We are now 12 weeks into this year's Rebel Kayaks supported Nordic Tour, and having an absolute blast! Since my last BLOG we have had classes in Nynashamn, Sandhamn, Karlstad and Helsingborg (all in Sweden) and Rungsted and Frederiksværk (both in Denmark – and both will be covered in the next blog).
After leaving Mora, we made our way to Nynashamn, which is located on the east coast of Sweden, about an hour's drive south of Stockholm. It's always wonderful to catch up with Pelle and Carina of Nynas Kajak & Upplevelse. During the five days that we were there, I ran several sessions of Yoga for Paddlers and Simplifying the Roll, while Mark ran a BCU 3 Star Sea Training, a BCU 3 Star Sea Assessment and a BCU 4 Star Sea Training.
Stunning scenery and Yoga for Paddlers, is there a better way to start a day?
At this point in the tour, the water had heated to a nice, comfortable temperature. Perfect for rolling classes.
The BCU 4 Star Sea Training class worked on navigation.
Rescue scenarios are great way to cool off on a hot day.
We had our own private brewery tour at Nynäshamns Ångbryggeri, which including a tasting of the brewery's award winning beers.
The owner of the brewery did a fantastic job of telling us about all of the different types of beers.
After leaving Nynashamn, we were picked up by a boat and taken to an island off the coast of Stockholm to run a guide training program for Sandhamns Kajakskola. Sandhamn is a beautiful island, consisting entirely of sand. It has a relaxed feel, and it was great to circumnavigate the island and see its beautiful shoreline.
Kayaks were secured on a boat, which took us to the island.
Guides had a first hand opportunity to teach rolling.
Participants also learned how to repair a kayak in an emergency situation.
We tried out a couple of stand up paddleboards.
And seven-year-old Noah taught Mark how to sword fight.
It was nice to walk into town for dinner at a tasty restaurant on the harbor.
Sandhamn has some of the biggest toads that I've ever seen.
It also has some of the prettiest sunsets.
After leaving Sandhamn, we headed to Karlstad to run classes for Vanerkajak during the Varmlands Paddelfestival.
Lake Vanern was warm and sandy. The perfect venue for a festival and classes.
I taught two days of rolling classes in the warm lake.
During the rolling classes we worked on all types of rolls. Here a Chest Scull is born.
Others worked on a first roll.
A few people tried out Rebel Kayak's newest kayak, The Husky, which is one of the kayaks that we're using during the tour.
Mark ran a BCU Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning class.
After the festival, we stuck around for a great paddle.
After leaving Karlstad, we made our way to Helsingborg, which is on the west coast of Sweden, where we ran two sessions of Simplifying the Roll and an instructor development day for Helsingborgs Kanotisterna. It was great to be back, and the weather was spectacular!
The rolling classes took place on a very popular beach across the street from the kayak club.
A Balance Brace is born.
On Saturday evening, the Club hosted a crayfish party, which is a common celebration in Sweden during the month of August. The party included team games (shown here).
As part of the Instructor Development Workshop, I ran Yoga for Paddlers.
Team building games are always good too.
Instructors worked on maneuvering strokes and how to teach them.
Special thanks to Pelle, Carina, John, Mans, Bjorn, Jakob, Ronny, Lars and Anneka for taking such good care of us!
Question: I have made great progress on layback rolls using your DVD, and can do the Side Scull, the Standard Roll and an unassisted Balance Brace on both sides of the kayak, when I go down and come up on the same side. Recently I have tried transitioning to capsizing on the opposite side, and am finding it surprisingly difficult. Your video shows you going over with extended arms holding the paddle flat to the water alongside, but I am not clear on how you get the paddle back to the chest for a proper sweep using the core and not the arms.
Answer: It's great to hear that the Side Scull, Standard Roll and Balance Brace are working for you when you go down and come up on the same side. The following description is with a right side recovery. Modify as needed.
