In Lille and throughout the North of France, everything is cooked in a pot. So, specialties like Waterzoï, a sort of bouillabaisse made of various kinds of freshwater fish, or Hochepot, which is a mix of meats, oxtail, and boiled vegetables, all end up in the pot! On the coast, eel is served, prepared with butter, cream, and fresh herbs. In Cambrai you can find Bêtises (hard mint candy) and andouilles, as well as an excellent cheese, tomme de Cambrai, which is matured in beer! In this region the cheeses have personality and a strong taste. As for beer—because you can't discuss Northern France without mentioning beer—blanche (wheat beer), Gueuze, and Trois-Monts vie for favorite among beer lovers. And at the end of a meal, a bit of jenever will bring the experience full circle.
In Lille: taste carbonade flamande, a stew of beef simmered in beer and brown sugar and served with a local brew. You can enjoy this dish at the Chez la Vieille tavern at 60, rue de Gand, Lille.
In Metz: treat yourself to dessert with a slice of tarte aux mirabelles.
The most renowned specialties are andouillette de Cambrai, Maroilles tart, chicory gratin, carbonade flamande, anguille au vert à la Flamande (eel cooked with herbs), coq à la bière, endive and ham gratin, hochepot, Boulogne-style mackerel.
For those with a sweet tooth, the specialties include gâteau Carpeaux (chestnut cake), la gaufre à la chicorée (chicory waffle), rhubarb tart, tuiles d'Arras (thin cookies), and bêtises de Cambrai.
Cheeses to enjoy here include gruyère, Grix de Lille or grix de Vieux Lille, Maroilles or Marolles, Mimolette vieille or Boule de Lille, Saint Paulin, and Boulette d'Avesnes.
The region is renowned for its beer and jenever.
Make the yeast dough by mixing together the flour, yeast/milk mixture, melted butter, whole egg and salt.
Spread the dough over a buttered pie plate and leave it to rise for an hour or two in a warm spot.
When the dough has risen, cover it fully with thin slices of Maroilles cheese and bake it at 425°F (220°C) for approximately 25 minutes.


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Goodbye My Princess 东宫 narrated a tragic love story brought to life movingly by Peng Xiaoran and Chen Xingxu that touched many viewers. When it aired its final episode, there was no double ending but one that remained faithful to the book, which is why it's such a delightful surprise that more than a week after the ending, they have more in store!
In four bonus scenes (1, 2, 3, 4) released each night from April 4 to April 7, the star-crossed lovers reunite in the modern day. The first 3-minute short is set in the present day with Xiao Feng and Li Chengyin lying in bed. Xiao Feng wakes up from having a bad dream. Li Chengyin hugs her and comforts her by saying that he'll never ever let go of her hand. Every moment, however brief, is a meaningful reference to the couple's past lives and the ultimate fan service that is all sweet and no bitterness.
Goodbye My Princess was once in hot water for deleting important scenes from kissing scenes to the famous moment dubbed as the pig run. They make up for it with a literal piglets running loose. If there's anything to complain about, it's that they should've made more of these.
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There is a great deal of value in the role our local Community Foundation serves as stewards of community resources. The Community Foundation team is comprised of top-notch professionals who display a true passion for the work. The Board of Directors is made up of engaged community members who choose to give of their time and talents. Together, we're all working to ensure donors wishes are being fulfilled in meaningful, lasting ways.
I first learned about the Community Foundation because of annual matching opportunities for worthwhile projects in our County available at our Rotary Club. I observed for some time the philanthropic work being accomplished by the Community Foundation and, when later asked to serve as a Board Director, jumped at the opportunity to be a part of this amazing organization. The Community Foundation exists to help people who wish to make a difference in our five-county region find ways to see the greatest benefit from their community investment.
As a Board Director, I love the opportunity I have to review grant proposals for the Community Foundation. It gives me a glimpse into a world I would not otherwise be aware of. Several of these organizations work quietly in the background making a difference in peoples' everyday lives without their knowledge.
Serving as a Kalkaska Board Director, I've learned about all the beneficial programs at work in our five-county region. I have personally had the honor of presenting checks to K.A.I.R., the Kaliseum, Blessings in a Backpack, and local scholarships recipients. I'm especially proud of the work our local Rotary Club has put in to receive matching grants for projects like the KART Trail, The Horse Project, the community baseball field dugouts, and the new baseball field at Kalkaska High School.
As a county, we currently lag behind the other four counties represented by the Community Foundation in funding requests. My hope is to increase the impact of the Community Foundation in Kalkaska. The more people and organizations that know about the Community Foundation, the more we can leverage this financial resource to continue improving our community.
The Community Foundation is our local giving partner. By creating a fund or donating to an existing fund, such as the Endowment for Kalkaska Area, we can ensure that community needs are met now and forever. This giving season let's give it forward, together.
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Four Bayfield area residents were among 14 people arrested over the last 45 days as part of an ongoing methamphetamine investigation by the Southwest Drug Task Force and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
According to information from Dan Bender at the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, locals arrested are Joseph Fitapelli, 55; Aaron McMinn, 41; Danielle Burton, 38; and Ronnie Gunkel, 41.
Durango area arrestees are Derrik Martinez, 28; Pamela Chandler, 50; Peyton St. Germain, 21; Milton Korthank, 38; and Travis Shield, 49.
Others are Loyd Groomer from Farmington NM, 58; and from Las Vegas, NV, Jose Garcia-Ochoa, 19; Daniel Gastelo-Ochoa, 24; Cristian Lopez, 22; and Miguel Miranda-Sanchez, 23.
Bender said they were arrested for distribution of a Schedule I controlled substance. Cash and around 10 pounds of meth were seized.
This was a long-term investigation by the task force and DEA aimed at a meth distribution organization that was moving large quantities of the drug from southwestern U.S. cities to Durango and Southwest Colorado, Bender said. The group has connections in Las Vegas, Nev., California, and into high-level Mexican drug cartel subjects.
"At the center of the investigation was Joseph Fitapelli of Bayfield," he reported. "In the early morning hours of March 11, two residents of Las Vegas were contacted by investigators with the Southwest Drug Task Force. They were taken into custody, and a search warrant was executed on the vehicle they were driving. Approximately four pounds of suspected methamphetamine was found in the vehicle."
He continued, "Fitapelli was arrested after a separate traffic stop and was in possession of between $8,000 and $10,000 in cash. The methamphetamine was destined for Fitapelli."
Several search warrants were executed with help from area law enforcement agencies, Bender said. Several ounces of meth, suspected stolen guns and stolen property were recovered during searches. The investigation is continuing, and other arrests are expected.
"Approximately 10 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of about $450,000 has been seized over the course of this investigation," he said.
The drug task force includes investigators from the Sheriff's Office, Bayfield Marshal's Office, Ignacio Police, Durango Police, and Durango DEA office.
Bayfield Marshal Joe McIntyre told the Times, "I've been updated weekly, been aware of this extended investigation that's been going on for six months or so, and that it was fairly significant, stretching to California and Mexican drug cartels."
He said, "Our deputy played an integral part in that investigation. We also helped assist the team with an arrest here in Bayfield of Aaron McMinn. We also helped secure locations where we suspected stolen property might be located while they obtained search warrants for those sites. One was in town."
McIntyre went on, "There was property seized for further investigation to determine if it was stolen and who the owner may be."
Asked what made items suspected as being stolen, he said, "There were items that were brand new in the box. There was one handgun that was recovered. What piques the interest in the brand new items is there was a rash of goods stolen from businesses in Durango."
He didn't know if those were break-ins, shoplifting, or an inside job.
Bender said the 6th Judicial District Attorney's Office provided valuable support and review during the investigation. Other participating agencies are the Cortez Police, Montezuma County Sheriff's Office, and the Region II narcotics task force in San Juan County in New Mexico.


