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The National Institute of Health and Welfare of Finland issued a statement on 1 February 2011, indicating an increased risk of narcolepsy observed among children and adolescents vaccinated with Pandemrix®, an adjuvanted vaccine against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline.
WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reviewed the data on 4 February 2011. In a statement on 8 February, GACVS agreed that further investigation is warranted concerning narcolepsy and vaccination with Pandemrix® and other vaccines. GACVS noted, however, that an increased risk of narcolepsy has not previously been observed in association with the use of any vaccines.
On the basis of the risk assessment provided by GACVS and considering that the regulatory authority of record for WHO prequalification, the European Medicines Agency, has not taken any regulatory action, WHO is not changing its current position on the use of pandemic influenza vaccines. Countries should continue vaccinating against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 to immunize people at risk of severe disease, using monovalent vaccines, including Pandemrix®, if trivalent seasonal vaccine is not available.
GACVS will continue to monitor the situation closely, and WHO will provide updates as further information becomes available and is assessed.


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John Joseph Dunn (October 6, 1872 – October 22, 1928) was an American pitcher and infielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century who later became a minor league baseball club owner.

Early life and playing career

Dunn was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey. When he was nine, a boxcar ran over his left arm while playing at a local railway. He was told by doctors that his arm had to be either amputated or risk death. He declined an amputation, but his arm was left crippled from above the elbow and couldn't lift the arm above his neck.

In 1896 Dunn played for Toronto in the Eastern League, and the following year he reached the major leagues as a pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. He bounced around the majors for seven years, having one good season with the Bridegrooms in 1899, with a 23–13 record. When he wasn't playing, Dunn studied how the game worked from the sidelines. He was also a third baseman and shortstop. After 1904, he pitched and managed in the minors for a few seasons, winning an International League pennant in 1905.

Minor league ownership
In 1907, Dunn took over as manager of the Baltimore Orioles, a minor league club with no connection to the current major league team by that name. He bought the team on November 16, 1909, for $70,000. He allegedly received a $10,000 loan from Philadelphia Athletics owner/manager Connie Mack. He developed a minor league powerhouse by scouting and developing his own players. He allegedly signed players by how they looked instead of skill, sometimes never seeing a player play before offering a contract.

In 1914, the Orioles were running away with the league pennant but losing money at the box office because of a rival team in town from the new aspiring "third major league", the Federal League. The Baltimore Terrapins played at their new steel-beamed modern stadium, Terrapin Park, which was across the street from his older "American League Park" of 1901 from the club's days in the beginnings of the "upstart" American League. To make his payroll, Dunn had to move the team to Richmond, Virginia, and sell off his star player, Babe Ruth, and 11 other players to the majors. He later said that selling Ruth was his biggest regret. Dunn was indirectly responsible for Ruth's famous nickname, with Ruth's teammates referring to him as "Dunn's $10,000 Babe" for the price he drew.

The team moved back to Baltimore in 1916, and Dunn again put together a juggernaut, ultimately signing 10 more players who went on to have solid major league careers. The best of these was pitcher Lefty Grove, who went 109–36 as an Oriole between 1920 and 1924. By that time, Dunn's team was in the midst of winning seven straight International League championships, many by huge margins. In addition to Grove, Dunn discovered other quality major leaguers such as Ernie Shore, Jack Bentley, Tommy Thomas, George Earnshaw, and Dick Porter.

Dunn's team was regarded as the equal of many major league teams, and he kept them so by refusing to trade or sell players to the majors. It wasn't until the 1925 off-season, when the other, struggling teams in the league made an agreement with the majors on a set price for transferring players, that Dunn finally relented and began selling his stars for money. His team won one more league title in 1925 and then dropped back into the pack.

Dunn's son, Jack Dunn Jr., played for the Orioles in 1914, 1918, and 1922, and was secretary and co-manager for several years until his death from pneumonia in 1923. Dunn's grandson, Jack Dunn III (1921-1987), managed the club in 1949.

Dunn ran the Orioles until his death from a heart attack in Baltimore on October 22, 1928.

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MEXICO - Finance
Frictionless Payment
General Director, Visa México
Luz Adriana Ramírez Chávez was appointed as the General Director of Visa México in August 2013. Before working for Visa, she was Latin America President at Karum, a US-based company. For 17 years, she worked in diverse business areas for General Electric (GE) and led GE's Latin American Women Network. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Universidad La Salle and a master's degree in business administration from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
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TBY talks to Luz Adriana Ramírez Chávez, General Director of Visa México, on digital penetration, security mechanisms, and integrated systems.
How did Visa México perform on the global market last year?
The company recorded double-digit growth across the world, and Mexico's numbers were even higher than the global average. Mexico has been growing well in terms of consumption, but there is room for improvement. The Mexican market continues to be heavily dependent on cash; the penetration of electronic payments for consumption expenditures per person remains an opportunity as it is around 15%. Although the growth is satisfying, we are working hard on cash conversion through our transformational initiatives aimed at penetrating digital and electronic payments
Why is digital penetration low, and what are the main obstacles?
A recent study conducted by Visa for Roubini Thought Lab found that by transitioning to digital payments, businesses stand to experience greater efficiency, lower costs, reduced crime, more seamless customer experience, and greater sales. In an analysis of 100 cities, Mexico City was classified as a "Cash Centric City." The potential net benefits that Mexico City will experience by moving to an "achievable level of cashlessness" will sum more than USD12 billion. The industry as a whole has multiple challenges to overcome. In addition, education and behavior play a vital role in ensuring a frictionless experience for the public. The market needs to match the number of terminals per person with the region; Mexico has approximately nine terminals per 1,000 people as compared to Brazil with 27 terminals per 1,000 people. The introduction of payment facilitators a few years ago helped trigger growth in 2017, and new players in the ecosystem are injecting solutions such as fixed terminals for easier accessibility. Currently, Visa is enabling contactless payments, working with merchants on the implementation of contactless terminals, and collaborating with banks to issue contactless cards.
What impact will new payments technologies have on fraud?
Security is one of the company's main pillars, and Visa has been the industry leader in ensuring security with debit and credit cards, and adding security layers in e-commerce. For example, tokenization does not show the complete account number, allowing us to create a device-specific or merchant-specific token. Another example is 3D secure, which is a dynamic form of fraud detection. At present, the amount of customer information available enables us to protect them better. The company is fast moving into Visa ID Intelligence: a technology that uses biometrics and other authentication methods to conduct easy and secure transactions.
What opportunities do fintechs represent for Visa?
Fintechs will have a tremendous effect on the whole ecosystem. While fintechs are more agile in terms of innovation, we have opened our platform. By opening our Visa Development Platform two years ago, players in the ecosystem could use application programing interfaces (APIs) to get the best of Visa. We have created Visa's Everywhere Initiative, where we bring hundreds of fintech companies to participate in creating projects to help us build the future of commerce. At the same time, the company is working with banks and merchants on co-creating solutions with the sole priority to put the consumer at the center of everything.
What does the opening of VisaNet represent for end users?
VisaNet, our advanced global processing network, processes 65,000 transactions per second. In the past, it was associated with physical work, but we are scaling up our capabilities in the digital world. We opened the VisaNet capabilities for any interested party to access it through APIs. In parallel to that, we have created several different innovation centers across the world to harness the collective strength of the ecosystems into creating human-centered design technology. VisaNet provides an openness that allows for faster speeds and additional convenience; we are continuously searching for the consumers' demands and needs in an integrated way.
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Brands Solution help out at Summer of Women event
It's all change here at Brands Solution.
Following our recent move into our brand-new, purpose built headquarters in Worley Court, Tattenhall, we've had a complete make-over!
Over the past six months, we've spearheaded a recruitment drive to recruit five additional team members to complement and support our growing business. The new Head Office designed and built over two floors, features a fully equipped indoor gym, a breakout area including a communal games area, a bar and even a hobbit hole inside a 'tree'.
And in order to align with these recent developments, we've launched our wonderful new website and a complete rebrand of the Company.
In 2008, our MD Guy Fennell, launched Brands Solution with just two team members. In 2017, our team has increased to nearly twenty and we now have offices across the UK and Europe.
Guy said, "We're very excited to announce the website relaunch and move into our new headquarters in Worley Court, Tattenhall. Our new office environment will help us to build upon our successes to date and to grow our workforce even further over the coming years."
"We quickly outgrew our previous headquarters at Dragon Court, Tattenhall and the transition to our new offices took place in June 2017". He added, "Our plan was to create an open-plan office environment to facilitate cross-functional communications but to also create a relaxed, inspirational atmosphere for the team. We're very much a work hard, play hard kind of team."
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The Mixed pack of PHIX pods contains one of each flavor: Hard Strawberry #22, Spearmint, Butterscotch Tobacco, and Ice Tobacco. Each pod is 5% nicotine and gives between 400 and 440 puffs per pod.
I recently received two Mixed Packs from Vapeshack, it was my first order. Very fast shipping and the order arrived well packed. I liked the Strawberry, Butterscotch and Spearmint. The Ice was not so good.


