Published: September 1, 1999
Seven priority issues have been analyzed:
What is the impact of the current legal status of drugs and drug use on efforts to prevent HIV infection among injection drug users and on the provision of care, treatment, and support to drug users with HIV/AIDS? What are alternatives to the current legal regime on drugs and drug use? What legal and ethical issues are raised?
What legal and ethical issues arise in circumstances in which illegal drug use is permitted in the course of providing health care and social services – primary health care, community clinics, pharmacy services, residential care, palliative care, housing services – to drug users?
Is it legal and ethical to make cessation of drug use a condition for treatment of a drug user? Is it legal and ethical to withhold antiretroviral drugs from HIV-positive drug users?
What legal and ethical issues arise in the context of prescribing opiates and controlled stimulants to drug users in Canada?
What legal and ethical issues are raised by (a) the absence of clinical trials on the impact of illegal drugs on the immune system; (b) the absence of research on the interactions between HIV/AIDS drugs and illegal drugs; and (c) the exclusion of drug users from clinical trials involving HIV/AIDS drugs?
What are the legal and ethical grounds for ensuring that health-care providers, drug users, and the general public have accurate and complete information on illegal drugs and their effects?
What legal and ethical considerations should be taken into account when implementing needle exchange and methadone maintenance programs directed at reducing the harms from drug use?
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Who is the rap artist Gansta Marcus? Many know nothing of him. In September 14, 2006 while Gansta Marcus was working in a packaging factory, a call was dispatched to the Lima Fire Department of a breaking and entering with fire damages in place. Where the Lima Fire Department arrived on the scene, they found 742 W. Wayne st upstairs and middles compartment in blaze.
The home was vacant and appeared to have been completely remolded and for sale though a real estate agent. They home was valued at 55,000 dollars with losses of 35,000 in damages. Home listed for sale had no insurance or any bank leans against it. With many friends and enemies in Lima, Ohio because he had a rising name throughout the streets and local political figure, he always felt as if he was a target.
With talks of a promotion deal in the air, Gansta Marcus settled for what he had left invested, looked at the people that was left around him, and told them it will get worst before it get better, but I shall return. Packed his family and bags, dropped a few tears, and haven't looked back.


Lena Elizabeth is a singer/songwriter based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, writing songs influenced by folk storytelling with a voice rooted in the blues. The youngest in a household full of musicians, she succeeds in blending old and new influences to create a Pop/Roots sound that is approachable across generations.
Lena Elizabeth released her first full length album, "Get It Right", on November 29th, 2018. After the successful release of her debut EP, "The Line", Lena has taken her music to the next level with this new record. "Get It Right" is a story of self acceptance, anxiety, anger, relationships (good and bad) and through it all, finding home. Through this journey you will hear the same strong voice of Lena Elizabeth with even more confidence and attitude.
Joining her again on this album are her bandmates: Taylor Donskey (upright bass), Jeff Krause (guitar), and Daniel Staddon (drums).
Listen to the album in the sections below... "Get It Right" is also available on Spotify, Apple music, and all your favorite streaming services. Thanks for listening!


Retevis Sponsored the Radio club East Lancs Radio Club to attend the radio exhibition on 29th,April.
This Exhibition was held at the Norbreck Castle Hotel Exhibition Centre in Blackpool.
Retevis sponsored the prizes for this club, the first prize is Ailunce HD1, congratulation to this ham to win this radio.
Thanks to Peter Martin, he done a good job for us, made the leaflets, the Retevis Flag. Also took the pictures and winners to us, thanks very much!
The club East Lancs Radio Club GX4ELR also win Club Stand at NARSA RALLY because their stand was packed with interesting projects. Also thanks to RSGB Chairman, Ian Shepherd, G4EVK who agreed to judge the club stand competition. He was very impressed with several club stands, but at the end, he deemed East Lancs Radio Club to be the worthy winners.
Retevis is very happy to do more things like the radio rally, ham fest! Also with the same goal with radio club to improve this hobby of amateur radios, and want more and more people to know the amateur radios.


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ThreeD Maintains 9% Ownership In Premium Nickel Resources Through Recent Private Placement Financing
Aug 26, 2021 | News
TORONTO, Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ThreeD Capital Inc. ("ThreeD" or the "Company") (CSE:IDK) (OTCQX:IDKFF), a Canadian-based venture capital firm focused on opportunistic investments in companies in the junior resources and disruptive technologies sectors, is pleased to announce that it has participated for its pro-rata share in a recent private placement financing of Premium Nickel Resources ("PNR"), a private Canadian company that provides direct exposure to nickel-copper-cobalt ("Ni-Cu-Co") opportunities in the southern African region. The PNR private placement is being held in escrow and is conditional on the anticipated signing of the Asset Purchase Agreement for the assets in liquidation of the former BCL Limited, Botswana.