U.S. auto sales are anticipated to have rebounded in November for a record-setting month, following 3-consecutive months of year-more than-year declines. European Union (E.U.): Sales have improved in the European Union given that the monetary downturn, but the E.U. auto industry is held hostage by local economies that are teetering on the edge of recession. Luxury auto makers had been especially impacted by the economy, with firms like Stutz Motor Business , Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Organization , Peerless Motor Organization , Cunningham , and the Marmon Motor Auto Organization going out of organization. In Canada Free of charge Trade does not apply to customer sales it applies solely to manufacturers who meet specific situations. In spite of possessing fewer than three,000 students, Kettering University produces far more than its share of industry personnel. Canada, along with many other nations, has colleges and universities that generate prime-quality graduates for the automotive business. Across all tiers, digital's share has become a considerable portion of ad budgets.
Furthermore, perform rule flexibility has been escalating by means of pilot experiments given that the introduction of the mutual growth forums in 1982, with major gains more than the final decade-and-a-half as the sector has moved more systematically to group-primarily based function systems. Understand how the industry is expected to alter more than the next decade and how you can exploit these adjustments in this survey of 175 auto execs from 21 nations.
Numerous engineers in the automotive business skilled in product liability design litigation are troubled by the scientific and engineering propositions that are too often presented to juries nowadays. Even significantly less visible within management was a shift in operating assumptions about the handling of undesirable news. Sector observers are watching closely to see whether or not new production cuts are in the functions. Final year's estimated $437 billion in vehicle sales capped a six-year development streak, the industry's 1st given that World War II.
As the domestic industry prepares for 2015 collective bargaining, a complete appreciation of the complexity of the industry's technical and social dynamics is needed in order to contextualize concerns such as domestic job creation, the entry wage, and new technologies. It was the seventh consecutive year of year-over-year sales gains, an unprecedented string, said Tom Libby, an analyst with the consulting firm IHS Markit.
Emerging Nations: Probably the most significant downward macroeconomic force in the auto sector nowadays is the underperformance of emerging markets, which not as well long ago represented a considerable opportunity for main gains in the international auto sector. According to the firm Autodata, automobile sales fell more than 12 % in August, as truck and S.U.V. sales rose about 2 percent.


We will traverse the game reserve and forest Klövensteen, the Schnaakenmoor area and Wedeler Au to reach the city Wedel in the west of Hamburg.
There is a christmas market taking place only on the first weekend of advent on the place surrounding the Roland statue. I get told this is one of the nicer christmas markets in the Hamburg area. So lets verify this.
Trails are mostly good, some stretches can be muddy. Speed will be moderate.


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A UK court on Wednesday fixed December 10 as the date to deliver its verdict on whether beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya can be extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to around Rs 90 billion.
Marking the conclusion of the trial, Westminster Magistrates' Court Judge Emma Arbuthnot fixed December 10 as the date on which she expects to deliver her verdict.
"There is an awful lot to go over the most important point is the prima facie case," the judge said, indicating that other issues relating to prison conditions would be secondary.
Mallya has now been bailed to appear before the court on December 10, marking the conclusion of the year-long extradition trial which opened on December 4 last year.
The 62-year-old former Kingfisher Airline boss' defence team, led by Clare Montgomery, opened the day by branding the government of India's evidence presented in the case as "utterly unfounded".
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), arguing on behalf of the Indian government, countered this with arguments that Mallya had intended, from the outset, never to repay the loans he sought for his struggling airline and misrepresented its profitability.
"The government of India case that there was some secret pocket of knowledge about losses within Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) which were not revealed to the banks is utterly unfounded, said Montgomery.
"That this was a carefully thought out dishonest strategy knowing KFA was bound to fail is just nonsense. It was a financial disaster, not as result of dishonesty but the result of a failing airline failing to recover," she said, reiterating her earlier submissions that KFA was the victim of a wider financial crisis that hit the aviation industry.
She dismissed the CPS argument that there was stark disjoint between what Mallya knew and what the banks knew and also repeatedly accused the Indian authorities of leaving documents out of the bundle that prove that KFA was the victim of the economic climate and not any deliberate fault.
Mallya's defence team also rubbished the video of Barrack 12 at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, where the businessman is to be held if he was to be extradited to India, as having been freshly painted to give the perception of brightness that did not exist.
The video, submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Judge Arbuthnot's direction at the last hearing in July, was not played in open court as the judge said she had already reviewed it three times.
The video clearly shows the gloom that settles on this building, which is encased in what is effectively a steel oven, Montgomery said, as part of the defence arguments in favour of a court-led independent inspection of the jail cell to ensure it meets the UK's human rights obligations.
It is impossible to be satisfied about humane lighting and ventilation, she said, adding that it had been clearly tidied up for the purposes of the video as it did not match up with the photographs previously provided by the Indian authorities.
The judge, however, made it clear to the CPS that she did not require any further information in reference to the prison conditions awaiting Mallya in India.
As part of the closing submissions, Mallya's defence team effectively undertook a recap of the entire defence case, also repeating its claim that the case brought against the businessman was politically motivated.
It was alleged that the CBI had been forced to file charges and once again referred to a newspaper report against CBI chief Rakesh Asthana, which had claimed that he influenced the heads of the state-run banks and threatened them with reprisals if action was not taken against Mallya.
Mr Asthana has been solemnly sitting in court. If this were fake news, it could have been dealt with, Montgomery said.
The day-long hearing, which marks the effective end of the trial until the verdict in December, also heard the closing submissions by the CPS, which focussed on highlighting that the judge should rule in favour of extradition based on the weight of the evidence.
"The evidence is capable of sustaining an inference of dishonesty, said CPS barrister Mark Summers, adding that the government of India has proved that Mallya has a case to answer before the Indian courts.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, Mallya responded to the swarm of reporters gathered outside the court in his characteristic manner, saying the courts will decide.
As far as I am concerned, I have made a comprehensive settlement offer before the Karnataka High Court. I hope the honourable judges will consider it favourably; everybody gets paid off and I guess that's the primary objective, said Mallya, who has been on bail on an extradition warrant since his arrest in April last year and is fighting extradition to India.
"I am certainly a scapegoat, I feel like a scapegoat. Both political parties don't like me," he said.
He sarcastically described the video of Barrack 12 at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, which has been prepared for him, as very impressive.
Mallya's defence team has presented a series of expert witnesses in an attempt to prove that he had no fraudulent intentions when he took out the loans for erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines. The CPS, on behalf of the Indian authorities, have sought to establish that he had no intentions to pay back those loans in the event of the airline's collapse.