Vancouver's Practicing Literati. Practice makes perfect, right?
…but they don't have anything directly to do with either Stieg Larsson or Eva Gabrielsson, per se.
Just as with earlier this week, we have an example of what I can only call "price gouging". Here's today's example.
…which is only 99¢ less than the discounted price of the Hardcover edition of the work in the listing above it?
Notice as well that the Recommended Retail Price for the electronic edition is identical to the RRP for the electronic edition.
Let me remind you once again, don't blame the un-identified retailers, they're working with the RRP set by the publishers, which in this case is Seven Stories Press, who seem to be bound and determined to ensure no eBook is ever purchased by any individual in the history of man, just as Corgi and Transworld were earlier this week.
Authors (even the dead ones): talk to the houses who publish your work and insist they no longer ignore the way their are slicing their own throats. Electronic bindings are not some sort of luxury, especially as one has already bought some fancy electronic goo-gaw to read the books on in the first place. They can make money through volume sold just as easily as if they locate the handful of people in the marketplace daft or rich enough to pay top dollar for the option of carrying less paper.
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Home / Axing millions from youth work puts futures at risk, says UNISON
Axing millions from youth work puts futures at risk, says UNISON
Young people's futures are being put at risk as a result of the government cutting £13.3 million from youth services across the UK in just three years, according to a UNISON report published on 3 December 2018.
The report, Youth Services at Breaking Point, reveals that between 2016 and 2019, nearly 900 youth worker jobs have been cut and at least 160 youth centres have closed their doors.
Youth Services at Breaking Point is based on responses to a freedom of information request (FoI), which was sent to all UK local authorities that provide youth services, and from a survey of youth workers employed by councils.
These cuts have meant the loss of more than 4,500 youth work jobs and over 760 youth centres since 2012.
According to the UNISON survey, just half (53 per cent) of youth workers believe their council is delivering quality services. This is unsurprising given that £400 million has been slashed from youth service budgets since 2010, says UNISON.
A lack of funding is having a considerable impact, with seven in ten (70 per cent) youth workers telling UNISON that they regularly do more than their contracted hours.
It is understandable that the strain on resources is affecting how youth workers feel about their jobs, says UNISON. Seven in ten (74 per cent) don't feel secure in their job, and two in five (41 per cent) are thinking about leaving for better paid work.
The union is calling for several reforms to the way in which youth services are run. These include fair and proper funding for youth services and a statutory duty on councils to provide youth services.
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: "Youth services have been hit disproportionately hard by spending cuts in the last decade.
"Youth services help with employment, training and education, potential mental health issues, and act to prevent alcohol and substance abuse, as well as crime and anti-social behaviour. This all saves other parts of the public sector and the wider economy large amounts of money.
"Youth workers are invaluable in ensuring young people have a positive role in society. Funding for these services should not be cut at a time when they are needed more than ever."
* Download the report Youth Services at Breaking Point here
* UNISON https://www.unison.org.uk/
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UK's 'Unwavering' Support To Ukraine Eroding? War Fatigue Raises New Challenge To Team Zelensky
By Sunny Peter
U.K.'s support is key to the Ukrainian war effort
Popular fatigue about support for Ukraine comes at a critical time for Kyiv
Britian's ability to offer financial aid to Kyiv may also be decreasing
Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south started Monday
Six months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, apprehensions are being expressed that public support for sanctions against Russia may be shifting in the United Kingdom, one of the staunchest western backers of Kyiv, and that the country's capacity to offer support for the Ukrainian war effort may run low by the end of the year.
This comes at a crucial time for Ukraine as its forces are pushing hard to reclaim territory back from the Russians with a much-anticipated counter-offensive that started Monday. Without sustained and substantial international support, Ukraine's military abilities to prosecute the counter-offensive will be severely constrained, and the war of attrition will grind on.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24, has brought war and hardship to the European continent on a scale it has not seen since the Second World War. Russia calls it a "special military operation."
A U.S.-led effort by the western powers and NATO to bolster Ukraine's military with advanced weapons and training, which helped Russia's smaller neighbor resist and beat back the Russians, has grabbed headlines all over. Europeans also willingly accepted millions of refugees who streamed out through the battered country's western borders. But, now with energy bills rising from higher fuel costs and their economies feeling the pain from the war and the sanctions on Russia, western sentiment may be shifting. Questions are being asked on how the conflict will end and whether anyone is seriously working toward an endgame.
In the U.K. for instance, a YouGov survey showed that although Britons continue to support sanctions on Russia in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, between March and June, their willingness to support further sanctions has fallen. A report in The Sunday Times (UK), which quoted the YouGov poll conducted in March soon after the Russian invasion began, showed that 48% of people supported further sanctions on Russia even if it meant higher energy bills against 38% who opposed the measure. Tellingly, by June these figures had reversed — only 38% supported new sanctions and 45% opposed them.
These findings are significant as outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine. Johnson was the first major world leader to travel to Ukraine after the Russian invasion began, when he went by train to Kyiv in April, promising Britain's "unwavering" support for the beleaguered nation.
Following Johnson's resignation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had expressed "sadness" and hailed the "special" support Johnson had given his country. And in his resignation speech, Johnson mentioned the UK's support for Ukraine as one of the key achievements of his premiership.
Although the United States is the largest provider of military assistance to Ukraine, having committed $9.8 billion, the U.K.'s has been a key supporter too, having so far committed £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) in military assistance to Ukraine. Its military support includes several long- and short-range missiles and rocket launchers, next generation light Nlaw, Brimstone, Starstreak and Javelin anti-tank missiles, Stormer and other armored vehicles, UAV systems, and a range of other military equipment. The UK is also hosting a training program for new and existing Ukrainian military personnel.
During a surprise third trip to meet President Zelensky and celebrate the Ukrainian Independence Day on Aug. 24, a somber day that coincided with the six-month anniversary of the Russian invasion, Johnson announced a package of £54 million in military aid consisting of 200 drones and loitering munitions.
"Let me say now, to the people of Ukraine, that I know that we in the U.K. will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes," Johnson said.
Liz Truss, termed as "more Ukrainian than the Ukrainians," widely expected to win the race to become the U.K.'s new prime minister, has vowed that Ukraine's president will be the first foreign leader she calls from Downing Street.
But media reports say western allies may be running out of ammunition to give Ukraine without hurting their own fighting capabilities, and the U.K.'s financial contribution to the war effort is likely to dry up soon. Politico reported in June that Britain was expected to take money it had earmarked for poor countries to cope with climate change and give it to Ukraine as part of its military aid drive.
Now, with the domestic cost of war rising, The Sunday Times (UK) report said indications are that public mood about the Russian sanctions is turning ambivalent.
This faltering support for sanctions is what Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to gain from. If the war drags on with no end at sight, Putin believes that voters in western democracies will face Ukraine fatigue, and force their leadership to push Zelensky for a ceasefire and negotiated settlement, helping Russia hold on to some of the territory it has gained.
It is a possibility that cannot be ruled out as Zelensky faces the double-challenge of not only keeping Ukrainians motivated to fight despite the large swathes of the country being in Russian hands, but also ensuring unwavering international commitment to his country's cause. Zelensky has already come a long way from calling on the west in January not to create panic to complaining that the west was not doing enough. Ukraine is now pushing for more arms support and demanding further tightening of sanctions against Russia, a tough demand to make to western governments already facing popular resentment about the rising economic pain.
Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine's ambassador and special envoy for sanctions, writing for the Atlantic Council argued that a strong Ukraine is the best solution to Europe's Russia problem.
"The current war is not just about Ukraine. It is a struggle to determine who gets to set the rules the whole world will live by," he wrote.
Makeiev appealed to western countries to hold firm in their support for Ukraine. "The price of human lives is being paid by Ukrainians every day," he said. "This is the price which is being paid to make sure you in the U.K. and Germany and in Poland are not hit by cruise missiles every day. So this is the ... request of solidarity."
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Mo Brooks is lying once again about his "100 percent" support for President Donald Trump, says the leading Senate Republican organization.
Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is accusing the Huntsville Republican congressman and U.S. Senate candidate of once again "falsely" stating he voted "down the line" on bills supported by Trump.
Not so, says SLF spokesperson Chris Pack.
As proof, Pack offers research by the nonpartisan Congressional Quarterly's Vote Watch, where Brooks is, in fact, among the bottom 10 Republican members of Congress with the lowest percentage of voting in line with Trump's agenda.
While the number is still somewhat high – it is far from the "100 percent" that Brooks claims.
SLF recently launched a website – MoBrooksMoLies.org — dedicated to fact checking Brooks as he faces a tough Senate campaign against sitting Sen. Luther Strange and former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. They are part of a 10-person field vying for the Republican nomination to serve the remaining term of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Last week, Roll Call reported on internal polling that puts Brooks third in what seems to be shaping up as a three-candidate race; Moore leads with 27 percent, Strange at 23 percent and Brooks at 21 percent.
Alabama voters have until July 31 to register for the Aug. 15 Republican and Democratic special primaries. The last day to apply for an absentee ballot is Aug. 10. If there is no primary winner — with 50 percent plus one — a runoff is Sept. 26; the general election is Dec. 12.
This week, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks, in a heated race for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by Luther Strange, declared his support for legalizing medical marijuana.
Taking that stance during a Senate race is "absolutely ridiculous," said former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, also running in the special election to serve the remaining term of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The United States faces bigger, more pressing problems, Moore said, and those issues are what should be addressed during a Senate race, not whether to legalize medical marijuana.
On Monday, Brooks made the declaration at a news conference streamed on Facebook, the same day fellow Senate candidate Dom Gentile — whose wife has cancer — dropped out of the race to endorse Brooks.
Appearing on WYDE Wednesday, Moore slammed Brooks' position as a non-starter.
As for legalization of medical marijuana, it continues to be a hotly debated issue, particularly over the possibility of increased use among youths.
A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics found as more states legalize the drug for adult use, a greater number of teenagers think it is safe. This leads to rising concerns by doctors and other medical professionals that teens are underestimating the risks of marijuana use.
"Marijuana is not a benign drug for teenagers because it affects their developing mind. Teenagers are at a critical time of brain development and they have lifelong impacts from marijuana during adolescence," Dr. Stephen Patrick of Vanderbilt University Medical Center told Chris Martinez of CBS New York.
"People living in states with legalized medical marijuana are more likely to use and abuse cannabis than people living in states where pot remains completely illegal, says a new study that cautions policymakers," wrote Trevor Hughes in an April 26 piece for USA Today, reporting on a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
In July 2015, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on a study by Florida International University finding legalized medical marijuana could lead to increased marijuana use by teenagers.
According to research by FIU criminal justice professor Lisa Stolzenberg, legalized medical marijuana in Florida marijuana could lead to increased pot use by youths, similar to what happened in other states that passed laws allowing marijuana for the treatment of pain, nausea, vomiting and other medical conditions.
The study also cited statistics for 2010-11, the most recent year in the study, where 9.7 percent of high school students reported using pot in states with legalized medical marijuana, compared to only 6.8 percent in states where it was illegal. Marijuana use among youth in states that legalized rose consistently since 2004, staying higher than in states where it's illegal.
In the Alabama Senate race, Roll Call reports recent internal polling puts Moore in the lead with 27 percent, Strange at 23 percent and Brooks at 21 percent.
If no candidate reaches 50 percent plus one in the Aug. 15 special primary, the top two vote-getters will face a runoff Sept. 26; the general election is Dec. 12.
State Sen. Trip Pittman raised nearly $250,000 in the second quarter, putting him in the "top tier" of candidates in Alabama's special election for the Senate seat currently held by Luther Strange.
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and Huntsville Republican Congressman Mo Brooks each posted $300,000 in donations, while Strange raised $1.8 million in the second quarter.
Roll Call reported recently on internal polling that puts Moore in the lead with 27 percent, Strange at 23 percent and Brooks at 21 percent.
In a campaign statement, Pittman noted there was only a single donation from a PAC: The University of South Alabama.
While Pittman touts a lack of PAC money in contributions to his Senate campaign, AL.com notes there were a significant number of lobbyists: Joseph Fine and Robert Geddie, of the Fine Geddie lobbying firm; Dax Swatek and Tim Howe, of the lobbying firm Swatek, Howe & Ross; Tom Coker, president of the lobbying firm Tom Coker & Associates and Michael Sullivan, owner of The Lobbyist Group.
If one person does not reach 50 percent plus one in the Aug. 15 GOP primary, the top two vote-getters will face a runoff Sept. 26; the general election is Dec. 12.
St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Jesse Nevel is organizing a "major public event" this week in response to racially charged statements made by fellow candidate Paul Congemi.
After video emerged of Congemi berating supporters of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, telling them to "go back to Africa," Nevel — the Uhuru-backed candidate — announced he will hold a "St. Pete Rally for Racial Justice and Reparations" Tuesday in the city's downtown Williams Park. The event begins 6:30 p.m.
Video of Congemi's comments went viral with millions of views worldwide and was picked up by international media including The Washington Post, USA TODAY, Russia Today, Teen Vogue, BET, Essence magazine and others.
"We want the world to see, Congemi does not speak for St. Petersburg," Nevel said in a statement.
Nevel, whose campaign theme is "Unity Through Reparations," is running on a platform that St. Petersburg's $500 million budget has "ample room to redirect resources to economically uplift and develop the black community." He also suggests using funds from the Penny for Pinellas infrastructure sales tax, as well as calling for a "reparations tax" on major corporations.
The committee to elect Eritha "Akile" Cainion for St. Petersburg City Council is co-sponsoring the event. Ebony magazine recently profiled Cainion, a 20-year-old black activist running in the crowded District 6 race.
Nevel has also invited incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman and former two-term Mayor Rick Baker, who is also running for his old job, to speak at the rally.