ThreeD is a founding shareholder of PNR and currently owns 6,716,456 common shares, representing approximately 9% of PNR's total issued and outstanding common shares. Furthermore, Sheldon Inwentash, Chairman & CEO of ThreeD, is on the Board of Directors of PNR.
In June 2020, PNR submitted an indicative offer to the BCL Liquidator to acquire the former producing BCL Selebi-Phikwe Mining Complex and the Tati Nickel Mining Corporation ("TNMC") Operations as well as regional exploration joint ventures on highly prospective Ni-Cu-Co projects located in north-eastern Botswana. On February 10, 2021, PNR was selected as the preferred bidder to acquire the assets formerly owned by BCL Limited and TNMC. On March 24, 2021, PNR completed the Exclusivity Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Liquidator for the ongoing six-month exclusivity period to complete additional work and related Asset Purchase Agreements (see ThreeD's previous press release dated March 24, 2021). Negotiations are ongoing to finalize terms on the prioritized assets that will be included in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
Sheldon Inwentash, Chairman & CEO of ThreeD said, "We are very excited to participate in the private placement to maintain our current ownership percentage in PNR. The BCL and TNMC assets have historical proven and probable mineral reserves of Ni and Cu that PNR should be able to develop in an environmentally sustainable manner. We believe that PNR's commitment to sustainability and adherence to the highest international environmental standards will benefit all stakeholders and lead to the company's success."
The BCL operations at Selebi-Phikwe are comprised of a mining complex, a concentrator and a processing facility, as well as other supplementary assets and infrastructure such as rail line, tailings facilities, and employee housing. Shaft sinking and plant construction started in 1970 and open pit mining commenced at Phikwe in 1972. Throughout the mine's life the various deposits, over a 14 km strike length, have been mined by open pit and various underground mining methods. Mining concluded in October 2016 when the operations were placed on care and maintenance due to a failure in the smelter. PNR's redevelopment plan is based on a re-characterization of the remaining resources and the ability to produce two separate commercial concentrates (a Cu concentrate and a separate Ni-Co concentrate).
The TNMC Operations are comprised of two mines and a processing plant situated 65 km south-east of town of Francistown, and 75 km north of the BCL Operations at Selebi-Phikwe. Underground production at Selkirk of high-grade massive sulphides between 1989 to 2002 produced 1 million tonnes at 2.6% Ni and 1.5% Cu that was direct shipped to the BCL Smelter. A large volume of disseminated Ni-Cu mineralization surrounds the higher-grade Selkirk mineralization is being evaluated as a potential open pit development. The Phoenix open pit mine and processing plant began operations in 1995. The operations were put on care and maintenance in early 2016.
There can be no assurance that PNR will move from exclusivity to successful completion of the proposed acquisition.
Jakson Inwentash
Vice President Investments
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively referred to herein as "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of Canadian securities laws including, without limitation, statements with respect to the future investments by the Company. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, which are inherently uncertain, are based on estimates and assumptions, and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties (both general and specific) that contribute to the possibility that the future events or circumstances contemplated by the forward-looking statements will not occur. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this press release, and the assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are made, are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements included in this document, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking statements are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause the Company's actual performance and results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.


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Daresay Team - November 24, 2015
Brands Customer experience Digital innovation
Not since Apple's heyday under Steve Jobs have we seen such hype around a tech company. But just what is setting this Californian car brand apart from all the other desirable electrical designs out there?
It's a grey Swedish morning and we're gearing up for a much-anticipated opportunity to test-drive the new Tesla S, the brand's latest premium model.
We climb into the passenger seat, and off we go. This car certainly makes you smile, and maybe even let out a little 'woop'. It soon became clear that a quick drive in a Tesla had a similar effect on the rest of the Screen Interaction team. They weren't just smiling, they were grinning from ear to ear. So what was it about the user experience that made it such a pleasure?
Most of them answered the same; the blissful silence inside the car, combined with the power of its engine, is what makes it feel different – and pretty awesome. The barely audible hum inside the car was certainly something that we appreciated, too, along with the sense of space.
What's more, the quiet electric engine is even more impressive when you consider that the Model S is the world's quickest production four-door ever, according to Tesla. But then, wouldn't you expect an extraordinary experience, given that the Model S is priced at around 70,000 US Dollars?
The self-driving-car conundrum
With good reason, there's been much debate in the media about self-driving cars, and although we didn't test the auto-pilot mode, just the idea of it proved popular with the Screen Interaction team.
"I think it would be super cool if everyone had self-driving cars. It would be possible to make traffic efficient," says Ida-Maria Isaksson, project manager and designer. "But turning it on when you've never tried it before would be scary, since you have no prior experience with it, and you don't even know anyone else that has that experience. So learning to trust it would be a huge leap for me."
Frederic Medan, another of the Screen Interaction test-drivers, offered a different view, saying "Stephen Hawking recently warned about giving control to machines, but I believe that if the machines obey the rules of robotics and artificial intelligence, they could be very helpful. They could avoid a lot of human errors, and robots never get tired."