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Study suggests new treatments for Huntington's disease
Working with fruit flies, researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which the abnormal protein in Huntington's disease causes neurodegeneration. They have also manipulated the flies to successfully suppress that neurodegeneration, which they said suggests potential treatments to delay the onset and progression of the disease in humans.
Juan Botas and colleagues published their findings in the January 10, 2008, issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press.
Huntington's disease is caused by a mutation in the gene for the huntingtin protein (htt) that causes a genetic "stutter"—an abnormally long number of repeats of the amino acid glutamine at one end of the protein.
Previous studies had concentrated on the toxicity that the abnormal protein produces by forming cell-clogging aggregates in the nuclei of neurons. Most studies in animals, however, had not involved introducing the gene for full-length htt; they involved only a fragment.
In their experiments, Botas and colleagues introduced the gene for full-length abnormal human htt into the fruit fly Drosophila and studied its early effects on neural function in the flies.
They found that, before the abnormal protein produced any toxic effects in the nuclei of neurons, it caused abnormally high transmission of chemical signals, called neurotransmitters, among neurons. Such neurotransmitters are launched by one neuron across connections, called synapses, to its neighbor, triggering a nerve impulse in the receiving neuron. Besides abnormal synaptic transmission, the researchers also found that mutant htt caused neurodegeneration and degeneration in the flies' motor ability.
The researchers found that they could suppress these abnormalities by introducing other mutations into the fly genome that either reduced neurotransmission or reduced the activity of pores called calcium channels in the membranes of neurons. Such channels trigger neurotransmission by controlling the influx of calcium into neurons.
"The findings described in this report unveil a mechanism of pathogenesis for expanded htt that does not require its nuclear accumulation in detectable amounts," concluded the researchers. They wrote that the increased neurotransmission they detected "likely represents a mechanism of pathogenesis taking place at early stages of disease progression.
"These findings point to increased synaptic transmission as a therapeutic target with the potential of delaying [Huntington's disease] onset and thus likely impacting disease progression," they wrote. They concluded that their ability to genetically suppress the abnormal neurotransmission and neurodegeneration "further define[s] specific therapeutic targets and support[s] the idea that Ca2+ channel antagonists, and perhaps other inhibitors of neurotransmission, offer an attractive therapeutic option due to their specificity and wide usage."
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Les îles Reef sont un archipel de seize îles dans la province de Temotu aux îles Salomon. Ces îles sont également connues comme les îles Swallow ou îles Matema (qui signifie  « hirondelle », c.-à-d. Swallow, en anglais).

Les îles se situent à 80 km (50 milles marins) au nord de Nendo, la plus grande des îles Santa Cruz.

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Les atolls ou îles du groupe sont :
 Lomlom ou Lom-Lom
 Nifiloli ou Nioluli
 Fenualoa
 Ngalo
 Ngawa
 Ngandeli
 Nyibangä Temââ
 Nyibangä Nede
 Matema
 Ngatendo

Séparées de ces groupes, se trouvent des îles qualifiées d'externes (en anglais "outer islands") :
 Nalongo and Nupani at 10°6'36" S. lat., 165°19'12" E. long., located at about 75 km (45 mi.) northwest of the main group
 Nukapu located about 35 km (21 mi.) to the northwest of the main group
 Makalom about 17 km (10 mi.) to the northwest of the main group
 Pileni about 9 km (5.5 mi.) to the northwest of the main group
 Patteson Shoal about 100 km (60 mi.) to the of the main group

Population et langues
La population totale est de  habitants (estimations de 2003).

Les habitants de la plupart des îles parlent l'äiwoo; à Pileni, Matema, Nupani and Nukapu, on parle le vaeakau-taumako, une langue polynésienne originaire de Tuvalu.

Liens externes
 Santa Cruz and the Reef Islands, 1908 récit par le Rev. W. C. O'Ferrall, missionnaire anglican de 1897 à 1904.

Archipel aux Îles Salomon

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Osterby (en danois: Østerby) est une commune de l'arrondissement de Schleswig-Flensbourg, Land de Schleswig-Holstein.

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Osterby se situe le long de la frontière avec le Danemark, à environ  à l'ouest de Flensbourg, dans le Geest.

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Spotlight IVORY COAST West Africa Newsletter dated 06/05/2015
Grand Master Hamed Bakayoko's political projects
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From 14 to 17 February, dignitaries from Africa's major lodges [...]
Karim Keita plots at the GLNM
Ignoring a number of court rulings, the son of the Malian president is intending to ensure Grand Master Boubacar Keita stays on as head of the national lodge. [...]
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Far from assuaging tensions among Mali's Freemasons, the appointment of Lamine Sow as grand master has made things worse. [...]
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Freemasonry in disarray
The death in a road accident on Jan. 29 of Clotaire Magloire Coffie shouldn't result in a major shake-up of the Grande Loge de Cote d'Ivoire (GLCI). After serving as grand master for three decades Coffie gave up his post [. [...]
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Yesterday was the official release date of the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons. It won't hit my FLGS for some time yet so I haven't got my hands on a copy. I did celebrate the release by picking up the Starter Set and downloading a copy of the rules from the D&D website.
My recent D&D related experience has been with Pathfinder and the retro-clones of the Old School Renaissance. I was not a big fan of the fourth edition. It pretty much killed my interest in D&D.
It wasn't that the fourth edition was badly done. It had all the usual WoTC virtues of high production values, beautiful art and excellent writing. And it wasn't that it didn't work. It did what it did very well. It was just that it was not what I wanted from a RPG.
Fourth edition always felt like the answer to a business problem rather than a gamer problem. It seemed more about selling miniatures, battlemats and rules expansions to the fanbase than making the game fun.
It focused on a battlemap with minis rather than on what was to me always the point of D&D – being inside an epic fantasy tale with my friends. It drew my attention away from the movie unfolding in my head and towards that grid, that board.
After a few sessions I gave up on it. I stalked away muttering that if I wanted to play a board game, I would play a bloody board game. I wanted to visit a magical somewhere else with my friends. I wanted to run that epic fantasy movie in my head.
That for me was always the point of D&D. I still remember my first encounter with the game 37 years ago. In no way do I exaggerate when I say it hit me with the force of a revelation. To a teenager raised on Tolkien and S&S novels it was like discovering a gateway to Narnia at the back of the wardrobe. It's hard to convey quite how big a thing that was to a generation raised on the everyday miracles of Halo and World of Warcraft. It changed my life and gave me a career.
That's a lot of baggage to bring to the table for any game. Anyway, to get to the point, D&D Fifth Edition –how does it measure up?
Based on my cursory readthrough, it's great. It's pretty much how I want D&D to be. It is clear, simple and can be played without miniatures. It focuses on getting you into that other place and it makes the most of the virtues of pen and paper RPGs. It does not try to be an ersatz miniatures game or computer game separated from cyberspace. It plays to its strengths.
The rules are clear. They've cut a lot of the dead wood that Pathfinder shares with the third edition. There are few die roll modifiers. Most of them can be summed up by the concept of the proficiency bonus. This starts at +2 at first level and reaches the heady heights of +6 at level 17. If you want the basic formula divide your level by 4, rounding down and add 2.
This bonus applies to everything that you are proficient in: hitting things, making skill rolls, saving throws etc. That is pretty much it.
With such flat modifiers for levels ability bonuses play a much bigger role than in third edition. They remain more or less the same as they were there. They start at +1 for an attribute of 12 and rising by +1 for every two points in the attribute you have above that.
Saving throws, skill rolls, to hit rolls are all based on your proficiency bonus if it applies and your attribute bonus. Roll a d20 and add them, meet the target number and you're done. Rather than have a stack of modifiers you have advantage or disadvantage. Things that in previous games would have given you bonuses or penalties now give you one or the other. In both cases you roll two D20s. If you have advantage, you pick the highest. If you have disadvantage you take the lowest.
Hit points are pretty much as in the third edition, based on hit dice type by class and increasing with level. Damage uses all the familiar dice.
Spell slots are back. You use them for powering spells in much the same way a third edition sorcerer would. You can prepare your level plus your attribute bonus in spells per day and cast them as long as you have the slots to power them. Damage spells no longer scale with level. You need to power your fireball with a higher level slot to increase its damage. Simple and fair.
I could go on but I think you get the picture. The trend with this edition is towards simplicity and ease of play focusing on roleplaying and adventuring. A lot has been borrowed from the Old School Renaissance and, for me, that's a good thing. I am impressed.
The Starter Set has a nice box. It contains pregenerated characters, dice, and two magazine-style soft cover booklets. The first booklet is a summary of all the rules you need to run the game to fifth level. The rules for the characters are all on the character sheets. The second book is a very nice looking low level campaign called The Lost Mine of Phandelver. It should see your group all the way up to level 5. I've not run the adventure. It seems well written and has a lot packed into it. You could do a lot worse if you want to introduce new players to the game.
I am excited by this edition. It makes me want to play D&D again. After fourth edition I did not think that was possible.
Back in the mid–90s, long before 9–11, I was a guest on the flight deck of an SAS Boeing 737 flying between Stockholm and Copenhagen. For a man scared of flying this was a revelation. Everything seemed so peaceful and safe. The most reassuring thing about it was how routine everything seemed. One of the things that made it so was that one of the pilots, the captain, I think, sat there with a clipboard. He ticked stuff off on a checklist as the co-pilot performed various functions. It was clear that these guys had a system that made the complex task of keeping the plane in the air routine.
This was on my mind recently as I worked out the tip I am about to pass on, a thing so obvious that I am almost embarassed. First some background.
I am revising the seventh Kormak novel, Born of Darkness. During the writing of this book, I tried, as I often do, experimenting with a new technique.
I am a dedicated outliner. It's the first thing I do when I sit down to write a book. This time I thought I would experiment with pantsing, just winging it from the basic idea of the story. Or I would attempt as close to this as my over-controlling nature will allow.
I had the idea of using waypoints. I would do micro-outlines, just brief sketches up to what screen writers call the Act Breaks. (If you're not familiar with Three Act Structure take a look at this.) I wrote as far ahead as the Act Break, and once I got there, I stopped re-evaluated my plot, did another micro-synopsis and pushed on.
It went pretty well. Lots of interesting stuff popped up as I was writing. In some ways, too much interesting stuff. New ideas, new scenes, new characters, new bits of business all showed up, often out of the blue. Trying to go with the flow I did not go back and rewrite as I went along. I just made a note in the text, usually an inline annotation in Scrivener or a note in my journal or in Evernote and I pushed on. A lot of the stuff was cool, but some of it contradicted things said earlier, some of it needed foreshadowing in the text.
When I finished the first draft, things were even more of a mess than usual. I had notes scattered through my text, in various files in my journal, in plain text on my phone and in Dropbox. Sometimes I scribbled stuff down in OneNote on my tablet if an idea struck me when I was out and about. I needed to go through all this , put it together and sort it out.
That's when I remembered the pilots on the 737. I decided I needed a checklist. I would go through all my notes, put them in one place and then tick things off as I went through the list of what needed to be done.
I started using OmniOutliner, an app I have owned for over a decade but rarely use these days. It's a good program but I have not had much use for it since I started using Scrivener. So why was it on my mind now? Because I wanted something I could tick things off on and, as far as I know, there is no way of doing this in Scrivener.
OmniOutliner is great for making checklists but there was no place to cut and paste the information I needed to use.
Then I remembered that I owned Folding Text. I took all my separate notes and pasted them into Folding Text. I gave each of the major sections of the book a separate header and I put all the revisions I needed to make in order. I gave every item a checkbox.
Once I had done that I had a clear idea of everything I needed to do and more to the point I could see the order I needed to do things in. It was obvious which revisions would affect succeeding revisions. I moved the headers around to reflect the most efficient order to do them in.
Once everything was set-up, I worked through the list, ticking things off when completed. It was the easiest revision process I have ever experienced. Everything I needed was in one place. I knew exactly what needed doing and the order to do it in. As I worked my way throughthe list, ticking off the completed sections which gave me a sense of progress.
I had a clear road map to where I wanted to go and a bunch of sign-posts along the way to getting there. I knew exactly how far I was from my destination.
You don't need fancy software to take advantage of this. You could do this with print outs and a handwritten checklist if you needed to. All you need is a place to get your stuff in order and a way of keeping track of your progress. I found that it really helps.