Dorthe Hagen Nielsen took a leave of absence from her job as research group coordinator at AU, strapped on a backpack and travelled around Southeast Asia with her husband and three daughters – ages 3,6 and 8 –for four months.
Dorthe Haagen Nielsen took a four-month leave of absence from her job as research group coordinator at the Department of Computer Science to go backpacking in Southeast Asia with her husband and three children. Photos: Private.
Dorthe Haagen Nielsen wrote a series of blog posts before and during the trip. Partly as a kind of digital travel diary, and partly to inspire others who might be dreaming of the same kind of adventure.
In her blog, you can read about the family's preparations for the trip, how they travelled and their budget. The blog is in Danish.
Over the Christmas holiday last year, Dorte Haagen Nielsen was troubled by a nagging sense of guilt about the decision she and her husband had made many months before. They had both taken four months' leave from their jobs, bought five plane tickets to Cambodia, subleased their house and lent their car to some friends.
"We were feeling guilty about dragging the girls away from their secure daily routines. This wasn't their dream; it was mine and Christian's. The most difficult thing about this trip was definitely making the decision to do it," remembers Dorthe Haagen Nielsen, who is a research group coordinator at the Department of Computer Science.
Dorthe has always had an "absurd wanderlust", as she puts it, and she took her first backpacking trip to Southeast Asia at the age of 20. She has returned several times since then, including together with her husband Christian, who shares her passion for Asia.
Hiking in the Muong Hoa Valley, Sapa, Vietnam Photo: Private.
"So we were absolutely sure that our big trip together as a family would go to Asia," Dorthe says.
The family had already travelled together quite a lot, but not for months like on this trip.
"Travelling has always been one of the premises of our relationship, including with our children. So the children are seasoned travellers. When I was centre administrator at a Sino-Danish Center under the Danish National Research Foundation, the kids and Christian went to China with me for two weeks on two separate occasions," Dorthe explains.
On foot in the no-man's-land between Cambodia and Vietnam Photo: Private.
Dorthe warmly recommends travelling with children in Asia.
However, the family's trip got off to a rather tough start. Just one week into the holiday, all five of them came down with attacks of vomiting, one after another. Dorthe was the last family member to be hit, and after helping three sick children puking in the WC in their hotel room, she found it a bit difficult to see what was so fantastic about spending four months away from the comforts of home.
But when the family was back on their feet again, they travelled onward to the former French colonial city of Kep and checked into a clean new hotel on a quiet beach to recharge their batteries for the remainder of the trip.
Dorthe is an experienced backpacker, and she's used to living on next to nothing when she travels. But while her husband Christian also enjoys backpacking, he prefers a little more comfort. And with three small girls under the age of eight accompanying them, they chose to upgrade their standard a bit to what they call a 'flashpacker holiday'. Although they were still backpacking, it was a little flashier than what conventional backpackers with thin wallets would permit themselves.
On the beach at Koh Phangan, Thailand Photo: Private.
"We prioritised safety, proper sanitary conditions and having our own room instead of sleeping in group rooms," explains Dorthe.
Their budget was approximately 100 dollars per day, or about 650 kroner, and this had to cover accommodations, travel expenses and food for all five of them.
"That's yet another reason we chose Asia. Because it's easy to live cheaply here," Dorthe says.
After Cambodia, the family travelled onward to Vietnam, which Dorthe describes as the highlight of the trip, after which they continued on to Thailand and Malaysia.
In Thailand the holiday took a more dramatic – and frightening – turn. An otherwise peaceful day at the beach ended abruptly with sirens and flashing lights when Dorthe's eldest daughter dropped a large granite rock on her foot.
"I heard a scream, and my daughter went completely white, and her foot swelled up to twice its normal size. I thought she'd crushed her foot under that big rock. My husband drove off with her in a tuk tuk to the closest medical clinic, and they were sent on to a hospital in an ambulance for X-rays. Fortunately, her foot wasn't broken, and it healed with kisses, hugs and aspirin," Dorthe concludes.
With the exception of the bruised foot and a nail which was ripped off during a bike ride, the family didn't have any major accidents during their travels.
Visiting a temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand Photo: Private.
"We've really been spared. There was a little stomach trouble, and the youngest had a fever for a few days, but otherwise nothing, and when you think about how often children are sick during the winter months in Denmark, we really got off easy," says Dorthe.
Splashing around in KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photo: Private.
After four months under the Southeast Asian sun, the family returned to Denmark on 1 May. The goal of the trip was to get away from the daily hamster wheel and have lots of time together as a family. And they succeeded. The family felt a closeness during their trip which all of them have missed since returning home.
"Most days, we woke up together in the same hotel bed. To have plenty of time together with the people you care about most in the whole world and have them close to you all the time –that's been a gift," Dorthe says.
Dorthe's 6-year-old middle daughter in particular has been affected by the return to the daily routines of life in Denmark, and that mom and dad have to go to work for hours every day.
"She misses us when she's at school. It's something she feels very deeply, that it was a good time together as a family. And it makes a big impression on us, seeing how the choices we make as parents affect our children," Dorthe reflects.
For Dorthe and her husband, their journey also provided an occasion to reflect over how they live their lives – and not least how they want to live their lives in future.