What price for a great user experience?
There's no getting away from the fact that Tesla cars are expensive. So how can an electric car that might cost more than a year's salary persuade drivers to switch from a cheaper, fossil-fuel-powered model – even if the experience is superior?
"It's all about quality and the change which the car is bringing in competing with fossil fuel driven cars," noted my colleague, Basel Altishe. "People complain about the cost of the car, but then you get what you pay for".
Still, the price hurdle is something that Tesla are aware of, with the upcoming Model 3 aiming to woo value hunters with a more affordable price, around half of the Model S. And that's something that many more people will want to get on board with.
Malin Sundin
malin.sundin@daresay.co


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Tag: Rufus
Music, The arts, Uncategorized
The Songwriters – Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder has had plenty of hits in his own right, but he has also provided dozens of songs for other artists. Not all of them were successful, and even of those that were, they are not necessarily known as being written by him.
Sometimes, though, you hear a song and feel it has a touch of genius that you can't pin down, but then you look at the credits and think, "Of course…"
A prime example of that is Tell Me Something Good by Rufus, the funk group fronted by a young Chaka Khan. It's a strange song when you analyse it (not that analyzing pop songs is a very rewarding business). Take away the funky instrumentation and it positively plods. A recording that seems full of life and energy is based on a melody too full of holes to work on its own.
No doubt when he was writing it, Stevie was hearing the backing and he was able to pass on his ideas and deliver what was in his head because he produced the record.
Another early 70s Wonder composition that propelled a different act up the charts is The Spinners' It's A Shame, which is simply catchy from start to finish. Known in the UK as the Detroit Spinners, to distinguish them from the folk group of that name, The Spinners had been around since the 1950s with fluctuating degrees of success, but it took a Wonder song to get their name inscribed on the honours board of pop immortality.
One of Wonder's co-writers on It's A Shame was soon to benefit from his patronage with a stellar career of her own. Syreeta Wright had started at Motown as a receptionist. Many hopefuls blagged their way into the company in minor jobs simply trying to wheedle their way in and get noticed, and Wright certainly accomplished that, singing her way around the building until people noticed and gave her little assignments singing backup and demos for established artists. She also attracted the attention of Stevie Wonder in her capacity as woman, and they were married in 1970.
Initially writing together for other people, they eventually managed to get Syreeta a record deal for herself and a trio of hits made her a serious name in the Motown roster. The mesmerizing Spinnin' and Spinnin' was followed by the cod-reggae of Your Kiss Is Sweet (dismissed as corny by early purists but a fine tune all the same). Harmour Love made an impression on the charts too, and the Wonder/Wright partnership was established for posterity.
In 1974 the faltering career of soul goddess Aretha Franklin was revived by a Stevie Wonder song. Even the woman widely regarded as having the ultimate female voice relied on finding great material, and when Wonder presented her with Until You Come Back To Me, she breezed through it with the insouciance of an expert interpreting a genius.
Roberta Flack was in a similar situation in 1980, with a sensational track record built on great songs apparently running out of steam before Don't Make Me Wait Too Long got her back in the UK charts. It wasn't a smash in the great pop-buying consciousness, but it was a minor masterpiece in my humble opinion. Fellow music lovers will know the warm feeling you get when someone else shares your feelings about an unrecognized gem.
I was working in a wine shop in south west London when this song came out, and spent long periods sitting by the till, listening to the radio and watching the world go by until the traffic was stopped by red lights at the junction of Putney High Street and the South Circular.
One morning Don't Make Me Wait Too Long was on as the lights asserted their authority and a van with the driver's sliding door retracted pulled up alongside a saloon, whose occupants watched, bemused, as the driver of the van performed to them the middle section of the song, a half-spoken sort of rap, complete with hand gestures and pleading arms spread wide. He loved it, he was listening to the same station and a magical piece of unscripted theatre made my day.
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As I was in prayer this morning about what God would have me say to you today, He brought this powerful verse from the book of Isaiah into my mind and told me that man y of you today needed to be encouraged and reassured that God had not left you.The Bible promises us that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Let me say it this way, God has NEVER left you, although you may have left Him. How can you fear anything…any person, any situation, any circumstance, when God is there with you? But the promise of this verse just doesn't end with His presence. To me, the power in the verse is His promise to help us.Every morning, when I look into the mirror in my bathroom, the first thing I see is a Bible verse from John that simply says, "Without me you can do nothing." I never want to start the day trusting in my own strength or wisdom, but trying to rely on what God provides It is such a comfort to know that God is with me and that He is helping me.
That is why I have such confidence, even in the face of what appears to be overwhelming odds. God is with me, He is helping me, and the Bible says that if He is with me, who can be against me! That promise also applies to you!!!!
The book of The Revelation is quite literally, "The revelation of Jesus as the Messiah – the Conquering King and Almighty Judge." These are the instructions that were revealed to John to deliver to Christ's committed servants concerning the things that must come to pass in the last days before the Kingdom is finally restored.