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Q: Bootstrap for Next.Js Typescript app how to install After seeing many post I couldn't figure it out how to proper install Bootstrap for a Next.Js Typescript app. It's the first time I am going to use Bootstrap with Typescript and I am not sure how to do it. I saw those commands:
npm i bootstrap, npm i react-bootstrap, npm install @types/bootstrap, I wonder if I should use these three or there is no need for some of them.
Thanks in advance.

A: After searching and reading many similar posts I found the asnwer. It needs to be installed three dependencies.
npm i bootstrap
react-bootstrap
@types/react-bootstrap
I hope it helps somebody

A: This might work:
npm install bootstrap@next
https://medium.com/frontendweb/how-to-add-bootstrap-in-next-js-de997371fd9c

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Novak Djokovic admitted last night that he had "run out of gas" after tamely losing his first match at the Miami Open. The 12-times grand-slam champion has now suffered three consecutive defeats for the first time since 2007.
There was once a time, not so long ago, that we wondered if the Iron Man of tennis would ever say such a thing. But Djokovic, 30, looks completely out of sorts at present as he struggles along the comeback trail after having surgery on his troublesome right elbow.


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Gallup poll shows decline in Republicans' confidence in Big Tech, big business
Alex Nitzberg
Joe Raedle/Newsmakers
Gallup polling indicates that Republicans' trust in Big Tech companies and big businesses has declined significantly since last year.
While more than a third (35%) of Republicans in 2020 had "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Big Tech companies, that percentage plummeted to just 17%, according to 2021 polling.
The proportion of Republicans who had "some" confidence in Big Tech companies fell from 42% in 2020 to 35% in 2021.
The percentage of Republicans with little or no confidence in Big Tech spiked from 23% in 2020 to 46% in 2021.
Similarly, in 2020 just under a third (32%) of Republicans expressed significant confidence in big business, but that figure dropped to 20% in 2021. Those with some confidence fell from 49% in 2020 to 41% in 2021.
And the polling indicated that while 19% of Republicans had little or no confidence in big business in 2020, a much larger 37% felt that way in 2021.
In the Gallup poll about people's confidence in various institutions a response of "none" conveying no confidence at all was a volunteered response.
"For results based on the sample of 310 Republicans, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 7 percentage points at the 95% confidence level," according to Gallup.
Some people have been critical of social media giants Twitter and Facebook for their moves to engage in censorship on their platforms.
Both companies deplatformed former President Donald Trump earlier this year in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
Facebook referred its move to its independent Oversight Board which upheld the suspension but said that "it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension."
Facebook later announced that the suspension of Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts would last for 2 years effective from the date of the original suspension in January 2021 and at that point the situation will be evaluated.
"If we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue to re-evaluate until that risk has receded," the company said. "When the suspension is eventually lifted, there will be a strict set of rapidly escalating sanctions that will be triggered if Mr. Trump commits further violations in future, up to and including permanent removal of his pages and accounts."


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Q: How to match a pattern which is repeated more than nth times non consecutively? I am trying to match a pattern "city, state" (e.g., "Austin, TX") on this sample vector
> s <- c("Austin, TX", "Forth Worth, TX", "Ft. Worth, TX",
"Austin TX", "Austin, TX, USA", "Ft. Worth, TX, USA")

> grepl('[[:alnum:]], [[:alnum:]$]', s)
[1]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE

However, there are two cases I would like to retrieve a FALSE:
-when there are more than 1 comma (i.e., "Austin, TX, USA")
-when there is another punctuation sign before the comma (i.e.,"Ft. Worth, TX")

A: You can use the following regex pattern:
grepl("^[a-z ]+, [a-z]+$", subject, perl=TRUE, ignore.case=TRUE);

Regex101 Demo
Regex Explanation:
^[a-z ]+, [a-z]+$/gmi

    ^ assert position at start of a line
    [a-z ]+ match a single character present in the list below
        Quantifier: + Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed [greedy]
        a-z a single character in the range between a and z (case insensitive)
         the literal character
    , matches the characters , literally
    [a-z]+ match a single character present in the list below
        Quantifier: + Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed [greedy]
        a-z a single character in the range between a and z (case insensitive)
    $ assert position at end of a line
    ignore.case: insensitive. Case insensitive match (ignores case of [a-zA-Z])