To help transition to the full 360 degree Standard Roll, first, when going down and coming up on the same side, make sure that the paddle is above the surface during the underwater set up. This will likely mean that you're hanging out underwater for a couple of seconds before starting the roll. If you're having a hard time reaching the surface, push your left shoulder to the ground. This will ensure that your shoulders are parallel to the surface of the water. If (once) you've got a clean set up with the paddle above the surface, then you're ready to capsize on the opposite side.
Place the paddle flat on the surface of the water on the left side of the kayak. Make sure that the front blade is flat to the surface of the water and that the paddle is to your left, not forward (this will put your shoulders in the correct position for the recovery). Keeping the paddle touching the kayak, capsize to the left and wait until the kayak has fully capsized and your hands are on the surface (palms up). Then push your right hand straight up (to the sky) while keeping your left shoulder down (so that your back is parallel to the surface of the water). You should feel your hand break the surface. Once this has happened, you'll find yourself in the position that you're used to, and you can recover the same way.
For us here at Greenland or Bust, it has been a wonderful summer. We hope that you're having just as much fun as we are, both on and off the water.
We're writing this newsletter as we leave the east coast of Sweden and head west, running classes as we make our way to Denmark. Time flies, and we can't believe that we're already ten weeks into this year's Rebel Kayaks supported Nordic Tour!
Throughout July we ran Simplifying the Roll in the charming fishing town of Grebbestad; Simplifying the Roll, Incident Management and Intermediate Boat Handling in the magnificent city of Stockholm; Simplifying the Roll in Mora, a place which is often referred to as "the heart of Sweden"; Simplifying the Roll, a BCU 3 Star Sea Training, a BCU 3 Star Sea Assessment and a BCU 4 Star Sea Training in the beautiful archipelago surrounding Nynäshamn; and a guide training program on the stunning island of Sandhamn, which is located off the east coast. All of these locations are in Sweden, and yet all of them are very different from one another, and the diversity has made this year's tour incredibly fun. In addition to on-water classes, we've also ran 15 sessions of Yoga for Paddlers.
We're currently on our way to Lake Vänern near Karlstad for the Värmlands Paddelfestival, after which we head to the west coast for two days of classes in Helsingborg before hopping on a ferry to Denmark for classes in Rungsted, Frederiksværk and Svendborg. We'll be in Denmark for most of August, and then we end the tour in Malmö and Karlshamn (Sweden) before heading home in early September. Click HERE for our complete 2015 Nordic Tour schedule.
This is the sixth year of the Nordic Tour, and every year it's great to be back and catch up with our Scandinavian paddling friends. It's also great to make so many new friends each year. Special thanks to Rebel Kayaks for supporting the tour, as well as the clubs, businesses and organizations that put the classes together in their neck of the woods, and a HUGE thank you to all of the participants.
The tour ends in September, but "kayaking season" will keep going full swing. We hope that you'll consider joining us for a class in California (Trinidad, Whiskeytown Lake, Mendocino, Dana Point, Marina Del Rey) or Wales (Pembrokeshire, Anglesey), or perhaps we'll see you at one of the symposiums that we'll be teaching at in the remainder of 2015 (Traditional Paddlers' Gathering – Minnesota, Sea Kayaking Cornwall Symposium – England or Lumpy Waters – Oregon).
In other news, Greenland or Bust is excited to announce that we are now an authorized center for the International Sea Kayak Guide Association (ISKGA) in the United States (located in Arcata/Trinidad, California). We're both ISKGA guides and are really excited to be running ISKGA training modules and observations.
And finally, are you interested in joining us for a Greenland expedition? The dates and location have been set! Next year's expedition will take place in the Disco Bay/Ilulissat area from July 20 to 31, 2016. Contact us at info@greenlandorbust.org for more information.
Goal setting provides structure to a training program and is a useful tool in measuring progress. Establishing short, medium and long-term goals creates an opportunity for rewards (if you succeed in meeting each goal) or for reviewing your training needs (if you don't meet a goal).