Just as the first four Gospels detailed how Jesus fulfilled the Spring Feasts of the LORD when he came the first time in his roles as The Prophet, and the Lamb of God – the book of the Revelation is the 5th Gospel – Good News of the Messiah fulfilling the prophetic shadow pictures embedded in the Fall Feasts of the LORD as he returns to rule the Earth.
In Matt. 24:3-5 Jesus was asked by his disciples, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Then he began answering their question and he didn't scold them for asking. He gave them details of the events that would effect their lives and the lives of even his end time followers right up until his return.
Bob Quakenbush (used to attend GCI Indianapolis and was one of the founding members of the church in 1962) He was laid to rest on Friday in of Martinsville.
Ashton (Harriette Cox's great grandson) taken back to Riley Hospital. He has cerebral palsy, curvature of the spine and needs another surgery.


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Zero Year Review: Batman #21 By Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
Grey Scherl | June 15, 2013 | Reviews, Top Story | No Comments
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, and Fco Plascencia
Six years ago Gotham City was an overgrown wasteland, a dead city where a child fishing is chased through the fields by men in a mask. Only for The Bat to show up and save him, and we the readers to learn that whoever did this believes Batman to be dead, and has been bragging about it since he destroyed Gotham. Just the way Batman likes it.
But this story takes place five months before that, not long after the events of Batman #0. With Bruce Wayne in a rubber mask facing off against the Red Hood Gang. With a truck full of men, and a small army worth of well dressed men in red helmets in front of him, he has to be a bit brave and bold, using a grappling hook and a giant pair of balls to pull a stunt that, for Batman, is no big deal…but it's the first time Bruce Wayne has ever attempted such a thing. But whatever, he's Batman, and he give the Bat-finger!
Not long after he's in his lair, not quite a cave. more of a hidden room in a brownstone, but it's Alfred's home. Where Bruce is recapping and trying to figure out the Red Hood and his gang while also testing a pair of adhesive boots. He's incredibly single minded, and it's not long before Alfred illuminates why…Bruce Wayne is legally dead and he has no intention of changing that. He's entirely centered on the mission and views his true identity as nothing more than a distraction to be cast aside. All that matters to him is making sure no one lives through what he did, and so long as only Alfred knows he's alive, he thinks he can do that. So of course his uncle shows up, having never believed his nephew was dead, and finally having found him. But really, he just wants to talk and try to convince Bruce to return. To put a Wayne in charge of Wayne Enterprises, but it's not what Bruce wants. Nice penny, though.
See, when he was a kid, Bruce's father taught him a valuable lesson. That he could be whoever he wanted to be and his parents would still be proud of him, no matter what. Which may explain why he's driving around Gotham with a briefcase full of rubber masks as he goes undercover trying to bring down the Red Hood gang. Philip isn't please, though, and he goes to talk to his head strategist about how to handle things.
Mr. Nygma believes the answer to the riddle is killing Bruce Wayne.
I like this version of Thomas Wayne, you retain the fact that he was a successful and popular doctor, but the added eccentricities make him much more like an every man despite it. I like the idea of Thomas being the kind of guy who might be rich, but still enjoys doing things for himself. Even if it does have him playing the role of mechanic on his own car. He comes across much more like a father than some unreachable idea of what the man was.
GIANT PENNY!
I like this version of Bruce, too. I can see the single mindedness, and the devotion, and the mission, and all the things that make him Batman…but I'm not seeing the jerkish nature that I've grown used to. I kinda like Bruce when he's still loaded up with optimism.
As far as cover gimmicks go, I do not mind the slightly raised Bat at the bottom of this one. There's no 3D, no holograms, no giant foldouts, not even the die-cut Joker thing from a few months ago. This is so far my favorite, I didn't even notice it at first.
Greg Capullo's art has made this series thus far, but it's even better here. I'm not sure if the inks from Danny Miki deserve credit, or if Plascencia is doing something differently with the colors, but I really dig the look of this issue. Much brighter and more kinetic than the last few.
The concept behind the Red Hood Gang is brilliant. One core guy who blackmails other people into putting on a hood and joining up for whatever time he needs them.
The Robin logo comes from a hat that Bruce's father wore when he was a kid, and now Bruce wears it himself. I kinda liked that R being Dick Grayson's.
Maybe it's just a Batman or Gotham thing, but the cars. I love the cars, but Bruce is supposed to my age, and when I was a kid not every car looked right out of the 50's. I get his dad having a classic car collection, but I've never seen Thomas Wayne drive something that looks like it was around in the 80's.
His uncle is a bit of a tool, but as he establishes that everyone loves the Wayne's while scandals and corruptions follow the Kane's…are all Kane's tools? He's pretty clear, he's known his nephew to be alive for twenty minutes and already wants to put him in charge of the company to boost profits.