A: Here is the RegEx:  ^([^.,])+,\s([^.,])+$
^ assert position at start of the string
1st Capturing group ([^\.,])+
    Quantifier: + Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed [greedy]
    Note: A repeated capturing group will only capture the last iteration. Put a capturing group around the repeated group to capture all iterations or use a non-capturing group instead if you're not interested in the data
    [^\.,] match a single character not present in the list below
        \. matches the character . literally
        , the literal character ,
, matches the character , literally
\s match any white space character [\r\n\t\f ]
2nd Capturing group ([^\.,])+
    Quantifier: + Between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed [greedy]
    Note: A repeated capturing group will only capture the last iteration. Put a capturing group around the repeated group to capture all iterations or use a non-capturing group instead if you're not interested in the data
    [^\.,] match a single character not present in the list below
        \. matches the character . literally
        , the literal character ,
$ assert position at end of the string


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Are you an absolute beginner taking a plunge into the world of art or already an artist enriching your skills? Or you just want to splash, meet people and socialize? It doesn't matter!!
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The workshop is led by artist Sana Maheen. You will walk out carrying your own finished individual work on a professional artist's canvas or A3 sized OHP sheet.
Breads and Banter is a neighborhood art cafe serving delicious food and beverages. It provides a positive environment for your creative juices to flow.
What is included in the ticket : Coupon worth Rs 200 which can be redeemed for food and drinks at the cafe.
Good - - by Geetha for Watercolor Landscape Painting Workshop - With Artist Sana Maheen organized by Smart ArtClass .
I had a great time at the session. Sana made sure the work that we were doing gave us an insight into knife painting. Definitely a base for us to build upon further based on our interest. Sana gave us tips and tricks we could follow and was individually present to help and guide each and every one of us present there. Studio pepperfry also made sure they did their part to make sure we are comfortable. - by Gayathri N Kartha for Palette Knife Painting Workshop - With Sana Maheen organized by Smart ArtClass .
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Q: Where should CMS data logic go We have a large web site written in WebForms and have begun implementing some new modules in MVC. We have a custom CMS in place. I put the data structure to hold CMS data in a BaseModel class. Now I`m wondering where would be the best palce to put the logic which calls the CMS data manager to get data relevant to the page.
On one hand, I can create a BaseModel, which in its constructor receives a page Id, and calls the CMS manager. Then build all models on that model.
On the other hand, I can do the same in a BaseController.
I can't decide which is more correct, since I cannot think of any advantage one will have over the other. Most of my experience is in WebForms, so I am wondering what would be the more ASP.NET MVC way of placing this logic.

A: As with many options, both would work. Between those two I think the base controller is the more correct option. The "models" you tend to see in MVC projects these days are leaner with just properties and few to no methods.
If you want a more correct alternative, consider putting this logic in a separate "repository" class.  This way you can keep the controller code lean as well. Download this sample mid-sized ASP.Net MVC sample solution which is a good tutorial on how the repository pattern can be implemented. See how the Student model is populated using the StudentRepository.
Sample ASP.NET MVC Repository Pattern Solution


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♦ Most plants, animals, and bacteria use oxygen as the terminal oxidant in their respiration process. In a few locations, however, whole ecosystems have developed in the absence of oxygen, containing creatures that can use sulfur compounds instead of oxygen. List the common oxidation states of sulfur, provide an example of any oxoanions containing sulfur in these oxidation states, and name the ions. Which ion would be the best oxidant?
Titanium is currently used in the aircraft industry and is now used in ships, which operate in a highly corrosive environment. Interest in this metal is due to the fact that titanium is strong, light, and corrosion resistant. The densities of selected elements are given in the following table. Why can an element with an even lower density such as calcium not be used to produce an even lighter structural material?
♦ The compound Fe3O4 was called lodestone in ancient times because it responds to Earth's magnetic field and can be used to construct a primitive compass. Today Fe3O4 is commonly called magnetite because it contains both Fe2+ and Fe3+, and the unpaired electrons on these ions align to form tiny magnets. How many unpaired electrons does each ion have? Would you expect to observe magnetic behavior in compounds containing Zn2+? Why or why not? Would you expect Fe or Zn to have the lower third ionization energy? Why?
♦ Understanding trends in periodic properties allows us to predict the properties of individual elements. For example, if we need to know whether francium is a liquid at room temperature (approximately 20°C), we could obtain this information by plotting the melting points of the other alkali metals versus atomic number. Based on the data in the following table, would you predict francium to be a solid, a liquid, or a gas at 20°C?
Francium is found in minute traces in uranium ores. Is this consistent with your conclusion? Why or why not? Why would francium be found in these ores, but only in small quantities?
Due to its 3s2 3p4 electron configuration, sulfur has three common oxidation states: +6, +4, and −2. Examples of each are: −2 oxidation state, the sulfide anion, S2− or hydrogen sulfide, H2S; +4 oxidation state, the sulfite ion, SO32−; +6 oxidation state, the sulfate ion, SO42−. The sulfate ion would be the best biological oxidant, because it can accept the greatest number of electrons.
Iron(II) has four unpaired electrons, and iron(III) has five unpaired electrons. Compounds of Zn2+ do not exhibit magnetic behavior, because the Zn2+ ion has no unpaired electrons. The third ionization potential of zinc is larger than that of iron, because removing a third electron from zinc requires breaking into the closed 3d10 subshell.


