Having spent two weeks in Tahiti, then sailing on to Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, all of which are fabulous destinations to sail into and spend time, Bora Bora is in a class of its own. From the moment you raise the two famous peaks, spy the reef and hear the boom of the surf, the lush greenness and finally the translucence turquoise water in behind the reef, you are spellbound.

The following is an extract from my ebook ‘Voyage of the little Ship Tere Moana’:

Poking his head out of the hatch, the salty blast of breeze slaps her captain in the face. Laden with moisture it fingers his face, threatening rain. Lead like, the southern sky is an endless flat grey expanse from the horizon up. Either she is sailing into a weather system, or it is another local anomaly. Running a printout from the weather fax shows no major system in their slice of the ocean. Remembering a similar situation on the run down to the Tuamotus’ when she lost her shroud, her crew take a reef into her mainsail just to be sure. Mid afternoon sees the cloud shredding into blue, and, with the sun streaming through, the breeze frees again to the ‘Trades’. Her crew shake out the reef and in no time at all she is barrelling along again in fine style, at her customary seven to eight knots. Her waterline, scrubbed before leaving Raiatea, has the water bubbling gaily along her sleek, fulsome waist and sides – she feels great.

Making their goodbyes earlier in Raiatea, the arrangement is to meet up again in Tonga, if not before. both ships are taking the same course, visiting Niue on the way, but with vhf having a range of twenty five or so miles only in the other boat, it will be difficult to keep in contact with their friends. Passing out of Raiatea, she had headed around the top end of Taaha Island, and looking in one of the ‘Passes’ our crew beheld one of the most wicked surfing breaks imaginable. Curling in at the point of the Passe, rising up onto the reef, the glassy black rollers boom onto the jagged coral, snow white spray leaping high. a few surfers are actually riding them, taking their life in hand every time they catch one of these monsters. our crew could hear the whoop of the occasional surfer brave enough to try and ride it out, surviving.

Her captain, gazing at the sea, is once again struck by the multitude of different moods she parades herself – revealing all, but revealing nothing. every day is different, from blazing blue through to stone grey, sometimes even almost black – from calm to rough and sometimes tempestuous, and back to calm again – sometimes sparkling and sometimes threatening – constantly changing, so that even a half hour can make a difference. the one constant is constant change. No wonder that artists always struggle in their daubs to capture the true image of the sea. she is so elusive, even in a fractured moment, too much for the artists eye. Capture it on film ok, but transfer that with medium to canvas or paper and something is always missing. the restlessness on a human face can be conveyed in a portrait, but the heaving, ongoing, never stopping restlessness of the ocean is beyond our capabilities. the best the artist can hope for is a fairish representation of this element that covers seventy percent of the planets’ surface. That statistic, plus the fact that our bodies are seventy two percent water, gets him wondering if there is any connection between the two, and in the end, we are all mixed in together, as in a giant washing machine, and part of this huge juggernautical whirlpool called life. whatever it may or may not be, water, in all its forms, fresh or salt, sea or lake, river or pond, has a colossal effect on our lives as joint occupants of this Earth.

Wafting up the companionway, a redolent whiff of fresh baking rouses him from his musing, and his thoughts turn to a more basic requirement – food.

‘Insufferable glutton!’ she taunts her captain. ‘That’s all you think about – filling your belly!’

There are few things more pleasurable than demolishing several hot buttered scones in the cockpit of a yacht on a fine breezy tropical afternoon, and washing them down with pure drinking water with a touch of lime, from the watermaker.

On to Bora Bora, our little ship cruising quietly now as the breeze moderates, notices an increasing number of glutinous floating objects gliding by. these are the jellyfish of the round, mushroom shaped, transparent type with four darker rings placed precisely in their centre. By the time our crew notice them they have multiplied to legion proportions and her bow is slicing through them, shoving them aside in their hundreds. they travel like this for some thirty minutes and during this time the animals are so thick that they have a deadening effect on the surface of the water, smoothing it down from a regular light to moderate breeze wavelet surface, to a gently undulating mass of these strange creatures.

