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Brayton Point Nonprofit Returns Unused Money to Somerset
Last night at the Somerset Board of Selectman meeting, local nonprofit group Save Our Bay Brayton Point closed one chapter in the fight against noise and pollution in their community.
The group petitioned the town in 2020, asking for the funds to assist with the fight, with plans to use the funds for noise and dust monitoring as well as educating the community on pollution. Residents at the town meeting that December voted in favor of the $10,000 being given to the group from free cash but the funds were not distributed to the group until summer 2021, after the resignation of former selectman Holly McNamara.
However, the group stated that because of generous donations of both time and money from community members, the funds ultimately were never used.
The group was embroiled in a legal battle with the owners of a scrap metal company for over a year, with the group advocating for the cease-and-desist of scrap metal operations at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Plant. Judge Foster of the Massachusetts Land Court ruled in favor of the town.
Subsequently, all scrap operations have stopped and the company's lease with the property owners has been terminated.
With the cases closed and no further appeals on the horizon, Save Our Bay Brayton Point was ready to close the chapter on the scrap that has been negatively impacting the community for years. Manufacturing of wind energy components is slated for the site in the near future.
Former Somerset Selectman Kathy Souza, who won a special election to fill the seat vacated by McNamara, was a founding member of SOBBP.
"I am very pleased that the three lawsuits ended as they did. It was the best outcome. SOBBP being able to give back the generous amount of money to the town is an even better outcome for us. We are hopeful the attorney general's investigation is wrapping up soon and we can put closure to this whole ordeal."
Read Kardel's full statement to the board below:
I am here on behalf of the non-profit organization, Save Our Bay Brayton Point, Inc.. Over the past three years, residents of Somerset, Swansea, Fall River and our neighboring communities have documented on an almost daily basis through photos, videos, and aerial footage the dust, noise, health, and environmental issues arising out of the scrap metal operation taking place at 1 Brayton Point Road. In March of this year, after over a year of court litigation including depositions, court hearings, a five day trial, and testimony from over a dozen of residents, the Honorable Judge Robert Foster of the Massachusetts Land Court ordered that the scrap metal operation cease and desist its operations. Judge Foster’s decision was not appealed by the owners of the property, the lease between the owner of the property and the scrap metal company was terminated, and the scrap metal operation officially ceased its operation at Brayton Point.
In addition to scrap metal, the owner of the property had also requested permission to expand operations at Brayton Point into a "commodities port" which would involve trucking and shipping dozens of commodities, including but not limited to fly ash, gypsum, concrete products, fertilizers, and chemicals at Brayton Point. Our Zoning Board denied that request citing concerns over dust, noise, truck traffic, and the health and safety of the residents. The owners of the property also appealed that denial to the Land Court. On August 16, 2022, Brayton Point LLC voluntarily dismissed its appeal thereby ending all litigation pending with the Land Court.
In December of 2020, the residents of Somerset voted at Town Meeting to provide $10,000 to Save Our Bay Brayton Point to assist the group with funding towards noise monitoring, testing for dust in the neighborhood, and further education regarding the pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods and towns. We are forever grateful for this support from the Town. Due to very generous supporters, who volunteered both their time as well as financially, the funding from the Town, which was received in the summer of 2021, was not needed or used. Accordingly, we are thrilled to be able to return the $10,000.00 plus interest as voted by the SOBBP Board on Sunday, August 28, 2022.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the residents of the town that supported us throughout these very trying times. While we pray that no neighborhood in our Town or anywhere else is ever subjected to these types of pollution again, we are confident that the residents of Somerset will be there to support one another and protect our rights to clean air, clean water, and the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. Thank you once again for your support."


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Autonomous and automated driving are on the rise. But who owns the generated data? Who gets to use it? Who can evaluate the data and develop new business models based on it? These questions are not only interesting to the individual drivers and car manufacturers, but also to the logistics industry. If they want to develop their business models, they need a lot of information – and, therefore, they need to know what data they are allowed to use.
Each hour, several gigabytes of data accumulate
Already today, there is a lot of information being generated during the operation of vehicles. In today’s serial vehicles, there are several gigabytes per hour including information on engine temperature, oil level, speed, tire pressure, route or individual driving behavior. In addition, there is data on the weather or the current traffic situation. “Here is real potential for social progress and new business models – from intelligent car parking to foreseeable rather than prophylactic maintenance,” says Dr. Maik Böres, Chairman of the Focus Group Connected Mobility in the Federal Association Digital Business (BVDW). “This clearly shows how valuable such data can be when it is processed and analyzed accordingly.”
Dr. Maik Böres, BVWD
“The core of the discussion is not the ownership but the use of data.”
The BDWV points out that the current legal situation is clear: data cannot be owned. Data does not belong to anybody. At present, however, associations, industry and politicians are discussing whether or not it is useful to allow ownership of data by law. “Often, it is not so much about who owns the data, but rather about the question whether the citizens get to control how their personal data is used,” says Böres. “The core of the discussion is not the ownership but the use of data.”
Here, the parties are pragmatic. Logisticians such as DB Schenker often use partnership co-operation regarding the use of data, for example, when using autonomous vehicles. “This data belongs to the individual project partners, who collect it,” says Dr. Chung-Anh Tran, project leader Platooning. “The partners exchange project-relevant data with each other to further develop the project.” Because autonomous vehicles are accompanied and supervised by drivers, data can also be assigned to the individual driver. In that case, the data will be anonymized before it gets evaluated.
Who gets to control the data?
But can this partnership model be applied to the whole industry? Here, opinions tend to differ sharply. Automakers, for instance, would like to retain control of the driving data. There is a lot of criticism, however, because, first, the personal privacy of motorists seems at risk. Second, some believe that the auto industry raises data in the name of security or better traffic flow, in order to use it for other – profitable purposes.
The insurance companies would also like to process the data freely. They could make rates dependent on the driving behavior of their customers.
Another approach is to have the drivers own their data. This is also what the majority of Germans want, as the Bitkom Digital Association together with the Association of TÜV Companies found out. Less than half, however, want to provide the data to third parties – and that only to improve traffic or to investigate crime.
What data is actually important?
It is still unclear what kind of information the companies actually seek. Some companies ask for the general provision of data, others wish to analyze only the data relevant to the driver. Weather and traffic position data is also interesting, as well as position data, speed, acceleration and braking data, according to Bitkom. Only the maintenance data of a vehicle was, for the most part, rather unimportant to the companies.
“#Autonomous and #automatized driving generates a lot of # data. But who has the right to use it?“Tweet WhatsApp
However, this could change soon. Due to competitive pressure, companies need to develop their business models. In order to do this, they need increasingly more data. Furthermore, it is still unforeseeable which services and business models will make it easier to manufacture, transport and trade in the future. Sure, the future lies in the data, but it still needs to be found.