It takes Gotham five months to go from Gotham City to Life After People? Alright, I'm intrigued. Both at how things got that bad, as well as how they improved. I imagine the plant overgrowth is going to be given the simple explanation of "Poison Ivy", but at the same time, how awesome would it be if Snyder swerved in The Demon's Head himself?
Man, Snyder is all about giving Bruce a family. For my entire lifetime Bruce was the sole survivor with two dead parents. Now he has a bastard brother and an uncle!
The censored bar over the Bat-Finger made me laugh my ass off. Totally not something deserving of a censor, but the giant sized bar just makes it comedic.
If Bruce is dead, and everyone thinks he's dead, then how did he gets a secret pre-Batcave Batcave set up in Alfred's house? is that Alfred's house? Why does Alfred live in Crime Alley?
Any use of the Riddler is a good use of him…well, no, but recently there's been some great stuff. Paul Dini kicked ass with him back in Detective Comics, and ever since Snyder expressed interest in writing him I've been waiting on the edge of my seat to read it. I love The Riddler.
With Zero Year we finally have a Batman arc that can't be spun into a cross-line event that suffers from not actually being an event! Snyder has been desperately in need of telling his own story without having to let every other book fit into it, and unfortunately DC hasn't allowed that thus far. The Night of the Owls was a great Batman arc that turned into a weak event as it was diluted across the line, and Death of the Family suffered the same fate. These weren't events, these were Batman arcs that somehow had more tie-in issues than actual issues in the arc. Now the only way to do that is to try and shoehorn in other peoples origins. And I mean, come on, let's be honest, in the birth of Batman there is no Robin. And there sure as hell isn't a Batgirl.
Overall: 9/10
Tags: Batman, DC Comics, Greg Capullo, New 52 (DC Comics), Reviews, Scott Snyder, Zero Year
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Fairey F.2
Evershed - biplane - 1910 - Великобритания <– –> Fairey - Hamble Baby - 1916 - Великобритания
H.Taylor Fairey Aircraft since 1915
The first aircraft to be both designed and built by the Fairey Aviation Company was a twin-engined three-seat landplane ordered by the Admiralty. This has been generally described as a long-range fighter and general-purpose aircraft, but it could also have been developed as a bomber. It was not the first aircraft to be built by the company, which made a start with a sub-contract order for twelve Short Type 827 floatplanes. These, built in 1915-16 and tested at Hamble by Sydney Pickles, carried the serial numbers 8550-8561 and the Fairey constructor's numbers F.4-15. Before the completion of the fighter a start had also been made on a contract for one hundred Sopwith 1 1/2-Strutters.
A fair amount of information about the F.2, in the form in which it finally appeared and was flown, can be obtained from descriptions, photographs and drawings of the period, but not much is known with certainty about the earlier versions of the project, design work on which is believed to have been started in November 1915. Four serial numbers, 3702-3705, were allocated by the Admiralty for two versions. One, it has been recorded, was to have had a tractor and the other a pusher layout. Two were to have been powered by 200 hp engines produced by Brotherhood Ltd. Three schemes were worked on by Fairey: these were for 3702 (F.1), 3704 (F.2) and 3705 (F.3). The first and third had not got beyond the wing-detailing stage before a requirement for wing-folding was introduced and the designs were not proceeded with.
The most interesting fact about these initial proposals is that at least one, F.2, was planned with tandem-mounted engines within the fuselage and driving outboard propellers through a chain-and-sprocket system. In the case of the F.2 the propellers were pushers and the wing-folding requirement meant that the layout had to be revised to provide a tractor arrangement. This may well have been less mechanically attractive and the buried-engines plan was later dropped in favour of a conventional design with two wing-mounted powerplants - 190 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon twelve-cylinder vee liquid-cooled engines driving tractor propellers. In this form the F.2 went ahead to the prototype stage.
This one-and-only prototype, assembled in the wooden shed on the site where the company's factory was to be completed 18 months later, may have been flown initially, probably in straight hops, from the adjoining field at Harlington. The first official flight was, however, made by Pickles from Northolt, where it had been reassembled, on 17 May, 1917. Admiralty interest in the project had by then waned and no further progress was made.
The F.2 was a three-bay biplane with long upper-wing extensions braced from kingposts above the outer interplane struts, and with a substantial four-wheel 'bedstead' undercarriage to simplify landings at night and/or to lessen the chances of nosing-over on rough ground. The wings folded from a point outboard of the Falcon engines - which, cleverly enough, were arranged to drive 'handed', or opposite-rotating, propellers to eliminate torque reaction and thus reduce the tendency to swing. The single tailplane carried twin fins and rudders. Armament consisted of Lewis guns on Scarff rings for the forward and aft gunners; bombs could be carried on external racks.
No record appears to remain of the requirements which the design of the F.2 was intended to meet. Large, relatively slow, multi-engined, multi-seat fighters had not proved, nor were to prove, suitable for a conventionally offensive role in air fighting, but the F.2 might well have had value for night attacks on Zeppelin raiders and, perhaps, for specialized deep-penetration operations. The Royal Naval Air Service was, from 3 September, 1914, until March 1916, wholly responsible for the air defence of Great Britain. The RNAS also played an important, but often forgotten, part in the war on the Western Front and pioneered what would now be known as strategic bombing.