How far they stretched away from our little ship on either side, they cannot tell, but taking into account the time it takes for her to sail through them, the shoal must number in the multi millions. our crew wonder idly if these animals have any natural predator – maybe they are whale fodder, and because there are less whales now, the jellyfish has prospered. With this gummy carpet of living jelly heaving all around them, even though the breeze is still there, a kind of eerie stillness pervades the scene. she is ploughing through them at around five knots, but leaving no trail. Her cutwater shovels them aside and they slither along her sides, the full length of her hull, to immediately close up again as they pass under her stern.

There is no trace of where they have been a few moments before. the phenomenon begs the question, why such a concentration of these animals right here? What are they doing here? are they going anywhere? Or are they just drifting on the ocean currents of the globe? are they here in preparation for mating? If so, there is no shortage of choice! Nature takes care of her own, keeping a balance, and she no doubt has them here as part of her master plan. Breaking out the other side, the diminishing numbers are shaken off and she surges forward, and away from the mass concentration. Some several minutes later, she has cleared most of them and they have reduced to the occasional laggard slipping by and into her wake.

The twin peaks of Bora Bora are climbing out of the forward horizon and the island is taking shape exactly as described in the pilot. Part of her captains’ mind is always surprised at how the geographical features of a new destination, viewed for the first time, are a faithful replica of a printed or photographic description, as if there is the possibility of there being some change or difference, or that the cartographer got it wrong! And so there is this mild feeling of surprised satisfaction that the real thing matches the representation and it has been chronicled correctly. the leisurely approach of a sailing yacht enhances this feeling and gives our crew the opportunity to study this island jewel closely as they draw nearer. Bora Bora is known as ‘The most beautiful’, and from this distance it is shaping up to its reputation. James a Michener immortalised it in his ‘Return to Paradise’ with the following : ‘I first saw it from an airplane. On the horizon there was a speck that became a tall, blunt mountain with cliffs dropping sheer into the sea. about the base of the mountain, narrow fingers of land shot out, forming magnificent bays, while about the whole was thrown a coral ring of absolute perfection, dotted with small motus on which palms grew. the lagoon was a crystal blue, the beaches were dazzling white, and ever on the outer reef the spray leapt mountainously into the air.’

On this perfect South Seas day, the sun casting its flawless, radiant light into the mountain tops of the island, it is indeed the embodiment of paradise. Blazing white of sand under, the delicate pale aqua of the lagoon is reflected upward onto the underneath of the fluffy white clouds around the twin peaks, creating a unique and dazzling display, floating and turquoise in the skies. the coral reef surrounds Bora Bora like a necklace in that it is almost perfect in its symmetry and equidistant from the main island. Fortunately there is a Passe, the only one, on the western side of the reef. it is named Passe Teavanui and leads into a magnificent deepwater bay right under the splendid, towering twin peaks for which Bora Bora is renowned. our little ship sails easily through this wide Passe, across the bay and right up to the Bora Bora Yacht Club, nestled in a cove about one and a half kilometres north of the main town, Vaitape. the water off the clubhouse is a dark, still, fifteen fathoms, dotted with vessels of various description and vintage. In addition, there are a number of orange mooring buoys in the bay and, to one of these she heads rather than dropping anchor in this deep water.

‘Take the least line of resistance when offered’. she thinks, her captain concurring directly.

She judges it perfectly – no wind here – they hook on, her captain shuts down the engine and she settles to rest in this, another corner of paradise.

If you enjoyed reading this passage, you can read many more similar escapades in my ebook ‘Voyage of the little Ship Tere Moana’ downloadable from my website http ://www.sailbaot2adventure.com

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Glenn Greenwald:

It is absolutely beyond the Republicans’ power to cut Social Security, even if they re-take the House and Senate in November, since Obama will continue to wield veto power. The real impetus for Social Security cuts is from the “Deficit Commission” which Obama created in January by Executive Order, then stacked with people (including its bipartisan co-Chairs) who have long favored slashing the program, and whose recommendations now enjoy the right of an up-or-down vote in Congress after the November election, thanks to the recent maneuvering by Nancy Pelosi. The desire to cut Social Security is fully bipartisan (otherwise it couldn’t happen) and pushed by the billionaire class that controls the Government.