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Offshore wind grows East Anglia jobs
Hunterston Port Reveals Masterplan
EUROPE: UK Ports urge MEPC to keep eyes on the prize
Published by Compass Handbooks at May 20, 2019
Offshore wind can transform coastal communities in East Anglia via the creation of thousands of skilled jobs as the volume of installed capacity in the southern North Sea grows, the East of England Energy Group's Southern North Sea conference heard today.
Renewable UK chief executive Hugh McNeal said the region is already home to oil and gas companies that can transfer skills as the government looks to generate one third of the UK's energy from the offshore wind by 2030.
"This is the moment for East Anglia to lock in transformation and regeneration opportunities," he told delegates during the opening session of the conference in Norwich.
McNeal said R-UK is spearheading a joint industry and government taskforce dubbed 'Investment in Talent' in order to help ensure the UK workforce has the skilled required to meet the demands of the growing industry.
"Full time jobs in the sector will treble in the next decade or so – and we have set new targets to boost the number of women and people from BAME backgrounds in the industry," he said.
The R-UK chief executive praised commitments developers have recently made in the region.
The full article is available on the re News website here

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Apolon in Dafne je mitološka zgodba o Dafnini preobrazbi v lovor.

Različica mitološke zgodbe
Fojbos (ali Apolon) je nekoč razžalil Kupida rekoč, da je lok naprava, primerna le za njegova ramena. Tako se je Kupid Fojbosu maščeval in ga zadel s puščico, ki povzroča ljubezen, v nimfo Dafne pa je ustrelil puščico, ki ljubezen prežene. Fojbos se je nemudoma zaljubil v nimfo, ki pa mu ljubezni ni vračala. Ker ni marala ljubiti nikogar, je očeta prosila, naj ji dovoli uživati večno deklištvo. Oče je njeni prošnji ustregel, a jo posvaril, da je njena lepota v nasprotju z njenimi željami. Fojbos pa Dafne ni mogel pozabiti. Hrepenel je po njeni ljubezni, nimfa pa se ga je ogibala. Nekoč je bežala pred njim in ko je povsem onemogla, je zaprosila očeta, naj jo spremeni in Dafne se je hipoma preobrazila v lovoriko. A tudi tako je Fojbos nimfo ljubil in lovorika je postala njegovo drevo.

Umetniške upodobitve

Književnost

Najznamenitejšo antično zgodbo Apolona in Dafne, ki je bila zgled kasnejšim umetniškim upodobitvam, je zapisal rimski pesnik Publij Ovidij Naso v svojih Metamorfozah.

V srednjem veku in renesansi so nastajala številna dela na temo Ovidijevih Metamorfoz, ki so največkrat obnavljala zgodbe iz Ovidijeve epske pesnitve in kjer je bila ponovno zapisana tudi zgodba o nimfini preobrazbi v lovor.

Apolonovo nesrečno ljubezen do Dafne pa opisuje tudi Pavzanias v svojih Opisih Grčije ter italijanski pesnik in pisatelj Giovanni Boccaccio v delu Genealogia Deorum Gentilum, ki opisuje grške in rimske bogove.

Verze o Apolonu in Dafni pa je zapisal tudi Gabrielle D'Annunzio.

Slikarstvo

Stenske poslikave z motivom Apolona in Dafne so nastajale že v 1. stoletju n. št. v Pompejih. Eno takih poslikav so odkrili tudi v hiši Casa dei Vetti. V antiki so bile poleg stenskih poslikav z mitološkimi vsebinami priljubljene tudi poslikave na vazah in mozaiki. Motiv Apolona in Dafne pa se je pojavljal tudi na tapiserijah.

Okrog leta 1513 je Apolona in Dafne naslikal florentinski slikar Jacopo Pontormo. Renesančno sliko Dafnine preobrazbe (po zgledu Ovidijevih Metamorfoz) je upodobil italijanski umetniki Antonio Benci (Pollaiuolo). Istemu motivu se je posvetil tudi beneški slikar Paolo Caliari (Veronese).

Na platno pa so zgodbo Apolona in Dafne prenesli tudi italijanski slikar Domenico Zampieri, Anglež John Wiliam Waterhouse (1908) in flamski slikar Peter Paul Rubens (1636-1638). Motivu boga in nimfe se ni izognil niti Francoz Nicolas Poussin, ki je najprej upodobil Dafnino preobrazbo v lovor (1625), leta 1664 pa še sliko Apolonove zaljubljenosti v nimfo, na kateri Dafne objema svojega očeta.

Kiparstvo in glasba

Kipi z motivom Apolona in Dafne so bile priljubljeni že v antiki, v 17. stoletju pa je antični motiv Dafnine preobrazbe v lovor upodobil avstrijski kipar Jakob Auer.

Kipa, ki uprizarjata bežečo nimfo in Apolona, sta okrog leta 1714 izklesala brata Nicolas in Guillaume Coustou. Kipa sta bila prvotno namenjena Ludviku XVI., zdaj pa ju hranijo v Louvru. Med najlepše kiparske upodobitve tega mita pa sodi baročni marmornati kip Apolona in Dafne, ki ga je med letoma 1622 in 1625 izklesal Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Motiv Apolona in Dafne pa je pustil svoj pečat tudi v glasbi. Tako je nemški skladatelj Händel napisal opero Apolon in Dafne, leta 1938 pa je Richard Strauss ustvaril opero Dafne. Zgodbo Apolona in Dafne pa skozi glasbo predstavlja tajvanska ženska glasbena skupina S.H.E., in sicer v pesmi Dafne ali Lovorjeva boginja.

Zanimivosti

Lovor kot simbol pesništva
Dafne pomeni v grščini 'lovor', ki je veljal za Apolonu posvečeno drevo. Že pri Heziodu je bil lovor simbol pesništva, vsevednosti in preroštva. Ravno te lastnosti pa so pripisane bogu Apolonu. Heziod v Teogoniji pripoveduje, kako so mu muze naročile, naj odtrga vejico lovora, v katerega so vdahnile božansko pesniško govorico in mu dale vednost o preteklih in prihodnjih dogodkih.