Span 77 ft (23-5 m); length 40 ft 6 in (12-3 m); height 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m); total wing area 814 sq ft (75-6 sq m). Loaded weight 4,880 lb (2,213 kg). Maximum speed at sea level 93 mph (150 km/h); landing speed 38 mph (61 km/h). Climb to 5,000 ft (1,524 m) 6 min. Endurance 3 hr 30 min.
F.2. Although this twin-tractor biplane of 1916/17 has been called by the makers the Fairey Twin Bomber, it might more correctly be termed a heavy fighter, though it could doubtless carry bombs. A three-seater, it had Lewis guns in the nose and atop the fuselage aft of the wings. These were on Scarff ring-mountings, the rear one being somewhat recessed below the fuselage top-line. In the context of armament the F.2 had another association of interest, for the engines of one intended version (F.1?) were to have been products of the Brotherhood Engineering Company, which many years before had made the engines for the first Whitehead torpedoes.
In the Autumn of 1916 there appeared the first aeroplane to be both designed and constructed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Hitherto, the firm had built some Short-designed seaplanes but, with the F.2 three-seat, long-range fighter, it started the extensive line of aircraft which were to carry the name of Fairey for the ensuing forty years. The F.2 was intended for the R.N.A.S. and was a three-bay tractor biplane with a span of 77 ft. and a pair of 190 h.p. Rolls-Royce Falcon engines. Both gunners had Lewis guns on Scarff rings, one being in the nose cockpit and the other just aft of the wings.
Although, when it flew in May, 1917, the single prototype 3704 showed the F.2 to be a competent enough design, it proved to be another of the early examples of that class of the large, multi-seat, multi-engine fighter which, owing to its inherent disadvantages, was to prove time and time again unsuitable for adoption and production.
The Fairey F.2, a twin-engine biplane with a span of 77 feet, was described by its makers as a long-range fighter intended for the RNAS, although no record appears to have survived describing precisely what its exact operational use was intended to be, although it may reasonably be conjectured to have been as a gun-carrying escort aircraft, also capable of carrying a small load of bombs.
As the first Fairey-designed aircraft to be built (the company having produced a small number of Short seaplanes in 1915), the F.2 was a three-seat, three-bay biplane, rigged without stagger and with considerable wing overhang braced from kingposts above the outboard interplane struts. Of all-wood, fabric-covered construction, it was intended to be powered by two 200hp Brotherhood tractor engines in the first two aircraft, followed by two aircraft with 190hp Rolls-Royce Falcons arranged as pushers; in the event, only one aircraft was completed, in the autumn of 1916, and this was powered by Falcons installed as tractors. It is believed that construction of the other three aircraft was started but not proceeded with, owing to the non-availability of the Brotherhood engines. In any event, the sole completed aircraft was not flown until about May 1917.
The F.2 carried a pilot and two gunners, the latter being provided with Lewis guns on Scarff rings in the nose and amidships; the pilot's cockpit was located just forward of the wing leading edges. A monoplane tail unit was incorporated carrying twin fins and unbalanced rudders. The undercarriage comprised a robust structure of ten struts, arranged W-fashion in end elevation, mounting four wheels in tandem pairs.
As was mandatory on all large naval aircraft, the wings were made to fold so as to enable the big aeroplane to be hangared.
Type: Twin-engine, three-seat, three-bay biplane long-range fighter.
Manufacturer: The Fairey Aviation Co Ltd, Hayes, Middlesex.
Powerplant: Two 190hp Rolls-Royce Falcon I 12-cylinder water-cooled engines driving four-blade tractor propellers.
Structure: All-wood, wire-braced construction with fabric covering.
Dimensions: Span, 77ft 0in; length, 40ft 6 1/2 in; height, 13ft 5 5/8 in; wing area, 718.4 sq ft. Weight: All-up, 4,880lb.
Performance: Max speed, 92.5 mph at sea level; climb to 5,000ft, 6 min; endurance, 3 1/2 hr.
Armament: Two 0.303in Lewis machine guns on Scarff rings in nose and midships cockpits; aircraft capable of carrying small bombs.
Prototypes: Four ordered, Nos 3702-3705; only one, No 3704, completed in late autumn 1916 (believed first flown in May 1917). No production.
FAIREY F.2 UK
The first aircraft to be designed entirely by Fairey Aviation, the F2 was a massive twin-engined, three-seat, long-range fighter ordered by the Admiralty. Powered by two 190 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon 12-cylinder water-cooled engines, the F2 was a three-bay biplane with a four-wheel "bedstead" main undercarriage, the wings folding aft from a point outboard of the engines. Armament consisted of a 0.303-in (7,7-mm) Lewis machine gun on a Scarff ring in the extreme nose and a similar installation immediately aft of the wings. The sole prototype made its official first flight on 17 May 1917, but Admiralty interest in the F.2 had waned by then, and no further development was undertaken as no use had been found for the large, relatively slow, multi-engined, multi-seat fighter.