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Discovering to weaved is actually such enjoyable!
Fairly than figuring out merely the fundamental stitches and also needle and also thread info, you would like the knitting to appearance their best possible. For that you furthermore mght demand to understand how you can obstruct the completed initiatives.
Typically, stopping is actually discussed in a paragraph or more, whether in any respect, in ending up guidelines. Though it isn’t important towards knitting via some initiatives it’ll give all of the distinction.
Stopping aids to form the knitting, to greatly help intensify stitching, similar to cords, and also to present a called for specialist appearance to exactly what you’ve got already been slaving over when it comes down to lengthiest of occasions.
Bear in mind, some initiatives put on’t need stopping. But, also the best of things, similar to scarves otherwise placemats, will probably be obstructed and also will certainly appearance nicer as a result of it.
Stopping does not need rather a lot. All you’ll need is actually a level emerge (an ironing board will certainly would high quality), rustproof pins, and also an iron.
Many knitting guidelines for clothes otherwise various other things, gives you stopping info close to the tip of the sample, meaning that put on’t miss out on it.
Whenever forming the knitting, you can find 2 actions to utilize. You’re steaming additionally the various other is actually pinning. Steaming is straightforward and also goes swiftly. You certainly will wish to pin the knitting level to the emerge. By no means iron straight in the textile, area a material over very top otherwise merely maintain the iron shut. Via some yarns, preserve just a little range in between the iron additionally the thread; allow widespread pick up end up being the direct.
Currently keep in mind, when you are employing delicate thread, otherwise one in every of these enjoyable hair, ribbony sorts, utilize a damp spray stopping methodology; put on’t obstruct via an iron otherwise you could get a hold of the thread start to decipher otherwise practically disintegrate in the past the eyes.
Steaming the knitting is actually super-fast, and also dries in no time at all. Occasionly, I take advantage of just a little spray starch, merely to present it just a little further strike.
Whenever pinning, some initiatives can have that you pin in the past that you heavy steam, and also some after. Put on’t strive extending the thread; in addition to when you implemented the sample appropriately, you need to have actually it merely in regards to the distance and also size that had been known as for. Pin all crucial factors in line with the dimensions which come making use of sample.
Whenever in question, allow warning end up being the direct. In spite of everything, you do not wish to smash some thing that provides taken weeks and maybe even months, to coating. All-natural fibers, similar to woollen, cotton, linen, otherwise cashmere could undoubtedly manage the heavy steam stopping. Much more delicate yarns, similar to mohair, angora, otherwise a specialized thread, would far better via merely a twig obstruct.
Some really uncommon yarns, similar to lurex, chenille, enjoyable hair, otherwise eyelash ought to perhaps not end up being obstructed in any respect, merely to get in the risk-free aspect.
Meaning that there you’ve got it! When obstructed, you certainly will see a distinction to your completed knitted initiatives. It is merely yet one more option to have actually the household and also close friends go crazy over exactly what a fantastic knitter you happen to be!


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JB’s Cool New Music
N.E.R.D. have followed up on their promise that they’d be following the Yellow Submarine path with their contribution to the Spongebob Squarepants film sequel soundtrack.
The latest single from the upcoming Imagine Dragons album could find the band courting success on pop radio as well as alternative rock.
That duet with Rihanna that Kanye West was playing for people off his laptop? It’s finally here.
“Detroit vs. Everybody” is off Shady Records’ Shady XV compilation that was released back in November.
The remix precedes the two acts’ summer tour together.
The video eschews traditional music video tropes (with the exception of one rather out of place girl in a bikini) in favor of cherry blossoms and Buddha statues.
Sheppard have conquered Australia with their Mumford & Sons-y single “Geronimo.” Next up: America.
What’s got five members who troll around L.A. in a convertible looking for weddings? The new Maroon 5 video.
Can you imagine how Anastasia Steele must have felt the first time she met her soulmate Christian Grey? Ellie Golding certainly does.
Many videos that are companion pieces to songs from soundtracks take the easy route, using footage from the film to fill in the b-roll blanks. This, of course, would not do for The Weeknd.

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Renowned UK artist, Unknown T, unveils his latest single “WELCOME 2 MY STRIP“, reflecting his dominant presence in the evolving Grime landscape.
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The D.C. Council authorized the sale of an old police station yesterday for conversion to housing on Capitol Hill.
Two council members vied for credit for the project and one member denounced it for relinquishing a property that might be used for mental patients or juvenile offenders, but the measure passed on a voice vote with only two objections.
The old 9th Police Precinct Building at 525 Ninth St. NE had been the center of a bitter confrontation in March 1986 when neighbors picketed and then sat in the mayor's office to block city plans to turn the century-old structure into a jail.
Mayor Marion Barry dropped the jail project because of the protesters, including council member Nadine P. Winter (D-Ward 6), who staged a four-hour sit-in in his office.
Yesterday Winter tangled with council member Betty Ann Kane (D-At Large), over whose bill would be used to authorize the sale. The city is expected to accept bids from developers in the next two months. The building would be divided into six to nine units, either rental or condominium. Two or three of the units would be reserved for moderate-income tenants.
Council member John A. Wilson (D-Ward 2) denounced the sale as irresponsible at a time when the city government is under pressure to find facilities for mental patients being discharged from St. Elizabeths Hospital as well as for homeless people and juvenile offenders.
"We are giving away a property we know we will need because of legislation the council passed and court orders we are under," Wilson declared. "Then we'll buy another property for gobs of money . . . because somebody made a political deal."
Winter rejected the accusation, saying that the old police station, which has been vacant for 10 years, is not suitable for a group home. She noted that within a block there are a shelter for homeless women, a facility for teen-age runaways and an elementary school.
Council member H.R. Crawford (D-Ward 7) declared that Winter's ward "is saturated with a variety of community-based facilities. You certainly have played your part. There will come a time that every ward will have to take its share."
Crawford has introduced a bill requiring that community-based residential facilities, such as shelters, group homes for mental patients and drug treatment centers, be distributed around the city according to a "fairness formula."
Council member Frank Smith Jr. (D-Ward 1) said his ward had had "an avalanche of institutions" that are "incompatible with a residential neighborhood." He said he would try to amend Crawford's bill to require council approval for each government-financed home or shelter.
But the debate soon turned back to the dispute between Winter and Kane, who lives near the old police station, over whose bill should be used to authorize the housing conversion. Eventually, Winter's bill was passed with a slight change as a substitute for Kane's.
The only opposition on the 13-member council came from Wilson and from Chairman David A. Clarke. Clarke said a property sale should not be authorized by emergency legislation. But Kane said she was certain that identical permanent legislation will follow. She said the emergency bill would probably speed the project by six months.