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The 48 week course is a 240 Credit Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, including 2 English modules and 16 Mechanical Engineering modules. Each Mechanical Engineering unit has 60 hours of teaching and 90 hours per unit of personal study time. The ETC Year 2 Mechanical Engineering consists of a range of Mechanical Engineering subjects divided into 6 terms, each 8 weeks long. There are 6 start dates throughout the year.
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On the show this week I am presenting the last podcast of the series on the American Icon. We have looked at Tarzan, The Lone Ranger and not to be outdone we then looked at what lurks in the hearts of men and The Shadow. On this episode of the RAS, we have the most powerful of all the American Icons, Superman.


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Everyone is welcome — especially children! St. Elias is very family friendly. Are you planning a special trip or visiting from a distance? Contact us (905-459-8888), so we can introduce ourselves to you and let you know if there are any special events during your visit. If you are new to the parish, please click here for some FAQ's. Our service schedule rarely changes, but just in case (especially as we move back into our rebuilt church), it is always a good idea to check before you travel a long distance. Plan to stay after services for fellowship, and for answers to any questions you may have.
St. Elias Parish was established in 1976 by His Grace, +Isidore Borecky to serve the needs of Ukrainian Catholics moving into the rapidly growing communities northwest of Toronto. I (Fr. Roman), along with my wife Irene, and our three children at that time, took up residence in the town of Brampton (pop. 50,000) with Divine Services taking place in St. Anne School on Vodden St. The initial number of committed members was small with a dramatic increase when we were given the use of the OCI Chapel on McLaughlin Road in 1980. With the purchase of 21 acres of land on Heritage Rd. in 1985, the licensing of a cemetery in 1993, and the construction of a Boyko Ukrainian style temple in 1995, our presence here was firmly established.
Our primary focus is worship, prayer and fellowship, and this in a manner as authentic as possible. The dogma is that of the Apostolic Church, shared with the Church of Rome, but the spirituality and ritual is that of the Greek Church, filtered and enhanced by the genius of the Church of Kyiv. First time visitors are often overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of our Church, (it is not called "Byzantine" for nothing), but given the chance, it can grow on you. We worship in this manner in response to our Lord's admonition: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…." (Matt. 28: 19). We believe that we have been given a treasure that must be shared, or at least offered, to others.
Our ministry originally began with the Ukrainian founders of our parish but now extends beyond, to those marrying into our families and those "walk-ins" that God sends to support us, delight us and to remind us of the treasure that is ours. With the advent of the Internet, we have reached out to kindred spirits around the world.
We are different. God has graced us to live our live in Christ in a particular way, and it is our belief that we have something unique to offer our society. Our Christian origins come from the Greek Church with a thousand years of Kyivan Ukrainian enculturation. Transplanted to Canada since the 1880's, the architecture, art, music, dress and ritual practices have not always been accepted by our neighbours here but fortunately, times have changed.
We give glory to God as orthodox Christians in full communion with the Church of Rome. Kyivan Ukraine accepted Christianity in 988 when the Church was still one, prior to the Great Schism of 1054. Although the Kyivan Church never formally split with Rome, it was with the Union of Brest-Litovsk in 1595-96 that full communion was restored. Since that time various titles have been used: "Ruthenian Rite", "Ukrainian Catholic", "Greek Catholic", "Byzantine Catholic", even the pejorative title "Uniate". We are what the Orthodox Church used to be and witness to the prayer of our Lord, "That they all may be one…" (John 17:21) Pray for us.


Seventeen of Libya's top football figures, including national team goalkeeper Juma Gtat, have defected to rebels battling to oust the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi, the BBC reported on Saturday.
Gaddafi "has done nothing since he took over," Gtat said in an interview with the BBC through an interpreter, broadcast on the British media group's website.
"There is no proper infrastructure… there is no health care…. This is because of the bad regime we had for the last 42 years," he said from a hotel in the rebel-held Western Mountains.
Football coach Issa said he wanted "to send a message that Libya should be unified and free," adding that he hoped "to wake up one morning to find that Gaddafi is no longer there," he added.


