On our boat, I cook and clean and tidy lines while my husband solves problems like taking apart the giant Harken winch because it wouldn’t hold a line yesterday without slipping. He hoisted the main this morning while I made tea. I was checking on the cats (to make sure they weren’...
Sadly, the Baikal is nowinthe Baikal as it sank some time ago, but the Angara, which had partially sank too, is now restored and moored in the Angara river and is a hidden gem of a museum, especially for us because both ships were designed and their hulls manufactured in my home town...
Two of the largest protected areas on earth are U.S. National Monuments in the Pacific Ocean. Numerous claims have been made about the impacts of these protected areas on the fishing industry, but there has been no ex post empirical evaluation of their e
All of the planets and ships (even the non-human ships) the crew visits have exactly the same gravity. Even the smallest shuttlecraft have artificial gravity generators. The artificial gravity generators never fail (except in Star Trek VI) – even when life support is failing and everyone is ...
On the way back, stop byWhytecliff Park by Horseshoe Bay.The oceanside park boasts beautiful scenery of the rugged coastline, stunning mountain range and passing ships. The Lighthouse Parkis another must-see in the West Vancouver district. Besides the lighthouse, there are several easy trails ...
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the lover of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self." St. Augustine, DE CIVITATE DEI, Book XIV, Chapter 28
are now proudly on display in the hotel’s bedrooms, lounges and lobby’s. I am enormously proud that my work has been valued and honoured in such a way. I have become good friends with the builds project manager and his wonderful wife, and they are both thrilled with the impact my ...
The second step of this strategy is the adoption of the “Initial IMO Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships”. Its purpose is to reduce the annual GHG emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared to data from 2008.70 Therefore, the first step is to control shipping ...
This study focused on whether similar relation- ships could be identified in these four high-, middle- and low-income countries when using comparable mea- sures for environmental features, dementia and other sociodemographic factors. Methods Study population This study was based on the Cognitive ...
Libraries may also be considered as a prototype of an "open institution" (Illich 2005) by facilitating human activities and the creation of new relation- ships among people and their surroundings, which constitute the true sources of education. In the context of an increasing commodification of ...