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Mist rose above the falls as water slapped down against water, rhythmically and soothingly. Over all else, a child’s cry could be heard. I searched through the fog for the being whose screaming lungs touched something deep within me. When I happened upon a wicker basket in the river, the sobbing died down. I peered over the twine at the little child wrapped inside. For a minute we both simply stared at one another, taking each other in.
Finally I reached in to pull the baby out, and when it was in my arms I was graced with a lyrical laugh that tugged at the corners of my heart. I pulled the child closer to my face, my heart softening at its glowing green eyes which mirrored my own.
All of a sudden, all other sounds ceased. The waterfall stopped, like time around us was frozen. When I looked back at the quite child in my arms, the baby had begun to change. Its emerald eyes were swallowed by black. Its chubby little legs kicked their way out of the blanket, forming a blood red tail which slapped against my arms. Then the baby sprang up suddenly at my face with needle-sharp fangs poking out from underneath its upper lip.
I jerked back, waking myself up. When I found myself at my metal desk, exactly in the middle of the classroom, I realized I had fallen asleep in class…again. I hadn’t been getting much sleep since I was being plagued with the nightmares of the demon, mermaid baby with fangs. I shuddered just thinking about it. I mean, could a mermaid even have fangs? Even though I was a mermaid myself, my knowledge of my own race was limited. There was nothing I knew about them for sure, except for the things I knew about myself.
When I was born, my mother had abandoned me and left me on the doorstep of a water nymph, my guardian Tupaia. All I really know about my mother was that she was a mermaid who had an affair with a human, and I am their result. Since I am half-human and half-mermaid I am able to walk and interact with humans, as well as turn into a mermaid who is able to breathe underwater and communicate with fish. As if that wasn’t freakish enough, my hair and nails change colors with my moods. From the research Tupaia and I had conducted, we gathered that there were many different mermaid species and it was impossible to decipher which one I belonged to. Especially since most of our research has told us that I shouldn’t even be able to transform into a full mermaid since I am not full blooded. Guess it’s another aspect of myself I could add to my freak list.
I looked up at my Honors English teacher who was engrossed in her metaphor speech and the notes she had scrawled out on the black board. I let out a sigh of relief. It seemed she didn’t notice I had fallen asleep during her reading of The Awakening (thank goodness!). Even though I had dogged one bullet, another had her aim directly on me. Ginger.
Ginger had the entire package. She was one of the smartest, prettiest, and most popular girls in school; and her favorite extracurricular activity? Picking on the school’s biggest outcasts, and it just so happened that I was on the top of the list. Why was I the school’s number one outcast? Well, living in South Carolina just about everyone has a tan. Even the pale people have sun-kissed skin. I, on the other hand, was simply translucent. My skin was so light that you could see my veins! Ginger’s purple eyes taunted me from across the room, a smirk playing on her thin lips. I quickly darted my eyes away, although I was sure she could smell my fear.
I was not the only “Mythical Creature” that roamed the halls at Folly High. Ginger was one of them. She was a pixie, one of the cruelest, coldest creatures I had ever come across. Like many of the other creatures in the school she masked her true identity with magic, in her case Glamour. Even though I was one of them, they did not know I was, and I desperately tried to keep it that way. I did not want to give Ginger another reason to pick on me.
I threw my hood over my head. The second the heavy fabric touched my changing red hair, the teacher immediately stopped in the middle of her sentence to yell, “Miss Tal-Reathe! Put down your hood at once.”
I could practically hear Ginger snickering to herself.
There was no way I was going to uncover my light pink hair. I was not going to expose my secret. Like a scared animal under the watchful eye of its hunter, I held my breath and sat very still, hoping I would be spared.
Thankfully the bell rang before the teacher could step any closer. I gathered my papers in my arms and blindly darted out of the room, blending in with the swarm of eager students. Before I was even halfway down the hallway Ginger’s voice echoed against the hollow walls, calling my name. “Oh, Morgan!” I cringed. There was no escape. My only options were to stay and take whatever Ginger had planned, or run only to endure something much worse later. I stood, still as a statue, my eyes squeezed shut, and my papers clutched to my chest. My heart sped up with each step she took towards me. Her cold, boney hand clutched my shoulder as she flung me into a wall of olive green lockers. Pain spread through my back causing me to let out a low whimper.
“Morgan, it was so sweet of you to wait for me.” She began to chuckle, a crazed yet beautiful sound. Her fellow cheerleaders, otherwise known as her mindless drones, started in after her like the perfect group of horror they were. When their laughter died down, Ginger brought her attention back to me. Her face was inches from mine as she whispered, “That was quite a show you put on in class.”
Her breath filled my nose, smelling like dirt. I winced away: a move that only displeased the “Highness”. Scowling at me she growled, her upper lip turning into a snarl. “You will always be a freak, and don’t you forget it.” She grabbed the fabric of my navy blue sweatshirt in her fists as she pulled me towards her only to slam me into the lockers once more. A lock jammed into my spine, the pain rippling through my entire body, as my papers rained around me. I slid down to the floor, tears pushing at the back of my eyelids, as Ginger and her perfect gang walked briskly down the hall, their tan, toned legs visible under their short-shorts, and their blond hair swaying with each step.
My hood fell over my hair as I dropped my face into my hands. I could never compete against her. She was perfect in every way and just as she said, I was only a freak. A deep voice interrupted my thoughts. “Maybe if you got a tan they would leave you alone.”
I snorted. “Yeah, and maybe I could try some lipstick.” Truth was, I had tried both those things. Nothing worked, not tanning lotion, spray, the sun, or any kind of lipstick for that matter. I was cursed with being so pale that I was practically see-through and I was stuck with lips so blue that I looked like I was suffering from hypothermia.
I lifted my head from my hands to find myself faced with a hand full of my papers. I slowly allowed my eyes to travel upwards from his large hands, to his bulky arms, masculine neck, and finally his face… I looked up at his chiseled chin, sharp jaw bone, and shaggy auburn hair that swooped right above his dark sunglasses. I gasped. I was face to face with no one other than the hottest guy in all of Folly. “I’m Leroy,” he introduced himself, clearly amused with whatever expression happened upon my face.
“I know,” I answered, snatching my papers from his hands. I knew all about Leroy. He was new to Folly but was quickly acclaimed the hottest guy after joining the football team. He and Ginger were rumored to become a couple. I mean the captain of the football team and the head cheerleader is textbook for the perfect couple. But that wasn’t all he was, he was also a vampire. I jumped up so we were both standing. “I’m Morgan,” I finally managed.
I nodded awkwardly. Of course he knew. I began to squirm in my skin. What could he possibly want with me? Did Ginger put him up to this? I checked the nonexistent watch on my wrist. “Oh look at the time, I should get to class.”
I turned to leave but he just stepped in stride with me. “Where are we headed?”