Home Canada Real Estate Are Toronto Buyers Back?
As Toronto's real estate market came to grips with new market conditions – heavily influenced by the provincial government's new Fair Housing Plan – the months following the April launch of the initiative saw plunging sales volumes. However, the still relatively affordable condo market, along with other non-detached single-family housing segments has attracted clients in large numbers, pushing prices up. Signs also seem to be pointing towards renewed activity in the upper echelons of the market, as buyers and investors adjust to new realities.
The Toronto Real Estate Board's newly released data set confirmed what GTA residents have known for months – real estate activity has significantly slowed down. However, while the shifting market conditions have brought the total sales volume down by almost 35% compared to August 2016, the Greater Toronto Area still saw a 3% year-over-year price appreciation.
As the market was rocked by Ontario's 16-point Fair Housing Plan, sales activity waned, as many decided to stay on the sidelines, watching the market's evolution. As average days spent on the market increased to 25 compared to 2016's 18, the number of new listings decreased 6.7% year-over-year, with potential sellers holding off on listing properties during shifting markets.
With Ontario's economic indicators at healthy levels, and the stable economy of the GTA, buyer interest has not disappeared – tactics have merely shifted. As sales activity decreased, bidding wars have almost completely disappeared as buyers realized market conditions tilting in their favor. With massively decreased sales – down 41.6% in the case of detached single-family homes in the GTA – many buyers are waiting for prices to decrease as well, with fears of overpaying and hopes of more affordable prices.
However, the waiting game played by both sellers and buyers might come to an end – or at least spur increases in sales activity. Following two consecutive interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada in just 3 months, some buyers are expected to take the plunge due to fears of missing out on current market conditions and in anticipation of possible further increases in mortgage rates.
While sales activity has weakened across all housing categories, the Greater Toronto Area's condo market saw its sales slow by "only" 28%. At the same time, however, prices have shot up. In fact, the average condo sold with a 21.4% price hike compared to the year-ago figure, currently clocking in at $507,841. With detached homes selling for an average of $968,494, and the fall kicking off with a new 1% key interest rate, condo sales are expected to show dynamic moves, as long as buyer interest doesn't push price growth into more unaffordable territory.
The luxury condominium market also performed well, even as summer sales decreased. According to Sotheby's International Realty data, condos priced $1 million and over saw an 8% hike in sales activity in the Greater Toronto Area, while the City of Toronto experienced a 15% growth. As the summer months saw the market begin to accept new trends and indicators, August sales fell 11% in the 905, while the City slid 6%.
New stock, however, paired with upcoming rent reforms are expected to bring a significant amount of new condo stock on the market before the year's end, per the same source. Although still adjusting to new market trends, and feeling the effects of the newly-introduced non-resident speculation tax, the GTA's top-tier housing market is predicted to maintain dynamic activity even as price growth and sales activity readjust to more sustainable levels.
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Socialism and feminism
Why socialists need feminism
Saturday 2 March 2013, by David Camfield
The idea that socialists should be feminists too is uncontroversial to many revolutionary socialists. But why socialism needs feminism is still worth spelling out.
The relationship between socialism and feminism has been getting more attention in online discussions recently. This is both for good reasons — such as the article by Sharon Smith of the International Socialist Organization in the US [1] that looks critically at how the Socialist Workers Party in Britain, which greatly influenced the ISO's politics, has dealt with feminism — and bad, above all the current crisis in the SWP set off by the disgraceful way that allegations of rape by a leading member were handled. [2]
Every society in the world today is shaped by the oppression of women on the basis of their gender (patriarchy/sexism). There are, of course, importance differences in what form this oppression takes because gender relations are always interwoven with class, race, sexuality and other social relations, which vary (for example, patriarchy in Canada isn't identical to patriarchy in Cuba).
Around the world, women taking action to challenge sexism commonly (thought not always) identify themselves as feminists. If we define feminism in its widest sense as opposition to sexism — which is what it means in everyday speech today — it should be obvious why socialists should be feminists.
However, some socialists who are dedicated supporters of women's liberation don't consider themselves feminists. As Smith notes, some Marxists including some in her own political current haven't "understood the need to defend feminism, and to appreciate the enormous accomplishments of the women's movement, even after the 1960s era gave way to the backlash" against feminism and other movements of oppressed people.
But some socialists who have defended and appreciated feminism and been active in struggles against gender oppression have still insisted that socialism doesn't need feminism and so they're not feminists (this is what I was taught in my early years as a socialist, in the late 1980s as a member of the International Socialists — some of whose members had the kind of really sectarian anti-feminist stance that Smith criticizes). Why?
The best case for this position is that revolutionary socialist politics are deeply committed to liberation from all forms of oppression, including gender oppression, and therefore don't need feminism. This often goes along with the belief that socialist-feminism is flawed because it advocates both united working-class struggle against exploitation and all forms of oppression (seen as the correct orientation) and autonomous (women-only) organizing against patriarchy. Women-only organizing is seen as undermining working-class politics because it allegedly means cross-class politics that don't recognize that the interests of working-class women aren't the same as those of middle-class or ruling-class women.
But even at its best this "socialist, not feminist" approach won't do. Its claim that "because socialism is about universal human emancipation, it doesn't need feminism" evades a real problem: actually-existing socialist organizing and politics aren't the ideal that these socialists talk about. They exist within patriarchal societies. As a result, the actions and thinking of socialists will inevitably be limited and deformed by the patriarchal gender relations that we're committed to uprooting. So socialists need to develop our politics by learning from the actually-existing struggle against patriarchy (as well as learning from history). To do this we need feminism.
It's feminists who are shedding light on how women are oppressed and grappling with how to challenge various manifestations of oppression, from violence against women including sexual assault to eating disorders to how families, workplaces, schools and other institutions pressure women to conduct themselves in particular ways to sexism in contemporary science and many more. Not all feminists equally, of course. Feminist politics range from revolutionary socialist-feminism all the way to pro-imperialist liberalism, and there are lively debates within feminism.
But it's feminists who are on the cutting edge of whatever progress is being made in understanding and fighting patriarchy. Socialists should be part of that action. Socialists need to learn from the best feminisms (both socialist-feminism and others) to deepen our understanding of oppression and how to fight for liberation. The "socialist, not feminist" approach is a barrier to doing this.
"Socialist, not feminist" politics downplay the reality that patriarchy has its own dynamics. These aren't separate from capitalism and class, but they can't be reduced to them either. Marx's theory of capitalism has been developed by Marxist-feminism to explain why specific features of the system perpetuate gender oppression.This is extremely important. However, it doesn't fully explain patriarchy. To do that we also need to draw on — and develop — feminist theory in a historical and materialist way.
Socialist opposition to combining mixed-gender and autonomous women's organizing is a mistake. Far from detracting from united working-class struggles, women-only organizing can be an effective tactic for making them possible. In patriarchal societies, mixed-gender organizing is never a level playing field for women. Organizing independently can help women to identify and tackle sexism in mixed-gender activism and make mixed-gender organizing more anti-sexist. It can be a way for women to take initiatives without having to wait for men to catch up with them. And there's no reason that it inevitably sacrifices the interests of working-class women to those of middle-class or ruling-class women.
Another problem with the "socialist, not feminist" approach is that it tends to promote a culture among socialists in which sexism isn't challenged as vigorously as it needs to be. To the extent that it insulates socialists from feminism, it makes it easier for socialist men to avoid dealing with tough questions about our own behavior. Insulation from feminism can also make it harder for socialist women to challenge sexism among socialists.
Socialists worthy of the name are committed to universal human emancipation. But there's a big difference between proclaiming a commitment and making it real. To make our politics more truly what we say we want them to be, socialists need feminism. We should be feminist socialists, and proud of it.
First published in New Socialist.
[1] Marxism, feminism and women's liberation posted on socialistworker.org on 31 January 2013.
[2] For links to the extensive material on this that exists online see Jim Jepps site.
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That's right. I am driving and he is riding with me. We have already had a fight about it on the phone. And we all remember what happened last time.
PS-Sue has really been letting it out. Do her a favor and check out her site.
PPS-Never, ever sit on a plane for over 14 hours after waxing the bikini line (into a small box, if you must know!) Just take my word for it.
PPPS-at the excellent suggestion of Jim, I am wondering if perhaps a world-tour for Luuk is possible. If you are interested in hosting little Luuk on his world-extravaganza, comment here and let me know. Perhaps it is time that I let him go from the nest, to explore a new world and meet other bears.
And I can vouch for his cuteness. Remember, I have slept with him.
Done. When you get a chance, Helen, go ahead and e-mail me and I'll send you my address. The ski season doesn't start until Nov. 22 so there is no hurry.
I think I am sold.
The idea of Luuk on a snowboard KILLS me!
Seems only fitting that someone with the nickname "Bear" should host the little guy. Don't ya think?
I'll host him here in Vail, CO. We'll get him out on a snowboard and in front of Gerald Ford's house.
I would love to have luuk here in Cleveland. Although HE might not like it. But, maybe he'd like to be taken to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. It would be a great picture.
I'd be happy to take Luuk to the Alamo and maybe show him some of the local wildlife. Does he get along with deer okay?
H - Thanks for the bit of extra traffic you sent my way.
Good luck driving into work with...Dun dun dun!
I don't know that Luuk is old enough for Hong Kong. If he's interested he's welcome but he could return to Sweden a very different bear.
I'm game...Luuk, I can hook you up with some sluts I know, so pick me! Pick me!
I could put Luuk up for a little while on his world tour. That is if Jim doesn't already have dibs on the Altanta metro area.
http://www.sassypants.net/ and I will come back often to read about your exploits.
yes, i do like the new photo on the sidebar. along with the rest, of course.
glad you had a safe trip. i'm going to go sign up for the TSA now. . .