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Job bids: there's an app for that
By Veronica Reiner
LINKED2BUILD developed in Waterloo to serve the new Ontario Construction Alliance Association
Add the construction industry's process for biding on public contracts to the growing list of digitized, online services. Waterloo-based eSolutionsGroup has developed a web-based application that centralizes public tenders available in Ontario.
Meant to be a one-stop shopping option for contractors, LINK2BUILD Ontario was developed for the newly formed Ontario Construction Alliance Association (OCAA), a coalition of seven regional builders' groups, including the Grand Valley Construction Association that covers Waterloo Region and surrounding area.
While bid listings are also available on municipal websites, for instance, nearly 10,000 construction tenders, representing millions of dollars in projects each year will be tracked, collected and posted in one place.
The convenience is a boon for those in the trade such as Adam Hicks, who welcomed the new option that in effect expands on existing computer-based bidding platforms.
"There's Biddingo, there's Merx, for example," he said. "If a contractor decides they want to join this, they're already informed on this type of work, and it would just give them a broader point of access to the information – maybe more simplified. That would be my assumption, is that it's going to centralize all of this information instead of using these three or four different platforms."
The majority of the province's construction stakeholders will be represented, including Windsor Construction Association, London and District Construction Association, Grand Valley Construction Association, Niagara Construction Association, Ottawa Construction Association, Kingston Construction Association, Northeastern Ontario Construction Association.
LINK2BUILD Ontario will integrate with eSolutions' bids&tenders digital bidding platform. More than 200 buyers post billions of dollars of bid opportunities exclusively on the platform.
"One of our three pillars of service is to build business and advance opportunities for members throughout Ontario," said Martha George, president of the Grand Valley Construction Association. "The integration with the bids&tenders e-bidding platform is going to really elevate our ability to deliver on our promise."
Users must pay to subscribe to the bids&tenders platform annually, but it also makes it easier to find bids that match their specific interest categories to optimize their sales effort, as well as providing tools for estimating.
It also gives users access to hundreds of daily bid postings across North America and allows users to review and register for bids at any time.
"The bids&tenders platform grows each year, not only in users but in capabilities as well. The constant evolution of our product is one reason why we have never lost a client in over 15 years," said Alison Carden, principal at eSolutionsGroup.
"Our platform makes it easy for buyers to post, manage and award bids. For bidders, it provides one clear, consistent process that guides them along the way, ensuring only compliant bids can be submitted. There's also nothing to print, bind, and deliver by courier. And when you're a busy construction company, saving time on admin work means more billable hours."
Despite opening up the geographical reach of the market for subscribers, Hicks was not concerned that it would make the process any more competitive.
"There probably would be [more bidders], but at the same time it's only certain types of contractors that go after that type of work that's on those registries," said Hicks. "So, yes, it would be available to everybody, but it might not necessarily help a contractor that doesn't currently use it. Because of a lot of that information is already out there through other forms."
Currently, the process is usually done through computers; a web-based application for bidding and tendering is entirely unique.
"Commercial, institutional, small industrial," said Hicks of the type of tenders its members bid on. "Right now, it's predominantly used by townships and public entities – people that report to the public usually use it."
The launch of the LINK2BUILD Ontario application is expected in June.
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Veronica Reiner is a Reporter Photographer for The Observer.
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'Emancipation' Producer Joey McFarland Apologizes for Bringing 'Whipped Peter' Photo to Premiere
Loree Seitz
December 4, 2022, 5:46 p.m. ·2 min read
"Emancipation" producer Joey McFarland apologized Sunday for bringing a graphic photo of the enslaved laborer who inspired the film to the Los Angeles premiere last week.
"I wholeheartedly apologize to everyone I have offended by bringing a photograph of Peter to the 'Emancipation' premiere," McFarland wrote in a statement posted on his Instagram. "My intent was to honor this remarkable man and to remind the general public that his image not only brought about change in 1863 but still resonates and promotes change today."
The producer was criticized for bringing the image, known as "Whipped Peter," to the premiere after telling Variety in a red carpet interview that he "wanted a piece of Peter to be here tonight." The 1863 photo, which depicts the abused back of an enslaved laborer named Gordon and contributed to the growing public sentiment to end enslavement, was the jumping off point for "Emancipation," which takes inspiration from Gordon's life for a character played by Will Smith.
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"I hope my actions didn't distract from the film's message, Peter's story and just how much impact he had on the world," he continued, adding that after uncovering Peter's origin story with the help of historians, he worked with the film's creative team to platform the story "so worldwide audiences would have an opportunity to appreciate his heroism."
McFarland also addressed his growing collection of "photographs of overlooked and historically important individuals whose stories also needed to be told," noting that a photograph of Martin Delaney is currently on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.
"My plan was always to donate the photographs to the appropriate institution, in consultation with the community, and I believe there is no better time to begin that process than now," he wrote, less than a week after telling Variety the collection would be donated "at the end of [his] life for educational purposes."
"These photographs, which existed before me, will be around long after I am gone; they belong to the world," he concluded. "My goal has always been to find the right permanent home and make sure they are accessible, to honor their significance. And most importantly, that the individuals depicted in the photographs are remembered and their stories are told with the greatest dignity and respect."
"Emancipation" follows an enslaved laborer named Peter, played by Smith, as he escapes the clutches of abusive plantation owners to reunite with his family. The treacherous journey tests Peter's persistence as he trudges through the brutal Louisiana swamps and eventually joins the Union army.
Antoine Fuqua directed the film, which is currently playing in limited theatrical release before streaming on Apple TV+.
Read McFarland's full apology below.
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The prospects for peace in Myanmar, much less a return to democracy, seem dimmer than ever two years after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, experts say. On Wednesday, legions of opponents of military rule heeded a call by protest organizers to stay home in what they call a "silent strike" to show their strength and solidarity. Small peaceful protests are an almost-daily occurrence throughout the country, but on the anniversary of the Feb. 1, 2021, seizure of power by the army, two points stand out: The level of violence, especially in the countryside, has reached the level of civil war; and the grassroots movement opposing military rule has defied expectations by largely holding off the ruling generals.
Proposals are being set out as scandals and tumbling values raise questions about the industry's future.
Britain is facing strike chaos on Wednesday as civil servants, teachers and train drivers walk out simultaneously in the most significant day of industrial action in a decade. The National Education Union (NEU) expects around 23,000 schools to be affected by strike action across England and Wales, with up to 200,000 members taking to the picket line. Meanwhile, train driver members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will walk out on Wednesday in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
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Mark Tauscher, Ryan Longwell to be inducted into Packers Hall of Fame in 2018
Former Green Bay offensive tackle Mark Tauscher and placekicker Ryan Longwell will be inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in July, the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. announced Tuesday.
Tauscher, who also played for the Badgers, lived out a Wisconsin boy's dream during an 11-year career in Green Bay from 2000 to 2010. Selected by the Packers in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft, Tauscher took over the right tackle slot in Week 2 of his rookie season and went on to play in 134 games, starting 132 times. Tauscher and the rest of Green Bay's offensive line at the time helped the team set franchise records in rushing (2,558 yards) and average yards per carry (5.0) in 2003. He and his fellow linemen also set a record in fewest sacks allowed in 2004 with just 14.
Report: Rodgers' collarbone 'isn't fully healed'
Longwell initially signed with the 49ers in 1997 as a free agent and was claimed by Green Bay off waivers later that year. His 1,054 career points through nine seasons with the Packers was the team's all-time scoring mark until Mason Crosby surpassed it in 2015. From 1997 until 2005, Longwell hit 226 field goals and 376 extra points for the green and gold, also leading the NFL at the time with 964 points scored.
Clay Matthews selected as Packers' Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee
Additionally, he still owns the franchise record for most consecutive games scoring (144 games from 1997-2005) and most consecutive PATs made (156 from 2001-2005). He spent stints in Minnesota and Seattle before retiring with the Packers in 2013, and he ranked No. 13 on the NFL's all-time scoring list (1,687 career points).
The 49th Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held in the Lambeau Field Atrium on July 21. Click here for more information from the Packers Hall of Fame.