We? “AP Art?” I squeaked.
“You like drawing?”
I nodded. “Painting mostly.”
“That’s cool. I’m no good at that stuff.” There was more awkward silence as we neared the classroom.
“Wait!” He interrupted. I froze. “There’s this party Friday night…”
I shook my head. “I don’t do parties.” I went to go into the classroom when his ice hand grabbed ahold of my forearm. “Then we don’t have to go.”
I stared up at him, startled. I tried to look into his eyes, but they were guarded with the thick dark lenses.
He took my silence as an OK to continue. “Just go out to dinner with me. Please.”
I shook my head. “I have plans.”
“Cancel them.” A breath caught in my throat. Was this really happening? He took his sunglasses off and begged me with his creamy brown eyes. “Please.”
“I-“ Then before I could say another word his cold hands brushed against my burning face as he took ahold of the back of my head and delivered a soft kiss onto my lips, his brown shaggy hair tickling my forehead. My first kiss. He slowly pulled away, his light eyes still begging. “OK.” I finally agreed.
“Great, I’ll pick you up at six!” He placed his sunglasses back on his head and dashed away before the bell rang.
For a minute I just stood there. Slightly confused as to what had just happened. When I entered the classroom I was faced with students who looked as baffled as I was; their thoughts written on their faces. “Why her?” I shrugged as if to say, I don’t know either.
I was relieved to sink into the back of the room where I settle into my seat, grateful to lose myself in my art once again. I was comforted by the symphony of light brush strokes, pencil scrapping against uneven canvas, lulled breathing and soft hearts’ beating. I let myself once again, be swept away by the memory of my mother as her unfinished portrait sat in front of me. Her blond locks danced around her soft face curling and uncurling around each flawless curve of her head, as if each strand were alive. Her thin, light brows pinched together ever so slightly as we said our silent goodbyes. Her emerald eyes, which resemble my own, gazed down at me with love and worry. My itsy-bitsy fingers reached for the shell which dangled from her neck, her name May scrawled on hers, much like mine that says Morgan.
I hadn’t even realized I was painting until Mrs. Vigoss woke me from my spell by gasping, “She’s beautiful.”
I continued painting the fiery highlights in her hair. Smiling I agreed, “She is.”
“Who is she?”
I tried to tame the swirl of emotions which bubbled within my stomach like an active volcano. “My mom…” I felt something wet roll down my cheek. A tear? I quickly swiped it off my face with the back of my hand. So much for controlling myself.
She delivered an assuring squeeze on my shoulders before moving on to another student, leaving me alone with the sense of loss. A feeling I’ve shouldered all my life. I hardly knew anything of the woman I painted, of the person who had caused me so much grief. Who was she? Who was my father? Where are they? Why did she leave me behind?
I was all too grateful, when the bell rang, to pack up my supplies and get the painting of her out of my mind.
As soon as the final bell rang, I sank through the crowd, tip-toeing around people like a mouse, until I stepped into the school parking lot and was greeted with the fresh, salty air of Folly, South Carolina. I headed to the very back where my two-thousand-nine Chevrolet Impala, a Winter Solstice gift from Tupaia, was parked.
I climbed into the driver’s seat and leaned into my royal blue seat covers. Taking a deep breath I inhaled the tropical car sent. I pulled the key from the front pocket of my messenger bag; put it in the ignition to start the car. Rolling down all the windows, I let the tasty air in, and began my drive home. It was only a thirteen minute drive, but the traffic leaving the school was terrifying as always. When I finally escaped the parking lot I got caught behind another car turning right down Folly Beach Road. It was a silver VW Beetle with its top down. Ginger‘s long blonde locks danced behind her as her sharp violet eyes pierced through me in the rearview mirror. The girl driving was someone that I did not recognize. All I could see of her was her light brown bob.
I could hear a unique voice trail out of the VW’s speakers, singing the words, “It makes me stop and wonder, what spell have I been under? Who taught that voodoo that you do? I can see your glory. I wanna write your story! Somebody’s voodoo’s got me binded to you.” I didn’t even notice my fingers lightly strumming to the beat on my steering wheel until the Beetle turned right, and the music began to fade. Shrugging off the weird sensation the song brought, I turned left, the song playing on repeat in my head.
Air flooded my car as I drove down the road to home. I passed layers upon layers of thick forests filled with Red Maples and White Birches. The closer I got to the beach, the more I could taste its salty air on my tongue. When I got to East Huron Avenue, I followed it onto East Hudson, and then took a left at Sixth Street. I pulled into the paved driveway in front of my dark grey, two story house. There were two sets of white stairs that met together on the porch, making an arch. I took the pair of white stairs on the right and opened the wooden door.
As soon as I set one foot over the threshold and onto the grass green carpet in the hallway; Tupaia came bouncing out of the home gym in her turquoise sweats. Her long brunette hair was tied back into a pony-tail with a teal, silk ribbon. She smelled of cream and sugar, despite the sweat trickling down her face. Her blue eyes glowed as she greeted me with a, “How was your day?” and a swift kiss on the cheek. I hung my messenger bag up on a brass fish whose tail was bent up into a hook. I gave Tupaia a hug, and kissed her back.
“Today was weird,” I confessed.
She skipped into the kitchen, directly ahead, with me lagging behind. “How so?”
I sat down at the sky blue counter, on top of our stainless steel bar stools. I didn’t want to tell her, because I knew that she wouldn’t understand my conflicting feelings about going out with Leroy. So instead I watched her reach up into the cupboard with her long, thin limbs and take out plates. She set the plates on the counter and pulled the lettuce out of the white refrigerator, and then sprinkled lettuce onto our octopi plates, cut up some carrots, threw in some cherry tomatoes, and topped them off with a few croutons.
She sat next to me, handed me a silver fork, and took a bite of her own salad. “Well?” She asked, raising one of her thin, dark brows.
I sighed, pushing the food on my plate around with my silverware. “I have a date for tomorrow…”
She squealed, almost falling off of her stool. “Really!” she cried. “What’s his name? Is he cute? What time? Should I go buy you a new outfit? What are you going to wear?”
I sighed and then took a deep breath. “His name’s Leroy, he’s the hottest guy in school, and he’s a vampire!”
She just continued to stare at me with her round eyes, waiting for something more.
I shrugged. “That’s it.” She pinched her forehead together with her sculpted brows and I explained. “I didn’t know if going out with Leroy would be a good idea because he’s a vampire, and they’re dangerous, and I don’t feel like getting hurt or having my blood drained out of me.”
Finally she came to life, but her reaction was not what I was expecting, though I should have. Nymphs had a tendency to be irresponsible, and have a hard time being serious. Tupaia was like a child disguised as an adult. She laughed and waved her hand, “You are silly! Why would he ask you out if he was going to hurt you?”