Paolina Borghese v podobi nimfe Dafne

Pogost motiv v umetnosti je bil poleg Dafnine preobrazbe v lovor tudi nimfin beg pred Apolonom. V taki podobi se je dala naslikati tudi Paolina Borghese, Napoleonova sestra, poročena s Camillom Borghese. Še danes je pomen te slike, ki jo je v 18. st. ustvaril Francoz Robert Lefèvre, neznan, a vse kaže, da Camillo ni izpolnjeval vseh zakonskih dolžnosti in so zato Paolino obkrožali številni ljubimci, ki pa jih je le stežka skrivala. Paolino v podobi nimfe Dafne bi torej lahko razumeli kot podobo nedolžne in neomadeževane ženske, saj se je Dafne spremenila v lovor ravno zato, da bi lahko ohranila svojo čistost in nedotakljivost.

Nasin Program Apollo
Po bogu Apolonu je bil poimenovan Nasin projekt Apollo program, ki je zajemal ameriške vesoljske odprave z vesoljsko ladjo Apollo med letoma 1961 in 1972. Cilj vseh ekspedicij je bil pristanek na Luni. To je uspelo leta 1969 Apollu 11, ko je Neil Armstrong prvič stopil na Luno.

Asteroida Apollo in Daphne
Po Apolonu nosi ime tudi asteroid, ki ga je leta 1932 odkril Karl Wilhel Reinmuth in je poimenovan z mednarodnim imenom 1862 Apollo. Gre za prvega izmed Apolonskih asteroidov.  Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt pa je leta 1856 odkril asteroid z mednarodnim imenom 41 Daphne, ki je dobil ime po nimfi Dafne.

Opombe

Viri

 ICONOS, Viaggio interattivo nelle Metamorfosi di Ovidio: http://www.iconos.it/index.php?id=185
 Camillo Borghese: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo_Filippo_Ludovico_Borghese, povzeto po: Majanlahti, A. (2005): The Families Who Made Rome. Chatto & Windus, London. Str. 205 in 180–181.
 NASA, Program Apollo: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html
 Ovidij Naso, P. (1977): Metamorfoze, Izbor. Spremno besedo napisal Kajetan Gantar. Ljubljana: MK.
 Web Gallery of Art, Robert Leferve: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/lefevre/pauline2.html

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Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory, New York)
Richard Jones's bravura staging of Ödön von Horváth's morality tale holds up a mirror to our times.
Park Avenue Armory, New York
by Clive Paget on December 12, 2019
Ödön von Horváth's 1937 play Judgment Dayhas never felt timelier. A dark morality tale about the consequences of failing to do one's duty, the complexity of truth, and the fickleness of mob mentality, it was perhaps the Austro-Hungarian playwright's attempt at working out his own guilt for having lived in Berlin yet failed to sufficiently highlight the dangers of National Socialism. It also, of course, resonates in any era in which the slippery slope of falsehood predominates, and the individual often appears too afraid of being turned on by the group to admit truths that appear self-evident (if the cap fits, Senate Republicans…).
Judgment Dayat Park Avenue Armory. Photo © Stephanie Berger
Written in short, pithy scenes made up of short, pithy exchanges, Christopher Shinn's thoughtful translation for British director Richard Jones' brooding, monolithic production at Park Avenue Armory hits the nail on the head. His evocative sentences walk the fine line between 20th-century Expressionism and a contemporary naturalism (both of which wrestle for predominance in von Horváth's original). "Sometimes I ask myself – what crimes are we atoning for,"...
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How to Complete Foreign Direct Investment Projects Amid the Pandemic
Global Trade Magazine
Sam Moses and Michael Chen of Parker Poe, along with Morgan Crapps of Parker Poe Consulting, provided practical tips in Global Trade Magazine for companies whose international projects have been impacted by COVID-19.
"The coronavirus pandemic has created significant challenges for companies with foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in their pipeline," they wrote. "Restrictions on travel, immigration, and budgets are making it harder to make in-person visits to potential sites, bring over key executives, and solidify project financing amid an uncertain economy."
"But whether a project is in the site selection stage or a company is already in operation and considering additional investment, companies have plenty of options to keep their strategic projects moving," they continued. "The key is to revisit the initial strategy, adapt to changing times by utilizing virtual tools, and consider all options with immigration and project budgets – including the potential for new incentives."
You can read their full article here. Global Trade Magazine reaches nearly 130,000 C-suite executives, managers, and others in the world of manufacturing, distribution, and site selection.
Sam C. Moses
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