Max speed, 93 mph (150 km/h) at sea level.
Time to 5,000 ft (1 525 m), 6.0 min.
Endurance, 3.5 hrs.
Length, 40 ft 6 in (12,34 m).
Height, 13 ft 6 in (4,11 m).
Wing area, 814 sq ft (75.62 m2).
The type F2 twin engine machine was one of the earliest of the large twin engine types built. It was designed in 1914, and was flying in 1916. It was actually the first twin engine machine fitted with folding wings.
The following table gives the main particulars:
Type of machine Land Biplane.
Name or type No. of machine F2.
Purpose for which intended General.
Span, upper plane overall 77 ft.
Gap, Maximum and minimum 6 ft.
Overall length 40 ft. 6 1/2 in.
Maximum height 13 ft. 5 5/8 in.
Chord 5 ft. 6 in.
Total surface of wings 718.4 sq. ft.
Span of tail 17 ft. 6 in.
Total area of tail 103.9 sq. ft. (Including elevators).
Area of elevators 39 sq. ft.
Area of rudder
(2 rudders, 10 sq. ft. each) 20 sq. ft.
Area of fin
(2 fins, 10.9 sq. ft. each) 21.8 sq.ft.
Area of each aileron 47.8 sq. ft. each
total area 95.6 sq. ft. total.
Maximum cross section of body 3 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in.
Horizontal area of body 97 sq. ft.
Vertical area of body 75 sq. ft.
Engine type and h.p. (2 engines) 190 h.p. Rolls-Royce.
Load per sq. ft. 6.8 lbs.
Weight per h.p. 13 lbs.
Tank capacity in hours 3 1/2 hours.
Speed low down 81 kts.
Landing speed 38 m.p.h.
Climb.
To 5.000 feet in minutes 6 minutes.
Total weight of machine loaded 4880 lbs.
ANTE-DATING THE ENEMY. - The Fairey Aviation Co.'s Twin-engined Folding-wing Biplane. Designed by Mr. С. R. Fairey in Dec., 1914; built in the summer of 1916; delivered in the autumn of 1916. It had a remarkably good performance.
H.Taylor - Fairey Aircraft since 1915 /Putnam/
This conventional side view of the F.2 shows the Scarff-ring fittings for the forward and rear gunners and the four-wheel 'bedstead' undercarriage.
Three-quarter Front View of the Fairey Twin-engined Folder Biplane. F.2 type.
io as to meet Admiralty requirements the 77-ft span wings of the F.2 folded from points mtboard of the 'handed' Rolls-Royce Falcon engines.
The first aircraft to be designed and built by the newly-formed Fairey company was the massive twin-engined F.2 fighter, seen here after assembly in the Harlington shop.
The sole Fairey F.2, No 3704, with cowled Rolls-Royce Falcon I engines; the maximum speed of over 90 mph was fairly creditable for such a large aircraft, though any sort of fighter-like agilty is extremely unlikely.


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David Sarser (January 31, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American musician, audio engineer and electronics designer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he played violin with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s under Arturo Toscanini and worked with Les Paul in the design of the first 8 track recording deck (built for Mr. Paul by Ampex for his home studio.) He stopped playing the violin after his Stradivarius was stolen in 1962.

The stolen (formerly his) instrument, Lamoureux (1735), has been exhibited in Japan, and it is shown "unassembled" in "Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari: Treatises on the Life and Work of the Patriarch of Violinmakers" (Goodkind, 1972). It is widely believed to still reside in Japan. Police believe the instrument was already on a plane to Tokyo by the time it was discovered to be missing from the RCA studio.

Sarser died on June 6, 2013 in Northport, New York.

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Gothic Horror and Muslim Madness in V. S. Naipaul's Beyond Belief: 'Orientalist' Excursions among the Converted People
This article is written in response to the favorable critical reception that V. S. Naipaul's writings about the Muslim world have received in mainstream western culture. Since the publication of his travel narratives, Among the Believers and Beyond Belief, Naipaul has enjoyed a reputation as an authority on the Muslim world. The critical acclaim that he has received has been accompanied by official recognition, including a knighthood and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
However, many critics beyond the periphery of mainstream western culture have voiced concerns about his hatred of Islam. In this article, I offer a revisionist reading of Naipaul's most recent Islamic travel narrative, Beyond Belief, arguing that Islamophobia has been disturbingly misinterpreted as expertise. Focusing on three main literary themes – nineteenth-century literary conventions, the gothic genre, and neurosis – I expose this bigoted worldview and call for his status to be reconsidered.