If the Catfood Commission proposes a bill slashing Social Security and Medicare benefits and it comes to the House floor, Republicans and Blue Dog Dems will vote for it. even if all the progressive-leaning Democrats oppose it on a straight vote, it will probably pass. Millions of retirees will fall out of the middle class into poverty.

Jon Walker on FDL thinks that House progressives can threaten to remove Rep. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House if she allows such a vote. That does not seem likely. IMHO if they had that kind of cojones then Bush would have been impeached and health care would include a public option.

Here’s the question. how can we stop the Catfood Commission?

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Smokey’s story…

As his name implies, this fellow is as soft as a puff of smoke, and just as gentle. at 8 years of age, he is very settled, and just looking for a new someone to come and take him to his new home. Offering all the love and attention that is due him. Smokey has been neutered, and like all our kitties has been micro-chipped, vaccinated and tested for Feline Leukemia/ FIV. Smokey will go home with a certificate for an examination by a King County veterinarian of your choice and his very own collar and identification tag. currently living and enjoying the love and attention of the staff at the Seattle Humane Society located in Bellevue near the junctions of I90 & 405. BUT, he really needs a home to call his home. come and meet him today and let the love affair begin.
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Ellie Laks started the Gentle Barn Foundation in California. Her group gives a home to animals it rescued from abuse or in need of care. When recovered, the animals spend time with troubled young people and disabled adults.

ANA GOLDBACH: “I’ve been here for a while.”

Ana Goldbach comes to the Gentle Barn once a week. Caring for animals is said to help people deal with their own problems. often, the animals get months of special care before they can work with people.

ELLIE LAKS: “This place doesn’t work by just hugging cute animals. It’s the at-risk kids that have been through abuse and neglect and hardship and being misunderstood. When they come face-to-face with an animal that has the exact same story, that’s the healing element. That’s where a kid goes, ‘Wow! I’m not alone. There’s someone else that shares my story. And, if this animal can overcome and is safe here, then I can overcome and be safe in the world.’ so it’s the stories that are healing.”

Laks says her volunteers help educate people about abused animals.

ELLIE LAKS: “And they do so many things. we really count on them for so much. like I said, all the horses are groomed at 10 o’clock every day. so we’ve got volunteers that come in and groom the horses. we have volunteers that come and take the animals for walks and to eat grass. When we have a special rescue, the animal needs supervision or company we have volunteers that come and supervise that animal, sometimes ’round-the-clock, all through the night.”

Janet Becht began volunteering at the Gentle Barn a year ago.

JANET BECHT: “And it was my birthday. And, I said I’m going to do something special on my birthday. I’m finally going to go. And I didn’t know where it was. It was four miles from my house. so it was very close, and I don’t know, I just never saw anything like this and fell in love with the horses. They scare me, they did. They don’t scare me so much anymore.”

Donations support the work of the Gentle Barn. Ellie Laks hopes to start Gentle Barns across the country so other people can have contact with animals and experience the healing. I’m Barbara Klein.

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The companionship offered by many pets is thought to be good for you, but the benefits of owning a dog outstrip those of cat owners, the study says.

A psychologist from Queen’s University, Belfast, said dog owners tended to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

Writing in the British Journal of Health Psychology, she says that regular “walkies” may partly explain the difference.

Dr Deborah Wells reviewed dozens of earlier research papers which looked at the health benefits of pet ownership.

She confirmed that pet owners tended in general to be healthier than the average member of the population.

However, her research suggested that dog ownership produced more positive influence than cat ownership.

As well as lower blood pressure and cholesterol, she said dog-owners suffered fewer minor ailments and serious medical problems.

There was also the suggestion that dogs could aid recovery from serious illnesses such as heart attacks, and act as ‘early warning’ to detect an approaching epileptic seizure.