I could feel the steam coming out of my ears. “To get me alone? To gain my trust?” I stated in a “well, duh” way.
She shook her head. “If he wanted to hurt you, he would have done so by now.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Did she care about my well-being at all? I turned my attention from her to my plate and ferociously stabbed a tomato with my hand-held trident.
Tupaia shoveled her salad down her throat without chewing. With a full mouth she began to explain, “I got called in for another modeling job tonight, so I won’t be home ‘till late.” I nodded. “Don’t forget to do your homework, and I’ll pick up a new outfit tonight for your big date.” She winked at me, gave me a kiss on the forehead, and was out the door.
“Bye,” I called. I tossed my salad, dropped the plates in the sink, and was also out the door. I sprinted into the woods and off the trail southward. Birds chirped around me, trees bristled in the breeze, but I did not stop to admire this scene. Instead I kept going. I did not even stop once I got to the pool. While sprinting, I tore off my clothes and dove right in. The cool water welcomed me and the tingly feeling began to quake my being as I began the transformation. As soon as the fresh saltwater touched my skin, I shuttered in delight. Just like stripping down in heat, I stripped my human self and released the real me. I let my legs fuse together into one emerald green tail, flapping behind me. The scales did not end there; they engulfed my entire body, so tiny my skin seemed to shimmer. I swam to the bottom of the pool, where Tupaia had real seaweed planted. I clutched the soft textured sand in my fists and rolled around in the seaweed, laughing. The pool, my pool, was my home; my haven. There, on the bottom of my ocean, no one could touch me. I was free. I just laid there for a while, my eyes closed, and breathing the wonderful taste of saltwater. I imagined that I wasn’t at the bottom of a giant saltwater tank, but in the vast ocean with my mother; swimming and laughing, no idea where we are going, but just enjoying each other’s presence. It was a day dream that I often revisited. It was a wish I knew could never come to existence.
Finally I opened my eyes, staring down at my skin, practically glowing with the microscopic scales woven in. I ran my webbed hands over the rough emerald scales that made up my lower half. I was a freak. No one else I knew looked as different as I, even without their glamour, their shields from human eyes. They usually were just as beautiful, or more so, but me? I didn’t look like I belonged, at least, not at school. In my enormous tank, however, the fish accepted me. We played together, we swam together, and we talked to each other. They were my only friends, and I trusted them with my life.
“Morgan!” Ron swam to my side.
“Hey.” Ron was my best friend, and a seahorse. We usually restocked the pool with new fish every few years. So I had made many friends, but never a best friend, until about four years ago when we got Ron.
“How was school?”
I rolled my eyes.
“The usual?” He asked.
“It started that way, but it became very… unusual.” I tossed myself onto my back and stared up towards the end of the water and the beginning of the sky.
“Did Ginger apologize for being so mean to you?”
I laughed. “Close.” I rolled onto my side and stared into Ron’s eyes. “Leroy asked me out.”
Ron’s entire expression changed from joking, to serious. “You mean the vampire?”
Finally someone who was as worried as I was! “Yeah,” I sighed, “I’m not sure what to do.” I fell onto my back again, staring up into space. “A part of me is begging to go, and the other part is too cautious. It says: ‘he’s going to try to drain you of blood, or worse, make me just like him because he pities me’.” A tear escaped my left eye and dissolved into the water. I hoped that he didn’t pity me, that wasn’t something I needed. I hoped that he actually liked me, thought I was cute when everyone thought I was a freak. But I also knew that it couldn‘t be possible, no one would ever like me. “What do I do?”
“What does Tupaia say about all of this?”
I tried to keep my voice calm, to cover up the emotions that clutched me tightly in its grips. “She thinks I should go for it. That he wouldn’t ask me out if he had any intention to hurt me.” I laughed a little too hard, “Can you believe that?”
“Yes,” he confessed. “Your guardian is very irresponsible. She doesn’t know how to worry about stuff like this. It’s not her nature.”
I looked over at Ron, who floated beside me, stiff, and his eyes flamed with anger.
“I know it’s not her fault that she is the way she is… I guess sometimes she could at least try to act like a mature adult who is taking care of a teenage girl.”
I sat up and scooped Ron into my sparkling arms, wishing that he had arms that he could hug me back with.
“It’s not fair that I can’t comfort you when you’re upset.” He sighed, as if reading my mind. “It’s something that’s bothered me since the first time I saw you’re beautiful face and sad green eyes…”
I blushed, filling up with happiness. “How do you know what beautiful is?”
He shook his head. “I may be a seahorse, but I am not a fool.”
I hugged him a little tighter. “You’re the best friend a mermaid could have.”
He butted me softly with his head, “You’re the best friend that anyone could have. Those humans at school are nitwits.”
I laughed a little. Nitwits? Ron always said the weirdest things. I kissed him on top of his head. “How’s it that you always know just what to say to cheer me up?”
He laughed, a noise filled with unexplainable beauty. “I have had many years of practice.”
I laughed too. “I guess so.” Sighing, I said goodbye and swam to the surface.
Before my head broke the top of the water I heard Ron call, “Be careful with that vampire boy!” Then my body was stung with the chilly night’s air. I carefully maneuvered myself out of the pool and completely dried myself with a towel before my fin broke into two pale, stick-thin legs. I used those legs to run me home, where I put on a night gown and did my homework.
Curious, I took out my laptop and searched for the song lyrics that played out of the mysterious VW. I discovered that the song “Voodoo” was written by some Canadian Singer/Actress named Alexz Johnson. Whoever she was she made great music. I downloaded her album and fell asleep listening to the words of “Voodoo” on my IPod.
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Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected 8.9-hr variability in both optical and ultraviolet light curves of the recently-discovered hypervelocity white dwarf LP 40-365.
An artist’s impression of a thermonuclear supernova event. Image credit: ESA / ATG Medialab / C. Carreau.
LP 40-365 is currently located some 2,000 light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Minor.
“This star is moving so fast that it’s almost certainly leaving the Milky Way Galaxy. It’s moving almost 852 km/s,” said Dr. J.J. Hermes, an astronomer in the Department of Astronomy & Institute for Astrophysical Research at Boston University.
“But why is this flying object speeding out of the Milky Way? Because it’s a piece of shrapnel from a past explosion that’s still being propelled forward.”
“To have gone through partial detonation and still survive is very cool and unique, and it’s only in the last few years that we’ve started to think this kind of star could exist,” added Odelia Putterman, also from the Department of Astronomy & Institute for Astrophysical Research at Boston University.
By looking at various kinds of light data from Hubble and TESS telescopes, the astronomers found that LP 40-365 is not only being hurled out of our Galaxy, but based on the brightness patterns in the data, is also rotating on its way out.