S. Naipaul's writings about the Muslim world have become increasingly influential in mainstream western culture. Since the publication of his travel narratives Among the Believers and Beyond Belief, in which he offered an account of his travels in Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia, Naipaul has established himself as an authority on "Islam in action." With specific reference to his "Islamic journeys," critics have commended Naipaul for his "moral integrity," "fearless truth-telling," and loyalty to the "proof of evidence."1 The favorable critical reception that Among the Believers and Beyond Belief elicited has given rise to the inclusion of Naipaul's work in books that promise "new levels of understanding about Islam."2 Critical acclaim has been matched by official recognition: In 1990, Naipaul received a knighthood for his services to literature and, in 2001, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
However, in contrast to this impressive résumé, critics beyond the periphery of mainstream western culture have referred to him as a man "incapable of restraining his loathing for the Islamic world and its people." 3 Concerns about Naipaul's hatred of Islam, as voiced by Eqbal Ahmad, Amin Malak, Caryl Phillips, and even Salman Rushdie,4 give Naipaul's prominent status in mainstream western culture a rather more sinister aspect. In this article, I shall expose how his Islamophobia has been interpreted as expertise by offering a revisionist reading of Beyond Belief. Focusing on three main literary themes in Naipaul's most recent "Islamic excursion," namely, nineteenth-century literary conventions, the gothic genre, and neurosis, I shall argue that his standing as an authority on the Muslim world needs to be reconsidered.
Literary Conventions and Naipaul's Restricted Passages
Although literary critics overwhelmingly accept that there is an ambivalent relationship between travel writing and fiction,5 travel writing is still largely referred to as non-fictional literature. This label is misleading, for it detracts from the fact that travel writing is an established literary genre full of narrative conventions and fictional devices. Travel writing and fiction frequently overlap and intertwine. However, while critics celebrate Naipaul for his "moral integrity" and "commitment to truth," it is not surprising that Beyond Belief has been predominantly read as an informative, factual text. We are repeatedly promised that Naipaul's travel writing will "enable" western readers to gain an "insight" into the life of Muslims.
Naipaul does everything possible to reinforce this sort of reading. In the prologue to Beyond Belief, the narrative voice assures us that "THIS is a book about people. It is not a book of opinions."6 We are guaranteed that "the truth" will be presented to us in an undistorted manner. Sensitive to the ways in which an obtrusive narrator can undermine the authority of a "non-fictional" text, Naipaul promises that the "writer will be less present, less of an inquirer"; instead, he will be "in the background, trusting to his instinct."7 Modelling himself on a figure esteemed by nineteenth century English romantics, Naipaul claims to be a pure, natural, and instinctive artist. In this manner, he assures us that we can rely on his objectivity.
Nineteenth-century literary conventions do not only provide Naipaul with inspiration regarding the narrator's role. During this literary period, the English novel as a genre had not yet found a narrative device that could provide the illusion that the reader could enter into the character's mind. Modernist conventions such as the "stream of consciousness" were yet to emerge. Consequently, the "internal" drama was displaced onto an excessively responsive physical body or environment. Nineteenth-century literature twitches with hysterical characters prone to excessive blushing, hyperventilation, trembling, and faints. For example, in Wilkie Collins' novel The Woman in White, "womanish tears," shivering skin, and severe bouts of "nervousness" besiege the main characters. All of the characters' doubts and concerns are played out on the skin's surface.8
Similarly, in a novel such as Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, we know when the central character is angry or frustrated, because at these moments of crisis, a sudden backdrop of scarlet-colored soft furnishings and violent rainstorms appear.9 This sort of narrative displacement is a technique that Naipaul employs to great effect when encountering Muslims in Beyond Belief.
Writing himself into the role of the central character, Naipaul displaces his emotions onto both his physical body and the local environment. However, the symptoms that he exhibits are not the typical shivers, faints, or sweats of the nineteenth-century hero or heroine. Rather, Naipaul's internal anxiety and, in some cases, clear disgust manifest themselves in a very specific manner. On encountering practicing Muslims, Naipaul begins to suffer from severe breathing restrictions. He also experiences an accompanying change in air quality.
The first incident occurs when he visits Imaduddin's office. Imaduddin, who lives in Indonesia, is referred to as an "unusual man" because he is "a man of science" and "a dedicated man of the faith." Naipaul is uncomfortable with this "contradiction" (despite their long and intertwined history, science and Islam are, in Naipaul's view, incompatible). It is clear that he also considers Imaduddin to be a hypocrite: He takes exception to Imaduddin's wealth, preferring "his" Muslims to be pious and poor. Despite the kindness that Imaduddin shows to his guest, his "Muslimness" causes Naipaul to suffer from unpleasant physical reactions.
Naipaul enters the office and, loyal to nineteenth-century realism, begins to make his inventory of the room:
On one side of the laptop was a well-handled Koran; on the other side was a pile of shoddily produced paperback books, perhaps a foot high, of similar size and in electric blue covers, which had been published in Egypt and might have been a very long commentary on the Koran: no doubt like meat and drink to Imaduddin.10
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