Stress-busting

Dr Wells said the precise reason for the benefits was not totally clear.

“It is possible that dogs can directly promote our well-being by buffering us from stress, one of the major risk factors associated with ill-health.

“The ownership of a dog can also lead to increases in physical activity and facilitate the development of social contacts, which may enhance both physiological and psychological human health in a more indirect manner.”

Dr June McNicholas, a health psychologist who has specialised on research into the health effects of pet ownership said that an important reason for the improved health of dog-owners was not just the exercise received while taking it for walks, but the opportunity for social contact with other dog-owners.

She said: “For older people, an animal can fulfil the ‘need to be needed’, perhaps after children have left home.

“In some cases, the social support offered by an animal is greater than the support another human could offer.”

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Today we’re about to speak about smudged ear and ear dust mites. So now is that this superb feline and also he has several airborne dirt and dust in the head. Every time you flip the particular ear canal again you could observe that there are definitely several dim, crumbly hearing feel in there. The ear mites are the commonest real cause of hearing trojan in dog moggies. an ear sickness can show up within 2 techniques: very first you will observe dimly lit debris within the kitty’s ear and 2, you could begin to see the cat truly playing baseball along with his head, banging his head and then you might discover the particular dirt afterwards. You are able to notice that his / her head tend to be extremely itchy. that is basically assisting while using exercise understanding that rough feel. It is extremely a sign associated with ear canal termites.

Cats just simply hate getting wet and they detest adding stuff in their ears and you usually have to do it a couple weeks on, a couple weeks off, a couple weeks on consequently that you can get the eggs. this is predominantly because it will only eliminate the adults, it will not kill the eggs and you’ll have to wait until eventually the eggs hatch out and you might have to do this for a number of months. hence treating them which are non-prescription is much less expensive, but can be really problematic.

And that means you will want to offer this kitty some remedy for their ear termites to manage that marring in which he’s suffering from goes away. Therefore if you would like thoroughly clean this particular out there and also verify that for ear termites, to put it simply a tiny bit of cleaner about the material as well as pretty much cover a smaller queen idea within as well as deal several of in which terrible products away from there.

The ear mites are the most common root of ear illness in pussies. an ear infectivity will manifest in two ways: first you may see black debris within the kitty’s ears and secondly, one may see the kitty really batting with his ears, wiggling his head and then one would detect the junk later. And so getting them to the vet, you may find that you’ll find a great deal of things that are considerably simpler: drops that go on their back, or possibly drops that go inside the ears.

Kittens as well as pussies dislike staying drenched plus they hate placing stuff within their head and also you regularly need to do that two to three weeks upon, two weeks off, two weeks about to enable you to find the ova. that is mostly as it is only going to eliminating the grown ups, it would not kill the eggs and you will have to wait until ultimately the ova hatch out away and you’ll are related this only a few several weeks. Therefore taking care of all of them Non-prescription is much more cost-effective, however can be pretty difficult.

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I want to get a new puppy after summer is over. I am looking for a crossbreed, not a purebreed. I do not like purebreed dogs, so don’t even go there. they have too many health problems. I’m not new to dogs, but am not sure if I can handle an aggressive breed. I live in an apartment and have a 5 year old son. we would like a small dog. Shedding doesn’t bother me, but the dog has to be hypoallergenic because of my son’s allergies. Grooming isn’t really a matter because I can give the dog whatever it needs, but only have the weekends for exercising the dog. I don’t need a protection dog either. we currently have a Schnoodle, which is a wonderful crossbreed, but we are looking for a different one this time. I do not want to get a shelter dog, so please don’t recommend that. I want a puppy and I want to know where the dog comes from These are the breeds we’ve been looking at:
Bichon Yorkie
Bichpoo
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Cairnoodle
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Chichon
Chinese Crestepoo
Chonzer
Cockachon
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Doxiechon
Glechon
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Mauzer
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Poovanese

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Before choosing any style of big dog clothing, you must determine the size that your dog wears. The sizes that will fit your dog will have a big effect on what clothes are actually available to them. you should measure the chest, stomach area, and next to have a good idea of the sizes required. It is important to purchase apparel that will not be too snug and will not end up being to loose either.