“The star is basically being slingshotted from the explosion, and we’re observing its rotation on its way out,” Putterman said.
“All stars rotate — even our Sun slowly rotates on its axis every 27 days. But for a star fragment that’s survived a supernova, nine hours is considered relatively slow,” Dr. Hermes added.
Based on LP 40-365’s relatively slow rotation rate, the team feels more confident that it is a shrapnel from the star that self-destructed after being fed too much mass by its partner, when they were once orbiting each other at high speed.
Because the stars were orbiting each other so quickly and closely, the explosion slingshotted both stars, and now we only see LP 40-365.
“Our paper adds one more layer of knowledge into what role these stars played when the supernova occurred, and what can happen after the explosion,” Putterman said.
“By understanding what’s happening with this particular star, we can start to understand what’s happening with many other similar stars that came from a similar situation.”
“Stars like LP 40-365 are not only some of the fastest stars known to astronomers, but also the most metal-rich stars ever detected,” Dr. Hermes said.
“Stars like our Sun are composed of helium and hydrogen, but a star that has survived a supernova is primarily composed of metals, because what we’re seeing are the by-products of violent nuclear reactions that happen when a star blows itself up, making star shrapnel like this especially fascinating to study.”
The findings appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
J.J. Hermes et al. 2021. 8.9 hr Rotation in the Partly Burnt Runaway Stellar Remnant LP 40-365 (GD 492). ApJL 914, L3; doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac00a8


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In his remarks, Dir. HR and General Affair said, the internship program will be executed according to students' background, so that they will be better prepared when they go directly to the field.
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On her occasion, Petiana Indriati, a representative from Pancasila University expressed her gratitude to the state-owned enterprises, and PT Timah because the program which will last for 6 months was felt to have provided equal opportunities for students from universities in the country.
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Patrick Stewart has been at Manchester United long enough to have seen a Champions League win, the club’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement — and the subsequent decade of underachievement.
Stewart joined United in 2006, becoming their chief legal officer and general counsel, responsible for overseeing the club’s legal and regulatory affairs, and managing relationships with key stakeholders, such as the Premier League.
Apart from the name he shares with the famous Star Trek actor, relatively little is known about Stewart. But he will be thrust into the spotlight when he becomes United’s interim chief executive following Richard Arnold’s departure.
How long, though, will Stewart be in his new role? Uncertainty continues to loom large at Old Trafford, with senior figures unsure what Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s proposed minority investment will mean for their careers.
Ratcliffe, the British billionaire behind petrochemicals company INEOS, is likely to want to appoint people he knows in key roles — such as Sir David Brailsford, the man behind Great Britain’s cycling success and the director of sport at INEOS.
But until further clarity is provided, Stewart is going to be responsible for managing the club and will play a key role in the transition phase when INEOS’ deal is ratified. Stewart has been working closely on the minority investment in recent weeks and was appointed to the club’s PLC board at the end of 2022.
The expectation is that Jean-Claude Blanc, the former Juventus chief executive who left a prominent role at Paris Saint-Germain in December to oversee INEOS’ sports portfolio, will eventually succeed Arnold as United’s permanent CEO. But who is the man to steer the ship in the meantime?
When he joined United from TEAM Marketing in 2006, Stewart became one of the first in-house lawyers at a Premier League club and was tasked with setting up a legal department.
Such is his importance behind the scenes, Stewart signs off almost everything associated with the club, whether that is a record-breaking commercial deal, such as their renewal with kit supplier Adidas, or a first-team player’s contract extension.
Those behind the scenes at Old Trafford describe the interim chief executive as a level-headed influence, who quietly and neutrally goes about his business. Alongside Arnold, Stewart travels to the majority of United’s matches — home and away — and is a regular fixture in directors’ boxes.
His influence at United extends beyond the boardroom, with Stewart appearing at the Premier League’s shareholder meetings — the regular get-togethers attended by representatives of the 20 clubs in the English top flight.
A source who has attended these meetings, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, said: “He handles the Premier League meetings well and isn’t afraid to get involved in policy matters. He is a process-driven lawyer and a nice enough guy.
“If you don’t want to end up in a legal mess and need someone to manage a short-term process, then Patrick is more than capable of being that person.”
Stewart also sits on multiple Premier League and Football Association committees.
One of those includes the FA’s working group, created in February and dubbed ‘NewCo’, to establish how the English women’s professional game should look in the future. The plan behind the committee is to work towards the creation of a new company responsible for running the Women’s Super League, taking the responsibility away from the FA.
His other responsibilities include being on the Premier League’s legal advisory group and their medical working group. He is also a member of the legal working group for the European Club Association (ECA).
If his various committees, coupled with his day-to-day role at United, are not enough to keep him busy, then Stewart is also an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being nominated for the role by the ECA in 2018.
In more recent times, Stewart was on United’s panel that fed into Arnold and conducted an internal investigation into Mason Greenwood after criminal charges against the forward, which he always denied, were discontinued. United performed a U-turn on keeping Greenwood after The Athletic detailed their plan to bring him back.
“We have concluded that the material posted online did not provide a full picture and that Mason did not commit the offences in respect of which he was originally charged,” a club statement read.
Stewart’s 17 years at Old Trafford have provided him with the experience and nous to make his appointment to interim CEO a logical one.
It is unlikely he will get comfortable in the chair, though, with Ratcliffe’s impending investment edging closer to being made official.
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In a tweet, Mr. Magaya noted that in five days NASA will have the full details of the next course of action.
At the same time, Magaya emphasised that the elections held on October 26, 2017, was a sham and that was why their presidential candidate Raila Odinga withdrew.
He added that the opposition was also aware that the rigged election would also be legitimised by the apex court.
“We can see it before it happens. Refused to validate a sham election on 26.10.17 and refused to legitimize the charade through SCOK. We remain masters of our own destiny. In 5 days we will get there,” Magaya said.
ODM Communications Director Phillip Etale advised NASA supporters to remain calm highlighting that the Opposition leaders would give them the way forward.
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On Monday morning, Chief Justice David Maraga dismissed the two petitions filed at the Supreme Court challenging the win of Mr. Kenyatta.
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Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has drawn up plans for a major shake up of European football – despite the Super League proposals spectacularly falling flat earlier this year.
Six Premier League clubs – Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City and Tottenham – withdrew within 72 hours of founding the Super League alongside six other clubs in April.
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus, however, have not renounced the breakaway competition.
Nevertheless, Napoli chief De Laurentiis is adamant that football needs to change.
And the 72-year-old Italian, a major film producer, has now proposed his own idea for the European game which will be built on fair foundations that gives equal opportunity for all clubs.
He insists UEFA competitions the Champions League and the Europa League have failed, and has drawn up proposals for a new £8.5billion [€10bn] competition that must be accepted to work.