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Sailing has been incredible as the major storm off the USA East Coast moves offshore. That weather system then pushed against the Caribbean Tradewinds blowing from Africa and held them back a bit. The normal winds here are 20-25 knots out of the east, but when large fronts heads off the coast, the trades die down to 10-15 knots and sometimes clock towards the south. We have been sailing these calmer winds from Antigua north to Barbuda 30 miles, then Barbuda to St. Barth's 75 miles and then 15 miles to Ile Tintamarre off St. Martin. We sailed 90% of these legs and mostly under our code zero headsail. What a dream. Thank you to all the USA East Coast friends and family who have taken one for the team by enduring that major winter storm. svIslandSpirit appreciates it!
This is the calm Caribbean Sea with 2-foot waves, 10 seconds apart and we are under full sails.
When you see the Southern Cross for the First Time
Classic rock fans who know Crosby Stills Nash and Young will know this lyric. It is in the song SOUTHERN CROSS and is one of the key lines…"When you see the southern cross for the first time, you'll understand just why you came this way…" Well, as we were preparing to leave Barbuda, it was 4-5 am and the Southern Cross is always up around 2-6 am. The first time we spotted this was when we were sailing south and off of Dominican Republic after 2 nights at sea. There it was right off our starboard bow as we pushed south. That was very very cool.
Here the Southern Cross was even brighter than ever, as there is no light off Barbuda. So, looking south with the dim glow of the island of Antigua on the southern horizon, the Southern Cross was bold as ever pointing the way to the south. This is the guiding constellation for the southern hemisphere just like the Big Dipper is for the northern hemisphere. I took 20+ photos with my Google Pixel 5a set to the "night shot" setting. Sure enough, I got one good photo. Look at this! For all, you rock fans, listen to and watch CSNY play this song here: https://youtu.be/iuLBhxZUkmU
The Southern Cross over Antigua, looking south from Barbuda!
Leaving Barbuda as the sun rose off our stern
Sailing Experiment
We are new to using this furling code zero 165% headsail. We have learned that it sails best upwind to 60 degrees and downwind to 150 degrees. Lower than that, it is not happy as it is a reaching sail. For dead downwind, we would set a wing on wing with our jib and a whisker pole. It is a fun challenge learning the best points of sail and wind conditions with this sail.
Today was one of those perfect angles. We set up on a course of a 150-degree wind angle in 12-15 knots of true wind, starboard reach. We set a full mainsail as well. Soon after we set sail, we thought, why not roll out the staysail? This little sail gave us another 0.25 to 0.5 knot of speed. We sailed 50 miles like this and averaged 5.5 to 6 knots. It was fantastic. Eventually around 1400 hours, we needed to turn dead downwind, or else we would sail right past St. Barth's. So we furled the two headsails and motored downwind. We wanted to make the harbor by dusk and we just so made it. This was a 12-hour passage.
We started the day with a full mainsail and a full code zero set on a 150-degree wind angle
We added the staysail and found that it helped and did not hurt the headsail's performance.
My favorite photo from the foredeck, looking up at three full sails.
Looking over the bow with the two headsails and the blue Caribbean Sea.
Autopilot Wind Angle Sailing
I wanted to point this out one more time. We set sails, we trim to course, next we look at the wind angle and then we set the autopilot to hold this given wind angle. NOW, the boat will sail at this angle and the pilot will steer right and left as it maintains the specified angle. Look below at a 1 hour time plot of our wind yesterday. This is very typical. You will see a low of 078 degrees and a high of 108 degrees. That is a 30-degree wind shift over time. The boat follows this. If you were steering by hand, you would have sails luffing or overpowered because it would be very difficult to follow these wind shifts. We sail with the autopilot set to "Wind" instead of "Heading Hold" or "Navigation" 99.9% of the time. It really works!
Wind direction on the left 078 to 108 with an average of 093 direction. On the right is speed 10.1 to 15.8 with 13 knots average. This is over 60 minutes as shown with the center numbers. We love the B&G equipment.
Tuna For Dinner
We first landed one barracuda. I saved its life and let it go, but the football tuna we gladly kept and filleted for the frig. It was pan-seared in olive oil 2-3 minutes per side and enjoyed with buttered carrots. Yum Yum.
Nothing better than fresh tuna. No photos of the whole fish, as I was a bit busy with three sails set, autopilot and now bleeding out a tuna over the side and then filleting it on deck.
Arrival at Ile Tintamarre
This is our first stop at another beautiful beach to anchor near after a great day of sailing. We like to take the dinghy into the surf line, as the beach is steep with waves crashing onto it and landing is not my fav. So, we drop the anchor and swim in from there. Then we enjoy the beach and hikes and swim back to the dinghy and use our great dinghy ladder to climb back in. It is difficult to get into a dinghy from a swimming position when you cannot stand. It is possible, but a ladder makes it so much better.
The beautiful beach off Ile Tintamarre
Sunset time
After a great beach walk and a swim and a tour of the yachts in the harbor, it was time for hot showers and watching the sunset. Caribbean Sunsets never disappoint. This one set over St. Martin as we watched from Ile Tintamarre.
Sunset over St. Martin as seen from on anchor off Ile Tintamarre
Hayden and Radeen enjoying the sunset and I had to take a selfie….PhotoBoy at work :-)…..my beautiful wife!
Live tracking and Tracking Map Archives
We have a live tracking map that shows where we are 24/7. We also pay for and use a service called SpotWalla. This programmer is brilliant as he created a program that allows us to archive tracking pins into individual trips. We feel this is far better than one massive archive like Garmin does. Sure, it is fun to see where we have sailed over the past many years, but, where have we sailed JUST THIS SEASON? That is the solution SpotWalla created.
See where we are anytime here:
See our Archive Trip Maps here!
https://new.spotwalla.com/trips/browse/1?un=svIslandSpirit
See our CURRENT SEASON here: Nov Puerto Rico to Maryland June
https://new.spotwalla.com/trip/029c-222ed31e-ae72/view
Thanks for sailing along, send us a message, we love to hear from you.
Today was so much fun! It was our longest continuous sailing with the code zero sail, 30 nm from Antigua north to Barbuda. The winds were 8-13 knots at 75 degrees off our starboard bow. We hoisted a double-reefed mainsail because the forecast was for 15 knots. With this sail, the upwind limit for us is 15 knots unless we are sailing off the wind, like a broad reach, then maybe up to 20 knots true. This course was slightly upwind, 15 degrees upwind, and if we had 15 knots, we would be on the edge of safely using this sail. In that situation, we would simply use the jib.
For the first time, we were able to set this sail and let it run for 6 hours straight. We sail 99.9% of the time with our autopilot set to hold a given wind angle. In this case, we dialed in 75 degrees. The beauty of wind vane steering is that we then trimmed our sails for this angle and the boat and the pilot maintained that angle. The winds are never from a fixed direction. They always veer or back 5-10-15 degrees. You can not see a 5-degree wind shift, but the pilot computer and sensors will, so the boat will steer and adjust to this new wind direction. We love it. We have the B&G Autopilot and we think it is the best of the best.
Here are my photos from this most glorious day of Caribbean Sailing.
A code zero sail is a furling sail that is larger than a jib. This one is about 165%. Here in this photo, it is sailing upwind at 75 degrees. It will go as high as 55 degrees.
Sailing on autopilot for a full day, we simply stood watch and made sure all was OK. The boat will sail to the wind.
Instruments show the data
Average Wind Speed, Average Wind Angle, True Wind Speed, and True Wind Angle. This is a B&G Triton II display.
Boat Speed 5.0, True Wind Angle 73, True Wind Direction 102, Thru Wind Speed 11.4. The same Triton II with a different display.
At the helm, the B&G Zeus III. On the left is the slide-out pilot control where you see the 78 and 75. Autopilot is set to hold 75 degrees, it is on 78 right now and will adjust. In the center is the chart and our boat's heading with Barbuda on the top. At the right is a slide-out panel of Boat Speed 5.8 and COG, distance to waypoint, depth, current time and steer left 9 degrees to make the waypoint. This is a fantastic chart plotter and pilot.
How we rig the sheet
We use a single sheet, because we do not tack the code zero. The sheet turns on a block on a soft shackle around the stern rail base and then goes to the jib primary winch. We never use the jib if sailing the code zero, so this works well.
One more photo of how we rig the single sheet.
I get excited taking photos
I always get excited trying to capture cool photos while sailing. Here is one from the bow.
Radeen snapped a photo of "PhotoBOY" up on the bow taking photos.
I am always amazed at how well the rig is set up on Island Spirit. Pay no attention to those messy lines…I need to clean them up.
THE COOLEST Photo ever
Looking up out the head hatch directly into the full code zero. Very cool photo, if I may say so myself.
Destination Made: Barbuda: Coco Point
I do not think there is a more beautiful beach than Coco Point on Barbuda.
Barbuda Coco Point
The entire beach is a private resort, but you are allowed up to the high tide line. So, we dinghy or swim ashore and then walk the mile-long beach. You are allowed to land the dinghy, but we prefer to anchor.
Sunset off Barbuda, beautiful
Our last Antigua/Barbuda sunset for the season. We fully expect to push back here next year!
We like to base in Jolly Harbour, then sail to Deep Bay and also to Falmouth. Sailing the west side of Antigua is a dream.
Jolly Harbor
Our view out the galley porthole anchored off Jolly Harbour looking at the mountains.