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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/MV Aster
1.1 Position
1.2 Name
1.3 Depth
1.4 Visibility
1.5 Topography
3.1 Marine life
3.4 Routes
4.1 Hazards
4.3 Equipment
5 Nearby
The dive site M.V. Aster is a recent wreck in the Hout Bay area on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is easily accessible by a short boat trip, and the ship was prepared for diving before it was sunk.
Map showing the positions and features of the wrecks of the Aster (right) and Katsu Maru (left)
Rats leaving the sinking ship — The scuttling crew prepare to jump off as the Aster starts going down
The wreck's position is well protected from the south easterly wind, and the depth is conveniently suitable for advanced divers. It supports a large variety of marine life, and is structurally still fairly intact.
During the preparation of the ship for scuttling, the interior was stripped of most snags and contaminants, and some access holes were cut in bulkheads and topsides, and as a consequence, the wreck is relatively safe for penetration by suitably skilled and equipped divers. Most of the compartments have some opening to the outside, through which light can enter, and only a few compartments are truly dark. This makes it a very suitable site for wreck penetration training.
Position[edit]
-34.06501718.349451 MFV Aster: S34°03.901' E018°20.967'
-34.0648518.349252 Aster mast: S34°03.891' E018°20.955'
In the middle of the mouth of Hout Bay, near the wreck of the Katsu Maru, about 700 m offshore, and just beyond the main boat traffic lane from the harbour.
This site is in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area since 2004. A permit is required.
The 340 ton "MFV Aster" was a South African registered lobster fishing vessel which was prepared as a diver-friendly artificial reef by cleaning and cutting openings into the structure before scuttling. The Aster was scuttled in Hout Bay near the wreck of the Katzu Maru on 9 August 1997. It has been used as a training site for wreck penetration, and a general dive site for advanced divers.
Depth[edit]
Maximum depth is about 28 m in the scour at the bow and stern at low tide. This may reach 30 m at high spring tides. Average depth of the wreck is over 20 m. The gunwale of the main deck is at about 24 m at low tide, and the top of the mast is at about 9 m depth.
Visibility[edit]
Visibility will vary from poor to about as good as you will get in Cape Town. 20 m is possible, but 10 m is more likely on a fairly good day, and less than 5 m is entirely possible. The wreck is on fine sand and the visibility is significantly affected by swell. Large or long period swell will keep particles in suspension near the bottom. There is virtually no silting on the exterior of the wreck, but the interior is heavily silted in quiet corners. Interior visibility will also depend on diver skill and equipment, and not only will clumsy finning stir up the bottom, but bubbles may disturb material from the deckhead, which will then sink and reduce visibility. This is unavoidable unless diving on a rebreather, so only the first diver of the day will get clean water, and then only on a good day. The deckhead particulates are not as bad as the silt though, so it is still important to maintain precise buoyancy control, avoid bumping into things, and keep a level trim.
MV Aster in Hout Bay
Before scuttling
Preparing the Aster for scuttling
Topography[edit]
Warning — This drawing may not be entirely accurate. Use for dive planning at your own risk.
The ship stands almost level, embedded in the flat bottom as if floating in sand. The bow points towards approximately 330° magnetic (northwest). There is deep scouring of the sand at the bow and stern, usually to about 28 m maximum at low tide, but has been known to reach 30 m on a high tide. As of January 2017 the scour pits have filled in a lot and the rudder is almost completely under the sand. The vessel is essentially intact and still looks much like when it was afloat. The hull has a few holes cut in it, and the superstructure is intact except for the wheelhouse, which has lost its forward bulkhead and roof. The tripod mast at the break of the forecastle and the forecastle deck are also intact. There is a fairly large rectangular hatch just forward of the superstructure, leading to a hold, and a winch with drums at each side on the main deck under the wheelhouse, open forward and to starboard and accessible also through a hole cut in the port topsides. Mussels grow preferentially at the side of the openings, where there is more water movement, and tend to close the access gaps. Divers do occasionally clear them away to improve access, but do not rely on this. These are probably the alien invasive Mediterranean mussels.
The vessel is about 36 m long and the beam is about 8 m.
The Aster is marked on the charts at the same position as the Katsu Maru and both wrecks can be visited on the same dive. The layout shown on the map is reasonably accurate, as it is based on the GPS tracks round both wrecks on the same dive.
The interior is generally very open, with almost no clutter of wreckage, but there are deep piles of silt in places. The engine room is quite crowded, but is the most interesting compartment as it is full of engine and exhaust ducting. There is also a ladder and a small catwalk. There is a bit of light in most compartments except the after accommodation below the main deck, and a few small compartments in the forward and aft accommodation areas. Most doors are very narrow, about 600mm, which is rather tight for a large person. Some access holes and hatches are even slightly smaller, so it can be rather tight for a large diver or if you are carrying large cylinders. There has been a lot of growth of Mediterranean mussels on the wreck around the edges of the openings, making them a bit smaller. some may be too small for the larger diver with back-mount cylinder, but the mussels can be removed without too much difficulty. There are also very large numbers of Cape sea urchins on the outside surfaces that aren't too steep for them.
Most compartments are not more than two compartments away from outside access, and most have a window or porthole admitting light from outside. As a result there are several 'through routes' possible where you can go in at one point and come out at another. Obviously someone will have to go back to recover the line, and if several divers have passed through the visibility will be poor.
General arrangement of the interior: (see the drawing, it is not altogether accurate, but is a useful guide)
The wheelhouse has lost its forward bulkhead and deckhead (roof), and is also now open to the captain's cabin behind it. These are totally open and accessible from outside, and do not constitute a penetration.
The forward hold (Fish hold) has two rows of pillars supporting the deck. There is a large rectangular opening and a large more square hatchway with a raised coaming in the main deck providing direct access to the outside, and large access holes both forward and aft into other compartments at this level. The bulkhead between the fish hold and the offal room appears to have been removed and it is now a single large compartment. There is also a small square hatch to the main deck forward, but this is obstructed by invertebrate growth. Forward is the store, and aft is the engine room. Silt has built up on both sides of the hold.
The store under the forecastle is accessible from the fish hold aft through a big cutout on both sides of the mast, through a compartment which has some machinery in the middle. There is also an adequately sized hatch through the main deck just forward of the base of the mast.
The forecastle is accessible through a wide doorway in the aft bulkhead on the port side. The crew washroom door is just to the right as you go in. The crew washroom is very small, but the accommodation space is quite roomy. There is a small square hatch down into the chain locker that is too small for a diver wearing a cylinder.
The engine room is accessible from the aft end of the Fish hold/Offal room space below the main deck and extends up through the superstructure where there are doors to other superstructure areas on both sides, and up behind the funnel where there was probably a set of skylights or ventilation hatches, where a fairly large access hole has been provided. The engine room is quite large, but relatively cramped due to the fuel oil wing tanks to port and starboard forward, the engine in the middle, the stack ducting above the engine, and the ladder and catwalk aft. The ladder is to port of the engine and leads up to a catwalk at main deck level, with a door to port leading to the aft accommodation spaces, which are all interlinked and have several access routes.
on the starboard side there is access via very tight catwalks to the forward compartment on the starboard side below the wheelhouse.
There is a fairly large compartment in the superstructure on the starboard side just aft of the winch area. This has a door to the main deck and has access to the engine room.
The aft accommodation spaces in the superstructure can be reached from the engine room at the upper deck level by a doorway on the port side, through two doorways on the upper deck on the starboard side, through a hatchway from the bridgedeck, and through a cutout in the upper part of the transom. The hatch from the bridgedeck is fairly tight, and it may be too small for some divers. Light comes in through various portholes and rusted areas in the plating.