“The system doesn’t work any more,” said De Laurentiis as quoted byFootball Italia.
“The Champions and Europa League don’t generate sufficient income for the clubs to justify participating in it.
“To be competitive, you need more top-class players. That means you have to spend more money – and the prize money from the European competitions doesn’t account for that.
“That is why the clubs need to speak to each other to come up with a more modern and lucrative tournament for everyone in it.”
He added: “We need to reduce the number of games by reducing the size of the top divisions across Europe. Also, we create a European league with a democratic system of entry, based on what teams achieve in their domestic competitions.
“I have examined a project ready to bring €10bn to the European game, but we need willingness and total independence.”
De Laurentiis bought Napoli in 2004 when the club was in financial ruin and playing in the third division, and quickly got them back to Serie A.
He is a big fan of the English game and even says Italian football ‘must learn from it’… despite the Italians beating the Three Lions in the Euro 2020 final.
And he also admitted his fear that young people are turning away from football, and he is keen to link up with other chairmen to make the sport attractive again.
“If we don’t change the rules of the game and make it a better spectacle, young people will abandon us and football will no longer be the central part of our lives,” he warned.
“My research tells me that people between the ages of eight and 25 have stopped watching football and prefer playing with smartphones — they have totally transformed our children.
“I’m not saying that the habit of watching live football in a stadium will die, but now we have the ‘virtual stadium’, which can attract billions of people to play games against each other.
“Who knows if we will manage to get them back down the route of the greatest and most influential sport in the world?”


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Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Uhura in the original Star Trek TV series, has died at the age of 89.
Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico.
“Last night my mother, Nichelle Nichols, passed away of natural causes. Her light, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and generations to come to enjoy, learn from and be inspired by.” Johnson wrote. on her official Facebook page on Sunday. “Her life was well lived and as such an example to us all.”
Her role in the series 1966-69 as Lt. Uhura earned Nichols lifelong honors with the show’s rabid fans. It also earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes that had limited black women to playing servant roles and featured an on-screen interracial kiss with co-star William Shatner that was unheard of at the time.
“I will have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who died today at the age of 89,” wrote George Takei on Twitter. “For today my heart is heavy, my eyes shine like the stars you rest among, my dear best friend.”
Like the rest of the original cast, Nichols also appeared in six blockbuster episodes beginning in 1979 with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and frequented “Star Trek” fan conventions. She also worked for many years as a NASA recruiter, helping to bring minorities and women into the astronaut corps.
She recently had a recurring role on TV’s ‘Heroes’, playing the grandmother of a young boy with mystical powers.
The original “Star Trek” premiered on NBC on September 8, 1966. Its multicultural, multiracial cast was creator Gene Roddenberry’s message to viewers that in the distant future – the 23rd century – human diversity would be fully accepted.
“I think a lot of people took it to heart … that what was being said on television at that time was cause for celebration,” Nichols said in 1992 when a “Star Trek” exhibit was on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
She often recalled how Martin Luther King Jr. was a fan of the show and praised her role. She met him at a civil rights rally in 1967, at a time when she had decided not to return for a second season of the show.
“When I told him I was going to miss my co-stars and I was leaving the show, he got really serious and said, ‘You can’t do it,'” she told The Tulsa (Okla.) World in 2008.
“You’ve changed the face of television forever, and because of that, you’ve changed people’s minds,” she said the civil rights leader told her.
“The foresight that Dr. King was a lightning bolt in my life,” Nichols said.
During the show’s third season, Nichols and Shatner’s character Capt. James Kirk in what was described as the first interracial kiss shown on American television. In the episode “Plato’s Stepchildren”, their characters, who always maintained a platonic relationship, were forced to kiss by aliens who controlled their actions.
The kiss “suggested that there was a future where these issues weren’t such a big deal,” National Public Radio television critic Eric Deggans told The Associated Press in 2018. “The characters themselves weren’t freaking out because a black woman was kissing a white man … In this utopian future, we solve this issue. We are beyond that. It was a wonderful message to send.”
Worried about the reaction from southern television stations, the show’s hosts wanted to shoot another shot of the scene where the kiss took place off-screen. But Nichols said in her book, “Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories,” that she and Shatner deliberately flubbed lines to force the use of the original film.
Despite concerns, the show aired without backlash. In fact, it received the most “fan mail Paramount had ever received on Star Trek for a single episode,” Nichols said in a 2010 interview with the Archive of American Television.
Born Grace Dell Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, Nichols hated being called “Gracie,” which everyone insisted on, she said in the 2010 interview. When she was a teenager, her mother told her she wanted to name her Michelle, but she thought she should have multiple initials like Marilyn Monroe, whom Nichols loved. Hence, “Nichelle.”
Nichols first worked as a singer and dancer in Chicago at the age of 14, hit New York nightclubs and worked briefly with the Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands before coming to Hollywood for her film debut in 1959’s “Porgy and Bess.” the first of several small film and television roles that led to her “Star Trek” stardom.
Nichols was known for not being afraid to stand up to Shatner on set when others complained that he was stealing scenes and camera time. They later found out that she had a strong supporter of the show.
In her 1994 book, she said she met Roddenberry while starring in his show “The Lieutenant” and the two had an affair several years before “Star Trek” began. The two were lifelong close friends.
Another fan of Nichols and the show was future astronaut Mae Jemison, who became the first black woman in space when she flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor in 1992.
Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek, dies at the age of 89
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Gaming merchandise company has revealed another round of new products based on Banjo & Kazooie.
The new products include a Banjo & Kazooie plush, a Jiggy plush, a themed scarf, as well as a 4-LP vinyl box set of the game’s soundtrack as composed by Grant Kirkhope. You can find the full lineup here, or check out some preview images below:
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A lot of visitors to New Zealand’s North Island go to Rotorua, known as the country’s geothermal headquarters. Centrally located with so many attractions, it’s a few hours south of Auckland and a big part of North Island itineraries. Known as “Sulphur City” for the smell produced by the geothermals, we spent a couple of days there ourselves, which is about the right amount of time. Here are our top things to do in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Rotorua, pronounced Row – tuh – roo – uh, is a couple of hours south of Auckland, in the heart of the North Island’s volcanic valley. The Maori meaning is ‘Two” or “second” lake, and is named for the adjacent lake.
It reminded me of Iceland, with the bubbling hot springs, geysers, and colorful volcanic walkways. Rotorua felt like a cross between an adventure town and a family fun zone. So many of the tourists we saw there were with children. And a lot of the activities in Rotorua, like zip lines and mini golf, seemed catered to families. But there’s still a lot of cool things to do in Rotorua for adults without kids. Here are our favorites.