Full moon rising over Jolly Harbor.
Sailing dreams
During the two weeks, we were here, the winds were calm for the Caribbean, 10-15 knots which are perfect for our code zero sail.
Anchored out in Falmouth is Fun
The view of the mega-yachts at night from our anchored position.
Notice the crew member washing the roof of this mega yacht. MOONRISE is owned by the guy who sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $20 billion in 2014. He split it with his partner.
Simply riding the dinghy around these multi-million-dollar yachts is always so interesting.
A new world record set
These three ladies rowed across the Atlantic in 42 days, 7 days, and 17 minutes. They smashed the previous women's record by seven days! The finish line is in English Harbor at Nelson's DockYard. Their arrival was amazing to witness. Take a look at this incredible event here:
https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/
Arrival after 42 days at sea! We were so fortunate to be there and to cheer for them! Charlotte Irving, 31, Abby Johnston, 32, and Kat Cordiner, 42
Left to right: Charlotte Irving, 31 , Abby Johnston, 32, and Kat Cordiner, 42 after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in their 25-foot rowboat, "Dolly Parton." Kat has incurable cervical cancer and is believed to be the first cancer patient to row the Atlantic. They are raising money for cancer research in England.
Walking Falmouth to Nelson's Dockyard is required daily
The guardhouse overlooking the English Harbor entrance was built in 1745.
A simple hike of about 2 miles
Boat Buddies at Antigua
Pizza night at Al Porto with boat buddies: Ed & Ann of IP38 Windswept Dreams, Jim & Gerry of IP 445 Watermaker III, and Dean & Kim IP38 DreamCatcher.
IP38 DreamCatcher and IP445 Watermark III were just launched after 22 months of storage in Jolly Harbour Boat Yard.
Hayden and Radeen after Kim and Dean introduced us to GGT's – grapefruit juice, gin, tonic, and a slice of lime. Very refreshing!
Life on a Boat off Antigua
Sunset glowing on the beach and casting long shadows at Deep Bay is always a beautiful sight.
Sunset over our stern off Jolly Harbour. Each day there were only about 25 boats anchored here. In previous years, there were 100!
Sunset highlights the clouds over the beach homes at Davis Bay, Long Island, North Sound, Antigua. This was our first trip to beautiful North Sound.
Thank you IslandSpirit
On anchor off Antigua, We will miss this island with its gorgeous scenery and easy living!
Radeen and I always seem to enjoy the simple life around Antigua. We both agree that this island is our favorite of all the Caribbean Islands. Yes, the check-in and check-out are very time-consuming, but that is forgotten when you enjoy the beautiful beaches and historic towns. The yachts that call into Antigua seem to agree as there are many that stop here for services and repairs. Sadly, the pandemic of covid-19 has hit all of this hard, as we are seeing so few yachts when compared to years past. People worldwide are hurting from the decline in travel.
Our goal is to sail our boat back to the Chesapeake Bay by mid May so we can enjoy the boat this summer. We find that it usually takes us two-plus weeks to put the boat away and 2-3 weeks to get her back up and running, so we have decided to take these 4-5 weeks and simply keep the boat running. No storage. For now, these are our well-known destinations ahead.
St. Barth's
USA, Florida to Maryland
We really enjoy pulling into Falmouth Harbor, Antigua and then taking a dinghy ride around all the billionaires' yachts. We have seen big yachts in Annapolis, MD, our home waters, but nothing like the yachts in the Caribbean where there are deep harbors. The hub of this location is the Antigua Yacht Club and Falmouth Harbor Marina. Our boat is far too small of to dock at these facilities, there is no way we would ever even try to dock here. It's amazing to see a sailboat that is 90 feet long with a mast of 150 feet with 5 spreaders look like a dinghy and is dwarfed by the yachts on each side. FORGET IT. Here is a photo essay to show the scale.
ATHENA is owned by JAMES CLARK, inventor of NETSCAPE web browser. She is for sale for around 100 million dollars
The two young ladies walking under the bow of ATHENA gives it scale!
Super Yacht ANNA is owned by a Russian billionaire named: Dmitry Rybolovlev. Notice the helicopter under full cover.
Yacht ANNA's owner, Rybolovlev's fortune comes from Uralkali, Russia's largest producer of potassium fertilizers. He sold his stake for $6.5 billion in 2010.
Price: US$ 250 million with Annual Running Cost: US$ 10- 25 million
Moonrise, 325 feet long and 51 feet wide. Owned by Jan Koum who is a Ukrainian American billionaire businessman and computer engineer. He is the co-founder and was the CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application that was acquired by Facebook, Inc. in February 2014 for US$19.3 billion.
Moonrise has 18 steps leading up the stern from the swim platform.
MAYAN QUEEN is owned by Mexican multi-billionaire Alberto Baillères, 85, from Mexico City, who has mining, retail and insurance interests. He is not currently on board. Launched in 2008, this yacht was built under high security in Germany by Blohm & Voss
His beloved Mayan Queen IV is worth about $200 million and is one of the largest — and most admired — superyachts in the world
NERO….was commissioned and designed by London-born entrepreneur Neil Taylor. Nero's design is based on a line of Corsair yachts built by J.P. Morgan. Taylor intended to restore a yacht from J.P. Morgan's era but was unable to find one that met his requirements, so he planned to build a modern replica. This owner created DIGICEL the cell phone company!
Comanche holds the 24-hour sailing record for monohulls, covering 618 nm, for an average of 25.75 knots
All of these yachts are CHARTER YACHTS, you can rent these. This is a 35 million dollar yacht KAMALAYA: https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/kamalaya/
To give the yacht scale, look at this crewmember cleaning the roof. He is harnessed onto the yacht.
Look closely at the mast and the boom, see the person?
That crewmember was removing the head of the mainsail from the mast track. This gives scale to the boom and gooseneck!
SUPERYACHTS are charter yachts
That is right, you can charter many of these yachts for a vacation and the rich do rent them. By making the yacht a charter yacht, for rent, the owner can use the expenses to offset their income. So, these yachts help the owner pay fewer taxes. It really is amazing. If you want to see the inside of these yachts, here are links to some of them.
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/anna/
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/nero/
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/athena/
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/moonrise/
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/mayan-queen/
Thanks for sailing along
Antigua, what a great place to sail, explore, sightsee and simply enjoy. We really do like this island. I hope you enjoyed the superyacht tour of the yachts here on the island in Jan 2022.
ONE LAST TEASE….
If you have AMAZON PRIME and or shop with AMAZON, then maybe you might like to see JEFF BEZO's yacht. We saw this off Sint Maarten at Christmas time. Yacht FLYING FOX is reported to be his, but it is not confirmed. It is only 446 feet long!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/flying-fox/photos/
Our days here in Antigua are melting together as we have been enjoying life on anchor off Deep Bay and Jolly Harbour. Added to this, joy has been the full moon rising at or very near sunset, making for beautiful moonlit nights. We really do need to make ourselves up anchor and move to Carlisle Bay and Falmouth and then re-explore Nelson's Dock Yard. For now, we are spoiled with this peaceful life here off Jolly Harbour. The best part is we have cruising friends here working on their stored yachts prior to launching. Trust us, we will up anchor and move, but for now, it is peaceful right here. Allow us to share some photos.
Sunset off Deep Bay, so protected because the wind is ALWAYS EAST!
Oh look, a waterspout! YIKES. Lucky for us all, it never moved into the harbor. FYI: A waterspout is a tornado over water!
Full moon rising over the beach of Deep Bay with our boat well lit below. A beautiful evening.
Sailing out of Deep Bay is downwind, so we rolled out the code zero and sailed back to Jolly Harbour.
Pool time with boat buddies, Kim & Dean IP38 DreamCatcher and Gerry & Jim IP445 Watermark III. Thank you for the invitation!
Back in Jolly, the full moon peeks over the mountain and reflects on the harbor.
My best artistic photo with the full moon inside our mainsheet block
Another wonderful sunset and full moon rising on anchor off Jolly Harbour.
We love looking at the moon reflecting on the water
All is Good here
With all yacht systems running, life is good here on anchor. The Epicurean is a very, very nice grocery store only one block from the dinghy dock, we have a fuel dock, and we have several beaches to enjoy. The upscale neighborhood of beautiful homes on the beach with their boathouses across the street on the harbor side makes for interesting daily walks. Plus, we have fun friends here to visit!
Covid Data for Antigua
Covid cases are reported every day on the VHF radio net. Today they have 74 new cases and 1 death, Wednesday there were 305 new cases, with no deaths. The population here is 61% fully vaccinated. In all time, Antigua has had 5800 cases with 122 deaths and a population of 98,000.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/antigua-and-barbuda
We are staying isolated and we only visit our 4 boat buddies. We do not eat out,, except for pizza on the porch at Al Porto, we do not hang out at pubs, or go to happy hours. Covid has changed so much and the last thing we want is to get covid in a remote country. So, we are simply enjoying the cruising life, walking, swimming, beaching and dining onboard with our own happy hours. Not a bad thing at all.
From Here?