The wide opening on the starboard side of the superstructure next to a ladder to the quarterdeck leads to a small compartment, with another door inboard. This leads into what was probably the crew's messroom. There are a number of small compartments leading off this space. On the port side forward is what may have been an office or the engineer's cabin. It is close to a door to the engine room, and there is an opening in the deckhead into the wheelhouse above. Aft of this is a small compartment without windows, which may have been a store or very small office.
Aft of the entry on the starboard side there is another small compartment, containing a hatchway down to the sleeping quarters, and with a skylight above. The hatchway down is fairly big (big enough for a 1.8 m, 90 kg diver with a single 15 litre cylinder on a backplate and a small bailout cylinder, but a close fit), but the space below is very dark, and a light is absolutely necessary. The accommodation space is virtually empty, but there is a lot of silt on the deck. There is a second access hatch central on the aft bulkhead, which is smaller than the forward hatch, and accessed through a small tight compartment with a narrow door on the main accommodation deck.
Behind the wide door on the starboard side there is a small store opening only to the upper deck, and then a door to the upper deck at the extreme aft end of the narrow side deck on main deck level, under the quarterdeck.
More or less central at the aft end of the messroom there is a small alleyway leading to a compartment across the transom, where a large opening has been cut for diver access.
On the starboard side there is a narrow compartment running fore and aft. Inboard of that is a small toilet compartment (heads), athwartships.
On the port side is a small empty compartment, possibly a store.
On the port side just forward of this space there is another small compartment, possibly a store, with a small hatch giving access to the steering compartment. The hatch looks too small for a diver wearing a back mounted set, and forward of that, with a door facing forward, another small compartment.
Forward and slightly outboard of that is another small compartment with a door facing forward.
To starboard of the alleyway, opposite the compartment with the hatch down to the steering compartment, there is a very narrow compartment with a hatchway leading down into the aft accommodation in the lower part of the hull. This hatchway is very small and probably too tight for most divers while wearing a back mount cylinder and buoyancy compensator. Only divers with side-mount equipment and the requisite skills should consider penetrating this compartment, but if you stick your light down the hatch you will be able to take a look inside. This compartment is the same one that is accessed by the larger hatch further forward.
Geology: Flat fine quartz sand bottom.
Conditions[edit]
The site is exposed to south westerly swells, which are beam on to the wreck and can cause a strong surge. The site is usually at its best in summer but there are also occasional opportunities in autumn and winter. On rare occasions there may be no surge at all and visibility of over 20m. The light levels are also highly variable, and not directly related to the visibility, as on some days it can be quite dark due to a dirty upper layer, and still have good visibility, while at other times the visibility gets worse with depth, but can be quite light due to strong sunlight and clear upper water.
This is an area which sometimes has upwellings, caused by strong south easterly winds, resulting in cold clear water, which may develop a plankton bloom over a few days, which will reduce the visibility again.
Keep a lookout for times when the south west swell is low and short period, and there is not too much south easterly wind forecast.
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MFV Aster
Access is only reasonably practicable by boat. The site is about a 2.2 km ride from the harbour slipway. The wreck is in the harbour approaches, and there may be significant boat traffic. Dive boats will usually drop a shotline with a large marker buoy. This is the best place to descend and ascend as the boat will remain nearby and this indicates to passing traffic that divers are on site and they will keep clear.
Marine life[edit]
The wreck is heavily encrusted with common feather stars and sponges, with good representation by colonial ascidians and hydroids. The mast has urchins, black mussels and barnacles near the top. There is a fair range of other species, and the rarely sighted Tasselled nudibranch Kaloplocamus ramosus has been seen here several times. Large rock lobster lurk in the recesses, and rock crabs scuttle around among the encrustations of invertebrates. A few small kelp plants have established themselves on shallower parts of the wreck. As of 2017 the population of the invasive alien Mediterranean mussels has exploded, and so have the Cape urchins and fragile brittlestars, at the cost of most other invertebrates. The mussels are partly obstructing some of the openings into the wreck.
The rare Tasselled nudibranch.
Feather duster tubeworms
Mosaic pleurobranch on the rudder
Pleurobranch with egg mass
Pair of swimming crabs on the sand
Features[edit]
The Aster is a recent wreck in fairly intact condition. The structure is sound and apertures have been cut to make the wreck more diver-friendly for penetrations. Most of the structure is clearly recognisable, and all of the exterior is easily accessible for the advanced diver.
Much of the interior is accessible to competent wreck divers, depending on skill and equipment, and to some extent physical size. Penetrations of varying levels of difficulty are possible. The structure is fairly sound, and relatively uncomplicated.
Forecastle of the Aster
Tripod mast
Superstructure looking aft from the forecastle
Divers at the propeller aperture
Winch at the front of the superstructure
The wheelhouse has lost its top and front
Inside the engine room looking up and aft to the ladder and catwalk. The engine is to the left
The catwalk in the engine room looking forward
A rebreather diver visiting the wreck
Photography[edit]
Macro and/or wide angle equipment is recommended. Most of the time macro equipment will give the better results, but on a really good day you may get some fine wide angle shots. Macro will require flash.
Routes[edit]
No special route is recommended.
Start deep and progress upward. The wreck is small enough to swim around on a single dive if you just want to see the view. Start wherever convenient, and visit the scour pits at the propeller aperture and bow if you want to record maximum depth. Then ascend to the top of the hull on either side and swim around it at the depth of the gunwale, visiting the main deck and break of the forecastle as excursions. Finish the dive on the shallower parts on the superstructure, or work your way up the mast if not using a SMB or shotline.
If you wish to visit the Katsu Maru, swim to the southwest from the middle of the port side of the Aster, perpendicular to the length axis of the Aster. It is about 30m away — too far to see even on a good day — but a large enough target to find quite easily if you are moderately skilled at navigation. To return, find the wheelhouse of the Katsu Maru, swim over the hull to the keel, and swim away perpendicular to the line of the keel.
Penetration is possible if the surge is not too strong, but should not be attempted by divers without appropriate training and equipment. It is a good idea to scout the proposed route from outside first and check that the exit hole will be big enough for you and your equipment. There are plenty of convenient tie-off points near the access openings.
Hazards[edit]
Hazards at this site are due to cold water, occasional fog, and boat traffic. There is also a danger of possible entrapment if the wreck is penetrated. Some of the structure may be unstable, and the superstructure has lost a few components. Strong surge is common if the swell is large or the period long, as the vessel lies directly across the prevailing swell direction and a strong surge will create severe turbulence over the weather side gunwale.
Penetration is relatively easy as the wreck was prepared for divers before sinking. However, not all divers will fit through all of the access openings, and this also depends on your rig. Bulky BCs, dangly hoses, big cylinders and long, hinged or split fins all provide a collection of things to get snagged.
It is quite possible for a group of divers to enter the wreck, and for only the smaller ones to be able to get out the chosen exit hole, so bigger divers may have to backtrack to get out.
No special skills are required unless penetration is intended. It is necessary to be qualified for 30 m dives, so most "Advanced diver" certifications are appropriate.
Penetration is not recommended unless you are trained in the procedures and have suitable equipment. This being said, the Aster is a good wreck for wreck penetration training, as it is small, compact, and relatively snag-free, with an adequate number of access holes so that it is not likely to be more than three compartments from an exit.
A light will restore colour and allow you to look into the wreck. A reel and DSMB are worth carrying in case it is necessary to surface away from the shotline. A dry-suit is recommended as the water is usually quite cold, but many divers have dived the Aster in wet suits. Nitrox is recommended to extend no-decompression time.
Divers competent to plan and execute penetrations will know what additional equipment they will need. If you don't know, then stay out and stay alive, or attend a wreck diving training programme — there are several local schools offering the training.
Nearby[edit]
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-34.05918.3472 Sentinel
-34.0650518.3490333 MV Katsu Maru
-34.0749518.3542674 Die Josie
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