Mountain Bike Park
One of our top things to do in Rotorua is spend time at the mountain bike park. This place is amazing, and these two North Americans were shocked that it was completely free. We spent hours with our two dinky bikes on the easy trails, often being passed by tiny children on big wheeled mountain bikes, and we had a ball. Our bodies were sore the next day, but we’re always happy to get on our bikes and explore new places.
We don’t normally get to spend large chunks of time in big cities on the boat, so we tried to maximize every minute in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city. Our conclusion: we could live there! Auckland is a vibrant cosmopolitan city with a lot to offer, from museums to excursions to food. This post details our Auckland favorites.
I thought it was the capital, but that’s Wellington, at the southern end of the North Island. Instead, Auckland is New Zealand’s most populated city, with nearly 1.7 million people.
Located in the north of the North Island, Auckland is on a narrow isthmus between two large harbors and is known as The City of Sails. With it’s waterfront location, Auckland is home to beautiful beaches, waterfront trails, fish markets, and scores of sailboats. It’s also based around multiple volcanos, great for hiking.
We sailed from Fiji to New Zealand in early November. After checking in at Marsden Cove and completing the formalities, we moved up the river to the Whangarei Town Basin marina. Here’s what it was like spending almost two months living aboard in Whangarei.
Whangarei is not pronounced how it looks. Unless you speak Maori. In that case you know that the WH is pronounced as F, so it’s pronounced Fang-Ah-Ray.
We enjoyed living aboard in Whangarei. It’s the biggest town in the Northland region of New Zealand, with all the amenities we’ve missed since Tahiti. Whangarei’s population is almost 57,000 and it is 155km north of Auckland, which is said to have almost 1.7mm people.
The Town Basin Marina is located on the Hatea river and is walkable to groceries, shops, restaurants and more.
The supermarket across the street is huge and overwhelmingly good. After being in Tonga, where you couldn’t get basic rice, and Fiji, with no cat food or kitty litter, we consider New Zealand the land of plenty. On our first visit to the supermarket, we were overjoyed upon seeing the varieties of lettuce, berries, and yogurt, and the glow hasn’t faded. It doesn’t hurt that we arrived in springtime.
It’s been a long time since we’ve spent a Christmas in Canada. Even before moving on our boat, we spent a few holidays skiing the Alps and another with wild animals in Kruger Park. After multiple seasons in the Caribbean, this year, we’re enjoying Christmas in New Zealand. Here are some of the fun traditions and activities we’ve experienced this holiday season.
New Zealand’s Christmas Trees
Being a commonwealth country, New Zealand celebrates Christmas like us, with Santas, Christmas carols, and Boxing Day. They follow many of the same traditions as North Americans, including Black Friday.
One of my favorite things about Christmas in New Zealand is the Pohutukawa. These evergreen trees bloom bright red flowers every December, giving them the status as the New Zealand Christmas tree. We’ve seen them all over the North Island, near our marina, and in Auckland city. They red flowers paired with green leaves are beautiful, and this year, they are at their brightest red due to last year’s record rain.
Fiji is an amazing South Pacific island country, full of friendly people, beautiful beaches, and more. We spent a few months there, dodging the rain, arguing with biosecurity, and buying a new boat. We also explored major islands and minor, witnessed music and dancing, and partied with the Fijians. Read on to learn about our Fiji favorites.
Visiting Fiji Villages
Our delayed cruising permit kept us from leaving Savusavu, and buying a new boat meant we didn’t get to explore Fiji much. Still, one of our highlights was visiting a village and experiencing their ceremonies.
The custom when you visit a village in Fiji is called sevusevu. The protocol when arriving is to introduce yourself to the chief of the village and present a gift of kava. All the markets sell both kava powder and root, packaged nicely in ribbon for presenting to the chief. The giving of sevusevu is a longstanding tradition and shows respect for the people whose land we visit. Once we perform this gesture, the chief will welcome us into his village.

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All that was discussed in the House through the day
About 3 per cent of total confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in India till June, 2020 were from 177 tribal-dominated districts, said Arjun Munda, Union minister of tribal affairs at the Lok Sabha on March 22, 2021.
The ministry assessed confirmed COVID-19 cases for 177 tribal-dominated districts based on the data mapped on a dynamic online dashboard developed and maintained by volunteers from IIT Delhi.
River beds free from contruction
No ill-conceived project or unchecked construction is underway near any river bed in India, claimed Babul Supriyo, Union minister of state for environment, forest and climate change in Rajya Sabha.
No such case has been reported to the ministry, he added.
E-waste generation rose in 2019-20
The estimated generation of e-waste during 2019-20 for 21 types of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) was 1,014,961.2 tonnes, Supriyo said in Rajya Sabha.
The corresponding figures for 2017-18 and 2018-19 were 7,08,445 tonnes and 7,71,215 tonnes, respectively.
The rate of generation of e-waste for 2019-20 was 31.6 per cent and the rate of generation for the FY 2018-2019 was 8.86 per cent, he added.
Several villages of Kerala notified as eco-sensitive
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued draft eco-sensitive zone notifications for areas around Silent Valley National Park, Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and Choolannur Pea Fowl Sanctuary in Malappuram and Palakkad districts of Kerala.
The draft notifications have been issued on the basis of proposal recommended by the government of Kerala, Supriyo informed the Rajya Sabha.
The implementation of ESZ notifications will neither involve displacement and evacuation of farmers or people living in such villages nor will it affect their source of livelihood in any way, the minister added.
Bt-cotton plantation increased
Around 90 per cent cotton area is under the cultivation of Bt-cotton and the productivity has increased from 191 kilogram per hectare in 2002-03 to 455 kg per hectare in 2019-20, according to agriculture ministry data, Supriyo said in Rajya Sabha.
Per hectare income of farmers has also increased, he added. “There has also been a reduction in the usage of insecticide for bollworm damage from 24 sprays to 2-3 sprays in a season.”
Long-term studies conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on the impact of Bt-cotton-cultivating states have not reported any adverse effect on soil, microflora and animal health, the minister added.
Aquatic mammals killed by water vessels
About 9,000-10,000 cetaceans are killed by gillnets every year along the Indian coast, Supriyo said in Rajya Sabha. He was citing scientific studies on incidental catch of cetaceans along the country’s coast.
The ministry has issued Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Management Guidelines on 28th January, 2021, Supriyo informed the House.
Elephant-human conflict in Chhattisgarh reduced
There was 25,563 cases of human-elephant conflict in 2019-20 down from 26,889 in 2018-19 in Chhattisgarh, Supriyo said Rajya Sabha.
Lower budgetary allocation for environment
The allocation for the scheme titled Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) for 2021-22 was done in line with actual expenditure in previous years under the scheme, Supriyo said in Rajya Sabha.
The budgetary estimate for the scheme was brought down to Rs 30 crore for 2021-22 from Rs 40 crore for 2020-21. The minister was answering a question on this reduction.
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