After exploring Anitgua, we will sail north to Barbuda where there are about 500 people. We will stay anchored off the pink sand beaches and enjoy that for a few days, Then we will turn downwind and sail northwest to St. Martin French side, Marigot, and from there back to the USVI and BVI. We hope to spend most of Feb in BVI. After some time there, we need to move west to Puerto Rico and then make the offshore two day jump from PR to Turks and Caicos. Then onto the Bahamas for April. May 1 we will sail to the USA east coast. From there it will be a reach up the coast to Annapolis, MD / Rock Hall MD, HOME by mid May. This is our current plan. Now to keep all these boat systems all running.
Thanks for sailing along!
Hayden & Radeen
One of the great aspects of Antigua is the sailing. Antigua Sailing Week, the Antigua Superyacht Challenge, and the RORC Caribbean 600 Race are based here. plus the Classics and the mega-yachts all call into Antigua. Since 1700 when the tall ships sailed into Nelson's Dockyard to be serviced and careened, Antigua has been the yacht service and premier sailing area of the Caribbean Sea. What we like best about Antigua is that there are fantastic harbors on the west side, like Jolly Harbor and Deep Bay. When we want to go sailing, we simply up anchor and roll out a sail and go. Now we beam reach on the west side of Antigua until we have sailed enough, then turn into one of the harbors and drop the anchor in flat calm waters. PERFECTION, ANTIGUA….
Beam reaching on the west side of Antigua is a dream.
We Rolled out the Code Zero…
We have a really great furling spinnaker called a code zero and almost always get to roll this out and sail it on the west side of Antigua. This sail is about a 165% jib and it will sail downwind to 160 degrees and then upwind to 50-60 degrees. It is such a versatile sail. In winds 15 knots or less, this is the dream sail. We keep it hoisted and secured, ready to unfurl anytime the winds are right. We love this sail.
Hayden and Radeen on Island Spirit with the Code Zero out, autopilot set to wind vane steering…..a happy place
Looking over the bow as we north sail for Deep Bay
Sailing out of Deep Bay on a port tack. Code Zero only, 10-15 knots of wind, sailing at 4.5 knots
Anchored in Deep Bay, Antigua
It would be very tough to beat this harbor, Deep Bay, Antigua. A near-perfect beach, plus Fort Barrington to hike up to, and to top it off, a sunken ship in the harbor to snorkel. Welcome to Deep Bay….Look at this view.
The view from Island Spirit looking East to the beach, perfect
The Deep Bay beach to our port bow, We shared the anchorage with only one other boat.
In the late afternoon, cruise ships can be seen leaving the capital of St. John's. Antigua
Sailing Back to Jolly
After sailing back to Jolly Harbor, an easy beam reach, we dropped off laundry and provisioned a few items. Ashore, most businesses we remember were open or reopened with new names. For example, the fabulous Crow's Nest Restaurant is now called Sea Dream. The very large Jolly Beach Resort has closed and so has the fun bar there. It was a sad surprise to count only 22 cruising boats anchored where we have always seen more than 100.
We also wanted to check in with our buddies, Dean & Kim of IP38 DreamCatcher and Jim & Gerry of IP445 Watermark III, to see how they were coming along preparing to launch their boats. Plus, Jolly Harbor is a dream anchorage because it is so calm. We enjoyed a special full moon rising at sunset. Beautiful.
Sailing home and doing 6 knots under code zero alone. Too easy
Sunset as seen from Jolly Harbor, every night
Full Moon Rise as the sun sets….perfection
Thank you for sailing along
Thank you to all our friends and family for sailing along with us. This has been a lifetime goal, a lifetime dream of living on our boat and sailing to remote locations. Now, here we are and every day we reflect on this goal accomplished. We are appreciative of our strength and good health that allows us to do this. When wake every morning, we recognize how lucky we are. Thank you for allowing us to share this joy with you.
Hayden and Radeen out for our 2-3 mile daily walk. Life is good.
We have been enjoying St. Martin since arrival here on Dec 24th. We spent a week plus on the Dutch side buying up boat repair items. Then we spent a week on the French side eating baguettes and drinking fine French wine. Now, we really needed to set sail and move to a new location, Antigua and Barbuda. Radeen and I both might agree that Antigua and Barbuda could be our favorite Caribbean Island. But then again, it has become a toss-up with the FRENCH vs the ENGLISH. I mean, really, Martinique, St. Anne, can you beat that? But wait, Antigua has 365 beaches and many of them are on the protected downwind side of the large island which provides easy beam reach sailing anytime you want to sail. Ahh, the Caribbean Islands, so many to explore and learn and so little time. We are lucky to be here.
The view of St. Barthelemy under our jib as we push southeast.
75 nm St. Barth's to Antigua, course 120-130
Here in the Caribbean sea, the winds are all driven by the never-ending Tradewinds, that blow from Africa to Florida. These winds are from the EAST usually at 20 to 25 knots. The course from St. Martin to Antigua is 120-130 heading which means on an East wind of 090 this places the wind 30-40 degrees off your port bow. Well, that is not sailable for most "cruising boats." So, we wait for the tradewinds to shift NE even if it is just 10 degrees or more, this is what you hope for.
What shifts the trades? Large massive cold fronts that are Nor'easter storms, snow storms coming off the USA east coast and blasting out to sea in the North Atlantic, these are the fronts will pull the trades north or push them south. This is exactly what we had, a massive storm off the USA east coast. But, like most of these predictions, the winds were pulled NE briefly and then, the darn trades took over and won. See this outline….
The NE winds were 12-15, perfect….then the trades won, and the E 15-20 arrived at 0200!
It is always a bashing to Antigua
We have made this run 3 times now, and every time it is like this. A bashing into the East trades and waves which break over the bow and roll up and over the windshields. The boat becomes a total salty mess and we even take salt spray at the helm. Yes, we have an enclosure, and it stops most of the waves, but with the engine on to push through the waves, we need to crack the windows to let the air push out the exhaust fumes. It is not pretty and we always want to divert to Nevis or St. Kitts as they pass our starboard side. The forecast for this trip was that the east trades would resume at 0900-1200 and by that time we would be in and anchored. that is why we departed at 1800 sunset off Anse Colombier, St. Barth's. Well, the east arrived early at 0200, so we bashed into this until daybreak when the winds usually die down.
This is what we found at daybreak, one salty boat
The first part was a dream
We had a beam reach from St. Martin down to St. Barth's where we went for a nice swim before dinner in the harbor of Anse Colombier.
Reaching St. Barth's
Then at sunset, we dropped the St. Barth's mooing ball and headed out to sea for a perfect night. The sunset was amazing, and the course of 130 with a beam NE winds made for a spectacular sail set and a comfortable ride.
Sunset as we depart St. Barth's
Then at 0000 to 0200 the winds moved forward to ENE about 075-085 and we had three squalls up to 25 knots. Of course, these storms always arrive at night. But as CAP'N RON says, "They come up on you fast and they leave you fast, Boss!" and so they did. Lucky for us, our digital radar with watch alarms caught the squalls 4-6 miles out and we were ready when they reached us. The radar sees the rain that is associated with the squalls. As for sailing full speed ahead into the night, this is what you see at night…..look at this flash photo!
Nighttime photo of what you can see sailing full speed ahead into the night….nothing
Arrival into Jolly Harbor, Antigua
This is such a great harbor, it is wide open to the west, no danger, no channel to run, simply head east into the harbor and drop the anchor in 10 feet of water everywhere. There is room to anchor hundreds of yachts. Sadly, on this day, Jan 12, 2022, there are only 20 yachts on anchor. The covid pandemic has hit the cruising community and travel community hard. It is very very obvious to us as we return to all these places.
The view of Jolly Harbor as you fly in is really cool. We anchor to the bottom right, just out of this photo frame. Look at the beach we go to! (This is my own photo from an American flight in April 2021 on our way to Courtney Less's wedding to Zach Kenney.)
Re-Exploring Antigua
Our time here will be shared with cruising friends Dean and Kim IP38 DreamCatcher and Jim and Gerry IP445 Watermark III and others as they sail in or thru. We hope to be here another week, with a stop in Marigot, St. Martin. Then we plan to get up to the BVI and USVI islands for all of Feb. For now, we will enjoy Deep Bay, North Sound, Falmouth, English Harbor, Nelson's Dockyard, Shirley Heights, and BARBUDA with the Pink Sand Beaches! So much to explore and enjoy, so little time. Welcome to Antigua! Thanks for sailing along. Please leave us your comments, they are emailed directly to us.
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https://www.facebook.com/svIslandSpirit
Mailchimp's on strike: TEST POST
I have been having trouble with my Mailchimp being on strike. The CHIMP needs more bananas I guess. For some reason, since Jan 3, the CHIMP stopped sending out my emails announcing the new blog updates. Now, with old posts, I am making this new post to see if the CHIMP will find this and email this new post.
If the CHIMP wakes up and finds this new post, then it is scheduled to send the email at 0900 NY Time. Well, that is 1000 Antigua time. SO, now I wait yet again.
Sailing the Code Zero off Antigua, Jan 2022
Meanwhile, here are the latest posts that did not send….
https://svislandspirit.com/new-yamaha-15-enduro/
https://svislandspirit.com/christmas-2021-simpson-bay-sxm/
https://svislandspirit.com/st-thomas-to-st-maarten/
https://svislandspirit.com/departure-season-20-begins/
Thank you to my fellow CHIMP TRAINER, Greg Kerlin who is helping endlessly with trying to get my chimp back to work and off strike. Greg and Kate are running a BEAUTIFUL LAND YACHT and Greg writes a fantastic blog with amazing photos here. You should subscribe to his blog as well and enjoy the land yachting scene. Thank you, Greg!
http://eilean350.blogspot.com/
https://tailsfromthehighway.com/


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