Once you have determined the sizes that will fit your dog’s body you can finally get to looking for big dog clothing. It seems that the larger size a dog needs, the harder it is to find appropriately-sized fitting clothing and apparel. many brands have a large variety of stylish and cute apparel for you to pick for your pooch, if you are willing to look.

Coats, jackets, t-shirts, and sweaters are all some ofthe most popular and common apparel for bigger breeds. While t-shirts are mostly for show, except against light wins, the other usual choices that you can find are great fashions to help your pup be comfortable and warm in any weather.

Jackets generally only cover a dog’s back, but yet are great supplemental insulation for long-haired breeds. Jacket-style dog clothes have been among the most popular among dog owners for decades because of their simplicity and functionality.

Coats and sweaters are both cute options that can keep your pooch warm and make them look stylish. These are both very human-like clothing choices for your big dog, but that just makes them more visually appealing. In addition to, these are also the most effective to keep them warm even in the most blistering of cold and wind outside. If you reside in a cold area and are worried about your pup’s well-being outdoors, then a comfortable sweater or coat is going to be your best bet.

T-shirts for dogs are a little like a novelty, but they are very adorable. The styles listed above are the most common for any sized dog, and they come in the largest variety of styles as well. however, t-shirts are not very protective apparel for any dog, especially one that is a larger breed. so if you are simply looking for big dog clothing to make your dog the most pretty on the block, a t-shirt is a solid choice. If not go with one of the other options that are available.

Big dogs can be cute too! Visit my site to learn more about finding large doggie clothing to make your larger pooch look like king or queen of the area.

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Fun Destinations for Scuba Diving

Intrepid, daring and bold is what you want to be if you want to be a scuba diver! Underwater diving gives one a chance to take a look at the engaging species below the water and watch the engaging lives of the marine creatures.

There are a great number of options all around the world which have demonstrated to be wonderful locations for scuba diving. Underwater diving travel is worthwhile to all these places, however scuba diving instructions is ought to be followed for human safety.

The great Barrier Reef, Australia, intriguingly is the sole living object on earth which can be spotted from space. It’s the biggest coral reef in the world and is a pleasure for beginners as well as complicated divers.

There is a spectacular collection which one can view of the underwater world. There are big sorts of fishes, corals, dolphins, sea turtles, coral sponges, giant clams and lots more which are widely available.

Moreover another fascinating option is Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula which is AKA the shangri la Reef. There are 19 well-liked regions completely for diving and complicated divers can even resort to night diving in some areas. The island is chock-full of lobsters, crabs and sorts of multi coloured exotic fishes. There is a rare assortment of’Splendid Toad Fish’ which is available only on this island of Cozmuel. It is very critical for scuba diving instructions have to be followed here.

An unexplored dive spot is one in Utila, located in the Bay islands of Honduras. Surrounded by clear crystal, spotless waters, it proves to be a scuba diver’s fantasy.

If one is fortunate, they might have a meeting with harmless sharks and whales also.

Indonesia, the world’s’s largest archipelago and having nearly fifteen percent of the planet’s’s coral reef proves to one of the finest locations for scuba diving for each level of diving ability.

There is an availability of 600 different sorts of corals and over 3000 varieties of fishes which make scuba diving travel an interesting proposition here.
A paradise for scuba divers is Micronesia, which is a collection of over two thousand small tropical islands amidst the Pacific ocean.

The blend of great beaches, good climate, various culture and blue lagoons make it a class apart as a diving location.
There are various other locations like the Belize barrier Reef at the Caribbean, Vanuatu which is found east of Australia, Parts of Egypt, Fiji Islands, Cayman Islands, Florida and many more which turn out to be favorable for scuba diving travel. However at every point scuba diving instructions should be followed such that security of oneself is maintained!
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